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The Foothill Script

Foothill College's Student News Publication

The Foothill Script

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Opinion: SMA vs. FHPD: The BBQ SNAFU

CJ Toledo, Editor In Chief
March 4, 2024

Disclaimer: The Script is actively following this developing story and is reaching out to involved parties for more details. The initial reports will be by no means all-encompassing… but they will be...

Journalism Is Dying and its on us to save it

Journalism Is Dying and it’s on us to save it

Griffin O'Shea, Staff Writer & Copy Editor
May 4, 2023

Foothill Community College has had a journalism problem for the past sixteen years. The Sentinel, which was the original school paper that ran from 1958 - 2007, met the chopping block after a controversial...

New California law will benefit college athletes who need to make ends meet

New California law will benefit college athletes who need to make ends meet

Larry Larkin
December 3, 2019

California Senate Bill 206, known as the Fair Pay to Play Act, will allow college athletes to get paid for the use of their name, image, and likeness.  The bill was written by California Senators Nancy...

Universal basic income marchers in San Francisco.

Marchers demand universal basic income

Chloe Lischinsky
December 3, 2019

Daniel Watson wasn’t interested in politics until he heard Andrew Yang speak about universal basic income. Andrew Yang is a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who wants to give every U.S. adult $1000...

The Foothill College community listens to speeches from students and educators during the 17 minute National School Walkout.

National School Walkout Event at Foothill College

Brendan Swing, Staff Writer
March 15, 2018

Last month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is yet another case of America’s periodic gun violence. The ramifications of this shooting, though, were unique. They sparked a surge in...

Opinion: Calling “BS” on Climate Change Inaction: Taking Renewed Civic Engagement Beyond Gun Control

Opinion: Calling “BS” on Climate Change Inaction: Taking Renewed Civic Engagement Beyond Gun Control

Alex Murray, Contributor
March 13, 2018

“We call BS. That us kids don't know what we're talking about, that we're too young to understand how the government works.” These are the passionate words from Emma Gonzalez, one of the most outspoken...

A Donald Trump costume held the center of attention at Womens March San Jose

Opinion: There’s a Better Way to Talk to Trump Supporters

Rick Holder, Staff Writer
March 12, 2018

“When they go low, we go high.” -Former First Lady Michelle Obama I have long been a champion of progressive policies such as crafting a more equitable health care system, ending the assault on undocumented...

Opinion: Connecting Communities With Foothill’s Physics Show

Ronnie Miller, Contributor
March 11, 2018

Fifteen feet above the ground, Foothill College physics professor David Marasco mounted a unicycle. The crowd gasped in suspense as he began to pedal slowly across a thin pipe, three hundred pounds of...

How to Register to Vote

Logan Keifling, Staff Writer
March 5, 2018

Though politics in 2016 was a defining theme of the year, the voter turnout of the election was staggeringly low. While there are a variety of culprits for this discrepancy between political involvement...

Yes California founder Louis Marinelli addresses a crowd of supporters at a recent rally in Sacramento.

CalExit: Discussing the Possibility of an Independent California

Logan Keifling, Staff Writer
February 27, 2018

“Irreparable and irreconcilable differences: California out of the U.S.A.!” That was the slogan that hundreds of supporters of the upstart “Yes California” campaign marched behind last Wednesday...

Opinon: Its Not Okay to be White?

Opinon: It’s Not Okay to be White?

Ben Klein, Editorials Editor
February 26, 2018

GAME PLAN (IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT ALREADY): 1. anons organize on here, infinity chan and elsewhere, print out uniform posters … 2. put on silly halloween costume for anonymity, nobody will think twice...

Opinion: The Language of Racism

Opinion: The Language of Racism

Eman Magzoub, Staff Writer
February 24, 2018

“Ew, your color is like chocolate.” said a little girl in disgust. It was the first time I had heard that word being used in a negative way. Chocolate. Everyone loves chocolate. How come my chocolate...

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