Math Anxiety is Real
Tess Waerneman, Contributor
September 11, 2017
Filed under Foothill Life
Math Anxiety is Real ...and this is what you can do about it Do you start to sweat at the mere thought of a math test? What if I told you that there are scientific explanations for all of your fears and anxiety? And what if I told you that the statement “I’m not a math person!” s...
Owlcast Episode 15: Zachary Cembellin
Sean MacPherson and Sonia Backstrom
June 29, 2017
Filed under Owlcast
Owlcast Episode 15 is here! In this episode, Professor Zachary Cembellin delves into his passions for theoretical math, physics, and more. Enjoy!
Owlcast Episode 14: Courtney Cooper
Sean MacPherson and Sonia Backstrom
June 29, 2017
Filed under Owlcast
Owlcast Episode 14 has arrived! In this episode, Sonia Backstrom and I sit down with Courtney Cooper. Courtney is the outgoing Student Trustee for Foothill College, the President of the Student Senate of California Community Colleges (SSCCC) advocating for over 2 million community college students,...
“Who Would You Want to Pack Your Parachute?”: Making Grades Reflect Improvement in Professor Tyler Reese’s Mathematics Classes
Ronnie Miller, Staff Writer/Senior Editor
June 23, 2017
Filed under Foothill Life
Most of us were taught from a young age that one of the best ways to learn is to learn from our mistakes. However, this wise adage is rarely translated into testing and teaching methodologies in our educational system. Students are often given only once chance to be tested on a topic, in the format of in...
Unspoken Stories: Foothill’s International Student Community
JunKai Chen, Contributor
June 20, 2017
Filed under Foothill Life
You may be surrounded by international students or be one at Foothill College. We all know that because of recent trends towards globalization, the inflow of international students into the United States has increased significantly. But how much do you know about the international students? What im...
Weathered Style
Tracee Carter, Staff Writer
June 19, 2017
Filed under Arts & Culture
These days, it seems as though the weather insists on playing games with our emotions. It’s far from unusual to wake up to the sound of light rain; leave the house just as the sun is coming out; take lunch to the windiest of conditions; then finally hit the road home with the backdrop of an insufferable...
Reading the Foothill College President
Kristian Curkovic, Staff Writer
June 14, 2017
Filed under Foothill Life
The human library is an event where people will check in as “books”, sharing their story, and the readers will borrow them for a brief moment to listen and discuss their story. The stories this year were amazing and the “books” are notably brave for opening up and sharing their stories. The ...
Op-Ed: There’s Still Work to Do to Make Local Police Immigrant-Friendly
Liza Turchinsky, Senior Editor
June 7, 2017
Filed under Opinion + Politics, Politics
“I don’t want to leave. Where would I go? America is the only home I know.” This sentiment, expressed by a friend and fellow Bay Area community college student, is shared by countless people of all cultures, backgrounds, and races with one thing in common -- fear of deportation. With 273,018 ch...
Taking a Look! The Script reviews Foothill’s Odd Couple
Sophia Nikravesh, Senior Editor
June 3, 2017
Filed under Featured, Foothill Life, Reviews
The Odd Couple’s quick, witty, Gilmore Girls-esque dialogue, accompanied by an intimate setting, provides an excellent escape for any students in dire need of a distraction from midterms. The chemistry between each of the character groups, whether it be the group of girlfriends or the ti...
The Dismaying Conditions for Game Developers
Ben Klein, Staff Writer
June 3, 2017
Filed under Local News
Last October, controversy was struck when the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) went on strike against several game publishers for unfair treatment of voice-actors in the industry. The strike stirred up a backlash from some game developers, who...
Foothill Remembers A Forgotten Tragedy
Riya Arora, Contributor
May 17, 2017
Filed under Foothill Life
Bangladesh: a country bordered by India and Myanmar and the Bay of Bengal in the south witnessed a genocide in 1971 that barely registers on the national consciousness. Foothill student Kareeda Kabir took the initiative of bringing light to the Bangladesh Genocide and shared her knowledge with students...
Owlcast Episode 8: Daniel Bie
Sean MacPherson and Ebrahim Feghhi
May 15, 2017
Filed under Owlcast
Join us -- Ebrahim and I -- for Owlcast Episode 8 where we sit down with our good friend and model Foothill student, Daniel Bie. In this episode, we start off by asking Daniel about his passion for photography and videography but soon find ourselves discussing the necessity for the arts, our perspectives...
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