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By Kaitlynn Tedrick Club participation has long been a tradition in the college experience. However, students are growing busier with their academics; could the growing pressure on academic achievement dampen…
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By Mike Estrada You can’t walk around COC without noticing its beauty; from the always fresh cut lawns to the trees and flowers that produce radiant hues of colors from…
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By Jonathan Hurtado On the southern end of College of the Canyons’ Valencia Campus is a building with simplistic architectural characteristics surrounded by bright green grass and a handful of…
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By Ashley Bautista Looking for assistance with the college experience at COC? Resources for Individual Success in Education is a new program at College of the Canyons that has partnered…
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By Marriya Ahumada You fight the traffic to make it on campus and by the time you get there, you have five minutes before your class starts. When you pull…
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By Brandon Laue Dealing with cancer is one of the most difficult things in life, and some people lack the proper support needed to take care of themselves. Michael Hoefflin…
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On each floor of Mentry Hall and Hasley Hall, small digital counters slowly tick upwards into the tens of thousands. The figures displayed on seven of them as of this…
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By James Gend It’s like wearing six layers of clothing in a hot, steamy desert in the middle of summer. Light flashing all around you, with only two narrow peep…
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By Maria Garcia There’s a strong smell; it could be the burnt metal or the laser cutter at work. The loud noise of the machines at work fills the room…
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By David A. Gonzales If they aren’t learning new songs on the guitar or studying intricate work in kinesiology, they are scoring goals on the soccer field. Longtime friends Jennifer…
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By John O’Donnell A whistle blows and the countdown begins. The ball is thrown and then immediately lost in an intense commotion of iron and sweat. The clash of metal…
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By Praditya Fulumirani Millennials don’t care. Those aren’t my words, that’s just what the figures say. “Heal the world/ Make it a better place/ For you and for me/ And…
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By Mercy Kowalski The devastation of outliving your child is even greater when their life was taken in their own classroom, where they are supposed to be taught, feel safe…
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By Sophie Tucker Before attending College of the Canyons, or any college, for that matter, students are required to take a math placement test to determine how much they do…
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By Elizabeth Medina In the back you can hear a tick tick tick as the clock makes its way to 5 o’clock. It’s evident the class is exhausted since the…
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By Dr. Kenneth W. Kizer and Cástulo de la Rocha The two of us are among dozens of commencement speakers at California’s colleges and universities this year who are calling…
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By Rigo Carbajal NCAA athletes entertain millions across the country. However, college athletes are exploited by the NCAA itself, many commercial establishments, merchandise sales and even their own coaches. Division…
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By Natalia Radcliffe Free speech. Here in the United States, it is taken for granted. Our founding fathers thought it was important that in the new country they were creating,…
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By Michael Chang As we all know, the topic of gun violence and, more specifically, gun control has been a very controversial issue that has been in the spotlight. While…
Opinion / by - ago
By Tyler Castillo A feud between the two most popular games currently is heating up as both games move to mobile, but is one still better than the other? PUBG…
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By Kai Turner If you’ve been paying attention to the usual jibber jabber in media recently, you most certainly will have noticed that the issue of guns and people, or…
Opinion / by - ago
By Valeria Vazquez After the events on February 14, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School the student survivors took it upon themselves to lead a sweeping movement regarding gun…
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By Andrew Garcia People first, figures second. Being a professional athlete, musician, public figure, celebrity, etc. doesn’t mean you should sacrifice your expressions and attitudes as a fellow American. This…
Business / by - ago
By Jose Luis Aparicio Jr. So, you’re a licensed driver in California and you make enough money to afford a monthly car payment. Congratulations! The open road waits. Your first…
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By Natalie Eastman There are no phones in sight. As the music grows louder, those dancing in a sweaty mob edge closer to the performers. Outside, the atmosphere is quiet…
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By Caitlyn Jules Malilay Unfortunately, one flick with a wand and sprinkle of magic cannot make Parkinson’s Disease disappear for 48-year-old David Rabotnick, COC nursing student, husband, and father of…
Opinion / by - November 9, 2017 8:00 am
By Karina Zeyrek “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”…
Feature / by - November 7, 2017 6:58 pm
By James Gend Every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday beginning at 7:00 am sharp, Santa Clarita Valley holds a large Swap Meet event in Saugus’ speedway arena. Here, residents pay a…
Entertainment / by - November 7, 2017 4:21 pm
This month COC’s GSA Club will host its Game Night event that will feature free play of video games, board games and card games on November 17th, located in Student…
Entertainment / by - November 6, 2017 6:36 pm
By James Gend As the Fall kicks off, the residents of Santa Clarita Valley eagerly await the return of the local trick-or-treaters and the spooks & scares thing bring along….
Entertainment / by - November 2, 2017 4:46 pm
By Travyan Suttle This week COC’s gay-straight alliance club will attend the Friday night bowling event. This event will be hosted by the Sociology and Psychology club, located at Valencia…
Opinion / by - October 31, 2017 8:30 am
By Reiland Reantaso Millennials have been told their entire lives that the university system is the gateway to the American middle class. Acknowledging the raising cost of tuition and that…
Opinion / by - October 30, 2017 8:00 am
By Praditya Fulumirani Blackface, yellowface, redface—racism in Hollywood isn’t as blatant as it used to be, but by no means has it become any less hurtful. Whitewashing isn’t anything new, and…
Opinion / by - October 25, 2017 8:00 am
By Cydnee Dos Santos In recent years, many changes came to the smoking world and it’s community when it comes to cigarettes. With vaping gaining attraction and sales in the…
Opinion / by - October 23, 2017 4:45 pm
By John O’Donnell Since the birth of the first two political parties in the early 18th century, there has been an unending struggle between the righteousness of one over the…
Arts & Entertainment / by - October 14, 2017 9:05 pm
The Stage Door is a small venue located inside Keyboard Galleria Music Center. It plays host to any and all local artist looking to showcase their talent on stage in…
News / by - October 11, 2017 6:07 pm
By Travyan Suttle This semester COC’s GSA Club will host its 2nd gaming tournament to raise money for the clubs cause. Proceeds gained from the gaming tournament will go toward…
Opinion / by - September 27, 2017 1:08 pm
By Matt Funicello, USMC Everyone and their uncle has put their two cents in about this NFL situation, so I figured I’d put mine in as well. I am a…
Breaking News / by - September 26, 2017 5:52 pm
By Diani Ellis After 7 years, COC’s Cross Country team host’s the So Cal preview meet at Central Park. Being the largest meet of the year, COC hosted 35 teams,…
News / by - September 5, 2017 5:35 pm
The Trump administration officially announced today it is ending the DACA program which gave a deportation reprieve to an estimated 800-thousand undocumented citizens who came to the United States as…
Feature / by - August 12, 2017 6:38 pm
The blurriness is over. Hundreds of people in third world countries are seeing more clearly because of the Castaic Lions Club. In 1917, the Lion Club was started in Chicago,…
Feature / by - August 10, 2017 6:32 pm
By Travyan Suttle As I sat down in my chair, anxiously waiting to know what the GSA Club meeting entailed, student introductions began. It was then I heard the introduction…
Health / by - August 8, 2017 1:59 pm
By Annie Bahena COC students face self- esteem issues affected by social media. Keeping a self- confident mind is hard to handle when there’s social media in between, highlighted by…
Entertainment / by - July 28, 2017 1:53 pm
By Diani Ellis Jasmine Hall, one of COC’s fastest sprinters, does something out of the ordinary when she leaves her four year ride to come back to a community college….
Feature / by - July 8, 2017 1:44 pm
By Vivianna Shields The sun is cooking the asphalt to a torrid 135 degrees. Fleas are thriving as they jump from host to host. Rattlesnakes are beginning to slither at…
News / by - July 4, 2017 1:41 pm
By Tim Strong “He is amazing, he helps out so much.” “Coach Crater, love that guy.” Matt Crater is an assistant football coach at College of the Canyons, but his…
News / by - July 2, 2017 6:37 pm
By Stephanie Pillado A sea of faces glistened on black and white ink across a bulletin board in the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Office, all ranging between toddlers to adults. “Missing”…
Fashion / by - June 24, 2017 1:31 pm
By Alondra Lopez Native American, Indian, Chinese, and Mexican, are some of the many cultures whose tradition’s significance have lost meaning by being used as costumes for Halloween, accessories for…
Feature / by - June 20, 2017 3:14 pm
By Katherine Carmichael Once a little girl fleeing a war zone. Now a thriving 4th-grade student. Meet Floren, 10, who is making a new life for herself in the Santa…
Feature / by - June 20, 2017 1:50 pm
By Marissa Scott You see a young kid go up to the mat to start his wrestling match. You can hear the whole crowd chanting each of their names, waiting…
