The Channels

The City College Board of Trustees will decide in the near future whether or not to approve a bond measure that would finance campus construction and maintenance for the next 10 years. The Channels supports the early ideas of this possible measure and hopes that this time around, employees and staff will show more support.…

In the United States the poverty rate is lingering just under 13 percent. Parents and guardians across the country have trouble clothing, sheltering and, yes, feeding their children. At the same time overpaid, over hyped and over-publicized athletes continue to gripe about their bloated salaries.…

I walked into my mother's room and asked her to zip up my dress. As I turned my back toward her she let out a blood-curdling scream, and began to cry. Suddenly, I remembered I never told her about the tattoo on my back. A few weeks after my mother's first encounter with that tattoo she sent me something in the mail.…

As my time in Isla Vista comes to an end, I look back and reflect on my days living in the 13th biggest party town in the nation. I noticed how it has drastically changed in just one year. Moving here from San Francisco two years ago I could not believe the huge scene of students occupying Isla Vista.…