I should have shot Poindexter. Instead I gave the responsibility to her. It wasn't right, I knew it, but I tried not to think about it as the tribe fanned out down the rows of white trees. The thought seeped through my brain like water slowly corroding...

Three staff members of the Pirates' Log, the student newspaper of Modesto Junior College, and a contributing student cartoonist, were honored at the annual convention of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges April 7-9 in Sacramento. and nb...

I began this article on the principle of giving light to the fact that the American people have lost many of their freedoms, primarily that of free speech. I set out to illustrate examples of censorship in our society, mostly because I myself feel cens...

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It has been a wet and stormy season not only with California weather, but for the students and faculty of Modesto Junior College. With the whirlwind of cut classes and slashed funding, it's getting harder and harder to see the hope in t...

All the votes are accounted for and the new student government has been chosen. Every year Modesto Junior College holds student elections for the Associated Students of MJC. Each term lasts for one full school year and follows certain guidelines emplac...

After Japan's horrendous 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, Californian citizens are concerned about what similar disasters might occur in their own quake prone state. People are also running scared over the threa...

The overall theme of this year's graduation will be overcoming challenges. The speakers for this year's graduation have a common message for their peers. Benandrew Briggs, the commencement speaker, will advise student...

Thursday, March 31 in the east campus quad area a celebration for Cesar Chavez's accomplishments, attributions to the farm workers was commemorated. Students gave speeches of his cultural impact on us, what he did as wel...

When watching the previews for Sucker Punch I kept the steady idea that it could be either brilliant or terrible. ...

In what seemed like an episode of Judge Judy fraught with courtroom antics and displays of blatant disrespect for the law and the dignity of the principles of tenure, MJC faculty layoff hearings concluded Wednesday with no ruling until at least May 18....

'You'll and lsquo;ave to put a h-hole through me before you put one through my ship!' They stood toe to toe, glowing orange from the light of the campfire. Poindexter sneered up at her, and used a high pitched voice that would have been comical in any oth...

The next battle of the MJC budget cuts will take place at a legal hearing tomorrow, Tuesday April 12, in the YCCD Boardroom on 2201 Blue Gum Ave. In addition to the 10 MJC professors who were issued layoff notices on March 15, many current and former M...

He reminded me of my dad, though he looked nothing like him. He was in his late 30's, dark skinned, polite and, unlike my dad, spoke understandable English. ...

Black cloth covered my eyes as I regained consciousness. More senses followed, such as some bustling and mumbling sounds on deck and a pain echoing inside my head. I forgot where I was, or why I was blindfolded, so I began to ask a simple question when...

Thousands filled an empty parking lot just a few blocks away from the Capitol in Sacramento on Monday, March 14. Activists rallied to protest the recent budget cuts made on public education. State legislatures propose...

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The Sacramento Kings may soon become the Anaheim Royals and the state capitol will lose a franchise team that has helped stimulate the local economy since moving to Sacramento in 1985. Northern California has suffered the most during the economic crisi...

When President Loewenstein's budget cuts were approved by the YCCD Board of Trustees on March 9 at Modesto Junior College, Physical Education was one of the departments left intact. The entire Mass Communications Program was cut, among others, but MJC ...