Spring Break
Sky Calvert-Alameda, 5, and Anderson Dodge, 5, danced to the music played by an Oakland mariachi band, Mariachi Colima. The Child Development Center visited the Diversity Day events in the quad on May 14. Ring around the mariachiWhat about the First Amendment?
After 81 years as a student-run First Amendment newspaper, the future of The San Matean is in jeopardy. Faculty-driven recommendations for restructuring the journalism program threaten the paper as a bi-weekly news medium.
A faculty committee presented recommendations from a Program Improvement Viability review that included journalism courses to the Academic Senate in December.…
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State woes promise cuts
The state's projected $24 billion deficit after May 19 propositions failed will force CSM administrators to make some tough choices in July about fall classes.
Students need to understand that what happens at CSM is directly tied to the state budget, said Michael Claire, President of CSM.…
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District plans plus/minus pilot
The district will begin researching the effect of plus minus grading on students starting May 28.
San Mateo County Community College District will be replicating research done at Foothill-De Anza Community College District in 2004 and 2005 to understand the impact plus and minus grading policy would have on SMCCCD students and their transferring to four-year universities, according to Patty Dilko, SMCCCD Academic Senate president.…
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Richael Young State student senate president wins big bucks
Richael Young found herself $62,375 richer May 7, when she hit a college student's dream of winning five scholarships.
Young, 20, environmental engineering major, received four CSM scholarships and a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship at the May 7 Scholarship Awards Reception.…
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Alpha Gamma Sigma's newly elected make plans
Alpha Gamma Sigma elected new officers on May 13 and attended a regional convention last month.
AGS supports its members in defining and reaching their goals by encouraging achievement and community service, building social and professional networks, and providing the information and focus needed for success, according to the AGS website, www.…
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Students win senate seats
New faces will take on big roles in the 2009 to 2010 Student Senate.
Fall 2009 elections took place April 27 through April 30.
Senator Steffi Santana will become ASCSM President. Vice President will be Jorge Frias, 20, who ran against 2008 to 2009 Senator Kathleen Sheridan, 18.…
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Baseball Coach reflects on seasonCoach Williams' wins seventh 'Coach of the Year' award
Meet Sean Wilson, Bulldogs batting leader
Bulldogs eliminated in super regionalsThe Bulldogs traveled nearly 250 miles northeast to Quincy, Calif. May 15 where they were eliminated from the super regionals. The team went 1-2 in the two-day double elimination tournament. In the first game, San Joaquin Delta College defeated San Mateo in extra innings with a score of 7-6.Start-up comedian catches followers
Tame the Beast: collaboration unleashed
Informed search rewards seekersJob seekers that jump straight to Craigslist and Monster for a job search overlook a better way to find work. One of the best ways to learn about careers is through informational interviewing, said Eileen O'Brien, counselor and coordinator of the Career Services Center. |
