Wednesday, July 29

Remembering 9/11 will help shape future

Carol Peterson Petersen is a special assistant in academic development.   On Sept. 11, I was teaching in the Transfer Summer Program. My students came to class that morning, and we focused on their research projects ““ after 45 minutes’ sober discussion of what was happening in New York and Washington.` Even in those early hours of chaos and shock, students in that class saw connections between the morning’s events and the political, economic and social forces they were studying in their adjunct class, Latino Immigration and Identity, and the research they were doing to understand the patterns and significant details in their own families’ immigration histories. Read more...







College years ending too soon, but new start’s exciting

Sabrina Singhappattanapong Singhappattanapong served as a News reporter.   Senior year, the end is near, I’m walking out, a bit in fear, Powell, Young ““ anywhere, Studying till my brain would tear, Looking back, I love my school, The friends I met were just so cool, Jenny, Jo Jo, Daily Bruin, Why did college have to end so soon? Read more...