Cypress College hosted a campus-wide faculty and student dodgeball tournament in the Gym I. On May 2nd, five teams entered, but only one team won. The Frankenteens came out on top, winning a grand prize of gift cards to Seven Leaves Cafe. The other teams who didn’t win received pizza.
There are many ways someone can help or give back to the community, whether it’s being an organ donor, helping a charity, or donating blood. Students at Cypress have taken the initiative by helping people by donating their blood when Cedars-Sinai Medical Center arrived on Thursday, April 24. There are certain guidelines to go over…
Brent Weber, a graduate student and instructor at the University of Oklahoma, screened his new documentary, “Real Live Angels,” to Cypress College students and faculty members March 19. Weber also conducted a Q&A after the film for the audience. He also used the Q&A for constructive criticism about the film. Real Live Angels gets its…
If you’re an aspiring musician, a night of rubbing elbows with famous artists may certainly help to put your foot in the door. Now in it’s 13th year, the OC Music Awards is a showcase of sorts, promoting local talent and attempting to further the success of Orange County’s musicians. This year the event was…
Cypress College’s Theater and Dance Departments present the musical Big River, based on Mark Twain’s classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Directed by Arthur Ross, the cast includes Huckleberry Finn played by Daniel Rees McDonald and a runaway slave, Jim, played by Brandon Burks. “We’re all worked really hard,” said McDonald, “Big River can be…
Have you ever given blood? We’re not talking about the tough-guy “Give blood: Play hockey” sort of giving. Have you ever donated blood to a medical organization? According to the American Red Cross, approximately 9.2 million people in the United States donate blood each year, generating more than 1.1 million gallons of that red, iron-y,…
Deal drugs, assault your classmates, deface a student government-approved poster on a bulletin board: It’s all the same under the education code. “Persons defacing approved publicity on campus are subject to the rules and regulations of the California education code section 76033”. In other words, student putting a mustache on a flier that has a student…
Club L.E.A.D. did an open screening of Miss Representation, a film about the way the media influences the public’s view on women. The screening was on September 19,2013. Miss Representation challenges the limited view of women in the media, as well as takes a hard look at the under-representation of women in position of power and influence.…
Eniglish 110,Humanities Ancient to Medieval, went to the Getty Villa on November 21, 2013 as a required field trip. “The field Trip happens every year. It is good to get out to the art,” Melanie Nabahoni, the professor of Humanities 110, said, “The students need to see the art in person and really experience the…
What do most students do when their first class is cancelled? Like any good student, they go to the learning center or library and get some work done for another class… right? Some students take advantage of this extra time and get some work done, but there are those few students who don’t. For some…