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Event shows ‘Food’ flick

CSE

The Center For Science Excellence is hosting a showing of “Food Inc.,” a documentary by Robert Kenner about corporate farming in the United States.

The event will be held on Friday from 2-3:30 p.m. in the PS-132.

For more information, contact Dr. Setiati Sidharta at 510-235-7800, ext. 4527.

Gospel Choir seeks robes

Fundraisers

The Contra Costa College Gospel Choir is raising money to purchase new robes.

A fundraiser will be held Friday at the Hilltop Community Church, located at 311 Shane Drive.

Tickets to see the group perform are $10.

For more information, contact Mrs. D. Hunter at 510-235-7800, ext. 1183.

Films honor great women

Campus life

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the ASU is hosting Lunafest, a film festival about women, from 7-10 p.m. in the Knox Center Saturday.

Tickets are $10 each. Proceeds will benefit the Student Life Center and the American Cancer Society.

The public is encouraged to attend.

For ticket information, contact Jennifer Ounjian at 510-235-7800, ext. 4407.

Chat to raise awareness

ASU

In preparation for a statewide march at the Capitol on March 22, the ASU is hosting a Fireside Chat and Amphitheatre rally from noon to 2 p.m. on March 18.

The event will educate the public  about California’s budget crisis and present ways in which students can join in the fight against the privatization of public education.

For more information, contact the Student Life Center at 510-235-7800, ext. 4407.

Campus Beat stories

march

Day of Action unifies

Fight for education spreads statewide

Thousands of students, parents and educators across the state rallied for equal access to education in a historic Day of Action protest Thursday that they say is just the beginning of a much-needed social movement.

Web site remodel delayed

Launch held back 18 days after set date

To make information more readily available to current and prospective students who are considering it as a stepping stone in their educational endeavors, the college has given its Web site a makeover.

Debt hits $2 million

Allocation remodeled, talks of layoffs begin

Facing a $2.2 million budget deficit for the 2010-11 academic year, the discussion of possible staff and faculty layoffs and a decline in student services and programs is under way, college officials say.

operation richmond

Operation Richmond aims to proclaim peace

RICHMOND — Thousands of city residents joined together at the Civic Center here Saturday to “Proclaim God’s Peace Over Our City,” including people of all ages, and different cultures and walks of life.

king tut

Talk unravels King Tut story

Seminar corrects inaccurate history

A standing room-only crowd joined history professor Manu Ampim in LA-100 Thursday for a W.E.B. Du Bois lecture series event on the inaccuracy with which the media portray the life of King Tutankhamen, popularly known as King Tut.

Annual blood drive draws fewer donors

Blood donations were significantly lower then expected during the Blood Centers of the Pacific (BCP) and ASU annual blood drive held in the Recreation Room on March 3.

relationship

Chat inspects relationships

Forum offers battery, abuse resolutions

Responding to the relationships being destroyed by violence and affecting the community in many ways, 44 students came together in the Fireside Room on March 3 to hear the representatives of “Relationships on Violence” share their thoughts, experience and advice on the subject.

Calculators aim to succeed, win

Pencils in hand and minds racing, several students raced to finish a 20-question multiple choice test as part of the second round of the Math Competition held Friday in H-7.

computer

Techies attempt record

Group aims to create ‘most powerful laptop’

Expanding the boundaries of the computer technology department, a group of students and a professor are working together to create the most powerful laptop in the world.

Assessment measures student learning

Program review identifies success

With the development of Student Learning Outcomes, or SLOs, instructors are able to nail down exactly what they expect students to know by the end of a course.

Key access upgraded

Lock system eyes seceurity with changes

In an effort to make the campus more secure, the college has made lock changes to eight of its 22 buildings.