Accent Advocate

Editorial

Upstairs battle

Long-awaited elevator scheduled for insertion

It can be tough to get to the top floor of the Gym Annex Building.

The 40-year-old building is not only removed from the heart of campus, but it is the only mutli-floor building at Contra Costa College without an elevator.

Columns

Unproductive homebodies live selfishly

Faythe Del Rosario touches on the fact that people who stay at home and dont do anything with their lives, "NEETs" live selfish lives.

Stressful fall semester has sanguine outcome

Daren Akagi gives his point of view on the stress that college life can put on a student, and how to view such incidents through optimistic eyes can save ones life.

Think piece

Fat dependency

Food addictions similar to drug’s affect on body

The quick smile from that first hot, salty french fry becomes a look of disgust as fast food addicts wonder why they continue to shove the potato sticks down their gullet.

Debatable

Pro: Surveillance foils terrorist schemes

It couldn't have been easy for United States security officials to watch as America's preeminent symbols for global trade and militancy smoldered at the hands of a terrorist group.

Con: Nation’s principles subverted by laws

The basis of the American justice system is the assumption of innocence, but fear has overwhelmed the minds of many who would trade their freedoms for security.

Mailbag

Emergency preparedness still practiced by some

Editor: I have been here for 32 years and I have seen plenty of different situations as they apply to emergency preparedness. On Oct. 20, during my morning class, we had an earthquake drill. The students were instructed to get under the tables and hold on.

Guest commentary

Student feels campus woes

I have several pet peeves associated with being in a wheelchair. The two most important school-related issues on my list involve campus parking and the elevators here at Contra Costa College.