Word on the Quad

What do you think about Hillary Clinton running for president?

“My feelings are mixed. What difference will it make anyway? Whether it be a male or female representation they are both puppets.”
Kaileen Cassedy
Political Science

Water crisis and class war

California Governor Jerry Brown issued the state’s first-ever mandatory restriction on water usage on April 1, requiring households to cut back on their water usage by 20 percent. Brown cited everyday usages of water, such as long showers and watering the lawn, as major sources of…

60th JACC 2015

April 9–11 Sacramento, Calif.

Photo Essay

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Tower co-editor wins newswriting award

Britt Hart won second place in Newswriting at the annual Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) state conference on April 11 in Sacramento.
Hart was a first-time attendee at the annual convention. She and the Tower delegation were among 37…

Letters to the Editor

Electric Boogie

Editor — After reading the article “Students Can Now Charge up their Electric Cars At Laney,” I felt very proud of my school for being environmentally sound and conscious. I can really get on board with the fact that Laney wants to not…

Artisans try to answer ‘Who is Oakland?’

OMCA exhibit features local multimedia presentations

Who is Oakland?
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The Button

If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last two weeks, you’ve probably heard about “the button,” part April fool’s joke, part game, and part social experiment on the content sharing website, reddit. 
The button has inspired the creation of dozens of groups and mock religions, pushed many to…

Tower Watch

Laney parking lot a smash hit

A bold thief broke into this Toyota during daylight hours on March 27. 
The car was parked in a very conspicuous place — the circular parking lot (near the flag pole), which is the main entrance to the campus. 
At press time the…

ASLC introduces new voting rules

The ASLC started its meeting on April 9 by introducing a new way to vote on multiple proposals that council members can immediately make decisions on without discussion.
Student Advocate Jon-Mychal Cox read the summary of all four items on the calendar and only one was…

Remember 1915

Last week Pope Francis became the first head of the Catholic Church to publicly recognize the Armenian Genocide. During a ceremony at the Vatican with the head of the Armenian Church, Francis referred to the death of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 at the hands of The Ottoman-Turkish Empire as “the first…