The irony of America’s love for hip-hop

By Daniel Roman

Last month marked the 45th birthday of Hip-Hop. On August 11, 1973, a young Jamaican immigrant named Clive Campbell hosted a birthday party for his younger sister in the recreation room of their housing project in the…

Mom fights opioid addiction crisis

By Robert Hinton

Joey Rovero died five months before he was supposed to graduate from Arizona State University, and six days before Christmas on Dec. 19, 2009. A toxicology report obtained by his family indicated he had low levels of Xanax…

Remedial courses no longer required

By Saskia Hatvany

Each year, two-thirds of California community college students are identified as “underprepared” and referred to remedial courses. For many, this means repeating basic math and English courses they took in high school.

TOWER WATCH: Student assaulted on campus

By Michelle Snider

A Laney student was assaulted on the way to his car on Tuesday evening, Sept. 4.

According to political science professor Scott Godfrey, his student was struck in the face before…

Letters to the editor

Community college is here for us

After graduating from Bishop O’Dowd High School in the spring of 2014, I enrolled at Merritt College in hopes of saving money and buying time to find a career I would enjoy.