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Puvungna On September 19, 2015 I joined the class on the trip to Puvungna, which is also known as the “Gathering Place” for Native Americans. I have known that Puvungna was located on campus but I have never gone to look around. The site is located right along Earl Warren Drive on campus and behind the Japanese Garden which was populated by the Tongva tribe. In 1974 Puvungna was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This museum is very different to a museum that we all know of.…

California State University Northridge is a conglomerate of different cultures, ethnicities, and religions. The students and faculty are a good sample size of the American religious landscape: numerous ethnicities from different locations around the world come together and bring their religious practices with them. This nation holds great pride in its diversity and acceptance of others. This concept of pluralism is something the nation would prefer to have as a common belief, however there are…

Proposition 50 was the only California state proposition on the primary ballot last June. Due in part to current law, while the suspension of public officials can occur, the consequences of loss of salary and/or benefits are non-existent, allowing for corruption to pervade their position without consequence. Corruption in the service of the public should never be acceptable practice and no public servant should be allowed to get away with a lack of ethics. Proposition 50 addresses the issue of…

Did you know that Yale was the best school to go to for lawyer? Most people do but if you didn't know now you do. I learned about that when I was researching for my paper I also learned about what i have to do to become a lawyer what i found was that the first thing you have to do is graduate from high school then practice for and take college admissions test (SAT/ACT). The next step i found out that i have to do is develop good reading and writing skills over time. Then i need to attend…

know that time was going to fly by. Next thing you know I began to receive acceptance letters as well as rejection letters from colleges I had applied to. Out of nine colleges I applied to I was debating between four: UC Riverside, Fresno State, San Francisco State University and West Hills Community College. Thinking about where I wanted to go was very overwhelming and stressful. I was only seventeen going on eighteen and I had to start thinking about what I wanted to do with my life, it felts…

The value of a college education has always generally been high in the United States of America. Most Americans believe that if you work hard and get a college education you are destined to succeed, but what happens when you cannot afford to go to college? Public universities were once easily accessible and affordable, but with rising housing costs and tuitions only those with the most money can afford to get a higher education. Most people assume this is due to inflation, but there is actually…

The community college system in the state of California has a unique governing structure that practice shared governance (California Community College, 2016). There are17 board members that are appointed by the state’s governor. The board of governor has the legislative authority to establish and implement policies for the institution. Members of the Board of Governors are required to meets 11 times per year. The Board of Governors appoints the Chancellor of the Community College. On May 16,…

moments. As a matter of fact, after high school my plan is to go to CSU Monterey Bay or UC Sacramento and major in psychology so that I could come back to Salinas and help out the community. They say that Salinas is the second worst school in California, they say that because of all the violence there is and all the deaths that have occurred in the past seven months. The time for a better generation is here, the students who live here in Salinas have come to realize that we need to work hard…

Since my freshman year of high school, my passion for agriculture has flourished. I did not come from an agricultural background as my parents worked for the State and Amtrak, but I was intrigued about California’s leading industry. Up until my freshman year in high school, the closest I had gotten to agriculture was when I would grow a garden of vegetables during the spring for fresh produce. I became involved in my school’s FFA chapter and was infatuated with the FFA from the start. I saw it…

Long Beach City College hosted their annual State of the College Address on Feb. 3 to discuss changes in education programs, additions of funding and construction projects with the surrounding communities of Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Avalon and Hawaiian Gardens. The address was given by Acting Superintendent-President, Ann-Marie Gabel, who thanked the surrounding communities for helping pass the $850 million construction bond measure that would go to upgrading and improving the LBCC…