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chose it. The city of San Jose is in the heart of Silicon Valley in Northern California. San Jose has the third largest population in California. San Jose is unique because it has a very congested high rise city area as well as suburban and small communities within the city. During my research, at Building Resilient Regions Institute of Governmental Studies, I saw that San Jose was ranked 87th on the RCI list. (RCI) I chose the city of San Jose because I am originally from the East Bay in…

covertly by accessorizing gay men behind a promise of companionship and validation. The gay best friend is a trap for the gay male community, tempting them to reject their identity and thus preserve the heteronormative dominance. We cannot fall for this trap; we cannot sacrifice what has been fought so long to build. It is fantastic that such an embracing of the gay community exists, but the gay best friend is not a genuine embrace and those who wish to truly celebrate gay culture must begin…

“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think” (Albert Einstein). Most believe a successful future comes from education, specifically a higher education like college. Children grow up with the notion that in order to be successful, you must go to college. When a person hears “college degree”, they connect it with a good job, benefits, and what people think is the most important, a good salary. When it comes to attending college, more…

intergenerational value shifts and the archetypal roles of older and younger gay men in a communicative workshop that produced both group discussion and personalized writings. In “‘We’re Not in Oz Anymore’: Shifting Generational Perspectives and Tensions of Gay Community, Identity, and Future,” Goltz investigates the accepted narratives and power dynamics that present themselves in modern gay culture. The results yielded clear distinctions in the thinking of older and younger gay men; when asked…

fantasize about “free community college” definitely hit that trigger. And because you are all smart people, it should hit you all in the same way…

met Dr. Mosqueda, she slowly convinced me to seek out the community colleges. As the class progressed, she mentioned the opportunity of doing hours at El Camino College, in particular the First Year Experience (FYE) program, so I decided to take the offer. This preface is important because it gives a glimpse into my constant eagerness to learn more about what exactly counselors do at the community college. Internship Site El Camino Community College is located near Torrance, California.…

is that they feel like they have to say that? One word: Marketing. The way sororities and fraternities are portrayed to the public gives off a bad image and reputation about the members and their community. Any person who has not been part of Greek life and does not have any information about this community and its activities they would think sororities and fraternities are just a big house full of college people just having fun, drinking, and sleeping around. However, what they don’t know is…

While a statewide report, there are many suburbs in Minnesota that have are majority white, and their schools are majority white with advanced courses, which shows that race, ethnicity, and economic class do play a role in enrollment in advanced courses, as students of a higher economic class had the opportunity to take advanced courses. The bit of diversity in my advanced courses, however, was not reflected in the students who actually took the exams. While there are no longer any policies…

you ever wanted to have children? Marriage? Adoption? Maybe even foster a child? In the recent news, same-sex marriage has become legal. This allows men to marry men and women to marry women. This is a huge stride for many people within the community but despite what some people may believe, this doesn’t solve all of the problems. In the United States, some states allow the people who preform marriage services, like government employees or court officiates, can refuse to do ceremonies…

of instructional support at BRCC, various juxtapositions can be made starting with one of the top Community Colleges in the country, Kingsborough Community College. Consistently ranking in the upper half of the top 100 community Colleges in the U.S., the institution was recently involved in an “Opening Doors” demonstration conducted by the nonprofit organization MDRC, along with six other community colleges around the U.S. in the year 2003. The college began implementing customized…