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The Citizen

Peralta Community College District's only student-run publication.

The Citizen

Peralta Community College District's only student-run publication.

The Citizen

Lock-down Diaries: James

Special multimedia edition: Playing with time
James Millett, Managing Editor May 1, 2020

“Lock-down Diaries” is a series featuring different members of The Citizen newsroom as they go about their day while under the shelter-in-place directive. Shelter-in-place began Monday, March...

Still image from “Bad Boys for Life” runtime 2 hours 4 minutes, rated R, released Jan. 17, 2020.

Bad Boys for Life: Movie Review

James Millett April 21, 2020

  When Miami Florida reggae group Inner Circle recorded the song “Bad Boys” for their 1987 album “One Way,” the world hardly took notice. Film director John Langley saw something in...

Laney student rekindles passion for machining

Laney student rekindles passion for machining

Fate, empowerment brought Diane Starr to the machine shop
Alicia Crawford, Special to The Citizen March 10, 2020

Laney College student Diane Starr is currently pursuing her Machine Technology certificate. Machining, however, is not new to Starr. The two are getting reacquainted after a 29-year hiatus.  As...

Tony Chiodo winds up for a pitch in the second inning against the Mendocino Eagles. Photo by James Millett

Two Eagles enter, one Eagle leaves empty-handed

Laney Eagles baseball defeats Mendocino College Eagles 5-3
James Millett, Managing Editor March 6, 2020

The afternoon sun had cut away the gray morning clouds, and clear blue sky blanketed the Laney Eagle baseball diamond. There was no denying spring was arriving on a cool breeze as Laney faced off against...

A sign supports Measure Q along the sidewalk in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland

Measure Q falls short

James Millett, Managing Editor March 2, 2020

California voters will be participating in the presidential primary earlier than usual, joining 13 other states to vote on Super Tuesday, March 3. Oakland voters will also be voting to create funding for...

District-wide class cuts provoke faculty outcry

District-wide class cuts provoke faculty outcry

Saskia Hatvany and James Millett February 10, 2020

The Peralta community has expressed concern over the district administration’s announcement that it has cut 6% of classes district-wide for the spring semester and will make additional class cuts in...

Berkeley City College students travel to D.C. to protest DACA hearings

Berkeley City College students travel to D.C. to protest DACA hearings

Students from Undocumented Community Resource Center advocate at national rally
James Millett, Staff Writer November 27, 2019

Berkeley City College (BCC) student activists traveled to Washington D.C. to protest the potential end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Supreme Court,...

Life after justice: Exonerated student begins new chapter at Laney College

Life after justice: Exonerated student begins new chapter at Laney College

After serving 36 years for a crime he did not commit, Archie Williams enrolls in music classes
James Millett, Staff Writer November 14, 2019

Archie Williams has begun at Laney College after being exonerated in March. Photo by Saskia Hatvany. Archie Williams looks cool: black t-shirt, black jeans, slouched beneath a...

Best-selling author Tommy Orange captivates at Oakland Museum of California

Best-selling author Tommy Orange captivates at Oakland Museum of California

James Millett, Staff Writer November 7, 2019

The setting sun cast orange light and long shadows across the garden courtyard inside the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA). A line snaked and doubled back on itself as people kept arriving, adding...

California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Oakley. (Photo courtesy of California Community Colleges)

California Community Colleges prioritize remedial class reform, financial aid, diversity

Student journalists interview Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley
James Millett and Isis Piccillo October 24, 2019

California Community College Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley held a teleconference for community college student journalists Tuesday, Oct. 22, to discuss new legislation regarding immediate access to transfer-level...

California Assembly member Jacqui Irwin (D), who proposed the AB 705 legislation, speaks in an informal video for students on the California Community College State Chancellor’s Office website.

AB 705 accelerates students through community college

New reports show greater success for students in transfer-level courses
James Millett, Staff Writer October 9, 2019

As of Jan. 1, 2018, all California Community College students can directly enroll into transfer-level English and math courses, eliminating daunting assessments and making remedial coursework obsolete...

Still image from ‘Hustlers,’ 1 hour 50 min., rated R, released Sept. 13, 2019.

Movie Review: Hustlers

James Millett, Staff Writer October 1, 2019

Hustlers opens in 2007 with an experienced stripper named Ramona, played by Jennifer Lopez, who mentors a novice stripper named Destiny, played by Constance Wu. The two become best friends and refer to...

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