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A pair competes in the Potato Dance contest, where two people hold a potato between their foreheads and dance around the arena at the NAHC Powwow at Merritt College in Oakland, CA., on September 27, 2025.

‘Laughter is Medicine’, Annual Powwow highlights Native American healthcare

The Native American Health Center has served everyone who walked through their doors in San Francisco and Oakland for over 50 years.
Eliot Faine, Multimedia Editor October 13, 2025
The sky was nearly cloudless at Merritt College campus on Sept. 27, the Saturday after the 2025 California Native American Day. Warm sun beamed down on the jewelers and dancers and volunteers as they prepared for the fourth annual Native American Health Center (NAHC) Powwow.

Facebook to offer tuition-free course

admin November 9, 2018

Peralta’s ‘historical’ partnership with tech giant set for spring at Merritt campus Saskia Hatvany, Laney Tower Staff Writer Facebook’s Chief Diversity Officer Maxine Williams addressed the...

Merritt women win BVC title but fall in NorCals

admin April 4, 2018

T-Birds beat Los Medanos in first round, but then lose at №2 Fresno City by Eva Hannan Merritt College guard Nyela Cade (11) drives to the basket in the Lady Thunderbirds’ 66–49 win over BVC...

Pothole problems plague Merritt College

admin March 30, 2017

Tower Watch goes off-road at Merritt’s parking lots Saskia Hatvany/TowerBy Saskia Hatvany Unlike Merritt College’s other parking lots, there are no signs indicating where the B parking lot is. Despite...

Retracing Routes

admin February 17, 2017

Isabel Wilkerson is the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Her award-winning book, “The Warmth of Other Suns” (below), tells the story of the Great Migration.Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel...

Powell speaks out for education

admin November 4, 2014

Many of the more than 250 students who filled the Merritt Student Lounge on Sept. 23, along with other community members, to hear activist, writer, and public lecturer Kevin Powell speak on “The Toolkit...

Microscopy at Merritt: looking deeper

admin May 2, 2014

Tucked away in the back room of Merritt College’s Microscopy Laboratory is a piece of machinery whose small stature belies its powerful capacity.Housed in room D247, the laboratory is home to the tabletop...

Merritt soccer team wins first BVC title

admin November 7, 2013

The Merritt College Thunderbirds men’s soccer team eclipsed its best finish to date with a resounding 4–0 drubbing of the Yuba College 49ers on Nov. 1. The route all but cemented the T-Birds’ position...

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