The Citizen

Meet Peralta’s student leaders

Four student body presidents discuss their backgrounds and aspirations

Satch Alvarez, Staff Writer • December 13, 2023

At each of the four Peralta colleges, student body government plays a substantial role in the shared governance structure, responsible for voicing the needs and concerns of the students at their respective...

BCC student president applies his computer skills to ‘hack’ student government challenges

Described as an 'extraordinary student leader' by BCC administration official

David Rowe, Associate Editor • February 16, 2022

Harry Mapodile, a sophomore computer science student at Berkeley City College (BCC), relaxes by listening to movie soundtracks and sea shanties while refining his C++ and Python coding skills. Unfortunately,...

Student Center funds vanish

admin • October 13, 2018

ASLC missing $16,000 from last five years By Geremy Lowe Revenue from five years of Student Center events has disappeared, noted ASLC President Dagnachew (Dag) Sibhat at the Sept. 27 Student Council...

‘Dag’ Sibhat wins presidential run-off

admin • May 23, 2018

Candidate elected to ASLC with 24-vote lead in two round election By Nicole Lovett Danachew “Dag” Sibhat won the ASLC election by 24 votes in a run-off presidential election. (Photo by Toni...