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The Channels – The news site of Santa Barbara City College. Grace Wilson takes the leadership role in City College’s theater program. November 4, 2024 Hunter Swanson, Staff Writer. As the velvet curtains rise and the stage lights gloom golden, the spotlight shines on third-year City College student Grace Wilson, but not just as an actor.
Cross Currents: Should we get rid of standardized tests?
Apr 23, 2021 · Standardized tests are not a proper way to measure intelligence or comprehension, and should be removed or replaced in order for today’s public education system to make any sort of progression in the future. Standardized aptitude tests have been around for a long time—at least 150 years. They’re required for military service and many ...
Breaking down Follett’s Campus Store takeover: what, why, how?
Dec 8, 2023 · Books are being removed from and replaced on the shelves of City College’s campus store on Wednesday, Dec. 6 in Santa Barbara, Calif., in anticipation on Follett Higher Education taking over textbook sales. Follett has agreed to buy City College’s remaining textbook stock at a reduced price. Concerns conflict with excitement as City College ...
Foreign students connect through the Language Exchange Program
Oct 4, 2021 · Santa Barbara City College. SBCC. From in-person to online, the Language Exchange Program (LEP) has continued to operate virtually despite the return to campus. The Language Exchange Program started in 2005 by the International Education Center and has been active ever since. The program lets students assist each other in learning a new language.
Cross Currents: Should presidential age requirements be updated?
Feb 1, 2021 · There shouldn’t be an age requirement for eligibility to run for President of the United States. Right now, the age requirement to be president is 35. This is too high. An American president needs to be in tune with and understand the latest social issues and trends to be an effective leader. A younger president would naturally relate to and ...
Learning how to love my height was a new opportunity for growth
May 6, 2022 · It is for me. I love being tall. I love walking into places and seeing the tops of people’s heads. I love wearing heels and platform shoes to accentuate my height. I love how powerful and intimidating being tall makes me feel. Growing up tall made me very self-conscious. But I learned to view my height from a new perspective which has led me ...
Surge in fraudulent bot enrollments provokes City College to take ...
September 30, 2024. Anthony Zell. California Community Colleges are facing a surge in fraudulent bots enrollments, with increasingly sophisticated bots pretending to be real students in order to illegally obtain financial aid. City College is no exception to this crisis, with fraudulent bots stealing not only money in the form of financial aid ...
Elementary students should be required to learn two languages
Sep 27, 2021 · One of the main benefits of learning a second language at an early age is that children learn languages faster and easier. They have more time to learn, fewer inhibitions and a brain designed for language learning. Recently, more and more schools have been adopting the idea of a dual-immersion program for the elementary schools around my area.
Cross Currents: Do young adults face unrealistic beauty standards ...
Feb 19, 2021 · Society’s standards have evolved and one look no longer fits all. Fashion has progressed and young adults no longer face the pressures of society’s strict standards. In the 1950s all women had specific standards in their appearance such as dresses and skirts that always needed to be below the knee. Now young women wear daisy dukes and mini ...
Letters to the Editor – The Channels
Letters should be mailed to: Letters to the Editor: The Channels. Santa Barbara City College 721 Cliff Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Read recent Letters to the Editor. The Channels recognizes its position on campus as a medium for free expression and community opinion. The Channels letter section will be used as an ongoing public forum serving ...