Open source textbooks an option but remain unused

Valerie Osier | News Editor Oct. 16, 2014 Despite more open education resources being created, professors at the community college level are slow to switch to open source textbooks, which would reduce the cost of textbooks, a substantial expense for students. “The fundamental problem is that most faculty are creatures of habit, and so they’ve been…

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RCC Spotlight on Jim Parsons

  Article and photo by Valerie Osier | News Editor Sept. 18, 2014 When he was a college student, Jim Parsons had an educational path that many students at Riverside City College can relate to. He started fresh out of high school with the aspiration being a doctor with a degree in medicine from University…

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McLean is a beacon to the lighting class

Valerie Osier | Features Editor May 29, 2014 Rigging the lighting for movies like “Titanic,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Forrest Gump” and working with Oscar-winning director James Cameron was normal for Jack McLean, who is now an instructor at Riverside City College. McLean started teaching at RCC seven years ago when his production company hired interns from…

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One Love marches to ‘May Day’

Valerie Osier | Features Editor May 1, 2014 College students and young adults from all over Riverside gathered at California Baptist University to participate in a “love revolution,” on April 17 as part of a statewide tour known as “March to May Day” that included more than 20 colleges across California. The One Love organization…

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Grad heats up ‘Hell’s Kitchen’

  RCC Culinary alumni Rochelle Bergman is a contestant on the 12th season of the FOX show Valerie Osier | Features Editor “Hell’s Kitchen” is a cooking competition reality TV show best known for its hot-tempered, curse-happy host, Chef Gordon Ramsay. Each season, 20 chefs from different backgrounds compete for a coveted grand prize. This…

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