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Angela Rose Bickmann
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Blogger and professional journalist in the making. Spreading awareness about the world to make a positive difference.
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After a deep debate of differences during their second meeting of the semester, City College's Board of Trustees decided to raise its non-residential student tuition fee. This upcoming fall, the fee will rise for the first time since the 2015-2016 school year from $235 to $258 per semester unit.
White supremacist posters were posted Friday morning on Cliff Drive near the Santa Barbara City College campus, according to a witness. The posters first surfaced early Thursday morning and were reported to college officials by City College faculty who saw them. The issue came up Thursday afternoon at the Board of Trustees meeting and by...
After over a decade without a vision statement at City College, the Board of Trustees approved of one during its Thursday meeting. The statement reads: "Santa Barbara City College strives to build a socially conscious community where knowledge and respect empower individuals to transform our world."
A planned discussion about multistall gender-neutral bathrooms shifted into a confrontation full of interruption and disagreement between two generations of government. The issue took over half of the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday. "We're on the cusp of a cultural change," Trustee Peter Haslund said. Students and faculty informally stood up out of their seats,...
Jonathan Abboud, trustee vice president, will attend the annual California Democrats State Convention to propose his vision of free tuition for all public colleges in the state. The convention will be held Friday, May 19, through Sunday, May 21, in Sacramento. There, Democrats will have progressive discussions including how to make college affordable for students.
The Board of Trustees approved the rights and responsibilities for next year's Student Trustee, David Panbehchi, at its Thursday meeting. Panbehchi, a political science major and student commissioner of events, won the position under the Associated Student Government election with 62 percent of the vote. "He is a bright-eyed, intelligent and driven young man with...
Features
During his last trip to Washington D.C. in 2014, Trustee Jonathan Abboud was arrested with UCSB's student government, after blocking the sidewalk on Sallie Mae, a student loan organization. In his recent 2017 D.C. trip, Abboud attended the "Community College National Legislative Summit," and arrived back to City College to enlighten The Board of Trustees with...
Opinion
City College students walk from one class to the next, glancing at the coastal view they wish they had time for. Little do they know, they can easily make time to enjoy the outdoors of Santa Barbara and get school credit for it too. The best way for students to make the most of their...
Taking the bus may not be so bad anymore. The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District proposed a number of changes that could help City College students travel to school more easily. The Channels Editorial Board encourages the transit district's board of directors to follow through with the proposed changes.