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  Nationally community colleges have seen a large decrease in enrollment in the 2020-2021 school year as low-income students go to work and lack educational resources during the pandemic. A 2020 Survey conducted by The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported 2-year colleges lost 10.1 percent of their average enrollment. Executive Director, Doug Shapiro spoke of the results stating, “the pandemic impacted high school graduates in their immediate college enrollment, and those from high poverty, low income, and urban high schools have been hit the hardest. The enrollment gaps appear to be widening because of COVID-19.”  Low-income students have reported that a lack of Wifi, laptops, and the ability to learn virtually has deterred them from continuing in their higher education. Mary Parham of the American Association of Community Colleges added, "Recognizing that community college students are older, are working, and have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemi

  “The fear that someone would physically hurt me was very real.” Linda Nguyen of Graden Grove like many Southern California is feeling the stress and fear of violent hate crimes against the Asian-American community.  Over the past year, the rise in hate crimes across the United States has increased exponentially. Cal State San Bernardino’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism reported that within the 16 largest cities in the US rose 149% in 2020. Consequently, this occurred around the same time Former President Trump began to refer to the coronavirus as the “Wuhan Virus” and the “China Virus” when the pandemic began.  The dangerous rhetoric has created a fear culture that has now turned into hate and violence against the Asian-American community. In October 2020 the United Nations reported, “We are further concerned by the documented increase in hate and misogynist speech, including incitement to hatred and racial discrimination in public places and online. The UN continued, “th

  The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that the U.S. has paid as much as $63 billion in improper benefits since the rise of unemployment began last spring following the Covid-19 Pandemic. California has taken the biggest hit with an estimated $11 billion fraudulent payments and $19 billion in flagged accounts. There has been much confusion surrounding the unemployment benefits system and has left many citizens out of work, income, essential needs, and many have fallen victim to one of the largest on-going fraudulent schemes in history. California Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, Julie Su, stated during a January press conference, “California has not had sufficient security measures in place to prevent this level of fraud, and criminals took advantage of the situation.” Many existing balances have been drained by cyber thieves while others have opened false claims on behalf of unsuspecting victims. After passing the CARES Act Relief bill, it has left the online system flawed

  The Covid-19 pandemic catapulted our society into an era that we have been anticipating for years now, the era of online centralization. Over the past decade, our society has slowly begun to shift into an online world, changing the way businesses, people, and communities interact with one another. Some people were accustomed to doing everything online, making the transition a near non-issue. Other people were not ready for the change that our society was adhering to. I met with Andres, a best friend of mine who is also attending college, to discuss how the pandemic has affected our ability to learn and ultimately our student outcomes. We have taken different paths through college, but we share a similarity in the fact that we are returning students that walked away from college before. So in essence we both have had a decent amount of experience in schooling. I have taken about half of all my college courses as online-only classes and a majority of the others offered an online aspect

  Earlier in the month, San Bernardino Valley College wrapped up its annual student film festival, hosted by the head of our film program Professor Lucas Cuny,WolverineCon, having taken place from March 31st to April 3rd . Although held virtually, there was still a lot to partake in. In case you didn't catch anything here's what you missed  Starting off the festival was a 2 hour expo covering careers in television, radio and film, including KVCR, the station our school is partnered with. Next was 4 discussion panels covering different topics regarding film and other aspects of the entertainment industry. These topics include horror films, voice over work in animation and video games,a discussion and black masculinity and nerd culture. And even star trek.  On day two there was a virtual cosplay competition and the premiere of the documentary film “The Dino” directed by SBVC film program Alumni Daniel Saldana. Day two ended with a discussion about the film with the director and P

  Are you interested in the education field? The student California Teachers Association (SCTA) has a chapter at Valley College! The SCTA is for students who not only want to become teachers, but also those who want to go into administration or counseling. In SCTA, students develop skills to become future leaders and passionate educators who advocate for education. SCTA San Bernardino Valley College Chapter is the official Chapter of the California Students Association. SCTA San Bernardino Valley College Chapter strives to be a recognized and collaborative organization that inspires and fosters exemplary future leaders in education. They believe in developing qualified, skilled, and passionate future educators prepared to address evolving challenges in the profession. They believe community service helps future educators develop, foster, and improve the community and creates positive relationships. The club’s advisor is Ed Gomez, who advises MECha and the History Club, so you know this

  National Library Week 2021 is April 4-10. The initial theme was “Wake Up and Read,” but this year it is “Welcome to Your Library,” endorsing the awareness that libraries stretch far beyond a physical location. Especially during the pandemic, libraries have expanded their resources. Whether people visit in person or virtually, libraries offer opportunities for everyone to explore new domains and become their greatest selves through access to technology, multimedia content, and instructive curriculums. The San Bernardino Valley College library offers professional service with 4 full-time and 3 part-time librarians. SBVC librarian and assistant professor, Maria L. Notarangelo, holds a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree from San José State University and has been working with the library for 2-years. She is also currently teaching Public Services (3-credit)—an introduction to the public services departments and their functions in the modern library, one of the seven

  San Bernardino Valley College literary magazine Phineas contains literary work submissions from students and the magazine not only contains literary works such as poetry or short stories the magazine also contains art pieces such as drawings and photography that is usually submitted during the period between October and  February. Unfortunately, this year  Phineas Literary magazine  will not be published due to remote learning .Professor Joel Lamore ,the magazine advisor, said  that the publication was cancelled also because  the Phineas class would not be meeting in person and so critical decisions made about the submissions could not be made well online. The Phineas magazine relies on promotion of the magazine for student submissions to be put in the magazine for the following year. A high majority of students who are interested in submitting for the following edition of the Phineas magazine have picked up the previous years issue thus resulting in their interest to submit to the f

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