Showing Laney some perspective
by Angelica Carapia in Features
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On a sweltering Friday morning, Laney's new public information officer, Eliza Y. Chan, walked briskly to the corner of 10thSt. and Fallon Ave., with bright pink potpourri-scented Windex in hand. Under her arm was a green-and-white foam board map of the Laney campus.
by Leah Clark in Features
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Welcome to the new section of the Laney Tower!
Being a food person (snob), and a college student, I am always looking for good, cheap eats. Considering that fact, I also wanted to share my findings with fellow students, helping you, as well as the business owners.
Peralta students from low-income families finding financial assistance in troubled times
by Jonathan Riley in Features
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If you are coming from a low-income situation to attend Laney, you may be having trouble paying for school. Living is expensive enough without outrageous textbook prices, and transportation to and from school can also be costly, depending on where you're coming from.
Recycling and trash bins showing up around campus, litter declines
by Leah Clark in Features
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With the start of the fall 2008 semester, also come some new recycling containers.
You're bound to have seen the canisters with signposts through- out the campus, around the Laney parking lot, and blue recycle bins in classrooms.
It's a simple fact that only certain things can and cannot be recycled.
by Jean Womak in Features
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Research in the Laney College catalog tells us that of the 33 teachers in the Humanities Division, about half of them got their advanced degrees from either San Francisco State University or U.C. Berkeley. Only five of them proudly proclaim the AA degree after their name, but those were achieved at campuses all over the Bay Area.
How do you feel about the recent series of robberies and burglaries in Oakland and Berkeley?
by Hannah Husain in Features
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"I think that instead of pinning the blame on who is doing it, we need to look at the economy and how it's driving people to do it...They're desperate. I predicted this would happen last year!" Ahmed Akbar Molecular Cell Biology "It hasn't personally affected me much, but I think it's a result of the current social problems.