Women who desire a common kinship will feel at home with the newly formulated “Women’s Inspirational Nights,” being held at Café 210. COS child development major Krystal Aginaga, 27, saw the need for a group that would give support and encouragement to women in their everyday endeavors. Not long after, she filled that need. “I [...]
Community Life
Students Hit the Back Country in Dr. Lionvale’s Backpacking Class
Lots of people love to spend time outdoors, most of which enjoy camping and hiking especially, but not everyone knows how to fully experience their time spent in places such as the mountains. Dr. Tom Lionvale’s Back Country Backpacking class offers beginning, intermediate and advanced levels in his courses for anyone who has either no skills or [...]
Local Skaters Break Ground on ‘Do It Yourself’ Skate Park
Visalia skaters have broken ground on what will become the next do-it-yourself skate park in Visalia. Danny Johnson, a business major at COS, and his friends have been putting their free time into building a skate park in an abandoned warehouse skeleton in southwest Visalia off of Santa Fe street. Accordingly nicknamed “Skate Fe”, this [...]
Visalia Has Poets. Did You Know It?
In the back of a dimly lit pizza parlor are literary enthusiasts with an appetite for competition. In front are judges laying down the laws of poignancy. Founder Michael Jasso is leaving people hungry for more, in Visalia’s first-ever competitive poetry organization. “It seemed like Visalia was lacking that literary art element so I kind of wanted [...]
Six Million Buttons For Six Million Lives Taken
In the late 90s, a Tennessee middle school decided to collect six million paper clips in representation of the approximated six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. This project has had far-reaching effects, some of which are hitting close to home even now. The Congregation Beit Shalom of Visalia has begun its own collection. Only [...]
Local Metal Favorites Perform for SPCA Concert
Editors Note: The previous draft stated that James Coffman was the guitarist for Catharsus at the show. This is inaccurate, Micah Butler was the one guitar that night. The two sides of the crowd ran at each other after the lead singer of Catharsus instructed them to form a ‘Wall-of-Death’ at their concert on February 1st at Cafe 210. The people collided and began to mosh [...]
Local Musicians Play Fan Favorite at Fox Theatre
It’s become a trend in recent years to put out older, popular movies in the theaters again, usually with just some haphazard 3D effects thrown on, and a bloated ticket price to boot. But what if you could see one of your old favorites, accompanied by a live soundtrack? A local group of musicians is [...]
Talk Water Conditions With Sequoia Speaks lecture series held at COS
The National Park Service will be hosting a series of lectures this February entitled ‘Sequoia Speaks’. The series will primarily focus on the water conditions of the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and will give an opportunity for students and other people in the community to learn and ask questions to experts from the field. “This is a rare opportunity for anyone [...]
Candle Lit Memorial Ceremony Held For Eric James Borges
Candles lit the night sky in front of the COS Theatre as over 70 people gathered for the one year reunion of the passing of former COS student Eric James Borges on Jan. 11. Borges, an advocate for the Trevor Project, was a gay young man raised in an atmosphere that did not condone this [...]
Candlelight Memorial: Eric James Borges
A candlelight memorial will be held this evening at the College of the Sequoias in remembrance of past student Eric James Borges. The event marks the one year anniversary of his suicide. 19 year old Borges, who struggled with bullying and lack of family support, finally succumbed to the pressure of dealing with his lack of social [...]