I’m a Film and Video Production major. Sadly, for myself and those like me, COS does not offer any film classes other than Film Appreciation. Despite this, the school still has a full AV lab with everything a beginning film student could need to record sound and to shoot and edit a video project. Yet [...]
Opinion
Sweats! The New Jeans
There was a time when every occasion required your Sunday’s best. People took pride in their attire and understood the fact that their clothing choice was a direction reflection of themselves. It is disheartening to say that this is no longer the case. The pride that individuals use to take in their dress has diminished. [...]
The Evolution of Marriage
The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, more commonly known as DOMA, federally defined marriage as being only between one man and one woman, and gave states the option to not recognize same-sex marriages from other states. California’s Proposition 8, passed in 2008, followed this trend and formally adopted the same definition of marriage for the [...]
Major Problems
The eternal question facing college students is the prejudice of others when it comes to choosing a major. Generally by the time that we’re all in our second year of college, we have already decided on what we, as individuals, want to major in. Whether it’s the desire to teach English or to become a [...]
Denim Day 2013
April 24 was Denim Day. For those of you who do not know what Denim Day is, it is a day dedicated to sexual violence prevention. The day gained its name from a rape case in Italy during the 1990s. The situation involved an 18-year-old girl who was raped by her 45-year-old driving instructor for [...]
The Decline of Quality Music
Today’s definition of good popular music is, to put it nicely, false. It no longer takes a skilled musician to make popular music anymore. Most of these popular artists are not proficient at their instruments. Nobody actually can sing the way they do on their recordings. It’s all so fake now. Popular radio music has gone [...]
Editorial: Campus Climate Affecting Students
There’s an unfortunate truth we need to face: College of the Sequoias has a deteriorating campus climate — the overall psychological “feel” on campus has become uncomfortable, stifling, and generally unpleasant. We aren’t the only ones to notice it: our accreditors included this as one of the laundry list of reasons that the college was [...]
The Wonderful World of TOMS!
TOMS shoes was founded with the idea of providing comfortable footwear for all, not only to those fortunate to be able to afford them, but also the less fortunate. If you are like me, comfort is only half the battle. The first question that comes to mind for shoes is, “How do they look?” because [...]
Weekend with Beatrice Wood
After a three-hour car drive from the COS campus they stepped out of the car and found themselves in the lush, emerald green hills of Happy Valley. The wind whistled through the trees and the bamboo groove, and lured them into a sense of peace and open-mindedness that helped them express themselves artistically. The Beatrice [...]
Printing Out The 2nd Amendment
Over the past few years, 3D printers have become increasingly popular. Makerbot has brought this to a hobbyist level, not quite a common consumer product, but something that definitely has a community, as websites like Thingiverse prove. As time goes on, the printers and materials they use will become cheaper and cheaper and more popular, [...]