The meeting room was packed with cheerful and eager faces both new and old last Thursday, as SCC’s newest Associated Student Government took office in an enthusiastic swearing-in ceremony. President Colton Long administered the oaths, numbering well over 50. Chiefs of departments and their commissioners chatted and planned their strategies for the coming semester’s activities, [...]

Source. Maybe you’re taking a Public Speaking class and need a visual aid. Maybe you’re writing a research paper and a diagram would really help convey your point. Maybe–just maybe–you contribute to SCC’s The Hawk Times newsletter and need to crop and retouch a picture for the website so it fits properly and doesn’t slow [...]

As you walk in on your first day of college, what do you see? It’s not high school anymore. There are no proctors to make sure you stay within your confined campus or herd you to class before that timely bell rings. There are no bustling cliques standing in front of the school, blocking your [...]

The tromp of footsteps and the clinking of cash registers in the bookstore have once again come to Santiago Canyon College as the Fall 2010 semester begins. The parking situation has improved somewhat from last spring thanks to the addition of a brand new (partial) parking lot, and of course the long awaited, much anticipated [...]

SCC President Juan Vazquez opened and closed the evening’s ceremony with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a solemn speech about the hard work and sacrifice each student makes in pursuit of his or her education. He also reminded the gathered crowd to remember the generosity of the scholarship donors, without whom the nearly $75,000 in awards would simply not have been possible.

Santiago Canyon College has a shiny new Teacher of the Year for 2010, as reported in an article at the Orange County Register’s website this morning. The OC Teacher of the Year “Prize Patrol” began making its rounds this morning, interrupting Maureen Roe’s freshman English class this morning to proclaim her the second of Orange [...]

In our ongoing quest to add even more polish to The Hawk Times, we’ve made a few little refinements to the site to improve your experience. If you’ve been a regular visitor to the site you probably have already noticed these changes, but just in case, here’s the quick rundown:

The ground shook and the air rumbled at SCC Friday night, as the Associated Student Government sponsored its first “Battle of the Bands” competition in the parking lot near the library. A full stage, complete with glittering lights (to taunt our cameras with, of course) and booming music pumping from towering speakers dominated the night [...]

The Associated Student Government at SCC today held the Spring 2010 Town Hall Meeting to great success. Students showed up to hear about the upcoming issues affecting their educational opportunities and voice their concerns about the direction California’s Community Colleges are going in. Among the issues discussed were a proposed fee increase to $40 per unit, being considered by the state legislature;

According to a recent report from the California State Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), the legislature may soon consider an increase in Community College Tuition for upcoming semesters. Whether the increase will actually materialize and what effects it might have on enrollment remain unclear. Some sources, such as student-run news site The Campus, note that even [...]