Cedar Goslin The Broadside One of the purposes of Central Oregon Community College is to prepare students for situations they will encounter in their future careers, and on March 3 students will be given a chance to learn from self published author, Maggie Watson. Watson is the author of a book titled “A Graceful Farewell: [...] [...more]
Josh “Brown” Ballou The Broadside With spring break just around the corner—thank goodness— there are lots of things you can do right here in Central Oregon. Check out any of the new movies dropping like “Red Riding Hood” (March 11), “The Lincoln Lawyer” (March 18), or the long awaited action flick “Sucker Punch” (March 25). [...] [...more]
In the past six months, the Associated Students of Central Oregon Community College spent more than $27,000 in student fees on a lawyer and a public relations consultant. Tobey Veenstra The Broadside Editors note: The following story is the result of a month-long examination by The Broadside of COCC and its student government relating to [...] [...more]
Kirsteen Wolf The Broadside A 23-year-old woman reported being raped on Feb. 25 by Thomas Harry Bray, a parttime COCC instructor who she met on an online dating site. The victim agreed to meet him for a drink in downtown Bend. They then went back to Bray’s apartment where the victim reported that the rape [...] [...more]
William James The Broadside Since Feb. 10th, cardboard boxes have been appearing around the campus of Central Oregon Community College. Some may be wondering exactly what these boxes are for. They are the product of an effort spearheaded by COCC students and by Cascade Youth and Family center, to raise donations for residents of Living [...] [...more]
Bethany Hargrove The Broadside Spring break is almost upon us, and while you may already have epic plans, not everyone can spend spring break on a sexy beach with sexy people, right? This spring break, I invite you to join me in alternative and possibly geeky pursuits that will undoubtedly make your spring break memorable, [...] [...more]
Willaim James The Broadside A couple of Central Oregon Community College students came away with medals from the 12th annual Tour de Meissner on Feb. 12. Joe Madden and Darragh Hildreth, Nordic skiers at COCC, managed to come out on top in the men’s and women’s overall 15km skate race respectively. Joe and Darragh are [...] [...more]
by Cedar Goslin ARIES March 21 – April 19 This week put your personal talents to use in order to over come an obstacle and pay special attention to your sixth sense. Hopefully it’s not seeing dead people, or you’re in for an interesting week. TAURUS April 20 – May 20 The stars suggest that [...] [...more]
WASHINGTON—Congress will likely avert a federal government shutdown this week, but lawmakers signaled Sunday that there are still plenty of short-term and long-term fiscal fights ahead on spending cuts and deficit reduction. The House of Representatives returns from its President’s Day recess Monday poised to vote on a compromise stopgap plan to fund the federal [...] [...more]
COCC art student exhibit at Pinkney Beginning February 28th, students at Central Oregon Community College’s art classes will be displaying their artwork in Pinkney Hall. The exhibit, called the Harmony and Chaos,will feature students’ work including “watercolor, acrylic, oil, graphite, ink, charcoal, leather, photography, digital media and mixed media” pieces, according to COCC’s visual arts [...] [...more]