Cruz Mueller isn’t much different from the other students who frequent the Multicultural Center, except that she graduated high school in 1969. Scott Greenstone The Broadside COCC and OSU-Cascades student Cruz Mueller (Scott Greenstone | The Broadside). Cruz Mueller isn’t much different from the other students who frequent the Multicultural Center, except that she [...] [...more]
Scott Greenstone The Broadside New students at Central Oregon Community College this term will find that though their classes may not be online, much of the curriculum is. Online tools are meant to enhance learning for students, but for some online curriculum does the opposite. With professors turning to programs like Blackboard, TurnItIn, and WebAssign, [...] [...more]
You were probably taught math the wrong way in grade school Julie Keener thinks. Keener, mathematics instructor at Central Oregon Community College, said that the only reason she was good at math was because she could memorize all the formulas and deliver them on command. She didn’t understand the fundamentals of math or the reasoning [...] [...more]
Scott Greenstone The Broadside A roller derby girl. The images that may have come to mind are of an aggressive warrior on wheels, someone very different than the shy Mileah Tiernan. However, this high school student has captained the Lava City Roller Dolls several times. Tiernan, a 17-year-old enrolled in an early college program at [...] [...more]
Scott Greenstone The Broadside When Lloyd Johnston was laid off, despite nearing 60, he felt relieved. “I had been managing a tractor mechanic shop for a long time, the company was struggling, and I was stressed,” he said. Because Johnston wants to work with kids, it didn’t take him long to find his [...] [...more]
When Ruby Patterson’s father, a geologist and a “Texas oil man,” mentioned he would love to have one of his two girls working with him, she decided that would be her. by Scott Greenstone The Broadside Patterson grew up in San Antonio in a strong relationship with both of her parents and can relate happy [...] [...more]
Selene Hutchison’s love for history and traveling has led her to a career choice where she can give others a trip they won’t forget. Hutchinson is studying to be a museum director. Hutchison grew up in Lugano, Switzerland, where “we do not buy houses, because we like to have money on the side to go [...] [...more]
Scott Greenstone The Broadside For Felipe Delatorre, video games weren’t a distraction from his career path; they were an inspiration. Delatorre said he grew up “half and half,” in both America and Mexico. “I was born in Brownsville, Texas. Then I moved to Mexico for a while—that explains the accent,” said Delatorre. [...] [...more]
Scott Greenstone The Broadside The Freedom Rides of 1961 weren’t the first time Claude Liggins was discriminated against on public transit. When Liggins was in his mid-teens, he decided to sit on the white half of a Lake Charles, La. bus. After telling Liggins he would call the police, the bus driver pulled over at [...] [...more]
