When talking about words and their origin, nowhere is it more important to look than Black America. Everywhere you look, whether it be music,  movies, or even sports, popular...

I’ve thought about this many times in the year-plus I’ve spent here. Every time I scan a bulletin board there’s a new club notice, sometimes similar to an already existing...

Revolutionary. Innovator. Activist. Author. Cleve Jones goes by many names and on Tuesday afternoon spoke at Central Oregon Community College’s Wille Hall in a majority-youth...

At Central Oregon Community College two buildings are set to undergo extensive changes at a to be determined date. This includes relocating and centralizing both student support...

In the spring of this year I applied for the Central Oregon Community College Foundation Scholarship. I received it last year and as such didn’t think much of it after I re-applied....

The term “at ease” is a military one, referring to the command of relaxing from standing at attention to the soldier’s commanding officer. It also refers to the column written...

From 2021 to 2023 there was only one reported rape case and two reported cases of fondling found at Central Oregon Community College. In 2024, students reported nine cases of sexual...

The Latinx Fiesta has been a longstanding celebration of Latin American culture held at Central Oregon Community College for over a decade. It was slated for April 19 with...

Black culture is always being put under a microscope. A couple months ago, a white comedian, Andrew Schulz, disparaged Black music after insulting and disrespecting Black women...

The music was blaring, the air thick with smoke and excitement. Drinks were passed around and lying on the floor. This was not a scene at a nightclub but at Central Oregon Community...

“We elected a fascist,” said Central Oregon Community College student Dilon Multop. Long have elections been sources of contention in the United States, but the most recent...

I’ve always been Black but it wasn’t until I came to Central Oregon that it wasn’t a choice anymore. In Southern California, being Black is just another feature, it’s a...

Out of 1,167 community colleges in the US, only 285, including Central Oregon Community College, offer residence halls. COCC also offers numerous sports grounds and covers nearly...

The public needs, and so by extension Central Oregon Community College students, need public transportation to be available. Even if all of COCC students don’t use it, it must...

A recent leadership conference took place in Ashland, Ore. at Southern Oregon University from Oct. 11 to Oct. 13. Guided by Central Oregon Community College Afrocentric Program...