Oklahoma City Community College Student Newspaper
The OCCC Job Fair and Health Job Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 6, in the College Union. Approximately 70 general employers will be available from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Greater Dining Area, and 30 health employers are expected in College Union rooms 1 and 3 from noon until 6 p.m.
OCCC students, alumni and community members are invited to attend, and are encouraged to be prepared for on-the-spot interviewing by multiple employment recruiters.
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To the Editor:
Recreation and Fitness and Student Support Services invite all OCCC students to “Fall into Fitness” this semester.
Successful people typically are those who engage in some kind of activity each week to help keep them focused and less stressed.
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Some students who filed their financial aid for fall semester 2010 sometime in April, June or July of this year found out almost too late there was a glitch in the system in regards to the loan request form.
Antwan Leon, music education and political science major, said he filed for his student loans in April and was not told of the issue with the loan request form until he went to the Financial Aid office Aug. 20 to find out why he hadn’t received his funds.
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To the editor:
I would like to comment on the controversy over adjunct professor Michael Talkington and his decision not to return to teach biology at OCCC.
The article in the Aug. 23 issue of Pioneer states that Talkington was “found to be following the course syllabus,” which means he was teaching what he was supposed to be teaching. It saddens me to think that a few students, who think they know more than a professor with 17 years of teaching experience, have made things so difficult for him that he feels he cannot continue teaching at OCCC.
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It is said that attitude is everything, and to a large degree, that may be true.
Because it is our own, we have some control over what it is and how we use it.
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Whether the classes you attend this week are the first of your college career or the last few hours needed to complete your degree, attending a community college is an excellent first step in your journey to higher education.
For students who have recently graduated from high school or those who are returning to school after several years, community colleges offer a smooth transitory stage.
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To the editor:
As a former journalist, I’m always pleased to see the Pioneer’s young reporters exploring the pros and cons of various issues relevant to OCCC students.
However, I cannot abide the final product reeking of lazy journalism.
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As a community college, OCCC has an obligation to enhance and help the community that supports it. But recently, some students and staff have been complaining about people who are neither students nor staff coming in and using the library’s computers and study areas.
There are a few sensible arguments these complaints could be based on.
One is that allowing anyone to walk in and use the library’s resources makes it more difficult for students who need those resources to use them.
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{jcomments on}When the Keith Leftwich Memorial Library opened its doors in 1972, it was called the Learning Resource Center, and its mission was to offer students and non-students alike the opportunity to read books, study and relax.
Nearly 30 years later, the library’s mission is still the same. According to policy, anyone with a valid college, state or federal ID may be granted access to the library and its materials free of charge.
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Many students may be unaware that African-American males are failing out and dropping out of college in record numbers.
These stats come from OCCC’s 2010 Achieving the Dream report. Only 22 percent of African-Americans who enrolled in OCCC in 2006 remained in college in 2008. Nationally, only 20 percent of black students earn a bachelor’s degree by the age of 29.
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