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THE STUDENT VOICE OF CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE, SAN PABLO, CALIF.
‘Pivotal’
Annual car show
unites gear heads
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No. 1-seed Rams
crush Comets
editorial
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Mid-year budget cuts
to shrink ’11-12 debt
Car stolen behind
Police Services
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Former Comet
athlete Garcia,
25, murdered
TENDER CLUBBIN’ CARE
“I don’t see how
they can keep
cutting us and
expect us to
educate the next
generation of
Californians.”
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29, 2012 VOL. 98, NO. 15
Editorial
Monday’s march demands attention
CampusComment
What can students do to fight tuition fee hikes?
Restaurant workers deserve respect
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SUPPORT
Newsline
CrimeWatch
Protest draws attention
to state budget woes “This event is a calling to all
students to come out and fight
for their education.”
| $149 million debt adds to giant deficit
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| Slain
| Groups increase membership
“(His death is) so
tragic. He’s the
third player of
mine to die with-
in a year.”
“It’s very important to be in a club because it
promotes student engagement. It starts with
a common interest by joining and through the
club, they become a family.”
MUSICAL
HEALTH
| Lot 10 targeted
“By cutting our
investment in edu-
cation, we have
created this vicious
cycle (of under-
funding). The most
important message
from all of this is if
we don’t support
higher taxes in this
state, it’s going
to get worse and
worse and worse.”
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Comets’ successful season ends with crushing loss to City College of San Francisco
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Single-parent juggles sports, academics
Lax defensive effort leads to double lossScoreBoard
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HONORED EDUCATOR
Hazardous fire
retardant pushes
back completion
Former automotive
professor admired
Sociology event promotes
book, informs students
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“When I think of
Bobby, I think ‘joie de
vivre’ (joy of life). He
just lived life to the
fullest no matter what
he was doing.”
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Photos by George Morin and David Rogers
invadesSAN FRANCISCO