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

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

ScoreBoard

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

“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.”

Photos by George Morin and David Rogers

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