Johnson wants to retire as president if given the chance May 2, 2022 By Leticia Luna, Editor in Chief As a small child, David Johnson used to play ball at the Merritt College campus. Born and raised in Oakland, Johnson’s earliest memories are a source of pride as he...
Peralta Community College District’s only student-run publication was awarded for its transparency and consistency in reporting on Peralta’s security transitions March 23, 2022 By Leticia Luna, Editor in Chief The 37th annual James Madison Freedom of Information...
December 13, 2021 Leticia Luna, Gerente de Redacción and Maria Fernanda Gomez Castro, Periodista de The Citizen (English version below) Afable, Carismática, y Latina - Angélica Garcia comparte su historia demostrando a los estudiantes que es posible triunfar aunque la...
Questions Have Been Raised About Our Work Image by Leticia Luna, Managing Editor October 22, 2021 By Luke Wrin Piper, Editor-in-Chief and Leticia Luna, Managing Editor When, in 2019, an electrical failure occurred due to a rodent’s ambitious stroll around a...
May 7th, 2021 By Leticia Luna, Social Media Editor In our first video of the “On Campus During COVID-19” series, Leticia Luna, Social Media for The Citizen introduces viewers to the Laney College Carpentry Department, one of the first programs to return to campus...
Board Approves New Interim Chancellor in 7-0 Vote During Tuesday’s Meeting March 23, 2021 By Leti Luna (Social Media Editor), Pamela Rudd (Opinion Editor) and Luke Wrin Piper (Managing Editor) At the March 23rd Board of Trustees Meeting, Dr. Jannett Jackson was...
Longtime pillar of Merritt community remembered by colleagues February 27, 2021 By Leticia Luna, Social Media Editor “Anita meant so much to so many. She touched the lives of so many colleagues, and especially her students, leaving her fingerprints of love,...
New president brings familiar face to 2021 January 12, 2021 By Leticia Luna, Staff Writer “I’m so fortunate to be this college’s president,” Laney College President Rudy Besikof said, expressing his appreciation to Laney College. Besikof has been acting as interim...
December 30, 2020 By Leticia Luna, Staff Writer “I want to be accessible! I will try as much as I possibly can to do that because it is important to me to understand what's on the hearts and minds of those that I serve,” Nathaniel Jones III, the new president of the...
December 18, 2020 By Leticia Luna, Staff Writer It is finals week and we have all experienced many feelings with all that is going on on the planet this year, from a global pandemic to social injustice, extreme environmental catastrophes to stressful elections adding...
By Emily Tenorio Molina, Staff Writer March 1, 2023 A community takes a great deal of experience...
By Jindi Zhang and Lylah Schmedel, Staff Writers March 1, 2023 Reporters from The Citizen...
By Emily Tenorio Molina, Staff Writer October 28, 2022 On Friday, Sept. 23, Berkeley City College...
Johnson wants to retire as president if given the chance May 2, 2022 By Leticia Luna, Editor in...
April 18, 2022 By Ken Lester, Staff Writer Whether it is a good idea or not, the world is opening...
Vote Affirmed Following Random Selection Method By Li Khan, Associate Editor March 15, 2023...
By Timothy Lane, Staff Writer March 8, 2023 Eleni Economides Gastis, Chair of Laney College’s...
THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY Update 2:45pm, March 3, 2023: Following the publication of this story,...
By Li Khan, Associate Editor March 2, 2023 For the second time in one week, The Peralta Community...
By Emily Tenorio Molina, Staff Writer March 1, 2023 A community takes a great deal of experience...
