The indie film festival known as Sundance, just recently came to a close. After an action-packed ten days, the festival finally ended with its award ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 31. Sundance began in 1985 and is continuously growing with more and more participating filmmakers and reaching a greater worldwide audience with each year. This year, the festival was held in...

The 87th Annual Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 22 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The prestigious film award ceremony has many people talking, including experts as well as Moorpark College students. The most highly coveted award at the Oscars is the best picture award. It represents the highest overall achievement of any movie released in the past...

On Sunday, Feb. 8, the Moorpark College teaching zoo held a birthday party for the new male african lion, Ira. The event attracted many people from the community, Moorpark students and deans, board of trustees and the president. "I'm so proud of all of the students and the people that work in the EATM program of what they've done and...

Moorpark College defeats Santa Barbara Community College 79-46 this past Saturday at Raider Pavilion. Moorpark came out shooting lights out in the first 5 minutes of the game as they started a 15-3 run. The Raiders were led by Jeremiah Gray who came out on fire in the first half with 20 points, converting 6 3 pointers. The Raiders had...

Moorpark College’s women’s basketball team loses close game to the Vaqueros of Santa Barbara 63-61 this past Saturday at Raider Pavilion. Moorpark opened up the first 5 minutes of the game leading 10-9. After that Moorpark had trouble converting shots as they were getting open shots but they weren’t going in. Santa Barbara started picking up full court which caused...

Moorpark College’s Athletic Trainer Vance Manakas and three other candidates are finalists for nomination for the California Community Colleges Classified Employee of the Year. One finalist was selected from each community college at VCCCD and one from the District Administrative Center. A representative committee from each of these places will come together to select the nominee to send to the...

The game was called at the end of the fifth inning after the Moorpark College Lady Raiders mercyed the Chaffey College Panthers. The Lady Raiders used the long ball to account for four of their runs, and had a seven run fourth inning to seal the deal.“You can tell their was great energy even during the pregame warmup,” said coach...

Moorpark College is revamping its Tutoring Center, introducing subject-specific tutoring and a Supplemental Instruction program, all set to start this semester. The main objective of the Tutoring Center, located on the third floor of the LLC building, has been to aid students in core Math and English classes. The new changes are adding to that."We want to focus on development...

The Moorpark Lady Raiders routed the Pierce College Brahmas by 33 points Wednesday night, with a final score of 87-54. The Moorpark Lady Raiders came to Winnetka Avenue with a lot of confidence, after beating the Brahmas by 41 points their previous meeting. Just like their last meeting, the Lady Raiders started on fire, and within the first five minutes,...

The Men’s Moorpark basketball team celebrated their victory on Feb. 4 on the road against Pierce College. The final score showed the Raiders defeating Pierce 67-63. The Raiders started the game off strong, but Pierce made an 18-5 run to close the gap. Pierce's comeback worked as they went into the second half up 37-33.“We turned the ball over a...