The committee tasked with reviewing applicants for the district chancellor position begins meeting this month, following objections from the teacher’s union regarding the new chancellor’s salary increase. Committee member and Moorpark College President, Luis Sanchez, has some reservations about the kind of candidate the increased salary might attract. “You kind of hate someone being drawn to that kind of work...

A massive remodel of the Moorpark College gymnasium is getting underway after being unchanged for nearly half a century, according to athletic trainer Vance Manakas. "That's on of the original buildings on campus that has never been touched in almost 50 years," Manakas said. "If you go and look at the lockers, the lockers are the original ones they had...

Winter means it is time for hot chocolate, comfy sweaters, cold weather and sometimes even snow. That is, for places other than California, where it is always hot and you can walk around with just a t-shirt even in November. However this year, the snow and hot chocolate will be brought to campus by America's Teaching Zoo for their visitors...

The Ventura County Community College Board of Trustees recently approved a sizable raise in the annual salary for the chancellor position amid an unprecedented number of classes being cancelled due to budget constraints, according to the American Federation of Teachers Vice President of part-time faculty Renee Fraser. “It’s a massive salary increase and we object to it,” Fraser said. “Our...

Defying expectations, polling predictions and at times the will of his own party establishment, Donald Trump has won the election to be the next President of the United States of America. Trump addressed a roaring crowd of supporters at a rally in New York, promising to serve the disenfranchised and praising the grassroots efforts by his supporters. “The forgotten men...

Lt. Cesar Romero will focus on community policing as he takes on the position of supervisor of the Moorpark College Campus Police. Romero's top priority as a supervisor has always been campus safety, but second to that has been making his staff as well as students and faculty feel like the police department is part of the community. “I want...

To raise funds for America's Teaching Zoo while also exposing children and families to its facilities, the zoo staff hosted Boo at the Zoo on Oct. 30. Boo at the Zoo, which featured a costume contest and trick-or-treating, was a great way to be introduced to America's Teaching Zoo, according to attendee Rebecca Pantaleon."You'd never suspect there would be a...

I love football and have ever since I was a kid, watching games with my dad and brothers even way back when I was little. But as much as we enjoy seeing passionate plays and big hits, it isn’t worth the long term damage that it’s doing to the players. Concerns about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), brain damage caused by...

As part of a plan to rotate the Ventura County Community College District lieutenants, Lt. Gregory Beckley is leaving Moorpark College on Nov. 1 to serve as supervisor of the Ventura Community College Police Station, according to Moorpark College President Luis Sanchez. “Part of it is to expose the local chief of police to the different college cultures because there...

After a day of competing and attending workshops, the Student Voice staff brought home seven awards from the 2016 Journalism Association of Community Colleges SoCal Conference at Cerritos College on Oct. 29. Each year, journalism students attend the Southern California conference where they are allowed the opportunity to compete in on-the-spot competitions, sit in on workshops and listen to various...