Students who are taking online courses or courses with online components this semester may see a new course management system called Canvas instead of the Desire2learn system they're used to. Since 2014, the Ventura County Community College District has tried multiple common course management systems, starting with Blackboard and moving to Desire2learn. However, after years of testing with both common...

Reports of sexual harassment have been on the rise from 2015 to 2016 at Moorpark College, resulting in a need for a clearer understanding of Title IX, the federal law protecting gender equity in federally funded schools. Between spring 2015 and spring 2016, reports of sexual harassment through Title IX rose from zero to 12 on Moorpark College’s campus. Males...

Starting this semester, Moorpark College is going 100 percent tobacco free, meaning students are not allowed to smoke cigarettes or use electronic smoking devices while on Moorpark College's campus. Students that violate this new law will be subject to administrative sanction, meaning students could receive a letter of warning, reprimand or even suspension. Lieutenant Gregory Beckley, supervisor of the Moorpark...

Moorpark College students are invited to celebrate Constitution Day with a voter registration booth, free ice cream and constitutional speakers. Members of the Constitutional Convention first signed the United States Constitution, beginning the process of its ratification on Sept. 17, 1787. In order to celebrate that milestone, Moorpark College will be holding the Constitution Day event on Thursday, Sept. 15....

Moorpark College is the best community college in California, according to a new report released by WalletHub. The study conducted by the personal finance website ranked community colleges nation-wide. It placed Moorpark number one in the state, 13th nationally, and eighth place in terms of students successfully obtaining their desired career outcomes. “Each of you has every reason to be...

The Moorpark College Associated Students Board had the first meeting of the year on Wednesday, Aug. 24 and just as every year, the board is working hard to improve the campus and provide a better college experience for students. The first item on the agenda for President Teresita Rios and the rest of the board was to appoint the new...

With the beginning of the fall 2016 semester just days away, Moorpark College faculty and staff prepare not only their coursework, but safety and emergency preparedness as well. On Friday morning, Lieutenant Greg Beckley led a presentation for staff and faculty stressing the important role that every member of the campus community plays in campus safety. “If you see something...

Lately on campus students can be found staring down at their phones intently while walking, which really isn’t anything new. However, now they’re also stopping to peer into bushes or point their phones at blank walls as if taking a picture. This behavior might seem a little strange, but they’re just playing "Pokémon GO." "Pokémon GO" is grabbing the attention...

This year’s annual Transfer Social will be held in conjunction with a mini transfer fair on Thursday May 5 along the Raider Walk and in the quad. “The goal is to celebrate the success of our students who have been admitted to a university and who are transferring,” said Donny Munshower, Moorpark College counselor and lead organizer of the event....

Atop the summit of the highest peak in Hawaii, Moorpark College professor Farisa Morales and seven of her students were hunting for new planets within the galaxy. “We spent two nights in W. M. Keck Observatory headquarters…to confirm the presence of 15 candidate sub-stellar companions around 13 stars,” said Shaurya Singh, 20, electrical engineering major. “In simple words, [we] were...