Students seeking a thrilling and thought provoking book to read over the semester break can look no farther than the recently published novel “Scorched,” the tale of a young boy living underground after a solar flare destroyed the earth’s atmosphere. Author Michael Soll creates a beautifully written satirical piece that comments on the construction of society as well as the...

After months of preparation, the curtains opened for the first time on five original student written and directed productions at the Student One Acts on Dec. 3 at Moorpark College. Students and families gathered in the Performing Arts Building for the opening night in anticipation for the five original plays, “Chugger,” “Confessions,” “Monster,” “Wolf Prinz,” and “Climax Club Battle Go!”...

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is laughing loud for all to hear, and students are welcomed to join the merriment on Dec. 9 with the improvisation team at their upcoming event “The Laughing Dead” at Club M. The Moorpark College improv group begins its final preparation in partnership with the music and the film/television department, transforming the TV...

As the holiday season arrives and streets become more crowded and hectic, Moorpark College students need to be cautious of pedestrians and other drivers on the road. On Halloween night, three 13-year-old girls were run over and killed by a hit-and-run driver at a busy intersection in Santa Ana. Just 30 minutes after this incident, another hit-and-run occurred in Irvine...

The Moorpark College Student Health Center offers Mindfulness Training as a way for students to lower pre-test anxiety as the finals season approaches. The everyday demands of maintaining positive performance in classes, sustaining a good work environment, and keeping up with a social agenda can be difficult for students. For those students, Mindfulness Training can be a solution. “Students who...

Now that spring registration is available, students scramble to meet with counselors, plan their class schedules, and fulfill transfer requirements. Priority registration for classes began Nov. 12, and registration starts Nov. 24 for new students. Open Registration begins on Dec. 8 with new classes and options for students.“I am really excited for this next semester,” said Political Science Major Derek...

The Moorpark College Forensics Team, currently ranked the number one community college speech and debate team in the nation, is busy preparing speeches and performances for their upcoming Fall Showcase on Dec. 2 and 3. The Forensics Team participates in different tournaments throughout the year, performing in two showcases before the last competitions of the semester. The Fall Showcase takes...

Some Moorpark College students are creating a web series to generate work experience as a result of employment fields growing more competitive. Kelsey Anderson, 18, and Nick Moreno, 20, created the web series “Miles to Go” as a way to connect with and help young people to obtain hands-on experience in the areas they are studying. “It’s based off of...

Moorpark College’s cast of “Dracula” skillfully showed “there are such things as vampires” in this tale of the undead. The cast of “Dracula” seemed content with their success on Oct. 16 as they took their opening night bows to the standing ovation of a delighted audience. After auditions and weeks of rehearsals, the production of “Dracula,” directed by John Loprieno,...

Moorpark College student and seasoned actor Austin Miller excitedly waits to move his role in the upcoming production "Dark Heart of Poe” from the Elite Theater in Oxnard to the Simi Valley Cultural Art Center as the Halloween season begins. Miller is reprising his role of the brooding Edgar Allan Poe for the third year in this production, which tells...