The next Associated Students president for the 2016-17 academic year is 20-year-old Teresita Rios, political science major."I'm super excited and happy when I saw the result," Rios said. "I'm ready to work. I'm going to do my best and I'll honor my office to the best of my ability."She won with 544 votes against Lawrence Kelly, A. S. director of...

The annual Year of Wellness event invited a speaker to talk about video games and wellness in a lecture titled "Living, Loving, and Dying in Games and Virtual Reality" on April 14. Mariantina Gotsis is a research assistant professor and director at the Interactive Media and Games Division at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. She teaches...

There's an extra candidates running for Moorpark College's Associated Students presidency this year compared to last year, according to Sharon Miller, director of student services. "Last year there was only two candidates running for A. S president," Miller said. Here's brief look at each of the three AS. presidential candidates. Teresita Rios, 20, political science major, has been attending Moorpark...

The Associated Students approved funds to purchase 500 reusable water bottles and 1,000 new t-shirts in Tuesday's meeting. Last semester, A. S. Vice President Carmel Guthrez and A. S. Director of External Affairs Patrick Nordstrom were responsible for the proposal of installing additional hydration stations across campus. Guthrez said that the reusable water bottles and the hydration stations, that will...

Moorpark College’s Associated Students are all set to hold their annual elections to elect the new board of directors. There are more candidates this year, 23 for 10 positions, from last year, which saw 18, said Sharon Miller, director of student services. Miller hopes for a larger turnout than previous years. "Last year was also the year we switched to...

Are we buying more than what we actually need is one of the many questions Communication Studies instructor Jill McCall addressed in a lecture titled "Competitive Consumption."The lecture went over the reasons why we spend an average of 3.5 percent of our income per year to pursue the habits of a competitive consumer, who buys things they don't need with...

An adaptation of the popular Humans of New York blog has been started by Chelsea Vanicek, Associated Students public relations director. Brandon Stanton is the author of the Humans of New York blog and the New York Times bestselling book with the same name. Stanton takes portraits of people around New York City and tells their story through an anecdote....

Moorpark College will hold the 11th installment of the Year of Wellness in a lecture titled "How Do You Get to be Happy? Practice, Practice, Practice!" Laura Forsyth is a counseling psychologist at the Student Health Services center on campus. Her upcoming lecture’s main focus is about how students address happiness and how stress affects college students. “We’re going to...

More than 100 people attended an impromptu memorial service of Cody Hoffman on Tuesday, March 29 in Simi Valley. Hoffman, a 20-year-old Moorpark College student and Simi Valley resident, was killed in a car crash on Monday, according to a news release by the California Highway Patrol. The memorial took place on Sojka Drive, which is behind the site of...

Cody Hoffman, a 20-year-old Moorpark College student and Simi Valley resident, was killed in a car crash on Monday. Hoffman was on the way to class in the morning when the accident occurred along Highway 118 west, according to his memorial fund webpage. Hoffman is remembered fondly by his classmates and friends. “The world is at a loss,” said Dade...