Nov 4, 2024 · At a time where technology is interwoven with education, it remains extremely critical that institutions strike a proper balance between academic integrity and respect for student rights. Tools like the Respondus LockDown Browser tilt this balance way too far. The LockDown Browser utilizes facial recognition technology to monitor students and deter cheating during remote exams....

May 4, 2024 · I first listened to track 13 of “Preacher’s Daughter” by Ethel Cain around 5 a.m. on December 29, 2023 after waving goodbye to a friend on an early flight. Ironically titled “Strangers,” it was one of those songs that you know you’re going to …

Dec 2, 2024 · With a constant variety of movies coming to theaters, The Channels asked two staff writers to discuss how movie-goers should behave in a movie theater. Ava Ohnstad, Staff Writer With the release of Wicked the Musical on the big screen, a familiar question has resurfaced. Is singing along to the movie a fun, immersive experience,...

Dec 6, 2024 · Right off the coast of Santa Barbara is one of the world’s biggest natural oil seeps. Its natural abundance has benefited the community of Santa Barbara for decades. In recent years, oil rigs were decommissioned in Santa Barbara due to the environmental effects, but the fleet of oil rigs right off the coast has become...

Oct 28, 2024 · The recent revelations regarding the discovery of fraudulent recruitment practices within City College’s athletic department’s football program underscore the importance of our job as student journalists to hold our community accountable. As editors of The Channels, we felt compelled to explain the choices we made when investigating and writing our story on this issue.

Oct 8, 2024 · The upcoming play “ Lost in Yonkers ” will begin showing on Oct. 9 in the Garvin Theatre at City College, presenting a touching story that explores family dynamics and the challenges of growing up. “Lost in Yonkers,” a play written by Neil Simon, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1991. The play is set in 1942 in Yonkers, New York, focusing on a Jewish family’s dynamics during World ...

Sep 16, 2024 · City College Board of Trustees convened on Thursday, Sept. 12 with a full agenda that featured concerns from the Academic Senate about fraudulent bot enrollment, followed by presentations on the 2024-25 adopted budget and 2024 educational vision plan. Academic Senate President Joshua Ramirez addressed the growing concern of fraudulent bot enrollments, specifically in asynchronous and...

Dec 8, 2023 · Concerns conflict with excitement as City College professors and the campus store alike prepare for Follett, a textbook publisher and education material distribution company, to take over textbook sales for the Spring 2024 semester. Paul Miller, director of auxiliary services, characterized the agreement as a “win-win scenario,” in which City College professors got to …

Feb 14, 2024 · In the age of subtweeting, influencing, and online activism, we find ourselves at a crossroads. Social media’s intended purpose to connect has drastically derailed, leaving us stranded in isolation. The frequent mob mentality of “cancel culture” poses the following question: do the repercussions of this method align with its original intent?

I was 14 years old, driving down desolate backroads with my father when punk rock music found its way to me. As we made our way along those quiet byways, he recalled his youth, reminiscing about the moment when "Waiting Room" by Fugazi blared through...