With all of the emphasis on national voting in the last year, another set of elections at Chabot College have gone seemingly unannounced and generally unnoticed, those of our student government, our Associated Students of Chabot College. Read the full story

Lawmakers and legislators are racking the calculator with California’s $26.6 billion deficit. In calculation the number crunch might make sense. Unfortunately for the common citizen trying to live out the “American dream,” the dollars just don’t make ‘cents.’

There might not be any humor in the harsh economic reality that Californians and local college students face, but Wanda Sykes’ proposal was too ideal and preposterous not to get a belly chuckle.

Wanda Sykes implied that the United States should allow another country to come in as a roommate and “pay some of the bills … to get us out of debt.” The idea of the U.S. giving up some of its power, control and freedom in order to receive help from another country would probably be undignified to American politicians.

The idea of being an entity in every country, willing and unwilling, might be something the U.S. government would frown on. Perhaps they’d consider it a disgrace to the women and men that have given up their lives as American troops in war.

To visualize another moving in and sharing a debt to get ahead might be absurd, yet it is a common practice for many American citizens and college students. Citizens and students alike might be able to search Roommates.com and get a host of potential leads who could help simplify their expenses.

The United States of America on the other hand might not have the same outcome. It would be clever to say, “No search results found.” American representation is everywhere throughout the world, yet there isn’t enough cause to bring intelligence, troops, political focus and financial investment back home to the USA.

Preposterous is that layoff peaks made unemployment high. High unemployment has stretched the pool of aid available to Californians. Aid for housing, medical expenses and any kind of financing almost seems like a joke.

But for most students and families trying to make ends meet with limited jobs, high-priced foods, gas, medicines, and the costs and conditions of education it is not a laughing matter.

The recent legislative decisions, none like Wanda Sykes’ opinion of relief, are said to have a great impact on the “individual, programs and local governments,” as reported by the Associated Press.

Gov. Jerry Brown is imposing $12.5 billion in spending cuts and borrowing. Brown suggests raising fees for community colleges and decreasing Medi-Cal benefits. There’s even talk of shortening the school year.

Cutbacks have reached a peak for most citizens who are barely managing the high cost of survival. But putting up the white flag of surrender, even with a crumbling economy, would not fit the attitude of “American pride.”

So, as citizens and students alike, take in the humor of the harsh reality. Many can even appreciate the humorous, cynical comments like that of Wanda Sykes because there’s not much else to laugh at.

As students it’s in our best interest to educate ourselves with the facts, to be apart of the movements and stand grounded in change.

Juggling a family, friends, school and work is a daily chore that doesn’t get easier

There is a conflict in the lives of students. We are being pulled in all directions with work, family, school and the possibility of fun.

Many students hold down full time jobs while going to school to make ends meet. They are single parents trying to make sure their children get proper care, and that their own homework gets done.

Work isn’t really an option anymore for most students, it has become a requirement just to pay for books.

Most financial aid while under the age of 24 requires your parents information in the calculation of what your need is. But in all reality most students in the Chabot College community don’t have the luxury of parents paying for school in any way. They are lucky if their parents let them stay at home rent free.

Additionally more students are finding themselves having to make the hard decision of whether or not to go to school at all.

Some jobs aren’t flexible and keep employees at work longer then the hours they are scheduled. Students are negotiating with teachers about tardies and times of finals hoping to create some sort of balance.

Returning students have it even harder, the transition of family and work to school life isn’t always easy. The idea of having to let go of comfortable habits of going out and choosing to not have a car or to live on your own just to afford school is not a pretty thought.

Families often become an issue for students. What do you do when your child is sick or has a doctor’s appointment? Not everyone has a support network of family and friends.

Many parents end up missing class because of family conflicts.

The in-class experience isn’t meant for commuter students with families who rely on them as the sole provider and care taker.

Many students are back at school with the hopes of a better career option in the near future, tired of the dead end job they have with no hopes of advancement.

Chabot is a great place to get a higher education, but it’s a constant struggle.

With the economy in such a slump, job competition is high and most of the job choices for full-time students is retail or restaurant work. Students get to go to school all day and then drive to work and spend 8 hours working till 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., go home do homework and wake up at 8 a.m. and do it all over again.

Choices are made daily by thousands of students on whether or not school will take a back seat. This choice is not an easy or a happy one.

In a typical two-year institution many are taking 3, 4 or 5 years to finish.

This college is full of everyday superheroes. The Spectator commends these people for their hard work and their ability to not lose hope when things become so overwhelming that many would normally give up.

To read about the struggles of returning students click here.

Let go of gluttonous habits this winter and start the habit of giving

The sights and sounds of the holiday season are once again upon us. You hear that familiar Christmas track playing throughout every store you visit and the smell of the fresh pine scent that fills your home with the purchase of a tree or wreath.

Thanksgiving has come and gone and with only 29 days left till the new year it’s time for Americans to fall back into their old habits; eat more, spend more, sleep more.

Excess is all around us. From gorging on meals to buying lavish gifts, most people use this time of year as an excuse to let go of their inhibitions and splurge in places they have been holding back for the past 11 months.

For better or worse this habit of holiday excess has been passed down from generation to generation. As children we grow up with the fictional idea that by simply leaving a plate of cookies and a glass of milk we will receive all the material good we could desire. As we transition to adulthood we begin to understand the real meaning of the holiday season to be a time where we reflect on the past year and give thanks to the loved ones around us.

However there is still part of that childhood memory inside us longing to receive satisfaction from something we are craving.

Whether it’s an extra helping of dessert at a party or a small gift for you while shopping for others, we have come to associate the holiday season as a time to let go of the self-control we have followed throughout the rest of the year.

Maybe consider other ways that you can attain that gratification while being able to help those that are less fortunate. Forgo that gift you were going to splurge on and donate to someone else that needs it.

Whether its food, clothes or the many other things we take for granted, there is always another person out there who could use it more.

With a number of volunteer opportunities around us, there are ways for you to spend some time helping others for the better good.

With 2010 coming to an end, we should also be reminded to not wait for New Year resolutions and instead make the changes now that will improve our wellbeing down the road. Use this time of year to continue the good habits we have formed and drive us to improve ourselves into the next year.

So as the days count down find a way to cut back on your own excess and try to bring cheer to someone’s holiday season. Oh and consider passing on that extra slice of delicious holiday treat, your waistline will thank you!

To find out how to get involved read Justin Tonel’s holiday giving story, click here.

There’s plenty of communication on campus, but it’s in the hallways in whispers among staff and students. A fear of being ostracized in this economy is leaving many without a voice. To put it bluntly everyone is covering their asses.
It is not news that the state of California has a huge budget deficit to correct and in doing so has cost the colleges of California a great deal of pain and suffering.
At the community college level you can see it, though many students are new and have no idea what is missing at Chabot.
Last school year the college finally offered a degree program in film and even had an amazing film festival, the first of its kind here. This school year due to harsh budget realities the program was temporarily terminated.
The photo program has been cut down to a disgraceful number of classes. The School of the Arts budget is laughable.
Where are the inDesign classes? Why is there only one Photoshop class?
It’s funny how the programs we see cut and eliminated at the high school level are the same that go first at the college level. Sports and arts are the first to see the chopping block.
Luckily for sports at Chabot College they have some coaches and team members willing to put in the leg work and fundraise.
The Spectator hasn’t been so lucky. There has been no official budget in place for
the Spectator in at least four years, leaving many scrambling to find money to pay for the printing costs of this newspaper.
These of course are not the only things that have been cut. Look around and count the adjunct faculty (part-timers) teaching, sitting next to you in the cafeteria and walking around campus. They aren’t here.
However, the blame can’t simply be put on one person or on the liberal idea of “the man.” The blame can be put on all of us: students, faculty, administrators and board members. We, as the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, have lost our voice.
Nobody wants to make waves. There is fear of job security and this is not a feeling that is unjust. There are some faculty members who have publicly voiced their opinion, but for the most part it is the faculty with tenure.
But we work and go to school at a SCHOOL. This is an institution of learning, a place where people grow, supposedly find themselves and decide on a career path.
But when the leaders and teachers at these schools are unable to speak freely and on the record of how they feel, what does that say about our college?
We are taught to fight for what we believe in and be passionate about our lives and the things we do.
At the Spectator maybe we have a luxury in that we are always reminded of the 1st Amendment, freedom of speech. With this we have learned that there is no shame in speaking our minds and the truth.
There are faculty members, administrators, classified staff and even board of trustee members who have expressed their discontent with the way things are. Nevertheless they are afraid to speak on the record. Their voices are silenced.
Even at the Spectator there are attempts to silence our voice.
We won’t be silent!
This college needs an awakening. Where are the political advocates, the protest signs, the letters and petitions? Where is the action?
People are full of hearsay, secrets and quiet complaints. We ask the students, faculty, administrators, classified staff and board members to speak up. Make suggestions.
We all came to Chabot and Las Positas for a reason. Let that reason be heard and don’t let it be taken away. If this were the 60s we would be out in the quad screaming at the top of our lungs for change.
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change you want to see happen.” So what do you want to see happen?
Submit your letters to the editor at chabotspectator@gmail.com or drop them in our mailbox in Building 200. All letters submitted must have a name and contact information, but if you would like the letter to be published anonymously we can respect that.

With less than a week to go before the election of the next governor of California, it seems that the state of California is going against the tide of GOP fever sweeping the country at the moment. Thanks to the left-leaning Golden State voters, the Democratic candidates for Senate and for governor appear to lead their respective races.

State Attorney General Jerry Brown (D-Oakland) currently has a 13 point lead over gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman (R-Atherton), according to a Los Angeles Times/USC poll released Monday, with 52 percent of likely voters checking the box for Brown as opposed to 39 percent for Whitman.

The problems facing the future governor are crippling; a budget facing a $19 billion shortfall expected to grow in future years, a 12.4 percent unemployment rate far above the national average, a crumbling infrastructure, an education system that ranks at the very bottom of the class, and a destination that was once the center of the property boom but now leads the United States in foreclosures (the only thing California is on top of these days).

Whitman set a record this year as the highest spending candidate running for office in the history of the United States, spending a total of $140 million dollars of her own money and surpassing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s previous record.

Considering all of the problems that this state has – homelessness, poverty, schools in crisis – there seems to be something very wrong about someone willing to spend so much money on an outcome that was never guaranteed.

What’s interesting about Whitman’s record spending is that for all of the slick commercials, radio spots, and Berlusconi-esque manipulation of the media, the voter does not feel as though he or she knows her as a person.

Whereas Brown has appeared almost weekly on KGO Morning News to answer questions from the anchors, and, in general, made himself available to the media at large, Whitman, by comparison, has been happy to pick and choose her few media appearances – such as a softball interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.

As a result, Whitman has not established anything resembling her own personality. We don’t know how she thinks or what she values.

Unfortunately for Whitman, she was always going to be compared to current Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the previous darling of the California GOP when he took the reins after the recall of former Democratic Governor Gray Davis in November 2003. The people of California were told at the time that Schwarzenegger’s business expertise was just what the state needed after the energy fiasco of the early 2000s.

Schwarzenegger rarely accomplished the goals he set out to achieve. Vowing to run the state like a business, he attempted to take on the public employee unions by capping spending and transferring budget powers. The California Legislature and voters rejected him both times.

And although Schwarzenegger passed legislation that established the toughest carbon-dioxide emissions in the country during his re-election campaign in 2006, his ties to the worst budget cycles in California history are undeniable with the state having to issue IOU’s for the second time since the Great Depression.

According to a Field.com poll, as of July 2010 Schwarzenegger’s 22 percent approval rating was the lowest for a sitting governor in half a century – lower even than Davis, the man he replaced in Sacramento.

It’s no wonder that Whitman has kept her distance from Schwarzenegger as the campaign reaches its climax; he’s yet to endorse a candidate while she’s criticized the recent record setting impasse over the 2010 budget, blaming “a tremendous lack of leadership in Sacramento” for the delay in passing this year’s budget.

California should not see reason to give another political outsider the reins after the disaster of “The Governator.” And, as a listener on Monday night’s “Gene Burns Program” on KGO said, “If Meg Whitman was to hire a CEO for her company, would she even consider someone with no experience?”

Most damning for Whitman is the latest ad released by the Brown campaign which shows alternating clips of Schwarzenegger making statements like “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” and “We do not have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem,” and Whitman mimicking him almost word for word.

What California needs now is a governor who will get things done in Sacramento and Jerry Brown is the candidate who will make it happen.

Unlike Whitman, who sees the governorship as a stepping stone to future political ambitions, Brown has dedicated his entire working life to public service, and views the opportunity of becoming governor for the second time as the crowning achievement in his legacy of service to the people of California.

Brown has forged relationships with politicians on both sides of the aisle and can even claim a strong working relationship with current Governor Schwarzenegger. He also supports Proposition 25 which will change the current two-thirds majority required to pass the state budget to a simple majority and require voter approval for any tax increases.

An October poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that Brown is favored by voters when it comes to the environment (opposing off-shore drilling and implementing greenhouse gas restrictions), immigration (supporting the Dream Act for students who are illegal immigrants), and education (focusing on higher education and California community colleges in particular while overhauling the state testing program).

Brown has even received something of an endorsement from Whitman herself, who says in another one of Brown’s new ads, “Thirty years ago anything was possible in this state, and that’s why I came to California so many years ago.” Guess who was governor during that time?

California requires a leader now more than ever that understands the roots of the state’s problems and where the state must go to solve them. It’s for that reason that the Chabot Spectator endorses Jerry Brown for Governor.

Students who use their cell phones in class are not only annoying and rude, but they show a lack of respect and a lack of class. It makes the ones who do it looks selfish and immature.Instructors at Chabot let their students know from the very beginning that they are to turn their phones off or to vibrate, and every time someone’s phone makes a noise they repeat the instruction. So why is it so hard for students to do it?
Granted, everyone has someone they know or are related to that they want to be reachable by; mothers need to know about emergencies with their children, husbands need to know about emergencies with their wives, and other students need to know about emergencies involving their parents.
I get that. I need to know if someone I care about has an emergency too. There’s this nifty little feature called Caller ID though, so you can see who is calling.
I assume that anyone a student is close to knows their school schedule and wouldn’t be calling unless it was an emergency, so leave your phone on vibrate and check the phone number. If it’s a loved one during school hours, leave the class and take the call. Otherwise, leave the phone alone!
And that goes for texting as well. There is nothing more distracting than someone one or two seats away from you in the direction of the instructor who is texting on their phone under the table! Do you think no one can see you? That glow from the screen catches the eye every time and then the one who sees it starts thinking things like ‘Oh yea, that reminds me, I need to call so-and-so and set
up such-and-such’. For those students who feel it is okay to use their phones in
class – whether it’s texting or not silencing it (or OMG the one who actually answers it) – let me tell you a little secret . . . . some students are actually trying to learn something!
Every time the instructor has to stop a lecture to chastise a student about their phone it not only takes the instructor off their train of thought but it distracts the other students as well. And the ones who do it seem to do over and over again!
Classroom cell use is frustrating to the students who don’t use phones in class, and in my opinion it shows everyone that you don’t care about the rules and that you don’t respect the instructor. Not only that but you don’t respect your fellow classmates!
I’m sorry but that bothers me. Maybe because I was raised in another time and we were taught to respect our elders and others of authority or maybe because it’s just plain rude, either way it shows a lack of class.
Students: get a grip – things are not that important that you need to let a phone call or a text get in the way of your college instruction, or mine.
These days it’s hard for people to get into college and whether you realize it or not, people are not going to get jobs without degrees because of the number of unemployed out there. So this is what’s important, not texting your friend or BFF or your girl or guy or whatever! This is college, a school for adults. Leave high school behind. Please!

For the fifth time under current Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger California has failed to pass a budget by the start of the fiscal year. This year’s failure is especially disturbing as legislature has broken its own record set in 2008 for the most days required to pass a budget.

With the state in disarray the lack of urgency in Sacramento is appalling and it’s costing the Golden State, the only state in the country without a budget, $52 million a day for not having its books balanced.

So why are we once again in the position of having no budget passed? The source of the problem dates all the way back to 1933 and the passage of a state ballot measure that required a two-thirds majority or “supermajority” in order to pass the state budget.

Coupled with the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, which required another supermajority to approve tax increases, California is only one of two states in the Union that requires the supermajority in order to pass the budget and raise taxes.

It’s no wonder that California’s lawmakers, long willing to dig in every July and argue endlessly about the sources and destinations of monies, have topped themselves with their latest impasse – a new record of 88 days at the time of writing, surpassing the 2008 record of 85 days.

With little chance to find the majority needed to pass and unwillingness to compromise on the same old issues – Republicans don’t want to raise taxes while Democrats don’t want to cut even more from programs – the same lawmakers seem more concerned with raking in campaign cash rather than solving the budget crisis.

According to the Los Angeles Times, 12 separate golfing retreats were planned over the summer months as legislators bring out the big guns to impress the people that really matter in their lives: the lobbyists, donors, and special interest groups that have such a stranglehold on government at the state and national level.

The lawmakers have accepted nearly $7 million since the start of the new fiscal year on July 1, about $80,000 for every day the budget remains in limbo. Not surprisingly, California legislators, bleary-eyed following a summer of partying the nights away, are just now waking up to the increasing voter and press criticism stating that they’re not concerned about the average Californian.

The budget impasse is making life extremely difficult for the private vendors that provide the state with services such as providing ink and toner for the state’s printers, supplying food to state prisons, and driving the tankers that provide the California Highway Patrol with gasoline for their cruisers.

These personnel haven’t been paid since July 1 and many of them are only getting by on personal savings or loans.

This past weekend NBC Bay Area News reported that some rural California state parks will run out of toilet paper in the early part of next month, according to a leaked state finance department e-mail.

This may draw a chuckle from some at the thought of hiking around the great state of California with a water bottle in one hand and a roll of Charmin in the other, but there are thousands of Californians who don’t find anything funny about the lack of a budget.

Health clinics that serve the poor are unable to provide services. College students can’t receive their financial aid for school. And, worst of all, some 250,000 children enrolled in state child development programs may not be able to continue as some child care facilities may have to close their doors.

The two main candidates for Governor of the State of California, current Attorney General Jerry Brown (D-Oakland) and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R-Atherton), don’t seem to have any concrete solutions for the budget deficit, which is expected to increase to $23 billion in 2012-13 according to figures from California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan fiscal advisor

It’s more of the same tired talk about promising to “engage” Republicans and Democrats and complaining about the “lack of leadership” in Sacramento

Although the Chabot Spectator does not support Meg Whitman for Governor of the State of California, one proposal of hers is worth noting: for each day that future budgets are delayed legislators’ pay will be withheld, their tax-free per diem would be forfeited, and their ability to raise campaign funds would be suspended.

Such penalties against rogue lawmakers would be applauded by the people of California who have suffered long enough thanks to the misplaced priorities of those appointed to govern.

However, the wheels are in motion to have some sort of budget in place as early as next week. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office announced last Thursday, Sept. 23 that the framework was in place for California’s horrendously overdue budget to pass, with a vote expected for Monday.

It’s worth noting that the announcement was made in Santa Monica rather than Sacramento, as a ruthless cold forced the former champion bodybuilder and movie tough-guy to cancel budget meetings and relocate talks to his office in Los Angeles County, which, naturally, cost the state even more money that they didn’t have.

And with some luck, the great budget impasse of 2010 may be the last of its kind. California Proposition 25, sponsored by members of the California State Legislature, is a ballot initiative that, if passed this coming November, would change the current two-thirds majority required for passage of the budget and tax increases to a simple majority vote.

This should hopefully improve the legislature’s shocking record of submitting the budget to the governor by the June 15 constitutional deadline just five times in the past 30 years.

Ultimately, the new governor will inherit more than the annual budget fiasco. California’s highway system, once considered the finest automobile transportation system in the world, is literally crumbling and requires serious rehabilitation, as anyone who’s driven through Downtown Oakland on Interstate 880 can attest.

The state’s schools are also drooping near the bottom of national testing results despite spending anywhere from 52-55 percent of the total state budget on K-12 and higher education.

The time has come for California lawmakers and the governor to sort out this latest budget disaster as the Golden State’s once-sparkling reputation has taken yet another serious blow.

Editorial

Today the Academic Policy Council will be meeting from 2:25 p.m. to 4 p.m. “in response to recent reported incidents of student forgery of priority numbers,” as Ming-Lun Ho wrote in a recent e-mail sent to Chabot faculty and staff.

Students are cheating the system and, in fact, cutting the line when it comes time to add classes. One may wonder if students are now hacking the CLASS-Web system. The answer for now is no, at least from what is known. But non the less this in unconscionable.

So how or why would someone do this?

With the rise in unemployment and the delay in a resolution with the state budget, Chabot has been put in between “a rock and a hard place” like many colleges in California. While student enrollment is at an all time high, Chabot is being forced to cut staff and classes until the state of the economy can be resolved.

The lack of classes has led students to think up new ways to get into classes that are already full. Typically, when a class is full students who would like to add show up the first day of class with their priority number. The more units a student has completed the higher his or her priority number.

It was brought to the Spectator’s attention, along with that of many Chabot faculty and staff, that students are so desperate to get into classes they are faking their priority numbers with Photoshop and other software that can digitally manipulate the number.

According to internal e-mail discussions between instructors, some students have been coming to them with odd priority numbers, whether it be because the numbers aren’t aligned properly on their printout or the number they have submitted is unusually high.

What most students don’t realize is that, firstly, the priority number indicates three different things. Specifically, the numbers in the middle represent the number of units one has completed.

Instructor Diane Zuliani noted a student who “handed [her] a print-out, ostensibly from CLASS-Web, with a priority number that not only looked odd, [but] the digits were not correctly aligned. … that indicated she had completed over seven hundred units at Chabot.” Zuliani did not accuse the student but did suggest the student go to Admissions and Records to verify the priority number.

Counselor Jane Church explained, “The number students show is a six digit number which includes the matriculation priority number, which could be a 07. A typical number would look like this: 070459. The middle three numbers represent the number of units completed at Chabot. The last number is a random number. So in the example above the student completed 45 units at Chabot.” This information can be found at http://www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/registration/priority.asp.

Additionally, once a student is added in a class the individual’s priority number shows up on the roster. So, instructors can see if students are lying later, which would give cause to drop them for fraud.

At this time there is no precedent in the CLPCCD (Chabot-Las Positas Community College District), but if things like this continue the colleges are bound to come up with a set punishment.

At the Spectator we hope a punishment is determined in this recent trend, and will keep students informed when we know more.

Some people say your word is your bond. But if you steal words and use them as your own, what does that make you?
Plagiarism is an issue not only in primary school, but in college and in the workplace.
Dictionary.com defines plagiarism as “the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.”
Plagiarism is just another form of cheating. At the college level, that has harsh consequences. Some will debate the severity of the act, whether because someone was using data or information and incorrectly giving credit or because someone went to a pay site to obtain their end-of-term paper.
Both actions are considered plagiarism, but the later would seem blatantly wrong.
According to Chabot College’s Student Conduct and Due Process Policy, plagiarism is “good cause” for expulsion, suspension or probation.
One website, which we hope no one decides to use, www.exclusivepapers.com has papers available for purchase. Prices range from as little as $16 for one page to as high as $500 for 10 pages, all dependent on what time frame the paper is needed.
The idea of paying for a paper is preposterous since most people have their own distinct style of writing, and a good teacher, who reads their students papers, will usually notice a sudden change in the writing style, or that students writing far above the level of the rest of the students.
Though the thought of paying for a paper has crossed many people’s minds, the whole idea of college is to learn something. Though some may find no use in writing about one of Shakespeare’s plays or Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” the purpose of writing these papers is to improve critical and analytical skills.
Skills such as these give students perspective on various aspects of their life. Developing good critical and analytical skills will be useful in future careers.
Analytical skills which are most commonly associated with math will help with problem solving, whether in someone’s personal life or workplace. No one’s life is without conflict or need for resolution.
According to Cuesta College’s (San Luis Obispo County Community College) academic support page, “Critical thinking underlies reading, writing, speaking, and listening. These are the C basic elements of communication.”
Critical thinking skills help develop observation skills which can help interpret the surroundings and information needed for work and life.
So before students sell themselves short, they should consider just doing the work and helping themselves in the long run. Plus, there are websites and software available for instructors to use to look into whether students copied your paper from a website.
Students who need help with their writing skills can meet with most instructors during office hours, or they can go to the WRAC Center. For more information about the WRAC Center go to www.chabotcollege.edu/learningconnection/wrac/online/default.asp.