Stories from the current online edition of The Voice. en-us http://www.cabrillovoice.org Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:47:44 GMT 20 http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/Cabrillo.On.The.Go-3416092.shtml The classes are some of the best Cabrillo College has to offer. Students see video demonstrations, hear detailed lectures and interact one-on-one with instructors. The best part: Students can take the classes in their pajamas. Online classes are sweeping Cabrillo, which now offers more than 100 courses online that reach out to students from Santa Cruz Country to China ? -- even to Iraq. 05ce3c24-4e93-4edd-8c32-65298ce5a68c Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 Take classes anywhere, anytime with Cabrillo's online classes. Emily Nord Editor-In-Chief http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/Cadavers.At.Cabrillo-3417689.shtml Hanging on the wall of biology instructor Robin McFarland's office is a poem written by a student in 2002. It is seven lines long, and the first letters of each line spell out A-N-A-T-O-M-Y. The poem is addressed to someone whom the student spent a semester getting to know without ever knowing his name, without ever hearing him speak or breathe. 04a5a566-f49a-453f-825c-f106fab2aecc Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 Biology students have unique oppurtunity experience annatomy Laura Waltz http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/Education.For.All-3417685.shtml A Cabrillo College instructor watches some of her top students denied a future. Angelica, a first-year Cabrillo student who is the first in her family to attend college, is winning academic achievement awards but worries that her immigrant status will make it impossible to continue. 58594da1-299f-487e-872e-cceba4a87b3d Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 DREAM Act aims to provide path to citizenship for alien minors, paving the way for college financial aid. Amanda Martinez http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/International.Destination-3417694.shtml Cristina Chen has probably traveled to more countries than most Americans can name. One of Cabrillo's international students, the 32-year-old from Brazil is a digital media major who speaks five languages fluently and understands two others. According to Sally Larter, Cabrillo's stand-in counselor for international students, Cabrillo enrolls roughly 145 international students per semester. d369ae9e-c7d9-47b4-abc0-f4dba3bedf2b Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 International students bring fresh perspectives Marisa Raditsch http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/Low-Vision.Expo-3416324.shtml Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired will host the annual Low Vision Expo on Saturday, September 27, 2008, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The Expo will provide an oppurtunity for local rescource providers catering to blind and visually impared individuals to share there services with the community. 7f5612f4-7eb8-4c39-b7dc-63d84f0345c6 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 Low vision expo empowers local blind and visually impared http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/Frustrating.Numbers-3416349.shtml Quadratic formulas, complex numbers, parabolas, conjugating radicals and radical numbers. These are just a few words that cause David Calloway to sweat. No matter how hard he tries, he will never be able to understand them. But he is not the only Cabrillo student struggling with math. 07abdfa1-efd9-4fd5-bcf1-bdefa5651dc1 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 Math challenges students and faculty to examine there aproaches. Jodi M. French http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/Student.Loans-3416361.shtml As the summer rolls around and the U.S. economy continues to tank, students looking to the future may find themselves wondering how they are going to pay for college. Rising tuition costs and a tightening credit industry are triggering angst about the ability to acquire loans for an education for which costs are outpacing inflation. cc23837e-d560-4378-9f7b-507e626f0d5a Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 Worried About Debt? Don't Despair Quite Yet Mark Davis http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/Health.Insurance-3416367.shtml "I have been really sick and have had to just let it run its course,'' said Jesse Avila, a 29-year-old Cabrillo College student. "It would have been great to be able to see a doctor and get antibiotics." Avila has been uninsured for nearly five years and says he's lucky for his generally good health. 95af8ae8-3cba-483a-a77f-348720f63874 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 Will the presidential election affect the health care of Cabrillo students? James Auble http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/Cut-And.Paste.Cheaters-3417672.shtml Admit it, we've all been there. Partying all weekend is just so much more appealing than doing homework. Or maybe you had to pick up a few extra shifts because a co-worker called in sick. Whatever the case, somehow you ran out of time to write your English paper. d75fec04-712c-48cb-b126-9f3271a81865 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 Online plagerism is on the rise amongnst college students Heather McDaniel http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/Politics.In.The.Classroom-3417692.shtml "George Bush is the devil," Michael Mangin said with a mischievous grin, "but I would not say that to a class." Mangin, a Cabrillo College history instructor and chairman of the global studies department, said he believes Bush has been the worst U. 2db7fd20-05bd-4414-ae56-fe7d2868cb07 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 How do Cabrillo instructors balance academic freedom with political objectivity? Richard Verlander http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/War-Vets.Head.To.School-3417698.shtml "Mr. Lopez, Mr. Lopez, give me a dollar," the local children playfully demanded when Army Infantry Specialist Chris Lopez was on patrol in Iraq. "Those kids would follow us for three to four miles, barefoot, raw sewage on the ground, just truckin' it in 110-degree weather. c3d15a6e-a475-40e9-adfc-112e430ebbf7 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 9/05/08 Vets face a readjustment from military and combat life to student life Lucas Anthony http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/News/ Campus News http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/Entertainment/Cheap.Eats.Around.Cabrillo-3416212.shtml It's lunchtime, class let out early, and a growling stomach demands to be fed now. Where to eat within 10 minutes of Cabrillo and within a student's budget? When time and money are at a premium but taste counts too, there's good news. Cabrillo isn't far away from some eateries that will stretch a college student's budget while satisfying the need for speed and flavorful fare. 51d2b358-e28a-4427-ac8d-4fcc8923fc79 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Entertainment 9/05/08 Where to go for fast, filling, and frugal food near campus From previous issue http://www.cabrillovoice.org/news/2008/09/05/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment