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Michael Moore scrutinized in book

Director and author profiled in new biography

by Joe Kempkes in Features

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The new book "Citizen Moore: The Life and Times of an American Iconoclast" by investigative journalist Roger Rapoport is an in-depth, richly nuanced look at the career of the multifaceted author/filmmaker Michael Moore. Like all attempts at great biography, it strives to recount an individual life and, by extension, serve as a template for how each of us, through trial and error, make our way in the world.

Film exposes Alameda County AIDS crisis

'fearful Truth' hopes to reach at-risk audience

by in Features

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In 1998, Alameda County issued a State of Emergency due to the high number of HIV and AIDS cases within the African American community. Eight years later, the State of Emergency still exists, the disease affecting both men and women at alarming rates. Why have we allowed this State of Emergency to go on so long? This was the question which sent independent filmmaker Dedoceo Habi on the path to producing his most recent film, a documentary, titled "fearful Truth.

Philanthropy class offered at Laney

Ten-grand grand offered to school for best project

by Vina Cera in Features

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Thanks to Bill Sommerville, Laney can now chalk up a huge first to its long range of accomplishments. We are now the first community college in the entire U.S. to offer a class in Philanthropy. Not only are we breaking ground here in academic turf, but through his Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, Sommerville is also offering a $10,000 grant to the students in the class, to be awarded for a project benefiting the Laney campus.

Swiss teacher bids 'adieu' to Laney

Pahud-Briquet extended stay an extra year

by Anna Morel in Features

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From Geneva, Switzerland, comes Nathalie Pahud-Briquet, an English teacher at Laney since August 2005. It is a composed, smiling young woman who receives me in her little office in the Laney administration building. Busy but thoughtful, she agrees to share her experiences in the Bay Area.

The Word on the Quad

What are some aesthetic changes you would like to see on campus?

by Willie Bermudez and Tony Rodriguez in Features

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It's pretty good for the most part. The heater in the swimming pool should definitely be fixed though. The doors could be cleaner as well. Amanda Ault Political Science There should be more greenery and an ATM machine. All of the chalk dust in the classrooms should be cleaned to bring it back to how it was back in the days.

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