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Eagles play at Chabot for GGC title

Will host bowl game on Nov. 21; participants uncertain
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The Eagles sit atop the Golden Gate Conference standings today with a 4-0 record after a scintillating 29-19 victory over Modesto Junior College on Nov. 6 in Oakland. But this lofty perch would mean little if they can't defeat rival Chabot (3-1, 5-4) in the last regular-season game on Saturday, Nov.

CoA has high hopes in volleyball

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The College of Alameda women's volleyball team boasts a squad made up of a number of high school stars. Captains Assata Harris (Berkeley High) and Ki'Osha Jones (Fremont) both played varsity volleyball at their respective schools. Nailah Jordan played varsity volleyball at Encinal High and was featured as a Player of the Week in the Oakland Tribune in October, 2008.

Construction fraud impacts Peralta

NBC handled writing center, Bistro contracts
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The Peralta Community Colleges District has been drawn into the corruption scandal involving Oakland-based NBC General Contractors, whose owner Monica Ung is currently facing felony criminal charges for labor exploitation and insurance fraud. NBC was awarded contracts by Peralta to perform work on the James Oliver Writing Center at Laney College, the Laney Bistro, and the Building A Renovation and Sidewalk Rehabilitation projects at the College of Alameda (CoA).

Cuts not one-sided--students need to save

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District Chancellor Elihu Harris "wants life breathed into the campus community," Student Activities Adviser Algeria Kirven told ASLC in late September. Kirven gave similar advice at the first ASLC meeting of the fall. Activities are most important, he had said.

'Social toxins' infect black males

Ginwright touts positive impact programs for youths
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The advent of young black men 18-25 years of age dying at an unprecedented rate, particularly in Oakland, caused Shawn Ginwright, Ph.D., associate professor at San Francisco State University to ask himself, "What's the use of my degree if I can't save my brother's life?"

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