May 5, 2024
Keeping in time with the Mills Community since 1917
Kim is the former News Editor for The Campanil. She graduated with an English and journalism degree in December 2009. Interact with her on twitter @MzKimb.
In the tank, my body bobbed in space. I couldn't tell where my limbs ended and the water began. Were my eyes open or closed? Was I drifting from side to side? After a while, I decided it didn't matter. I was floating.
"It's sensory deprivation, but in a good way," said Allison Walton, co-owner of FLOAT, Floatation Center-Art Gallery in Oakland.
The Mills bus pass proposal comes at a time when public transportation funds are a point of controversy.
Out of the $340 million the economic stimulus plan set aside for transit agencies, California legislators plan to use $70 million for a proposed BART connection from the Coliseum to the Oakland Airport.
Despite budget constrictions on public transportation on and off campus, Mills students may still get discounted bus passes next fall.
While the decision is ultimately up to the Mills administration, they will poll undergrads sometime in late March or early April on whether to obtain student bus passes next fall, according to ASMC Sustainability Senator Katie Johnson.
After online protests by users, Facebook reversed its decision to remove a privacy of online content clause from their Terms of Service.
The site will also give users the option to comment and vote on Facebook service terms and governing documents, according to a Feb.
On the way to her engagement party, a young bride-to-be, Christine Arylo, 30, was confused when her fiancé was not
talking to her. He pulled the car over to explain to her that he no longer wanted to marry her, that he was no longer in love with her, and that he had been cheating.
Public art by Rocky Rische-Baird is a reminder of Oakland's rich history and his art raises questions about the ways in which people think about progress. His murals, two of which decorate Piedmont Avenue, beautifully depict the struggles of the past and offer critical observations of the present.
On Nov. 28, participants of the Shellmound Peace Walk completed a 280-mile walk around the Bay Area to pay respect to ancestors of the Ohlone nation and raise awareness of sacred Ohlone shellmound sites that have been desecrated by development. Over two weeks, an estimated 300 people walked in peaceful demonstration.