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Subversive Historian – 01/21/10

{Breaking Ground for the Groundbreaking College} Navajo Community College Opens its Doors Back in the day on January 21st, 1969, the Navajo Community College opened its doors to students for classes. Founded the year before, the postsecondary educational institution was the first in the United States to be established and controlled by natives themselves. The idea for [...]

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Fuck the UC Regents!

The UC Board of Regents voted today to increase student fees by an ever burdensome thirty-two percent. Their meeting on the campus of UCLA became a fierce focal point of student activism not seen in a long time. Yesterday fourteen protesters were arrested and today as the final vote was handed down anger from the [...]

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Cal State Furloughton!

The Cal State University system has become one of the many sacrificial lambs of the state’s enormous budget crisis. This educational channel for working class students to obtain a four year bachelors degree has been dealt unthinkable blows. One of the most striking is the fact that no one was admitted as an incoming student [...]

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KPFK’s 50th Anniversary!

This Sunday, KPFK, Southern California’s original listener-sponsored radio station will officially turn 50 years old! On July 26th, 1959, the music of Beethoven first played on 90.7FM at noon  announcing the arrival of regular programming to the listeners. Topical shows on religion and politics followed as the rest is history. Since that time, as part [...]

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A Look Back at My Good Ol’ College Days!

Thanks to an odd glitch on my Myspace page, I was able to view some old jokes I had written in on my “schools” field once upon a time – including a listing of all my campus affiliations! I am proud to admit that I am an alumni of UC Rivercide, and as you can [...]

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