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LBCC employee Layoffs may be just another symptom of the disease

The layoffs of 55 LBCC staff and employees have definitely devastated LBCC students and employees.

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Goldman Sachs

Alex Campbell

Anyone who has been tuned into economic news during the past four years has heard the name Goldman-Sachs. In March 2012, the investment banking firm, which was made infamous by the 2008 Wall Street financial meltdown, will partner with LBCC and other Southern Californian Community Colleges to provide business development courses to small business owners. The move, if executed correctly, may be able to restore some of the sheen in the firm’s tarnished image. Goldman’s “10,000 Small Business” initiative is an investment of $500 million, according to Goldman’s website. The investment includes education in as well as access to investment capital and business support Full story

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16-Week Editorial

Tanner Ruegg

The last Fall semester at LBCC began on Aug. 15 and this fall, the semester will begin on Aug. 27. The powers that be passed the landmark schedule reform that will alter LBCC from an 18-week semester, to a 16-week semester after debating on the subject for about 18 years. Full story

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  • Butt Out!

    Beginning Jan.19, LBCC will officially be a smoke-free campus. College transportation vehicles and any district owned facilities will be off limits as well. The ASB’s proposal has been under consideration for months and the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve it.

  • $2M slashed from budget

     

    LBCC announced plans Aug. 23 to possibly discontinue 19 programs and up to 30 full-time teaching positions in an effort to cut $2 million from its 2013-2014 budget.