Friday, September 29, 2023
No one in the Clark Aerospace team seemed to notice the 95 degree desert heat as they waited for their rocket to be cleared for launch in the New Mexico desert. Clark College’s Aerospace program was one of two junior colleges that participated in the 2019 Spaceport America Cup, a […]
The Clark Aerospace team will be heading home today. The adrenaline, excitement and long hot days in the heat are behind them. Looking over the week, a few of them share what it has been like for them and what they have taken away from the trip. They also learned […]
The constant buzz of cicadas surrounded the Clark Aerospace team, Thursday, and the 95 degree unrelenting desert heat shined down on everyone equally. Most of the students had gotten around one hour of sleep and were exhausted. No one on the Clark Aerospace team seemed to notice as they anxiously, […]
Clark’s Aerospace program is one of only two junior colleges participating in a world-wide competition. The 2019 Spaceport America Cup is in New Mexico from June 18 to 22. Eleven students with their adviser and professor, Keith Stansbury brought their rocket to be judged on innovation, design and quality. Two […]
Winter quarter I took a class with Carlos Castro called Race and Ethnicity. Castro was engaging, had a unique perspective in the world and tolerated all my questions and comments. He said that in America he is considered Hispanic, in Nicaragua he is too Chinese to be Hispanic. He also […]
On May 7, lawmakers in Georgia signed into law a “heartbeat bill,” banning abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy, passing into law one of the strictest abortion laws in the country. Just over a week later, lawmakers in Alabama signed into law a similar bill, […]
Once again the Board of Trustees meeting was full of red-clad faculty and supporters on Wednesday May 22. At least one faculty member, Pat Sevier, had received a termination notice earlier that day. Board Chairman Royce Pollard gave an opening statement saying that bargaining would only happen at the bargaining […]
A 12-year-old child listens intently to their cousin and aunt talk during a family vacation in Disneyland. They are hearing words they have never heard before. “Transgender.” “A woman transitioning into a man.” It’s the story of a transgender man, Brandon Teena, who was brutally raped and murdered in 1993. […]
Snow tumbled like small, randomly cut pieces of paper at Clark today. (Theresa Matthiesen/The Indy)
Tired yawns, friendly banter and encouragement between players were punctuated by the smacks of bats against baseballs. “People are tired. But that’s the grind, right? I tell my guys all the time, it doesn’t matter,” Coach Mark Magdaleno said. “We have to prepare and we’ve got to do it whether […]
