Jeff Hillman is on fire. Southwestern College's most all-around talented actor received the college's highest honor the same week a brilliant play he wrote opened. 'Roomies' is a comedic play-within-a-play penned by the 2011 Student of Distinction ...

They have been best friends for years. She trusts him completely and he is deeply in love with her. But she has a boyfriend and - and no clue. 'Girl Next Door' entertained audiences at Southwestern College's Mayan Hall as part of the Festival of New St...

Eyelids were getting heavy Wednesday at the debut of the student play 'Business as Usual' in Mayan Hall, despite solid performances from cast members that fished the script looking for coherence. They never found it. Distracted by the narration...

Performing musicologists like The Goliards work hard to keep old music alive. After hearing the group's SWC performance, however, it seems some ancient music should be allowed to stay in the past. Restoring to life a nearly-forgotten art form, th...

In a memorable presentation of abstract paintings, Mariangeles Soto-Diaz and Jessica McCambly shared their thoughts and inspirations through their art at 'Welcome to Anyware: Southern California Abstraction,' an exhibition of nine paintings from Soto-D...

Emerging hip-hop artist Lionel Hernandez is a classic starving artist. He said he has no social life or money. What he does have is an abundance of skill, talent and motivation. The 23-year-old produces music for the hip-hop group Apex Realm and wo...

Four Southwestern College students walked in the graduation ceremony last May to receive their diplomas from Edna Reynoso. ...

March 11, 2011 seemed like a normal morning. But there was more than just breakfast awaiting me at the bottom of the stairs. ...

Phi Theta Kappa's Classic Car Show filled a Southwestern College parking lot with sleek bodies and proud owners. ...

She lived a comfortable life. She was raised in an upper-middle class neighborhood and was a straight-A student. ...

Students spend their day at Southwestern College taking tedious classes and nerve-racking tests. At least they deserve a clean place to handle their business. ...

Thrift shops are stocked with second-hand clothes and first-hand wonder. They offer rebirth, for those who clean out their closets and for the people searching for nice clothes for a family on a tight budget. ...

March madness it is. Forget the game-winning shots or gut-wrenching defeats and follow the money. ...

A winning season may not be in the cards for the college's softball team, but pitching ace Nikki Fonteneaux said the team can still play like winners by playing dirty. ...

Talented but underachieving, Southwestern College's baseball team has great pitching, solid defense and a pedestrian 14-12 record after dropping eight of 11 games going into conference play. ...

The saying 'hard work pays off' is constantly over-used in sports, but for Southwestern College's women's cross-country team, those sayings never grew old. ...

Southwestern College's cross-country team was unsure what to expect when head coach Dr. Duro Agbede told his squad about a new runner from Japan. ...

With parking tickets and overcrowded parking lots, rising cost of gas and high cost of car insurance, the best alternative for most students to get to Southwestern College used to be to take the bus. ...

Campus politics and the campus bathrooms have something in common, they are slowly but surely getting back to where they should be. SWC janitors have done a good job containing the pungence campus bathrooms are usually known for. ...

Administrators at Modesto College insist that cuts need to be made and programs need to be eliminated. We are here to tell you why journalism cannot be one of them. ...