Santa Rosa Junior College

Budget woes at a Santa Rosa college may force the school to begin what is believed to be its first round of layoffs since the school opened 86 years ago. Officials at Santa Rosa Junior College say they may have to lay off a dozen employees in order to balance the 2004-05 budget. The school faces a deficit of $5.2 million, college officials said.

Joshua Kynoch sat before the television, transfixed and angry, as terrorists attacked the United States in 2001. Days later he and a childhood friend enlisted in the Army as infantrymen, asking to be sent to the front lines of the war on terror. That impulse at age 19 led the Santa Rosa native to two tours of Iraq, where his unit patrolled in the dangerous Sunni Triangle.

It is quite simple to save on the increased costs of a college or university of education. I suggest to the many concerned parents that they first send their children to a junior college. After all, California is well known throughout the United States for its very efficient and inexpensive junior college system. From Santa Rosa Junior College in the north to San Diego Community College in the south, we in this state are extremely fortunate to have such a wonderfully run system of education.

Budget woes at a Santa Rosa college may force the school to begin what is believed to be its first round of layoffs since the school opened 86 years ago. Officials at Santa Rosa Junior College say they may have to lay off a dozen employees in order to balance the 2004-05 budget. The school faces a deficit of $5.2 million, college officials said.

If I were to run into Eduardo Munoz ("New World Order," by Jill Leovy, Feb. 7), I'd want to pat him on the back, give him a hug or shake his hand and thank him for what he is doing to inspire junior college students such as Luis Hernandez. Munoz reminds me of some dedicated instructors I studied with years ago at Santa Rosa Junior College. I nearly flunked out of high school, and without the genuine interest those instructors took in me and the tools they gave me to excel academically, I'd never have been able to earn a four-year college degree.

Joshua Kynoch sat before the television, transfixed and angry, as terrorists attacked the United States in 2001. Days later he and a childhood friend enlisted in the Army as infantrymen, asking to be sent to the front lines of the war on terror. That impulse at age 19 led the Santa Rosa native to two tours of Iraq, where his unit patrolled in the dangerous Sunni Triangle.

The Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees on Wednesday selected Los Angeles Pierce College's vice president of academic affairs to temporarily succeed outgoing college president David Wolf, a district spokesman said. Jean Loucks will serve as acting president of the Woodland Hills college from Oct. 1 until a permanent replacement is found, said Norman Schneider, district spokesman. The board on Sept.

The Orange Coast College speech and debate team won its fourth state title in five years this week, defeating Santa Rosa Junior College, which was host for the three-day tournament. The team will compete for its second consecutive national title next month during the National Community College Speech Tournament in Kansas City. Orange Coast College has won the national championship five times in last the 12 years.

A junior college has agreed to pay two female students $15,000 each because of derogatory sexual remarks made about them on a men-only computer bulletin board. Although Santa Rosa Junior College admitted no wrongdoing, student Lois Arata said the settlement announced Wednesday supports her contention that the school did not do enough to prevent sexual harassment. The incident started when Arata complained about the school newspaper running an advertisement that showed a woman's bare buttocks.

If I were to run into Eduardo Munoz ("New World Order," by Jill Leovy, Feb. 7), I'd want to pat him on the back, give him a hug or shake his hand and thank him for what he is doing to inspire junior college students such as Luis Hernandez. Munoz reminds me of some dedicated instructors I studied with years ago at Santa Rosa Junior College. I nearly flunked out of high school, and without the genuine interest those instructors took in me and the tools they gave me to excel academically, I'd never have been able to earn a four-year college degree.

It is quite simple to save on the increased costs of a college or university of education. I suggest to the many concerned parents that they first send their children to a junior college. After all, California is well known throughout the United States for its very efficient and inexpensive junior college system. From Santa Rosa Junior College in the north to San Diego Community College in the south, we in this state are extremely fortunate to have such a wonderfully run system of education.

Joseph F. Williamson Jr., 75, a key editor of Sunset magazine and editor of its influential Western Garden Book. Born in Oakland a fourth generation Californian, Williamson attended Santa Rosa Junior College and UC Berkeley before serving in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he began working at Sunset while completing his degree at Stanford.

A 100-year-old oak tree in a city park toppled Thursday on a group of picnickers celebrating the end of school, injuring six people who had to be cut free with chain-saws, police said. The massive, 70-foot-high tree in century-old Doyle Park downtown, possibly weakened by recent heavy winds and drought conditions, fell without warning amid a group of 100 school picnickers, officers said. "There was an awful sound and the tree fell right on top of everybody," Carin Guzman, 21, of Santa Rosa said.