If you were to think of Rio Hondo College, pianos don't really come to mind, nor do album releases or CD sales. While we're talking about Rio Hondo not being connected to CD releases or sales, lets bring it back to our home and think hard. Is Rio Hondo truly not talented? Is there no such potential out of Rio where CD production seems slightly impossible? Well think again, Rio Hondo College's Dean of Communication/Languages Kenn Pierson recently released an album.
Paul Mulshine of The Star Ledger really hit the nail on the head about our current crop of candidates. I really have a hard time understanding how anyone could support these mideast wars that get us deeper in debt and chaos. It's like all the bush people came back to life to vote. Now Al Qaeda is sending a message to topple Syria..."You know something's weird when both the leading neocons and Al Qaeda are calling for the Syrian regime to be toppled.""How did we end up on the same side as the people who attacked us on 9/11?""Next time you hear Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum tell you he's got the magic formula for the Mideast, look at Ron Paul and ask yourself why he's considered the crazy one on the stage."Full Article: http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2012/02/only_ron_pauls_serious_about_s.html
As a Rio Hondo College Alumni, I am very disturbed at the actions taken by President Martinez against the professors in question, but most specifically as it relates to Professor Colin Young. I had the good fortune to study under Professor Young and I can say without reservation that ethics and compassion top the list of his character traits. I am now attending the University of California and very sensitive to the issues surrounding racial discrimination and when I reflect on my Rio Hondo experience the only grief I experienced came at the hads of a misguided administration. When one considers the achievement s under President Martinez administration I think of a failed Police Academy, a struggling Athletic Department, embezzlement and favoritism in the hiring and appointment of staff. He would like to bow to the applause that created a beautiful campus, but all he had to do is hold on to the reins given him by years of study and effort by previous administrations. The success of the certification and degree program is a direct result of staff and their dedication to the students. I look back with found memory of my educational experience, but it had nothing and I repeat NOTHING to do with President Martinez. For the record I am Chicano and proud of my culture, but I will never be proud of the fact that Presdient Martinez is only looking to line his pockets before taking an early retirement. I say pay him in pesos and put him on the mule he rode in on...