SEPT. 30 ISSUE OF VOICE NOW AVAILABLE

September 30, 2009

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OPINION: ULTIMATE OPPORTUNIST SEIZES SPOTLIGHT

September 24, 2009

By  T.J. Cole tjcole@valenciavoice.com Kanye West is a passionate guy, and looks at Beyoncé like family. I understand West — he’S always felt like he never got his due, so he speaks up every time he gets a chance. Taylor Swift was just an innocent bystander, but congratulations to Taylor... Read more »

OPINION: CIVILITY FALLS VICTIM TO CELEBRITY

September 24, 2009

By Reese Wallace rwallace@valenciavoice.com Yes Mr. President, he is a jackass. Barack Obama proved last night that he is indeed the voice of the nation by calling Kanye West a jackass during an off the record conversation that was leaked by ABC News. This kind of straight-talk is exactly what... Read more »

OUR VOICE: COMMUNITY COLLEGES SHOULD REMAIN 2-YEAR INSTITUTIONS

September 24, 2009

The newly devised “state school” system will demand more money from students and more competition in the admissions process. There is now a slew of community colleges in Florida adding degree programs to their curriculum effectively changing the school’s status of a 2 year community college to... Read more »

WEST CAMPUS WELCOMES BACK STUDENTS WITH FOOD AND FANFARE

September 24, 2009

Photo By Nikki Namdar By Manny Colon mcolon@valenciavoice.com ORLANDO  — West Campus Student Government Association greeted the college’s new students and returning students with a Welcome Back Cookout on Thursday, Sep. 3. This event also served as a means to get all of the students informed... Read more »

‘THE ROAD’ BOOK DISCUSSION: STUDENT REACTIONS

September 23, 2009

In correlation with the Get Into Reading Program, Valencia Community College West Campus played host to a discussion of the book “The Road,” by Cormac McCarthy, Tuesday, Sept. 22. The SPEAK! staff was there on behalf of the Valencia Voice to get student reactions to the discussion, led by... Read more »

REDESIGNED VALENCIA VOICE DEBUTS

September 22, 2009

(Click on the image to view larger.) The first Fall 2009 issue of the Valencia Voice features a redesigned format that makes the newspaper more computer-screen friendly. The Voice, official student publication of Valencia Community College, will be updated weekly through finals week in December. Click... Read more »

SPEAK! REACTIONS: WHAT HAPPENED TO CIVILITY? (1)

September 18, 2009

Ayanna Interview from Valencia Voice on Vimeo. What happened to civility. Watch as speak correspondent Taylor Blanks interviews Ayanna Collins to get her opinion on the Kanye West/Taylor Swift incident as well as Joe Wilson’s outburst on the house floor. Ayanna gives her initial reaction to these... Read more »