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News, sports, entertainment and opinions about the Moorpark College community

Moorpark College Reporter

News, sports, entertainment and opinions about the Moorpark College community

Moorpark College Reporter

Retired Paramount park ranger Mike Malone leading a mid-renovation ranch tour on Feb. 9, 2025 in Agoura Hills, Calif. Photo credit: Christin Caswell

Film landmark Paramount Ranch set to reopen this fall

By Christin Caswell April 26, 2025

Paramount Ranch, a local landmark of film history, is being given a new beginning after facing damage in devastating 2018 wildfires. It is currently scheduled to reopen later this year, fall 2025.After...

Members of the the Moorpark College Cybersecurity Club group together for a team photo during an NCL event. The team competed in this event in classroom T-212 at Moorpark College in Moorpark, Calif. The competitors are featured as followed from left to right: Christian Jaramillo, Eduard Petrov, Shaun Wakashige, Joshua Kohantab, Mario Penaloza, Bri Carlson, April Tran and Anthoney Kolter-Krause. Photo credit: Sharon Weinberg.

Cybercrime urges for cyberdefense: Moorpark College trains next generation of cybersecurity experts

By Shane Douglas March 8, 2025

Access to transfusable blood in the United States is not a standard to all but a privilege to some. Amidst a national blood shortage that is leaving medical professionals without the necessary resources...

Protesters gathered on the corner of New Los Angeles Avenue and Spring Road in Moorpark, Calif. on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Photo credit: Luis Zambrano

Local pleas for change arise amid immigration crackdowns and tariffs

By Luis Zambrano March 8, 2025

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump was set to impose a 25% tariff on all goods coming into the United States from Mexico on Saturday, Feb. 1. Combined with the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Scientists are able to make Toxoplasma gondii fluorescent under the microscope for more clear visualization. Photo credit: Omar Cerna at Flickr.

Scientists repurpose parasite, potentially mitigating neurological disorders

By Shane Douglas February 7, 2025

Domesticated cats are a predominant component of American culture, potentially rivaling dogs as man’s best friend. What is unbeknown to many, however, is that these furry friends may be inadvertently...

The Zen Den room, located in the Associated Students of Moorpark College office, open for visitors on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 in Moorpark, Calif. Students have the option to either keep the lights on or turn them off and illuminate the room with the fluorescent light. Photo credit: Shane Douglas

Zen Den serves as relaxation refuge amidst stressful balancing act of college life

By Shane Douglas October 8, 2024

Students walk a tightrope. Below them is failure, failure to balance their plethora of responsibilities as college students. Students walk while simultaneously juggling educational endeavors, work and...

Moorpark College students enrolled in ENGR M08-SolidWorks |I-Engineering Design Practicum were tasked with manufacturing a working coin-sorting mechanism after having drafted their design digitally through Computer Aided Design (CAD). Image courtesy of Mitchell Prokey.

Moorpark College’s engineering program breaks school exam pass–rate record

By Shane Douglas October 2, 2024

On Aug. 13, Moorpark College President Julius Sokenu announced in front of the VCCCD Board of Trustees the engineering department’s most recent accomplishment: 91% of students in ENGR M08 –...

Equipment used in the Biotechnology laboratory at Moorpark College in Moorpark, Calif. on May 10, 2024. Photo courtesy of Dr. Hovik Gasparyan. Photo credit: Bronwyn Smith

VCCCD overcomes CSU resistance, launches bachelor’s degree programs

By Bronwyn Smith May 15, 2024

Moorpark College has been granted approval by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors to offer a bachelor’s degree in Biomanufacturing. The program will first be available in the fall of...

Image courtesy of Ventura County Animal Services

Runaway water buffalo wanders onto the Moorpark College campus

By Gabriel Sanchez-Rivera November 21, 2023

Earlier this month, a water buffalo managed to wander off of its property and found its way onto the Moorpark College campus.The buffalo was returned safely to its owner with the combined effort of the...

A variation of signs posted in response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war displayed on Raider Walk on Oct. 16, 2023.

Israel-Hamas war sparks community demonstrations from Moorpark College student groups

By The Editorial Board October 24, 2023

As the war between Israel and Hamas continues on, Moorpark College, as well as prominent student groups including the Jewish Club and Muslim Students Association, have responded to the ongoing violence...

The Moorpark College Library displays a "closed" sign to students following a campus-wide power outage on Oct. 16, 2023. Photo credit: Matthew Camacho

Moorpark College experiences widespread power outage; campus closes temporarily

By Matthew Camacho October 16, 2023

On Oct. 16, 2023, Moorpark College experienced a campus-wide blackout, starting roughly at 9 a.m. and ending around 11:10 a.m. Power went completely out before generators came online providing auxiliary...

Ventura County officially moves down into less restrictive red tier amid COVID-19 regulations

Ventura County officially moves down into less restrictive red tier amid COVID-19 regulations

By David Chavez October 8, 2020
Ventura County officially moved from the purple tier of restrictions into the red tier
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