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• Occupy Fresno tries to reach out to college students

  Occupy Fresno tries to reach out to college students

  Occupy Fresno tried to deepen its ties with college students during simultaneous teach-ins Tuesday at Fresno City College and California State University, Fresno. Organizers and college faculty met with students on each campus to discuss the history of the social movement and why it should matter to them.

• Comedian's BYU black history video goes viral

  Comedian's BYU black history video goes viral

  A YouTube video of a white comedian who painted his face black and quizzed Brigham Young University students about Black History Month has brought some unwanted attention to the Mormon-run school.

• Proposed college reforms hold most promise for disadvantaged students

  Proposed college reforms hold most promise for disadvantaged students

  Change is not easy. It is often uncomfortable — even scary. But, when our region struggles with the lowest rates of transfer, degree completion, or certificate attainment in the state, change becomes absolutely necessary.

  Last Monday, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges voted to approve the recommendations of the Student Success Task Force. Despite controversy, the recommendations were adopted without a single dissenting vote.

  They were adopted because it is no longer acceptable to watch generations of students get lost in the community college system and never reach their educational goals. Quite frankly, the state of California and the Central Valley cannot afford to lose a single educated worker who can help restore our economic prosperity.

• Remembering Pearl Harbor

  Remembering Pearl Harbor

  Pearl Harbor Survivors, Central Valley Chapter 8, closed with their Dec. 7 program at the VA hospital in Fresno after more than 40 years with seven Pearl Harbor survivors present. The youngest living is now 88.

  The National Association of Pearl Harbor Survivors will close Dec. 31, but their motto, "Remember Pearl Harbor -- Keep America Alert," still needs to be heard. Many are helping:

  -- Our honorary Chapter 8 treasurer and secretary, Jason Meadows and Tim Springer, are also history teachers.

• Sikh art exhibit is a rich cultural resource

  Sikh art exhibit is a rich cultural resource

  I went to see the recently opened exhibition, "Sikhs: Legacy of the Punjab," at the Fresno Art Museum. I experienced great joy in seeing the thoughtfully planned and thematically well laid out exhibition -- a rare occasion to witness such a historic event in the cultural life of our community.

  The exhibition is fabulously rich in content and character. There are many strikingly gorgeous exhibits that catch your attention, especially a beautiful replica of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the centerpiece of the exhibition. The Golden Temple is the holiest place of the Sikh faith in India. There is a gallery of miniature paintings and famous Punjabi Phulkari textile on display.

  The exhibition brings the art culture, religion and history of Sikhs closer to home. One learns about the Sikh view of life, the sacred and temporal authority in the religion, a brief history of Sikh rulers in Punjab, contemporary works and achievements of the Sikhs in India.