The Cabrillo College graduation ceremony signifies a new chapter in the lives of students who have obtained degrees and certifications, but the job market they are about to enter is anything but hopeful as the worst jobs report of the year is announced for last month and budget cuts loom large on the horizon.

Poets and poetry-lovers alike crowded into Cabrillo College’s Music Recital Hall last Saturday to honor local poet Maude Meehan in an annual event that pays homage to a woman who was considered an inspiration to many in the literary world.

The reaction to a Cabrillo College student’s newspaper article raises questions about the appropriateness of sexual content in journalism.