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The Oak Leaf
A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.

The Oak Leaf
A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.

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Features
The Dream Center works to ensure immigrant and undocumented students at SRJC know their rights.
How will Santa Rosa Junior College protect its immigrant students under a second Trump presidency?
Amy Moore, Reporter • February 7, 2025
An attendee at a Santa Rosa school district board meeting protests the possible closure of select schools at Santa Rosa City Hall on Wednesday Dec. 11, 2024.
With Santa Rosa school closures looming, return of School Resource Officers remains in limbo
Reid Carpenter and Henry Fliflet • January 23, 2025
Fire alarms, substandard fire safety, uncleanliness, an understaffed resident adviser program and an apathetic development and management company, Servitas, have made life at the dormitory potentially less appealing than off-campus housing.
Problems at Polly Hall: A Year-and-a-Half of the SRJC Dormitory
Emelle Raschein and Oliver Kindt • December 19, 2024
Salvador Sandoval-Garduno looks across the Mojave for potential prospecting locations.
Shovels, Sweat and Student Loans: Getting Dirty to Get Rich Quick
Sal Sandoval-Garduno, News Editor • December 15, 2024
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Arts & Entertainment
Santa Rosa Junior College's Students for Recovery club will showcase the film, "The Wisdom of Trauma," in Newman Auditorium at Emeritus Hall on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Santa Rosa.
SRJC Students for Recovery showcase “The Wisdom of Trauma”
Ellie Kohtz, Reporter • April 8, 2025
Mobile game developer TapBlaze recently released its second restaurant simulator, "Good Coffee, Great Coffee," which offers fun play...with some hiccups.
“Good Coffee, Great Coffee”: Is it that sweet? I’d say so!
Natalie Emanuele, Reporter • March 31, 2025
"The current political moment is extremely troubling but none of us are powerless. Ultimately, power caves to power from the masses of people who have been mobilized," Fairey said via a spokesperson while working this year in Thailand. A photo of guns filled with roses is one of Fairey's more iconic works and is displayed at the Herold Mahoney Library for Spring 2025 in Petaluma.
International street artist and activist Shepard Fairey is “On the Wall” in Petaluma
Debbie Van Dyke, Reporter • March 27, 2025
Sushi Koshō is one of numerous restaurants providing a plethora of cuisine in The Barlow in Sebastopol, joining the likes of Acre Pizza and Fern Bar along the main thoroughfare — McKinley Street.
Sushi Kosho: Instagrammable but Inconsistent
Cristan Molinelli-Ruberto, Reporter • March 27, 2025
Showgoers hang out outside of Taqueria Mila between sets at a show on March 8, 2024.
Taqueria Mila: Santa Rosa’s most unconventional music venue
Ziggy Leon Carrillo, Reporter • March 25, 2025
Lee Stumbaugh filters through records while searching for a gem at The Last Record Store on Mendocino Boulevard on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
Three stores for physical media surrounding SRJC
Atticus Hendrickson, Reporter • March 25, 2025
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Jordan Mead, 47, gives public comment at the Board of Trustees Meeting on March 11, 2025 in the Bertolini Student Center while wearing a body camera. In his comments, Mead asserted his position as a whistleblower.

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Jordan Mead, 47, gives public comment at the Board of Trustees Meeting on March 11, 2025 in the Bertolini Student Center while wearing a body camera. In his comments, Mead asserted his position as a whistleblower.

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SRJC students cross the Mendocino Avenue campus toward Doyle Library and Bertolini Student Center.

Immigrant students and staff face the prospect of ICE raids on SRJC campus • 655 Views

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The Rohnert Park Police incident report offers details on the arrest of Santa Rosa Junior College IT employee Jordan Mead outside of SRJC Vice President Kate Jolley's home on March 19, 2025.

Police incident report reveals SRJC employee called police before going to VP's house • 590 Views

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Showgoers hang out outside of Taqueria Mila between sets at a show on March 8, 2024.

Taqueria Mila: Santa Rosa's most unconventional music venue • 541 Views

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SRJC’s Queer Resource Center (QRC) provides a safe physical space for queer students. The QRC invites all students to visit Bertolini Hall on Tuesday, April 2, for Trans Day of Visibility celebrations.

Anti-LGBTQIA+ sentiments are closer to home than we think; anti-trans graffiti found in campus restroom • 355 Views

News
SRJC Academic Senate members discussed the possible end of an online learning policy at their meeting on April 2.
SRJC Academic Senate debates possible end of online learning policy
Destiny Quiroz-Lindauer, Reporter • April 10, 2025
SGA discussed the impact of the upcoming MySRJC App shutdown during its meeting on April 7.
SGA discusses impact of MySRJC App shutdown
Henry Flifet, Reporter • April 10, 2025
SRJC students cross the Mendocino Avenue campus toward Doyle Library and Bertolini Student Center.
Immigrant students and staff face the prospect of ICE raids on SRJC campus
Geneviève Duboscq • April 10, 2025
The Rohnert Park Police incident report offers details on the arrest of Santa Rosa Junior College IT employee Jordan Mead outside of SRJC Vice President Kate Jolley's home on March 19, 2025.
Police incident report reveals SRJC employee called police before going to VP’s house
Emelle Raschein, Managing Editor • April 3, 2025
SRJC’s Queer Resource Center (QRC) provides a safe physical space for queer students. The QRC invites all students to visit Bertolini Hall on Tuesday, April 2, for Trans Day of Visibility celebrations.
Anti-LGBTQIA+ sentiments are closer to home than we think; anti-trans graffiti found in campus restroom
Cristan Molinelli-Ruberto, Reporter • April 1, 2025
The Oak Leaf News displays an impressive haul in the aftermath of the JACC awards ceremony at the ACP Spring National Media Conference on Saturday, March 8, 2025 in Long Beach, California.
SRJC journalists attend national media conference in Long Beach
Samantha Arnott, Reporter • April 1, 2025
SRJC President Dr. Angélica Garcia is on leave while she undergoes and recovers from knee surgery.
SRJC president takes medical leave
Drea Hernandez, Reporter • March 31, 2025
Jordan Mead, 47, gives public comment at the Board of Trustees Meeting on March 11, 2025 in the Bertolini Student Center while wearing a body camera. In his comments, Mead asserted his position as a whistleblower.
Jordan Mead pleads not guilty, posts $1 million bail
Cristan Molinelli-Ruberto and Emelle Raschein • March 29, 2025
Jordan Mead, 47, gives public comment at the Board of Trustees Meeting on March 11, 2025 in the Bertolini Student Center while wearing a body camera. In his comments, Mead asserted his position as a whistleblower.
Police arrest SRJC employee for allegedly stalking VP
Reid Carpenter, News Editor • March 26, 2025
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Sports Features
Bear Cubs' guard Ivy Gonzalez leans on a basketball hoop outside of outside of Polly O’Meara Doyle Hall on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.
The SRJC men's wrestling team conclude their season in the 3C2A Wrestling State Championships in the Golden Eagle Arena at Lemoore College on Dec. 14, 2024.
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Sports News
Bear Cub starting pitcher Brice Cox winds back for a pitch against Diablo Valley College on Thursday, April 3, 2025 in Santa Rosa.
Designated hitter J.T. Summers, center, meets helmets with his fellow teammates Anane Wilson, left, and Josh Martin, right, after a two-run home run in the bottom of the first against American River on Saturday, March 29, 2025 in Santa Rosa.
It's a party in the Bear Cub dugout as the team has a scoring explosion in the bottom of the third against Modesto on Saturday, March 15, 2025 in Santa Rosa.
Sophomore catcher Mason Cox, center, celebrates with the team at first base after the walkoff win in the bottom of the eleventh against Sierra on Thursday, March 20, 2025 in Santa Rosa.
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Sports Opinion
A game used ice hockey puck signed by Oak Leaf reporters, Adair Alvarez Rodriguez, Nathan Kaito Morris, and Yna Bollock serves as a sweet souvenir from the Polar Bears' games against Fresno at Snoopy's Home Ice on Jan. 31, and Feb. 1, 2025
A raucous crowd at Emirates Stadium cheers on the Arsenal Women's team, singing the fight song "North London Forever." The game ended in a tie with Manchester City, who came in second place in the Women's Super League (WSL) last year. Arsenal came in third place.
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Podcasts
Zero to Hero – Episode 1
Max Underdown, Podcaster • April 8, 2025
By the Fireside Episode 2: Themes and Motifs
Kevin Terlizzi-Bowes, Lucas Cadigan-Carranza, and Mark Fernquest • December 14, 2024
That time I got sniffed by a bear
Arlo Connally Stewart, Podcaster • December 5, 2024
By the Fireside Episode 1: How to Begin a Story
Kevin Terlizzi-Bowes and Lucas Cadigan-Carranza • October 19, 2024
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London Branch
Bottles filled with poems line the shelves of the Poetry Pharmacy in London. Each bottle offers aid of the literary kind - poems rolled into capsules. Prescriptions are available for dozens of needs, including exhaustion, empty nest syndrome, insomnia, mindfulness and more.
Dry ice cascades over an impressive three tiered treats stand during afternoon tea service at the Ivy, Chelsea Garden in London.
Shoppers and passersby inspect Mick's wares which include several kinds of tropical fruit and bulk quantities of berries.
Study Abroad Instructor Gregory Beyrer's takes students in his U.S. history class on a field trip to see Cornwell Gardens, a private key garden in London's Kensington neighborhood on Sept. 24, 2024.
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Oak Leaf Magazine - Fall 2024