Student grievance says Lopez teaches anti-gay views as facts
A Fresno City College health instructor has been accused of making anti-homosexual remarks in the classroom and teaching personal views as facts. Dr. Bradley Lopez, a health instructor at FCC for 18 years, officially received two student grievances at the end of November 2009, which cited offensive content in lectures and offensive comments made to students.
Both supporters and detractors of instructor Bradley Lopez have spoken out about reported teaching of anti-gay and religious beliefs in his Health Science 1 classes. His accusers claim the long-time health instructor created a hostile environment that made students feel unsafe.
Fresno City College’s on-campus restaurants, which serve an average of 2,000 students a day, faced 11 health code violations after two December inspections by the Fresno County health department. The Rampage accessed the reports found on the Fresno Health Inspections Web site.
Amanda Kateeb wakes up in the dark every day at 3 a.m. to get to work by 4. The Fresno City College student clocks in at 4 a.m. at the Starbucks at Shaw and Villa in Clovis until 8:30. She gets to campus by 10, stays for classes until 2 p.m., and then goes to work at her second job at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Fresno from 4 to 9 p.
The Central California Blood Center has collected blood from FCC donors since 1999
The Central California Blood Center held a mobile blood drive at Fresno City College on Feb. 11, the organization’s first campus visit of the year. Two collection buses pulled onto campus from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. so students could donate blood at their convenience.
Student government leaders at Fresno City College hope to spend $7,500 in order to give students and staff a chance to attend the March in March rally in Sacramento. Participants in the March 22 event will protest against state funding cuts to colleges and universities.
Organizers of African American History Month celebrations at Fresno City College plan to rejoice in gospel music to close the month’s events. The African American Faculty & Staff Association will host a gospel celebration Sunday at 3 p.m. in the main cafeteria.
William “Bill” Riddlesprigger, Jr., a long-time Fresno City College English instructor, died Feb. 6 due to Parkinson’s disease. He was 67.
Fresno City College students could see the expansion of financial aid if Congress passes a proposed education bill that President Obama says would revitalize community colleges nationwide. The college’s president, Dr. Cynthia Azari, agreed that the increase in Pell grants and other aid would boost education.
Edward Contreras remembers the first time a teacher complimented him. After a lifetime of being classified as mentally handicapped, he enrolled in several electrical technology classes at Santa Monica City College. There, for the first time, a teacher told him he had real writing potential.
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