Graduating students of Clark College will now no longer receive caps, gowns and tassels for free. A $22 charge has been placed on the graduation attire. The move comes following recent budget cuts within the college and the state, according to spe...

Students can find free, quick and helpful tips for improving campus and work life at Clark College's Student Success Workshops this quarter. Each quarter Clark offers two to three 50 to 60-minute Student Success Workshops per week. Catherine Ke...

Students, faculty and staff of Clark College heard the phrase 'Lockdown, close and lock doors,' as they practiced a lockdown drill at 3 p.m. on Jan. 19. All students, faculty and staff followed instructions on the emergency lockdown poster hanging ...

Clark College President Bob Knight spoke about a promising new year at the annual State of the College address Jan. 19 in the Gaiser Student Center. Knight began by emphasizing Clark's commitme...

Indie record stores and music news say vinyl records are making a resurge, increasing in sales by 40 percent last year compared to 2010. However, the superior medium of the future marke...

2012 is certainly a strange year. The Mayan calendar is causing some to speculate that the world is ending this year; Justin Bieber is just weeks from being considered an adult, and now the wide belief that January is the month reserved for Hollywood t...

Pacific Northwest schools, from as far as Seattle and Spokane, gathered in the Gaiser Student Center Jan. 26-28 to perform at the 50th annual Clark College Jazz Festival. The schools gathered to display their skills for a shot at winning the 2012 S...

Debuting the Monday after the Super Bowl, NBC's new and most highly advertised TV series is expected to be a 'Smash.' As Christian Borle's character, Tom Levitt, a musical composer with an eye for...

Students in Oregon can now carry concealed weapons onto college campuses after a ruling last September by the Oregon Court of Appeals that cannot be overruled by individuals such as school administrations. Laws should be put into place in Washingto...

For years, ever since the placement of a television in every living room in America, people have turned to the nightly news in it's many embodiments, as their reliable source of accurate and trusted journalism. The faces have changed over the years; Wa...

Penguin students slide to Clark College from various locations. Many migrate from their residences at high elevations. The reality is, however, that most Clark College students reside within the lower elevations of Vancouver, and in inclement weather s...

With a 7-0 conference record and a 17-1 overall record after the first half-season, the Clark's men's basketball team looks to be one of the main contenders for the NWAACC title. 'The team has ...

The Lady Penguins remained undefeated in conference play after besting Centralia College on Jan. 25 at the O'Connell Sports Center by a final score of 64-39, putting them in the perfect position to take home the ]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 1.2763208 The Independent Leisa Nunn The Independent http://www.clark-independent.com/men-s-basketball-team-has-room-to-bragg-1.2763194 CJ Baker
Sophomore Forward Austin Bragg helping Penguins to season success

The sporting world has gone crazy, infused with mega-egos and narcissistic superstars that love to talk themselves up at any chance they get. Modesty, however, is not lost in Clark College men's basketball forward Austin Bragg, who through last week wa...

'Number 20, that's her,' Senior Secretary of Athletics Marla Derrick said as she pointed to a picture of Chelsea Dyson. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Dyson is a sophomore guard on the Clark women's basketball team and has made major contributions ...

Clark College President Bob Knight announced the 2012 Clark College Hall of Fame Class during his annual state of the college address. This year's class marks the first of many that will enter the college's new athletic hall of fame. Inductees incl...

Clark College President Bob Knight will give a State of the College address on Jan. 19 in the Gaiser Student Center. Doors will open to the public at 10:30 a.m. and the address will start at 11 a.m. 'Historically, when the president delivers this a...

STEM: It stands for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, and though it may be an unfamiliar acronym now, Clark officials are working to change that. Starting Fall of 2012, 120 ninth and tenth grade students from all around the Vancouver ...

On the surface, it looks like a blanketing solution to protect the intellectual property of media companies that was taken straight from the script of communist China. H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, a 78-page bill, is a frightening reminder of ...

With the death of former leader Kim Jong-Il, the rise of North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un continues the political dilemma the U.S. and other countries face when dealing with this turbulent country. North Korea declared to the world that under its...