M.P. Hassel
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‘Miz Prophet Tells All’ Reimagines the Myth of Cassandra
Student playwrights encourage the voice of the unheard in a student-conceived and -written original production that crackles with youthful insight.
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Who Does This College Serve?
After months of organizing, the Faculty and Staff Federation of CCP (FSFCCP) announced it had reached a tentative agreement with the administration. According to the union’s statement, the agreement included higher wages, increased staffing, smaller class sizes, and an invitation to the table with SEPTA for free transpasses for students.
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Towards the Abolition of the Presidency
The office of the President of the Community College of Philadelphia is harmful and should be abolished. The latest president was a practical study in everything wrong with the office of the presidency…
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On the Eve of Negotiations
Dr. Donald Guy Generals overlooks Spring Garden Street from the marble penetralium of his office in the Mint Building. He is a man of power, a man of discipline, a man who does not cave, undaunted by faculty protests, untouched by student unrest, unfazed by the rising demands not only from the bargaining table but beckoning from City Hall.
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SGA Impeaches Scales, Enforces New SGA President Term Limits
In a move that appears to be a direct response to his person, the college has introduced and enforced a new term limit, preventing presidents from serving more than one academic year. A stipulation that says the Dean and Advisor of SGA can remove students from SGA if they cause “harm” has also been added to the SGA Constitution.
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Faculty and Staff Federatiom Strike Deadline Announced
11:50pm March 24, 2025 Good evening CCP students, We write tonight to let you know that we’ve really tried. We are working around the clock. (The longest cram session ever…. taking some of us back to our college days tbh.) Although we will keep trying to reach a deal with CCP’s administration, we were forced to set a strike deadline…
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Big Strike Authorization Vote: What It Means for CCP Students
A strike at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) is no longer just a possibility—it is imminent. A member of the Faculty and Staff Federation of CCP (FSFCCP) confirmed that “More than a supermajority of Faculty and Staff working at the college this semester voted. Of the people who voted, all of whom must be members, 97% voted yes.”
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A call out to the Board of Trustees
That is the word that represents this college, students, faculty, professors and all its members. Without students a college is nothing. Without teachers there is nothing to be taught. Without faculty there is nothing to be helped. Without the building blocks that make CCP the amazing college that it is, we are nothing without community.
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The Idea of Hajile
As she picked her wounds, she thought about him touching her, smiling at her, speaking softly to her. Gently. He was a gentleman, a gentle man – such a rare commodity. One she hadn’t known very much at all. She thought about the abrasiveness that male hands could possess, the vitriolic forms that those hands can take shape as. How…
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Musings on Gnosis
To put out my thesis straightforwardly, religion has presented me with a newfound purpose in life. A lot of converts into common religions such as Christianity and Islam feel this way, but what many people do not understand (both theist and atheist) is that you can subscribe to a system of belief without believing its teachings literally.
The Independent 