A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.

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

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

The Oak Leaf
The Oak Leaf Magazine, Spring 2022
The Oak Leaf Magazine, Spring 2022
June 17, 2022

The fourth issue of The Oak Leaf Magazine, and the first since 2019. https://issuu.com/theoakleafnews/docs/oak_leaf_mag_spring22

Someone Dies Again, by Hungarian playwright Árpád Schilling is an outsiders look in to the effects of gun violence on American families. Poster by levimillerart.
SRJC faculty, advisers, alumnus key players in production of new play centering on gun violence
Aryk Copley, Staff Writer/Photographer • June 1, 2022

Grimly relevant with the near-weekly mass shootings in the country, The Imaginists in Santa Rosa are putting on a new production centering on gun violence in America.   Gun violence never falls out of relevance in the United States. A country...

The rainbow-shaped stump of a fallen oak tree smolders among other dead and living oaks on the hilly Napa countryside
Gallery: Old Fire burns 570 acres in Napa, within Atlas Fire burn scar
Nick Vides and Aryk Copley • May 31, 2022
Sam Gomes in his wheelchair wearing a bright red SRJC baseball jacket, sunglasses and a blue SRJC hat, next to his wife, also wearing a bright red SRJC baseball shirt, sunglasses, and a red SRJC hat. They are in front of the bullpen wall, which says SAM GOMES BULLPEN on a red sign with white letters.
Sam Gomes, beloved long-time SRJC baseball coach, dies at 60 of ALS
Garrett Ashton, Reporter • May 30, 2022
SRJC graduates listen to Mayor Jackie Elwards commencement ceremony speech on May 28, 2022 at Bailey Field.
Commencement 2022: SRJC’s first in-person ceremony in 3 years — Photo Gallery
Garrett Ashton, Reporter • May 28, 2022
Arts & Entertainment
SRJC filmmaking students said award-winning director Fabio Frey provided the right mix of professional criticism and learning space during the making of student film “You Don’t See Me, which will air as an unofficial selection of the 14th Petaluma Film Fest.
Everything Everywhere All at Once takes the viewer on a journey into the multiverse, where the mundane and the weird infinitely intersect.
Elden Ring features a wide variety of gorgeous and memorably fantasy environments that continue to one-up each other as you progress in the game.
A standing man talks to a boy who is sat at a table during the SRJC Theatre Arts performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.
A silhouetted photo of Batman from The Batman.
SRJCs theater department will host its first in-person production in more than two years with “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” at Burbank Theater March 4-13.
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The rainbow-shaped stump of a fallen oak tree smolders among other dead and living oaks on the hilly Napa countryside
Gallery: Old Fire burns 570 acres in Napa, within Atlas Fire burn scar
Nick Vides and Aryk Copley • May 31, 2022

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Sam Gomes, beloved long-time SRJC baseball coach, dies at 60 of ALS
May 30, 2022
Commencement 2022: SRJC’s first in-person ceremony in 3 years — Photo Gallery
May 28, 2022
How to get involved with community organizing
May 26, 2022
SGA leaders start Disabled Student Union to support SRJC’s disabled community
May 18, 2022
The Oak Leaf recognized by professional press with 28 state and national awards
May 17, 2022
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   Letter to the Editor
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Michael Hogle, 39, poses in his Santa Rosa Junior College culinary arts jacket and holds a small tote bag
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Protesters chant in support of reproductive rights at Courthouse Square on May 3.
A woman joins dozens of others for an impromptu protest May 3 after a draft of Supreme Court Justice Samual Alitos opinion possibly overturning legalized abortion was leaked to the media.
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Sports
NFL franchises pick from the best college players in the nation during the draft’s three days, starting April 28 and ending April 30.
The Oak Leafs 2022 March Madness bracket
Bear Cubs coach assistant coach Tom Francois hypes up the team before its March 15 game against Folsom Lake in Santa Rosa.
SRJC softball beat Sierra College 7-6 in a walk-off RBI win.
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Photojournalist documents local homeless couple’s journey
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  • Erik Castro, photojournalist and presenter, answers questions about his 14-month project, “Broken,” noon Feb. 12 in the Newman Auditorium, with his photo of Steve and Michelle going for a late night ride in the background.

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  • In a rare rejoicing moment, Steve and Michelle embrace in their new home off the streets, The Palms Inn on Santa Rosa Avenue, with their dog, Missy, on April 2 2018.

    Photo by: Erik Castro

  • Steve and Michelle at Santa Rosa Memorial hospital on May 19 2017, supporting a friend who is deathly ill with cancer. “It just seemed so clear to me. She really was willing to deal with this emotional pain to give this guy some comfort,” Castro said, reflecting on the giving nature of Michelle.

    Photo by: Erik Castro

  • Michelle holds Missy, her new pit-bull puppy who provides stress relief to her difficult life on the streets, according to Steve, on June 20, 2017 on the streets of Santa Rosa.

    Photo by: Erik Castro

  • Steve gets a reprieve from life on the streets during a holiday visit in late December 2017 with his son Chad, daughter-in-law Alli and his grandson Brett.

    Photo by: Erik Castro

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Opinion: What I gained from two coronavirus outbreaks
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Abby Selby is a fourth-year SRJC student.
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A Santa Rosa Junior College Student Health Services sign pointing to where students can receive COVID vaccines.
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For his inciting role in yesterdays incident at Capitol Hill, the President must be removed from office.
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