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
Brent Woods balances his majors 3D design and animation coursework with his welding classes while taking care of his post-fire PTSD.

Finding tranquility in chaos

Lauren A. Spates, Features Editor
December 13, 2018
Lifelong lessons in learning

Lifelong lessons in learning

Jordan, Allums
December 13, 2018
Joey Loveless juggle responsibilities, including schoolwork, athletic events and training.

Rise and grind: The student-athlete hustle

Isaiah Cappelen, Staff Writer
December 13, 2018
Santa Rosa Junior College student Jacob Beal is all geared up to hike 2,650 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association and make peace with his mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

Finding purpose and peace on the Pacific Crest

Adeira Sherpa, Editor in Chief
December 13, 2018
Daisy Garnica: A real life phoenix

Daisy Garnica: A real life phoenix

Dakota McGranahan, Co-Editor-in-Chief
December 13, 2018
Tyra Benoit identifies bits of her belongings in the ash heap that was her home.

Book by book: Rebuilding a post-fire identity

Lauren A. Spates and Zena Bounsall
December 13, 2018
Joshua Pinaula foams milk at the Culinary Café & Bakery where SRJC culinary students bake the cafés offering.

Four damn good Santa Rosa campus perks you never knew you had

Mark Fernquest, Staff Writer
December 13, 2018
Tension in Tijuana: SRJC student documents the “migrant caravan”

Tension in Tijuana: SRJC student documents the “migrant caravan”

Séamus Reed, News Editor
December 13, 2018
Between papers and parenting

Between papers and parenting

Jasmine Benigno-Hall, Staff Writer
December 13, 2018
Toms team tracker

Tom’s team tracker

Tom Miller, Staff Writer
December 13, 2018
Eileen Rodriguez endures the harassment so common to female gamers.

Don’t call me an e-girl: What it’s like being a woman in the gamer world

Eileen Rodriguez, Reporter
December 13, 2018
Instructor Paul Mossman in his office.

From teething to teaching

Aria Quinn, Staff Writer
December 13, 2018
Siem Ebus, a natural science major from the Netherlands, plays soccer at midfield for the Bear Cubs.

Open borders, open minds: SRJC welcomes international students

Jose Gonzalez and David Sekiranda
December 13, 2018
Inside Bertollini Hall Jenna Bozzetto, 20, crams for her Soc 30 final next week. “It feels like a few weeks worth of material packed into a few days of completion,” Bozzetto said in regards to pre-finals stress. “I’ve gotten a lot less sleep, and between the sleep deprivation, studying and working I’ve had anxiety and it’s changed my mood.”

Finals stress takes its toll on students

Kate Tornai, Contributing Writer
December 13, 2018
Several SRJC employees received this threatening email Thursday morning as part of a global scam.

SRJC staff among victims of global bomb threat scam

Lauren A. Spates, Features Editor
December 13, 2018
Three and Out Ep. 13: Phillip Rivers Flow Game Nasty

Three and Out Ep. 13: Phillip Rivers Flow Game Nasty

Isaiah Cappelen, Ian MacGregor, and Atilla Gero
December 7, 2018
Three and Out Ep. 12: Bakers Hue-larious Take

Three and Out Ep. 12: Baker’s Hue-larious Take

Attila LS Gero, Ian McGregor, and Isaiah Cappelen
December 1, 2018
Holiday Soft Glam

Holiday Soft Glam

Zena Bounsall, Staff writer
November 22, 2018
Thanksgiving: the best time of year

Thanksgiving: the best time of year

Mark Fernquest, Staff writer
November 22, 2018
Three and Out Ep. 11 (Thanksgiving Edition) : Aaron Donald is Green Bean Casserole

Three and Out Ep. 11 (Thanksgiving Edition) : Aaron Donald is Green Bean Casserole

Atilla Gero, Ian McGregor, and Isaiah Cappelen
November 20, 2018
Welcome to the swamp: Shrek the Musical preview

Welcome to the swamp: ‘Shrek the Musical’ preview

Jasmine Hall, Staff writer
November 16, 2018
A new neighborhood is underway near Piner road in a county-wide effort to combat the houisng shortage, which skyrocketed after the Tubbs fire in 2017.

SRJC announces plan for on-campus housing

Dakota McGranahan, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 15, 2018
The sun sets behind a set of palm trees near Analy Village as smoke from the Butte County fire encompasses the surrounding area.

Butte County Fire causes SRJC closure

Dakota McGranahan, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 9, 2018
2018 midterms break historic records

2018 midterms break historic records

Dakota McGranahan, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 9, 2018
Student on the street: Midterm Elections reaction

Student on the street: Midterm Elections reaction

Jose Gonzalez, Managing Editor
November 9, 2018
Be like Mike? Nah, be like Bron

Be like Mike? Nah, be like Bron

Isaiah Cappelen, Assitant Sports editor
November 8, 2018
Santa Rosa Junior College President Frank Chong addresses a crowd of students and faculty at the SunPower solar panel ribbon cutting on Nov. 6 in Bech parking lot.

SRJC completes solar panel project

Mark Fernquest, Staff writer
November 7, 2018
Oak Leaf staff travels to participate in workshops and compete at the JACC Conference.

Oak Leaf captures multimedia awards and online excellence

Oak Leaf Staff
November 7, 2018
Jamie Lee Curtis reprieves her role as Laurie Strode 40 years later in Halloween: 2018.

Murder, She Wrote: Halloween adopts real themes

Dakota McGranahan, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 6, 2018
Fear of Fake News in Trump Era

Fear of fake news in the Trump era

Abraham Fuentes, Photo Editor
November 6, 2018
Santa Rosa Junior College will launch a Santa Rosa campus-focused app at the start of the 2019 spring semester while also adding new features to the existing Petaluma campus app.

Campus app coming to Santa Rosa campus in January

Eileen Rodriguez, Staff Writer
November 1, 2018
Remembering the fires one year later

Remembering the fires one year later

Jose Gonzalez, La Reva Myles, and Riley Palmer
October 30, 2018
Jonathan Miranda, Salesforce director of strategy discussed artificial intelligence with SRJC students.

Artificial Intelligence: the future is just around the corner

Jordan Allums, Staff Writer
October 30, 2018
Gowans Ciders is a California company that was established in 1876. Gowans 1876 is one of there ciders named after there first harvest of the same year.

On tap: 1876

Abraham Fuentes, Photo editor
October 28, 2018
SRJC College to Career program ranked No. 1 in the state

SRJC College to Career program ranked No. 1 in the state

Lauren A. Spates, Features Editor
October 25, 2018
Reverberations: a visual conversation

Reverberations: a visual conversation

Mark Fernquest, Staff Writer
October 23, 2018
Community decorated flameless luminaries lined the pathway.

One community one year later

Adeira Sherpa and Dakota McGranahan, Co-Editors-In-Chief
October 10, 2018
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga bring powerful performances to this 2018 iteration of “A Star is Born.”

Bradley Cooper revives a Hollywood classic

Jordan Allums, Staff Writer
October 8, 2018
Photo credit: A poster of Dr. Stephen Seagers documentary Urban Inferno: The Night Santa Rosa Burned.

‘Day of Remembrance and Gratitude’ a chance to come together, reflect

Ian McGregor, Co-Sports-Editor
October 4, 2018
Bussing tables or hitting the books: The struggle of the working student

Bussing tables or hitting the books: The struggle of the working student

Riley Palmer, Staff Writer
September 24, 2018
Boochcraft’s high alcoholic kombucha is great for any time of the day, from brunch to an outing with friends.

Kombucha Kraze

Abraham Fuentes, Photo editor
September 20, 2018
Miles Levin (right), Berkeley Pickell (left) from Super Hero Hotline pose at the 8th Annual Sonoma County Student Film Festival.

SRJC alumnus uses films to change the message about epilepsy

Kaila Cotherman-Bohler, Co-Web and Social Media editor
September 20, 2018
Student protest during the Board of Trustees.

SRJC students fight for more library hours

Jordan Allums, Staff Writer
September 20, 2018
SRJC theatre arts 2018/2019 season preview

SRJC theatre arts 2018/2019 season preview

Taylor Marek Seprish, A&E Editor
September 18, 2018
Santa Rosa Junior College Campus

Photo Gallery

September 14, 2018
Imperial Stout Ales pair perfectly great with pancakes.

ON TAP: Tall, dark and mysterious

Abraham Fuentes, Photo editor
September 13, 2018
Album Cover

Eminem’s surprise “Kamikaze” album, bombs.

Aria Quinn, Staff Writer
September 13, 2018
By the second era, The Colonistss play area is crowded with cards, notes and game pieces.

Back to the “Colonies”

Arthur Gonzalez-Martin, Staff Writer
May 15, 2018
Juanitas offers killer salsas and delicious budget tacos with a location easily accessed by SRJC students.

For taquerias, “Juanita’s” is almost perfection

Jett Williams, A&E Editor
May 15, 2018
Sleep will be performing live June 7 at the Warfield in San Francisco.

The legend grows with Sleep’s “The Sciences”

Seamus Reed, Staff Writer
May 3, 2018
Infinity War takes the expected superhero arc and shatters it into an emotional and unexpected crescendo.

Avengers: Infinity War perfects the modern blockbuster

Andres Pimentel, Staff Writer
May 1, 2018
SRJC Media Instructor and Festival Director Mike Traina and fellow Instructor Brian Antonson pose in front of the historic Mystic Theater, the site of this years Petaluma Film Festival.

Film festival coming to Petaluma this Saturday

Jett Williams, A&E Editor
April 29, 2018
Patrick Keamoi warming up with catcher Cole Brodnansky before his second career start.

Bear Cubs pitching implodes in seventh inning, results in a loss

Attila LS Gero, Staff Writer
April 24, 2018
Eduardo Osorío Juarez espera ser la voz de los estudiantes de SRJC.

Juárez is new SGA Prez

Michael Barnes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 24, 2018
In the 1870s, Santa Rosa’s Chinatown took up a couple blocks along the creek in between where D Street and the Roxy Theater now sit.

Centennial Series: New Burbank, new name?

Julia Modell, Features Editor
April 19, 2018
The auditorium is the first of several buildings to be overhauled using money from Measure H, a state bond grant Sonoma County residents approved to revitalize the. The $410 million bond, first voted on in 2014, serves to upgrade facilities, address overcrowding and prepare students to attend four-year universities, according to a statement released by SRJC President Dr. Frank Chong.

Centennial Series: Measure H revitalizes tired Burbank Auditorium

Jett Williams, A&E Editor
April 18, 2018
Former SRJC President Dr. Robert Agrella (left) abused school funding in a more reprehensible manner than his successor and current SRJC President Dr. Frank Chong (right).

Centennial Series: Not every SRJC dollar makes sense

Michael Barnes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 18, 2018
The HP 3000 was a $200,000 investment that propelled SRJC into the modern age.

Centennial Series: SRJC’s first computer

Abraham Fuentes, Staff Writer
April 17, 2018
Kylie Minogue experiments with country, EDM and pop fusion with her new album, Golden.

With new album, Kylie stays “Golden”

Dakota McGranahan, Co-Photo Editor
April 17, 2018
Judas Priest again proves their relevancy with the breakneck tempo of Firepower

Judas Priest continues to lead the charge

Séamus Reed, Staff Writer
April 17, 2018
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