I’ve really loved the work the team has been doing. I’m always excited to pick up the latest edition and see what wonderful works, drawings, and articles are waiting inside. Unfortunately this recent edition has made me feel very conflicted. In the advice column, there’s an image generated by Chat GPT. (Thank you for being transparent about that, I do appreciate that.)As an artist, images generated by AI are the bane of my existence. If you feel I should elaborate on why that

My husband [Fred Krynen] went to Mt. Hood around 2014-2015 and was in the Mechanical Engineering transfer program. We’d just had our first child and he had been a chef for over 10 years when he decided to earn his GED and create a better life for himself and our family. One day, he picked up The Advocate and read an article about a student who transferred to Stanford. He reached out to the student, also an immigrant, and got advice on how this could be possible, and decided h

In its special section on AI (artificial intelligence) published on Nov. 3, The Advocate limited the debate around AI to the theft of work (especially of artists), and privacy. The problem with this framing is that generative AI will take work away from many people who are not “artists.” It could take jobs away from artists, writers, and journalists – jobs a chatbot cannot replace because chatbots excel at producing persuasive nonsense, not the truth. There is a better way to

I wanted to reach out about a recent article published in The Advocate titled “The Ending of the Pandemic Year and its Great Political Dividing.” While I normally appreciate The Advocate and reading fellow student opinions, I was truly disappointed by this article. I found it to be divisive in its language, and was surprised that it seemed to encourage disrespect, stating “It is humiliating to suggest that one must confront these opinions with actual respect.” I believe that

Web Graphic. While the COVID-19 pandemic has been with us for over a year, creating challenges, anxiety, social isolation and chaos, another silent epidemic has quietly continued to affect the health and safety of thousands of college students, including those at MHCC. This epidemic is sexual violence. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Like many colleges, MHCC is taking action to increase awareness to bring about change, promote healing, equity and social justice – to

Web Graphic To Whom It May Concern, I would like to start things off by saying, I hope all MHCC Saints are doing well and staying safe during these unprecedented times. Also, good luck to everyone on all your final exams and projects. And finally, congratulations to the Class of 2020, and cheers to what is next in life! It has come to my attention that the decision made by the 2019-2020 Associated Student Government to hold a selection process for the 2020-2021 President and

Web Graphic WHERE’S THE VOTE MHCC? FORMER ASG PRESIDENT & OCCSA STATE CHAIR CONCERNED Hello Mt. Hood Community College! Congratulations graduating class of 2020! May your futures shine brighter than you can imagine! Today I write this letter to The Advocate after hearing the most recent news about the hiring process for ASG Leadership not being run as an election process, but an application for the student position as President and Vice president of ASG for 2020-2021. As a fo

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Eli Rankin | The Advocate January 2020 marks the 16th anniversary of National Stalking Awareness Month. According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, rates of stalking among college students are higher than in the general population. Over half of female victims and a third of male victims are stalked before the age of 25. People of any gender can be stalked. More than 1 in 6 women and 1 in 17 men will be stalked in their lifetime. Stalkers usua