Front-page article in a student newspaper

A particular piece of San Bernardino Valley College is marking its centennial along with the campus – the student newspaper. 

While it has changed names, the publication now known as the Arrowhead has been published in some form for most of the past century. 

“It’s a good capture of who was here, and you also see student perspectives of major events,” said English Associate Professor Edward Shea, who began advising the then-dormant Arrowhead in 2021. 

“I was tasked with reviving it and had three students,” he shared. “Luckily the department chair wanted to bring it back.” 

The Arrowhead is now a monthly magazine, and the revival of the publication has allowed Shea’s students to explore journalism, including plumbing SBVC’s newspaper archives. In a recent issue, the Arrowhead printed clippings of part articles related to Black history and an article about the many famous entertainers who performed at San Bernardino’s Swing Auditorium. 

One former student, Miguel Padilla, researched the campus’s history and stayed involved in the Arrowhead after transferring to Cal State San Bernardino. 

“It’s really because of the students who were willing to go above and beyond that the Arrowhead is back — students like Miguel Padilla, Andrea Lozano, Nathanael Hernandez, and Tony Barber who even after the class kept contributing and helping out,” Shea said. 

One thing Shea stresses to students is that the Arrowhead will "become part of our campus and part of our history," and he hopes more Wolverines take his Introduction to Journalism course and join the SBVC newspaper's legacy.