The Rostrum is a quarterly publication of the academic senate for California community colleges. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Establishing a Systemwide California Community College General Education Advanced Placement (CCC GE AP) List by Dave Degroot; (2) Explaining the ASCCC Position on "Transfer Degrees" by Jane Patton; (3) Challenge Your MQ Knowledge by Beth Smith; (4) "Fixing" the California Community College System by Michelle Pilati; (5) Correct Identification of Truths and Untruths by Beth Smith; (6) Jumping on the Opportunity by Mark Wade Lieu; (7) The Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) Library and Three Faculty Perspectives by Janet Fulks; (8) Mythbusters: Addressing Accreditation "Urban Legends" by Lesley Kawaguchi; (9) Exemplary Awards by Beth Smith; (10) Keeping the Conversation Going: The Institute of Teaching and Learning at College of the Canyons by Russell Richardson; (11) Los Medanos College Math Department Teaching Communities by Julie Von Bergen; (12) Developmental Education Faculty Certification Program by Rick Stepp-Bolling; (13) Pedagogy of Love: Organic Praxis in Teaching and Learning by Elva Salinas; (14) Santa Barbara City College's SLO Faculty Development Project by Mark Ferrer; (15) All Are Leaders by Fran Leonard; (16) Things Fall Apart: The Centre Can Hold--Reflections on Accreditation and Faculty Leadership by Richard Mahon; (17) Basic Skills and Career Technical Education (CTE)-Contextualized Learning by Dan Crump; (18) The Basic Skills Initiative--What We've Done, What's Up Next by Barbara Illowsky; (19) Reassignment by Wheeler North; (20) The Digital Divide: Information Competency, Computer Literacy, and Community College Proficiencies by Cath Cox; (21) 2009: A Year of Curricular Changes for California Community Colleges by Janet Fulks; (22) Fishing in the Academic Senate's McElligot Pool by Karolyn Hanna and Laura Welby; and (23) An Academic Senate Foundation--Why? by Julie Adams.