Allan Santiago, News Editor
While Los Angeles dealt with the unforgiving heat, stand-up skateboarders, mocking the “watch downhill speed” road sign, breezed through the day at “Dump Road” on Sunday.
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Entries from April 2008
PCC Students Compete In ‘Outlaw’ Skateboarding Events
April 30, 2008 · No Comments
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Selling Culture
April 28, 2008 · No Comments
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Traveling Made Easy
April 27, 2008 · No Comments
Charles Digal, Staff Writer
With poor planning and misguided assumptions, traveling can wind up disastrous. Here are some simple tips to turn a trip memorable.
First things first: find a local pub. Nearly every country besides the US legalizes drinking at 18, and you’re bound to meet some interesting folks along the way. If you’re […]
Tags: Feature · Flipside · Opinion
Faculty Shares Writing Tips and His Immigration Novel
April 25, 2008 · No Comments
Brittany Wong, Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor
David McCabe, director of the Teacher Preparation Program at PCC, spoke to students and PCC visitors in a symposium about his manuscript, “Without Sin” and the experiences of unpublished writers.
“Without Sin,” his novel told from the backdrop of the US-Mexico border about a relationship that develops between a young […]
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Truth About Shark Attack
April 25, 2008 · No Comments
Surviving a bite is all in the blood.
Szilvia Gogh, Staff Writer
Greg Tash, “Hazardous Marine Life Injuries” instructor at Aqua Adventures Unlimited in Burbank, told his students that the primary concern for first aid providers is to control bleeding and to minimize the risk of infection. He urged people to exit the water as fast as […]
Writing a B.S. Paper
April 25, 2008 · No Comments
Is it possible for students to get an ‘A’ without doing the expected work?
Jeremy Balan, Sports Editor
Despite what PCC professors might make you think, students believe it is possible to B.S. a paper, a practice that normally involves minimal to no studying, while producing a paper worthy of a good grade. It is not […]
Getting Around Without Driving
April 25, 2008 · No Comments
There’s no need to drive to make it through Los Angeles.
Karen Guzelian and Kathleen Aharonian, Courier Staff
It’s 8:30 a.m, you already overslept and there’s no time to take a shower. Class starts at 9 a.m. and the only way you’ll make it to class on time is if you grab whatever is in the closet […]
Peter on… Survival
April 25, 2008 · No Comments
Peter Herrero, Contributing Writer
There comes a time when we reach a certain experience that might be a bit unconventional. At first we might be afraid, then a little petrified, not much unlike Gloria Gaynor. Whether it’s a car accident, a shark bite or a bad date, the unexpected happens. The only way to prepare for some situations is […]
Tags: Feature · Flipside · Opinion
‘Stepping Up’ Gives Students a New Lease On Life
April 25, 2008 · No Comments
Brittany Wong, Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor
Twenty-one students celebrated their completion of Stepping Up, a life skills program aimed at promoting academic success, April 10 at PCC’s adjunct campus, the Community Education Center.Family, friends and Stepping Up staff toasted the achievements of the students, the first group to graduate from the program this semester. In […]
Tags: News
Protesters Contest CNN Pundit’s Comments
April 24, 2008 · No Comments
Christina Demirchyan, Managing Editor
After learning of the recent protest against CNN’s commentator Jack Cafferty, the PCC community voiced their opinions about Cafferty’s comments regarding China and its role in the the global economy.
Protesting Sunday on Sunset in Los Angeles, people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China, stood together yelling: “fire Cafferty” and “we fight […]
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