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Statewide Proficiency Test To be Held at PCC

May 2, 2008 · No Comments

Chinese Language Skills to be Assessed
Franco Sui Yan, Staff Writer
The languages division will host the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK), or Standardized Chinese Proficiency Test on May 17, with nearly 100 people enrolled for the test. PCC is the only community college in the nation that offers the once-a-year exam.
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From Instant Noodles to Homemade Meals

May 2, 2008 · No Comments

More Students Can Cook on Their Own
Brittany Wong, Asst. A & E Editor
They may admit to a willingness to sit back and let their mamas do all the work in the kitchen, but plenty of PCC students are making tentative headway in their cooking endeavors.
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Saving Money (and Eating Well Too)

May 2, 2008 · No Comments

Christina Demirchyan, Managing Editor
As food prices continue to escalate, students around campus are finding cheaper alternatives to the campus food they have deemed too expensive. With countless places surrounding the grounds of PCC, students can transform a meal into a cultural experience. Though many students seem to enjoy filling their stomachs with common American […]

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Earth Awareness Day Celebrated On Campus

May 2, 2008 · No Comments

Rodrigo Mejia, Staff Member
Seeds of Change hosted a day of awareness seeking to inform the campus of the mounting ailments afflicting the world around us.
“We are trying to raise awareness of people and their waste. We want people to be more conscious of their waste,” said 22-year-old geology major Yuliana Parada, who is also the […]

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What Can You Do With a Cucumber?

May 2, 2008 · No Comments

Szilvia Gogh, Staff Writer
Aside from what comes to most people’s mind when asked what can they do with a cucumber, here is a few ways this vegetable can be used:
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New Video Game: Sadistic or Artistic?

May 2, 2008 · No Comments

Emerson Guerrero , Staff Writer
“Grand Theft Auto” has always been a video game that has received both love and hate from critics. Most people loved a video game built on the idea that the player could go anywhere, do anything, and didn’t have a time limit or point goal to achieve.
At the same time many […]

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A Taste of Diversity in Foreign Foods

May 2, 2008 · No Comments

Exotic meals from around the world
Stacey Wang, Editor-in-Chief
Living in a state where diversity is commonplace and a willingness to try new things is embraced, food can often act as the bridge to understanding another culture.In Pasadena alone, a person can feast on American dining or walk a few blocks further down to experience the exotic […]

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