Month: March 2009

Officials from the University of Riverside are picking 15 PCC students for the Copernicus Project, a two-week program for students who want a future in teaching, preferably Math or Science.

In response to budget cuts, guidelines are currently in consideration in reducing the school’s budget.

A breakdown of police reports for your entertainment.

The game of baseball hasn’t really gone through many changes since it became America’s pastime in the 1800’s. There are still four bases, a bat and a ball. The purpose is still to hit more home runs than the other team, and Cracker Jacks are still the signature snack at ball parks.However, the only major change is quite a gloomy one. It has plagued the game for the past 20 years or so, and has been referred to as baseball’s “black eye.” This recent change is the use of performance enhancing drugs by major leaguers.

I was disheartened to learn of the “Vote of No Confidence’ orchestrated by some members of the Division of Kinesiology, Health & Athletics (KH&A) against Interim Dean Beverly Tate. I have known Beverly Tate for over fifteen years. She has always been one of the most innovative, resourceful, intelligent, and humane voices on campus.

Second Team All-State Guard Kinyada Johnson sank a long three-pointer after 7 minutes and 45 seconds of the first half scoring her 1,001st point of her Lancer career to lead the fourth-seeded PCC women’s basketball team to victory over the visiting San Bernardino Valley College 85-63 on Saturday.

To put it plainly and to the point…PCC does not have a true Veteran’s Affairs office. As a Vietnam veteran, I attend PCC and plan to transfer to a university, but with no veteran’s affairs help. The staff were totally unhelpful, none were veterans. The problems of veterans are more understood by other veterans rather than the regular society.

The facilities department at PCC operates 7 days a week from 10 p.m. Sunday night through 12 a.m. Friday.The department employs about 90 members on its staff and there are three shifts each week. Longtime employee Tom Heredia has worked at PCC for 30 years and his two children are PCC alumni.

Campus police are searching for a suspected PCC student in connection with the beating of another student in Lot 5 over a disputed parking space, according to a police flier.

PCC is offering trips to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and a “Theatre in Canada” excursion this summer.