Month: April 2009

Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer Chris Yung described deep space exploration and communication to PCC’s Physics Club on Friday.

For nearly three years, construction and electrical students have been building a house located across the street from PCC at 208 Bonnie Avenue.

“Hay Fever,” presented by the Theater Department at PCC as directed by Duke Stroud, is a satirical comedy that showcases the eccentricities of the Bliss family.Written and produced in the 1920s by Noel Coward, “Hay Fever” consists of the self-important members of the Bliss family and what happens when each of them invite a guest for the weekend to their home in the countryside.

Manny Santiago, 19, leaned cool against a high white wall of the K Building as he strummed blues through an acoustic guitar. Santiago, music major, has grown used to playing music in this spot.

Tucked away in the Z Building, there’s a treasure trove of ceramic pieces, made by students of all ages and majors. They fill the shelves, some glazed, some not, surrounded by bags of not-yet-made clay.Students mill around, always with a purpose but always relaxed.

Metric returns after a four-year hiatus with its long awaited fourth full-length album, Fantasies, a in solid album that assures newcomers and long time fans alike that this new wave/indie band is back to its old ways.Four years since the release of Live it Out, which included the hit “Monster Hospital”, Fantasies is the singular effort of the band after years of searching for new inspiration.

Dramatic drums, pounding steady beats and electricity all come together to create the romantic aura that is the new Bat For Lashes album, Two Suns.The album starts off on a serious note, as if the listener is about to go on a journey.

On any day the PCC campus is flooded with people. Most of them are students, but many of them are visitors attracted to the atmosphere of the school.Even though PCC is a school, it is still a public place and there is no law keeping non-students from being on campus.

Looking for a sweet vacation between classes? Craving a well-deserved reward after actually paying attention in today’s lecture? Searching for a sugar rush that will stimulate your ability to better start an article you’re trying to write for the school newspaper? Take your hungry behind and your portable computing device one block west of campus to Cherry on Top on East Green Street.

University representatives were in attendance at University Night on Wednesday to discuss traditional and accelerated transfer programs for students in the Quad, despite signs of bad weather.