Month: May 2009

A person’s hairstyle is part of a nonverbal communication that can reveal his or her personality.

Delighted by her presence and prestige, the audience was swooned by Carol Vaness during her performance Saturday night in Harbeson Hall. The opera singer is best known for singing opposite famous Italian tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, during his final career performance.

Five years removed from their mainstream political outcry, American Idiot, punk rock band Green Day has delivered another concept album that angers and motivates its listeners to take an active role in shaping their future. With songs about being betrayed by the church, the government and idols from yesteryear, 21st Century Breakdown is one punk rock anthem that speaks to today’s generation in loud volumes.

Modeling seems almost inevitable for half-Lebanese, half-Dutch 20-year-old Amber Samra.

The coupe de grƒce in the Courier’s guide on campus lavatories, this week we brave the men’s restrooms, without the aid of all-purpose cleaning gloves.

Eileen Cowin, this year’s artist-in-residence, ended her stay at PCC by selecting students from all around the art spectrum to produce a series of short videos. The finalized projects were screened inside the PCC Art Gallery last Thursday. A mixed crowd of students, professors and artists, including Cowin herself, filled the small gallery to watch the one-time public screening of the 11 final video projects.

PCC hosted a celebrity basketball game in the gymnasium on Saturday as part of the Jackie Robinson All-Star Weekend. The basketball game was one of a few events planned for the weekend to commemorate the late Robinson and his surviving family, as well as the reconstruction of Robinson Park, on North Fair Oaks Avenue.

PCC women’s badminton team had two players make it to the California Community College Athletic Association Individual Consolation semifinals on Friday. However, two more experienced players cut their success short on Saturday.

The PCC Track and Field Team took five sprinters to the Southern California Finals at Mt. San Antonio College this weekend with one sprinter advancing to the state meet to be held at San Mateo College on Friday and Saturday.

At least 24 man hours, per day, is spent picking up litter, according to Director of Facilities and Engineering Services Richard van Pelt.If my calculations are correct, 24 hours is equivalent to one whole day. One whole day nonstop, spent picking up after people’s trash.Why? Because people are lazy.