Like a street fighter in the middle of deep, deep training, 25-five-year-old Jimmy Trieu has been using the winter intersession to get fit and muscle up. The photo ID photographer’s self-defense class takes up most of his week nights, though he admits it requires “endless amounts of practice.

When boredom strikes in class, students admit to letting their minds wander and engaging in other tasks to pass the time.

The bone-chilling, single-digit degree temperatures were not enough to dissuade members of the PCC community as they participated in the historic swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday in Washington, DC.

Each year, the Division of Visual Arts and Media Studies invites a distinguished art professional to select an art showcase from a pool of student work at PCC. Each artist hoping to have their artwork displayed submits a $5 entrance fee, which is later used to honor exceptional works.

Prior to the desolation that has marred Sexson Auditorium, there was a lining of prestige that laced every breath uttered with the stage’s name alongside it.

Between classes, tests, finals, jobs, and trying to maintain a social life, experts say students can find themselves in a deep hole of strain and anxiety.