Month: November 2010

With his left arm over his right elbow and right arm extended to his chin, a smirk forms on the face of 27-year-old Ricardo Castillo as he considers his favorite music.

Though neither of PCC’s cross-country teams qualified for state championships, individual performances yet again stood out at the Southern California Championships in East Mission Bay Park in San Diego on Saturday.

Winless at the mini tournament on Friday at the Aquatic Center, the PCC women’s water polo narrowly lost, 7-6, in their first match against Santa Monica College.

Approaching the end of the season, PCC’s revitalized men’s soccer team fell to first-seeded Mt. San Antonio College on Tuesday evening.

The women’s soccer team gave up a goal with 30 seconds left on the clock and lost 0-1 at home to Long Beach City College on Tuesday while the men’s team won 3-2 against LBCC in an afternoon game at Robinson Stadium.

Students to weigh in on Proposition 19.

Former PCC nursing student Isaac Campbell, charged in the killing of another student, appeared at the Alhambra courthouse on Wednesday where a Dec. 16 pre-trial hearing date was set.Extra time is necessary in order to “clear the witnesses,” according Deputy District Attorney Steve Ipson, prosecutor in the case.

“All I need to know about Muslims, I learned on 9/11,” said a Tea Party activist at Fox News’ Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally in late August.

In the past year, the Courier has served its purpose as a student newspaper, but it seems that things might change. Your editorial (“Class size increase a good compromise”, Oct. 7) on the class size increase is just one of many which glorify the new leadership at PCC.

PCC faculty expressed dissatisfaction with some of the services offered online from PCC that include registration, adds and drops, and PCC email, but appeared to be more satisfied with other services, according to the results of a technology survey published in September.