Since February, Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi’s “anti-terrorist” forces have been clashing with antigovernment rebel forces, but it wasn’t until March 19 that American and European forces intervened with air and sea power, initiating a no-fly zone and arms embargo from the sea.

The Lancers badminton team continues its edge on South Coast Conference competition by keeping an undefeated streak alive with a shut-out win over El Camino College in Hutto-Patterson Gym on Friday. The 21-0 win boosts PCC’s overall record and SCC record to 7-0.

For those who are passionate about college sports, the month of March is synonymous with March Madness, the college equivalent of the NBA playoffs. March Madness provides a stage for peer athletes to showcase their talent on.”Students and professors should care.

A YouTube video rant posted by UCLA student Alexandra Wallace about Asian students has sparked outrage and even garnered death threats from viewers. “If you’re going to come to UCLA,” Wallace said as a preface to her video, “then use American manners”.

The Science Technology Engineering Mathematics program at PCC enlisted guest speaker Dr. Priya Venkatesan on March 17 to motivate and pass on several tips to ensure student success. Her best advice: take advantage of technology and network. The government-funded STEM program aims to assist students in accomplishing their goal of transferring to a four-year university and ultimately, achieve a graduate’s degree.

The Students Unlimited club presented a check for $390 to the Disabled Students Program and Services (DSPS) on Thursday. Students Unlimited is a club for disabled students and others who support equal access to education. The club strives to promote disability awareness and it started in the fall of 2009.

Board of Trustees member Dr. Anthony Fellow believes that PCC is a great university with a wonderful staff, a fantastic president, and promising students with lots of potential and who are capable doing great things.Fellow, who was elected to the Board in 2009, is proud to represent PCC.

The President’s Latino Advisory Committee is offering several $1,000 scholarships to students, through the Latino Scholarships Fund.PLAC started in 2005 and consists of committee members from the community and PCC faculty and staff, as well as local businesses and friends of the college.

A dual swim meet was held at Cerritos College on Friday with Los Angeles Trade Tech College, PCC, and Cerritos College. It was a bittersweet meet when the men’s swim team swept the competition, but the women’s swim team that didn’t do so well.The men’s team scored, 142 points against Cerritos’ 117, and 176 points against LA Trade Tech with a score of 70 points.