It’s not often that you meet a twenty- year-old magician of the Magic Castle who’s already had three major open-heart surgeries in his lifetime. This is the case for Matthew Martin, photography and cinematography major.His first surgery was right after birth, the second, eight months after.

Students have found varied ways to buy, borrow and barter textbooks.During the first week of school crowds of students are huddled around the many bulletin boards on campus hoping to see a fellow student offering textbooks at a fraction of the original price.

Inspiring, whimsical and entertaining, history instructor Mark Morrall Dodge specializes in many areas of history overlooked by mainstream students. An avid follower of Deweyism and its focus on experience learning rather than just texts and lectures, Dodge offers a course in history that demands one’s opinion to be heard, not only to hear a rebuke from a disagreeing student, but to engorge oneself in creating an opinion on the subject.

Lancer Radio’s debut of the weekly veterans issue segment, Veterans Voice of America, featured an interview with PCC alumnus, Army veteran and Los Angeles City Council hopeful Rudy Martinez on Feb. 24.

Continuation of the I-Pass has led to a loss in parking permit revenue, which pays for a bulk of the program and other improvements for the safety and operation of the parking lots, according to vice president of administrative services, Richard Van Pelt.

Since Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his proposed budget cuts on Jan. 10, PCC officials have been scrambling to come up with solutions for spending cuts ranging from $5.3 million to $14 million.Among the first action, the new Enrollment Management Committee (EMC) met for the first time on Jan.

The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges has taken PCC off warning. The college was put on warning after a team from the ACCJC visited the campus in March 2009.The ACCJC, which is part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, is in charge of granting accreditation to all two year institutions in California, Hawaii, as well as U.

Spring enrollment at PCC is down slightly from last year, despite outward appearances of an overcrowded campus, overflowing class waiting lists, and hard-to-find parking spaces. Crystal Kollross, Interim Dean of Institutional Planning and Research, said at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, enrollment is currently down by only 78 from this time last year.

The Court of Champions will soon have a new name. The Board of Trustees approved a measure to rename the court in honor of alumnus Dick Ratliff. The Court of Champions is located to the west of Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium and houses bronze busts of prominent PCC athletes and coaches that went on to achieve fame outside of PCC.

PCC Trustee Jeanette Mann of the California Community College Trustees Board, was elected chairperson of the Community College League of California in January.The CCLC is nonprofit public benefit corporation whose volunteer members consist of the 72 local community college districts in California and is a subdivision of the CCCT.