Month: June 2011

It was an up and down year for the Lancers with some teams finishing on top of PCC’s South Coast Conference, while others struggled and were unable to find their groove.Currently, the athletics department is going through several changes in its lineup, including a search for a new athletics coordinator and a new football coach.

Students who want an enhanced tool to transfer to participating colleges such as UCLA and UCI or simply want a challenge at PCC should enroll in the Scholars Program, said Joseph Sierra, the program’s coordinator.”The Scholars Program is a good opportunity, basically, for students to put themselves in a more challenging environment,” Sierra said.

Teacher Prep Program hosts ceremony for scholarship recipientsMercy FabilaStaff WriterThe PCC Teacher Preparation Program hosted its scholarship ceremony inside the Piazza on May 20. 52 students received about $19,000 in scholarships to assist them in becoming teachers.

For many individuals, America is still considered to be the “Land of the Free.” People exercise their freedom of speech and religion regularly that hardly anything appears to be taboo in this modern day. With this freedom, however, harmful consequences may follow.

As the school year comes to an end, a night of music and dancing to ease stress-filled minds was exactly what the students needed. The Big Gay Prom, undeniably one of the biggest events on campus put together this year by PCC students, was not just a kickback event, however.

The Lancers’ Cheerleading and Dance department held tryouts on May 24-27 in the W building. Siria LoVett, cheerleader coach for nine years, encouraged new and returning cheerleaders to audition for the squad. Although PCC has never had a competition squad, LoVett is hoping to build a squad to compete against other schools.

In a few months, three PCC athletes will travel abroad to compete in the 2011 Pan-Armenian Games in the Republic of Armenia.Held every two years in the capital city of Yerevan, the 11 day-long international tournament brings together top-ranked athletes of Armenian heritage from nearly two dozen countries across the world.

Wondering how you can get a smoking hot beach bod before the end of the semester? Student’s confessed their secrets for staying fit for the season.Every morning, Emil Aghadjanian, 20, business administration, said he starts off his morning with a high-protein strawberry milkshake to get him energized for the day.

PCC students, faculty and onlookers were intrigued when a plastic installation was seen hanging between the pillars in Galloway Plaza on Monday. Many wondered if it was a project from either the arts or engineering departments but they were surprised when they found out it was a project developed by students in the architecture program.

A year after its implementation, the Board of Trustees will vote next week on whether to continue charging the $10 per semester student activity fee. The topic was hotly debated at a Board meeting on May 18, as trustees expressed differing viewpoints on the effectiveness of an extra fee for students during the current difficult economic times.