Lancers track and field team members placed in the top three of eight events at the 69th Pasadena Games held at PCC’s Robinson Stadium on Friday and Saturday, with sophomore standout runner Luis Dorantes leading PCC to its only first place at the event by winning the men’s 5000-meter run. Both men and women teams set high finishes in four events a piece.
LED light upgrade near completion
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A $2.4 million LED project is to change all the fluorescent tubes to LED tubes on the entire campus is near completion, officials say.
The project began in November and slowly covered the campus whole. Over 34,000 Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) tubes have been changed out for Light Emitting Diode (LED) tubes.
Bullies must be held responsible for suicides
In the current Rutgers University case involving the September 2010 suicide of 18-year-old freshman Tyler Clementi, his ex-roomate Dharun Rhavi was convicted Friday on fifteen charges including invasion of privacy, the hiding and tampering of evidence, and bias intimidation, in other words, a hate crime. Should bullies be held accountable for related suicides?
Artist in Residence Exhibition a Success
In the PPC Art Gallery several works by the Cuban-born photographer Abelardo Morell, the 2012 Artist in Residence, are on display through May 5.
Protesters’ verbal attacks cloud messages to Board
Five weeks into the school semester and the protests against the budget cuts are still going strong, but they’re not getting the job done and are not being directed at the right source of the problem. Only in Sacramento can these problems be properly addressed.
Students threatens division dean
A student was placed in psychological services on Tuesday after he verbally threatened to kill a division dean.
PCC badminton smashes through ECC Compton
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PCC came out with their second win of the season when they went up against ECC Compton Tartars with a score of 21 to 0.
Community Colleges Chancellor supports tax initiative
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California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott at PCC on Thursday expressed support for a ballot initiative that would increase taxes, saying that it was a “step in the right direction. “
Smart 18 aims to update campus technology
A technology update is underway on campus, with hopes of completion before June 2013, according to Vice President of Information Technology Dwayne Cable.
Campus track serves as training grounds for Olympic hopefuls
Olympic hopefuls who train at PCC’s Robinson Stadium competed at the Pasadena Games, where junior high, senior high, college, and individual world-class athletes ran in one of California’s most premier meets.