Share: With weekly mass shootings becoming the norm and sexual assault on campuses consistently in the news, students can take comfort knowing that there is at least some relative safety in attending Pasadena City College. Late last month PCC released its annual Clery Crime Report, which compiles statistics for specific crimes and arrests that happened on and around campus over the last three years. The report, which has been federally mandated since 1990 by the Jeanne Clery Act, includes offenses such burglary, assault, arson, and …
College campus shootings: How prepared are we at PCC?
Share: The ongoing wave of gun violence at college campuses raises the question of how well prepared students and staff really are locally in regards to this nation-wide issue. Follow:
Women entrepreneur panel compass for successful start-ups
Share: Julia Akman said that her parents, small business owners, instilled in her a good work ethic and she used her job as a corporate buyer to learn every facet of the business, from accounting to quality control. One day, while ironing, she was distracted by her cat and burned straight through her husband’s pants. She was so frustrated, that she purchased a steamer and fell in love with it. But she knew she could do better. She created SALAV, which now produces a number …
English professor discusses literature in the Anthropocene
Share: For hundreds of years, our perception of nature as a momentous, constant force was exemplified in literature by cascading waterfalls, snow-tipped mountains and dependability of the seasons. But as the planet warms and the climate changes, professor Robert Oventile told PCC students Tuesday that the way we interpret literature from the past and write new literature is also changing. Follow:
Not your ordinary pie shop
Share: If you are craving pie, there is a small shop in Old Town Pasadena that will attract you with their quaint creativity. The Pie Hole located in Old Town Pasadena takes pies to the next level with a unique selection from sweet concoctions like Mexican chocolate and Earl Grey to savory pies such as mac and cheese and vegetarian curry. Follow:
Mural inaugurates Black Student Success Center
Share: The long awaited inauguration Tuesday of the Black Student Success Center hosted by the Ujima Club and Blackademia filled the CC building from corner to corner with students proud to make up the black community at PCC and be part of history. Follow:
Football wins their first under Kaumeyer in Even’s return to the field
Share: PCC football pulled off their first win under first-year head coach Thom Kaumeyer, 27-16, against East Los Angeles College on Saturday night, ending an 11-game losing streak dating back to last year. Follow:
PCC strives to be stress free
Share: There are a number of things that can cause a college student to stress out, from a homework assignment that they forgot to do to putting to together an application for transfer. Sometimes all it takes is a few deep breaths to make the weight of living seem so much lighter than it is. Follow:
Books, Straight outta Riverside
Share: “My neighbors are all drug dealers; they’re good at what they do. And I’m good at what I do. Seriously, that’s the way life goes.” Making people cry. That’s what Susan Straight is good at. And she isn’t an enforcer for her drug-dealing neighbors. She’s an author, and a really good one at that. Follow:
Police Blotter: Lot D at CEC should be avoided
Share: Monday Oct. 5: A student reported that his vehicle was hit on Friday while it was parked in Lot 4, Level 1. Campus police reported that the incident is under investigation. A female student reported that she was walking on Foothill Blvd. and was hit by a female driver that was coming out of the CEC parking lot. The student said that she had some knee pain and didn’t take down any information from the driver. Tuesday Oct. 6: A student reported that his …