Share: The Academic Senate’s (AS) spring session ended while discussing a plan currently underway to study changes to the school calendar, for Winter 2021, leaving senators to ponder the possibilities after their final meeting on June 3. Follow:
Editorial: Here’s why the Courier is mostly unknown
Share: Despite Pasadena City College’s student run paper, the Courier, being the longest running publication, students and the Pasadena community hardly know of it and it has no official budget. Follow:
Kessa Rychlick hurdles over the competition
Share: Kessa Rychlick steps up to the starting line preparing herself for the 100 meter hurdles, the gun goes off, and in 15.75 seconds she’s broken the three year winning drought plaguing the women’s track team here at PCC. Follow:
Historic voter turnout leads to decertified election results, election redo
Share: The Associated Students (AS) elections held two weeks ago that had been certified have been decertified due to fraudulent voting behavior uncovered by the campus IT department and the Institutional Planning and Research Office (IPRO), which is in charge of conducting the elections. Candidates were to re-campaign this week in preparation for the reopening of the polls from Thursday June 6 at 12:01 a.m. to Friday June 7 11:59 p.m. Follow:
5 Seconds of Summer release a summer bop
Share: Due to the negative connotation of the phrase “boy band,” people seem to think that every all-male band goes on stage and performs choreographed dances to cringy pop songs. Breaking that misconception with a new single, “Easier,” is Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer who showcase a newfound edginess and maturity in their music that has never been seen before. The band, better known as 5SOS, started their career eight years ago and rose to tremendous fame in 2013 when they opened for One …
Media outlet empowers kids to be their beautiful selves
Share: Though Los Angeles is notorious for its ability to discover the celebrities of the future, an important part of helping those stars gain fame are the entertainment journalists who choose to cover them. These journalists are oftentimes born out of people who were also once fans of actors and singers themselves and their coverage on the entertainment world play a vital role in how fans perceive their favorite artists. “Well, I had a really bad obsession with Nick Jonas,” admits Natasha Dye. Dye, an …
Meet PCC’s Improv Club
Share: If you are walking down the halls on the first floor of C-building and hear the sounds of wacky voices, screams and a barrage of laughter, do not be alarmed, those sounds belong to the Improv Club. If it is not them then you should probably run. Follow:
PCC will lose Dean Futtner in the Fall
Share: Joseph Futtner has been dean at PCC since 2011, but he’s been teaching here since July 1993. All these years, he’s been introducing new programs and enriching the college experience for many students. He will be leaving his job here as a dean in July, and he’ll go back to teaching, but this time in Italy. Follow:
Sorry, not sorry: Administration apology to Senate is buried by justification
Share: Stephanie Fleming, Dean of Instructional Services, appeared Monday on behalf of Terry Giugni, Assistant Superintendent / Vice President of Instruction, with a partial apology for the exclusion of the Academic Senate (AS) from discussions to extend the pass/no pass (P/NP) grading option to June 28, after final letter grades are posted in specific English and math classes. Fleming, while serving as dean, also teaches online classes in speech communication. She was formerly on the AS executive committee. Upon quietly entering the Circadian during the …
English faculty held back because of administration’s lack of communication
Share: With the implementation of AB 705 underway across California community colleges, the English division on campus is scrambling to find an appropriate model that will cater to the law as well as student success. Follow: