Share: A ruling by the California Public Employment Relations Board last week upheld an injunction filed by the Pasadena City College Faculty Association in the summer of 2022 and invalidated the results of the October secret ballot election held at PCC. The ruling by PERB and its board on Jan. 11 found that the use of “electronic proof of support to trigger a decertification petition” could not legally be used to measure support for a decertification election. “While this ruling was both a huge surprise …
Brazil’s January insurrection looks all too familiar
Share: On Jan. 6, 2021, a group of rioters invaded the United States Capital. These rioters were supporters of former President Donald Trump who consistently claimed that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. On Jan. 8, 2023 in the city of Brasilia, The home of the Brazilian Capital, was invaded by a mob of Brazilians who were supporters of the former President Jair Bolsanaro, who like Trump, made false claims that the 2022 Brazilian Presidential election was rigged. How could this type of attempted coup …
Self care: The way physical health affects mental health
Share: Self care has many different shapes and sizes for all of us. Each and every person has different coping mechanisms when having mental health issues, including spa-like relaxation activities. “I might say shower and meditate. I literally sit and meditate while the water falls on me. I find that very relaxing.” Brandon Siciarz a philosophy major at PCC said. “I do not see a therapist. I do believe that meditation provides values that could also be found in therapy. However true therapy probably has …
Bills safety lives, but without any changes NFL safety is not guaranteed
Share: The incident surrounding Damar Hamlin raised safety concerns for football fans. The Buffalo Bills and the NFL did show what seemed to be overwhelming support for the young player. But what does it mean for future incidents such as this? Rewatching the footage, it’s kind of hard to see what happened at first. When medics rush to the scene, it quickly changes to a commercial to almost try and evade the situation from viewers. About nine minutes into the game and what appeared to …
Congress is crippled by crazies and clogged by back door deals
Share: Dysfunctional doesn’t even begin to describe the Republican party. Several uncoordinated efforts including, random votes for former President Trump, and representatives hurling verbal and physical threats spell certain doom for the future of the people’s house. After 15 consecutive votes, not seen since before the civil war, the speaker’s gavel was awarded to Kevin McCarthy, but at a terrible cost. He gave more power to the nutjobs at the far right of his aisle, whose disdain for McCarthy subsided as little as their belief …
BLOTTER: Missing recyclables and D-building alarm activations
Share: Monday, January 02, 2023 Nothing to report Tuesday, January 03, 2023 A woman was reported to be upset due to her recyclables going missing from the D-building. A report was taken regarding an annoyance through social media. Wednesday, January 04, 2023 D-Building was checked after alarm activation Thursday, January 05, 2023 A sleeping transient was escorted off campus Skateboarders were escorted of campus Friday, January 06, 2023 A transient was escorted off campus after disturbing the peace in the mens restroom A transient was …
$60 million U-Building on track to open doors in fall 2024
Share: The U-building project on the Eastside of the PCC main campus for a fall 2024 opening after delayed state funding, supply chain issues, the pandemic and debates over the design pushed its opening by over two years. As of early 2023 the project is about 25% complete and is on schedule with a substantial completion date of April 3rd, 2024. Meaning that all labor on the project has ceased for 60 days by that date. The first U-building was found to have seismic issues …
PCC’s future via satellite campus is uncertain
Share: As 2023 begins, the future for Pasadena City College begins a new chapter with it’s satellite campuses. Aside from the main campus off Colorado Blvd, Pasadena City College has 4 satellite campuses, Foothill Campus, Northwest Campus, Rosemead Campus, and the Child Development Center. The lease for the Rosemead Campus is up in June 2023 so trying to find a new satellite campus has been in the works for almost a year. The Arcadia property was off of Santa Anita Ave. which the school was …