Students spread love at PCC through music

Share: As she sits behind the Center for the Arts building waiting for her boyfriend to get out of class, sophomore nursing major Seidy De La Torre shares how her relationship has had an impact on her Valentine’s Day. From changing her traditions to even her music taste, her celebration of the holiday has changed greatly from previous years to now. In the past, De La Torre would spend Valentine’s Day at work and then go home. This year, she is spending it with her …

Has AMC dug the movie theater grave?

Share: The biggest movie theater chain, AMC, has recently announced their new program “sightline” which will create new pricing tiers for theater seats. The program will include three tiers with seats closest to the screen being value seats and seats in the middle being preferred seating. While this new system is still in its early development, it has already begun being implemented in the country.  Many are questioning the motivation of AMC to make their product more exclusive when the company is still trying to …

East LA Huskies bite Lancers in loss

Share: The game of basketball is a choreographed dance, each person on the court plays their own role – diving, weaving, dribbling, passing, vying for the ball and a clear line to take a shot at the basket. But each shot, pass, or run down the court isn’t always pretty, as players can get tied up in each other’s space resulting in fouls and minor intra-player kerfluffles.  The Lancers were outmaneuvered and out danced in their final game of the regular season, dropping the game …

The Antiquarian Book Fair thrills historians and book lovers alike

Share: Rows upon rows of glass cases carefully lined the Pasadena Convention Center this past weekend. The 55th Annual Antiquarian Book Fair, displayed numerous first editions as well as only editions of books you’d often only find in museums. A unique event that attracts vendors from far and wide to a niche set of buyers and/or admirers to the art of book. The range of books at the fair is predominantly antiquarian, with very few that are from recent decades. Carl Blomgren, an exhibitor at …

PCC introduces new advisory committee to strengthen community-police relations

Share: The Pasadena City College Campus Police and PCC Administration is creating a Campus Safety Advisory Committee in an effort to enhance community-police relations on campus.  In a school wide email, a document titled Campus Safety Advisory Committee laid out the plans and guiding principles of the committee.  The purpose of the committee is to further develop community-police relations. The committee will have a total of 25 members that will meet monthly to provide counseling on issues that affect the safety and wellbeing of students, …

Transferring students: PCC Profs are a pro, counselors are a con

Share: PCC student Anya Diaz De Veer does not feel mentally prepared to transfer to a four-year university. However she does feel academically prepared, despite her poor experience with the academic counselors at the counseling center–while others feel the professors at PCC are one of its main strengths.  “Professors are great but the counselors have given me conflicting info that prolonged my time at PCC. The strengths at PCC are definitely the professors, the library, especially after being taught all the resources there.” History major, …

They melt in your mouth, not in hot water

Share: I never thought the road to equality and inclusivity would lead us here, debating the merits and motivations of anthropomorphized talking candies. Yet the multicolored cast of the M&M’s advertising campaigns find themselves staving off controversy once again. In January 2022, parent company Mars Wrigley announced plans to reimagine and reintroduce the iconic spokescandies in an effort to better reflect today’s consumers. Orange would acknowledge struggles with anxiety, Red would make a concerted effort to be less bossy and Green would trade out the …

Lancers start rocky, finish sloppy in loss to Merced

Share: In a close loss, the Pasadena City College Lancer baseball team loses to Merced College 12-8 at Brookside Park on Saturday, February 11, 2023.  Merced instantly got their foot in the door and started scoring runs. In the top of the 1st inning, Nate Silva of Merced hit a home run over center field, scoring three runs, which put them up quickly, 3-0.  Jaden Guzman of the Lancers was able to score the first run for PCC. He smacked a clean line drive to …

Veni, Vidi, Amavi: The benefits of studying Latin at PCC

Share: At Pasadena City College, Latin students find themselves reading the radiant rhetoric of Horace and Virgil, translating the texts of ancient Romans and building a linguistic foundation that will support them in nearly all of their studies.  Pasadena City College’s Latin program is still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. Prior to Covid, there were typically 25 to 30 Latin students each semester. This semester, there are 12 students in the whole program, 8 students in Latin 001 and 4 students in Latin 002. Latin …

Capitalism is sucking the joy out of concerts

Share: Swifties and the Beyhive prepare, lining up several screens in front of their eyes, only to wait endless hours in a digital waiting room for concert tickets they may never even have a chance to buy. And those lucky enough to make it to the purchase page encounter ticket prices averaging over $300 a seat. Sorry music lovers. Bots are getting a Bey ticket before you do.  As Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour began selling tickets on Feb. 6, the hyper awareness of fairness or lack …