Share: Coach Daryl Taylor provides swift demonstrations for a dozen students on the proper techniques of fencing. After the demonstration, it becomes the students’ turn to replicate these moves with strength and agility. These students are members of PCC’s very own fencing club named Salle Lancier Fencing Club. Vice president Catherine Rivera became a part of fencing last year in the Beginning Fencing class. From there, she joined the club after having heard about it. Rivera spoke on how fencing benefits her. “I’m not really …
Oversight committee selected to watch over $565 million school bond measure
Share: The Pasadena City College Board of Trustees elected a 12 member Bond Oversight Committee within the college’s community to ensure that funds from the $565 million Measure PCC are used for what was promised at their meeting in March. After the election results were certified in January the Board began the 60 day process to elect the committee, and began its search. In a press release from PCC following their confirmation and the announcement at the board meeting, the trustees explained the importance of …
Organ donor organization fills the transplant gap
Share: In the United States 17 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant, organizations like MatchingDonors step in and work to decrease the inequalities of organ donation and transplants. This lack of support has led to the rise of organ donor nonprofits, who can help cover the costs when the government cannot. To fill the gaps MatchingDonors has stepped up to the task of assisting with organ donations and transplants. The group is a non-profit collective that helps connect patients in need with …
PCC students share their bare necessities for campus life
Share: Students at Pasadena City College have necessities that are so important that they recommend and share with others. Whether it’s items, routines, or habits, many of these necessities are essential for both a student and a regular person outside of campus. Aaron Dean Bajarias, a second-year nursing major, had the important accessories to help through lectures, studies, and tests. He also explained that his phone was necessary for his daily life. Giving out numbers and showing his phone and mentioning it was his way …
Conference veteran women’s badminton shut out Compton College
Share: With the constant whiz of a racket whacking a shuttlecock, the sound of squeaking sneakers, and laughter from team members on the bench, the Pasadena City College women’s badminton team demonstrated why they are the winningest team in the school with a 21-0 blowout on Wednesday against the Compton College Tartars at the Hutto- Patterson Gymnasium. The Lancers hold first place in the South Coast Conference standings with a 3-1 overall record. “So far, we are doing pretty well. I think we have a …
Video: With the U.S. debt ceiling, can we raise the roof forever?
Share: As the debate over the U.S. debt ceiling heats up and the GOP keeps mounting pressure on the administration, we asked PCC economics instructor Dr. Rebecca Johannsen to help us make sense of it all. “The U.S. has a pattern of having more spending than what they are bringing in in income every single year whether there is a recession or not, so it’s called deficit spending,” says Johannsen. Deficit spending, she explains, forces the government to borrow money to cover their expenses …
Ghostface revitalizes the slasher sub-genre in ‘Scream VI’
Share: Despite being far and away from the sleepy California town of Woodsboro, the Ghostface killer is back in action in “Scream VI”, and this time, he isn’t playing around. To put it simply, this movie kicks ass. It has something for everyone from the die-hard “Scream” fans to the people just trying to see a sweet horror flick. From the character work to the setting and the kills, everything is put together masterfully. This film picks up, timely, a year after the events of …
Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign is a wrong step in the right direction
Share: Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina and United Nations ambassador, announced her intentions to join the 2024 Presidential race. She will inevitably face the G.O.P.’s long history of party sexism. Although it is seen as a sign of progress that a woman is entering this upcoming presidential race, especially in the Republican party, Haley is not the ideal person for this step in progress. Haley announced her presidential bid via Twitter this past February. In a large portion of the video, she claims …
California’s wishy washy water policies are a wasted opportunity
Share: California for the last few months has faced one of the wettest winters on record after three years of crippling drought. But without balanced water policies and management plans, we’re either letting all of this rush out to sea, or letting it all get caught in reservoirs. This is a failure of balance in a state of extremes. Without many of California’s water policies in place, we’d be a dry, desolate wasteland. But there’s also the argument that water regulators do too much to …
March’s horoscope signals change: Are you ready for it?
Share: Astrology is all about the moon’s orientation towards different constellations in the sky, and how this creates a gravitational pull towards the earth. The moon being in a certain sign refers to the moon being positioned towards that constellation. This March urges us to take a fresh start. The New Moon recently occurred in Pisces, meaning the moon was positioned towards the constellation known as Pisces. This welcomes new beginnings. Anything that gets us out of our routine is welcomed! On March 12, Jupiter …