Share: Under the heat of the sweltering sun, the men’s Soccer team prepared and fought against LA College. Unfortunately for the Lancers, they lost in a very tight game against the Los Angeles Cubs 0-1. Despite having good control of the ball in the first half, the team lost its balance leading to the Cubs one goal. After that, the Lancers just couldn’t get their footing back. The game opened with a strong start from PCC, with a ton of aggressive offense on top of …
Star Wars pays tribute to its animated roots in ‘Ahsoka’
Share: While 2023 opened with the mixed experience that was season three of “The Mandalorian,” the Star Wars saga is once again back, this time swinging for the stars with their latest show “Ahsoka.” Although this show isn’t without its flaws, its open and infectious love for both “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels” can just about make me look past its flaws. At its simplest, “Ahsoka” is a follow-up to “Rebels” an animated show that ran from 2014 to 2018 on …
PCC students support Newsom’s new gun laws to improve safety
Share: On Sept. 26 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed off on SB 2 and SB 368 that both push for additional restraints on gun control and assert gun safety by raising tax on guns and ammunition, limitations on where individuals can carry a gun, microstamping hand cartridges, preventing potentially harmful individuals from any possession of a gun, and more. As gun control has remained a disputed conversation, the state’s new gun regulations were followed by more controversy on whether Newsom’s decision to sign off …
Episode Four: Journalists in Mexico
Share: Hosts David and Sol discuss the risks of reporting in Mexico for both Mexican and American journalists. How is it that Mexico continues to be the #1 most dangerous place for journalists every year, and why hasn’t anything been done to change that? Link to Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/magazine/mexican-journalists-assassinations.html Audio version: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ttEpXRWEel2GXiJwpDtGW?si=0a42c73d5a7e4aa5 Video: Follow:
BLOTTER: Martial arts instructor reported for yelling at students
Share: Monday, September 25, 2023: 2:48 a.m.: A PCC student reported they were waiting at a bus stop and someone began to curse at them. Pasadena Police was contacted and responded to the location. 6:10 a.m.: Facilities reported a window was broken at CEC in room 137. 8:44 am: Fire alarm was activated in the FS building. Facilities confirmed they were working on the fire alarm. 9:51 a.m.: Staff reported a homeless person sleeping on the ground near the IT building. 12:51 p.m.: Student reported …
Stay in your lane: PCC reminds students to stay away from staff lots
Share: PCC has unveiled a new set of rules in its parking regulations to ensure staff and students are parking where they should be in an email in late september. This email introduces changes to its preexisting parking rules and the email seems to show distinction between where staff and students are allowed to park. Effective immediately, the updated rules state that student workers and professional experts will no longer be able to park in any staff-designated parking lots at any time. Violators of this …
Board selects search firm for permanent Superintendent-President
Share: At a special PCC Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting in mid September the board hired AGB Search to conduct a nationwide search for PCC’s next permanent Superintendent-President. “AGB Search is honored to be assisting [PCC’s] governing board with this important undertaking,” Janice Fitzgerald, a Senior Executive Search Consultant from AGB Search said in an email. The board voted 4-1, with two absentees to select AGB Search to conduct this process, according to PCC Spokesperson Alex Boekelheide in an email. This hiring comes after some …
Some grass at PCC may soon be outlawed
Share: A bill that will restrict irrigation of non-functional turf with potable water on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties like PCC has passed both houses of the state legislature and is expected to be signed into law in the coming weeks. Co-authored by assembly member Laura Friedman (D-Glendale), AB1572 aims to reduce California’s reliance on water piped from the Sacramento River Delta and the Colorado River Ecosystems in the most painless way possible, by cutting off water to parking lot medians, lush strips outside malls, …
Free concert series delivers all that jazz
Share: Buzzing with life, students piled together into the west patio of the Center of Arts on Thursday, entranced by the musical stylings of PCC’s jazz and guitar ensemble. The ensemble is made up of both music majors and non-majors who have a passion for music and performing. These student ensembles give students the opportunity to perform in front of fellow peers on campus grounds every Tuesday and Thursday from 12-1 p.m. “We do these performances as a learning opportunity for the students to perform …
‘Dumb Money’ is actually quite smart
Share: Following in similar footsteps to films such as “The Social Network,” and “The Big Short,” “Dumb Money” tells a tale of a very contemporary event that disrupted the entire industry it was a part of. Directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Paul Dano, Shailene Woodley, America Ferrera, Seth Rogen, and Pete Davidson among others, it is yet another example of why historical dramas should not be relegated to purely telling stories the majority of the audience wasn’t even around for. “Dumb Money” is the …