Share: Across the city of Los Angeles, streets are adorned with murals celebrating La Raza – or the Latinx community. It is a community that has not only cemented its roots in Southern California but has expanded its influence through every crevice of this big and diverse society. But when it comes to politics, voting means keeping one’s own cultural identity in mind. For Erika Hernandez, a third-year Accounting major who is a 2-year member of Equipo, voting has become more complicated with some of …
Voices from voters casting their ballots moments before polls closed
Share: It’s 7:59 p.m. on November 5 and the line to vote at the Creveling Lounge at PCC is out the door. A poll worker yells at those passing if they haven’t voted yet to get in line—before she closes the line for good. While this in-person voting center has been open for early voting since Saturday, these students and community members decided to get their voices heard right before the polls closed at 8 p.m. Call it procrastination or a last minute realization—here are …
Why PCC students should study abroad
Share: Pasadena City College’s Study Abroad program offers students the chance to earn college credits while studying the student’s major in other countries. According to PCC’s official website, the program allows students to study in locations such as Europe, Asia, and Latin America. This range of location options gives students a choice to find a program that matches up with their career goals. However, not a lot of students apply to PCC’s study abroad program mainly because it’s through a community college. There are plenty …
Halsey’s new album looks through her heroes to find herself
Share: Halsey released their fifth studio album, “The Great Impersonator” on Oct. 25, 2024 and has really lived up to the role in the title by dressing up as past pop stars to promote the project. Impersonating people that inspired them in this fashion is original. To Halsey it is not simply playing dress up for one day, it is her exposing herself as an impersonator-type character who needed these role models to help them find themself while navigating a very hard life. They have …
Technology committee seeks instructors interested in AI closed captioning project
Share: The District Technology Committee is launching a pilot program in PCC’s Winter 2025 term to explore the possibility of AI close captions and transcripts of recorded materials, such as videos or professor’s recorded lectures. The committee is working with a grant from Echo Labs, a research laboratory developing AI-powered accessibility tools. The grant will allow them to work with up to 50 hours of recorded material. As of the committee’s meeting on Oct. 16, the committee is looking for instructors who would be interested …
BLOTTER: Groin injury prompts firefighter response
Share: Editorial note: The information provided in the police blotter has not been independently verified by the Courier. The details in this article are reported as provided by campus police, and readers should consider this when interpreting the information. Monday, Oct 21, 2024 7:49 a.m.: A staff member reported that a naked homeless male was exposing himself near the stadium’s concourse to a female student running on the track. An officer spoke to a homeless individual near the stadium’s East Gate, however, this person was …
From the Archive: The Dodgers just won it all, but they fell short in ’83
Share: [From the Editor’s Desk, 2024: You saw our World Series watch party, right? With Dodger fever running in our veins, we decided to look through the Courier Archives from the legendary Dodgers 80s. 2024 Freddie Freeman is the new 1988 Kirk Gibson, after all. Well, our 80’s colleagues let us down this time. No Dodgers coverage in ’88, can you believe it? We found this, though, which is still a fun look at MLB coverage in our pages. The Courier sports page in 1983 …
The Dodgers earned back my trust
Share: The Los Angeles Dodgers finally proved to a skeptical fanbase that with all of the multi-year, multi-million dollar investments, they could finally be champions and show that 2024 would be different by winning the World Series against the New York Yankees. But the team’s job was to prove that they could win it all, so no one should regret having any doubt about a team with those high expectations because it was their job to deliver and earn that trust back. Back in March …
‘American Like Me’: Bambadjan Bamba’s life with DACA
Share: The 2024 election has reignited many individuals’ fears in regards to both parties’ stances on Immigration, an issue that has remained a prevalent talking point in the Trump campaign through the years.Prior to Trump’s original presidential nomination the Obama administration signed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program (DACA). This granted temporary asylum for individuals who arrived into the country as minors to ensure that they had time to seek out permanent residency or citizenship. In 2017, The Trump administration ended the DACA program, …
What’s been a fun Halloween show? It was ‘Agatha All Along’
Share: “Agatha All Along”, a spin off from “WandaVision”, was a welcome addition with how fun and hilarious Agatha Harkness was. The show’s overall plot revolves around Harkness played by Kathryn Hahn being released from Scarlet Witch’s spell 3 years after Wanda’s supposed death in ‘Multiverse of Madness’ and an incantation by a mysterious character named Teen, played by Joe Locke. Once released, her past finally catches up to her when Rio Vidal, played by Aubrey Plaza, and a group of witches dubbed “Salem 7” …