Share: Over the past two years we have witnessed the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel grow larger as hundreds of thousands of innocent lives continue to be needlessly taken or harmed due to this ‘war’. On September 29th, President Donald Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House to discuss a possible lasting peace plan to end the conflict in Gaza. The harmful alliance between the President and Prime Minister have continuously proposed lopsided solutions to Hamas and resorting to …
Multi-factor authentication expels fake student bots
Share: At educational institutions bots have been an issue plaguing schools for many years and Pasadena City College is no different. Yet, recent information from PCC administration and staff have revealed that the problem has practically been solved. This is mostly thanks to multi-factor authentication (MFA) which will become mandatory at PCC after fall 2025. Students at PCC may have noticed a banner displayed on LancerPoint titled “MFA” as shown below as well as posters around the school with the same title and more information. …
In with the old and out with the new at ASPCC’s swap party
Share: For any student who walked into the WiFi Lounge on September 29 and 30, what was once a serene study room became a makeshift thrift store right before their eyes. Tables around the room were heavy with various items such as dresses, coats, books, CDs, and more. The Secondhand September Swap Party, held by the ASPCC Sustainability Committee transformed the space into a secondhand shop where students could take home items they liked that other students had donated. Influenced by the Lancer Closet, a …
Have a slice of Mid-Autumn mooncake at the International Student Center
Share: Colorful origami moons, rabbits, paper lanterns, and fall leaves transform the International Student Center’s (ISC) room for the Mid-Autumn Festival. With soft music playing in the background, participants were greeted with themed coloring sheets and paper mooncake cutouts to color and entertain themselves. In China, the Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar, which falls on Oct. 6 this year. During this time families reunite in celebration of the harvest while enjoying mooncakes, akin to …
‘The calm before the storm’: How the football team pre-games for Homecoming
Share: Anticipation builds throughout Homecoming week, both among the students and among the football team itself. There are activities throughout the week to build the excitement, but it also means there is a lot of pressure on the team to perform well on the field. “This week we definitely notice it’s like the calm before the storm,” said wide receiver Maddux Mateski. “Everyone’s got that look in their eye, everyone’s focused.” In the midst of the Homecoming events: like the themed dress up days, the …
No. 2 ranked Rustlers crash Lancers’ homecoming party
Share: The Lancers hosted their homecoming game on October 9th, and the undefeated Golden West Rustlers came into Robinson Stadium determined to spoil the celebration. And spoil it they did. Golden West set the tone early on Pasadena’s second drive, when quarterback Xavier Buckles was intercepted by Drew Faulkner at the Lancer 38-yard line. Faulkner returned it for a touchdown, giving the Rustlers a quick 7-0 lead. However, it was a lead they would not relinquish for the rest of the game. After the opening …
Tylenol is not the big bad, and neither is autism
Share: “The meteoric rise in autism is among the most alarming public health developments in history,” began President Donald J. Trump in his conference on Monday, September 22, 2025. President Trump and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. made an announcement stating bold actions they were taking to ‘confront the nation’s autism epidemic’. President Trump and Secretary Kennedy made claims that Tylenol was causing a rise in autism diagnoses, and described the rise as an ‘epidemic’ that needed to be …
‘The Paper’ is not ‘garbage clickbait nonsense’
Share: In recent years mockumentary sitcoms have been on the rise, with shows like “Abbott Elementary” gaining profound success and Peacock’s new mockumentary series “The Paper” appears to be on the same path. “The Office” spin-off follows The Toledo Truth Teller (TTT), a virtually dead newspaper that new Editor-in-Chief Ned Sampson is tasked with reinvigorating. Overall, “The Paper” succeeds in its comedy, characters, and sitcom mockumentary humor, however, it leaves more wanting in its journalistic representation. One thing that makes “The Paper” stand apart from …
Lancers run-down Roadrunners to regain ranking
Share: Coming off a loss that ended the undefeated streak of the Lancers soccer team, head coach Francisco Cantero had to channel his inner Big Sean and try to bounce back against Rio Hondo. The Roadrunners are a team that, despite their record, played with the tenacity and aggression of an undefeated team while the Lancers looked to prove their loss was a fluke. “Coming off the first loss of the season, and this was our first conference game, so what we wanted to do …
Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece guides us through the culture war, one battle after another
Share: “Permanent revolution”, as coined by Friedrich Engels, is generally a concept far divorced from American action blockbusters, but Paul Thomas Anderson marries the two beautifully. ICE agents are threatened at gunpoint by a Black woman within the first ten minutes. Immigrants rally against swarming police in military fatigues and win. A cartoonishly evil Peter Thiel-like stand-in is shot by a teenager’s newfound love for her dad. And, it turns out, Anderson’s been hiding that he’s a great action director for decades, too! Anderson has …