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 …
Incoming Bombshells: Over 100 universities gather for PCC’s Transfer Island
Share: Last Wednesday, the quad became full of wistful students hoping to meet their perfect university match on Transfer Island. Love Island became the overall theme after a meeting between the Transfer Center and its project partner, the Strategic Marketing Communications office (SCAM). “Here at PCC, we like to be unique,” Transfer Dean Alexander Tameka said. “And so an idea emerged of Love Island, and we said, “What about Transfer Island, where they can come to meet their match?” The goal of Transfer Island was …
Lancers women’s volleyball give no peace to Warriors in 3-0 defeat
Share: The Lancer women’s volleyball team defeated El Camino, winning all three sets on Wednesday, September 24, keeping Pasadena on a four match win streak. Within fifteen seconds of the buzzer starting the match, Delaney Blied put Pasadena on the scoreboard with an impressive kill. This was only the beginning of Pasadena’s dominance in the first set, determined largely by excellent defensive play as the Lancers took a commanding 11-5 lead before El Camino took their first time out. Following the timeout, El Camino slowly …
Homecoming becomes buffet and mosh pit as students make memories
Share: It was sunset at PCC with students dressed in old Hollywood attire lined up outside the Circadian. Inside, the music roared, and lights peeked through the glass at the line waiting outside. Attendees presented their PCC ID as a requirement, while non-PCC students had to sign waivers before entry. Walking in, people went to sit at tables decorated with playing cards, Hollywood stars, and movie tickets. Over time, the room became filled with chatter from students donning clothing from different eras. “The theme of …