Share: On Nov 12, the Secretary of the Treasury decided to stop the 232-year production of pennies after determining the rising cost of production outweighs their value. The decision comes from an increase in the costs of materials, making it go from a previous cost of 1.42 cents to now 3.69 cents to create one penny. With this cancellation, the Mint expects to save approximately $56 million per year in production savings. The announcement of the discontinuation of the penny coincided with the Mint hosting …
Community colleges also deserve a week off
Share: With the Thanksgiving holiday recently happening, students came back from enjoying the holiday with their families with a 2-day break from Pasadena City College. Thanksgiving is a fun, special, and wholesome holiday to gather with loved ones, but is two days off from school enough time spent away from class? Other schools have a longer break for Thanksgiving, but PCC only had Thursday and Friday off. It seems as if community College students were given the short end of the stick when it came …
Pop stars should be bolder with their politics
Share: The outdated narrative suggesting that artists should “keep to themselves” when it comes to politics is being rewritten, and more pop stars need to get with the program. Today, advocating for human rights is an admirable trait that rarely costs musicians their fame anymore. Palestine, ICE raids, transgender rights, and child labor: a few words that anyone in the modern world has heard, and would trigger thoughts of concern or maybe feelings of hopelessness from an inability to make a difference. In today’s political …
After watching this show I think I might hate L.A.
Share: “What?” It’s LA!” Rachel Sennott’s ‘I Love LA’ has finally arrived after being stuck in pre-production limbo amidst the 2023 WGA strike and rising production costs. Sennott rose to niche internet fame on Twitter, where her dry commentary found an adoring audience. In a video posted on Twitter several years back, she pokes fun at what she feels like LA represents to her. Personally, this video seems to be when the show was born. Having been the target audience of someone who lives in …
Trump’s White House Talks To Us Dirty
Share: Correspondence from the White House or official federal agencies has always read kind of robotically… After all, it’s the government. They’re supposed to be boring. Messaging usually gets straight to the point, is written in an active tone, and almost feels not entirely human-written. Official communications have historically been devoid of emotion because that’s what they should be— an information pipeline to the American people that exists without opinion. The Trump administration has adopted an entirely different approach to public communication. Their messages all …
The Courier rates the top 10 fashion moments of 2025
Share: 2025 was the year for the chronically online to shine with meme-ified pieces, and for the daydreamers to cosplay their dream life with whatever core aesthetic was brought to the TikTok app that month. Both the minimalist and the out-of-the-box dressers. It is safe to say 2025 was a year of fashion. Read on to find out more about fashion moments that have shaped this year’s fashion. Oversized fur jackets, cropped Bringing back the controversial mob wife faux fur jackets, both cropped and oversized, …
PCC Eaton survivors share mixed views on compensation program
Share: Pasadena City College instructors and students who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire say Southern California Edison’s finalized Wildfire Recovery Program has left them conflicted: do they take the offer from SCE, or wait it out to sue the utility in further litigation? In the eleven months since that chaotic evening, the city has seen building permits stalled, a record breaking debris clean-up timeline, house lots up for sale, and a community reeling with the lasting fallout of the blaze. The community has …
PCC Math program on last legs after federal funding pulled, students in distress
Share: On September 10,2025 the U.S Department of Education issued a press release after ending “racially discriminatory discretionary grant programs at minority serving institutions”. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has made a clear stance to get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in education. Due to this, Pasadena City College, a minority serving institution (MSI) and a proud Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), has been affected as the administration has pulled Title 3 funding. The Title 3 grant is a …
‘There is hope for a great team and a fun season’ with new women’s basketball coach
Share: Stepping up from her role as an assistant coach of last year’s staff, Alexa Mirizaian now takes on the title of the acting head coach of the women’s basketball team for the 2025-26 season. As a former basketball player, she was first introduced to her passion for coaching from her lifelong love of the game and the impact past mentors had on her. Inspired to make an impact, Mirizaian wanted to share the grounding guidance and support she has received with the next generation …
Activist visited PCC to report on volunteering in Palestine
Share: On Tuesday, Nov. 25. PCC’s Environmental Sustainability club (ESC) hosted an event in collaboration with the Middle Eastern North African (MENA) club with an activist guest speaker providing a report-back after having just volunteered in Palestine for three months. The guest speaker, named Jamie, asked to remain identified by only their first name and for no photography, audio recordings, due to the stakes of their work. “I just got back early October from being in the West Bank for three months and that’s why …