Share: In hopes of instilling a better educational experience for Black students at Pasadena City College (PCC), PCC’s English Department is creating a Black English cohort set to begin next Fall. The cohort is a workshop series for English faculty called Pro-Black Mindsets and Classrooms, a collaboration between the English Department and the Office of Institutional Equity, Diversity, and Justice (IEDJ). It hopes to address equity and retention gaps as well as to develop faculty’s pedagogical and curricular objectives to address conscious and unconscious biases. …
Graduating Lancers share their words of wisdom
Share: As the spring semester nears to an end at Pasadena City College (PCC), graduating Lancers reflect on their time at PCC before they move on to the next part of their lives. While many attend to enhance their skills in the workforce or make a career switch, a majority of students come in with the initial goal of transferring to a 4-year university. For students of all socioeconomic backgrounds, PCC gave many of them what they felt was a second chance. Enrolling in community …
PCC hires new women’s basketball head coach
Share: Last May, Kendyl Rizea was selected as the new head coach for PCC’s women’s basketball, sparking hope for a fresh start as the team enters its rebuilding phase. Rizea has had an outstanding coaching career, starting as a coach for the International Children’s Games, which is the Olympics for children, where the team went undefeated and became gold medalists. Her career as a college coach is just as strong, having coached at Graceland University, NAIA Peru State College in Nebraska, College of the Desert, …
PCC baseball alum returns to coach Lancers softball
Share: PCC alumni Anthony Gonzalez has been named the head coach of the school’s softball team, rebuilding the program after a hiatus this past season due to a lack of a coach and a home diamond. Now both practices and games will be held at Jefferson Park, Pasadena. Gonzalez played for PCC’s baseball team during the 2015 season as a first baseman and went on to play at the University of Laverne. “I was at PCC with Coach Pat McGee’s baseball team, his first year …
Editorial: Journalism needs to be valued now more than ever
Share: “Now this is real journalism…real boots on the ground journalism.” This phrase has become increasingly popular as netizens use it when seriously applauding good journalistic work or when meme-ifying lighthearted informatic content. Yet, this social trend isn’t so trivial. It exposes the negative perception towards journalism, one that is void of discernment, jeopardizes the fourth estate as a whole, and unfairly disregards the challenging work reporters do. Drawing on the experiences of the Courier, we’ve seen how journalistic work can be misunderstood, distrusted, and …
First head coach named for new women’s flag football team
Share: Pasadena City College has established an official women’s flag football team, naming Charles Oakley as the head coach last May. Creating a women’s flag football team on campus has been a challenge for the players. This team first started as a club during the fall semester in 2024. The club’s goal was to officially bring women’s flag football to PCC, and luckily, they were able to start an official team with coach Oakley a year later. Coach Oakley previously coached women’s flag football at …
Students destress with plants, prizes, and painting
Share: On the second to last Thursday of the Spring semester, students flooded out of classes at noon and spilled into the Quad. As they ventured out, a group of tables in the middle of the Quad stopped many as they offered multiple activities. One table beckoned students with refreshments and a chance to spin a wheel and claim a prize. Another table offered a plant potting activity for students to find their comfort seedling. In the middle of it all sat a small banner …
Meet your new elected Associated Students Board
Share: THE VOTES ARE IN. From Wednesday, May 13, to Thursday, May 14, Pasadena City College’s (PCC) students voted in the spring general election for the new Associated Students Executive Board (ASPCC) 2026-2027 cycle. According to LancerLife/ASPCC, this year’s election was one where students participated the most, with over 1,000 voting ballots received. It’s time to get to know this year’s PCC student government representatives’ plans and goals. Jesus Cuevas Sanchez (he/him) | President Current President of the CORE Radical Scholars Club and upcoming ASPCC …
Google’s competitors on the rise after AI-reliance backfires
Share: Google and its AI overviews have recently been at the center of discourse after Google “accidentally” teased AI Mode becoming the default search in the future for Chrome, sparking rising popularity in opposing search engines. Backlash intensified towards Google after reports surfaced that Google was testing versions of Chrome that routed searches directly into AI Mode. Google officially clarified that the changes were just experimental in Chrome Canary and Rajan Patel, VP of Engineering for Search at Google, then claimed that the change was …
Bouldering club helps students scale fears
Share: There are few activities freer for some people than traversing fears, especially those of the open air. Many people are terrified of heights, opting out of skydiving or climbing a mountain, even simpler things like climbing a wall. Some schools for younger students have walls like these for students to climb one step at a time and reach new heights. Climbers grip each ledge, pulling themselves up just a bit every time, some unsure if they will make it off the ground. Every ledge …