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In a statement issued on Feb. 22, the PCC Faculty Association called recent events on campus an “educational crisis” and oudatlined its concerns about the ongoing controversy surrounding class cuts and faculty reassignments.

Protesters at the Feb. 22 board meeting walked around the board members chanting and reading their list of demands until the board felt it had to leave the room. After calls for calm, board members returned only to leave again after a few minutes.

A special twelve-week intersession to help students whose classes were cancelled a week before the semester began was announced at the Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 22.

Prolonged student outbursts have not only delayed the Board of Trustees meeting, but also prompted board members to walk out twice.

PCC police took extreme measures in keeping the peace for the Feb. 22  board meeting.

Hundreds of students mobilized at the Mirror Pools on the very first day of the semester, protesting against last-minute section cuts and the release of some adjunct faculty members.

The cutting of as many as 96 class sections and the refusal to renew the contracts of some adjunct faculty members has upset many on campus.

Following the Santa Ana windstorm that ravaged Los Angeles County in December causing around $34 million worth of damage, a Southern California Edison spokersperson told a roundtable panel that they didn’t do a good a job in communicating with their customers.

“We didn’t do a very good job of letting our customers know [when power would be back on],” spokesperson Scott Anderson said. “We could’ve improved our communication channels.”

While most fashion design majors are required to obtain an internship to receive their certificate, student Denisse Lopez is well ahead of the class with a job as one of the designers for a clothing line.