Author: Alumni Staff

Candidates running in this year’s Board of Trustees election are citing budget challenges and the selection of a new school president as the major issues of concern for PCC.

Twitter hype has not subsided. As a matter of fact, the popular microblogging network has never been better. What started as nothing more than a small social networking site has ballooned into an all-out cultural fad that is sweeping the U.S., and the rest of the world off their feet and into the blogosphere.

Lisa Sugimoto has been officially made interim president of PCC while the search for a permanent replacement begins.

Members of the PCC community showed up bright and early on Friday, Aug. 28 to witness a double dose of Measure P celebration.

The new system for purchasing parking permits left many students confused and without a permit. Passes on campus ran out Aug. 31 and again Sept. 1 when the line was dispersed around 10:30 a.m.

Questions about former PCC President Paulette Perfumo’s surprise resignation linger as few details have emerged in the weeks since.

While students were out of school and on their summer break, California’s Legislature increased tuition fees for all community colleges from $20 a unit to $26 per unit. Although community colleges across California tried to postpone the fee increase until the next semester, the state wouldn’t do it, according to Stuart Wilcox, Asst.

Adjunct faculty members in the art department have an exhibit in the campus art gallery. The exhibit is called “News of the World”, and in this case the talent of the adjunct faculty members is news. The exhibit runs from September 9th through September 30th.

“The Blueprint 3” will be Jay-Z’s eleventh studio album, released on Sept. 11.