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Posted on December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 by: Benjamin Simpson

REVIEW: Absorbed into the 19th Century

Phillip Young, instructor and director of the Schumann’s Ghosts concert, began the Saturday night show in Harbeson Hall with a slow haunting piano piece that filled the room with shadowy sounds. It was Schumann’s last piece, Young told the audience, written just before an attempted suicide and two years in an asylum.

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Posted on December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 by: Benjamin Simpson

REVIEW: Trumpets, tubas, and euphoniums on show

“We are going to do something a little different tonight,” said Jennifer Serda, as she introduced herself and the Mag 5 Brass Quintet. “We are going to switch instruments.” This brought a small laugh from part of the crowd, and a scared silence from the rest of the audience.

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Posted on November 18, 2012December 5, 2012 by: Benjamin Simpson

Pathways Student Conference contemplates ethics

Students in the College 1 Class gathered in Creveling Lounge and the Sexson Auditorium on Nov. 16 for the second Pathways Student Conference.

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Posted on November 14, 2012November 20, 2012 by: Benjamin Simpson

Men’s soccer dominate last season game

On a cold and windy afternoon in Compton, the men’s soccer team dominated its last game of the season. PCC played El Camino College-Compton Center on Nov. 9 winning by a score of 2-0.

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Posted on November 14, 2012May 16, 2013 by: Benjamin Simpson

Marching Band serenades the lunchtime crowd

With 15 sousaphones standing on the top of the Quad steps – Horns, saxophones, drums, cymbals and flutes in between, and xylophones up front – the PCC Marching Lancers played for the lunch crowd in the quad on Nov 6.

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Posted on November 8, 2012November 26, 2012 by: Benjamin Simpson

OP-ED: Are we there yet?

It’s the six-year-old sitting in the back of the summer vacation car. “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?”

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Posted on November 5, 2012June 4, 2020 by: Benjamin Simpson

Women’s soccer searches for playoff berth

Defense was the name of the game on Friday as the Lancers womens’ soccer team and the Mt. SAC Mounties held each other to a scoreless draw at Mt. SAC.

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Posted on October 25, 2012November 21, 2012 by: Benjamin Simpson

PCC’s innovative Math Jam wins second national award

Math Jam, created at PCC seven years ago, won its second national award in a year when Excelencia in Education honored it on October 2. Math Jam also won the prestigious Bellweather award in January.

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Posted on October 13, 2012June 1, 2013 by: Benjamin Simpson

Student Success Act represents ‘tectonic shift’ for community colleges

The Student Success Act signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept 27 will have a major impact on the college, PCC President Mark Rocha told a news conference for journalism students on Thursday.

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Posted on October 3, 2012March 23, 2017 by: Benjamin Simpson

Women’s soccer Squeak by Vikings

It was hot in Long Beach, with the thermometer reading 100 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Too hot for October, and both Pasadena and the Long Beach City College Vikings seemed to feel the heat in a slow 1-0 win for the Lancers.

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