Share: The link between Anti-LGBTQ+ ideologies and internalized queerphobia gets connected even tighter as Kristi Noem’s husband’s bimbo fetish cross-dressing pictures were leaked. Despite actively working towards taking away queer and trans rights, he hid a double life behind plastic, not just from years of his wife’s cosmetic surgery. “As the governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem was a prominent proponent of legislation restricting transgender rights, including bans on transgender girls taking part in school sports and on gender-affirming care for minors. She signed the …
‘Euphoria’ fans ask, are Euphor-real in its final season
Share: After a 4-year hiatus, “Euphoria” released the first episode of its third and final season, leaving fans “hate-watching” less but craving more. In a time when the media has kept the nation divided, fans could agree on gathering on Sunday evenings and dropping Twitter memes and TikTok discourses on Mondays. The group of teens is now post-college-aged adults, navigating their love life, lackluster careers, and making big life-altering decisions. Rue is now a drug mule to make up for her thousands of dollars of …
Behind the seams: The class that stitches the fashion and theater departments together
Share: Pasadena’s theater arts department has put on several productions, such as Dracula, Lysteria, and Urinetown: The Musical. Most of the time, after the performances, the cast and tech crew are showered with praise by the audience; however, one group is overlooked and underfunded: the costume crafts class. Despite the budget cuts, the curriculum allows both the professor and the students to think outside the box and avoid limiting their creativity. The class is taught by Professor Angela Eads, a self-proclaimed Renaissance lady who has …
Entrepreneurs spill tea on setbacks and self-doubt at ‘Business and Boba’
Share: Chatter could be heard from the Creveling Lounge as students sat and sipped boba, waiting to hear the panel hosted by PCC’s Freeman Career Center last Wednesday, March 25th. Three entrepreneurs from different walks of life, ages, and college careers share advice on how to make it in different industries as an entrepreneur. While waiting for the panel, students shared amongst themselves their hopes for the event and their excitement to network with their peers. “I came here for the boba and stayed for …
Bring it on: Cheerleading aims to reestablish spirit at PCC
Share: After years of absence, cheerleading returns to PCC, now known as the Spirit team, focusing on choreography, skills, and, of course, school spirit. Cheer is making its way back to PCC to raise spirits and to get students to participate in school sporting events. Whether cheering on the teams, or just wanting to be a part of the PCC community, students have anticipated the return. The decision to bring the team back was made through the connections and roots of previous cheerleaders. “I have always …
Swap party turns one person’s trash into another person’s treasure
Share: Last week, students gathered under tents to avoid the heat wave, only to find rows of tables full of clothes and trinkets. The event was hosted by ASPCC’s bi-annual Swap Party, allowing students to exchange gently used goods for other ones donated by their peers. Each table displayed a variety of goods, showcasing books, hygiene products, shirts, pants, decorations, and stationery, among other things. The most popular section was the clothes, featuring a variety of sizes, dresses, and even costumes. Another was the books …
Cheese event bries a gouda time for students
Share: PCC’s Creveling Lounge turned into an international getaway on Friday, March 20, as students and staff gathered to enjoy an array of cheese from Italy, France, and Latin America. Tables were filled with platters of cheese and pairings such as grapes, strawberries, nuts, crackers, and honey, with bright-colored decorations. Organizers of the event handed out samples and chatted with cheese goers about the importance of food in many cultures and how it is a way to bring people together. The International Students Center held …
My Territory: Nueva Yol, Nueva Yol
Share: Take the 1 train to 157th Street and enter an ethnic enclave that captures the spirit of New York City and pays homage to the Dominican Republic. Walking around the bustling streets of Manhattan, the smells of fried foods like pastelitos, and Spanish are spoken in every corner. Women drag their kids along on long trips to the local boutique stores to buy their seasonal wardrobe. Men fill barber shops with boyish banter, blaring 90s bachata tunes out of a speaker too big and …
Makeup guru can’t conceal the truth
Share: YouTube beauty guru and CEO of Painted Cosmetics, James Charles, found himself plastered a pedophile on a billboard located on Olympic Boulevard in Downtown Los Angeles. A controversial podcast host, Ethan Klein, reminds the internet that James Charles goes for underage young men by putting up a billboard that exclaims, “Say, James, I hear you text ’em young.” This billboard was a short-lived moment of victory for his underage victims. In 2019, Charles made one of many apology videos, admitting to texting minors, he …
Some degrees are now non-professional, but PCC should be ‘relatively unimpacted’
Share: On Nov. 6th, 2025, the U.S Department of Education issued a press release over the proposal draft to implement OBBBA’s student loan fund changes; and in doing so, the language of what is or isn’t a professional degree was also changed, classifying said degrees as “nonprofessional”. These degrees include: nursing, physician assistant, physical therapy, audiology, architecture, accounting, education, and social work. According to the press release, the student’s annual loans for new borrowers will now cap at $20,500 for graduate students, with the total …