Share: Throughout April 2024, it was announced that 99 Cents Only Stores will be closing across America. With an estimated 390 stores shutting down completely and hundreds of employees being let go in California; this will affect many people, including low-income customers, and college students. “I’m not there anymore, but it saddens me because I know the workers, and they spent decades of their life there even without raises and worked hard every day just for it to shut down,” Ex worker Ulysses Rodriguez stated. …
‘Godzilla x Kong’ roars, leaving another win for the MonsterVerse
Share: “Godzilla x Kong” is the sequel to the smash hit “Godzilla vs Kong” where this time around the duo teams up to battle giant ape Scar King and his ice-breathing dragon Shimo while Kong continues his search to find others of his kind. When compared to previous films in the franchise, “Godzilla x Kong” is more on the cartoony side with one fight scene being in an antigravity room where Godzilla and Kong are flying through the air battling other titans. The duo also …
Sustainability resolution forces PCC to finally get serious on climate
Share: The passage of a resolution by the PCC Board of Trustees in December 2023 that sets the goal for the college to be carbon free by 2030 faces roadblocks over the next six years, as PCC still relies heavily on fossil fuels in the everyday operations of the college. Both the Environmental Sustainability Club and Associated Students Sustainability Committee drafted and pushed for the resolution’s approval. It went through PCC’s various governing bodies for revisions and support before it was passed unanimously at the …
A comprehensive guide to free money at PCC and more
Share: As Pasadena City College returns for a new semester, both new and returning students have access to different types of resources, from free Metro passes to food assistance–-all provided at discounted cost or completely free with just a PCC student ID. One of the resources that students with ID can acquire on campus is the U pass that covers bus fare. Another is being able to rent books or Chromebooks from the PCC Shatford library. The big kicker comes outside of campus, where students …