Share: As of Dec. 5, 2023, 63 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. The sheer amount of deaths is staggering and unacceptable in a profession that must report the truth about war. The international community, along with journalists around the world, needs to condemn it and demand that it stop. Journalists are supposed to be on the front lines of very intensive conflicts and are expected to assess and weed out the truth in the fog of war. …
New PCC foster youth housing program begins in early 2024
Share: At the November Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees approved a five-year contract to rent out a six-unit housing complex near PCC’s Foothill campus, a first of its kind for the college to support its foster youth who face significant challenges obtaining secure and clean housing while in school. Because foster youth face some of the highest rates of housing insecurity and homelessness at PCC, their needs were prioritized for PCC’s first ever housing project that directly provided free housing to those in need …
Artistic freedom gets run off a cliff as execs ax movies
Share: On Nov 9, Warners Bros Discovery decided not to release the anticipated comedy movie “Coyote vs. Acme,” starring John Cena and featuring Wile E. Coyote. The film was supposed to be released later this year; however, the company shelved the project, preferably taking a $30 million tax write-off instead. This decision not to show the movie caused outrage among artists, animators, and fans alike. With pressure mounting due to the backlash, the studio has since decided to let the film be shopped around with …
Strike a pose: Internet aesthetics abound at PCC
Share: On the internet, aesthetics is an online subcultural phenomenon that blends various artistic styles, including fashion, music, photography, and more. Whether your closet consists of cottage-core, seapunk, or dark academia, expressing one’s identity through the variety of aesthetics trending on social media has become a part of an everyday trend that today’s youth, especially Gen Z, eat up. Serena Brito is a freshman studying art and fashion at Pasadena City College. She sat in the cafeteria with a bouquet of flowers and a mannequin …
Lancers football cross Cougars off hit list
Share: Lancer football’s dominant winning streak continued with a home victory against the Los Angeles Southwest College Cougars on Saturday in convincing fashion. The Cougars began with the ball, but the Lancers held it off with strong defense. Lancers intercepted three minutes into the game by PCC cornerback Idrique Carmichael. They gave the Lancers the ball, and two minutes into Pasadena’s possession, PCC quarterback Kekahi Graham threw to wide receiver Greg Moore for a 25-yard touchdown. Within minutes into the game, the Lancers are now …
Lancers nearly catch up to Roadrunners in 3-2 defeat
Share: Pasadena City College faced Rio Hondo in a game that was intense and aggressive, highlighted with shoves, kicks, trips, holds, and yelling on the sidelines that brewed over as the game continued, and it did not get better. The Lancers hosted the Roadrunners at Jackie Robinson Stadium in the blazing heat zeroing down on the crowd and the players. Many attendees wore hats, and sunglasses, and even set up umbrellas to withstand the heat of the sun. Pasadena men’s soccer was split even with …
Meta’s celebrity driven AI still threatens your privacy
Share: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, launched a new Artificial intelligence branch and it’s called Meta AI. Meta AI will have plenty of features that include language modeling and on-the-stop artistic drawing. Another main and popular feature Meta AI provides is a chatbot tool for the image and likeness of famous celebrities with different names attached and is responsive to a specific setting for the user. I might seem innocuous, but I am worried, and you should be, too. AI Chat has the potential …
Students appreciate extra sick days provided by new state law
Share: In the latest blitz of legislative action in the state, Governor Gavin Newsom signed on Oct. 4, 2023 a California Senate Bill that increased the number of sick days per year from three to five. Students at Pasadena City College welcome the new changes with relief and appreciation. Renzo Palomino is a freshman biology major at PCC, complemented on the new law not for himself, but for his mother who works as a dental assistant and FedEx employee. “She thinks that law will benefit …
Doors open for all on freebie Fridays at the Norton Simon
Share: Aaron Preacher sat on a bench and observed the sculpture garden that is placed inside the Norton Simon Museum on Friday, Oct. 8th. Preacher brought his 5-year-old daughter who ran around the garden of the outdoor museum for which he used to work. He and his wife back then had taken their daughter all the time to Norton Simon when she was born, but now that things have opened up again post-pandemic, he wanted to see if she was interested. This Friday is special …
Pride center platforms trans voices with ‘Monica’ screening
Share: The sun sets at Pasadena City College on a Thursday evening. At the R building, in room R122, a special screening of the film “Monica” was shown to students. The film’s theme sets on a sensitive topic that students on campus, along with America as a whole, are wrestling with the transgender experience. “It really explores the experience that many people of trans experience go through,” Bryce Simon, resource advocate for Pride Center said about the event. “This is a film that really speaks …