Share: Former PCC student Eric Lilavois’ attachment to the Crown City, and its culture, diversity and potential as an entertainment hub extends into his business as a music producer, studio owner, musician, and songwriter. “I went to PCC very briefly,” said Lilavois, owner of Crown City Studios in Pasadena. “My education in music has all been in the studio.” But his connection with PCC did not end there. In 2010, Lilavois’ brother, Randy, served as the head coach of the PCC Women’s Soccer Team before …
PCC Health Services: small fee, big benefits
Share: Did you know that your student health fee provides a variety of health consultation and assistance from pregnancy, disease and infection prevention to mental health and counseling services? Registered students can go to PCC Health Services, located in D105, where doctors, registered nurses, and a registered dietitian are all available for consultation and by appointment. Students have to bring ID and be enrolled in classes to make an appointment. Follow:
Satiate for about eight dollars at Plate 38
Share: At the corner of Sierra Madre and Colorado Boulevards is Plate 38, a fire and renovation survivor, the bistro burger, sports bar, and breakfast joint favorite that is hip, comfortable, has decent parking and is PCC close. Follow:
Thorson’s car show a sandman to PCC Foundation’s Dreamkeepers
Share: Over a dozen shimmering classic cars of various makes and eras lined the glossy lot of Thorson Motor Center of Pasadena on Saturday, May 17, to help the PCC Foundation raise funds for The Dreamkeepers Scholarship Program. Follow:
72 Hour Film Scholarship Red Carpet tinged with Black
The red carpet was rolled out Oscar-style in the Wi-Fi room on Thursday as the 72 Hour Film Festival Scholarship and Lancer Film Club participants filed in for their post-screening and awards reception.
PCCPD and PPD work to slow down CDC school zone speeding
Share: Years of complaints from PCC’s Child Development Center about dangerous driving near the campus prompted a traffic sting operation last month and campus police hope further safety measures will soon be put in place. Follow:
‘Grandma’s Tattoos’: Armenian reflection and remembrance
A 104 year old woman–clutching close her prayer beads for comfort–recalls a night of her early childhood that was filled with rifle fire, where families were attacked, parents murdered, homes looted, and the “good-looking” daughters taken by the “fire and thunder gangs” to “rape them or do whatever they wanted to with them”, while the authorities of the time did nothing.
PCC Courier Twitter account hacked
Share: The PCC Courier Twitter account was hacked on early Monday morning. Lewd messages and images were posted without permission and information and images were changed on the account as well. The Twitter account feeds directly to the paper’s website, where the tweets were up for approximately an hour. The tweets were discovered around 9:45 am and were immediately deleted. Follow:
OP-ED: A plastic society prompted by social networking and celebrity status
As a society are we becoming so self-obsessed with beauty and physical perfection that all concerns for mental and physical health are going out in bags of liposuctioned fat? Or is this just another trendy fad that will phase-out over time as the boredom over the plastic looking visages gained through massive amounts of costly—and often dangerous—surgeries which remove all the unique characteristics from the human face?
Two arts beat as one
Share: Twins Krystal “Tree” Herrera and Karen Joyce Herrera are PCC students with a twin purpose: to make art a key to their communication with the world. Follow: