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Posted on August 7, 2014October 17, 2017 by: Raymond Bernal

President Rocha will retire Aug. 31

This story has been updated since it was first published. After plotting his exit from the school for months, President Mark Rocha will retire at the end of August, according to a school official.

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Posted on July 26, 2014September 2, 2014 by: Raymond Bernal

Former Courier editor-in-chief dies suddenly

Former PCC student and Courier editor-in-chief Daniel Archuleta died suddenly at his home in El Sereno last week. He was 38.

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Posted on July 3, 2014August 9, 2014 by: Raymond Bernal

Rocha not offered college presidency in New York

President Mark Rocha was not offered the position of president at Kingsborough Community College (KCC) in Brooklyn, New York, which he applied for earlier this year. The position went to Farley Herzek who is currently serving as interim president of Los Angeles Harbor College, according to KCC officials.

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Posted on June 9, 2014July 3, 2014 by: Raymond Bernal

Rocha seeks college presidency position in New York

President Mark Rocha has applied, been interviewed, held an open forum with students and staff and is one of three finalists for the position of president at Kingsborough Community College (KCC) in Brooklyn, New York, according to KCC officials.

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Posted on April 21, 2014April 23, 2014 by: Raymond Bernal

Former UCLA Dean to PCC: ‘Shame on you!’

Outraged by the Board’s treatment of Oscar winner and PCC alumnus Dustin Lance Black, a long-time dean and professor at UCLA sent a scathing letter to Board President Anthony Fellow expressing his anger and disbelief.

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Posted on April 19, 2014September 30, 2014 by: Raymond Bernal

Student Trustee: ‘District is attempting to scapegoat me’

Student Trustee Simon Fraser sent a scathing email to the Board of Trustees on Friday detailing his involvement in the commencement debacle and categorically denying that the formal invitation he sent to Academy Award winner and PCC alumnus Dustin Lance Black to be this year’s commencement speaker, was without college approval.

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Posted on April 17, 2014March 23, 2017 by: Raymond Bernal

EXCLUSIVE: Spurned Oscar winner strikes back at alma mater

Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black responds to having his invitation rescinded as PCC’s 2014 commencement speaker due to a 2009 sex “scandal.”

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Posted on April 16, 2014June 4, 2020 by: Raymond Bernal

EDITORIAL: The McCollege of Pasadena

Community colleges throughout the nation seem to be teaching their students on the cheap. And is it in the best interest of the student to be taught almost 60 percent of their community college education by part-time professors?

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Posted on March 19, 2014March 19, 2014 by: Raymond Bernal

OP-ED: Transgender suicide attempts are shockingly high

We as a society must find a better way to reach out to our transgender citizens. Transgender people already deal with societal discrimination and dismissal from family members based on their gender identities, but apparently they must also deal with suicide. The largest study of transgender people to date was recently released with shocking numbers.

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Posted on March 5, 2014March 19, 2014 by: Raymond Bernal

Slain student laid to rest

Family and friends gathered to pay their final respects to slain PCC nursing student Irais Acosta, 19 at St. Andrews Church in Pasadena on Monday.

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