Share: Anthony Iatropoulos is 24 years old and served in the United States Navy for three years as a corpsmen in the Koreas and Japan. He is an applied mathematics major. When he was honorably discharged, he took on a new direction in his life through a path paved by Pasadena City College. Follow:
Holocaust survivor Betty Cohen revisits life during genocide
Share: Through the Museum of Tolerance of Los Angeles, Holocaust survivor Betty Cohen has been telling her story multiple times to different people at various places. But what’s constant is the horror. Like a magmatic rock, the atrocious events of the Nazi genocide has solidified and survivors like Cohen carry the weight throughout their life. Follow:
Revved up for summer: how to keep your car in gear
Share: When taking a road trip it is more than just getting up and driving, especially if you want to arrive at your destination safe and sound. There are more procedures than just filling up your car with gasoline. Keeping up with the maintenance for your car is key, especially on road trips. Follow:
Improving improv with jazz guitarist Larry Koonse
Share: Grammy nominated CalArts music professor Larry Koonse started and ended his two-day visit at PCC with a full house jazz concert at the Westerbeck Recital Hall, but what happened in between, the intimate interaction between the notorious musician and PCC jazz students, is what left its mark on campus. Follow:
Toothache troubles treated affordably at PCC
Share: Having dental problems is never fun and prices for any type of dental service are even worse. The PCC Dental Hygiene Clinic provides students as well as others an opportunity to get an affordable treatment. Follow:
16-year-old PCC debate student brings home gold
Share: Sadia Khan is a gold prize winner in the art of persuasion who can’t fully grasp how good she is no matter what argument people will use to convince her. She is sitting in the back row of her speech and debate class when a writer from the Courier enters the room to look for her. She’s surprised that the campus publication wants to profile her, but is ready to chat about her life-changing experiences at PCC. Follow:
Lancers’ Lives: Touching base with communication
Share: Joe Osorio is a man that is “going with the flow of life.” He hails from Ridgecrest in California’s High Desert. He played baseball for Burroughs High School and is taking some time off from sports to focus on his education, but hopes to return to baseball as either a professional player or a coach and is majoring in communications. Follow:
Existing within the stanzas: PCC Poetry Day
Share: Gold and silver mylar balloons swayed slightly as each poet came to the podium, glistening with the lights above, creating a glow that matched the poems themselves. The emcee, spoken word artist Cory Cofer, stepped up and immediately let his words flow as his arms undulated with the rhythm of his voice. He expressed the injustices within the education system against men of color. Follow:
Armenian genocide commemorated in educating experience
Share: History is an incredibly important part of humanity that is constantly ignored because of many people’s tendency to focus solely on current events. This, in turn, can lead to a dangerous future where nobody knows what happened in the past or who they were and how the past impacts them. Follow:
Lancers’ Lives: Siblings who stick together, slay together
Share: Christian and Kennedy Crumbles have been living in Pasadena while going to PCC for over a year and a half. Christian was 17 when he registered for PCC, while Kennedy started at ELAC when she was 16, and transferred to PCC last year. The siblings not only take the same interest in biology but also hiking, adventuring. Christian is also making music while Kennedy is modeling on the side. Follow: