Share: Leaving home for the first time is hard when moving across the state or even just across town, but when relocating cross country for the dream and leaving family behind, it pays to have your friends along for the ride. Follow:
Taking the ‘W’: Why students choose to pull out and withdraw
Share: Students line up in a crooked manner, one by one, waiting for their questions to be answered. Some choose to sit down on the connected seats, waiting for their name to be called; while the seats remain filled, others opt to stand near the wall and use their smartphones to kill time. Multiple counselors walk out the door, either engaging in a friendly chatter with colleagues or welcoming the students inside what remains of their encounter. Follow:
Lancers’ Lives: Using film to frame the world differently
Share: Only seldom do you ever sit in an intermediate level filmmaking class and watch something that incandescently looks, feels and plays like it should be on a bigger, much more venerated screen. But watching 21-year-old film major Allison Bunce’s I Hate Linda does just that, and there’s a reason why. Follow:
Autumn Sounds at Noon Concerts
Share: As the fall weather begins to breeze on campus, the sound of the season doesn’t seem to be coming from the wistful wind or falling leaves. Rather it comes from a blaring trumpet and a playful piano that can be heard during one of the music performances held on the West patio in front of the Center for the Arts building, for the weekly “Noon Concerts.” Follow:
PCC has 30,000 students, but only 3 microwaves
Share: To students coming into the CC building, a few things will capture their eyes: the smell of food coming from the Piazza, voices of students talking in the lounge, the fish swimming in the tank between the restrooms on the first floor, and students in line waiting to heat up their food in the only three functioning microwaves on campus. Follow:
Natashia Deon Graces PCC, Grace haunts readers
Share: A tiny figure in a tattered and bloodied yellow dress runs through the woods. Tripping over her own feet, she clutches her belly, throwing frantic glances behind her. This is the opening to Grace, a novel by PCC’s writer in residence Natashia Deon. The scene came to her, somewhere between daydream and hallucination, while in her home, clutching her newborn so, when she was transported to the 1850s Alabama woods. Feeling connected to the young slave woman, Deon felt compelled to tell her story. …
Lancer’s Lives: What makes you feel alive?
Share: Sitting in the middle of the grass near the mirror pools at PCC, Ka’inoamakua Otsuka Mandaloniz, a Lancer student, was enjoying his evening listening to music with his big blue headphones. Someone that was minding his own business, was willing to talk about his life. Follow:
Candela Halloween: Killer clowns and salsa dancing dinosaurs
Share: On what seemed like a summer night in the fall, warm but enjoyable, the Pasadena City College Salsa club hosted their seasonal event called “A Candela Halloween” which combined both salsa dancing and spooky costumes for PCC students interested in getting down on the dance floor right before Halloween. Before the party even started students stood outside taking pictures of each other’s costumes and meeting up with friends to prepare for the event. Then when the event started and several students headed for the …
Textbooks? Parking? Apartments? Why not all three?
Share: In an effort to look for a much needed College 1 book that was sold out at the school bookstore, a student may stumble upon a Facebook group in which peers are listing books and materials at more affordable prices. With over 13,000 group members, this Facebook group has become the go-to outlet for students when it comes to buying new or used textbooks, renting rooms near campus, and even hit-and-runs in the packed parking lots. This group, a saving grace for many students, …
‘Rodney King’ screening merges art with activism
Share: “They said you lost more blood that night than any man had ever lost and still lived … And you figure you’re dead, right?” Follow: