Share: A vintage 50s sound forged by guitar, piano, and brass solos could be heard as jazz filled the air during a sunny afternoon, complemented beautifully by an arsenal of solo vocalists performing one after another. Follow:
Fears come alive in PCC’s Little Theater
Share: Fears can be big or small, they can paralyze people or push them to their limit. They define who we are and how we think about the world around us. Once we acknowledge them, we can confront them, accept them or make fun of them. That’s what the show “Trepidation Nation” at Pasadena City College (PCC) is all about, fears and they way we deal with them. Fifteen theater students at PCC worked on the show made up of fifteen short one-acts each led …
PCC Foundation wins video category for two consecutive years
Share: With a homemade video, rewritten lyrics, and a supportive team, all the PCC Foundation seems to do is win. For two consecutive years, actually. Recently the PCC Foundation, an organization that raises money for scholarships, took first place for the second year in a row at the Academic Works video contest with their spin-off music video, “All We Do Is Give.” The Foundation had also won the same contest in 2015, despite the fact that the video from last year had slightly different criteria. …
An evening of classical music at PCC
Share: One of the most important components of the great history of music is classical music. It can be a pleasure to take a break from the everyday life routine in this form of art. Follow:
‘Viva la raza!’ Celebrating PCC’s minority milestone
Share: The Latino community has not always been the minority group with the best academic statistics. In 2014, the dropout rate for Latino youth ages 16 to 24 was the highest amongst any other group of students with about 10.6 percent. Latino students lag behind in higher education with only 15 percent of the population obtaining bachelor’s degrees, and only seven percent of people in graduate programs are Latino. Follow:
PCC students swarm the competition
Share: PCC students began to prepare for their redemption at the 2017 NASA Swarmathon as soon as the school year started. After a mediocre first attempt, the students began training for their next attempt at the gold. Follow:
Steph Cha reads ‘Dead Soon Enough’
Share: Steph Cha is a Korean American novelist and fiction writer; she is the only woman in her genre, Korea American Noir. Cha studied English and East Asian Studies at Stanford, then went to Yale Law School and got her Juris Doctor degree. It was then when she began writing fiction in earnest. Follow:
Boone Art Gallery captures the obvious, elusive
Share: Art is one of many thing that can bring people together, art is full of many different mediums and form that there is no direct limit when it come to art, and there is no better way to show if off than an exhibition for many people to see. Follow:
Critical Theory Club unpacks white fragility
Share: Discussing white fragility in the current political climate is not an easy task. Emotions run high, racial animus can rear its head and those involved can walk away with no benefit. When the Critical Theory club on campus hosted a discussion on white fragility last Wednesday, the discussion went as well as could be expected. Follow:
