Share: Joy, love, acceptance. All of these emotions were evoked Tuesday afternoon as the Queer Alliance club along with the Secular Student Alliance hosted a question and answer session with the multi-talented Deven Green. Follow:
Two new piano soloists rise from concert hall
Share: Last Saturday, two PCC students walked into a concert hall full of people and sat down in front of a nine-foot-long piano to perform their first solo piano concerts. Follow:
Art club brings students together for fun Fall Festival
Share: As dark clouds filled the skies over PCC on Halloween, the ambience of gloom and doom fit like a puzzle piece for the Fall Festival hosted by the art club. The festival allowed students to engage in Halloween-esque games and activities while simultaneously inviting everyone into the world of art. Follow:
‘Let’s Talk About Sex’ with Queer Alliance
Share: The early stages of being sexually active can feel like being thrown into the deep end. Determining an individual’s limitations to sexual activity among the wide variety of intercourses is one of the many challenges that individuals must face once becoming sexually active. Follow:
‘Dia de los Muertos’ brings PCC to life
Share: As students put together their final touches on their marigolds and sugar skulls for the PCC community altar, Spanish rock music beamed throughout the quad. Follow:
PCC jazz soloists unite to recreate popular oldies
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: