Share: PCC’s Creveling Lounge turned into an international getaway on Friday, March 20, as students and staff gathered to enjoy an array of cheese from Italy, France, and Latin America. Tables were filled with platters of cheese and pairings such as grapes, strawberries, nuts, crackers, and honey, with bright-colored decorations. Organizers of the event handed out samples and chatted with cheese goers about the importance of food in many cultures and how it is a way to bring people together. The International Students Center held …
Everyone wants to hop onto this dam movie
Share: For people who are lovers of animals and the environment, there is a new movie that captures those interests. The movie, “Hoppers”, follows the animal lover protagonist Mabel Tanaka fighting to protect the glade that she grew up in with her grandma. The mayor had started construction to build a highway that cuts through the glade, driving away the local wildlife. Tanaka attempts to draw beavers in to build a dam since beavers are a keystone species for their respective environments. In a wild …
Spring University Day brings answers to students getting ready to transfer
Share: Application anxiety is a big problem for college students looking to transfer. Students often find themselves asking many questions about the transfer process. Big questions include: Where to apply? When are applications due? How many schools do I apply to? What if I don’t get in? The PCC Transfer Center hopes to answer those questions and more with their biannual University Day. On Wednesday, March 11, PCC welcomed representatives from several different universities for the Spring event. This allows students to speak to university …
Mirror Pools Mix gives students food for thought
Share: On Tuesday, March 10, the Mirror Pools Mix brought different communities together as booths, crowds, and bursts of music filled the area. Upon entering, the first thing attendees noticed was the cheers of lancers as they ran around playing games with Lancelot. There, they played various games like red light, green light, and dancing mini-games. Meanwhile, on the other side stood tables attracting large quantities of attendees with colorful Twix, Starbursts, and Milky Way candy bars. Lines of students, who stood waiting to get …
‘I still think it’s broken’: Fixed door brings criticism and long-awaited relief
Share: After 3 years, the stairwell door on the first floor of the Center of Arts building has been repaired, igniting joy and relief for students on campus. Over the years, students faced frustration with this door due to its inconvenience. The broken automatic door prevented students from traveling up and down the stairwell . Now that the door is fixed, students are able to get to class with much more ease and less irritation. A major delay in the repair to the door was …
Ted Season 2: Beary raunchy, beary funny
Share: Season 2 of “Ted” is a quintessential watch for any comedy fan in 2026, and not just a worthy successor, but a sizable improvement to an already fantastic season 1. It’s another brilliant addition to Seth MacFarlane’s already renowned repertoire of modern comedy classics, but the second and potentially final season of Ted provides refreshing elements to a dried out sitcom landscape. The second season of “Ted” continues exactly where it left off, with 17-year-old John Bennett and his sentient, foul-mouthed, talking teddybear, Ted, …
From fangs to facts: Sinners event bites into film history
Share: As twilight descended on PCC’s Wi-Fi Lounge, students gathered around a giant movie screen, hungry for food and entertainment. A line formed around the tables where the spread of snacks lay while other students rushed to their seats. Claps of excitement could be heard outside that demonstrated the community that came together for a historical movie experience as the credits started to roll. And the cheers grew louder as Michael B Jordan walked on screen in a 1930s styled outfit. “I heard about the …
Inside the Baywatch reboot auditions, where aspiring lifeguards test the waters
Share: The revival of hit television series “Baywatch” caused a wave of nostalgia to sweep through Mother’s Beach, located in the heart of Marina del Rey. On February 18, I had the opportunity to audition for their open casting call. I stood amongst approximately 2,000 other candidates to have a shot at being the next “Baywatch” breakout star. To my surprise, my own audition was both exhilarating yet disheartening. Maybe that’s the addictive pull the industry has. Fox Television shocked the acting industry by publicizing …
‘Smiling Friends’: For the show that left them smiling, friends mourn
Share: “I was just laying there looking at the ceiling … tears running down my face,” said Pasadena City College Film Production major Ezekiel Blakeslee. Listening to Blakeslee, one would think he’d lost a friend. In a way he did as he recalled when he first learned the TV series “Smiling Friends” got cancelled, an emotional sentiment shared by many fans who on Thursday, March 5 from 12 to 1 p.m. gathered at PCC’s Lancer’s Pass to mourn their beloved show’s death. “Smiling Friends” was …
The real crime of this film was its supporting actors
Share: As the lights dimmed and the crunching of popcorn faded, moviegoers were met by deafening silence as they awaited the opening scene of “Crime 101”. The story follows an LAPD detective Lou played by Mark Ruffalo, attempting to uncover the perpetrator behind a trail of expensive heists along the 101 freeway. Each heist is carried out by an undetectable thief Mike Davis played by Chris Hemsworth. Although a small mistake early in the movie leaves the thief second guessing his plans for future heists …