Impassioned speeches by faculty members, staff and students were greeted with thunderous applause at a standing-room-only Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 2.
Fire doused near Lot 5
A plant outside Student Parking Lot 5 caught fire, and spread to a tarp on the nearby construction area yesterday afternoon. According to Pasadena Fire Department, the fire was most likely caused by a cigarette.
State budget slammed at candidates’ forum
Most Board of Trustee candidates agreed: the state of California’s education budget is dire, and local outreach, use of technological advancements and tapping local resources are the solution.
Protestors join new local Occupy movement
PCC students and local residents gathered on the corner of Lake Avenue and Colorado Boulevard on the evening of Nov. 2, in solidarity with Occupy Oakland and to condemn the Oakland Police Department’s violence against Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen.
Faculty survey stokes realignment controversy
Over 90 percent of faculty in the Social Sciences division do not believe the administration has done a good job of making reasons for a proposed realignment clear, according to a survey conducted within the division.
Students celebrate Day of the Dead
Halloween is a fun celebration but for many it is much more than that. It represents All Souls Eve, which is the start of Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) which depending upon your tradition lasts from the day after Halloween to three days.
Smoking rules being widely ignored
With the massive amounts of cigarette butts littering many areas on campus, smokers have made their mark on almost every inch of campus, except maybe one: the actual designated areas.
TV biz competitive, writer says
There’s hardly a better way to learn about the television production industry than directly from an accomplished sitcom writer. Sheldon Bull, a Hollywood television writer, producer, director and actor told The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers how competitive the industry really is, and what it takes to get into it.
Holiday food drive aims to help students in need
The Cross Cultural Center is holding a holiday gift basket drive now through Nov. 10, to help make this Thanksgiving brighter for students in need.