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An elderly man sat between four students, each was calm and focused as they presented their traditional Chinese calligraphy skills in the Quad on May 23. As they dipped their bamboo brushes into dark black ink, and made smooth brushstrokes across parchment paper, not one of them seemed fazed by the crowd that peered upon their works in progress.

With summer break quickly approaching, students have found favorite spots to hike through in and around the city, all within 10 minutes off campus.”You can see perfect views of Glendale all the way out to El Sereno from Lou Debb’s Park in Highland Park,” said Bryan Guevara, 21, neuroscience.

Lancer track and field athletes came home with two medals from the state championships held over the weekend in Sacramento at American River College.

As institutes of knowledge accommodating differing perspectives, college campuses are also popular stages for students to exercise their First Amendment rights. The U.S. has observed this throughout time. Kent State University, for example, made headlines in 1970 after the National Guard violently intervened in a student rally sparked by the decision of then President Nixon to invade Cambodia.

PCC Police Department Chief Peter Michael has suddenly gone on leave and is scheduled to officially retire June 30.

PCC architecture student Gabriela Colmenares took second place at the annual “2×8: Source” exhibition, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects, on May 7.

Students are reaping the benefits of having Wi-Fi nearly everywhere on campus, providing a convenient way to complete schoolwork or for recreational use.Not all students use the Internet strictly for school, but many are finding it a convenient way to do homework nearly anywhere on campus, including outdoors.

Jared Burton is part of a small team of librarians in the Shatford Library working with the Pasadena Museum of History and Public Library to digitize relics about the city.

Maiko Perez, sociology, owns four bikes-two road bikes and two mountain bikes.”I like to keep multiple bikes in case one breaks down,” Perez said. “The hardest part about riding bikes is one breaking up on you. Other than that, it costs a lot less than driving.

CSU Los Angeles’ Luckman Theatre, a media partner with KPCC, will be offering PCC students discounted tickets for the performance of Ahn Trio at 8 p.m. on June 4.