Share: Defending the goal for her team as she does every Wednesday, freshman goaltender Natalie Wassall was not planning on facing a serious head injury. As the women’s water polo team handles a forfeited season, she contemplates her future as a student-athlete in a sport that makes no promise of being gentle. Follow:
Editorial: Cheap food cheaper values
Share: Pasadena City College (PCC) continues to neglect transparency and student safety in favor of affordable food. Follow:
Police Blotter: “Religious cult” reported hovering over student
Share: Monday, November 5 Officers discovered damage to PCC property at parking lot 1. A report was made of a male who approached a female student while she was on the track and made her feel uncomfortable. The male was counseled and then released. A student reported that her estranged mother attempted to contact her while on campus. The mother was gone when dispatch arrived. A report was made of a male who was disrupting soccer practice on the field. The male was escorted off …
Title IX at PCC: ‘A culture of reporting rather than a culture of silence’
Share: In the wake of the ongoing #MeToo movement and sexual assault allegations making national as well as local news, understanding the policies that make up Title IX on college campuses, including Pasadena City College (PCC), is integral. Follow:
Final three candidates chosen in the presidential search
Share: After last year’s failed presidential search, PCC has enlisted the help of different outside firms and a campus screening committee, selecting three final candidates for the school’s president in a new search. Follow:
Thinking is critical to professors, students in theory club
Share: In the corner of an office sits English professor Shane Underwood, the Critical Theory Club (CTC) adviser, hunched over his desk, trying to figure out how to connect his printer to his computer. While he was away on his sabbatical last year, a couple of things got rearranged – apparently his printer was one of them. Follow:
Dia de los muertos: It’s not Latinx Halloween
Share: The smell of incense filled the quad as the Aztec dance group, Yankuititl performed in traditional indigenous garb honoring Dia de los Muertos. Colorful feathers extended from their headbands and bounced as they danced. Calavera (skull) face paint drawn on the faces of students—all signifying an appreciation for their ancestors and those who have passed. Follow:
‘Planting Memories of Our Roots’: PCC honors indigenous culture
Share: A group of ten people, clad in nuts and feathers and some in traditional Native garments and headbands dance in a circle while low drums guide their beat. Their ankles, strapped with rows and rows of nut shells, match the beat of their steps and add to the sounds of the flutes to come together as they perform four different choreographed indigenous dances. Follow:
Editorial: Award winning journalism, pathetic budget
Share: Every semester, the Courier comes away from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) conference with numerous awards for our talents in writing and photography. However, unless our publication is able to acquire the necessary funding from Pasadena City College (PCC), we risk losing vital access to this important conference which allows us to further our skills and journalistic integrity by creating journalists ready to document stories for our campus and beyond. Follow:
Photo student focuses her lens on Hollywood celebs
Share: Sitting in the quad, a young lady looked through the content on her camera, observed her surroundings and stumbled upon a very unique shot that caught the attention of many students around campus. Students wondered with curiosity about her approach and interest with her camera. Emerson Lee Eoff, a 20 year old photographer from Bakersfield, has come to Pasadena City College (PCC) to pursue her passion in becoming a celebrity portrait photographer. Follow: