PCC lacks cultural awareness, not diversity

Share: A typical day on campus can include the sound of rhythmic salsa music as couples shake and shimmy their way through the quad in the afternoon sun;. a celebration of culture. In the same day, one could also catch a viewing of The Vagina Monologues, a production aimed at deconstructing  and subverting traditional notions of gender. Follow:

Police Blotter: Squirrel goes nuts, terrorizes students

Share: Monday, October 30 Facilities reported a black male sleeping on the floor in the C-building on the 4th floor and was advised to leave. A suspicious white male was being observed while exiting the men’s locker room in the GM-building. Two suspicious subjects were escorted off campus after being seen between the U and UU buildings. A 23 year old student was transported to a hospital after having a seizure near the Bonnie structure on campus. A microwave was reported to be on fire …

Lancer Pantry teams up with Food Forward to fight hunger on campus

Share: The Pasadena City College Lancer Pantry Advisory Committee was formed to address food insecurity among PCC students by offering a food pantry resource. The food pantry on campus is completely stocked by donations, and continues to grow due to the attentiveness of Barbara Freund, Lancer Pantry Committee, and the Associated Students. Follow:

Natashia Deon Graces PCC, Grace haunts readers

Share: A tiny figure in a tattered and bloodied yellow dress runs through the woods. Tripping over her own feet, she clutches her belly, throwing frantic glances behind her. This is the opening to Grace, a novel by PCC’s writer in residence Natashia Deon. The scene came to her, somewhere between daydream and hallucination, while in her home, clutching her newborn so, when she was transported to the 1850s Alabama woods. Feeling connected to the young slave woman, Deon felt compelled to tell her story. …