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Winter session discussion to be held second meeting in July

The decision of whether winter session will continue has been pushed to July. Full story

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LACCD Chancellor takes leave of absence

Dr. Marshall E. (Mark) Drummond, Chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District, has taken a leave of absence, which began June 24. Full story

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Winter session discussion to be held second meeting in July

The decision of whether winter session will continue has been pushed to July. Full story

Student Services building to open Oct. 21

Looking at Tina Park— New board of trustee member

Cerritos College newspaper gets slashed

Cerritos administration cuts funding for community college paper

Campus smoking policy up for possible revision

Policy was brought up at last Senate meeting after editorial was published

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Gail Hobbs gets teacher of the year

As each semester passes, students at Pierce College come and go. However, the professors who impact the lives of those students are remembered forever. Gail Hobbs, a geography professor who died this year of cancer, will be memorialized by having the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) room named after her, making a “Gail Hobbs Memorial Scholarship” and honoring her with the 2009 Professor of the Year Award. Full story

INTERACTIVE: 5 Players, 1 Goal

INTERACTIVE: Express Yourself

INTERACTIVE: Up in smoke

Looking at Tina Park— New board of trustee member

Fourth of July Fireworks Fun.

Fireworks Extravaganza and SRO Big Band at the Valley Cultural Center. Full story

Understanding Cerebral Palsy through a Pierce singer

ASO art scholarship and World Music Festival focuses on multi-cultural awareness

REVIEW: Nothing left to save

REVIEW: Not a quiet two hours at the ‘Museum’

New Stiller movie brings laugh to children young and old but for short times

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COLUMN: The endless road in college

Imagine having your entire college plan mapped out. You know exactly when you’re taking the classes you need to and you’ve planned which ones you need to take before you can advance to another. Unfortunately, those plans may have come to a crashing end when the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) announced May 27 that all of their colleges were directed to cancel their second summer sessions. Full story

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: More than just students

COLUMN: When the law interrupts the love

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Keeping the campus clean and beautiful

COLUMN: Hope against hope

When a loved one is sick, there is a need to be strong and not let despair overcome us

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Pierce Football trains harder off and on the field

Recovering from a disappointing semester, this year’s team makes efforts for improvement

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Pierce Football trains harder off and on the field

Recovering from a disappointing semester, this year’s team makes efforts for improvement

Pierce athletes and coaches fire back at a common “misconception”

Volleyball digs into next season

Trying to meet their goals

Soccer hoping returners, recruits will lead the team to glory

Good on Paper: A season wrap of the Pierce College Baseball team. Gerard Walsh / Roundup

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Pierce College 61st Commencement Ceremony

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Cerritos College newspaper gets slashed

Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif., won’t have much of a paper trail next year as its campus newspaper, the Talon Marks, will not be in stands. The dean of fine arts and communications along with the vice president of instruction at Cerritos decided to cut Talon Marks, the college paper, down to one issue per semester starting in the fall.

Pierce athletes and coaches fire back at a common “misconception”

While many athletes follow the same path to the pros — playing for a Division I program straight out of high school — it is a common misapprehension that it is the only way to make it to “the big show.” Adolfo Perez, head coach of the women’s soccer team since 2001, begs to differ.

Philip Stein to retire

After 45 years of dedicated service at Pierce College, Philip Stein, professor of anthropology and department chair of anthropological and geographical sciences, will be retiring. Stein began his first teaching job out of college working at Pierce part time from 1964 to ‘65.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Learn to keep it private

There have been two articles in The Roundup lately regarding the concern that potential employers and prospective colleges are judging people by their Facebook or MySpace profiles. These are valuable facts to consider and there are valid arguments for or against the practice.