Quantcast Roundup

Weeklong course seeks to aid athlete education
Joseph Roberson, counselor and Pierce alumnus, gives an orientation speech to athletes enrolled in Personal Development 15C, a one-unit academic-success course.

Weeklong course seeks to aid athlete education

In an effort to familiarize athletes at Pierce College with skills for achieving academic success while participating in sports, Personal Development 15C - The Summer Readiness Program for Athletes - started today and will continue through Thursday.

> read more

Did you miss Comic-Con 2008?
Wonder Woman, played by Hollywood street-character Jennifer Wenger, pretends to choke a fan at the 39th annual Comic-Con International, which took place in the San Diego Convention Center from July 23 to 26. Wenger usually walks Hollywood as Wonder Woman, shown in the 2007 documentary "Confessions of a Superhero".

Did you miss Comic-Con 2008?

Hollywood, comic books, video games and fans from all walks of life collided again in the San Diego Convention Center for one of the largest entertainment gatherings in the world - the 39th annual Comic-Con International. Comic-Con, which took place from the July 23 Preview Night through July 26, is a nonprofit event intended to educate and create awareness of and appreciation for comics and their related popular art forms.

> read more

New ASO president seeks to lower book prices
Christian Marfil-Amatulli, standing outside of the ASO trailer, is the new ASO president for Fall 2008 and Spring 2009. Amatulli ran against three other candidates and plans to fight for lower book prices.

New ASO president seeks to lower book prices

The posters went up. The votes were put in. And the final decision elected Christian Marfil-Amatulli as the new Associated Students Organization president for the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 academic semesters. Marfil-Amatulli, 26, philosophy and political science major, has been attending Pierce College for three years.

> read more

Human nature exposed in revisited Broadway musical
Dr. Henry Jekyll (Geoffrey Going) fails to suppress the personality of his chemically-empowered evil nature, which manifests itself in the character of Edward Hyde.

Human nature exposed in revisited Broadway musical

The dark irony of Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical has been not only preserved but greatly amplified in the presentation by the L.A. Pierce College Theatre Arts Department, a chilling rendition that carries the viewer through Dr. Henry Jekyll's ill-fated yet impassioned hunt for a method to isolate - and ultimately eliminate - evil from the human nature.

> read more

Talking while driving? No more

Talking while driving? No more

TOPIC | Statewide ban on using handheld phones while driving OUR VIEW | While the ban makes roads safer, there are unaddressed dangers. Eating, applying makeup, shaving, reading, text messaging, checking a map - people engage in all kinds of activities that, while normally safe, become incredibly hazardous when performed while driving a car.

> read more

New building taking shape as 'symbol of Pierce'
Pierce President Robert Garber signs the final steel beam to be lifted to the highest point of the new Student Services Center, July 10. The building, estimated for completion by Fall 2009, will house many student services that are currently scattered across the campus.

New building taking shape as 'symbol of Pierce'

The last steel beam of the new Student Services Building was signed by involved project members at a "topping off" ceremony yesterday, commemorating the beginning of a new phase toward the year-away completion of the $18 million building.

> read more

Events

13 things to do during summer 2008

One: Hollywood Bowl Get out your red-and-white-checkered tablecloth and - if you're over 21 - bring your best bottle of $9 table wine. What was once known for yuppie music is a host to some of the newest talents on the scene this summer. Upcoming shows: Feist July 20 Gnarls Barkley July 27 Radiohead August 24 to 25 Find out more at: Hollywoodbowl.

News

Foundation commits $70 million to CCC

California Community Colleges received an unprecedented $70 million commitment from the Bernard Osher Foundation May 6. "The more we looked into the higher education community, the more we've convinced ourselves of the need of the community college system," said Mary Bitterman, president of the Bernard Osher Foundation.

Columns

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

This semester, every story the Roundup published seemed to be marred with the "looming threat" of the state's budget deficit. The $16 million debt we are in has also led to an administration hungry for money, which was made evident with the district's approval of Proposition 39, a third construction bond measure that would do practically everything the two proceeding it should have done, yet costs taxpayers nearly double the price.

Site Meter

Advertisement

Poll

Overall, what do you think needs improvement at Pierce?
Submit Vote

View Results

Advertisement