Pierce and its people are a melting pot. We provides an education to students from countries around the world as well as students with different
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Let’s take a break with college hour
College Hour is an effective way to increase extracurricular activities and involve students in campus life. It also creates a window professors are available for
Make a campus wide equipment checkout program
It isn’t anything new that textbook prices and other expenses for college students have risen over the years. It is also safe to say that
Surveillence cameras necessary
The jewel of the Los Angeles Community College District is becoming more and more tarnished with every week due to mounting budget concerns.
Why so much money?
Cartoon: Maria Salvador Class has ended and for some students it means an hour between classes, so why not take that hour to
Visit the Health Center
Illustration: Maria Salvador Students aren’t maximizing the resources and services made available to them at the Student Health Center. In fact, there have only been
The Battle To Transfer
Priority enrollment should be given to students with the most seniority and who are ready to transfer. This semester found classes filled wall-to-wall
Waste of bond money
The bond project money is being squandered on frivolous structures around campus. There is campus beautification and then there is just pointless spending. With the
It’s not easy being ‘green’
For Pierce College to merit the label “green,” it should require every aspect of this school to be eco-conscious – this, we have not yet fully achieved. The Clinton Climate Initiative honored the Los Angeles Community College District’s Green Building Program, which is the highest environmental accolade in the state, but how much of the school’s efforts are going to waste? Every environmentally-efficient act the school and district takes seems to be countered by an almost equally harmful one.
The budget of our futures
As students, our failure to act in unity has cost us greatly in terms of community college funding. California community colleges may lose up to $525 million, according to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed 2008-09 state budget. Community college enrollment is rising, especially at Pierce College, yet the amount of money we receive from the state is plummeting.