Child-friendly pumpkin gets green light

The Pierce College Harvest Festival has a newly-added animated character, Spookley the Square Pumpkin, who delivers a top notch show with a moral endearing to young children. The friendly, adorable square pumpkin whose motto is, “Sometimes being different makes all the difference in the world,” can be seen at the festival daily every 30 minutes until 6 p.

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Spooky house scares socks off

The moon was full, the crowds were large, the night stood still and then a sharp cutting shriek pierced through the ear. Welcome to the Pierce College Halloween Harvest Festival. It has been a great success that really lives up to its name. Large crowds of adults, teens and children gather to go to the festival on the corner of De Soto Avenue and Victory Boulevard .

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Making a change

Pierce College hasn’t always been the thriving, successful and economically established school that it is today. Only six years ago, Pierce’s campus had some issues. That is, until the campus’ current Vice President of College Development, Dr. Tom Oliver came to its rescue in 2000 and helped turned the school’s future around.

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A Harvest Celebration

A Harvest Celebration Wednesday was the annual Pierce and Valley College Hillel Sukkot celebration at Pierce College. But this year the Pierce/Valley Hillel joined forces with the Chayalim club for the festivities. Sukkot is a joyous harvest celebration to give thanks for the earths bounty and is celebrated over a one week period.

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Polls favor bond #3

More than half of the 1,000 voters who responded to a recent telephone survey favored an additional $2.85-billion third bond proposed by the L.A. Community College District (LACCD), but the board of trustees have not yet decided when, or if, to put the measure on the ballot.

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