The Brahmas’ women’s volleyball team went all the way to the state finals in Fresno last weekend before losing to Orange Coast College in the championship match. “It was the best season ever and we had fun,” said Bea Ramos. This marked the first time in school history that the women’s volleyball team advanced to the championship.
Year: 2006
Secondhand style vs. first-class appeal
Aardvarks and Nordstrom have the same amount of syllables in their names and that’s about it, because the rest is nearly incomparable in the fashion world. Now don’t misunderstand me, each store has great qualities about themselves but they are not at the same level to be compared.
To Ugg or not Ugg?
Uggs have been in the market since 1978 and it was not until 2002 that the young, hip generation of Southern California certified them the “it” shoe. Or, better yet, the media queen herself deemed them the must-have shoe in 2000 on her show and, once Oprah touches a product, it turns to gold.
Lost in the translation
The holidays are coming one by one. All the senses of this city are almost the same as the day I came to this country. Nearly two years ago, I flew from Shanghai, China, to reunite with my husband. I stood in the crowd at Los Angeles International Airport and looked around, feeling lonely.
Energy at Rose Bowl fuels fan’s devotion
As I walked into the Rose Bowl Saturday, it was going to be a great day. The long-standing rivalry between USC and UCLA is one of the biggest stories in college football. They are cross-town rivals who play for bragging rights every year, and I could just feel the excitement as I walked into the stadium.
Education can lead to graduation
Why is it so hard for students to leave Pierce College? At a recent meeting of the Pierce Academic Senate, President Robert Garber said that roughly 70 percent of those students who enter Pierce with intentions of transferring to a four-year university are unable to realize that goal.
Requirement increase in 2009
The State Academic Senate has recently passed a resolution enacting a requirement change which affects freshman entering the California Community College system effective Fall 2009 and beyond. The new classes that students will be required to take are English 101 and Math 125.
Why does an “I” have to become a “We”?
I called my best friend the other evening because I was having yet another issue with the male species. For the past ten years of my life this is what I have done. Always eager to hear (I hate to admit) a much more mature, unbiased and rational viewpoint, I have always frantically dialed her number, awaiting my usual complimentary therapy session with whom I so affectionately refer to as “Dr.
Students counseled to prepare for future
Too many college students take classes in college, which they later on find out will not help at all with their major. Too many of them do not know what their major is. A lot of the students want to apply to schools that do not offer the major they want to study.
Walking in a (warm) Winter Wonderland
It all happened over night. No more monsters crept out after dark and rather than generating screams, the former haunted house, now a Christmas tree lot, inspires joyous Christmas jingles. From scary to merry, The Foundation for Pierce College converted the corner of De Soto and Victory avenues, once an empty lot that sat on weeds three feet deep, into a functionally active place for families.