The mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the superior teacher demonstrates, but the great teacher inspires. According to many of his students, Professor Chuck O’Connell is the type to inspire. “O’Connell’s class is an eye opener. It’s truly an informative, inspiring experience.
Year: 2006
Don’t settle for others’ decisions this election day
1919: Women, too long forgotten, face alienation and oppression just to say, “I too, count.” 1944: “The White Primary” laws, excluding Blacks from voting, are declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 1965: People from all walks of life demand equality allowing everyone to have their say.
Remember the day; Remember veterans
As we enter the month of turkeys, relatives and elections, it’s easy to forget how much we take for granted. From our mouthfuls of gobbler, to our time spent with family and our freedom to choose our own representatives we forget what we have. We forget what so many gave their lives for and put themselves at risk to protect.
To Whom it May Concern:
I am a student at Pierce College and I also work in the Office of Academic Affairs. I picked up the recent copy of The Roundup and was shocked to see the description used by your writers in a description of Republican Peter Hankwitz.
Student band aspires to make music
Jamming in the cafeteria is nothing new to this Pierce College band, unforutnetly they are still without a name. “For our name we want something that has kind of a blues feel…something with trains,” said Beth Nordeen, 33, who plays rhythm guitar. According to Nordeen, “Trains have kind of a working class feel, and a blues kind of feel,” because she feels they are “something that’s going somewhere.
HIV testing returns
After announcing last month that free HIV testing would no longer be available on the Pierce College campus, the Health Center will once again be offering confidential testing beginning November 13. In addition to the confidential testing, the speaker’s bureau Being Alive will be returning to campus for an AIDS/HIV Awareness Week that will highlight personal accounts of living with HIV/AIDS.
Pierce brings more diversity than UCs
Approximately 18,657 students are enrolled at Pierce College this semester. A population that throughout the years has become increasingly diverse despite the contrary difficulty that the University of California campuses experience each year in attracting students, particularly those with distinct ethnic backgrounds.
Concurrent enrollment program draws younger
The number of students enrolled in Pierce College’s concurrent enrollment program is growing, and the students are getting younger. “If the student looks 14-years-old, they probably are,” said Izzy Goodman, president of the Pierce Academic Senate. Concurrent student enrollment at Pierce, students in kindergarten through 12th grade, has reached 1,548 students, a majority of whom are still in high school.
Faculty helps Native American organization help others in need
America is deemed by many as “the land of opportunity” and is a country in which so many of our ancestors and existing immigrants seek to inhabit in hopes of a better life. So then why is it that, according to a 2004 survey of the United States’ Census Bureau, twelve and a half percent of the U.
Tuition reduction sought
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill to reduce fees from $26 to $20 per unit beginning after Jan 1, 2007, members of the Los Angeles Faculty Guild and other educational organizations said the reduction was not enough. The guild’s new initiative, filed in mid-July, proposes a reduction in enrollment fees to $15 per unit and would restrict the government from increasing the fees in the future.