Orange Line on fast-track to serve Valley

The Metro Orange Line will usher San Fernando Valley residents for free on its official grand opening weekend, Oct. 29 and 30. In addition to free rides for two days, on Oct. 29 there will be community festivities from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., including information tables, vendor booths, community organizations and many more activities at these participating stations: Pierce College, North Hollywood, Los Angeles Valley College, Balboa and Warner Center.

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Teachers OK new pay $cale

Los Angeles Community College’s faculty overwhelmingly approved a new contract, including a 5.23 percent pay raise for 2005. The new contract was drawn up after nearly a year’s negotiations. An estimated 173 full-time teachers and 500 part-time teachers at Pierce will be impacted by the projected pay raise.

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High Holy Days

Jewish people from around the world will celebrate the High Holy Days, which according to Rabbi Yakov Vann of the Calabasas Shul, is a time of reflection in all of our relationships from the evening of Oct. 3 to sundown Oct. 13. The two holidays the High Holy Days are centered around are Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) and Yom Kippur (the day of atonement).

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Food services: not fit

The majority of opinions expressed by students and faculty on campus are universal in their unflattering comments about the quality of the food services available at Pierce College. Larry Kraus, enterprise manager for the past four years, is very much aware of the food conditions on campus and is most anxious to improve and provide quality food and services for the students and faculty.

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For beliefs…

Standing atop a trash can in Hollywood, with hundreds of onlookers gazing up at her, Pierce College student Jen Donnell pauses for a moment, scissors in hand. With her long, brown, curly hair sectioned off into ponytails, Donnell promptly begins chopping off each section with little hesitation.

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Valley teens showcase artwork

The portraits were hung, the ceramics were set and the statues were posed as the candles flickered and Chinese lanterns swayed outside of the Pierce College Art Gallery, awaiting the arrival of young artists from across the Valley. In honor of Youth Art Month, Pierce played host for the first time to a visual art exhibit showcasing the talents of local Valley teens on March 23 with scholarships to three art schools handed out to the best work.

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Tennis team suffers another loss at home

There were no green pastures at the end of the road as the Pierce College tennis team lost at home to their tough competitor, Glendale Community College April 3. The game was focused on two sets of matches: singles and doubles. Six tennis players from both schools played on individual courts in the singles matches while two players from both schools played on three different courts in the doubles matches.

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Book burial B-Listed

The stage on the Campus Center was set: a mock tombstone amidst a pile of textbooks, the focal point of a protest of their extravagant prices. March 27 was a day of demonstration, albeit a sad one. In a building that can accommodate seating for 380 people, fewer than 20 showed up in support of the cause.

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