Current plans for the food court include the obliteration of our cafeteria, the Country Café, which is not prospering the way the administration and district want it to. Plans by the Los Angeles Community College District to bring in outside food and beverage vendors to the food court, follow in the footsteps of four-year institutions such as California State University, Northridge.
Month: April 2008
Pick one and stay with it
“Stop eco-terrorism!” “Get out of Iraq and stay out of Iran!” “Impeach Bush!” “Don’t eat bananas, Dole kills babies in Mexico!” “Fight for women’s rights in Africa!” “Stop bad military recruitment practices!” “Don’t buy products from China!” “Save the habitat of the three-legged Canadian kangaroo cousins!” OK, so maybe that last one isn’t true, but making fun of anything Canadian is inherently amusing and judging from the glut of causes to support at the recent Los Angeles so-called anti-war protests, I’m sure you could have found someone to champion it.
Dire need of bodyguard
Owen Wilson stars in “Drillbit Taylor,” a PG-13 comedy about a homeless guy pretending to be a bodyguard to make some money off of three wimpy kids. It is the first day of high school, and Ryan (Troy Gentile) and Wade (Nate Hartley) are positive that they will be popular this year.
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: POWER OF THE POSTER
“Who remembers the Armenians?” When Adolf Hitler asked his subordinates during World War II whether any of them recall the killings of more than 1 million Armenians in the early 1900s, there was no response. Today, Pierce College is taking a step in spreading awareness of the Armenian Genocide through the medium of art, with the opening of the “Power of the Poster”exhibition in April – the month of commemoration of the genocide.
Music fans disregard damage to industry
Music artists today are getting stabbed in the back, this time not by faulty contracts, but by the fans that illegally download music as opposed to buying CDs. CD sales are down dramatically. According to the Recording Industry Association of America’s Web site, downloading music for free causes $12.
One in four teenage girls has an STD
A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed a fact about teenage girls today: One out of four has a sexually transmitted disease. Chlamydia, a bacterial infection and the most common type of STD in the United States, is also the most common among women at Pierce College.
Professor lectures on balance between security, freedom
The Pierce College ENCORE/Oasis program continued its lecture series March 13 with Professor Norm Levy’s talk entitled, “Freedom vs. Security post 9/11.” ENCORE students accounted for the vast majority of the participants, but other students joined in as well.
Adjunct teachers may get increased workload
A bill that would allow parttime professors to teach one more unit within California community college districts has been passed in the California state Assembly and is presently being discussed in the state Senate Committee on Education. Assembly Bill 591 was authored and introduced by Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally, who was unable to be reached for comment.
THE WEEKLY BLOTTER
March 20 – 3:15 a.m. Students were caught drinking in Parking Lot 7. March 21 – 6 p.m. An iPod was stolen from a locker in the Men’s Gym Locker Room. March 25 – 6:20 a.m. A vending machine was vandalized at the Country Café. 7:30 p.m. An employee hurt their back while moving tables in the Village area.
Comeback kids fall short
Brahmas baseball suffered a defeat at the hands of the Wolverines of San Bernardino Valley College March 20. Trailing by as many as twelve runs early in the game, Pierce College battled back to within four, eventually losing, 16-12. Although the loss drops the Brahmas’ record in league play to 5-7, head coach Joe Arnold remains optimistic about his team’s performance.