Summer starts early with the Associated Students Organization barbecue today, taking place from 2 to 4 p.m. in front of their new building near the business office. The event will feature free food, music, a pie eating contest and other games – including a Nintendo Wii tournament – which is to be held indoors in the newly completed Great Hall of the ASO building.
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President’s Honors List Reception
More than 100 students were honored and recognized for academic achievement at the President’s Honors List Reception May 13. The Music Quad was filled with smiles and families as the honorees received medals for making the Dean’s List three consecutive times, achieved by maintaining a 3.
Year in Review
MANURE TEAM COMPETES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. The Pierce College manure team, led by environmental sciences professor Craig Meyer, traveled to the nation’s capital this semester to compete for the first time in the annual People, Prosperity and the Planet competition conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Unprofitable financial aid suspended
Community college students may find it harder to obtain loans because two lenders, CitiBank and J.P. Morgan Chase, have temporarily suspended certification of federal Stafford loans to community college students nationwide, according to the American Chronicle.
Child Development Club
The new Child Development Club met Thursday afternoon to discuss the Pathways in Early Childhood Education (PECE) program, as well as to participate in a resume workshop given by Stacey Longmore, Pierce College Child Development professor. Ninety members make up the Child Development Club.
Recruiting a new kindof G.I. Bill
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote this week on a new G.I. Bill designed to further educational benefits for post-9/11 veterans. S.22, also called the “Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act,” would provide 36 months of benefits up to the cost of the most expensive in-state public school, as well as money for books and housing costs to those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a news release by Sen.
THE WEEKLY BLOTTER
May 8 – 4:20 p.m. A suspect broke into a vehicle and took an electronic Casio keyboard, valued at $800. May 12 – 3 p.m. A car was vandalized in Lot 4. 6:30 p.m. 14 laptops were taken from Room 3310 in the Fine Arts Building. Each laptop is valued at $2,500.
Bookstore makes video to promote Buyback
The traditional Book Buyback will occur May 22 to June 3, a month after the untraditional YouTube and MySpace release of the “Books and Beyond” music video produced by the Pierce College Bookstore. The rap song was written and performed by Pierce student Cardel Jackson, who goes by the stage name of J Stylez 285.
In the face of world hunger
As I was loading my sixth box of Honey Bunches of Oats cereal onto the conveyor at Costco, I was perturbed to find a small scrap of paper taped to the register stating limits on the number of bags of rice we could buy: five bags per member. Sure, it’s not a huge deal; five bags of basmati go a long way in my house.
Wireless is on its way
Dear Editor: My name is Mark E. Henderson and I am the current Manager, College Information Systems for Pierce College. This letter is in response to the article titled “A campus staying connected,” by Aaron Sheldon in the May 7, 2008 issue of the Roundup newspaper.