Amid controversy surrounding incidents involving Sheriff’s personnel on several Los Angeles Community College campuses, the board of trustees meeting today is expected to include further discussion about the role of active Sheriff’s operations in an educational setting.
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Fall ’07 term:
As the semester is drawing to a close, it seems that the theme at Pierce College this fall was “improvement.” One way this is evident is in the expansive construction projects that were finished, or started, this semester. Things began in September with the grand opening of the S.
Calling all students and faculty
The Community College Initiative, Proposition 92, will appear on the Feb. 5 ballot. The main benefits to community colleges under Proposition 92 are that it not only lowers and stabilizes fees, but also separates community colleges from the all-too-frequent budget battles between the Democrats and Republicans.
Sweet dreams for Desdemona
Shakespearian plays of old are twisted into a laughing frenzy in “Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet),” a tasteful comedic play that mixes Shakespeare with Lewis Carroll. Created by Canadian playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald, “Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)” tells the tale of Constance Ledbelly (played by Jonica Patella), an assistant English professor whose obsession lies in the works of William Shakespeare-more specifically “Othello” and “Romeo and Juliet.
What are primaries?
Q&A: What are primaries? “Open primaries are for all Democrats anRepublicans. Closed primaries are for only Republicans or only Democrats.” Tierra Battle Political Science major “I think it’s a process in which people are given freedom to select whoever is going to be the right president to control certain problems.
Study aimed to learn about teaching
The end is near for a four-year, nationwide study examining how student teaching programs affect new teachers’ approaches to handling classrooms and what skills they learn from the programs. Called “Teaching Teachers to Use Technology: What Works and Why,” the study has been conducted by the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Stem Cell Cloning, an issue to ponder
The uproar all started ten years ago with a sheep named Dolly. Why, you ask? Because Dolly was the first animal to be cloned from an adult stem cell rather than an embryo. Since then, all types of animals have been cloned — cows, mouse, pigs, you name it.
Finals…not again
Another semester at Pierce College is coming to an end, and with this comes the ominous week of finals. Many will be clamoring to the library or organizing groups in order to get some studying done. We all knew this week was coming sooner or later, but I never would have imagined it to come this soon.
La vidá loca no más, no more crazy life
No one would dare cross the path of Raul Morales 12 years ago. If you saw the 6-foot, 5-inch, tattooed man then, you’d have known instantly you wouldn’t want to mess with him. Now, when the 50-year-old Pierce College student stands up to reveal his daunting height, he reaches for anything he can get his hands on: tables, door handles, or his 4-foot, 11-inch wife for support.