Champions

The Pierce College women’s basketball team emerged champions of the sixth annual Brahma Thanksgiving Shoot-Out this past weekend in the Pierce gymnasium. Pierce had reached the tournament’s final game in each of the past three seasons, but had never won it all.

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(REVISED) You Are What You Eat

From pizza and chips to soups and lattes, the variety of food offered at Pierce College is incredible! When I was asked to write an opinion story on the food offered on campus and if fast food should be available, I was excited. Although I have never considered myself to be a health freak, eating well is a part of my every day life.

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Blood drive

The American Red Cross and the Pierce College ASO partnered up to give students and volunteers the opportunity to save the lives of many Californians. The Pierce blood drive was held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 20 and 21, and gave participants a chance to win a $500 cash prize.

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The Art of the Cartoon

On a Saturday at 8 a.m., most college students are sleeping. In fact, anyone over the age of 18 that doesn’t have to work on the weekend should be sleeping; however, if I have no work on a Saturday, I like to kick off the day with Kids WB. No, you didn’t just misread that sentence.

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****8$$Pierce nets $2.5 million in grants

56 lines, 640 words. Millions of dollars in grant money have been awarded to Pierce College recently, including $2,038,306 to help fund online course development and $359,757 for the Pierce Early Childhood Education (PECE) program. More than $189,135 was awarded across numerous other grants, most of which were submitted early in the year and approved in August and September.

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Let’s Get Physical (CORRECTED)

College students nowadays have enough on their plates with school and work let alone making time to add a little exercise in their daily schedule. Many go to school full-time and work a part-time jobs or vise versa. So how is it that they can find the time to exercise? Steve Ruys, fitness coordinator at Pierce said that students do make the time to exercise.

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