A slice of pizza or a free T-shirt is often all it takes to lure a college student into filling out a credit card application that could haunt them for years to come, but passage of the College Student Credit Protection Act (AB 262) will regulate this type of marketing on California campuses.
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Shelter from the fires
As wildfires blazed in Canyon Country and Malibu, Pierce College once again became the destination for horses being evacuated from threatened areas. While horses were arriving in trailer after trailer, the sounds of revelers at the Halloween Harvest Festival and the music from the Persian festival wafted over the area, mixing with the whinnying of frightened horses at the equestrian center Sunday.
Ghosts on a Mission
Ghosts Ana Barraza 1-1-1-1 Ghosts on a Mission Unexplained Apparitions Unfinished Business With Halloween festivities in full swing, sightings of costumed ghouls and goblins are not unusual, and although the occasional Britney Spears getup can be quite scary, nothing is as frightening or disturbing as an actual spine-tingling encounter with the spirit world.
empty recycle bins
Since the release of the controversial documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” everyone is about recycling and saving Mother Earth. But once you’re done reading this issue of The Roundup, what do you do? Do you do the convenient way and kindly recycle it? It’s sad to say the fact that most of these newspapers will simply become trash since they are being left on benches once readers are done, and will be scattered all over campus creating an eyesore on that green grass of the campus.
This is comedy?
It wasn’t long ago when television comedy ruled the evening. I recall turning on my favorite sitcom and laughing within minutes. Then, along came comedy’s unscripted adversary, reality television. Although a handful of legitimate and harmless comedies might still exist, the reality boom has spawned a majority of absurd, tasteless shows and outrageous behavior.
Nerds take revenge against Pierce’s small social scene
Kicking-off its first-ever meeting, the Fellowship of Social Nerds Pop-Culture Club met in Pierce College’s Business 3201 on Oct.10. The club is the creation of 18-year-old Jonathan Brown, a second-year student at Pierce. “Part of the reason I’m doing this is because it’s not really social here at Pierce, so it’s kind of a bummer,” said Brown.
Learning: Altruistic students get unit credits
Pierce College offers a way to earn college credit while helping out people in society every day. Students at Pierce are volunteering their time to help many different people in their community. Not only do students get to work with others in need and gain experience in their fieldwork of choice, they also earn one CSU transferable unit.
Teaching it new school
Many students find themselves unable to afford the overpriced books that are required for many classes. But in Professor Craig Meyer’s class, the only things you need to bring is yourself, your mind, and your pens and your paper. Why? Unlike many other teachers at Pierce College, Meyer doesn’t require a book in his classes for two reasons.
Art teacher reaches students with her passion
As a child in Armenia, Ramela Abbamontian wondered how her mother could design remarkable artistic decorations out of seemingly boring backyard flowers. Now working on her Ph.D in art history at UCLA, Abbamontian makes a living analyzing the myriad of artwork throughout history, helping students learn about the intricacies and impact of commonly ignored aspects of art.
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
April 2007 marked the 21st anniversary of Jeanne Clery’s rape and murder in her Lehigh University dorm room. As a result of this tragedy, Congress passed the “Clery Act” of 1990, which requires that all institutions of higher education publish their crime statistics for the past three years (e.