$$The Evolution of Comedy

46 It wasn’t long ago when television comedy ruled the evening. I recall turning on my favorite sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle” 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.

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Pierce cooks Bakersfield

The Pierce College Brahmas cooked the Bakersfield College Renegades 3 games to 0 in their third Western State Conference Southern Division game last Friday. Like tigers in a coliseum, Pierce and Bakersfield were at each other’s necks in the first game. In the beginning half, both teams played a game of tag with the scoreboard as one point after another was gained from both sides.

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$$Initiative aims to improve California’s community college system

Proposition 92, also known as the Community College Initiative, aims to reduce student fees by $5 per unit and make several other changes that will affect more than 2.5 million students at California’s 109 community colleges. “The most direct impact on students is that the initiative will lower student fees, currently at $20 per unit, to $15 per unit,” said Pierce College President Robert Garber.

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Revenge of the Social Nerds

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, “You know we just go to class and leave.

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