Laminated discipline

For the first time in Pierce College history, 8 Ω by 11 inch laminated placards offering guidelines on how to deal with disruptive behavior and/or students in crisis were distributed to all faculty members this semester. There is no specific reason that prompted the decision for the distribution, said Joy McCaslin, vice president of Student Services, however, “people are more aware because of the incidents at Virginia Tech.

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$$Cleaning the Campus…or Not?

“Floors are so filthy you don’t want to set your backpack down.” “The chemistry lab tabletops crunch with chemicals when you put your notebook on them.” “My pet peeve is the greasy, sticky computer keyboards and mice in the Learning Center.” “The outdoor bulletin boards with old curling outdated announcements look really trashy.

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New grading system sparks debate

Nick Habib, Ph.D., chair of the philosophy department, introduced a new grading proposal during a Sept. 24 Academic Senate meeting. The new system would implement plus (+) and minus (-) grades on transcripts. Habib is a Pierce College philosophy professor and part-time California State University, Northridge ( CSUN) professor.

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$$Fashionably Lame

She was wearing a cute Juicy Couture miniskirt, a matching pink summery tank top, and had the entire Californian blonde beauty look. However, she had decided to give a finishing touch to her fashion statement by showing off her pink Ugg boots in the middle of the scorching summer heat! I have heard of the expression “fashionably late” but attending summer school at Pierce made me realize that a lot of people are also “fashionably lame”.

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