People seem to be obsessed with the idea of finding an underground artist or a musician only they know about. Mine is Jeff Buckley. Many publications have considered Buckley’s sorrowing howls to be one of the best. His voice can easily retain its own along with the likes of Kurt Cobain, Leonard Cohen and Van Morrison.
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‘Shrek’ success threepeated
The Boston Globe says of it “the series still favors the jokes.” The Chicago Sun-Times commented that it is “lacking the comic energy of the first brilliant film and not measuring up to the second.” The film “Shrek the Third” deserves more praise than that.
Laptops in the classroom: Education or distraction
You get settled into your seat and ready your notebook for the teacher’s lecture. As the teacher begins her speech, the classmate beside you turns on his laptop and begins clicking away at the keyboard. With frustration and curiosity, you look over to the screen to see a neighbor typing down the teacher’s words but twice as fast as you can scrawl.
Needing, wanting a liquid energy fix
The reflection watching me shook with trepidation. A nervous twitch shot through his eye, a quiver across his lip, a tremor through his clenched fists. Panic fogged the glass between us. His gaze was relentless. As we squared off, my inner child writhed with desire, compelling me to proceed.
Botanical garden to be finished by fall
Since its official opening in October 2003, the Botanical Garden at Pierce College became a refreshing area of colorful and fascinating plant wildlife, with benches offering heavenly repose amid sweet-smelling flowers, a trickling fountain and a small pond.
Students to get more money for textbooks this time around
Pierce College Academic Senate met May 14 to discuss various issues, among which the report by Associated Students Organization (ASO) president Abraham White was the highlight, obtaining the applause of those present. After discussing routine issues, Academic Senate president Tom Rosdahl introduced White, who talked measures that would save students thousands of dollars in textbook prices.
Updated security measures in the works
Plans to improve security and communication in emergency situations on campus were addressed at the Academic Senate meeting May 14 by Pierce College President Robert Garber. “One of the problems at Virginia Tech was that there was no communication telling people to stay in one place,” said Garber.
New campus center in the works
A blemish on the Promenade Mall now for well-nigh two years, the former bookstore is finally receiving some much-needed attention in the form of a $2,380,000 makeover. The renovations, scheduled for completion in December, will transform the abandoned bookstore into Pierce College’s new and more versatile Campus Center.
Analyzing teaching methods
The oversight and implementation of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) is now in the hands of Professor Barbara Anderson, who was elected SLO coordinator during the May 14 Academic Senate meeting. SLOs are used to track and analyze predetermined criteria within a particular course, so that teachers can assess the students’ performance in various aspects of the course.
As cost of living increases, health fee stays the same
If there was to be a health fee increase, a male psychologist will be quickly added to the health center staff. As each new semester approaches students are forced to pay all those fees that come along with enrolling. There is the ASO fee, the parking permit, the student representation fee and the $11 health fee.