Why are bad teachers allowed to continue teaching? Many Pierce College students report that professors tell their classes they cannot be fired no matter what they do. One professor regularly goes on angry tirades in class, belittling students, telling them to shut up and even going to far as to tell a student to kneel before him as an apology for speaking out of turn.
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‘Professor of the Year’ honored at AS meeting
Dr. Isidore “Izzy” Goodman, head of the chemistry department at Pierce College, was named Professor of the Year at the Academic Senate meeting on April 30. The honor was awarded to Goodman by the Professional Growth and Development Committee headed by Kathy Oborn, political science and economics professor.
Summer performance ‘Carousel’ set to have largest cast
A large cast of Pierce College students will be performing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” this summer in the Performance Arts building. The Pierce College Theatre department is currently having auditions for this musical; singers, dancers and actors are encouraged to go to the Theatre Department to sign up.
LACCD profs rank high in pay
A salary review published in the National Education Association’s newsletter, Higher Education Advocate ranks a full-time teacher’s salary at Pierce College to be $69,200 annually. This means that Pierce and the L.A. Community College District (LACCD), rank in the top half of the list that was published in the Advocate’s 2007 review, which compared the salaries of full-timers and part-timers in all the colleges in California.
Swimming: School records set, state finals made
The women’s team ended the season with a 3-3 win-loss record, while the men’s team struggled and ended the season with a 1-5 win-loss record. Jessica Chen placed first in the 50, 100 and 200 yd. freestyle events as well as Deborah Hefter sharing similar success in the 50 and 100 yd.
Don’t give up
It has been roughly five years since the last time I left the United States of America and Pierce College because of a personal matter. I left my education over here at that time without a degree. Last January, I came back again to this country for continuing my education about two more semesters left and after two denials of a visa.
Letter to the Editor
I’m writing in response to your editorial, “Inform, then contain” that was critical of how the college handled communication regarding several incidents that occurred in recent weeks. While I could dispute the completeness of your facts, and how you’ve interpreted them, I basically agree with your conclusion that better communication would benefit all of us in the Pierce community.
Prolific profs published
Some professors at Pierce College are doing it. They write their own textbooks and require students to use them in order to take their class. Some might automatically assume that professors are using their own written textbooks to cash in on the proceeds, but this is hardly the case.
Rules of subtraction: Getting more from textbooks
In an effort to make teachers aware of their ability to combat the high price of textbooks, Greg Osweiler, Pierce College Student Store manager gave the Media Arts and Anthropology departments a pizza party May 8 for getting their textbook orders in first for summer school 2007 classes.
Creative Voices brings Ellison to campus
Noted writer-editor Harlan Ellison will be the inaugural speaker for “Creative Voices,” a series hosted by the Student Success Committee, consisting of a daytime event and a separate evening event May 22 at Pierce. “We have planned [Creative Voices] as a series to inspire students,” said Christine Valada who has helped English Department Chair Donna Accardo with the series.