Certain books have the ability to take your mind away from the spot in which you are reading. Certain books can take you to a place you’ve only dreamt about. Certain books have the ability to make you want to read more and more, until you’re done and realize that you’ve read the 350-page book in six hours.
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“What the Hell”
“What the hell?” Why is there such a low rate of student and staff involvement at Pierce? People on campus either don’t have the time or don’t want to be involved. Pierce is not a four-year university complete with dorms and an ongoing campus life, but we do have more than 100 disciplines being taught to more than 18,000 students.
Weathering heights
Anaheim has Disneyland, Santa Monica has the Pier and Woodland Hills has Pierce College. Yes, we host carnivals and have a huge attendance rate, but the little-known similarity among these three places is a mutual interest in the weather. Few people realize that for more than half a century the Pierce Weather Station has collected much of the official weather data for the Woodland Hills/Canoga Park area.
The end is near… or is
Can you smell that? It’s the scent of accomplishment. Springtime is almost over and once again we see the graduates being honored for their efforts and released from the stressful life of a student. For people in their twenties, life seems to be one endless chain of events, each leading to the next, that are supposed to be gratifying in some way.
The ‘times are a-changing’ with new football receiver
The Pierce football team has been the butt of many a joke in semesters past, that’s no secret. Well, the times they are a-changing. Helping to usher in these changes is their new receiver, Ramon Perry. This is Perry’s first semester at Pierce, but he’s definitely nothing new to football, having played for upwards of five years.
Renegades eat humble pie in surprising loss
A sense of elation permeated the air Monday at a team barbecue in the Field House at Shepard Stadium that had everything to do with the football team’s 17-8 upset victory over the Renegades at Bakersfield Saturday. “It’s a major win for the program,” said head coach Dave Banuelos.
‘Potential Threat?’
Karina Gonzalez
Prevention: how to stop a stalker
Stalking. That word has been in the news a lot lately with the revelation that the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech massacre had previously been accused of stalking two female students. Everyone on campus should pay attention. A U.S. Department of Justice study, “The Sexual Victimization of College Women,” published in 2000, found 13.
Auto tech dept. does free auto repairs
C an’t afford to pay someone to change those break pads and rotors? Pierce College students enrolled in the Automotive Service Technician (AST) program learn to work on a variety of cars and they can work on yours, too. According to Tom Rosdahl, instructor of the automotive department, “Depending on the problem, anyone can bring their car in and our students can work on it.