Students still undecided about a career path or having difficulty choosing a major can take a seminar offered by the Pierce counseling office Nov. 16, 1-2:30 p.m. in Bungalow 398. The workshop will showcase personality and career-interest tests designed to help students make informed decisions regarding their choice of major and future careers.
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Coffee dreams– and nightmares
Been to your local coffee house lately? Some students make a living off caffeine addicts. Working for a major coffee company is interesting business, but it does have its drawbacks. The subject of our ire is also the object of our desire — customers.
Whose Life is it, Anyway?
Put a big smile on your face: Drop by Music Room 3400 on a Wednesday afternoon and experience a class of older adults having a blast learning the ins and outs of improvisational theatre. If you thought retirees were too old for this stuff, think again.
Rate Pierce College professor’s online
Dear Roundup, I am a longtime student here at Pierce writing to let all of my fellow students know about an important resource that can help them pick the right professors for the classes they need or want to take. It is the Web site www.ratemyprofessors.
Archrival Valley prevails
A deafening silence descended over Shepard Stadium Saturday night after Valley College took the lead on a fourth quarter interception to snatch a shocking 36-33 comeback win over the stunned Brahmas. Monarch cornerback Geoff Tisdale waltzed into the end zone when he picked off freshman quarterback Thomas Herringshaw’s ill-advised lateral pass on the Brahma 8-yard line.
‘Enemy of the People’ stands strong, alone
“The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone,” said Hendrik Ibsen, known as the “father of modern drama,” and author of the play, An Enemy of the People, that will open under the direction of Valorie Grear, on the main stage of the Performing Arts Building on Oct.
Sheriff’s blotter
Pajama Party in Teacher’s office A woman was found attempting to enter campus from Winnetka Avenue Sept. 19 when she told theriff’s officers that an instructor had let her stay overnight in his office while her house was being fumigated. Not only did she have the key to the office, but when the office was examined, a woman’s night gown on the bookcase, blankets folded on a chair and a sheet on another chair were found.
Q & A with Jimmy Kimmel
Why did you pick the Harvest Festival to film a Halloween segment? ? “I can never turn down a huge phallus.” What advice do would you give to community college students? ? “Drop-out. It is a waste of time, unless you want to learn how to carve a penis in a field — if you do, then this is the finest college in the state.
Day of the child slated for Sunday afternoon
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Jane Seymour, star of “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” live music performances, free food and a chance to share some time with up to 2,000 excited foster children is the agenda for the upcoming Day of the Child event. Pierce College will host its third annual Day of the Child at Shepard Stadium on Sunday.
Afternoon stars shine bright by day
Los Angeles Pierce Symphonic Winds (LAWinds) presents its fall concert Oct. 9 at 2:30 p.m. in the Pierce Performing Art Building (PAB). LAWinds performs seasonally in addition to the annual High School Band Festival. Community members and students who are amateur, semi-professional and professional musicians perform in this 85-member ensemble.