Baseball Head Coach Bob Lofrano has been selected as Pierce College’s new athletic director, replacing Bob Lyons who in March retired from the position after 13 years. Lofrano’s dedication to sports, specifically baseball, spans decades. He played baseball for Pierce from 1968 to 1969.
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Summer market opens:
A part of Pierce College’s agricultural past has returned with the re-opening of the corner market, located at the southeast corner of De Soto Avenue and Victory Boulevard was around in the ’80s and ’90s, and will again be open until Sept. 15. “This corner store will be harking back to the farm store that was here years ago,” said Linda Carberry, supervisor of the market.
Intimate Apparel
“Close ya mouth b’fo’ ya teeth dry out!” razzed Mayme, a 1905 Manhattan prostitute played by Mimi Vasser. It was as if she had caught me-I promptly picked my jaw up off the floor and slid back in my seat. Opening Friday night at 8, the theater department’s latest production, “Intimate Apparel,” boasts a truly smokin’ cast to match its racy title.
‘Rage’ still burns in Coachella
“I can tell they are going to start with ‘Testify’ by the way Morello is holding the guitar. What can I tell you? I’m a nerd. I came all the way from Sweden just to see Rage,” said a fan right before Rage Against the Machine took the stage. And he was not wrong.
Three days of rock
The awkward tan lines, never ending drive, dehydration, unbearable portable toilets and the desert heat did not stop me from enjoying the music, art and loving atmosphere this weekend at Coachella. After months of planning, hours of driving and waiting an hour in line to get inside the venue, we entered the gates with not much knowledge of what was on the other side.
Special plans for Special Services under way
A self-evaluating survey of the Special Services program was recently distributed to the faculty of Pierce College by Norm Crozer, director of Special Services. The anonymous survey is a self-evaluation questionnaire given to Pierce faculty. Every odd-numbered year, they are given back to Crozer for analysis on what suggestions and recommendations the faculty writes down.
Decision time for honored student
He skipped fifth grade yet barely graduated high school. He flunked most of his classes his first semester in college but is now wanted by top universities in the country. Everyone has story to tell. But rare to find, is a dynamic one such as Pierce College honor student Patrick “Tim” Simons.
Farmwatch claims animal abuse
A seven-page anonymous, untraceable Web site accuses the Pierce College Agriculture and Natural Resources Department of neglecting the animals under its care. City officials said they have been called out to the farm by anonymous sources, but have not found any signs of neglect or wrong doing.
Tanning your health away
Living in Southern California, being tan is important and equated with health and beauty, but people easily forget that being out in the sun all day can have a damaging effect on the skin. Many of us are sun-drenched beach bums who spend hours tanning in the sun and at salons without giving a second thought to what might happen as a result.
Mock crisis hits campus
Five people were found dead after an explosion in the Physics Building left 21 injured and three others hospitalized, according to a news release written at a mock disaster drill on Friday. The release was just one facet of the eight-hour tabletop training session in the Campus Conference Room.