The Associated Students Organization (ASO) has been especially vocal both on and off campus, in their recent campaign to reduce student debt. Among the latest demonstrations was a giant tombstone in memory of expensive textbooks that became prematurely obsolete, and a blow-up ball and chain, which represented students being “shackled by debt.
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Know your encyclopedia: Wikipedia
Ryan Jordan claimed to be a professor of religion while writing articles for Wikipedia. Actually, he was a college drop-out who was asked to resign after lying about his credentials. Wikipedia is an internet encyclopedia that is relatively easy to access by anyone and is used by students and people alike who seek information.
‘Hot button issue’ cinema to be viewed and discussed at first film festival
Hitting Pierce College theaters next week is the first-ever film festival, “Celebrating Diversity.” Headed by Sylvia Silva, compliance officer and chairwoman of the Diversity Committee, the film festival will take place from April 23 to 27 in various places on campus.
Food services: not fit
The majority of opinions expressed by students and faculty on campus are universal in their unflattering comments about the quality of the food services available at Pierce College. Larry Kraus, enterprise manager for the past four years, is very much aware of the food conditions on campus and is most anxious to improve and provide quality food and services for the students and faculty.
High Holy Days
Jewish people from around the world will celebrate the High Holy Days, which according to Rabbi Yakov Vann of the Calabasas Shul, is a time of reflection in all of our relationships from the evening of Oct. 3 to sundown Oct. 13. The two holidays the High Holy Days are centered around are Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) and Yom Kippur (the day of atonement).
Teachers OK new pay $cale
Los Angeles Community College’s faculty overwhelmingly approved a new contract, including a 5.23 percent pay raise for 2005. The new contract was drawn up after nearly a year’s negotiations. An estimated 173 full-time teachers and 500 part-time teachers at Pierce will be impacted by the projected pay raise.
Orange Line on fast-track to serve Valley
The Metro Orange Line will usher San Fernando Valley residents for free on its official grand opening weekend, Oct. 29 and 30. In addition to free rides for two days, on Oct. 29 there will be community festivities from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., including information tables, vendor booths, community organizations and many more activities at these participating stations: Pierce College, North Hollywood, Los Angeles Valley College, Balboa and Warner Center.
Library databases world at fingertips
Each year, $30,000 is spent on 29 databases available to students for free in the library and in their homes. Subscriptions for search databases allow students to view journals and full text articles from databases such as InfoTrac, LexisNexis academic, Newsbank and Business Source Premier, the world’s largest full text business database.
“F” for e-mail failure
The beginning of the semester is a critical time for students to enroll in classes and get off to a good start for the rest of the year. In this day and age, technology has taken over and the “best” way to reach anyone is through e-mail. During the end of first week and beginning of the second week on the Pierce campus, it was not.
Construction costs soar; Master Plan cuts eyed
A meeting for the finalized plan of the new budget for construction will be on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the College Services Building Conference Room. At this meeting the Pierce College Council and voters will finalize the construction plan and present it to the President.