CCs are to UCs as apples are to oranges

Part of the Pierce College mission statement reads, “…to ensure that students achieve their educational, career and personal goals.” “Personal” may be the most important part of the mission. An Orange County Register editorial, published Dec. 4, 2006, is infused with accusations that degrade and belittle all the work put forth by the staff of this and other community colleges.

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Book burial B-Listed

The stage on the Campus Center was set: a mock tombstone amidst a pile of textbooks, the focal point of a protest of their extravagant prices. March 27 was a day of demonstration, albeit a sad one. In a building that can accommodate seating for 380 people, fewer than 20 showed up in support of the cause.

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Tennis team suffers another loss at home

There were no green pastures at the end of the road as the Pierce College tennis team lost at home to their tough competitor, Glendale Community College April 3. The game was focused on two sets of matches: singles and doubles. Six tennis players from both schools played on individual courts in the singles matches while two players from both schools played on three different courts in the doubles matches.

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Me, myself and “Y”?

While observing fellow classmates at Pierce you might see signs of a narcissistic Generation Y on the bound. The student looking intently at themselves in their car door and then through every reflection they cast on doors and windows on their way to class, the flood of MySpace and YouTube practically anywhere the Internet is accessible on campus, and the occasional student that seems to speak in class only to hear his or her own voice.

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Valley teens showcase artwork

The portraits were hung, the ceramics were set and the statues were posed as the candles flickered and Chinese lanterns swayed outside of the Pierce College Art Gallery, awaiting the arrival of young artists from across the Valley. In honor of Youth Art Month, Pierce played host for the first time to a visual art exhibit showcasing the talents of local Valley teens on March 23 with scholarships to three art schools handed out to the best work.

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For beliefs…

Standing atop a trash can in Hollywood, with hundreds of onlookers gazing up at her, Pierce College student Jen Donnell pauses for a moment, scissors in hand. With her long, brown, curly hair sectioned off into ponytails, Donnell promptly begins chopping off each section with little hesitation.

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A life remembered…

An informal memorial for Bert Sanchez will take place Monday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Building’s Mainstage. Sanchez, who taught at Pierce College for 11 years, died Friday, March 9 at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks.

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