The Campus Center filled to capacity with people intently listening to instructors lecture. They took their seats, asked questions and took copious notes. Some snuck in chitchat with their neighbors while the speakers looked away. So began the day for a group of more than 60 visiting counselors from local area high schools.
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Tax prep for students
Want to get your taxes done? For free? Business 10, a course that teaches the fundamentals of how to prepare state and federal personal income tax returns, offers tax services at no charge on campus through the Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
Taste of the Valley:
I know we can all agree that there are times when all we can think about is enjoying a juicy hot dog for lunch but we can’t seem to get ourselves to any ballpark that normally sells that sort of thing. Well, let me put your worries to rest. QT’s Chicago Dogs is the place to be when your appetite is raging and you need a good fill of some all-natural American cuisine.
Defiant Starlets Give New Meaning to “Filthy Rich”
“Miss Hilton, you must be worth a trillion bucks,” The Penfifteen Club sang in a recent dedication to the heiress. But these days, Paris is looking more like a Hollywood hooker-and a cheap one at that. The iconic blonde and her plastic pals have, in recent weeks, managed to utterly dominate newsstands with their drunken antics.
Bare feet ‘n’ bamboo flutes
During the warm months of the year, a man makes bamboo flutes by the arboretum. Peter Stanford, 55, has been coming to Pierce College for 20 years, although he has never taken a class on campus. He found the place because a friend told him that the horticulture area had bamboo.
Presidential race on MySpace
Rock stars, movie stars, sports figures and now even politicians are joining the party by adding friends to their customized pages on Myspace.com. At least five of the official nine Democratic candidates for the presidency on 2008 have a page on the now world-famous Web site.
Dancing their way to spring…
As the flowers begin to bloom and springtime brings beautiful weather, Pierce College dancers will also contribute with an event that will make everyone appreciate new beginnings. The Annual Spring Dance Concert an opportunity that is brought back every year for everyone to experience a different type of art.
’10’ for 300
Muscular warriors, cutting-edge cinematography and ‘Matrix’ like combat scenes make “300” a movie that both guys and girls will love to watch. The much anticipated “300”, which is based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City), depicts the ancient Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans fought bravely against a huge Persian army.
2 entry roads, farm area scheduled for major improvements
El Rancho Drive, also known as the Farm Road, will soon be undergoing construction as part of the continuing campus renovations. Bidding for the construction took place March 6. A construction company will be chosen to replace the previous company that had protested against plans.
Why Voting Matters
The race for the White House is more than a year a year and a half away, but contenders are already off and running. Candidates seem to be everywhere-proposing legislation in the House and Senate, releasing daily statements about their opinions on pretty much everything, even making visits to states with big influence in the primaries like California.