A serial killer by the name of Zodiac taunts California with coded letters of his morbid murders, daring anyone to stop him. “Zodiac” is the story of the Zodiac killer and the men who tried to put an end to him, condensed into an R-rated 158 minute movie.
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‘Amazing Grace’ offers message of hope
Millions of slaves being traded as cargo in inhumane conditions is finally is being put to an end. “Amazing Grace” is situated around the abolition of the slave trade and is centered on main character William Wilberforce (played by Ioan Gruffudd), an abolitionist who campaigned to put an end to slave trading.
Call 911 for ‘Reno 911’
In 84 minutes, “Reno 911!: Miami” convinced me that writers have run out of creativity and major movie studios have lost their ability to discern between funny and obscene. This was after sitting through a brainless and repetitive compilation of foolish jokes that seemed to have been written by a 7-year-old.
Am I really over drafted yet again?
I remember the first time I signed up for a credit card, because it was only a few months ago. Perhaps I recall that time really well, not because of the “achievement” of getting my own credit card itself, but because of the problems that it helped me solve.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Ask almost any student on the Pierce campus what they want to do with their life and you’ll get the same response: a shrug of the shoulders and a blank look. It seems that despite enrolling for classes, declaring majors and planning transfers to four-year universities, many students still haven’t conjured up a response to the age old question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” To be fair, almost everyone has a vague idea of what interests them and what they’d like to avoid at all costs.
New bill lowers student loan debt
The future of college students across America is looking brighter, economically speaking, after the House of Representatives voted to cut student loan interest costs in half. The College Student Relief Act of 2007 will benefit more than five million undergraduate students across the country.
Is counseling enough to transfer?
They say the act of transferring from community college to a four-year university has slowly become a thing of the past. They say due to a student’s lack of understanding for the IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum), money spent for unnecessary units and stacks of books is being thrown away and lost in a sea of ignorance.
Various workshops aimed to prepare students
The admissions and records, counseling and financial aid buildings’ busiest days are usually during the beginning of the semester and almost seem forgotten after the whirl wind of students have found there way around and their important questions have been answer.
The facts are in and the numbers are up
The student population is growing rapidly at Pierce College. Enrollment rates are rising faster than ever this semester and this may cause overcrowding in classrooms and parking lots at Pierce. As of Feb. 8, 2007 the enrollment was up to 18,078 students.