In celebration of Black History Month, performers took the stage at the Freudian Sip last week and shared their thoughts with poetry, prose and song. Initially scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. outside the Sip, the event was pushed back half an hour after nearly 45 degree temperatures forced a move indoors.
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Drink, eat and sing:
An afternoon entitled “Un jour sans vin est comme un jour sans soleil” describes an event filled with French culture infused with wine, hour-d’oeuvres and of course, French music. The quote, which translates to “A day without wine is like a day without sun,” was an appropriate to title for the annual wine tasting reception that featured Pierce College’s choir, the Los Angles Symphonic Winds, the premiere of two musical pieces and a selection of Californian and French wines.
Hot food, cool music
The cafeteria may become the coolest place on campus, at least on Wednesday evenings, with “Live Wednesday” debuting tonight from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. “Lots of people have asked us to offer the kind of things they can find at the Freudian Sip,” said Linda Brown, cafeteria manager.
Make a plan and make it work
If you can’t do something right, then don’t do it at all. Lately, the Pierce College administration and offices seem to be doing plenty of things that just aren’t right. We have a Web site that students are encouraged to use for all sorts of needs, including registering for classes, that is frequently not working.
B-ball forfeit leads to new process
In the wake of the eligibility reporting problems that caused both Pierce College basketball teams to forfeit their season, no detailed review has taken place to determine where the ball was dropped. “No one has asked me to do any investigating,” said Shelley Gerstl, dean of Admissions and Records, whose office is responsible for submitting eligibility reports to the Commission on Athletics (COA).
Daylight-saving Time arrives earlier
Daylight-saving time will begin Sunday and end on the first Sunday in November, stretching the spring occurrence four weeks longer than usual. This marks the first time that it will begin in March rather than the traditional April. The move was prompted by Congress in order to help conserve energy costs, prevent automobile accidents at night.
Capsule may be lost … for all time
A Vatican artist buried a time capsule at Pierce College, but forgot exactly where he put it. “If you can find it, you can dig it up,” said Jeffrey Vallance, an American artist who attended Pierce from 1974 to 1976. At that time in his life, other than burying “close to 100” time capsules (one a week in many locations), “I was immature, getting into trouble, and doing a heck of a lot of art,” he said.
‘Astronaut’ fails to launch
“If we don’t have our dreams, we have nothing.” With a tag line like that and a PG rating to boot, you know “The Astronaut Farmer” is either going to be a sap-fest or one of those rare films that leaves you truly inspired. Unfortunately, this movie falls into the first category.
Killing me softly… A smoker’s dilemma
Swirling smoke saturates the air near the student store, the most popular smoking section at school. I make my way to the small square marked out on the ground- a holding pen for future cancer patients. School regulations say that you must be 20 feet away from any building to be able to smoke, but I have a gut feeling that inch-by-inch our rights are being tarnished like the enamel of our teeth.
Well, it was almost a chance for a ‘dream job’
I was a regular 19-year-old student at Pierce College with goals, dreams and desires like any other man my age, until suddenly my life took an unexpected turn. About a year ago, ESPN Deportes, which is a subsidiary channel for the worldwide-known sports channel ESPN, announced that auditions for the reality show “Dream Job: El Reportero” (The Reporter) would take place in six different cities across America.