At the Jan. 24 Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees meeting, Associated Students Organization President Abraham White disclosed a program that would involve the renting of expensive textbooks. The program will provide the opportunity for students to rent the most expensive books by paying a small amount to use them for the entire semester.
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Trustees election no sure thing
With four of seven seats on the L.A. Community College District (LACCD) board of trustees on the ballot this Tuesday, the battle for control in the country’s largest community college district is heating up. The Alliance for Education, a reform group headed by former trustee Pat Owens, is running a slate of four candidates against the four incumbents, and two independent candidates have joined the race for seat five on the board.
Classrooms get face-lift during winter intercession
Despite a very tight schedule of only three weeks and various behind the scenes administrative issues, during the winter intercession, 30 classrooms around the Pierce College botanical garden received a face-lift. These classrooms are located in the Math, English, Social Science and Behavioral Science buildings.
Food court on the menu for campus
Jamba Juice or Starbucks? Carl’s Jr. or Panda Express? Why not all of them? The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) has recently put out a Request for Proposals (RFP) for anyone interested in embarking on a new construction project that will feature a food court as well as a commissary for one of its bigger campuses-Pierce College.
Unwinding your nights at the Whisky A Go-Go
Since its first opening in January 1964, the Whisky A Go-Go has undergone many changes, but still remains a crowd hot spot on the Sunset Strip. For a time, the Whisky only played recordings with no live band, but this changed as live bands became the main music played throughout the night.
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.
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.
B-ball takes third in tournament
The Pierce College Women’s Basketball team finished third in the 2006 Rose City Classic Tournament in Pasadena last weekend. The Brahmas’ third place finish in the annual tournament was the best in the team’s history.
Not worth the money honey
On Gwen Stefani’s sophomore attempt of a solo career, “The Sweet Escape,” she fails to do anything except make the listener change the radio station. The charm and cutesy, bubble gum voice that Stefani sang her heart out with on her albums with No Doubt has suddenly become whiney and flat.
How to take back that ‘freshman 15’
It seems like everyone in college, at one time or another has heard of the dreaded “freshman 15.” Late study nights, new roommates, pizza parties and a school cafeteria later, everything we eat will eventually catch up with us, especially if the only example you have for exercise is walking back and forth from your car to class.