With winter approaching a little too slowly to sunny California this year, Pierce College’s Fall semester is reaching an end and final examinations are knocking on the door. Finals mean good and bad news. Who wants to be at school way into the holiday season? Nobody.
Category: Opinion
Living in fear of “The Box”
As far back as I can remember I have feared “the box.” When I was younger, the choices were a little easier to decide, it was either “black” or “white,” but today it seems that even though there are more races to choose from there are still none that I can identify with.
To keep football, we must do it right
To say that the Pierce College football team had a tough season would be an understatement. With only one win (the rest losses), the players have been plagued with a number of problems off the field, which likely contributed to their performance on it. The Brahmas began this past season with 0 wins and 10 losses in 2005-punctuating a 38-143 record dating back to 1988.
‘Deck the Halls’ an unoriginally re-run
It’s that time of year again! Shopping sprees, holiday cheer, and, most notorious of them all, holiday movies. “Deck the Halls,” starring Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick, fits in perfectly with the mood of other dysfunctional family holiday movies done in the past.
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.
‘Apocalypto’ a well done blood bath
Mel Gibson gets to the point in “Apocalypto.” He starts out with a fierce hunting scene to get the audience in the film. The savage nature of the warrior comes out in different ways. “Apocalypto” has English subtitles and Gibson does a remarkable job with the Mayan Yucatec language.
Students counseled to prepare for future
Too many college students take classes in college, which they later on find out will not help at all with their major. Too many of them do not know what their major is. A lot of the students want to apply to schools that do not offer the major they want to study.
Why does an “I” have to become a “We”?
I called my best friend the other evening because I was having yet another issue with the male species. For the past ten years of my life this is what I have done. Always eager to hear (I hate to admit) a much more mature, unbiased and rational viewpoint, I have always frantically dialed her number, awaiting my usual complimentary therapy session with whom I so affectionately refer to as “Dr.
Education can lead to graduation
Why is it so hard for students to leave Pierce College? At a recent meeting of the Pierce Academic Senate, President Robert Garber said that roughly 70 percent of those students who enter Pierce with intentions of transferring to a four-year university are unable to realize that goal.
Energy at Rose Bowl fuels fan’s devotion
As I walked into the Rose Bowl Saturday, it was going to be a great day. The long-standing rivalry between USC and UCLA is one of the biggest stories in college football. They are cross-town rivals who play for bragging rights every year, and I could just feel the excitement as I walked into the stadium.