TOPIC | Statewide ban on using handheld phones while driving OUR VIEW | While the ban makes roads safer, there are unaddressed dangers. Eating, applying makeup, shaving, reading, text messaging, checking a map – people engage in all kinds of activities that, while normally safe, become incredibly hazardous when performed while driving a car.
This semester, every story the Roundup published seemed to be marred with the “looming threat” of the state’s budget deficit. The $16 million debt we are in has also led to an administration hungry for money, which was made evident with the district’s approval of Proposition 39, a third construction bond measure that would do practically everything the two proceeding it should have done, yet costs taxpayers nearly double the price.
One: Hollywood Bowl Get out your red-and-white-checkered tablecloth and – if you’re over 21 – bring your best bottle of $9 table wine. What was once known for yuppie music is a host to some of the newest talents on the scene this summer. Upcoming shows: Feist July 20 Gnarls Barkley July 27 Radiohead August 24 to 25 Find out more at: Hollywoodbowl.
The posters went up. The votes were put in. And the final decision elected Christian Marfil-Amatulli as the new Associated Students Organization president for the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 academic semesters. Marfil-Amatulli, 26, philosophy and political science major, has been attending Pierce College for three years.
The dark irony of Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical has been not only preserved but greatly amplified in the presentation by the L.A. Pierce College Theatre Arts Department, a chilling rendition that carries the viewer through Dr. Henry Jekyll’s ill-fated yet impassioned hunt for a method to isolate – and ultimately eliminate – evil from the human nature.
Hollywood, comic books, video games and fans from all walks of life collided again in the San Diego Convention Center for one of the largest entertainment gatherings in the world – the 39th annual Comic-Con International. Comic-Con, which took place from the July 23 Preview Night through July 26, is a nonprofit event intended to educate and create awareness of and appreciation for comics and their related popular art forms.
SEPT. 2, 2008 — Students trying to deal with back-to-school disarray may find this semester less stressful thanks to the opening of the new 700-space Parking Lot 8 and the addition of a disabled-student van service. The van service – which will continue indefinitely – will include the new lot, located off El Rancho Drive, as one of the six pickup points.
The last steel beam of the new Student Services Building was signed by involved project members at a “topping off” ceremony yesterday, commemorating the beginning of a new phase toward the year-away completion of the $18 million building.
In an effort to familiarize athletes at Pierce College with skills for achieving academic success while participating in sports, Personal Development 15C – The Summer Readiness Program for Athletes – started today and will continue through Thursday.
The last steel beam of the new Student Services Building was signed by involved project members at a “topping off” ceremony yesterday, commemorating the beginning of a new phase toward the year-away completion of the $18 million building.
