At home, Curt Riesberg leads a quiet, personal life. He lives with two cats, and he likes to spend his free time writing, fishing and traveling. At Pierce College, however, he is the new full-time Learning Center teacher since last spring, where Riesberg not only teaches reading and writing classes, but also works with the tutors there.
Most students don’t know much about Pierce Christians United (PCU), formerly known as The Christian Club. “I don’t believe in institutionalized religion,” said Teresa Romo, a student who has decided against joining the ranks of any religious clubs. Many students share a similar view and the PCU noticed a need for change.
The price of tuition, plus the general cost of living, creates a very expensive equation for the average Pierce College student. Add that to the new editions of books that raise the prices for the addition of a single sentence that the publisher deemed vital to the understanding of a whole textbook.
Your 9/26 editorial about the unfairness of being asked to “memorize” stunned me. It showed a level of immaturity often seen among college students, and thoughtlessly maligned an important step for achieving success in any field. All fields, from the arts to the sciences, require mastery (memorization) of thousands of odd new words and phrases representing the ‘language’ of the field.
Dear Editor: The act of teaching is exactly that; — an act. It is a second class citizen, a miscreant, an unwanted stepchild, the loser pretending to be hip. After all, teaching is not the exclusive sacred realm here; it is learning that is sacred. It is the conscious act of the learner taking responsibility for their own learning that becomes the crowning glory of higher education.
The Pierce College Football team continues to have a positive beat when it comes to team work. After starting the season with 2 straight wins, then later losing the next two, the Brahmas entered their fifth needing a win in order to stay alive in the Western State Conference.
Pierce College pummeled Citrus College 3-0 at Women’s Soccer on last Thursday’s game at 2:45 pm. The Pierce soccer team had worked well together to win the match. Working in a team effort, their attack and defense was very balanced throughout the game. “We had a balanced attack [and] very good defense,” said Adolfo Perez, coach of the Pierce Women’s Soccer team.
SHERIFF’S BLOTTER Twisted-On September 11th, a soccer player hurt his ankle and was transported by the fire department to the hospital. Touchy-A student threatened another student for taking his parking spot in Lot 1. Tired-An employee in the 0100 building began to feel ill and fainted on September 12th.
This weekend Pierce College was proud to welcome back their annual Halloween Harvest Festival. This wildly popular event opened on Friday, September 29. It’s located at the corner of De Soto Avenue and Victory Blvd. for the next five weeks and everyone is invited.
Tutors Ana Barraza 1-1-1-1 Tech Savvy Tutors Wanted Teachers to Tutor Teachers Faculty Staff Resource Center Seeks the Technologically-Inclined In hopes of bringing teachers out of the dark ages of chalk and chalkboards, the Faculty Staff Resource Center is looking for peer tutors to shed some technological light on their fellow faculty members.
