The sun has yet to come up and still slumbers behind the rolling hills that line the San Fernando Valley. The street outside is quiet and awaiting the avalanche of cars that will descend upon it like clockwork. Most students in the Valley are sleeping, but not Ismael Siciliano.
As you walk in, you’ll hear the buzzing sound of the shavers. Then, there’s the same old wait in line until the next available seat opens up, leaving you with a choice between reading the outdated stacks of magazines on the table or simply waiting until you hear someone say, “Next.
In a recent environmental project, Pierce College students took the bull by the, uh, tail and used animal waste (manure) bound with green waste (grass clippings) to produce a useful solid product that yields certain environmental benefits. The Pierce College Manure Team is a scientific team made up of eight current and former Pierce students working under the guidance of Professor Craig Meyer.
The holidays are coming up once again. That means sales, shopping and most of all cranky customers. For those who work in the customer service field, whether food or retail, you know exactly what I am referring to. For some odd reason, customers tend to be crankier, rather than nicer, during this time of year.
No one would dare cross the path of Raul Morales 12 years ago. If you saw the 6-foot, 5-inch, tattooed man then, you’d have known instantly you wouldn’t want to mess with him. Now, when the 50-year-old Pierce College student stands up to reveal his daunting height, he reaches for anything he can get his hands on: tables, door handles, or his 4-foot, 11-inch wife for support.
Another semester at Pierce College is coming to an end, and with this comes the ominous week of finals. Many will be clamoring to the library or organizing groups in order to get some studying done. We all knew this week was coming sooner or later, but I never would have imagined it to come this soon.
The uproar all started ten years ago with a sheep named Dolly. Why, you ask? Because Dolly was the first animal to be cloned from an adult stem cell rather than an embryo. Since then, all types of animals have been cloned — cows, mouse, pigs, you name it.
Q&A: What are primaries? “Open primaries are for all Democrats anRepublicans. Closed primaries are for only Republicans or only Democrats.” Tierra Battle Political Science major “I think it’s a process in which people are given freedom to select whoever is going to be the right president to control certain problems.
Shakespearian plays of old are twisted into a laughing frenzy in “Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet),” a tasteful comedic play that mixes Shakespeare with Lewis Carroll. Created by Canadian playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald, “Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)” tells the tale of Constance Ledbelly (played by Jonica Patella), an assistant English professor whose obsession lies in the works of William Shakespeare-more specifically “Othello” and “Romeo and Juliet.
