New ASO president is a stranger ‘no Moss’

Tessa Moss isn’t the typical 22-year-old college student. Driving down Victory Boulevard in her primer-colored 1989 Chevrolet Camaro, Moss isn’t listening to the latest Timberlake and Timbaland remix. In fact, she doesn’t even have a car stereo. Just the occasional whisper of air in her ear accompanies the Kansas native to where she feels ever-so-lucky to be going – Lot 7 of Pierce College.

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‘Legends of the farm’

‘Legends of the farm’ By: Ben Rizzo A shotgun wielding mother wards off invaders with a rifle in one hand and a newborn baby in the other. A peg-legged cowboy shoves a knife into an American Indian’s ribcage as a tomahawk is jammed into his shoulder. No, this isn’t the scene at some studio back-lot in Hollywood.

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A Passion for swimming

A ‘Swim to Support Pierce Pool’ fundraiser Oct. 21, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. will be hosted by the Friends of Pierce Pool at the college pool. The funds will specifically be used for the maintenance of the pool, which according to Friends of Pierce Pool’s mission statement is a valuable asset to the college and surrounding community.

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Math professor doubles her duties

The fresh Fall semester is a chance at something new for faculty as well as students, as is the case for Professor Sarah McCune, 28, who is beginning her first full-time semester at Pierce College. McCune (formerly Hipschman, before getting married December 31st, 2005) has taught various math courses at Pierce College since Fall 2004, working as a part-time professor.

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Boosting business and bulging bellies

After decades of wavering certainty with regard to the Cafeteria’s future, supervisor Linda Brown found the worries of last semester humorous. “It’s nothing new; they’ve been hanging this over our heads for twenty years,” she explained with a chuckle. In May, Pierce College President Robert Garber predicted the Cafeteria’s demise, calling it “a remnant of the past.

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Letter from the Editor

Hello, my name is Karina Gonzalez, and I am the new Editor in chief of The Roundup. As editor of The Roundup, it is my duty and obligation to inform, as well as protect the rights of, our readers and staff. It is to these duties that I put all of my energy, heart and soul; and this quality newspaper is the product of that.

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