Q & A with Jimmy Kimmel

Why did you pick the Harvest Festival to film a Halloween segment? ? “I can never turn down a huge phallus.” What advice do would you give to community college students? ? “Drop-out. It is a waste of time, unless you want to learn how to carve a penis in a field — if you do, then this is the finest college in the state.

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Sheriff’s blotter

Pajama Party in Teacher’s office A woman was found attempting to enter campus from Winnetka Avenue Sept. 19 when she told theriff’s officers that an instructor had let her stay overnight in his office while her house was being fumigated. Not only did she have the key to the office, but when the office was examined, a woman’s night gown on the bookcase, blankets folded on a chair and a sheet on another chair were found.

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Houston, we have a problem

Within three months, two internal affairs at NASA have embarrassed the department and shocked the nation, launching the question: What’s up with NASA? These astronauts are nuts! If you haven’t heard the story of Lisa Nowak, drop your jaw and raise your eyebrows now.

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CINCO DE QUE?

Bring out the music, sombreros, carne asada and don’t forget about the tequila; Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner. But what exactly are we celebrating? “I believe we are celebrating the Independence of Mexico,” said Patty Velasquez, who is Hispanic and is majoring in liberal studies.

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Three days of rock

The awkward tan lines, never ending drive, dehydration, unbearable portable toilets and the desert heat did not stop me from enjoying the music, art and loving atmosphere this weekend at Coachella. After months of planning, hours of driving and waiting an hour in line to get inside the venue, we entered the gates with not much knowledge of what was on the other side.

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Special plans for Special Services under way

A self-evaluating survey of the Special Services program was recently distributed to the faculty of Pierce College by Norm Crozer, director of Special Services. The anonymous survey is a self-evaluation questionnaire given to Pierce faculty. Every odd-numbered year, they are given back to Crozer for analysis on what suggestions and recommendations the faculty writes down.

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Debate persists over academic aptitude

With the recent accreditation visit still fresh on administrators’ minds, the topic of whether or not Pierce College students are academically prepared has been under much speculation. From high school to college, student to professor and district to administration, opinions on the matter have run the gamut and the criteria by which a student is deemed “under-prepared” remain unclear.

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