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.
The third installment of Resident Evil (Extinction) has finally come and in all honesty, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. The successful video game franchise that is known as Resident Evil deals with one thing only: Survival Horror. In every sense, this genre has propelled the series to its current stature on various gaming systems.
O.J. Simpson is once again in the news. This time, it’s because of allegations of kidnapping and robbery stemming from a Sept. 13 confrontation with sports memorabilia collectors in a hotel room in Las Vegas. As the media keep me updated on the latest developments in the story, I start to wonder how long the trial will last.
The sun couldn’t have been brighter for the Pierce College Women’s soccer team on Sept. 25. The Brahmas hosted Valley College, at The Pit, dismissed them with a 6-0 shut out win to start the Western State Conference tournament. “It was the best game of the year,” said Brahma coach Adolfo Perez of his team’s 10th game of the 2007 season.
The air erupts with electricity. Shouts echo from every direction, machine gun fire drowning out any hope of understanding them. The bolts of plasma fire cut through the tree line ahead, leaving scorch marks in their wake. Dashing, I duck as a grenade explodes in a deafening thunder next to me; sending dirt and debris across my vision.
