Pierce College held their own against San Diego Mesa College Wednesday, winning with a score of 3-0. The game played out in Pierce’s favor for most of the night, with Mesa only collecting enough steam to keep the audience on their toes. Pierce finished the first game 30-17, with Mesa taking the lead only once by two points mid-game.
New accounting teacher Robert Foster, who occasionally likes to break free from numbers by scuba diving, hiking and mountain biking, has joined the Pierce College faculty this semester. Born in Northridge, Foster has lived in California his entire life. He grew up in Saugus with his five older siblings.
More than 1,300 foster children are expected to gather at Pierce College on Sunday, Oct. 14, to participate in the Day of the Child. The Day of the Child is an event sponsored by Children Uniting Nations (C.U.N.) to raise awareness of homeless and foster children in the L.
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.
