Roadside motels are given a whole new meaning as “Vacancy” checks in with bone-rattling horrific thrills in a nice, 85-minute package with enough blood and language to fill an R-rating. But does the time and rating give the film an extra punch or is it just limping behind its other scary brethren? This small tale chronicles the journey of David and Amy Fox (Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale), a disgruntled couple who can’t seem to get through a conversation without trying to scratch each other’s eyes out.

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There are aspirations at Pierce College that lie beneath the surface. Amid a student body, where eyes are predominately focused on four-year universities, the students in Pierce’s Addiction Studies Program carry on as ghosts. David Rodriguez was brought to Pierce by a pain that has stalked him for seven years.

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Pierce College, an institution not known for its prowess on the football field, announced the hiring Kevin Moore as head coach in a news conference Friday afternoon. Accumulating only six wins in the past three seasons and with the resignation of head coach David Banuelos, the football program was in dire need of rejuvenation.

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The Friendship Force of Los Angeles found a home for its World Friendship Day celebration at Pierce College on March 1, while thousands of others celebrated in their own countries around the world. In an effort to promote world friendship, peace and understanding between cultures, the Friendship Force revamped the Campus Center to create a mecca of cultural food, music and international people for the community to meet and enjoy.

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Meet with college Reps. CSUN Today 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Transfer Center University of Phoenix Today 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Campus Mall Antioch University Thursday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Campus Mall Appointments can be made online at www.piercecollege.edu/students/transfer.

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A statewide budget increase for Disabled Students Programs and Services is expected to get the program at Pierce College out of the red in the 2006 to 07 fiscal year, according to campus officials. There will be $15.4 million for a 5.18 percent cost-of-living-adjustment for specified categorical programs and $9.

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Personal counseling, a program available in the campus Help Center provides short and long term counseling to students who need help dealing with personal problems that may be affecting their school work or personal lives. The service is always free and confidential.

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The matches against Glendale Community College (GCC), March 2, were quite a disappointment for the Pierce College tennis team, having had lost eight matches out of nine with a combined score for the singles’ and doubles’, 8-1, GCC took home the win. The only victory came from the doubles’ play of Steven Caswell and Tim Perez from Pierce defeating Norik Otuzbiryan and Darek Mardirosian from GCC, 9-7.

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Ah, beer! The warm happy feeling children get for Christmas is here for the beer lover’s holiday: Saint Patrick’s Day. Although some people save the beer indulging festivities for this one day a year, I try to get a head start and keep the ball rolling afterward.

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