Why are bad teachers allowed to continue teaching? Many Pierce College students report that professors tell their classes they cannot be fired no matter what they do. One professor regularly goes on angry tirades in class, belittling students, telling them to shut up and even going to far as to tell a student to kneel before him as an apology for speaking out of turn.
If there was to be a health fee increase, a male psychologist will be quickly added to the health center staff. As each new semester approaches students are forced to pay all those fees that come along with enrolling. There is the ASO fee, the parking permit, the student representation fee and the $11 health fee.
The oversight and implementation of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) is now in the hands of Professor Barbara Anderson, who was elected SLO coordinator during the May 14 Academic Senate meeting. SLOs are used to track and analyze predetermined criteria within a particular course, so that teachers can assess the students’ performance in various aspects of the course.
A blemish on the Promenade Mall now for well-nigh two years, the former bookstore is finally receiving some much-needed attention in the form of a $2,380,000 makeover. The renovations, scheduled for completion in December, will transform the abandoned bookstore into Pierce College’s new and more versatile Campus Center.
Plans to improve security and communication in emergency situations on campus were addressed at the Academic Senate meeting May 14 by Pierce College President Robert Garber. “One of the problems at Virginia Tech was that there was no communication telling people to stay in one place,” said Garber.
Pierce College Academic Senate met May 14 to discuss various issues, among which the report by Associated Students Organization (ASO) president Abraham White was the highlight, obtaining the applause of those present. After discussing routine issues, Academic Senate president Tom Rosdahl introduced White, who talked measures that would save students thousands of dollars in textbook prices.
Since its official opening in October 2003, the Botanical Garden at Pierce College became a refreshing area of colorful and fascinating plant wildlife, with benches offering heavenly repose amid sweet-smelling flowers, a trickling fountain and a small pond.
The reflection watching me shook with trepidation. A nervous twitch shot through his eye, a quiver across his lip, a tremor through his clenched fists. Panic fogged the glass between us. His gaze was relentless. As we squared off, my inner child writhed with desire, compelling me to proceed.
You get settled into your seat and ready your notebook for the teacher’s lecture. As the teacher begins her speech, the classmate beside you turns on his laptop and begins clicking away at the keyboard. With frustration and curiosity, you look over to the screen to see a neighbor typing down the teacher’s words but twice as fast as you can scrawl.
The Boston Globe says of it “the series still favors the jokes.” The Chicago Sun-Times commented that it is “lacking the comic energy of the first brilliant film and not measuring up to the second.” The film “Shrek the Third” deserves more praise than that.
