Fire Escape- Anna Connelly, 1887 Dishwashers- Josephine Cochran, 1893. Medical Syringe- Letitia Greer, 1899 Street Cleaning Machine- Plorence Parpart, 1900 Exhaust Muffler- El Dorado Jones, 1917 Liquid Paper- Bette Nesmith Graham, 1951.
The Associated Students Organization has been part of the Pierce College campus since the 1970s. The ASO bungalow has been the home to members since the beginning of its time. This academic year the officers are President Daniella Schwartz and Vice President Adam Willis along with Advisor Brad Saenz who has been involved since January 2004.
Everybody should know that there is a time for work and a time for fun. Yet there always seems to be the same group of people lining the walkway of the mall in the most crucial time periods. Sometimes it can be very uncomfortable just walking past the coagulation of “students” making seemingly casual “discussions” amongst themselves.
Free screenings for chlamydia and gonorrhea are now being provided to students at the Health Center in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Sexually Transmitted Disease Program. Instead of paying the usual $26, free screenings are available to students between the ages of 14 to 29.
Linda Brown, a woman of few words but a multitasker,†began her 30-year career with the Los Angeles Community College District in 1975, while driving home one night from visiting her parents. She noticed someone on the radio was talking about different jobs available with the college district.
? The fight against cancer was furthered by Gertrude Belle Elion, who discovered drugs to fight leukemia, aid kidney transplants and help with the treatment of cancer. ? Grace Hopper created COBOL, an early computer language, that change the computers are used today.
Theater is a means to connect with other human beings at a universal level, according to Pierce College theater arts professor Valorie Grear. “You are a performer because you have something deep within you to touch people, to enable them to see the world in all new ways,” she said.
In 1978, a public celebration was started in Sonoma County, Calif. by the Education Task Force, which would be called “Women’s History Week.” The week coincided with March 8, International Women’s Day. Three years later, in 1981, Congress ruled to officially make the week known as a national Women’s History Week.
Imagine that you graduated from college and found a good job working for the same company for 30 years. Four years away from retirement, your company notifies you that they are moving your plant to Mexico in order to cut costs. Suddenly, you are unemployed.
It’s funny how everything happens in the blink of an eye. One minute you’re on top of the world-and then, “BAM!” Everything comes crashing down. That’s what happened to me this month. It was a typical weeknight, a long day at school followed by work until 1 a.
