Students may not fail the entire class if caught plagiarizing on a particular paper or cheating on one single exam, according to Betty Odello, chair of Professional Ethics Committee of Pierce College. Referring to the view of the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office that an instructor cannot automatically give a student an “F” for the entire course where the student is only known to have cheated or plagiarized with respect to one of several assignments that count toward the final grade, according to a 1995 letter from an attorney within the office.

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Identity and password theft are on the rise and rampant worldwide. The barrage of media output is largely responsible for the public becoming aware of the alarming number of incidents that go on right under our noses, and we have become somewhat paranoid in our efforts to protect our privacy.

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The historical path commenced by Clarence W. Pierce begins with some Quonset huts set upon a relatively empty plot of ground. It develops into a small agricultural farm school and culminates in a full-fledged academic college complete with farms, ranches and a rodeo stadium.

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Tension heightened in the third match of the Women’s Volleyball game against Moorpark College right before the Brahmas won the game 3-0 last Tuesday. The energy exhaled from the Brahmas was excitement as fans rushed off the bleachers to pat Head Coach Nabil Mardini on the back and shake his hand.

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The Roundup’s recent article, entitled “Food services: not fit,” makes evident a dichotomy on this campus between those who like the new Freudian Sip’s coffee and packaged take-along bites and those who prefer the cafeteria’s freshly served stay-awhile delights.

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“Just like Heaven” is a true-to-form “chick flick” starring Mark Ruffalo and Reese Witherspoon. The story takes place in San Francisco and as predictable as it sounds, a young depressed landscaping architect named David (Ruffalo) moves into a “diamond in the ruff” apartment with one catch; the previous tenant Elizabeth (Witherspoon) refuses to move on.

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In the beginning of time, the sky goddess Nut gave birth to life. She stretched herself over the sun, moon, stars and people of the Pharoah. Infamous for their wisdom of geometry, mathematics and astronomy-all being a basis for the 5,000-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza-one of ancient Egypt’s greatest feats was a lunar-based calendrical system.

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“Instead of having stops, it’s a direct line. So it’s a good idea.” Michael Mahaffy, 51, undecided major “It saves a lot of gas.” Adrienne Dye, 18, nursing major “It’s faster than the regular bus.” Kye Edmondson, 21 “We get to school on time. Some of us don’t have cars, so it’s another mode of transportation.

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Why did you pick the Harvest Festival to film a Halloween segment? ? “I can never turn down a huge phallus.” What advice do would you give to community college students? ? “Drop-out. It is a waste of time, unless you want to learn how to carve a penis in a field — if you do, then this is the finest college in the state.

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Pajama Party in Teacher’s office A woman was found attempting to enter campus from Winnetka Avenue Sept. 19 when she told theriff’s officers that an instructor had let her stay overnight in his office while her house was being fumigated. Not only did she have the key to the office, but when the office was examined, a woman’s night gown on the bookcase, blankets folded on a chair and a sheet on another chair were found.

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