Leroy Thomas III wants students to learn when they take his class, but it won’t help them toward a degree. Leroy Thomas teaches traffic school. Thomas’ class runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every other Saturday on the Pierce College campus in bungalow 391 and its 20 seats are usually all full.
Wearing bed sheets and playing an ancient Roman, standing on the podium pretending to be the Greek god Zeus are among Eugene Larson’s many techniques to help make his students understand history better. Larson, chair of history and humanities department and history professor, has spent 36 years teaching at Pierce.
I, Kevin Mooore, would like to thank Pierce College for the opportunity to lead the rebuilding process for our Pierce College Football Program. I have more than 10 years of coaching experience at the high school level, one year at the junior collge level as defensive coordinator for the 2004 Pierce squad which produced 10 Division I scholorships and four players that competed in major bowl games this past season.
Take out a pencil and check the following list: ? Do you study and study but don’t pass tests? ? Do you read textbook again and again but don’t get it? ? Do you have a hard time concentrating? ? Do you do well in math but not in English or do well in English but not in math? ? Do you need to see or hear it to learn it? If you checked one or more of the above scenarios, you may have a learning disability.
“People are not getting tested and there’s a lot more people out there who are sexually active who probably should be tested,” said Beth Benne, R.N., director of the student health center, of the need for HIV testing. As such, students can receive free and anonymous HIV testing at the Health Center during Pierce College’s biannual AIDS/HIV awareness week.
In the vast space beyond the concrete grounds of the Pierce College campus lies an immense world of open land occupied by mooing cows, stacks of hay and plenty of “kowchips” scattered around. On Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., those cows, along with horses, sheep, goats and pigs, were paid a visit by thousands of people at the farm at Pierce to enjoy the 15th annual Farmwalk event.
The season series between Pierce and L.A. Valley College concluded Thursday with Valley posting a come-from-behind victory with the score of 11-6. The Brahmas led the season series two games to one and were looking to knock Valley out of contention for the Western State Conference South Division.
Head swim coach Fred Shaw started swimming about 47 years ago while attending Parkman Middle School; when some friends convinced him to attend a swim school called “Age Group Swimming.” Through that school he realized he enjoyed swimming and he liked the idea of pushing himself to the limit.
Academic probation has become a daunting reality for many struggling students. The program is divided into two sections: academic probation for students who receive a GPA lower than 2.0 with 12 units, and the progress probation for students who have attempted 12 units but have earned 50 percent or more W’s, incompletes or no credit.
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” –Mahatma Ghandi Regardless of what we may think about the killings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, there is no doubt that history was made on the fateful morning of April 16.
