Pierce College was missing its best pitcher who was out with injuries and replaced by sophomore Brandi Gilbert who pitched a three-run homer in the first inning, leading to 9-0 loss against Citrus College on Feb. 16. “Three of my best players aren’t here today,” said head coach Pat Greenan.
The 2005 Pierce College women’s volleyball team (23-4) seemed a bit unpredictable at the start of the season since all but one player from 2004 departed. Leave it up to 15 freshmen and one returning sophomore to take the women’s volleyball team two games away from being state champions.
To the community, the bus might not be the most luxurious form of transportation, but to full time students it could be a free ride. Free bus passes, for students with 12 units or more, are not only good for the entire semester but valid on all MTA busses including the new Metro Orange Line.
Who is Robert Garber and why does he want to be the 19th president of Pierce College? The newly chosen college president, Garber, has a desire to make Pierce memorable for those who, like him, started higher education at community college–the “place where it all began.
Rock stars, movie stars, sports figures and now even politicians are joining the party by adding friends to their customized pages on Myspace.com. At least five of the official nine Democratic candidates for the presidency on 2008 have a page on the now world-famous Web site.
During the warm months of the year, a man makes bamboo flutes by the arboretum. Peter Stanford, 55, has been coming to Pierce College for 20 years, although he has never taken a class on campus. He found the place because a friend told him that the horticulture area had bamboo.
“Miss Hilton, you must be worth a trillion bucks,” The Penfifteen Club sang in a recent dedication to the heiress. But these days, Paris is looking more like a Hollywood hooker-and a cheap one at that. The iconic blonde and her plastic pals have, in recent weeks, managed to utterly dominate newsstands with their drunken antics.
I know we can all agree that there are times when all we can think about is enjoying a juicy hot dog for lunch but we can’t seem to get ourselves to any ballpark that normally sells that sort of thing. Well, let me put your worries to rest. QT’s Chicago Dogs is the place to be when your appetite is raging and you need a good fill of some all-natural American cuisine.
Want to get your taxes done? For free? Business 10, a course that teaches the fundamentals of how to prepare state and federal personal income tax returns, offers tax services at no charge on campus through the Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
The Campus Center filled to capacity with people intently listening to instructors lecture. They took their seats, asked questions and took copious notes. Some snuck in chitchat with their neighbors while the speakers looked away. So began the day for a group of more than 60 visiting counselors from local area high schools.
