Each year, $30,000 is spent on 29 databases available to students for free in the library and in their homes. Subscriptions for search databases allow students to view journals and full text articles from databases such as InfoTrac, LexisNexis academic, Newsbank and Business Source Premier, the world’s largest full text business database.
The beginning of the semester is a critical time for students to enroll in classes and get off to a good start for the rest of the year. In this day and age, technology has taken over and the “best” way to reach anyone is through e-mail. During the end of first week and beginning of the second week on the Pierce campus, it was not.
A meeting for the finalized plan of the new budget for construction will be on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the College Services Building Conference Room. At this meeting the Pierce College Council and voters will finalize the construction plan and present it to the President.
The Metro Orange Line will usher San Fernando Valley residents for free on its official grand opening weekend, Oct. 29 and 30. In addition to free rides for two days, on Oct. 29 there will be community festivities from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., including information tables, vendor booths, community organizations and many more activities at these participating stations: Pierce College, North Hollywood, Los Angeles Valley College, Balboa and Warner Center.
Los Angeles Community College’s faculty overwhelmingly approved a new contract, including a 5.23 percent pay raise for 2005. The new contract was drawn up after nearly a year’s negotiations. An estimated 173 full-time teachers and 500 part-time teachers at Pierce will be impacted by the projected pay raise.
Jewish people from around the world will celebrate the High Holy Days, which according to Rabbi Yakov Vann of the Calabasas Shul, is a time of reflection in all of our relationships from the evening of Oct. 3 to sundown Oct. 13. The two holidays the High Holy Days are centered around are Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) and Yom Kippur (the day of atonement).
The majority of opinions expressed by students and faculty on campus are universal in their unflattering comments about the quality of the food services available at Pierce College. Larry Kraus, enterprise manager for the past four years, is very much aware of the food conditions on campus and is most anxious to improve and provide quality food and services for the students and faculty.
Sarah Torribio, an adjunct faculty member at Citrus College in Glendora, traveled to Pierce to speak with members of the Media Arts Department about Podcasting. This faux radio show about pets and their issues was the result.
Standing atop a trash can in Hollywood, with hundreds of onlookers gazing up at her, Pierce College student Jen Donnell pauses for a moment, scissors in hand. With her long, brown, curly hair sectioned off into ponytails, Donnell promptly begins chopping off each section with little hesitation.
The portraits were hung, the ceramics were set and the statues were posed as the candles flickered and Chinese lanterns swayed outside of the Pierce College Art Gallery, awaiting the arrival of young artists from across the Valley. In honor of Youth Art Month, Pierce played host for the first time to a visual art exhibit showcasing the talents of local Valley teens on March 23 with scholarships to three art schools handed out to the best work.
