A Vatican artist buried a time capsule at Pierce College, but forgot exactly where he put it. “If you can find it, you can dig it up,” said Jeffrey Vallance, an American artist who attended Pierce from 1974 to 1976. At that time in his life, other than burying “close to 100” time capsules (one a week in many locations), “I was immature, getting into trouble, and doing a heck of a lot of art,” he said.
The admissions and records, counseling and financial aid buildings’ busiest days are usually during the beginning of the semester and almost seem forgotten after the whirl wind of students have found there way around and their important questions have been answer.
The student population is growing rapidly at Pierce College. Enrollment rates are rising faster than ever this semester and this may cause overcrowding in classrooms and parking lots at Pierce. As of Feb. 8, 2007 the enrollment was up to 18,078 students.
In celebration of Black History Month, performers took the stage at the Freudian Sip last week and shared their thoughts with poetry, prose and song. Initially scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. outside the Sip, the event was pushed back half an hour after nearly 45 degree temperatures forced a move indoors.
An afternoon entitled “Un jour sans vin est comme un jour sans soleil” describes an event filled with French culture infused with wine, hour-d’oeuvres and of course, French music. The quote, which translates to “A day without wine is like a day without sun,” was an appropriate to title for the annual wine tasting reception that featured Pierce College’s choir, the Los Angles Symphonic Winds, the premiere of two musical pieces and a selection of Californian and French wines.
The cafeteria may become the coolest place on campus, at least on Wednesday evenings, with “Live Wednesday” debuting tonight from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. “Lots of people have asked us to offer the kind of things they can find at the Freudian Sip,” said Linda Brown, cafeteria manager.
They say the act of transferring from community college to a four-year university has slowly become a thing of the past. They say due to a student’s lack of understanding for the IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum), money spent for unnecessary units and stacks of books is being thrown away and lost in a sea of ignorance.
The future of college students across America is looking brighter, economically speaking, after the House of Representatives voted to cut student loan interest costs in half. The College Student Relief Act of 2007 will benefit more than five million undergraduate students across the country.
Ask almost any student on the Pierce campus what they want to do with their life and you’ll get the same response: a shrug of the shoulders and a blank look. It seems that despite enrolling for classes, declaring majors and planning transfers to four-year universities, many students still haven’t conjured up a response to the age old question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” To be fair, almost everyone has a vague idea of what interests them and what they’d like to avoid at all costs.
