With a head count slightly more than 21,000 for the Spring 2008 semester, Pierce College has continued to expand and maintain a growing campus. Pierce enrollment has increased about 8.5 percent in enrollment compared to Spring 2007. In a few ways, Pierce has already begun to adjust to this growth by adding 250 new parking spaces, a new cafeteria and new ideas for the future.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Southern California may not get very much snow, but that doesn’t stop a Woodland Hills neighborhood, just minutes away from Pierce College, from transforming into a winter wonderland.
Holiday Special! A look at Candy Cane Lane!
Southern California may not get very much snow, but that doesn’t stop a Woodland Hills neighborhood, just minutes away from Pierce College, from transforming into a winter wonderland. Every year, around Christmastime, the four streets of Candy Cane Lane stemming from Oxnard Street just east of Winnetka Avenue, illuminate the valley with its festive decorations and lights of every color.
Extended Opportunity Programs and Services:
The Extended Opportunity Programs and Services is a 35-year-old program offered by Pierce College that provides extended services for students who are handicapped by language, social, economic and educational disadvantages.
Tournament Weekend for Women’s Basketball
The Pierce College Women’s Basketball tournament took place at the South Gym on Nov. 23 to 25. Eight colleges took part in it the tournament, including: Citrus, Cuyamaca, East L.A., L.A. City, L.A. Valley, Mission, Oxnard and Pierce.
Welcome to Pierce:
The people we allow to play soccer on our fields are trashing the Village restrooms. Our custodial staff, already overstretched with Pierce College’s 20,000 students, does not need the added mess. Now, thanks to the soccer organizations that play soccer here and students who walk onto the campus, the custodians must deal with the mud and grass the kids and students bring along with them when they come to use our bathrooms.
Women’s volleyball season wrap-up
Congratulations to the Pierce College women’s volleyball team for their successful 2007 season. They finished the regular season with 25 wins and three losses, which put them tied at top of the state along with El Camino College for the most wins. The volleyball squad, although it changes faces from year to year, has been consistently strong since head coach Nabil Mardini was hired in 1999.
Sheriff Blotter
On Nov. 15, between 7:50 and 9:40 p.m. a car was stolen from Parking Lot #7. A truck drove thru a fence on De Soto Ave. on Nov. 17 around 2 p.m. The vehicle was abandoned by the driver and later towed by the LAPD. A high school student, on Nov. 17, overdose on alcohol around 10 p.
Whose fault is it?
The citizens of the San Fernando Valley were rudely awakened at 4:31 a.m. on the historical day of Jan. 17, 1994. The loud rumbling that broke the predawn silence lasted more than 30 seconds, with a magnitude measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale. It was dubbed the Northridge earthquake because the epicenter was just three miles from the Pierce Weather Station.