Christmas spirit and brotherly love come together for the holidays in “Fred Claus”, a one hour and 56 minute film of two polar-opposite brothers who try to settle their differences and make it through the Christmas season. What is special about this film is not the subliminal Christmas message that everyone should give and love, but about the pure essence of family and why families will always stick together until the end.
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Mall walkers anonymous
During two years of working at a mall, you meet many unique individuals. Some may weird you out, while others are inspirational. Within the confines of malls across the nation, there are groups of people who come together to work out their bodies and their minds.
PENDING SURVEY AND REVISION: College student sexuality on the rise
426 words / 35 = 12″ Sex is an extremely relative term to college students of all ages and from all walks of life-but there’s no doubt that to some degree or another, many of them are “doing” it. Whether or not a person decides to be sexually active is based on a plethora of personal values and beliefs.
$$’Gangster’ is Hip-Hop’s Finest (Revised)
Jay-Z’s latest effort, “American Gangster,” not only marks a return to greatness for the legendary emcee, it marks the return of quality hip-hop to the mainstream. According to Jay-Z, “Gangster” chronicles the rise and fall of a fictional larger-than-life crime figure loosely based on Frank Lucas, Denzel Washington’s character in the film of the same title, and on his own experiences.
$$Recreational Reading Habits(REVISED)
Reading (REVISED) Ana Barraza 1-1-1-1 Recreational Reading Habits The College Student and Recreational Reading Do College Students Read? “Catcher in the Rye,” “1984,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Harry Potter”- Using the wonders of Facebook, these are the top books read by local college students in the network.
Orchestral ‘Legend’ to grace Mainstage
James Domine is the music director at Pierce College and the leader of the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra. Domine’s latest composition, Legend for Orchestra will be unveiled Nov. 17 in the Performing Arts Building at Pierce. The composition is based on Romance of Taliesin and is comprised of 12 episodes called tableaux which are continuous musical sequences.
Core winter classes on lock
Students guaranteed seat in core classes during winter intersession By: Ben Rizzo In an effort to compensate a growing need from increasing enrollment, Pierce College is guaranteeing seats to eligible students in core English and math classes during the 2008 Winter intersession.
Valley catches break in DWP rates
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has constructed a plan that will adjust electricity rates in the San Fernando Valley for the summer, while increasing the rates for Los Angeles as a whole. The restructured rates will go into effect Jan. 1, 2008.
Thanksgiving: Celebration misconception
Thanksgiving is a holiday that brings together American families and close friends to celebrate an event that happened in 1621, in a colony called Plymouth, now Massachusetts. American society has misrepresented the facts of the actual first Thanksgiving.
‘Desdemona’ breathes life into classic Shakespeare
Shakespeare returns to Pierce College with a twist in the theater arts department’s latest production, “Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).” The comedy, by Canadian playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald, is the story of a literature professor who is sucked into the works of Shakespeare, learning insights about the Bard’s genius and about herself.