Manuel Veloria Adam Taylor “That cold ain’t the weather. That’s death approaching,” muttered the Stranger, piercing the eerie, blood-curdling silence. “30 Days of Night,” which was released nationwide Friday, delivers not only great lines, but also nonstop gore and spattering blood.
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World Class Swimmers attend pool dedication
The Steven E. Schofield Aquatic Center at Pierce College, formerly the Pierce Pool, was unveiled Sunday, by Friends of Pierce Pool before a swimming clinic, coached by 14 professional-class swimmers, including Olympic-class swimmers Tamas Kerekjarto and Ous Mellouli.
Education meets Politics
Education meets politics as the Associated Student Organization travels to Sacramento and Washington D.C. to better themselves in leadership and lobbying skills. The trip to Washington D.C., hosted by the American Student Association of Community Colleges, will focus on the teachings of lobbying to community college students and the discussions of certain issues to various senators.
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
N_AT_dvawareness Adam Taylor April 2007 marked the 21st anniversary of Jeanne Clery’s rape and murder in her Lehigh University dorm room. As a result of this tragedy, Congress passed the “Clery Act” of 1990, which requires that all institutions of higher education publish their crime statistics for the past three years (e.
$$The Evolution of Comedy
46 It wasn’t long ago when television comedy ruled the evening. I recall turning on my favorite sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle” and laughing within minutes. Then along came comedy’s unscripted adversary, reality television. Although a handful of legitimate and harmless comedies might still exist, the reality boom has spawned a majority of absurd, tasteless shows and outrageous behavior.
Pierce cooks Bakersfield
The Pierce College Brahmas cooked the Bakersfield College Renegades 3 games to 0 in their third Western State Conference Southern Division game last Friday. Like tigers in a coliseum, Pierce and Bakersfield were at each other’s necks in the first game. In the beginning half, both teams played a game of tag with the scoreboard as one point after another was gained from both sides.
$$REVISED: New bill shields students from debt temptation
A slice of pizza or a free T-shirt is oftentimes all it takes to lure a college student into filling out a credit card application that could haunt them for years to come, but passage of the College Student Credit Protection Act (AB 262) will regulate this marketing on California campuses.
$$Red Cross coming to Pierce (CORRECTED)
Pierce College in collaboration with the American Red Cross will be hosting a series of blood drives on campus throughout the year. Both establishments are determined to get the word out to students. Many people do not take the time to donate blood for several motives.
$$Flu vaccines pierce the college REVISED
Flu vaccines pierce the college By: Ben Rizzo Death. Many words and sensations come to mind in describing your current condition this Tuesday morning in December but this one sums them all up. It’s 8 a.m., you find yourself in the same place you were at 8 p.
$$Initiative aims to improve California’s community college system
Proposition 92, also known as the Community College Initiative, aims to reduce student fees by $5 per unit and make several other changes that will affect more than 2.5 million students at California’s 109 community colleges. “The most direct impact on students is that the initiative will lower student fees, currently at $20 per unit, to $15 per unit,” said Pierce College President Robert Garber.