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Women’s basketball preview
Women’s Basketball team playing large and taking charge! Women’s Basketball resurrects bigger and stronger Jamie Garrison-women’s basketball preview As the players run sprints to the single blow of a whistle, faces beginning to glisten with sweat and grunts of pain reflecting hard work in practice, the Pierce College women’s basketball team prepares for the 2007-08 season.
Science has a new home
Science will have a new home in The Center for the Sciences, a new building project currently being developed near the Mason Street entrance to Pierce College. The idea for the Center for the Sciences first came about in 2000 when Pierce College went through a master planning process, which included creating a central building for the science-related departments.
$$Giggles and smiles for children in need
The rainy skies of the night before cleared as Pierce’s Shepard Stadium was transformed into a carnival-style playground, Sunday, for the foster children of Los Angeles. From Ferris wheels to food, everything was provided to the mentor and child free of charge.
$$Durazo brings home the issues
The immigration debate has traveled all across the United States. On Tuesday, October 9, it landed at Pierce College. Maria Elena Durazo, exectuive secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, spoke to students and faculty on the topic of immigration at the Campus center.
$$Fall Dance Concert Auditions *updated*
The annual Fall Dance Concert is around the corner and the auditions for dancers will begin Oct. 21 in the Dance Studio, NG 5601. Every year, dance instructor Marian Weiser holds the Fall Dance Concert, which is comprised of various dances from around the world.
$$ Lost? Try geography
History, English, mathematics, and science are all required courses to be passed in our kindergarten through 12th grades in the United States. In many other counties across the world, one other subject is also weighed as equally important, geography. Some of these countries, many Americans may not even be able to locate on a globe.
$$ Students Serving Suits Everyone
The option is being given at Pierce College to earn college credit while giving back to the people that surround us every day. Students at Pierce are volunteering their time to help many different people in their community. Not only do students get to help others in need and gain experience in their field work of choice, they also earn one CSU transferable unit.
Making a clean sweep
Cleanliness seems to be a priority everywhere these days, so why has Pierce College been left in the dust? According to Plant Facilities Director Paul Nieman, 21 custodians are on campus every morning to make sure our campus and classrooms are maintained.
Mothering and mathematics
Mothering and mathematics By Ben Rizzo Career vs. Family. It’s a game played by many different thirty-something women in Southern California with many different outcomes. But as one Pierce College professor shows, you can still have your cake and eat it too.