With 427 acres to cover and more than 20,000 students to clean up after, keeping Pierce College clean is no easy feat. “English classes and math classes are the ones that need the most upkeep. They’re totally packed,” said student Jessica Forrest. Other students mentioned the scuffed and dirty walls, out-of-date and curling papers on bulletin boards all over the campus, greasy keyboards and computer mice, and the contrast between the cleanliness of this campus and Santa Monica and Moorpark colleges.
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Thursdays on the Mainstage
The John Hammond Jazz Quartet performed Thursday afternoon as part of a free concert offered at the Performing Arts Mainstage. Pictured (L-R) are Ron Eschete, Kandall Kay, John Hammond and Jim Hughart. The performances will continue free of charge, every Thursday at 12:45 until otherwise noted.
‘Feast’ Satisfies
In a world of possibilities where anything in a relationship could go wrong, all of them do for Bradley Thomas (Greg Kinnear) in “Feast of Love.” Bradley jumps from one bad relationship to the next, until he decides to enlist the help of his friend Harry Stevenson (Morgan Freeman).
Screenwriters lecture to aspiring wordsmiths
On the evening of Oct. 2, Pierce College Student Success Committee and Creative Voices presented “An Evening with Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio” on the Performing Arts Mainstage. The affair opened up with a dazzling series of clips from Elliott and Rossio’s co-written movies, such as “Shrek,” “Aladdin,” “The Mask of Zorro” and the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy.
Looks like heartbreak for The Heartbreak Kid.
Audiences did not want to see the update of the 1970s Neil Simon comedy “The Heartbreak Kid,” although it was hilarious. Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers (Bobby and Peter) could not rekindle the flame in the anticipated comedy from their last smash hit “There’s Something About Mary.
Laminated discipline
For the first time in Pierce College history, 8 Ω by 11 inch laminated placards offering guidelines on how to deal with disruptive behavior and/or students in crisis were distributed to all faculty members this semester. There is no specific reason that prompted the decision for the distribution, said Joy McCaslin, vice president of Student Services, however, “people are more aware because of the incidents at Virginia Tech.
$$Free Personal Counseling Benefits Students (Updated)
Without health insurance and a large income, it has become virtually impossible for students to receive professional psychological help, which is why Pierce College offers personal counseling as well as sessions with a licensed psychologist free of charge.
$$Cleaning the Campus…or Not?
“Floors are so filthy you don’t want to set your backpack down.” “The chemistry lab tabletops crunch with chemicals when you put your notebook on them.” “My pet peeve is the greasy, sticky computer keyboards and mice in the Learning Center.” “The outdoor bulletin boards with old curling outdated announcements look really trashy.
New grading system sparks debate
Nick Habib, Ph.D., chair of the philosophy department, introduced a new grading proposal during a Sept. 24 Academic Senate meeting. The new system would implement plus (+) and minus (-) grades on transcripts. Habib is a Pierce College philosophy professor and part-time California State University, Northridge ( CSUN) professor.
$$Professors ratings game fact or fiction?
Ratings Story 62 Toxcina King Usually the only way that students could commend or complain about an instructor was through the formal paper teacher evaluations that get passed out at the end of every semester.