For honors student Vaughan Gendelman, 29, anthropology major, the Honors Program is the conduit toward his point of destination. “I’m glad there’s an Honors Program,” said Gendelman. “It’s a nice way to ensure that I get into UCLA.” Having learned about the program from a friend last year, Gendelman is confident that he is prepared to forge ahead and ready to face new challenges along with his peers in the program.
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$$The Kingdom Rises
35 lines. The Kingdom, directed by Peter Berg and starring Jamie Foxx, is truly a wolf in sheep’s clothing. At first glance it looks like your typical action movie, the trailers for the film are full of more explosions than you can shake a stick at. However, there is much more than expensive stunts and gunshots to this one.
$$A Senate bill for students with a dream
There are over 65,000 undocumented students who graduate from high schools across the nation every year. Although many of them have been in the United States most of their lifetime, they do not receive the same benefits of higher education that citizens do.
$$Plus and Minus grade maybe in the future for Pierce students
Plus (+) and minus (-) adds bitter taste to the stew of grading controversy …….. A new grading proposal was introduced during a faculty meeting by the department chair of philosophy, that will that would implement plus (+) and minus (-) grades on transcripts, leaves questions marks among faculty and administrators.
$$Stop Phishers from Phishing (CORRECTED)
As college students most of your time is spent on the internet. Whether you are doing homework, shopping or checking your Myspace, much of your information is stored online. But be careful who you hand out your information to, it could be a scam known as “phishing”.
$$Personal Counseling Helps Students Cope
While many students may think that the health fee tacked onto the cost of registration merely covers headaches and paper cuts, they may be surprised to know that their $11 health fee includes access to full staff of personal counselors. By utilizing both the Student Health Center and the personal counselors in the Counselor’s Office, students can receive expert counseling advice at no additional cost, thanks to the health fee that is already paid for every semester.
$$REVISED: Academia’s Helping Hand
13.75″ Imagine a room on campus in which there are dozens of computers that will actually print those assignments due in ten minutes. Envision a room with trained staff eager to teach extremely necessary and specific information in a clear and concise manner, at no cost, on the student’s schedule.
$$Placards For Precaution
Placards Ana Barraza 1-1-1-1 Placards For Precaution A Different Kind Of Hand-Out Guidelines For Disruptive Behavior Distributed For the first time in Pierce College history, 8 Ω by 11 inch laminated placards offering guidelines on how to deal with disruptive behavior and/or students in crisis were distributed to all faculty members this semester.
$$HIV/AIDS Awareness on the go, HIV/AIDS awareness month, raising Pierce’s HIV/AIDS awareness (revised version)
More than 40,000 people are being infected by HIV/AIDS in United States each year, and more than 25 million people have died from AIDS since 1981. Half of the people with HIV are under the age of 25, and as of 2005, California is ranked number two in cases of AIDS involving young adults according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Opera – tion
Drawing a capacity crowd, another successful event presented by the Encore Adult Education program at Pierce College Campus Center proceeded on Thursday. For the second presentation of the Fall 2007 Professors’ Lecture series, Maestro James Domine took to the helm and conducted an exciting lesson on the subject “The Development of Opera” for mostly older adults.