For honors student Vaughan Gendelman, 29, anthropology major, the Honors Program is the conduit towards 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.” Unofficially, he is looking to transfer next year.
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Love Bites
Feast of love Bianca Lopez 1-1-1-1 In a world of possibilities where anything in a relationship could happen does happen to Bradley Tomas (Greg Kinnear). Tomas goes from one bad relationship to another. Well played but not without the help of his friend Harry Stevenson (Morgan Freeman) who has a life of his own to attend to.
HIV/AIDS Awareness on the go, HIV/AIDS awareness month, raising Pierce’s HIV/AIDS awareness
Over 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 the people having HIV infection every day is under the age of 25, and as of 2005, California is ranked number two in cases of AIDS involving young adults.
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.
A new grading system causes controversy
The department chair of philosophy introduced a new grading proposal last week during a faculty meeting that will that would implement plus (+) or minus (-) grades on transcripts, leaves questions marks amongst faculty and administrators. Nick Habib, Ph.D.
Reply to opinion column – Teaching Methods Fall Short of Expectations
Dear Editor: The act of teaching is exactly that; — an act. It is a second class citizen, a miscreant, an unwanted stepchild, the loser pretending to be hip. After all, teaching is not the exclusive sacred realm here; it is learning that is sacred. It is the conscious act of the learner taking responsibility for their own learning that becomes the crowning glory of higher education.
In Defense of “Memorizing”
Your 9/26 editorial about the unfairness of being asked to “memorize” stunned me. It showed a level of immaturity often seen among college students, and thoughtlessly maligned an important step for achieving success in any field. All fields, from the arts to the sciences, require mastery (memorization) of thousands of odd new words and phrases representing the ‘language’ of the field.
New textbook editions are busting our banks
The price of tuition, plus the general cost of living, creates a very expensive equation for the average Pierce College student. Add that to the new editions of books that raise the prices for the addition of a single sentence that the publisher deemed vital to the understanding of a whole textbook.
Christian club creates sanctuary for members
Most students don’t know much about Pierce Christians United (PCU), formerly known as The Christian Club. “I don’t believe in institutionalized religion,” said Teresa Romo, a student who has decided against joining the ranks of any religious clubs. Many students share a similar view and the PCU noticed a need for change.
Learning Center teacher teaches tutors with fervor
At home, Curt Riesberg leads a quiet, personal life. He lives with two cats, and he likes to spend his free time writing, fishing and traveling. At Pierce College, however, he is the new full-time Learning Center teacher since last spring, where Riesberg not only teaches reading and writing classes, but also works with the tutors there.