Students quench their thirst By: Ben Rizzo On a hot sunny day in the Pierce College campus mall, a glass enclosed vending machine stands as a tribute to everlasting thirst. “Enjoy a refreshing drink,” the machine beckons as its robotic arm readies for motion across the stacks of neatly assorted liquids.
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Valient Thorriors rock the Roxy
Valient Thorr took the Roxy by storm Thursday night proving that metal still holds a place in the hearts of many. Much like a tailgate party for a long awaited football game, a gathering of Valient’s most loyal fans crouched in a Sunset strip parking lot during the pre-show hours.
Out of this World and “Across the Universe”
“Across The Universe” is a product of The Beatles’ legendary sound fused on the silver screen, resulting in a two hour, 11 minute musical that will make you laugh, cry and everything in between. The film combines an enduring time period–the Vietnam War–with music, romance, a dash of comedy and a pinch of psychedelic cinematography.
Teaching methods fall short of expectations
We are taught from an early age to make our brains sponge-like, to absorb and regurgitate all the facts and definitions that are fed to us, but we cannot be expected to continue on like this for the entirety of our academic careers. Common memories of the kindergarten years involve finger paints, hopscotch and learning our ABCs.
Tech Savvy Tutors Wanted
Tutors Ana Barraza 1-1-1-1 Tech Savvy Tutors Wanted Teachers to Tutor Teachers Faculty Staff Resource Center Seeks the Technologically-Inclined In hopes of bringing teachers out of the “dark ages,” the Faculty Staff Resource Center is looking for peer tutors to shed some technological light on their fellow faculty members.
Pierce farm features field of folk figures
A shotgun-wielding mother wards off invaders with a rifle in one hand and a newborn baby in the other. A peg-legged cowboy shoves a knife into an American Indian’s ribcage, as a tomahawk is jammed into his shoulder. No, this isn’t the scene at some studio back lot in Hollywood.
Pre-Vet students metamorph
After completing the Pre-Veterinary Science Program at Pierce College, students hail and give thanks to Dr. Leland Shapiro for making their aspirations in life come true. In spring of 2007, students of the Agricultural Center graduated and continued to pursue their career by attending the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
Just another bloody weekend
It’s not that is happends it’s that it keeps happening. Gunshots continue to fly, and bullets find homes inside the bodies of youngsters. These words have not been a standard in my life since I moved out of the ‘hood and into a rural neighborhood at the age of 11.
The boy who cried ’emergency!’
It was hard to miss the flashing blue lights of the campus emergency call box illuminating the trees under the night sky. The sounds of a desolate farm road, partnered with the reverberation of trailing footsteps, stirred fear in me as I, a 5-foot woman, walked to my car alone.
Chemistry chairman named Professor of the Year
Dr. Isidore “Izzy” Goodman, who is currently chair of the chemistry department, enters his twenty-forth year of teaching at Pierce this fall. Last April, the faculty here at Pierce College had their annual nominations for this year’s Professor of the Year award; one of those nominated was Dr.