Share: As the spring semester nears to an end at Pasadena City College (PCC), graduating Lancers reflect on their time at PCC before they move on to the next part of their lives. While many attend to enhance their skills in the workforce or make a career switch, a majority of students come in with the initial goal of transferring to a 4-year university. For students of all socioeconomic backgrounds, PCC gave many of them what they felt was a second chance. Enrolling in community …
Students destress with plants, prizes, and painting
Share: On the second to last Thursday of the Spring semester, students flooded out of classes at noon and spilled into the Quad. As they ventured out, a group of tables in the middle of the Quad stopped many as they offered multiple activities. One table beckoned students with refreshments and a chance to spin a wheel and claim a prize. Another table offered a plant potting activity for students to find their comfort seedling. In the middle of it all sat a small banner …
Students pay the price for PCC’s free food shortage
Share: From Tuesday through Thursday, 10am to 4pm, hundreds of Pasadena City College (PCC) students pack around the R building for a single snack. A hand held burrito, a slice of cake, a granola bar, or a single carton are the items students left with after a 10 minute wait. This wasn’t always the case for PCC’s Lancer Pantry, just the week before, students were allowed 3 items; two burritos and a juice carton, instant noodles and a granola bar, or a banana, a bag …
There is peace now that ‘Euphoria’ is finally over
Share: After seven years of euphoric storytelling, Euphoria’s finale gave viewers a boring and unsatisfactory final season. Fans were let down by the lack of consistency, as plotlines built up over the last couple of seasons went nowhere. Viewers were left confused by scenes that felt more like shock value than story telling.Yet the series finale of Euphoria has given viewers some sort of sufficient relief, in that it’s finally over. Despite a lackluster final season, at least the series finale was full of action, …
Students are just along for the ride in dragged out U-PASS decision
Share: Pasadena City College is a commuter school with many students taking the Metro to campus, a system that either gets students to school on time or runs pretty late. Students who take the Metro are given the opportunity to ride free and have unlimited access through the UPASS, which students can receive simply by attending a class at PCC. The relatively simple system may be changing, though earlier this fall semester 2026, it was announced that the UPASS was changing. Despite the anticipation and …
‘Backrooms’ needs to bring back horror next time around
Share: A liminal is a place that’s in-between worlds, not quite one or the other. Things don’t make sense there, randomly placed furniture, stairs, and half walls. Fluorescent lighting with a dull electric buzz can be heard almost like background music to the uncanny setting. Yet, it’s so quiet all you can hear are the footsteps of something behind the walls coming closer. On Friday, May 29, “Backrooms” premiered in theaters worldwide. Directed by A24’s youngest director, 20-year-old Kane Parsons, And starring Chiwetel Ejiofer and …
Spider-Man Noir is not your traditional Spidey
Share: Recently, “Spider- Noir” was released giving fans a peak experience through its different take on the web crawler. The series takes place in the 1930s during the Great Depression where Ben Reilly played by Nicholas Cage lives a double life between a private detective and the Spidey. However instead of being action packed from the start we see a crime infested New York as Spidey has given up his powers ever since the death of Ruby J. Williams, Reilly’s fiance. From there Reilly then …
‘Masters of the Universe’ is a master to none
Share: Perhaps forty years too late, Travis Knight’s “Masters of the Universe” revives the classic Saturday morning cartoon with a second act that will make you wish it was the third. The belated retelling of the adventures of He-Man fails to engage the fandom surrounding the 1980s show while also being unable to keep modern audiences immersed. The fundamental issue with “Masters of the Universe” is the film’s inability to pick a generation to appease to. For the newer generations getting into He-Man, the film …
How students prepare themselves in the final stretch
Share: There is a little under a month remaining in the spring semester. Students walk around campus in a rush to get to class or to find a place to study. Walking into the library you can see students renting out study rooms working on presentations with their group. This may be students’ first time studying or they may already have experience and have a designated studying space. Having a designated study space can allow students to get comfortable and enter students into the studying …
‘Obsession’ leaves audiences wishful for a bright trajectory in a dark genre
Share: During a time where the horror genre has seemingly become oversaturated with lifeless written stories & sequels intended as pure cashgrabs, “Obsession” provides a breath of fresh air. The film takes a unique route in the way it delivers its scares as it heavily relies on psychological horror, further highlighted by the acting performances that makes the film stand out. “Obsession” does an excellent job proving how a film doesn’t need a high budget in order to be successful, leaving viewers feeling disturbed, uncomfortable, …