Month: March 2009

The women’s softball team was shut out 8-0 in a five-inning road game against conference rival Cerritos College on Tuesday.The Lancers (13-9, 3-4) were shutout for the second time this season, as Cerritos (21-4-1, 7-0) limited PCC to only two hits, which came in the fourth inning and had five strikeouts in the game.

Just before the women’s basketball team began its regional playoff run, I encountered Lancer Head Coach Joe Peron outside the campus café.He half-jokingly commented on the Courier’s coverage of the team, which had been limited over winter intersession.”Man, we need at least a half-page [in this week’s paper]. We’re the most successful program on this campus in the past 20 years and we don’t even get covered by our school paper,” Peron said.

Continuing their strong start this season, the PCC swim team won for men, 69-62, and women, 79-48, during the duel meet against El Camino, hosted at PCC, on Thursday. After the Thursday meet with El Camino, the Lancers headed to San Francisco for a meet with Diablo Valley College on Friday and to attend the Mariner Invitational, hosted by College of Marin on Saturday.

There was a noticeable change in the atmosphere Tuesday morning. A tall man in a Bruce Lee T-shirt walked around the W Building with a huge smile on his face. In his arms was a state championship trophy, cradled like a newborn child, and a gold medal around his neck.

The visiting accreditation team will conclude its visit Thursday, ending its three-day visit with an exit report presentation at the Vosloh Forum at 2 p.m. Stuart Wilcox, dean of institutional planning and research, doesn’t anticipate receiving anything less than “fully accredited” status.

Paulette Perfumo, president of PCC, focused her speech on the Early College High School Program, teaming up the Pasadena Unified School District and PCC, at Wednesday’s Flex Day opening presentation.

Former PCC student Isaac Campbell, charged with first-degree murder in the death of his alleged ex-girlfriend Liya ‘Jessie’ Lu, is due to appear back in court April 21 for a preliminary hearing.

Federal policy concerning the proliferation of medical marijuana the last four years has been simple: the Drug Enforcement Administration would find who was selling it, and steal everything they owned.

My name is Bridgette and I am a student at Pasadena City College. I was appalled to learn that there is such inadequate support for our veterans here on campus. Why is it that they are not given a center where they can resolve the issues they are presented with?

Colleges have a very clear purpose within the progressive frame of society.They are here to improve the Human Resources of the nation.