Month: March 2009

The PCC women’s basketball team won its first California Community College Athletic Association Women’s Basketball State Title with a 74-64 victory over the north’s second-seeded San Joaquin Delta College at Selland Arena in Fresno on Sunday.

When math professor Keith Oberlander started experiencing painful sensations in his back and arms he figured it was just drowsiness. “I felt tired, but I often do, maybe a little more tired than usual,” he explained. Little did Oberlander know what was in store for him.

As a rowdy crowd surrounds a protestor wielding a sign banishing all the sinners to hell, Professor Bobbie Bradford’s music 57D class quietly begins to set up for their musical performance across the quad.The religious protestor seems to have stolen the attention of those in the quad, as only a handful of people wait to hear the sounds of the Jazz Combo Band.

The Associated Students approved a resolution Monday to make PCC a “smoke-free campus with designated smoking areas.

The goal of most community college students is to complete all of their general education classes in two to three years and then transfer to a university to get their degrees. In this economic environment, however, students are finding that their educational plans can become compromised.

Action has yet to be taken on the status of PCC Head Football Coach Kenny Lawler, six months after he was put on paid administrative leave on Sept. 19.

Shortly after President Barack Obama’s executive order to federally fund stem cell reseach, PCC gets a million-dollar grant.

Dancers were popping and locking to an intricate routine taught by Reyes to the song “Radio,” by Musiq Soulchild, which they performed afterward, followed by a chance to show off their own moves with some freestyle.

The PCC Art Gallery and 14 other Pasadena art venues open to the public for one night only. Albeit its subtle publicity, ArtNight on March 13 attracted crowds to Pasadena’s leading art and cultural institutions.

Despite mid-year state budget cuts, PCC officials say the negative impact on services will be minimal because of the college’s large reserves.