Share: Following several months of searching for a Superintendent-President, the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees has selected Interim Superintendent-President Jose Gomez in a 6-1 vote at a special Board meeting on Friday. “I and the board are excited to have Dr. Gomez continue in his leadership role with us at Pasadena City College,” Board President Alton Wang said in an interview with the Courier. “I think he has shown great vision and tenacity as a leader so far. We have faith he will lead …
Episode 5: Voter Shaming
Share: In an experimental episode for Let’s Talk, host David moderates a conversation between staff writer Mitch Gaby and co-video editor Kat Poling about voter shaming. With the election just around the corner, how does our two-party system fall short of what’s needed in the U.S.? YouTube: Spotify: Follow:
Soon to be expired 99 Cents Only Stores
Share: Throughout April 2024, it was announced that 99 Cents Only Stores will be closing across America. With an estimated 390 stores shutting down completely and hundreds of employees being let go in California; this will affect many people, including low-income customers, and college students. “I’m not there anymore, but it saddens me because I know the workers, and they spent decades of their life there even without raises and worked hard every day just for it to shut down,” Ex worker Ulysses Rodriguez stated. …
‘Tortured Poets’ succeeds with emotional story of two heartbreaks
Share: For the average person, releasing a double album after a year filled with a record-breaking tour and movie combo, and a triage of high-profile relationships ending and beginning sounds like hell on earth, but not if you’re Taylor Swift. Swift’s latest whopping 31-track release “The Tortured Poets Department” and its sister “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” highlight a new but also not-so-new stage of her stardom, the double breakup album. Coming out just under two years after her last big release “Midnights” (which …
Bars, booze and barbecue: How to spend the perfect Pasadena day
Share: Pasadena may not be the hippest or trendiest city in LA county, but it still has a lot to offer anyone looking for a walkable day of fun after class or something to fill up their weekend plans. As summer approaches and students start to have more free time, many are seeking cheap and fun activities to experience with family and friends. Few cities in LA County are even relatively walkable, making Pasadena a hidden gem for those without a car or those simply …
Meet the conductor behind badminton’s dominance
Share: Badminton head coach Jennifer Ho has been a fan of sports all of her life, which is what led to her choosing the career that she currently has. The only box she can’t check off is playing them. Despite that, she decided to be a kinesiology major. “I wasn’t born or raised here, so I didn’t get a chance to play sports,” Ho said. “I always wanted to be a kinesiology major because I loved sports so much,” Ho said. As of Apr. 15th, …
Facebook for friends is dead, long live the marketplace
Share: Tucked away on the now barren Facebook feed that’s filled with people I knew over a decade ago, but no longer keep in touch with is a button for the best items for sale in your community which the site was never built for. The Facebook marketplace is your one-stop shop for vintage goods, used furniture, art, and some really weird stuff if you’re lucky. Facebook as a social media site has been on the decline for years. As their user base grows to …
Get over yourself? In a democracy you have to earn people’s votes
Share: The Presidential elections are approaching for a close race in November 2024. The general election rematch that essentially no one asked for is inevitable between current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. These uninspiring choices and the elites’ failure to convince the electorate why a particular candidate will be a better president clearly indicate the current political climate. The elites, especially on the Democrat side, are telling voters to get over themselves, and those are the two choices. Really? Is that the …
Internet does mental backflips to defend abusers
Share: Another day, another Hollywood celebrity who fumbled their whole career over something easily avoidable. Enter Jonathan Majors, the up-and-coming star who really caught steam within the last year or two with his appearance in the ridiculously popular Marvel Cinematic Universe. Majors found himself caught up in a domestic violence scandal that only recently concluded with him avoiding jail time. Unfortunately for everyone, internet sensationalism has once again come to the rescue and attempted to change the narrative on a situation the internet doesn’t even …
What’s in a name…change? Pride Center clinic helps students legalize identity
Share: On Monday, April 8, at Pasadena City College, as many students are contemplating what their plans are during their spring break, other students, specifically trans and non-binary, have plans that are beyond spring break and more personal in nature. It is day one for them to change their name and also their gender marker. Trans and Nonbinary students are at the Pride Center to take the first steps of participating in a workshop to go over just how laboring the process is in changing …