Author: Alumni Staff

Associated Students President Jamie Hammond recently started a blog for anyone interested in happenings on campus.Hammond started the blog as a means to get information out to the student body.”I’ve always wanted to communicate with students and I always felt very helpless at not being able to reach the students at large,” said Hammond.

A computer is an important part of every student’s life. Students use computers to do research and homework. There are already various locations throughout campus for students to use a computer, including labs in the D Building and the Library. Now, the Associated Students is also offering these services to students who don’t have a computer to bring to school.

Violence and civil unrest proceed in Libya as Colonel Muammar Qaddafi directs a brutal regime in efforts to regain his tyrannical authority. Anti-governmental protests have escalated to the likes of a civil war. Thousands flee the country in a massive exodus creating strain on surrounding countries.

Board of Trustees member Dr. Jeanette Mann underwent heart surgery at Huntington Memorial Hospital on Wednesday after “experiencing symptoms” and receiving an angiogram late last week, according to PCC President Mark Rocha.The surgery successfully repaired an arterial blockage in her heart, Rocha said.

PCC held a dual swim meet against Mt. San Antonio College and El Camino College on Friday at the Aquatic Center.The Lancers dominated ECC but could not overcome Mt. SAC’s talent.The men’s team scored, 187 points against ECC’s 75, but lost to Mt. SAC by a score of 140-131.

Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a bill to cut all funding for family planning assistance under Title X, a $317 million program dedicated to serving both men and women. Planned Parenthood was budgeted to receive about 24 percent of that amount, or $75 million, to provide low income women with birth control, STD testing and treatment, cancer screenings, and sex education.

The Lancers softball team had a hard time breaking away from East Los Angeles College on Tuesday and lost 3-1.

The PCC women’s badminton team trounced El Camino College-Compton Center on Friday, finishing its second game of the season at 21-0.

Tucked in a corner of the quad, PCC’s Art Gallery is filled to bursting with submissions for its annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, entitled “Tomorrow Today,” which will be held at the Pasadena Museum of California Art instead of in the campus gallery for the first time.

Board of Trustees member Dr. Jeanette Mann underwent heart surgery at Huntington Memorial Hospital on Wednesday after “experiencing symptoms” and receiving an angiogram late last week, according to PCC President Mark Rocha.The surgery successfully repaired an arterial blockage in her heart, Rocha said.