Author: Alumni Staff

Lancer track and field teams are making their way into the new season geared for what is sure to be an even faster-paced season then last year, despite injuries and the loss of previously crucial members.After the men’s team ended the 2010 year off as 31st in State and 21st in Southern California, and the women’s ended 20th in State and 15th in Southern, the teams continue to have high expectations for themselves.

Women’s swim team Coach Terry Stoddard has much to smile about. Despite the loss of 2010 SCC Women’s Diver of the Year, Merry Sanders, 2009 SCC 200 Free Relay Champion team member Jade Wilia as well as Cindy Huynh who transferred out, this year’s incoming freshman women swimmers promise to be strong contenders this spring.

After coming up just short in 2008, PCC’s badminton team took the 2009 and 2010 seasons by storm and won the South Coast Conference title two years in a row.With a career record of 34-7, giving him a nearly 83 percent win percentage, Head Coach Bill Sanchez is expecting a lot out of the 2011 season.

How does one perfect the art of improvisation? As Commercial Music Studies Director Dan Cole demonstrated with his students at Saturday’s jazz concert, simply take the lead of jazz legends and play with heart.

Many athletes in all sports at all levels use music to get themselves ready for training and games, and those at PCC are no different. Many of them use music to prepare for various sporting events during the year.

Students Khaled Ghara, Madellyn Pineda and Rimar West all have something in common. They are all from different parts of the world and play soccer for PCC.

If you happen to journey into the GM building and see a statuesque young woman with a scarf delicately clipped back onto her head making everyone roar with laughter, you are looking at PCC volleyball player Aliyyah Abdullah. Some may describe her as a goofball, but others know that Abdullah does have a shy side.

The chatter was non-stop on the field at Robinson Park, the new home of PCC softball. “It’s a lot easier,” said returning outfielder Maycee Murphy about the new turf outfield compared to Brookside Park’s difficult grass field. “The ball comes a lot faster and there are no sudden hops on us anymore.

After starting its season with a tournament championship and an early South Coast Conference win against Long Beach City College, the PCC women’s basketball team settled for a third place finish in Thanksgiving weekend’s Desert Tournament.

Would you prefer to be voluntarily sexually assaulted or forcibly the victim of a terrorist attack? As awful as it sounds, if you plan on traveling soon, these thoughts will likely cross your mind.Living in a post-9/11 America, we’ve grown accustomed to paranoia regarding air travel.