Milestone Theater Company, started by former PCC student Mike Alva, has been helping students dip their feet in the career of performing arts for five years.
Campus copes with summer heat
With another summer intersession under way, PCC is once again bustling with busy bodies trying to cope with the heat. Temperatures are expected to stay hot throughout July, so students and staff at PCC are constantly trying to find ways to keep cool.
Smaller paychecks annoy faculty
Full-time faculty who teach summer intersession classes received a big shock in their July 8 payroll checks. Additional state and federal taxes had been deducted.
Football coach’s lawsuit against PCC progresses
A new hearing in the lawsuit filed by former PCC football coach James Kuk against PCC’s District will be held on July 26.
New coach has high hopes for football
Despite having an emotional year on the field and off, PCC’s football team is ready to get its new season underway.
Designers’ cars get ready to race
Eight PCC students participate in race of remote controlled vehicles that are powered by industrial rubber bands at Art Center on Aug. 1.
California lags behind New York on gay marriage
From voting booths to courthouses, the battle to legalize same-sex marriage in California has seen far too many arenas. The problem, however, is that when the dust from years of debate has settled, it wasn’t California that stood on top and made headlines. It was New York.
Despite Murdoch scandal, tabloids will survive
While Rupert Murdoch and his band of eavesdropping cronies may face belated repercussions for their decades-long lapse of judgment, it is unlikely that any changes will occur within the lucrative business of tabloids and celebrity-gossip.
New LGBT legislation positively received
Student reactions to the new bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown that would require public schools to include the contributions of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people in their textbooks has been positive.
Veteran suicides not counted amongst casualties of war
The military is in a crisis of immense proportions. According to a 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) report, war veterans are committing suicide at the alarming rate of 18 per day. Yet, when a veteran commits suicide after her return home from military service, she is not counted a casualty of war, according to CNN.