Author: Alumni Staff

Maiko Perez, sociology, owns four bikes-two road bikes and two mountain bikes.”I like to keep multiple bikes in case one breaks down,” Perez said. “The hardest part about riding bikes is one breaking up on you. Other than that, it costs a lot less than driving.

CSU Los Angeles’ Luckman Theatre, a media partner with KPCC, will be offering PCC students discounted tickets for the performance of Ahn Trio at 8 p.m. on June 4.

“My goal is to represent Canada in the Olympics,” said track and field team captain Korey Brown. His coach believes that his discipline, dedication and speed will get him to the next the Olympics.

Eva Dixon, PCC alumna and current assistant coach of the women’s soccer team recently made her debut playing for the new Los Angeles based semi-professional soccer team, the Strikers.

Computer systems across the campus came to an abrupt halt Wednesday afternoon. The network interruption, according to Computer Technical Support Specialist Ben Wilkes, began between 1 and 1:30 p.m. “It was a campus-wide network interruption,” said Wilkes, “and it took the phones down with it.

Osama Bin Laden, the icon of al-Qaeda, had left a deep painful burn mark on the hearts of the American people. After nearly ten years, Osama’s whereabouts were finally discovered and he was assassinated. The secrecy of bin Laden’s assassination and his autopsy performed behind a black curtain generated skeptics who urged the White House to release the images of Bin Laden’s dead body to prove his death.

Finding a place to study on campus can be hard during the last month of school, especially for group projects. Ideally, students want to use a private study room in the library, but getting one when everybody wants one can be a problem.According to Patty Johnson, librarian, “These rooms are very popular; the best time to come would be on a Friday or Saturday morning,” she said.

The state may allocate $7 million to PCC this year – or, community colleges may suffer additional cuts and the per-unit fee could be raised beyond the proposed 38 percent increase to $36, said Dan Troy, the Vice Chancellor for Fiscal Policy at the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges.

Ashley Jackson will be the Associated Students President for 2011-12. Over 400 students voted in the student government elections and the results were announced on Friday.

Campus police are conducting an arson investigation after a burning Quran was reportedly thrown from the R Building into a crowd of people on May 17.