Share: Pasadena City College is holding elections for the 12-member Associated Student Governing Board (ASG) for the 2024-2025 school year, featuring key positions such as the Student Trustee and the President of the Associated Students. The Governing Board works closely with student committees and faculty subcommittees to advocate for student needs and make recommendations to the college’s administration. Sixteen candidates are running for the 10 open positions on the next Associated Students Executive Board, making the selection process highly competitive. Each committee focuses on specific …
Automatic gratuity ensures fair wages and better service in restaurants
Share: Restaurants adding automatic gratuities can ensure employees are making an equitable wage. The perspective of many customers who don’t tip or leave less than adequate tips uses the argument that places of business should pay their employees a fair wage and shouldn’t rely on customers to pay their employees. Employers should pay their employees livable wages, but unfortunately, it most likely will never happen in capitalist America. Patrons of a restaurant should understand that they are being provided a service that demands compensation on …
Dynamic Duo: Two players, one unstoppable force!!
Share: In a season defined by being undefeated, the 2024 badminton team will be remembered for working relentlessly and playing hard in every match. Two players in particular sustained their victories through outstanding performances in their triumphs that led them to their state championship on May 10. In her final year of high school, No. 1 player Rhea Zou took up badminton after being introduced to the game by a friend who played on the varsity team. Inspired by competitive games, she started learning from …
2-for-1 deal: High school students receive dual enrollment degrees
Share: Pasadena City College recently celebrated the achievements of seven Muir High School graduates who completed their high school diplomas and associate degrees through PCC’s extensive dual enrollment program. Collaborations for dual enrollment between community colleges and schools facilitate students’ effortless transition to college-level courses, leading to an associate degree, a transfer to California State University or the University of California, or a credential or certificate in career technical education. These collaborations set up the coursework in a way that supports students’ achievement. “We have …
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. …
BLOTTER: Teens take a dive in closed Aquatic Center
Share: Monday, April 8, 2024: 12:05 pm.: A student reported his backpack was stolen from inside a classroom in the CA building while the class was outside viewing the eclipse. 11:40 pm.: The officer contacted a female in the quad. The subject was advised to leave and complied. Tuesday, April 9, 2024: No activities were reported for this date Wednesday, April 10, 2024: 6:08 am.: The officer conducted a pedestrian stop in lot 6. The transient was advised to loiter in the area. 10:33 am.: …
New state program offers system impacted students money for college
Share: A new state pilot program intended to help formerly incarcerated students has debuted at several community colleges in California, to ease their transition and reintegrate education into their lives. The Hire UP program will pay students for time spent in class and doing homework. It is a $30 million state initiative modeled after guaranteed income programs. The program was formerly restricted to those in prison, foster children, and CalWORKs recipients. California Community college systems like Santa Rosa Junior College, Sonoma County Junior College, and …
Final approval awaits for PCC foster youth housing
Share: Pasadena City College is set to open a housing complex for foster youth in Pasadena near the Foothill campus to house PCC students in the foster youth program at the college. In late February PCC met with First Place for Youth to set the final details for the housing complex and added an additional ten to twelve units, up from the initial 6 units. The ten to twelve units won’t immediately be available when the complex opens. There was a lot of back-and-forth between …