Share: As a society, we’ve easily moved past the mysterious ingredients in fast food and the cold food they hand you after waiting in line for twenty minutes. However, what we cannot move past is the bag charge that’s being added to your bill without proper acknowledgement. Although we’ve utilized paper and plastic bags for a couple of decades, it wasn’t until 2014 that the California Assembly approved and passed Senate Bill 270. A bill that banned single-use plastic and paper shopping bags and imposed …
PCC’s lack of active shooter drills leaves campus concerned
Share: The United States is no stranger to school shootings, but with shootings becoming more constant, on or near campuses the last four years, staff and students are being asked to attend training to stay aware and alert but most plans in place haven’t been practiced, including at Pasadena City College (PCC). Earlier this year a deadly shooting at Brown University had students under lock down, also known as sheltering in place. This tragedy, amongst others, prompted neighboring colleges such as East Los Angeles College …
Judicial Theater: The billionaire battle for the end of the world
Share: For someone so well-versed in the field of being a billionaire, it is baffling that Musk couldn’t see through Sam Altman’s facade. The two are now locked in a court battle, draining each other’s endless amounts of money in the process. In 2024, Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, for allegedly changing the original goal of developing AI for the greater good of humanity to make money instead. This court battle has become a high-stakes display of judicial …
‘Invincible’ season 4 is better and bloodier
Share: When Season 3 of “Invincible” came out it was regarded as one of the best yet, with an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes and a B on IMDb.This left fans waiting impatiently for season 4. After a little over a year, they got what they wanted, and it did not disappoint, being one of, if not the, best seasons of Invincible, with a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. The season started off with Mark Grayson still feeling intense emotions from not killing Angstrom, as well as …
Trump duels with the truth in ’60 Minutes’ standoff
Share: President Trump’s 60 Minutes interview following the White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting took a disrespectful turn as the President felt he needed to become defensive over the alleged shooter, Cole Allen’s manifesto. The President relied on his typical derogatory and dehumanizing responses towards the interviewer, Norah O’Donnell, when questions were too much for his fragile ego to handle. Trump called O’Donnell a ‘horrible person’ for reading a part of the manifesto, which seemed to be directed at him but did not mention him by …
Clothes aren’t consent: PCC students wear denim to support survivors
Share: On April 29, the Office of Institutional Equity, Diversity and Justice (IEDJ) gathered students to participate in activities on Denim Day in support of sexual assault survivors. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Denim Day is an annual event to uplift survivors. The IEDJ hosted the event to invite students to learn more about the meaning behind Denim Day while writing messages of support for survivors. Walking through the event, students could find activities like button making, coloring pages, and jewelry making. Throughout …
The Bunny Museum celebrates Easter with a basket full of art and Side Street Projects
Share: On a sunny spring day, families and communities clustered around tables spread out with pastel paint, cups of water, and mounds of clay. In the eve before Easter Sunday, Side Street Projects hosted a free ceramics skill-share event called “Clay Bunnychella” at The Bunny Museum in Altadena. Children in bunny ear headbands played with and molded the clay into bunnies that were straight out of their imaginations. Parents also participated in the event, shaping rabbit ears and tails, healing their inner child through creating …
Artists’ platforms can be bigger than the performance
Share: People with power or a large platform should use it to spread awareness about social and political issues, happening not just in the U.S. but globally too. When there are injustices affecting any kind of community, that should always be addressed. Even when there is censorship or obstacles preventing celebrities from speaking out, it is important that they try to. What many saw when Becky G spoke up for immigrants at Coachella this year was that the camera cut away from her, which was …
Trump’s Easter ‘truths’ make him older but never wiser
Share: This year on Easter morning, President Donald Trump proceeded to open Truth Social, his social media platform, from which he posts multiple times a day, and shared a nonsensical tirade including a threat to Iran if they didn’t open up the Strait of Hormuz. The post was insane, just like the rest of his posts have been, and left a question on whether this is just the level Trump has always been or if he is deteriorating. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and …
A ‘Second Sight’ into PCC’s exciting photography
Share: As students learn to shoot on DSLR’s and film cameras on the second floor of the Center of the Arts Building, blue flyers and posters with QR codes scattered throughout the classrooms read, “Second Sight, Photography Contest and Photography Festival”. From March 30 to April 27, students who are in photography classes between Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 are gearing up for the opportunity to submit their photos to be judged, exhibited and awarded by faculty and professionals in the industry. The Second Sight …