Archive for October, 2011

by / on October 28, 2011 at 12:26 pm / in Dear Sophie

Dear Sophie

Dear Sophie, I need some relationship advice. I am the mother of a 3 1/2-year-old little girl whose father is not a part of our lives. I have been dating someone for a little more than a year and he is fantastic with her. I can truly tell she loves him and he loves her like his own, and on [...]

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by / on October 28, 2011 at 12:23 pm / in Comments Corner

Prejudice against poverty: the bias of Pierce College

The removal of the bus routes, the dependency on technology, the prices in the student store, vending machine prices and the prices of extra facilities create additional financial hardships for poverty stricken students

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by / on October 28, 2011 at 12:15 pm / in Fightin' Words

Community college or straight to university: which is better?

If you can see yourself going to a four-year college and obtaining a bachelors degree, then don’t bother messing around at a community college.

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by / on October 28, 2011 at 12:13 pm / in Comments Corner

It was too close for comfort

I was already in the middle of the street, still walking, and I couldn’t help but to glance up again at that Mazda. And then it dawned on me the car wasn’t slowing down.

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by / on October 28, 2011 at 12:12 pm / in News

Truong, McAffee get nod following representative elections

Angel Truong ran uncontested, winning the role of evening representative. In the election for environmental representative, Kasie McAfee won with 216 votes, defeating James Hunt and Shelby Pyle.

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by / on October 28, 2011 at 12:11 pm / in News

Longtime college employeee dies

Retired long-time Pierce College staff member Norma Cook died Sept. 8 from cancer.

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by / on October 28, 2011 at 12:09 pm / in News

Local chorus with Pierce staff wins American Prize

To the chorus members’ surprise, they received an e-mail saying they were finalists in this competition. They later won first place, receiving the American Prize for Choral Performance in the community chorus division.`

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by / on October 28, 2011 at 12:00 pm / in First Look

Only help yourself to The Help, the book

Genevieve Huard Co-editor The fiction novel, The Help perfectly demonstrates pre-Civil Rights Movement segregation by using the simple symbol of a toilet. Inspired by the author’s own experience of living in the south and being raised by an African American maid, The Help was an absolutely riveting book that perfectly embodied the contradictions and dichotomies of the lives of African [...]

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by / on October 28, 2011 at 11:58 am / in First Look

Movie Review: Ides of March

Ides of March Director or Distributor After seeing Ides of March, there are doubtless dozens of dirty politicians running back to their homes to check if their diaries are still hidden. This movie may be fiction, but there’s no denying the truth in its portrayal of the corruption in America’s political system. In this movie about a presidential campaign team, [...]

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by / on October 28, 2011 at 11:57 am / in First Look

Game Review: Resistance 3

Resistance 3 Insomniac Games; Sony Computer Entertainment With the vast number of third-installment shooter games coming out this year such as Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, Serious Sam 3 and Battlefield 3, a fourth game needs to be included. It’s Resistance 3. The storyline is about invincible U.S. Army soldier Joseph Capelli. He replaces Nathan Hale, the star for [...]

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