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Academic Senate election ends Friday
The last day for faculty to vote in the Academic Senate election is Friday, April 24. Results will be announced Monday, April 27. Read more about the candidates and election on page three. Share your thoughts about the the Academic Senate election with #PierceSenate.
Student government to get four new members
“Super Swap Meet” replaces this monthʼs Vintage Market The Topanga Vintage Market will do something unusual for its next event. Instead of its monthly vintage-only market, it will have a “Super Swap Meet” that will feature all types of items. The “Super Swap Meet” is Saturday, April 25, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Lot 7. The Vintage Market will return Sunday, May 24. Will you check out the “Super Swap Meet” Let us know on Facebook and Twitter with #PierceSwapMeet.
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allots close Thursday in Pierce College’s student government election, to determine which candidates will take over key positions in the Associated Student Organization’s leadership. Eight candidates have run campaigns this month in races for four executive positions in Pierce’s student senate. All of Pierce’s roughly 22,000 students will be able to vote online for the ASO’s president, vice president, treasurer and club council president. “I think the role of student government and committees have become blended in a way where it’s not really working,” said Albert Thakur, engineering major and one of three candidates running for ASO president. “Number one, the students don’t know what’s going on. We have all these committees, and nobody knows.” Thakur joined the Navy when he was 17 years old, where he was a nuclear reactor operator. He was an E3 rank when he left the service, is currently both an actor and part-owner of an oil and gas company based in Pennsylvania, and said he would like to be the first U.S. senator of Indian descent. He is a writein candidate in the election, and his name will not appear in online ballots. “What I want to do is create an openness and rapport that we don’t currently have,” Thakur said. [See ASO, pg. 3]
Getty publicist to speak on campus
Amy Hood, Senior Communications Specialist for The Getty, will talk about the world of public relations and journalism as part of the Media Arts Department’s speaker series. Hood’s presentation is Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall. Will you attend the talk? Tell us on Facebook and Twitter with #PierceSpeakerSeries.
ASO, college to plant trees for Arbor Day
Thursday concert series plays again Funding issues solved, 35-year tradition continues
SCOTT PREWITT News Editor @s̲prewitt The Pierce College Thursday Concert series returned last week after issues with funding earlier this year caused the program to be put on hold. The concerts, which have been a Pierce tradition for about 35 years according to music instructor and event organizer James Bergman, resumed in the newlyrenovated Performing Arts Building on Thursday with a performance by the Argus Quartet. “It was awesome, I liked it,” said Rebecca Maltby, a music and guitar student, and attendee at the concert.
“I played flute too, so I have a musical background. I understand the dedication, especially to play string instruments.” The quartet played two pieces Thursday, the first of which was the classic “String Quartet Op. 80,” composed by Felix Mendelssohn two months before his death in 1847. Mendelssohn composed the piece in dedication to his sister, who had died less than six months earlier. One need not know the history of the piece to pick up on the tragic tone. Profound sadness rings from the highs and lows in each measure. There are moments of brightness, particularly in the third measure, which seem to try to hold back the overwhelming darkness of
the piece. But by the fourth and final measure, it is clear during the crescendos that Mendelssohn’s moments of hope in the darkest moments of his life were but fleeting thoughts. Jason Issokson, one of two violinists in the quartet, attempted to explain the thought process of a person as they play a piece as deeply emotional as “String Quartet Op. 80.” “That’s a tough one to field, honestly,” Issokson said. “It’s sometimes a lot and sometimes not anything at all. It’s hard to say, I mean I don’t know, it’s a different kind of consciousness when you’re playing.” Diana Wade, who plays viola in the group, said it was [See CONCERT, pg. 5]
Pierce will plant trees in Rocky Young Park to honor Arbor Day. Director of Facilities Paul Nieman will lead a demonstration about how to plant trees on Thursday, April 23 at 9 a.m. There will be a welcoming at 10 a.m. before the tree planting which is from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Do you plan to plant a tree? Tell us on Facebook and Twitter with #PierceTrees.
Ag department will teach cow milking at Farm Walk event This year’s Farm Walk will feature cow milking, sheep shearing, and a petting zoo. There will also be barbecue, deserts and ice cream at the event. The Farm Walk is Sunday, April 26, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the farm. Admission costs $5 for adults. Children under 12 years old and parking are free. Share your thoughts about the Farm Walk on Facebook and Twitter with #PierceFarm.
Marquee deadline set
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Diana Wade plays the viola at the Argus Quartetʼs performance at the Pierce College Performing Arts Center in Woodland Hills, Calif. April 16, 2015.
The college is now accepting names of transfers and graduates to display on its marquee in June. Send your name, student ID number, and either the name of the college you will transfer to or the name of the degree or certificate you’ve earned to news@ piercecollege.edu by June 5. #PierceMarquee.
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