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Chancellor explains withdrawal of district offer from president
Francisco Rodriguez, chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District, had requested that Pierce College president Kathleen Burke accept the position of vice chancellor of educational services with the district. But Rodriguez withdrew the offer and sent a letter to Pierce faculty and staff on May 4 to explain the withdrawal. In the letter, Rodriguez said he nixed the offer “in the interest of maintaining stable leadership at Pierce College.” Scan the QR code below to read the letter in its entirety.
Former film and TV actor taught theater at Pierce, dies at 101
Theatre, most commonly known as the “Dow Theater,” which Pierce students attend daily. Before she taught theater, Dow graduated from Cornell University at nown for playing a time when women rarely pursued a sweet-looking higher education. She mainly taught old lady with sassy children’s and musical theater at side, actress Ellen Pierce from 1968 to 1989. She Albertini Dow died directed Pierce’s original production May 4, 2015. She was 101. of “The Fantasticks” in the late 1960s, Best known for her role as Rosie and Pierce commemorated her with the rapping a remounting of grandmother the musical in in Adam fall, 2014. Ellen Albertini Dow S a n d l e r ’s “I think it’s in television and film “The Wedding so cool someone Singer,” she famous taught First film appearance spent nearly 20 here,” said St. “American Drive-In” (1985) years teaching Clair Du-Berry, at Pierce a theater student First TV appearance “The Twilight Zone” (1986) College and at Pierce. “It’s has left a mark something we Notable film roles on the college can all aspire to,” “Sister Act” (1992) to this day. Du-Berry said. “The Wedding Singer” (1998) D o w ’ s The daughter “Wedding Crashers” (2005) h u s b a n d of Italian Notable TV Roles Eugene Dow immigrants, “Quantum Leap” (1993) founded the Dow grew up in “Seinfeld” (1995) Pierce Theater Pen nsylvania. “Six Feet Under” (2005) Depar t ment She began in 1957. In dancing at age 1968, Dow 5, worked with transferred to Pierce from L.A. City Martha Graham and danced on College, where she taught theater Broadway three times. She then and choreography. went on to teach miming for 19 The theater within the Performing years. Arts Center is named after Dow and Throughout her life, Dow played her husband as The Eugene Francis many memorable roles in film and & Ellen Albertini Dow Arena TV. She made her film debut in
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Ellen Albertini Dow poses with her nephew Bob Albertini at a reception for the Pierce College Theater Departmentʼs renovation of the Performing Arts Building, which was previously known as the Black Box Theater. Ellen Dow donated $150,000 to its renovation in 2005. “American Drive-In” in 1985, and her television debut in “The Twilight Zone” one year later. According to IMDb, Dow holds the record as the longest living actor in “Star Trek” history. In 2005, she played loud-mouthed Grandma in the box-office hit movie Wedding Crashers. That same year, she donated $150,000 to the Pierce Theater department for renovations to the small black box
theatre. Thanks to Dow’s donation, Pierce Michael Sande reflected on new seating, lighting and sound his memories of Dow. equipment were installed, and the “She would go see whatever the courtyard was created as well. new shows were in Broadway and Dow never let age stand in the bring back the programs with her, way of her love for Broadway. She and say what I should go see or what would make three visits a year to see would be a waste of my money,” Broadway shows and return eager to Sande said. “She didn’t pull any tell her friends about what was worth punches. She said it how it was and seeing. that rubbed people the wrong way.” Dow’s friend of more than a [For the full story visit decade and theater manager at theroundupnews.com]
Student Art Show contestant plagiarizes, loses top award Artist claims political cartoon as her own MYLAN STEWART Roundup Reporter @jmstewartrn SETH PERLSTEIN Editor in Chief @sethperlstein
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rt student Lyudmila Oritz won top honors at Pierce College’s sixth annual Student Art Show for a political cartoon about the conflict in Ukraine. But she was stripped of the award when Monkia Del Bosque, instructor of arts, was told by Oritz’ professor that the student plagiarized the cartoon. The ASO and Foundationsponsored show opened with an awards ceremony and reception May 7 in ART 3301.
-Monika Del Bosque Instructor of Art
Guest jurors Erin Stone and Addie Renteria Gonzalez bumped up the first, second and third place winners, and added a new honorable mention recipient. according to Del Bosque. Susanna Bucht was named the new Best in Show, Vickie Weiss was bumped to first place, while Heather Jackson jumped to second place and Yarizbet Jaimes moved up to third place. Brandon Steadman joined Hilary Menor, Richard Villalobos and Perris Valentine on the honorable mention list. [See PLAGIARISM, pg. 3]
East Coast coffee chain films autumnthemed commercial
Massachusetts-based coffee chain Dunkin’ Donuts opened its first Los Angeles-area stores in September, 2014. The company with the pink and orange logo shot a fall-themed commercial at Pierce College in the grass field adjacent to the North Gym on Thursday, May 7. The commercial will air in the second half of the year.
Tournament offers Speech 101 students cash prizes, extra credit The Speech Communications Department and the Associated Students Organization will host Pierce College’s third annual speech tournament Friday, May 15, from noon to 5 p.m. in the Great Gall. The tournament is open to students enrolled in Speech 101. First, second and third place finishers will earn prizes of $200, $100 and $75 respectively. All participants will receive extra credit. Speech 101 students can talk to their professors to participate. #PierceSpeech
“...it takes a lot of guts to claim someone else’s work as your own.”
“I feel bad for the public who came and was deceived,” Del Bosque said. The cartoon Oritz used to win Best in Show appears identical to a piece created by Dave Granlund. It depicted a Ukrainian bus being pulled in two directions by tow trucks, one labeled as from Russia and the other marked as from the European Union. “It’s one thing if a student commits plagiarism in a class,” Del Bosque said. “But then to submit a piece to a show for a competition, that’s another layer of dishonesty. That’s the part that to me is really hard.”
East Los Angeles College’s Ryan Navarette defeated Pierce College’s Milo Anderson by three votes, 1,880 to 1,877, for the Student Trustee seat on the L.A. Community College District’s Board of Trustees. But the election is not final, according to Anderson. Read more on page 3.
Veterans Club hosts barbecue, raffle
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Lyudmila Oritz receives the award for Best in Show at the annual Student Art Show on May 7. Oritz was later found to have plagiarized the political cartoon she submitted, and was stripped of the award. Woodland Hills, Calif.
The Veterans Club will host a barbecue and raffle Wednesday, May 13, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Mall. Tickets are $5 and include either a hot dog or a burger with chips and a soda. Are you a military veteran? If so, let us know on Facebook and Twitter with #PierceVeterans.
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