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ierce is preparing for the Los Angeles College Promise which offers one free year of community college for Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) graduates beginning this summer. “I think it benefits society as a whole because we need an educated public,” President Kathleen Burke said. The College Promise is an initiative to help students attend college without worrying about tuition for the first year. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the program in April 2016. More than $1 million was allocated to help fund the program, and the remaining amount came from a partnership between LAUSD and the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). “The mayor’s office did raise over a million dollars and the rest is coming through the foundation,” said Dean of Student Services and College Promise team member William Marmolejo. “The foundation is like the alumni leg of community college. The model for our promise and the LACCD is the last-dollar-in model. We are trying to use other people’s money first to give students the benefit of that free tuition.” According to Marmolejo, incoming students must apply and complete certain requirements to be considered promise students. Since Garcetti announced the program, Pierce College formed a team to accomplish their goal. “In the fall, we put together a team and we wrote a plan on how to recruit and implement the plan,” Marmolejo said. “These team members have been meeting on a regular basis to figure out how we are going to attract these students and get them to do things they are required to do.” Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA, be enrolled full time both fall and spring semesters, apply for financial aid, complete an orientation and assessment, have graduated from LAUSD and participate in a summer program. Incoming students who are enrolled in the program, won’t have to pay for tuition for one year. They will be guaranteed an English and math course along with other benefits that are packaged into the program, but are available to any student attending Pierce or any of the nine colleges in the district, Marmolejo said.
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Good news for 'Bad Jews' LAPC Theatre department welcomes a sold-out show
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TAYLOR ARTHUR Reporter @taya̲arthur For the first time in more than 10 years, the Pierce College Theatre Department sold out the entire run of one of its show. All 600-tickets of Joshua Harmon's comedy “Bad Jews” are already gone. The play stirred controversy about two weeks ago when several people called to complain about the shows title, which was displayed on the marquee outside the school. Premiering October 2012, Harmon's play discusses themes of identity, privilege and conformity, as three cousins in a Jewish family are brought together in mourning after the death of their grandfather. When choosing plays, the Pierce Theater Department tries to provide a balanced offering to its subscribers, according to Theater Manager Michael Sande. “This play, in particular, is going to leave the audience asking questions about the theme and themselves in a bigger cultural context,” Director Anna Steers said in a phone interview. The audience is exposed to family arguments concerning religious values and material heirlooms that cause tension between the characters. According to Andrew Former, who plays Jonah, it’s easy for him to draw parallels between his life and his character. “With a play like this that is so modern, we are not so far from the characters,” Fromer said. “It’s about looking at your own life and seeing
There will be a transfer tips workshop on Thursday, March 23, in the Transfer Center from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and a transfer associate’s degree workshop from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Representatives from California State University, Los Angeles, will be in the Transfer Center on Wednesday, March 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
CSUN Representatives from California State University, Northridge, will be in the Transfer Center on Thursday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Marc Dionne / Roundup Andrew Fromer, as "Jonah" and Seanetter Deutsch as "Daphna" on the set of "Bad Jews" in the Dow Arena theater in Woodland Hills, Calif. on March 20, 2017. the similarities, which are pretty It was important to Steers that the torn, because you think you know stark.” actors grasp the greater context the answers, but it’s really not clear Because there are only four roles, behind “Bad Jews” and the main what side you should be on,” Former memorizing all of the lines was references, which included the said. daunting for the cast members. Holocaust. According to Sande, the Theater “The sheer amount of words that I “All of the students were eager to Department is sensitive to people had to download in my brain was a do the research, and all the actors who still want to see the show, but challenge,” lead actor Ryan Phillips went to the Museum of Tolerance haven’t yet secured tickets. said. and spent a day there. It’s tragic in “What we are telling people is to Preparation began three weeks a much larger scale to realize that,” come [in person] 45 minutes before before the semester started, with Steers said. “We started to live in the the show starts. That is when the box show rehearsals beginning in early reality of how people in the Jewish office opens and that is where you January. faith identify with their religion after can get on a waiting list,” Sande Said. The show is set to run March 24 The look of the set is partly defined the Holocaust.” by what is described in the text, in Former anticipates the crowd will through April 2. addition to the creative liberty of the have varying reactions to the play. student set designers and director. “I really hope [the audience] will be tarthur.roundupnews@gmail.com
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