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Joseph Futtner has been dean at PCC since 2011, but he’s been teaching here since July 1993. All these years, he’s been introducing new programs and enriching the college experience for many students. He will be leaving his job here as a dean in July, and he’ll go back to teaching, but this time in Italy. The Department of Visual Arts and Media Studies (VAMS) the dean’s responsibility here at Pasadena City College. It is the heart of two divisions: the Center for the Arts, originally designed f

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An officer reported that he escorted off campus two transients out of the IT-building elevator. Dispatch observed four males under suspicious circumstances via camera in lot five, at level three, who were role playing with what appeared to be a toy handgun. The officer made contact with the students and confirmed that the handgun was not real; the students advised that they were filming for a school project, so the officer counseled and advised the students to discontinue their project. Facili

The Creveling Lounge was unrecognizable on May 31, as the 61 PCC graduates walked through the center of the room to the sound of beating drums played by other students among them. Two women performed a Koko West African dance in colorful costumes, dancing around friends and families and all of the students who successfully completed their academic achievements this Spring. It is the fifth annual PCC Black Grad Celebration and the many black, gold and white balloons at the center of the ceiling

It’s a warm afternoon at Pasadena City College. Room C345 at the writing center is swarming with students occupying most of the tables and computers. Some people are working on their essays, research papers and all sorts of English writings. Liza Nechay is a 22 year old student from Ukraine, her major is Psychology and she is also an English tutor here at PCC. She says that if anybody said that she would be a tutor one day, she would have never believed them. Nechay never felt or thought that s

This year, Memorial Day was commemorated at PCC on Thursday May 23, at the school’s Memorial Wall. The sound of a bagpipe accompanied the event, as five speakers honored the memories of those who lost their lives in war. PCC Chief of Police Steven Matchan’s speech was dedicated to all the men and women who died in war and what that means for all of us. “Sometimes we take for granted all the things we are able to do in this country and forget who made it possible. I was in the military myself,”

In spite of her challenging past in the middle of the poverty and the violence of South Central Los Angeles, Olympia LePoint is the first person to go to college in her family. Presently, she is an inspiring figure for a lot of people, including her students at Pasadena City College. LePoint earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree and applied for mathematics at California State University Northridge. Originally Carl Main, the dean of the math department, asked her to come teach at PCC and as

As it turns out, getting into a program to become a registered nurse (RN), a nurse anesthetist, or a dental hygienist is a very competitive business. As the four speakers at the Health Science Career Panel analyzed career options, they shared not only their personal work experiences and choices, but they also offered suggestions in the nursing, anesthesiologist, technical, and dental hygiene fields to PCC students and veterans last Thursday afternoon in room W-206. According to Michael Boytim,

Carmen Ung’s story is the perfect example of a champion in the making. She is a freshman at PCC, but has already broken two school records: 100 breaststroke — which she held from almost all the previous competitions she was in and breaking her own school record over time — and 200 breaststroke from the record set two years ago by Jocelyn Jo. Ung also won all three events she participated in at the South Coast Conference (SCC) Championships, taking gold in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 breaststr

As state championships took place last week at De Anza College, PCC’s best swimmers and their head coach Terry Stoddard felt satisfied with the results, even though this time around there weren’t any winners. Both PCC women and men placed 21st overall out of nearly 40 other colleges, with 47 and 49 points respectively. Stoddard was pleased with how things went this time. He says that he is most proud of the way swimmers dealt with the peak meet, by being there, and the way they handled the prel

The last swimming competition at Mount San Antonio College on Thursday was quite a success for the swim teams at PCC. Carmen Ung, the fastest swimmer on the women’s team, won three awards in all three events she participated in at the South Coast Conference (SCC) Championships, taking gold in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 breaststroke, and although the men’s team didn’t win any events, they placed third. The swimming and diving championships took place April 18, 19, and 20. The teams’ spirit wa

People are gathered at tables, painting beautiful pictures of logos, nature and space. Doing art work together, with shiny, multicolored balloons floating around the room as the soundtrack of the movie “Black Panther” played in the background. It is only one of the many events happening this February, including African dances, black history game night, and a hip hop forum. The festival was sponsored by Ujima, Blackademia, and ASPCC and was located in the CC building. The Ujima Festival occurred