Good Afternoon Rock Creek Students, A few days ago, members representing a local bible church placed a leaflet on cars in our parking lots. Clearly this message targeted our queer/trans community which violates our institutional values. We are also reminded that our parking lots are not free speech zones and that
Ben Nzowo’s (pronounced n-zoh-woh) first experienced racial profiling last year, after coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo to the U.S. to study. He and his friends, all black, were driving to an ATM in Seattle, when they were pulled over. Soon more police officers showed up and swarmed the car.
pcc.edu recently featured welder Ash Jimenez on the login page, and highlighted her joining a long tradition of women in the trades. On August 30, 1990, this photo by Susan Hereford appeared. The caption read: “Jennice Taylor (left) of Hillsboro and Vi Bryant of Portland work on construction of the Scouter’s
Usually the government doing something that affects students is news to dread, but for once there’s some good news on that front. On Monday, May 8, Congress passed a piece of bipartisan legislation to refund the summer Pell Grant Program starting with the 2017-2018 school year. This means that starting this
As we approach LGBT Pride Month (June), Portland Community College will be hosting a collection of events focused on LGBTQ+ pride, which will be spanning all four campuses for the next month, and then some. The QRC (Queer Resource Center) has a wide range of activities and performances planned for the
These are love songs. That is important to understand. Death is real. This aspect of the album cannot, and should not be ignored. The loss of Phil Elverum’s wife, is the crux by which this album was forged. But as a larger concept, I think what the album is really about
Some of you may have heard of orgsync via your MyPCC email account lately, here’s some information to shine on that subject to get you to better know what exactly is orgsync. What is OrgSync? OrgSync is an online platform that allows student clubs to charter and be recognized as a
Writing Conference at Rock Creek On Friday May 19th Rock creek will have its first Groundswell Writing Conference where students will present their original creative and academic writing on a range of topics, including sexuality and gender, nature and the environment, as well as politics and Portland’s housing crisis. There will
I took an Environmental Sustainability class a few terms ago. Our main goal was to make a lifestyle change for the sake of the planet. There was one in particular that really surprised me. A guy named Brett wanted to rely less on fossil-fuels, so he sold his twenty-year-old orange Toyota
I have been a huge fan of soccer all my life, but I haven’t played since high school. On Saturday, April 29th, I was given the opportunity to participate in the PCC Men’s Soccer tryouts held at the Hillsboro Stadium. Once I got there, I was introduced to Walter Arevalo, the