Student Signatures Collected for Anti-immigrant Ballot Initiative Juan Lacayo Petitioners from an organization identified as “Ballot Access” on a PCC Space Use Application and User Agreement form collected student and faculty signatures at PCC Sylvania on January 23. They allegedly
Free Tax Prep
CASH Oregon Offers Free Tax Prep to Low Income Oregonians Dom Belcastro Are you a student who needs to file their taxes for 2017? Do you need tax prep assistance and do not have the funds to pay for an
Burgerville Workers Union Calls For Boycott of All Stores
Burgerville Workers Union Calls for Boycott of All Stores Jake Edgar The formation of the Burgerville Workers Union (BVWU), in 2016, came as a pleasant surprise to everyone except Burgerville’s upper management team. The demands coming from the union
An interview with Burgerville Workers Union Organizer Stefan Stackhouse
An interview with Burgerville Workers Union Organizer Stefan Stackhouse Jake Edgar JE: How Long have you been part of the Union? SS: I’ve worked at the Gladstone Burgerville for just over one year. I joined the union for the same
Blast From the Past, Cascade College
Blast From The Past Jake Edgar This beautiful aerial shot shows Cascade College, which in some manner is the former building that Cascade Campus now houses. You can see the dorms just to the top right which are still standing,
PCC Hosts C.A.T. Workshop
PCC Hosts CAT Workshop Dom Belcastro Asher Freeman, staff member at the Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT) recently held a Renter’s Workshop on the PCC Sylvania campus. They spoke with me about several topics: Why present at PCC? We know
Humans of PCC, an Interview with Rebecca Vogt
Rebecca Vogt has been a teacher at PCC since 2007. She has worked for a number of Gateway to College programs, including Project Degree and PDX Bridge, which she was the first teacher for. The PDX Bridge program gives youth
PCC’s District Student Council Recap of Monthly Meeting:
PCC’s District Student Council Recap of Monthly Meeting: Dom Belcastro PCC’s District Student Council (DSC) conducted their monthly business meeting in Room 102 of the PCC CLIMB center this past Friday, February 2nd. Twelve of the fourteen members of
Into the Archives
Dom Belcrasto 1974 July 18 – Title IX It may be hard to imagine any PCC campus without a women’s resource center, coed p.e. classes or legal protection from gender discrimination. The passage of Title IX did not immediately
Vagina Monologues Returns with Cheryl Strayed in the Cast
This year, the Women Resource Center at PCC will be putting on Eve Ensler’s play “The Vagina Monologues” for the annual V-Day production. Though these annual plays have been taking places for nearly 20 years at PCC, this year’s will
Headline of the Week: Archaeologists say they’ve found tomb of Santa Claus
Cleve R. Wootson Jr. of the Washington Post is responsible for this week’s headline. His story begins: First the good news: WHoever told you that Santa Claus was an impostor with a fake beard collecting a Christmastime check at the
Soup Time at PCC
Cold weather says “Eat Soup” and Phi Theta Kappa says, “Have some for free! Students can come pick up either hot ready-made soup or take home the ingredients to make soup at home at the Cascade Student Union, Room 202
Comic Matt Bellassai is Coming to Town
Comedian Matt Bellassai may have arguable had the best job ever. He combined his love for whine with his love for complaining in the infamous “Whine About It” Buzzfeed videos. He wrote, co-created, and produced videos where they averaged about
Stuff Happening on Campus and Around Town
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