In early December, President Mark Mitsuki sent out an email notifying how Governor Kate Brown’s proposed (or lack of depending how you look at it) budget plan and how this would affect all seventeen community colleges in Oregon, as community
Recap of Panther Basketball vs. Chemeketa CC
On Wednesday, January 16th, the Panthers played the Chemeketa Storm at home, in the Cascade gym. The Women’s team play first with a rock start with Chemeketa having leading at the end of the second quarter; 41 to 15. Yet
PCC Students Spend Their Winter Break with Habitat for Humanity
Back (L-R): Luxo Lopez, Jade Vanatta, Nic Pham, Valentina Nolazco, Nicole Pruitt, Cesar Santiago, Chris Keith Front (L-R): Katherine Cox, Pedro Garcia-Balderram, Andrea Salyer, Mitzi Pulido, Kimberly Alvarez, Monet Sutch, Katie San Roman, Chi Pham On December 17th, 13 PCC
Diversidad Sin Fronteras: LGBTQI+ Asylum
Deciding to travel separately from the larger “caravan” for safety, a group of 80 people, mainly LGBTQI+ individuals were the first to reach the U.S. Mexico border in November. This group and many more LGBTQI+ community members currently at the
Community Engaged Policing Committee Meets for the First Time
The newly formed Portland Committee on Community Engaged Policing (PCCEP) met for their first public meeting on Wednesday, November 28th. The mayor-appointed committee met to establish their bylaws, elect officers of the committee, share information about a city wide survey,
Basketball Spotlight: Coach Tony Broadous
Back (L-R): Coach Bradley-Muhammad, Coach Guerva, Coach White, (30) Keyshawn Waters, (20) Leyson Farmer, (22) Mike Landi, (4) Tabor Bosco, (23) Benyle Jordan, (24) Rhys Atkinson, Coach West, Coach Wilson. Front (L-R): (5) Nathanael Boyer, (21) Sam Marcum, (10)
It’s Not a Sprint, It’s the Portland Marathon
If you haven’t been following the Portland marathon, let me catch you up. In 2014, there were so many EMS incidents during the actual race, that no ambulances were available in the entire Multnomah County system. In 2016, the marathon
Campaign to Can The Coke Contract Gains Momentum
Students at Portland Community College have been working to ban the sale of single use plastic containers across the district. PCC currently has a 10-year pouring rights contract with Coca-Cola and it expires in September of 2019. The students see
Men of Color Leadership Program
About 5 years ago, PCC found that its male-student of color population had a lower success rate when compared to the rest of the student body. As a result the Men of Color leadership program was instilled to improve recruitment,
Space Matter at PCC
This last July, while most of us enjoyed summer break away from PCC, a cohort of 12 students analyzed Sylvania campus to further work on the Space Matters project. Space Matters is a collective effort to understand and interpret the
The Skanner News Heart of Northeast Portland
The Skanner News has been a fixture of Northeast Portland since 1975, when Bobbie Doré Foster and Bernie Foster founded the news group to provide advocacy for the predominantly black neighborhoods of North and Northeast Portland; where it has been
Sovereignty: Past, Present and Future
About a dozen people sat in rows of chairs facing the front of room as “Sovereignty: Past, Present and Future” was set to begin. Organized by PCC’s Native Nations Club and hosted inside of Room 202 in Cascade Campus’ Student
PCC, Sustain Me! Podcast & The Bridge
Over the summer of 2018 at Portland Community College, a podcast was in its development stage. Spawned by a desire to provide a different platform for storytelling and driven by a passion for sustainability and social justice, PCC, Sustain Me!
PCC’s Alternative Break : Waves of Change
PCC Student Life and Leadership Programs give students the opportunity to travel outside of Oregon on an alternative break between terms. This winter break, 15 PCC student volunteers will build homes in Kaua’i with Habitat for Humanity. These student volunteers
Portland Women in Art Lecture Series Honors First International Guest: Mónica Mayer
Mónica Mayer was this year’s first international guest of the Portland Women in Art Lecture Series (PWALS). PWALS was founded in 2010 with the desire to bring feminist artists, curators, and scholars to Portland for public lectures, for student art