News Briefs

--Compiled by Natalee Ayala

Pierce philosophers present documentary; symposium to follow The Philosophy Club and Department of Philosophy and Sociology present “Artworld Perspectives: Herb & Dorothy.” The documentary screening will be on Monday, April 15 in the Great Hall at 4 p.m. with a panel discussion to follow. Panelists include Gallery Director and Professor of Art Monika Del Bosque, LA-based artist Robert Standish, and Emily Sudd, a former executive assistant to the chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, LA.

Scholarship deadlines approach

Three Guild scholarship opportunities are still available. The deadlines for Jean Trapnell, Bill Doyle, and Hy Weintraub scholarships, all of which are for $1,000, is April 19. Apply at www.aft1521.org.

Garcetti to come to campus

LA mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti will be speaking at Day of Politics 2 on Thursday, April 18 in the Great Hall from 4 to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Denise Robb at robbdm@piercecollege.edu. Choir and Cabaret join to fundraise

Cabaret, an annual fundraiser, dinner and silent auction, presented by the Philharmonic Choir, will take place in the Great Hall on Saturday, April 20. Dinner will start at 6:30 p.m., followed by an 8 p.m. show. Tickets are $40 before April 16, $50 at the door, and $20 for children 12 and under. For ticket information call 818-753-3306 or visit www. brownpapertickets.com.

A day after its online release, a press conference featuring California’s chancellor of community colleges at Pierce College Wednesday will unveil a new tracking tool for measuring student success.

California’s Student Success Scorecards individually present benchmark data about the state’s 112 community colleges’ completion rates categorized by a student’s degree of preparedness, and segmented into race, ethnicity, gender, and age.

“This new tool . . . gives the California community colleges an unprecedented level of transparency, making the nation’s

Chancellor Brice Harris said in a video released on YouTube Tuesday.

Wednesday’s conference, at which Pierce student and coPresident of the Black Student Union Jerry Peralte will be speaking, is one of only two unveilings. Northern California’s Diablo Valley College hosted the other on Tuesday.

As of Tuesday, all 112 of California’s community colleges have a Scorecard posted on the chancellor’s office’s website, cccco. edu.

By gauging and publishing measurements of student achievement, the Scorecards are posed to help increase transfer and graduation rates, according to the chancellor’s office’s website.

Pierce was selected to represent the community colleges of Southern California partly because of the results the collected data yielded, according to Vice President of Academic Affairs Anna Davies, who said Pierce’s data scored above the state’s average. Davies said the data shows that success and completion rates are directly affected by a student’s preparation, and Davies feels the Scorecards could help incoming community college students gain perspective on what it takes to succeed.

“I’m hoping that we can work closely with our local high schools, so that potential students can begin to see the characteristics of successful students at Pierce,” Davies said.

The information presented on the scorecard details the different rates of progress through percentages, but is not intended to be used as a way to rank or compare schools. The press conference and town hall discussion will be held from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. in the Great Hall. In addition to Harris’ appearance, Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Daniel LaVista will also be speaking.

Contributing: Matt Gottesman

Incident Report 3/23 – 4/07

March 26 – Burglary

A locked vehicle parked on row

D of Lot 7 was broken into and burglarized between 2:45 and 7 p.m.

March 29-30 –Attempted Burglary

An ATM machine located in the Farm Center was subject to a burglary attempt.

Pierce College Sheriff ‘s Station

General Info: 818-719-6450

Emergency: 818-710-4311