Council votes for rental increase Pierce College’s operations are losing money

Caleb Johnson

The Pierce College Council voted 13-4 Thursday to recommend that the college president increase on-campus rental prices for services and areas used by the community.

The college rents classrooms, the pool, the football stadium, the gym and other facilities around campus to raise revenue to maintain facilities.

The current rates are significantly lower than many other colleges in the area and are below fair market values, according to Associate Vice President of Administrative Services Larry Kraus.

“What we found is that we are very low in our pricing,” Kraus said. “In many of our operations we are losing money.”

Tyler Kolodny in the first quarter.

Chaffey responded quickly scoring a touchdown on the team’s next drive on a one yard run by quarterback Dimitri Morales to tie the game at 7-7 and cap a 73 yard drive with 2:34 remaining the first quarter.

The Panthers were able to score again in the second quarter when Morales connected his second touchdown of the game on a nine yard pass to running back Jamie Snowten taking a 13-7 lead after kicker David Young missed the extra point attempt.

Going into the second half Pierce was able to stop Chaffey on a big drive when cornerback Max Lyons came up with a huge interception in the red zone and returned the ball 97 yards to put the Brahmas at the 1 yard line.

[See CHAMPIONS, pg. 8]