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known as Pierce College, it was not a college, but a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District as grades 13 and 14.

A lot has changed in the 75 years from the physical size of the college to the new buildings that are now for co-ed students.

There was dust on the floor when the first class of the all male students began.

When medical doctor Clarence Pierce first opened Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture, now

However, former students have decided to return for the ultimate Throwback Thursday and become part of the staff.

Dr. Leland Shapiro, Chair of the

LOCATOR: Dr. Dale Fields

They are also going to take advantage of the new moon so that there is no light pollution from the moon, and the locations makes it ideal because there will be no light from the city of Los Angeles,

Manly-Sullivan said.

In addition, the club gets together when astronomical events are scheduled to occur.

“Last semester, we got together for a partial eclipse. It’s fun. We

Nelger Carrera/ Roundup lecture each other sometimes,” Rataizer said.

Joining the club’s Facebook Page, Pierce College Astronomy Club, will keep new members informed of the club’s activities.

Agriculture Department first came to Pierce in 1968.

When first starting out as a student at Pierce College, Shapiro started out as a pre-vet and animal science major, but later switched in his junior year to dairy science and biology.

Coming back to Pierce after graduating in the summer of ’76, Shapiro was “hired both as the dairy herdsman and as the dairy instructor. I have been employed full time ever since.”

In 1972, Kathy Oborn, future chair of political science, economics, criminal justice and Chicano studies, walked the Mall as a student of Pierce College, returning in 1978 to continue her education and eventually graduating in 1981.

Today, on top of being the chair of political science, economics, criminal justice and Chicano Studies, Oborn is also the Academic Senate president.

“It is the faculty’s voice on campus in areas that involve education, the classrooms, things like that,” Oborn said.

On her decision to return to Pierce, Oborn said as a student she had many faculty mentors who really meant a lot to her and she felt as if she “never really left Pierce.”

“The whole experience of being a student here at Piece meant a lot.

It was empowering,” Oborn said. “Being here at Pierce made me feel as if I had opportunities to excel, to learn and to achieve. I liked what Pierce had to offer.”

Unlike Oborn, Robert McBroom did not return to the classroom.

A student attending Pierce College in 1986, McBroom studied subjects such as business and agriculture. Making his return to the college in 2005, McBroom had a plan to develop the Pierce College Farm Center.

Always having been a part of agriculture, he felt like he had never really left Pierce or the Farm.

It has “always been near and dear to my heart,” McBroom said.