Hobbits, swords and English

The professor first discovered Tolkien’s works during Christmas of 1972 when his cousin got him The Hobbit and three paperback

The Lord of the Rings novels as a gift.

“I first read The Lord of the Rings in [an] eighth grade algebra class by hiding it in my textbook,” Krikorian said while laughing. “I had never read it before, and I envy people who have never read The Lord of the Rings and get to read it for the first time.”

Wednesday, April 16

Alpha Gamma Sigma meets at 1 p.m. in BUS 3206.

The Psychology Club meets at 1 p.m. in the ASO Conference Room.

The Political Science Club meets at 1 p.m. in the ASO Office.

The Philosopy Society meets in the ASO Conference Room at 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 17

The Anthropology Society meets at noon in CNC 3808. Alpha Gamma Sigma meets at 1 p.m. in BUS 3206

The French Club meets at 2 p.m. in the ASO Office.

Club Orientation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.

Monday, April 21

Club Olympics will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Habitat for Humanity meets at 4 p.m. in BEH 1309.

Tuesday, April 22

But as a scholar of the arts, Krikorian does not limit himself to just goblins and elves.

He also enjoys the deeper and darker sensibilities of post-war American novelists such as Joseph Heller, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

“It is funny because I do not like the characters – I do not like any of them, even the narrators,”

Krikorian said about a couple of Fitzgerald’s novels. “They are despicable people, but the writing is so good.”

After graduating from Indio High School, Krikorian attended College of the Desert, which was founded in 1958.

He then transferred as a math major to the University of California, San Diego and once more transferred to Point Loma College to get a bachelor’s degree in English.

Following graduation, Krikorian worked for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, a now defunct publishing firm, and assisted in publishing trade books for four seasons.

He also attended the University of California, Los Angeles in

Club 411: Happy feet for the shoeless New group helps those in need by donating needed footwear

fortunate, including bake sales and collecting shoes from schools.

order to attain a master’s degree in English.

Krikorian then taught for three years at the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked at East Los Angeles College for the course of one semester as part of their Program for Adult College Education program. He then switched to Pierce College in the fall of 1988 and has remained here since.

“He works at a very calm pace with his students individually,” said Alex Frenkel, an English major who took Krikorian’s English 207 course last fall semester. “He is very knowledgeable in his field of work. He encourages students to see him during office hours to proofread papers and gives ideas as opposed to just feedback.”

Club Olympics will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Architecture Club meets at 3 p.m. in AT 3800

The Business Economics Students Association meets at 3 p.m. in the ASO Conference Room.

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With just a pen and a paper and a passion for giving back to the community, two high school students came together and created an organization called Happy Feet.

Happy Feet was created in 2012 by then-El Camino High School students Azadeh Hanukaai and Pardees Fassihi.

They showed an interest in giving back to their community, and decided that the best way to do it would be to create a group to help the needy.

Thinking outside the box, instead of donating clothes or canned goods, they decided to take another route and give shoes instead.

“I thought it was a great idea,” Hanukaai said. “Just to help people that are not in a great economic situation, makes me happy when I can help.”

Happy Feet has also teamed up with Soles 4 Souls, which is a global non-profit institution dedicated to fighting poverty by collecting shoes and clothes from individuals, organizations and schools.

Soles 4 Souls was founded in 2006, and was recently named the best non-profit to work for by the NonProfit Times.

Along with shoe drives, the club has completed other projects to continue to give back to the less

“The next shoe drive we have, we want to go back to Calabash Elementary School in Woodland Hills during spring break,” Fassihi said.

They plan on eventually turning Happy Feet into a nonprofit organization, and want to keep the club going at Pierce College as well as El Camino High School.

They want to expand the name and keep the club up and active.

“In 10 years, I hope Happy Feet will continue to help people in the community in the way that I and the rest of the club are able to,” club member Alexis Morris said about their future plans.

This is just the beginning for the club’s goals and achievements. Knowing that children and adults do not have to worry about basic necessities is a feeling that Happy Feet strives for.

As of now, Happy Feet does not have a day or time in which the club meets, but the information will be announced soon, according to the club.