Council makes changes to student registration PCC works to integrate students

Ethan Hanson Assistant Editor

Under the Student Success Act, 524 students will be qualified to register early for classes at Pierce College according to the Vice President of Student Services Earic Peters at the latest Pierce College Council session.

“In order for students to be qualified they must have three requirements.” Peters said. “We have an online orientation , we have an assessment center to go and take the assessment test and then we have a counselor for the student to work with.” who are not assessed properly and students who are not oriented to the college do not do well. Students who do all these things have been shown to do well and can continue their education.”

Even beyond the new law, Student Services wants to pull students into the campus experience by working with clubs, sports and activities on campus.

“My job is to develop a more comprehensive student program,” Peters said. “We have been reaching out to the clubs and ASO and we want to expand more and reach out.”

Supplements are often sold under the guise of preventing illness, but taking them when they aren’t needed can cause damage to

“This is the only body we have,” Melikyan said. “Nobody will replace it.”

This is only the start of

Supplements are advertised as “preventive” and therefore aren’t classified the same. They can be approved within several months, and don’t have an efficiency check from the FDA -- only a toxicity check, according to Melikyan.

Veronica Liverato, another Pierce student is currently studying computer applications, and has a culinary arts degree. She said that she now knows moderation is necessary, depending on what is ingested -- even if it is natural.

“I’m always interested in nutrition and food,” Liverato said. “I mean, I drink green tea. That was pretty mind-boggling.”