Crime Alert Assault on campus

MITCH NODELMAN Reporter @mitchnodelman

Afemale student at Pierce College was sexually assaulted in Parking Lot 7 at about 2 p.m. on an unspecified day in early September.

The incident was first reported to the Pierce College Sheriff’s Department on Thursday, Oct. 22, according to Deputy Al Guerrero. The Sheriff’s Department released a bulletin about the incident as soon as it was reported.

The bulletin described the suspect as an adult male driving a black 4-door vehicle, possibly a sedan. The windows of the vehicle were covered up with black towels.

President Kathleen Burke sent an email alert to faculty, students and staff about the assault with the bulletin attached.

Parking Lot 7 is located next to the Child Development Center and the Mason Avenue entrance to the college. One faculty member in the Child Development Center said she will be warning students to be careful.

“I’m going to be talking to my students and reminding them to go out in partners and to be careful,” said Phyllis Schneider, director and instructor of child development.

Schneider said the assault has her staff worried about campus safety.

“Several of us have been very concerned with walking into the parking lot,” Schneider said. “It is concerning that we didn’t hear about it until more than a month after it happened.”

Veteransʼ exhibit is now open at Pierce

Wartime letters are centerpiece of ‘War Comes Home’ installation in LLC

MOHAMMAD DJAUHARI Reporter

@17thLetter

War Comes Home, a collection of letters written by active duty servicemembers and veterans to their families, will be on display beginning Monday, Oct. 26 through Friday, Dec. 4, inside the Library / Learning Crossroads.

A panel discussion and “speed dating”-type event will open the installation where veterans and students will sit down in a questionand-answer session.

“Veterans will be able to tell their point of view of how their service was like,” said Charles Johnson, adjunct faculty and a veteran himself.

The exhibit will also include weekly trivia based on the installation and an interactive portion where people can listen to audio of veterans reading their letters.

“Students will be able to come in and check out an MP3 player at the front desk,” said Lisa Valdez, outreach librarian. “They can also use their smartphones to text a code and listen to the audio.”

A series of events tied to War Comes Home are scheduled in the time between its opening this week and its conclusion Dec. 5. An art exhibit, titled

“When War Comes Home: Snapshots

From Soldiers,” will be in the Art Hill gallery from Monday, Nov. 2 through Friday, Dec. 4.

War Comes Home is based on the book “Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families” by Andrew Carroll. Carroll will speak in the Great Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

War Comes Home is a project of the non-profit organization