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EDITORIAL EASY MONEY ANYTHING FOR COLLEGE CASH?


PIERCE College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics
Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others.
 President Tom Oliver offers no apology apology [Gr.,=defense], literary work that defends, justifies, or clarifies an author's ideas or point of view. Unlike the ordinary use of the word, the literary use neither implies that wrong has been done nor expresses regret.  for renting out the campus baseball diamond for $5,000 to an X-rated cable-television network to film a promotional video with a spring training theme. ``It's what I would call easy money,'' he said.

Clearly, it's come to this after years of funding cuts for the colleges by state officials of both parties. It's a sad commentary on our times when institutions as vital to so many people as community colleges lease space to the Spice channel, even here in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
, where most of the nation's adult-film and TV industry is based.

But why stop with ``adult'' entertainment? As an advertising backdrop, Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
  • Pierce, Colorado, a US town
  • Pierce, Idaho, a US city
  • Pierce, Nebraska, a US city
  • Pierce, Wisconsin, a US town
  • Mount Pierce (New Hampshire), USA, a peak in the White Mountains
  • Pierce County, several places
 is rich in potential. Why, with all those horses around, it would be the perfect backdrop for a ``Marlboro Country'' campaign.

On second thought, maybe not. College officials might find that morally offensive.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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Date:Mar 21, 2005
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