Student Media Team at Palo Alto College

PAC-CAST: PAC Student Media has a podcast! Our PAC-CAST explores topics across campus with exclusive interviews with the movers and the shakers at Palo Alto College.
AFTER HOURS: The newest edition to the PAC-Cast Lineup is the show, AFTER HOURS. Students share their thoughts, struggles, triumphs and burning questions with life that happens outside the classroom.

The PAC-Cast helped me learn about Hope Gen and the services offered to first generation students on our campus. What a great listen!
— Sam
After hours went there. I loved tuning in.
— Robert
By Kayla B. De La Peña Pulse Staff Reporter Every semester, thousands of fresh-out-of-high-school students step onto a college campus for the first time. Along with these young adults, older adults return to college after a gap or enroll for the first time. In the fall semester of 2015, 1,274 students were 31 years old Read more
By Reana Renee Chavez Pulse staff reporter San Antonio city elections are on May 6, and citizens will vote for a new mayor, 10 city council members and a variety of bonds. The City of San Antonio conducts its general election every odd year in May. Some local news outlets described the 2015 voter turnout Read more
By Deidre Carrillo Pulse Staff Reporter With Palo Alto College’s graduation ceremony right around the corner, some students may be having trouble figuring out the next step in their academic career. Students are often unsure of what life after PAC will be like and what the first step should be to succeed in this world. Read more
By Samantha C. Esparza Pulse Staff Reporter Body shaming occurs when a person causes someone else to feel ashamed or insecure about their body type. It can be done to oneself as well as others, and it can happen without realization. This form of shaming is notorious among social media sites, such as Facebook and Read more
By Ruben G. Betancourt Pulse Staff Reporter Stray animals roam the South Side’s streets and could become a safety hazard to the community. With the increase of unplanned pregnancies in dogs and cats, homeless animals will surge. “There has definitely been an increase in stray animals throughout the years, at least in my neighborhood,” Read more
By Ivan Everett Pulse staff reporter Palo Alto College is known for serving the South Side of San Antonio. However, it is also home to students from all over the world. According to the PAC website, students come from “Mexico, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Colombia, Japan, Thailand, Morocco, Brazil, Mongolia and Nepal.” Of these, the Read more