Tag: San Antonio
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Veterans Affairs lends a helping hand to returning students
By Andrew Olague Pulse Staff Reporter San Antonio is known by many as “Military City, USA,” and Palo Alto College, rated as a “Military Friendly School” by Victory Media, is striving to help returning veterans adapt to college life. “We are known to be one of the best Veterans Affairs Offices in the Alamo Colleges,…
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Pros and cons of online classes
By Alesha Thorpe Pulse staff reporter According to The Palo Alto Fact Book, almost half of the 9,163 Fall 2011 and 8,387 Spring 2012 students took at least one online course. Online students have to have determination and willpower to make sure that the classes they take go the way they are supposed to go.…
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Air pollution in San Antonio causes concern
By Bianca Del Conte Pulse staff writer During the trek from Pedernales Hall to the Performing Arts Center, I walk under a few trees in front of the Executive Offices Building, looking onto the parking lot of cars that I will cut across. As I weave through, I hear the sound of engines idling and…
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Students stay fit in college
By Desirae Gonzales-Moreno Pulse Staff Writer With a limited amount of time to spare throughout a chaotic college semester, some students at Palo Alto College still manage to live a healthy lifestyle by finding ways to stay physically active. “[Students] who exercise, get seven to eight hours of sleep, and have a healthy diet make…
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PTK honor society offers leadership, service and fellowship
By Destiny Montes Pulse Staff Writer The American Association of Community Colleges recognizes Palo Alto’s Phi Theta Kappa as the official honor society for two-year colleges. PTK, founded in 1918, has a distinct mission to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide opportunities for individual growth and development through participation…
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Palo Alto College supports sustainable projects
By Bianca Del Conte, Pulse staff writer One of the earliest science concepts that we learn as children is that the Sun provides energy to plants on Earth to initiate the cycle of life. Sustainability is the more mature term used to explain a similar principle: Everything we need for our survival depends, either directly…
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