PVCC: Spectrum Contents

It's been over a year since Dr. Bernard Franklin became President of Penn Valley Community College, and it's been nearly as long since Spectrum has asked him how he's doing. So it seemed time again to the track the Big Guy down, or up rather, to his aerie somewhere on the cloud-shrouded and mysterious fifth floor summit, above which all elevators fail to fly.

Through back-channel negotiations with one of Dr. Franklin's trusted lieutenants, Theola Cheatham (also known as his administrative assistant), Spectrum was able to arrange a sitdown powwow with the man who commands the instructionary forces occupying much of Penn Valley.

Features

Tattoos Are Not For Everyone

The significance of artistic creativity is an expression of freedom, experienced and perpetuated by human beings. Special topics of interest are just as unique as the human beings developing them. Artistic desires are reflections of thought and imagination that can be illustrated in a permanent adornment called body art or body modification.

The collection of art on the human body is an extremely personal choice that allows the collector an unmistakable sense of identity. Tattoos are a form of nonverbal communication. Their meaning does not have a universal cultural significance. It is open to the interpretation of the collector or the misinterpretation of a judgmental observer.

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Opinions

Editorial: The War On Liquids

Airport security is a pain in the ass. It is often necessary to show up hours early in order to make it to the gate in time for a flight. Every passenger's belongings are inspected thoroughly, and some travelers are randomly subjected to strip searches. Privacy is a thing of the past when it comes to commercial flight.

Why do people put up with this? They tolerate it because it makes them feel safer to know that all the other people getting on the plane, including potential terrorists, are suffering the same indignations. And that's okay, to some extent. If someone's trying to hide a butcher knife or a gun in a carryon bag, we want the airlines to know about it, and we're willing to sacrifice a little dignity (and the odd Swiss army knife) for that knowledge.

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Editorial: Immature Behavior
Column: City Mentality
Column: Remembering 9/11
Column: Homicide 2006
PV Quotables Return: Is Survivor racist?
Guy and Girl Are Back! This Issue: The Ladder

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