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Jack grew up in the Valley. He celebrated birthdays with his large extended family and friends in backyard events. He sang in the choir at his high school. He graduated with honors. When he was 18, he asked if he could get his driver's license, the last rite to becoming an adult, as his parents had promised him he could when they had denied the request two years prior.

Imagine being late for class in the morning: you've misplaced your notebook, your coffee is cold, you stayed up all night typing a paper and your keys have pulled a disappearing act. Now imagine your child following you around the house that same morning as you frantically try to pack a diaper bag, comb sticky hair, find a favorite lost toy and retie tiny shoes for what seems like the hundredth time.

In recognition of Pierce College's 60th anniversary, THE BULL has dipped into the past for a look at classic campus moments through the decades. To complement the archive photographs, we have recreated updated scenes of a lively campus. The activities on the college grounds reflect Pierce as a place of thriving, growing social and educational center.

From far above the football field, you can see runners huffing and puffing along the Pierce College cross country trail. However, they are not Pierce students; they are from nearby high schools. Pierce has great cross country courses on which runners have set impressive records even though Pierce's cross country team no longer exists.

Prologue: Ellen Albertini Dow, widow of the founder of Pierce College's theater arts department, Eugene Francis Dow, wiped tears away from her pale blue eyes as she recalled the moment, then cupped her life-worn hands together and held them to her mouth and softly said, "It was beautiful here.

Marion Kimble

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Seven years ago, I was a student at New York University. I decided to take a semester off to work, only to be in a major car accident that sent me to physical therapy to learn to walk again instead of back to class for the fall. After two more years, I finally decided to move back to California, since I could afford to go back to school in the more accessible California community college system.

"It was down the street. I wanted to keep playing football," said former NFL and Pierce College quarterback Erik Kramer, recalling how he came to play for Pierce, where he led the Brahmas to a 10-0 season. "I also already had a relationship with (former coach) Jim Fenwick, and my mom went to Pierce, so it was a natural choice.