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Pasadena City College
Volume 97, Issue 7
“ The Independent Student Voice of PCC, Serving Pasadena Since 19157
Athlete Harold
Cleveland Recruited
to Xavier University
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Thursday, April 3, 2008
The Scene
The Good OP Shat-
ford: A new per¬
spective on PCC’s
library. Pages 8-9
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Opinion
International Injus¬
tice: China uses its
power to control
Tibet despite
protests. Page 5
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News
Student Wins First in State
Richard Quinton
/
Courier
California Community College Forensics Association State Champion
Elizabeth Cristales with her silver, bronze and gold awards from the
March 12-16 state tournament. Page 3
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News
Board Urged
to Act on
Environment
Student Organization Wants Trustees
to Follow Through With Agreement
Christina Demirchyan
Managing Editor
Seeds of Change, an environ¬
ment club, and its adviser Associ¬
ate Professor Ling O'Connor
urged the Board of Trustees to
follow through with their com¬
mitment to adopt environmental¬
ly friendly policies on Wednes¬
day.
Advocating the need to create a
more environmentally conscious
campus, their presentation aimed
to convince the Board of Trustees
to sign the President's Climate
Commitment, which lists steps
necessary to become environ¬
mentally sustainable.
According to the presentation
given by members of the club, the
campus made a huge step toward
environmental advancement
when PCC became a member of
the Association for the Advance¬
ment of Sustainability in Higher
Education. According to mem¬
bers, signing the Presidents Cli¬
mate Commitment - which many
Cal States and all of the UCs
have already signed - is the next
step.
During the meeting, the Board
of Trustees paid close attention
to the amount of money being
spent on paper for the campus.
According to SOC member Jessie
Sanchez, PCC spends about
$100,00(1 a year buying paper,
most of which is not recycled.
"We are leaving a huge ecological
footprint for future generations,"
said Sanchez.
By attending the meeting,
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News
PCC:
45 Years Ago...
On April 3, 1 963, it was reported
that the Pasadena Board of Educa¬
tion approved preliminary draw¬
ings for a five-story classroom
building, now known as the R
Building. The first half of the build¬
ing was an estimated $1.6 million
and would be about 67,000 square
feet. It was also expected to accom¬
modate about 1 ,300 people.
As drawn by the plans, the first
three floors were to house business
classrooms and laboratories. On
the first floor, two multi-purpose
rooms, TV and audio-visual rooms
and a merchandising laboratory;
on the second, typing rooms, class¬
rooms for secretarial studies and
teachers lounge; on the third floor,
accounting and bookkeeping class¬
rooms, along with a machine calcu¬
lating laboratory.
College Costs on Rise Despite Low Fees
HSIN HUI YEH
Jasmine Lu
Contributing Writers
The expense of attending college
has risen extensively especially in
what students are spending on
books and supplies, according to
Kim Miles, assistant dean of schol¬
arship and financial aid.
"The costs of books have gone up
quite a lot for students," said Miles.
“Students are paying much more for
their books and supplies every
semester.”
According to Miles, the cost of
books is calculated based on the
consumer price index over a nine-
month period. The reasons for
increase in prices of books have to
do with the price to ship books and
the price of gas. Therefore, if the
price of gas and shipping fees
increase, the price of books will like¬
ly increase.
Amy Yang, 19, is an international
studies student who spent $300 on
textbooks this semester. “The text¬
books are overpriced and the publish¬
er makes unnecessary changes to the
textbooks to call it a new edition, just
to get money from us," said Yang.
Last semester, Caroline Tang,
communications major, bought a
textbook for her communications
class for $110. “My professor said
she teaches right out of the book and
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