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Grand Finale
After 16 years, the
Jazz and Blues band
takes the stage for
their final show at
PCC.
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Volume 97, Issue 8
“The Independent Student Voice of PCC, Serving Pasadena Since 1915.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Survival
Check it on the
Flipside.
How it works:
• Surviving*
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shark bite
• Getting
through a day
in L.A. without
a car
PCC
45 Years Ago
Forty-five years ago, the four¬
teenth model home was built by
150 students in hopes of complet¬
ing a “learn by doing” theme.
The home was completely insu¬
lated, with gas heating, air condi¬
tioning, a central vacuum system,
and an intercom.
Also furnished, the home also
featured built-in appliances and
included an oven and range, a dish¬
washer and a dryer. Along with
these items, carpeting and
draperies were to be purchased
with the home when sold.
Standing at 1350 square feet, it
was built with two bedrooms, a
convertible family room, two baths,
a living and dining room and a
kitchen. Gonzalo Romero, a stu¬
dent in Donald Watson’s architec¬
tural class made the plans for the
home.
Watson, along with Lome John¬
son, was overseer of construction
and architectural specifications.
News
Now Shooting Photons
X-ray Tech Program Changes Lives of Reformed Gang Members
Linus Shentu
News Editor
The gleaming shaved heads and
physical demeanor are reminiscent
of their distant but familiar past.
The tattoos and scars they reveal
bear testimony to their street
credibility.
Known most of their lives by a
nom de guerre, Chau Tran and
Hanh Do have transferred them¬
selves from the streets to the aca¬
demic arena.
Chau is the more reserved of the
two, careful to know when to
speak, while Hanh is the more
articulate one and expresses
himself well. Although they both
look professional and don the
proper medical uniforms, one can
still sense that they have witnessed
and experienced the darker sides of
humanity.
The two PCC students were once
rival gang members at war with
each other in the streets of the San
Gabriel Valley.
They did everything one could
imagine that gangsters do, but now
they have turned over a new leaf.
Hanh and Chau are now
studying to be X-ray techs (radiolo¬
gy technologists) in PCC’s Radio-
logic Technology program.
It is a two-year program with
only 30 students accepted each
year out of hundreds applying.
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Sports
PCC Student Leads Life With No Lanes
Daniel Belis
/
Courier
Drifting his rear-wheel drive RS-R Scion tC on the track, PCC student and D1 Professional Series driver, Ken
Gushi practices the morning of Round 1 for the Formula DRIFT Championships at Long Beach on April 12.
Professional D1
Drifter Tells of His
Brush With Death
Stacey Wang
Editor-in-Chief
After his car plummeted from a
cliff last year, the 21 -year-old PCC
student took only a quick moment to
shake off the shock before thinking to
continue the race.
Illustrating the unexpected detour
he took in his 2000 Subaru Impreza,
Ken Gushi recalled how he plunged
off of a turn called Engineer’s Corner
with the car hitting a tree in mid-air. It
snapped and broke the fall, dropping
him and his navigator unscathed at
the base of the mountain.
Nonchalantly, as though he was
describing a trip around the block, he
recalled the life-threatening moment
at the 2007 Pikes Peak International
Hill Climb with a grin on his face.
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