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Pasadena Oity College
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Volume 101, Issue 2
"The Independent Student Voice of
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Serving Pasadena Since 1915."
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
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First-day crowds
Natalie Selin Weber/Courier
Despite enrollment numbers being down from this time last year, students wait in long lines outside of CC
203 to obtain parking permits.
Enrollment down from last year
Natalie Sehn Weber
Staff Writer
Despite what PCC's bustling campus might sug¬
gest, the number of students enrolled for the Spring
2010 semester is lower than last year.
According to PCC's Interim Dean of Institutional
Planning and Research, Crystal Kollross, the student
headcount on March 1 was 25,605 versus last spring's
25,252 — a decrease of 2.2 percent.
Kollross pointed out, however, that students are
enrolling in more classes.
This semester, students are taking an average of
2.98 classes, an increase of 1.9 percent compared to
last spring's average of 2.92.
One possible reason why the campus appears busy
is the number of students rushing to add courses to
their schedule.
According to Kollross, on Feb 15, one week before
the start of classes, 97.9 percent of Spring 2010 class
seats were filled, an increase of 9.5 percent compared
to last year.
Not only are students filling class seats faster,
Kollross said they are filling them sooner.
On Dec. 10, 2009, one week after Spring 2010 regis¬
tration opened to continuing students, 42.5 percent of
class seats were already filled, a staggering 60.9 per¬
cent more than last year.
"An exceptionally high number," said Allen
Dooley, PCC's Acting Associate Dean of Enrollment
Management and Academic Support.
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Ex-student accused of murder returns to court
Sammy zenner-Becerra
Staff Writer
Former PCC student Isaac
Campbell was ordered to return to
an Alhambra Superior Court on
March 19 for a pretrial hearing.
Campbell is being charged with
murder in the death of former PCC
student Liya "Jessie" Lu in August
2007.
The new pretrial date comes
after Public Defender Jim Duffy
filed a motion to dismiss the case.
The motion was filed on the prem¬
ise that there was a lack of evi¬
dence at a preliminary hearing on
Feb. 19 to hold the defendant to
answer the prosecution's allega¬
tions.
Alhambra Deputy District
Attorney Steve Ipson will give the
prosecution's response to the
motion at the pretrial hearing.
"One of the issues that were
dealing with is the lack of a cause
of death," said Ipson in an inter¬
view.
On April 22, 2009, Judge Alice
Hill concluded that Isaac
Campbell would be tried on the
charge of murder. This decision
was made on the basis that the cir¬
cumstantial evidence was suffi¬
cient for the case. Hill denied a
motion to dismiss at that hearing.
Lu was reported missing on
Aug. 11, 2007 after having last
been seen at Campbell's apart¬
ment. Her body was found at the
Arcadia residence of Michael
Continued on page 2
Board weighs
televising
its meetings
Janine Shimomura
Managing Editor
In an effort to bring transparen¬
cy to the Board of Trustees pro¬
ceedings, a proposal for televising
of meetings was scheduled to be
discussed on Wednesday.
The proposal outlines a plan to
use the video recording equipment
that is provided free of charge to
the college by the Pasadena
Community Access Corporation
or PCAC. The PCAC would also
provide the production truck and
staffing for an additional $15,400
per year, which amounts to $700
for each of the 22 board meetings.
The proposal was brought
before the board by Robert Miller,
the interim dean of education serv¬
ices.
Miller himself is dedicated to
the idea of civil engagement with¬
in the community, encouraging
constituents of the trustees to be
socially responsible. He strongly
believes that transparency in gov¬
ernment is the best way to com¬
municate with the constituency.
"This is really an opportunity
for the community to watch their
government in action," Miller said.
An option for PCC broadcasting
students to work along with the
PCAC staff is included in the pro¬
posal with a projected savings of
$50 to $100 per meeting. The stu¬
dents would serve as unpaid
interns earning credit instead, with
the potential to be hired by PCAC
at a later date. Those students
would not serve as a replacement
for the PCAC crew but rather to
aid the crew.
The presentation also included
the options for potential live web¬
casting using two servers, which
would encode and broadcast live
video using the current PCC net¬
work. The webcast would be dis¬
tributed through the existing PCC
website.
The additional cost for webcast¬
ing would be $6,500 with a contin¬
gency fund for lighting and facili¬
ties that would be an additional
$2,500. The total projected cost for
the proposal would be $24,400
annually.
The complications of the cable
broadcasting would be the inabili¬
ty to broadcast live, instead airing
Continued on page 2
Former student arrested
after thefts on campus
Justin Clay
News Editor
A former PCC student has been
arrested in connection with a
string of thefts on campuses. Jose
De Jesus Macias is accused of
stealing music equipment from the
PCC campus as well as the cam¬
pus of CSU Dominguez Hills,
between 2006 and 2007.
In October 2006, PCC Police
responded to a theft report on
campus. According to Campus
Police, four music speakers were
stolen from the music department.
Police say, PCC purchased replace¬
ment speakers, but those speakers
were also reported stolen in May,
2007.
In Sept., 2007 CSU Dominguez
Hills reported the theft of speak¬
ers, a mixing board and micro¬
Courtesy of PCCPD
Jose De Jesus Macias
phones from its music department,
police said.
According to Campus Police, on
Feb. 10, Jose Diaz arrived at the
PCC Police Department hoping to
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