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Volume 97, Issue 11
“The Independent Student Voice of
РСС,
Serving Pasadena Since 1915.”
Thursday, May 1 5, 2008
News
Election Face-Off
Presidential candidate Josh Acevedo
Presidential candidate Irwin Williams
AS. Candidates Present Their Views at Forum
Linus Shentu
Lisa Yeh
Courier Staff
Thirteen candidates faced off at the Associ¬
ated Students Annual Candidates Forum on
Tuesday in the Amphitheater.
This year the three candidates competing for
ASPCC President in the 2008 spring general
elections are Christina Javier, Josh Acevedo,
Irving Williams.
One of the main issues was regarding envi¬
ronmental sustainability on campus.
“Recycling is important, but I also want to
put an emphasis on conserving. If we watch
what we waste, things would be much better,”
said Javier.
Acevedo said: “As president, I’ll make sure
to promote recycling issues. I’ll put recycle bins
everywhere on campus and make PCC a more
beautiful place.”
When it was his time to speak, Williams
explained how he would make the
campus greener.
He said: “If I want to make a change, I’ll start
with myself and plant flowers on campus.”
Cast Your Vote
Begins: 8 a.m. on May 20
Ends: 11:59 p.m. on May 21
Where: PCC's homepage
(www.pasadena.edu)
The homepage will have a direct
link to the online voting site.
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News
Ex-PCC Head to be New Chancellor
Jeremy Balan
Sports Editor
Former PCC President and current state
Sen. Jack Scott has been selected by the Board
of Governors of the California Community
Colleges to be the Chancellor of the Califor¬
nia community college system.
Scott feels that he will be an asset to the sys¬
tem, but knows he has a capable staff across
the state.
“I will try to be an effective advocate for
community colleges,” Scott said in a phone
interview on Wednesday. “But I’m not under
the illusion that I can do this alone.”
Scott will take over the position on Jan. 1,
2009 after he completes his term as Senator on
Nov. 30.
He will preside over a system that includes
109 schools in 72 districts.
As the next chancellor, the greatest issue is
going to be with the state’s current budget
problems.
“We need more state funding, because com¬
munity colleges are under-funded,” Scott said.
Before being elected to the state legislator,
Scott was PCC’s president from 1987 to his
retirement in 1995.
“The highlight of my community college
career was being the President of PCC,” he
said.
Scott was honored after his time at PCC as
the first President Emeritus in the college’s his¬
tory.
“I am fortunate to have community college
experience and legislative experience,” Scott
said. “I know community colleges very well.”
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Former PCC President and current Sen. Jack
Scott will head as chancellor over 109
schools.
News
Student's
Cause of
Death a
Mystery
Coroner's report on
Jessie Lu's slaying
is inconclusive.
Franco Sui Yuan
Staff Writer
The cause of death of former PCC student
Liya ‘Jessie’ Lu remains a mystery after the
Coroner’s medical examiners released their
report on Tuesday.
Lu’s body was found in a trashcan covered
with approximately 1 0 gallons of kitty litter on
Sept. 15, almost a month after her disappear¬
ance.
“The elaborate preparation to dispose of the
cadaver is a strong indication of the intent to
dispose of evidence that could point out the
cause and manner of death,” said medical
examiners in the Coroner’s autopsy report.
“Considering all these circumstances the man¬
ner of death is homicidal.”
Eventually, Lu’s advanced-decomposing
body stopped any type of conclusions in
regards of her cause of death. “The cause of
death in this case remains undetermined after
autopsy and toxicological examinations,” said
the report.
The Coroner’s report reveals that Lu’s body
was suffering greenish discoloration on the
skin, disintegration on the internal and exter¬
nal organs, and brain liquification - the
process in which a solid or a gas becomes liq¬
uid.
The report also discloses that Lu’s body had
no external or internal evidence of injuries,
which increased the ambiguity on her slaying.
One-time PCC nursing program student
Isaac Campbell is charged with murder in the
death of his ex-girlfriend Lu.
“All I can say is that by [Campbell’s prelim¬
inary hearing], the evidence will be shown,”
said Prosecutor Steven Ipson on Feb. 28.
The Coroner’s report, which was issued on
Sept. 18, was on security hold almost eight
months until it was released this week.
“[The Coroner Department] has no control
oft how long a report can be on security hold,”
said Chief Coroner Investigator and Chief of
Operations Craig Harvey.
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