Kincaid on campus
Michael Barron-Del-Cid
Author Jamaica Kincaid speaks at PCC's to a crowd on Tuesday, May 25 in Creveling Lounge. Kincaid was
the keynote speaker at Going Global: Defining the Shifting Selves, at the Borders of Diversity Conference.
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Renowned author visits campus
Neil Protacio
Staff Writer
American writer and novelist Jamaica Kincaid's
success doesn't hinder her from continuing to learn
and prosper.
"Life is a continuous education," Kincaid said. "We
should continue to be enlightened. I, a teacher myself,
still feel like a student."
Kincaid was the keynote speaker at PCC's 2010
Borders of Diversity Conference on Tuesday.
Following a brief introduction by Beverly Tate, the
Dean of Athletics who assisted in running the confer¬
ence, Kincaid spoke before a full audience of students,
faculty, and other members of the PCC community in
Man held after
weapons found
Barbara Beaser
Editor-in-Chief
A man was arrested and released on bail after PCC
police found several weapons, including a crossbow,
and also marijuana in his car on Monday morning.
Douglas Brandon Fairman, whom police say is a
non-student, was seen by a cadet in a green Ford
Explorer in Parking Lot 3 around 9 a.m. The cadet
reported smelling marijuana [coming from the car].
After Fairman left the car, the cadet looked inside and
saw at least two weapons, according to the police
report.
"He's being charged with unlawful possession of
weapons on campus," said Lt. Brad Young.
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the Creveling Lounge.
Brought up in the island of Antigua, Kincaid spoke
about her gradual interest in writing, which sprouted
from her rebelliousness in school. It is through the
school's punishments that Kincaid would be exposed
to literature works such as Paradise Lost and Jane
Eyre.
The path to success, however, proved to be difficult
as many insisted that she would not be able to climb
the ranks of more prominent names of literature.
"Back then, I was taught that you can learn
Shakespeare," said Kincaid. "But you can never be
Shakespeare."
But with a motivation to write, Kincaid strived and
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Photo courtesy of PCC PD
These weapons and a small amount of marijuana
were allegedly found by police in a car on Monday.
Second finalist
for president
speaks to PCC
Catherine Sum
Staff Writer
At a public forum held Monday
in Creveling Lounge, PCC presi¬
dent/superintendent candidate
Mark Rocha stressed the impor¬
tance of moving PCC into the 21st
century on all fronts, and hinted at
a decade-long vision for the "next
community college" centered
around the Educational Master
Plan (EMP).
"The next president needs to be
here for the next ten years," said
Rocha. "There needs to be... a
global strategy to serve everyone
in the world, to deliver education
to a worldwide audience and [a
way to] project out to the nonresi¬
dent market."
Focus needs to be found
through the mission priority, he
said, and the college needs to cre¬
ate a ladder for student success:
"The key is to plan for progress,
not perfection."
Rocha is the second and final
candidate named by the board of
trustees for the president/ superin¬
tendent post, marking the end of a
search that began in December,
after former President Paulette
Daniel Lottes/Courier
Mark Rocha appears on campus
to talk to the community.
Perfumo unexpectedly resigned in
August.
Desdemona Cardoza was
announced as the first finalist on
May 13 and hosted her own on-
campus forum two days later.
She currently serves as provost
and vice president of academic
affairs at CSU Los Angeles.
On Wednesday, the board met in
a special closed session to discuss
the finalists for the post. A decision
is expected to be announced dur¬
ing the next general meeting, on
June 2.
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AS seeks additional
candidates for top post
Hannah Leyva
Staff Writer
Unhappy with the candidates,
the Associated Students made an
official request to the Board of
Trustees to add more to the final
two that have been announced for
the PCC president position.
In a 7-0 vote, the AS Executive
Board recommended that the
trustees "supplement the current
candidates for president /superin¬
tendent with additional candi¬
dates for consideration."
Chief Justice Michael Lance and
Student Trustee Brian Abadia also
voted in favor of the motion with
their advisory votes. Erica Liang
and Natalja Karniouchina, vice
presidents for student services and
cultural diversity, respectively,
were not present.
The recommendation came on
the heels of a lengthy discussion
during which several board mem¬
bers expressed their dissatisfaction
with Desdemona Cardoza and
Mark Rocha, the two candidates
for president selected by the
trustees out of the selection com¬
mittee's final candidate pool of six.
After getting the opportunity to
have dinner with each of the can¬
didates, some felt that both
Cardoza and Rocha lacked certain
desired characteristics, such as
charisma, the ability to make time
for students, and knowledge of
some of the integral aspects of
PCC.
"They're both not PCC materi¬
al," said Jason Herbert, vice presi¬
dent of academic affairs.
Continued on page 2
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PCC wins the
Drum Line
Championship
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