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Volume 105, Issue 12
The independent student voice of PCC. Serving Pasadena Since 1915.
May 31, 2012
Fallen
soldiers
honored
at service
Galen Patterson-Smith
Staff Writer
Veterans from the Veterans
Club honored their fallen com¬
rades at a Memorial Day service
at the veterans memorial wall on
Thursday.
Reverend Albert Cohen, a
Navy veteran of the Korean War,
contributed two minutes of
prayer for the fallen at the open¬
ing of the ceremony.
"On Memorial Day, we're talk¬
ing about ultimate commitments
that people have made and will
make," said Cohen. "I have an
idea of what is the appropriate
thing to do and the appropriate
thing to say," he said.
Among die crowd of about 100
people, veterans from all branch¬
es of the armed forces stood in
the overcast heat of the mid-day
to recognize the sacrifices made
by those who came before them
and those who served with
them.
"Since I've served in the mili¬
tary, I think it's important to
honor those who served before,
that's how I feel deep down
inside," said Chase Rodgers, art,
a Marine veteran.
"It's a good thing to do for
Memorial Day. I certainly don't
want to recall how many people
I know that have died, other¬
wise, I'd drink it all into obliv¬
ion/' said Alex Hellsund, jour¬
nalism, and Navy veteran.
Attendees at the event were
asked to share what Memorial
Continued on page 7
A day of remembrance
Natalie Seim Weber/Courier
Veterans, students and staff gather to honor fallen solders during a Memorial Day cere¬
mony at the Memorial Wall on May 24.
Only half as many classes to be offered in summer
Christine Michaels
Staff Writer
A 52 percent cut in sections is being
made to this summer's intersession
which will include only 191 sections,
compared to summer 2011's 369, offi¬
cials say. Deans were asked to keep sec¬
tions which move students towards
degrees and transfers, called "com¬
pleter courses," said Director of
Institutional Effectiveness Crystal
Kollross.
Vice President of Instruction Robert
Bell explained the courses are vital to
students who wish to move forward
with degrees. "IT s been challenging for
deans to choose classes students have to
take to transfer," said Bell.
According to Kollross, the seats in
certain classes have been increased.
"The sections existed, we just upped the
seats in some sections, like [Argiro]
Kiotas's psych 1 class," she said.
Seats are increased in sections where
dean - picked instructors can handle
large group instruction. Bell explained
the classes with the most demand had
seat increases.
Eight ESL classes were added to the
summer intersession, with international
students allowed to fill half of the seats
Dramatic
testimony
in 'Kitty
Litter' Trial
Neighbor describes brawl upstairs
on night of victim's disappearance
Neil protacio
Editor-in-Chief
A new witness in the second trial of a PCC stu¬
dent accused of killing his girlfriend took the stand
Tuesday, saying that she heard the upstairs brawl
between Isaac Campbell and Liya "Jessie" Lu that
ultimately led to a "loud smack, like skin hitting
skin."
Campbell, a former PCC student, was arrested in
2007 and charged in connection with the killing Lu,
also a PCC student, and stashing her body in a
recycling bin filled with kitty litter. His first trial,
which lasted two months, ended with a dead¬
locked jury.
On the night of Lu's disappearance, Nikki
Kazadi, the downstairs neighbor of Campbell, said
that she could hear a lot of the interaction happen¬
ing upstairs.
"It's an old apartment," Kazadi said in
Alhambra Superior Court on Tuesday. "You can
hear footsteps, water running. You can hear every¬
thing."
Kazadi was pregnant at the time and was wait¬
ing to take her prenatal vitamins before going to
sleep. After doing so, she lay in bed unable to
sleep.
"I was laying in bed and I heard the two argu¬
ing," Kazadi said. "Then the two started getting
louder and louder. I heard her scream, 'Why did
you have to f*** her?' And then he kept saying,
'No, no I didn't."
Lu then started sobbing, Kazadi recalled, before
she started screaming again.
"I heard him scream out 'F*** you,' and then
charging footsteps and a big smack sound, and
then it was quiet," Kazadi told the court.
Continued on page 7
at Bell's request. "It can seem conflict¬
ing to someone on the outside that we
have cut so many courses, but then we
add sections," said Bell. The interna¬
tional students' tuition covers the cost
of the section by itself, said Bell.
"Twelve international students can pay
for the course to be open, it's a win -
win situation," he added.
The summer section cuts were made
in response to possible budget cuts in
November, according to Bell. "What the
deans and I are doing is prelims for the
big 'what its' okf the possible cuts here,
which is estimated at $10.2 million. We
need to start planning now," he said.
Gabriela Castillo/ Courier
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