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Volume 102, Issue 9
"The Independent Student Voice of
РСС,
Serving Pasadena Since 1915.'
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Challenging gender roles
Daniel Lottes/Courier
Homecoming King Angela Lo, left, and Queen Nolan Pack react to the news of their victory at the
Homecoming game on Saturday in an effort to challenge the traditional gender roles of the titles.
Homecoming 'queen' and 'king' crowned
JP Lallos
Staff Writer
In a gender reversal, Student Trustee Nolan Pack
won Homecoming Queen, and Feminist Club mem¬
ber Angela Lo won King at half time during the
Homecoming football game Saturday.
The rest of the Homecoming
court included Daniel Perea, Nick
Shauer, and Aaron Mendoza for
princes. The princesses were
Tiffanie Lau, Destinee Williams,
Natasha Nicholson, and Evelyn
Bocanegra.
Pack's run for queen began in a conversation with
Lo. "She mentioned her interest in running for king,
and wanted to challenge the gender roles," said Pack.
"She gave me the idea of running with her for queen,
and I started to think about it."
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Pack finally decided to pursue queen after one of
his philosophy classes.
"In the wake of all of the recent gender related sui¬
cides, I felt like I had to take a stand," Pack said.
The votes were tallied by two students on AS and
by two advisers, in order to make it a fair count. Pack
ended up winning by 12 votes, while Lo won by five.
"What they stood for was recog¬
nized. They deserve it as much as any¬
one," said Joseph Garcia, AS vice presi¬
dent for campus activities.
"This was a focus on diversity, and
the results show progress," said Ashley
Jackson, AS vice president for cultural diversity.
Pack credits Lo, saying he couldn't have done it
without her.
"I could have found any reason to not run, but
Angela was very brave and inspirational. I'm really
glad I ran with her."
Former student in court again on murder charge
Samantha Petersen
Staff Writer
Former PCC nursing student
Isaac Campbell, charged in the
killing of another student,
appeared at the Alhambra court¬
house on Wednesday where a Dec.
16 pre-trial hearing date was set.
Extra time is necessary in order
to "clear the witnesses," according
Deputy District Attorney Steve
Ipson, prosecutor in the case.
"It will take time to make sure
they are going to be available as
they are coming in from Alaska,"
Ipson later specified.
This is one of many delays in a
trial that has proceeded for over
three years now.
Campbell is accused of killing
his girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, also
a former PCC student, and has
been in jail since his arrest in
September 2007.
Lu was reported missing on
Aug. 11, 2007 and her body was
found that following September.
She was last seen at Campbell's
apartment.
Her body was found in a recy¬
cling bin concealed by a layer of
kitty litter at the home of one of
Campbell's acquaintances in
Arcadia.
Because of the advanced state of
decomposition, coroners found it
difficult to determine a distinct
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Concerns about
U Building plans
voiced at forum
Janine Shimomura
Editor-in-Chief
Occupants of the U building
voiced their concerns about the
options presented by administra¬
tors at a town-hall forum on
Tuesday in the Vosloh Forum.
The options include a possible
demolition, rehabilitation of the
building using footholds, and
would involve moving the occu¬
pants into temporary buildings
while construction occurred.
A question of timing arose from
the audience. "Why now? Is it
because this is a good time?"
asked Marylynn Aguirre, profes¬
sor of health sciences.
Vice President of Administrative
Services Rick van Pelt explained
that the particular building was
found to be the least structurally
sound from the two reports com¬
piled by Dasse Design and Amarre
Studios. According to van Pelt, the
decision to create a new plan for
the U Building stemmed from a
question of what level of risk the
college was willing to accept.
"The prudent thing to do is not
to accept any level of risk," said
van Pelt.
A point stressed throughout the
discussion was that the college
was working to find ways to
accommodate the occupants so
that they can do their jobs, includ¬
ing evaluating how larger classes
can move into portable buildings.
The audience questioned the
safety of the portable buildings in
relation to the U Building. "How
safe are the portable buildings in
an earthquake?" asked Gary
Abraham, Biology lab technician.
In response, van Pelt detailed
that the portable buildings would
be approved by the Division of the
State Architect's office. Being a
one-story building made of wood,
the portable buildings would
withstand earthquakes significant¬
ly better than the U Building,
according to van Pelt.
When asked how realistic a
summer move would be, van Pelt
indicated that the scheduled time¬
line for the move would be
adhered to.
Another concern was whether a
final plan for the U Building
would be in place when the occu¬
pants would move out of the
building.
"Is there a likelihood that there
is going to be a real plan at the
time of the move?" asked
Christine Bilicki, natural sciences
professor.
There would be at least an inter¬
im plan at the time of the move,
said van Pelt. A long-term plan
would be a long process involving
an outside architect to have discus¬
sions with all the occupants about
their needs in a new building.
"We want this to be a very inter¬
active process driven completely
by the faculty," van Pelt said.
Dean of Natural Sciences Dave
Douglass expanded on the idea
that the occupants should see the
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Daniel Nerio/Courier
Rick Van Pelt shows a model of the steel structure of the U Building at
a meeting with its occupants in the Vosloh Forum on Tuesday.
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