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Witnesses called to
,| testify in murder case
Neil Protacio
Staff Writer
The murder trial of former PCC
^ student Isaac Campbell continued
with more testimony on Tuesday
and will resume with additional
witnesses today.
Campbell was charged in 2007
in the slaying of his girlfriend,
Liya "Jessie" Lu. He has been in
custody ever since.
According to prosecuting attor¬
ney Steve Ipsen, witness Michael
Darby, a friend of Campbell, was
called to the stand on Tuesday.
Darby described the events lead¬
ing up to the discovery of the
body.
Previously, Darby had told
police that Campbell had returned
home to Minnesota. After, he
opened the recycling bin that
Campbell had asked him to store
at his house, and found Lu's body
in a plastic bag filled with kitty lit¬
ter.
Continuing his testimony this
week was Lu's cousin, Jeremy
Zhou, who married her in 1998.
They lived together in San Gabriel
until their divorce in 2003. The
two, according to Zhou, managed
to maintain a relationship as
cousins.
Zhou, who was aware of who
Campbell was, said previously
that the last time he saw Lu was on
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Homecoming week gets rolling
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Students race against each other in inflatable bubbles on the obstacle course placed in the Quad during a
big Homecoming activity last Thursday.
Activities bring out school spirit
Neil Protacio
Staff Writer
Homecoming activities on Nov.
10 received tons of positive feed¬
back, Associated Students mem¬
bers say.
"[The event] was really good,"
said Vice President of Campus
Activities, Joseph Garcia about the
spirit events.
Along with voting for the
Homecoming King and Queen, a
company was hired to put togeth¬
er and supervise activities like a
hamster ball-style race, an inflat¬
able boot camp race, and a rock-
climbing wall. According to
Garcia, this event brought stu¬
dents to the voting booths.
"I think this is the most voter
turnout ever for just one day
alone," Garcia said.
Committee members of AS
Campus Activities agreed that the
event was a success.
"I really felt like there was a
sense of community today," said
18-year-old economics major and
committee member Bisaya
Abdullah at the end of the event.
The plan for Homecoming Week
was meant to stagger the activities
every each day. However, Garcia
said that he decided to "make
Thursday a big bang" by throwing
the activities all in one day.
According to committee mem¬
ber Linda Luo, food and free give¬
aways solidified students' atten¬
tion.
"We had awesome catering and
we met a lot of students," the 19-
year-old neuroscience major said.
"Students love free stuff."
Attendees didn't fail to show
their spirit.
"Joseph did a good job," Craig
Alfor, physical therapy, said. "It
was fun watching all my friends
do the obstacle course.
Alfor pointed out 18 year-old
photojournalism major Ryan
Yamamoto's athletic trek through
the boot camp obstacle course.
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Protest
group
forms on
campus
Offshoot of Occupy
Pasadena plans events
Jessi Alva
Staff Writer
An off-shoot of the Occupy
Pasadena protest group calling
itself the PCC General Assembly
appears to be forming on campus
and planning future activities.
According to its Facebook page,
a meeting was held near the
Mirror Pools on Tuesday and an
activity is being planned for Nov.
22.
The Occupy Pasadena general
assembly website mentioned in it's
minutes from Monday that the
Students for Social Justice group
would meet on Tuesdays next to
the Mirror Pools on campus. None
of the principals could be reached
for comment before deadline.
A passerby saw the first general
assembly meeting. "I didn't see
many people out there," said
Walter Moratoya, psychology, who
was walking by at the time of the
assembly.
Moratoya said he supports the
idea." I would join in [Occupy
PCC] to support my school mates
and to protest against budget cuts
and crowded classes and the fact
that they have been cutting down
on some photo classes, which
directly affects me," he said.
Cisco Peralta, psychology major,
thought differently. "I would [go
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Several events honor servicemembers
Natalie Sehn Weber
Online Editor
Several Veterans Day events
offering learning opportunities for
student veterans and others were
held throughout the campus on
the days leading up to the Veterans
Day national holiday.
Amongst Homecoming festivi¬
ties and the melodies of American
favorites performed by live bands,
students gathered around military
vehicles and tables featuring war
memorabilia and information
about veterans' services in the
Quad on Nov. 8.
Michael Gomez, computer
information systems major and
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Marine, called the event "a great
opportunity" for students to rec¬
ognize their veteran classmates. It
shed light on American history, as
well.
"You always see it on TV,"
Gomez said, "but this allows peo¬
ple to take a look [at current],
World War II and Vietnam-era
stuff," that civilians rarely get to
see in person.
The event also allowed current
military members to learn more
about "where they came from," he
said.
Additional events that week
included a luncheon honoring vet¬
erans on Nov. 9 and a Veterans'
Day memorial service on Nov. 10.
Photography major Emily Ng
appreciated the Nov. 8 event.
"I think it's cool," she said.
"People should know what [veter¬
ans] have been through and what
they've done."
Vietnam War veteran and PCC
alumnus Arthur Borgquist
manned a table overflowing with
Vietnam War-related memorabilia,
including photographs of PCC
classmates he had served with and
who perished in the war.
Veterans and students milled
around military vehicles used in
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Student's
trial in
slaying
continues
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Mark Kleinsmith, engineering, assembles a 1911 pistol during
Veterans Appreciation Week.
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