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Pasadena City College
Volume 102, Issue 11
"The Independent Student Voice of PCC, Serving Pasadena Since 1915.'
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Returning to his roots
Louis C. Cheung/Courier
David Rust, CNN senior correspondent and former PCC student, shows an early model of the cellular phone while speaking to
current students about on Tuesday.
CNN videographer speaks to students
David Rust to get
Distinguished
Alumni Award
Samantha Lai and
Chothiwat Borisuthirattana
Staff Writers
Over the span of his 30-year career at
CNN, PCC alumnus David Rust has
filmed in war-torn regions from Baghdad
to Bosnia, often coming within close
range of dangerous militant groups.
Despite all the risk he's been through,
Rust finds the "incredibly educational
experience" of his work a guiding moti¬
vation that took root while a student at
PCC.
Rust, who is set to receive the
California Community College
Distinguished Alumni Award in
Pasadena on Friday, told students on a
visit to campus on Tuesday about his
journey that started after graduating
high school.
"I didn't know what I wanted to do,"
said Rust. "I didn't want to work for 50
weeks [of the year.]"
After his family moved back to
California, Rust enrolled in every jour¬
nalism class offered at PCC, including
joining the staff of the Courier, where he
met his future wife and then-editor-in-
chief, Agnes.
"She still tells me what to do," Rust
joked.
His work has taken him all over the
world. Rust traveled to Iraq to cover the
Gulf War, to Europe during the wars in
Bosnia and Croatia, and this generation's
war in Afghanistan.
He's also been to Haiti and the South
Pole. Closer to home, Rust was responsi¬
ble for the bird's-eye view pictures of
Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks of
9/11
in New York.
Having been in many near-death
situations, Rust shared some of his
experiences in hostile environments with
Continued on page 7
Student veterans awarded Rotary Club scholarships
Natalie Sehn Weber
Staff Writer
Seven PCC student veterans were
awarded scholarships by the Rotary
Club of Altadena at a luncheon at the
Altadena Town and Country Club on
Thursday, Veterans Day.
Each veteran received a $1,500 scholar¬
ship, bringing the total contribution to
$10,500, said Counselor and Veterans'
Adviser Patty D'Orange-Martin.
She said applicants had to write an
essay on their military service experi¬
ence, as well as their plans for the future.
The additional scholarship recipients
were PCC student veterans Cameron
White, Charles Hu, Ryan Mills, Jorge
Zamora and Detrick Hudson.
Mechanical engineering major Josh
Miller, 28, had sound plans for his schol¬
arship money.
"[I'm going to] save it, basically," said
Miller.
"The engineering program [runs sev¬
eral months] long and the G.I. Bill will
[expire] before that, so every little bit
helps," he said.
According to Miller, the Post-9/ 11 G.I.
Bill covers 36 months of higher education
for Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans.
"It's definitely great that these [schol¬
arships] are out there," said Miller.
Scholarship award winner and busi¬
ness major, Felipe Sanchez, said he found
the Altadena Rotary Club's generosity
inspirational.
"[The Rotary Club is] big on helping
and doing things for the community,"
said Sanchez.
"That's something I may want to be a
part of [in the future] because they're like
a brotherhood, just like veterans are," he
said.
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New arts
building
delayed
Construction start slips further
Aubrey Quezada
Staff Writer
Construction on the new Center for the Arts
Building has been delayed until late December or
early January, officials said.
The college has received 12 bids from contractors
and though the project was originally slated to begin
on Oct. 15, the bids are still being reviewed.
"The bids for the Center for the Arts were received
on Sept. 10. Since that time, we have been. . .checking
backgrounds, capabilities, and other technical and
legal issues," said Interim Vice President of
Administrative Services, Richard van Pelt.
Jack Schulman, director of Measure "P" Projects
said, "There is a review process of the bids that must
be completed prior to' the commencement of work.
Once this process is complete, we hope to be under¬
way."
Measure "P" is a $150 million voter approved bond,
passed in March 2002, which has provided funding to
renovate PCC facilities and for the construction of
new buildings.
The Center for the Arts will house both the
Performing and Communication Arts division and
the Visual Arts and Media Studies division, providing
a recital hall and art studios where students of the arts
can let their talents flourish.
James Arnwine, dean of the Performing and
Communication Arts division, said that it's good
news that the school is getting close to choosing a con¬
tractor.
"We're in temporary quarters. Some of the rooms
work well and some are ok. I have to commend facil¬
ities for preparing rooms for our rehearsals and for us
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Food drive a success
Art Lemus/Courier
The amount of food the Cross-Cultural Center
received more than doubled from last year.
Story on page 2
Magician:
Student performs
tricks at the
Hollywood
Magic Castle.
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