PCC Courier, November 21, 2002

Homeless PCC student see page 4 “Better Look Twice” art show at PCC see page 5 P A A D E N A С I T Y Lancers defeat Cerritos Falcons 45-20 see page 7 COLLEGE Courier Since 1£)15 VOL. 88 NO. 13 www.pcc-courieronline.com NOVEMBER 21, 2002 This year’s Blast-A-Scholar, during homecoming week, left members of PCC’s faculty and staff drenched and covered in pie. Hugo Schwyzer (center), social science instructor, sits nervously hoping students will miss the target. No such luck. Homecoming King Jonathan Holborn and Queen Tanya Orgill reigned over the homecoming football game. All photos by Laura Quijada/Coumr Homecoming continued on page 6 RUSTEE NJOYS IFE long-time ttstce - Warren Weber Hjder’s illpective Hlege liffiPiii I / ■ mm I щтщШ Ш .-w' ' V ^ Ш David Arenas/Courier Students on campus may not recognize Warren Weber as he strolls near Shatford Library, even though his name appears on the plaque outside the main entrance. But the president of the trustees isn’t bothered. He learned a long time ago that good things often come to those who remain anonymous and do the unglam- orous work behind the scenes. Weber, 72, was elected to the col¬ lege’s board in March, 1977. His daughter, Leslie, _ had been a former PCC student and was so enamored with the school that it sparked Weber’s interest. When a vacancy for trustee opened up, the San Marino resi¬ dent ran for the position, won and hasn’t looked back since. Weber has been a PCC trustee president four times over his 25 year tenure on the board. He represents Area Five that includes San Marino, South Pasadena, and portions of Temple City and Los Angeles County. The senior member of the board is not an educator and sees this as a plus. “People who have life experi¬ ence outside of the educational world bring a dif¬ ferent perspec¬ tive to the col¬ lege,” Weber says. _ Reflecting back on his years at PCC and what he believes the future holds, Weber gladly shares his views on school policies and how board members impact stu¬ dent life on campus. He supports a compressed cal- Ш see WEBER, page 3 “ People who have life experience out¬ side of the educa¬ tional world bring a different perspective to the college,” -Warren Weber On Campus Hurt onlooker files injuiy claim By Chaim Dauermann Staff Writer Trampled during the rush follow¬ ing a shooting near the school gym¬ nasium on April 26, a Temple City woman has filed a claim against PCC for an unspecified amount of money. ■ The claim was rejected by the board of trustees on Wednesday, giving the woman six months to file a lawsuit against the college, should she choose to. The shooting took place shortly after the conclusion of a high school basketball all-star game. Around 10 p.m., shots were fired from a car in Lot 5 into the crowd of spectators exiting the gymnasium. Panic ensued several pie injured in the ЖЙ; I HI H Campus weie Investigation and peo- crush. Only one person was wound¬ ed by the gunfire; however, he has not brought any claim against the college. The investigation into the shoot¬ ing is still ongoing. “This was not an activity that the college sponsored,” said Sherry Hassan, director of business servic¬ es. “It was an outside group that see Claim on page 8 Soccer Goes Down For the first time in five years, the women's soccer will not make the playoffs By Mitchell Wright Assv Sports Editor • It has been a long road to the end of the PCC’s women’s soccer sea¬ son. Starting off slow, the team man¬ aged a comeback to finish off its season strong, and send its last two opponents home after shutout games. But even that kind of power couldn’t make the team playoff con¬ tenders. The last time the Lancers missed the postseason was five seasons ago. Beating L.A. Harbor and East L. A. College for the second time this year softened the heavy blow of the season’s end. When the Lancers destroyed L.A. Harbor with a 6-0 victory on Nov. 13, they looked to still be run¬ ning oft' the fuel that aided them in beating ELAC on Nov. 12 with a 5- 0 win. “There’s not much you can say,” said head coach Dan Petta about telling his team that the season was over. “Everyone knew the situation. All you can do is just play, and the girls went out and played really well.” Petta blames Compton College for ruining his team’s chance to advance to the playoffs. Late in the season Compton can¬ celed their games with the Lancers, to leave PCC’s team minus two games from the rest of the South Coast Conference. “That really hurt our chances. If we could have won those games, we would have made it into the play¬ offs,” Petta said. Then he added, “But overall we had a good group and they really improved over the year. They really came along.” And they did. Against the Seahawks, Lancers’ sophomore defender Hollianne Holmes supplied the team with three goals in the first half for a hat trick. lilt ШШШШШШШ' :m t tm : fp: I Щ :* Щ Laura Quijada/Courier Trainer Rudy Aguilar consoles one of the players after the team was eliminated. Holmes started the team’s scor¬ ing in the 10th minute mark of the game on a cross shot in. Then she moved on to apply her second goal off a breakaway in the 23rd minute. Holmes punched in her third goal past the Seahawk goalkeeper in the 27th minute oft' freshman defender Connie Vasquez’ assist. Vasquez helped the Lancer offense pile on the points against the Seahawks in the 13th minute with a breakaway play. Amy Quesenberry continued the scoring with her own contribution when she made a header inside the Seahawk net in the 1 8th minute. Deanna Pollerana, Lancer fresh man midfielder, added her effort t< the scoreboard when she dumpe< the ball into the net in the 72n< minute to seal the Lancer win. The Lancers tried 16 shot; against the Seahawks; they madi five keeper saves and took two cor ner kicks and one direct kick. # see Soccer on page ;