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‘THE LADY CRIES
MURDER’ IN SEXSON
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semester runs through
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HAS JUSTICE BEEN SERVED IN THE
O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL?
For the victims’ families, their loved ones are
dead and it appears that no one will pay —
for the brutal crimes Z
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 81, NO. 7
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 5, 1995
Since
1915
THE LADY CRIES MURDER IN SEXSON AUDITORIUM
• INTERNAL FUEDING PROMPTS CHANGES
Student government
leaders locked out
as threats continue
Running For God
By GILBERT RIVERA
Courier Staff Writer
Aidita Gibson carried with her a
beautiful voice and painful memo¬
ries of her childhood when she headed
for the West Coast eight years ago,
leaving behind the rough streets of
Baltimore, Maryland and having no
idea what to expect when she arrived
here.
“I came from hell,” the 26-year-
old PCC student said. “Growing up
in Baltimore was painful and very
sad. I went through a lot of physical
and emotional abuse; I was beaten
up, shot at, things that just shouldn’t
happen to a young girl. Coming from
the streets, I did what I had to do to
survive because I didn’t have
mommy and daddy. They weren’t a
big part of my life.”
“When I left all of that and moved
to the West Coast,” she added, “I was
hopping around from house to house
with really nowhere to live. No aca¬
demics. Little jobs. Not living life
but fighting for survival. I was living
through many trials and tribulations
and nobody was out there to help me.
And there were times when I didn’t
think I was going to make it. There
were a lot of painful and cold nights,
where I had no clothes and only one
pair of shoes.”
Gibson did have a powerful and
soulful voice, however, and it landed
her jobs singing backup for artists
such as Vanessa Bell Armstrong and
doing musicals and shows. But even
that was jeopardized because of an
addiction to cigarettes that she felt
was affecting her vocal chords.
It was at that point when Gibson
turned to God. She became a born-
again Christian two years into her
life on the West Coast. “I prayed to
God that he would take away the
cigarettes, and he did. The desire
was lifted.”
And then, all of a sudden, Gibson
did something she really never did
before, recreationally or profession¬
ally, in her life.
She ran. For no rhyme or reason,
only that “God wanted me to.”
“I just ran. I asked people if it was
normal to run 10 miles a day. I kept
running and running and everywhere
Please see GIBSON, Page 3
By PAT ROBISON and DREW MCDIARMID, Courier Staff Writers
Just before noon yesterday campus security threw all AS board members out of their offices
and locked the doors. “This is due to the irresponsible actions of student body leaders,” said
Phillip Mullendore, chief of campus police.
The board members were allowed back in several minutes later by the security officer who
will now be posted in the lobby. They were also given a copy of new rules for their offices and
asked to pick up new identification badges issued by the security office.
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An imaginary character, played by Alicia Brooks, confronts her creator, author Charles Sartone, played by Joel Larson.
• WITH ONLY ONE YEAR OF TRAINING, ATHLETE MAKES HISTORY
The incident followed the release that morning of a
memorandum by Ernestine Moore, dean of student ser¬
vices, that listed the new rules meant to govern the AS
board offices. The rules were made necessary according
to the memo by, “charges and counter charges.. .filed by
students involving threats of violence, harassment, in¬
timidation and general disruptive behavior...” in and
around the offices. “We have never had this situation
before,” Moore said.
She also believes that the rules that have been put in
place are a necessity.
“ft is important for AS to operate in an environment
free of harassment. These measures are to help correct
the conflict. We have had numerous complaints to the
campus police, and counter complaints to those. Until
this is resolved, the measures need to stay in place,”
Moore said.
“Since this new group started running for office, we
have taken approximately a dozen incident reports in¬
volving threats, intimidation, and harassment. The sub¬
stance of these reports is that these people just can’t get
along,” Mullendore said.
Moore feels there might be a need for a mediator to
solve the problems the AS has been experiencing for the
last four months.
“ft has been suggested that a third party is needed to
help solve the issues,” Moore said,”We need to move on
from these incidents. We have so many good things that
we could be doing with the AS.”
“Because of what is going on up there, we now have
to post officers at their meetings* at their polling places,
and at the entrance to their offices. In my 1 4 years at PCC,
this is the most immature group of officers I have ever
seen,” Mullendore said.
Explaining what triggered the lock out, Teshami
Please see CHANGES, Page 3
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NEW RULES FOR AS MEMBERS
Partial list
♦ All student offices (CC204, 208, 209, 210,
211, 215, 218) are to be closed and vacated
by 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
♦ All business and visitation is to be con¬
ducted outside of the student offices.
♦ A cadet will be present in the area of the
student offices from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. or
as requested by the AS officer.
Impeachment
procedures
to carry on
By JOSE INOSTROZ
Courier Staff Writer
After a busy week, the Associated
Students board convened last Thurs¬
day at its regular meeting and dis¬
cussed a 5-1-1 vote on the impeach¬
ment of Stephanie Thraen, coordina¬
tor of external affairs.
The board began with a unani¬
mous vote to suspend the rules of the
day in order to give discussion of the
impeachment top priority.
“It is still in question, and we need
to deal with it right now,” Roldan
Herrera, AS president, told the board.
At issue was the vote taken at the
board’s special meeting on Sept. 26.
In particular, the question whether
that vote to start impeachment pro¬
ceedings against Thraen constituted
a two-thirds majority. However, the
AS constitution is not clear whether
two-thirds means of the members
present or of the total board. With
one representative absent and one
abstaining, some of the members felt
the 5-1-1 vote did not meet the the
two-thirds majority. The question
prompted an explanation by Stephen
Johnson, AS adviser.
“The difficulty that some people
would experience in attempting to
define the rules is because of how
the (student) constitution is worded.
It simply says a two-thirds vote of the
executive board. It does not say
more than that,” Johnson said.
“The (AS) constitution is not that
specific on this two-thirds vote and
Please see IMPEACH, Page 4
HESTON DISCUSSES NEW BOOK ON LARRY MANTLE'S AIR TALK
MORE THAN $50,000 RAISED
‘Moses’ parts
the airwaves
Walktoberfest: fighting diabetes
By ARDA HAMALIAN
Courier Staff Writer
If anyone at PCC thought they
saw Moses, Andrew Jackson or
Michelangelo on campus last
Wednesday, they were not halluci¬
nating. Who they actually saw was
actor Charlton Heston, who has por¬
trayed those characters and many
more in his long and distinguished
career.
Heston was on campus Sept. 27
to be interviewed on radio station
KPCC-FM to promote his newly
released autobiography “In the
Arena.”
Heston spoke about his acting
career and his interest in politics. He
also answered many listener calls
and questions.
In his autobi¬
ography, Heston
discusses his di¬
verse acting ca¬
reer and how his
shyness and con¬
servative politi¬
cal views have
affected it.
“Heston is an outspoken conser¬
vative in an industry that tends to be
very liberal,” said Larry Mantle, the
radio personality who interviewed
him.
Mantle described Heston as a “tall
man with a large presence,” whose
voice is like “the voice of God.”
Mantle also said that Heston was “a
very gracious man despite all his
fame and success.”
Heston’s publishing company ar-
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Larry Mantle and Charlton Heston
ranged for him to be on Mantle’s
show, Air Talk because the radio
station appeals to “a large audience
of book buying listeners.”
Heston made many other book
promoting appearances throughout
California last week, concentrating
on similar audiences to that of KPCC-
FM.
Heston won an Academy Award
in 1959 for best actor in the movie
“Ben Hur.”
By FELICIA BRICHOUX, Courier Staff Writer
An estimated 660 people walked a distance one-sixth
of the way around the world Sunday in a team effort to
take on diabetes. Five PCC staff members walked in
Pasadena’s Walktoberfest.
PCC’s walkers and about 50 other teams netted more
than $27,000 in donations and $50,000 in pledges for the
National Diabetes Association. TheNDA uses
funds from the nationwide walk for research,
education and community events.
Walktoberfests were staged Saturday and Sun¬
day in 19 California cities.
The marchers walked six miles, from City
Hall past the Norton Simon Museum through
Old Town, down South Lake Avenue, past the
Pasadena Playhouse and back to City Hall.
Isabel Hildebandt, secretary in the Eco¬
nomic Development and Vocational Office,
was captain of PCC’s walking team. Members were Lois
Gutierrez of fiscal services; Del Lopez, engineering and
technology; Terri Tschirgi, computing services; Cecile
Davis-Anderson, counseling; and Carol Kaser, admis¬
sions and records.
Isabel Hildebrandt
An arch of green balloons formed the gateway where
the walk began. Almost the first to pass under the arch
was a tiny chihuahua. Walking too were a Husky and
Sweet Eyes, a light brown dog the owner identified as “a
mutt.” Babies rode in strollers, buggies and wagons piled
high with cushions and teddy bears. Perhaps the young¬
est was a 4-month-old babe-in-arms with pink suit,
pacifier and sunglasses. Two women pushing baby
strollers wore T-shirts with the words, “We’re
walking for Scott and David.”
Like most of the men, women and children
participating in the Walktoberfest, PCC’s team
captain Hildebrandt had her own reason for
being involved: diabetes has touched her fam¬
ily. “My 4-year old Marie, who has just started
kindergarten, was diagnosed with diabetes at
1 5 months,” Hildebrandt said.
“The whole family is involved in Marie’s
care, ’’she said. “Our daily routine is to monitor
her blood sugar seven to 10 times a day.” This involves
a finger prick to draw a drop of blood. “Marie does get
tired of it. She gets insulin injections three times a day,
and she has to have three meals and three snacks each
Please see WALKING, Page 5