PCC Courier, September 23, 2010

For exclusive stories and photos check out the Courier on the web @ pcccourier.com Pasadena Oity College Soccer Men's team notches another victory with win against LA Mission. Page 8» Volume 102, Issue 4 "The Independent Student Voice of РСС, Serving Pasadena Since 1915.' Thursday, September 23, 2010 New board member chosen Danny Reyes/Courier Linda Wah was selected to fill the Area 5 trustee seat vacated by former Board President Hilary Bradbury-Huang. Linda Wah selected to fill Area 5 trustee seat Wallis Locke Staff Writer Linda Wah will be sworn in as the new Area 5 Trustee at the next regular Board meeting on Oct. 6. The five finalists selected by the board had been narrowed down to Wah and Warren Weber during a special meeting on Wednesday. After nine votes showed the six voting board members were split evenly between the two candidates, Weber withdrew his candidacy in order to facilitate a decision. If the Board had been unable to reach a decision by Monday the vacancy would have been filled by a special election at a cost of about $300,000. The trustees placed significant empha¬ sis on the school's upcoming accredita¬ tion challenges, budget concerns, and need for technological innovation. They also considered how the make up of the board would reflect PCC's student body, support Dr. Mark Rocha, and the ethical questions involved making an appoint¬ ment to a position that is usually filled by voting. Both candidates addressed the board at the start of the meeting and then answered questions fielded by board members. Edward Martinez, president of the Academic Senate, endorsed Wah on behalf of the Senate's executive commit¬ tee. Marguerite Cooper, who recruited Wah on behalf of the National Women's Political Caucus, Professor Kristin Pilon Continued on page 2 Student reports rape Woman alleges sexual assault near campus JP Lallos Staff Writer An 18-year-old physically disabled PCC student has reported being possibly raped behind the Jack in the Box restaurant on Colorado Boulevard across from campus. According to the PCC Police Department, the woman was allegedly approached by a man while she was waiting at the bus stop between 4 and 5 p.m. on Sept. 8. The woman recognized the man, having been previously introduced to him by a mutual friend. The suspect was identified in the police report as Elliot Morales, an employee at Carl's Jr. restaurant on Colorado Boulevard. "I spoke with her [the victim] and noticed that she was deaf and speech impaired, but was able to read lips," said Office Jose Arechiga of the campus police. According to the police report, Morales allegedly asked the woman if she would follow him, which she agreed to do. They then walked behind the Jack in the Box, Morales allegedly gave the woman a hug, and then proceeded to forcibly kiss her, the report says. The woman reported she tried to avoid him, but out of Continued on page 7 Behind the scenes: An exclusive glimpse inside Halloween attraction Amrah Khan Staff Writer Mangled corpses, the putrid smell of decaying flesh and psy¬ chopathic murderers jumping out of the dark. If your skin is crawling already, proceed no further. Under the guise of good whole¬ some fun, Universal Studios begins its annual Halloween Horror Nights, Friday at 7 p.m. Unbearably gruesome would be a better way to describe it. This year's Horror Nights fea¬ ture five mazes based on popular horror films: "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Friday the 13th", "Saw", "Vampyre" and Rob Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses." To see if daring PCC students could handle the gore, a reporter took a tour behind the ragged, blood-spat¬ tered curtain of Friday the 13th's, "Kill, Jason, Kill". The maze begins at the entrance of Camp Crystal Lake, the infa¬ mous summer camp where Jason Voorhees was thought to have drowned as a boy, and conse¬ quently terrorizes. Upon entering, guests are likely to trip over the beheaded body of Jason's mother, who's haunting voice is a prominent feature throughout the maze as the "spirit of Camp Crystal Lake." In the first of the twelve "Friday the 13th" films, Mother Voorhees stalked and murdered campers, exacting revenge for her son's death. She is decapitated by a camp counselor, who Jason there¬ fore murders. Throughout the maze, her voice guides Jason to kill others. Photo illustration/ Amrah Khan The mask of notorious villain Jason Voorhees lies on a table. As guests walk from one dingy room to the next, pieces of string hanging from the doorway bring on the feeling of walking through a spiderweb. This simple trick is enough to distract guests from awareness of their surroundings, as Jason jumps out of the unset¬ tling darkness wielding a bloody machete. Each room features a different "kill." In the kitchen guests see a man on a table with his spinal cord and intestines exposed as Jason maniacally hacks into his body, while in another room guests experience Jason pulverizing a woman's face using a grindstone. "Horror movie fans are all the same; they just want more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more," said John Murdy, Horror Nights' Creative Director. "If it's gory, they want it tens times more gory. If something's scary, they want it a hundred times more scary." Murdy and his team use several different special effects to evoke fear out of Horror Night guests, including repugnant smells, the use of foreshadowing and, his favorite, distractions. "We [like to] make people feel like their [sense] of safety is being violated repeatedly," Murdy said. The actors love to "distract you, set you up and then scare the liv¬ ing hell out of you." In addition to creep-tastic mazes, Universal Studios is bring¬ ing back the Terror Tram and for the first time ever, coordinating an express tram to King Kong 360 3- D. Murdy recommends purchasing tickets in advance as the event is expected to sell out like it does every year. Tickets start at $59, but deals are available throughout September and October for up to $27 off the front gate price. Bus Discount: The $30 1-Pass now includes c ©PASS 8/30-12/19 Foothill Transit. 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