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Volume 100, Issue 4
"The Independent Student Voice of
РСС,
Serving Pasadena Since 1915." Thursday, September 24, 2009
PCC swine
VINCENT FRAGA
Staff Writer
A PCC student reported a case
of the H1N1 flu this week. The
patient is recovering, according to
Jo Buczko, coordinator of the
health services center.
"It [the flu] was reported to us
by the student," Buczko said.
"[The student] was tested by an
outside agency."
Asked if she was confident of
the diagnosis, Buczko said she
was. She did not say what outside
agency had done the testing.
H1N1, also known as the swine
flu is very problematic.
"Those that are at the highest
risk for the swine flu are those
ranging in age from six months to
24 years of age," Buczko said.
"PCC has a big demographic of
ages ranging in that area. This shot
is crucial for the student body to
be aware of."
According to Buczko, the Health
flu case reported
Center will be offering the H1N1
flu shot when it is available this
fall, as well as the seasonal flu
shot.
"Our most important shot this
year is the H1N1 shot. Our stu¬
dents are at the highest risk and
thus this is the shot they need the
most," said Buczko. It is unclear
when exactly this shot will be dis¬
tributed, but Buczko said it should
be available between the middle of
October and the beginning of
November.
The Center for Disease Control
and Prevention stated online that
the first case of H1N1 was detected
in April. From April 15 to July 24,
states reported a total of 43,771
confirmed and probable cases of
novel influenza A (H1N1) infec¬
tion, according to the CDC, and
more than 1 million people have
been infected in the U.S. since the
outbreak started.
"I think it’s great that we have a
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From left, PCC drama students Ray Batarina, Dave Mendez and Adam Burke entertain pedestrians at the
crosswalk of Colorado and Raymond in Old Town Pasadena on Saturday night, performing a sword fight in
20-second condensed version of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" as part of the Armory Center for the
Arts' 20th Anniversary celebration.
College approves
reduced budget
Board of Trustees rushes to OK less spending
Catherine Sum
Staff Writer
The Board of Trustees has
approved a reduced budget based
on the prediction that college rev¬
enue is lower this year than last
and will continue to fall, marking
the first instance in recent memory
the budget has been cut.
A copy of the summarized
budget states the college is spend¬
ing less this year partly because it
is receiving less money. The short¬
fall of all revenue funds from the
2008-2009 fiscal year to the 2009-
2010 fiscal year is an overall total
of about $10.7 million.
The budget predicts that if the
trend continues there will be ulti¬
mately an 8 percent reduction in
revenue.
The board was unanimous in its
decision to pass the 2009-2010
budget presented by Interim Vice
President of Administrative
Services, Rick Van Pelt, at a meet¬
ing held on Sept. 16. The budget
oversees all spending in the cur¬
rent fiscal year, ending June 30,
2010.
Missing from the printout of the
budget — though included in the
monetary calculations — was a sec¬
tion titled Student Access, which
the board identified as its top pri¬
ority in determining the allocation
of funds across the campus.
Funds for Student Access go
toward the creation of class sec¬
tions, the number of seats each sec-
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Shakespeare in the street
Theater Arts students perform in
Old Town Pasadena in the
crosswalk at Raymond Avenue
and Colorado Boulevard.
Aubrey Quezada
Staff Writer
Imagine performing to a fleeting audience, with
headlights shining into your eyes, right in the middle
of a busy intersection.
For PCC drama students, this was Saturday night's
reality as they took to the crosswalk at Raymond
Avenue and Colorado Boulevard to present extreme¬
ly condensed versions of A Midsummer Night's
Dream, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth as well
as monologues and soliloquies from Shakespeare's
plays.
The actors had about 20 seconds to deliver their
lines during red lights while people crossing the inter¬
section muttered phrases like "What's going on?" and
"Did they escape from a mental hospital?"
"We're bringing theater to the people instead of
bringing people to the theater," said Director Will
Ahrens, a theater arts teacher at PCC.
The concept for this unlikely enactment was the
brainchild of Jane Mulfinger, a professor at UC Santa
Barbara, who was one of the artists chosen to show¬
case her work as part of the Armory Center for the
Arts' 20th Anniversary celebration.
"Condensing the plays reflects the way contempo¬
rary society moves so quickly," said Mulfinger. "I've
always been fascinated by the design of this cross¬
walk and I had been thinking of something I could do
with the space for months."
The time restraint wasn't the only challenge the
actors faced. According to Ahrens, they weren't
allowed a real dress rehearsal since the environment
they were in was continuously changing.
"IP s a fluid audience. The same people aren't con-
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Car wreck on Hill Avenue
A car crashed into a pole on Hill Avenue at the Chevron station
Wednesday. Witnesses said the car, a silver Mercedes Benz, was mak¬
ing a right from Colorado Boulevard and lost control, slamming into a
streetlight and knocking it askew. The driver of the car was taken
away in an ambulance.
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