Linus Shentu, Lisa Yeh Courier Staff

Thirteen candidates faced off at the Associated Students Annual Candidates Forum on Tuesday in the Amphitheater.

This year the three candidates competing for ASPCC President in the 2008 spring general elections are Christina Javier, Josh Acevedo, Irving Williams.

One of the main issues was regarding environmental sustainability on campus.

“Recycling is important, but I also want to put an emphasis on conserving. If we watch what we waste, things would be much better,” said Javier.

Acevedo said: “As president, I’ll make sure to promote recycling issues. I’ll put recycle bins everywhere on campus and make PCC a more beautiful place.”

When it was his time to speak, Williams explained how he would make the
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Forum gives opportunity for candidates to express themselves

Click here to see an audio slide show of the candidates and where they stand.

Linus Shentu, News Editor

The campaigning has begun and a candidate forum will be held by the Courier at noon this Tuesday in the Amphitheatre.

The candidate forum will provide an opportunity for candidates to tell the student body why they are running for student government and what makes them qualified to do so.

The forum will take on a traditional question and answer format. Questions will be asked by a Courier moderator and there will be an allotted time for questions from the student body.

Throughout the following week, A.S. candidates will be seen campaigning on campus, visiting classrooms, handing out flyers and urging students to vote for him or her.

The campaigning will last until Tuesday, May 20, when online voting begins. [Read more →]

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Brittany Wong, Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor

David McCabe, director of the Teacher Preparation Program at PCC, spoke to students and PCC visitors in a symposium about his manuscript, “Without Sin” and the experiences of unpublished writers.

“Without Sin,” his novel told from the backdrop of the US-Mexico border about a relationship that develops between a young Mexican prostitute and a border patrol agent, is currently being shopped around to publishing houses by a literary agent.

The first half of the April 24 symposium, held in the Cross Cultural Center, was spent discussing the writing process and what the current state of reading in the US means for writers.

With literary reading in steep decline, especially among young adults, McCabe suggested would-be writers engage in reading themselves.

“The focused attention required and the growth of imagination that comes with reading enriches public life. To lose connection with the written word is to become less independent in your thinking. If you’re a writer, take the time to learn from those who have written,” he said.

Most essential to writing is actually writing, McCabe said. “You have to write,” he said, suggesting journal writing and carrying post-it-notes to collect random thoughts. “Writing is an act you have to be fully engaged in or it just doesn’t get done.” [Read more →]

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