Month: December 2011

By Neil Protacio

A new trial was ordered in the killing of a PCC alumna when a jury could not reach a verdict after nine days of deliberation in the dramatic case of an ex-PCC student accused of murder.

A pre-trial hearing for Isaac Campbell is scheduled in January after the jury voted 10 guilty and two not guilty on a second-degree murder charge, officials said. Campbell, a former student, is charged in the 2007 killing of Liya “Jessie”Lu, who also attended the college. Her decomposed body was found covered with kitty litter in a trash can in Arcadia a month after she was reported missing.

The mood was light when Trustee Geoffrey Baum, Area 1, was elected president by the Pasadena Area Community College Board of Trustees in a unanimous vote, in the Creveling Lounge on Dec. 14.

Students need to stand up and take the first step in water conservation said filmmaker Jim Thebaut during a Running Dry Trilogy screening and panel discussion on Tuesday in the Wi-Fi lounge.

At a first glance, the sculpture across from the Facilities Services building looks like a pipe leak with water pouring out, but with closer observation it becomes clear that it’s purposely leaking water.

The holidays are traditionally meant for friends and families to reunite and spend time with each other.

A new anonymous survey, E-checkuptogo, was added to PCC’s homepage just before Thanksgiving in hopes of helping students overcome drug and alcohol abuse problems.

 It isn’t about being the best artist or creative director but the key thing is about collaboration, Brian Allgeier, creative director of Insomniac Games told the students gathered in The Circadian on Dec 2.  He stressed this throughout his presentation.

By late Dec. 13, the jury in the Isaac Campbell trial had not yet returned a verdict.

The jury spent more than six hours Dec. 7 and the whole day Dec. 8 deliberating the fate of ex-PCC student Campbell, who is facing one count of murder in the death of his girlfriend, a PCC alumna.