City smoking plan won’t affect PCC

Pasadena mayor Bill Bogaard said that he could not see how PCC, as an independent entity, would be affected by new anti-smoking regulation currently being drafted by the City Council.Bogaard, speaking Wednesday morning on a community-organized lap around the Rose Bowl, was uncertain on campus policy.

Ex-student pleads not guilty in murder

Former PCC nursing student Isaac Campbell pleaded not guilty in the slaying of one-time PCC student Liya Jessie Lu on Tuesday at the Alhambra Courthouse.After Campbell entered his plea, Judge Carlos Uranga granted a postponement for the date for the preliminary hearing, which has been set for June 19.

Trial for suspect in killing delayed

A trial on murder charges for former PCC student George W. Pigman IV faces another possible delay after a court decision in Pasadena on Tuesday.The prosecution’s request to have the 27-year-old reexamined for insanity was granted by Superior Court Judge Teri Schwartz, which may delay starting the trial, said defense attorney Jose Colon.

Women’s Basketball sophomores visit Division I programs

The three remaining sophomores from this season’s women’s basketball team have all yet to sign letters of intent to four-year universities, but all have Division I aspirations.Lynette Jacobs has already verbally committed to Texas Southern, a Division I program in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), but still has visits to Robert Morris (Moon Township, PA) and Xavier of Louisiana.

New ‘green’ panel holds first meeting

The Ad Hoc Committee for Sustainability met for the first time on Monday in hopes of getting the program grounded for support.The new committee, approved by the Academic Senate, focuses on shifting the way the college approaches education by incorporating relevant and contemporary issues such as global climate change into the learning experience.