Hanna Petro is always on time. That Germanic timeliness has served the 20-year-old Middle Eastern and North African studies major well over the last couple of semesters, whether he was cutting out time for his duties as vice-chair of the Academic Commission or corralling AGS Honor Society members to volunteer for the PCC flea market with a stentorian voice as club president.

Due to technical issues with the voting website, the number of voters in this year’s Associated Students Board elections could have been higher than it was.

The incoming student government will have to address a number of important issues developed from the current AS Board. “The only challenge I didn’t get the complete burden of is the budget crisis,” said AS President Christina Javier.

It was standing room only at the Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday night, with students, faculty and staff coming to protest the budget cuts.

Peer through the looking glass and imagine visiting the lowest elevation point in the Western Hemisphere, 282 feet below sea level. That’s what members of the Dana Club experienced when they went on a three-day excursion to Death Valley.

PCC’s feminist club passed out free condoms and pamphlets to raise awareness about birth control on May 28. Feminist club President Tatevik Abrahamyn was also in the quad to speak to curious students walking to their table.

Information on the positive effects of going green, while showcasing concerns about the environment, through art, was presented by science students in Galloway Plaza, on Thursday.

The California Supreme Court’s 6-1 decision upholds Proposition 8’s ban on same-sex marriage while maintaining that the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who wed prior to last November, prior to the ban, remain valid. The result of this decision is contradictory and gives rise to inequality by dividing California’s citizens into three separate groups under the law, each with different access to a valid marriage.

Free speech is something we all take for granted. Whether it is a debate over a movie, favorite sports teams or political affiliations, our constitutional right to speak freely has never been questioned.

Darryl Stephens was not a saint. I can say that with absolute certainty. He possibly could have been a terrible person, but with so many mentioning his benevolent nature and intent while on this campus, it’s hard to put that stamp on him.