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Fierce, dedicated, independent, and passionate are some of the words used to describe the new Student Trustee Hanna Israel.

Repeated interruptions during the Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday night prompted the entire board to relocate to an adjacent room, where the proceedings continued behind closed doors.

There was an unusually large audience at the start of the Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday, with one UCLA student holding a sign that read “Long live the Guillotine.”

Courier journalists capture Pasadena City College students response to President Obama’s recent announcement that he supports the legalization of same-sex marriages.

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In what amounts to a complete undoing of a major realignment plan proposed last fall, the Academic Senate voted Monday that academic division deans should be permanently reinstated. Coming after its May 14 votes on two other elements of the original plan, the Senate’s action would leave the division structure largely unchanged from what it was before the plan to replace some deans with faculty chairs was put forward.

Board of Trustees President Geoffrey Baum has authorized an external forensic investigation into an anonymous email largely targeting General Counsel Gail Cooper that was sent to several recipients on campus last week.

Stem cells are not invincible and therefore not likely to be the magic wand in the world of medicine, but they may be a great clue in finding what will be, a research professor explained on Thursday.

Nearly a 52 percent section cut is being made to this summer’s intersession, compared to summer 2011, officials say.

The College Council approved a portion of the realignment plan to have the Business Division and Engineering and Technology Divisions get permanent deans at its meeting on May 23.  The motion was approved with 10 in favor and three opposed.

Students and guests mingled and praised social differences hoping to better understand other cultures at a three-night event celebrating intersectionality last week at the Creveling Lounge.