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Pasadena City College
Volume 100, Issue 12
" The Independent Student Voice of
РСС,
Serving Pasadena Since 1915.'
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Liz Piedra/Courier
Timothy Bloom, a performer who delivered a message of social justice at the AS event "Raise the Voice Within, “ stands next
to a photo of a homeless man in the Quad on Tuesday.
AS urges social awareness
Janine Shimomura
Staff Writer
Hoping to raise student awareness on
the social issues surrounding them, the
Associated Students presented an event
titled "Raise the Voice Within" in the
quad on Tuesday.
The event was a joint effort by Cultural
Diversity, Finance, and Sustainability
committees, which all contributed differ¬
ent parts to help raise awareness of their
own respective issues and how they were
interrelated.
"Raise the Voice Within" featured a
live performance by Timothy Bloom, an
up-and-coming artist who had also per¬
formed at the "Taste of the World" event,
a month before.
"I love
РСС,
I think it's a great school.
I like to perform at events with a mes¬
sage," Bloom said.
A message of social justice was reflect¬
ed in his lyrics as he sang about having
the power to make dreams into reality
and create change in the world.
"I sing songs dealing with politics and
being equal as a people," Bloom said.
Surrounding the stage were photo¬
graphs of people struggling economical¬
ly. Among those pictured were homeless,
a young boy wearing an apron, and a
man standing next to a large peace sign.
Above the pictures were statistics, which
explained information about how many
people die each day from hunger and the
percentage of people struggling with
poverty.
Two Pasadena photographers,
Nathaniel Perales and Marc Todd, cap¬
tured the images. Perales believes that
his pictures have the ability to invoke
thought and discussion. His biography
detailed that he takes photographs of the
homeless in Pasadena as a way of con¬
trasting the difficult economic climate,
Continued on page 2
Search firm
selected for
new PCC
president
Catherine Sum
Staff Writer
Academic Search, Inc. was selected in a 4-2 vote by
the Board of Trustees as the search firm to aid the col¬
lege in its selection of a new superintendent /presi¬
dent on Wednesday evening.
The special meeting was held solely for the field of
four search firms — the other three were Isaacson,
Miller; Association of Community College Trustees;
and Professional Personnel Leasing, Inc. — to give
presentations before the board.
There were no other items on the agenda and there
was no closed session held at the outset of the meet¬
ing.
During the meeting, Trustee John Martin named
three characteristics he thought a college president
should have, sentiments that were echoed by the rest
of the board: "Leadership, balance and wisdom," he
said.
Dean of Human Resources Lyle Engeldinger made
the arrangements for the meeting, during which rep¬
resentatives from the firms were kept in separate
rooms before and during their presentations.
Present during the meeting was Trustee-elect
Berlinda Brown, who also cited Academic Search, Inc.
as her favored firm.
Brown and fellow Trustee-elect Anthony Fellow
will be officially sworn in during the Dec. 9 organiza¬
tional meeting.
Two years ago the board came under heavy criti¬
cism when its members circumvented a list of three
vetted candidates to instead hire former President
Paulette Perfumo.
In August she was granted a leave of absence and
later unexpectedly resigned. Details concerning her
resignation have not been released.
Perfumo is still under contract with PCC on a "spe¬
cial administrative assignment," for which she is
being paid close to $215,000 annually.
Anesthesia technician program is first in the West
Roy lenn
Staff Writer
Beginning next summer, PCC will offer an
anesthesia technician program, the first
community college in California and the
only one west of the Mississippi to do so.
"PCC is responding to an identified need
by employers in the health care field for
anesthesia technicians to be certified and
have associate degrees," said Barbara
Freund, dean of Health Sciences. The pro¬
gram is the result of a partnership with
managed care organization Kaiser
Permanente.
Anesthesia technicians assist licensed
anesthesia providers in the acquisition,
preparation and application of equipment
required for the delivery of anesthesia care.
According to Freund, PCC's program will
prepare the student to be an integral mem¬
ber of the anesthesia patient care team.
The college will accept applications for
the anesthesia technician program starting
next spring, with the program starting in
summer 2010.
The program lasts a full year, beginning in
the summer intersession and continuing in
the fall and spring semesters. After complet¬
ing the program, students are eligible to
take the American Society of Anesthesia
Technologists
/
Technicians certification
exam.
To gain admission to the program, appli¬
cants must have a GPA of at least 2.5 and
have completed the prerequisite courses,
which include subjects such as English,
chemistry, and anatomy and physiology.
Freund said she is optimistic about the
anesthesia technician program.
"I expect the program to be in high
demand," she said. "Department of Labor
reports identify expanding health care
employment needs."
Those interested in learning more about
the anesthesia technician program can con¬
tact the Department of Health Sciences.