VOLUME 111 ISSUE 10
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April 16, 2015
EDITORIAL
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governance need*
to get it together
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Lancers slide into 3-game winning streak
Erica Hong/Courier
Lancer Alejandra Grimaldo (freshman) slides safely into home past LA Harbor catcher Cassandra Sorto in the fifth inning at Rob¬
inson Park in Pasadena, Calif, on Tuesday, April 14. The Lancers beat LA Harbor Seahawks 7-2.
Matthew Kiewiet
News Editor
PCC women’s softball team
dominated their third game in a
row by beating the LA Harbor
College Seahawks 7-2 at Robin¬
son Park on Tuesday afternoon
as they make a late push for a
playoff bid.
“Our team is determined
and they realize that we can still
make some noise in confer¬
ence,” said head coach Monica
Tandinger. “I hope they under¬
stand what they have done so far
and that finishing these last two
games is huge for us.”
The Lancers scored first in
the bottom of the first with
a lead-off single to center by
sophomore second baseman
Justine Zavala, followed by a
triple by freshman outfielder
Mariah Quintana and a double
from freshman catcher Holly
Riker-Sloan.
“I am excited for the next
two games,” said Quintana, who
went 3-for-4 on the day. “If we
continue playing like we have
been, we will accomplish what
we want. We are hoping to get a
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Presidential candidates address
questions at three open forums
Discussion resumes
on bachelor’s degrees
Dr. Rajen Vurdien Dr. Patricia Hsieh Dr. Robert Miller
Philip McCormick
Editor-In-Chief
The three candidates vying
for the vacant president’s seat
at PCC addressed the commu¬
nity at open forums held in the
Westerbeck Recital Hall this
week where the public was able
to submit feedback to the Board
of Trustees on each candidate.
According to Board Presi¬
dent Berlinda Brown, this will
help the board make a decision
on who will be selected for the
position.
“We encourage the public to
submit feedback,” Brown told
attendees at one of candidate
Rajen Vurdien’s open forum on
Monday. “This forum is part
of the selection process for
the board for picking the next
president.”
Attendees were able to submit
questions before each forum
and a moderator presented each
question to each candidate. The
most prominent question asked
in the forums seemed to be
about shared governance and
how the three candidates would
deal with the tension between
the faculty, administration and
board.
“One of the reasons I was
appointed interim president of
Sacramento State College is be¬
cause I was able to work among
groups of very divergent opin¬
ions and bring them together,”
said Patricia Hsieh, president of
San Diego Miramar College, on
Tuesday.
When similar questions were
asked to Vurdien, Fullerton Col¬
lege’s president, he said that he
had dealt with similar problems
when he first arrived to Fuller¬
ton.
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Matthew Kiewiet
Staff Writer
Talks of PCC offering bache¬
lor’s degrees by way of state law
SB 850 — the law passed by the
State Senate and signed by Gov¬
ernor Jerry Brown last May that
would allow community colleges
to offer four year degrees in cer¬
tain fields — have resumed over
the past week, and a proposal
for such a degree at PCC was
recently sent to the Chancellor’s
Office, a school official said.
“Good fortune has smiled
upon us,” said Associate Vice
President of Strategic Planning
& Innovation Ryan Cornner to
the Academic Senate on April
6, in reference to the fact that
the college would have another
opportunity to offer BA degrees.
Cornner, Dr. Julie Kiotas,
Robert Randal, and Bakhtawar
Bhadha have been developing
a curriculum for PCC to off a
degree in Applied Research and
Data Analytics.
“A Bachelor’s degree in
Applied Research and Data
Analytics will equip students for
careers in managing research
in a variety of fields including
business, healthcare, marketing,
education and social science
fields,” Kiotas wrote in an email.
There is a growing need in the
business and industry sectors
for well-qualified employees that
use data and research to make
informed business decisions,
Cornner said.
There are 30,306 jobs in Los
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