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PCC Courier, April 23, 1987
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VOTE
for Student Trustee
Elections April 28 & 29
Candidates Story on Page 2
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VOL. 64, NO. 9
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
APRIL 23, 1987
President Scott Views Our Future
“I’m excited about serving community college
students. I think that without the community col¬
leges there would be a tremendous vacuum that
would exist in society as far as serving the needs of
so many of the students in higher education.”
—Dr. Jack Scott
By Catherine F. Reynolds
Editor in Chief
Cypress College president Dr. Jack
Scott was appointed by the Board of
Trustees as PCC’s new superintendent-
president on April 8. He will replace
Dr. John Casey on July 1.
Scott, an articulate, personable man,
expressed enthusiasm for his latest
challenge as PCC’s new president.
“One of the first things I want to do
when I arrive at PCC is to get to know
the staff and to listen to their ideas and
suggestions. I think the first thing to do
is to listen, to understand the institu¬
tion, and to make those decisions that
would be in the best interest of the
students’ education.”
Since 1978, Scott has held his current
position as president of Cypress Col¬
lege. His strong leadership there im¬
proved the communication between the
college and the community resulting in
increased enrollment. Improvements
in registration procedures and student
retention were also evident. His fund¬
raising capabilities increased financial
support through the Cypress College
Foundation from $10,000 in contribu¬
tions to a total last year of $350,000.
According to Scott, he firmly be¬
lieves in a management style that
allows participation by faculty mem¬
bers in the decision making process.
“I feel that the people who are
impacted by decisions should have in¬
put in the making of those decisions.
There ought to be processes set up for
faculty, classified staff and students to
have input into decisions. I think there
are tremendously good ideas that come
from all the people in a college com¬
munity. Secondly, they are more likely
to be willing to involve themselves if
they feel they have a hand in the
decisions.”
Scott feels serving as dean of instruc¬
tion at Orange Coast College and in his
current capacity as president at
Cypress, will provide him with a for¬
mula that would help develop a strong
brand of leadership and successful in¬
teraction with faculty and staff.
“It’s not something that one does by
waving a magic wand. It’s just the day
to day interaction in which you display
your willingness to listen, perhaps the
wisdom of your decisions and the fact
that you are viewed as one who makes
decisions as equitably and fairly as
possible.
“I think that certainly a measure of
any president’s performance is his or
her ability to lead, and you can’t lead
effectively if you’ve lost the confidence
of the faculty and staff.”
Scott’s main point of focus will be the
shortage of funding at the state level
confronting PCC as well as all other
community colleges.
“Anything I can do in terms of
legislative advocacy, in terms of let¬
ting both the community and the legis¬
lature know our need for additional
funds, I want to do. Money is not the
only solution to problems, but ob¬
viously, if we’re going to be an effec¬
tive institution, you have to have good
salaries, a fine physical plan and good
equipment. All of those things require
money.
With regard to lottery funds, Scott
feels such funds should enrich the
present budget, not compensate for the
current lack of funds coming from the
state.
“It was intended from the beginning
that these lottery funds would be over
and above our regular funds. Un¬
fortunately, it’s very tempting in days
in which the community colleges are
under funded for it to become part of
the regular funds. If that happens,
there’s a real danger because lottery
revenue is inconsistent.”
Scott agrees that meeting with state
legislators is a viable way to increase
needed funds from the state.
“It can be very helpful because it can
influence legislation and funding for
the college. I’m aware that we as a
college are not in isolation. The com¬
munity impacts us, the legislature im¬
pacts us, the governor impacts us, the
chancellor’s office impacts us. I think
the more active one is in being an
advocate for PCC the more likely that
funding would be given to us.”
Scott feels his teaching experience
with large lecture classes as well as
smaller seminars would assist him in
encouraging “flexibility in terms of the
most effective teaching.”
“The only limitation that we always
have is that we have to operate a
college within financial parameters.
Obviously, PCC could not afford to
operate on the line of Oxford Univer¬
sity where they have a tutorial system.
That may be one of the world’s great
ways to educate, but the state doesn’t
finance us at that level.”
Although PCC’s student enrollment
almost doubles that of Cypress College,
Scott does not feel he will have to make
any personal adjustments in order to
govern a campus of this size.
“Each campus has its unique en¬
vironment. You begin to discover the
strengths and the kinds of needs that a
particular community has. Then in turn
your education relates to the people in
the community. I’ve always enjoyed
looking at the way in which education
can be most effectively communicated
to the clientele that you have.”
Scott considers community colleges
the most democratic of higher educa¬
tion, and the community college stu¬
dent the most exciting.
“It’s democratic because it gives the
person who is poor an opportunity to go
to school. It gives people a second
chance who may not have succeeded so
well in high school. And it’s democratic
because of the tremendous variation in
ethnicity and age. One of the most
exciting things about community col¬
leges is the students.
“I’m excited about serving com¬
munity college students. I think that
without the community colleges there
would be a tremendous vacuum that
would exist in society as far as serving
the needs of so many of the students in
higher education. After all, 65 percent
of high school graduates who go on to
college first enter the community col¬
lege in California.”
NAACP Challenges Trustees
By Lolita B. Parker Jr.
and Jennifer Landis
Staff Writer and News Editor
Prominent members of the Pasa-
dena/Altadena Black community have
voiced their outrage at the Board of
Trustees decision to deny the PCC
presidency to Dr. Bonnie R. James,
assistant superintendent for adminis¬
trative affairs.
The group stated objections at a
press conference on Monday, April 13
and again at the Board of Trustees
meeting on Thursday, April 16.
At the meeting, the president of the
Altadena chapter of the National As¬
sociation for the Advancement of Col¬
ored People (NAACP), Tony Stewart,
read the group’s demands to the Board
of Trustees.
• The resignation or termination of Dr.
Frederick Holland, professor of social
sciences, for what the group feels is
“unprofessional conduct, including ra¬
cially biased and perhaps slanderous
statements about the NAACP and the
black community in general.”
• An immediate investigation into the
selection process which the group feel
deliberately denied a minority a posi¬
tion for advancement.
• The stalling of Dr. Jack Scott’s con¬
firmation as superintendent-president
until the probe’s findings are com¬
pleted and made public.
• That the investigative panel include
at least two members of the NAACP.
• That any teachers who may have used
their influence to persuade students to
contact board members and speak
against the selection of Dr. James
beterminated or suspended.
• An investigation into the alleged con¬
trol by a small group of faculty mem¬
bers over certain members of the
Board of Trustees.
The coalition of groups had
previously stated these demands at a
noon press conference held in front of
the mirror pools on Monday, April 13.
At the board meeting the Black
community was represented by Stew¬
art, Ibrahim Naaem, director of the
Los Angeles Urban Leagues Pasa¬
dena/Foothill area; Marjorie Morse,
representative of the
Altadena/Pasadena Black Coalition on
Education; Dr. E. J. Farris of the
Pasadena Ministerial Alliance; Elbie
Hickenbottem, member of the Pasa¬
dena Unified School District Board of
Trustees and Marjorie Forsythe, as¬
sociate professor social sciences. Many
other representives were there to view
the proceedings also.
At the Monday press conference
Stewart, said that the trustees selec¬
tion process “deliberately denied a
minority a position for advancement.”
According to Stewart the Black com¬
munity is not as concerned that Dr.
Bonnie R. James was not selected but
that the selection process was con¬
ducted with “wide scale affirmative
action abuses ranging from the covert
to the flagrant.” At the Thursday meet¬
ing she added, “James is not the issue,
the procedure is.”
The Board of Trustees voted Dr.
Jack Scott into office with a vote of five
with two members, Walter Shatford
and Richard Green, abstaining.
At Thursday’s meeting, Shatford re¬
sponded to the NAACP’s accusation
that the board had no intention of
electing James in the first place. Shat¬
ford said that if the board had that
intention it “would have elimanated
James in the (preliminary) process.”
Green said the entire “process was
very broad in its represention,” and
that the board had many “tough dis¬
cussions on the decision.”
Trustee Jeanette Mann, Affirmative
Action officer at Cal State L.A., saw no
violations and no racism in the process.
She added that she understood the
“frustation” felt by the Black com¬
munity, but she “did not hear one piece
of evidence” to justify an investigation.
“I based my vote on he best qualifica¬
tions. It was a difficult decision.”
Trustee John Martin said that the
“process did what it had to do. It gave
us a list of qualified candidates. To say
that the process is flawed is saying that
all the candidates were unqualified.”
In demanding Holland’s resigna¬
tion/termination the NAACP cited Cal¬
ifornia Educational Code 87732 sub
section A. According to the group, the
code states, that a teacher may be
terminated due to “unprofessional con¬
duct.” According to Shatford the term
“unprofessional conduct” must involve
a student or classroom situtation.
Holland had “no comment” on the
situtation because he is hesitant to talk
to reporters, he said.
Throughout the controversy, James
has remained calm and declined any
comment.
Forensics Undefeated, Take National Gold
By Paul Allen
Sports Editor
For the second straight year the PCC
Forenics team captured the most gold
medals in the annual nation wide tour¬
nament.
This year’s version of the tourney
was held in Odessa, Texas, where the
team from Pasadena was the toast of
the town and the country for that
matter.
“With teams from Massachusettes,
Utah, Idaho, Illinois and Alaska we had
to be on our game to beat these
teams,” said forensic director/coach
Anthony Georgilas, whose team hasn’t
had a better performance since the 1982
season.
The Lancers were primed for this
tournament. They grabbed victories in
the Fall Champs, Governor’s Cup,
Spring Champs and State tournaments.
Outstanding member of the team
Daniel Hurst, took three gold medals in
Odessa. Hurst, who scored the second
highest overall speaker points, teamed
with fellow Lancer Tony Lacsamana to
defeat all comers in debate. Hurst also
hit pay dirt with persuasive speaking
and extemporaneous speaking.
Even with all the success the
Lancers reveled in, one of the expected
winners had trouble.
Susan Stevens and Timothy Todd had
taken second in two tournaments and
placed first in two, but failed to break
into the finals in Odessa. “Our team
consistency had been lacking entering
the tournament,” said Todd, referring
to their duo presentation. “We didn’t
show up with our best, and we got
beat.”
Todd made up for the results in the
duo presentation, shining in the solo
spotlight and grabbing an impressive
bronze medal in poetry.
Doyle Sterkin, who works at The
Magic Castle restaurant as an amateur
magician, took a gold mecjal in dra¬
matic interpretation and trophied with
partner Joe Botana in duet acting.
In the readers’ theater department a
remarkable story emerged.
The quartet of Sterkin, Betty Wang,
Evan Reid and Kristin Young finished
with the silver medal in the competi¬
tion performing Radio Primer, but the
route was not a bed of roses.
“We had 13 days,” said Primer direc¬
tor Dr. Patrick Brown, “to prepare this
piece. “We could only arrange five
solid rehearsal days, but on those days
these kids were the best in the coun¬
try.” Brown, taking pride in his as¬
sociation with the cast, added, “these
kids make the directing a piece of
cake.”
In totaling the final scores, PCC
garnered 28 gold medals, 10 silvers and
six bronze medals in what was an
outstanding team effort.
“Without the debate coaching of
Chrystal Watson and directing of Dr.
Brown, the forensics team would’ve
never prospered the way it has,” said
Georgilas.
An always exuberant Georgilas
added, “They were unmatchable and
unstoppable. If there is any doubt as to
the best team in the country, it is still
PCC!”
Dr. Jack Scott, PCC’s new Superintendent-President
Cocaine Bust
Students Charged
By Jennifer Landis
News Editor
PCC students, Darnel Nelson, Darrin
Stevenson and Frederick Stevenson
were charged Monday with possession
of cocaine for sale and maintaining a
house for the sale of cocaine.
The three were arrested on Tuesday,
April 14 after the police searched the
trio’s residence and found one ounce of
rock cocaine with an estimated street
value of $3,700.
At 11 p.m.. after obtaining a search
warrant, the officers of the Neighbor¬
hood Crime Task Force entered the
residence in the 2100 block of east
Corson St. The task force also un¬
covered $500 in cash and an estimated
$1,500, in what police believe to be,
stolen property. According to Pasadena
Police Sgt. Greg Henderson, five
suspects were originally taken into
custody. Two were released due to
insufficient evidence while Nelson and
the Stevenson brothers were each freed
on $5,000 bail.
Although it has been reported that
the three students were PCC football
players they were not on the team.
According to Dennis Gossard, head
football coach, “none of the three were
players, they were only in a weight
training class which they are no longer
in.” Gossard also said that Fred
Stevenson did play two years ago dur¬
ing the 1985 season.
Gossard was upset that the students
had been previously mislabled as foot¬
ball players. He feels that this mis¬
labeling will damage the reputations of
the team members. He also stated that
all the players know the athletic de¬
partment’s views on the use of drugs.
“We won’t stand for it!”
International Artist
To Make Impression
By Jennifer Landis
News Editor
The PCC art department is proud to
present Nathan Oliveira, Artist in Resi¬
dence.
Oliveira, an internationally recog¬
nized painter and printmaker, will be
PCC’s first artist in residence between
Wednesday, April 27 and Saturday,
April 30.
According to Linda Malm, art de¬
partment chairperson, it is an “op¬
portunity to see an important contem-
pory artists’ mind at work.” Oliveira is
most recently known for his
monotypes, a form of printmaking at¬
tractive to many painters. Oliveira
creates his monotypes by painting an
image onto a plate and then pressing
that plate onto paper. The image
printed is a one-of-a-kind image.
Oliveira often makes secondary im¬
ages from the original plate. These
images, along with the original, often
form a series of images built on a
process.
The artist has devoted much of his
energies to teaching and has expressed
an interest in the college, wishing to
visit classes.
Oliveira will be welcomed to the
college this Monday with a reception in
the Art Gallery Court from 9 : 30 to 10 : 30
a.m. On Monday afternoon and all day
Wednesday there will be an opportunity
to observe the artist working on his
monotypes in room R235. The space is
limited so reservations are required.
An exhibition of Oliveira’s
monotypes will be held in the Smithso¬
nian Institution’s Archives of American
Art located in the Scott building of the
Huntington Library. The exhibition will
begin April 28 and continue through
April 30 from 1 to 5 p.m. daily. Many
books and articles on Oliveira and his
work are now on reserve in the PCC
library for anyone to view.
The Monotype an illistrated public
lecture will be presented by the artist
in the PCC Forum on Tuesday, April 28
at 7 p.m.
To answer any questions about the
monotype, a formal workshop with the
artist will be held from 10 a.m. to noon
on Thursday, April 30 in Circadian B,
located just north of the cafeteria.
To conclude the visit, PCC’s first
Artist in Residence will present the
college with one of his monotypes.
Malm hopes this work of art will be
housed in the Library for everyone to
see.
Additional daily information can be
obtained by calling (818) 578-7413.