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VOL. 83 NO. 26
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
Courier
http://www.geocities.eom/~ pccnewscourier/
THURSDAY
APRIL 23, 1998
AS ELECTION
Not Much Opposition
AS ELECTION
Academic affairs a hotly
contested position
By SID SARAF
Courier Staff Writer
While most candidates in this year’s Associated
Students elections are running against imaginary
opponents, one of the most hotly contested races is
for the position of vice president of academic affairs.
Adam Ma, Dean Wright, and Margaret Arechiga
are the candidates that have thrown their hats in the
ring for the position.
“All three of us have overlapping interests on
campus, so it splits votes three ways,” said Arechiga,
who currently serves on the AS board as the vice
president for public relations. Her duties include
making the marquee signs for various events on
campus. In addition, she has taught ESL overseas in
Hungary, and served as an Alpha Gamma Sigma
board member for the past two years.
Arechiga is running for office on the ONE
(Obtaining New Excellence) slate, which includes
presidential candidate Robert DeOcampo among
others.
“We’re the wave of the future. Our median age is
late 20s, so we know our job,” said Arechiga.
Ma has also been active in leadership roles during
his time at Pasadena. In addition to serving as the
commissioner for the math and life science/allied
health departments for two semesters, he is also an
associate justice on the Supreme Council.
“One of my goals for the following year is to
improve communication with the students and facul¬
ty with the Associated Students and the division
deans,” said Ma in his written candidate statement.
“I aim to persuade students to get involved with stu¬
dent government by becoming commissioner of the
department of their major.”
While the third candidate for the position has not
had any student government experience at PCC,
Wright is a Dean’s List student who is stressing bet¬
ter academic assistance if elected.
“Have you ever tried to get tutoring for anything?
It is nearly impossible. My plan is based on recruit¬
ment, not financing,” he said.
Also included in Wright’s candidate statement
were negative comments regarding slates, and the
Please see VOTE, page 6
RESULTS
Communications professor Anthony Georgalis
gets a preview of the upcoming election from
DANIEL ARCHULETA
/
THE COURIER
candidates Marisol Hernandez and Margret
Arechiga who are both on the ONE slate.
Most candidates are guaranteed a spot on the board
By CHRISTINE GOMEZ
Courier Staff Writer
The AS has 10 positions to be
filled and 14 candidates vying for
those spots. Only two positions are
contested in this election virtually
assuring that most candidates will be
elected.
Marisol Hernandez is going for
vice president for student services. In
Hernandez’s written statement she
said she hopes to continue projects for
the the CDC and to implement new
ideas.
Fareena Mehdi is the candidate for
the vice president for business affairs.
This position monitors the funding
and budgeting of the AS.
Nancy Osipo hopes to become the
new vice president of cultural diversi¬
ty. Her goals for this position is “to
bring diversity among and between
campus ethnic and cultural organiza¬
tions.”
The current vice president of stu¬
dent services, Marlond Taroreh, is the
candidate for the vice president of
internal affairs.
Kristian Magnani, is the current
vice president of business affairs,
hopes to be the next vice president for
external affairs.
The vice president for campus
Familiar Faces
Return to Board
Vote: Ligons, Mclean, Lampson
selected for another go around
By DANIEL ARCHULETA
Courier Staff Writer
It looks as if next year will be business
as usual for the faculty senate. With the
exception of one position, re-elected
incumbents will give the board a familiar
feel during the 1998-99 term.
For the third consecutive year, Ellen
Ligons will serve as president. Robert
McLean was successful in his bid for a
second term as vice president. The posi¬
tion of secretary will be filled by Alan
Lampson, who is also serving his second
term. Elvio Angeloni, treasurer elect, will
be the sole new member in the executive
wing of the organization. All candidates
ran unopposed.
“I’m excited about the third term,” said
Ligons, who garnered 128 of the 129
votes cast in last week’s election.
“We have some exciting projects we
are working on for next year, including
faculty hiring procedures, plus/minus
grading and budget planning. I m just
thrilled to get a third chance.”
Successful efforts made by
this year‘s board may be the
main factor behind the facul¬
ty’s decision to keep three of
the four executive officers for
another term.
A continued effort to get
instructors more involved in
the committee process, the
addressing of shared gover¬
nance issues and an improved
relationship with administra¬
tors were all given increased
importance by the 1997-1998
board.
“I don’t know why, but we
worked together better than
we did at the beginning of the year,”
Lampson said. “We’re very much togeth¬
er now.”
That may explain why the faculty has
given this group such a tremendous vote
of confidence. From all of the ballots
cast, only eight write-in selections were
made.
ZACH ROSEN /THE COURIER
Ellen Ligons will return for a third term as
president of the faculty senate board.
Other news from the FSB
At Monday’s meeting, the board
agreed to select 10 faculty members to
serve on the senate’s accreditation com¬
mittee. Although the committee is still in
the planning process, McLean said, “We
need to get people out of the hallways. We
Please see FSB, page 3
activities candidate, Omar Loera,
hopes to bring new and exciting
things to the campus. He also wants
to give ethnic groups equal opportuni¬
ty to give their opinions on campus
activities.
The vice president of public rela¬
tions candidates are Suresh
Lakshmipathi and Miriam Escovar.
Nina Javan who is now the vice
president for student activities is the
candidate for student tmstee. She
hopes that her experience in the AS
will qualify her to be next years
trustee.
The chief justice of supreme coun¬
cil's candidate is Maria Arellano.
KPCC BEAT
De Ocampo sees a long
road ahead as president
By DANIEL ARCHULETA
Courier Staff Writer
Robert De Ocampo, candidate for president,
believes the current AS boards’ contribution toward
an improved relationship with administrators needs
to be taken to the next level-to the students.
“I want to take the rapport AS has built with
administrators and bring it to the students. They did
a great job, but the students got missed,” he said as
he prepares for the upcoming AS presidential elec¬
tion, a race in which he will have no competitors.
“This is the worst thing that could ever happen to
a guy like me,” said De Ocampo, who while study¬
ing law, recognized that he thrived on competition.
“It’s like I’m my own enemy.”
At this point, it’s obvious that De Campo will be
the next head of student government, but what isn’t
so apparent are the issues he will address while in
office. Some of his initial ideas involve town hall
meetings and increased campus security.
“It’s disheartening to see women have to avoid
men while in dark parking lots. I want to see the
night as safe as the day.” Spending AS dollars on
hiring additional officers is something he said might
be worth AS dollars. Another would be a “neigh¬
borhood watch” like program. Although both may
be difficult to accomplish, he said he is dedicated to
getting the job done.
“I want to gain the kind of atmosphere where we
can all watch over one another,” he added. The cam¬
pus has done a great job thus far in ensuring student
safety, but there is always room for improvement is
the philosophy he has adopted.
Theories and philosophies are fine in the plan¬
ning stages, but De Ocampo has gone to other
sources to gain insight into what exactly he is getting
himself into.
Current president Aaron Schaefer’s performance
is the model that De Ocampo has found most appro¬
priate to build on. “I’m very comfortable with what
he has done,” De Ocampo said knowing full-well
what a difference Shaefer has been compared to the
last two who held the position.
Two years ago, then AS president, Roldan
Please see DE OCAMPO page 6
Gregory Responds to
‘Damaging’ Allegations
Feedback: Professor calls remarks false
By YUSEF ROBB
and ]ASON KOSAREFF
Courier Staff Writers
Responding to a grievance filed by staff
members of KPCC 89.3 FM radio. Dr. John
Gregory, communications professor and for¬
mer station manager, said the accusations are
“groundless,” and “without merit.”
“It’s my belief that if you throw enough
mud, some of it is going to stick on some¬
one,” said Gregory. “That’s what seems to be
[the grievants] desire.”
The grievance fried against the college
named four communication division mem¬
bers, Gregory, Robert Wright, Anthony
Georgilas and Jay Hem, echoes the same sen¬
timent, accusing the
faculty of, “several
years of false state¬
ments and reports.”
Radio personality
Larry Mantle, and sta¬
tion staff members
Doug Johnson, Mia
Karnatz and Shana
Livigni filed the griev¬
ance last month citing damage to their pro¬
fessional reputations by communication fac¬
ulty members. They allege in the grievance
that faculty “used class time to harangue stu¬
dents concerning unsubstantiated claims,”
against KPCC staff, and “used their grading
Please see KPCC, page 7
john Gregory
CORRECTION
In last week’s article, “Mantle Files Grievance, ” the statement
“[Professor John] Gregory was the general manager of KPCC until 1983
when the board of trustees gave him a vote of no confidence, ” is
UNTRUE. The general manager position was eliminated by the board
due to reorganization and cutbacks and was absorbed by the adminis¬
tration. The position has yet to be filled.
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