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Trustees Delay Parking Structure
Neighbor complaints
and student apathy
contribute to board
of trustees decision
to review plans and
postpone construc¬
tion
BY FRED ORTEGA
Staff Writer
In meetings held with the Board of Trustees
over the last two weeks, college neighbors
have expressed significant concerns regarding
the proposed parking structure on the south¬
east comer of campus.
In light of these various complaints from
the local business and residential community,
the board has decided to review plans for the
structure, perhaps even going as far as post¬
poning construction until approval of the new
Master Plan 2010.
“I think it might be good to at least post¬
pone this, to give them a break,” said board
member Luther Renfroe, as a steady parade of
neighbors presented their gripes at last
Wednesday’s board meeting. “Just to stop all
of these years of heavy trucks and construc¬
tion.”
Complaints ranged from dirty streets to
construction vehicles blocking driveways.
“They should make the architecture more
pleasing,” said Ivan Colburn, a resident in the
area since 1964. He argued that the style of the
current structure, which is similar to the one
proposed, is “very imposing and stark on the
street front.”
According to college president James
Kossler, the location of the new structure was
suggested in the original traffic studies con¬
ducted 10 years ago for the current Master
Plan. “The idea was to place the structure on
the east side of campus near Bonnie Avenue,
in order to free up the traffic congestion which
already exists on Hill,” said Kossler, who
added that Bonnie’s size and accessibility
would be able to handle the influx of vehicles.
But because the traffic studies had been
conducted a decade ago, board member
Susanna Miele suggested the entire project,
which would be the last of the original Master
Plan projects, be amended to the new Master
Plan 2010. This would allow for updated traf¬
fic studies, a full-blown Environmental Impact
Report and increased neighbor participation in
the planning process. The first draft of the
Master Plan 2010 is scheduled for next
December.
“One of the things we’ll look at is whether
to place that structure in that spot,” said
Kossler, who remained confident that the pro¬
ject would eventually be approved. He
explained that the original Master Plan called
for the addition of 3,000 extra parking spaces,
based on the assumption that full credit enroll¬
ment stayed the same. Enrollment has indeed
PARK, pg. 5
INTER-CLUB COUNCIL
Several Clubs
Deactivated
BY GAU RAVAL
Staff Writer
The Inter Club Council deac¬
tivated six clubs at last week’s
meeting due to their lack of par¬
ticipation.
Jason Hammer, chair of the
council, brought forth the idea
of deactivation because “when
club members are absent, they
violate club agreements and
they miss important information
that is relevant to their welfare
and status.”
The ICC bylaws stipulate “in
the event that an ICC represen¬
tative fails to attend two ICC
meetings in a row, they may be
removed by a
2/3
majority vote
of the members.” Rebecca
Cobb, adviser, said, “Clubs have
been deactivated before, just not
recently. It probably hasn’t hap¬
pened as many times as it
should, because people tend to
drop off at the end of the semes¬
ter.”
About two weeks ago, in an
attempt to warn clubs of possi¬
ble dismissal, Hammer deliv¬
ered letters to every club’s mail¬
box. The letters indicated that if
a representative didn’t attend
the next meeting, or at least
have their absence cleared, the
club would be in jeopardy of
losing its status. “I mainly gave
these clubs warnings because
some have missed up to four
meetings,” Hammer said.
At last Friday’s meeting,
members voted on which clubs
to dismiss. Of the 38 existing
clubs, Anthropology club,
College Democrats, Lady
Lancers, Koinonea, the Dana
club, and the Latter-Day Saints
Student Association, were all
dismissed because no represen¬
tatives attended the meeting.
Although no members of the
Chinese Students’ Association
attended, members of the Asian
Coalition spoke on their behalf,
so no council members voted
against the CSA.
Hammer said, “I brought
forth the issue; it was up to the
council to decide whether or not
to deactivate the clubs. I was
surprised by an overwhelming
vote, especially because I told
them that they didn’t have to
deactivate the clubs.”
Once a club is deactivated, it
loses all privileges including its
official status and funding for
projects. To become active
again, the club has to submit a
written notice to the ICC, the
Associated Student Board and
the office of student affairs.
Many of the advisers of the
deactivated clubs were very sur¬
prised to find out about the
action. Joe Peron, adviser to the
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THE COURIER
POLICE BEAT
911 Calls go to
College Police
Police then contact appropriate agencies
BY AUDREY ALLEN
Staff Writer
Many people on campus
are unaware that in the event
of an emergency, when they
dial 911 from a campus phone
their call goes directly to the
college police station.
However, from a regular
pay phone on campus, the
Pasadena Police Department
(PPD) will receive the call.
According to a public safety
document, 911 is supposed to
be a “single number estab¬
lished nationwide for emer¬
gencies.”
Once campus police get
the call, a dispatcher deter¬
mines the location of the call
and whether the fire depart¬
ment, paramedics or PPD
need to be called. “I prefer to
have 911 go through our
police officers, because we
need to know [what is hap¬
pening] on campus,” said Rod
Fleeman, vice president of
administrative services.
“I want coordination, not
outside agencies coming on
campus and telling us we have
a problem before we know
what’s going on.”
Several years ago someone
had a heart attack on campus
and it took the Pasadena para¬
medics 15 minutes to arrive
on the scene.
There was much confu¬
sion, because the 91 1 call was
dialed from a campus pay
phone, and when that hap¬
pens, only the address of the
college comes up, so the
emergency response team
does not know what part of
the campus to respond to, said
Phillip Mullendore, chief of
campus police. Incidentally,
the man who had the heart
attack died.
Mullendore said that they
only have 911 calls about 10
times a year, and most of the
time they are either misdials
or “we get the calls when tick¬
et machines in the parking
structure are out of the tick¬
ets.”
When someone calls for an
emergency response, it will
show up red on the campus
computer screen. It then goes
to green and will be recorded.
If 911 is dialed from a pay
phone, Mullendore said the
Pasadena police will call the
campus police so they can try
to figure out where the call
came from. “If we had addi-
POUCE. pg. 7
MATT ROBINSON
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THE COURIER
Young children flocked to the quad last week to celebrate “National Week
of the Young Child.” They supported funding for children’s programs.
LEGAL ISSUES
Professor Sues College, Again
Richard McKee charges various campus committees with violations of the Brown Act
BY ROGER CHENG
Staff Writer
Adding to the past month’s controver¬
sy over the actions of the Electronic
Privacy Committee, a campus professor
publicly announced his plans to file a law¬
suit against the college, claiming that it
has been acting in violation of the Brown
Act.
Richard McKee, associate professor of
chemistry, was victorious in last semes¬
ter’s lawsuit against the college’s
Sabbatical Committee, when the courts
deemed that the college was in violation
of the Brown Act laws.
McKee stated that he was targeting
two committees, the Faculty Senate
Nomination
/
Election Committee and the
Electronic Privacy Committee, as a way
to alert the college that it and its many
committees have not been following the
proper laws according to the Brown Act.
“I believe it is a lack of leadership
from the administration that keeps [the
Brown Act codes] from being a general
policy,” said McKee.
The Brown Act vigilante declared in
the Monday Faculty Senate meeting that
he will be going after both the Electronic
Privacy Committee as well as the Faculty
Senate Board’s Nomination/Election
Committee for violating the principles of
the act. He believes that he will file the
suits in early June with the Los Angeles
County Superior Court.
“I think he’s bringing pressure on the
college and making an issue of whether or
not these committees are covered under
the Brown Act,” said Rod Fleeman, vice
president of administrative services.
“There’s a legitimate difference in
opinion and there may need to be a legal
clarification for the courts to decide.
When the Brown Act was created it was¬
n’t created with colleges in mind. It might
need some revision,” said college presi¬
dent Dr. Kossler.
Along with his announcement at the
meeting, McKee distributed a statement
basically stating that all issues and discus¬
sions in the board of trustees, college
coordinating council and faculty senate
concerning the Electronic Privacy Policy
should be halted since the recommenda¬
tions of the committee were made in vio¬
lation of the law.
The Ralph M. Brown Act states in
Section 54954.2(a) that “at least 72 hours
prior to the meeting, the body must post
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