PCC Courier, April 30, 1982

t VOL 53. NO. 10 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 30, 1982 Deficit in Millions ? Only the Economy Knows for Certain By Debbie Gehlken News Editor Preliminary budget figures for fiscal year 1982-83 show the deficit trends facing the college. These figures were released by Dr. Bonnie R. James, vice president for business services, at a recent Board of Trustees meeting. The “recalculated 1982-83 projected shortfall” compared deficit figures based on the amount of state adult daily attendance (ADA) funding available. Given a 5 percent inflationary increase, the shortfall would be $979,389. A 3.75 percent increase would result in a $1,509,010 deficit and with no increase the deficit would reach $2.4 million. But, James said, not to depend on an increase in state ADA. At this point, state authorities are saying the pro¬ jected funding level is 3.75 percent. However, state budget negotiations are not over and final word will not be received until summer, James said. James also revealed that the college has a $2,186,162 unexpended balance representing 6.49 percent of the total budget. The largest chunk of that balance, $1,065,618, is unspent certificated salaries. Classified salaries represent $524,952 and outside contracts, supplies and employee benefit costs, $595,592. Board members were then informed that the state may use ending balances to “offset” state apportionment figures thus reducing the amount of funding the college receives. The state is saying, “Yes, we will subsidize you. But, those with large ending balances, and the state will determine what is large, we will simply back out the difference from our state apportionment,” said James. “We don’t know that it (unexpended balance) has to be spent,” said James. But, because there is a chance the state may reduce the funding, Trustees dis¬ cussed ways to spend those monies before the budget process begins this summer. “We don’t plan to be spending money just to be spending it,” James said. “We have accumulated it because one, we have not filled positions, gone without a position or filled them with hourly employees. By our own prudency we have managed to con¬ serve monies within our budget.” “At best it is a chess game,” said James. “To the extent we can spend the funds, I do suggest we first look at the contracts due in 1982-83 and pre-pay them,” James said. Dr. Fredrick “Dutch” Holland, fac¬ ulty senate president, said, he is wor¬ ried about the suggested expenditures. He said, the Board should be looking for ways of saving the non-faculty jobs that are tentatively being cut. “We still have the problem with picking things over people,” said Holland. Trustee Joseph Sargis raised the question of whether the proposed man¬ agerial cuts are necessary in light of the unexpended balance. He said, the decision to make managerial cuts was “based on a much more severe situ¬ ation than what we face now.” Sargis also said, these cuts have to be made before final budget informa¬ tion is received. “The rationale was when we proposed these cuts is we have until May to make decisions and will have enough information to make an educated decision,” said Sargis. But, he said, the information doesn’t seem to be available. Board President Dr. Gary B. Adams said, “As we move forward we will be at a time when we can look at tL,se figures and decide what can be re¬ instated.” Adams concluded by staung the Board will “build the budget based on the 0 percent funding.” “There is still a great deal of uncer¬ tainty in store,” said James. Gore Vidal Guest Speaker at PCC By Doug Brown Staff Writer Gore Vidal, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, will speak in Sexson Auditorium on May 5 at noon. The speech is open to all students and members of the community. There is no entrance fee. Vidal’s speech will basically be the same speech he has been delivering throughout the state colleges. It will deal with his main campaign theme. This theme, according to Vidal, is “an out-of -control defense budget un¬ dermining our economy while bringing us closer to war. High interest rates and high unemployment. The lowest productivity rate in the industrialized world. A per capita income that has fallen to 11th place in the western world. These are the economic results of 30 years of making wars, both hot and cold. Money that is spent on de¬ fense is money that creates no new wealth. It is money shredded. Plainly, the war is bad for business. That is the burden of my message.” Other Democratic nominees for the U.S. Senate include State Senator Paul B. Carpenter of Cypress, Mayor of Fresno Daniel K. Whitehurst, and Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. Vidal’s main campaign headquarters is in an apartment over the garage of his Hollywood Hills home. Supporters of Vidal include Los An¬ geles businessman Max Palevsky; tele¬ vision producer Norman Lear; actor Paul Newman; songwriter Burt Bacharach; actress Joanne Woodward, and chairman of Paramount Pictures Barry Diller to name a few. Vidal’s career originally started in writing. His first novel was “Williwaw,” and over the next 35 years he wrote such novels as “Julian,” “Burr,” and “Washington D.C.” He also wrote such plays as “The Best Man,” and “Visit To A Small Planet.” Vidal was the Democratic-Liberal candidate for congress in 1960, and pulled the highest vote of any Demo¬ crat in his district in 50 years, running 20,000 ahead of John F. Kennedy. Recently, Vidal has been active in the civil rights movement and in a movement toward a “World Disarma¬ ment Congress.” — Courier photo by Barrett Stinson STUDYING ISN'T EVERYTHING— Campus coeds carouse and exhibit a little strange behavior between classes. McTeague Elected to State Board AS В Delegates Debate Issues Four PCC delegates recently at¬ tended a California Community College Student Government Association Trustee Elections Near Candidates vying for the student trustee position officially kicked off their campaign this week. Two can¬ didates entered this year’s race, Doug Brwn and John McTeague. A third candidate, Robert Wilson, withdrew from the race Wednesday afternoon. Brown said, the most important role of the student trustee is two fold. One, is to “keep up on the latest Board issues,” and secondly to “best inform students of the Board issues.” “I want to present what the students want, not what I want,” said Brown. To facilitate student awareness, Brown said, he would send out student survey forms or speak before classes. McTeague also said the student trustee must represent the student body. “The student trustee’s job is to be the spokesperson. He needs to go out and know the school and get a diver¬ sified opinion on issues. “The college is more or less like a business and the students are the con¬ sumers,” McTeague said. “Students can have an impact.” “With the budget process begin¬ ning,” Brown said, “I want to be sure students know exactly how our money is being spent.” Also, Brown would like to get involved in the reorganization of campus administrators and instruc¬ tors. “I want to find out exactly what the Board’s position is. “Right now the Board of Trustees is placed too far away from the students. The student trustee should try to bring the Board closer to the students,” Brown said. McTeague, who is the current ASB president, discussed upcoming Board issues. “There is going to be a shortage of funds available and the Board will prioritize a number of programs.” He said, the students must have an active role in deciding where the cuts should be made. Voting begins Wednesday, May 5 from 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. in the center quad. Evening students can vote from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the Campus Center Porch. The voting tables will also be open on May 6 at the same times. Votes will be counted on Friday, May 7. All students currently enrolled in credit classes are eligible to vote. Any write-in candidate is subject to the eligibility requirements should they receive a majority vote. —Debbie Gehlken (CCCSGA) conference held at the Sher¬ aton La Reina in Los Angeles. The conference was from April 23 to April 25. The delegates were ASB President John McTeague; Sophomore Class President Bob Carroll ; ASB Vice Pres¬ ident Paul Kelly and Student Trustee Joe Krovoza. The conference was a combination of several workshops and elections. Dele¬ gates from different colleges voted on 14 CCCSGA position papers dealing with state and national legislation, student concern, and other diversified topics. They also elected a new presi¬ dent and treasurer and voted on amend¬ ments to the CCCSGA constitution. McTeague said, the purpose of the CCCSGA conference was to“get the ideas of the different community col¬ leges, and work with that in order to represent all viewpoints.” McTeague was elected to the State Board of Representatives, a group of 20 people who deal with the problems and concerns of the different community colleges. “I think that I will be able to help the colleges and also help PCC,” stated McTeague. Before the conference, CCCSGA was “floundering and had little leader¬ ship,” said McTeague. He went on to stress that now that a CCCSGA presi¬ dent was elected with proper qualifica¬ tions there will be a shift toward working together and a true represen¬ tation of students’ interests and views. McTeague said, this was the largest delegation PCC sent to a CCCSGA conference in many years. “I was pleased with the amount of involve¬ ment we had. We received new ideas for student government, and was able to get several young ASB members involved in this.” A total of 16 people went to the CCCSGA conference including 12 ASB members and four Senate members. On the subject of free time, McTeague said “there was very little time for anything but the conference.” He also said that he spent most of his time in various workshops and meet¬ ings. “One general assembly meeting lasted from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.,” said McTeague. Focus magazine coming in focus soon Shots End ' ASB' Dances By John Pierce Staff Writer At what is believed to be an ASB sponsored dance two shotgun blasts broke a window of the Campus Center around midnight last Friday, injuring no one, said Public Information Director Robert Gomperz and the Pasadena Police Depart¬ ment. Because of the possibly dance-related violence, ASB cannot hold dances until Fall 1982 and Vice President for Student Personnel Services Dr. Henry Kirk has changed the dance guidelines, effective immediately. (Kirk and his wife were at the dance at the time of the shooting. ) The incident that caused all the dance uproar happened at about 12:05 a.m. Saturday after a number of people had been turned away from the dance with the — Contributing to this story were News Editor Debbie Gehlken, Editor-in- Chief Lucio Villasenor, Opinion Editor Valerie Provines and staff writer Sandra Mehterian. — Courier photo by Jerome Gibson BROKEN GLASS — Gun shots ripped through windows in the’ cafeteria last Friday night while an ASB sponsored dance took place. The cafeteria was empty when the shots were fired and there were no injuries. understanding that it was over. At that time, two gunshots were heard and an east cafeteria window was later found broken. Pasadena police report that a witness, who could not be identified, said he saw someone load a double-barrel shotgun in the alley between the auditorium and the cafeteria and then heard two shots near the cafeteria. According to the master calendar, the dance had been sponsored by the ASB through Richard Franklin, ASB appointed assembly commissioner. However, several ASB officers denied any knowledge of sponsoring the dance and pointed out an alleged (at press time) year-old resolution does not allow “ASB sponsored” dances without ASB executive board approval. Franklin defended the ASB’s supposed sponsoring by saying, “I just took the initiative and went ahead with the dance. Some of the people on the (ASB executive) board knew about it.” The dance was set, said Franklin, to do “something for the community,” that is, to raise funds for noon concerts. ASB officers again deny seeing any of this money from past dances set by Franklin. While ASB officers deny knowledge of last Friday’s dance, Dean of Student Activities Alvar Kauti and Student Activity Adviser Jennifer McKinney, along with Security Chief Richard Mullendore, signed for it. Mullendore refused to comment about the dance. Ms. McKinney was not available for comment. Kauti, however, denied any knowledge of the ASB resolution. He said, “Jennifer (McKinney) and I have recently switched roles ... We both signed the ‘clearing-house’ card, but I suppose it (last Friday’s dance) is ultimately my responsibility.” Kauti also hoped that the “ASB doesn’t get all the flak (for the dance) . . . it’s not proper to blame the ASB.” Kauti said he had discussed with the administration ways of cutting back on ASB dances prior to Friday, because according to both Kauti and Kirk, the ASB has had too many this year. The total number of dances held so far by various groups is 22. It was partially due to problems at an October dance that a new security device, a “Security Staff/Duty Risk Form,” was implemented. This rates a certain dance’s security needs based upon past history, then sets up for security patrols of one to six people, including Pasadena police. The cost of each campus security officer is $15 per hour and for each Pasadena police officer is $22 per hour. There are still two more confirmed dances, with three others in planning stages, but they have been approved and will not be affected by the ASB dance ban. The dances, the Inter Varsity Club today and the M.E.Ch.A. Pageantry May 1 (in celebration of Cinco de Mayo), however, will receive more security and will have met the following three new guidelines set by Kirk: 1. No dance may be used chiefly to raise funds for activities. Fundraisers obscure the purpose to a community college dance, said Kirk. 2. In the future, outside promoters are discouraged to work on dances. Kirk believes that a possibility exists for abuse to campus groups and questions some of the promoters’ reasons to be here. 3. Off-campus audience recruiting, particularly of high school students, is discouraged. Kirk believes that a community college dance should be for community college people only. Kirk also said that PCC was not set up for large dances, especially for security, since there are “too many parking lots, too much shrubbery, too much glass (windows)” to supervise. Kauti agreed to most of the new guidelines, but believed that they were “exclusive,” saying little about possible problems arising from the Tuesday Evening Forums, football games, and so on. As to the dance’s purpose, Kauti said “Richard’s (Franklin) goal may be different than the Board’s (of Trustees), the ASB’s or mine,” but they were still honorable. Kauti believed his responsibility as student activity dean in this case was only to monitor expenses and not the actual content of the dance. Kauti also said that he had intentionally set up the Campus Center as a “nightclub atmosphere” with limited floor space to discourage large crowds or “outsiders’ ” domination of any given dance. “Dances have been traditional for over 50 years at PCC and we don’t want to lose them,” said Kirk, “but if we’re going to continue having them they’ve got to be done responsibly.”