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PASADENA CITY COLLEGE '
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 83, NO. 14
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http://www.geocities.com/~pccnewscourier/
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 4, 1997
Police Crime
Record
Grand Theft:
Petty Theft:
Car Burglary:
Total Thefts:
Areas Most Involved:
Women's Gym and
Library
Campus Crime Rate Rises Last Month
Police Arrested an Employee Who is a Suspect in Some of the Thefts
By MIKE JENNINGS
Courier Staff Writer
Approximately $30,000 of col¬
lege and personal property fell vic¬
tim to thieves last month.
From Oct. 1 to Nov. 24 a total of
19 thefts occurred, nine of which
were considered to be grand theft,
campus police reported.
Shatford Library received the most
crime activity with 14reportedbook-
bag thefts. Part-time employee
Audonnis Bailey was arrested on
suspicion of stealing them while he
pushed a bookcart through the li¬
brary.
Apparently, the suspect used the
bookcart to carry the stolen bags into
the bathroom where he would then
hide them in trash cans until he could
retrieve them later. All of the re¬
ported thefts occurred after students
left theirbelongings unattended while
they looked for reference material.
“Surprisingly, all thefts stopped
immediately after the arrest,” Mary
Ann Laun, library services division
dean, said.
The women’s gym turned up sec¬
ond on the list of areas most affected
by crime. Police are looking for a
young black woman, possibly a tran¬
sient, who preys on women opening
their lockers.
The suspect distracts her victims
by engaging with them in conversa¬
tion while the student enters the
combination number to the lock. She
then looks over their shoulders and
memorizes the number, she returns
later and unlocks them.
She has been seen on several oc¬
casions attempting to open lockers
Please see THEFTS, page 4
Scott Tells of his Adventures in the State Assembly
AS and Young Democrats Sponsor Speech
By DANIEL ARCHULETA
Courier Staff Writer
Assemblyman and former college president ,Dr. Jack
Scott, returned to campus Tuesday to tell of the “strange
creatures” he has seen and accomplishments he’s
achieved since being elected to the State Assembly last
year.
The man credited with beginning the major facilities
improvement campaign currently underway, returned to
share the experiences he has had serving the 44th
District. The Y oung Democrats Club and the Associated
Students sponsored Scott ’ s appearance that drew a mixed
group of students, faculty, staff and administrators.
When he resigned from his position as president in
1 995, Scott initially agreed to accept a teaching position
at Pepperdine University. At that time, a group of local
citizens who felt Scott would make a successful legisla¬
tor, approached him and asked if he would consider
running for office. Needless to say, Pepperdine didn’t
end up with a new instructor. He mounted a campaign
against incumbent Bill Hoge and won.
“Politics is a contact sport, they want to make it hard
for you when you’re running for office,” Scott said of the
opposition he faced when he entered the race.
A main reason he cited for deciding to throw his hat
in the ring was to support California’s schools. “I knew
I could make an impact on education.”
His experiences in government and the people he has
met there reminded him of something that happened to
him recently. At a speaking engagement at the Rotary
Club, Scott said that he was the third speaker of the night.
The first man who spoke was the president of Caltech.
Pathfinder, and its exploits on Mars, were the focus of his
speech. Next came a world traveler who told of the
people and places he has come across.
When it was his turn to speak, he said humorously,
“I’ve seen just as many strange creatures in Sacramento,
as you would see on Mars or around the world.”
Please see SCOTT, page 4
Scott is Chair of the Education Committee
By YUSEF ROBB
Courier Staff Writer
Assemblymember Dr. Jack Scott
has been busy in the two years that he
has been serving the Pasadena area
as the representative from the 44th
district.
Though he is only in his first term
Scott has attained positions on many
influential committees and has intro¬
duced bills on everything from gun
control to the Armenian genocide.
Scott serves on the Budget Com¬
mittee, the Education Committee,
the Higher Education Committee,
the Public Employees Retirement and
Social Security Committee and the
Transportation Committee. His most
important position is chairman of the
Got
Requirement
■ CSU’s new transfer
regulations may cause
students to rethink
class selections.
By JULIE DRAKE
Courier Staff Writer
Planning to transfer to a Califor¬
nia State University? Better check
your transcripts.
Beginning with next fall s appli¬
cations, the system has become a
little less forgiving. Loopholes and
oversights no longer exist which
previously gained some students
lacking the necessary preparation
admittance to their schools of choice.
“ Students here are now faced with
the necessity of completing all of the
basic skills before transfer,” E.F.
Neumann, associate dean of coun¬
seling and career services, said.
“If you are going to go to a state
college in the fall or thereafter, you
had better have those basic skills out
of the way,” he added.
Please see CSU, page 4
Budget Education Subcommittee,
which deals with $27 billion, which
is over one half of California’s an¬
nual budget. Although traditionally
few freshmen legislators manage to
get on key committees, Scott was
elected when term limits ended the
careers of many senior
assemblymembers.
Scott has been instrumental in
introducing legislation that is in¬
tended to improve California’s edu¬
cational system. In his Tuesday
speech, he cited the fact that in the
1960s, California was fifth in the
nation when it came to state expen¬
ditures per student. Today the state
ranks 41st. He said that this needs to
change.
He also has introduced bills (AB
351 and AB 352) that would finance
the education needed for teacher’s
aides and those with emergency cre¬
dentials to complete the credits nec¬
essary to receive full K-12 teaching
certificates.
The proposed system would loan
the money needed for the credits to
prospective teachers and, if they
taught in California for a period of
time, would not require those loans
to be paid back.
Office hours for part time com¬
munity college instructors was an¬
other issue pushed by Scott.
AB 301 would force local com¬
munity college boards to negotiate
with part-time teachers to ensure
that students have access to their
instructors outside of the classroom.
MIKE JENNINGS
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THE COURIER
Dr. Jack Scott spoke to a cross-section of the campus community in the CC Lounge Tuesday.
Too Much Help
Is cheating a problem? Ever been tempted to bend the rules? The Courier
polled 210 students to determine the level of cheating on campus.
How much cheating goes on at this college?
A lot Some Very little
83 102 25
Have you ever cheated?
Yes No
93 137
Have you ever purchased a term paper?
Yes No
11 199
Would you cheat to get a good grade?
Yes No
104 106
The poll included student's
responses to cheating
I cheated on a Spanish test. I
asked my friend for an answer. I
didn't get caught, so I would prob¬
ably do it again.
Some teachers see students cheat
and ignore it. So why not cheat and
get good grades?
Who doesn't cheat? Get serious!
The teacher walks out of the room
for a while [so I cheat].
Few Students Fear
%
Consequences
■ Poll indicates that most students don’t
worry about being punished for cheating.
By LUIS E. REYES
Courier Staff Writer
A recent poll on cheating, as
well as the flourishing businesses
that sell term papers on campus,
indicate that few students worry
about being disciplined for cheat¬
ing.
A questionnaire polled 2 1 0 stu¬
dents who were picked randomly.
While a 112 students think that
cheating is a problem that lacks a
real solution, 71 students believe
that something must be done about
it. Of those students, 83 believe
that a lot of cheating goes on at
PCC, and 102 believe that “some”
academic fraud takes place on
campus.
More alarming, however, is
the fact that 73 students claim to
have cheated, at least once, in at
least one class at PCC. But while
EDUCATION
REPORT
that is fewer than 3 5 percent of the
students surveyed, 104 or 49.5
percent, saidthat they would cheat
in order to get a good grade.
The students who have com¬
mitted academic fraud were asked
to anonymously explain why they
cheated.
One student said “I cheated on
a Spanish test. I asked my friend
for an answer. I didn’t get caught,
so I would probably do it again.”
“Didn’t get caught. Small pa¬
per, nothing big,” wrote one stu¬
dent. Another one raised an alarm¬
ing question: “Who doesn’t cheat?
Get serious!” Someone else said,
“I have cheated once only be-
Please see CHEAT, page 4
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