I
Pasadena City
С О
1. I E G E
the
Since 1915
VOL. 86 NO. 15
www.pcc-courieronline.com
December 7, 2000
Briefly
'*> I
'/
i
* |#
ш
1 7th Annual
Theater In London
For those of you interested
in theater, you should con¬
sider joining the a nine-day
Theater in London tour
from March 30 to Apr. 18,
2001. Participants will
spend eight nights in
London and receive tickets
for five plays. The cost of
the program is $1,999,
which includes round-trip
airfare from Los Angeles,
eight nights in a London
three-star hotel (double
occupancy), daily con-
tinenetal breakfast, theater
tickets, a London travel
card and tour tickets. All
travelers will have to regis¬
ter in one of the two spring
semester English courses
offered as part of the pro¬
gram. For more info, call
(626) 585-7649.
ш
WebExtra
The college has been given
a $1 million dollar grant for
increased teacher training.
It’s the largest such dona¬
tion given to PCC. The
financial windfall is a gift
from a local couple and will
benefit the so-called “blend¬
ed program.”
Staff writer Alicia van Wijk
explores PCC’s “digital
academy” that is still in the
planning stages. Originally
conceived as a hands-on
student lab, the project is
currently being developed
by administrators and radio
industry experts.
Check out www.pcc-
courieronline.com for more.
Teachers’ private information
displayed on college’s Web site
By Robert Glassey
Staff Writer
The names, Social Security numbers and
hourly pay rates of more than 900 faculty
members were accessible through the PCC
Web site from Nov. 1 until they were dis¬
covered and removed last week.
The confidentiality of faculty Social
Security numbers was jeopardized by the
1 accidental downloading of two files into an
area on the Web site that was not secure.
The files were reports generated by man¬
agement information services for the fiscal
services office. More specifically, they were
hourly payroll work registers for part-time
faculty and for full-time faculty who were
teaching an overload in February and March
of 1999.
Dale Pittman, director of management
information services, said he is responsible
for the security of the Web site.
“The files were downloaded erroneous¬
ly,” Pittman said. “It was a mistake, we are
apologetic about it.”
Pittman deleted the files about 1 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 1, shortly after being alerted to
the problem by PCC President James
Kossler.
“We try the best we can to put in systems
that protect this kind of information, but
people being human, mistakes are made,”
Kossler said.
On Tuesday, Kossler sent a memo to fac¬
ulty and staff informing them of the securi¬
ty lapse and that MIS will intensify its efforts
to protect personal information. The memo
also apologized for “any inconvenience or
apprehension this error may cause you.”
A redesigned home page, activated on
Nov. 1, made it possible for the first time to
search the Web site. And that made it
inevitable that eventually someone using
SOCIAL SECURITY, page 3
jgSJStart £Pj hllp://www.paccd.cc...
- V V
|§ http://www-paccd.cc.ca.us/root/asp/hpspool/9907/g16o1097-1-2.txt - Micros*
File Edit View Favorites Tools Help
■P v
Г?)
U N J 9
Back -- av Stop Refresh Home
Search Favorites History | 1
Address &f] http: //vmw . paced, cc. ca. us/root/asp/hpspool/9907/g1 Sol 0:37-1 -2. t:-:t
NAHE SOC .
AB U— GHA S AL E H , NAB IL S
ACEVEDO, PATRICIA S
AD AHS , E D WARD C .
A GOP I AN ,
И
I CHAE L W .
AGRAWAL, ANIL
AGVANIAN, YOURI
AHLTJWALIA GY AN
ALEXANDER. LANS
■SEC.NBR. PAY RATE Bi
Derek Blackway
/
The Courier
Teachers were surprised to find their Social Security numbers and pay rates on the PCC website.
* \
?■ t
Inside
Heller thinks
Santa should come
everyday, but. since
he doesn’s...
■
Ш’25
Ж
Slade ru per formers :: >
take pari m: a •- n
dial periorumce
| tided TdfabraJ’
jmgv3
>
Ш
in a hcartbreakmg
Ялте,
the mend has*
... jt It. J i lean i I n sc s
by 20 points so LA.
, Southwest College,
peny d . .
..
Matt Robinson
/
The Courier
Andrea Snyder, Marilyn Quinto, Bujin Dorj and Arlene Feliciano display many of the toys donated to AGS.
Holiday toys for girls and boys
Students donate gifts to help make wishes come true
By Kristen Glover
Entertainment Editor
A Christmas tree stands in
the foyer next to the CC
lounge. It isn’t your average
Christmas tree at all, but it
represents exactly what
Christmas should be. It isn’t
decorated with ornaments or
lights. Instead, It is decorated
with wishes-the wishes of chil¬
dren.
The Floliday Angels Giving
Tree project, in its fifth year at
PCC, matches gift-giving stu¬
dents and faculty with under¬
privileged children.
The children who receive
the gifts are products of single¬
parent homes whose parent is
enrolled in the Cooperative
Agencies Resources for
Education (CARE) through
Extended Opportunity
Programs and Services
(EOP&S).
To participate, simply take a
gift card from the tree and sign
it out at the Office of Student
Affairs desk next to the CC
lounge on the second floor of
the student center. Buy the
gift, wrap it and attach the gift
card to the package. Then,
XMAS, page 4
AS looking to
fill PR vacancy
By Alicia van Wijk
Staff Writer
The Associated Students Vice
President of Public Relations Lina
Chai, will officially resign her
position on Dec. 19, after almost
six months in office to pursue her
academic endeavors at Art Center
College of Design.
Chai chose Dec. 19 at 4 p.m. to
resign so she could have enough
time to inform her future succes¬
sor about the job so everything
can run as smoothly as possible
after she is gone
She was elected vice president
of public relations in the Spring of
1999.
Chai was reluctant to apply at
first because the A.S. requires
approximately 12 hours of dedi¬
cation each week and she wanted
to make sure she could success¬
fully take on the duties and
responsibilities her position
required.
She said, if she did not have
the support from teachers, friends
and mentors she wouldmot have
been able to be part of A.S.
As the vice president of public
relations she was responsible for
publicizing and promoting A.S.
activities, distributing and
designing fliers, posters and
brochures.
During her six months as an
A.S. board member she estab¬
lished the first e-mail list which
was used to e-mail A.S. informa¬
tion to more than 270 students,
faculty and staff. “I hope my suc¬
cessor will continue to use the e-
mail list,” said Chai.
As the vice president of public
relations Chai learned time man¬
agement, conflict resolutions and
social skills.
“It was definitely worth getting
involved with A.S, I grew up so
much. I learned so many things
and would not give up this expe¬
rience for anything,” she said.
“I met many people and I feel I
have grown up tremendously; I
became more assertive and more
vocal during my time on A.S.,”
said Chai.
As a graphic design major, she
plans to specialize in cooperate
identity which involves designing
logos and trademarks for compa¬
nies and clients or she plans to
specialize in editorial design
RESIGN, page 4
‘Avengers
to speak
By Tim Alves
Editor In Chief "
He’s known to millions of
people around the world as the
rather witty and immaculately
dressed John Steed from the 60s
British spy series “The Avengers,”
but now Patrick Macnee is getting
up close and personal with his
fans for a rare public appearance
tonight at the college.
Starting at 6 p.m. in the Vosloh
Forum, the legendary stage and
screen actor will be on hand to
sign copies of his latest book and
then will be interviewed by
KPCC’s morning talkshow host
Larry Mantle.
The event, “An Evening With
Patrick Macnee,” is a fundraiser
by Alpha Gamma Sigma (AGS)
and Omicron Mu Delta (OMD)
and was the brainchild of Robert
Bowman, classified employee and
AGS adviser.
“I had designed his website
and thought, what the heck, I’ll
ask him to do this. The worst he
could say was no,” said Bowman.
To his surprise, Macnee agreed
saying that a scholarship helped
’ star set
tonight
him attend the Webber Douglas
Academy of Dramatic Art in
Britain.
People from across the
Southland, and surprisingly,
across the country are pouring in
for the event.
“There’s this guy from
Cleveland that’s coming in. There
was this couple in England that
said they’d like to come, but they
couldn’t get time off work,” said
Bowman.
“The Avengers” is one of the
most popular series of all time,
showing in a total of 120 coun¬
tries.
Although Macnee was paired
with a number of actresses oppo¬
site his dashing Steed, it was the
pairing with Diana Rigg as Emma
Peel that many fans regard as
“quintessential Avengers.”
Bowman says there will also
be door prizes, a raffle and copies
of a limited edition commemora¬
tive poster..
Tickets are $5 at the door for
general seating and $3 for PCC
students with a valid ID. For
more information call (626) 585-
7605.
PCC’s changing face
Report says Latinos, Asians make up campus majority
I
By Enriqueta Murillo
Courier Contributor
What ethnic group do
you think is the dominant
one on campus? if you look
around at the signs in the
Lancer Pass and see that
some menu items are written
in Chinese, you might
assume that Asians have the
highest number of students
enrolled.
However, this is one of
those cases where students
asked to guess the dominant
group were wrong 80 per¬
cent of the time.
The 2000 Fall census for
the college has finally been
completed, and there is now
a definitive answer.
Hispanics, Latinos, or
Chicanos, are the dominant
group on campus.
Out of the 24,019 stu¬
dents enrolled 7,589 are
Hispanic. Those students
constitute 35 percent of the
student body, giving them
the top spot this year.
As a matter of fact,
Hispanics have had the most
students on campus since
1995. Asians/Pacific
Islanders, came in second
with 31.6 percent. There are
7,175 Asian students on
campus.
On the other hand,
Caucasians are now in the
minority category with only
19.8 percent of the student
body.
That reflects a major pop¬
ulation change since 1990
when Caucasians made up
33.5 percent of PCC stu¬
dents.
The next largest group is
African Americans with
1,544 or 7.2 percent of the
student body. Filipinos are
4.2 percent, and American
Indian came in at 0.7 per¬
cent. Although they make up
less than 1 percent, Native
Americans on campus num¬
ber 171.
If you thought there were
more women on campus
than men, you would be
right. There are 12 percent
more females. Women total
56 percent of the students
and men 44 percent. There
are 13,456 women to 10,563
men.
If you thought some of
the students in your classes
looked really young, you
have good powers of obser¬
vation.
Approximately 14 percent
of the students on campus
are under 18, with more
than 3500 students falling
into that group. However,
the largest group or 34.4 per¬
cent, are between the ages of
19 and 21.
Only 15.5 percent of
those enrolled are between
22 and 24. If your age falls
between 25 and 29, you will
find 3,037 others in that cat¬
egory. Those 30-34 total 7.6
percent of the student popu¬
lation, and those over 35
make up 15 percent of PCC
students
Most students live outside
of the Pasadena Area
Community College District.
The majority of the students
are commuters.
District residents make
DIVERSITY, page 4
m
Native
АТол"
m
v
Ш
. Is'*'*»™
Here’s a lo
the ethnic '
breakdown of
students
attending PCC.