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FEBRUARY
8, 1980
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA. CALIFORNIA
VOL. 49, NO. 1
PINNING CEREMONY — Nursing student Ginger Kay Parillo re¬
ceives her nursing pin from Betty Wright, assistant professor. Nursing
Department. The pins are given when students complete the nursing
program. — Courier photo by Dave Clarke
Nurses Graduate
By Elly Mixsell
Staff Writer
More than 50 PCC coeds recieved
pins indicating their completion of
the registered nursing program
Jan. 26 in the Sexson Auditorium.
During the pinning ceremonies,
the graduates were addresed by
Maxine Johnson, the, director-of
Ambulatory Nursing at the L.A.
Children’s Hospital.
Selected nursing students re¬
ceived recognition for their out¬
standing acheivement, leadership
and service. Susan Ward received
the Honors Extraodinaire Award
which is given to the student who
meets the high standards of
acheivement in both the college
classes and the nursing program.
The Mitchell Award, which is a
gold watch, was presented to Man-
nelle Rodriquez. This award is giv¬
en by Lee Mitchell in memory of
his wife who died before complet¬
ing the nursing program at PCC.
Its recipient is the student who
shows the greatest growth through¬
out the program.
In order to get their nursing
licenses, the graduates took state
board exams in Long Beach. An
average of 96 percent of the PCC
nursing students passed.
Professor Disrupts Meeting
By Brad Lehman
Editor-in-Chief
PCC’s chapter of the California
Teachers Association plans to take up a
teacher’s dispute with the PCC super¬
intendent-president, according to
СТА
President Gary L. Woods.
An official reprimand was placed in
the personnel file of Arthur J. Kelley,
associate professor of English, when he
interrupted a meeting between Dr.
Richard S. Meyers, PCC District
Trustee Warren L. Weber and
Pasadena Unified Schools officials to
voice his opinion about the progress of
the
СТА
contract negotiations. Ramon
C. Cortines, Pasadena superintendent
of schools, identified the people at the
meeting and verified that the subject of
the meeting was the Community Adult
Training Center. Cortines said he did
not know what Kelley was concerned
about, however.
The same day, Dec. 4, Dr. Meyers
sent a letter to Kelley and placed it in
his personnel file as an official repri¬
mand. That letter, a reply from Kelley
and another letter from a group of
English teachers were sent
anonymously to the Courier.
About the incident Dr. Meyers said,
“We (Kelley and Dr. Meyers) have a
disagreement on the manner in which
he directed his comments to me in my
office.” Kelley spoke about “things
connected with those negotiations and
in general the administration of the
college and of course my part in this as
superintendent.
“I look on it as a personnel matter,”
Dr. Meyers continued. “The action I
English Teacher Reprimanded
took was completely justified.”
However, many teachers disagreed.
Kelley and Woods both declined com¬
ment except to indicate that the
СТА
is
going to pursue the Kelley matter as
well as the contract negotiations.
“We’re going to be taking it up” was
the extent of Woods’ statement.
Dr. Frederick Holland, president of
the local chapter of the American
Association of University Professors,
was strongly opposed to Dr. Meyers’
action. Dr. Holland received a written
complaint from Kelley over the inci¬
dent.
“We (AAUP) are involved in
academic freedom and tenure concerns
in employee matters. Dr. Meyers is not
giving him academic freedom.
“He (Kelley) chewed him out in
essence for dragging his feet, for
playing games in collective bargaining.
I agree with him.
“I am very unhappy about what I
consider unprofessional conduct when
he (Dr. Meyers) just placed a letter in
a (personnel) file. Teachers don’t have
that ability. While he said Mr. Kelley
Arthur J. Keilev
Dr. Richard S. Meyers
was unprofessional, he (Meyers) was
unprofessional in not using due proc¬
ess. He’s not objecting to what was
said, but the situation. We think that’s
absurd.
“I’m not saying Kelley was right (in
the way he spoke to Dr. Meyers). If he
was wrong he owes an apology to the
president.”
Dr. Holland said he, along with Dr.
Edward C. Ortell, AAUP member,
would meet with Dr. Meyers and
Mildred M. Wardlow, vice president
for administrative services, on Feb. 14.
A group of 14 English teachers also
opposed Dr. Meyers’ action. They
signed a letter questioning the sponta¬
neity and severity of placing the letter
in Kelley’s file.
One signer, Wallace E. Calvert, said
the lack of due process by the president
in reprimanding Kelley “is very dan¬
gerous. Does that mean anyone who
disagrees with the president will be
reprimanded? Is that a way to suppress
criticism? Should a president have that
much power?”
Margaret H. Marsh, another signer,
said she feels the action will tend to
close communication lines between the
faculty and administration.
“If a teacher knows he will auto¬
matically be slapped with a reprimand,
no one will speak.”
She said it was an “exorbitant reac¬
tion” on Dr. Meyers’ part, and the
matter “could have been handled an¬
other way.”
Nevertheless, Calvert added, “We're
not condoning what he (Kelley) did
because we don’t know what he did.”
PCC-CTA Negotiations Halted
Impasse Official in Salary Talks
By Mike White
Staff Writer
The Public Employees’ Relations
Board declared last week that an im¬
passe exists in the negotiations which
began last June between the PCC
chapter of the California Teachers
Association and the Pasadena Com¬
munity College School District.
A state mediator appointed by
AS
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Board Asked to Apologize
Coleman's Remarks Insult Club
By Mark Haines
Associate News Editor
The Folklorico de las Rosas has
asked for an apology from the ASB
Executive Board regarding statements
made by former ASB President Derek
Coleman accusing the group of dis¬
honesty.
Coleman, in an ASB Executive
Board meeting on Jan. 17, told other
members of the executive board that
after speaking with “a few individ¬
uals” he did not believe that the Folk¬
lorico “was completely honest” re¬
garding a financial report. The report
contained statements of expenses and
profits from a Folklorico performance
that was held last December. Coleman '
also said that he would take full respon¬
sibility for the statement.
Coleman, in a special meeting held
on Jan. 18, apologized to the Folklorico
representatives. “You have my full
apologies for the way it was presented
to the board.” said Coleman. However,
Rafael Sorcini, a Folklorico represent¬
ative, said that he would not ‘accept
the apoloty from Derek.” Sorcini said
that an apology from the full board was
in order.
“During my three terms as presi¬
dent this is the first time I’ve had to do
anything like this.” said Coleman.
“There are times when I feel that I
have to bring things out. It was never
my intention to slander this organiza¬
tion. It was my intention to inform the
board. I never presented anything as
fact. I just told the board what I had
heard.”
Sorcini responded to Coleman’s
statement by asking the board if they
conducted their business entirely on
“hearsay.” ASB Vice Presidenti
Charlotte Hutchins told Sorcini that
she based any actions and statements
that she made on “what you (Sorcini)
presented to me, not on what Derek
said.”
The entire incident began Dec. 6
when the Folklorico approached the
board and asked for a $340 grant. The
board decided to loan the group the
$340. Depending upon the profits that
the Folklorico recieved from a Dec. 14
performance, part or all of the loan
could be turned into a grant. At that
time, they also asked a member of the
Folklorico to present the board a finan¬
cial statement at a future meeting.
After the financial report was pres¬
ented to the board and the remarks
made, Migel Delgado, Folklorico ad¬
viser, sent a letter to Phyllis Jackson,
Dean of Student Activities, demanding
a “public apology to the school club
and Ballet Folklorico, from the ASB
board” at its next meeting.
PERB will meet with both the District
and the PCC-CTA on Tuesday, Feb. 12,
according to Dr. Stan Hutchinson, PCC
business professor and chief negotiator
for the PCC-CTA.
An impasse was first declared by the
PCC-CTA during a negotiating meeting
which ended at about 1 a.m. on Jan. 24.
However, for an impasse to be official¬
ly declared by PERB, both parties
must agree that an impasse does exist
in order for a state representative to
mediate between the two parties. After
the meeting, the District spokesperson
said the talks were at a deadlock rather
than impasse because the PCC-CTA
was not demonstrating good faith in
negotiating tactics.
However, Ralph Arnold, staff con¬
sultant at the
СТА
service center in
West Covina, said the District did not
challenge the fact of impasse when
contacted by the PERB represent¬
ative.
Explaining the mediation procedure
Arnold said, usually the two parties are
placed in separate rooms, and the state
mediator shuttles back and forth pres¬
suring both teams to find areas they
can agree on. Once areas of agreement
are established between the two
groups, the mediator will determine
whether his help is further needed to
work out the wording of the contract.
This process can take three or four
days in some cases, Arnold said.
If significant progress is not. made,
the mediator usually proposes that a
fact finding committee be appointed,
Arnold said. This committee in¬
vestigates the offers of both parties
and makes recommendations as to
what would be a fair compromise.
There are three members on the com-
< mittee : one from PERB and one each
from the District and the PCC-CTA.
The points that led to the impasse
were management’s offer of a four
percent pay hike, the downgrading of a
doctor’s degree by $832 in pay. The
PCC-CTA is asking for 13.59 percent
and a pay scale increase. According to
Hutchinson, this pay scale is reason¬
able when compared to the pay scales
negotiated in other college districts.
Hutchinson was quoted in the
Pasadena Star-News as saying that
PCC is in the bottom section of the 20
area junior colleges that were sur¬
veyed by the
СТА.
When asked about the comparison of
percentage figures involving salary,
Superintendent-President Dr. Richard
S. Meyers said, “It all depends on
which colleges you choose to compare
to.
“Many colleges in the area get more
than four percent but they didn’t lose
the average daily attendance that PCC
did,” he added.
Another problem area in the nego¬
tiations is binding arbitration,
Hutchinson said. Binding arbitration is
the process where by any grievance
resulting from a breech of a contract is
settled. '
$25,000 Bid Accepted
On PCC's Solar House
Students Voice Opinions On Possible Draft
The Courier recently asked several PCC students their
opinions on possible reinstatement of the draft.
Jenice Williams, psychology major, third semester: “I
haven’t really thought about it, but I don’t think they should
have the draft because I’m in love and he’ll have to go.”
Ron Beach, printing management major, second semester :
“I hope there is no need for war, but I think it’s a good idea
for our country to take necessary precautions. Our country
has made right and wrong decisions in the past, but it’s
important for us to realize that even though we’ve made
mistakes, we should stand behind our country.”
Marilyn Bremner, part-time student: “I’m against it. It’s
the wrong thing to do during peacetime— it’s not neces¬
sary.”
^ Jorge Caamano, mechanifcal engineering major, first
t semester: “I think everyone should at least register and go
through basic training to get basic military discipline.”
Allen Small, aviation major, fourth semester: “I think the
draft should be reinstated if we’re going to go to war. I
approve of the registration of the draft for all people over 18
—males and females alike.”
Joseph Kim, computer science major, second semester:
“Who wants to go to the army? It’s up to the people to decide
whether they want to go to the army— it breaks down
everything.”
By Mark Haines *
Associate News Editor
A $25,500 bid was accepted by the
Purchasing Department for PCC’s
three-bedroom Solar House last month.
This is the second time the house has
been sold.
According to Rqbert Burns, PCC
Director of Purchasing, the house was
purchased by a doctor who plans to
move the house to a lot in the
Chatsworth area. “He hasn’t de¬
termined a route yet,” Burns said.
One major consideration the
purchaser will have to face is that the
house will not fit under freeway under¬
passes, large trees, or low hanging
wires. Last December, in a Courier
interview, Burns cautioned prospective
buyers that “the buyer will have to
figure a route over obstacles.”
The home was first sold in the
summer of 1978 to Kirsten Finlay, a
PCC nursing student. Mrs. Finlay was
forced to withdraw her bid due to a
series of financial misunderstandings.
Mrs. Finlay’s major difficulties
stemmed from the fact that she not
only had to take out a loan to buy the
house but also had to buy a lot for it.
The most recent bid form states that
any bid may be rejected if the bidder
cannot provide “‘proof of ownership or
availability of adequate real property
on which to relocate the house.”
Burns said that his department has
received the required $10,000 deposit on
the house. Full payment is due by Feb.
22, and the house must be moved from
the campus by May 10.
Burns also said that if everything
proceeds according to schedule, the
next model home should be ready for
public inspection next May.
No Change in Sight for
Courier Editorial Policy
By Brad Lehman
Editor-in-Chief
The Courier editorial policy will re¬
main unchanged, according to Super¬
intendent-President Dr. Richard S.
Meyers. After receiving the Latham
and Watkins law firm’s analysis of the
policy, the Board of Trustees decided
to leave the matter off of their Jan. 17
meeting agenda.
“I called them all and nobody said
they wanted to put it on the agenda,”
Dr. Meyers said. “They were satisfied
that the issue has been answered.”
Latham and Watkins was hired to
examine the Courier policy and to
decide if the Trustees could force the
newspaper to print rebuttals to editori¬
al opinions in the Courier.
The Board voted to require the paper
to print rebuttals in September, but
rescinded the measure Oct. 18 after
consulting with a Los Angeles County
Council attorney and another lawyer.
At the same time, however, the
Trustees decided to seek further advice
from a firm specializing in constitu¬
tional law.
“In the past, some members were
not satisfied with the County Council,”
Dr. Meyers said in explaining the
Board’s action.
The Trustees hired Latham and
Watkins in December for a sum not
exceeding $5,000.