PCC Courier, February 13, 1981

ASB Candidates Campaign For Office Voting Held Next Week By Lorna Moore Associate Opinion Editor Wednesday marked the application deadline for Associated Student Body candidacy, and campaigns are now underway for the ASB elections on Feb. 18 and 19 in the quad. Candidates will be introduced to the student body on Feb. 17 at noon in the free speech area, where they will speak for a combined 20 minutes. There is a possibility, however, that the can¬ didates will have debates televised over the closed circuit video system on campus. Communication Stressed Communication between the ASB and students is a major concern with many candidates. Many feel that in¬ creased student awareness of govern¬ ment is needed. Candidates agree that increased communication would enable the ASB to act as a better channel between students and adminis¬ tration on campus. As of Tuesday, all offices except Associated Women Students president were applied for. Candidates for ASB president are Edgar Ruiz, Dana Hobart, Duane Morris, Devin Mahony, David Frimodig, and Richard Kim. Running for vice president are Barte Masiarelli, Heather Corrie, and Shelley Winnaman. The office of sophomore president is being sought by Shayne Soli, Sherri Howard and Ed¬ ward Razor, while Joe Krovoza and Kattayoon Hashemi seek the freshman presidents office. Barry McGowan and Gary Minissian are running for senate president. Running unopposed are Justin Pinchot for AMS president, incumbant Mike Bozeman for Athletics president, Mike Valentine for senate first vice president, and Alan Greenstone for senate second vice president. Commissioners are appointed by the newly elected ASB president however there is only one applicant for each commissioners office. Candidates are Brett Detmers for publicity, incum¬ bant Richard Franklin for assemblies, Arthur Robinson for elections, and incumbant Susan Albert for pep. No one has applied for commissioner of finance. Changes Considered According to Ms. McKinney, the newly elected government plans to re¬ evaluate the ASB constitution “to see if it still fits our needs or our purpose.’’ The constitution was revised in 1970. Under the present constitution, for example, the AMS and AWS each have their own group working separately. “We want to unify it and work together now,” said Ms. McKinney. “We’re still tossing around ideas,” she said. Asked about any other changes, Ms. McKinney said each new government changes simply because there are new people elected and each government as a whole has different levels of motiva¬ tion. Also, each semester has different “pressing” items that come up so each government gets involved in different activities and concerns. Several candidates, having been ac¬ tive in the student senate, expressed concern over that body of the govern¬ ment. “I feel that the senate has a severe deficiency and perhaps a genu¬ ine void of leadership,” said McGowan, canidate for senate president. “I would like to see less animosity between senators and students in the senate proceedings and more teamwork,” said Greenstone, candidate for second tvice president of the senate. Candidate for freshman president, Krovoza, said, increased communication between the ASB executive board and senate is needed. Minissian, another candidate for senate president, said that “hard work and devotion” on the part of the senators is essential. Other issues of concern to the can¬ didates are crime on campus, the parking situation, registration pro¬ cedures, and security at night. Polls will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the day and 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on both election days. ■ ч t я шшшь. лтфтшШш ■ • . щ % ■ : $ Ш %| - • . ■ ; шшшш ■ . i ЯД щ 1 • ... - ;■■■ .. •• '■ " ' : • ■ ’ • .„ 'i-. л ' J#; ' ■ ■к Щшшш ■ • . , - Ъ'Ф’Ья' '• ' * Я||1||1 ШаШг - v с ^ - к/' ' ]; ' Цр • - s x' ||| 1|| ' i 'ixw «у; ч - л I 1 1 ЩЩт VOL. 51, NO. 2 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 13, 1981 another. Flowers, candy, and sentimental cards are traditionally exchanged. — Courier photo by Larry Goren HUGS AND KISSES — Valentine's Day marks the holiday where friends and lovers show affection for one Budget Development Plan Adopted Though State Funding Is Unknown By W. Majied-Muhammad Editor-in-Chief Pasadena Area Community College District Board of Trustees recently adopted its basic plan for budget de¬ velopment for 1981-82 including budget guidelines, a development calendar and the philosophical base and plan. Though the Board must begin plan¬ ning the budget now, no information is yet available on dollar amounts the district can count on. Funding levels will not be known until the state budget is adopted on or about July 15. Un¬ fortunately, adoption of the state budget will not occur until after the March 15 deadline for notices to the administration and teaching staff, ac¬ cording to the plan. Consequently, personnel decisions must be made as quickly as possible. The Board stresses that personnel de¬ cisions will be made according to the instructional goals of the college for quality instruction in light of the finan¬ cial and physical resources of the district, the plan states. Total budget plans are being de¬ veloped reflecting no dollar level cuts from this year’s budget. Any budget cuts will be faced after the district has more information from the sthte. The budget preparation plan groups expenditures into three categories: contract salary budget, non-contract salary budget and other expense budget. The plan assumes the laws governing the 1981-82 budget and income from average daily attendance will be simi¬ lar to those covering 1980-81. Following those assumptions, the plan requires that dollar controlled allotments for each cost center on the budget and for personnel requests must not exceed the total of the budgets for those same cost centers in 1980-81. Dollar controlled accounts refer to all budgets that do not apply to monthly contract salaries, according to the budget preparation information. The only exceptions are unavoidable ex¬ penses such as utilities or contract services. Dr. Bonnie R. James, vice president of Business Services, indicates all com¬ munications from the state, the De¬ partment of Finance, and the Chan¬ cellor’s office imply funding will be tight and all budget plans should be conservative. By Betty Kossick Contributing Writer The distinguished English literary critic, J. V. Cunningham, has been selected as the Poet of the Year for Inscape, PCC’s annual anthology of prose and poetry. Cunningham, professor emeritus at Brandeis University, is considered the leading writer of epigrams in English. He has contributed an essay on trans¬ lation, and a translation of a fragment attributed to the great Greek poet, Sappho. Cunningham joins a series of re- With those precautions in mind, the district expects to offer two six-week summer sessions of credit and non¬ credit classes and self-supporting com¬ munity services. Faculty and staff step and column increases for classified and certificated personnel will be included. The plan will maintain present dollar levels for fringe benefits and will es¬ tablish and maintain a minimum re¬ serve level of three percent of the total budget. The Board expects to complete budget preparations in time to present the preliminary budget on June 17, the Tentative Budget on June 25 and final adoption of the Publication Budget is scheduled for Aug. 6. nowned American writers and PCC students to appear in Inscape. “I con¬ tinue to be impressed with the ex¬ cellent student writers we have at the college,” said Jerene Hewitt, Inscape adviser. According to Mrs. Hewitt, the pieces selected for use in Inscape reflect a cross-section of the student population, with a prominent amount contributed from students in the writing classes. Several selections are those which won in the 1980 Literary Contest. Inscape goes on sale April 15 at the college bookstore and the English De¬ partment. Inscape Selects a Literary Critic As Poet of the Year Recommendations G iven in Written Accreditation Report By Harold Odom Contributing Writer The Accreditation Commission gave PCC a five year written renewal Jan. 27 based the college’s self-study report and the report of the evaluation team which visited the campus in Novem¬ ber. Universities and colleges are re¬ viewed every five years by an ac¬ creditation team. At the end of the evaluation, the team submits a report to the accreditation commission. The accreditations are based on the college’s response to the needs of its Students, community, faculty and the level of education the college presents. The evaluating team feel special attention needs to be given to institu¬ tional research, facilities and com¬ munication between all constituents. Communication was one of the big¬ gest problems the accreditation team pointed out in their report. “. . . in¬ trastaff communication does not ap¬ pear to be effective at some levels.” The commission recommended that the college expand and improve com¬ munication among all constituents. Se¬ rious attention needs to be devoted to the techiques of and the need for, both sending and receiving messages. The faculty and staff need to be continually updated on information and significant changes in the college. Facilities are another area that need special upgrading, according to the report. However, the reconstruction of the D Building which has caused stu¬ dent related services including coun¬ seling, learning center, admissions and records, career planning/placement and the on-line terminals to increase the flow of students registering and reduce wasted time, are positive changes, according to the evaluating team. While funding is a serious problem, the high priority indicated by the 1975 accreditation team is restated by this team, “men’s gymnasium, parking fa¬ cilities and the library continue to require attention.” The evaluation team felt little was accomplished in physical change to the campus during the period of 1975-1980. The removal of barriers to handi¬ capped people in the past two-three years was very little, according to the report, although a ramp and elevator are currently under construction at both the library and mens gym. Institutional research has seen little progress based on the recommenda¬ tions of 1975s report, “that the college conduct studies on the community needs for new curricula and courses, and class retention rate of students.” In 1978 when the institutional research office was discontinued it seems to be Increase In Enrollment By Julien Orow Associate News Editor Enrollment at PCC continues to climb, according to first day of the semester figures. However, these fig¬ ures are based on incomplete data, and the exact figures will not be known for several weeks. The task is made more difficult by the fact that PCC is still in the enrollment process. In fall 1980, there were 17,761 stu¬ dents enrolled, and according to the first day figures, 18,339 students are enrolled for the spring semester, an increase of 578 students. Last fall, there were 7,759 men en¬ rolled, compared to 10,002 women. In the spring the number of men in¬ creased, while the number of women dropped slightly. There are 8,339 men at PCC this semester and exactly 10,000 women. Ernest D. Neumann, dean of ad¬ missions and records, said that he is always suspicious of figures such as the cause for the lack of focus on these problems, said the report. The accreditation team strongly criticized the administrations surveys and the staff participation in them. “A survey of students opinion based on 100 students, out of over 20,000 on campus, is clearly too small to be considered an adequate sampling.” If, as the self- study report indicates, the institutional research office will be operational this fall, a high priority should be given to these areas of concern. The accreditation report states, “PCC is an institution respected by it’s faculty, administration, staff, board members and students. The college begins the accreditation cycle on July 1, 1981. 10,000, that turn out exactly even. “There’s always an error rate, as these figures only include about 99.5 percento of enrollment. One-half percent is lost in the computer shuffle.” The enrollment figures based on age groups showed a new trend at PCC. The number of students in the 15 to 17 and 18 to 20 age groups decreased by 347, while all of the other age groups gained in population. The 50 and over category jumped by 101, to a total of 1,140 students. The reason for the decline in the 15 to 17 bracket is that in the last two or three years, there have been fewer mid-year graduates from high school, according to Neumann. He feels that 11th and 12th grade counselors are inclined to recommend that high school students concurrently enroll at PCC. This way, students start off fresh at the beginning of the school year, instead of at mid-year, when they’re more likely to be exhausted, says Neumann. Spring Figures Climb 1“ WINTER BEGINS? — Rain showered the campus as sun came out and melted chances of a lengthy ski students finally got a taste of winter, California style. season. The Pasadena sun shines on. Although snow capped mountains tantalized skiiers, the —Courier photo by Elly Mixseii