EDITORIAL
OPINION
CAMPUS INFO
Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol. 70 No. 1
COURIER
Thursday
February 15, 1990
NEWSLINE
OMD TAPS MEMBERS
Omicron Mu Delta, PCC’s honor
society, recently honored four students
and four faculty members by induct¬
ing them as members of the prestig¬
ious organization.
In a gathering of OMD members
and adviser Dorothy Kolts, OMD Presi¬
dent Dixie Dubord inducted students
Gigi Hanna, Ann Rogers, T ena Rubio,
Andrea Schwartz and Chu Wu. She
also inducted faculty members Mary
Jane Cordon, Kay Dabelow, Jane
Hallinger and John Jacobs.
Since its inception on June 27,
1927, OMD has continued to honor
students and faculty for their outstand¬
ing service to the college and the
community.
VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE
The General Union of Palestinian
Students (GUPS) invites everyone on
campus to join them for the romantic
Valentine’s Day Dance on Feb. 16 at 8
p.m. in the Campus Center Student
Lounge.
GUPS is a new club founded last
semester. The club held many activi¬
ties last semester “to introduce other
students to the Palestinian culture,”
said Saaed A1 Faqeeh, president.
Tickets are available at CC216 for
$5. Tickets are $6 at the door. For
more information, please call Essam
El Khadra at (213) 256-3541.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The Association of Black Employ¬
ees and the African-American Stu¬
dents Association is sponsoring vari¬
ous activitiies in observance of Black
History Month.
The activities are as follows:
Feb. 15 "Instructing the African-
American College Students: Cross
Cultural Issues and Dynamics," Dr.
Terrence J. Roberts, Harbeson Hall,
Noon to 2 p.m.
Feb. 20 "Pathways to Success,"
panel discussion on avenues to suc¬
cess, focusing on black males, C301,
Noon to 1 p.m.
Feb. 22 "The African Origin of
Civilization: A Slide Presentation,"
Ashra Kwesi, historian and lecturer,
R122, Noon to 1 p.m.
Feb. 27 Black History Month
Closing Celebration, vendors and music,
Quad, Noon to 1 p.m.
Lancers lose on errors
Walks and errors beat the Lancers
last Thursday not Mission College, 1-
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INDEX
Opinion _ 2
Editorial _ 2
Letters to the Editor _ 2
Features _ _ _ 3
Sports 4
Community colleges to get $2.7 billion
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
Gov. George Deukmejian, in a sweeping
move benefiting California’s two-year col¬
lege system, proposed to the State Legisla¬
ture a package of $2.70 billion for the state’s
107 Community Colleges, reflecting an
increase of 7.6 percent from the $2.51 bil¬
lion allocated for the 1989-90 fiscal year.
“I’m encouraged by the fact that he has
proposed a substantial budget for the com¬
munity colleges. Eventhough the overall
increase is 7.6 percent, that could be mis¬
leading because included in that is growth
money,” said Dr. Jack A. Scott, superinten¬
dent-president. ‘ ‘Part of the monies have to
do with the fact that community colleges are
just getting bigger. Also, part of it has to do
with capital construction which is very hclp-
'Given the state of the economy and the parameters
winthin which the governor had to work, we believe
that the distribution of the funds is fair to the
community colleges.’
David Mertes, Communtiy College Chancellor
ful.” Thecapital construction budget, which
is $197 million, includes $12.35 million for
PCC’s construction of the $19-million li¬
brary.
However, the actual cost-of-living ad¬
justment is 5.2 percent. ‘ ‘That means for the
daily operational expenses of the college,
we’ll get a 5.2 percent increase,” said Scott.
“We are pleased that the proposal re¬
flects our top priority of a 5.2 percent in¬
crease and full funding of our statutory cost-
of-living adjustment,” said Community
College Chancellor David Mertes. “Given
the state of the economy and the parameters
within which the Governor had to work, we
believe that the distribution of the funds is
fair to to the community colleges.”
Mertes said that he will be working with
the Legislature and the Governor “to find
ways to fund the second, and final, trigger of
$70 million to fully implement our reform
legislation, Assembly Bill 1725.” AB 1725,
signed by Deukmejian on September 19,
1988, is a comprehensive Community Col¬
lege Reform Legislation, passed by the State
Assembly, 76-1 and by the State Senate, 38-
0. The bill was introduced for legislation by
John Vasconcellos, D-San Jose, Chair of the
Ways and Means Committee. Vasconcellos
is considered to be the second most powerful
member of the Assembly after Willie Brown.
“We will also be seeking the funds nec¬
essary to accommodate the steadily increas¬
ing number students who are applying to our
colleges,” added Mertes.
In addition to the proposed $2.70 billion,
Deukmejian has added $1 million to the $4
million that has been allocated for economic
development in California’s Community
Colleges, reflecting his recognition of the
increasing role that the colleges play in the
state’s economy.
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Students who normally go to the beach to surf or swim, will find a different scene because
of the recent American Trader oil spill. Worker in protective suit carries a plastic bag full of
absorbent paper to soak up the oily foam that settled on the sands of Hungtington Beach.
City takes action to
halt drug dealing
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
In its latest effort to rid the city of
drug dealing, the Pasadena Board of
City Directors took the first step in
the implementation of its drug-free
zone campaign by drafting a resolu¬
tion to be sent to the State Assembly,
asking for the modification of a state
law on illegal drug sales within 1,000
feet of schools, parks and arcades,
said City Director Chris Holden.
At their meeting on Jan. 30, the
board instructed the city attorney to
draft a resolution that would permit
the posting of signs within 1 ,000 feet
of each of the city’s 21 recreational
parks and 42 private and public
schools. According to city estimates,
the cost for two signs at each loca¬
tion is $8,500.
The resolution also asks the as¬
sembly to consider changing a state
law that outlines drug-related arrests
within 1,000 feet of public schools,
private schools, arcades and parks
because it does not include laws
concerning community colleges such
as PCC.
Holden, who along with Pasad¬
ena Mayor William Thomson
launched the city-wide drug-free zone
campaign last year, said the board
asked the assembly to add commu¬
nity colleges to the state law, known
as the School Yard Act.
Currently federal laws outline
several rules concerning drug deal¬
ing on community colleges or within
1,000 feet of one but the School
Yard Act does not.
According to Lt. Frank Wills of
the Pasadena Police Department
Community Vice-Narcotics, both
state and federal laws currently call
for double penalties for drug dealers
convicted of selling drugs within
1,000 feet of schools.
Although the state law applies
only to crack cocaine dealing around
schools, federal law applies to all
drug-related sales near parks and
arcades.
Under the School Yard Act, a
person caught selling drugs within
the drug-free zone will get a mini¬
mum of twice the sentence they would
have received if they were caught
outside the zone.
Since schools, parks and arcades
in Pasadena are mostly within 1,000
feet of each other, Holden and other
city officials hope that by blanketing
the entire city with drug-free zones,
the problem of drug dealing will be
eliminated.
The drug-free zone campaign, one
of Thomson’s major projects as
mayor, makes Pasadena the second
city in California to launch such a
program to battle drugs. The other
California city is Alameda, a North¬
ern California city five miles south¬
west of Oakland.
According to Wills, state law re¬
quires that all monies seized from
convicted drug dealers be spent on
programs combatting drugs. There¬
fore, the city will be using those
seized assets to fund the campaign.
Two weeks ago, city officials met
with federal and district attorneys to
see if they would take the necessary
steps after an individual is arrested
on drug charges.
“We wanted to see if they were
going to prosecute,” said Holden.
“We wanted to know if they’re going
to follow through with the proper
steps.”
According to Holden, an agree¬
ment has been reached between city
officials and the federal and district
attorneys regarding the prosecution
of arrested drug dealers.
Associate dean of economic development chosen
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
A mathematics teacher and coordinator
of the 1990 accreditation study at PCC has
been chosen to fill the newly-formed post of
Associate Dean of Economic Development,
Dr. Jack A. Scott, president-superintendent
announced recently.
With the appointment of Mary Jane Cor¬
don, associate professor of mathematics, the
college took the first step in “moving ag¬
gressively into the area of contract educa¬
tion,” which is the main purpose of the
position, said Scott. Contract Education is a
program designed to teach college courses
at a business or industrial site at the request
'In the competetive world
of business, skilled
employees are the key to
success.'
Mary Jane Cordon,
associate dean of economic
development
of a certain business.
“This program has many excellent possi¬
bilities for PCC,” said Scott. “It gives stu¬
dents an opportunity to begin their educa¬
tion off campus. In turn, many will become
interested and come to the campus for fur¬
ther education. It raises the visibility of PCC
in the business world.”
According to Scott, if the business pays
for the total cost of the course, the college
does not collect average daily attendance,
the current funding mechanism used by
community colleges.
Scott stressed that Cordon has an advan¬
tage in the new position “because of her
experience as a teacher at the college. She
has successfully interacted with many of the
teachers and department chairs with whom
she will be working.” Besides her teaching
experience, Cordon has served on the Cur¬
riculum and Instruction Committee for the
past three years “which gives her a thorough
acquaintance of the courses offered at the
college.”
Cordon, who began her administrative
duties on Feb. 1, has been with the college
since 1978. Besides being a math instructor,
Cordon also chaired the Accreditation Sub¬
committee on Learning Resources (1984-
1985) and authored four college textbooks.
Cordon has a master’s in math from Dayton
University and a master’s in administration
from Loyola Marymount University.
In a telephone interview last week, Cor¬
don said she is looking forward to giving
businesses the best programs PCC has to
offer. “We will offer workshops and semi¬
nars on areas in which a business needs
training. In the competetive world of busi¬
ness, skilled employees are the key to suc¬
cess.”
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