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Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol. 70 No. 2
71,6 COURIER
Thursday
February 22, 1990
NEWSLINE
SHUTTLE SERVICE
The shuttle is doing booming busi¬
ness after getting off to a slow start the
first few days of the Spring semester.
Tired of fighting for parking on cam¬
pus lots , students are making use of the
service whichs operates from 7 a.m. to
6 p.m.
The parking structure is located in
Old Town Pasadena on Green Street,
between Raymond and Fair Oaks. Stu¬
dents take a ticket at the entrance and
park their car on the roof of the struc¬
ture. The shuttle comes up to the roof
and picks up students near the eleva¬
tor. The driver validates the tickets,
students will use them to “pay” for
their parking when they leave the struc¬
ture. Campus Police has a cadet as¬
signed to the lot for the hours which
the shuttle operates.
BLACK HISTQRY MONTH
The month of February is Black
History Month, and in observance of
this occasion, The Association of Black
Employees (TABE) and the African-
American Students Association are
sponsoring different activities.
The activities are as follows:
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 Clos¬
ing Celebration, vendors and music,
Quad, Noon to 1 p.m.
Johari DeWitt-Rogers, president of
TABE, said that the purpose of this
special month of activities is “to
commemorate the advancement of
African-American people and it gives
us a chance to reflect on this heri¬
tage.”
FORENSICS COMPETITION
PCC will be the host of Spring
Champs, a forensics competition spon¬
sored by the Pacific Southwest Foren¬
sics Association, to be held on Feb. 23,
24 and 25.
Approximately 500 students will
participate in the three-day competi¬
tion. The students will compete in
different forensics and speech compe¬
titions such as debate and reader's
theater.
Eighteen students from PCC will
compete against the students from more
than 40 schools from California, Ari¬
zona, Utah and Nevada.
Trash in the cafeteria
Time and time again, the trash
problem has caused disputes in many
communities. One of those communi¬
ties is PCC.
INDEX
Opinion _ _ _ 2
Editorial _ 2
Letters to the Editor _ 2
Features _ 3
Sports 4
District hearing to proceed today
'We hope the problem between CSEA and ISSU
will be resolved so we can get back to working with
our classified employees as participants in our
shared governance....'
Dr. James Kossler, assistant superintendent/vice president of
administrative services
By MARGIE GOODHART
Special Correspondent
A hearing to determine whether a charge
of unfair labor practices at PCC has merit
will be resolved during a three-day hearing
conducted by the Public Employees Rela¬
tions Board (PERB).
The complaint of unfair labor pracitices
was leveled by classified union representa¬
tives from California School Employees As¬
sociation (CSEA) and filed through PERB,
the state moderating agency. The hearing
began yesterday and will continue through
Friday and will include representatives from
the district, CSEA and Instructional Support
Services Unit (ISSU).
“There are two matters pending before
PERB,” said Dr. Jose Peralez, dean of per¬
sonnel services and representative for the
district along with Dr. James Kossler, assis¬
tant superintedent/vice president of admin¬
istrative services. “First CSEA filed an un¬
fair labor practice charge alleging primarily
that the college allowed ISSU release time
to have a meeting, as well as mailing labels
for a mailer.”
Charges filed by CSEA last July 31 in¬
clude: providing paid release time to classi¬
fied staff employees belonging to ISSU;
providing ISSU with address labels, print¬
ing, supplies for communication and mail
drop box for purposes of organizing; provid-
Please see CSEA, page 4
Will Lester
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The COURIER
Roy L. Coates, president of Tournament of Roses; Princess Kristin Gibbs; Louis Creveling,
first student body president; and Larnoe G. Dungca, AS president, present a $150,000
donation to Dr. Jack A. Scott, superintendent-president (center).
College launches $1.5-
million library campaign
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
First student body president Louis Creveling,
the Tournament of Roses and the AS each pledged
$50,000 last week to help fund PCC’s new
library. The $150,000 donation officially launched
PCC’s $1.5-million campaign to raise funds for
the $ 19.25-million library, the first element of
PCC’s $90-million Master Plan to be imple¬
mented.
The $1. 5-million campaign is intended to
raise money for special features, furnishings, an
art gallery, specialized collections and exhibits
that is not included in the $ 1 2.35 million the state
provided for the new educational facility.
With the 83-year-old Creveling wereTouma-
ment of Roses President Roy L. Coates, PCC
Tournament of Roses Princess Kristin Gibbs and
AS President Larnoe G. Dungca.
Dr. Jack A. Scott, superintendent-president,
received the three major gifts in a presentation in
front of the college on Feb. 13. Scott said that a
total of $358,550 has already been pledged to the
campaign.
Alvar Kauti, associate dean of student activi¬
ties said, that the AS raised the $50,000 by in¬
creasing the price for vendors at the monthly PCC
flea market from $35 to $40 two years ago.
Creveling said he pledged $50,000 because he
wanted to help “to get the campaign started. The
pledge will be instrumental in making the new
library possible."
The new three-story library and media service
center will be built at the northeast comer of the
campus facing Colorado Boulevard between Bonnie
and Sierra Bonita avenues. With completion set
for Fall of 1992, it will house 49,900 square feet
of library space, plus 9,330 square feet for the
media service center, which will house audio
visual and broadcast functions.
The current 1 ibrary , located at Colorado
В
oule-
vard and Harkness Avenue, was built in 1950 to
serve the needs of 5,000 students and contains
22,120 square feet of library space. However, the
library is now too small to serve the college’s
21,270 students, said Scott. Because of the growth,
the need for library study stations has grown from
the 462 in the old library to 1,250, which will be
included in the new library.
Limited study report
due out next month
By JAY LEBSCH
Staff Writer
PCC’s current five-year accredi¬
tation self-study is on schedule and
will be ready for inspection by the
college community in March.
Mary Jane Cordon, associate dean
of economic development, is coor¬
dinator of the accreditation project,
and edits the entire five-year self-
study. Cordon is pleased with the
progress of the project.
The study is required of commu¬
nity colleges to retain their accred¬
ited status. The state requires com¬
munity colleges to follow certain
minimum standards, and accredita¬
tion demonstarates an institution
follows, those guidelines. Cordon
oversees the seven committees work¬
ing to prepare the lengthy report on
how the college is meeting recom¬
mendations from the Accrediting
Committee for Community and Junior
Colleges (ACCJC). ACCJC is the
accrediting body for California and
other western states.
The report, which ACCJC terms
“a limited self-study,” details how
the college is responding to the
improvements suggested during the
1985 accreditation visit by ACCJC
representatives. “It’s a bird’s-eye-
view of what has happened, is hap¬
pening and will happen atPCC. I’ve
learned a lot,” Cordon said.
Cordon created a first draft of the
report based on committee input
during the 1989 Christmas break.
That report went back to the seven
committees, and members added their
comments and made necessary cor¬
rections. Now, Cordon is editing
these reports into a cohesive docu¬
ment. The second draft of the study
goes to the accreditation steering
committee at the end of February.
Finally, the document will be
made available to the entire PCC
community. Copies will be avail¬
able in the library, department of¬
fices, the AS office and at other sites
on campus. Cordon said she is look¬
ing forward to the input of students,
faculty and staff when the report is
made available.
‘ ‘ I want it to make people knowl¬
edgeable on what was said in the
report,” Cordon said. “If they have
comments, they can certainly tell
me. Not everyone could be on a
committee; this gives people a chance
to provide input.”
“I think it is exciting to see all
the things the college has done since
1985,” shecontinued. “Ithasbeen
a different era with Dr. [Jack] Scott
here. We are really trying to meet
students’ needs. It’s exciting to see
where we’ve come from.”
At the beginning of the project
last semester, Cordon created a master
timeline to monitor the progress of
the study. “We are right on sched¬
ule,” she said. As planned, the
second draft of the self-study will be
available for inspection by the entire
campus the end of February. After
incorporating appropriate suggestions
from the campus, Cordon sends the
completed report to the printer in
June. To help control costs, all print¬
ing will be done by the PCC print-
shop. Finally, the printed self-study
report will be submitted to ACCJC
in September. An evaluation team
from ACCJC will visit PCC on Nov.
7 and 8.
Cordon said the committees pre¬
paring sections of the self-study have
been “so easy to work with. They
have made my job easier. The
committee chairs and co-chairs should
be especially complimented” for their
dedicated work.
This is the last limited self study
that will be required of PCC. ACCJC
rules are changing. By mid-decade,
community colleges will be required
to produce much longer, more de¬
tailed reports. Now, those longer
studies are required of accreditation
candidates every 10 years.
New Zealand's geological wonders await students
Curtis Kim
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The COURIER
Dr.Bruce Carter, physical science de¬
partment chairperson, will teach in New
Zealand in the Fall.
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
In the placid waters of the South Pacific
lie many islands of different wonders. Three
of those islands, comparable yet contrasting
in natural beauty, make up the wondrous
nation of New Zealand. Two islands, North
and South, make up the major part of New
Zealand. Stewart Island, the third island, is
roughly the size of the Hawaiian island of
Oahu. This diverse land, which contains
some of the world’s best geological and
geographical wonders, will be the focus of a
semester abroad program to be offered this
Fall.
Approximately 7,000 miles from the West
Coast, New Zealand can be reached in three
weeks by sea and 1 8 hours by air. The largest
land area ever occupied by Polynesians and
the most British nation outside of England,
New Zealand is abundantly scattered across
an area smaller than California. In this well-
endowed landscape, ferns grow 50 feet high,
volcanoes and geysers exhibit their ever-so
active power, rivers and lakes overflow with
fishes and mountains caress crisp, white
snow.
One of several trips presented by the
International Education Program, headed
by Dr. William E. Goldmann, dean of insti¬
tutional advancement, the trip to New Zeal¬
and is a first for PCC. With a primary em¬
phasis on the physical sciences, the trip will
provide students with the opportunity to
examine and experience New Zealand’s
natural wonders-active volcanoes, geysers,
alps, glaciers, fiords, faults, sounds and riv¬
ers.
Please see NEW ZEALAND, page 4
Caroline Valdez
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The COURIER
Dr. Dave Douglass, assistant professor
of physical science, will teach in New
Zealand in the Fall.