Vol. LXXXV, No. 1 9
Thursday, February 24, 2000
Pasadena City College
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Police Investigation, Part 1
College, officer have
clashed in the past
By Fred Ortega
Courier Staff Writer
New details have surfaced in Officer
Leroy D. Henderson’s discrimination
suit against the Campus Police, a case
involving accusations of racial harass¬
ment which has pitted fellow officers
against each other within the embattled
department.
In the suit, filed on Dec. 13, 1999
with the Los Angeles Superior Court,
Henderson and civil rights lawyer C.
Brent Scott allege that members of the
campus police have engaged in a pat¬
tern of discrimination against the
African American officer which dates
back nearly 20 years. A status confer¬
ence on the progress of the lawsuit is
scheduled for March 22.
Henderson’s first complaint was
filed on Nov. 9, 1998 with the
California Department of Fair
Employment and Housing (CDFEH), a
little over a week after campus police
investigators arrested the officer on sus¬
picion of larceny and embezzlement.
Henderson pleaded not guilty to the
charges. However, he was ordered to
perform 1 20 hours of community ser¬
vice as part of a diversion program
imposed by the court. Under California
law, a person with no prior criminal
record who is accused of a misde¬
meanor is eligible for diversion, which
involves dismissal of charges and the
expunging of the subject’s record after
a sentence has been handed down and
carried out. The case was dismissed on
June 25, 1999 after Henderson complet¬
ed his community service requirements.
See Lawsuit on page 2
CAMPUS POLICE:
Graphic by Fred Ortega
Studying
in the Old
World
By Erika Kennelley
Courier Staff Writer
Many people long to visit
Europe and immerse themselves in
the rich languages and cultures of
the Old World, but only a few will
see with their own eyes what lies
on the other side of the Atlantic.
That is one reason why the college
is giving students the chance to
have an international experience
this year by presenting two new
study-abroad programs in Europe.
First, the Southern California
Community College Consortium
(which includes representatives
from Grossmont College,
Riverside Community College,
Long Beach City College and
PCC) are inviting students to take
part in the Summer in Paris,
France program from June 15 to
July 28, 2000.
For $3,599, participants live in
Paris for six weeks where they’ll
embark on city tours (hosted by
English-speaking guides) allowing
them to see the Eiffel Tower, Arc
de Triomph, the Louvre and other
Parisian monuments as well as
take excusions to historic French
chateaus and castles. All the
while, they’ll be earning transfer¬
able credits by enrolling in a
course offered by their college.
The program also includes
round-trip airfare, group trans¬
portation, furnished housing, a bus
and metro pass valid for six
weeks; and medical and travel
insurance.
Those who choose to attend the
Summer in Paris program must
pay a down-payment of $450
($250 of which is non-refundable)
with application. Another $3,149
is due before April 7.
From Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, 2000,
PCC students can spend a portion
of their fall semester in beautiful
Florence, Italy. At a more hefty
price of $5,799, travelers can wan¬
der through the same narrow
streets that Michaelangelo,
Leonardo da Vinci, Bottecelli and
Dante once strolled upon during
the golden years of the Italian
Renaissance. The program also
includes 3-day & 2-night stays in
Rome and Venice, student housing,
hotel costs on overnight trips, cul¬
tural events, orientations and
insurance. Participants are also
required to be enrolled in 11-20
units of college courses.
Washington adventures
Rain rolling off umberella tops
On a rainy day,
students splash
in puddles, zip
up their slickers
and some look
as if they never
want the sound
of the drip-drop-
drip-drops to
end!
photographer,
Curtis Gregory,
By Jon Heller
Courier Staff Writer
Washington, D.C. will be the
upcoming destination for a total of
16 PCC students who will be cho¬
sen to take part in three confer¬
ences to be held in the nations cap¬
ital. The screening process for the
all expense paid trips is currently
underway with the deadline for
applications having past yesterday.
Two of the trips are being spon¬
sored by the Associated Students,
and the other by the Office of
Student Affairs.
The two trips put together by
the AS are the United States
Student Association Conference
and the American Student
Association of Community
Colleges Conference. The USSA
trip, March 10 through March 14,
will focus on federal legislative
issues that affect access to higher
education. During the conference
students will attend workshops
focusing on a wide variety of edu¬
cational issues and topics. On the
last day, attendees will have the
opportunity to meet with congres¬
sional leaders. ASACC is an orga¬
nization of community colleges
nationwide. They hold annual
advocacy conferences and conduct
workshops on advocacy, leadership
and lobbying. Students who attend
the March 17 through March 21
trip will participate in all of those
areas, and they will meet their
local representitives and have a
chance to lobby. Representatives
from the AS will take part in both
of these conferences.
The third conference is the thir¬
ty-first Annual Symposium
Sponsored by The Center For The
Study of The Presidency, and it is
sponsored by Student Affairs. Two
students will receive grants to
cover all expenses for this confer¬
ence, totaling approximately
$1500.
Is there a cure I
HIV vaccine
is far from
being reality
President of Col-Tech, a prestigic AIDS
researcher lectures at PCC
By Audrey Allen
Courier Staff Writers
When David Baltimore, presi¬
dent of Cal-Tech, and chairman of
the National Institute of Health
AIDS Vaccine Research
Committee, lectured on campus
last Friday, he admitted that scien¬
tists are far from creating a way to
stop the spread of the HIV virus.
The virus is evolving. There
are now seven types of AIDS, and
it seems doubtful that any vaccine
can be made that could cover the
“whole universe. It is a serious epi¬
demic,” bombarding Asia and third
world countries the most. This
evolution is seen from one person
to the next, in which HIV pro¬
gresses differently. “We don’t
know why the plateau of infection
varies with different people,” said
Baltimore.
Baltimore said “the virus
(AIDS) doesn’t want you to die,
because if it kills everybody there’s
no place for it to grow. It’s con¬
stantly changing, trying to find its
nitch. In humans it is trying to
evolve.”
Baltimore, pointing to a graphic
showing the seven different types
of AIDS developing all over the
world, asked the audience, “Is it
really even possible to make a vac¬
cine?” Baltimore, who was award¬
ed the 1999 National Medal of
Science, said that every effort is
being made to find a successful
mode of vaccination against this
Curtis Gregory/ The Courier
deadly virus, but researchers are
struggling to stay ahead.
When HIV was first discovered,
there was a push to develop a vac¬
cine very quickly that would wipe
out the disease. “I think people
thought it would be simple,
because we’d made vaccines for so
many different viruses.” HIV is
unlike other viruses, and Baltimore
asked if it was possible to make a
vaccine, then why doesn’t the body
ordinarily fight off the virus?
Baltimore said that a, plateau of
continuous deaths is being reflect¬
ed throughout the world. “We need
better drugs that are less toxic and
more affordable.” People in Africa
can’t afford the drugs that
Americans can buy. If it is possible
to create a vaccine, it must be very
inexpensive. Baltimore said that
See Vaccine on page 3
Two pages of Sports!
Softball team posts another
win, while competive swim¬
ming returns to the pools.
SEE SPORTS PG. 7 and 8
Anything but “quiet”’
On March 3, a new
play, “Noises Off’ will open
in Sexson.
SEE NOUVELLE PG. 6
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