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http://www.geocities.com/~pccnewscourier/
VOL. 83 NO. 19
PASADENA , CALIFORNIA
Courier
THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 26, 1998
SINCE
BIG WIN BOOSTS LANCERS TO THE STATE PLAYOFF SERIES
Yes!!
Hoops: For the first time ever, the women's
basketball team are South Coast champions
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By LUIS E. REYES
Courier Staff Writer
The women's basketball team (24-3. 13-
1) clinched its first ever South Coast
Conference title with a crushing 76-54 win
over conference rival Cerritos Community
College (23-9, 12-2) last Wednesday.
The Lancers have the Player of the Year,
they may well be the state's team of the year
and now they have won the game of the
year.
“We’re going to win state,” said Jackie
Sadler in modest fashion. “The win over
Cerritos has brought up our momentum
even more. We are not going to lose to any¬
body.”
The Lancers will start their quest for the
state title next Wednesday in the Men's
Gymnasium at 7 p.m., where they are an
amazing 11-0. Pasadena will host the win¬
ner of the Trade Tech (21-6) Bakersfield
(17-13) game in first round play.
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Center Ellen
Rice and for¬
ward Sadler
mounted the
best one-two
performance in
current school
history with a
combined 48
points to lift the
Lancers to the
squad's first
SCC champi¬
onship.
Already the
leader in scor¬
ing with 19.3
points per game, Sadler finished the night
with 28 points and crashed the boards for
six rebounds to clinch the coveted prize.
“I had butterflies and was concentrating
on making all my shots because it was a big
game not only for me but for the school as
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The ladies have won the right to take a first-round bye, and host a home playoff game next week.
well,”
said Sadler, who shot 64 percent from out¬
side the key.
“Rice knows where I'm going to go, we
automatically have eye contact,” continued
the soft-spoken forward. “We have chem¬
istry' with each other.”
“We've been playing for so long that I
know her every move and she knows my
every' move. When I expect her to be there,
she is there. It’s kind of good,” said Rice,
who averaged a respectable 15.9 points and
nine rebounds during SCC play, good
enough to be selected to the All-SCC first
team.
Please see WIN, page 6
CAMPUS VISIT
Speakers
Address
Changes
in China
Computer Cafe Opens to Public to Increase Revenue
By LYNDA LAM
Courier Staff Writer
Focusing on the idea that the
United States must continue to
develop a relationship with China,
four speakers from different back¬
grounds came together in the Forum
earlier this month, to discuss the
significance of recent changes in the
country.
The conference featured speak¬
ers Fleniy Hwang, David
Kamansky, Judge Dorothy Nelson
and Dr. John E. Wills Jr., and was
moderated by Dr. Jack Scott, a
California State Assemblyman and
former president of PCC. Each
speaker possessed a unique knowl¬
edge of China.
“We’re seeing the emergence of
China as a growing economic
power. As the Chinese emerge as
the most capable in commercial
endeavors, we are recognizing that
some way, some how, the United
States and China need a relation¬
ship,” said Scott to the audience of
approximately 50 people attending
the seminar.
Currently, 15 percent of
California exports are shipped to the
East. In addition, trade in China is
growing 10 percent annually. The
evolution from a feudal and back¬
wards society of the past to the
rapidly developing nation of today
has tainted the pages of Chinese his¬
tory with blood shed and political
unrest.
Hwang witnessed some of these
Please see CHINA, page 5
By JASON KOSAREFF
Courier Staff Writer
The Computer Cafe is now open to the
general public in order to generate the neces¬
sary revenue to remain operational after hav¬
ing cut back some of its hours earlier this
semester.
Though the lab offers better and faster sys¬
tems in a nicer atmosphere, students still
aren’t taking to the idea of paying $4 an hour
to use service.
The lab operators decided to charge the
public $9 an hour as a way of reaching the
goal of 12 customers or more per day.
A recent article published in the Pasadena
Star News claimed many students felt that the
Computer Cafe, like other similar services on
campus, should be free.
College trustee Beth Wells-Miller said,
“Serving students should be of primary con¬
cern,” for the computer lab. Therefore it
should be free. Wells-Miller plans to bring up
the issue at upcoming board meetings. She
plans to investigate options that the school
might have to make the lab free to students
and place the burden of payment on the pub¬
lic.
The issue is one of the many concerns
administrators have about the college’s tech¬
nology plan, which accounts for already pur¬
chased computers sitting in storage because
they were bought before space to put them
could be found.
Yet, with computers purchased for the
Allied Health and Nursing Laboratory being
warehoused and systems for an "unhoused"
Fashion Design Lab being temporarily resitu¬
ated in computer-aided drafting classes, some
students are being rerouted to the already
overcrowded free lab on the first floor of the
D Building and the Computer Cafe.
Along with depriving students of comput¬
ers, the warehoused systems and the ones des¬
ignated for, but never reaching, other stu¬
dents, are becoming obsolete in a rapidly
advancing technology market.
In the case of the Computer Cafe, these
computers were not paid for with government
funds, but with a loan from the district which
has to be repaid. The fee for using these com¬
puters goes into repaying the loan.
Nino Valmassoi, associate dean of extend¬
ed learning, and the person in charge of the
Computer Cafe, is certain that it will not
become a free service to students.
He also stated, “Beth Wells-Miller never
contacted me about any concerns that she
might have.”
Though Valmassoi felt there was some
vagueness and inaccuracy in the Pasadena
Star News article, he said that it created pub¬
lic awareness for the cafe, which offers a less
expensive rate and a nicer atmosphere tlian
Kinko's. Ultimately, the decision to open it to
the public came down to repayment of tire
$150,000 loan from the district.
“People have a concern that the lab is not
being used to its capacity,” said Valmassoi.
He indicated that the move to open the lab to
the public would remedy those concerns and
fulfill the repayment of the loan.
Still, paying for computer services on cam¬
pus is not a popular concept among students.
“The district thought that because it can only
do so much for the students here on campus
Trustees Discuss Ideas
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Joyce Black, vice president of instruction, goes over some of
the changes that could be made at the college in coming years.
By CHRISTINE GOMEZ
Courier Staff Writer
The board of trustees discussed ways to improve
the college in the near future by making the college
a learning-oriented campus. Trustees met at a retreat
last week to discuss the idea of PCC becoming a stu¬
dent-centered college as opposed to a teaching col¬
lege. The current mission statement does not
declare the campus to be a learning-centered college.
At tlie retreat the board members wrote down
their questions and ideas concerning the college.
Members asked, what is PCC really tiying to
achieve?
What kind of opportunities should we provide for
students? And how can the college become more of
a student centered campus?
After examining these questions, the trustees then
made an outline of how they should address some of
the concerns.
What factors motivate instructors to teach better
and ensure students are the center of everything the
college does? That question was at the top of the
outline.
They broke down the outline into categories of
opportunities, such as careers, growth, life-long
learning skills and an environment that’s caring and
challenging. Trustees then focused on the idea that
more communication with the students is necessary
to get a feel for their needs.
The board also looked at the type of learning
opportunities that the college should provide. Not
only should there be career, vocational, and transfer
opportunities, but students should learn skills tliat
can be useful in the work place.
College president James Kossler said that the
board has been discussing the concept of a learning-
oriented college for about six months.
“Learning institutions are being driven by the
question: what is tire college here for, what can it
provide?” said Kossler.
John Martin, president of the board, said that the
trustees are reviewing the mission statement, which
could be rewritten in the near future.
“The review of the statement is a reminder of why
we teach. One goal as board president is to give the
college a long-term view of where we want to go and
what we want to accomplish,” said Martin.
Kossler also said that the institution's main goal
for next year is to start exploring what it means to be