Dancin'
Hundreds
'Shake' in
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Volume 107, Issue 6
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February 28, 2013
confidence
Associated Students
unanimously
votes to censure
the administration.
Benjamin Simpson and
Christine Michaels
Staff Writers
The Associated Students
Board voted unanimously on
Wednesday that it has no confi¬
dence in the administration of
President Mark Rocha.
At the same three-hour
marathon session in the
Creveling Lounge, the AS also
voted unanimously to censure
the administration.
"I absolutely support the stu¬
dent government's decision to
take action into [its] own hands,"
said Rich Copenhagen, president
of the Student Senate for
California Community Colleges,
who flew from Oakland for the
meeting, "and to tell the admin¬
istration how they feel about
being disenfranchised and left
out of the process. It is very
important for student leaders to
stand up for their students and
make sure they are involved in
big decisions that are being
made on the campus, especially
ones that are of this magnitude
where you are changing the
entire academic calendar."
Attempts to reach President
Rocha for comment were unsuc¬
cessful.
Associated Students President
Simon Fraser was frustrated
with the administration's igno¬
rance of issues brought up by the
AS.
"This is an extreme ...momen¬
tous step. It's not somewhere I
want to be," he said. "We are at
the point where I have to beg
and plead to get stuff on the
table [for shared governance dis¬
cussion] ... I believe there is no
other option for us."
Senior Vice President Robert
Bell reached out to support the
process and steps the AS took.
"I'm not supporting the vote,
but I do support the ASPCC
executive committee's process
Continued on page 9
John Novak
/
Courier
Associated Students President
Simon Fraser discusses the vote
of no confidence.
Making the Deen's list
James Deen speaks to students about sexuality and pornography at Hugo Schwyzer's Humanities 3 class, on Wednesday.
Porn star speaks despite college fuss
Nicholas Saul and Paul Ochoa
Staff Writers
World famous pornography star and
PCC alumnus James Deen gave a pres¬
entation on sexuality and pornography
to Hugo Schwyzer's Humanities 3
class without a hitch on Wednesday.
The event drew nationwide media
attention Tuesday when school offi¬
cials abruptly canceled it claiming that
'over a hundred people' were planning
to protest at the event scheduled for
the Creveling Lounge, a public venue.
There were no protesters.
Deen commented on the controversy
surrounding his scheduled public
appearance.
"I thought it was fine that they can¬
celed the event, but I don't know the
reason," he said in an interview after
his presentation. "I also thought it was
hilarious because there [weren't] any
Matthew Chan/Courier
Hugo Schwyzer listens as James Deen
talks to his students.
protesters. They made a big mound of
an anthill."
Before Deen spoke, Schwyzer also
commented on the events that unfold¬
ed the previous day. "I'm not trying to
make this a media spectacle," he said.
Deen's lecture addressed various
myths surrounding the adult film
For video of the lecture, visit
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industry and human sexuality in gen¬
eral.
"The adult industry is a legitimate
industry. It's just a specific type of
entertainment targeting a specific
audience," he said.
Deen also commented on the way
society perceives sex. "Sex is awkward
and uncomfortable, and it's uncom¬
fortable because we as a society made
it that way," he said. " You shouldn't
have this shame behind sexuality."
He also brought up the issue of not
confusing pornography with reality.
"Don't turn to pom as a source of
information," he said. "Entertainment
is entertainment, people forget that."
Another famous porn star, Stoya
Continued on page 8
Confusion
emerges over
summer
courses
Emily Chang-Chien
Staff Writer
Much confusion and uncertainty surrounding
the transferability of summer classes emerged at
the Feb. 20 Associated Students Executive Board
meeting.
Officials said that courses completed in the first
summer session would not count towards fall 2013
transfer for UCs or CSUs. Senior Vice President
Robert Bell said that through his correspondence
with the CSU system, it has been verified that only
spring classes will be transferable for fall 2013
admission. "We knew that already," said Bell.
However, Bell introduced a new approach that
he believed would make summer classes eligible
for fall transfer.
According to Bell, he has discussed with the
Community College Chancellor's Office a plan that
would fall within the range of legality of California
Administrative Code title 5, section 55722. "That
particular section of the [education] code gives us
the ability to transcript the first 6 week summer
classes as spring classes," said Bell.
Associated Students President Simon Fraser
asked Bell for clarification. "What you've said here
is that the Summer 1 classes are now going to be
published as Late Spring classes which would
have a beginning date of May 2, which is within
the spring semester. [The] first day of instruction
will still be May 12, classes will still conclude June
22, and then the week of June 23 [will be used to
submit final grades]."
"That pretty much summarizes it," Bell said.
During the Feb. 13 AS meeting, Fraser said that
Continued on page 10
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