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Students wishing to withdraw from college or to drop a class
this semester must do so by next Friday.
Classes dropped prior to that date will be recorded on the
student’s permanent record as a W. The W’s accumulated on a
student’s permanent record will, for the first time in PCC’s
history, possibly place a student on Progress Probation.
Progress Probation will occur when the cumulative number
of withdrawal units is more than half of the cumulative units
attempted.
In other words, the W’s recorded on a student’s permanent
record when he drops or has been dropped by a teacher from a
class after the third week of school, may jeopardize the student’s
continuing attendance.
Only those W’s acquired after the third week of school appear
on a student’s permanent record. Any transactions prior to
Monday of the fourth week of each semester are not permanently
recorded and are treated as if they never existed.
Students enrolled in five units or less at the end of the third
week of a semester or students enrolled during a summer session,
were not subject to Progress Probation. But, the number of units
attempted and the grades earned during these enrollments are
used to determine cumulative totals.
“Progress Probation is not retroactive, but units attempted
and dropped from this fall, will be cumulative,” said Ernest F.
Neumann, dean of admissions and records.
If a student’s withdrawal pattern happens in a subsequent
semester, the student will be placed on Progress Disqualification,
according to Dean Neumann.
A student will be placed on Progress Disqualification when
the number of withdrawal units is more than half of the total units
attempted in any semester, while on Progress Probation.
Students are notified of the Progress Disqualification on their
grade report. Students enrolled for the semester following
Progress Disqualification will be dropped from the college.
After a lapse of one semester or more, a disqualified student
may petition for readmission. The student must then present
positive evidence of a serious intent to succeed.
If the student is approved for readmission, it will be on a
Progress Probation status and may be on a limited enrollment
basis.
Progress Probation and ultimately Progress Disqualification
is not to be confused with Academic Probation.
There is a difference between a student who drops classes for
reasons unknown and the student who simply fails a course.
Students who achieve less than a 2.0 grade point average on
units attempted any semester, are placed on Academic Probation
and are limited to 16 units per semester.
The college administration feels it is necessary that the
student body be once again alerted to this new policy, which may
affect their future enrollment at PCC, as well as other in¬
stitutions.
JANUARY 6, 1978
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 44, NO. 16
Dean Goltra Steps Down;
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Cites Attacks as Reason
Dr. Raylene Goltra, dean of ex¬
tended day and summer session, has
quit her job at PCC because of three
physical attacks on her person while
on campus, she said.
The Board of Trustees accepted Dr.
Goltra's resignation in executive
session Monday, Dec. 17.
Sources on campus and in the
Security Department said they were
unaware of two attacks cited by the
dean.
Dr. Goltra said that she was not at
liberty to discuss the nature of the
attacks, although a Courier story early
this semester reported that she had
been attacked by a man with a razor in
C Building.
ASB Leader Responds
Amidst Gov't Criticism
THIS ABOUT THAT— Pam Thordarson delivered the winning speech
in the annual Davis-Hall speech contest, held before the Christmas
break. The coed spoke against the legalizing of abortion. The first-
place prize was $50. —Courier Photo by Blake Sell
By Glenda Cade
Staff Writer
If PCC students attained voting
power on the Board of Trustees, "that
would be one of the greatest things,"
ASB President Elena Rodriguez said
Top Speakers Capture Laurels
In Annual Davis-Hall Tourney
The top three places in the Davis-
Hall speech contest were again swept
by students from instructor Pat
Brown's Speech 1 classes. The Davis-
Hall tourney, one of PCC's oldest
traditions, was started in 1907.
Pam Thordarson, Art Lavoie and
David Greene won the top three
places, respectively. Remy Lavilla
placed fourth and Ed Afsharian and
Jamie McMonigle tied for fifth place.
Thordarson received a first-place
certificate and a $50 prize for her
speech against the legalizing of
abortion. She is an art major at PCC
and is considering attending Cal State
L.A. or UCLA.
Some people might recognize her
from her past TV commercials for
hairspray and Gallo Wine. She said she
thinks giving speeches will help her to
do her own speaking in any future
commercials instead of having a voice¬
over.
Art Lavoie won second place in the
contest for his speech on kidney
machines and kidney transplants.
Lavoie, who is studying physical
therapy at PCC, said he entered the
contest in hopes of influencing people
to donate their kidneys at their deaths.
His speech earned him $25.
David Greene won $15 for his speech
on television and commercials. He is
studying telecommunication at PCC
and plans to transfer to UCLA.
The tournament, according to Joe
Probst. PCC forensics coach, is one of
the "oldest continuing activities at
PCC. They only missed one year due to
WWI1. The Davis-Hall is one of the
oldest existing intramural speech
contests in California."
last Friday. "The only thing we can do
now is make suggestions." she said.
However, if ASB were abolsihed, as
has been advocated recently, students
would have no input at all, said Ms.
Rodriguez. Without ASB. there would
be no official structure representing
the students, she said.
Furthermore, the ASB is not
powerless, uncommunicative and
unauthoritative as has been charged.
Ms. Rodroguez contended. "Most
people who have comments like these
are people who don't really know what
is happening,” she said.
The ASB does have a "say so" on the
Board of Trustees, just no voting
power, said Ms. Rodriguez. The
Faculty and staff don't either,
though," she added. "The little in¬
fluence we do have now, we use."
The Board of Trustees is elected by
the people of the district— taxpayers.
Students have no power because they
are not taxpayers, said Ms. Rodriguez.
Contrary to how it may seem. ASB is
not only based on student activities,
she said. It is also working on parking,
a new building structure for the book¬
store, and child care. However. ASB
should be dealing with more govern¬
ment-oriented activities, said Ms.
Rodriguez, such as sending an in¬
terested person to the student lobby in
Sacramento.
Likewise, student apathy "doesn’t
depend on the leadership here. That's
totally erroneous." she said. "Look
back to your high school. How many
people really did participate? Some
are not willing to do that."
The ASB holds its meetings each
Thursday at 11 a.m., "a time we felt
most convenient to the students. But
students don't even care about being
present," Ms. Rodriguez said.
"Maybe it's the students' fault,
because they don't take the initiative
to cure the apathy on campus," she
continued. "It has to be their own
initiative. Only two to three per cent
voted in the last school elections, so
that should tell you something about
the students themselves.”
It has been suggested that the ASB
have one student representative for
the whole student body, on the Board of
Trustees, for instance. "That would
make him the supreme dictator that I
have been accused of," countered Ms.
Rodriguez.
Dr. Goltra said that the three attacks
had all occurred within three weeks of
each other, and that one of them was
causing her to take a medical leave
until the end of the school year, when
her contract with PCC will expire.
"I took medical leave for the rest of
the year and then resigned," she said.
"Everybody has been quite decent to
me as far as my resignation and
medical leave and everything. As a
result of that I decided not to bring
suit." she added.
Dr. Goltra has accepted a job as an
administrator and teacher at a four-
year institution. The youngest ad¬
ministrator on campus, she has been
Dean of Extended Day and Summer
Session since June of last year. She
speculated that some of her responsi¬
bilities might be handed over to
another administrator, at least tem¬
porarily
Dr. Goltra has established several
programs on campus in her capacity
as a dean, including an orientation
schedule for part-time teachers and
the mandatory student evaluation of
PCC's "massive" part-time staff.
She said that she was going to try to
bring these part-time teachers a little
more into the mainstream of activi¬
ties. possibly arranging office space
for student conferences. "At least,"
she said, "so they can meet with the
students in something other than hall¬
ways."
Also. Dr. Goltra had planned to
separate PCC into three colleges: the
day college, the night college and a
"weekend" college. Since 60 per cent
of PCC students also work, they should
be able to complete all of their general
education requirements at night or on
the weekends.
"We've got to offer different things
to stay competitive," she said. “Our
supply of 18-year-old >-eshmen is
really thin . . . every be is in com¬
petition for the same b
/."
CELEBRATION— Exactly what these in and out of
towners find festive about a chilly night on the streets of
Pasadena has never been determined to everyone’s
satisfaction, but whether it’s anticipation of one of the
nation’s remaining big parades, anticicpation of the new
year or just an excuse to camp on the sidewalk, almost
all had a good time. Over a million celebrating human
beings, 2000 of which parked for a few days at PCC,
watched and waited as the Tournament of Roses folks
put on their Monday morning show. Clockwise from
center, little Leslie follows his instincts and tries to
sleep, while Abby Diaz follows her instincts and watches
TV. The next morning other celebrants await the parade,
and finally, the Lancer Band appears.
Courier Photos by Dawn Adams & S.K.
