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COURIER
VOL. 63. NO. 17
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA. CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 8. 1987
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included great floats such as the Loch Ness Monster(above right) and
King Kong, (above left) which won the best use for animation. Many
die-hard spectators spent over two nights on the parade route. The
theme of the parade was a World of Wonder, and it was broadcast in
over a dozen foreign countries which enabled it to be seen hv
additional 10 million people. „ouriet pho... i Keith Foster
THE BEASTS THAT CAME TO PASADENA— The 98th annual
Rose Parade took place one week ago. Over one million people lined
the streets of Pasadena to view the 109 entries in the parade, which
Fiddling Around
Wine, women, song and held on Wednesdays from 3-6 p.m.;
money. Everyday society right? Thursdays and Fridays from 7-10
It’s also the classic play, Fiddler on P-m-
iL or* _>4.- r r- j-i. •)> If you are an actor, dancer or
the Roof. Auditions for Fiddler will singer the Theater Arts Depart.
be held this coming January 14, 15, ment wants you. Credit is available
16, 21, 22, and 23 in Sexson for Fiddling around if you sign up
Auditorium. The auditions will be for Theater Arts 125.
NEWSLINE
Have you ever thought of going to
England? This may be your chance, a
group from PCC will be going during
spring vacation. April 10-19. The group
will be visiting places such as
Salisbury, Stonehenge and Stratford.
The cost, plus round-trip airfare is
$1,294. For more info contact Pat or
Jane in the English Dept.
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To those who like working outdoors,
Jan. 15 is your last day to apply for
summer firefighters’ jobs with the U.S.
Forest Service. Applications are avail¬
able in C236. Both So. Cal. and national
areas are available.
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Is there any particular local band you’d
like to see here on campus? If so, Sal
Huerta, coordinator of campus ac¬
tivities wants to know. Come with your
suggestions to the upper lobby of the
campus center, room CC209.
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For the fish out of water, swim team
tryouts for men and women will be held
through January. The times will be
from 7a.m. to 9a.m. or noon to 1 p.m.
daily. Contact Coach Johnson in 105H-
W Bldg.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark will be the free
movie tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in
R122. The movie will be captioned for
the hearing impaired.
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The pool will be open at noon for the
rest of the semester on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Students who have the Stu¬
dent Benefit Sticker and staff are
welcome to use the pool for free.
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Lockers If you have a locker in either
the Art Dept, or the Campus Center,
hurry and get it renewed for spring. If
you don't it will go to another student.
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Student tutors are needed for EOPS.
They need tutors for Biology 11a, Busi¬
ness 14a, 14b, English la, and History
29b. Tutors are also needed in other
subjects. For more info, go to the F
Bldg, between 1 and 4 p.m.
Search Calendar Revised
By Andre’ Coleman
News Editor
After much deliberation and disap¬
pointment, the Board of Trustees has
finally revised the presidential search
calendar.
The six month old presidential
search was put on hold last month, at
that time the Advisory Committee,
which is comprised of members of the
board, student body, faculty, staff and
administration, revealed that the
search would be extended.
The reason for the anouncement,
which came as a total surprise, was
Prop. 61, the controversial Gann In¬
itiative, which was defeated in the
recent state elections. If the initiative
would have passed the incoming Super¬
intendent-President would have faced a
salary cap at $64,000, and he would
have been unable to accumulate sick
leave for more than one year.
During the campaigning period for
the Nov. 4 elections, Prop. 61 had many
of the California state employees wor¬
ried. Meanwhile, the Board of Trustees
and the Advisory Committee were in
the final stages of the presidential
search to replace the retiring Superin¬
tent-President John W. Casey.
During this period there were serious
concerns about the long lasting effect
of the initiative should it pass. Many
questions that could not be answered
came from out of state educators, this
caused these and other potential appli¬
cants not to apply.
Many of the members of the Board of
Trustees and the Advisory Committee
felt that the possibility of a salary cut
and no accumulated sick leave had
given the position a less than appealing
image. This led to the board’s desicion
to extend the search.
But, this wasn’t the only reason for
the extension. The board also felt that
the mid-year starting date was less
attractive than a summer staring date,
the new Superintendent-President was
set to begin on Feb. 1.
After considering the situation, the
board decided to re— accept ap-
plicatons until Jan. 31, and establish a
new starting date, which has been set
for July 1.
The board has also announced that
all previous applicants remain eligible
and don't need to reapply.
This was the first indication of any
problems in the search. The search was
in the final stages. The committees
were screening the qualifications and
backrounds of the applicants, and they
were expected to submit a list to the
board of five well qualified candidates
for the position.
“I was very pleased with the applica¬
tions we submitted to the board, but I
think the board has determined they
need a greater variety,” said Advisory
Committee member Brendon O’Brien.
The new calendar was approved at
last night’s board meeting, and al¬
though the search process has been
extended the new calendar is an exact
duplicate of the calendar the search
team established on July 22. None of
the proceedures have changed. The
board will continue to work with the
Association of Community College
Trustees, is a non-profit organization
that regularly conducts nationwide
searches for perspective college ex¬
ecutives. It was the ACCT which
selected the retiring Superintendent-
President John W. Casey, and once
again the advertisements for the posi¬
tion have been placed in the Chronicle
of Higher Education and the News.
On Feb. 3, the ACCT will review the
applications and begin its preliminary
reference checks. They will recom¬
mend 15 semifinalist to the Advisory
Committee and together the Associa¬
tion of Community College Trustees
and the Advisory Committee will make
verbal reference checks.
The next night a special board meet¬
ing will be held and the ACCT will
recommendfive finalists to the
trustees. The board president will
notify Bill Meardy, who will begin an in
depth reference checks on the can¬
didates backrounds. The results of the
reference checks will be reported to
the board at a special meeting.
Soon after, the board will decide on
the candidates to be interviewed and he
will notify the Campus Coordinator.
The coordinator will call the can¬
didates and set up the interviews.
Which will take place on March 9-13. At
that time theboard will also decide on
the campus visits for the first and
second candidates which will be held
between March 16 and the 24. Follow¬
ing the visit the board will announce its
selection at a special board meeting.
At press time it is not known if the
$10,000 price tag for the search will
increase.
New
Calendar
Deadline for
applications . Jan. 31
Review of
applications . Feb. 3
Semifinalists
reviewed . Feb. 4-10
Finalists reduced
to five . Feb. 10
Finalists
recommended . Feb. 11
Two week
investigation . Feb. 11-25
Interviews
set . Feb. 27, March 2
Candidate
interviews . March 9-13
Campus
visits . March 16-24
Board’s final
decision . March 26
New president’s
first day . July 1
