PCC
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VOL, 59. NO. 14
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 11, 1985
floats, A photo essay on the parade is featured on page four.
. — — Courtesy photo by Karen Gury
Hope float reminds onlookers that "Everyone Is A Winner.” The Spirit
of America parade theme lent itself easily to dramatic and creative
SLOW BUT SURE — As the tortoise crosses the finish line on New
Year's morning in the Tournament of Roses Parade, the Duarte City of
Campus Computer Services Need Help
Trustees Consider Private Management
By Lisa Lowery
Editor-in-Chief
The Board of Trustees is considering
increasing the computer services an¬
nual $950,000 budget by approximately
$350,000 for the next five years in order
to enlist the services of a computer
management corporation. A Systems &
Computer Technology Corporation
(SCT) representative explained several
portions of SCT's management serv¬
ices proposal to the board at the Jan. 3
meeting.
At the request of the college, SCT's
assessment team studied the campus
Carmen Yvonne Barcelo, 20-year-
old OMD president, was killed
Christmas Eve morning when the
car in which she was a passenger
crashed on the Pasadena Freeway.
Her brother Peter, 23, and friends
Steven Brown, 20 and Kimberly
Jones, 19, all Muir graduates, also
died in the accident.
OMD. an honorary service or¬
ganization, is requesting that dona¬
tions be made to honor Barcelo. The
funds received will be presented in
Barcelo's name to the Red Cross
blood donor program, an endeavor
she worked on and cared deeply
about. All money should be de¬
posited at the Student Business
Services in J Building adjacent to
the bookstore. Checks should be
made cut to the Carmen Barcelo
Memorial Fund.
‘‘In OMD we often ask candidates
for three adjectives to describe
themselves. I would describe
Carmen as happy, giving and
enthuiastic,” said Lisa Bogen, OMD
member.
Barcelo received the Optimists
Club Youth Achievement Award in
November. She had received the
John E, Twomev Academic Award
and John Muir Service Award,
among others, when she graduated
from Muir High School. Her resume
of services included more than 30
entries. She had been working on the
Toys for Tots drive on campus and
computer services Nov. 27 through the
29 with no charge to the district. Based
on the three-day study, SCT submitted
a report of its findings and recommend¬
ations. The report cited that the cam¬
pus computer systems could serve the
college more adequately if appropriate
enhancement and management
strategies were implemented to staff
duties and equipment.
According to the report, SCT
surveyed the personnel/payroll, fi¬
nance, student services, and data cen¬
ter systems. The assessment team was
impressed with the loyalty and com¬
the fall OMD membership in¬
terviews,
“Carmen did a marvelous job of
giving her time and talent to others.
She affected people with her sunny
disposition and loving way. Her
campus friends benefited from this
and from her excellent leadership.
She will be sorely missed,” said
Dorothy Kolts, OMD adviser.
Though the cause of the accident
is unknown, Highway Patrol of¬
ficials reported that the car failed to
clear a curve near the Marmion
Way offramp. Traveling north at a
high speed, it smashed into the
center divider, careened across the
freeway, hit the offramp guard rail
and flipped onto its top.
CARMEN BARCELO
mitment of the computer center staff.
However, they determined the sys¬
tems, in many cases, have limited
reporting and updating capabilities due
to lack of, system integration. Also,
many transactions required time con¬
suming manual entry.
Other campus computer operations
were not the focus of the report but
were included briefly. Instructional
computing personnel were praised for
“aggressively pursuing appropriate
computing support . . . ." However,
along with office automation and the
campus communications project, SCT
recommended these areas be included
in a long-range computer services mas¬
ter plan.
SCT proposed a five year contract
plan which includes several payment
options. SCT would assume manage¬
ment responsibility. There would be
salary increases for an increased
number of data center staff which
would "voluntarily" transition to SCT
Seven Prizes Claimed
By Lauretta Joyal
Staff Writer
The PCC forensic team won seven
trophies in the tournament competition
at UCLA. Jan. 2, 3 and 4. PCC won the
sweepstakes trophy which is awarded
to the two-year college with the highest
number of accumulative points during
the competition. The other six trophies
were captured in individual events.
Of the six achievers, Linda Friday
broke finals in poetry, junior division,
and impromptu speaking. Michelle
Jones and Vallerie Villagran took third
place in duo interpellation, Hal San-
guenetti broke finals in the radio speak¬
ing event (senior division) and Jones,
Villagran and Friday, took first, second
and fourth place respectively in radio,
junior division.
Usually, the awards are given to
individuals for their own achievements
in the tournaments, but the
sweepstakes award indicates how well
the entire team performed.
“I am extreamly proud of my team
this year," said Joseph Probst, direc¬
tor of forensics. "This team has done
employment. At the end of the five year
period, the staff, again voluntarily,
would transition laterally back to the
employment of the college.
Buck Deggendorf, SCT representa¬
tive. said the proposal provided a three
year option. However, the college could
relinquish the contract sooner due to
budgetary reasons. The possibility of a
base fee is being negotiated.
Other educational institution sys¬
tems managed by SCT are Cal Tech,
Riverside City College and the San
Diego Community College District.
Dr. John Casey, superintendent-pres¬
ident, said that the board had four ways
to go: do nothing about upgrading the
services, go with SCT, modify the
services independently of SCT, or have
SCT provide some of the services. The
board is scheduled to vote on this
matter at the Jan. 17 meeting,
A. A. DEGREE QUESTIONED
Students aren’t the only ones con-
very well this semester. There was a
feeling of satisafaction among the fo¬
rensic team members after participat¬
ing in the UCLA tournament. For the
last two years we have taken the
second place sweepstakes award home
and Los Rios College took the first
place awards. This time we have taken
the highest which means we beat them
dramatically in accumulative points. It
makes me very happy to know we have
shaped ourselves into an outstanding
team,” Probst said.
The final forensic tournament is
scheduled to be held at Cal State L.A.,
Jan. 25 and 26.
"New speech team members are
welcomed any time of the year. If
anyone is interested in joining the team
they should see me in the A Bungalow
and I will tell them how to get involved.
The first tournament scheduled for
next semester will be held at Cerritos
College. It is an excellent tourney to try
out your wings because it has a novice
division. I’m looking forward to new
students joining the squad to make this
team the most successful,” said
Probst.
Accident Claims Lives
Campus Leader Killed
Forensics Team Wins
fused by the changes in the A. A. degree
requirements. Trustees deliberated for
nearly an hour, heard several testi¬
monies, voted down and then voted
again passing a proposal pertaining to
degree requirements. The board voted
six to one to continue for one year
offering other courses in addition to
English 1A to satisfy A. A. degree Eng¬
lish composition requirements.
“The system is in a period of flux,”
said Walter Shatford, board president
who voted in favor of the extension both
times.
Two years ago, the board voted to
make English 1A the minimum re¬
quirement for the A. A. degree and to
provide a transitional period allowing
business 11A and English 100 classes to
qualify students for the degree. The
plans to stiffen the A. A. requirements
originated with plans to implement an
Associate of Science (A.S.) degree.
This proposal has been put off, among
other reasons, due to possible legisla¬
tion and/or recommendations from the
Chancellor’s office.
The state requirements do not spec¬
ify that the 1A class is the only class to
satisfy A. A. degree English composi¬
tion requirements. One that offers
logical thinking and college level work
is the state recommendation. It was the
English department's perception three
years ago that the 1A class was the only
class that represented college level
work. Now the arguments seem to
favor that the 1A class might present
too rigorous a class for vocational
students therefore discouraging them
from obtaining the degree.
The administration also is consider¬
ing raising the standards of the English
1A and IB classes in order to satisfy
standards raised recently at U.C.
Berkeley.
Audience and board members raised
points that only Berkeley had increased
both its minimum English requirement
classes from three hours, three units to
four hours, four units, and that it only
affected 12 PCC students this year.
“I’m not particularly concerned with
the Berkeley situation and transfers
because the transfer student is really
going on to get the degree and the A. A.
is somewhat immaterial," said Trustee
John Martin who voted against the
extension both times. He brought up
concerns about diluting the degree and
how that would affect graduates in the
job market.
It was suggested to state the U.C.
requirements in the PCC catalog so
that no one misunderstands that PCC's
A. A. requirements automatically satify
the U.C. requirements. That suggestion
was dropped with no action, but a
“friendly agreement” was attached to
the proposal which proposes a re¬
consideration of the A. A. degree during
the next year. The Faculty Senate is
studying the degree situation and is
scheduled to submit a report with
recommendations to the board in May.
BOARD RETREAT PLANNED
An all-day board retreat is scheduled
for Feb. 8, 9 a.m. at the Art Center of
Design. The board agreed a casual
discussion format would encourage
more audience participation than the
usual meeting format. Campus groups
or individuals are scheduled to present
reports on the weaknesses and
strengths of the college. Casey sug¬
gested the board might do this on an
annual basis prior to determining the
budget in March. He expects 25 to 40
people to attend at any given time of
the day and plans that the retreat will
continue for as long as it takes. A
period of open discussion is planned for
the end to evaluate reports and possibly
make recommendations. The meeting
is open to the public.
Clarification
In the Dec. 14 issue, the Courier used
the general term “security” in an
article about arming campus police
officers at night. The article stated that
an ad hoc committee, formed to report
on campus security needs, recom¬
mended that "security” officers be
allowed to carry guns during the grave¬
yard shift. The recommendation was
intended strictly for safety department
employees who are sworn campus po¬
lice officers, not parking and security
officers.
The safety department employs
academy trained sworn police officers
with full police powers. The parking
and security officers at the college may
not take crime reports. They write
parking citations and report crime
related violations which are then han¬
dled by the campus police officers.