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PCC Courier, January 13, 1984
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PCC
COURIER
VOL. 56. NO. 15
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA. CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 13, 1984
Board of Trustees Reach Agreement on 1 984 Budget
Calls for $2.2 Million in Reductions
By Lisa Lowery
Staff Writer
The PCC Board of Trustees ended 1983 by
settling budget and faculty contract matters,
while the November Area 4 election carried
over into 1984.
In a time of government caused financial
crisis, balancing the 1983-84 budget places the
college in a high risk position according to
trustees. The proposed budget plan consisted
mainly of stripping reserve accounts of roughly
$450,000 and conserving in other areas such as
utilities. The necessary $2.2 million in reduc¬
tions were met with an excess of nearly $20,000
leaving $50,000 in reserve accounts. Dr. John W.
Casey, superintendent-president, presented the
budget plan at the Dec. 15 meeting, and the
Board unanimously approved it.
As other measures of conservation, Casey
recommended encouraging personal leave
without pay, voluntary reduction of work time,
and moving existing personnel into unfilled
positions. As a revenue enhancement plan
within Casey’s budget plan, $30,000 was added
for services to conduct contract education
(noncredit classes for a fee) with industries and
organizations within the district. He speculated
that $30,000 was a conservative figure and that
it could be increased with some effort. Accord¬
ing to John H. Martin, board president, building
the reserve is now a top priority for the Board.
Casey said that in attempt to maintain
quality, he and his colleagues worked on the
basic assumptions of no restoration of the base
funding this year, and no reduction of full time
faculty or certificated managers.
Although stripping reserve accounts is risky,
trustees observed that emergency state loans
will be available. PCC, with $50,000 in reserve,
is better off than many other community
colleges.
Contract Agreement Reached
A single-year contract agreement between
the district and the PCC/CTA also passed
unanimously at the Dec. 15 trustee meeting.
The agreement included the dropping of pend¬
ing charges of unfairness against the district
and the association and payment provisions for
instructors who taught LGI (large group in¬
struction) without compensation last spring and
fall. Also, a study committee is to review the
present grievance procedure, which both
parties agree needs revision. Another commit¬
tee will begin working on the 1984-86 contract
for a more satisfactory and condensed form.
After the Board’s vote, Marian Murphy,
faculty senate president, reported that the
teachers voted overwhelingly in favor, 205 to 9,
on the contract agreement. Speaking for the
teachers, she said that no contract is perfect,
and the faculty has very strong reservations
about some of the features, especially the LGI
classes. “We are concerned about the way in
which LGI affects the quality of instruction.
Many of us hope that section of the contract
might be there for only one year,” Murphy said.
She observed that a great deal of credit
should go to Dr. Edward Ortell, PCC/CTA chief
negotiator, and Casey for their efforts of
compromise. She also commended the leader¬
ship of Casey for overcoming the impasse that
existed. Murphy noted a boost in morale due to
the agreement and acceptance by both faculty
and trustee members.
Area 4 Election Update
The Area 4 election recount resulted in a tie
between Roger Gertmenian and Susanna Miele,
and the results were subject to change under a
Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Jan. 6.
Judge Phillip Jones ruled against Gertmenian’s
request to validate 11 ballots which, according
to county Registrar-Recorder’s rules, were
disqualified.
Initially, Gertmenian unofficially won the
election by a margin of nine votes, but later the
official results indicated Miele the winner by
two votes. After a recount, the election was a tie
with 2,592 votes each. The runoff election is
scheduled for Jan. 24.
Gertmenian, in an attempt to avoid a runoff,
unsuccessfully contested the registrar’s rules in
superior court after the Board declined to do so.
It was reported that he believd 10 of the 11
ballots showed the intent of the voter in his
favor. The judge ruled immediately after hear¬
ing both sides.
Last Wednesday, in a news report, Gertme¬
nian’s attorney said they plan to appeal the
judge’s ruling on only one of the disqualified
ballots. The appeal will be based on a statement
Jones made about one of the ballots believed to
be in Gertmenian’s favor.
A candidate’s forum will be held 7:30 p.m.,
Jan. 18, at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E.
Holly. This event is co-sponsored by the Pasa¬
dena Youth Concil and the Pasadena Area
League of Women Voters. Both Miele and
Gertmenian will participate.
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LAURELS AND HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS — The Forensics team won national awards
and high praise from Forensics' director Joseph Probst, who said “the team was exceptional."
—Courier photo by Van Muse
Forensics Captures National
Honors at Holiday Contests
By Tony Mitchell
Special Correspondent
Pasadena City College’s Forensics
team made an impressive showing
during Christmas vacation, earning
mational honors and various awards
from tournaments at USC and UCLA.
“The team was expectional, show¬
ing the level of quality that we will
demonstrate at both the state and the
national tournaments this spring,”
said Joseph Probst, director of PCC’s
Forensics program.
The Alan Nichols Forensics Tour¬
nament, December 29-31 at USC,
drew 63 schools from across the
nation, including 4 year colleges and
universities and community colleges.
Diana Gomez and Christopher
Joyce of PCC placed 1st in duo in¬
terpretation with the piece, “Beyond
Therapy.” Gomez also was a finalist
in Oral Interpretation.
At the 22nd Annual UCLA National
Invitational, January 2-4, PCC walked
away with national honors, winning
1st place in national standing and the
Brady Lee Garrison Sweepstakes
award out of 42 competing schools. According to Anthony Georgilas,
PCC also won 2nd place in the 2 year
community college sweepstakes
award. Among the PCC winners
were: Jennifer Bird, finalist in both
Persuasive and Radio; Maria Bragg,
3rd in Expository and finalist in Im¬
promptu; Mie Chinzi, 2nd in Oral
Interpretation of Prose, 3rd in Oral
Interpretation and finalist in Oral
Interpretation of Poetry ; David Cor¬
ral, 2nd in Radio; Diana Gomez, 2nd
in Oral Interpretation, 1st in Duo
Interpretation with E.J. Dieckman;
Clark Macy, 3rd in Radio; John Mad¬
dox, finalist in Radio; Anthony
Mitchell, 2nd in Expository and
finalist in Impromptu; Henry San-
guinetti, 1st in Radio; and Craig
Shipley, finalist in Radio.
In the senior division, Kevin Fortin
placed first in Radio; E.J. Dieckman
and Carlos Gomez also were finalists
in Radio.
The Readers Theater, “How to
Survive the Loss of a Love,” directed
by instructor Carol Norheim, won
second place.
Forensics coach, membership on the
team is open to all PCC students and
it is exceptional training for pre-law
and political science majors.
“We find that the students who do
well in Forensics become scholarship
winners at four-year schools.”
Georgilas said that it takes a total
team effort to do as well as PCC did
during these holiday tournaments.
This is part of the education that
Forensics provides students, teaching
them to work together as a unit.
“It reinforces Forensics as an
academic as well as a competitive
event,” said Georgilas.
The Radio event also presented
scholarship awards to its winners.
These were provided on behalf of
CBS, along with the Ralph Story
Scholarship and ABC’s Harold Greene
Scholarship. But the real success is in
the educational area, according to
Georgilas. “It can be measured in
terms of academic progress,” said
Georgilas.
v4S Approves Grant for Child Center
By Richard Riehl
Staff Writer
In a series of meetings the AS Ex¬
ecutive Board unanimously approved a
$750 grant for the Child Development
Center. The funding motion passed
because of the limited financial re¬
sources available to the center for
purchasing supplies and materials that
are needed by the children, according
to Glenn Schoenfeld, vice president of
business affairs.
“If AS wouldn’t have come through
(with the funds), we wouldn’t be able to
purchase materials that make or break
a program,” said Michael Orr, director
of the center. “We are very, very
thankful.”
The grant augments the $500 to $600
annual supply budget from which soap,
handtowels and sundry materials must
be purchased, according to Orr.
Orr delivered a fund-raising speech
at the Dec. 20 AS meeting at which
time he distributed to board members
itemized lists of expenditure require¬
ments totalling approximately $4600.
The list included expenses for such
programs as health and safety, gross
motor skills, fine motor skills, science
and math, and music.
The Child Development Center, lo¬
cated at 325 S. Oak Knoll in Pasadena,
offers services to children whose
parents attend PCC. The center’s serv¬
ices are financed through the college,
parent tuition and fund-raising efforts.
However, funds provided through the
college are becoming increasingly
scarce because of the college district’s
budget cutbacks, and board funding to
the center will be phased out com¬
pletely during the next three years,
according to Orr.
In November, 1983, the Student’s
Service Fund Committee unanimously
approved a $5000 grant for the center to
help defray overhead costs such as
staff salaries and building utilities. The
Student’s Service Fund provides finan¬
cial support for co-curricular student
activities and is funded through AS,
according to Schoenfeld, who is chair¬
man of the Student’s Service Fund
Committee.
“There are people who would not be
able to go to school if the Child De¬
velopment Center was not available,”
said Schoenfeld. “It’s a valuable serv¬
ice that should be provided for students
at any college.”
In other AS action, the board ap¬
proved a $60 monthly stipend for Stu¬
dent Trustee Daryll Grimaldi. The
stipend received prior approval from
the Board of Trustees, and is equal to
the stipend received by Helen Hanson,
AS President, according to Hanson.
Hanson announced Tuesday her plans
for an outdoor concert tentatively
scheduled in May or June. Hanson has
been negotiating with Silver Lining
Entertainment, a talent management
service, in hopes of contracting the
rock group Oingo-Boingo. Hanson
would also like to hire a couple of local
bands.
Learning Assistance Center Supervisor
Mary McGuire Wins Risser Award
Mary McGuire was named as the
third recipient of the Risser Outstand¬
ing Support to Education Award, which
carries a $500 cash prize. McGuire is
the third winner of the award made in
recognition of the contributions made
by non-faculty members to the educa¬
tional process and to teacher morale.
McGuire is the learning assistance
center supervisor, and her duties in¬
clude overseeing the reading, writing
and mathematics classrooms in the
center. The center also carries equip¬
ment and materials for independent
academic skills development, special¬
ized equipment for the vision and hear¬
ing impaired and video and audio tape
programs for radio and television
courses.
“Our purpose is not just to provide
students and faculty with service, but
to provide it quickly, efficiently, and
courteously,” said McGuire.
The learning assistance center serv¬
ices 950 students in one area alone and
is open from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. during
the week.
Mcguire won the support of over 200
faculty and staff members who signed
nomination petition forms.
“Mary was a vital promoter and
creator of the present LAC. She has
provided the roots to maintain con¬
tinuity,” said Karen Norris, associate
professor of English.
Recently, McGuire expanded the
LAC services to include a number of
study skills seminars and noon lectures
on various subjects. She also super¬
vises and trains a number of student
assistants who help man the various
study centers and laboratories.
“I’m very, very honored and pleased
to win this award. It has to reflect on
the center and its entire staff,” said
McGuire.
News Briefs
Fall Semester Examination Schedule: Tests Start Jan. 23
FIRST SEMESTER 1983-84 FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
8:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
10:15 A.M.
12:15 P.M.
1:00 P.M.
3:00 P.M.
3:15 P.M.
5:15 P.M.
MONDAY,
JANUARY 23
7:00 DAILY
10 MWF
10 DAILY
1-4 M 2 MWF
2 DAILY
3-5 M 2-5 M
3-6 M 4-7 M
TUESDAY,
8-9:30 TTh 8-10:30 TTh
9:30-11 TTh 10 TTh
1-4 T 2 TTh
2-5 T 3-6 T
JANUARY 24
9 TTh 9-10:30 TTh
10-12 TTh
2:30-4 TTh
4 TTh 4-7 T
WEDNESDAY,
8 MWF
10-12 MWF
1 MWF 1 DAILY
2-5 W 3-6 W 4-7 W
JANUARY 25
8 DAILY
1-2:30 MWF 1-4 W
4 MWF 4 DAILY
THURSDAY,
7:30-9 TTh
10:30-12 TTh 11 TTh
1 TTh 1-2:30 TTh
3 TTh 3-6 Th
JANUARY 26
6 TTh
11-12:30 TTh
1-3:30 TTh 1-4 Th
4-7 Th 2-5 Th
FRIDAY,
9 MWF
11 MWF
1-4 F
3 MWF 3 DAILY
JANUARY 27
9 DAILY
11 DAILY
2-5 F
3 6 F 4-7 F
MONDAY,
JANUARY 30
7 MWF
12 MWF
UNSCHEDULED
MAKE-UP EXAMS
UNSCHEDULED
MAKE-UP EXAMS
1. Classes meeting before 4:30 p.m. and only one hour a week — hold examination on the last meeting prior to examination schedule.
2. Late afternoon and evening classes meeting more than once a week and beginning on or after 4:30 p.m. hold two-hour examination on the first scheduled meeting in
the last full week of the semester (January 23-29).
3. Saturday classes and evening classes meeting only once weekly — hold two-hour examination on the first regularly scheduled day during the last full week of the semester
(January 23-29). (Saturday only classes, January 29.)
4. For block-of-timo classes not named in the schedule, use the box most necrly paralleling the starting time of the class.
5. Classes meeting in time slots not shown in the schedule or footnotes — final examination during the last week of semester at a time approved by the Department Chair¬
person and the Director of Admissions and Records.
6. Students having more than two examinations scheduled in one day may consult their professors with regard to suitable alternatives.
Flower Lecture
Native Southern California flora will
be the subject of a lecture by Thomas
Belzer, professor of life sciences, Tues¬
day, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Forum. Belzer, author of “Roadside
Plants of Southern California,” will
present native shrubs, trees and wild-
flowers through close-up field photog¬
raphy. Cultural, economic, and scien¬
tific value of area native plants will be
discussed during his lecture “Take
Time to Smell the Flowers.” Belzer
will also teach field botany (Biology 30)
during the Spring semester.
□
A Musical Feast
A three-part concert will be
presented by the Music Department
this evening at 8:15 in Harbeson Hall.
The woodwind quintet, the percussion
ensemble and the college orchestra will
be featured. The orchestra will play
Haydn’s 15th Symphony in G-flat major
(La Reine) and Symphony No. 36 in C
major (The Linz) by Mozart. Other
compositions on the program are works
by Beethoven, Schiffman, and Beck.
Admission is $2, but courtesy parking
will be provided.
The Studio Jazz Ensemble will pres¬
ent a concert Sunday, January 15, 3
p.m. in the forum, conducted by Gary
Foster. The concert admission is set at
$2. Parking is free.
□
Self employed?
“Computers for the small business”
will be presented by SCORE at their
Small Business Seminar this morning
at 10 in the Campus Center, room 216.
SCORE also provides free counseling
every Wednesday and Friday from 9
a.m. to noon. Call 578-7287 for an
appointment.
□
Medical Emergency Class
Ambulance and rescue skills will be
the subject of a class conducted by the
Nursing Department during the Spring
Semester. Qualifying examinations
will be held today at 2:30 p.m. in C311.
Further information can be obtained by
calling the Nursing Department Office,
578-7323.
□
Student Drama
One act plays by student playwrights
will be presented on campus in The
Little Theater. An evening per¬
formance is scheduled tonight at 7.
Three noon matinees are planned for
today, January 16 and 18. Admission is
free.
□
Film Classic
“The African Queen,” starring
Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hep¬
burn will be shown today at 3 p.m. in
R122. Free admission and popcorn.
Congressman on Campus
U.S. Congressman Carlos J.
Moorhead will speak today at 11:45
a.m. in Harbeson Hall. The 22nd Dis¬
trict Representative will discuss Presi¬
dent Reagan’s defense policy. Follow¬
ing the speech Moorhead will answer
questions from the audience.
CARLOS MOORHEAD— U S
Congressman to speak today in
Harbeson Hall