PCC Courier, January 14, 1983

ely think lotions. It’s г there have in the board s in every- it would be d for some- nate to find tremendous ig PCC at a ig in many s the com¬ pose to the service or- Club, the ciation, the ?ood things ife goes on. s and new about that. i LaBarbera tome icasion, n now. Board Chooses Marsee Acting President Picked By Alex Spada Editor-in-Chief Dr. Stuart E. Marsee, a former Pasadena City Schools acting super¬ intendent and recently retired El Camino College president, was named interim president Wednesday night, replacing outgoing Superintendent- President Dr. Richard S. Meyers. Marsee will take over the job on Feb. 1, the day after Meyers is scheduled to leave for his new position as president of Western Oregon State College. Marsee is not interested in the perma¬ nent position, however, according to Board of Trustees President Dr. Gary B. Adams. Marsee is “clearly interested in Pasadena” Adams said and “was an obvious candidate.” After the an¬ nouncement was made, trustee Walter T. Shatford said Marsee “has a reputa¬ tion for being a leader.” Adams also said since Marsee re¬ cently retired from the El Camino College post, he has first hand knowl- ege of the current problems facing the state community college system. According to Adams, the board will begin discussions on the process of selecting a permanent president at their next meeting on Feb. 3. Marsee was selected by a subcom¬ mittee composed of trustees Adams, Shatford and Warren Weber and was approved by the entire board. Adams said the board did not appoint someone from the college in order to leave the administration “intact” and to avoid “the risk of creating conflicts.” Faculty senate president Dr. Frederick R. Holland said he was happy with the board’s decision and called Marsee “a fine person with many skills.” Meyers had come under fire from the faculty senate and has been the subject of much controversy since a faculty evaluation last year. Marsee, 64, accepted the position the day before leaving for a Caribbean cruise and is not expected to return until the middle of next week. The interim president’s contract has not been finalized but his salary will not exceed Meyer’s pay of $63,000 a year, Adams said. He served as Torrance’s El Camino College superintendent-president for 24 years before retiring last June. He was Pasadena City Schools acting super- itendent in 1957, when Pasadena Junior College was part of the district. He was also the city system’s assistant super- itendent for business services from 1949 to 1957. Marsee previouly taught psychology at PCC as an extended day instructor and was a counselor here from 1946 to 1949. He taught business and social sci¬ ence high school courses in Oregon, lectured at USC and its Asian center in Japan, was a visiting professor at UCLA, and a adjunct professor at Pepperdine University. Marsee received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees form the University of Oregon and a doctorate in counseling and guidance from UgC in 1947. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Kiwanis Interna¬ tional division 19 Distinguished Leader¬ ship award, the Distinguished Service award from the Los Angeles County board of supervisors and a Danford Foundation grant. The appointee has served on numer¬ ous local and national boards and com¬ mittees and is active in community affairs. He is a past president of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, the Rotary Club of Torrance, the Pasadena Breakfast Fo¬ rum and the Redondo Beach Round Table. He and his wife, Audrey, live in Redondo Beach. Departmental Reorganization' Plan Receives Mixed Faculty Reactions By Mark Blocker Sports Editor A proposal of “departmental recon¬ figuration” was presented to mixed reactions in the Faculty Senate Board meeting last Monday by it’s architect , Steven A. Cerra, vice-president for instruction. The plan was constructed as part of “planning and strategic options.” in an attempt to save money by eliminating some department chairpersons, through merging and reshuffling of departments. The proposed configuration as fol¬ lows: Art, music and theater arts will be one department of fine arts. Foreign languages, communications, and journalism will be combined into a department of language arts, with tele¬ communications to be administered by the assistant dean of instruction: learn¬ ing resources. Life sciences and allied health will be merged into one department. Men’s and women’s physical educa¬ tion would be combined into a single department. Elimination of the position of depart¬ ment chairperson for engineering and technology, with the administration of that department handled by three ad¬ ministrators associated with the office of occupational education. Elimination of the position of assist¬ ant department chairperson in the Business Department. Cerra told the board much of the cost-reduction effectiveness in the proposal lies in “potential retire¬ ments.” “When taking future retirements into consideration, the saving on ad¬ ministration salaries can range from $172,000 as a low figure to $186,000 as a high figure. Without retirements we’re looking at $44,927 low, to $59,431 high,” he estimated. Most vehement opposition to the proposal was voiced by Carmen Brunol, professor of foreign language. “Nothing like this should take place unless we are very, very desparate. Here you put foreign language, Com¬ munication and Journalism in one de¬ partment... how can that be practical? I can’t see how you determined which department should be merged with which department,” said Brunol. She has previously voiced dismay over how Cerra could have come up with the plan in the first place. Most out— spoken in supporting the proposal was Jessie Moore, associate professor of women’s physical educa¬ tion. “We have to take a closer look at this. Departmental reorganization is a better alternative than any one person losing their job on this campus,” Moore said. “I can see maintaining a department head when there are 35 members in it, but having a chairperson over eight members in absolutely ludicrous,” she added. Cerra siad he is already presented the plan to department chairpersons where it was met with “flat opposi¬ tion.” Several members of the board also wondered aloud how full-time staff could take on a larger workload nec- cesitated by the cuts in staff the proposal would produce. FIRST SEMESTER T 982-83 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 5:15 P.M. P.M. MONDAY, 7:00 DAILY 10 MWF 1-4 M 2 MWF 3-5 M 2-5 M JANUARY 24 10 DAILY 2 DAILY 3-6 M 4-7 M TUSDAY, 8-9:30 TTh 8-10:30 TTh 9:30-11 TTh 1-4 T 2 TTh 2-5 T 3-6 T JANUARY 25 9 TTh 9-10:30 TTh 10 TTh 10-12 TTh 2:30-4 TTh 4 TTh 4-7 T WEDNSDAY, JANUARY 26 8 MWF 8 DAILY 10-12 MWF 1 MWF 1 DAILY 1-2:30 MWF 1-4 W 2-5 W 3-6 W 4-7 W 4 MWF 4 DAILY THURSDAY, 7:30-9 TTh 10:30-12 TTh 1 TTh 1-2:30 TTh 3 TTh 3-6 Th JANUARY 27 8 TTh 11 TTh 11-12:30 TTh 1-3:30 TTh 1-4 Th 47- Th 2-5 Th FRIDAY, 9 MWF 11 MWF 1-4 F 3 MWF 3 DAILY JANUARY 28 9 DAILY 11 DAILY 2-5 F 3-6 F 4-7 F MONDAY, JANUARY 31 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 last meeting prior to examination schedule. 2. Late afternoon and evening classes meeting more than once a week and beginning at or after 4:30 p.m. — hold two-hour examination on the first scheduled meeting in the last full week of the semester (January 24-28). 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 semester (January 25-29). (Saturday only classes, January 29.) 4. For block-of-time classes not named in the schedule, use the box most nearly paralleling the starting time of the class. 5. Classes meeting in time slots not shown in the schedule or other footnotes — hold the final examination during last week of the semester at a time approved by the Department Chairperson and the Dean of Admissions and Records. 6. Students having more than two examinations scheduled in one day may consult their professors with regard to suitable alternatives. DARK SHADOWS— Many students were treated to a short break from their classes Monday from 8:02 to 9:45 a m. after a transformer "blew out" on campus. Every building except for D and U were without electricity and KPCC-FM was off the air during that time. Students Push Petition Club Wants Transmitter By Dan Malnic Contributing Writer Since the proposal to move the KPCC transmitter to Mt. Wilson was de¬ feated, some students have decided to take action. Comprised of approximately 25 ac¬ tive members, the College Students in Broadcasting (CSB) with help from AS, are taking steps to encourage board of trustee members to reconsider their previous action. The group is planning to meet with the trustees early next year. Until then, the CSB is trying to gain support by passing petitions to be signed by PCC students. Although the number of required signatures is not known by CSB presi¬ dent Hetti Schuuris, one CSB source indicated that a thousand signatures were required initially before con¬ sideration is taken by the board. Troy Packard, CSB secretary-treas¬ urer, said one of the main purposes for relocation of the transmitter is “We want to have more of a competitive edge in terms of going out into the field.” Speaking of the recent defeat of the proposal he added, “It’s detrimen¬ tal to the students and the future of the radio station.” In addition to relocating the trans¬ mitter, the CSB wants a closed-circuit broadcast system within the school after KPCC’s expansion. The closed- circuit broadcast would feature a sta¬ tion run entirely by and for the stu¬ dents. Dr. John F. Gregory, KPCC general manager pointed out, “We could have the students practicing on the closed- circuit.” From the business aspect of it he added, “We could sell commercials and underwrite KPCC.” Gregory believes that the expansion of KPCC would be more beneficial for students entering in at the professional level if they had proper training. “We want them to have a competitive edge over similar graduates.” Perhaps the biggest concern of the trustees was that the station would not be able to uphold the matching funds, although Gregory said that more grants from donors and underwriting companies would come about, due to the expanded' transmission. “One company was going to give us $20,000 if we were to move (the trans¬ mitter) to Mt. Wilson,” Gregory said. KPCC was also to have a lot of assistance from various cable com¬ panies to alleviate the “shadow” areas that KPCC could not reach with the new transmitter. In addition to the cable assitance, Gregory spoke of a possible affiliation with KCET, Channel 28. This would be an additional advantage for KPCC's program expansion which would in¬ clude broadcast simulcasts with KCET. “Channel 28 wanted us to simulcast with them. That would mean publicity for us,” Gregory said. Santa Monica Community College's radio station KCRW recently was in the same situation as KPCC. Their listen- ership was very small until recently, when a grant came in with matched funds. KCRW’s transmitter was re¬ located to a prominent location, there¬ fore sending the station to higher stan¬ dards. Spring Courier, Focus Editors Chosen Gail Fostrey Journalism advisers announced next semester’s editors for the Courier, and Focus, a magazine supplement to the Courier. Stephen Williams, Feature Editor of the newspaper this semester, was chosen as Courier Editor-in-Chief for the spring term. Gail Fostrey, currently the Courier’s Copy Editor, has been named Focus Editor by Mikki Bolliger, Lee Rein- hartsen and Dorothy Kolts, journalism advisers. Focus, a tabloid-size supplement to the Courier, is written in magazine style and will be published twice during the semester. “I’m sure both editors will help retain the high standards of the publi¬ cations,” said Reinhartsen. “We’re looking forward to a challenging semester,” said Fostrey. “I have some good ideas for the new Focus.” According to Williams, a forest ranger with the U.S. Forest Service, “It’s going to be one heck of a challenge.” “I hope someday to be able to tie in my journalism abilities in with for¬ estry,” said Williams. Stephen Williams 'Academic Commissioners' Sought AS Stipends, Supreme Council Discussed By William Noertker Assistant News Editor Associated Students (AS) discussed stipends for service and academic com¬ missioner appointments at the first two meetings of the new year. The board also appointed two more members to supreme couincil, making a quorom of three. Board members will receive reim¬ bursement for services rendered. “It’s treated like a scholarship and comes from the flea market,” said Jennifer McKinney, student activities adviser. The stipends total $600 yearly for the president, $500 for each of four vice presidents and $400 for each of four coordinators. The money will be al¬ located in ten monthly installments of $60, $50 and $40 respectively. The stipends have been included in the flea market budget in the past but haven’t been implemented until this year according top Alvar Kauti, dean of student activities. “Because of a budget surplus this year and the restructuring of student government, it is easier to implement the stipends,” said Kauti. “Student government would do a better job if they got a little money and didn’t have to seek employment. The flea market was originally started to assist students financially and to learn through student activities. The money came from student government and now they can benefit,” said Kauti. “Before AS members receive their stipends they must give written ac¬ count of what they ahve accomplished and what they plan to accomplish. Allotments should reflect the amount of time contributed by each AS of¬ ficer,” said Paul Kelly, AS president. Joseph Gonzales and L. Jeremiah " Student government's image can be changed from its usual negative one" Hand, student trustee, were appointed to supreme council after submitting applications. Hand was chairman of the council last year. Gonzales “has been in attendance at many AS meetings and has turned in three applications, including a two page letter,” said Kelly. “I’ve been interested in student government a long time,” said Gonzales. “I feel that student government’s image can be changed from its usual negative one.” Gonzales and Hand join John Gee to form a quorom to interpret the new AS constitution. The council has final say on constitutional matters and matters that can’t be handled by the AS board according to Kelly. At the year's first meeting, Kelly formally warned three AS members to improve their attendance at meetings and office hours. AS vice president William Tate, coordinator of cultural affairs Rafaela Molinar and vice presi¬ dent of academic affairs Hugh McTeague received their first warn¬ ings. Kelly later withdrew McTeague’s warning. A second warning signals the beginning of impeachment proceed¬ ings, to be presided over by the su¬ preme council. McTeague is presently taking ap¬ plications from those interested in be¬ coming academic commissioners. Commissioners will act in an advisory role with veto power, but will have no vote at AS meetings. According to the AS constitution, commissioners will be appointed by academic department chairpersons. But Dr. Henry Kirk, vice president of student personnel services, and others have pointed to the conflict of interest inherent in faculty appointments of student representatives. Thus McTeague will nominate candidates for formal approval by department chairmen pending an amendment by the supreme council.