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PCC Courier, January 20, 1984
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Miele, Gertmenian in Trustee Candidates' Debate
Susanna Miele
By Courier Staff Writers
Throughout the Wednesday night debate for Board
of Trustee Area 4, candidates Susanna Miele and
Roger Gertmenian were asked repeatedly about the
lawsuit filed by Gertmenian to contest the election
results. The event was co-sponsored by the Pasadena
Youth Council and the Pasadena Area League of
Women Voters for Tuesday’s runoff election.
Miele called the legal action “frivolous and
costly.” Miele added that the suit “undoubtedly cost
thousands of dollars and cited no California legal
precedent. I can’t help feeling that it was a publicity
stunt to avoid facing the special election.”
Gertmenian rebutted that he acted upon the advice
of his attorneys and that the whole process was
awkward.
Gertmenian filed the suit after a vote recount
resulted in a tie. Gertmenian argued that ballots
disqualified by the registrar-recorder showed “a
clear intent” by the voters to cast a vote in his favor.
The suit lost in Superior Court and was subsequently
appealed. The appeal was recently denied.
Miele maintained that the board has done very
little for four years to offset the effects of Proposition
13. She said the board’s failure to plan ahead led to
“campus chaos last Spring, when 96 faculty layoff
notices were sent with the eventual layoffs of 28
faculty members. At the same time, the board voted
to maintain a top heavy administration.”
From the standpoint of a 12 year trustee, Gertme¬
nian stated the things about PCC that he was proud of
are the “pay-as-you-go policy”, and no large in¬
debtedness, “which is not something I started; it’s
something I continued,” he added. No student or
teacher strikes over the years was another aspect
Gertmenian noted.
Miele stated her priorities, which include intruc-
tional and educational programming, and the restora¬
tion of local control. She called the library the most
vital support system to a college, and as a personal
priority, she pledged to restore its services fully.
Gertmenian made a point of criticizing California
community college chancelor Jerry Hayward. “The
governor and Hayward don’t get along very well. I
am part of a group that is trying very hard to
encourage Hayward to find work elsewhere. Hay-
The election issues of lawsuits,
partisan politics in a non-party
contest and campaign
contributions were openly and, at
times, heatedly debated.
ward did not work both sides of the aisle . . . during
the campaign for governor he was so sure that
George Deukmejian would not be elected he didn’t
take the time to give him (Deukmejian) his calling
card.” He added that it is time for a new head man
for the community college system.
The election issues of lawsuits, partisan politics in
a non-party contest and campaign contribution were
openly and, at times, heatedly debated.
Miele based her platform on a quest for new
leadership, while Gertmenian maintained that al¬
though mistakes have been made, PCC has done well
compared to other colleges. Both agreed that the
board spent too much time in executive sessions, and
that the administration was top heavy.
Miele claimed “large group instruction (LGI) was
implemented without the adequate back-up services
that is required. In other universities where there is
LGI the faculty members are given assistance,
readers, facilities that are large enough to hold those
groups and at PCC that is not the case. The classes
are large, but they are given to those teachers to
handle alone ... I think if is an unsound educational
decision.”
Gertmenian referred to lectures by prominent
figures he attended while a student at Stanford. The
lecturers he heard which included such notables as
poet Robert Frost and philospher Aleksandr
Kerensky were so popular with students and faculty
that large auditoriums were needed to accommodate
them.
Gertmenian was asked why he attacked the fact
that the
СТА
endorsed Miele when he sought the
endorsement himself. He replied, admitting he might
be a little egocentric, but that he felt he was the best
friend the teachers had, and that it was in the CTA’s
best interest if it had endorsed him.
The PCC/CTA has actively supported Miele’s
campaign.
Area 4 covers eastern and central sections of
Pasadena, and parts of Altadenaand Temple City.
Thirty polling places will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 24 throughout the district. However,
there will not be a polling place on campus.
Roger Gertmenian
PCC
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VOL. 56, NO. 16
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 20, 1984
AS Fundraising Concert
By Richard Riehl
Staff Writer
Helen Hanson, AS president,
presented Tuesday a tentative proposal
to board members for a May fund-
rasing concert at Horrell Field. Al¬
though the proposal was not voted on by
board members, it was rejected by
PCC administrative and support serv¬
ices personnel later the same day in a
separate conference with Hanson.
“They (the PCC representatives)
shot me down. They were afraid some¬
thing (wrong) was going to happen,”
said Hanson in a telephone interview.
However, a compromise was
reached whereby AS can sponsor a
series of three weekend concerts in
Sexson Auditorium.
Horrell field was rejected as the site
of the concert because of security
problems. “Open air concerts present a
problem with the community and park¬
ing. Security is difficult,” said Philip
Mullendore, director of campus safety,
who attended the conference with
Hanson.
After Tuesday’s conference Hanson
called for an emergency AS meeting
this afternoon to rearrange plans to
reflect the college's suggestions.
The AS president hopes to contract
the bands The B-52’s, King Crimson,
the Busboys and/or the Blasters. Local
groups are also being considered.
In other AS action, the board ex¬
pressed concern about the Collegiate
Republican club and its earlier pledge
to send follow-up letters to various
public and private parties revoking the
club’s claim that AS was “pro-com¬
munist” and “anti-free speech” during
the November, 1983, Homecoming ac¬
tivities.
Chris Cofer, Collegiate Republican
president, said that a letter has been
written to clarify matters but it has not
yet been sent.
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ALL STATE NURSING SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS —From
left: Mrs. K. deQueiroz, Nursing Department chairperson; Tammy
Kramer and Norma Ramirez, award recipients, and Robert Wicks,
personnel manager at Allstate Insurance, an award presenter.
Kramer is president of nursing class 1 and Ramirez works in addition
to full-time study. Both "A" students received a $500 scholarship.
— Courier photo by Al Fluhrer
Streamlines Magazine, Newspaper Production
Computers Make the Journalism Program Run
By Raphael Lieberman
Assistant Arts Editor
Prism. Focus and the PCC Courier are
the direct result of an Itek system
which allows students to actively take
part in virtually all parts of journalism
publication. Itek provides a vital link
between the students and production
staff involved in the production of the
various campus publications. The sys¬
tem serves a variety of publishing
needs, providing the flexibility neces¬
sary for a campus system; a combina¬
tion instructional tool and work horse.
The Itek, an innovational system for
campus-produced material, lends itself
to the major tasks required in journal¬
ism production, including copy editing,
composing and layout. The journalism
classes at PCC depend on the Itek
system for storage of new material,
editing and retrieval of material for the
publications. “Since we’ve had the sys¬
tem, it has streamlined production of
the paper. Whereas before the burden
of producing the paper was on the
printshop, now it is on the student,”
said Mikki Bolliger, advisor for the
Courier. “Also, most newspapers have
gone to this or a similar system, which
gives our students an advantage when
they go job hunting.” Additional duties
for the students have resulted in in¬
creased familiarity with the system,
yielding higher efficiency and quality.
The Itek system at PCC consists of a
central computer processing unit, pri¬
mary and secondary disk-storage
memory banks, a typesetter and per¬
ipheral video display terminals
(VDT’s).
VDT’s, the direct link between the
student and the central computer, per¬
mit the student to enter, revise and
store any written material in the com¬
puter. When needed, the material is
retrieved, edited and sent to a separate
directory where a typesetter can select
the desired material needed for a par¬
ticular publication. “The system is
very easy to operate; students become
proficient extremely fast,” said
Bolliger.
VDT’s save time for students be¬
cause they allow quick entry of mate¬
rial into the memory of the computer.
Each editor and assistant editor re¬
ceives a separate code at the beginning
of each semester. When stories are
entered on the VDT, editors and their
assistants can call up any story for
copy editing, either on the VDT or a
printed copy.
In addition to providing ease of oper¬
ation for the journalism and printshop
students, use of the VDT's facilitates
user interest in computer-related fields
such as data-processing; in short, any
field which utilizes computers is
enhanced by familiarity and ex¬
perience with VDT’s. “Itek provides
students with the ability to operate
computer informational systems, bet¬
ter preparing them for the job mar¬
ket,” said Deborah Pierce, Courier
Editor-in-Chief.
The Selling of PCC
BOB GOMPERZ — As director of PCC's Public Information office,
Gomperz is responsible for marketing and publicity.
— Courier photo by Christine del Villar
GETTING IT RIGHT— Courier Associate Sports Editor Mike Doyle
uses a Printing Department video display terminal to edit sports
stories for the paper. —Courier photo by Christine del Viller
By Richard Riehl
Staff Writer
The future of community college
education relies, in part, on aggressive
marketing action to Bob Gomperz,
PCC public information officer.
Although his office staff has been
reduced in recent years from six em¬
ployees to two because of budget cuts,
he foresees an increasingly important
sales role for his department.
If PCC is forced to implement tui¬
tion, Gomperz said, the school will
need even more marketing to attract
students.
Like all other community colleges,
PCC receives money based on average
daily attendance. The higher the
school’s attendance, the higher the
funding. Without an organized recruit¬
ment campaign, along with tuition,
PCC risks losing even more students
and, consequently, more money.
Typically, the public information of¬
fice is responsible for issuing news
releases, publishing the schedule of
classes and the community services
schedule, and publishing the in-house
news letter which is distributed to the
faculty and staff.
The office also issues 350 press re¬
leases each year and about 75 percent
of these are eventually printed in local
newspapers.
Gomperz said that one of the school’s
most effective means of spreading in¬
formation is each semesters schedule
of classes. Even though the cost of
mailing the schedule is high ($30,000),
Gomperz believes it is an important
PR tool. “It’s a direct mail advertising
piece with feature stories and a report
to the community about what programs
we have,” said Gomperz. “We even
sell ads to offset the printing costs.”
Additionally, Gomperz publishes and
distributes a brochure designed to en¬
courage high school students to attend
PCC. Lack of funds, however, have
curtailed the publication of this “sales
tool.” Gomperz sees this as a market¬
ing mistake. “Education needs PR now
more than ever. The college will need
PR to bring people in,” he said.
Community College Fees
Key to Funding Crisis
By Lisa Lowery
Staff Writer
In Sacramento, legislative steps
have helped move the polarized politi¬
cal factions closer to resolving the
community college funding crisis. The
compromise includes a form of tuition,
however descriptions of the fee are not
clear.
Last September, Assembly Demo¬
crats and the governor disagreed over
fees and left the community college
system with 6.8 percent less money
than last year. PCC and many other
colleges were forced to make severe
budget and instructional cuts and in
many cases had to lay off personnel.
In order to reach a compromise,
Democrats have started a bill through
the Legislature supported by Re¬
publicans, to provide $96.5 million to
the community college 1983-84 base
funding.
Gov. George Deukmejian has offered
$50 million this year and disputes the
claim for the addional $75 million
needed for next year. Bob Taylor, a
spokesmen for the governor, said, the
issues are “still up in the air, and there
is no way to make a prediction.”
If the bill is passed by Deukmejian,
PCC stands to gain $1.9 million, accord¬
ing to John W. Casey, superintendent-
president. “But the way the bill is
worded, the total amount could be
reducded by the governor,” Casey said.
Deukmejian and Democratic leaders
agree that the $50-per-semester would
include some existing student fees re¬
placing the governor’s original
proposal of tuition on top on fees.
Although it is not clear exactly which
fees are covered by the tuition, parking
is excluded.
Casey said that tuition will start in
the fall, and if it includes health and
other registration fee, that would call
for another budget adjustment.
Taylor said the amount of the new
fee is determinded by the number of
units each student takes, not to exceed
$50. Part-time students will pay $5 per
unit, and recipients of welfare and
other social programs are exempt.
He also explained that the three and
a half year sunset clause means they
will “take a new look at the fees " in the
spring of 1987. He also added that
tuition includes health fees, and that
the financial aid program was in¬
creased by roughly $5 million.
News Briefs
Lincoln’s Birthday
Lincoln's Birthday will be observed
Friday, February 10, not Monday, Feb¬
ruary 13.
Scholarships available
Awards ranging from $100 to $2250
are available from different collegiate
and private organizations. Details and
applications at the Financial Aid Of¬
fice, D205.
Interested in nursing?
Attend a special prospective nursing
student orientation meeting in the Fo¬
rum on Thursday, January 26 from 12
to 2 p.m.
Volunteer for credit
The East Foothill Youth Day Treat¬
ment Center has volunteer positions
available for students interested in
academic credit. Office duties, van
driving, recreation and art programs,
remedial learning programs and eve¬
ning child care are some of the posi¬
tions. For complete information and
application materials, contact Colleen
Gomez Shelby at (818) 303-1541.
Pay fines now
Students with overdue library mate¬
rials and fines must clear their obliga¬
tions before January 24. Failure to do
so will result in holds placed on grades
and records, and students will not be
permitted to register for later terms.
Peacemakers
The Community for Human Develop¬
ment is sponsoring a social event de¬
signed to unite people working in all
ways to build peace in our world.
Refreshments, people and fun will fill
“Peace House” from 3-4 p.m. on Sun¬
day, January 22. Information available
from Paul Tooby or Janet Merritt at .
7964569.
Courier editor named
John G. Horn has been named
Courier Editor-in-chief for the Spring
semester. Horn served as news editor
and assistant opinion editor for the
Courier this semester.
Horn graduated from the University
of California. Berkeley, in 1982 with a
degree in dramatic arts. He came to
PCC in September after working for
the Pasadena Star-News and has since
held an editorial internship at the Los
Angeles Times.
“It's both an honor and a challenge.
I’m confident that with enough effort
we can make the paper as outstanding
as it can be,” said Horn. “The Courier
is a tremendous resource for both the
school and the journalism program.”
Horn also pointed out that the
Courier is seeking writers for the com¬
ing term. “We have a very busy cam¬
pus and are unable to give it as much
coverage as it deserves, due to the
small size of our staff.” Anyone with
any interest in writing for the Courier
should contact Horn in the newsroom
(578-7130).
The Courier is also recruiting artists
for next semester's paper. “We’re
looking for editorial and graphic ar¬
tists. The paper is going to have a
different look next semester, and it's
an excellent opportunity to get pub¬
lished,” said Horn.
John Horn
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