■— OPINION —
Following Oakland's lead, L.A. Board of
Education proposes ebonies for teachers
in L.A. Unified schools.
Mandatory teacher “ awareness ” a bad idea that
will siphon money from bilingual programs. *
FEATURES
SPORTS
Twentieth anniversary of "Star
Wars" trilogy due out on Friday.
Lucas employs latest state-of-the-art technology
to re-release films after a $10 million face lift.
4
New head coach, Don
Gallon, to inject a dose of
pride into PCC baseball.
Lancers look to rebound after
disastrous 1996 season.
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 82, NO. 15
http://www.geocities.com/pccnewscourier
THURSDAY
January 50, 1997
Indecent exposure: ex- AS president arrested
• Police arrest Herrera on
campus after incident
By DANIEL ARCHULETA
Courier Staff Writer
Former Associated Student president,
Roldan Herrera, was arrested and charged
with indecently exposing himself to a stu¬
dent who had just dropped her child off at the
Child Development Center last Thursday.
Campus police report that the female
victim told them during questioning that the
suspect called to her from his car as she
approached the southeast corner of Holliston
Avenue and Green Street on foot at 10:15
a.m. She told police that the suspect asked
her if she had change for a dollar.
When she walked toward his car to an¬
swer, she noticed that he was naked and
masturbating.
She asked the suspect if he realized that
he was naked, to which he answered, “What
does that mean?”
Alarmed by what she observed, the vic¬
tim warned the suspect that she was going to
call the police, thus causing him to flee at a
high rate of speed.
The victim went directly to the CDC
across the street from where the incident
occurred to call the campus police.
The victim wrote the license number of
the car as the suspect left the
scene. She recalled the suspect
was driving a black or blue
BMW. She also gave a physical
description of the suspect.
A check of Department of
Motor Vehicles records matched
the suspect’s license number to
that of a BMW owned by Terry
Herrera. Campus police Investi¬
gator John Corrigan recalled dealing with an
individual with the same last name who also
lived at the same address. A check of police
interview cards confirmed Corrigan's suspi¬
cion.
While police were writing the report,
they received a call from a cadet informing
them that a car that matched the description
entered Lot 5 just east of the football field.
Police quickly dispatched a unit to the
scene. They followed the car and observed
an Asian female leaving the vehicle.
Officer Ralph Evans made the arrest
and reported that the suspect was in the
process ofpullinguphis pants andbuck-
ling his belt at the time. He was then
transported to the campus police
office for questioning. The car
was driven to the police parking
area tobe photographed. Herrera
was released the same day after
being detained for only a few
hours.
Herrera was charged with in¬
decent exposure and trespass¬
ing, both misdemeanors.
The trespassing was added because
he had been advised by police to remain
off campus after an incident that oc¬
curred while he was still a PCC student.
Investigator Corriganinterviewedthe
female passenger at the time of Herrera ’ s
arrest. She informed him that she had
met the suspect at Carl’s Jr. on the
corner of Harkness Avenue and Colo¬
rado Boulevard for lunch at 10:30 a.m.
The witness also told Corrigan that
Herrera didn’t have a shirt on when she
met him and that she had no knowledge
as to his previous whereabouts. She was
released after questioning.
While being questioned, Herrera re¬
fused to waive his rights and remained
relatively silent during the interview, Corrigan
said. But he did inform the police that the
woman with him at the time of arrest was his
girlfriend and that he was dropping her off at
Please see EXPOSURE, page 6
SAMUEL HERNANDEZ
/
THE COURIER
The corner of Green and Holliston, across from the CDC, is site of alleged crime
COLAs (84.9)
Infrastructure (58.1)
Initiatives (0.3)j
Workfare
Enrollment (70.9)
Financial Aid (15.2)
Source: Community College Association
Wilson's budget calls for no new fees
• GOVERNOR'S PLAN INCREASES FUNDING BY 6.5 PERCENT
Technology benefits fashion and engineering programs
By Jasai Madden
Courier Staff Writer
"Fashion Design and Technol¬
ogy for the 21st century" is the cor¬
nerstone idea that has pioneered one
of the newest course offerings at
PCC this semester.
Fashion 109 is a course that was
forged as a result of cooperation
between the engineering and tech¬
nology programs and the fashion
department. The common bond
between the two programs is a com¬
puter aided design system called
AutoCad.
The system has both two and
three dimensional capabilities. The
two dimensional function is what
made this system so appealing to
Karlene Cunningham, the fashion
instructor who introduced the idea
to the Pasadena Community Col¬
lege District for funding consider¬
ation. With the money that was
received, the AutoCad as well as the
PC Pattern programs were purchased
along with digitizers and plotters.
Engineering and technology got in
on the act when Cunningham dis¬
covered they had just been given
funding from the Berger Foundation
for a new computer lab. A deal was
then made between Cumiingham and
engineering instructor Nabil Abu-
Gaazaleh that the fashion students
would use engineering's new com¬
puter hardware and the engineering
students would be able to take ad¬
vantage of the fashion department's
new three dimensional software.
The deal greatly benefits pro¬
spective fashion designers, not only
because it saves money, but as the
technology will enable the fashion
students to advance into the future of
the competitive fashion industry.
According to Cunningham, "fash¬
ion is the second largest business in
Southern California. That makes it
larger than the motion picture indus¬
try in terms of billions of dollars
generated. It is also larger than the
fashion industry in New York."
The facts show that there is no
shortage of opportunity in the world
of fashion, but one must have the
experience to take advantage of the
market. California Apparel News
states that most job possibilities in
the fashion field will require com¬
puter training or experience.
Computers are vital to the fashion
industry as time is reduced drasti¬
cally in designing and sizing. The
immense storage capabilities of com¬
puters are also a plus. Disks will
store prospective designs instead of
closets and boxes.
AlthoughFashion 109 has no pre-
Please see FASHION, page 6
• STEPHEN HAWKING TO SPEAK
By DONE' DENNISON
Courier Staff Writer
Professor Stephen Hawking,
best selling author and Lucasian
Chair of Mathematics at Cam¬
bridge University, will speak in
Sexson Auditorium at noon to¬
day.
To those lucky enough to have
a ticket, the lecture titled “Life in
the Universe,” will feature
Hawking’s commitment to hu¬
mor and plain speaking as he
explains the physical universe.
Hawking is currently in resi-
Photo courtesy of Hawking's Web page
dence at Caltech and is the author
of the best seller, “A Brief History
of Time.” He is considered the
most brilliant theoretical physi¬
cist since Einstein.
Confined to a wheelchair be¬
cause of Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou
Gehrig’s Disease, Hawking speaks
with the aid of a computer.
Because of Hawking’s popu¬
larity, no tickets are available at
the door. Weatherpermitting, out¬
door speakers will broadcast the
lecture to the mirrored pool area
of the campus.
By YUSEF ROBB
Courier Staff Writer
PCC students can look forward to
a 1997-1998 school year without fee
increases if the California State Leg¬
islature approves Gov. Pete Wilson’s
budget proposal.
Despite huge cuts in other areas,
most notably welfare, Wilson’s Jan.
9 proposal earmarks $272.5 million
for the state’s community colleges,
a6.5 percent increase overlastyear’s
allotment.
The governor’s proposal keeps
education as the number one money
getter in the budget.
Schools and colleges would re¬
ceive $21.6 billion out of a total
budget of $66.6 billion.
Students are optimistic about
Wilson’s plan. “I think Wilson’s
budget will be great for community
college students,” said Mike
Gorzinski. “With other costs, such
as books, increasing all of the time,
it will be a real plus if fees stay the
same.”
“Cautious optimism” is the feel¬
ing of the Community College As¬
sociation, (CCA) as the proposal
still has to be passed by the Demo¬
cratically-controlled legislature.
According to the CCA, the pro¬
posal provides $84.9 million in cost
of living increases, $53 .4 millionfor
increased instructional equipment,
library materials and campus main¬
tenance, $4.7 million for improved
telecommunications and technology
and $53.2 million for programs that
help those on welfare transfer into
the work force.
These monies include $32.5 mil¬
lion for work study programs, $10.2
million for child care, $5.2 million
for staff development and $5.3 mil¬
lion for liaisons between the col¬
leges and county welfare offices.
The budget also provides $9.9
million for competitive grants, $4. 1
million in increased financial aid
and $1.2 million in student grant
monies for those studying the field
of digital animation.
Most notably, the proposal pro¬
vides $70.9 million for an increase
in funding for enrollment growth.
This figure is based on a growth
rate of 2.38 percent, which is sub¬
stantially larger than the current 1.21
percent adult growth rate, which is
the legal minimum for enrollment
growth expenditures.
The budget provides $300,000
for “Chancellor ’ s Initiatives,” which
will allow the Chancellor and the
Board of Governors to aggressively
pursue federal and private grants as
well as to reform the regulations
that control the state’s community
colleges.
The money will also be used to
market the California Community
College system both in the United
States and abroad.
Faculty senate board ousts Prof. Gordon
Brown as chairman of budget committee
By DANIEL ARCHULETA
Courier Staff Writer
Dr. Gordon Brown, professor
of psychology, has been removed
as chairman of the Faculty Sen¬
ate budget committee after writ¬
ing a letter to the Western Asso¬
ciation of Schools and Colleges
criticizing the accreditation pro¬
cess at PCC, and requesting that
the association repeat the pro¬
cess.
Ellen Ligons, Faculty Senate
president, asked the board to re¬
move Brown as chair because in
his letter he made it appear that
he was writing the letter on be¬
half of the Senate. She said that
he was not asked to do so.
TheletterwassenttoDr. David
Wolf, executive director of the
WASC accreditation commission.
Brown’s letter insisted that the com¬
mission either repeat the accredita¬
tion process or risk being added to
his lawsuit against current and former
school administrators.
Ligons said Wolf contacted her
after receiving the letter in early
January because he was concerned
that Brown was speaking for the
entire Faculty Senate. In the letter,
Brown stated, “I write to you as the
chair of the college’s Faculty Senate
Board’s budget committee.”
Brown responded to Ligons’ call
for his removal by saying that he
didn't care if he was removed as chair
because this maybe his last semester
at the college.
This is one of the reasons that
Ligons circulated a memo encourag¬
ing Faculty Senate members to vote
Brown out as chair until an ad hoc
committee could investigate the
charges. After an hour of debate,
the first ballot resulted in 9 to 12
votes against removing him.
Atthat pointMargaret Worley,
assistant professor of political sci¬
ence, moved to refer the matter to
the Faculty Senate’s professional
rights and responsibilities com¬
mittee, instead of an ad hoc com¬
mittee. The second vote removed
Brown as chair by a 1 4 to 6 margin
with 1 abstention.
At the meeting, Brown circu¬
lated a memo among members of
the senate explaining what impro¬
prieties he felt occurred during
accreditation. He alleges that PCC
administrators purposely did not
involved the senate in the selec¬
tion of faculty to assist the visiting
Please see BROWN, page 6
