PCC Courier, July 13, 1989

This DJ Keeps Emergency Response McCauley’s The Beat Going Team Proposed Habit: Softball Page 3 Page 5 Page 6 m COURIER VOL 70, NO. 2 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JULY 13, 1989 Supreme Court Upholds Roe v. Wade Gjames Dyce Staff Writer Showing the frank individual¬ ism unique to the Supreme Court with conservatives criticizing con¬ servatives, the Court found in favor of Webster in Webster v. Missouri abortion clinics last week. It then voted to leave Roe v. Wade stand although somewhat weakened. As expected, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was the key vote in both decisions. First O’Connor voted with Chief Justic William H. Rehnquist in favor of Webster but later switched over to vote with Justic Harry A. Blackmun to uphold Roe v. Wade — the landmark decision giving women the right to control their bodies. Disharmony Among Conservatives In describing O’Connor’s switch, A.E. Howard, a law professor at the University of Virginia said, “O’Connor kept her powder dry, she said very little.” But while O’Connor may have said little, what she did say displeased and angered her fellow conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia, who up to this time was an unknown factor in relation to the abortion issue, assailed the Roe v. Wade decision. What the Webster Ruling Involved The ruling, on the final day of the Court’s term, upheld Missouri’s right to prohibit public hospitals or other taxpayer-sup¬ ported facilities from being used for abortions not necessary to save the life of the woman, even if no public moneys are involved; prohibit public employees, includ¬ ing doctors, nurses and other health care providers, are not per¬ mitted to perform or assist in any way in an abortion not necessary to save a woman’s life; and to require viability testing after the 20th week of pregnancy to determine if the fetus could survive outside the womb. Other Abortion Cases Scheduled The Missouri abortion law rul¬ ing has set the stage for three other abortion cases challenging the Roe v. Wade ruling. The three cases scheduled for the court’s next term involve a Minnesota law requiring that before undergoing an abor¬ tion, a woman under age 18 must give 48-hour notice to both parents or receive special permission from a state judge; an Ohio law that im¬ poses criminal penalties and loss of license by doctors who perform abortions on unmarried women under 18 without notifying their parents; and an Illinois law regulating outpatient facilities where abortions are performed which requires that all first-trimes¬ ter and early second-trimester abortions be performed in specially licensed and strictly regulated facilities. Campus Center Gets $1 75,000 Face-lift Michael Rocha News Editor More than $175,000 have been allocated for a complete renovation of the Campus Cen¬ ter’s lounge, lobby and stair¬ well, 27 years after the building was built. Funds from the AS Students Reserve, the PCC Flea Market and the Student Service Fund provided $100,000 for the renovation. The college added the remaining $75,000 from its building remodeling funds. “When I came here almost a year ago, one of the areas I identified that I wanted to reno¬ vate was the campus center,” Dr. James Kossler, assistant superintendent for administra¬ tive services, said. Work on the center began three weeks ago with demoli¬ tion crews taking out the exist¬ ing ceiling tiles. According to Kossler, the Campus Center renovation is part of the Campus Restoration Project and will not conflict with PCC’s See LOUNGE, page 5 Will Lester /The Courier Demolition crews began the $175,000 renovation of the Campus Center three weeks ago. Completion is expected by Fall. Sgt. Keith Resigns, No Successor Named Michael Nalick Staff Writer Sgt. Barbara Keith resigned from the Campus Police Depart¬ ment on June 30, after almost seven years of dedicated service to PCC. At her farewell party in the Cir¬ cadian, complete iwth balloon- covered ceiling, table of fruits, chips, salsa, vegetables, dip and a huge cake with inch-thick frosting, people lined up to show apprecia¬ tion for her friendship and wish her luck in future endeavors. Fellow officers, campus staff and friends indicated she will be missed very much. When asked about her ex¬ perience at PCC, she responded, “I’ve met some lifetime friends here. The Campus Police Depart¬ ment is a good department. It has good people.” Chief Phillip L. Mullendore said that Keith is “irreplaceable.” Af¬ ter pausing for a few seconds, he said, “We’ll get another person for the job, but we’ll nevet get another Barbara.” Fellow officers ehcoed similar sentiments. “I’ve known her for six years,” Marsha Griffin said, “and very few people I know measure up to her. If you’re ever to be reprimanded, she’s the one you want to do it.” Larry Morrow said, “She was a good supervisor and ‘sarge.’ It’s going to take someone very speical to fill her shoes.” Keith will be teaching at the Rio Hondo Police Academy--the academy which trains students for most police departments in the San Gabriel Valley. In addition to teaching classes there, her duties will include coordinating the Los Angeles County Safety Police Committee and serving as faculty advisor for the Campus Law En¬ forcement Club. She cited two pri¬ mary reasons for the change: the opportunity to be a part of the Rio Hondo program which is undergo¬ ing tremendous expansion and parking space number 12. Keith smiled and joked with friends at the party about her new job and her reserved parking space — parking space number 12. “Just think,” she said, “I can get to work [only] 5 minutes before.” Keith received her master’s in education from the University of Illinois and master’s in public ad- See KEITH, page 5 Reward Offered for Sphinx Thief's Arrest Mary Morabito Staff Writer Investigator Dwayne Мое of the Pasadena Police Department stated that no calls have yet been received in response to the poster advertising a $500 reward for in¬ formation leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who stole the Sphinx panel of PCC’s Pasadena Mural Project ‘88. The panel was reported missing about six months ago when it disappeared, apparently during the night. In its place, among other pictures of Pasadena landmarks and local color, there now appears a poster with the phone numbers of Kent Twitchell, supervisor of the projects, (213) 483-6268 and the Pasadena Police Department, (818) 405-4521. “Anyone having pertinent information should call me. The file is still open and we are still interested in taking calls that will help us locate the painting,” Мое said. Pasadena Mural Project ‘88 was done about a year ago by PCC’s art See SPHINX, page 5 Enrollment Up 7.8 Percent Over 1 988 Tim Frank Staff Writer Summer enrollment has jumped 7.8 percent over last year, said Dr. Stuart Wilcox, associate dean of admissions and records. Students registered for classes for Summer sessions one and two number 9,495. The number of students using mail-in registration has grown even faster than the enrollment rate, said Wilcox. The college received 3,729 mail-in registration forms this summer, 27 percent more than last year. Mail-in registration not only saves many students the trouble of waiting in line, but it is also easier for the college to process, said Wilcox. At the first indication that enrollment was up, the college responded by planning for new classes, Wilcox said. If a department chair and Dr. David A. Ledbetter, assistant superin¬ tendent of educational services, decide that there is enough de¬ mand for another class, they will create one, providing they can find both a teacher and a classroom. In the summer there are plenty of classrooms, said Wilcox. The growth in enrollment for the fall and spring quarters has been stable in recent years, said Wilcox. Summer enrollment is another story, however. “A lot of students come in the summer from other campuses, such as the University of California, Los Angeles; California State University, Los Angeles; University of Southern Califor¬ nia and others,” said Ledbetter. “We can’t easily project how many will come.” Monitoring System Will Save $50,000 Tim Morgan Staff Writer A $50,000 reduction in utility expenses and ‘invisible’ heating and air-conditioning are but two of the expected benefits of the first phase of the Facilities Monitoring and Control System (FMCS). Currently installed in the C, D, E and U buildings and scheduled for all major campus buildings, the FMCS is an automated system which monitors and controls air- conditioning and heating equip¬ ment. This Barrington Controls system, which responds to tem¬ perature changes of one-tenth degree, is replacing a system which required a two-degree change before acting. The human body can detect a two-degree tem¬ perature change. Last year at this time, the facilities staff received 40 to 50 calls about hot or cold rooms. In the buildings with FMCS, the average is now less than five. “We want heating and air-conditioning to be invisible to the end user. The biggest compliment I receive oc¬ curs when no one calls to complain about the temperature in his room,” said Facilities Manager Wade Hazelbaker. Coining the phrase ‘predictive maintenance’ to explain another major advantage of the new con¬ trols Hazelbaker said, “1 [or the person on duty] know there is a problem, but no one else does.” Because the controlling compu¬ ter continuously tracks each zone in the system, malfunctioning equipment can be located and See SYSTEM, page 5