PCC Courier, July 27, 1989

The Brad Second Summer Meet the Lancer’s No. 1 Silverman Story Session Begins Tennis Player Page 4 July 31 Page 6 m COURIER VOL. 70, NO. 3 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JULY 27, 1989 '89 -'90 Community College Budget Up 4.6 Percent Gjames Dyce Special Correspondent It now appears that PCC will receive its portion of the excess tax money left over in the 1989 budget that ended on June 30. Previously, all money in excess of the Gann spending limit left over at the end of the fiscal year was returned to the taxpayers under the Gann amendment. This was the case in 1987, when Gov. George Deukme- jian refused to sign the state legislature’s spending plan for that years excess tax money on the grounds that is violated the Gann amendment. The court subse¬ quently ruled in favor of Deukme- AS to Collect Food and Money For PCC's Needy Michael D. Nalick Staff Writer Students, staff and faculty are gearing up for the 1989 LAR (Leadership and Responsibility) Drive which will provide food and other materials to PCC’s needy students. Sponsored by the AS Board, the drive will begin Monday, Sept. 18, and is tentatively scheduled to continue until Friday, Nov. 10. However, if food and supplies are still coming in after that date, they will not be turned away. Lana G. Fields, AS vice presi¬ dent of student services, said a campus-wide effort to help PCC students who struggle financially will be the main goal of the drive. Those chosen to receive the do¬ nated goods will include students on welfare, out-of-state students who have had trouble adjusting to California’s high cost of living and reentry students — single parents and others who have returned to further their education — especially those with children to support. “I know that there are a lot of pressures accompanying student life,” said Fields, “and my intent is to ease part of that burden.” Although organizers hope peo¬ ple will donate non-perishable foods primarily, other articles such as toiletries, school supplies, clothing and money will be welcomed, too. “We’ll accept anything,” assured Fields. People wishing to contribute can place their donations in any one of the marked bins which will be located around campus, bring them to the student activities office or any campus club meeting. Questions regarding the LAR Drive should be directed to the stu¬ dent activities office, the Alpha Gamma Sigma(AGS) Honor Society or any AS Board member. jian s interpretation. This year, however, the gover¬ nor appears to have changed his mind on dispersing the windfall tax money throughout government spending programs. The leading motivational factor for the gover¬ nor’s change of mind is believed to be Prop. 98 which would have allowed $2.2 billion of state excess money to go to education, kin¬ dergarten through grade 14. The other $300 million would have been returned to the taxpayers. Budget Negotiations Eleventh hour negotiations for dispersing the $2.5 billion highlighted direct consultations between state school chief Bill Honig and state legislators over Honig’s refusal to acquiesce to Republicans' demands that he per¬ ceived would weaken Prop. 98. By virtue of the fact that Honig had already agreed to hold school appropriation increases down to 41 percent of the states’ general fund, he felt the $2.2 billion excess tax money should go to education. The plan to hold education funding in¬ creases down by allowing its fund¬ ing to increase only one percent from 40 percent to 41 percent was proposed by Sen. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove. But Honig now argued that Senate Republican leader Ken Maddy’s (Fresno) plan would have cut education to 39 percent. Community College Share After the final legislation had been signed, Honig said, “For six months the legislature has been trying to gut education’s share of the windfall tax dollars. They did not succeed.” Sen. Gary Hart (Santa Barbara), who handled the drawing up of the final legislation, released the following figures. Education, К through 14 would receive $1.4 billion dollars of the windfall tax excess moneys. Communities colleges would receive $45 million. In addition, They would also receive an in¬ crease of 4.6 percent in their yearly budget for the fiscal year 1989-90. This is an increase of about8.4 tenths of one percent above what Honig had agreed to as a one per¬ cent annual increase to 41 percent in the Garamendi plan. A Day in the Sun . . . Jennifer Landis/ The Courier By the Mirror Pools, Yolanda Bohanee gets her feet wet while studying Marine Biology with Patrick Lewis. Gangs Violate the Poo! Rules Gang Activity -related violence broke out at PCC's pool July 7. Just after 3:30 in the afternoon, the lifeguard on duty called Campus Police to report that “two Hispanic juveniles were fighting over gang affiliation,” according to the police log. Apparently, a 16-year-old boy started the fight, and the other, 18, fought back. Both were ejected from the pool. The boy who started the fight was “advised not to return to the pool for the rest of the sum¬ mer,” while the other was told to stay away for three weeks. Female Harrassment Among other police items, a female student arrived at the Campus Police department on the night of July 1 1 reporting that “a man had tried to touch her without her consent.” Officers Nicholas O. Hoekstra, Steven L. Lester, Ronald W. West and Theresa B. Carrillo responded and found the suspect “with a radio and no books behaving very strangely toward females.” The suspect, 38-year-old mentally handicapped non-stu¬ dent, was harassing females in the Quad. After telling officers that he was supposed to meet his mother at Carl's Jr. and had just stopped at PCC for a while, he was released and advised not to return to campus. Illegal Parking Margaret J. Strong, Campus Police Senior Dispatcher, said that criminal activity at PCC slows down considerably dur¬ ing the summer months. “Less kids, less crime,” she said. One officer with time on his hands last week requested warrant/ want checks on two different vehicles in less than 14 minutes, according to the log. The first one did not have cur¬ rent registration tags, but turned out to be registered and, conse¬ quently, was not cited. The other car could not be checked for outstanding warrants because the Pasadena Police Department’s computer system was not working; it was, however, cited for illegal park¬ ing. — Michael D. Nalick Asbestos Clean-up Starts College Adheres to EPA Standards Gigi Hanna Editor-in-Chief The Board of Trustees has awarded Marcor of California the contract for the continuing asbestos abatement from campus buildings. On May 4, 1989, the Board authorized the District to “advertise and solicit” offers for the projects. Marcor's $224,849 bid was the lowest of the four received. According to the Environ¬ mental Protection Agency, more than 20 percent of U.S. commercial and public proper¬ ties are believed to contain asbestos. Once regarded as a magic mineral because of its in¬ sulating abilities, asbestos was severely restricted by the EPA in 1973 after high doses of it were to found scar human lungs, causing cancer and other diseases. Removal of the mineral from community col¬ lege campuses began three years ago, and PCC has been involved in ongoing removal projects since then. Current projects involving asbestos removal include the Facilities Monitoring and Con¬ trol System (FMCS) to be in¬ stalled in the R building. Before any installing or wiring can be done on the temperature control system, the asbestos present in crawlspaces must be cleared to avoid any danger to the workers. Marcor began work yesterday to replace the asbestos ceiling tiles in the top floor classes of the V building with safe tiles. The classrooms being treated will be tented dur¬ ing the process. According to Ernest Church, manager of maintenance and grounds ser¬ vices, there is no danger of asbestos contamination to stu¬ dents during removal work because “the air is cleaned, vaccumned and monitored before and after each job. If the air doesn’t meet city and state standards, we don’t allow peo¬ ple in the building.” The U building will also be undergo¬ ing asbestos-removal work. According to Dr. James Kossler, assistant superinten¬ dent of administrative services, the board will soon be taking bids for a general asbestos removal contract. Currently, each asbestos removal project must be bid separatly, as the need arises. The process as it is now, is lengthy and retards the progress of each project. The board hopes to end this with a contractor that will handle all of the asbestos removal on campus.