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COURIER
VOL. 67, NO. 3
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JULY 28, 1988
PCC Employees Under Investigation
By Sean DuPont
Editor-in-Chief
An investigation on possible
“malfeasance” by college employ¬
ees has been conducted by the
college and disciplinary action
may follow.
Because of the investigation,
names or the nature of the charges
were not publically announced at
press time.
“I don’t want to defame any¬
one,” said Dr. Jack Scott, super¬
intendent-president. “When the
disciplinary decisions are made, I
want them to be made on a basis of
a fair treatment of people in look¬
ing at what occurs and what would
be the appropriate discipline. I
don’t want to be an instrument that
hurts someone.”
As of Monday, no disciplinary
action had been taken by the col¬
lege.
According to Scott, the college is
following the outline provided by
the Skelly Act. An informal hear¬
ing is scheduled with the accused
at which they are given the right to
respond verbally to the charges.
After the district renders its ver¬
dict, the employee may ask for a
formal hearing.
The employee handbook lists 37
examples of misconduct that, if
broken, could result in discipline,
discharge or demotion. The list
includes theft or unauthorized re¬
moval of district property, harass¬
ing, threatening, intimidating or
coercing any employee, student or
visitor, and gambling among oth¬
ers.
“I will assure you we will follow
those disciplinary actions to the
letter, Scott said. “We obviously
have concern for the employees
rights,” Scott said, but have duties
to the district.
“We have to investigate if the
matter is simply an unfounded
suspicion or if it has some
substance. You have to take some
steps that are necessary to find
out.
“At this point, the investigation
has occurred and now there is the
matter of what discipline could
occur.”
Marion Murphy, director of per¬
sonnel, said that the Skelly Act
calls for the district to send writ¬
ten notice to the suspected individ¬
uals informing them of the
charges. The act ensures the
protection of the employee’s
rights.
KPCC Programs Sound
Mountain-High Signals
By John Cooper
Staff Writer
KPCC’s long awaited transmit¬
ter has finally been installed an is
sending signals from atop Mount
Wilson to all of Southern Califor¬
nia. The transmitter was put into
operation five weeks ago.
The campus radio station had
previously been transmitting from
the top of C building. The new
system will allow the station to be
heard in a wider broadcast area.
New listeners have been calling
from as far away as Catalina and
Ventura giving their comments on
the station’s swing music pro¬
gramming.
A party celebrating the opera¬
tion of the transmitter was held
July 18 in the hallway outside
KPCC’s control room in the C
building. Guests included Dr. Jack
Scott, superintendent-president of
the college, Marie Shiep, an an¬
nouncer for KPCC, and Sue Miele,
board of trustee member. Phone
calls received from both William
Thomson, mayor of Pasadena, and
Doug Bennet, president of Na¬
tional Public Radio.
Scott said that he is very pleased
with the transmitter move. He has
heard that the signal has reached
all the way to San Diego and is
very enthusiastic about that. He
also said that he is extremely
pleased that more and more people
will be able to hear the station in
areas the station could not reach
before. Scott believes that stu¬
dents will continue to work on the
air, a program he says is a great
learning experience for the stu¬
dents at the college.
Also present was trustee Sue
Miele. She said that they were
very happy to install the transmit¬
ter atop Mount Wilson because it
had been an issue on the agenda for
long time. She is very happy about
it and thinks it is a great ex¬
perience for the students. Like Dr.
Scott, she feels the students are
nessesary for the success of the
radio station.
KPCC is holding its fund drive
this weekend and the week of Aug.
8-12. A different type of fund drive
than the regular 10-day marathons
the station has previously held,
this fund drive is scattered to incur
less stress from the listeners and
the volunteers. Last Saturday, the
beginning of the fund drive, the
station brought in $6,000 including
pre-pledges. They brought in
$18,245 for the weekend, and they
hope to bring in more as the drive
progress.
Lynn Tavarozzi, temporary de¬
velopment director, said that the
station’s staff hopes that this fund
drive will break all previous re¬
cords because of its added listen-
ership. “We can’t promise that it
will because it takes a while before
new listeners call in and pledge,”
she said.
School Mourns Passing
Ken Barnes, 42, host of
KPCC’s Uncle Ken’s Nickelodeon,
died Saturday from a massive
heart attack. He is survived by
wife, Jane, and three children
Matthew, Spencer and Laura.
Barnes was known for featur¬
ing music from the 1898-1925 era
on his show. The program had
been broadcast Tuesday nights
on KPCC since 1980. The show
featured 78-rpm records from his
collection.
According to Larry Shirk, pro¬
gram director of the station, it is
too soon to tell if the program
will continue with a different
host.
Ken Barnes
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Lifeguard Suzie Porsch tries to keep cool while at work at the campus pool.
Students Set To ‘React’
To Power Plant Trip
By Dorian Cohen
Staff Writer
Approximately 30 students will
take advantage of a rare op¬
portunity to see the San Onofre
Nuclear Generating Station
(SONGS), today accompanied by
Ted James of the engineering and
technology department.
“The whole idea of the trip is to
educate,” James said. “Nine out
of 10 people have negative reac¬
tions” at the mention of nuclear
power, despite little actual knowl¬
edge of the process of creating
electricity from nuclear fission.
James, an electronics instructor
who arranged the trip, said that
the group will learn about nuclear
energy, safety and tour the Edison
training center. They will also
observe the control room sim¬
ulator, which can depict situations
ranging from emergancies to opti¬
mum running conditions.
James, who has worked in the
nuclear power industry, described
the tour, as “A once in a lifetime
opportunity to see the inside of a
nuclear power plant.” The trip is
hosted by the Southern California
Edison Company which operates
SONGS.
Different methods of generating
eletricity have been favored over
the years. James said the utilza-
tion of nuclear power is the direc¬
tion the industry is headed today.
However, the accident at
Chernobyl in April of 1986, which
resulted from human errors and
plant design flaws, has renewed
fears about the safety of nuclear
power plants.
Although all nuclear plants work
on the same basic principles, sig¬
nificant technical and procedural
differences will prevent a similar
accident from occurring at San
Onofre, according to the Edison
Company.
Located next to San Onofre State
Beach, adjoining Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base in San Diego
County, SONGS provides elec¬
tricity for the San Diego, Anaheim
and Riverside areas.
Mail-In
Plan Called
‘A Success’
By Lauren Holland
Staff Writer
The summer mail-in registra¬
tion pilot project, designed to ease
the long lines that form inside and
out of D building every semester,
has pulled in more than 61 percent
of eligible students. Based on that
number, the counseling depart¬
ment has called the new program a
great success.
Mail-in registration offers re¬
turning students the opportunity to
avoid lines and to be placed first in
the processing order.
Of the 2,931 summer mail-in
registrants, 476 had to come in on
adjustment day to finish the regis¬
tration process. Of those, 206 had
mailed incomplete information or
had sent insufficient funds.
Exact data for fall “mail ins”
will not be available until Aug. 18,
which is adjustment day for fall
registrants.
“Because of its complexity and
size, fall is really a different
creature from summer,” said
Matthew C. Lee, acting associate
dean of admissions and records.
The college has received between
50 and 55 “mail ins” per day,
according to Lee, and he expects a
large number of last minute sub¬
missions.
Based on figures from fall, 1987,
PCC has an anticipated continuing
student enrollment of approx¬
imately 11,470. If summer percen¬
tages are any indication, as many
as 7,000 students will take advan¬
tage of fall mail-in registration.
Lee feels that this will have a
significant effect on the registra¬
tion lines.
Expense to the college for proc¬
essing will not be significantly
altered as a result of mail-in regis¬
tration. The staff will spend the
same amount of processing time
as it did before.
Mail in registration will not af¬
fect the lines for new and return¬
ing students. They must endure.
However, a marked decrease in
line time for continuing students
who choose to walk in is antici¬
pated.
If the trend continues this fall,
mail-in registration will be here to
stay.