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PCC Courier, March 04, 1983
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Marsee Budget Guidelines Adopted
Up to 94 Certified Face Discharge
In a resolution presented at last
night’s meeting, the Board of Trustees
voted to eliminate approximately 94
certified positions on a permanent basis
for 1983-84.
Superintendent-president Dr. Stuart
E. Marsee’s nine point plan to cut PCC
budget was also adopted as a
“guideline.”
Positions to be eliminated are as
follows (note percentage estimation of
personnel numbers) :
ALLIED HEALTH: two in
cosmetology, three in dental, one in
medical assisting;
COMMUNICATION: journalism,
one; theater arts, one; telecommunica¬
tions (production), one;
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION:
eliminate 1.6, total;
ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY : Administration of
justice, two; automotive mechanics,
one; building construction, one;
engineering and survey, one; food ser¬
vices, one; motorcycle mechanics, .75;
ENGLISH: library, .12;
FOREIGN LANGUAGES: French,
one; German, 1.5; Russian, .5;
LIBRARY: library services, 5.18;
LIFE SCIENCES: biological
sciences, three;
MUSIC: 5.75;
NURSING: nursing and emergency
medical technology, 16;
PHYSICAL EDUCATION: P.E. and
recreation, six;
PHYSICAL SCIENCES: chemistry,
two; geology, one;
SOCIAL SCIENCES: religious
studies, one; anthropology, one;
history, two; political science, one;
psychology, one;
COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE:
reduce four 12 month counselors to 11
months of service; counselors at PCC
and community skills center, six;
ADMINISTRATION : eliminate posi¬
tions of department chairpersons,
assistant department chairperson,
general manager of KPCC.
Trustee Roger Gertmenian proposed
elimination of the child development
center.
This was amended to the guidelines,
but Trustee Walter T. Shatford warned
that PCC was in a partnership with
Pasadena and its unified school district
to keep the center going. The college
would have to negotiate with the part¬
ners concerning the future of the
center.
Discussion of Marsee’s nine point
plan drew criticism from several facul¬
ty members and students, with par¬
ticular interest in department
reorganization and KPCC.
Dr. Fredrick E. Holland, Faculty
Senate president, repeatedly said the
administration does not draw ADA
(average daily attendance, state
criteria for funding classes).
“Can you believe that these are the
cuts in administration the Board is
recommending?” questioned Holland,
referring that no vice presidents of ad¬
ministration were slated for layoffs, on¬
ly department heads and KPCC general
manager will receive “pink slips.”
Holland recommended alternative
cuts, which include many layoffs in
non-ADA generating positions totaling
more than $1.6 million.
Some of the positions to be eliminated
in Holland’s proposal are the offices of
administrative and business services,
restructuring the classified staff in the
office of superintendent-president,
eliminating the vice president of stu¬
dent personnel services and
eliminating intercollegiate sports.
Advocates for maintaining the pre¬
sent structure of KPCC dominated the
audience microphones. They warned
cutting the professional staff would fur¬
ther deteriorate a nationally known
program and endanger students
chances to find work in professional
radio.
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VOL. 55, NO. 3 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 4, 1983
Conserving Energy By Computer
ENERGY CONSERVATION — The Maintenance and Operations staff
received the Energy Conservation Award for exceptional effort and
achievement from the city of Pasadena. Roger Davis, assistant director of
engineering, is at the controls of an integral reason for the award — a
computer that switches on and off the air conditioning units. "After a
general review of operating procedures was implemented, we brought all
air conditioning units up to their design limits, recalibrated all temperature
control units on campus and switched all units over to a computer," said
Davis. — Courier photo by Bill Buhs
Senate Spurns Exchange
By Mark Blocker
News Editor
After a heated debate, the Faculty
Senate Board voted 14-7 with two
abstentions to recommend the faculty
exchange program be discontinued for
at least one year.
Reasons for temporarily ending the
program were alleged lack of planning,
financial burdens and general ineffec¬
tiveness.
“There are people out there in the
community who think we don’t even
know what were doing with our money.
They think we’re splintering money
and spending it on things not important
to this college. We’re running out of
money to operate this place, let alone
to use on things like this,” said an
angry Harold White, associate
professor of Life Sciences.
The program was initiated by ex-
Superintendent-President Dr. Richard
S. Meyers to promote cultural aware¬
ness by trading faculty members with
participating foreign nations. The vis¬
its last for approximately one
academic year.
A case cited was Michael Chen, who
taught here last year in a trade that
sent Joe Probst, associate professor of
communication to Taiwan.
Chen, receiving his Taiwan salary
while over here, was barely able to
survive in the view of the senate board.
It was reported he had to take home
food from the cafeteria, at one point
had to rely on a faculty charity drive
for rent money, and “was simply
dumped in our culture with little or no
orientation,” said Ellen Reynolds,
Business instructor.
Meanwhile, Probst was “living like a
king” in Taiwan, attending dignitary
functions, state dinners and living quite
comfortably there on his American
salary, one faculty member reported.
“I’ve worked with some exchange
teachers who only had the equivalent of
an AA degree and had never taught
before. Also, their countries often want
them to attend an university while they
are over here. Couple that with an
inadequate salary and you have very
difficult living conditions. How can
these people possibly be effective
teachers?” she asked.
Carmen Brunol, professor of Foreign
Languages, questioned the effective¬
ness of the program.
“We don’t even use our many foreign
students who are here already for
cultural exchange. I have never even
met these visiting teachers and I’m in
the foreign language department.
From what I see, there has never been
any cultural exchange with this pro¬
gram in the first place,” Brunol said.
The senate board also questioned the
political policies of the countries par¬
ticipating in the program.
“South Korea is applying to get in,
and that’s another oppressive dic¬
tatorship,” said Faculty Senate Presi¬
dent Dr. Fredrick E. Holland.
Before it is considered for reinstate¬
ment, the board recommended studies
be undertaken to improve the program.
New Officers Elected
In other business, the board an¬
nounced the result of the elections for
officers to be seated next fall. Marion
Murphy, professor of English, was
elected president; Anthony Georgilas,
associate professor of Communica¬
tions, will be vice-president; Reynolds
will serve as secretary and Mary Jane
Cordon, professor of mathematics, is
the next treasurer.
Re-Keying Rooms
Bonnie James, vice president of busi¬
ness services, addressed the meeting
about new security measures to be
implemented. After recurrent losses of
college and personal property, the
school is about to change its key policy.
“Our current keying concept is in¬
correct. We have large keys for min¬
imum security people and large keys
for maximum security. It’s quite easy
to file down a key, but difficult to file
one up,” he said.
James also criticized the inventory
policy. “Our current procedures make
it difficult to ascertain whether miss¬
ing equipment has merely been trans-
fered to another department, or has
been traded in on newer items,” he
said.
Though losses this year have so far
totalled just over $500, unaccounted for
items have ran up as high as $147,000 in
1979.
“I’ve talked with several department
chairpersons regarding this matter and
some have reluctantly questioned the
security of the campus. We do have too
many keys out to individuals no longer
associated with the college, this could
be a part of the problem,” James said.
KPCC
John Gregory, general manager of
radio station KPCC, went before the
board to encourage faculty to use the
station more in their instruction. He
also attempted to rally support against
the proposed reorganization of the sta¬
tion in interim Superintendent-Presi¬
dent Dr. Stuart E. Marsee’s “nine-
point plan.”
“Back in 1974, when we were on the
air 46 hours a week, we hired three
people. Today, we are broadcasting 161
hours a week— with no additional hir¬
ing. The Board of Trustees claims it
wants to reorganize the station, but
how much reorganizing can you do with
three people?” said Gregory.
Gregory also said the station’s
broadcasting of government hearings,
literature, drama and music programs
are useful to many departments, but he
is “aghast at how little the faculty uses
this jewel they have at (their) feet.”
Credit Returns in Fall
Banking Classes Restored to Credit
By John Pierce
Production Manager
Banking and Financing or AIB
(American Institute of Banking)
courses, presently offered as non¬
credit/fee, were reinstated to credit
courses starting in fall 1983 by the
Board of Trustees last week.
These classes, Bank Accounting 105A
and 105B, Accounting 108, Banking 110,
131-34, 136, 144, 146, and Purchasing and
Contracting 168-175, were removed
from credit because support money
(Average Daily Attendance funds) for
them was cut by the state community
college chancellor’s office’s “hit list.”
According to Vice President of In¬
struction Steven Cerra, the AIB
courses were made fee classes because
the business department’s hourly in¬
structor budget was affected by the
“hit list” and it came down to a choice
of offering more general, rather than
specific, business courses, or, as Cerra
said, “more bang for the buck.”
At the meeting, trustee Joseph E.
Sargis was adamant about his col¬
league’s decision, lashing out at them
and the administration for not reinstat¬
ing the courses for the present school
year.
“I reject completely that this was
done in a professional manner. Banking
and Financing courses were not on the
‘hit lists’ one or two, but they showed
up on number three. This is wholly
irresponsible,” said Sargis. “I knew
this would happen. This offends me.
Money was taken out of these courses
and put elsewhere. It should be re¬
turned. . . . People’s lives were dis¬
rupted. Courses built for over 30 years
were ruined, people weren’t properly
contracted.
“It’s a matter of integrity— we owe it
to students and organizations,” said
Sargis. He also chided his fellow
trustees for “postponing this (decision)
three times.”
The administration and fellow
trustees, particularly Board president
Dr. Gary B. Adams, were quick to
point out to Sargis that no harm was
done by making AIB classes non-credit
because assembly bill 141, the
Berguson Bill, would allow students
currently in fee classes to receive full
credit and it was certain to pass. Also,
it was made clear that attempts to
refund fees already paid would use up
the ADA provided for the AIB courses.
“We should have decided on this a
while back. But, we’re in fee now and
we shouldn’t turn back— it won’t do any
good,” said Adams. “They (students)
are getting credit. But the courses
should be in credit as of 1983-84.
“If we switched back now, we might
not get the ADA sufficient to pay for
credit Banking and Purchasing courses
and refunds,” said Adams.
Newsbriefs
UCLA Scholarships Available
Students transferring to UCLA in the fall of 1983 are
eligible for scholarships of $1,500 minimum offered by the
UCLA Alumni Association. Students must have at least a 3.5
GPA in all transferrable courses. The deadline is today.
Phi Delta Kappa Scholarship Available
A $250 Phi Delta Kappa scholarship is available for a PCC
student graduating this year, enrolling in a four-year college
next fall, and pursuing a career in public education.
Financial need, GPA and extra-curricular activities are the
basis for this scholarship. The deadline is March 11.
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New RTD Base Passes Available
RTD’s new College and Vocational Base Pass and Cash
Discount Card are now available at all RTD Customer
Service Centers. Base Passes currently in use will expire
March 31. The new cards will expire Sept. 30, 1983. To be
eligible, a student must be enrolled in at least 12 units in a
state accredited school for a minimum of three months. A
Base Pass costs $4 monthly. For more information, call the
RTD Prepaid Sales Office at 972-6731.
Financial Aid From Private Donors
The Scholarship Bank matches a student with available
aid and sends the student a listing of private financial
sources. Most scholarships are renewable and have a $1,000
value. Students interested in a printed listing of possible
sources of aid should send a business size, self addressed
stamped envelope to: The Scholarship Bank, 10100 Santa
Monica Blvd., number 750, Los Angeles, CA, 90067.
Cape Cod Summer Job Opportunities
More than 55,000 summer jobs are being offered in the
resort areas of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and the offshore
islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Most of the
jobs require little or no experience. A published directory
lists more than 100 job opportunities such as lifeguards,
nurse’s aides, taxi drivers, sports instructors, waitresses
and many more. For a copy of this directory send $2 to: Cape
Cod Summer Job Bureau, Box 594, Barnstable, MA, 02630.
Renaissance Faire Tickets Available
Advanced tickets are now available for the Renaissance
Pleasure Faire. The 16th century historical celebration
begins April 23, for six weekends, Saturdays and Sundays,
from 9 a m. to 6 p.m. For additional information contact:
Devon Blaine/Joyce Taylor, The Blaine Group, 7465 Beverly
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90036 or call (213) 851-9750.
Massive Rains Saturate Campus
Two More Storms Due Next Week
A powerful Pacific storm, spawned
from an intense low pressure system
west of San Fransisco, swept through
Southern California leaving behind
widespread damage and up to 121
inches of rain in foothill communities
this week.
The campus made it through the
storm with only minor problems,
according to the Safety office. Heavy
thundershowers flooded parts of the
quad area Wednesday afternoon, and
a clogged drain in the T building
backed up water in the hall several
times. Maintenance crews were
called to clear the flooded areas and
to fix the drain.
Leaks in the roof of the men’s gym
dripped rainwater down to the gym
floor, but no damage was done to the
floor and buckets were placed under
those areas.
Due to the heavy rains several
sports events were cancelled, includ¬
ing men’s and women’s tennis, men’s
baseball and women’s softball, and
women’s basketball.
The National Weather Service
warns that the ground is now
saturated and any new storms dump¬
ing even moderate rainfall for a
significant amount of time will gener¬
ate a fast run off. Two more storms,
located in the central Pacific, could
affect Southern California by Sunday
or early next week.