Courier Calls for
Teacher Pay
Raise
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Musician in Residence
to Give Noon Recital
in Harbeson Hall
see page 5
Lancers
Playoff Ship
Plundered
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COURIER
VOL. 87 NO. 19 www.pcc-courieronline.com MARCH 7,2002
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On Campus
•A Mickey
Mouse
Kind of
a Guy
By Britt McCormick
Web Editor
Most people would find it chal¬
lenging to draw one passable ver¬
sion of Mickey Mouse, but
Southern California artist and PCC
illustration instructor Eric Robison
* took on a real challenge: 100 of
them.
One hundred images of Disney’s
favorite rodent will be on display in
t the Disney Gallery in the New
Orleans Square section of
Disneyland. The exhibit, “One
Hundred Mickeys,” is in honor of
the 1 00th birthday this year of cre-
5 ator Walt Disney, who died in 1 966.
The exhibit is the first of its kind
and is really equal parts a celebra¬
tion of the Anniversary of Walt
©Disney’s 100th Birthday, a gallery
exhibit of the work of Eric
Robison, a fine art sale, a merchan¬
dise event and a computer technol-
ogy show.
The Mickeys are for sale, rang¬
ing from $500 to $10,000. But they
are selling fast. In fact, as of today,
96 have been sold. There is still
* time to see them however.
Robison’s work will be on display
through Sept. 8 at the Disney
Gallery. Only then will the new
owners be able to finally take
Mickey home with them.
A graduate in economics from
UC Irvine, Robison didn’t actually
__ start as an art student. During his
senior year, Robison did a theme
park attraction for his senior thesis.
A couple weeks before graduation,
a Disney representative approached
* him about working for Disney. The
man left him a card that read
“Imagineering.” It was the begin¬
ning of a beautiful friendship, one
p that has led to Robison’s recent
success, though his works have
actually been collected worldwide
since 1991.
Interestingly enough, it was a
r; PCC art teacher that encouraged
him to pursue art. Robison was a
student at PCC from 1977-1979
and he remembers his time at the
i college with fondness. Now, on top
of being a well-known artist,
Robison is also an illustration
instructor at PCC. He started last
e ® see DISNEY, page 3
News
feffel
* Budget Analyst Alan Frye
returns to PCC today. At
noon in the Forum, he will
continue his examination of
v the college budget and
explain why faculty should
get more money.
*
March 8 is International
women’s day . At 1 1 :30
a.m. a movement advocat-
, ing justice and dignity for
women around the world
will meet at 3300 Wilshire
Blvd. to march in support
«
of the Global Women’s
Strike.
Martha Hernandez/Courier
Sun Binxie presents his redesign of the PCC campus to his peers and
local architects. The students in Coleman Griffith’s architectural
design class were challenged to envision a new layout for the col¬
lege that incorporates education into architecture.
$150 Million
Bond Issue
Approved
By Andrew Campa
Assistant Sports Editor
After months of publicity over a proposed bond issue, PCC’s Measure
P passed last Tuesday with only 23 percent of the registered voters turn¬
ing out. With little opposition and one of the lowest voter turnouts in his¬
tory, measure “P” managed to receive nearly 70 percent of the vote.
Sixteen percent of the registered voters in the district saddled all proper¬
ty owners with higher taxes.
“This signals an exciting new level of partnership with our communi¬
ty to get this work done,” said PCC president James Kossler. “It also
shows the wonderful long-term reputation PCC has developed over 75
years of serving the community.”
Now that Tuesday’s election has come and gone, PCC will now be
asking the community for help in the form of bonds. These bonds will
total $150 million over the next 10 years. “When we went out to speak to
people, they said PCC’s a great place. We’d like to help,” said Kossler.
The bonds, which will be purchased at 12 percent interest or less, will
be paid back through local property taxes. These taxes will be collected
over the next 25 years at close to $13 per year for every $100,000 of
assessed property value.
“I think the public recognizes they have a tremendous asset in PCC,”
said Warren Weber, president of the PCC board of trustees. “ The com¬
munity recognizes that we have some infrastructure problems. The pub¬
lic came to the conclusion that we ought to make some investments.”
The need for local funding arose after Sacramento made changes to
policies regarding school district’s dependency on state dollars. For the
first time in 50 years PCC decided to reach out to the community for
® see MORE, page 4
No Tacos For You
By Joseph Claro
Staff Writer
Protesting against the lack of rights and fair wages given to
Florida’s farm laborers, the PCC based organization Students for
Social Justice staged a demonstration at the Taco Bell restaurant on
North Lake Street last weekend.
This third Taco Bell protest orchestrated by the group brought
together 20 to 25 students from campuses as far away as Ontario
High School. Displaying signs saying “No Quiero Taco Bell” and
“Fair Labor Rights To All,” protesters passed out fliers and spoke
about their cause to all those willing to listen.
Under the hot afternoon sun, students worked diligently, spread¬
ing their message to those in passing cars as well as to pedestrians
on the street.
Many customers were turned away from the restaurant and a legion
of passing cars honked their horns and waved their arms in support of
the protesters.
Dedicated to issues of social concern, the SFSJ has vehemently
# see PROTEST, page 4
Joe Claro/Courier
Students protest low wages of tomato pick¬
ers outside Taco Bell on North Lake Avenue.
Coach
л/
of the Year
By Joseph Narvaez
Copy Editor
Gridiron guru Tom Maher, head
coach of the PCC football team,
was recently named Community
College Coach of the Year in the
February issue of American
Football Monthly magazine. The
award goes to Maher after guiding
the Lancers to a 10-1 overall record
in 2001.
“It’s a great honor,” said Maher.
“We don’t really get a whole lot of
notoriety at the community college
level, so publicity about our pro¬
gram is always welcome.”
The prestigious award was
given to Maher in a ceremony at
the American Football Coaches
Association National Convention
in San Antonio, Texas.
This past season was a memo¬
rable year for Maher. He finished
up his sixth year as head coach of
the Lancer program, and it was his
most successful in his tenure at
PCC.
He was named the Mission
Conference Northern Division
Coach of the Year. The only blem¬
ish on the Lancer record in 2001
came at the hands of El Camino.
“That was the only bad apple in our
barrel. Sometimes games can go
your way, other times they don’t,”
Maher stated.
His team finished the season
ranked No. 4 in the nation by JC
Grid-Wire. The team won the
school’s first Mission Conference
championship in 13 years. The
Lancers also earned their first bowl
appearance since 1 992 and capital¬
ized on the opportunity with a 38-
17 spanking of Grossmont in the
South County Bowl win.
Jake Armstrong/Courier
Lancer Coach Tom Maher talks to, his play¬
ers during a game last season.
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