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Volume 105, Issue 5
The independent student voice of PCC. Serving Pasadena Since 1915.
March 22, 2012
Stepping into the future
Idea of free
speech limits
firmly opposed
PCC President Rocha calls 'time,
place , manner ' policy unnecessary
Blair Wells/Courier
Instructor Amy Oliver uses her "Smart" room in the R Building to help in her explantation of photography.
Classroom tech update underway
Christine Michaels
Staff Writer
A technology update is under¬
way on campus, with hopes of
completion before June 2013,
according to Vice President of
Information Technology
Dwayne Cable.
The "Smart 18" plan has three
component. One of these is that
all 264 classrooms will become
'smart' classrooms, according to
Interim Dean of Institutional
Effectiveness Crystal Kollross.
In addition, all full time facul¬
ty will have desktop computers
replaced with laptop docking
stations, and all adjunct faculty
will "possibly acquire laptops
they can check out," said Cable.
"There's a tech master plan,"
said Cable. The plan includes a
Leverage Technology Advisory
Committee, "made up of two
representatives from [each of the
14] academic divisions," he said.
To upgrade each classroom,
smart boards, laptop docks, pro¬
jectors with cameras, and screens
will be added.
The laptop docks will be con¬
nected to the podium as well as
the PCC network. "[Faculty] will
be able to unplug [their laptops]
and walk out of the classroom,"
said Cable. Instructors will be
able to bring their laptops to
class and just plug them into the
docks provided.
This will help keep each facul¬
ty members' information with
them at all times, instead of on a
desktop in a classroom that other
faculty members have access to,
according to Cable.
If a teacher does not have a
laptop, one will be provided for
him or her. "[Faculty] has a
choice between Mac or
Windows... I want them to have
what they are comfortable with,"
said Cable.
Another possible update is the
introduction of college email
addresses for each student at
pasadena.edu.
Many students already have at
least two email [accounts]
according to Cable. "It's most
likely to roll out by fall... I have
four or five email [accounts]
myself!" said Cable.
Upgrading the PCC website is
a high priority for Cable. "Oh
look at this! This is just
awful. ..we have been working
Continued on page 10
Suspect arrested in campus bicycle theft
Michael McGrath
Staff Writer
A bicycle theft suspect was
arrested last week after the quick
communication between PCC
campus police and Caltech, and
a stolen bike was returned to its
owner.
The victim, Phillip Nunez,
English, received his bike back
March 14 after the suspect was
found riding it around Caltech.
After reporting it stolen March 9,
Nunez was relieved and sur¬
prised, to get back his bike from
the Pasadena Police Department.
"I was shocked at to even get
the bike back," said Nunez.
Bicycle thieves, some of whom
make a living solely off the prof¬
it from stolen bikes, are becom¬
ing bolder and even breaking
locks in front of a crowd, said
Sgt. Steven Matchan of the
Campus Police. "Some of these
thieves are professionals and are
able to steal a bike in one to two
Paul Ochoa and
Michael McGrath
Staff writers
PCC President Mark Rocha is
firmly opposed to a 'time, place,
manner' policy that would limit
protests and demonstrations on
campus.
"I don't see any need for it,"
Rocha said when addressing
journalism students March 15.
Rocha also said, however, that
there is an appropriate time for
protests and that the protesters
in February were not dealing
with the real problem and were
just expressing anger.
"Once expressed, you have to
deal with the problem," Rocha
said.
"I really feel that the protests
are valid, but you have to direct
the protests at the right place.
These funding decisions are
made in Sacramento."
Rocha said that the problem is
not PCC, but the economy, and
that the solution is to fund edu¬
cation.
"If you fund education, the
better you will be able to fund
everything else," Rocha said.
The 'time, place, manner' poli¬
cy has been a controversial topic
of discussion before and was
ultimately shelved last year by
the Academic Senate. At the
Board of Trustees meeting on
March 7, mention of a revival of
the policy by Board Vice
President John Martin drew
wide attention, prompting stu-
minutes," said Matchan.
"This year to date there have
been six bikes stolen from [stu¬
dents at] PCC in which two
arrests have been made and two
additional suspects have been
identified," said Matchan.
He advised students to lock
their bikes in bicycle racks, and
with secure steel U-locks.
"I've heard of wire locks being
cut by simple gardening shears,"
Continued on page 10
Antonio Gandara/Courier
PCC President Dr. Mark Rocha
speaks with journalism students
about current events.
dents to write letters of disap¬
proval.
"While it may be true that the
board felt 'threatened' by the
protests, that does not give them
the right to limit our freedom of
speech," wrote student Andrew
Bott in a letter to Rocha, the
Board of the Trustees, and vari¬
ous news organizations.
Both Board President Geoffrey
Baum and Rocha have
denounced talk of reviving the
policy. "There is no desire or
attempt to restrict freedom of
expression at PCC," Baum
Continued on page 10
Justin Clay/Courier
Victor Aquino recently got his bicycle back from campus police after
they discovered that it wasn't properly locked.
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Spinning
Packed cycling class
helps participants get
into better shape
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Theater
Rehearsal start for
musical production
'Into the Woods'
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