PCC Courier, March 25, 1983

PCC COURIER “FREE FLIGHT” GOES “AIRBORNE” See Page 3 VOL. 55, NO. 6 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA. CALIFORNIA MARCH 25, 1983 'Budget Plan Is a Mistake ' 'Cut Vice Presidents Instead' By Stephen Williams Editor-in-Chief The proposal to reorganize academic departments and cut department heads is a mistake and should not be part of the plan to help lesson the $3.5 million shortfall, according to Dr. Frederick E. Holland, Faculty Senate president. “However, I’m in favor of reducing the number of vice presidents from four to two,” said Holland. “They don’t generate ADA,” average daily atten¬ dance, which is used to obtain money from the state. “We’re behind in ADA this year, which is 14,080, so why are we cutting faculty? The college receives $1850 for each ADA.” Two weeks ago, Trustee Joeseph Sargis made a motion, seconded by Dr. Richard Green to reduce the number of vice presidents from four to two. The motion failed 3-4, with Sargis, Green and Roger Gertmanian voting yes. “Instead of the vice presidents being cut, the department chairpersons will be reduced. That’s not a management cut. All, but two chairpersons teach classes,” said Holland. The adminis¬ tration claims chairpersons count as one management position. Since chairpersons teach classes, they should be considered “part man¬ agement as well as part instruction,” said Dr. William P. Bair, mathematics department chairperson. If chairpersons haven’t been con¬ sidered as management, then what are they?” asked Dr. Stuart E. Marsee, interim superintendent-president. “They are not supervisory positions. Department heads are management.” Holland feels they are not 100 per¬ cent managers. “If they are manage¬ ment, then how come they were not informed of the cuts ahead of time and why didn’t the administration discuss their suggestions with them.” “It was an unusual circumstance,” said Dr. Henry P. Kirk, vice president of student services. “Action plans had to be formulated very quickly. Every¬ one wished there was more time to discuss this and during ordianry cicumstances, we would have.” “The reason why we had to touch faculty is because others have been hit before,” said Marsee. During the past five years, since Proposition 13, administrative services received a 11.2 percent reduction, in¬ structional services, 12 percent, stu¬ dent personnel services, 34.8 percent. Only business services didn’t receive any cuts, according to a report from the office of administrative services. “We have two deans this year com¬ pared to three last year in insructional services,” said Steven A. Cerra, vice president of instructional services. “Our office lost $139,689 just last year.” Kirk said, “since Proposition 13, we’ve been taking cuts year after year, after year. In 1977 there were 14 deans in student personnel services and now there’s only five.” “I don’t think it would be fair to the next president or the faculty, if vice presidents were cut now. Those posi¬ tions are more sensitive than others,” said Marsee. “In a transition, continuity is needed to help make adjustments for the entire college. The incoming superintendent- president will appreciate having con¬ tinuity, and it should allow for him or her to evaluate the structure,” said Kirk. “The administration could adjust to having only two vice presidents,” said Holland. “The office of administration overlaps with business services and the office of instruction overlaps with the office of student personnel services. We could combine administration and business, and we don’t need the position of vice president for student personnel services.” There’s no way a vice president can cover two areas, said Cerra and Kirk. We’re doing double duties now. Student Foundation Association to help raise money for the school. Membership cards, costing $1, were needed to participate. — Courier photo by Jeff Yoshimura REVENGE — Business department chairperson, James L. Clark, celebrates after he dropped Dr. Bonnie R. James, vice president of business services, into the bucket during the softball dunk. The event was sponsored by the 'Agonizing Time for AH' — Cerra By Mark Blocker News Editor “The relationship between the faculty and administration is very strained, but understandably so. It’s an agonizing time for all,” said Steven Cerra, vice- president of instruction. Several faculty members and administrators feel that since the announce¬ ment of a projected $3.5 million deficit in the PCC budget and the ensuing cuts recommended by Superintendent-President Dr. Stuart E. Marsee and the Board of Trustees, faculty-administration relationship is at an all-time low. This was culminated last Thursday when the Faculty Senate in an unprecendented move, censured the administration. The censure as follows: WHEREAS the administration of this college have abdicated their responsi¬ bility to support and facilitate the educational processes instituted by faculty; WHEREAS there seems to be a philosophy among the administration that cost-effectiveness is the only criterion by which a program is evaluated; WHEREAS the administration have grossly erred in their estimation of fall and spring enrollment to meet the yearly ADA base; WHEREAS the proposal of the administration to restructure the present 15 departments into nine divisions totally ignores the findings of the Carvell Study, the report of the Strategic Planning Task Forces (both instituted by the administration) and the advice of faculty over the past 16 years; WHEREAS notices of intent to dismiss have been sent mainly to teaching faculty (exceptions: KPCC General Manager and Department Chairpersons for Engineering and Technology and for Social Sciences,) cutting faculty by 25 percent with no commensurate cuts in administration WHEREAS these actions of administration ignore the state mandated guidelines for excellence in post-secondary education; and WHEREAS these actions will seriously erode the quality of instruction at Pasadena City College: Therefore be it RESOLVED for the reasons stated above and to halt any further erosion in the educational quality at Pasadena City College, WE, THE FACULTY SENATE BOARD OF PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, DO HEREBY DECLARE OUR CENSURE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. Although the censure is of symbolic importance only, it stands as written testament to the division within the college. “A censure is fine, if that’s what the faculty wants to do, but how can we take that to the bank and get some money?” Cerra said. “The adminisration doesn’t want these cuts any more than the faculty, but (Continued on Page 6) \ Lancers Receive Seven Trophies Forensics Rank 1 0th By Miran Rabadi Staff Writer The forensics team placed 10th in the State Championship Tournament at Bakersfield last weekend. Twenty one colleges were participating in the competition. PCC defeated L.A. Trade Tech, Long Beach City College, L.A. City College, Bakersfield College, El Camino College, Mt. St. Antonio College and Mission. As a result, the team received seven trophies (four silver and three bronze) and one silver medal. “It was a grueling tournament for the participants as well as the judges,” said forensics coach, Anthony Georgilas. “We know our strengths and we are working in the areas in which to improve our competitive edge,” Georgilas went on to say. The big winners of the tournament were Sandra Mehterian, Margie Gear and James Hamilton. Mehterian received a bronze trophy in Oral Interpretation. In Duet Acting she and her partner .Hamilton, each won a bronze trophy; Hamilton was also awarded a bronze trophy in the Oral Interpretation in drama competition. Gear had a perfect score in the preliminary round of Impromptu Speaking in which she won a silver trophy. Gear also received a silver trophy in Imperative Speaking, Hugh Mcteague was a silver medalist with a score of five wins and one loss in the Lincolin/Douglas Debate. Ann Moffet was a silver trophy winner in Imperative Speaking. Diana Gomez and Tony Rael missed making finals in Prose by one point. Gomez also missed finals in the Informative Speaking competition by one point. In Extem¬ porary Speaking William Tate missed making finals by one point. In the Reader’s Theater competition, “Metamorphosis” which was directed by Moffet missed making the finals by three points. To qualify for the finals in this competition a total score of 325 was required, but Moffet and cast received a score of 322. The cast consisted of Gomez, Hamilton, Moffat and Rael. “Our team is consitently winning and we can anticipate to do as well in the National Champs. The squad is well coached, matured, disciplined and strong to meet all challenges,” said team director, Joe Probst. The team will be participating in the National Cham¬ pionship Tournament in San Antonio on April 4th. In May, the team will be competing in the Pacific Southwest College Forensics Association (PSCFA) at Rio Hondo. СТА Contract Seeks 'Efficiency' By John Pierce and Mark Blocker A collective bargaining contract, seeking cost of living increases and better fringe benefits, has been proposed by the California Teachers Association (СТА), said СТА direc¬ tor Dr. Edward Ortell. “This contract is similar to the last two year’s contracts,” said Ortell. “From what I have observed, the contract will be approved (by the СТА general membership) ... but that is up to the members.” CTA’s proposed contract requests include: • Cost of living adjustments for salary and in health, dental, life and income insurance, • A maximum workload of 15 hours in lecture or lab and a maximum class size of 35 students, • Rescheduling certificated evalua¬ tions to once every four years instead of two, • “Flexible scheduling,” allowing less than five day per week work weeks, • Restoration of 6 percent increase to salary for counselor’s extra duties, • Severance pay for all unused sick leave, • A “senior professor” plan allowing an employee an 11 or 12 month contract option in his last three years at PCC. Controversial aspects of the СТА contract are that it leaves negotia¬ tions for discharged faculty past the May 15 firing deadline and mentions nothing of the 103 tentative layoffs by the Board of Trustees. Cuts in Instruction Critized “I think the Board has issued more ‘notices not to re-employ’ than in any other community college in the state,” said Ortell. “The number of notices are proportionally more than Orange Coast’s (Orange Coast Com¬ munity College District), even though the district is bigger, with two main campuses.” “We are concerned with what’s happening to people here. The dis¬ trict (Pasadena Area Community College District) has an obligation to teachers as human beings, not just as numbers,” said Wallace Calvert, СТА secretary. The СТА shares Faculty Senate president Dr. Fredrick E. Holland’s opinion that “the administration was left out of the cuts,” said Ortell. Interim Superintendent-President Dr. Stuart E. Marsee’s “proposals (Continued on Page 6) TAKE THAT _ Robin Shou demonstrates a form of martial arts, called wu-shu, in the free speech area last Wednesday. — Courier photo by Debbie Sentana Student Foundation Holds Funeral Rite By Sharon Ching Assistant News Editor The Associated Students are sponsoring the Student Foundation Association’s funeral services which will be held in the quad today at noon. The funeral, a “mockery” in opposition to the Board of Trustee’s proposed cuts, is “to protest the impending demise of the educational system in California,” according to Jeremiah Hand, chairman of the Student Foundation. When asked why the staging of a funeral was determined, Darryl Grimaldi, executive director of the Association, said, “we decided to take a symbolic approach in order to commemorate the death of the community college. ” A casket will be the central feature of the funeral. It will serve as a collecting box for dollar donations. Grimaldi said, “Hopefully everyone will come up and contribute money in the casket.” In addition to the casket, a eulogy will be presented by Bill Tate, executive vice-president of AS. One of the purposes of the funeral is to object to the “drastic measures” the Board of Trustees “is threatening to take in solving the financial crisis we’re in,” said Grimaldi. Grimaldi also hopes the event will “generate enough concern” among the students, getting them to write to the State Legislature in Sacramento. “But it’s indirectly meant to have an impact on the school itself and to let them know we don’t agree with cutting the faculty,” he said. The money raised from the funeral and other events during Awareness Week will go to the Student Foundation to help purchase fiber glass and concrete benches for the quad. The rest of the money will be placed in the foundation’s account. This account is to provide “unrestricted funds” for the association, which will be used for special “needs and concerns” of the college. Grimaldi hopes the fund will be continued for years to come. The members of the Student Government have been active in Awareness Week and in supporting the Student Association Foundation.