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President wants
college to focus
on the positive
Rocha airs views on 'crisis'
Let the games begin
Teresa Mendoza
/
Courier
Athletes from St. Francis, Maranatha, Woodbridge, Lakewood and Monrovia high schools run the
200m dash at the Pasadena Games at Robinson Stadium on Friday. Woodbridge placed first and
second, followed by St. Francis in third place.
AS recommends bank card ID
Benjamin Simpson
Staff Writer
The Associated Students
Board has recommended con¬
necting the Lancer ID card and a
US Bank debit card.
If adopted by the Board of
Trustees, US Bank would take
over the disbursement of all stu¬
dent financial aid, and all stu¬
dents would receive a student
Ю
with their photograph, the PCC
logo, the US Bank Logo and the
Mastercard logo.
"We are heading into the 21st
century," said Simon Fraser,
president of the Associated
Students. "We know that tech¬
nologies like these are needed
and widely used and we are lag¬
ging behind the rest of the com¬
munity college system."
If the new debit card is adopt¬
ed, students will have two
options. The first is to not acti¬
vate the card, and receive their
money from US Bank by check
or by direct deposit into the stu¬
dent's bank account.
The other option is for stu¬
dents to sign up for the debit
card and receive their funds
directly on the debit card.
If students sign up for the
debit card, they will have the
choice of a basic or deluxe card.
The basic card will allow only
deposits from PCC onto the
card, while the deluxe card will
allow deposits from friends,
Continued on page 6
JONATHAN BILES
and Adam Mitchell
Staff Writers
Accentuating the positive
efforts of his administration,
President Mark Rocha explained
his views about the school's
problems at a news conference
for journalism students on
Tuesday.
In particular, Rocha addressed
the recent votes of no confidence
into his administration, saying
that the results don't accurately
reflect everyone's opinion.
Rocha quickly dismissed the
ad-hoc faculty committee's vote
as misleading, referring to the
fact that there are 390 full time
faculty at PCC, of which only 213
participated in the vote, adding
that the vote was not sent to any
of the adjunct faculty.
"Do the math," Rocha said.
Rocha also reiterated that the
Board makes the official school
decisions - he merely makes rec¬
ommendations. He also claimed
that the vote of no confidence
taken by the Associated Students
Board was an incomplete survey
of the campus' true opinions.
"Not one single student got up
[at the Board meeting] and said
T can't transfer,"' Rocha said.
Matthew Chan
/
Courier
PCC president Dr. Mark Rocha
speaks at a news conference on
Tuesday.
Additionally, he said Assistant
Superintendent Dr. Robert Bell
handled all cases of transfer
problems that were brought in
for help, and that students with
transfer issues should have come
to Bell for help, but only a few
students have done so.
Since the Board of Trustees
cancelled Winter Intersession
last year, students have been cit¬
ing their difficulties in transfer
Continued on page 7
The Rocha Years
TIMELINE: Major college milestones during the tenure of the current
president/superintendent.
Nov. 6, 2010:
Project 90, Education master plan has its first
meeting to discuss
student success achievement targets.
July 1,2010:
pnpjectgo
Sept. 29, 2011:
Rocha states the college will be
considering a realignment of
the teaching divisions in his
State of the College address.
Dr. Mark Rocha is
selected by the Board
ofTrustees as
President
/
Superintendent
the fourth in four years.
Photo illustration by Buren Smith, Photo Editor Timeline continued on page 4
AS cites continuing
issues with transfer
Benjamin Simpson
Staff Writer
Associated Students officials
say they are continuing to see
problems with transfer of cours¬
es to CSUs despite assurances
from administrators.
AS President Simon Fraser
responded this week to claims
that the problems were minimal.
"I do not appreciate the claims
from the administration and
[President Mark] Rocha in par¬
ticular," said Fraser, "that there
are no students affected by this. I
have two - right now.
"We are finding out that peo¬
ple who put down [in their
transfer applications] that they
are going to take a class in sum¬
mer, are being auto rejected by a
lot of the institutions. Here is the
problem with making a drastic
change when you don't know
what the impacts are. This is
where you end up."
At a news conference for jour¬
nalism students on Tuesday,
Rocha claimed he was not aware
of any students who are having
problems transferring for fall.
Rocha encouraged those who
are having a hard time transfer¬
ring to talk to Assistant
Superintendent Robert Bell.
"Bring your letters to Dr. Bell
and he will take care of it," he
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