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COURIER
VOL. 66, NO. 11
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MAY 5, 1988
Administration Changes
By Coleen Meyers
Editor-in-Chief
A recent restructure of the college’s
administration has defused adminis¬
trative tasks more evenly and created
the position of dean of educational
services due to be filled by July 1,
according to Dr. Jack Scott, super¬
intendent/president.
The past administrative structure
“was a little more hierarchical in the
sense that fewer people answered to
me and now more people answer
directly to me,” said Scott.
“It (the restructuring) was a way of
improving administrative structure at
the college. It did not stem from some
kind of high level discontent on my
part. In fact I am very pleased with the
management of the college it was just a
way that I thought the college could be
managed more directly.”
The advantages to the changes in¬
clude more attention given to student
services, learning resources and non-
credit education.
The biggest change in the adminis¬
trative format concerned Ernestine
Moore, dean of student services.
Her duties have broadened, said
Moore. I now have responsibilty for
counseling. This means I am responsi¬
ble for all the student service areas
now.” Moore continued to say that all
the changes meant one thing: “more
meetings.” But she added that she does
not plan to let her added tasks interfere
with her contact with students.
Moore now answers directly to Scott.
She previously answered to Dr. David
Ledbetter, assistant superintendent of
educational services.
This gives the whole student services
area direct input to the president, said
Scott.
Moore and the soon to be appointed
dean of educational services will also
become part of the weekly executive
counsel meetings which consist of
Scott, the two assistant superinten¬
dents and four deans.
“This will create more contacts and
I will be better informed about ac¬
tivities in the college. Also, I will have
the opportunity to both listen and make
suggestions.”
The new dean of educational services
position’s will be responsible for over¬
seeing the non-credit education, com¬
munity services and learning resources
areas.
People within the college will have
an opportunity to apply for the position
and in the spirit of affirmative action it
will be open to all interested educators
in obtain the very best candidate possi¬
ble, said Scott.
Santana, Adesina Are Dismissed;
Found Ineligible To Continue Job
By Sean DuPont
Associate News Editor
Five minutes into Monday’s A.S.
Board meeting, David Santana, former
co-ordinator of external affairs, walked
into the board room and sat down at the
table, as he has done for the last three
months.
“Isn’t this table for A.S. members
only?” asked Tami Abe, co-ordinator of
special affairs. Faculty adviser Connie
Hurston confirmed the fact that San¬
tana had been found ineligible due his
GPA that is less than the manditory
2.0, and thus was not allowed to sit at
the table.
With that, Santana got up from the
board table and sat on the couch for
non-members.
Both Santana and Cathy Adesina,
vice president of academic affairs,
were found ineligible last week to serve
on the A.S. board. While Santana failed
to meet the GPA requirement, Adesina
was found to lack the nessasary unit
requirements.
Eligibility checks are done at the
time that board members’ monthly
stipends are issued, according to
Hurston. During the last check both
members were found ineligible under
the current constitution.
During Monday’s meeting Santana,
as a member of the student body,
presented his objections to the pro¬
posed constitution. Calling the docu¬
ment an “$800 white elephant,” he
objected to printing cost, the planned
role of the Supreme Council, and the
requirement that candidates have 18
units at the time of the elections. These
changes are slated for spring if the
constitution is ratified next Tuesday
and Wednesday.
“I think this discriminates against
freshmen students who don’t have that
many units,” Santana claimed at the
meeting. “This constitution forces
potential candidates to be here three
years.”
Santana said that he was not speak¬
ing for personal reasons, but out of
concern for all students. But some
members of the board questioned his
motives after the constitution had been
approved by the board.
As a result of the vacancies, the A.S.
is calling for interested students to
apply for the offices of co-ordinator of
external affairs and vice president of
academic affairs. Applications, lists of
duties and eligibility requirements are
available at the Campus Center.
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Courier/Jon Alcorn
Jack Zajac presented the college with a piece of his work last
Wednesday. Dr. Jack Scott, superintendent/president, accepted it
for the college.
Constitution Ready for Students
The Supreme
Council, the judicial
body of the A.S.
board, also faces
major changes
involving their
power and
procedure.
By Sean DuPont
Associate News Editor
After more than three months of
work and serveral rewrites, the A.S.
Constitution finally is ready to face
student ratification next Tuesday.
Coupled with the Student Trustee
election, the ratification needs a two-
thirds yes vote to become the new
guideline for student government.
The change for the constitution
sprang from problems with last
semester’s election, according to
Chris Cofer, special co-ordinator for
the Constitution rewrite committee.
“Jose (Rodriguez, the A.S. presi¬
dent) told me we needed more speci¬
fics, clarity and strength in the con¬
stitution.”
If passed, the constitution would
call for the elections of the president
and of the four vice president posts to
be held at the end of the spring
semester. Winners of the elections
would take office on June 1. The three
co-ordinator positions would keep the
fall election dates and would assume
office in the fall.
“This would assure that there
would be no totally new boards. New
board members could share informa¬
tion with members who have already
been there. This would make a more
capable and informed A.S. board,”
Cofer said.
The scheduling of the elections in
spring coupled with a subclause that
requires candidates to have 18 units
completed by the time of the election
has caused some debate by the board.
David Santana, former co-ordinator
of external affairs, fought for and won
an amendment that would have de¬
layed this measure until next year.
Without the amendment, Santana
would have been knocked out of the
election because he had not com¬
pleted enough units. However, last
week Santana was dismissed from the
board after failing to keep the re¬
quired 2.0 GPA.
The Supreme Council, the judicial
body of the A.S. board, also faces
major changes involving their power
and procedures. The council will be
enlarged to seven members from the
current five and will be called into
session three specific ways: by the
written request of three board mem¬
bers, by a vote of the board, or by a
student petition signed by 50 students.
With a petition, the Supreme Council
will be limited to addressing the
issues that have been stated on the
petition.
Also included in the article is the
provision that the chief justice and
other justices may be impeached by a
two-thirds vote of the A.S. board.
“I don’t like non-elective people
working independently of the A.S.
Board,” said Cofer. “I like to see us
all work together.
“The Supreme Council shouldn’t
have the ultimate power. It isn’t
reasonable. They are people nobody
knows.”
In addition to the spring elections,
there are added eligibilty checks, the
granting of power to the Dean of
Student Services to penalize and dis¬
qualify a candidate for election code
violations, and the ability of the Elec¬
tion Committee to postpone results
for up to a week in the event of
extraordinary circumstances. How¬
ever, once election results are posted,
though, they will be considered final.
“This constitution is a big improve¬
ment over the current one,” said
Cofer. “We’ve gotten lots of imput
from students and advisers. I think
this will clear up any potential con¬
flicts that may come up.”
Candidates for Student
Trustee Come Forth
By Sally Blake
News Editor
Past PCC student elections have
been quite controversial. This year’s
student trustee election, slated for next
Tuesday and Wendesday, has the ca¬
pacity to be equally intense.
According to Connie Hurston, stu¬
dent activities adviser, Student Trustee
Gilbert Morgan and A.S. President
Jose Rodriques are the only two stu¬
dents running for the position.
Morgan turned his application in
when the election was announced, but
Rodriques turned his in on the deadline
day.
“I had known for a while that I was
going to run,” said Rodriques. “Wait¬
ing was a tactical maneuver on my
part.”
Rodriques feels that he can better
represent the students than Morgan
has. He feels that Morgan has let
personal feelings come before his re¬
sponsibilities as student trustee.
“For example, in the scandal of last
year’s A.S. presidential election, at the
Board of Trustee meeting, Morgan
spoke for Lance Olberholtzer, and not
for the students,” explained Rodriques.
“The majority of students (that Rodri¬
ques spoke with) did not agree with the
decision that the administration made.
Instead of representing the students,
Gilbert represented Lance.”
“He is intimidated by the Board of
Trustees. He is their puppet,” said
Rodriques. “The students need true
representation, and I will give them
that. I am not afraid to let the Board
know what the students really want. I
will not be a puppet.”
Morgan does not see his relationship
with the board members in this man¬
ner. “I feel I have a very good rela¬
tionship with them. They respect and
accept me and my views,” said
Morgan. “They do not see me as a
student, but as a full member.
“Jose does not understand how pro¬
fessional and serious it is to be a
member of that board. These people
are well educated individuals. These
are the big boys. Jose thinks that he can
step right in and change what he thinks
needs changing. That is not the way it
is. Change comes slowly. He has a lot to
learn.”
High School Black Students Enjoy Workshops at Recruitment Day
By Sally Blake
News Editor
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Courier/Megan Feeney
Students registered on campus for a conference which recruits local black high school graduates last Saturday.
In an effort to increase black enroll¬
ment, the Recruitment and Retention
Committee sponsored PCC Black Stu¬
dent High School Conference Day last
Saturday.
The conferences are part of PCC
President Dr. Jack Scott’s attempt to
increase enrollment as a whole, ac¬
cording to Vicki Washington, extended
opportunity program and services
counselor.
The committee mailed letters to
10th, 11th and 12th grade students at
Pasadena, Muir, Blair and Marshall
High Schools inviting them to the col¬
lege. The committee members also
passed out flyers to English and social
science classes and distributed more
flyers during the high school lunch
periods to encourage students to attend
the conference.
According to Washington, the turn
out was not as big as we hoped, but we
were happy with the results.
“We had approximately 65 students
and 15 parents attend. Although we
were hoping for 150 students, we were
not real disappointed,” she said. “The
students and parents who did attend
were very excited about the workshops
and they had a lot of positive remarks
about the school in general.”
Students were able to talk with rep¬
resentatives from Cal State University
Northridge, the University of Califor¬
nia at Santa Barbara, and University of
California at Los Angeles. The students
attended workshops on The Student
Athlete, Teenage Pregnancy, Financial
Aid and Substance Abuse.
“We wanted to include topics that
would interest all students even those
who do not have an immediate concern
with attending college,” explained
Washington.
“We also wanted to show students
who are concerned with attending col¬
lege in the near future what PCC has to
offer.”
There are plans to hold another
conference like this one for next year,
and Washington hopes it will be even
more successful.