п
Kang
VOL.
88
NO.
27
www.pcc-cou
Parking Crunch
By June 1, over 400 spots will be lost from lot 5 while
construction on a new parking structure will begin
Michelle Constantine
Feature Editor
By June 1, most of the parking
spaces in Lot 5 will temporarily
disappear.
Starting immediately after com¬
mencement exercises, the majority
of the parking lot will be closed to
create space for the new parking
structure, and eventually a soccer
field.
The structure will take approxi¬
mately a year to build.
“Ultimately, what we’re concerned
with is completion date,” said Peter
Hardash, vice president of admin¬
istrative-services.
Hardash understands that stu¬
dents will be concerned about los¬
ing parking spaces, but there will
still be approximately 200 usable
spots.
Contractors will need space to
store the materials and machinery
used to build the structure, but they
will not need the entire lot.
“My goal would be to give the
contractor what he absolutely
needs,” said Hardash. The space
the contractors don’t use will be
kept as student parking.
The new parking structure will
be just south of the U building.
When construction is complete,
the space between the structure and
Del Mar Boulevard will be occu¬
pied by a soccer field, which will
be the last addition to the campus
as part of the 1 0-year master plan.
Lot 5 currently has 6 1 2 parking
spots.
During construction, 215 spaces
will be usable. Since this space is
not enough, students will also be
able to park their cars at a parking
lot on Kinneloa Avenue, which will
have 457 parking spots.
PCC is renting this space from
Edison and a private individual to
allow students to park and take a
shuttle to school.
The lot is located on Colorado
Boulevard near the new Target
Store.
There are also plans to add 180
parking spaces at the CEC, where
students can currently park in the
existing 413 spaces and take the
shuttle to school. The shuttle will
only take 15-17 minutes from
either location.
When the new structure is com¬
plete, there will be 1758 student
parking spaces and 200 staff
spaces.
International Parking Design,
the same company that created the
existing parking structure, was
commissioned to design the new
structure.
“They listen well and incorpo¬
rate our ideas into their drawings,”
said Hardash.
The new structure incorporates
many existing features of various
buildings on campus.
The new structure will have five
levels, with staff parking under¬
ground and student parking on the
© see Parking, page 7
Feature:
Say “Hi” to
the new cacti
See Page 4
Sports :
PCC hosts
Badminton
State
Finals
See Page 8
Silence is
Not Golden
Terrance Parker
News Editor
The biggest news at the May 7
board of trustees meeting came
minutes after the 10:15 p.m.
adjournment.
Beth Wells-Miller, Area 7
trustee, approached board presi¬
dent John Marlin, vice president
Susanna Micle, and clerk Jeanette
Mann. PCC instructor Rod Foster
accompanied her.
Earlier that evening, the board
had approved what it thought was a
completely independent investiga¬
tive team to look into allegations of
police brutality during a' March 20
student protest against the war in
Iraq.
The trustees were about to learn
that this assumed' independence
was not true.
“John, Rod tells me that
Norman Traub Associates already
works for the school,” Well-Miller
said.
“Yes, they’re the ones used by
human resources,” Foster said.
Martin, Mann and Miele sud¬
denly looked like they had been
kicked in the stomach.
“I’ve been in on several of their
investigations,” Foster said.
“Why didn’t you say any¬
thing?” Mann asked.
“I wanted to check with Sandi
to make sure it was the same
name,” Foster said, referring to Dr.
Sandra Lindoerfcr, dean of human
resources.
The three board officers called
Dr. James Kossler, PCC president,
over to where they stood.
“Jim,” Mann said, “docs
Norman Traub Associates already
work for the district?”
“Yes,” Kossler said. “We use
them for human resources.”
“Why didn’t anyone say any¬
thing?” one of the three board
members asked.
“Well, Wicker himself is inde¬
pendent, and that is what you
Clubs Receive
Second Chance
E ini t e r it a i ini m e ini t :
Mo live Rev few:'
][ imsi.de a mental
ins ti. tuition
See Page 5
David Arenas/Courier
AS Officers Garth Weir (left) and Samir Gharib prepare for a six-day
AIDS ride from June 8 to June 14 which will cover 585 miles.
® see story on page 6
rieronline.com
MAY 12, 2003
Whitney Porter
Staff Writer
Despite the threats to
remove the charters of
clubs that did not send
representatives to the
Inter Club Council
(ICC) meetings, the
board did not take any
definite action at the last
meeting of the semester.
The threats came after
nine clubs were in violation of the
attendance ruling, which says that
clubs cannot miss two consecu¬
tive meetings, or have three
absences throughout the year.
Of the nine clubs cited, four,
the Armenian Student
Association, Club Mesa,
Sigma Lota Delta, and
the Political Forum still
did not attend the May 2
meeting.
One of the constant
problems is having
enough members in
attendance to make a
quorum.
While the meetings are sched¬
uled to begin at noon, they often
• see ICC, page 6
Torres
ELECllOH FAS1 FACIS
- This was the first
online election in
PCC history
- 997 students voted
over the three-day
campaign
- There were 208
fewer votes this
year than last year
Gosset takes the presidency as voter turnout drops
Voters Left Shocked n’ Awed
Whitney Porter
Staff Writer
The election results are in. and
many people are shocked at the
outcome of the campaigns.
However, officials weren’t
shocked at the outcome as much as
the low voter turnout this year.
Last year 1 205 voters, which is
less than 1 0 percent of the student
body turned out. This year that
number dropped to approximately
952 voters, even with the new
online voting format.
Keenan Gosset, of the “2 Serve
U” slate, was the victor in the pres¬
idential race with 446 votes.
Running against Gosset were
Manny Torres, the current vice
president for internal affairs who
received 332 votes and Latoya
Sturge, the current vice president
for public relations, with 174
votes.
Gosset said a lot of people told
him he could never win, his phi¬
losophy was the only way to know
if you can do something is to
attempt to do it.
Torres took his defeat well; and
immediately started making plans
for the future.
“I’m thinking of going back to
my roots. I started out with the.
clubs and I may go back,” said
Torres. “It was a good race, and he
who worked the hardest actually
won.”
But his lack of animosity was
not reflective of all the winners.
Diana Alvarado, vice president¬
elect for campus affairs, was
thrilled to the point of jumping up
and down when the results were
posted.
“I was really excited, I want to
thank everyone who voted for me
and believed in me,” Alvarado
said.
However, that statement was
followed with the question for her
opponent “Tran, will you be my
secretary?”
The question was laced with
sarcasm and repeated several
times her friend cautioning her
about her comment.
Alvarado won with 520 votes
compared to runner-up Tran Tu’s
355.
Shahin Younessi, candidate for
• see ELECTION, page 6
Chris Hickman (from left), Araceli Dominguez and
Esmeralda Casas look in disbelief at the results.
Alvarado
Courier
Since I915