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Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol.74 No. 27
The
COURIER
Thursday
May 14, 1992
Committees dictate change for the college’s future
By AL SANTANA
Staff Writer
Long before construction of the
new library began, the PCC Foun¬
dation created a special committee
to secure funding from business
and private corporations. The group
has done an exceptional job, rais¬
ing more than $1 million for the
project.
The approval of a new semester
calendar by the Faculty Senate Board,
likely to be implemented next year,
is a product of the Early Semester
Committee.
Committees get things done on
campus.
“That’s the reason for forming a
committee. It chooses people ca¬
pable of doing a particular, very
important job, to benefit our com¬
munity,” said Louis Creveling, PCC
Foundation member who, along with
24 other members, looks for ways to
ensure the growth and develop¬
ment of this college.
More than 60 committees and
subcommittees have been estab¬
lished on campus to carry out a
variety of tasks. PCC is arranged in
seven major areas, which carry out
operations through their own com¬
mittee structure. Once established,
the committees address their needs
and attempt to find solutions for
departmental problems.
The President’s Advisory Com¬
mittee and the Executive Commit¬
tee report to the superintendent-
president. They were created to
provide educational and professional
leadership to faculty, staff and
students. Both committees, com¬
posed of individuals from all seg¬
ments of the campus, meet once a
month. Those groups have helped
determine the philosophical and
educational goals of the college,
according to Dr. Jack Scott, super¬
intendent-president.
Another group which works to
ensure quality education is the Fac¬
ulty Senate. It offers recommenda¬
tions and makes modifications in
college policies. The senate’s eight
permanent committees gives the
faculty a voice in college decision
making.
To supervise and provide sup¬
port for non-credit programs at
PCC , the Education S ervices depart¬
ment has created five standing
committees. These committees over¬
see the radio station as well as the
Community Skills Center.
The most active group, the Cul¬
tural Diversity Committee, meets
once a week. True to its name, this
committee is composed of 20 ethni¬
cally diverse representatives.
The Student Services division
has crafted five committees to coor¬
dinate programs and services that
offer students educational support
and opportunities for personal
growth. Students Services include
15 different areas. Veteran’s office,
foreign student office and financial
aid are just a few of the main serv¬
ices provided.
One of Student Services’ most
important committees deals with
student’s petitions. It carries the
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Long lines winding out of the D Building will be a thing of the past after the library is converted into a student services center.
Plans underway for library building
By EDWIN FOLVEN
Editor-in-Chief
Plans to remodel the old li¬
brary building to accommodate
student services and administra¬
tion offices after the new library
is completed have been created
and are awaiting approval for state
funding. Conceptual drawings
have been made for the area to
house many departments that are
currently in the
А, В,
C, and D
Buildings.
According to Dr. James
Kossler, assistant superintendent,
the building will house counsel¬
ing services, registration, health
and psychological services and
financial aid. Business services,
administration and records, stu¬
dent personnel administration and
the career/transfer center will also
be located there. He said the move
will open space in the C and D
buildings to accommodate more
classrooms and offices for depart¬
ments located in the A and
В
Build¬
ings, which will be moved as part of
the college’s master plan.
“The Master Plan Committee
decided what would be the best use
of that facility to help the whole
campus. It will provide a one stop
center for students to take care of
student services activities,” said
Kossler. He said the move will be
beneficial to students because the
building is next to the Campus Cen¬
ter and closer to student activities
and a large parking lot. “We put as
many student services as we could
get in there. It makes sense because
student activities is already in the
Campus Center,” said Kossler.
After renovations are complete,
students will do most of the proc¬
esses involved with registration at
that location. Harbeson Hall, located
in the north end of the library, will
remain the same and may be used to
accommodate students who are wait¬
ing in line. A new door will also be
made on each side of Harbeson Hall
to allow better access to the build¬
ing.
Kossler said the $7 million reno¬
vation is currently number 159 on a
list of 224 projects awaiting adop¬
tion by the state. The project was not
adopted this year but Kossler ex¬
pects it will be chosen in 1993. “I’m
fairly certain it will be chosen next
year. It is right after the new Com¬
munity Skills Center (on the state’s
list of projects).”
Kossler said construction and
remodeling would probably not begin
until 1994. Completion of the new
library is scheduled for spring of
next year, but it will take several
months to transfer offices and equip¬
ment from building to building. “It
will take us a while to move all of the
resources, they may sit there for a
while.”
After completion of the new li¬
brary building, many offices will be
moved to that location. Plans to
create a media center in the new
library that will house KPCC and
the Instructional Resources Cen¬
ter have already been made. If
plans for the old library go ac¬
cording to schedule, the books
and equipment will be moved to
the new location, making room to
accommodate new offices.
According to Kossler, the ar¬
eas in the various buildings have
been redesigned to better accom¬
modate faculty, staff and students.
In the C Building, they are plan¬
ning to create a mail and repro-
graghics room in the area cur¬
rently occupied by KPCC. The
communications department will
be moved across the hall from the
present location on the ground
floor of the C Building, and a
costume and make-up room for
the Little Theater is also planned.
Several departments will be
Please see Library: Page 4
New committee to review AS constitution
By CHRIS CATHCART
Staff Writer
The Associated Students execu¬
tive board has established a commit¬
tee to review and recommend new
constitutional reforms, amid pres¬
sure from active student voices who
have written an alternative
constitution, and hope to see it passed
in a general election before the end
of the semester.
The AS board voted for two AS
members, three students at large,
and four representatives from the
four largest clubs to sit on the
Constitution Reform Committee.
David Uranga, professor of political
science, will advise the committee.
The move was prompted by a
united group of students who com¬
prise the Students For Constitutional
Reform (SFCR). The group submit¬
ted a new, proposed constitution to
the board on April 1 8, and asked for
approval of a special election on the
constitution by April 22. The SFCR
also stated that if the election was
not approved by the board, they would
petition the student activities office
to hold the election. (Under current
constitutional law, five percent of
the students, or almost 1 ,400, have
to sign a petition to call for a special
election.)
Karen Koch, AS president, be¬
lieves that a new constitution is not a
step to be taken without a lot of
input. “I think it is necessary to look
burden of aiding students who are
transferring to a four-year institu¬
tion. That committee also prepares
class schedules and admission forms.
Committees made up of people
who do the hiring in the commu¬
nity advise the various vocational
departments about keeping the col¬
lege’s curricula up-to-date. These
advisory committees meet once a
year to help faculty and administra¬
tion stay on top of the changing
needs in industry. They ensure stu¬
dents get the training they need to
gem them hired when they leave
school.
Community members are also
involved with other committees on
campus. They are represented on
PCC’s seven Foundation commit¬
tees. Grover Goyne, dean of insti¬
tutional advancement, said the
standing committees are currently
working on issues relating to new
college facilities.
“The people on those committees
are concerned with the progress of
the college,” he said. “Responsible
Pasadena citizens who care about
the college work on the foundation
committees.”
Another area working to
benefit the college is the
Administrative Services depart¬
ment, which lends support to large
committees: The Master Plan
Administration Committee and the
Campus Computer Committee.
Those groups are responsible for
overseeing the current and future
business and financial activities of
Please see College, Page 4
Cultural leader
awards honors
BY ENRICO PIAZZA
Staff Writer
Antonia Hernandez, renown
Latino leader, spoke about cultural
diversity, the struggle of the Latino
community and the causes of the
recent riots in Los Angeles to stu¬
dents and guests during the La Raza
and MEChA scholarships awards
presentation last Thursday.
The event, held in the Campus
Center, honored the achievements
of Latino students. Master of Cere¬
monies, Daniel Castro hosts KPCC’s
SANCHO Show, on the air every
Saturday evening.
The winners of the MEChA schol¬
arships were announced. They were
Alejandra Cortez, Sandra Castro,
Susan Villa, and David Mota. La
Raza scholarships went to Danny
Garza, Jose David Lopez, Isabel M.
Perez, TelmaG. Polanco, and Nestor
E. Ramirez.
Hernandez is the President and
General Counsel of the Mexican
American Legal Defense and Edu¬
cational Fund (MALDEF). The or¬
ganization is a national advocacy
group that uses the law, community
education and research to protect the
civil rights of the nation’s 20 million
Latinos.
During her keynote address,
Hernandez said despite the fact that
common stereotypes portray Lati¬
nos as being macho and sexist, her
organization is run and governed by
women. “We had a woman presi¬
dent for 17 of the 24 years of MAL-
DEF’s existence. There are a lot of
challenges in working at MALDEF,
but sexism is not one of them.”
Hernandez admitted she had de¬
luded herself into thinking that Los
Angeles was a multi-cultural place.
“I thought that we valued diversity,
but the truth is that Los Angeles is
the most segregated place in Amer¬
ica.” She stressed the fact that segre¬
gation needs to be eradicated at the
roots. “I’ve been told that PCC is a
‘real community of different people,’
and I think it’s wonderful, but let me
ask you: do Latinos go in with the
Latinos? Do African-Americans go
with African-Americans? Do An¬
glos stay by themselves? That’s not
diversity. Until we learn to live,
respect, and understand one another
we are not going to make it.”
at the constitution we have, and see
where we need changes,” Koch said.
SFCR member Maggie Tracey
sees the new committee as a way of
slowing down the process. “In my
opinion, I believe it will be a stall
tactic,” Tracey said.
The committee held its first
meeting last Monday. The commit¬
tee hopes to look at many different
forms of constitutions, including the
SFCR document, and make recom¬
mendations to the AS board.
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Photo by Katrina P. Ten/The COURIER
A child swings at a pinata in the Quad on Cinco de Mayo.
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