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Volume 103, Issue 11
''The Independent Student Voice of PCC, Serving Pasadena Since 191 5.'
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Free speech policy rejected by Senate
Time, Place and
Manner to be revised.
Sara Medina
Editor-in-Chief
The Academic Senate voted
unanimously on Monday to reject
a policy that restricted free speech
on certain areas of campus.
The free speech policy, formally
known as Time, Place and Manner,
has been a controversial point of
contention the past few weeks
when it was passed through three
committees before members spoke
out against its constricting lan¬
guage limiting protests on cam¬
pus.
"The policy is now going back to
[the Committee of Academic
Freedom and Professional Ethics
(CAFPE)]," said Dan Meyer, who
sits on the committee. "We want to
liberize the language . . . The prob¬
lem is the district lawyers rejected
our revision but we don't know on
what grounds, so our work was
simply thrown out the window."
According to Meyer, the com¬
mittee will have more student
involvement when it revises the
policy for the second time.
CAFPE reviewed the policy the
first time after receiving it from the
Academic Senate but found its lan¬
guage too vague and some of its
restrictions illegal.
Along with legal counsel from
the Foundation for Individual
Rights in Education, CAFPE also
UCLA gives
information
to potential
transfers
Monica Dien
Staff Writer
Blue-and-gold-topped tables
dotted the quad on May 12 as PCC
welcomed its annual campus visit
from UCLA and students received
firsthand information from the
university's representatives.
"[UCLA day] gives to students
direct information from [the
school's] different departments,"
said Minnie Hightower, clerk of
the Outreach and Transfer center
who led in setting up the event
area.
"[The event] brings UCLA to the
students."
The event proved helpful to
Bao Mang/Courier
Academic Senate President Edward Martinez counts senate members' votes opposing a proposed free speech policy at its meeting on Monday.
received a letter from Catherine
Short of the Life Legal Defense
Foundation, which was presented
by Dan Gallup, head of CAFPE.
The letter outlined why certain
aspects of the free speech policy
were unacceptable, such as the
size limitations on banners of pro¬
testors.
"What conceivable distinction is
there between signs and banners,
in terms of the college's interests?"
Short asked in the letter. "Why is it
permissible for someone to speak a
message, but not act it out?"
Short's letter cited four lawsuits
that proved why the original free
speech policy was too restrictive
and not properly clarified.
Continued on page 7
Students await AS
election results
Bao Mang/Courier
From left, Alice Koh, 21, biochemistry and Eunjin Song, 21, biology,
speak with Thomas Hertha of UCLA housing services about the appli¬
cation deadline during UCLA Day in the Quad on May 12.
many interested students and
more so to those who have been
admitted for the fall semester.
Andrew Taylor, 18, history,
received his acceptance to UCLA
and eagerly took advantage of the
representatives.
"I received a lot of help clearing
things up [for the fall semester]
with filling out papers and advice
on what classes to take," said
Taylor.
Paul Padilla, undergraduate
advisor at UCLA, was surrounded
by students at his table asking var¬
ious questions about the next step
in their future.
Continued on page 7
Neil Protacio
Staff Writer
Voting commenced on Tuesday
for the new Associated Students
representatives with the results to
be announced on Friday.
With new A.S. representation
beginning in the summer semester,
some students are eager to see
change.
"I voted because I feel it's
important to have a voice in any
academic situation," said physical
therapy major Jordyn Orozco, 23.
"Voting gives us students a say
in everything that's going on on
campus, so it's really important,"
echoed Jordan Kreisverg, 19, unde¬
clared.
In addition to voting students
explained what they wanted to see
happen on campus.
"I want to see change in the AS
office," Orozco added. "Things
need to pick up."
"I'd want to know of better
ways to register for classes or
add," said Michael Zarazuam 21,
graphics design. "It's hard to come
to class hoping to add when some
professors have a way of handling
it differently. Hopefully they
address this situation."
Joshua Robles, photography
major, sees both priority registra¬
tion and class sizes as a major
topic.
"Administrators need to sit
down and talk to students," said
Robles. "We're going to need more
student involvement to fix our sit¬
uation."
Currently, some students are
unaware of the election. Some
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