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Fall Budget Slashed bv $6,662
5 Percent KPCC Cut Proposed
By Lucio Villasenor
Editor-in-Chief
The Board of Trustees proposed a
$6.662 preliminary budget cut for radio
station KPCC in i982-83 by a vote of 5-2
at last Thursday night's Board meet¬
ing.
The approved 5 percent cut was the
third of six options the Board of
Trustees had before them. Option I was
the most important as it not only had a
$15,553 (11.7 percent) cut for KPCC but
also the position of Dr. John Gregory as
the general manager would have been
eliminated. Gregory's position was
among the original eight certificated
management positions to be either cut
or changed to a classified position.
The 5 percent cut eliminates money
set aside for postage, a consultant,
Xerox, printing service, mileage, tele¬
phone, teletype, auditing services and
student assistants. The cut, according
to Gregory, would not allow for local
news, broadcast of road games or
special event coverage. But, he hopes
to get some extra money after the
budget cuts are finalized.
Trustee Dr. Richard Green stated
the station represents a powerful form
of communication for the college. He
then proposed option IV, which meant
no cut in the $133,206 KPCC budget
recommended by Dr. Bonnie R. James,
vice president for business services.
However, the motion was defeated, as
Green and Trustee Roger Gertmenian
were the only ones that voted in favor
of option IV and against option III
($126,544).
The remaining options proposed by
James were not discussed at this meet¬
ing. Option II was a 9.5 percent cut of
$12,641. Option V was a 6.5 percent
.707 and option VI was a
increase of $25,804 for
increase of $
19.4 percent
KPCC.
Gregory was happy option I was not
debated. He said, even if his position
would have been eliminated, he still
would fight to keep KPCC functioning.
T will still fight to get money for the
station." he said, i'm loyal to the
station. "
Gregory stated that KPCC has
"taken the cuts." Board president Dr.
Gary Adams said, however, "I’m going
to vote for option III. We need to get the
preliminary budget put together to
enable us to look up the various aspects
of how this community college comes
together and what the preliminary
budget is going to look like when all the
aspects are there.
"We will be back over this again,
before it is approved in its final form,"
he added. "We are doing nothing more
than making a recommendation to put
the preliminary budget together. We're
not voting for a final authorization."
According to Gregory, KPCC tries to
create an atmosphere for students as
students.
In a similar matter, the KPCC study
committee proposed a policy that
would lay the groundwork for KPCC's
future plans, and clarify who the gen¬
eral manager of the station should
"We are doing nothing more than making a
recommendation to put the preliminary budget
together. We're not voting for a final authorization. "
—DR. GARY ADAMS
close as possible to a professional
atmosphere thus giving a competitive
edge over other college students. But
the cuts are making it impossible to
provide students with their instruc¬
tional needs. He mentioned that KPCC
needs about eight or nine thousand
dollars to provide the facilities for
College Units Determine Registration
'No Need To Wait in Line' *
By Debbie Gehlken
News Editor
The new priority registration system
received final approval from the Board
of Trustees last week. A point system
was adopted that automatically calcu¬
lates each student's priority number
based on the total units completed and
the number of units in progress, up to a
maximum of 70 units.
Once that figure is calculated, it is
multiplied by four. Then a small pen¬
alty is applied for any withdrawal,
incomplete or no credit units received
(see box below).
"Continuing students nearing gradu¬
ation or transfer have a greater need to
obtain specific courses than students
new to the college who presumably
have a range of requirements to meet
and have future semesters to obtain
specific classes. Therefore, units com¬
pleted and in progress should be the
predominant factor in the system."
stated a report prepared by student
personnel services.
Thus, the students with the highest
number of points receives the first
priority numbers. If a tie should result
excessive number of withdrawal, in¬
complete or no credit units," stated the
report.
Registration permits with a priority
number assigned will be available in
Sexson Auditorium beginning Tuesday.
June 1 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and
The priority sequence is already set. There is no need
whatsoever for a line."
—MICHAEL LEE
a random computer sort determines
the sequence.
"There should be some regard for
the student who maintains normal
progress and a corresponding negative
factor assigned to those continuing
students who tend to accumulate an
DATES REGISTRATION
PERMITS AVAILABLE
;
June 1, June 3 and
June 7-8: 8 a.m. -7 p.m. PRIORITY
June 4: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. _ , . . ,
H 30 units completed
SEXSON AUDITORIUM , . ’
1 0 units in progress
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160 -6 units of
continues through Tuesday, June 8.
However, no permits will be issued on
Saturday or Sunday, and the audi¬
torium closes at 6:30 p.m. on Wednes¬
day. June 2 and at 4:30 p.m. on Friday,
June 4.
"The point that I would like to stress
is it doesn't matter when you pick up
your permit. The priority sequence is
already set. There is no need what¬
soever for a line." said Michael Lee.
admissions and records assistant.
"It will make no difference in a
student's registration time whether he
gets the permit at 8 a.m. on June 1. 3
p.m. June 4 or at 6:30 p.m. June 8. as
long as sometime during the handout
period the permit is picked up." said
Lee.
He emphasized the importance of
picking up the permit because after the
final card is issued on June 8, the
administration will set registration
times based on the- number of permits
picked up.
Tentatively, the administration plans
to post the registration times on June
11. "We are trying our best to get the
times out to students before they leave
campus so they will know when to
return for registration." said Lee.
Also, it is important that the permit
issued is not misplaced as it must be
presented when registration takes
place. If the card is lost only one
duplicate card will be available. The
location for issuance of duplicates has
not been determined yet.
Another new element in this process
is that registration begins Aug. 16 and
continues through Aug. 24. Because of
the summer registration times, stu¬
dents are urged to arrange a counseling
appointment before the spring semes¬
ter is over.
Some counselors will be available
during the summer session. However,
the natural science and applied arts
counseling teams will close near the
end of June and reopen in August.
Counselors will be available during the
August registration process. For
further information contact individual
counseling teams.
report to. But, the matter was tabled to
give Board member more time to read
the policy.
However, the report raised questions
as to whether KPCC should be an
instructional or a community service
radio station. The Board' could not
agree, raising some arguments among
the members.
Dr. Richard S. Meyers, superinten¬
dent-president, asked the Board what
type of station it wishes KPCC to be.
"Whether it should be a community
station or whether it should be more of
an instructional station on the campus
for students. It has operated as both."
he added.
Gregory said. "It's both instruc¬
tional and community. There's no
either or. We're doing a hell-of-a-job
serving the community and the cam¬
pus."
He said students receive 161 hours on
the air plus internships. "KPCC uses
the instructional part to serve the
community." Gregory. added.
But the Board was not in agreement
with KPCC's role as a station. Trustee
Warren Weber stated the "radio sta¬
tion doesn't fill some instructional
needs. Our primary purpose is to have
some instructional value for students."
he added.
The Board leaned toward the radio
station being more instructional rather
than a community service station.
However, Green pointed out that KPCC
needs to follow Federal Communica¬
tion Commission (FCC) requirements,
and in order to do so. it needs to provide
public service to the community first.
Another question raised was who
should Gregory report to. Currently,
the general manager reports to John
Madden, vice president for adminis¬
trative services. The Board would like
to have the general manager report to
someone, but "not to this Board "
Gertmenian suggested that Gregory
report to either the president or a vice
president. Trustee Joseph Sargis said.
“I think it's time we made KPCC a
totally instructional^ structured pro¬
gram at this school."
Ideally, Gregory wants to report to
the president or the KPCC licensee < the
Board of Trustees), because it's re¬
sponsible for KPCC.
'Special Receptacles'
Help 'Clean Up Day'
"Campus Clean-up Day" will be held
on Tuesday. May 25 from noon to 1 p.m.
The theme for Clean-up day is "Clean
Up Your Act."
Special trash receptacles will be
purchased for clean-up day at a cost of
approximately $45 each. In order to
purchase the amount of trash recepta¬
cles needed for clean-up day, $1,200 has
been raised. The receptacles will be
installed at the start of clean-up day.
To aid clean-up day. appearances
will be made by "Mr. Clean, " and the
"Anti-Litter Lady." Contests and
prizes will also be given. Sonic of the
contests include a trash pick-up race, a
soft drink can dunk and a straw stuff.
Prizes for the events are provided by
PCC and local merchants.
Bloodmobile Hopes for 160 Pints
The annual Red Cross blood drive
will be held on May 26-28 in the Campus
Center. Hours are 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
In order to be eligible to donate
blood, one must be 17 years old. The
prospective donor must also be free of
all diseases for the past six months.
Other requirements include no intake
of drugs or alcoholic beverages for at
least 24 hours, has not donated blood
for at least 56 days, and not have
received a transfusion for at least six
months. Other qualifications may ap¬
ply-
The goal for the bloodmobile is 80
pints a day, or a total of 160 pints. In
order to attain such a goal, at least 100
people are needed to sign up for dona¬
tion. On the average, there is a 20
percent disqualification rate.
The PCC coordinator for the blood¬
mobile is Jennifer McKinney, student
senate adviser. McKinney has coordi¬
nated PCC s bloodmobiles for the past
six years. “It's a lot of work,” said
McKinney, "but I enjoy it."
"I think we'll attain our goal,” said
McKinney. "With approximately 20,000
prospective donors, we might even be
able to beat the goal.”
As an added attraction, the Red
Cross will be providing juice and
cookies as a refreshment for blood
donors. —Doug Brown
NEW TRUSTEE — Learned Jeremish Hand officially
took office as the new student trustee Wednesday
night. Hand was sworn in by Board President Dr Gary
Adams. — Courier photo by Barbara Nack
