PCC Courier, May 25, 1979

The Crunch /s On - - ■ —Courier photos by Marcus Wllk /S.K. Mobil i Jk,»b REGATIONA 4UI BIKES YIELD TO BEDS йййййййвШ и F UEL Ж I VOL. 47, NO. 15 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MAY 25, 1979 T rustees Approve Altered Evaluations By Steve McManus Staff Writer The Board of Trustees, after a heated discussion following executive session, voted in favor of changing the selection and evaluation procedures for department and assistant depart¬ ment chairpersons at their May 17 meeting. The vote was 4-0, with trustees Roger Gertmenian, Richard Green and Walter Shatford all abstaining. Shatford and faculty representatives Elvio Angeloni and Ben Rude urged that a decision be delayed until the special May 31 meeting to allow for faculty input. The screening committee for department and assistant department chairpersons reviews applications, conducts interviews and makes recommendations to the superin¬ tendent-president whenever a vacancy occurs. In the past, the committee consisted of at least five members, a majority of whom were tenured teachers, elected by members of the department. The revision calls for a committee of “five or more members as determined by the superintendent-president, a majority of whom shall be members of management appointed by the superintendent-president. ’ ’ Evaluation procedures for depart¬ ment and assiatant department heads will also be changed at the end of this academic year. A committee of at least five management members will draft new evaluation procedures for the fall. The policy changes come in the wake of the May 9 faculty election in which the California Teachers Association was chosen (by a vote of 211 to 66) to represent the faculty in collective bargaining. “The key issue,” according to Superintendent-President Richard Meyers, “is the right of management to select management.” Department and assistant depart¬ ment chairpersons are in a unique position because even though they are part of management, many of them still teach classes. Earlier in the meeting, СТА chapter president Stan Hutchinson read a statement to the board. He called for “negotiations in the spirit of cooperation” and expresses the CTA’s desire to develop a working relationship “based on mutual trust, open two-way communications and professional respect.” Board members questioned Hut¬ chinson as to why he felt faculty morale was low. Some of them disagreed with his response that, among other reasons, the faculty is “not being given adequate information or honest information” on many issues. In reacting to Hutchinson’s com¬ ments, Gertmenian stated that, based on his teaching experience, instructors at PCC are well paid. “Perhaps the problem is that things have been so good for so long that people are a little dissatisfied that salaries didn’t keep going up in the high arc that I’ve witnessed in the last eight years as a board member,” he said. Following executive session, the board held an open discussion of the revisions in selection and evaluation procedures. Faculty senate members Angeloni and Rude offered two points: — Department chairpersons should be responsive to both the college needs as a whole and the particular problems of a given department. — The issue is not one of who should have the ultimate decision-making power, but rather the degree of in¬ fluence on the decision-making by department members. “I think one of the problems we have had in the past,” Rude said, “is that some people feel that action was taken without adequate input from the faculty. "This is the kind of thing that hits people,” he continued, “not that they necessarily disagree with what was done, but they feel perhaps it was done too rapidly, without proper input from the faculty.” Trustee Robert Spare responded vehemently to Rude’s comments. "That's absolute nonsense that the Faculty Senate has not had input and that it has lowered their morale. "This board has absolutely bent over backwards at every instance to put off things when the Faculty Senate has asked for it. I resent that comment because it’s absoultely untrue,” he said. Board President Charles Briscoe prefaced the vote by saying “if the F’aculty Senate board looks at this change and finds some flaw in it. I’ll be the first to move that we open it up again.” Taiwanese Tour PCC— Finally, Dr. Meyers invited to Taiwan By Brad Lehman Staff Writer The two college presidents from Taiwan finally reached PCC last Friday, spending a full day touring the campus and the surrounding com¬ munity. In addition, PCC Superin¬ tendent-President Dr. Richard S. Meyers may return the visit on a short trip in the summer or the fall. As in Meyers’ inauguration ceremony, his daughters stole the show. “We served hors d’oeuvres at my home before dinner,” said Dr. Meyers, “and my daughters played the violin. They played the Taiwanese national anthem.” The two visitors were deeply moved. “Dr. Shieh said, ‘I’m almost over¬ whelmed.' He then sang a Chinese song. He sang well, too.” Dr. Shieh tried to persuade one of the memners of the Board of Trustees to sing an American song, but they did not. The Chinese related their last stop of the month-long tour as the “best of the wine in the bottom of the bottle” as they left from dinner at the La Canada Country Club, Meyers said. “They were more than just guests,” said Dr. Meyers of the two. “They were real gentlemen. This was one of the highlights of the year." Dr. Milton M. S. Shieh and Dr. Mong- Shang Kuo (pronounced like Shay and Quo, respectively) spent the morning having coffee with a small group of administrators and Jo Heckman from the Pasadena City Council, touring the campus and eating lunch with ad¬ ministrators, department chairmen and assistant department chairmen. The afternoon was spent at a student reception, a classified employees’ retirement party, the Huntington Library and Stewart’s Orchard Garden in San Gabriel. Originally a tour of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory had been planned, but it was canceled. The two college presidents returned to Taiwan on Saturday. Although the Taiwanese may have left, the visiting has not ended. A group of 6-12 Americans will visit Taiwan later this year. Dr. Meyers said. He hopes to be among that group. "Dr. Kuo was pretty sure I would be going," Dr. Meyers added. “I hope he's right.” During their stay in the United Graduation Exercises Set JPL's Hibbs to be Speaker Dr. Albert Hibbs, manager of program planning at JPL, will be the speaker at this year’s commencement exercises on June 15. A native of Ohio, Hibbs attended Caltech in the early ’40s as an un¬ dergraduate student. He served in the Navy in WWII, then studied for a masters degree in mathematics at the University of Chicago. Hibbs joined JPL in 1950 and ob¬ tained his Ph D. in physics from Caltech in 1955. He directed the space sciences division, developing the in¬ struments and experiments which were a major part of the Ranger and Surveyor probes of the moon, and, more recently, the Mariner series to Venus. Mars and eventually Mercury. Over many of these years, Hibbs participated in a number of educational radio and television programs, including NBC’s award¬ winning children's show "Exploring.” Hibbs will speak on "The Art of Asking Questions.” States, Dr. Shieh and Dr. Kuo developed guidelines of things to ob¬ serve. Dr. Shieh concentrated on primarily the administrative systems used by the colleges. Dr. Kuo outlined his interests more specifically. “First, I pay much attention to the junior college operation. Most junior college students like a university transfer program. "Secondly. I am interested in how you organize the teaching program to meet the student needs. “Third, I’m here to make friends.” The two stressed that colleges in Taiwan were quite different from ours. Their schools each focus on one sub¬ ject, while ours are more com¬ prehensive and encompass a variety of different subjects. For instance. Dr. Shieh is the president of a medical college, while Dr. Kuo is the head of an agricultural institution. Also, Dr. Shieh was the president of a home economics college just five months ago. Students tend to differ in Taiwan’s schools, too. The average age of a Taiwanese student is “much younger” than those here. The majority of their students are in the 18-25 age bracket as opposed to the 27-year-old average here. Their students are not given the opportunity of ours either. Students are "screened out" by examinations. Dr. Shieh said. He added that the government judges its people on the basis of their degrees. Because of this fact, students are channeled into subject areas, not given a choice of courses. Both of the Taiwanese have been introduced to American educational facilities before. In fact, both earned their higher degrees in the United States. Dr. Kuo received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1968. Dr. Shieh graduated as a pathologist from Pennsylvania University in 1965 and from the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia in 1969. HONORS AWARDED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE— Dr. Meyers presents OMD award to Lesley Thompson. Each year PCC’s highest honorary service society recognizes students for distinguished service for the college. Twenty-five students were tapped into membership this semester. The awards were presented in Sexson Auditorium Tuesday. Eminent Services Honored OMD Awards Students By Laura Carlos Staff Writer Each semester members of OMD, PCC's highest honorary service society recognize students and staff for distinguished service to the college. This semester 25 of PCC's most capable students, along with four faculty staff members were tapped into OMD (Omicron Mu Delta) in ceremonies Tuesday, in Sexson Auditorium. In the first part of the ceremony Dr. Richard S. Meyers, superintendent- president of PCC was presented with the honorary OMD President's Plaque. Special awards were presented by PCC Alumni. Eric Strutt, President of the PCC Alumni Association, spoke of OMD as a great honor. "It carrys over into later life,” said Strutt, "It's one more decoration. Members of OMD are going to remember it just as long as I have." Strutt presented the Alumni Association Scholarship Award to Loretta Clarke. The James 0. Scott Award was presented to Debbie Bowles for out¬ standing service to the college and community. The Earl Holder Scholarship Award was presented by son John Holder, for student leadership, to Peggy Нага, president of OMD. The Elmore E. Shipman Award, being presented for the first time since its inception, was presented by daughter Sandra Shipman, for out¬ standing student and athlete to William Wiegel. The John Eikenberrv Award was Follies to be Presented The third annual “Faculty and Forensics Follies," featuring the main components of oral communication, will be held May 30th at 7:30 p.m. in Room C301. Themes ranging from “The Irish Life,” to "Children's Nightmares," “Victims of Circumstances,” and "Loneliness,” will be vividly por¬ trayed through literature by award¬ winning forensic students, and faculty members. Also featured, will be "Interpretive” singing, by Chrystle Watson (head of communications department), and Readers Theatre, presenting “A Corwin Collage” by Norman Corwin. The Follies will be apporxomately two hours long and end at around 9:30 p.tn. presented to Richard Penrock. Circle "K" Club member, by John Eiken- berry. Dean of Student Activity and Advisor to the Circle "K” Club for many years. Outstanding high school seniors, who plan to attend PCC, were awarded with the John Twomey Memorial Scholarship. The selected students must have contributed superior ser¬ vices to their high schools while maintaining at least a 2.5 grade point average. The second half of the ceremony was lead by PCC instructor Anthony Georgilus, and daughter Ria. Students tapped into OMD were: Eileen Rockwell, Lesley Thompson, Maggie Tsui, Bobbi Villalobos, Wenona Fernando. Melinda Ann Hoffman. Geraldine Hudspeth, Stephen McManus, Hidetoshi Mochizuki and Lynadius Pittman of Pasadena; Barbra Ballinger and Michael Williams of Altadena; Karen Christensen and Elizabeth Weber of San Marino: Mary Lynn Grana and Chris Hagerman of San Gabriel: Daniel Hutson, David Orser, Jody Roginson and Susan Savage of Ar¬ cadia; Connie Lira and Mary Ann Woo of South Pasadena; John Locke and Linda Wigglesworth of Rosemead, and Elizabeth Williams of Temple City. The Faculty Staff honoraries tapped into OMD were: Scholarships and Financial Aids Coordinator Gene Miller, Handicapped Services Coor¬ dinator Francisca Neumann, English Professor Ben Rude and Counseling and Guidance Clerical Supervisor Elice Smith. Campaigning Begins For AS В Elections By Terry Robertson Staff Writer Mud is starting to slide from cam¬ paign hill as the May 30-31 ASB elec¬ tions near. Monday marked the first day of campaigning and the start of the slide. ASB presidential candidate Michael Low displayed his campaign material. It showed him and student trustee candidate Mike Tiberi running on a slate (in support of each other). Tiberi immediately asked Low to remove his name, stating he was not running on a slate with him. Tiberi’s campaign material shows he is supporting Peter Toth, another ASB presidential candidate and Charlotte Hutchins. “I was under the understanding he was going to support me,” said Low. "I think it shows on the part of that camp, that they're very shifty and can't be trusted. Tiberi changes his mind with the wind,” said Low. "Low never talked to me about supporting him. I would never support him. He doesn't have enough ex¬ perience. I think it was very rude of him to put my name on a slate without getting my permsission,” stated Tiberi. On the Low-Tiberi incident Toth stated. “Low assumed he was on a slate with Tiberi. Tiberi never sup¬ ported him.” Derek Coleman, who is seeking his third term as ASB president and student trustee, outlined why he is seeking two offices. T believe it’s very important that the ASB president represents the students in all aspects of the campus and that’s why I’m also running for student trustee. I’ve fought against student fees and other important items that would effect students. I want to lock our student government into statewide representation. We’re in a building process and I’d like to see it continue.” Coleman was referring to recent grins PCC made in the California Community College Student Government Association. Tiberi, who is opposing Coleman for the trustee position, said, “I have accomplished a lot in the senate. The Braille map was a great achievement. I feel I can be just as successful as student trustee. I've proven I can do a good job.” The ASB vice presidential race now shows Ms. Hutchins running unop¬ posed, virtually guaranteeing her election. Lisa Albanese, who was running against her, withdrew from the race. “I've decided to pull out of student government to dedicate more time to the Adelphians. I am now their vice president.” Ms. Hutchins and Coleman have opposed each other throughout the semester on most issues. Can you and coleman work together should he be re-elected? Ms. Hutchins was asked. “A qualified yes. If both of us act and perform as adults. I know I can put my personal differences aside when we’re sittting on the executive board,” she replied. "Charlotte and I have different ideas and we re just going to have to work them out.” said Coleman.