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Partnerships
Speed Up
Teacher
Training
■ Cal State Fullerton
and Cal Poly Pomona
team up with PCC to
accelerate credentialing.
Chantal Mullins
Staff Writer
The PCC Lancers and the Cal
State Fullerton Titans have joined
forces to bring together their teach¬
ing programs. The streamlined
teacher education program (STEP)
is for those majoring in child and
adolescent development and liberal
studies.
STEP is specifically designed for
those interested in becoming ele¬
mentary school teachers.
This program allows students to
combine bachelor’s degree studies
with the multiple subject credential
program. STEP marks the first
teaching program partnership
between PCC and Cal State
Fullerton.
In other partnership news, Cal
Poly Pomona is offering a new
major for those enrolled in the teach¬
ing program. Cal Poly Pomona had
already offered the liberal studies
major for PCC students, but now it
will be offering the gender, ethnicity
and multicultural studies option
(GEMS).
The GEMS major offers four
options. The first is a comparative
understanding of ethnic, class and
gender relations with one of five
concentrations: African American
Studies, Asian American Studies,
Chicano/Latino Studies, Native
American Studies and Women’s
Studies. The second is a pre-creden¬
tial option, which provides under¬
graduate preparation to teach in
California public schools. This
option will eventually lead to multi¬
ple subjects of BCLAD credential
Teaching
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Orlando Pina/ Courier
Students flocked around MC/lecturer KRS-One after listening to him speak on such diverse topics as
the educational stystem, hip hop, and spirituality on May 19 in the Creveling Lounge.
MC KRS-One Draws Full House
Mario Aguirre
Asst. Sports Editor
The Creveling Lounge was jam-packed
last Thursday as KRS-One spoke on the 8 1st
birthday of Malcolm X’s birthday.
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. can be called
an MC,” someone who is a spokesman for
the community, KRS-One said. “That’s the
mentality. When it comes to hip-hop,
Malcolm is more hip-hop than Martin.
Martin represents those who said ‘we want
what America has to offer.’ Malcolm said
‘This is a great nation. We can be anything
we want.’”
KRS-One, who labels himself an MC
and not a rapper, spoke about education and
how we’re taught at a young age not to ques¬
tion teachers. He also said that in college,
students are paying to get access to their own
education and said that college was a “busi¬
ness.”
“College is not knowledge,” he said.
“This is not where knowledge is. Knowledge
is all over the world. They’re selling you
access to your own being, which is called
knowledge. When you go to your gradua¬
tion, and you step up and they give you your
receipt - I mean, your degree - remember
this conversation.”
He also encouraged students to be them¬
selves. “If you are not being yourself, you
are holding the entire process of humanity
back,” he said. “It’s as simple as that. Don't
let anyone distract you from being you.”
His lecture, while informative, was
humorous at times and entertaining to
watch. Students foupd themselves laughing
at the examples he gave.
“Hip-hop gives you a condom when hav¬
ing intercourse with corporate America,” he
said. “That’s what culture does. When you
wear your culture, wear your principles,
wear your traditions, then you are protected
in all business ventures. When you stand on
your ground, stand on your principles, your
enemies will eventually come back and
honor you.”
KRS-One also posed questions that had
students thinking. “What will you live for?”
he asked. “And what will you die for?”
The lecture left the students satisfied; the
entire audience stood in unison and gave
him a standing ovation.
Dental Student Makes Top 10 List
Students
Optimistic
About Job
Market
Jennifer MacDonald
Staff Writer
Graduating from college might
not ensure a great job, but many stu¬
dents are optimistic a diploma will
bring employment.
Kinesiology major Terra Pierson
plans on transferring to a university in
one year. She is confident the demand
in her field of study will ensure her a
job after graduating. “As long as there
is sports there's always going to be a
need for sports doctors.”
Timothy Buron will earn an asso¬
ciate's degree this summer in civil
engineering. He wants to transfer and
said he thinks he'll get a job after he
graduates from a university. “In the
engineering field the job market
seems well,” he said.
Graphic design major Alex
Galanis said although getting a job
after graduating “won't be easy” he
does think he'll find work in his field.
“Once you get into the field you get a
lot of jobs.”
Employment «j
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Diane Garcia
Arts Editor
PCC dental laboratory technician stu¬
dent Hiroko Fisher will be honored in the
July issue of the Journal of Dental
Technology as one of the top 10 dental stu¬
dents in the country.
She was nominated for this prestigious
award by her dental lab instructors, Anita
Bobich and Jeffery Mattes, who both view
her as a standout student in her class. “Ms.
Bobich and Jeff Mattes are very good
instructors and help us out a lot,” Fisher
said. “They make this a strong program.”
This year was the first time the Journal of
Dental Technology asked colleges nation¬
wide to nominate a student they felt
deserved to be in their national top- 10 list.
After sifting through the applications, the
journal’s selection committee chose Fisher
as one of their finalists, Bobich said. Out of
all the colleges and universities in the coun¬
try, 40 schools currently have programs
focusing on dental laboratory technology,
said a representative from the National
Association of Dental Laboratories.
“I’m happy to receive this opportunity,”
Rafael Delgado/ Courier
Hiroko Fisher (left), pictured
working with fellow dental stu¬
dent Jose Lingat, will soon be
honored as one of the top 10
dental students in the nation.
Fisher said. “I feel like I’ve accomplished a
lot this year. I don’t have a job, but a lot of
students here do. I think they are just as
good as me, but they just did not have the
time to put into the projects. I’m really
happy to share^his with everyone.”
Part of the nomination included a letter
of recommendation written by one of her
instructors. Mattes was glad to take on that
job. “I was happy she got it,” he said. “I think
it helped that I said she should be number
one, not just in the top 10. She deserves it.”
“We nominated her for her academic
and clinical performance, her professional¬
ism in class and her overall ability to per¬
form,” Bobich said. “She will be in very high
demand.”
The dental laboratory technology class
offers students the chance to learn how to
make dental prostheses, like molded teeth
and bridges, and orthodontic appliances.
Students are able to earn a certificate from
the Commission on Dental Accreditation of
the American Dental Association. After
graduating from this two-year program, stu¬
dents will have opportunities for careers in
dental offices, supply companies, laborato¬
ries, or research and development.
The class helped Fisher celebrate her
achievement with a cake and flowers last
Wednesday. “I didn’t know that they were
going to do something so nice,” Fisher said.
“I’m really happy.”
Board Focused on Diversity and Racism
Chantal Mullins
Staff Writer
The May 18 board of trustees meeting
started with a swift “No action took place
in the closed session” and quickly headed
in the direction of diversity talks. For 20
minutes attendees watched the third and
final installment of a video of Tim Wise’s
visit to PCC in November 2004.
Wise, while speaking quite rapidly, lec¬
tured on matters such as the need to hire
faculty of diverse races, particularly
because students tend to be more diverse
than faculty members these days. He then
went on to claim that the current President
of the United States mispronounces words
quite frequently, yet no one seems to care
“because he’s white.” He declared that if
the president were of color, the nation
would remark on his “incompetence.”
The film concluded with Wise stressing
the need for change. Simply hiring minori¬
ties isn’t enough, he said; the dominant
group must also change the way of look¬
ing at the situation in order for the hiring
of minorities to actually work.
At the end of the film, meeting
attendee Inez Yslas chose to stand up and
speak on the subject. She said she was
happy that the trustees are being “leaders”
and are considering taking part in Wise’s
suggestions and “looking at data.” She
then went on to accuse board members
Warren Weber and John Martin of being
silent on the matter, saying that their
“silence is deafening.” She asked them to
speak out and support the matter very
clearly.
The first board member to take a stand
was Consuelo Rey Castro. She agreed
with Wise in the fact that “even good peo¬
ple have biases.” She described the prob¬
lem of racism as a “challenge” that will
only continue if it is not acknowledged.
She understands that it will take a lot of
work from the board, faculty and even the
students — but in the end it will all be
worth it. She feels that students will be the
direct beneficiaries of this change.
Weber responded to accusations
against him in a confident manner. He
explained that his job is to listen and that
just because he doesn’t “sit and preach
behind the table” doesn’t mean that he
isn’t listening, forming an opinion and
willing to respond to it with action.
Martin ditched his silence for a power¬
ful two-word phrase: “I care.”
Dr. Lisa Sugimoto simply thanked the
board for viewing the film and for allow¬
ing the public to see it.
Board president Jeanette Mann said
she was “glad [her] colleagues agreed to
watch the movie.”
Still No
Chief
■ Numerous hiring delays have
kept the campus without a perma¬
nent police chief since 2003.
Linda Rapka
Editor-in-Chief
With the campus not having seen a permanent police
chief since 2003, members of the PCC community have
been wondering what kept the campus from hiring a full¬
time chief.
The hiring process began in 2004 when an initial hir¬
ing committee reviewed potential candidates and con¬
ducted the first round of interviews. However, the inter¬
viewing process was halted because “a conflict of inter¬
est arose in terms of a committee member,” said Victor
Collins, interim dean of human resources. Because of
this conflict of interest, “human resources decided a new
committee was needed,” Collins said.
Dr. James Kossler, college president, said that after
“making sure we had an unbiased committee, we had to
reconstitute and reopen the position [of police chief],”
which delayed the hiring process.
This second committee recommended one of the can¬
didates for screening by the investigating firm Norm
Traub & Associates, Kossler said. “When the results of
the screening became available, the committee decided
not to recommend that candidate to the board [of
trustees].” This decision, along with “a combination of
different things,” led to the decision to hire an interim
chief, said Collins. “The main idea was to put us all on
the same wavelength,” he said. “We looked at the fact
that we want a complete review done.”
“We hired an interim [chief] to do two things,” said
Kossler. “Manage the day-to-day operations of the
department, and complete a management study of our
current departmental organization and make any appro¬
priate recommendations before we reopen the search for
a [permanent chief].”
Interim chief Frank Scialdone said he hopes his audit
of the police department will allow the college to “see
what areas we can improve upon and make more effec¬
tive and efficient.”
Kossler said that “it will depend on what we learn
from the management study” before the college will con¬
tinue with the hiring process for a permanent chief.
Collins said it will likely “take up to six months” for
Scialdone to complete his assessment so the college can
continue the search for a new permanent police chief.
Student Worker
Attacked
Diane Garcia
Arts Editor
A woman was assaulted on campus yesterday after a
misunderstanding took place about the ownership of
some luggage.
Linda Walsh, a part-time student worker who tutors
on campus, left the L building around 11:45 a.m. yester¬
day to use the payphones located in the handicapped
pick-up area along Colorado Boulevard.
Walsh noticed some bags placed in front of a pay¬
phone and asked Marc Feldman, who was standing near
them, if they belonged to him. Feldman said they did not
and told Walsh that the bags belonged to his girlfriend.
Walsh then moved the bags, out the way so she could
use the payphone, but when the man’s girlfriend noticed
Walsh moving the bags she socked her in the back.
“Technically it was assault and battery, but Walsh did not
want to press charges,” said responding officer Sgt.
Steven Lester. The woman said she socked Walsh
because she thought she was taking the bags.
“We were very close to getting a psychological evalu¬
ation but we decided it was not a campus issue and let
her go,” Lester said.
Jesus Gomez/ Courier
Student Linda Walsh talks to campus
police officers on May 24 after being
punched from behind by a student.
Walsh was not seriously injured and
declined to press charges.
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