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Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol. 73 No. 14
”■ COURIER
Thursday
May 30, 1991
Maggie Tracey wins AS president
NEWSLINE
CIRCUS
The Arcadia K.A.R.E. Youth League
will sponsor a circus consisting of game
booths, elephant rides and food. The
circus is scheduled to be held Friday,
May 31 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, June
1 at 1 1 a.m., 1:30p.m. ,4p.m. and7p.m
at Horrell (football) Field. Tickets are
$3 if preordered or S5 at the door. For
more information, call (818) 442-1160.
SPRING BALL
The Third Annual Spring Ball will
be held Friday at the Doubletree Hotel.
Tickets are $28 for singles and $50 for
couples. A portion of the proceeds
raised will go to a homeless scholar¬
ship foundation. For more information
call 585-7980 or 585-7384, or stop by
CC209 or CC203.
EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Students, faculty and staff inter¬
ested in housing a student from Ger¬
many, Japan, Finland, or Denmark for
a two to six week period, call Anna
Marie Schmidt at 585-7386 or stop by
CC203.
CAFETERIA
By ROSEANN RENZULLO
Editor-in-Chief
AftertheLeagueofWomen Voters spent
approximately 10 hours counting 865 stu¬
dent ballots, Maggie Tracey won the office
of AS President for 1991-1992.
Tracey, who received 232 votes defeated
Katrina Ten/The COURIER
Maggie Tracey, AS President 1991- 1992
four presidential candidates. Their vote tal¬
lies were: Ben Hwang , 210 ; Rhene Edward
Lee, 188; Dale Wellington, 155 and James
Dean Murr, 48.
All other positions on the ballot were un¬
opposed except for coordinator of campus
activities where Katherine Wolf won with
367 votes over Robert Caster, who received
347 votes.
The number of students who voted in this
election is the hightest in five years, accord¬
ing to Anna Maire Schmidt, interum student
activitives adviser. She added the increase
of student participation in the election had to
do with having five presidential candidates.
Tracey, a 32-year-old environmental stud¬
ies student, returned to school in the Fall of
1989 after working as a computer operator at
a brokerage firm for six years.
She is currently serving as vice presi¬
dent of student services, and is also the co¬
president of Earthwise, a campus club deal¬
ing with environmental issues.
Tracey’s campaign tactics are much like
her philosophy of running student govern¬
ment, “direct and sincere.”
“I went up and introduced myself to
people and told them who I was.” She
continued to say she didn’t want to make a
lot of promises that could not be filled. ‘ T
just wanted to be totally direct and upfront
with people, and I want them to understand
lam approachable,” Tracey said.
The newly elected AS president will take
office June 17 and plans to focus on raising
awareness about environmental issues along
with encouraging student involvement.
“This is not my administration,” she
said. “This is our administration. And I
hope to see more student participation.”
Tracey got involved in student govern¬
ment because she believes individuals can
make a difference. ‘ ‘Students should always
excel and learn new things. And in doing so,
new things come to you,” said Tracey.
This highly self-motivated student re¬
turned to school after
she realized she could
not advance in her job
without a college degree.
“I was working for
a company where I was
extremely experienced,
but the advancements
were not coming be¬
cause I didn’t have a
college degree.”
Tracey had taken a
few personal enhance¬
ment courses at PCC
while working. “I al¬
ways liked the environ¬
ment (at PCC), and I got
to know many teachers
and felt it was a positive
experience,’ ’ she said.
“When I left the business world, I knew
that I needed a base at a community college.
I couldn’t just hop into a universtiy after
neverattending college,” she said.
She added that she chose PCC to give
her that base and has not been dissappointed.
‘ ‘Everything I have done, PCC has given me
the tools to get there.”
Tracey is interested in knowing what
would students would do if they were elected
AS president. Those interested in making
suggestions to her, can submit a note at
CC203.
Associated Student
Board 1991-1992
■ President, Maggie Tracey
■ Executive VP, Jorge D. Cornejo
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■ VP of Student Services, Jerry Dorris
■ VP of Business Affairs, Kevin Berdou
■ Coor. of Campus Activities, Katherine Wolf
■ Coor. of External Affairs, David Osorio
■ Coor, of Publicity, Ellen Moya
■ Coor. of Cultural Affairs, Kay Namiko Hogerty
■ Student Trustee, Barbara S. Wang
Measles outbreak causes concern
Carl
БсауапЯЬе
COURIER
Jim Etcheverry, received a measles vaccination from the Health Office Tuesday.
The cafeteria will be receiving a
face lift this summer and needs a new
name. Please submit suggestions to
CC203. The winner will win $25, and
the name be emblazoned in neon .
YOSEMITETRIP
International students interested in
participating in a trip to Yosemite the
weekend of June 21 to June 23, can
stop by C121 A for additonal informa¬
tion and to pick up an application.
SUMMER AUDITIONS
The theater arts department will be
holding auditions for its summer thea¬
ter. Actors, singers, dancers, technical
and production people are needed for
‘ ‘The Three Penny Opera. ’ ’ Auditions
will be June 14 from 7 to 10 p.m., June
15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 17 and
June 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. Auditions will
be in the Sexson Auditorium. Formore
information, call 585-7216.
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Jeff Thacker does not let his physical
handicap stand in his way.
See story on Page 3
INDEX
Opinion
2
Editorial
2
Features
3
Photo Essay
4
By MICHAEL CARADONNA
Special Correspondent
After the Student Health Office con¬
firmed two cases of measles on campus,
students attending classes in the U Build¬
ing were asked to get measles vaccina¬
tions.
Both students who have been diag¬
nosed with measles attended night classes
in the U building.
The Pasadena Public Health Depart¬
ment of sent nurses to campus last week,
and they administered 388 immuniza¬
tions against measles, mumps and ru¬
bella, free of charge. All vaccinations
were done on a voluntary basis.
The Pasadena Health Department con¬
tacted J ohn Tulley , associate dean of spe¬
cial services, after the second case of
measles was reported. He said the first
student was diagnosed with the disease
two weeks before the school was alerted.
Both students were attending night classes.
Once the two cases of the measles
were reported, the Pasadena Health De¬
partment was sent to campus to investi¬
gate. They suspect that the first student to
become infected may have been conta¬
gious while attending classes. Since then,
two other students have become ill and
may have the measles.
Joyce Spencer, public health nurse,
said only U building students were in¬
formed of the measles alert because both
the infected students had classes in the
building and no evidence has occurred to
prove that the disease has spread any¬
where else on the campus.
“Measles are extremely virulent,”
Spencer said. She told of a case in which
a patient with the illness was in a doctor’ s
waiting room for an hour. After the pa¬
tient left, the virus had infected the wait-
A student survey on awareness and the
usage of various campus services showed
awareness is high, but actual usage is low.
Maggie Tracey , vice president of student
services, randomly selected 174 students to
participate in the survey. “In order to do my
job, I have to know what services students
are aware of and make sure that they make
PCC work for them to the fullest,” she said.
ing room. And, one person came down with
measles after spending only five minutes in
that same room.
Measles is the most serious of the com¬
mon childhood diseases. The symptoms are
high fever, cough, runny nose and a rash.
The illness may also lead to more serious
ailments such as ear infections or pneumonia
and even pregnancy complications.
Most children in the United States are
vaccinated against measles. However, the
vaccination which was thought to be effec¬
tive for a lifetime is now suspected to be less
effective.
It is now believed that a booster or rein¬
forcement of the original immunization shot
The results of the survey proved student
awareness was high in the areas of financial
aid, tutoring, health clinic, parking shuttle,
counseling, transfer center, student activi¬
ties and the student bank.
However, few students were aware of the
rights and grievance service, re-entry center
and night escort services. On the other hand,
actual usage of campus services was low.
should be administered every 1 5 to 20 years.
“Anyone who had the immuniza¬
tion before 1975 should definitely receive
a booster shot,’ ’ Spencer said.
Wendie Johnston, professor of life sci¬
ences, said since measles symptoms ap¬
pear about ten days after contracting the
virus, “If you want to be around for final
exams, I suggest you get your shot.”
Although the Pasadena Health Depart¬
ment is no longer giving immunizations
on campus, students, faculty and staff,
can stop by the Student Health Center in
Cl 27, Monday through Thursday 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. to receive free vaccinations.
Tracey plans to use this information to
determine what services need to be publi¬
cized. “I think PCC has a lot to offer,” she
said. She added students don’t realize that
the more they use campus services, the more
money the college receives from the state.
Tracey encourages students to stop by the
student activities center in CC203 and talk to
her about student services, or call 585-7384.
Bond proposal
to raise funds
By CANDY DANIELSON
Staff Writer
The California Teachers’ Association
(СТА)
Board of Directors has requested
the Board of Trustees establish an ex¬
ploratory committee on a possible bond
issue for PCC, as provided in Assembly
Constitutional Amendment 6
(АСА
6).
This amendment, which will go to voters
at the next election, would provide for
passage of bonds with 50 percent voter
approval rather than the two-thirds vote
required now.
The bond issue is needed to raise funds
for equipment such as teachers’ desks,
computers, clocks, painting and other
maintenance, according to Gary Woods,
president of the
СТА.
“At present, we only have one pot of
money tagged for equipment,” as well as
for other items like faculty fringe bene¬
fits, Woods explained.
He said benefits, such as medical and
dental packages, escalate in cost yearly
from 15 to 35 percent. He pointed out that
the annual cost increase is difficult to pre¬
dict.
Available funds are needed from the
“one pot of money” source in order to
maintain the benefits package on an ongo¬
ing basis each year, he said.
So the shifting of equipment costs from
that one pot to the future bond proposal
would achieve that result, according to
Woods.
If the bond proposal is passed, it would
not be subject to the taxation limitations
of Proposition 13, Woods said. Proposi¬
tion 13, froze property taxes at one per¬
cent and kept local school districts from
raising additional revenue through prop¬
erty tax hikes.
This bond proposal would raise reve¬
nue outside of Proposition 13. This would
be added on top of the one percent allowed
by Proposition 13, according to Woods.
“We are trying to bring back a little bit of
local control.”
The
СТА
official likened the request
for establishing an exploratory commit¬
tee to examine the feasibility of a bond
issue for PCC, to an effort to be at the
head of what Woods expects will be a long
line of other districts with similar inten¬
sions. So far, the board has not taken any
action on the bond proposal.
Student survey proves services go unused
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