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Protesters gather at Gateway Plaza on May 24 to protest the proposed increare of bus and
rail fares. Their cries were all for not, however, as the MTA voted to increase fares.
The
Search
Is Over
PCC Welcomes Its New Vice President
Christian Daly
Asst. News Editor
After a long, excruciating search that took longer than most expected,
PCC has finally found a replacement for the current vice president of admin¬
istrative services, James Albanese.
Kindred Murillo, who is currently the vice president of finance and
administrative services and the chief budget officer at Copper Mountain
College of Joshua Tree, will join PCC’s staff in early July.
“Both the board of trustees and I were hoping that we could have a new
vice president in place to work with the new president. The fact that I will
have a couple of months to work with her before I leave will give us a chance
to make sure she has a good grasp of where we are, especially with the col¬
lege finances and our bond projects,” said Dr. James Kossler, president of
PCC.
Murillo’s appointment will allow Albanese, who has held the position on
an interim basis since July of 2006, to finally retire.
“We were very fortunate to have the services of such an experienced
administrator as Dr. Albanese. He did stay longer than we expected because
we did not select a candidate out of our original pool. Both Dr. Albanese
and I feel that we have an excellent new vice president in Kindred Murillo,
so the wait was definitely worth it,” said Kossler.
Information on the new vice president was included on the board’s agen¬
da under the president’s report of the May 16 board of trustees meeting. “I
look forward to meeting the new vice president of administration we just
hired. She has excellent credentials and references. While the interim new
vice president has done a good job, the board is happy this critical position
has finally been filled,” said Consuelo Rey Castro, president of the board.
As the vice president, Murillo will be the chief business officer for the
Pasadena Area Community College District. In that position, she will organ¬
ize and lead a number of campus administrative services, and upholding the
college’s goal for the institution.
Some tasks that await Murillo are managing the college’s annual budget,
providing guidance in developing and implementing the college’s capital
outlay plans as well as the technology plans.
Within a cooperative environment, the vice president will work with the
board of trustees, the college president, managers, faculty, staff, and students
so the campus may come to one accord and agree on the most effectual way
to use the college’s resources to maintain and surpass the current level of
learning.
Though the president’s seat has not been filled, the college can breathe a
little easier with Murillo ready to serve the faculty and students of PCC.
Time, Place and Manner Still a Hot Topic
Teresa Mayer
Nico Stevens
Staff Writers
A recent attempt to impose a controversial
Time, Place, and Manner policy was tabled by
the board of trustees at the May 16 meeting
after faculty members complained that it
restricted free speech.
The Academic Senate rejected the policy,
but PCC president Dr. James Kossler brought
it to the attention of the board for a vote
despite faculty opposition.
Such a policy is required at all California
community colleges. According to the Califor¬
nia Education Code 76120-76121, the govern¬
ing board of all community colleges “shall
adopt rules and regulations relating to the
exercise of free expression by students upon
the premises of each community
college. . .which shall include reasonable provi¬
sions for the time, place, and manner for con¬
ducting activities.”
Kossler said, “This policy is all about how
the campus can be used. It is called the Time,
Place, and Manner policy because it address¬
es the times that the campus may be used,
the places on campus where various types of
events can take place, and the manner or
processes that must be followed if an individ¬
ual or group wants to use the campus.”
With Kossler’s retirement looming in
August of this year, some believe that the pol¬
icy could be the last big action of his PCC
career. Yet, it still has to be voted on by the
board of trustees.
“We live in a world where the First
Amendment has been expanded to allow
[controversial] speech,” said Kossler in refer¬
ence to a Repent America’s March 2007
demonstration on campus.
Signs displayed in the Quad with phrases
like “baby killers” offended a number of stu¬
dents on campus. That demonstration is an
example of an off-campus group using offen¬
sive language to students.
Even though the groups signs and photos
offended people on campus, under this poli¬
cy, that would still be legal if the signs were
approved first.
“You can’t stop them based on content
because they have to be interfering with the
flow of students and the places where students
need to get through,” Kossler said. “It is an
awkward position for us as
administrators because we might side with
the students, but we have to allow others to
express themselves under the First Amend¬
ment.”
Attorney Michael Anderson, representative
counsel to the California Teacher Association,
wrote a 15-page analysis of the proposed
T.RM. policy.
He wrote that, “Portions of the proposed
policy at worst are unconstitutional and
See ‘Time’ - Page 4
