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FEATURES
At 72, French professor
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The
Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
VoL 74 No. 8
COURIER
Thursday
November 12, 1992
Health fee hike proposal passes
By RODNEY MITCHELL
Staff Writer
Campus health officials said rising insur¬
ance rates and health care supply costs
prompted the Board of Trustees to approve a
30 percent health fee increase Nov. 4.
“The health center’s expenditures are
almost exceeding our income. They’re run¬
ning too close,” Ernestine Moore, dean of
students services, said.
Both full-time and part-time students will
pay an additional $2.50 in health fees next
spring , hiking the fee from $7.50 to $10.
Students attending summer school will
be charged $7.50. Welfare recipients, low
income students and students who refuse
health care because of religious reasons are
exempt from health fees.
However, several students said any in¬
crease in health fees will be a financial
burden due to overall college cost increases
expected next semester. Paul Kojoglanian, a
psychology major, said that the health fee
should remain the same amount or should
not be increased by such a large percentage.
“Every dollar counts,” he said.
Moore said her office and the Board of
Trustees are concerned and sympathetic to
students’ financial hardships. However, the
health fee has not been raised since 1 987 and
insurance rates have increased from 90 cents
to $1.25 per student since then, Moore said.
All funds generated by the fee increase
will be funneled into the budget to “maintain
and upgrade quality service.”None of the
funds will be used to increase salaries, Moore
said.
Student accident insurance, which has
also risen 30 percent , covers on campus and
college-sponsored activities off campus. Extra
curricular team sports such as football and
volleyball are covered under an entirely
different insurance plan and do not affect
the health center's insurance rates, campus
health officials said.
Increased supply costs are also rising.
Medication was named as the number 1
most expensive item. A nurse practitioner
specializing in women's care was recently
hired to meet the growing demand from
female students, adding an additional $9,000
to the health center's budget.
“The health center is swamped with female
students needing specialized attention on a
daily basis,” said Dr. John Tulley, assistant
dean of students services.
According to Tulley, 2,000 students util¬
ize the health center every month. In the
first two weeks of the semester, the health
center experienced a 34 percent increase in
student use.
Tulley said for some PCC students, the
health center is their only source of health
care. “Our purpose is to keep students with
minor health problems in school.”
PCC's health center was described as
superior compared to other community col¬
leges’. Tulley said PCC offers more physi¬
cian services.
Other community colleges with student
health programs have also hiked their fees.
These include Glendale, Long Beach and
Rio Hondo community colleges.
On campus, four physicians are on staff
and may be consulted on a scheduled basis.
All four, a gynecologist, an internist, a sur¬
geon and a urologist, have experience in
emergency medicine. The Student Health
Center is located in C127. A registered
nurse is available from Monday through
Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Monday
through Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Health Services
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Includes emergency care, blood prcs-
surechecks, immunizations, vision and
hearing screening and health advice.
Medical
Includes physician consultation, initial
medical diagnosis and care, clinical
laboratory testing at a reduced fee, oral
contraceptives, minor surgical proce¬
dures, breast and pelvic examinations
and referrals.
Psychological
Covers crisis psychological counsel¬
ing, psychological consultation and in¬
dividual or group counseling.
Art students exhibit deadly art works
CELEBRATION
FOR DIADE
LOS MUERTOS:
A. Oaxan sand
mural begins to
take shape in the
Quad. The
scuplture was
part of the
festivities for Day
of the Dead,
Nov. 5. Art
instructor Denise
Lugo-Saavedra
spearheaded the
student effort,
combining PCC
and Cal State
Los Angeles
students.
Photo by
CHRISTY VANCE/
The COURIER
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Clubs oppose
resignation bid
KPCC launches third fundraiser this year
By STEPHANI HARDY
Special Correspondent
One of the top 20 National Public
Radio (NPR) stations in the country
is located here on campus and it is
about to begin its fall pledge drive.
Every week, more than 200,000
people all over Southern California
tune in to KPCC (FM 89.3). Begin¬
ning this Saturday, those listeners
will be asked to help support the
programming they enjoy. That’s what
public radio is all about.
On Nov. 14-22, on-air announc¬
ers will spend a portion of each pro¬
gram asking listeners to pledge money
to help support the station. They
offer enticing premiums like com¬
pact disks, KPCC sweatshirts and
dinners for two which are donated
by local businesses. Tax deductible
memberships start at $30, but any
amount is appreciated. The largest
donation to date was made last spring
when an anonymous donor pledged
$5,000.
One third of the station’s finan¬
cial support comes directly from
listeners. The other two thirds comes
from PCC and other sources, includ¬
ing a grant from the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting. This is the sta¬
tion’s third pledge drive this year
and it is expecting to make between
$150,000 and $200,000. KPCC’s
annual operating costs are about $1
million.
Over the last five years, KPCC’s
membership has gone up 600 per¬
cent. Rod Foster, KPCC general
manager, believes one of the reasons
for this enormous growth is that the
station gives listeners what they want,
value for their dollars. KPCC airs
award-winning NPR news and fea¬
tures and a music format described
as Classic American Music.
The fundraisers are a program in
themselves. Foster said fundraisers
bring a certain cohesiveness around
KPCC. Everyone gets involved, all
the staff and announcers participate
and students and listeners volunteer
their time as well.
KPCC’s fall pledge drive starts
Saturday. Volunteers are needed to
help answer phones and fill out pledge
forms. Anyone interested in getting
involved should stop by the station
or contact Tina Harris, volunteer co¬
ordinator and on-air personality, at
(818) 585-7000.
By PATRIA ABELGAS
Staff Writer
The Inter-Club Council is being
dragged into a controversial battle
as the Student Involvement Club
(SIC) called for ICC’s support in its
demand for the resignation of AS
president Karen Koch.
In a meeting on Nov.6, however,
a majority of ICC members rejected
SIC’s appeal. “We respect the rights
of SIC to say whatever they want but
we support Karen,” said John Robin¬
son of the American Society of En¬
gineers and Architects (ASEA).
Joe Meza, SIC
president, claims he
has documentation
that will prove Koch
held two AS posi¬
tions at the same
time. He accused
Koch of violating
AS policy and of in ¬
competency.
“We think that Karen is a won¬
derful person and we all love her,”
Meza said. But he went on to say
that Koch is ineffective as a leader.
Rotaract representative Jorge
Cornejo accused Meza of using ICC
politically.
“Are you sure you’re represent¬
ing SIC or just Joe? ” he asked Meza
during the meeting. He further said
that “ICC is being used by people
who lost in the elections to attack
people whom they don’t like.”
Kay Hogerty, president of ICC,
said that several club representa¬
tives expressed disappointment at
SIC’s student government bashing.
“SIC was originally formed to
get students involved in the student
government,” Hogerty said. “But
all they’re doing right now is pro¬
moting negativity within AS and
ICC.”
Rebecca Cobb-Bailey, ICC ad¬
viser, revealed that Meza approached
her the day before the meeting, re-
questing that the
SIC vs. Koch
issue not be in¬
cluded on the
agenda.
“It is ironic
that the person
who asked that
this not be raised
‘Let us not use ICC
as a political
battleground.’
Kay Hogerty,
ICC president
at the meeting is the very same per¬
son who brought it up first,” Cobb-
Bailey said.
Elizabeth Contreras, Cadiiceus
representative and ICC vice presi¬
dent, said that SIC’s demand for
Koch’s resignation should be brought
up to the Supreme Council, not ICC.
“What we’re doing right now is just
hacking over old issues,” Contreras
said.
Fencing Club representative Dan
Carekker appealed to ICC members
to “put an end to this bickering which
has nothing to do with what we’re
here in ICC for.”
“We all have to respect the rights
of every person,” Hogerty said. “Let
us not use ICC as a political battle
ground.”
Homeowners renew objections against CSC project
By AL SANTANA
News Editor
As the college moves closer to acquire a piece of land
on which to relocate the Community Skills Center
(CSC), residents of the east Pasadena neighborhood
have raised serious concerns over how the center’s con¬
struction and traffic congestion would affect them.
With the allocation of $4 million from the state to
purchase land, PCC is about to wrap up a deal that will
give the college a new site for an urgently needed CSC.
The money was allocated in accordance with Proposi¬
tion 153 , a measure approved last June that assures com¬
munity colleges in. California funds to support land
purchases and building construction.
Currently located at 325. S. Oak Knoll Ave., for¬
merly the site of McKinley Junior High School, the
CSC offers job-training programs to adults who enroll.
Classes in basic education as well as English as a Second
Language are provided to more than 7,000 students.
However, the CSC facility belongs to the Pasadena
Unified School District (PUSD). The school district
allows PCC to use the building on a one-year lease basis
with no cost to the college.
This situation is about to change. Since 1989, PUSD
has experienced a steady growth in students taking
classes at its three junior high campuses. To solve this
problem, PUSD plans to use the CSC site as its fourth
middle school.
Thus, the college launched an exhaustive search of
available land in the area to locate a new site. It found a
four-acre parcel which, coincidentally is PUSD prop¬
erty.
The strip of land PCC is trying to purchase is located
at 3081 Foothill Blvd. Used currently as a nursery, the
piece of land is situated about a mile and-a-half north¬
east of the college.
But as college and PUSD officials intent to put the
final touches on transaction, residents from the sur¬
rounding area have expressed fear and concern about the
CSC construction and its possible consequences.
Speaking at a Board of Trustees meeting last week,
Tim Price, president of the Daisy-Villa Homeowners
Association, said that residents of that area are “afraid
of the college” because they have seen “the destruction
of homes and business the college has perpetrated in its
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Photo by CHRISTY
VANCE/ The COURIER
‘Residents are
afraid of the
college
because they
have seen the
destruction of
homes...’
Tim Price,
Pasadena resident
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