The Independent Student Voice of PCC, Serving Pasadena Since 1915
Volume 94, Issue 13
Pasadena City College
Moore
Jesse Sears
Staff Writer
The board of trustees has named
physical education instructor and
former men’s basketball coach Bill
“Rocky" Moore the new interim
assistant athletic director. Over the
last several years Moore has
worked hard and succeeded in
rebudding trust with an athletic
department that once asked him to
resign from his position as head
basketball coach following accusa¬
tions of illegal recruiting practices
and forgery.
As reported by the Courier in
2002, student athlete Samuel Sikes
said he made his decision to attend
Pasadena City College and play on
the basketball team while living in
Nevada. According to Sikes,
Moore offered him several incen-
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In comparison to other California community colleges,
Pasadena City College has the second most transfers overall.
Lancers Feed the Homeless
Bounces Back
Transfers
Maria Rios
Arts Editor
A recent study, conducted by the
Public Policy Institute of California,
measuring the transfer rate of Cali¬
fornia community colleges reveal
that most institutions are failing, but
Pasadena City College has managed
to keep its transfer numbers high
enough to rank second in state.
According to the Los Angeles
Times, “Only 10 percent of stu¬
dents who intend to get a two-year
degree and only 26 percent of those
hoping to transfer to a four-year
university achieve their goals.”
PCC, however, did way better
than most colleges in the state. At
the end of the 2005-2006 academic
year at PCC, out of 2,431 students
who graduated, 65.2 percent of
these students received their AA
degrees and 34.8 percent received
their AS degrees.
The 2004-2005 transfer total from
PCC to University of California
and Cal State Universities was
1,816. The transfer total from PCC
to UCs was 496, and 1,320 to
CSUs. According to the Institu¬
tional Planning and Research
Office, “PCC transferred the high¬
est number of students to CSUs and
second highest number of students
to UCs” compared to other com¬
munity colleges in California.
Since many students who attend
community colleges have spent a
long time out of the educational
system or are still learning English,
many of them need remedial aid in
math and English.
Although some may be insuffi¬
ciently prepared, there are opportu¬
nities available to PCC students to
help them on their path to continue
with their college education, and
eventually transfer to four-year
institutions.
Speaking to counselors is an
important factor to help students
plan their curriculum and set out
their career goals. It’s just a matter
of students taking initiative.
“Everyone I have talked to has been
helpful,” said Jonathan Sher, a Phi¬
losophy major, hoping to transfer to
a UC school.
Jeanie Nishime, associate dean of
‘Transfers’ - page 2
Giving to the Needy: Pasadena City College softball player Jessica Torres gives a woman
a hygiene kit, while teammates Heather Hechter and Stephanie Hernandez carry meals
to others down a dead end street in Los Angeles on Thursday, Nov. 23. ‘Homeless’ - page 3
fives to move to California and
play for the Lancers, including a
car, rent-free living, food and
money for gas.
“There were a lot of things that
were just speculation, but it was
enough that action needed to be
taken. The final word was that
Rocky was to be removed from his
position as the basketball coach,
and that’s what we did,” said Skip
Robinson, division dean of the
physical education department.
Sikes said he lived for a time
with Coach Moore near the col¬
lege, and was provided an apart¬
ment in Glendale along with sever¬
al other players where the majority
of the rent was taken care of.
The falling out came when the
players were served with an evic¬
tion notice due to non-payment of
rent, and Sikes realized the rental
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agreement was in his name and
therefore he was the one responsi¬
ble for the money owed.
Sikes said Moore and another
man from the department were
responsible for forging his name on
the rental agreement, a claim
Moore vehemently denies.
“These were only allegations,
there was no merit to them,”
Moore said this week.
The matter was taken to the
Glendale police, but no criminal
charges were brought against
Moore or the college.
The Courier provided extended
coverage of this matter as it was
developing, also touching on a
claim made by Sikes and substanti¬
ated by other student athletes that
Moore signed their work study
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