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Pasadena Oity College
Opinion:
Decision ’08 Debate:
McCain and Obama
are one in the same.
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Lancer Life:
Campus Escapes:
Where do students
take a break?
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Community
Colleges Face
Funding Issue
Richard Garcia
Staff Writer
California community colleges
remain under-funded, but will over¬
come this challenge, said state Sen.
Jack Scott, Chancellor-Elect of the
California Community college sys¬
tem, at an appearance on campus
Wednesday.
Former eight-year PCC president
Scott spoke to new and returning
faculty and staff at the Flex Day
event in Sexson Auditorium.
“We are going to pull through this.
I’ve dealt with economic challenges in
the early 90s and we can do it again,”
said Scott who remains positive.
The second challenge he expressed
was student success. He challenged
the faculty to work as hard as possi¬
ble to give students the ability to per¬
form to their greatest potential.
He talked about how education
was his priority in the Legislature,
along with numerous gun control,
senior care, and abortion bills. Scott
said education changed his life; that
is why he is so passionate about it.
“I owe it all to community college,”
he said
It is because of community colleges
that immigrants take those first cru¬
cial steps to mastering English, Scott
said. They resurrect the goals and
aspirations of students who struggle
in high school, and they aid the honor
student from high school when
tuition becomes a problem, he added.
The former PCC president said 80
percent of college students in
California have attended a commu¬
nity college sometime in their career.
He reported California community
college enrollment has risen 5 per¬
cent to 2.7 million students this fall
and the FTSE (Full Time Student
Equivalency) is up ten percent. This
means students are taking more
classes.
State Senator Jack Scott speaks to PCC faculty and staff at 'Flex Day' on Wednesday.
Scott: Ex-Sex Offenders OK as Students
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Morgan Brief
Staff Writer
Chancellor-Elect of California
Community Colleges and former
PCC President Sen. Jack Scott said
Wednesday that sex offenders
should be allowed on campus to pur¬
sue their education.
“I’m a strong believer in second
chances. If someone has served his
time and is deemed worthy to reen¬
ter society, a public school should
not prevent that person from obtain¬
ing an education,” said Scott.
Scott was speaking in an inter¬
view after his appearance at the
Faculty Flex Day.
Scott quickly pointed out that
there must be a line drawn between
those seeking to learn and those in
positions of authority in the
school.
“I am very strongly against the
hiring of convicted felons, especially
ones convicted of sexual offenses,”
said Scott.
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University Day Connects Students With 4-year Colleges
Chi Hong Wong
/
Courier
Students seek refuge in rain-proof booths while being given advice on
their transfer prospects.
Paola Casanova
Staff Writer
Hundreds of students gathered in
the quad on Monday for University
Day in spite of the rainy weather.
“Despite the rain I think it all
turned out really well,” said Director
of Outreach and Transfer Services
Dina Chase.
The representatives from private
and public schools were ready and
equipped to answer students’ ques¬
tions.
Wen Chen is a film production
major hoping to transfer to USC.
“They answered all the question I
had,” said Chen.
“It’s so much better to be face to
face with the representatives” she
said.
Keri Blowers, who represented
Colombia University, suggests that
students talk to plenty of universi¬
ties.
She suggested questions like,
“What are they looking for in poten¬
tial students? What is their focus?
When are the deadlines?”
Blowers said transfer students are
a big part of universities “forty per¬
cent of our students at Colombia are
transfer students and the average age
is 29,” she said.
Gonzalo Villarreal is a Spanish
major who hopes to transfer to
UCLA.
“It was very informative to stu¬
dents of PCC who are undecided on
where to go and what to do” he said.
“It is also helpful to find other
obscure universities that you may
not have known about,” he added.
Sergio Soto, a business adminis¬
tration major attended the fair
because he is undecided on where
he wants to go.
“I came to get a better idea of
what is out there. There are a lot of
choices,” he said.
The mood under the canopies was
busy yet lively with students holding
pamphlets from the universities.
“Representatives were happy with
the number of students they saw and
the quality of the students,” said
Chase.
If you missed this event, Nov. 5 is
University Night.
“We will have a good selection of
universities for those students that
take classes in the evening,” said
Chase.
Sports:
Soccer: Men beat
up on Mt. SAC.
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Volume 98, Issue 6
“The Independent Student Voice of PCC, Serving Pasadena Since 1915.’’
New chancellor optimistic about
outlook at 'Flex Day' appearance
Project Ethos
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