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Pasadena City College
Soccer
Women's team wins
while men’s team
ties against LA Harbor
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Volume 102, Issue 7
"The Independent Student Voice of PCC, Serving Pasadena Since 1915." Thursday, October 14, 2010
Professor
gets 'green'
leadership
recognition
Samantha Petersen
Staff Writer
Environmentalist and sustain¬
ability enthusiast Ling O'Connor
received an Instructor Leadership
Award at the Green California
Community Colleges Summit held
at the Pasadena Convention
Center on Tuesday.
A natural science professor,
workforce development director,
Seeds of Change's primary adviser
and chairwomen of the green team
at PCC, O'Connor is a prolific fac¬
ulty member with a wide array of
projects and accomplishments.
Accepting her award, O'Connor
expressed her desire to advance
the overall understanding of sus¬
tainability. "I keep hearing about
sustainability and it's monetary
benefits," she said.
Environmental sustainability
must become relevant to everyone
on a more personal level, not just
for money-saving purposes, but to
better their health and the environ¬
ment, she said. "We've done a lot
in terms of efficiency, but what we
need now is a profound paradigm
shift in terms of how we think of
sustainability," she said.
Varied corporate advocates of
the green revolution sponsored the
Green Technology event including
Chevron Energy Solutions and
Office Max. Awards were present¬
ed to members of community col¬
leges from around California for
innovative curriculum, organiza¬
tional leadership qualities, and in
O'Connor's case, being an inspira¬
tion to her students and col¬
leagues.
Joined on stage by Erika
Catanese, fellow environmental
science professor, Rob Leonard,
former Seeds of Change president,
and Ben Dooley, professor of busi¬
ness and computer technology,
O'Connor accepted the award
with an entourage of her associ¬
ates.
"If you were to look up inspira¬
tion in the Webster's dictionary
you would see a photo of
Professor O'Connor," said Dooley.
"This is a team effort. What is
not sustainable is the way we
behave," O'Connor replied. "We
see ourselves as individuals,
instead of a part of a whole.
Ecology is about connections."
According to David Douglass,
Continued on page 2
Senator Boxer honors PCC veterans
Political conflict on campus
Louis Cheung/Courier
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer seen with a supporter after a news conference in the Creveling Lounge on
Sunday. Boxer appeared at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Veterans Resource Center.
Protestors express their opposition
Neil Protacio and
Natalie Sehn Weber
Staff Writers
Emphasizing her commitment to veterans' affairs,
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer honored student veterans and
their predecessors at two well-attended ceremonies at
PCC on Sunday afternoon.
Over 100 supporters attended the events while pro¬
testers demonstrated in PCC's quad.
Initially, Boxer celebrated with veterans, civilians
and the administration by cutting a ribbon to mark the
grand opening of PCC's new Veterans Resource
Center.
Met by a crowd of civilians and school officials,
Boxer walked with the fully uniformed, Army veteran
Continued on page 7
Louis Cheung/Courier
A group of protesters opposed to Sen. Boxer gath¬
ers in the quad on Sunday.
Board
passes
budget
Approved spending
plan down 1 percent
Courier Staff
The Board of Trustees voted
unanimously to approve a $120
million budget for the 2010-2011
year at its regular meeting on Oct.
6. This is 1% less than last year's
budget.
The budget is based on princi¬
ples established by the Ad Hoc
Budget Advisory Committee. The
adopted budget serves as a spend¬
ing guide for the current year.
The plan is 3% more than was
actually spent last year. The budget
funds 11 fewer full time faculty
positions, but according to
President Mark Rocha there are no
layoffs planned.
Additionally, it includes the new
Student Access and Success
Initiative, a $1 million fund focused
on providing "tangible deliver¬
ables" to students alongside the
College's Educational Master Plan.
According to the budget, this ini¬
tiative sets goals to enhance student
access to education and increase the
number of transfers and degree
recipients.
Board Vice President Geoffrey
Baum voiced "a healthy dose of
praise" to the administration for
"managing the resources in such a
turbulent time so that we are in a
much stronger fiscal place than any
other district I know of in the
state."
Student Health Services promotes breast cancer awareness
Brian Warouw/Courier
Reflection flags hang in Galloway plaza representing
support or remembrance of those who have been
touched by breast cancer.
Samantha Lai
Staff Writer
To honor Breast Cancer Awareness
Month, Student Health Services and the
radiologic technology program invited the
campus to decorate reflection flags through¬
out the week.
Activities from Monday through Friday
this week are part of the first breast cancer
awareness event at PCC, although the idea
took root years ago, according to Student
Health Services Coordinator Jo Buczko.
"One of my colleagues in Northern
California did [this kind of event] six years
ago, and I've wanted to do it since," Buczko
said.
The decorated flags are on display
through Friday, after wlrich the creators can
take their flags back.
Barbara Kissel, program director of radio-
logic teclmology program, said students and
faculty could contribute a flag "in remem¬
brance of a friend or if they're supporters of
finding a cure."
At tables set up in the Galloway Plaza,
students and faculty used their creativity
and artistic abilities to adorn pieces of fabric
with glitter, paint and messages of hope.
Nearby, under a tent labeled Student Health
Services, an information table provided
pamphlets about health services available to
students and also displayed items up for
raffle.
At $1 for one ticket or $5 for six, buyers
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