Jackie
Robison
Honored
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Haven
Fun
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Who says
jocks have all
the fun?
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VOL. 88 NO. 9
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OCTOBER 24, 2002
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Smoking Gun
After years of talks and proposals about banning smoking at
PCC, a recent vote draws students one step closer to the end
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By Andrew Campa
Editor in Chief
The speculation was never taken
seriously. The years of talks fell
upon deaf ears.
Yet for the first time, the faculty
and classified staff of PCC have
come up with a preliminary plan to
ban smoking on campus, thus push¬
ing smokers to the parking lots.
The PCC district Health and
Safety Committee voted 8-2 in
favor of the ban on Oct. 9.
The committee, made up of
three managers, three classified
staff members, three faculty mem¬
bers and an ISSU (Instructional
Support Services Unit) member
debated about different policies
before eventually voting on the
Off Campus
Musuem
Honors
Pastime
By Rita Vega-Acevedo
Staff Writer
The National Baseball Hall
of Fame just hit a grand slam
by sponsoring a traveling base¬
ball exhibit that just by chance
coincides with the World
Series.
Excitement is so high that
tourists attending the World
Series in Anaheim will proba¬
bly think nothing about mak¬
ing the one-hour trek to Los
Angeles to see the exhibit.
“Baseball as America” is at
the Natural History Museum
near USC. The show runs until
Dec. 15 and includes 500 valu¬
able baseball
treasures and
artifacts.
Until now,
your
worries
to the
there. ”
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baseball.
You take The National
Baseball Hall
of Fame has
never permit¬
ted its perma-
park and nent collec-
leave tion to leave
them Cooperstown,
New York.
Some of
the show’s
-Humphrey highlights
Bogart include:
Jackie
Robinson’s jersey (#42); rare
baseballs, bats, gloves, shoes
and even Norman Rockwell’s
famous American painting
titled, “The Three Umpires.”
The famous and rare Honus
Wagner baseball card, consid¬
ered priceless, is also in the
show.
ч
Wagner, a legendary short¬
stop with the Pittsburgh
Pirates, had his card discontin-
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parking lot plan.
There were no students on the
committee.
The committee’s plan will now
be sent over to the College
Coordinating Council, which will
review the plans.
At the last board of trustees
meeting on Oct. 18, the seven-
member board was presented with
the proposal. The board has not set
aside a date for an official vote.
The minutes of the last Health
Safety committee meeting stated,
“There was considerable discussion
regarding the proposed smoking
policy. The committee felt desig¬
nated smoking areas on the interior
of the campus.”
“We didn’t feel that any other
proposal would work,” said com¬
mittee member Keith Oberlander.
“We have debated different poli¬
cies and most were not realistic.
However, moving smoking to the
parking lot is a policy that works
and is enforceable.”
Oberlander addressed the
Academic Senate last Monday with
the progress of the committee.
One questioned raised at the
meeting were the number of smok¬
ers on the committee.
At the time of the voting, there
were two smokers on the commit¬
tee in comparison to eight non-
smokers.
Not surprisingly, the final vote
tallied was 8-2.
Oberlander was also questioned
about the possibility the smokers
blocking open parking spots.
He replied, “they (smokers) can
stand between the cars.”
Latoya Sturge, Associates
Student vice president of public
relations, was puzzled by
Oberlander’s remarks.
“Has he been to the parking
lots? The traffic lots are already
congested as it is. I think its (the
proposal) ill-advised,” remarked
Sturge.
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The Pasadena Fire Department springs into action at PCC this week.
This smoking 1998 Honda Accord could have easily exploded had
firefighters not doused the small flames located in the engine.
Town Hall + Free Food = Success
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A second A. S. Town Hall meeting addressed student issues
such as academic counseling and access for disabled students
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Some of the attendees talk at the first meeting.
By Terrance Parker
Staff Writer
Free food worked again to
bring approximately 1 50 students
to the second town hall meeting
Oct. 17 in the CC lounge.
This was the second of three
events planned and sponsored by
the Associated Students Board.
Round tables replaced rectan¬
gular ones, but otherwise the for¬
mat was similar to the first town
hall in September.
Each of the dozen tables had a
sign naming the main topic for
discussion.
After filling their lunch plates
from the buffet line, students
chose a table to sit and eat.
Issues waiting for students to
dive in included counseling serv¬
ices (both general and academic),
parking, smoking, and disabled
students’ access to campus serv¬
ices.
The largest crowd discussed
bookstore prices. That table was
packed for the entire two hours.
“This is where it all starts,”
exclaimed student Shamin
Younessi, facilitator at the on-
campus involvement table. “If
you care about an issue, you need
to be involved.”
Access for disabled students
drew a large group. Ara Bezjian,
a longtime student who is dis¬
abled, tackled the computer
access issue.
“They have things like text-to-
speech software that comes with
the operating system,” Bezjian
said. “It’s free, they just need to
install it. If they need help, I’ll
help them. I know how to do it.”
Rebecca Cobb, student activi¬
ty adviser, said she was pleased
with the level of student partici¬
pation.
“Oh, yds, it’s been amazing,”
she said. “It’s good for students
to voice their concerns in a posi¬
tive manner.”
“I don’t think we had as many
people leave after eating as at the
first one,” Cobb added. “The idea
is that students are giving up their
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Two Years Ahead of State Mandates, the CDC
Continues to Provide Top Quality Child Care
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By Priscilla Moreno
Staff Writer
Creating the perfect building
blocks for learning is the ultimate
goal of people wanting to be teach¬
ers or educators.
As they make the journey from
being taught to teaching, they have
a lot to learn on how to exchange
theory for reality.
It’s one thing to hear about
teaching and
another thing to
do it.
Staff and stu¬
dents at the
Child
Development
Center have
found a way to
create an envi¬
ronment for
teaching young
children and meeting the standards
set by the state.
The result was a three-year
Child
Development
Center
process to develop and implement
a new curriculum.
It has only taken the CDC one
year to meet the state’s goals, two
ahead of schedule.
Working with students from
infancy to kindergarten, parents
and staff can tell the training at
PCC has worked well by the excit¬
ed faces of the children.
It begins with preparation and
guidance for prospective teachers.
Kaitzer Puglia, a full-time faculty
member, teaches two child devel¬
opment classes through the social
sciences division.
Puglia said these classes are, “a
great way for students to leam the¬
ory and put it into practice.”
A lot of the students in Puglia’s
classes have their own kids
enrolled at the center.
She has been working to make
sure what is taught in the class¬
room is implemented at the CDC.
She has such confidence in the
program that she has her two
daughters enrolled as well.
Having worked at PCC for six
years, Puglia teaches Child
Development 120, a curriculum
planning class.
She also teaches Child
Development 13A, an introductory
class to field practice.
As a full-time faculty member,
Puglia has been given 40 percent
re-assigned time to serve as a liai¬
son between the campus and the
center.
In her first 1 5 months on the job
at PCC, Puglia met with staff at the
CDC to do a “needs” assessment.
The meeting focused on what
was required to meet state goals
while keeping the philosophies of
child developmental learning.
A firm believer in interactive
learning, Puglia feels that a hands-
on approach is best. This is what
she tries to instill in her classes.
For example, if a student want¬
ed to study early child develop¬
ment at the preschool level, they
The number of chil¬
dren being brought
to the CDC has gone
up since this pro¬
gram stalrted.
There is an almost
two-year waiting list
for parents hoping to
enroll their children.
would not only focus on child
development, but also on practical
things such as potty training.
There are three areas of learn¬
ing for infants from four months to
the 36-month level.
In 1999 the State Department of
Education drafted guidelines for all
state preschools.
Puglia took the state guidelines,
broke them down to a developmen¬
tal tenninology, and broke them
down again to meet the theoretical
approaches taught on campus:
Ninety-five percent of the staff
at the CDC are PCC students.
Puglia believes this mixture allows
the curriculum to work.
The courses are then applied at
the center. “There is a real cohesive •
connection, and that I think is real¬
ly exciting,” she said.
Last year, the results of the cen¬
ter were evaluated by the state. It
found the work done exceeded
what was expected.
The number of children brought
to the CDC has gone up since this
program started, and there is an
almost two-year waiting list for
parents hoping to enroll their chil¬
dren.
The goal now is to maintain the
success of the curriculum while
focusing on the diversity of stu¬
dents.
If all goes as planned, the CDC
will continue to be an exceptional
outlet for those who want to teach.
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