OPINION
FEATURES
Approving gun control will
save the senseless loss of lives
to accidental shootings.
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Joseph Sargis and Beth Wells-Miller,
candidates for the Board of Trustees,
discuss issues concerning the college.
Pages 4 and 5
Lancers drop their
Homecoming football game to
El Camino 42-25.
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PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 77 No. 10
COURIER
Serving the PCC Community for 75 years
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 28, 1993
College to increase security measures
□ More cadets, floodlights and emergency
phones to be installed in parking lots
after students ask officials to improve
security.
By ALFREDO SANTANA
Editor in Chief
In an effort to make the college a
safer place, college administrators
have increased police patrolling as
well as lighting in all campus park¬
ing lots.
The measures were implemented
days after a group of concerned stu¬
dents requested that the Board of
Trustees to beef up security on cam¬
pus. They voiced their concerns two
weeks after a report that a female
student had been sexually attacked
in one of the campus parking lots.
Phillip Mullendore, director of
campus police, announced that the
number of police cadets patrolling
the parking lots every night has in¬
creased from two to eight, in addi¬
tion to the two regular policemen
and various others cadets who ride
bicycles. He said the total of police¬
men is now between 10 and 12 per
night, whereas before the rape inci¬
dent, the number of police patrolling
campus averaged between two and
three.
“Students have the input and the
ability to make changes,” Mullendore
said. “They said to the board that
security was an issue of top priority
to be considered, and as result, the
board provided the resources.”
He indicated that floodlights that
are currently being installed in all
campus parking lots will be in func¬
tioning by Dec. 20. Mullendore said
they targeted that day to fully install
the lights because they don ’ t want to
disrupt traffic while the workers in¬
stall them. Mullendore said the new
lights will “significantly increase the
light in the lots.”
College officials expect to spend
about $200,000 for the installation
of the floodlights. The money will
come from thecollege’s general fund.
In addition, 30 emergency phones
will also be installed in the parking
lots so students can report incidents
immediately . Emergency phones are
also going to be placed in all building
on campus. Their installation will
start later this semester.
Mullendore added that $8,700
from the student services fund will
be spent to purchase a 10-passenger
van specially designed to transport
students to their cars in the college
parking lots.
“What we intend to do is to have
pick-up points in the center of cam¬
pus and to shuttle people to the park¬
ing lots,” Mullendore said. The van
should be available in about two
weeks.
In order to get the shuttle opera¬
tional as soon as possible, the college
is borrowing a van until the new one
arrives.
However, Mullendore warned,
these measures don’tprovideenough
security for all students. He urged
them to be aware of their surround¬
ings and to use the escort service
whenever they need it.
John Robinson, student trustee,
KATRINA P. TEN
/
THE COURIER
Police cadets Onnie Williams and Alex Mercado patroll Parking Lot 1 as part of their nightly routine.
praised the local security improve¬
ments and said that when students
get organized and voice their con¬
cerns in a thoughtful manner, they
are heard by college officials.
“When we students organize and
are coherent in their petitions, people
listen to us,” he said. “In this case, we
asked for something that was not
ridiculous and changes were imple¬
mented.”
Despite all problems, Mullendore
rated PCC as one of the safest com¬
munity colleges in the San Gabriel
Valley.
HOWARD BURGER/ THE COURIE:
The library was officialy dedicated to Walter Shatford II yesterday under smoky skies caused by a huge fire in the Altadena , Sierra Madr
and Mt. Wilson areas. Above, Walter Shatford speaks in front of about 1 ,000 people.
R
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A smoky dedication
PCC president’s son
shot by friend at party
Adam Scott, the son of PCC
president Jack Scott, was fatally
wounded early Saturday morning
after a friend of his, who hosted a
party in the Wilshire District of
Los Angeles, accidentally fired a
gun, police sources said. Scott
was 27.
The incident occurred in the
8300 block of Fourth S treet in Los
Angeles at 12:45 a.m., said Sgt.
Bruce Wallace of the LAPD.
Ethan Dubrow was arrested in
the shooting and now is facing a
charge of involuntary manslaugh¬
ter.
The Pasadena Star News re¬
ported that Dubrow took Scott
and an unidentified women to his
room to show them a gun collec¬
tion, among which was a 12-
gauge shotgun. The shotgun was
then pointed at Scott by Dubrow,
who unintentionally pulled the
trigger.
According to sources close to
Scott’s family, Adam ironically
had expressed his support for gun
control just prior to the tragedy.
The newspaper also quoted
Adam’s brother, Greg, as saying
that Dubrow and Adam had
known each other less 'than two
years. He added that they were
not close friends, but no problems
existed between them.
Adam Scott graduated from
USC Law School this year and
joined the Crosby Heafey Roach
& May law firm in September.
Funeral services for Adam
Scott are scheduled to be held
today at 2 p.m. at All Saints Epis¬
copal Church, 1 32 N. Euclid, in
Pasadena.
Donations on behalf of Scott
can be made to Union Station for
the Homeless, 412 S. Raymond
Ave., in Pasadena.
Prerequisite classes registration available through the phone
□ Students will be able to
register in classes with
prerequisites courses by
phone. However, there are
some exceptions.
By ALFREDO SANTANA
Editor in Chief
Trying to make registration procedures
for the 1994 spring semester easier, the
college will phase in a program allowing
students to register for classes with prerequi¬
sites by phone.
Stuart Wilcox, dean of admissions and
records, said with the new system, students
will no longer have to see counselors to get
class approval if they have met the neces¬
sary prerequisite courses required to enroll
in the classes. The computer system is
equipped to screen classes taken since the
fall of 1981.
“With this system , students will be able to
handle registration in a more convenient
way,” Wilcox said. “The college’s goal is to
make registration for students as easy as
possible.”
Registration for continuing students has
been scheduled from Nov. 1 through Nov.
1 9. New students will be able to register from
Nov. 22 through Dec. 3. All students can
register by calling (818)577-1600 anytime
from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. seven days a week.
This innovation will make the college
one of the top two-year institutions in the
state regarding registration procedures. In
fact, he said, the way PCC has managed
registration by phone has prompted other
community colleges, among them Santa
Monica College, to request information
about PCCs methods.
However, students who have to take
proficiency tests and pass them to register in
a course will not have a chance to save a spot
in the classes by phone. Wilcox said the
computers are not ready to give that service
yet, but he added that the college is looking
at ways to improve the system in the upcom¬
ing semester.
Meanwhile, those who have taken profi¬
ciency tests will have to visit college coun¬
selors to get registration approval. Once they
verify that the students have complied with
the enrollment prerequisites, the students
will be cleared to sign up for the classes.
Another item students should be aware of
is that the computers will not pick up tran¬
scripts from other colleges. In this case,
Wilcox said, students must also see counsel¬
ors in order to get credit for the classes taken
of other institutions.
Wilcox also urged students not to let their
registration date pass, because they might
find that by registering one or two days late,
the courses they wanted may be full.
Continuing students can pick up their
registration permits in D200. Dates to regis¬
ter are printed on the permits.
REGISTRATION FOR SPRING
1994:
о
Permits are aval labie no'
for continuing students/^
in the registration
{ л
; office, located in D jjj
building.
о
Using phone
registration,
students will now
be able to register
for classes that
require
prerequisites.
о
Phone registration
will run from Nov. 1
through Nov. 19 for
continuing students
and from Nov. 22
through Dec. 3 for
new students. ^
0 To register for
the coming spring
semester, call (81 8}
577-6100 seven
days a week.
Source: Admissions and records office.