PCC Courier, October 28, 1993

OPINION FEATURES Approving gun control will save the senseless loss of lives to accidental shootings. Page 2 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. Page 6 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 re 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.