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Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol. 73 No. 1
COURIER
Thursday
September 19, 1991
PCC breaks ground for future library
Scott Daves/ The COURIER
PCC's new library will be named after Board of Trustee member William T.
Shatford II. The announcement was made during the ground breaking ceremony.
By AMOR PADILLA
Editor-in-Chief
The turning over of a shovel full of dirt
symbolized on Monday the beginning of
PCC’s $100 million masterplan. More than
500 people gathered in parking lots seven
and eight to witness the ground breaking
ceremony for the construction of the new
$19 million library.
The building is one of the largest com¬
munity college single-facility projects ever
funded by the state. The ceremony also
kicked-off the start of a master plan to keep
PCC a competitive community college for
the future. The college plans the addition of
a new parking structure, men’s gym and a
child care facility.
Dr. David Mertes, chancellor of Cali¬
fornia’s Community Colleges, was the key¬
note speaker for the event. Also many public
officials, including two community college
presidents attended the ceremony.
The major surprise of the event was the
unveiling of the name for the new library.
The building will be named in honor of
Board of Trustee member Walter Shatford,
П.
Dr. Jack Scott, superintendent president
of the college commented on the structure
and goals of the new library. “This will not
only be a collection of print media but also
a collection of visual and electronic media.
This will be a very modem library,” he said.
Scott revealed that the state was in fact
donating more than $1 million to enhance
PCC’s current collection of books.
According to architectural plans the
building, to be finished by 1993, will pro¬
vide a media service center where KPCC,
the college’s radio station, as well as state-
of-the-art information and media technol¬
ogy will be located.
The chancellor’s participation centered
Please see Library, page 3
Library name will honor Walter T. Shatford
By JOHN MILLER
Staff Writer
Walter T. Shatford II was surprised
Monday when it was announced that Pasad¬
ena City College would be naming its new
multi-million dollar library in his honor.
Shatford, who has been a Board of
Trustees member since 1958, attended
PCC as a student before graduating from
UCLA in 1 938 with a degree in journal¬
ism. He earned a law degree from Stan¬
ford University in 1947 and a master’s
degree in law from USC in 1959.
Dr. Jack Scott president of the col¬
lege, said of Shatford “He is a man of ab¬
solute integrity who each month quietly
turned his paycheck as a member of the
board of trustees over to the PCC Founda¬
tion.” Shatford has given free legal service
to PCC over the years and Scott said “He
probably has kept us from making some
pretty stupid mistakes,”
In his acceptance speech Shatford thanked
the board of trustees. He used a line from a
popular TV show to express his feelings
about the honor. He said “I can now die
happy.”
Shatford, 76, is a lifetime member of the
NAACP and is currently serving as a direc¬
tor. He is also a member of the ACLU and
has served on the Television Advisory
Committee for the State of California under
both Governors Brown and Reagan. He has
also served on the Pasadena Unified School
District Board.
In 1955, Shatford received permis¬
sion from the vice presidentof the United
States to practice law in front of the U.S.
Supreme Court which at the time was
limited to a small number of attorneys.
Shatford is a member of the Alliance
for the Mentally Ill and the Pasadena
Liberal Arts organization. He is a mem¬
ber of Temple City Kiwanis, having served
as editor of the club’s newsletter, “The
Bulletin.”
Shatford's four children have all at¬
tended PCC during their academic ca¬
reers. His wife Sara and other family
members attended the ceremony.
Ground breaking ceremonies symbolized the start of PCC's master plan which will include a new parking structure, men s gym and child care center. The chancellor of
California’ s community colleges was the keynote speaker for the event . More than 500 guests attended.
Football players recovering
Stabbing victims out for semester
Three assaults,
robbery mark
opening day
By EDWIN FOLVEN
News Features Editor
The first week of the Fall semester was
marked by an unusual series of sexual assault
crimes and a robbery according to Campus
police. One suspect was taken into custody
Sept. 1 1 on charges of sexual battery, and
police are still looking for a man suspected
of assaulting women. This man allegedly
exposed himself on at least two separate oc¬
casions on Sept. 9.
According to campus police Sgt. Vince
Palermo, officers arrested Shenan Silva around
5 p.m. after he reportedly fondled an uniden¬
tified female student’s breasts. The victim
identified Silva after he allegedly committed
the offense on two separate occasions. Silva
was cited for sexual assault and released
pending notice to appear in court.
Police are asking for help in identifying a
man who allegedly assaulted and exposed
himself to at least two female students. The
suspect is a male light skinned black in his
30’ s with curly hair and a muscular build. He
was seen driving a dark colored older model
BMW with yellow seat covers.
In both incidents, the suspect followed
the young ladies through the parking lot as
they walked to class. He drove up and asked
for information about registration and park¬
ing. He then exposed his genitals and at¬
tempted to touch the students. One was slightly
injured.
“We have an ongoing investigation of
the incidents. We are relying on someone
who may have information to help us catch
the suspect.” said Sgt. Palermo.
Two male blacks reportedly robbed a
student with a stun gun in another incident
around 2:45 p.m. Sept. 9. The victim was
about to enter his vehicle parked in lot 7
when two men approached him and placed a
stun gun to his chest. After asking for money,
the suspect allegedly discharged the weapon.
The victim fell to the ground in fear but was
Please see Crime, page 3
By PAMELA WILSON
Special Correspondant
Two PCC football players who were
stabbed in an altercation at a party for PCC
football players on Sept. 6 are recovering
satisfactorily. According to Head Coach
Dennis Gossard. KaleoBush, 19, and Lloyd
Matagi, 17 are out for the season, but will
return for the Spring semester, said Gos¬
sard. Bush and Matagi, were stabbed at
1496 N. Hill in Pasadena at about 11:30
p.m. at the Friday night gathering.
According to Lt. Roger Kelly of the
Pasadena Police Department, two unidenti¬
fied women accompanied one of the players
to a nearby market where four men con¬
fronted the group, harassed them and fol¬
lowed them back to the house. A fight
ensued, leaving both Bush and Matagi re¬
covering from knife wounds.
The four suspects were later arrested
on the testimony of witnesses. Wendell Har¬
mon, 29 is being held on $ 1 5,000 bail, while
Kenneth Harmon, 26, Reginald Harmon,
27, and Darryl Flenister, 24, were released
pending further investigation. LL Frank
Wills, spokesman for the Pasadena Police
Department, says the investigation is cur¬
rently continuing. Wills was repeatedly
unavailable to answer allegations by one
witness that the police were on the scene
when the stabbing occurred.
One team member stated the police
had already arrived to disperse the party in
response to neighbor complaints regarding
the noise volume. The officers were report¬
edly on the street when Bush “stumbled
across the kitchen floor trailing blood from
his chest,” the athlete recalled. The suspects
then “casually walked out and took off,”
according to the same source.
Witnesses to the incident were reluc¬
tant to discuss the stabbing, and asked they
not be quoted directly . The Lancer team evi¬
dently fears the altercation will, as one member
stated, “reflect negatively on the program.”
Bush suffered stab wounds to the chest,
according to Gossard, while Matagi was
wounded in the chest area and arms. One
witness said Bush was in surgery for a
wound dangerously near the heart for the
majority of Friday night. Bush has since
returned to Texas, and Matagi to Hawaii to
recuperate with their respective families,
the coach said.
Neither of the Lancers were first string,
and Gossard indicated the team would not be
adversely affected by the loss.
“It has emotionally affected us all. It’s
the same as if someone in your family was
stabbed. You’d be devastated.” said one
Lancer. “We just want to forget it, forget it
and move on.”