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PCC Courier, September 21, 1979
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SEPTEMBER 21 , 1979
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 48, NO. 5
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Coleman a 'No-Show' at Resignation
Fails to Attend AS
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Executive Board
‘A WASTE OF TIME’ So said Sophomore Class
President Bobbi Villalobos as the ASB Executive
Board convened twice in one day only to approve
the minutes of its previous meeting.
Courier photo by Dave Clarke
Executive Board members were left
wondering yesterday when ASB Presi¬
dent Derek Coleman failed to make an
appearance at the semester’s second
meeting.
Coleman had told the Courier (see
related article) earlier this week that he
planned to tender his resignation at- the
meeting, but he showed up just long
enough to tell the board he would “be
back in a minute.” Coleman never retur¬
ned.
The 11 a.m. meeting ended at noon,
was reconvened at 1 p.m. and ended at
1:30 without Coleman making his
promised reappearance.
Courier reporters finally located the
ASB president in the office of Dr. Bonnie
JameSi director of financial services.
Coleman’s only comment about the day’s
events was that “I had things to do.”
Waiting for Coleman’s return, the Ex¬
ecutive Board was unable to finish any of
the scheduled items on the agenda, in¬
cluding a discussion about the new ASB
Rise in EnrollmentWill Not Result
in increased Funding for This Year
By Laura Carlos
Staff Writer
The rise in enrollment figures for
this semester will not necessarily re¬
sult in increased college funding from
local taxes and the state of California.
“You gain enrollment but lose ADA
(Average Daily Attendance),” said Dr.
Bonnie James, vice president of busi¬
ness services.
This year’s funding will be based on
ADA, an appropriations formula based
on productivity. Funding under this
formula is determined on the amount
of units a student carries and the
number of hours he attends classes. A
census is taken in October and Novem¬
ber for ADA determination purposes.
During this period the amount of week-,
ly contact hours spent between student
and teacher is “translated” into ADA.
“A student who carries 15 units for
each semester is equaled to one ADA,”
Dr. James said, “liiat ADA is worth a
certain amount of money to each com¬
munity college.”
The formula is also computed with
the theory of an expected nine percent
absence factor. “The assumption is
that a student is not going to attend
every hour of every day,” said Dr.
James.
Non-credit courses and courses less
than a semester are equaled to one
ADA per 525 hours that the student
attends. “We don’t use census weeks on
non-credit classes and courses less
than a semester. They go by one ADA
per 525 hours,” said Dr. Irvine Lewis,
vice president of student personnel
services.
The state guarantees a four percent
floor which the college has to gain or
“break” before obtaining additional
revenue. “We have to pass the level of
2,200 ADA before this college can re¬
alize additional revenue,” said Dr.
James.
Previous ADA years are used to
determine the present year’s expected
revenues. The payments are spread out
during the course of the year. At the
end of the year the sum financed by the
state for spending purposes is recon¬
ciled against the present ADA. “They
withhold the last payment to the dis¬
trict until reconciliation between what
they paid you in the beginning of the
year and what you really have coming
is made,” said Dr. James.
Prior to this year, in 1978-79, PCC
was on a block funding formula which
granted the college only 85 percent,
less than possibly expected, of its
previous ADA year income. “The rea¬
son the legislature changed the ap¬
propriation formula was financial un¬
certainty resulting from Proposition
13,” Dr. James said. “They were
trying to protect drainage on the state
fund. They couldn’t guarantee more
than they could give.”
Consequently many of the non-credit
courses were either dropped or con¬
verted to community service fee which
caused a major drop in ADA. “We cut
certain courses because the state said
it would not give ADA credit for them.
“The district provided no revenue
for the classes and, we didn’t have any
revenue here,” said Dr. James.
Avoids $2.5 Million Cut
FAO Breathes Sigh of Relief
By Derek Andrade
Associate Sports Editor
Financial Aid Director Gene Miller
can breathe a sigh of relief now that
her department’s budget remains in¬
tact following an attempt by some
Board of Trustees’ members to delete
the student cost center’s account for
student grants. Their proposal was
voted down, 4-3, at the August 27 Board
meeting.
Had the vote been to delete the
funds, it would have resulted in a direct
loss of $2.5 million in total funds and an
estimated 2,100 PCC students, roughly
T&R Queen Tryouts
To A ttract 800 Coeds
By Dan Hutson
Editor-in-Chief
More than 800 Pasadena-area coeds
are expected to attend first round
tryouts for the Tournament of Roses’
1979-80 Royal Court tomorrow at
Wrigley Gardens.in Pasadena.
The tryouts, 9 a.m. -noon and 1-5
p.m., will be held at Tournament
House, 391 South Orange Grove Blvd.
Judges will look for poise, person¬
ality, appearance and other at¬
tributes, scoring contestants on a
basis of one to four points. Those with
the highest scores will be invited by
mail to return to the quarterfinal
judging to be held September 29.
After a series of four judgings, the
seven princesses of the Court will be
announced from the front steps of
Tournament House October 15 at 9
a.m. The 61st Rose Queen is then
named at 9:30 a.m. on October 23. A
Coronation Luncheon follows the an¬
nouncement at noon.
To be eligible for competition, a
contestant must be at least a senior in
high school, enrolled in any ac¬
credited school or college in the
Pasadena Area Community College
District and a resident of the district.
She must have at least a 2.0 GPA in
the current and previous year’s work
and be enrolled full time (12 units) in
a qualifying school.
Contestants must be single and at
least 17 years old by December 1,
1979, and not more than 21 until after
January 1, 1980.
For those unable to attend tomor¬
row, a second session is scheduled
September 24, 3-5 p.m.
Last year, 832 coeds tried out for
the Royal Court, a number then re¬
duced to 25.
80 percent of the financial aid reci¬
pients. Such a move would have cut off
student grants completely.
According to Mrs. Miller, a loss of so
many students would have resulted in
major clerical, teacher, counselor and
administrative cutbacks.
“It was a close call,” said Mrs.
Miller. “If the government grants had
been cut, the financial aid program
would have been killed.
“Our program is about $2.5 million
in combined federal, state, private and
institutional funds. And of that, more
than $2 million is federal money.”
The motion would have deleted the
student grant programs which include
Basic Educational Opportunity Grant,
Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Grant and some nursing grants, ac¬
cording to Mrs. Miller.
Under federal regulations, the
BEOG is the foundation of the program
and every financial aid applicant must
apply for it and receive it before they
can be eligible for any other financial
award.
“So if we were to drop from the
(federally funded) BEOG program, in
essence, we would have to drop from
all financial aid programs,” said Mrs.
Miller.
Because the Board questioned the
management of the financial aid pro¬
grams, Mrs. Miller feels that this is a
“red flag” to her and her staff. “It
says, ‘Hey, you’re not doing your job,’
and I think that we are not only doing
it, but I think that we are doing it extra
well,” she said. “And the only way that
we can make that known to the Board
is to have Board members bring their
questions to us.
“I think this problem stems from a
lack of understanding of the financial
aid program operations. I feel a lack of
confidence in our management and I
don’t like it.
“My personal philosophy is an old
Indian saying— Do not judge a man
until you have walked a mile in his
moccasins. And I would hope that the
Board members would come and walk
in my moccasins, too, before they
make a judgement that maybe we are
not managing the programs right,”
Mrs. Miller continued. “The majority
of the Board apparently feels we are
doing OK or their vote wouldn’t have
been 4-3. At one of the recent Board
meetings, Mr. Shatford made a very,
very articulate defense of the purposes
(Continued on Page 6)
KPCS May Soon Change Name to KPCC
By Gary Klein and
Elizabeth Shunk
Staff Writers
In a move to continue the ongoing
facelift of Pasadena City College,
KPCS (89.3 FM) may soon become
known as KPCC.
The award-winning radio station, lo¬
cated on campus, has filed for a change
in its call letters and is awaiting word
from the Federal Communications
Commission.
The filing procedure is basically a
two-step process, according to KPCS
program director Larry Shirk.
“Letters of our intentions must be
sent to all radio and television stations
within a 35 mile radius of the campus.
If all the responses are positive we can
then petition the FCC.” The FCC must
then okay the change.
“We’re very hopeful and we’re
projecting the changeover to KPCC in
either November or December,” said
Shirk.
In addition to the call letters change,
the station is considering a move of its
transmitter. Presently located on the
bottom floor of the C Building, the
transmitter may soon sit atop either
Flint Peak or Mt. Wilson.
According to Shirk, putting the
transmitter up in the mountains will,
“help eliminate some of the shadowed
areas where our signal is difficult to
pick up.”
The move would also enable the
station’s signal to be heard in the San
Fernando Valley and increase the
potential audience to an estimated six
million listeners. -
KPCS will broadcast the National
Public Radio program "Ask the Presi¬
dent” Saturday, Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-ll a.m.
President Jimmy Carter has agreed to
participate in the national telephone
program which will give listeners
across the country an opportunity to
question the president on any subject.
NPR’s Susan Stamberg will host the
budget and financial applications. Dur¬
ing the two hours of the board meeting,
the only thing accomplished was the ap¬
proval of the previous meeting’s minutes.
Phyllis Jackson, dean of student ac¬
tivities, announced another meeting will
probably be held today.
Coleman’s absence prevented the
board from any action on the budget.
Until the budget is approved, no money
may be spent by ASB.
“This meeting was nothing but a waste
of time,” said Sophomore Class Presi¬
dent Bobbi Villalobos. “It looks like
they’re playing the same games they
played last semester.
“Derek may have had things to do and
important decisions to make, but he
could have had m'ore consideration for
those who did attend. There were about
15 people at the first meeting and only
seven after lunch. No wonder students
aren’t getting involved in student govern¬
ment.”
Last semester, fighting between the
ASB and Student Senate held up the
budget until it was finally approved
March 29. The ASB funds had been
frozen since March 9 by the senate due to
questions concerning ASB handling of
their accounts.
Last Tuesday, Coleman told the
Courier he was planning to resign
because he was “sick and tired” of the
constant bickering between the Executive
Board and the Student Senate.
At the Board of Trustees meeting Aug.
2, Coleman was forced to resign his posi¬
tion as student trustee because his grades
had dropped below the required 2.5
GPA.
He announced, however, that he would
continue as ASB president. Coleman’s
resignation set off board discussion on
the provisions for a successor. According
to the current policy, the ASB president
is supposed to fill the spot.
Derek Coleman
Coleman: Q&A
By Dan Hutson
Editor-in-Chief
ASB President Derek Coleman planned to resign from office yesterday at a
meeting of the executive board. We interviewed Coleman in the Courier news¬
room this week. Why did you plan to resign as ASB president?
Well, a lot of reasons, really. I could see where student government was
heading, and it wasn’t a job I could be satisfied with. So I decided that the
best thing I could do was to get out. In terms of conflict, we really couldn’t
get anything done.
I wanted to build up student government here, and I wanted build PCC a
name for breeding officers for state offices. I think we made a good step in
that area— at the state convention— but it’s too late for me to get involved
at that level.
What do you think has been the cause of conflict within student
government?
Well, I think the root of the problem is that I have held the highest
leadership positions for three semesters, including student trustee. Frus¬
tration in other students builds and we have problems, so I either kick
everyone else out or I get out.
What plans do you have in regard to extra-curricular activity?
Pending approval, I’d like to chair the Homecoming committee and work
on special projects. I also want to work with the ASB Scholarship Fund. We
raised about $600 last semester, but then it was put into the generai fund,
which can’t be used for scholarships, so that money’s gone.
Do you plan to run for any office in the future?
I don’t think so. At least not as president. I’d like to be publicity or
elections commissioner, but not student trustee.
What changes would you like to see in student government this year?
ASB’s credibility needs to be improved. I don’t think the administration,
faculty or the Board of Trustees know what student government is all about.
The students need real support from the administration. The faculty has
always been supportive, I think; they’ve always felt that we should be
heard.
I think that as long as we’re students, we won’t be taken seriously.
The ASB Constitution has been amended so many times that it’s time to
write a new one. Right now it’s a mess, and they’ve got more amendments
to be voted on this semester.
I’d like to see more representation of PCC at the state level, but first
they’re going to have to straighten things out at this level. We came out at
the end of last spring about $2,000-$2,500 short due to the Concert we
sponsored, and the fact that our revenue from the bookstore was down. It’s
not my problem any more. I’m sick and tired of all the fighting.
program broadcast from the Oval Of¬
fice, moderating the discussion. This is
the second time the president has
appeared on a national telephone pro¬
gram.
NPR listeners who wish to partici¬
pate are asked to send a postcard with
name, address and telephone number
to: Ask the President, P.O. Box 19369,
Washington, DC.
During the program NPR personnel
will select cards at random and place a
call to the listener. NPR will not
“screen” questions in any way.
According to program director
Larry Shirk, active participation by
students and the community might let
the president know the viewpoint of
groups he doesn’t ordinarily hear from.
KPCS will also provide a special
half-hour analysis program following
the show. NPR’s Linda Wertheimer
will host a discussion focusing on the
major issues raised.
PINE CREST FIRE — Ablaze since last week, the stubborn Pine Crest Fire
above Altadena has burned nearly 5,000 acres of brush land. Much of
Southern California was covered by its ashes that spread as far south as
Huntington Beach. Besides dirtying automobiles and getting in the eyes of
motorcyclists, a thick covering of ash on the tennis courts forced the
cancellation of tennis classes on campus earlier this week.
— Courier photo by Judith Gordon