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PCC Courier, September 23, 1977
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VOt. 44, NO. 5
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 23, 1977
Abuse Spells Probation
Class Drops Recorded
For the first time in PCC’s history,
students will be placed on Progress
Probation when the cumulative
number of withdrawal units is more
than half of the cumulative units at¬
tempted.
In other words, the Ws recorded on a
' student’s permanent record when he
drops or is dropped by a teacher from
a class after the third week of the
semester, may jeopardize the
student’s continuing attendance.
Only those Ws acquired after the
third week of school will appear on a
student’s permanent record. Any
transactions prior to Monday of the
fourth week of each semester will not
be permanently recorded and will be
treated as if they never existed.
Students enrolled in five units or less
at the end of the third week of a
semester or students enrolled during a
summer session will not be subject to
Progress Probation. But, the number
of units attempted and the grades
earned during these enrollments will
be used to determine cumulative
totals.
“Progress Probation is not retro¬
active, but units attempted and
dropped from this fall on will be
cumulative,” said Ernest F.
Neumann, dean of admissions and
records.
If a student’s withdrawal pattern
happens in a subsequent semester, the
student will be placed on Progress Dis¬
qualification, according to Dean
Neumann.
A student is placed on Progress Dis¬
qualification when the number of with¬
drawal units is more than half of the
total units attempted in any semester,
while on Progress Probation.
Students are notified of the Progress
Disqualification on their grade report.
Students enrolled for the semester
following Progress Disqualification
will be dropped from the college.
After a lapse of one semester or
more, a disqualified student may
petition for readmission. The student
must then present positive evidence of
a serious intent to succeed.
If the student is approved for read¬
mission, it will be on a Progress
Probation status and may be on a
limited enrollment basis.
Progress Probation and ultimately
Progress Disqualification is not to ,be
confused with Academic Probation.
There is a difference between a
student who drops classes for reasons
unknown and the student who simply
fails a course.
Students who achieve less than a 2.0
grade point average on units at¬
tempted any semester, are placed on
Academic Probation and are limited to
16 units per semester.
The college administration feels it is
necessary that the student body be
alerted to this new policy, which may
affect their future enrollment at PCC,
as well as other institutions.
Notices explaining the new college
policy will be distributed to all
students in their 9 a.m. classes. This is
an effort to make sure all students are
aware and fully understand the im¬
portance of the policy.
“We are mainly concerned about the
student who enrolls in numerous
classes and then fails to attend. This
situation is not economically feasible
for PCC and not in the best interests of
the students involved,” said Dean
Neumann.
“Students should select only those
classes which they intend to complete,
attend regularly and to do satisfactory
work in,” he added.
A SB Begins to Take Form
with Filling of Presidency
ASB Vice President Elena
Rodriquez has assumed the position of
ASB president, replacing Ron
Weekley, who apparently has chosen
to accept a scholarship offer
elsewhere.
Miss Rodriquez, previously on the
ASB Board as a member of MEChA,
,was asked by Phyllis Jackson, dean of
student activities and adviser to the
ASB Board, to fill the position vacated
by Weekley. Dean Jackson made the
decision to replace Weekley after she
was unable to reach him over the
summer for verification.
Dean Jackson also appointed Ron
Grant, a losing candidate in last
spring’s election, to fill the post of ASB
vice president. He lost the vice
presidential post by only two votes.
The announcement of Miss
Rodriquez’ appointment was made at
last week’s ASB Board meeting by
Dean Jackson.
During the summer, according to
Dean Jackson, word came that
Weekley had received two generous
scholarship offers that he could not
afford to pass up.
“At that point, I tried several times
to contact him (Weekley) for verifica¬
tion of this information so as to make
other arrangements for the position of
ASB president for fall,” Dean Jackson
said.
Having no luck in contacting
Weekley, Dean Jackson suggested to
Miss Rodriquez that sKe accept the
position of ASB president.
This leaving the board without a vice
president, Dean Jackson then ap¬
proached Miss Rodriquez’ opponent in
the June election, Ron Grant, and
suggested that he step in and fill the
post of vice president. He has since
accepted the position.
The Student Senate, which is not
functioning yet, has also lost an of¬
ficer. Moses Jones resigned due to a
heavy class load this fall.
At the first meeting of the ASB
business, since only five board
members were in attendance. Seven
members are needed for a quorum.
Several positions on the board are
still open and applications are being
accepted and reviewed by Miss
Rodriquez and Dean Jackson and A1
Kauti, dean of student activities.
Greg Devereaux, athletic com¬
missioner last semester, showed in¬
terest in the position again and has
been accepted to fill the post this
semester. Steve Skordiles has applied
for finance commissioner.
As yet, the board lacks its ethnic
representatives, but the various ethnic
clubs are expected to select represen¬
tatives by the next board meeting.
“Although the current board lacks
even a quorum, we shouldn’t get
discouraged. Last semester at this
point, we only had three members and
we came out okay. This board already
has five members,” Phil Van Ettin,
Sophomore Class president last
semester, added.
To be eligible to apply for a board
position, a student must have a
minimum of 101 - units and a 2.2 overall
GPA. Applicants for Freshman Class
president waive the GPA requirement,
since they have yet to complete a
semester here at PCC.
Dean Jackson said that she has
received applications for the Fresh¬
man Class president position.
Also open are five positions on the
Supreme Council.
As yet, the board has not set up a
budget. According to Dean Jackson,
the fall budget is usually drawn up
during the summer, by both deans and
the ASB president. But, due to the
confusion over the summer, they did
not work on the budget. The fall budget
should be presented at the next
meeting of the board.
The ASB Board meets each Thur¬
sday, upstairs in the Campus Center
board room. All students are welcome
to attend.
ELENA RODRIQUEZ
Board last Thursday
unable to conduct
the board was
any official
Geology Department Firm
Following Rocky Origin
Л Ш9 Ш
RON WEEKLEY
MOSES JONES
After two semesters of being moved
around campus, the Geology Depart¬
ment is settling in with efficiency and
pride, according to Bruce Carter,
geology instructor. The department
has more room now than ever before,
for student study and rock and mineral
collection displays.
Located in E217 is the geology
library, which contains almost as
many professional journals as Caltech.
The library is available to advanced
students for study. E119 contains
lapidary equipment where rocks and
minerals are cut, shaped, and polished
for display and study.
Across the hall from the lapidary
room is the department’s museum.
The rock and mineral specimens for
the museum were gathered and stored
before the display cases arrived. Now
Campus Enrollment Levels Off but
Average Load Per Student Drops
This is the third year PCC has had a
leveling off in enrollment, according to
Dr. Irvin G. Lewis, vice president for
student personnel services.
Previously, the fall enrollment in¬
creased approximately 40 per cent
each year.
The total enrollment on opening day,
Freshmen Candidates
File for Class Position
Four candidates have filed in the
race for Freshman Class president,
which will be decided in an election
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 28 and
29.
The candidates are Derek Coleman,
Marissia Lara, Tammy Roath and
Kimberly Singer.
The main duty of the Freshman
Class president is to serve on the ASB
Board as a representative of his or her
segment of the school community.
Otherwise, according to Phyllis
Jackson, dean of student activities, it
is up to the officer. “He fan do almost
anything, as long as it makes sense.”
She added that it all depends on the
creativity, energy level and time that
the president has to plan and organize
activities.
Also under the supervision of the
president is the Freshjnan Class
Council, which in past years has
promoted such activities as the Home¬
coming Mum Sale, Frosh Night at the
Ice House, and co-sponsored Frosh-
Soph Competition Day.
The specific activities the Freshman
Class will be involved in this year is up
to the newly elected president.
In light of typical low voter turnouts
in the two hundreds, Dean Jackson
encourages everyone to vote Wednes¬
day and Thursday between 10 a.m. and
2 p.m. in the quad.
September 12, was 18,440, which is 100
students less than last year’s opening
day total. On Tuesday, Sept. 20, there
were 20,558 enrolled students. A few
more students will be added when the
off-campus enrollment figures are in,
said Dr. Lewis.
He expects the final enrollment total
to be the same as or less than one per
cent under the final enrollment of last
^year.
Dr. E. Howard Floyd, PCC
superintendent-president, said he was
encouraged by the enrollment figures.
An August mailing to area residents
and an outreach program which used a
van to visit shopping centers brought
up the total student enrollment, ac¬
cording to Dr. Lewis.
He commented that the average load
per student is declining and there is a
“trend for more part-time students.”
The decline in the average load per
student affects ADA, the “average
daily attendance,” according to Dr.
Lewis. The ADA is a method of
determining the amount of funds
educational institutions receive. Ac¬
cording to Dr. Floyd, one ADA equals
approximately 16 hours per week that
a student is in class for one year.
they just wait for free time from the
staff to be put on display.
The Dana Club, sponsored by Carter,
raised the money to equip the museum
by selling polished rocks and minerals
at rock shows around the city.
A new seismograph is expected to be
installed in the Geology Department
within the next few months. It will
have a direct phone line to Caltech.
A student center is located in E210. It
is furnished with rock, mineral, and
pottery displays collected by the staff
and students on field trips from PCC.
Pool Mishap
Injures Girl
By John Mazzacano
Staff Writer
PCC student Rosetta Ann Traylor,
24, suffered a cervical spinal fracture
as a result of a swimming accident in
the college pool Wednesday. As of late
yesterday afternoon she was listed in
“very critical condition.”
Officer Keith Jones of the Pasadena
Police Department said the girl ap¬
parently dove off a racing block into
the shallow end of the pool. She ap¬
parently hit her head on the bottom.
Police and paramedics who were at
the scene reported that Miss Traylor
had trouble breathing and was rushed
to the emergency ward at Huntington
Memorial Hospital.
Hospital spokesman John McCarthy
said the girl had been taken to X-ray
where it was determined she had
suffered a broken neck.
Students at the scene of the accident
were not sure what had happened at
first. A lifeguard, who was on duty at
the time, jumped in the pool and called
for assistance.
Latest reports Wednesday said that
Miss Traylor was in stable condition
•but was transferred to County USC
Medical Center where she was listed in
“very critical condition,” according to
, a hospital spokesman.
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NEW “DAYS”— Rock group “Days” gathered hundreds of students
together Tuesday afternoon in the free speech area near the Campus
Center. The group drew one of the largest crowds ever during the
concerts sponsored occasionally by the ASB. Courier Photo by Dawn Adams
Delinquent Loans
Bring Crackdown
By Mike Phillips
Feature Editor
Delinquencies amounting to about
$430 million in National Direct Student
Loans (NDSL) nationwide have forced
a federal crackdown on students
receiving the loans, including those at
PCC.
According to Gene S. Miller, coordi¬
nator for the offices of Scholarships
and Financial Aid. the delinquency
rate at community colleges is higher
than at most four -year institutions by
as much as 30 per cent, for a variety of
reasons.
A recent article in the Los Angeles
Times said that one in three of the
NDSLs here and at Mt. San Antonio
College will end up delinquent.
Mrs. Miller was quoted in the story
as saying that at least one reason for
the higher rate at junior colleges is
that the students attending generally
come from less affluent backgrounds
than those at larger schools.
“Students that can get into Caltech
are, generally speaking, academically
gifted,” she said, “and will graduate
with a degree that will lead them to
jobs.”
She pointed out that while not all
good students are good loan risks,
there is the added element of screening
at the four -year schools in the form of
entrance requirements, including
higher tuitions.
Another problem is that a lot of
community college students will go to
a second or even a third school, and
that by the time they graduate they
will have forgotten about their early
loans, she said.
Complicating matters is the fact that
the school is not permitted to judge
credit risks. “We would be sued real
fast," Mrs. Miller said. Loan require¬
ments are established by law and are
the same at both types of schools,
based on financial need.
To reduce the number of loan
defaults, Mrs. Miller said that the
Financial Aids offices will “try to do a
better job of orienting the student.”
This includes educating the student
when he takes out the loan, pointing
out that it is not a grant and must be
paid back, and a video-taped interview
for exiting students explaining
payment responsibilities.
Students who have been declared “in
default” 120 days after their payments
are overdue will be turned over to a
collection agency and to a second one if
the first one fails. Mrs. Miller said that
such students cannot receive further
loans and that the school can withhold
their transcripts and grades until they
are paid up.
POOL ACCIDENT— Rosetta Ann Traylor, 24, was seriously injured
Wednesday in a swimming pool accident on campus. She apparently
hit her head on the bottom of the pool after diving off a racing block
at the Shallow end. Courier Photo by Jim BuckhouM