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CO URIER
VOL. 69 NO. 1
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 29, 1989
Pipe Ruptures, Floods V Building
130,000 Gallons
Pumped Out of
Basement
Margie Goodhart
Arts & Entertainment Editor
It’s 8:20 a.m„ Sunday, Septem¬
ber 10.
The campus is quiet. New flow¬
ers are planted and watered. New
paint is gleaming. The remodeled
student lounge awaits the fall-stu¬
dent rush.
Dr. James Kossler, assistant
superintendent of administrative
services, and Ernest Church, di¬
rector of facilities services, are
here early this Sunday to give a final
check to the campus to make sure
everything is in order.
At 8:30 a.m., the Sunday-morn¬
ing calm is broken by shouts that
the basement of V building has
water pouring in and is flooding at
an alarming rate.
The basement of the building holds
electrical transformers and fuses, as
well as being a central location for
much of the telephone circuitry for
the campus.
Church hears the shouts and
goes to check. He sees water com¬
ing up the stairs at an alarming rate.
But at this point, it is impossible to
tell where the problem is, so all
three main valves for the campus
are shut off.
Approximately 130,000 gallons
of water and mud have deluged
the basement in a matter of
minutes. The electricity is shut off,
and the Emergency Response Team
and Pasadena Fire Department are
called in by cellular phone.
The fire department arrives at
Please see FLOOD, page 8
Weber Faces Only
Challenge in Board
Of Trustees Elections
Gigi Hanna
Editor-in-Chief
Three of the four positions open
in the PCC Board of Trustees will be
taken by the board incumbents on
election day November 7. Only the
fourth position, that covering Area
Warren Weber
5, will be challenged.
The current Area 5 trustee, War¬
ren Weber, is being challanged by
Robert Almanza, the dean of aca¬
demic affairs at East Los Angeles
College. Almanza, who was intro¬
duced by Weber to the board as a
candidate for Area 5 at their last
meeting, brings more than 30 years
of educational experience to the race.
In addition to his administrative duties,
Almanza has also taught at the
community college level.
Just as important as his educa¬
tional experience, and perhaps more
important to his electors, is Almanza’s
awareness of the area he is running
for. According to Almanza, he has
“an extensive knowledge of [that]
community” which is predominately
in San Marino.
The three positions that will not
be contested are Area 1 trustee, held
by Richard Green, Area 3 trustee,
held by Walter Shatford and Area 7
trustee, held by Joeseph Sargis.
State Employee Association
Pushes for New Legislation
Gjames Dyce
Production Manager
The California School Employ¬
ees Association (CSEA) is urging its
PCC members (Classified Staff) to
support state legislation now in the
legislature.
The legislation know as SB 288
would require that employees who
are promoted, but do not complete
their probationary period in the new
promotional position, would be re¬
instated back in their previous clas¬
sification from which they were
promoted.
Such protection for classified
school workers would, the asssocia-
tion argues, provide classified em¬
ployees with the same protections
that state employees currently en¬
joy.
While the employees Associa¬
tion does expect the legislation to be
passed by the state legislature, it is
concerned about the Gov. George
Deukmejian willingness to sign the
measure.
According to CSEA, it needs
its members to send letters to Gover¬
nor Deukmejian urging his signa¬
ture on SB 288. This is necessary the
CSEA points out because of the
governor’s past record showing that
he tends not to sign this type of
legislation unless their’s a great deal
of pressure put on him by the CSEA
and members.
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MASTER AT WORK-Muralist Betty Dore, a graduate of
PCC, began work on her second mural for PCC, "Endan¬
gered Species" last July. (More pictures and story, page 4)
FROM THE EDITOR
With the beginning of the semester comes changes for The Courier. In
the past, the production of the paper has been a joint effort between
student writers and editors and the on-campus printshop which did the
text output and paste-up jobs. Now, the Courier is entirely a student-
produced publication with the text, design and paste-up done electroni¬
cally on the IBM Pagemaker system. The new system not only allows
students the opportunity to be totally responsible for the final product, but
it also allows for more creativity and experimentation; hence the new
look of the paper.
In addition to the new look, The Courier also has a new location. The
newsroom has moved from the
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building into the more centrally located
Campus Center. Letters to the editor and press releases can now be
dropped off in CC220.
Gigi Hanna, Editor-in-Chief
Hall Named After
Armen Sarafian
Joe Yobaccio
Staff Writer
In a heart-warming, family-like
ceremony last Wednesday, the U
Building was officially renamed the
Armer Sarafian Hall, after the late
former president of PCC.
Sarafian founded the Pasadena
Area Community College District
and served as President of PCC from
1965-1976.
Sarafian was mainly responsible
for the funding and completion of U
building. That is why the decision
by the board to rename the building
in honor of Sarafian was unanimous.
Among those in attendance were
Sarafian’s three children, Norman,
Joy and Winston, along with many
of Sarafian’s former colleagues.
The keynote speaker was Jerry
Tarkanian, head basketball coach at
the University of Nevada, Las Ve¬
gas. Tarkanian, a long time friend of
Sarafian, is a former student and
basketball coach of PCC. It was
during a UNLV basketball game at
the Long Beach Arena when Sarafian
suffered his fatal heart attack last
March 11.
Tarkanian said that Sarafian
“brought out the best in everybody.”
And while choking back his tears
said, “He was such a great man. He
meant so much to me and my fam¬
ily.”
During his 29 years as an educa¬
tor, Sarafian touched many lives.
At a memorial service earlier
this year, one of Sarafian's long time
Please see SARAFIAN, page 8
New Class Scheduling
To Ease Overcrowding
Jay Lebsch
Staff Writer
College administrators are plan¬
ning to shift some of the emphasis in
class scheduling beginning Spring,
1990, according to Dr. David
Ledbetter, ass't. superintendent of
Educational Services.
The scheduling changes will add
afternoon, evening, Saturday and off-
campus offerings in an effort to re¬
lieve the crowding in parking lots
and elsewhere.
“We’ve got to relieve some of
the congestion on campus in the
mornings,” Ledbetter said. College
officials hope to attract students to
PCC during times that are poorly
utilized. There are some Saturday
classes offered now, Ledbetter said,
and they are important for many
working students. “They are mov¬
ing very well,” he said. He added
that Saturday sections are an impor¬
tant part of proposed Spring changes.
To increase student interest in
the new schedule ideas, these classes
will offer incentives. Sections will
be 14 weeks long, allowing students
to complete courses by Christmas
break during Fall semester, and be¬
fore Memorial Day in Spring. Nearly
all current offerings are 18 weeks
long. The expected increase in on-
campus parking availability and lack
of crowds on campus should attract
many students to the expanded of¬
ferings.
Ledbetter estimates there are
about 1,200 new students this se¬
mester, an increase of about 6 per¬
cent in student population.
Unofficial estimates put the total
student count at nearly 21,000 stu¬
dents, yielding more than 15,000
full-time student equivalents (FTSE).
One FTSE is a student or students
registered in twelve credit hours per
week.
Student Parking System
Saves College $47,000
David Sands
Staff Writer
A new student parking system
has been adopted at PCC for the west
and south lots located on Del Mar
Boulevard and Hill Street.
Under this new system, students
who park in one of the two pay lots
on campus are now required to insert
50 cents into a mechanical device
which will dispense an all-day park¬
ing permit. The permit dispensers
are centrally located in both of the
parking lots and require quarters.
Automobiles that do not visibly
display either a semester permit or
the daily fee receipt will receive a
citation of $15. “Many students
were not aware of the changes in the
pay lots, so at the beginning of the
semester, several students were at
the station asking about the changes,”
said Campus Police Dispatcher Bea
Samorano.
luis new parking method for
students has been implemented by
Please see PARKING, page 8
FOOD DRIVE
The AS Board recently
launched an on-campus food
drive that will benefit needy
students. The drive, which began
Sept. 25 and will end Nov. 10,
aims to collect non-perishable
goods and toiletries.
People can put donations in
marked boxes located throughout
the campus: Admissions Office,
Counseling Office, Student
Activities Office, EOPS, Book¬
store and Cafeteria.
Donations can also be dropped
off at the PCC Child Development
Center and the Community Skills
Center.
As soon as enough food have
been collected, goods will be dis¬
tributed through the Financial Aid
office.
MUSICAL DEBUT
There was a recent addition to
the stage of Sexson Auditorium.
The premiere performance of the J.
Ross Reed Memorial Wurlitzer
pipe organ will be held Saturday,
Oct. 14 in Sexson Auditorium,
featuring Lyn Larsen.
Tickets are S5, $10 and $15.
The SI 5 ticket includes a reception
in the Circadian after the the
performance.
Tickets and more information
are available at the PCC Founda¬
tion office in C221.
LECTURE SERIES
The Asian Pacific Americans
Lecture continues Oct. 10 with a
lecture by Roy Morales entitled
“Pilipino Americans: From Col¬
ony to Immigrants to Citizens.”
Morales is a member of the Pil¬
ipino American Alcoholism
Project, L.A.
The lecture, which is free and
open to the public, will be held in
the PCC Forum at 7:30 p.m
NO SMOKING
Beginning Oct. 2, “NO
SMOKING” signs will be put
up in the cafeteria, and the
Mini Mart (formerly Palm
Cafe) will be available for
patrons wishing to smoke.
The AS Board voted on the
ordinance last week and will be |
officially approved during
today's board meeting.
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