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Chinese Student
Association Sponsors
Taiwan Relief
The Chinese Student
Association is seeking dona¬
tions for Taiwanese earth¬
quake victims. Cash donations
or checks made payable to
the "Taipei Economic and
Cultural Office" should be
delivered to CSA advisor
Cathy Wei in R 233D, or may
be turned in at the CSA booth
in the quad this week from 1 0
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Red Cross Holds Blood
Drive Today
The Red Cross will be holding
its annual blood drive today in
the CC lounge. Volunteers will
be on hand from 7 a.m. to 3
p.m. to drain the veins of any
generous subjects that might
be interested. Blood supplies
are scarce, so donate today.
Thursday September 30 , 1999
Volume 85, Number 5
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Timeline Featured on
Insight Web Section
You can check out highlights
of the college's illustrious his¬
tory in our complete PCC dia¬
mond anniversary timeline.
Just Click on the Insight page.
Theater Preview:
"Guest in the House"
"Guest in the House," the lat¬
est production by the theater
department, is previewed in
our trends section on the web.
PCC at 75: An Anniversary Celebration
Ray Shui
/
Courier (Inset by Daniel Archuleta)
Last weekend's festival was a success from many standpoints. The school band passes triumphantly by the front of the C building, while school officials celebrate with cake (inset).
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Good turnout at
weekend event
By Erika Kennelley
Staff Writer
The college celebrated its 75th
birthday with the long-awaited
Diamond Festival on Saturday, Sept.
25.
The festival officially kicked off at
10:30 a.m. when a helicopter carrying
James Kossler, college president, and
Robert De Ocampo, associated student
(AS) body president, landed in the cen¬
ter of the new Lancer football stadium
and was greeted by PCC’s cheerleading
squad and other spectators.
“It was awesome! I’ve never been
in a helicopter before,” exclaimed
Kossler.
“Everybody’s having a good time.
We’re seeing old friends and meeting
new ones as well,” he said as he
watched the revelry going on around
him in the quad.
By 11a.m., the school was flooded
with students, faculty members, and
people from the community who were
taking the opportunity to visit the cam¬
pus to see what it has to offer. Activity
booths and food stands were set up all
throughout the quad and sculpture gar¬
den; and members of the Earthwise
club wearing “ask me” pins were out
and about on campus, handing out pro¬
gram guides and giving information to
anybody with questions.
A wide array of activities kept all
visitors, young and old entertained.
Adults enjoyed visiting the exhibits and
listening to performances by PCC’s
swing and jazz rock bands. Small chil¬
dren had fun making balloon animals,
getting their faces painted, and bounc¬
ing around in the jumping castles while
the older kids and teenagers got their
kicks by either putting on velcro jump-
Festival, Pg. 4
Community
service could
be required to
graduate
Ester Gonzalez/ Courier
A quilt on display at the festival showcases PCC's diversity.
By Tim Alves
Staff Writer
In a move that could dras¬
tically increase the number of
semesters it takes a student to
graduate, California Gov.
Grey Davis is requiring two-
and four-year colleges to make
community service a manda¬
tory part of institutional curric¬
ula.
Davis is making this so-
called “mandatory volun-
teerism” a high priority, but he
wants the individual colleges
to “develop a plan that would
establish a graduation require¬
ment for community service.”
Basically PCC has to decide
what kind of community ser¬
vice qualifies for credit and
how many units a student
must complete to satisfy that
requirement.
“The governor is saying,
have the requirement, but the
community college is to
decide what the requirements
will be,” said Ellen Ligons,
faculty senate president.
“This could add another
semester to a student’s course-
work,”' said Ligons. “What
we need to do is look at how
this will affect graduation rates
in already impacted communi-
Service, Pg. 3
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Partnership for Excellence” draws criticism
President responds harshly to editorial in Pasadena Star News
By Audrey Allen
Staff Writer
A raging debate between
administration, the faculty and
the district revolves around
Partnership for Excellence, the
deal which gives the school
millions of dollars every year,
■based on student success rates.
Faculty feel that it is lowering
academic standards because
the district is telling them how
to teach their classes.
However, the college adminis¬
tration says that Partnership
for Excellence is enhancing
the school in every way, and
the number of students as well
as the quality of each individ¬
ual’s education is increasing.
This confrontation was
once only an internal feud
among the forces with the col¬
lege. However, after a Star
News editorial appeared on
Sept. 4, the debate took center
stage, and Dr. James Kossler,
president of the college, says,
“I am concerned when people
take in-house issues outside in
Kossler, Pg. 2
Drastic cuts from original plan cause confusion around campus
By Cali Raval
Staff Writer
This year’s financial grants
for the Partnership for
Excellence program are lower
than expected, and until the
state sees the money being
used to improve the “educa¬
tional environment” for stu¬
dents, the amount next year
could be even less.
PCC was awarded $2 mil¬
lion last year and is guaran¬
teed another $2 million for this
year. However, an estimated
additional $2 million that was
going to be tacked onto this
year’s promised amount has
been drastically scaled back
by Gov. Gray Davis to a mere
$800,000. PCC will has been
allocated $2.8 million this
year, but it is substantially
lower than the expected $4
million.
Due to delays in receiving
funding last year, the college
was not able to spend its
money before June 30 of the
fiscal year.
Cont. on the Web
"Belle and
Sebastian" debut
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album takes the
cake.
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Trends, Pg. 5
Memories
Thanks
for the
Shatford Library event celebrates
alumni who have brought fame,
recognition to PCC. Campus, Pg. 3
Lancers
trounce
Riverside,
40-28.
Sports, Pg. 6