Public comment is the most important aspect of meetings of governing boards. But, the policies the Board of Trustees has established concerning public comment limit concerned citizens’ ability to be heard.
Is anyone taking care of campus business?
With six vital senior management positions at PCC vacant, students, faculty and staff can only wonder how business is being properly and efficiently conducted on campus. Having the college lawyer taking over Human Resources, having the Vice President of Information Technology overseeing the Facilities Department for a still undetermined amount of time, is not a wise, progressive, or safe way to run the college.
Job cuts, furloughs weighed by Board
Staff reductions and elimination of the winter session were among the options scheduled to be considered on Wednesday evening by the Board of Trustees as they weighed $10.5 million in possible budget cuts. Also on the table was a 10-day furlough for non-faculty to be scheduled for 2013, if Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax increase measure on the November ballot fails.
Drastic budget cuts considered by Board
Job cuts, elimination of winter intersession and mandatory furloughs were discussed by the Board of Trustees on Wednesday as options for reducing expenditures by $10.5 million in the 2012-13 fiscal year. The options for drastic budget cuts were presented in a report from an ad-hoc subcommittee of the Board.
Support found for tax increase measure
Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative on the November ballot that could prevent community colleges from being devastated by budget cuts seems to be gaining support on campus. The proposed tax hike set to go before the voters would raise the state’s sale tax by 0.25 percent and impose a higher tax on the wealthy.
Disabled student services help many get an education
Students who are having difficulties have a place to go to:Â Disabled Student Programs and Services helps physically and mentally disabled students. DSPSÂ helps disabled students with counseling, tutoring, training assistance with technology, liaison with off campus agencies and class accommodation assistance.
Photography instructor has a need for speed
Over in the barren desert of El Mirage Lake, where entire bodies of water are left dry and the sun’s omnipresence scorches all forms of moisture, PCC photography Instructor Roland Percey drives a customized and suped-up vehicle known as a gas modified sports car. Percey’s vehicle-of-choice? A 2002 Chevy Corvette, which at 3300 pounds has over 830 horsepower.
Smoking areas to get revamp
The dismal three areas designated for smokers on campus are about to get a facelift. Immediate plans to upgrade the smoking sites were discussed Tuesday by the reconstituted Health and Safety Committee.
Intersectionality week a diverse blending of cultures
Share: By Brenda Renteria and Karla Sosa Staff writers A drag show, that included a colorful presentation about the history of drag culture by Associated Students President-elect Simon Fraser, was held in the Creveling Lounge on Friday. The drag show was one of three Intersectionality Week events sponsored by ASPCC Cultural Diversity Committee and the PCC Cross-Cultural Center. Students and guests mingled and praised social differences hoping to better understand other cultures at a three-night event celebrating intersectionality last week at the Creveling Lounge. The …
FROM THE EDITOR: A very special edition
The bribery scandal and the response to it by journalism students producing a special edition of the paper during finals week, has been a learning experience in so many facets of reporting, writing, editing and publishing that no amount of classroom instruction could ever equal. It has also become a memory all of us will take with us throughout the rest of our lives.