Share: PCC’s Student Services division is reinforcing policy after an internal audit identified misuse of public funds under the guidance of Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistant Team (FCMAT) financial policies, a California organization involved in public education funding, according to the Associated Student’s (AS) board meeting on Oct. 23. Follow:
Blotter: Police dispatched to calls for disturbing PCC’s peace
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PCC police check potential claim of proselytizing crimes
Share: Three days after issuing a safety bulletin, Campus Police published a correction on Oct. 24 after the department could not determine an imminent criminal threat to PCC students as a Christian sect, with years of previous online rumors of misdeeds elsewhere, proselytized at PCC. Follow:
College inaction leads to club chaos and new advisor
Share: Pasadena City College for Bernie (PCCFB), a student-run campus club without official affiliation to the Sanders campaign, has found an advisor halfway through the semester, after the previous advisor’s involvement was rejected by the Office of Student Life (OSL) citing her off-campus sabbatical. Follow:
Paltry voter participation passes faculty bylaws amendment
Share: With fewer than 100 ballots cast, 91 percent of PCC faculty voters approved the latest amendment to the Academic Senate bylaws after a month-long voting period during which one tenured associate professor on sabbatical questioned not receiving a ballot. Follow:
Blotter: Students report solicitations and transient troubles
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Blotter: Rooftop raid near Chick-Fil-A
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PCC Pathways prompts potential change to campus counseling
Share: PCC’s Pathways program, growing with hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual funding to offer services unique to its enrolled students while sharing some campus resources, is now spurring the general counseling department to step up its own delivery of services to non-Pathways students. Follow:
Women’s volleyball barks, bites and beats Huskies
Share: The East Los Angeles College Huskies simply could not keep up during Wednesday night’s match against PCC’s women’s volleyball. The Lancers dove, took hard falls, and spiked with force to ensure the win. Follow:
Aftershocks: Sorting out the Shakeout in real time
Share: The Great California Shakeout, an annual public preparedness campaign cosponsored by the Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA) and state agencies, and backed by the USC-based Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), gave PCC a peek on Thursday, Oct. 17, at what a full-scale evacuation may have to withstand in a real emergency. The Courier chronicled the evacuation and reaction from the R building. Compared to other buildings, its classrooms reach up four stories. On the map, it is also not as close to its nearest designated …