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Spring 2012 has been the most volatile semester in the recent history of PCC. The semester that began with protests has ended with more protests and the criminal investigation of two administrators. It is shameful and despicable that this is what PCC has become and will always be remembered for.

The Board of Trustees and the administration have repeatedly made attempts to hide their mistakes from the PCC community in the interest of their own agenda. If anything, this semester has proven that PCC has been run no differently than any of the “big banks,” which accepted government bail-outs and then betrayed employees, taxpayers and customers.

Did the administration and the Board really not know what Vice President of Administrative Services Rick Van Pelt and Facilities Supervisor Al Hutchings were up to? If they did know, they should have done something about it. If they did not, it means no one was minding the store. Or is corruption just business as usual at PCC, and Van pelt and Hutchings are taking the fall?

Either way it is a slap in the face to the people who had put their faith in PCC.

The turbulence of this semester was not a random uprising, but rather the inevitable eruption caused by numerous bad decisions by several key people over a long time.

At the end of the PCC mission and values statement it reads: “We recognize that we draw upon the college’s rich tradition of excellence and innovation in upholding the highest standard of quality for the services we provide to our students and community.”

It is clear that, intentionally or not, the current Board and administration are incapable of living up to the promise of the statement by serving students and the community.

It appears that the administration and the board have lost all of the their credibility, if not their morals compass.

The administration’s declaration that PCC “is moving forward and continuing all normal business,” is out of touch and frightening. How can we move forward and pretend as if all is well at PCC?

To continue normal business is not acceptable. That is what brought PCC to this low point to begin with. The PCC community should not allow it.

May this be the beginning of the end for the disease that has been killing PCC. We hope so.

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