PHILIP MCCORMICKStaff Writer

A new leader for the Human ResourcesDepartment, Terri Hampton, has been hiredafter the position had been vacant for aboutfive months.

The former Vice President of HumanResources, Benedict Lastimado, went on a‘personal leave’ early in May, officials said atthe time, and has not been seen on campus

since.“[PCC] is a beautiful school and I’m really

excited to be here,” said Hampton. “I lookforward to helping this administration in itsgoals towards their Educational MasterPlan.”

Senior Vice President and AssistantSuperintendent of Business and CollegeServices Robert Miller said that Hamptonwas hired because she is “very experienced”in human resources for community colleges.

“[Hampton’s] professional skill sets, per-sonality and professionalism mesh very wellwith our college faculty staff, staff, managersand culture,” said Miller. “She was definitelya stand-out candidate.

Hampton served as director of humanresources for the Mount San Antonio CollegeDistrict for three years and said that she feelsthat this would be the “next level” for her.

EMILY CHANG-CHIEN ANDNICHOLAS SAULStaff Writers

The Faculty Association hastaken a legal route to re-ignitenegotiations with the adminis-tration over the elimination ofwinter session.

According to FA lead negotia-tor co-chair Danny Hamman, theassociation has filed a requestwith the Public EmploymentRelations Board for a mediator toinitiate negotiations. The FAclaims that negotiations have notbeen conducted in good faith.

“[The FA] has been diligentlynegotiating for several monthsand we are disappointed theycut winter session unilaterallyand violated the contract, as wellas shared governance,” saidPCCFA President RogerMarheine.

While the FA’s main goal is tostart up negotiations again, theend result of the mediationrequest remains unclear.

“I don’t know,” said Hammanwhen asked if the request couldbring winter session back.

“We’re trying to get [the admin-istration] to negotiate with usagain.”

Marheine echoed Hamman’ssentiment: “We have to makeour move because [the adminis-tration] has moved,” he said.

According to an advertisementappearing elsewhere in this issueof the Courier, the spring semes-ter class schedule will be pub-lished Oct. 12, with classesbeginning Jan. 7.

Meanwhile, according to adocument on the FA web site, theCalendar Committee held ameeting on Sept. 27 at which thethree-semester calendar (exclud-ing winter) was opposed by ahuge majority.

“The District has a choice,”said Krista Walter, co-chair of theCalendar Committee. “It canrespond to the needs and con-cerns of students, faculty, andstaff, all of who have been oper-ating under the approved 2012 to2013 calendar distributed to

RAYMOND BERNALStaff Writer

The California CommunityColleges Board of Governors hasselected veteran administratorBrice Harris as the 15th chancel-lor of the California communitycollege system.

Harris will be inheriting achallenge with a 112-college sys-tem mired in budget cuts and an

enrollment decline of over500,000 students since 2008.

“It’s a challenge that I willconfront head-on because I ambullish about community col-leges,” said Harris during a tele-phone interview with TheCourier on Friday.

Harris was chancellor for 16years of the Los RiosCommunity College District inthe Sacramento area. Previously

Harris served as president ofFresno City College and was afaculty member and vice-chan-cellor in the Kansas City, Mo.community college system.

Harris holds various degreesin communications, received adoctorate in education fromNova Southeastern University inFlorida and did his post-doctoral

NICHOLAS SAULEditor-in-Chief

A lawsuit alleging breach ofcontract and negligence relatedto the bribery scandal thatrocked the campus in June hasbeen filed in Superior Court

against the Pasadena AreaCommunity College District, theBoard of Trustees and numerousother defendants.

Gail Cooper, the school’s gen-eral counsel, said the Districtcould not respond to questions,but did confirm that it will

respond to the lawsuit.The suit was filed by LED

Global, a firm that lost a $5-mil-lion contract to install lighting oncampus.

The ‘negligence’ part of thelawsuit centers around the ideathat the Board of Trustees did

not properly supervise ex-VicePresident of AdministrativeServices Richard van Pelt, andformer Facilities SupervisorAlfred Hutchings who werefired in June after the schoolfound out they were being inves-tigated by the District Attorney’s

office for ‘conflicts of interest’.The plaintiff in the lawsuit,

LED Global, has also filed a suitagainst van Pelt and Hutchings,which claims the two men hadsolicited bribes in exchange for

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Daniel Valencia / CourierBeijing students from the Shangxiejie Elementary School teach onlookers on campus how to yoyo infront of the Shatford Library on Sep. 25. Story on page 2.

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Police BlotterSept. 20Student reported his bicycle

was stolen from the bike rackslocated on the south side of the Lbuilding. There are no leads in th

Sept. 21:A cadet reported that a student

was bitten by a spider in the RBuilding. An officer respondedand discovered it was possibly aBlack Widow bite. Pasadena FireDepartment was notified,responded, and transported thestudent to Arcadia MethodistHospital for further examina-tion.

Sept. 25:Police officers received several

reports of a man being attackedby 10 unknown suspects aftergetting off a bus on ColoradoBoulevard and Bonnie Avenue.The assailants allegedly stole thevictim’s laptop and fled the area.Officers responded and tendedto the victim, a student, andcombed the area for witnessesand suspects until arrival of thePasadena Police Department.The victim refused medical treat-ment.

Sept. 25:The Pasadena Police

Department notified the campuspolice that on Feb. 24 theyresponded to a robbery call onColorado Boulevard. The victim,a student, was walking when aman grabbed her checkbookwallet and fled. The victimchased the suspect for a coupleof minutes, but then lost sight ofthe thief. Officers from PPDchecked the area but wereunable to locate the suspect. Theloss was approximately $50-$100.

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College prep fair offers help with educationAMANDA PIMENTELStaff Writer

Thousands of students andfamily members gatheredSaturday at the PasadenaConvention Center for one of thelargest educational summits puttogether by New Futuro.

Geared to help Latino studentsaccomplish their dreamsthrough education, New Fut-uro‘s summit aimed to bringawareness to the Latino commu-nity in gathering knowledge onhow to prepare for, attend, andpay for college.

“The summit is geared toLatinos but it is open to anyonewho wants to know more aboutfurthering their education,” saidBrand Ambassador of NewFuturo, Karen Aguirre.

The summit included speak-ers, workshops, college repre-sentatives, and health servicesfor everyone in attendance.

“We have to connect to Latinofamilies to take the mystery outof education.

We want [families] to believein their dreams, and we can helpmake [them] possible,” saidNew Futuro CEO and Co-Founder Pete Wilkins.

The conference included twospeakers; Gabe Salazar, a youthmotivational speaker andfinance expert, Mike Periu.

Both gave information to par-ents on how to apply to collegeand finding funds to attend col-lege.

The speakers also interactedwith parents by answering ques-tions.

“I am not a college graduate,but I want my children to havean education and [New Futuro]gave me the information I need-ed,” said mother Sonia Young.

Scholarships were given to

students in attendance as well.Allstate, New Futuro’s biggestsponsor, presented the biggestscholarship of $4,500.

Other scholarships were alsogiven by Burger King, Jostens,and H&R Block.

The summit was bilingual sothat Spanish speaking parentswere able to also participate.

“It was inspiring. I didn’tknow there were so many col-leges, scholarships, and work-shops available. I didn’t know allthese possibilities existed,” saidfather Mario Gutierrez.

Not only did the summit offerinformation about colleges but itincluded information on how tostay healthy, with booths thatranged from health services tostudent insurance.

“The Latino community ishungry for information, and

we’re here to give themresources they need,” saidDirector of Public Relations JoseMunoz.

New Futuro began its missionby attending college fairs inorder to bring awareness allaround the country.

The organization began a yearago and has reached great suc-cess said Wilkins.

“I was enlightened about NewFuturo at a college fair. I had somuch information at my dispos-al,” said Jeryl Gutierrez, senior atPalisades High School.

New Futuro is a Chicagobased organization that wishesto provide information neededto help students further theireducation by attending collegesaid Munoz.

New Futuro co-founderWilkins comes from an immi-

grant background. The other co-founder is Martin R. Castro, whowas appointed by PresidentBarack Obama as chairperson ofthe United States Commissionon Civil Rights.

New Futuro will continue itssummits as well as college fairsnext in Houston, New York,Miami, and finishing in Chicagosaid Munoz.

Chinese Yoyo introduced to campusKARLA SOSAStaff Writer

Shangxiejie Elementary Schoolpupils from Beijing, Chinaplayed the Chinese Yoyo at theSculpture Garden on September25.

There were many facultymembers and students gettingready to see the young studentsperform the Chinese Yoyo.

Michelle Washington,Interclub Council representative,introduced the Shangxiejie stu-dents and gave a grief history onChinese Yoyo. “Yoyo is alsoknown as diabolo and has been apopular game in China foralmost 900 years,” saidWashington.

There were about 15 students,they did seven different types ofperformances, includingShaking the Sun, and then did apaper cutting demonstration.

“The students have beendoing presentations at the Paseoand Kidspace. They have beenenjoying there stay here inCalifornia,” said Washington.

According to Washington, theInterclub Council knew that thestudents were coming, so theyhave been preparing everythingfor the event.

Emmanuella Carrasco, graphicarts, found out about the per-formance through one of her

instructors. “I’m really glad thatI came. The performances werereally interesting,” saidCarrasco.

Patrick Wang, business, hasbeen to Beijing a couple of timesand was glad to see that studentsfrom PCC were able to enjoy adifferent cultural experiencefrom China. “I really loved theyoyo performance. I’m glad Iwas able to find out about this,”said Wang.

Samantha Acevedo, film, hadnever seen anything like itbefore. “I didn’t even know theyplayed the yoyo or that it was asport in China,” said Acevedo.

The yoyo team was composedof students aged 9 to 13.

Liu Lan, 11 years old, has beenpracticing the yoyo for fiveyears. Lan got involved withplaying the yoyo because it’s aChinese tradition and its part ofher heritage. “I practice 50 min-utes every day […] it was hard atfirst learning how to play theyoyo, but after awhile I got bet-ter at it,” said Lan.

Washington also said that theyoyo presentation went alongwith the exhibit that was goingon in the library. The exhibitionis a glimpse of China during thepast 10 years.

Teresa Mendoza / CourierStudents share information about bilingual representatives from 48 different colleges and universities at

the New Futuro College Prep Fair held at the Pasadena Convention Center on Saturday. Students had thechance to win scholarship awards and learn to organize their finances to pay for college.

Daniel Valencia / CourierShangxiejie Elementary School students visit PCC by presenting a display of there skils with the chinese Yoyo on Sept 25.

CORRECTION

The position thatAssistant Professor MattJordan is an applicant forwas incorrectly reported inthe Sept. 27 issue. Jordan isan applicant for a positiontitled Associate Dean ofGeneral Education andProgram Review.

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Opinion

Since the beginning of thespring semester, a hostile envi-ronment has become evident oncampus. The discussion of majorrestructuring, eliminating winterintersession, along with anunprecedented bribery scandalhave made almost every one illat ease.

The Aug. 29 Board of Trusteesmeeting set an even more dam-aging tone this semester. Withthe Board’s approval of a calen-dar that eliminated winter inter-session, along with a completerealignment of the college’s staff,administration, faculty, andteaching divisions, multiplegroups on campus were caughtoff guard.

Many shared governancegroups feel the Board’s and theadministration’s decisions havebeen in complete disregard oftheir year–long discussions andrecommendations.

The Academic Senate,Associated Students, andCalendar Committee all recom-mended keeping winter interses-sion during last year’s delibera-tions. The Senate and CollegeCouncil voted to keep the 13 col-lege divisions separate and toappoint deans for each.

The meanings of importantterminology keep changing.Sessions have suddenly becomeinterchangeable with interses-sions; terms have become inter-changeable with semesters. A“student calendar” has replacedan academic calendar.

At an emergency meeting heldon Aug. 28, the FacultyAssociation questioned the shiftfrom an academic calendar to astudent calendar.

At the Aug. 29 Board meeting,the administration explainedthere was no difference: howevermany during the public com-

ment begged to differ. Many arestill confused at this change ofterminology.

Not only is there confusionabout the meaning of the words,but there is also serious confu-sion among students and facultyover the administration’sfull–page advertisement [whichappeared in previous issues ofthe Courier] explaining the cal-endar change. Some officials saidthe advertisement gave misin-formation regarding summersemester, saying there will betwo distinct sessions, instead ofone semester with two sessionswithin it. Of course, these couldbe the wrong words or theycould mean something else. Whoknows?

At the Academic Senate’s Sept.11 Town Hall, members of theadministration, Senate and ASsat on a panel in an attempt toexplain the calendar change to

faculty and students. Many fac-ulty members questioned thestarting dates for spring andsummer semesters. While theTown Hall aimed to help explainthe administration’s actions tothe public, it only caused moreconfusion and uncertaintyregarding these actions.

At the town hall, officials saidthey did not have a set numberof sections for summer 2013, nordid they know if the spring’s Jan.7 start date could be moved aweek later to aid faculty in theircourse planning.

The administration must learnto better explain its decisionsand its rationale to the public.But first, officials must fullyunderstand the consequences oftheir actions, or else we aredoomed to a sense that they aremaking it up as they go along,without a coherent plan.

New food labeling unnecessary, expensiveALAN LOPEZStaff Writer

Proposition 37, which willappear on California’sNovember ballot, aims to legis-late a food reform in which somegenetically engineered foods andGenetically Modified Organismsor GMOs must be labeled assuch.

The problem with the pro-posed law is that it will impose$1.2 billion in additional costs forfarmers to adhere to the law,according to a study done by UCDavis professors, and will arbi-trarily exempt certain foods fromGMO labeling. The implementa-tion of Proposition 37 will makefood costs more expensive, willgive misleading information andis unnecessary.

There is conclusive evidence ina study done by StanfordUniversity and published in the

Annals of Internal Medicinewhich states that there is lack ofstrong evidence to support thatorganic foods are more nutri-tious than conventional foods.

Labeling GMOs, from a scien-tific standpoint, is unnecessary.The American MedicalAssociation recently stated ontheir website, www.ama-assn.org, that “there is no scien-tific justification for special label-ing of genetically modifiedfoods.”

According to the Food andDrug Administration, much ofthe crop-grown food that we buyhas in some way been modifiedgenetically. Often times, cropsare modified to resist pests andherbicides, such as soybean andsquash varieties developed byAsgrow, a subsidiary ofMonsanto Company. “Data indi-cate that consumers do not havea good understanding that

essentially all food crops havebeen genetically modified andthat bioengineering technologyis only one of a number of tech-nologies used to geneticallymodify crops,” according to theFDA website, www.fda.gov.Implementing GMO labelingwould mislead people to believethat genetically modified foodsare unhealthy.

There is also an issue withProposition 37 in which certain,seemingly arbitrary, foods willbe exempt from GMO labeling,regardless of whether or not thefood products have been geneti-cally modified or not. Some ofthese include: alcoholic bever-ages, food sold at restaurants,milk, and meat from animalsthat have been fed geneticallyengineered products. The totalportion of the exempt foods areestimated at nearly two-thirds ofCalifornia’s consumer bought

food, according to a NorthbridgeEnvironmental ManagementConsultant report,www.noprop37.com

Grocery bills may increase byas much as $400 annually, ifProposition 37 is passed, accord-ing to the Northbridge report.The projected increase in costswould take place due to changesin the farming, retail, and foodproducing businesses. The rise incosts will make food less afford-able, to everyone including low-income families.

Proposition 37, if passed, hasthe potential to complicate ourtrip to the grocery store, not tomention increase the cost of ourfood. The labeling of our food isunnecessary and yet would stillnot eliminate all geneticallymodified food that we will buyand consume. If so, what’s thepoint?

Hostile environment unnecessary

Designer aspires to set artistic example SHELLY MALDONADOAssist. Features Editor

Former PCC student, JennKuca, speaks highly of how herexperience at PCC helped herachieve her goals at Art CenterCollege of Design.

A former journalist who fellinto an unexpected passion forart and winner of the summerArt Center 2012 StudentLeadership Award, Kuca, satcomfortably in her chair andspoke about her experience atArt Center. “[It was] incredible.It was really intense, but it waseverything I wanted,” she said,beaming with uncontrollableresilience.

“Jenn has a wealth of experi-ence from her pre-Art Centerlife, which has made her per-spective more valuable,” saidACCD Instructor Chris Wu.“While it’s easy to view eachassignment as a task, Jennunderstood the intrinsic valueand extracted the essence ofevery lesson, ... she ended upbeing an incredibly well-round-ed designer.”

After stepping foot in the mar-keting department of a smalldesign company, Design WithinReach, Kuca realized she wanted

to head down the art and designpath. “That’s when I realizedthat I didn’t just want to sell thisstuff, I wanted to make it,” saidKuca.

It was not long after that Kucafound herself at PCC, takingclasses such as Product DesignApplication, Rendering andAdvanced Rendering, beforetransferring to ACCD in pursuitof a career in art and design.

Now a winner of the SummerStudent Leadership Award,Kuca said PCC led her to theplace she is today. “I knew howto appreciate art, but PCC gaveme a cultural perspective,” saidKuca. “It taught me how to thinkcritically, and it also taught mehow to give and accept criticism.It was a bridge from the non-design world to the designworld.”

As she pointed to a corner inher home, which showcased oneof her designs, Kuca said: “I did-n’t want to design furniture, Iwanted to design a system thatwas open-ended and encour-aged individuals to customizetheir own experience.”

Instructor Stan Kong said theambitious art student has abright future. “Jenn will accom-plish anything she sets her mind

to,” said Kong. “She is a strongexample of the wonderful stu-dents that are coming out of theArt program here at PCC.”

ACCD Instructor LilianaBecerra also spoke highly of

Kuca. “She is driven and verydependable once she makes acommitment to work on a proj-ect,” said Becerra. “She is goingto go very far as she is very tal-ented and at the right place at

the right time...always ready tostrike.”

Her advice for aspiring Artstudents: “Put your head downand work as hard as you can,”she said.

Wendy Garcia / CourierJenn Kuca is seen in Highland Park home, sitting in the modern design chair she built while attending ArtCenter College of Design. Left of Kuca are the other designs she has built during her studies.

Volunteers from theVietnamese AmericanStudent Association,

dressed in Vietnamesebrideswear, finish off their

welcome dance at the Mid-Autumn Celebration making

a "S" shape or the sameshape as Vietnam as pic-tured in the back. VASAcelebrated their culturewith food, dancing, and

communicating in theCreveling lounge on Sept.

28.

Jordan Harris / Courier

Mid­AutumnCelebrationperformed

Art instructorgets inspirationfrom diversity EMILY CHANG-CHIENFeatures Editor

Visual Arts and Media Studiesinstructor Richard “Rick” Osakais a gentle, soft-spoken man.

However, behind Osaka’shumble demeanor is a profes-sional with an impressive reper-toire: he has worked as a graphicdesigner, consultant and illustra-tor for big names such as NBC,the New York Times, McGrawHill and Deutsch Advertising.

Osaka admits that he has beenan avid artist ever since thechildhood grammar school days.Art has been an essential part ofOsaka’s life as he continued pur-suing it throughout gradeschool.

Osaka attended PCC, andbecame a graduate of the ArtCenter College of Design. “I wasalways drawing,” Osaka said.

The campus atmosphere con-trasts greatly with the fast-pacedwork environment that Osakawas once accustomed to.

“When I was heavily involvedin illustration and graphicdesign, everything constantlyrevolved around myself [andwork],” Osaka said. “With teach-ing, you almost have to get outof that mindset and [acknowl-edge] that there are 30 studentsout there who want to learn fromyou, so you can’t be so wrappedup in yourself. You have to beable to understand what theirneeds are and where their futureskill levels should be at.[Teaching makes you think]more about others than your-self.”

Working at PCC has exposed

Osaka to a melting pot of diver-sity, varying personalities andcultural backgrounds. Subs-equently, this has greatly influ-enced his work.

Osaka currently has a piece ofartwork displayed in the FacultyArt show.

“I wanted to [display] some-thing that related from myself tothe students — I wanted to findthat connection…. [This is] a per-sonal representation of what Ihave been teaching my stu-dents,” he said.

Art instructor and colleagueJames Morphesis describesOsaka as both a commercialartist and fine artists.

“Rick is a great guy. He doesthis unusual, wonderfully eccen-tric ‘Rick Osaka’ work; it really isone of a kind. It is very private,very unique, intricate, [time con-suming and] well thought out,”said Morphesis. “The kind ofattention he gives to his artwork, he also gives to his stu-dents.”

Morphesis remarks thatOsaka, as an instructor, is thor-ough and personable, and allowshis students’ personality to comeout in their work, just as hiscomes out in his work.

Osaka’s style of teaching res-onates well with students. “He’sawesome! He takes a personalinterest in every student and getsto know [students’] circum-stances; [he does not] give ageneric education,” said EstherSadeli, photography.

“[Teaching] is difficult, butpersonally I find it exciting,”Osaka said. “I prefer it this way.”

Teacher bonds with son at schoolMARY NURRENBERNStaff Writer

For a freshman in college,everything is different than it wasin high school. New teacher, newfriends -- and your mom is one ofthe instructors. This is the case forChristian Ballas.

“It is a little embarrassing tohave my mom at PCC,” saidChristian Ballas, psychology/biology.

Ballas may be a little embar-rassed, but he has a lot of respectfor his mother. “She taught me toaspire to become an educated per-son,” said Ballas.

His mother, Julie Kiotas, is apsychology instructor. “It is thegreatest feeling in the whole

world to have my son here,” saidKiotas.

They don’t see each other a loton campus, according to Kiotas.However, when they do, Kiotaswill put her cheek out and Ballaswill kiss it, according to Ballas.

“I think their relationship isgood,” said Suzanne Anderson,psychology instructor, who sharesan office with Kiotas.

Kiotas makes a great officemate and colleague,” said Ande-rson.

Ballas ended up at PCC afterapplying to other schools, he said.“I wasn’t happy with the schools Igot into,” said Ballas. He and hismother agreed that PCC was thebest choice, according to Kiotas.

“It is a great opportunity for me

to chose great faculty for him,”said Kiotas.

Kiotas leaned back in her chair,put her hand on her face andpaused for a few seconds. “No,there is not I would want tochange about my son attendingthe college,” said Kiotas.

Kiotas has worked at PCC for19 years, since 1993. At the time,Christian was only one year old.He remembers when he was 5and an uncle brought him to visithis mom; she was giving a lecture.“This was crazy and funny seeingmy mom in front off all these peo-ple,” said Ballas.

“I couldn’t do enough to repayher,” said Ballas.

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10/12/12 2013 Spring Schedule of Classes available on PCC website.

10/26/12 Registration for DSPS (with authorization), EOP&S, Veterans, Foster Youth, Active Military.

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1/7/13 Spring 2013 term begins.

For students who have verified travel/scheduling conflicts which will prevent your beginning classes on January 7, 2013

Once it is available, refer to the schedule of classes for courses that are offered in 12 weeks, 8 weeks and/or 6 weeks periods for the 2013 Spring Term.

Contact the Counseling Department to schedule an appointment to develop an Educational Plan.

Upon completion of your Educational Plan, you will be able to register in classes to ensure your Spring class schedule is completed prior to the conclusion of the Fall semester.

For faculty members who have verified conflicts which will prevent you from beginning your 2013 Spring teaching assignment on Monday, January 7, 2013, the following options are available:

Schedule to teach your contracted load through 12 weeks, 8 weeks or 6 weeks classes (in person or online). This will place the conclusion of your contracted teaching assignment for the 2013 Spring Term on May 5, 2013.

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Schedule to delay to teach your contracted load for the Spring Term until the Summer 2013 term (May 6, 2013 - August 2, 2013)

Any/all teaching assignments for the 2013 Spring Term that do not include the completion of your contracted load obligation to occur between the scheduled instructional period of January 7, 2013 – May 5, 2013 must be discussed with and agreed to by the faculty member’s Division Dean and approved by the Senior Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs prior to the beginning of the 2013 Spring Term on January 7th.

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Piazza: popular choice for its convenienceANTHONY RICHETTSOnline Editor

The room is packed and filledwith noise. Students, chattingwith friends, studying, and evenplaying trading card gamesoccupy every seat. Everyone iseating what looks like a varietyof freshly cooked meals, rangingfrom Chinese food to cheese-burgers, Italian food and freshsalads.

This is the scene every day atlunchtime in the Piazza, the col-lege’s main eatery, where stu-dents can not only get a freshlycooked meal, but other items onewould find in a conveniencestore, such as energy drinks andcandy.

Convenience is the main rea-son students pack into the Piazzaeach day for lunch, saving themthe time it would take to walkfrom campus to any one of themany surrounding fast foodrestaurants.

“It’s more convenient [staying

on campus for lunch], instead oftraveling out of the school andhaving to rush back to class,”said student Gerald Henderson.

“I usually eat here because it’sclose to my class,” said studentCarlton Mah. “It’s not necessari-ly better or cheaper than theother places around, but they’renot that bad considering that it’scampus food.”

The prices were the main com-plaint most students had aboutthe food available in the Piazza,but when compared to all theother fast food restaurantsaround campus, they seem to allfall into the same price range.

For example, when comparingthe price of a double cheeseburg-er combo to its equivalent at thefour major burger chains nearcampus: McDonalds, Jack in theBox, Carl’s Jr., and Burger King,the Piazza’s combo seems to fallin the average.

The Piazza’s double cheese-burger combo goes for $5.99,whereas McDonald’s Double

Quarter Pounder with cheesecombo costs $6.19, Jack in theBox’s Ultimate Cheeseburgercombo costs $5.79, the Carl’s Jr.Big Carl Combo prices at $6.09,and Burger King’s DoubleWhopper combo takes the crownfor the most costly combo at$6.39.

When it comes to the Chinesefood served in the Piazza, possi-

bly its most popular dishes,prices seem to be cheaper com-pared to the only competitornearby, Panda Express. But thecheaper Chinese food meansthere’s less variety. A two-itemcombo served with rice or noo-dles in the Piazza is $5.99 com-pared to Panda Express’s two-item combo that goes for $6.29.

But at the Piazza there are only

four entrees offered, whereas atPanda Express there are 12entrees to choose from.

However, the Piazza doeshave a big variety of preparedmeals ranging from pastries,boba drinks and freshly cut fruit.With so many choices and theconvenience of being located oncampus, it’s easy to see why theplace is packed at lunchtime.

Xu Shen, 22,environmental

science, choos-es orange

chicken andrice for lunchbetween her

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study at Harvard University. The new chancellor takes office on Nov.

6 following Jack Scott, who retired on Sept.14.

Scott was enthusiastic about the board’schoice. “I endorsed the choice they made,”he said on Friday. “I had frankly encour-aged Dr. Harris to apply for the positionbecause I thought he was extremely wellqualified.”

Harris had some advice directly for PCCstudents. “Move through your educationwith earnest and purpose,” he said. “Staythe course with your educational plans.Don’t be discouraged. The pressure willpass and we’ll get through this [budget cri-sis].”

About Harris’s leadership Scott said:“Good leaders don’t simply take the jobbecause it’s easy. In bad times and goodtimes you need good leadership and Dr.Harris is one of the best.”

Before working for Mt. SAC, Hamptonhad worked for the Marin County HumanResources department as deputy of Laborand Employee Relations, where she facedsensitive and complex employment issues.

Hampton said that even though PCChad decided to go from a vice president toan executive director model for HumanResources, she would still have most of thesame duties as a vice president.

“I feel that [the] human resources[department] can help PCC,” saidHampton. “It can help the school’s educa-

tional goals. This administration has a pro-found respect for human resources.”

Miller said that he and the administra-tion expect complete dedication to theHuman Resources needs of PCC and a pas-sion to support its Educational MasterPlan. “I’m really looking forward to myfirst Board of Trustees meeting,” saidHampton. “I’ll get to meet everyone in theexecutive cabinet and get a better feel forthings.”

General Counsel Gail Cooper confirmedthat Lastimado had resigned his positionon July 1.

the awarding of contracts.“Defendants had merely become a ‘rub-

ber stamp’ for Hutchings or van Pelt,” thelawsuit against the school claims. “A con-tract agreed to by Hutchings and van Peltwas effective upon their agreement,regardless of whether Defendants, or anyof them, had officially taken their actionas the ‘rubber stamp.’”

Another development revealed in thelawsuit against the school is that LEDGlobal names itself as the whistleblowerthat prompted the District Attorney’sinvestigation into van Pelt andHutchings.

In addition to the negligence grievance,the lawsuit also repeats many of the alle-

gations outlined in the initial lawsuitagainst van Pelt and Hutchings.

These include the reneged contract, or,‘purchase order’ of $5 million, and thecondition that van Pelt and Hutchingshave an all-expenses-paid Mumbai excur-sion which they claim was for a factorysite visit.

“Defendants, by and through van Peltand Hutchings, then promised thatPasadena City College would enter into acontract with plaintiff LED Global for theprovision of LED lighting on campus ofPasadena City College so long as Plaintiffmet two conditions,” the lawsuit reads.The conditions included the factory sitevisit, and the inclusion of an attorney whonever actually made it to Mumbai.

everyone in May 2012, including theChancellor. [and] it can negotiate the facul-ty contract in good faith, or it can unilater-ally impose the ‘trimester’ and face the con-sequences.”

During public comment at the meeting,Hamman said: “The FA’s position is that

the calendar is tentative because it has notbeen negotiated. From a legal perspective,it has to be signed off on to be an approvedcalendar.”

“[The calendar] has not been approvedby the FA, so if it goes forward, it will be animposed calendar, a breach of our contractand an unfair labor practice.”

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Union seeks faculty feedback through surveyEMILY CHANG-CHIENStaff Writer

The Faculty Association,through a survey sent out lastweek, is asking its members whatactions it should take — up to andincluding a sickout or strike — inresponse to recent events on cam-pus.

The survey says that unlessshared governance has beenrestored, faculty members areencouraged to share their opin-

ions in regards to “how to pro-ceed.”

The survey proposes a plethoraof resolutions including: support-ing walk out / strike action, facul-ty job action, a vote of no confi-dence for campus President MarkRocha, picket on campus and atBoard of Trustees meetings, pur-suing Brown Act violationsthrough legal means, amongother options.

The survey is informational,intended to give all faculty a sense

of the serious breach of sharedgovernance by the administra-tion, said FA president RogerMarheine via email. “We are ask-ing faculty to take a close look atour options. The FA is facultydriven and will respond, as wealways do, to faculty input,” hesaid.

According to the survey, theDistrict has violated shared gov-ernance in numerous ways byunilaterally cancelling the winterintersession, imposing the three

semester calendar, while disre-garding various constituentgroups.

“…the District has refused toacknowledge the AssociatedStudents and other studentgroups who have emphaticallysupported the maintenance of thecurrent calendar,” the surveysays. “…the District violated theBrown Act in not admitting stu-dents, faculty, and communitymembers to Board of Trusteesmeetings, and in refusing to allow

full public commentary.”The FA emphasized that ignor-

ing shared governance causeseveryone to suffer enormous con-sequences. According toMarheine, the union understandsthat the cancellation of winter isdisastrous for the students. “Wefaculty must support [the stu-dents] and join with them to saveour college calendar,” he said.

“The students are seeking oursupport, and they deserve it!” theemail said.

School, district sued in bribery scandal

Faculty Association continues to fight for winter

Board approves new Human Resources director

College system gets new chancellor

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The referee held a yellow cardhigh in the air, but it quickly dis-appeared and was replaced byred. Tempers, and the referee,were the abiding story of the firsthalf, as the Lancers visited theEast Los Angeles CollegeHuskies on Sept. 28, where theylost 0-3, and now have a confer-ence record of 1-0-1.

Twenty minutes into the gameon Friday and Kevin Ramirezwas out with consecutive yel-lows. The first for a late tackle.The second, according toRamirez, was the referee not lik-ing what Ramirez said after adifferent call. With 70 minutes toplay, the Lancers were two goalsdown and playing with 10 men.

“The ref changed the story ofthe game, the timeline,” saidRamirez after the game, butrefused to comment any more ashis emotions still ran high.

The frustration began with apenalty kick called against theLancers in the first minutes ofthe game, their argumentsfalling on the referee’s deaf ears.The Lancers goalkeeper AlexRadillo was able to get a hand onIsrael Sanchez’s kick, but notstop it bouncing into the net.

The tension grew, as theLancers felt all the calls weregoing against them. Finally inthe closing minutes of the firsthalf, the referee showed a redcard to the Lancers head CoachEdgar Manvelyan for commentsmade from the sideline.

“Well, you know, first half, it

didn’t go so well.” said AssociateHead Coach Henry Cabral afterthe game. “We got some badcalls. I don’t want to blame thereferee, I would never want to dothat, but the calls were a bit lop-sided, and that really killed thegame.”

Pasadena began the secondhalf determined to survive. Anddespite allowing one more goal,finished the game with arespectable 0-3 outcome.

“Second half the guys cameout and fought really hard,” saidCabral. “We had a couple oppor-tunities to finish, [but] the balldidn’t bounce our way. In theend they were able to get one onus, but the guys played reallyhard.”

But there was another story tothis game, almost eclipsed by theanger. It was the Huskies mid-field and defense. It was good.Most times when the Lancerspushed forward, they were sur-rounded by three Huskies.Trying to pass the ball, let alonedribble, is almost impossible inthat situation, except of course, ifyou’re Ronaldo. This made itvery difficult for the Lancers topenetrate East LA’s defense. Butdespite this, with Zachery Taylormaking his strong runs up theleft side, there were somemoments when a goal was near.

Vahagn Manoyan was able toget his head to a Taylor cross,and point it goal-ward, but theHuskies keeper kept it out with adiving save. “That was a goodchance, but I couldn’t scorethen,” said Manoyan after thegame.

Men’s soccer loses onroad to East L.A. college

Women’s soccer ties Vikings at homeALAN LOPEZStaff Writer

Despite an aggressive 17 totalshots and more than a handful ofquality scoring chances, theLancers managed only one goalin a tie with visiting Long BeachCity College.

Lancer forward ZacharyLarson rifled one through thegoal as he broke through twodefenders in the 68th minute ofthe second half.

The Lancers kept a steadypressure throughout the game asthey made nine shots on goal,yet were unable to capitalize onmost of them. “We just couldn’tscore,” said Associate HeadCoach Henry Cabral. “We builtup the ball really well, we justweren’t able to finish.”

Long Beach increased theoffensive pressure in the secondhalf though and eventuallymade the equalizing goal on the76th minute in the second half ona close shot by Manuel Larios.

“They pressed on us towardthe end, [and] we kinda loos-ened up a bit,” said Lancerdefender Michael Alcaraz.

Both teams played aggressivedefense in their first meeting ofthe season. Lancer goalie AlexRadillo made five saves on sixshots on goal while the Vikingsgoalie made eight saves.

The Lancers now have anoverall record of 1-7-2 and a con-ference record of 1-1-1 accordingto www.cccaastats.org.

The Lancers play LBCC againon Oct. 26 in an away game at 4p.m.

Wendy Garcia / CourierMidfielder Kevin Figueroa attempts to get the ball in a 3-0 loss at EastLos Angeles College on Sept. 28.

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Football's 65-14 loss is worst on recordNICHOLAS SAULEditor-in-Chief

The Lancer football team got absolutelydecimated in a 65-14 home loss to CerritosCollege on Saturday in what was literallythe worst loss in the 13 year history ofRobinson Stadium. PCC remains winlessfor the season, and hasn’t won a gamesince Oct. 15 of last year.

“I don’t have the record books inmind,” said Head Coach Fred Fimbres onhis team’s historic loss, “particularlyrecords like that.”

Other than the fact that Cerritos rackedup 522 total yards, PCC didn’t help itscase by turning the ball over four times.

The lone bright spot came in the secondquarter when defensive lineman DalyouPierson sacked the Cerritos quarterbackfor a 12-yard loss that finally gave thehome crowd some semblance of a playthat gave them a reason to cheer. Piersonhad a team-high eight tackles.

Also, PCC finally managed to cutdown on the number of penalties commit-ted.

But PCC looked absolutely helplessagainst the pass. The Cerritos quarterbackduo of Morgan Fennell and Rene Medinaeasily tossed for 363 yards, five touch-

downs and no interceptions.“We’re struggling with assignments in

our secondary,” Fimbres said. “The youthin our safety position is causing someconfusion… we’re trying to figure outhow to eliminate big plays in the passinggame.”

A total of 13 Falcons caught a pass,while only three Lancers were involved inthe receiving game.

Zeek Julien, the Lancer quarterback,threw for 102 yards and had a touch-down, and ran for 38 yards.

Wide receiver Tairen Owens caughteight balls for 64 yards and the lonereceiving touchdown.

And Zach Sinclair scored a touchdownon a team-high 39 rushing yards. Whilethe Lancer defense looked paper-soft, itsoffense is still in a transitional period.

“We’re not sure who’s going to startnext game,” Fimbres said referring to therevolving door situation at quarterback.“We’re struggling to move the footballand so we’re trying to look for answers.”

Despite the historic loss, Fimbres thinksthe season is still salvageable. “Losing ispart of the development of a youngteam,” he said. “We just have to get ourperformance to match what we know our[program] can do.”

Women get by Vikings 1-0

TERESA MENDOZAStaff Writer

The women’s volleyball teamcruised to a win Friday nightagainst LA Trade Tech at theHutto-Patterson Gymnasium inthe South Coast Conferenceopener. The Lancers took allthree matches in the game.

The Lancers started the gameoff on top breezing through thefirst two matches, winning withscores of 25-12 and 25-14.

Trade Tech put up a fair fightin the third set, but it wasn’tenough to match the Lancerswho took the win 25-20.

Throughout the third set theLancers struggled with errors,

gaining and then losing the leadin a few instances.

Trade Tech went up to 18-20but PCC reclaimed their leadand ended five points ahead.

Some of the points scored byTrade Tech in the third set werefrom Lancer errors.

“We had too many unforcederrors,” said Head CoachTammy Silva.

Outside hitter/libero JenniferEstrada, who had 15 digs andserved three aces, said thedefense felt stronger but theycould do better by practicing infast pace.

“The errors we made were dueto the slow pace of the game that

we are not used to,” saidEstrada. “We have to worktogether and talk more.”

According to Coach Silva, thegame was a good opportunity tohave the reserves on the court.

Despite the lead PCC had formost of the game, Trade Technever seemed to lose hope andits determination was visible.

Lancers’ starters middle backMegan Callen hit nine kills andhad two blocks while middleblocker Jackie Valle-Acosta hadnine kills in just 14 attempts.

“[The game] was a good com-petition and beneficial for bothteams, bringing us back to [workon] fundamentals and [Trade

Tech] could have a challenge andsee where they can improve on,”said Callen.

Opposite hitter NoraTo’omalatai added 12 kills and11 digs, according to the athleticswebsite.

Sophomore Jackie Valle-Acosta admitted that it was notthe team’s best performance andthat players could step up theirgame.

“We did very well [in] the first[set] and the beginning of thesecond [set]…there is alwaysroom for improvement,” saidValle-Acosta. “[The game] was alearning experience for the restof the season.”

Jordan Harris / CourierWhile in mid-spike, freshmanThula Parks gets ready to hit anace against LA Trade Tech for a3-0 win on Sept. 28.

Wendy Garcia / CourierLancer Running Back Zander Anding gets sandwiched between two Cerritos Falcondefenders on Sept. 29 at Robinson Stadium. PCC suffered a bitter defeat losing 65-14.

Lancers for-ward VanessaCapra scoresthe only goal

on Oct. 2.

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Volleyball takes all three matches against LA Trade Tech

BENJAMIN SIMPSONStaff Writer

Sometimes it seems inevitable that a soccermatch will finish with a scoreless draw.

When neither team can get close to the other’sgoal and when, infrequently, they do, the ballbounces wrong: off the post, across the face,straight to the keeper.

A sluggish lull falls over the game that can onlybe changed by a stroke of genius – or luck.

Tuesday, the Lancers got that luck.It was hot in Long Beach, with the thermometer

reading 100 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. The game was dominated by both midfields,

with neither team able to find something to breakthe stalemate. But with just seven minutes to play,it was Vanessa Capra who, with some hustle and abit of luck, put the Lancers ahead.

Isabella Montano lofted the ball toward theViking goal, with Capra, Viking defender MarissaMacias, and Viking keeper Jeanette DeAnda allsprinting for the ball at the top of the penalty box.Keeper DeAnda reached the ball first with a slidingkick, but that kick ricocheted off the charging

Capra straight into the Viking net.Describing the goal, Capra hesitated: “[I was]

unaware I guess, because I did not know what wasgoing on at that moment. I just put a lot of pressure[on the goalie], I turned around and it went in.”

The tempo had picked up slightly in the secondhalf, as there were a few shots on goal, with HannaHermansson making two open runs for theVikings toward the Lancers goal, but pulled themboth wide.

Cassandra Saavedra did a good job of runningup the right flank, crossing the ball more than afew times.

After the game Coach Randy Lilavois discussedthe continuing season, as Pasadena is now at twowins, no losses and one tie (2-0-1) in conferenceplay.

“It’s a process. The girls and I have been talkingever since the summer,” Lilavois said. “It’s aprocess that we need to be better every game, andbetter with every half. Any chance we can take astep forward we do. That is absolutely happeningin every game.”