NICHOLAS SAULEditor-in-Chief

Former Vice President of AdministrativeServices Richard van Pelt, and former FacilitiesSupervisor Alfred Hutchings – both under investi-gation in a bribery probe – were officially replacedon Aug. 29 when the Board of Trustees approvedof an extensive realignment of the college’s execu-tive cabinet.

Van Pelt and Hutchings were fired by the Boardof Trustees on June 18 a week after officialsannounced that the Los Angeles County DistrictAttorney’s office was investigating them for “con-flicts of interest.” The had immediately bee placedon administrative leave.

The “conflicts of interest” that the DA may havebeen investigating pertained to van Pelt’s andHutchings founding of a company together. Thecompany, Sustainagistics, was based in van Pelt’sAltadena home and, according to data compiled bythe California Secretary of State, specialized inimport logistics.

The District Attorney is moving on with theprobe, but officials are not willing to disclose inves-tigation details nor can they predict a timetable forcompletion. “It is a matter of law,” said JenniferSchneider, assistant head deputy of the DistrictAttorney’s Public Integrity Division.

“The investigation remains confidential and wecannot predict how long or short it may be. Ourgoal is to find out what the facts are.”

EMILY CHANG-CHIENStaff Writer

Completion of construction of theCenter for the Arts building has beendelayed at least three months from itsanticipated December date, officialssaid.

According to Jack Schulman,Director of Measure “P” Projects—who is overseeing the $28.2 millionproject—the general contractor EdgeDevelopment, Inc. has gone out ofbusiness. Before the company wentunder, Edge experienced internalproblems with scheduling and finan-cial obligations, all of which havegreatly impacted the progress of this

project, Schulman said via email.Schulman is negotiating about a new

construction company, BNBuilders.Unforeseen circumstances with the

building construction site also con-tributed to the delay. Many utilitieswere not shown in construction draw-ings, all of which required time toaddress and remediate, according toSchulman.

Despite these setbacks, Performingand Communication Arts DivisionDean James Arnwine, whose divisionwill relocate into the structure when itis complete, said that things sloweddown, but never completely stopped.

“At this point, the completion date is

NICHOLAS ZEBROWSKI ANDNICHOLAS SAULStaff Writers

Winter classes were eliminatedon Aug. 29 and in the new calen-dar the fate of summer 2013 ses-sion has not been decided.

When the Board of Trusteesadopted a tentative three-semes-ter calendar for the 2012-13 aca-demic year, winter session wasjettisoned.

However, uncertainty sur-rounds whether there will be onesummer session, two summersessions or none at all.

“We will [in the future] make acalendar for summer session,”President Mark Rocha said in aninterview on Aug 30. “Whetherwe have the money to fund [one]is an open question at this point.Will there be classes? We hope.”

The Spring 2013 semester willbegin on Jan. 7, and end on May

4. The vote at the Aug. 29 Board

of Trustees meeting was 5-1 infavor of the three-semester cal-endar, with Trustee BerlindaBrown voting against it. TrusteeLinda Wah abstained.

Brown wanted more time toconsider the proposal.

Students and faculty packedthe meeting to express their con-cerns with the three-semestercalendar. Many were notallowed into the meeting room,but those outside could be heardchanting, “Let us in! Let us in!”while they pounded on the wallsand windows.

The proceedings were disrupt

EMILY CHANG-CHIENStaff Writer

Disbelief swept the Jack Scottroom of the CommunicationEducation Center as the decisionto eliminate winter intersessionwas made on Aug. 29.

After the vote, most in atten-dance — primarily faculty andstudents — left the building.

Many who were there left withmixed emotions — they wereunsettled and shaken up by theevents of the evening. Manywere speechless.

Faculty Association represen-tative Julie Kiotas — who deliv-ered an impassioned address tothe Board — admitted that“How did you feel about themeeting?” was a tough question.

“I am disappointed that theBoard is not more interested inwhat the students have to say….I was saddened. When you keepthe students from talking, itdenies their existence,” Kiotassaid in an interview on Tuesday.

Newly elected FA Secretary

Paul Jarrell felt that everybodylost sight of the primary goal ofthe discussion: an opportunityfor students to get the classesthat they needed.

“The Board is far enough

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CHRISTINE MICHAELSStaff Writer

The Faculty Associationclaimed at an emergency meet-ing on Aug. 28 that the winterintersession did not need to beeliminated since the college hasenough money in reserve to payfor it.

CEC Instructor DanielHamman, left, presents an analy-sis of the college's financial situ-ation to the crowded FacultyAssociation meeting on Tuesday.

FA President Roger Marheineis at far right.

The college has about $20.7million - 18.9 percent of its totalbudget – in general reservesaccording to the PCC OperatingStatements and Acting VicePresident of AdministrativeServices Robert Miller. The mini-mum reserve mandated by thestate is three to five percent.

According to Hamman, thepossible $6.75 million more fromthe state could be used to addmore class sections.

“If Proposition 30 passes, 675sections can be paid for. If [theBoard] cuts winter, where arethey going to put the extra sec-tions?” said Hamman.

Another issue raised duringthe meeting was the 2011 - 2012Quarterly Financial StatusReport, which stated there wereno “significant differences inbudgeted revenues or expendi-tures,” meaning the college isnot currently in a budget crisisfor this year or the next fiscalyear.

But college President MarkRocha later explained there wasnot enough funding from thestate to support another winterintersession.

“No matter what occurs withthe new calendar proposal, therewill be virtually no classesoffered in winter because thestate reduced our enrollmentfunding for additional classes,”Rocha said via email.

Faculty Association PresidentRoger Marheine explained that itwas a good thing the college hadreserves.

“Not to be conceited, but weare PCC. We have money, andwe should be spending it wisely,which is on classes,” he said.

Marheine expressed his con-cern over the Oct. 1 date, sayingit felt like an ultimatum inregards to negotiations betweenthe district and the FA.

Faculty Associationclaims college canafford winter

Cicely Chisholm / CourierThe Science Village holds the classrooms/Labs and offices relocated from the U Building

Natural Science moves to new homeANTHONY RICKETTSStaff Writer

Due to the unsafe seismic con-dition of the U Building, theentire Natural Sciences Divisionhas been relocated to ParkingLot 5A, which has been refittedwith 36 newly built units includ-ing classrooms, laboratories, andfaculty offices, and has beenrenamed the “Science Village”

According to reports preparedby the Facilities ServicesDepartment, the temporary newfacilities are a result of the UBuilding Abandonment andRelocations Projects, an $8.5 mil-lion project being headed byfacilities services in order relo-cate all divisions housed in the UBuilding until it can demolishedand replaced with a structurethat is seismically safe and up tocode.

The Natural Sciences Divisionwas selected to be moved to the44,000 square-foot area previous-ly known as Parking Lot 5A.Located at corner of BonnieAvenue and Del Mar Boulevard,the lot is now home to 36 newlyconstructed, air-conditioned,modular buildings.

According to the Dean of

Natural Sciences DavidDouglass, the newly constructedScience Village will be a tempo-rary home to two-thirds of thenatural sciences classes until theU Building can be replaced.Geology and physics classes willremain in the E Building.

Even thought the new locationis temporary, Douglass is enthu-siastic about the division’s newlocation.

“The facilities here are muchmore updated, the hoods areupdated and the gas lines arecustom to the way we teach,”Douglass said.

“I think students and staff willbe happy with the new facilitiesand the labs. They’re not so pret-ty on the outside, but they’rereally functional and welldesigned on the inside.”

Teachers such as assistantinstructor Valerie Foster and JoeConner, a biology teacher, arefinding the new location as apleasant change.

“Chemistry teachers were onthe third floor and biology teach-ers were on the fourth floor,”Foster said.

“Now we are all in the sameroom, and we can potentiallycollaborate and figure out what’s

going on in each others’ worlds alittle better. Ultimately that willhelp our students.”

“I see the change as potentiallymuch better,” said Conner. “Itstill has bugs to work out in theelectronics, but once all theglitches are worked out it will begood for the students. For thefaculty, a change in atmosphereis always good for the creativejuices.”

Students waiting outside theScience Village for their classesto start noted that the new loca-tion has some problems.

Most of them agreed thatthere are not enough shadedareas to escape the heat whilethey wait for class, the air-condi-tioning in some of the buildingsis not working, and some of thenew buildings are having prob-lems with ants.”

All agreed, however, that theyfeel safer being at a new location.“Everything is a lot cleaner andthere’s a lot more space.” saidJenny Le-Nghiem, a chemistry1A student.

“There is an ant problem, butthat can be fixed with time. Theearthquake hazards in the UBuilding are a lot more danger-ous than ants.”

July 9A student at the bookstore said

that he overdosed on brownieslaced with marijuana. The stu-dent was transported toHuntington Memorial Hospital.

July 30A 40-year-old man was lying

on a bench on the second floor ofthe Campus Center Building andallegedly performing a lewd actupon himself. The man wasdetained at the scene and escort-ed off campus by police.

July 30A 60-year-old woman entered

a classroom, began preaching thegospel and refused to leave. Thewoman left the campus after

police was called.August 3A 10-year-old boy fell down

the stairs of the bookstore andtwisted his ankle. The boy’sfather was contacted and thechild was transported to the hos-pital.

August 9A man suffered a seizure in

Parking Lot 5. Paramedics werecontacted and the man wastransported to the hospital.

August 21Women were heard screaming

and fighting on the corner of DelMar Boulevard and BonnieAvenue. A group of 15 peoplegathered and campus police

reported that broomsticks werebeing used as weapons. Thegroup was dispersed by campuspolice.

August 29A customer at the campus

bookstore was caught trying topay with an allegedly counterfeit$100 bill. The suspect was inter-viewed by campus police.

August 29Campus police transported a

man to the Pasadena PoliceDepartment jail on charges ofbattery upon a police officer. Thealleged assault occurred at theCEC Building during a Board ofTrustees meeting.

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getting three.”Luis Villalovos, Undecided

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Alessandra Okuma,Psychology

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Mark Nardone, PhysicalTherapy

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Pathways.”Tyler Ogden, Nursing

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The end of collegiality?

The Board of Trustees’ rushed vote to elim-inate winter session despite the urgentprotestations of multiple groups makes uswonder whether shared governance is stillpart of the college’s decision making process.

When the proposal to eliminate winterwas originally floated in 2010, the reasoncited was lack of money.

At an Aug. 28 emergency meeting, theFaculty Association heard a presentation byCommunity Education Center InstructorDaniel Hamman, which seemed to demon-strate that the college was no longer in a fis-cal crisis. The numbers came from theCalifornia Community College’sChancellor’s Office Quarterly FinancialStatus Report.

Since the original rationale has proven tobe unsupportable (the college has over $20million in reserves), the reason to eliminatewinter changed suddenly over the summerto “it’s good for students.”

The Board heard its first public presenta-tion of the new rationale for the suddenlyrenamed “student” calendar during its Aug.29 meeting.

While the presentation, led by VicePresident of Instruction Robert Bell, asserteda three-semester calendar would offer moreflexibility, others were not given any oppor-tunity to evaluate this.

Both the Academic Senate and the FacultyAssociation asked for a delay in the vote.

They were ignored.At the same meeting, Board President

Geoffrey Baum said trustees were eager tohear public comment. “[This meeting] willgive an opportunity to extend and receiveadditional comment from the public,” hesaid.

A few minutes later, the Board was con-fronted with heartbroken protesters and con-cerned faculty members, all urging it to keepa winter intersession. The Board did notrespond to any of the pleas.

Faculty Association Representative JulieKiotas said the existing calendar was a prod-uct of a year of meetings. “[The new calen-dar] is a violation of shared governance, it isan unfair labor practice, and it is a significantloss of institutional credibility,” she said.

While the so-called “student” calendar isidentical in almost every respect to the “aca-demic” calendar, the only difference issemantics. The FA may have solid groundsfor a legal action based on this change ofwording.

Academic Senate President DustinHanvey said the Senate had no positionother than the current calendar.

Previously in March, the AssociatedStudents Executive Board unanimouslyvoted to support the necessity of a winterintersession. The AS resolution noted that“every survey, opinion poll, public commentand town hall comment performed or

received by the ASPCC in the last few yearshas shown overwhelming and near univer-sal support for a winter intersession on cam-pus.”

AS President Simon Fraser said at theBoard meeting that a “‘student’ calendar is ofvital importance to students, but the AS wasnot consulted.”

Hanvey pointed out discussion of a three-semester calendar occurred while most of thefaculty (and students) were away on vaca-tion. “It is important the faculty can expresstheir views on [the calendar],” he said.

Why the rush? The college’s budget situa-tion is unknown due to Proposition 30 on theNovember ballot. If Proposition 30 passes,the college may get $6 million in additionalfunding.

But the real issue is why remove winterintersession when it is no longer a budgetarynecessity? The college has enough money tofund a session which costs about $750,000.

Due to the hasty vote, none of the sharedgovernance groups were able to participatein any meaningful way before a decision wasmade.

The lesson the Board and administrationseem to be sending with how they handledsuch an enormous issue – which affectsevery single person at the college – is thatparticipation in shared governance is point-less. Why should anyone bother? Their inputwill just be ignored.

Shared governance a casualty of rushed decision on winter session

SCENESCENE September 6, 2012 5Courier

Denise Vazquez,26, Nursing, takesa minute to relaxon Tuesday dur-ing the stressfulfirst week ofschool.

Max Perez /Courier

Cicely Chisholm / CourierStudents line the Mirror Pools outside of the C Building taking refuge in the shade of the trees.

Justin Clay/CourierThe Associated Students offers information as well as free food and beverages from theirbooth in the Quad on Aug. 28.

Cicely Chisholm / CourierStudents sit on the steps of the C Building, a favorite place for manyto wait for their next class.

Cicely Chisholm / CourierStudents line up outside the Scholarships & Financial Aid office in the L Building on Tuesday, waiting for help to sort out any financial problem they have.

Students gettogether in the

Quad on Tuesdayand get back into

the swing ofthings for the

start of the newsemester.

Max Perez /Courier

Back inthe saddle

College roars back to life as fall semester begins

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Health guru triesto keep campusfree of disease

AMANDA PIMENTELStaff Writer

Co-chair of the Health andSafety Committee, nurse practi-tioner, and Coordinator ofStudent Health Services Jo AnnBuczko has made her mark inimproving the health of stu-dents and staff on campus.

As a faculty member, Buczkohas made it her mission toimprove the health of the cam-pus by providing her expertisein the medical field.

According to Buczko, thecommon concerns at PCCinclude student’s nutritionalhealth, immunizations, and sex-ually transmitted diseases.

Yet, all these medicaldemands can be treated at theclinic which provides healthservices to all students and fac-ulty free of charge.

“The clinic is very confiden-tial. It’s run like any other pro-fessional clinic; whatever is saidhere, stays here,” says Buczko.

The clinic provides nursepractitioners and a registereddietitian that comes in once aweek ensures Buczko.

“Every staff member [who]works here loves working withcollege students, and reallywants to be here,” says Buzcko.

Buczko has worked at PCCfor 20 years and in 2010 won theaward for Outstanding Non-Profit Employee by SenatorCarol Liu and Assembly-mem-ber Anthony Portantino.

Before becoming an employ-ee, Buzcko attended PCC as anursing student.

“Jo bleeds PCC,” says Dr.Kent Yamauchi, co-chair of theHealth and Safety Committee.“She’s clarified the role of col-lege health services” saysYamauchi.

Buczko has brought in manynew programs including oppor-tunities for students in the nurs-ing program to receive hands onexperience at the clinic.

“She’s very committed to notonly providing the highest level

of professionalism, she is alsovery committed to this college,”said Daisy Ung, senior clerk atStudent Health Services.

Buczko focuses on promotinghealthier lives for students. Shewants to create the healthiestenvironment on campus.

“Even one or two changes canhelp a student in a lifetime. Startworking on making healthychoices now,” says Buczko.

She believes that studentsshould commit to working onone change at a time instead oftrying to fix all bad habits atonce.

She is working on a new cam-paign called “Walk PCC” to pro-vide maps for students to seewhich routes they can takearound campus to get moreexercise.

Distances are calculated, aswell as recommended times.

Buczko also wants to raiseawareness of smoking policiesthat smoking is permitted onlyin the designated areas. “We’rereally looking into making peo-ple more aware [of] our campuspolicy,” says Buczko.

Buczko does her best to keepherself, as well as othershealthy. She does so by takingspinning classes, which is ridinga bicycle that is stationary, aswell as walking at the RoseBowl.

“Walking changes your men-tal attitude and helps you[relieve] stress,” says Buczko.She also encourages students tolook at other alternatives tokeeping healthy such as medita-tion and yoga.

‘The Avengers’ showing is a smashRAYMOND BERNALStaff Writer

Free popcorn, hot chocolate,cookies and movie memorabiliagiveaways were all part of thereturn of Lancer Movie Night oncampus on Aug. 30 at the WiFiLounge with the screening of thefilm “The Avengers.”

The event was sponsored bythe Associated Students andorganized by Fernando Becerra,vice-president for campus activi-ties, with a lot of help from anarmy of dedicated student vol-unteers.

“There are many activities forPCC students during the day,but we wanted to find a way toinclude our night students in ouractivities,” Becerra said.

About 20 films have been fea-tured in the past two years dur-ing Lancer Movie Night. Usuallythe films are screened on a giantinflatable screen in the Quad, butthe Thursday event was movedindoors due to rain.

“I would love to see manymore movie nights. What a greatway for new students to makefriends,” said Lorenzo Byers,theater.

Over 100 people attended theevent. Some students broughttheir small children to see thefilm, their eyes beaming withanticipation for the start of thefilm.

“[This] makes us all a little bitmore united,” said studentJermey Barron who was snug-gling in a comfortable couch

with his girlfriend Khalia Walk,enjoying the film.

Becerra says he is planning tohave at least one Lancer MovieNight a month but will be tryingto add more.

At movie time, moviegoersscrambled to find that comfort-able soft spot in the lounge.Some lucky ones were able tocommandeer some of the veryfew but highly sought afterleisure couches.

After everyone helped them-selves to some hot chocolate andpopcorn and all the movie mem-orabilia was given away, thelights were dimmed, the roomwent silent, the film began and aLancer Movie Night was seem-ingly enjoyed by all.

Cicely Chisholm / CourierCoordinator of Student Health Services Jo Ann Buczko holds up apamphlet detailing “Walk PCC” in the Student Health Center in the DBuilding on Wednesday. Buczko explains Walk PCC is a way toencourage students to be active while waiting for their next class bywalking around the campus.

Faculty artdisplayedin galleryPainting by JoeFuttner, interimdean of visual artsand media studies,is displayed at theArt Gallery onTuesday. Pieces inthe Faculty Artshow “ArgumentsFor and Against”will be displayedthrough Sep. 28.Gallery admissionis free.

Alexis Villanueva /Courier

Buczko coordinates clinic care

“Even one or twochanges can help a stu-dent in a lifetime. Start

working on makinghealthy choices now.”

Jo Ann Buczko, Coordinator ofStudent Health Services

ed several times by the protest.Campus police escorted at

least three students out of themeeting room. At one point therewas a brief struggle between onestudent and an officer.

Faculty Association represen-tative Julie Kiotas said theadministration was doing anend-run around the legally bind-ing employment contract byusing the term “student” calen-dar instead of “academic” calen-dar.

“It is a violation of shared gov-ernance,” Kiotas said. “It is anunfair labor practice, and it is asignificant loss of institutionalcredibility.”

Additional reporting by PaulOchoa and Christine Michaels

Vice President of EducationalServices Robert Miller has beenpromoted to senior vice presi-dent and assistant superintend-ent, according to the realign-ment. Miller’s responsibilitieswill now include business andfiscal services (the formerdomain of van Pelt), facilities(Hutchings’ old stompinggrounds) and Human Resources,another executive office that wasleft vacant after an abrupt depar-ture of its supervisor in April,former Vice President BenedictLastimado.

“I replaced [van Pelt] by actionof the board,” said PresidentMark Rocha in an interview lastweek. “Facilities, fiscal servicesand Human Resources – [Miller]is in charge of it all and the boardhas approved of three moredirectors.” Miller’s responsibili-ties will also include InformationTechnology, and Safety andSecurity.

Vice President of EducationRobert Bell will be similarly pro-moted to senior VP and assistantsuperintendent of academic andstudent affairs. Like Miller, Bell

will also be in charge of six divi-sions.

According to Rocha, the schoolhas no updated informationregarding the DAs investigationinto van Pelt and Hutchings.

“The rest of the matter is in thehands of the Los Angeles DistrictAttorney,” said Rocha. “I haveno information since we’ve ter-minated those employees. Wehave moved on with our busi-ness and the DA, I assume, ismoving on with his business.”

Since gaining knowledge ofthe investigation, the school hasconducted an audit into its ownfinancial records by hiring theoutside accounting firm ofVicente Lloyd and Stutzmanwhich updates the school atevery board meeting.

“So far so good,” Rocha said inregard to the audit’s progress. “Itappears that there’s been nofinancial damage as a result ofthe actions of the two formeremployees. And that’s about allwe wanted to know.”

A report on the audit wasscheduled for discussion by theBoard of Trustees at itsWednesday meeting.

tentatively set for March 3,”Schulman said.

Despite delayed progress, bothArnwine and Visual Arts andMedia Studies Interim DeanJoseph Futtner continue to bevery excited and are really look-ing forward to occupying thenew building.

During a tour in mid-July,Arnwine and other music facultymembers were given the oppor-tunity to walk through the build-ing.

“You already get a feeling ofhow the building feels. It isgoing to be very nice—it flowsnicely…. I am very pleased withit, and it just feels like a verycomfortable and inviting build-ing,” Arnwine said.

“It’s going to be really, really

cool,” Futtner said.However, Futtner also

explained that there are multipleimplications of obstacles evenafter completion. The two divi-sions relocating into the newstructure—Performing andCommunication Arts, and VisualArts and Media Studies—willrequire carefully scheduled timeto move from their respectivebuildings.

“[The classrooms must be] setup in terms of the layout, fur-nishings, technologies, andequipment that will allow it to beactually used,” Futtner said.

According to Schulman,preparations to move thePerforming and CommunicationArts and Visual Arts and MediaStudies divisions will not hap-pen until the completion datedraws closer.

removed from the students because they don’tsee them on a regular basis. And when they do seethem, we have outbursts like [Wednesday night],”Jarrell said in an interview on Aug 31. “And that’swhat they see. They don’t see students in class-rooms, students waiting in line trying to get into aclassroom; they don’t see how things really affect[students].”

After the decision to cancel winter intersessionwas made, Jarrell told the Board that he was expe-riencing a range of emotions including disdain,embarrassment, anger and confusion.

FA negotiation committee member LynoraRogacs — who also spoke to the Board — was con-cerned with the impact on at-risk students: parentsof young children, students with long commutes,

and economically disadvantaged students. She feltthat the calendar change was “institutionalizingsexism and classism.”

“Hindsight is 20-20; obviously things could havegone differently…[the arrests and ejections] couldhave been avoided,” Jarrell said.

The FA intends to continue fighting. Kiotasplanned to make a presentation on Wednesdaythat will show the college does not have a budgetproblem.

“On a month to month basis we may be a littleshort in money, but we certainly have cash on handto cover the shortfall,” Kiotas said via email. “Thestate is slow in paying right now, but they haveconsistently paid us…. The district has maintainedfor years that [it has] been saving money each yearfor an emergency. It is hard to imagine a greateremergency.”

PAUL OCHOAStaff Writer

The stage was set once again atthe Aug. 29 Board of Trusteesmeeting for another clashbetween protesters and theboard; protesters, faculty, stu-dents, journalists, and spectatorsmade up the audience.

Once the public comment onwinter session began the soundsof chanting could be heard fromoutside the meeting room.

The first speakers talked aboutthe benefit of having a winterintersession. “Of the top tentransfer schools 60 percent offerwinter intersession. Of the bot-tom 20 percent, zero offer winterintersession,” said FacultyAssociation representative JulieKiotas.

Meanwhile, outside the crowdgathered and began chanting,“Whose school? Our school!”

When Joshua Fleming, per-forming arts instructorapproached the podium to talkabout how the FacultyAssociation is not representingall the faculty, audience mem-bers did not take it fondly andbegan yelling, “Non agendaitem! That is inappropriate.”

A protester then stood up andbegan yelling at the board as thepolice officers moved to escorthim out of the room, he shovedan officer and a scuffle ensued.Other officers then jumped in toassist the first one.

“ Don’t fucking touch me,”’yelled the protester at the offi-cers trying to escort him as hecontinued to struggle with policewhile being marched out of theroom.

A female protester in the audi-ence then got up and cried,“Shame on you,” at the board forthe way the protesters were

being treated.After both the protesters were

escorted out President MarkRocha continued to speak to asurprisingly calm room untilanother protester stood up andbegan yelling at the board. PoliceChief Stanton Perez thenaddressed the crowd and askedaudience members to stop theoutbursts.

“Unless there is order in theroom we cannot continue withour meeting,” said Perez.

The meeting was then calledback into order with a noticeablenumber of seats vacant in theroom.

As soon as the motion passedto eliminate winter intersession,almost all of the protesters leftthe meeting and a five-minutebreak was called.

When the break was over theroom was nearly empty.

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Protesters bring theruckus to board meeting

Justin Clay/CourierCampus Police escort student protestor Sarah Belknap out of theBoard of Trustees meeting at the Community Education Center onaug. 29.

Faculty chagrined by elimination of winter Ex-college officials replacedamid executive realignment

New building construction delayed

Board cuts winter session, summer in limbo

SPORTSSPORTSSeptember 6, 2012OURIERC

Football team fumbles to first lossNICHOLAS SAULEditor-in-Chief

The Lancer football squadopened up the regular seasonwith a road loss against non-con-ference opponent Citrus collegeon Saturday.

PCCs 35-14 loss at the hands ofthe Owls stemmed from theLancers’ inability to keep posses-sion of the football, turning theball over four times on two inter-ceptions and four fumbles.

“You’re not supposed to givethem the football,” said HeadCoach Fred Fimbres. “It’s

turnovers. And when you getsome penalties, it makes it diffi-cult to win.”

And PCC was penalized –over 153 negative yards rackedup through penalties, often inthe red zone and in third-downconversions.

Other than the costlyturnovers and untimely penal-ties, the Lancers played a strongall-around game, especially for ateam coming back from a 3-7record last season.

The Lancers saw the return ofQuarterback Justin Posthumawho had a season-ending injury

last season after he threw for aschool record 96-yard touch-down.

This week, Posthuma threwfor a healthy 279 yards and twotouchdowns on 19-35 passesagainst the Owl secondary. Buthe was sacked four times, andthrew two picks.

“It was great to play footballagain but it’s hard to feel goodabout a loss,” Posthuma said.“We’ve got a young team. Maybea loss is a good thing in the longrun.”

This Lancer team is full offreshmen with only two key

players returning on the defen-sive end (linebacker MikeSepulveda and defensive line-man Bryan Luna).

And the Lancer secondary isyoung and was exposed duringtheir play against Citrus, oftencommitting pass interferencepenalties after getting beat onthe route.

“It’s trial under fire,” Fimbressaid. “We don’t have a wholebunch of experience there, butwe’ll make it work.”

The Lancers run game lookedshaky as they rotated three backsand accumulated only 42 yards.

They also fumbled the ball fourtimes, giving it away twice.

The receiving corps lookedversatile as seven different play-ers recorded a reception.Chetachi Jackson lead the teamwith six receptions.

Jeremiah Andrade put up 113yards on five receptions, andTairen Owens recorded 101yards and a touchdown.

“Statistics are great but onlyone statistic matters – the wincolumn. And we got the wrongend of it,” Fimbres said. “Ourgoal is to be playing well whenwe get to our conference.”

Volleyball beats Citrusand Glendale TIFFANY HERRERAStaff Writer

The women’s volleyball team defeated CitrusCollege on Friday in three of its four matches andswept all three matches against Glendale College.

PCC defeated Citrus in the first match 26-20, 24-20 in the second and 24-19 in the fourth.

The third match was a loss but an intense one.The match went back and forth.

The Lancers gained and lost the lead severaltimes over the course of the match. It seemed hope-ful that they could turn it around and win thematch after they caught up, but ended up losing23-25.

Fresh off the game with Citrus, the team hadabout 20 minutes before the game againstGlendale.

Coach Tammy Silva beamed with pride in herteam. “We played well. [We] got into tight situa-tions and we came out of them. It’s all the stuff wewant to see in a first match,” said Silva.

Assistant Coach Alison Sharp praised the team’sserving and two players. “Nora [To'omalatai]stood out for us today. [She is] an all-around play-er and wherever the ball is she knows how to dosomething with it [and] put it away,” she said.

“Kailey [Faust] did a really good job of…settingit up [and] running a good offense,” Sharp said ofsetter Faust.

Faust agreed. “As a whole we played really well.We came together and worked really hard.Everyone played their positions really well,” Faustsaid.

Sharp was excited about the match againstGlendale. “We scrimmaged with Glendale lastweek.. but it should be a good match,” said Sharp.

PCC defeated Glendale with a 13 point lead inthe first game at 25-12.

PCC won with a comfortable lead in the secondat 25-19 and 25-17 in the third.

Sharp said it best saying it was a great seasonopener.

Benjamin/CourierTiana Fortuna, goalkeeper for the Moorpark Rangers, makes a fingertip save on PCC foward Vanessa Capra's, attempt ongoal, in the second half of the Women's Soccer team’s opener on Friday.

Women’s soccer opens the season with a tieBENJAMIN SIMPSONStaff Writer

Despite a spirited showing, andnumerous goal-scoring chances in thesecond half, the Women’s Soccer teamwas held to a season opening tie Aug.31 with the Moorpark Rangers 1-1.

Scoring opened in the first half witha perfectly placed set piece kick byJulie Watson of the Moorpark Rangers,bending the ball from near the cornerflag directly into the top corner of theLancers’ goal.

But the Moorpark lead was shortlived as Lancer Vanessa Capra hustleddown the center, volleying her ownball into the back of the Moorpark netin the 27th minute.

“The girls have been waiting allsummer,” said Coach Randy Lilavoisof the Lancers. “And I think a lot ofthat anticipation… And that excite-ment they brought out here and it

shows… I was impressed, we foughthard, it’s just a shame we could not getthat second goal.”

The remainder of the first half wasan even match between the two sides,with few goal scoring chances.

That changed in the second half asthe Lancers repeatedly attacked theMoorpark goal. Capra, top goal scorerfrom last year, again was central to theLancers attack, with a fingertip save bythe Moorpark keeper Tiana Fortunajust keeping out one attempt.

“We could have scored a lot more,”said the goal scorer Capra. “I think wewill be great [this year], we have astrong defense, strong offense, strongcenters.”

Heather French pinged the ball offthe Moorpark goalposts with a loftingshot from a long-range set piece.During a Lancer corner kick the ballbounced around the Moorpark six-yard box, bouncing between

Cassandra Saavedra, Amanda Papacand Capra just barely ricocheting wideof the net.

In the last 10 minutes of the secondhalf, both teams fought for a winninggoal. Both sides had excellent chances,but none of them could find the back ofthe net. For the Moorpark Rangers thiswas their second game, the first theywon 3-0.

In the closing seconds both HallieWhite for the Lancers and Watson forthe Rangers fought hard for a ball withthe scuffle continuing as the ball andplayers left the field. Both players weregiven a yellow card. Lancer NancyNunez also received a yellow card ear-lier in the game for complaining twiceto the referee about different calls.

“If we can keep more possession ofthe ball,” said Coach Lilavois. “We cancreate more chances, score more goals.If we do that, we will have a really suc-cessful team.”

Jordan Harris / CourierSophomore Kailey Faust makes a nice dig on Friday