PHILIP MCCORMICKStaff Writer

Students will have to wait awhile longer – until April 8 – toregister for “Extended Spring”classes, officials said this week.And faculty won’t know theirsummer assignments for sure,even then.

But, students won’t be able toview the 400 sections of classes tobe offered in the new session untilabout March 26 when they will be

posted online, Senior VicePresident Robert Bell said in aninterview Tuesday.

Even though registration is setto begin April 8, the final classschedule can still undergochanges. “There very likely maybe changes that occur in the sec-tions between when they areposted to the web and when theyare released for registration,” saidInterim Manager of Enrollment,Planning and Research DavidColley. “During any schedule

building process, there are smallchanges that occur even into reg-istration. It is preliminary in thatit is subject to change.”

Through all of the confusion,teachers don’t know yet whatthey will be getting paid during“Extended Spring.”

“I need to make sure with[Human Resources] exactly howthey are going to be paid,” saidBell. “But they will not be under-paid and will definitely be paid.”

ANTHONY RICHETTSOnline Editor

More than 90 percent of faculty hasno confidence in the administration ofPCC President Mark Rocha, accordingto a vote presented by an Ad HocFaculty Committee to the Board ofTrustees on March 15.

The committee said a “crisis of lead-ership” had engulfed the college.

Five members of the ad hoc commit-

tee, instructors Patricia Rose, MelissaMichelson, Karen Carlisi, Jill O’Horaand Mary-Erin Crook presented thefull results of the committee’sFebruary faculty-wide poll during thepublic comment section of the meet-ing.

According to their statement, 213full-time, active faculty participated inthe vote. Of the 204 valid ballotsreceived, 188 have no confidence in theadministration, with only 16 support-

ing the administration.Three of the committee members

presenting the results to the Boardread an official statement from thecommittee.

“This vote underscores the fact that92 percent of full-time voting facultyagree, amongst other things, thatPresident Rocha impeded student suc-cess, violated student and faculty trust,and, in general, brought about destruc-

ANTHONY RICHETTSOnline Editor

At an extraordi-nary meeting of theAcademic Senate onMonday, CollegePresident MarkRocha dodged hos-tile questions fromSenate members and the public when he defendedhis administration in a session that suspended offi-cial Senate business for two hours.

In an attempt to quell growing antipathytowards his administration and the Board ofTrustees, the embattled Rocha not only side-stepped straightforward questions about the statusof the campus and the benefits of the new three-semester calendar, but also accusations that hisadministration has created a hostile environmenton campus.

Languages Instructor Nancy Rutzen started theQ&A session with impassioned words about theatmosphere on campus.

“There is a clique here of seven people who arerunning the campus, that are perceived as lackeysdoing your bidding, and there has been a consoli-dation of power that has never existed here before”said Rutzen, who has worked at the college forover a decade.“There seems to be no respect forfaculty, for students, for deans, for the institution.There is a spirit of fear on this campus that never

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Members of the campus com-munity are sad and seethingwith disappointment over theactions of the administrationafter the presentation of two his-toric votes of no confidence atthe March 13 Board of Trusteesmeeting.

Education instructor DavidMcCabe said the votes were ofgreat importance.

“It is significant and it is pow-erful. These are tactics that arevery seldom used,” he said. “It’ssomething that [the administra-tion] should really pay attentionto … I’m kind of interested to seewhat happens in November.”

Board President John Martinsaid the statement released to theCourier on March 5, whichexpressed the Board’s “unani-mous and unequivocal supportfor the President /Superintendent” sufficed as theBoard’s comment on issuesbrought up during the meeting.

“I think the statement is suffi-

cient,” Martin said.Repeated attempts to reach

other members of the Board forcomment were unsuccessful.

Television Instructor CarmenPorreca saw the votes asunprecedented.

“I think it’s completely signifi-cant. I have been here for 37years and in all that time I have

never seen a vote of no confi-dence against the president,”Porreca said.

Humanities Instructor HugoSchwyzer said the no confidencevotes were justified.

“The administration is dis-trusted by all the stakeholderson campus — faculty, students,

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EDITORIAL: Reinstate winter, Page 4

‘Extended Spring’ registration set for April Showcase

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TIFFANY ROESLERStaff Writer

Members of the CalendarStanding Committee asked theBoard of Trustees on Wednesdayto reinstate winter session dur-ing the next year.

A formal statement was pre-sented to the Board discussingthe significance of a winter ses-sion after the committee votedunanimously on a model calen-dar including winter at a specialCalendar Committee meetingMarch 12.

"Based on our charge, theCalendar Committee is recom-mending to the Board ofTrustees that the configurationof the calendar for the 2013-14includes the winter session," saidCalendar Committee memberand math Instructor MatthewHenes.

Henes supported the requestwith data that showed the needfor a winter term. "On averageabout 5,000 more students actu-ally enrolled in winter and sum-mer sessions combined thanenrolled in summer when therewas no winter," he said. "FromFall 1992 through summer 2012,average retention and success

rates for fall, spring and summerterms are significantly highersince the first year we scheduleda winter session [in 2004]."

Prior to the Board meeting,Senior Vice President andCalendar Committee Co-ChairRobert Bell sent out an email tothe committee indicating that thecommittee needs to complete itsmission, and that "the Board ofTrustees has acted and approvedthe Fall/Spring/Summer calen-dar for 2013-14. It is upon thiscalendar that the district mustnow move forward.”

Henes questioned this claim."The Calendar Committee

would like to know when thatoccurred," said Henes. "TheBoard imposed its own calendarwithout consultation of anyshared governance committee inviolation of AB 1725."

There have been no minutesfrom any meeting since theapproval of a 2012-13 calendarthat reference a 2013-14 calen-dar, according to Henes.

"We are in a pedagogical andoperational crisis here at this col-lege due at least in part to themismanagement of the calen-dar," said Henes. "The current

imposed calendar without win-ter is not a calendar for studentsuccess [and] is not within theframework of negotiated agree-ments."

Bell did not attend Tuesday'sspecial committee meeting, aswell as the previous meeting onFeb. 28, which was held anywayafter he cancelled it.

Bell indicated to Co-ChairKrista Walter that he cancelledthe Feb. 28 meeting because thecommittee was unable to com-plete the urgent task of approv-ing the Board's 2013-2014 calen-dar due to the number of con-cerned public comments regard-ing the pedagogical and practi-cal merits of winter and the bla-tant violation of shared gover-nance, according to Henes.

"In other words, we couldn'tmeet to do our work because wehadn't done enough work," saidHenes.

The committee's statementspecified the importance of a cal-endar that supports the needs ofstudents, faculty and staff withinnegotiated agreements betweencollective bargaining units andthe district. That is, a calendarwith winter.

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THIS MOMENT BEGAN WITH A CHOICE.

Panel proposes calendar with winter session

Matthew Chan / CourierPassionate math instructor Matthew Henes represents the CalendarStanding Committee to speak in front of the Board of Trustees. Theboard meeting took place in the Creveling lounge March 13.

President discusses faculty contract offerEMILY CHANG-CHIENStaff Writer

President Mark Rocha discussed the terms of thefinal contract offer to faculty union negotiators at anews conference in the Cap and Gown Room onWednesday. Rocha presented a nine-page statementofficially known as the district’s Last, Best, and FinalOffer (LBFO). “This is a release to the members ofthe taxpaying public,” Rocha said. “So one of thereasons we are doing this today is to release it to thepublic, not just the college community.”

According to Rocha, negotiations for a new con-

tract have been prolonged since December. A dead-line has been given for the Faculty Association toaccept the current offer before certain elementsexpire such as a retirement incentive and salaryincreases, among other things.

“This is not because we are trying to play toughguy,” Rocha said. “If the union accepts it, then we’redone, we have an agreement, and we move for-ward.”

Rocha explained that if the union does not acceptthe current terms, negotiations will be mediatedthrough an outside organization and will prolongthe process by two months, before further action.

MADISON MIRANDAStaff Writer

The Quad was full of tents dis-playing student-made postersfor Pi Day on March 14.

The posters explained howmath relates to students’ everyday lives. The events started atnoon when students presentedtheir projects as part of anassignment for their math class-es.

The highlight of the event waswhen 314 balloons weredropped from the various floorsof the R Building at 12:45 p.m.The balloons were weigheddown with red envelopes con-taining raffle tickets, money andsmall candies.

“I wanted to do somethingother than eating [pie] and mem-orizing pi to inspire students tolearn about math,” said Pi Clubadviser and math instructor YuChung Chang.

She organized the event as away to bring students togetherthrough math.

“Math is a universal lan-guage,” said Chang. Chang hadstudents find an interest of theirsthen research the math behind it.The topics of the posters rangedfrom roller coasters and music tothe technologies in Apple andGPS devices.

“Life is math and math is life,”says Chang. She wanted to helpstudents learn how math affectseverything.

The atmosphere was light asthe PCC Jazz Band performedand the Honor’s Society’s Blast aScholar event took place in theQuad.

The performance and Blast aScholar were separate from thePi Day festivities, but shared thespace and gathered a crowd.

“We had to make a poster. Ithad to be about math or science,because science relates back tomath,” says Monique Keszek,undecided.

Keszek’s poster displayed theconcept of why humans havetwo eyes and how that affectsdepth perception.

Students from the sciencedepartment also participated.Dan Guo, math instructor,explained that Pi Day was aboutmore than numbers.

“It is a way to connect thedepartments,” she said. Mathand science students partneredwith volunteers and clubs to puton the event.

According to Guo, the festivi-ties were also attended by 60 stu-dents from Wilson ElementarySchool. They received a pizzalunch with pie as dessert

John Novak / CourierMembers of the Physics Club have a discussion amongst them selvesat Pi Day in the Quad on March 14.

Pi Day shows humanconnection to math

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Pulling out eyelash hairs andmolding private parts were top-ics of discussion as renownedLos Angeles artist Tom LaDukebegan his week as Artist inResidence on Monday with apublic lecture to a packed houseat the Vosloh Forum.

LaDuke approached the podi-um and recounted personalanecdotes for each piece, win-ning the crowd over with hisbrash yet timid delivery.

"Sometimes I get ideas fromspecific moments," said LaDukespeaking about his artworkPrivate Property.

"I was taking a bath and thepart of me that was above waterlike my head and ear looked likea landscape. So I went outsideand I saw parts of the landscapethat looked exactly like my bodyparts."

The audience, including asmall white dog in the aisle, lis-tened attentively as the storiesand the artwork grew more per-sonal.

The inspiration for one piece,Substitute Teacher, which is adead bird made of clay drewgasps.

"I was living in NewHampshire and my great-unclesaid "I'm sure you're going tohave to kill something so if youwant to shoot something youcan shoot a red squirrel."

"I took a shot and it fell but itwasn't dead and then I started toweep and I had to put it out of

its misery," said LaDuke.The second shot didn't kill the

squirrel so he ran to look forhelp but couldn't find the ani-mal again.

"It actually started screaming.I didn't know [squirrels] couldscream like that," he said.

A fixture of many piecesincorporates his hair and nails.

"Well it's interesting that hepairs his personal experiencewith actual pieces of [his body],"said Jennifer Jai, a recent gradu-ate who is focusing on her ownartwork.

"It's something that's takenout of you and you're manifest-ing it physically into somethingand as a direct relation. You canactually see pieces of him in theartworks. It's like a reference tothe act of making," said Jai.

LaDuke's artwork is usuallyfragile in nature and many visi-tors at the reception, followingthe lecture, in the Art Gallerywere asked to leave their bags ina separate room.

"I don't know where he getshis ideas but he puts a lot ofwork into his pieces," saidMauricio Cobian, photography.

"The people who went [to thelecture] came away with a lot tothink about and look at thethings in the gallery differently,"said Brian Tucker, director ofthe Art Gallery.

The Artist in Residence pro-gram, now in its 27th year hasbeen successful every year,according to officials.

"Tonight marks the beginning

of the last residency offeredunder the auspices of the divi-sion," said Interim Dean ofVisual Arts and Media StudiesJoseph Futtner.

"As of fall 2013, Visual Artsand Media Studies will joinPerforming Arts andCommunication studies in thenew, soon to be completed,Center for the Arts."

At the end of the nightLaDuke sipped coffee andanswered questions from a lineof people getting signatures.

"Usually no one would knowthe stories, but the emotions getthrough. Sometimes people getit at a certain level. I'm luckythat way," he told admirers.

Artist in Residence wins crowd over

BENJAMIN SIMPSONStaff Writer

The Associated Students offi-cially presented its vote of no-con-fidence calling for the removal ofthe college president to the Boardof Trustees on Mar. 13.

"The AS has passed two resolu-tions," said AS Board PresidentSimon Fraser in his presentationto the Board. "A resolution to cen-sure PCC administration withregards to the academic calendarchange of Aug. 29, and a resolu-tion of no-confidence."

In the no confidence resolution,AS calls not just for censure, butfor the removal, of PresidentRocha."...to hold Dr. Mark Rocha,Superintendent/President, per-sonally responsible for the actionsand mistakes listed above, andtherefore calls on the Board ofTrustees to remove Rocha as theSuperintendent/President."

The main basis for the chargesis the Board of Trustees removalof the winter session at the Boardmeeting in August, and the ensu-ing problems this has caused forthe staff and students.

Despite being assured by theadministration that there wouldbe no problems with the transferof summer classes to four yearcolleges, according to the ASmany students have been turneddown by UC or CSU becausethose schools do not allow the useof summer classes for concurrentfall transfer.

According to Fraser, theAssociated Students has taken onthe work that should have beendone by the administration, ofhearing student problems withtransferring and calling colleges

in an attempt to sort out the situa-tion.

Trustee Geoffrey Baumaddressed the AS statements thatthey were the only group work-ing on student transfer and thatthe administration has donealmost nothing to help studentstransfer.

The Associated Student memo-randum discussed this issue, withthe AS’s direct intervention withHumboldt State University allow-ing a student to use Summer 1classes to transfer.

“The only recorded successfulcommunication with a four yearinstitution on accepting Fall ’13transfers with Summer 1 classesoccurred by direct communica-tion between Humboldt StateUniversity and ASPCC, notPCC…”

Near the end of the meeting,Baum made an offhand commentabout the Student Activity Fee.The Student Activity fee directlyfunds the clubs and many otheractivities on campus.

“I think we should do ourannual evaluation of the studentactivity fee program,“ said Baum,“and also whether to reaffirm thatfor another year.”

This comment was met withgroans from the crowd.

But the problems that AS hasraised run deeper than just thecancellation of winter session,according to its resolution, aninclude a deeper problem withshared governance.

“[T]his administration hasrepeatedly failed to ensure [stu-dents] right to participate effec-tively in district and college gov-ernance,” the motion says.

AS presents no confidencevote in administration to Board

Caitlin KellyThompson / Courier Artist in Residence for Spring 2013 Tom Laduke answers a questionone of the audience members asked about his work in the VoslohForum on Monday. Duke’s exhibit “Ellipsis” will be showing in the ArtGallery until March 29.

Caitlin Kelly Thompson/Courier

Artist in Resident Tom Ladukeexplains that he made this gunand told a funny antidote of howhe displayed it in a gallery.

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ONLINE POLL RESULTSONLINE POLL RESULTSOnline, we asked: Do you have confidence inthe administration?

Results as of 5 p.m. March 13:Yes 16%No 83%

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The campus community has spoken,loud and clear. It is time for the adminis-tration to actively listen.

An outpouring of discontent greetedmembers of the Board of Trustees lastweek, mostly as a result of the change tothe college calendar and the way it washandled. The damage has been exten-sive and unnecessary, but it is not irre-versible. Winter session must be rein-stated.

In a thoroughly documented proposal,the Calendar Standing Committee rec-ommended a calendar with winter ses-sion be adopted for 2013-14 to supportthe needs of the PCC community. Itcited statistical data showing that enroll-ment, retention and success rates are sig-nificantly higher with a winter session inplace.

Separately, the Ad-hoc FacultyCommittee presented the results of itspoll showing that over 90 percent of sur-veyed faculty had no confidence in theadministration, mostly because of thecalendar change which is said to have“impeded student success, violated stu-dent and faculty trust, and, in general,brought about destructive rather thanconstructive change at the college whileconsistently ignoring the concerns ofstudents, staff and faculty members.”

The presence of a winter session is cru-

cial to all students, granting them a bal-ance that cannot otherwise be achievedwith the three-semester calendar. Wintergives students the opportunity to contin-ue taking courses to speed up theirtransfer time, or students could enjoy anextended break. Additionally, many stu-dents could fully dedicate time andenergy to working, without having toworry about a hefty academic schedule.These benefits have been lost because ofthe calendar change.

The college calendar has been in anongoing state of flux as terms like “sum-mer one” and “extended spring” aretossed around. Following the elimina-tion of winter the administration hascontinuously struggled to create a con-crete calendar. Questions have arisenabout these classes and whether theywill be transferable for fall admission atCSU and UC campuses. Students, facul-ty and staff are unsure when classes willstart, and what classes will be sched-uled. It seems like even the administra-tion is unsure of what is going on.

Not only have students been deprivedof a stable and concrete schedule, facul-ty are impacted as well. Some facultymembers work as adjunct at other col-leges, and cannot plan their schedulesaccordingly, depriving them of a majorsource of salary.

In addition, at last week’s Board meet-ing the Associated Students Board pre-sented two resolutions it had passedexpressing no confidence in the adminis-tration and seeking the removal of thePresident. The resolutions also statedthat staff and students have endured sig-nificant problems because of theremoval of winter session and the waythe change was implemented.

At an extensive two-hour AcademicSenate meeting on Monday, PresidentMark Rocha failed to adequately answeralmost any of the dozens of questionsput to him by Senate members and visi-tors alike.

Rocha evaded a direct question aboutwhether he considered the eliminationof winter an error of judgment.

The proposed 2013 -14 “official” calen-dar without a winter session continuesto be a great source distress to the cam-pus. The relationship between the col-lege community and the administrationand Board of Trustees has become verystrained.

The quickest and least painful way forthe administration to defuse this crisis ofconfidence would be for it to immediate-ly propose an official 2013-14 college cal-endar that includes a winter session. Weurge it to do so without delay.

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The following comments are inresponse to “Faculty overwhelm-ingly has no confidence inadministration”

Rocha may be weak in the peo-ple skills department, but I sus-pect that PCC faculty and stu-dents are going to have a prob-lem with any president who doeshis job and carries out budgetcuts. The person who reallydeserves a vote of no confidenceis Mark Yudof. During his tenureas president of UC, tuition hasballooned to $4500 a quarter andunfunded pension liabilities willreach $40 billion in five years.When that happens more moneywill be spent on pensions than onclassroom instruction. Yet some-how Yudof has escaped anyblame for this, and will soonretire with a $250K pension.

-Bear StearnsIs anyone surprised the faculty

has no confidence in the adminis-tration?

Let us count the ways Rochaand his handpicked lackeys havescrewed up.

Just one: the so-called “sum-mer” session (really, “winter”moved to late May) is supposedto be enrolling classes right now.

However, not a single class isposted on the non-existent “classschedule” on the college website.

They put out a news release inJanuary encouraging students toenroll starting Feb. 28. So whatcan they enroll in? Can anyonespell MISmanagement?

-Let theTruth is the students have also

formally censured the currentadministration and called forRocha to be fired immediately. Idon’t think a no-confidence votefor the president from either thefaculty or the AssociatedStudents has ever occurredbefore at PCC.

Students and faculty at PCCare for the most part respectful ofeach other, and mutually sup-portive.

Based on conversations I’vehad on campus, most of the officestaff and those in management(who were not hired in specifical-ly by Rocha) also share the viewthat the current administration isdestroying PCC and that Rocha(and, eventually, most of the cur-rent trustees) has to go.

-Puddy Tat

The following comment is in

response to “Committee recom-mends ’13-14 calendar with win-ter”

There can be no doubt that theCalendar Committee is express-ing the wishes of the entire col-lege. It is time for theAdministration to admit its errorand present a calendar for 2013-14 that includes a winter session.How long do you think it willtake?

-Cake

The following comments are inresponse to “President defendshis administration”

The most significant thing ofall about this is that Rocha feltthe need to defend himself at all.

He could quite easily havestayed silent. It’s always better toremain quiet and let everyonethink you are a fool, than to openyour mouth and confirm it.

-Let them eat cakeIf Mark wanted everyone to

stay and hear his weak responseto criticism about his recent deci-sions, he should have made thisissue a priority. Why did theBoard meeting start an hour laterthan regularly scheduled?

The Board members andRocha should have been inCreveling ON TIME and manymore attendees would have beenable to hear his defensive andingenuous comments.

-Kris PillonKris, I think you meant to say

disingenuous. Rocha’s call forunderstanding and dialogue isthe most disingenuous thing I’veever heard.

Faculty, students, managersand staff have spent yearsattempting to engage in goodfaith communication with Rochaand his clutch of enforcers, onlyto be lied to, threatened (or retal-iated against) and ignored, overand over again.

-Puddy TatSo the anger directed at Rocha

really is mostly about the cancel-lation of Winter Intersession. …The anger of the students andfaculty should be directedtowards the past PCC presidentswho supervised all of the newconstruction on campus. … Goodluck finding a new President – hewill probably have better peopleskills but people skills won’t fillholes in the college budget.

-Bear Stearns

The administration should plan a 2014 winter intersession

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Do you have confidence in the administration?

Reporting by: Emily Chang-Chien, Teresa Mendoza, Vivian Meza, Paul Ochoa Photos by: Justin Clay, Matthew Chan, Antonio Gandara, Concepcion Gonzalez, Caitlin KellyThompson, Teresa Mendoza

“What I and other faculty, staff and stu-dents are seeing is a clusterfuck of mal-

ice, incompetence and paternalism, and itneeds to stop.”

Hugo Schwyzer, instructor

VOICES:

“No. ... Despite [PCC] supposedly beingone of the best community colleges in the

state, it’s like a high school…they treatyou like you don’t have goals.”Amalia Castonguay, physics

“The administration is running the collegelike a high school with little input from the

faculty and strong intimidation tactics.”Dan Meier, instructor

“I’ve seen some changes happeningsince last year and they [certainly haven’t

been] very pleasing.”Debashish Banerji, instructor

“Who’s running the school anyway?There isn’t enough information spread out

efficiently.”Cristao Landeros, music

“I think so, in certain situations, yeah. Ihad a good experience with the current

administration.”Reggie Williams, criminal justice

“Yes I do. I feel that Dr. Rocha and theBoard are doing the best they can with

the kind of support they are getting fromthe college.”

Carlos Altamirano, lab coordinator

“No. I think [the administration] caresmore about getting students into the col-

lege and not about getting them out.”Nick Swanson, environmental science

“No, I see my classmates struggling toget classes, professors can’t add stu-

dents and so I don’t think it’s being han-dled well.”

Matt Shintaku, economics

“Yeah I think so. I see it is a big schooland I have confidence in them.”

Benji Lafarge, business

“Absolutely not. [Dr. Rocha] has showntime and time again that he doesn’t have

the students best interests in mind.”Hector Garcia, film

“No. The administration didn’t study thebackground about the calendar change.… [They don’t] care about the students,we are pretty much a number to them.”

Lionce Haggerty, film production

“No. There are so many things that theyare not taking care of and they prefer tochange things like the semester system

and the smoking areas.”Yadira Tellechea, TV production

“I don’t think they are doing such a goodjob right now. ... How are [all the

changes] really benefiting us? If anythingit’s only making everything harder.” Carla Contreras, music business

“Hell no.”Alexey Streckalov, English

“The administration is not meeting the fullpotential as far as serving the studentswell. … Sometimes they can make stu-

dents feel discouraged.” Marie Vega, business

“No. ...The cancellation of winter has putmany transfer-bound students into jeop-ardy of [not getting] into specific schools

in the fall.”Roshan Akula, mathematics

“The president of the school makes a lotof money that should be going towards

getting more classes.”Kiera Bull, undecided

“I feel [the administration] doesn’t helppeople that are trying to leave, but thenthey’re not helping people that are com-

ing in either.”Kary Calderon, biochemistry

“I would say no. ... Of course things couldbe better, but it is not that bad.”

Gwen McKinley, math

“No because they cancelled winter andthey said that summer classes would betransferrable, but then it turns out they

are not.” Angela Vanthaneeyakul, undecided

"No because I see students' schedulesgetting messed up. ... This administrationis divisive and self-serving. [The adminis-

tration] is top-heavy.”Abby Delman, instructor

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need to be on our side.” Donna Mungen, instructor

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ulty and students.”Mary-Erin Crook, instructor

"Yes I do. I am one [member] of the smallpercent that still supports the administra-

tion." Joe Peron, coach

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Spring concert shines on audience

Faculty has lost confidence

The PCCOrchestra,under the

direction ofMichael

Powers, playsthe music of

Dukasand Sibelius at

the SexsonAuditorium on

March 16.

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Courier

ADAM MITCHELLStaff Writer

The Performing andCommunication Arts Studentsshined brightly in the SpringOrchestra and Choral Concert.

The annual event took place onMarch 16, in the SexsonAuditorium and it was buzzingwith excitement before the show.

Friends and family nervouslygathered while 140 choir mem-bers and additional 55-orchestrastudents prepared to take thestage.

According to the choir DirectorDonald Brinegar the concert ispart of the requirement for theclass. “We have a midterm, onelarge concert [in the first half of

the semester] and in the secondhalf we have another large con-cert,” said Brinegar.

It was a split program with halfof the performance devoted to theorchestra under the direction ofInstructor Michael Powers and itsrendition of the music of PaulDukas and Jean Sibelius. The sec-ond half of the show was devotedto the choir, led by Brinegar per-forming the Ralph VaughnWilliams cantata Dona NobisPacem.

In front of a good size crowdthe performances were a chancefor the Performing andCommunication Arts students toshowcase some of the knowledgethey are gaining while in school.

“The [size of the] crowd

depends on the music; if it is awell known piece or the choirreally likes it, it will draw a bigcrowd,” said Maggie Wong,music major.

The students studied the workin class so by the time the showarrived they were familiar andprepared to take the stage.Matthew Lopez, music therapy,noted: “We have rehearsal threetimes a week on Mondays,Wednesdays, and Fridays. Bynow I can sing this in my sleep.”

Good thing for all the rehearsalbecause the concert went off with-out a hitch and the crowd, filledwith mostly friends and family ofthe performers, was able to enjoya great show and share a little bitin the college experience.

Day of jazz tunesmusicians’ mindsKARLA SOSAStaff Writer

Jazz Day opens the minds ofyoung musicians, says AndreaBaker Wilkerson, director ofLancer Jazz Big Band.

The 7th Annual Jazz Day washeld on Saturday March 16 at theCreveling Lounge and V-111.

Wilkerson, said the purposefor the event had two purposed.“[One, to] show case the bandswe have here [at PCC] and sec-ond to invite students for a dayof education,” said Wilkerson.

According to Wilkerson lastyear there were 10 schools par-ticipated in the event and thisyear there were 13 schools par-ticipating this year.

Eight schools performed inCreveling Lounge and fiveschools were in V-111.

During the day the schoolsthat were participating also hadclinics with two of the gueststhat were invited to the event,who were Gary Foster and SteveWilkerson.

Gary Foster was the first clini-cian when Jazz Day started

seven years ago, said Wilkerson.According to the program,Foster was also a staff member ofPCC from 1971-1991.

The event was non-competi-tive but was for educational pur-poses, “It was well received andit helps prepare bands for theircompetitions that are coming upsoon,” said Wilkerson.

The main event was at noon.While the students and musicdirectors were enjoying theirpizza the Lancer Jazz Big Bandand PCC Commercial MusicEnsemble performed for them.The two guest clinicians GaryFoster and Steve Wilkerson alsoperformed.

Tina Shirmeirter, tromboneplayer from Royal High Schoolin Simi Valley, said she likescoming to Jazz Day, this was hersecond time coming to the event.“I really like coming [to JazzDay] its a lot of fun,” saidShirmeirter.

Paul Pate music director atRoyal High School said the eventwas wonderful. “We like cominghere, we always get great helpfrom the clinicians,” said Pate.

Lissett Matos / CourierThe PCC Lancer Concert Band performed on Friday March 15 at theSexson Auditorium. Conductors Kyle Luck and Tad Carpenter directedthe band with special guest artist Dr. Jason Kihle, marimba.

tive rather than constructivechange at the college while con-sistently ignoring the concerns ofstudents, staff and faculty mem-bers at Pasadena City College,”said Rose.

Carlisi said the vote under-scored major problems on cam-pus.

“Today at PCC we have asuperintendent-president and anadministration whose style ofleadership ignores the very prin-ciples of reasoned judgment,respectful collaboration, andshared values that further ahealthy, productive communitycollege,” said Carlisi. “The voteof no confidence exposes thedeep fissures in the foundationof PCC, which have been causedby President Rocha and hisadministration.”

Addressing the Board, O’Horasaid it could take the collegeyears to recover from the dam-age done.

“Do you, the Board ofTrustees, really want this kind ofdestructive legacy on your

hands?” O’Hora asked. “Canyou really afford to ignore thevoices of both students and 92percent of the faculty voting aposition of no confidence inPresident Rocha?

“We expect that you will listento and act upon this crisis ofleadership so that PCC can startmoving forward.”

The audience reacted to thecomments with roaringapplause, while members of theBoard and President Rocha satwith a look of discontent as theylistened to over an hour of publiccomments attacking the collegepresident and its administration.

The members of the committeesaid in an interview after thepresentation that the purpose oftheir poll was to inform the pub-lic and to help persuade theboard to take action.

“This was our main goal. Thepoint was to make [the results]public and get it out to the com-munity,” said O’Hora. “This willhopefully put pressure on theboard and get them to act, whichthey haven’t been doing.”

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VIVIAN MEZAStaff Writer

Through exposure to musicoffered on campus, students canlearn to love music that theyused to hate before.

According to music theory andcomposition Instructor StevenGates, learning to love musichated is possible. “Students thatdon’t yet love music can betaught to learn to love music,”Gates said. “I don’t know if weteach them how to love music. Ithink like anything in the artsyou can expose [students] tosomething and increase theirunderstanding of it. And often itleads to love in that topic.”

Students must listen to musicthey tried to avoid previously asa requirement to pass the musicappreciation class they have to

take as a GE requirement. Overtime in the class, the music canbecome pleasant to the ear.

Carlos Gonzalez, music, whoswitched from metal to Bach, canrelate. “I used to hate classicalmusic, now I love it. Ever since Itook music theory, I hear it dif-ferently… more as a language,”he said passionately.

Students have also learnedhow to love music in differentways on campus. Candice Maish,biochemistry, learned to loveR&B and pop through danceclasses. “I used to hate listeningto [R&B and pop]. I started danc-ing and it branched out,” shesaid.

Friends also have taught stu-dents to love music that used tobe unbearable. Tiffany Luke,Television and Film, said: “I used

to not like indie folk. It felt like itwasn’t my thing back in the day.I met a friend who listened to acertain [indie folk] band. Themore I listened to it, the more Iliked it.”

Due to the exposure, studentshave changed their perspectiveon music. Luke who also writes

music reviews in her photogra-phy blog, added: “I’m more opento music now. [In my blog], I tryto introduce people with a vari-ety of music. This experience hasmade me a fan of talent insteadof genre”.

Over time Gates has seen stu-dents learn to appreciate music

and as an instructor views this asan accomplishment.

“I think that’s the most impor-tant thing I could ever do – toprovide somebody that ability toappreciate and love somethingthat they haven’t already. Andit’s the most exciting thing I’vewitnessed as a teacher.”

existed here before,” saidRutzen, who has worked at thecollege for over a decade.“Thereseems to be no respect for faculty,for students, for deans, for theinstitution. There is a spirit of fearon this campus that never existedbefore. We’ve lost plurality on thiscampus and a Machiavelli systemhas taken over.” Rutzen’s wordswere met with enthusiasticapplause from members of theSenate and the audience.

Former Student Victor Interianoquestioned Rocha and the Board’sdecision to cancel winter session.

“In spite of all the data that hascome out after the fact, do you feelthat canceling winter was theoperationally, fiscally and peda-gogically appropriate thing to door is it possible that there was anerror in judgment?” askedInteriano. In response, Rochabecame emotional.

“If you want to continue argu-ing the Board’s right to make adecision, we’re not going to getvery far to a kind of understand-ing,” he said.

“I can tell you from myself andeveryone in my administrationthat what is off the table is not dis-

agreement, even bitter disagree-ment but what has to be off thetable is the questioning ofmotives,” said Rocha. Members ofthe Senate, however, did not findRocha’s responses convincing.

“I was not satisfied given thefact that he did not answer thequestions,” said Social SciencesInstructor Eduardo Cairo, duringa break in the proceedings. “Iasked him [about] collegiality, hedid not answer. I asked him aboutstatements made by [BoardMember Geoffrey] Baum, he didnot answer.”

Melissa Michelson, a member ofthe Ad Hoc Faculty Committee,which presented a vote of no con-fidence in Rocha at last week’sBoard of Trustees meeting, wasalso skeptical.

“‘Moving forward’ – there is nosuch thing for me,” saidMichelson. “It’s about dealingwith what we have day to day.This is rhetoric from the adminis-tration that they want us to forgetvery recent history and to justmove on and close our eyes.Implying that if we don’t moveforward then we’re not workingtogether is just unacceptable.”

MADISON MIRANDAStaff Writer

Among the usual misplaceditems, Property and EvidenceClerk Karen Baghdassarian hashad her fair share of odd thingsbrought to her. "It always sur-prises me [what gets turned in],"she says.

Some unusual lost items haveincluded a full croquet set, ababy stroller, and a violin. Anumber of other unexpecteditems have been turned in, suchas shoes, computers and I.D.cards from other colleges.According to Baghdassarian, theitems most commonly turned into the Lost and Found are flashdrives and cellphones.

In January, 210 items wereturned in to Lost and Found, and82 of those items were returnedto their owners. In December,153 items were turned in and 39were returned.

The owners of lost items areidentified and contacted viaemail or phone call. Whenimportant items, such as carkeys, are brought in,Baghdassarian does her best to

get them back to their ownersbefore she leaves for the day at 2p.m. Baghdassarian works atPCC part-time; she is in the Lostand Found office Mondaythrough Thursday from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.

Lost items are kept for 90 days,then are either donated ordestroyed, according toBaghdassarian. Drivers licenses,passports, and other legal docu-ments are returned to the issuingagency. Electronic devices suchas flash drives and iPods arewiped clean after being in Lostand Found for 90 days. "Legallywe have to keep things for 90days," she says.

Some students aren't aware ofthe Lost and Found servicesuntil they lose something. IsaacMateo, undecided, is one ofthem. "I didn't even know wehad a Lost and Found [until Iwas asked],"says Mateo.

According to Baghdassarian,the number of items turned in bycadets is about the same as thenumber of items turned in bystudents and other people oncampus. "We have very honest

people here," she said.Some students, like Kathleen

Little, rely on the honesty of peo-ple to find their lost items. "If Iever lose something, I always goback to the last place I remember[having] it and ask the peoplewho are in the area if they saw itor if they someone else with it. If[they haven't seen it], I would goto campus police or Lost andFound," says Little who is aT.V./Film Production Studiesmajor.

Baghdassarian cautions peo-ple to put their names on every-thing. "If you have a flash drive,put your resume on it. Thats thefirst thing I look for," she said.

She also suggests putting con-tact information as the screen-saver on iPhones in case thephone is locked. Baghdassarianwants to return as many items aspossible, but also thinks peopleshould take responsibility andput their names on their stuff.

"I try to return as much as pos-sible," says Baghdassarian."We'd love [to return] 100 per-cent, but thats not going to hap-pen."

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Bell also said he actually“never bought into a summerterm.” He explained that hebelieved the use of an “ExtendedSpring” would allow studentsaccess to transfer to UC’s andCSU’s.

Colley said that the delay toreleasing the preliminary list ofclasses had also been due to thereshaping of “Summer One” into

“Extended Spring.”“Because students would need

to have the “summer one” class-es post as Spring,” said Colley.“We had to hand-build thosesections back into the ‘old’ lega-cy Santa Rosa system.”

Colley also explained thatsummer will be the first term inthe new Lancerpoint (Banner)system.

MADISON MIRANDAStaff Writer

Somber colors have been a sta-ple in campus fashion for the pastfew years, but that seems to bechanging.

Kathy Sterling, fashion instruc-tor, is glad to see that this trend ischanging. “The PCC students foryears and years have worn a lot ofblack, grays, and blue jeans,” she

says. But now, she feels that fash-ion on campus is changing for thebetter. “Trendsetters are breakingthat pattern and punching it upwith some color,” she says.

Fashion major KimberlyAcevedo has also noticed the shiftin color trends. Acevedo livesnear a Forever 21 store and hasseen bright colors in the windowdisplays. “There’s a lot of neon[and stuff] with a rocker edge,”

she says.Bobby Kang, also a fashion

major, pointed out other PCCtrends. “There’s a lot of camoprint for both men and women,”he says. According to Kang therehave been many baseball caps,desert boots, plaid, bomber jack-ets for men. He also says there area lot of studded things for bothmen and women.

Sonia Parvaneh, fashion major,

says she has seen a lot of mustardcolored clothes on campus. Shealso mentioned that there havebeen many beanies with ears andHello Kitty apparel at PCC.

“Everyone’s in T-shirts andjeans,” observes Ashley Lam,fashion major.

Another trend that seems to beholding true is vintage. “Vintageis always in,” says InstructorSterling. According to her, vin-tage can either look beautiful orsilly depending on how those

wearing it carry themselves.As for upcoming Fall trends,

they seem to be as much a mys-tery to fashion students as any-one. “He or she who accuratelypredicts the future in the fashionindustry makes a lot of money,”says Sterling.

Some fashion forward peoplearen’t relying on upcomingtrends. “I don’t really followtrends, I do my thing,” saysAcevedo.

ADAM MITCHELLStaff Writer

Not only are low-cost dentalservices available on campus forstudents, but the more adventur-ous can get a free cleaning if theyare willing to head up on the spotand hop into the dentist’s chair.

Every day the students of thedental programs have clinic timeswhere they offer students, facultyand the public a chance at low-cost dental care, officials said.

Appointments can be madeover the phone or by visiting theclinic in R 511.

According to Health Sciencesdivision Instructor Thomas P.Neiderer these appointmentssometimes have last minute can-cellations, and when that hap-pens a braver sort is sought out tofill the empty time slots.

The dental students will headout onto campus and ask if otherstudents are willing to fill theempty time slots. If they agreethey are able to receive the serv-ice at no cost, said officials.

Jessica Lee, dental hygiene

major said: “We need 24 to 48hours for cancellations, [we usu-ally do this] once a week.”

“People don’t understand how

important this is for us. [It means]our grade,” said Lee, with all thework done by the students,empty appointments means no

work for that day of class.Those who are willing can help

out the dental program, and inreturn get a free evaluation.

According to Neiderer, in thatevaluation it is determined whatthe best treatment plan is andhow many appointments it maytake to clean your teeth.

The dental program offers avariety of services including teethcleaning, x-rays, and sealants.“All the work is done by studentsand checked by faculty,” saidNeiderer.

Stephanie Frolech, dentalhygiene major said: “[When theappointments go unfilled] wework on fake teeth, do an evalua-tion, a sharpening maybe… butit’s not the same.”

Student and faculty rates rangefrom $5 per tooth for sealant, $10for a cleaning and $20 for a fullmouth x-ray. The rates get slight-ly higher for the public with acleaning going up to $20, but allother costs remain the same.

So if you’re broke and in needof some dental care, keep youreyes peeled when your are oncampus for the students in dentalscrubs who may be approaching.It could mean your lucky day.

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“Extended Spring” dates set for April

classified staff — because of itspersistent contempt for sharedgovernance and its habit ofimposing rather than negotiat-ing,” Schwyzer said.

“The administration presentsan unhappy blend of malice andincompetence. They rightly don’tenjoy the confidence of the collegecommunity.”

Despite the outpouring at theMarch 13 meeting, the Boardremained supportive of PresidentMark Rocha and his administra-tion, according to another Boardstatement released on March 15.

“The Board fully understandsthat there are those who disagreewith the Board’s decision on thecalendar and respects their rightto disagree, but also expects themto respect the Board’s role andright to decide and direct theadministration accordingly,” thestatement said.

Faculty Association PresidentRoger Marheine thought that themeeting was exhilarating becauseof the deluge of collegial dialogue,which is crucial in regaining edu-cational credibility on campus.

“My FA colleagues have won-dered if the Board is listening,”Marheine said, via email. “I per-sonally feel the Board is begin-ning to realize that its membershave been misled, misinformed,and ultimately compromised bytragically flawed administrativeleadership.”

The FA said in a statementreleased on March 18 that the noconfidence votes reflected a crisisat the college.

“These historic and unprece-dented actions by faculty and stu-

dents have documented the crisisin management at our college,”said the statement. “We whole-heartedly support the SharedGovernance process that has beenconsistently and severely under-mined in these past months, andwhich these extraordinary votesseek to uphold.”

Other members of the campuscommunity said the administra-tion did not directly address con-cerns presented at the Boardmeeting.

Dominique Calderon, artmajor, said officials need toaddress the reasons behind thevotes and what the students arefeeling.

“Instead of brushing it off, theyneed to look at all the circum-stances of why students areupset,” Calderon said.

Television and Radio InstructorBarbara Naylor said the commu-nity had strength in its numbers.

“It’s good that the campus com-munity came together. There isforce in numbers,” Naylor said.

“They wouldn’t have gatheredunless there was a problem, nomatter what the administrationtries to say. I am hopeful that thecollective voice will have a posi-tive impact.”

The statement from the Boardof Trustees expressed the desirefor unity and progress.

“In these times, it is importantthat the campus talk with eachother, and not at each other, andrather than pound our fists at his-tory, let us join those handstogether to move forward,” saidthe statement.

Reporting by Emily Chang-Chien,Madison Miranda, ChristineMichaels and Nicholas Saul.

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11CourierMarch 21, 2013 Sports

TIFFANY ROESLERStaff Writer

The women’s softball team fin-ished off last week with a brutalloss to Cerritos College 9-0 onMarch 14 after a landslide victo-ry on March 12 against ECCCompton Center, 12-1.

The Lancers remain in fifthplace in the South CoastConference, 4-5, and 12-13 over-all.

Against Cerritos (8-2, 15-7),the Lancers totaled only threehits and had 18 at bats comparedto the Falcons’ 26. Freshman out-fielder Jazmin Hernandez, fresh-man pitcher Cierra Newton, andfreshman second baseman EmilyCuiriz had one hit apiece.

“We did have good at bats forthe most part,” said Head CoachBrittany Williams. “We adjustedfrom the last time we playedthem, [but] we just didn’t hit theball that hard and didn’t hit itwhen we needed to hit.”

Team errors were minimalalong with the Lancers’ intensi-ty. The team went on a two-inning hitting drought, resultingin defeated looks and fatiguedbody language.

“The energy was just up anddown and that’s what hap-pened,” said Newton. “We justdidn’t hit. They found holeswhere we weren’t. Softball is allabout whoever has momentum.”

It was Newton’s second game

back after being out for twoweeks with an ankle injury. Sheallowed nine runs and had twostrikeouts.

“It was a more competitivegame last time [we playedCerritos],” said Assistant CoachMary Geer. “[Last time] we werein it until the last inning.”

On March 12, the team domi-nated ECC Compton Center, 12-1. The game lasted only until thesixth inning due to the eight-point mercy rule.

It was the Lancers’ fourth vic-tory in a row reaching doubledigits.

“Each win has been a completeteam effort,” said Williams. “Thebottom half of our lineup cameup huge in our past 4 wins,which has been the biggest con-tributing factor.”

Freshman shortstop KatelynThordarson batted 3-for-5, andhad three RBIs off of a triple.Cuiriz went 2-for-3 at the platewith two RBIs, while freshmanthird baseman Audrey Sernabatted 2-for-5.

“Thordarson, Serna and Cuirizhave been very consistent for us,with Cuiriz coming on these lastfew weeks,” said Williams.“They are seeing the ball wellright now and doing their jobs.”

Newton topped off the team’soffensive with tremendouspitching.

She threw a 4-hitter and hadfour strikeouts.

Softball suffersdefeat to Cerritos

Solowomen’sdiverplacesthird

Gweneth Mckinley,PCC’s only women’sdiver, places third in

the 1-meter divingcompetition with 123points at a duel meet

against East LosAngeles College and

host El Camino Collegeon March 15.

Matthew Chan / Courier

Campus expresses frustration

SPORTSSPORTSMarch 21, 2013OURIERC

Track and field breaks records at CSUN TERESA MENDOZAStaff Writer

Alongside top universitiesfrom around California, the PCCtrack and field team competed atthe CSUN invitational onSaturday, snatching up firstplaces and several personalrecords.

Fharhaad Zinnamon won firstplace in the triple jump with aleap of 47 feet and 1 inch.

Omhunique Browne took thestate lead in the women’s 200-meters. She won the 200-meterdash with an impressive time of24.04.

“We trained really hard thispast week and I wanted the ath-letes to come out and competebut at the same time stay injuryfree and prepare for next week,”said Head Coach Larry Wade.

Breanna Clark won her heatNo. 3 in the 400-meter dash at58.11. “This puts Clark as num-ber two in the conference and inthe top ten in the state,” saidWade.

Despite an unfortunate fall theprevious weekend Sofia Amodiaset a personal record and wonher heat in the 400-meter hurdlesat 1:07.98 and placing in the topfive in the 100-meter hurdles at15.92, putting her as ninth in thestate.

“The season is pretty shockingfor me, better than I expected,”said Amodia. “In this event thereis a lot of competition we areversing Division I schools so it’sa good experience for me.”

The competing schools includ-ed host CSU Northridge, USC,Caltech, Pepperdine, other CSUsand various southern Californiacommunity colleges.

Coach Wade explained thedirection his runners devised forthe hurdles. “We were making alate push and now they areshowing they are ready to comeout and be competitive,” he said.

For the men, the 4x400 relayteam sprinted to No. 2 in thestate making the best times in allthe heats. The Lancer team ofChristian White, Aaron Harris,Kameron Burch, and KymoniBellamy placed second at 3:14.94.

“Bellamy stepped out today,with a run putting him on the topten in the state andconference…just want to showwe still have the talent,” saidWade.

Freshmen Khaleel Green,Te’von Mitchell and Shian Halestood out placing in the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdlesraces.

“It was a good day, buildingup more speed going over the

hurdle,” said Mitchell. “PCC is agreat team, we push each otherand we are good as a unit.”

Tywon White and SophomoreVivaswan Burch placed first andsecond in their heats respectivelyin the 200-meter dash.

This meet was meant to trainrunners for the upcoming PCCgames and races. “We have a

couple more races before we getready for conference and so weare using these races to tune-up,”Wade said.

The long distance runners didnot compete in this event as theyhad participated in a big meet atOccidental College the nightbefore.

“Today I thought I could have

done better…but I got next weekat the Pasadena Games so I gotanother chance,” said Amodia.

Pasadena Games will be March22 and March 23 at RobinsonStadium with between 20 to 25college universities.

“We have a big crew comingthis year and we’re really excit-ed,” said Wade.

Teresa Mendoza/CourierFreshman Te'von Mitchell sprints during the 400-meter hurdles at the CSUN Invitational on March 16.

Personal bests for track team at ‘Oxy Distance Carnival’

Kevin Canoleaps through

the water jumpduring the

3000mSteeplechase

at theOccidental

DistanceCarnival track

meet atOccidentalCollege on

Friday. Canowent on to

beat his per-sonal record by

15 seconds.

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BENJAMIN SIMPSONStaff Writer

Three women and four men from theLancer track team broke their personalrecords at the Occidental DistanceCarnival on March 15.

In a field peppered with professionalsand teams from across the country,including Anchorage Alaska, the run-ners from PCC pushed themselvesagainst the stiff competition to achievetheir personal best times.

Kevin Cano and Chris Paidimukkalaraced in the 3000-meter Steeplechase,which is peppered with jumps, includ-ing a water jump.

“I was doing well on the workouts,”said Cano. “I was feeling pretty confi-dent. I was really nervous before therace, but going into it I was relaxed, keptmy pace … tried to pick it up as much atthe end, and I ended up running a greatPR. I was happy, really surprised [with]a 15 second PR.”

Paidimukkala sprinted out at thebeginning of the race, pushing himselfand the field faster.

“I just wanted to achieve in the topthree because of the times,” saidPaidimukkala. “In the first couple laps Iwas going for it, I wasn’t holding any-thing back, just kept my pace all the waythrough. The last three laps were justpainful, I couldn’t hold it anymore, andI PRed by 22 seconds so I am pretty sat-isfied.”

In the women’s 800m, KailadnniChavez ran 2:28.61 beating her PR byone second, Christina Shamirian ran2:30.36 beating her PR by seven seconds,and Crystal Yanez ran 2:37.56 to gain herfirst official time in the event.

In the women’s 1500m Shamirian ran5:10.20, beating her PR by four secondsand Yanez ran a 5:29.59 beating her PRby 12 seconds.

Abraham Esparza and David Chaconboth ran PR’s in the men’s 800m and1500m.

Esparza beat his PR by four secondsin the 800m and 19 seconds in the1500m. Chacon beat his PR by six sec-onds in the 800m and 13 seconds in the1500m.

Badminton battles fiercely against East LA for the winADAM MITCHELLStaff Writer

The women’s badminton teamwon 13-8 on Friday in a toughcontest on the road against EastLos Angeles College.

The friendly introductionsprior to the match quickly gaveway to fierce competition andstrong play on both sides.

“We played pretty well. [We

had some] early season stuff, butit was good to get out with awin,” Head Coach Bill Sanchezsaid.

PCC won a majority of the sin-gles matches going 8-4, and thentook two out of three in the dou-bles matches.

“Shag [Avadisian] playedwell, and so did Angie [Ortiz],”noted Sanchez. Both Ortiz andAvadisian won their singles

matches and Ortiz left the gymwinning every match she playedincluding both doubles matches.

“I played pretty well,” saidOrtiz. “[I] had a good comebackwith eight or nine points in arow.” A state champion lastyear, Ortiz won easily in her sin-gles matches 21-10, 21-10, and21-5, 21-5.

Alyssa Boyt had a marathonsingles game in her first

matchup, a 31-29 heartbreaker inwhich she couldn’t hang on.

“[The score] 31-29 was kind ofridiculous,” said Boyt, “but Icame back and won the secondand third game.”

Boyt fought back hard, takingthe last two games to win theunusual match. “ It was unlikeany game I’ve seen,” saidSanchez.

The Lancers have now won

two in a row to bring the confer-ence record to (2-0), (2-2) overall,and they face ECC Compton intheir upcoming matchup.

It was a good outing for PCCwinning on the road at the startof their conference schedule.They have a home stand on theway with three in a row comingto Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium,which should help them roundinto mid-season form.