Fl)Orm Decision Process Surprises Students

fl)orm decision process surprises students DWIGHT DARDEN board rates, effective fall of 1980, lion about it until seven days after it students would tell three more tins assured Chavez of a better trl position~ wirh ~ither fewer hours Managing Editor according to Phil Feldman, BC had been discussed by the Board of students creating a domino effect. paritle system (a system which any available ... or the inability to hire coordinator of housing. Trustees, and reported by The Bak But the RA's did not tell the deci~ions affecting students must be any student workeu." The ~edsion has been made. Pro ersfield Californtan, led the Board studel\lS therefore they were not in passed through faculty, students "In the past, the dorm rent has ~:,... spective and returning Bakersfield' Current double occupancy room of R~ps. to reject the proposal and formed," accordng to Cartagena. and the administration) in the been increased every other year and ~··. College dormitory students will face prices will be increased from $250 to (;. : call a spedal meeting for last Thurs future." this is the year for_an increase. But, ". an increase of room and board S290 per semester, with single oc This statement conflicts with that ,; day because "they did not feel While the increase · of student if things (innation, wages ... ) con prices-despite various cries of "un cupancy rising to $435 per semester of RA Denise Morgan, who, in an !'~··, enough information had been ob board and rent is not a pleasant oc tinue as they arc, donnitory room fairness", rcsulling from the alleged as opposed to the current S375, interview with The Bakersfield •. tained about the proposal," states currence, Feldman sees the only and board rates may be raised on an lack of student noti£ication, and a renecting an overall i l percent in Californian said, "We usually crease. Bob Giroux, ASB sophomore presi alternative being "cuts is student annual basis," says f eldman. temperamental Board of Represen dent. discuss the (dorm meal) contract at tatives meeting which led to a According to Feldman, meal our meetings, but I can't remember special meeting last Thursday. tickets have been increased by" 10.6 Eric Cartagena, ASB vice presi anything recently. No one has said Tram to provide rides '· percent" also. Meal tickets are dent, felt failure to inform the anything about a proposed rate in As the result of exorbitant inna labeled under plans I, 2 and 3, with· · students ·was not the result. of crease." tionary costs, an increase of student plan 2 being the most expensive, malicious intent but "lack of com worker wages, a necessary repair Cartagena continues saying the Sl,313-followed by plan I, Sl,269, munication". and replacement fund, payment of fact "the administration knew for students' safety and plan 3, SJ,050. staff salaries and loans incurred by "Mike Simpson, director of BC about the proposals but did not in RUTH RICHARDS operate tit the end of school and will . the building of the dormitory, the Food and-Services, had informed '. Although the dorm residents ac form the ASB led to a meeting bet Staff Writer continue in the fall, del)Cllding on Kem County Board of Trustees had the RA's (resident advisors) to tell knowledge and accept the proposed ween Ray Chavez, ASB president, Women night students at Bak: student demand. ' approved to increase BC room and three students, hoping those three increases, lack of official notifica- and Dr. John Collins, in which Col- ersfield College no longer will have In the meantime, work will con .. to make that lonely, fearful journey tinue to make the BC campus as safe ·' I across a dark campus to their cars. as po~ible. Lighting the night is an ,. For the rest or this spring semester a effective way to deter lurkers, agree lo, tram will provide servi~ from the McMasters and Chuck Palmgren, inner campus to the northeast park director of maintenance and opera ing lot, according to Ron Mc tion5, who both say the college has Masters, director of BC's security been making a concerted effort over operations. Borrowed from the the last eight years to improve out· Kern County Fairgrounds, 'the tram door lighting. will seat six to 10 people who will be "Keeping the lights working is a picked up outside the well-used, contin11al problem," says Palm night class buildings. McMasters, gren, explaining that most of the who hopes the tram will begin this lights on campus have underground week, says the schedule and route transformers which are affected by Trial basis for summer session has yet to be decided. moisture. "When one or two of The suggestion of the tram came these transformers short out, an en from the Women's Center in tire row of walk lights sometimes response to an alleged campus rape . won't work," states Palmgren, Four day school week scheduled pointing out his window to the which is rumored to have occurred before the spring vacation. ground-level bOJICS which he says Although the campus security office have replaced the underground wir By WALTER STORMONT for the loss or a day, each class will ings in energy biHs over the "l think the students will like the and the Bakersfield police have no ing on 35 percent of the campus Staff Writer be one half hour longer, Wright summer." However, Wright admits · plan," continues Wright, noting record of the rape, McMasters did lights. This 'year, Bakersfield College states, and most of the evening the amount of money the campus that working students will be able to send a timely memo to faculty Palmgren says qllite often a delay :will switch to a summer schedule of classes will be moved to the will save depends greatly on such work a full day on Fridays. He adds members asking them to remind on light repair is caused by a delay : four days per week rather than five, Downtown · Center. "No classes factors as the temperature this sum that the concept is not new to the students to walk in groups and to in receiving the needed parts. "We acrording to Dr. Richard Wright, have been cut,'• Wright str..esses. mer. He is confident .the plan will district, indicating that Porterville avoid dark, deserted areas of the try to keep enough on hand," Palm -dean of students. "We have just compressed the time succeed, though. College and Cerro Coso College campus. gren stresses, "but sometimes we or instruction." "This schedule will be carried out have been using it for some time. Transportation by tram is not are caujtht short." "No one I talked with thought it on a trial basis,.. emphasizes limited to women students, accor According to Wright, the new would be a bad idea," Wright ex "We get lots of lighting com Wright. ''If it goes well this year, we Tne four day work. plan ~ill ding to McMasters, who · says summer plan will save money for plains, saying he has contacted plaints," states Palmgren, but be will probably continue doing it in June 9 through August 15. Under anyone wanting a lift may hop the college. "Recently, we went faculty members, students and moans the lack of actual sugges the years to come." · the new plan, Summer School will aboard. He feels students will not through an energy audit," he says, classified staff about the proposal tions. "It's a little hard to respond"' begin June 16 and end July 24. The mind a IO minute wait if they feel According to the .f\ew plan, "and we came to the conclusion that for a four-day summer week. work day for college employees will safer as a result. The tram will .<Pkax 1tt Pate -0 f":'ridays- wilH,e dropped- from the ··if we ·shut dCJWll one day per week, "There has been no negative feed be from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with a summer school week. To rnake up we will realize about SI00,000 sav- back;" he says. 30:minute lunch period. During the ~o--n~-c----Fourth-of-July-week-each. work day Students awarded Muieres Conio f'Josotras,' will begin at 7 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m. four year scholarships Collins also says that during the highlight of Cinco de Mayo summer schedule, campus s.ecurity To date, the following Bakers san Buckingham, Karen Cook, will continue to be provided seven field College students _have been Dawn McCaa, Leonard Scovill and By JANNlNE BERRY Topics discussed covered various where she served as Administratwe days per week: He points out that awarded scholarships for use at four Julie Wist, all sponsored by Faculty Staff Writer areas such as health employment Assistant/Legislative Consultant. the college will schedule ·no new year coll.eges for 1980-1081, aw,r Wives and Women of BC; and Ter "Mujeres Como Nosotras", and services available, voter par She has presently been appointed as events for Fridays, but those events ding to Yvonne Milliken, associate esa Alvarez, Gigi Littlejohn and "Women Like Us" was the theme ticipation, employment oppor District Manager:, United State5 which have already been planned dean of financial aid; Linda Black, Sheila Morgan whose scholarships · for the MEChA sponsored Chicana tunities of the 80's, and the Chicana Bureau of the Census. for that day will not be canceled or sponsored by the California are sponsored by Bakersfield C<mferencc·activities Wednesday in self-image. Discussing the Self-Image of the moved. Teachers Association and Kem Business and ·Professional Women the Fireside Room. The conference, The conference began with Chicana, was Norma Cano.

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