Bu<1g•. t planners admit Enrollment future unclear By JOHN RAMOS tetmnated, BC end~d up \liith a near at leut one night d;m, a. RJp Editor·ln·Chlef half·milllon dollar deficit. According between 25-30 per cent. ·m,1 , The admlniltratlon is now in the to Henu.ndez, the budget des.lgners that a lot less parttlme lrutructo,; final atages of preparing next year's knew · the vets' benefits would be to be hired to teach evening ll:!).., ;, b\ldget and according to Dr. John running out, but they felt the loss of a "Our Intention w.u to gel cwry Colllru, BC president and Dr. Jack few vets would be offset by the recent department to put up the ~me Hernandez, as.sl.stant to the president, increase of continuing ed students. percentage of their budgeu," Collins · .Jhey're having a devil of a time trying Thlngs rudn•t work out exactly as explained. "Of course, some /to figure out what the enrollment will espected. The veterans began pulling departments are rather small and could : be like l)eXt Fall. out in droves-over 1,000 in all-and only put up a couple hundred while the administration knew they were in other departments could put up five or six thouund." · Although next year's Sl2 million trouble. budget is being ba.sed on zero growth, To correct the deficit, Collins put While Collins said he hadn't · Hernandez admits they really don't about $420,000 worth of budget items · received too many complaints about know what's going to happen. on "hold." Some of the specific moves the holds, one area of sensitivity, "Students coming straight from high taken were the cancellation of, a particularly among faculty, seems to school do not constitute a majority of $28,000 allotment for tennis court be the refilling of vacated positions. In our enrollment," he explained. "BC Is restroom facilities, postponement of a memo sent out by Collins' office last generally made up of older, continuing remodeling of a chernistty lab, and a semester I the president indic,ted that education students and it's really host of building maintenance projects positions vacated QY resignation or difficult to project how many will be (paintlng, carpeting, etc\ retirement would not be refilJed corning her~_each year." "unless absolutely necessary ..... i' But according to Collins the biggest ~~,;l",'<'<"l;l\:,,~~ Titis year's budget \l,aS based on a ~'!t: ~ money savings, perhaps Sl00,000, was With ~~the- re.cent CCf irement projected 5 per cent gro,,..1h but achieved by assigning additional rt, ... l;,· · t · ~ t · ·d' · · t t MEAN MACIDNE-, Youn, Lape Wollolowftz loou bl awe at dnl raclq ,apttttu Tony Nancy'• top fad tHmbutor: Snnal · . annou s 01 wo a nums ra ors, because of a·massive pullout of .ve.tesan facult:r to eYening load. Over a thrrd of Walt · Tc"· Cl h d. D F k . :day, before the, March Muta sot under. way, the dug car, were put on displ,y in the Valley P!Ju and other places uo'und ~ er c ana an an r. ran town. Next week the Rip wlU featore-pboto coverage of 1},e dng races. students whose· GJ. benefits "''ere the college staff h_curren1ly teaching-·- Wat1ron, a~d -tw; -~~~nselors, ?aul Freed and Ruth Maguire, the BC teaching and counseling staffs are ,.:._ .. looking on with interest to see if the administration intends to "tighten its .M&O workers o"'n belt" too as far as replacement of vacated positions. choose CSEA. On the subject, Hernandez stated that a . replacement committee has in union election decided that, if at all possible, Freed·s and Maguire's positions will not be refilled and their duties are to be Al teachers and administrators of absorbed by the rest of the counseling the Kern Corrununlty College District staff. However, Hernandez also i·-. -- -ue still searching around for an ASB Pr.esident Bleeker: indicated that McOanahan's and organization to represent them in Wattron's positions probably would be collective bargaining, KCCD refilled because in his wocds, "the two maintenance and operatio_ns 'All my attempts are being squashed' men's responsibilities are just too employees have already made their · much to be ?bsorbed by other decision. In an election last week, the By MARK TIDROUX stupid thing1," Bleecker added: a concert, at least we could get some from the te'xt of the article .. administrators." 71 M & 0 employees voted to have the · Rip Staff Writer When asked what role sh~ saw ASB of the people together for one day. Bleecker then added there are two California· School Employees Student government at BC is a joke government playing in the proverbial That probably wouldn't '.-happen · people "who aren't on the Board who Much of the administration's Association represent them in is the impression given by ASB "college community," Bleecker stated: . because aU of my attempts to do have been more helpful in doing what enrollment projections are based on bargaining negotiations. President Molly Bleecker in a recent "Very little because nobody cares. A anything for the students are being I thiJ\k is important for student studies conducted by James Young, The union representation ele!=tion intecview: When asked of her m·ajority of people on the Board of squashed, and the attempts aren't government to do than anyone else on district director of educational held last Monday gave CSEA a narrow observations ;of this semester's Reps come only once a week and unreasonable." the Board, such as policing what is planning and development, and Dr. four vote margin over the Kem women-oriented · ASB government, don't · even check their · mailboxes. When asked for her · general trying to happen in other areas of the David Scott, BC director of · County Employees Association, Bleecker replied, ''We've been worldng There · are only about four 'people observations of ASB government. this · · school, like the administration and institutionai research. ~ile these ·'--'": Service Employees International together pretty well so far. There have doing everything and 'they can't do semester, Bleecker indicated: "Besides staff. Th~e people are Pat Sleele and · studies deal only with enrollment Union, Local 700, AFL-CIO. been a lot of problems like people ~verything for everybody. They kn_ow . those few who work, the majority are lisa Del}inger-they should be on the figures of the Kem County High . Of the 71 eligible to vote, 61 cast being summoned to Court because of how l feel, I gave them a little rap last · just as apathetic as the rest of the student council." School District, they at least give the ballots. Umer said 32°vote~ for CSEA, not enough units. The four top people week. We might· make money because student body. In my opinion they're When asked i(there was anything budget planners a few numbers to 28 for SEIU and one for no union· are doing a lot, the rest don't really Vic Ste. Marie (ASB government e\·en worse because they pretend to be else . happening, Bleecker ceplied, · work with. Accocding to Scott, Uµs ttpresentation. want to try anything new which may ad'risor) is really pushing it." · interested and are only on the Board "Nope. O~ you might say that I asked year students coming to BC straight· The election covered · maintenance be taking a risk, at least that's my As far as working around student to get units, or to have prestige I guess Fowler (Student Court Chief Justice) from high school added 1600 ADA to and operations employees at BC, feeling." apathy, Bleecker replied that it was (tf it's prestigious at all)." about putting a plebescite on the. the school's budget. _Howe\·er, due to Porterville .and Cerro Coso colleges. Mien asked of the ASB student not possible "unless there is some When asked to give her honest ballot to see how people feel about a declining birth. rates, Scott projects This included CSEA chapters 336, 617 government's curr~nt activities, miracle happening, because I don't opinion of ASB government advisor, concert, and I am awaiting a reply." that by 1983 that number will have ·and 246. Other employees, with the Bleecke; respona~d •. "Making money,._ know what·. they want.:..J can't read Vic Ste. Marie, Bleecker commented When asked for any further dropped by one third to about 1070. exception of teachers and for next · year, having a concert their minds you know. I think if we-­ candidly and then demanded most comments, Bleecker said, "No. This Undm.tandably, the administration is administrators, petitioned earlier in anywhere, investigatin·g the budget could have some kind of activities like vigorously that her answer be deleted time I mean it. No, nothing else." - - --:.s bif~'neasjf.""--.-- ..- ·~. the year to have CSEA as the exclusive deficit and related problems­ bargaining agent. cancelling of classes in particular-and • The state's new school employees' the Spring Faire-but that's of nominal collective bargaining law allows interest." ' L.A. dancers schedule BC stay, performance teachers and nonteaching employees "Nobody comes and tells me what to select organizations to represent they want done-it's really hard to get DANCE/LA, a unique dance txtensively ,,..;th the companies of Wolf Trap Company, an4 various dance mo~emen~s and recently them in pay and fringe bene~t anything done with such a small company offering a v.ide-ranging Louis Falco, Glen Tetley, and Jennifer theatre troupes. She is presently head received his second choreographic aegotiations.