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November 23, 2011
Trustees Extend Lindsay’s Contract, Approve Classes By Lillian Wu
EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER
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he board of trustees passed the side letter agreement and memorandum of understanding between the Glendale Community College District and the California School Employees Association and extended superintendent/president Dawn Lindsay’s contract of employment at the Monday meeting. After commencing at 4 p.m., the board opened the floor for public comments. They went into a closed session 10 minutes later to have a conference with labor negotiators, discuss the discipline/ dismissal/release of an employee, and discuss a public employee performance evaluation. Board of Trustees President Anita Gabrielian had to return to Kreider Hall at 5 p.m. to announce that more time was needed. When the members returned to the public session after 6 p.m., Gabrielian reported that all five members approved to extend Lindsay’s contract of employment. The side letter was an agreement of the wages for the fiscal 2011-2012 year. The memorandum stated the CSEA will work a 4/40 work schedule during the winter session from Jan. 9 through Feb. 10. The campus will be closed on Fridays. Board of trustee members Anthony Tartaglia and Vahé Peroomian congratulated CSEA representative and union president Saodat Aziskhanova for coming to the table and bringing a [See Trustees, page 2]
IN THIS ISSUE News.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4, 6-7 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Arts/Entertainment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 Opinion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Vaquero Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Photo by Richard Kontas
AIRBORN: The GCC men’s basketball team is off to a fair start with a 2-2 record so far. Shown above is Vaquero freshman guard Robert Henry
soaring on his way to another bucket against Santa Barbara during the Tip-off Tournament held in Verdugo Gym on Nov. 11 and 12. The Vaqs won both games during the tourney, beating Santa Barbara 78-62 and Compton 90-82. They lost to San Diego Mesa 72-67 Monday night.
Occupy LA at GCC holds Informational Teach-in By Angel Silva
EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER
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ccupy LA at GCC held a teach-in at the faculty lounge on Nov. 10 to inform students of the events and policies leading to the dissent of the American public and the creation of the movement in general. “The ‘Occupy the World’ movement is a social protest movement that is consistent with America’s core values at their best. [It] addresses the tremendous and growing class inequality,” said history professor Gordon Alexandre. Alexandre opened the teachin, explaining the purpose and history of teach-ins and what the GCC teach-in was meant to achieve.
Alexandre gave a brief backHoover Zariani, Center for tion that have allowed corporaground about his history with Student Involvement director, tions to warp the face of politics protests in the ‘60s and added opened the teach-in with a lechis own personal experience to ture on the changes in legisla[See Occupy, page 2] the lecture, recalling the teachins held at UC Berkeley and those where political activist Tom Hayden spoke against the Vietnam War. Hayden is known for his role in the antiwar and civil rights movements of the ‘60s. “[One of the] predecessors we had for [today’s] teach-ins were those held against the Vietnam War,” said Alexandre. However, Alexandre expressed the importance of patience when it comes to revolution. Photo by Lillian Wu “You can’t expect a young movement to attract thousands OCCUPY THIS: Occupy LA at GCC has held a teach-in and a rally of people overnight,” said Al- to show solidarity with the national Occupy movement which strives to exandre. achieve economic justice for the “99 percent.”