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Volume 97, Number 7
faculty, staff retirement list.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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police officers receive promotions . . . . . . . . . . .
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list of
2011 graduates.. . . . . . . . . . . . 16 sako chapjian concludes baseball season.. . . . . . . . . . . . .
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June 8, 2011
Contract Battle Ends With Classes Set for Summer By Lillian Wu
EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER
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he Board of Trustees faced disagreement from members of the faculty over the side-letter of agreement between the college district and the Faculty Guild during the regular board meeting on May 16, but in a special meeting on May 20, the board ratified a renegotiated agreement which allowed for 200 summer classes and reduced the faculty pay to 60 percent of their regular short session pay. The agreement allowed for summer school to go ahead, with 70 fewer classes that last summer. Without the agreement, there was the danger that there would be no summer school at all, guild representatives said. In a tentative agreement reached just Tuesday, the Guild Executive Board agreed to a reduced workload and pay for college counselors, who are also represented by the Guild. The side letter of agreement reduced the workload and pay of counselors this summer by about 20 percent. The board had disagreed with original language in the agreement that stated that the “Guild shall receive ‘credit’ for the savings from the 60 percent pro-rata rate reduction and the reduction in class offerings in the summer 2011 session and winter 2012 as their proportionate share of the College’s budget deficit. This was removed from the agreement, [See BOT, page 2]
IN THIS ISSUE Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 News.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Center Spread.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 Entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Photo by Shaun Kelly
DANCE FEVER: Daniel Kim and Zhanna Petrosyan perform in the end-of-semester dance showcases. Read about it online at www.elvaq. com or fol-
low this shortened link: http://tinyurl.com/dance052511.
Coach John Cicuto Retires After 36 Years By Lillian Wu
EL VAQUERO STAFF WRITER
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ohn Cicuto believes in the balance of academics and athletics, but with more emphasis on academics. As the men’s athletic director at Glendale Community College since 2007, he has encouraged student athletes to succeed both on and off the field. “I love all sports. I see what sports can do to make them successful in life. Other
people just see the end results of the contest,” he said. This year Cicuto is retiring from teaching with 36 years of service. Cicuto became a full-time instructor at GCC in 1975. He was the instructor for health and physical education courses. At the same time, he became the assistant football coach for the Vaqueros. In 1989 Cicuto became the head football coach. His last year of coaching was in 2008. [See Cicuto, page 8]
Photo by Emmanuel Belviz
GIVE UP, YOU’RE SURROUNDED: Coach John Cicuto has been the center of the football team for most of the last 36 years.