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Puma Press Editor
Matthew Casey
Managing Editor
Ron Sanzone
Fine Arts Editor
Vickie Preobrazhenska
Lynx Editor
Bonnie Wentzel
Graphics Support
Stephen Loftus
Community Editor
Janice Semmel
Foods Editor
Joe Daigneault
News Editor
Sara Sloan
Inspirational Editor
Mary Ginty
Fringe Editor
Sean McDaniel
Copy Editor
Gregory Stuart
Features Editor
Jan Eastin
Cathy Droz
Sports Editor
Eliot Dempsey
Staff Writers
David Mayer
Kevin McGuire
Katie Wick
Dani During
Chelly Brown
Daisy Bauer
Jayme Opela
Roman Khomautinnikov
Charity Williamson
Faculty Advisor
Judy Galbraith
The Puma Press is a student newspaper published by Paradise Valley Community College. It is distributed among the college's approximately 7,000 students. For advertising information or to learn how to join the staff, call 602-787-6772 or email:
pumapress@pvmail.maricopa.edu
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| Tensions build on key issues
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| Dr. Mary K. Kickels, PVCC President, has 20 years experience in higher education, three at PVCC. |
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By Ron Sanzone
Managing Editor
Matthew Casey
Editor-in-chief
Throughout the past year, relations between PVCC administrators and faculty members have frayed due to communication breakdowns over budgetary and staffing decisions.
The administration’s decision-making is negatively “impacting instruction,” says Reyes Medrano, PVCC business faculty and president-elect of the Maricopa Community College District’s Faculty Executive Council. “We will not let that happen.”
At its December meeting, the PVCC Faculty Senate will determine a procedure for formally notifying Dr. Mary K. Kickels, PVCC’s president, of issues contributing to the faculty’s increasing loss of confidence in administration.
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to launch iStart Smart pilot program
By Matthew Casey
Editor-in-chief
Beginning in the Spring 2007 semester, new students taking six credit hours or more at PVCC will be required to complete placement tests; attend orientation; meet with advisers; sign up for iGoal, a computer-based program that helps students formulate goals, and take a course orienting them to the college environment.
Vice president of learning, Bob Bendotti, says implementation of the iStart Smart pilot program is a “bold step” for the college.
“It (iSmart Start) is trying to be more supportive of student success by changing some of our systems at the college so that students are placed properly in courses where they are going to be successful and are not going to experience failure,” he said.
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| Yavapai-Apache share culture, cuisine
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By Janice Semmel
Community Editor
On Nov. 8, members of the Yavapai-Apache nation from Camp Verde and Clarkdale honored PVCC students and faculty by performing their songs and dances in the PVCC Amphitheater. While they performed, the Native American Student Association prepared and sold traditional Indian Fry Bread.
Adorned with traditional beadwork jewelry and accessories along with traditional footwear, Delight Plunkett dances to the songs of her tradition.
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| District unveils e-Cashier
By Ron Sanzone
Managing Editor
This past October, the Maricopa County Community College District introduced a new student tuition payment plan. Students at PVCC and other District colleges now have the option to pay their tuition in installments over the course of a semester.
“The District wanted to give students more flexibility,” says Ed Kelty, dean of Information Service of Rio Salado College and coordinator for the district-appointed Student Tuition Plan project.
For a nonrefundable $20 service fee, students may sign up for the plan run by Nelnet Business Solution’s e-Cashier software regardless of the number of units or types of classes they enroll in during a semester. The $20 applies to one semester at one college. Students taking courses at more than one MCCCD college must pay $20 each time they use the plan to pay tuition at a different school. In addition to tuition, students can pay for their lab fees, including the $15 Computer Commons fee, through the plan.
Students who prefer paying their tuition up front may still do so through PVCC’s cashier’s office or, for a $1 service fee, through e-Cashier. For those who choose the installment plan, Nelnet will draft monthly payments on the fifth day of each month from a credit card or checking account provided by the student. Nelnet establishes an electronic connection to the account by drafting the initial $20 service fee from it.
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| Cancer survivor designs holiday card, wins contest
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| Matthew Cigan stands next to the Christmas card he designed. Proceeds from the sale of his card will benefit Phoenix Children's Hospital. |
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By Mary Frances Ginty
Inspiration Editor
As you walk into the Phoenix Children’s hospital, you will notice the children’s artwork hanging on colorful walls, the metal sculptures of a western stagecoach and horses. You might even stare in awe at the horse statue made of toys. All this is only the beginning of all that Phoenix Children’s Hospital has done to create a fun place for sick children. There are also play -rooms, a teen room, a playground and even a school for children with long-term illnesses.
Testing Center office coordinator, Laurie Cigan, is excited that her son Matthew is one of the patient artists for the 2006 Art Project, in support of the Hospital’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. Cigan feels that this is a way for her family to have the chance to give back to the hospital that has done so much for their son Matthew.
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