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Editor-In-Chief
Daniel J. Quigley
Managing Editor
Heather Larson
Lynx & Opinions Editor
Scott Martin
Community& Wellness Editor
Dennis Spencer
Fine Arts Editor
Irene Harkleroad
Copy Editor
Ben Moreno
News Editor
Nick Arena
Sports Editor
David Casadei
Photo Editor
DJ Greenfield
Graphics Editor
Jeopardy Jaramillo
Staff Writers
Brad Faye
Mary Ginty
Robert Writer
Rhiannon Dodd
Jonathon Edwards
Ed Freedlund
Danielle Loroso
Kyle Michalek
Heidi Myers
Kayla Pareckl
Mark Hirsch
Bonnie Wentzel
Chris Zaborowski
Travis Recchion
Kassandra Zukowski
Francis Beltran
Christen Conroy
Elyse Nardick
Beverly Solis
Tara Twietmeyer
Joe DeCarlo
Jennifer Salman
Tony Langworthy
Faculty Advisor
Judy Galbraith
The Puma Press is a student newspaper published by Paradise Valley Community College. It is distributed among the collegeÙs 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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PVCC welcomes new president to campus
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| Dr. Kickels takes lead at PVCC. |
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By Daniel J. Quigley
Editor-in-chief
“We need people who mean something to us, people who, when we’re with them, it’s like being at home,” says Dr. Mary K. Kickels of the way she wants the atmosphere at PVCC to be.
This type of environment is ideal for the vision Kickels and PVCC share for developing a learning-centered college.
Kickels, the former vice president of academic affairs at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos, Illinois, officially became the president of PVCC Sept. 1, 2004. Kickels replaces Dr. Paul Dale, who agreed to serve as interim president following last year’s death of President Gina Kranitz.
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| 9/11 three years later:
Valley fire fighters remember emotions, destruction left in wake of attacks
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| Photo by Phoenix Fire Department |
| Phoenix firefighter and dog handler David LaFond tussles with his search and rescue dog, Sunny, at Ground Zero. |
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By Robert Writer
Staff Writer
The World Trade Center, New York City, New York. Each floor was larger than an acre of ground. Almost 3,000 dead on that fateful September morning, including many “first responders.” Dust and grime hung in the air like heavy fog. No wind or breeze could dissipate the cloud.
Certainly nothing could lighten our heavy hearts. So said Captain Pete Gorraiz, a 28-year veteran of the Phoenix Fire Department. “I was told, though I didn’t see it, that at the plane’s impact, a steel I-beam hurled from about the fourth floor and fell with such velocity that it penetrated three stories below the asphalt street before stopping in a subway tunnel. After witnessing the overall damage to the buildings, I believed it.”
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Work center causes debate
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| Migrant workers in Palomino, mostly illegal aliens, gather daily at Macehaulli Work Center looking for day labor and money. |
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By Scott Martin
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Lynx” Editor
“Nobody cares about these people,” says Salvador Reza, looking around at the crowd of people gathered together. Some play chess or checkers, while others talk amongst themselves. All look up hopefully every time a pickup truck or van appears in the circular driveway. “Nobody pays attention until they overrun a business or drag down property values. But they are human beings and I’m on their side.”
“These people” are the hundred-plus “jornaleros,” or day laborers, who gather each day at the Macehualli Work Center, 16801 N. 25th St., Phoenix. Reza spends much of his day overseeing the center that he helped create. He has experienced the life of an immigrant first hand. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Reza and his family moved to Texas when his father was granted a work permit.
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Bond to bring $72 million to PVCC if passed in Nov.
By Daniel J. Quigley
Editor-in-chief
The Maricopa County Community College District is asking voters to approve a $951,359,000 bond on the ballot this November under the title of Proposition 401.
The bond, placed on the ballot just as funds from the 1994 bond run out, will bring millions of dollars into the PVCC coffers for improvements including new buildings and renovations. PVCC, the fastest growing campus in the district is expected to grow from almost 8,600 this fall, to 15,000 by 2014. The District is expected to reach an enrollment of 400,000 by the same year, from 113,277 this fall.
“That’s why we need the bond; we’re having a space crisis all over the place,” says MCCCD Governing Board President Linda Rosenthal. The average square footage per full-time student equivalent (FTSE) in the district, or per the number of students averaging 15 credits, is 100 square feet per FTSE.
Currently, the ration at PVCC is 69 square feet per FTSE, according to PVCC Dean of Administrative Services Jane Saldaña-Tally. The bond will not change that number, but will merely allow PVCC to maintain the figure.
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PAC set to feature Tongret play when finished in one year
By Heather Larson
Managing Editor
It’s nothing to look at right now, but one year from now, PVCC students and staff will be watching plays inside the brand new Performing Arts Center currently under construction on the northeast corner of campus.
Today, the sight is a mere concrete and iron skeleton, but one year from now, a beautiful dark red building will be home to professor Alan Tongret’s “The World Aflame.” The play is about British Royal Navy administrator Samuel Pepys (pronounced “peeps” like the Easter candy) and will showcase the many aspects of the state-of-the-art PAC.
Head of the theater department, Tongret, says PAC construction is “on track and on schedule” at 35 percent complete. Its grand opening is set for one year from this month in October of 2005.
“Though much of the building will be finished by spring, those will be the hot months with fewer students and less faculty around.” Tongret says. “We’ll use the summer to make sure it’s in good working order. We’ll work on costumes and scenery for the grand opening.”
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