el Don /SANTA ANA COLLEGE • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014/eldonnews.org
NEWS
Faculty leaders lambasted the
board of trustees Monday when
the group violated its own ethics
policy by taking the first step
toward granting four-year degrees
at Santa Ana College.
The board approved the first
reading of a revised policy that
would allow SAC to take part
in AB 86, a pilot program that
grants community colleges the
ability to award baccalaureate
degrees not offered at California
State University or University of
California campuses.
Under shared governance,
and according to Board Policy
2510, “The Board or its designees
will consult collegially with the
Academic Senate.”
SAC Academic Senate President
John Zarske says the faculty was
not informed of the item before it
was placed on the agenda.
“Sending an agenda a couple of
days before is not collegial consultation,” Zarske said.
The pilot program has created
dissention between a district
board eager to snag one of 15
available spots and faculty members wary of the complications.
“It’s not going to help if we’ve
got an Academic Senate trying to
deny our students,” Trustee John
Hanna said. / HAROLD PIERCE
SMASHED / The suspect broke through a glass window Sept. 6 and looted Phillips Hall. He remains at large. / COURTESY OF RSCCD
BURGLAR STRIKES SAC
More than 14 break-ins have been reported at the college in three years.
BY LIZ MONROY / el Don
A burglar broke into an empty
Phillips Hall Theatre early Sept. 6,
making off with thousands of dollars
of equipment and other valuable
items, Sean Small, technology and
production coordinator said.
The burglar shattered a window
and entered through the theatre’s
green room, made his way into
professor Chris Cannon’s office and
stole several items, including a new
HD camera.
Phillips Hall does not have anti-theft alarms, but a single surveillance camera recorded the incident.
In the past three years at least 14
burglaries have occurred from district buildings.
About six occurred on Santa Ana
College’s campus from 2010 to 2013,
according to RSCCD’s annual secu-
rity report.
Blood splatters were found on
the south side of the hallway facing
Cannon’s offi