The Banner, Vol. 35 No. 11 - April 5, 1991

              The
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Volume XXXV, Number 11
A Publication of the Students of Cal Baptist
April 5, 1991
A/C not operational
Library in shambles
Don Poss has been hired as the new director of Public Safety.
(Photo by thorn Bradley)
Public Safety director hired
My Tom Pace
Editor
Last week, a new public safety
director was selected to head Cal
Baptist's Public Safety department. Don Poss, a former officer
of the Long Beach Police Department, is now on duty as director
of Public Safety.
Poss has had twenty years of
law enforcement experience, in
addition to his most recent post
as a computer analyst and programmer. He has attended Cal
State Long Beach and the Computer Learning Center in Anaheim and received degrees in
criminology and computer
science, which will be used in his
new position.
In addition to Poss's formal education, he has received extensive
training in the field of law enforcement during his tenure on
the LBPD.
When asked why he decided to
come to Cal Baptist, Poss responded, "My first love was law
enforcement." He continued,
"This is a chance to serve the
Lord and get paid for it."
Poss said that he desired to
have an opportunity to incorporate his law enforcement experience with his data processing
skills to serve the campus.
"I want to bring a level of personal service to the students, faculty, and staff." The new director sees his role as being a
"peacemaker, not a headbreaker."
He continued by saying, "There
are problems here, but they can
all be addressed in a professional
manner."
His current plans for the department include the implementation
of an intensive training program
for his staff and the completion
of the department manual, which
will help officers in questions of
procedure. He also wants to acquire mountain bikes to make the
foot patrol officers more mobile
and to place a shield on the department's vehicle to make it a
more visible deterrent to would-
be crime perpetrators.
"What Public Safety needs is
the eyes and ears of the Cal Baptist community to help make this
a safer community," the new di:
rector said. He emphasized that
campus security is only possible
with full cooperation of the community. "This is not an ivory
tower, this is your Public Safety."
"We're people too, and we appreciate courtesy as much as you
do," said Poss, expressing concern for good relations between
campus security and the college
community.
Poss sees his greatest challenge
as providing an increased level of
"training and law enforcement."
He hopes to use his experience to
benefit campus security by providing training for the student officers in CPR, search and seizure
laws and the laws of arrest.
"I want to bring in a more professional level of training," said
Poss.
Recruiting new officers to replace those who will not be on
the force next semester and are
graduating is another concern for
Poss. He also indicated that-he
would like to have some females
apply for positions as officers.
By Paul Edwards
Staff Writer
A dispute between the Honeywell Corporation and California
Baptist College is cited as the
reason that the library's air-
conditioning cogenerational unit
has not functioned since installation.   '
While the system is operable,
it cannot be operated until Honeywell turns over the new aircon-
ditioning equipment to the college. The college has refused to
accept the equipment until the
contract dispute is settled.
"The lease was lopsided in their
(Honeywell's) favor," explained
Dr. Don Evans, Vice President
for Business Affairs for the college. The college made an agreement to lease the equipment for
ten years as part of an overall
contract with Honey weir for energy management. After reviewing
the proposal, the college determined that the agreement was not
satisfactory.
"The Honeywell people did not
respond too quickly," said Evans,
giving the reason for the delay in
resolving the dispute. Approval
to begin construction of the co-
Wanda's Place still
awaits approval
By  Coylene  Pritchett
Special
Wanda's Place is in the process
of being brought up to code. Due
to miscalculations by the designer, a pipe will have to be moved
before the snack bar can be
opened. According to Jamie Coston, it will be about four weeks
before all the changes are completed.
The awning that currently reads
"Legends Cafe" will be changed
to "Wanda's Place" along with
other modifications.
generation and air conditioning
system was given by the college's Board of Trustees in November of 1987. The unit,
which is supposed to provide
year-round temperature control for
the library, was installed over a
period of months beginning in
August-September of 1990, in
accordance with the contract's
schedule.
According to Evans, an agreement has been reached on the
lease dispute and, pending final
word from attorneys, the unit
will soon be operational. The
new agreement is "equitable to
both parties," he said.
This is encouraging news for
Stephen Gateley, Library Services Director for the Annie Gabriel
Library. According to Gateley,
since the unit's installation, "it
just sits here. We don't think too
much about it."
The air-conditioning unit is
only one of Gateley's numerous
concerns about library maintenance. Damaged lights and old
carpet have created a potentially
dangerous situation in some parts
of the building.
The carpet in the main stairwell
See Library, page 4.
ASCBC  elections:
A11 students are encour- ;- ■
aged to vote next week on
Tuesday, Wednesday, :
and Thursday from 9:00
a.m. to2:00"p.m.
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April .8 at 12:00 in the
A.J. Staples room.   Sign
up today in the Religion
office.