PCC Courier, April 01, 1977

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President Carter was convinced to go ahead with the talk on the future of college graduates in the new “Carter America.” President Carter outlined his plans to provide jobs for every college graduate and to employ students still in college in “meaningful jobs." The talk was opened to questions from the audience after a half hour. Only one student took part, asking a personal question about Amy Carter. The conference was interrupted numerous times by loud music from the band playing in the Free Speech Area . When asked about the slight student turnout, Brad Baldwin, president of the student body, said he could not understand it. He said that he allocated $500 for publicity on the President's appearance, but’ admitted that he did not recall seeing any posters announcing the event. He said that he would look into the matter. Baldwin said that if he had been directly responsible for publicity for the President's visit, hundreds of students would have been there. Baldwin said that he did not have the time because he was handling publicity for the performance of the rock group "Purple Jive Machine.” He did comment, though, that he was pleased that one campus group at¬ tended the Presidential visit in force, though he was not sure exactly which group it was. He said it was probably the conservative sun worshiper’s club since the students were all wearing dark glasses and business suits. The club composed over half of the audience. Dr. E. Howard Floyd, superin¬ tendent-president of PCC, was sorry that he was not present at President Carter’s appearance. Floyd said that no one in his office even knew about the visit until the President had left. Floyd said that the next time the President visits PCC, there will be a warm welcome for him. ALL GONE— This aerial shot of the PCC campus would seem to prove that recent allegations about the campus wild life are true. Recently the Humane Society charged that thousands of caribou that once ran freely on campus have been slaughtered by members of the PCC Archery Club. Now, none are to be found. —Stall Photo by Otto Focus VOL. 1, NO. 1 A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOMEWHERE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. APRIL FOOLS DAY, 1977 leaving the iital bed for dless. in easy and PCC a nicer, jlace. by Todd Axtell rner Of К socialize. 1 preference amend this , we request atement be X does not is of sexual in providing otional op- wish to seek a ted or non- CC. ' policies are in schools of cities of Palo PCC needs a right of all employment iel F. Lucero -ilee Du Pont udents Union ber of other eared on the d not permit typewritten, mature and i used upon tse. Should jht to select letters is on ( A A VYJ w Contest ends Surf SUGflf A * Date Raters Exhausted A v A vJj < By Angclino Furutaka Staff Writer Brad Baldwin, ASB president, reluctantly announced Monday that the Rate-a-Date Contest would come to a close next week. The contest started three weeks ago to find the best male and female daters in the student body. Under strict rules set forth by the ASB, students are allowed to date members of the ASB Board. The Board member then judges the applicant’s performance. The two winners will Nt *л; bCC i>U< c c Raid on Gym Yields Unmentionable Bounty SLOP ART— The PCC Art Gallery will exhibit the works of several of America’s foremost can collectors beginning April 15. The show includes exhibits such as the one pictured from the collection of PCC student Bob Fillmore. Critics across the country have proclaimed can art as the newest form of expressive artistry. —Stall Photo by Lelca Flex 'Closest Thing to Warhol' Art Gallery Theme Show Canned By Harry Mamfufu Staff Writer A theme show of altered and unaltered aluminum cans by two artists will be on display in the Art Gallery beginning April 15. Art instructor Don Baker, who is responsible for putting the exhibit on, said he has been wanting to do a theme show like this last semester because "It’s the closest thing to an exhibit in an Andy Warhol show.” “Instead of a Warhol show, we contacted two amateur artists— a nobody from Plains, Georgia, who didn’t want to be identified and a PCC student, Bob Fillmore.” APRIL FOOLS This page was designed for humor¬ ous purposes. Any resemblance to actual Courier news pages is an em¬ barrassment to the whole staff. The Courier staff takes no credit for any¬ thing said or done on these pages and, if caught, advisers will disavow any knowledge of our actions. The Georgian artist’s exhibit con¬ sists of 100 Budweiser cans stacked on their sides forming a pyramid. “With all the national effort to save waste, I decided to store the cans in my garage,” he said. “Then some day an artsy type came along and wanted to buy the lot for $100, but I turned him down.” Pasadena-based Fillmore said his cans come from his bedroom collec¬ tion. “With all those all nighters I pulled last semester, I consumed an awful lot of soft drinks. I just kept the cans in my room. They added color to the place. My exhibit is what I had in my room.” While the Georgian artist’s exhibit consists of beer cans in their original unaltered state, Fillmore’s .cans exhibit various stages of boredom and frustration. “One night, a few weeks ago, after I broke up with my girl friend, I piled all the cans in a corner and started to hit them with a drumstick,” he said. “It was an exciting affair. It really relieved my aggressions. I also recorded the event and used it in an electronic composition.” Baker said the two collections represent a new wave of artists that are coming out of the alleys and garbage cans and into respectable art musuems. “The Georgian artist’s cans reveal a desire for real realism, while Fillmore’s cans represent his eagerness to explore shapes and sizes.” Opposing the exhibit is animation instructor Larry Fint. “Free minds and eyes are one thing, but what about taste?” Fint is currently under investigation for making porn films in one of his classes. Siusaidh Aindreas Staff Writer Members of the student body raided the Women's Gym last Tuesday in what ASB president Brad Baldwin termed a move to erase student apathy on campus. A1 Kauti, dean of student activities, led the raiding party. According to Baldwin, notices were posted in several areas of the campus asking men students to participate. A prize of $25 was to be awarded to the most active participant, with the judges being ASB members. At noon the 32 raiders gathered on the west side of the Women's Gym in preparation for the attack, said Baldwin. Several persons wore sacks over their heads with eye and mouthholes cut out. There were no streakers in the crowd, he said. Dean Kauti later said he began the event by requesting permission from the women’s physical education department chairman, to enter the facility for a routine inspection. Permission granted, Dean Kauti said he temporarily directed the chairman's attention away from the locker sections to the equipment room. From then on it was “no problem,” he said. “I went to the back door and pushed it open to let them in,” said Kauti. “The entire raid took less than 10 minutes. Everyone involved enjoyed it. It was a good idea.” After entering the gym Baldwin said the party separated and each group went down a different aisle. “Un¬ fortunately the gym was empty because of noon rec,” he said. The object of the raid, said Baldwin, was to obtain panties of the noon recreation swimmers. “It’s reminiscent of the panty raids of the early 50’s. The only difference is that they are not being tossed out of windows at us. We have to work for them,” said Baldwin. According to tally kept by Dean Kauti, the men emerged from the gym 10 minutes and 12 pairs of panties later. The winner of the $25 prize was Ron Seline, a business major, who took the award with four panties. Women wishing to claim the un¬ dergarments may contact Baldwin in the Campus Center. each receive $100. According to Baldwin, the main reason for discontinuing the contest was the physical condition of the ASB Board. “My people are really exhausted,” he said, “and it’s time to go on to other things. But hey, there was this one Baldwin said that an awards assembly will be held sometimes this month to announce the winners. The Board is still awaiting the return of one Board member from his date in order to tabulate the results. According to Baldwin, the contest has been a complete success. Ap¬ proximately 50 per cent of the student body participated, dating the nine ASB Board members. However, many complaints have been filed with A1 Kauti, dean of student activities. A number of students apparently masqueraded as Board members and set up dates with unsuspecting students on the premise that the date was a part of the contest. One complaining student wanted an investigation into the matter, adding that she was sure she would have won the contest if the date had been legitimate. After viewing . the results of the contest, the Faculty Senate is discussing the possibility of starting a similar contest. wwttAWAW:-:*:*:*:-:-:-:*:*:* Student Poll Turns Up Same Old Nonsense Minister of Touristry Plans To Paint Auditorium Red By Ernest Doodlebop Siberian Correspondent Soviet Minister of Touristry. Androv Kustoyieskivichanov, will be the featured speaker at the next Tuesday Evening Forum. Kustoyiven- skivichanov will speak on Communism A. KUSTOYOVENSKIVICHANOV . . . dirty Commie and present a short film entitled “Through Lithuania, Warsaw, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Berlin and the Rest of the USSR With Love.” The speaker is traveling around the world promoting the goodwill of the Soviet Union and trying to clear up “this terrible misconceptions having been always about my homeland and comrades,” he said. He said that the people of the United States and his own people are very similar and can learn a great deal from each other. Kustoyivenskichanov is par¬ ticipating in a joint program with the U.S. State Department. He is free to travel the U.S.. speaking to audiences about Communism. In return, the State Department has authorized the sale of the new IBM Computermaster X-457ZQ guidance system to be used in commercial airliners in the Soviet Union. The speaker said that this exchange is the first of many and is a "great step” towards the friendship of the two countries. A representative from PCC's Sr. Executive Club said that members of his club will picket Sexson Auditorium protesting the visit. By Freiling Doltish Staff Writer With a new semester underway and a new president in office, the time appeared fertile enough for a student poll on what things PCC students would like to see changed on campus. These are the responses from various students in the Quad Monday morning. March 21. Michcal Tonguer: I’d like to see it more modernized, like unisex bathrooms. The closest PCC gets is having coed plumbing in ■ the R building; the eastside pipes go to women's on floors two and five and to the men's on one. Judy Swarz: I'd like to see dorms here. Either that, or put beds in the classrooms. People always look like they're half asleep anyway. Rob Steele; Get rid of the pool out front, there's no use for it. What good is a mirror pool without a -medicine cabinet behind it? Chuck Round: Get better courses, we don't even compare with other colleges. Like, at Caltech you can study Bertolt Brecht, which includes a field trip to see his plays performed in East Germany. At Stanford, they have the same course, only the Brechtian Theater is put on wheels and moved to the Stanford campus for convenience. And at UCLA, they bring in a parap¬ sychologist who allows you to talk with Brecht through a seance. What’s PCC got to offer? An instructor who reads from a paperback book with a fake German accent. Certainly there’s room for improvement. Мое Noodleman: How about giving out those tee-shirts for free? You know the ones. They say, “Hi, I'm Brad Baldwin and you’re not” in the shape of a swastika. There was one answer which all the respondents gave, however, that seems to sum up the importance of articles of this nature. Unanimous: Do away with student polls. Courier Staff Incarcerated 'Just for Fun' Twenty-three members of the staff of the PCC student newspaper have been placed on academic probation after the college administration un¬ covered plans to make fun of the college. The staff had apparently planned to make fun of all aspects of life at PCC in a special insert to the issue scheduled for April 1 (April Fools Day). According to Courier supplement editor Abraham Jackson, the issue was to have an insert into the regular copy of the Courier that would “poke fun at everything.” “It’s just as well, anyway,” said Jackson. “I doubt if anyone would have noticed the difference anyway.” A MAN’S BEST FRIEND-Tom Ritchie and his pet fly, Jack, practice up for the big time, in hopes of someday making it to the Gong Show. Ritchie has raised Jack from a baby, and even taught the fly person hOW tO fly. -Stall Photo by Pole Hold Fiy Trainer Heads for Variety Show Stardom By Siusaidh Aindreas Staff Writer Tom Ritchie owns a fly. But not just any fly. Ritchie has spent the past five months teaching his fly, whose name is Jack, tricks. “I got him when he was a baby,” said Ritchie. “He was trapped in a window in my home and I didn't have the heart to kill him, so I put him in a box for safekeeping. “Later that day I took off the lid but he didn’t fly away. He seemed to tame. That's when 1 got the idea of training him for talent shows like my friend does with his trained fleas.” The first trick Ritchie taught Jack was how to fly. He said he did not know why Jack was unable to fly, but it was not hard for him to learn. “My friend is a pilot, so one day we took Jack up to show him what it is like my finger and he took off. He circled us a few times and then came back to his box." From that first trick, Jack has learned to do aerial summer-saults, dives, rolls and upside-down cruises. Ritchie said Jack has crash-landed twice. The first was when he was learning to somersault but became dizzy and lost control. The second was when he was learning to dive but became hypnotized by his speed. Both times it took Jack a week to recover, but Ritchie says the accidents were beneficial in the long-run. “Jack isn’t afraid of any trick I might teach him now,” said Ritchie. Currently, he is teaching Jack to dive from a height of lOfeet for a piece of lint he holds between his fingers. When Jack learns this trick Ritchie feels he will be ready for television guest appearances, but so far no one has contacted him. to fly. When we landed I put Jack on