OPINION
FEATURES
SPORTS
Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol. 70 No. 8
NEWSLINE
MAIL-IN REGISTRATION
Beginning April 16, continuing stu¬
dents may pick-up registration pack¬
ets for Summer school in D200. Stu¬
dents need to show their identification
cards to receive the packet.
Mail-in registration should be re¬
turned between May 7 and May 18.
Registration packets may be returned
either by mailing them or by placing
them in the drop box in D200.
According to Stuart A . Wilcox, as¬
sociate dean of admissions and rec¬
ords, “about 50 percent of the con¬
tinuing students use mail-in registra¬
tion. We see this method of registra¬
tion as a service to students. No one
likes to stand in line. We encourage
students to use it.”
Session I of Summer school begins
June and will end July 27. Seesion II
will run from July 30 to September 7.
SATELLITE TELECONFERENCE
“Inventory Control: Knowing
When and How Much to Buy,” a na¬
tionally broadcast live satellite tele¬
conference for small retailers, will be
shown on April 17 in the PCC Forum
from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
The show, produced by the Center
for Apparel Marketing and Merchan¬
dising at Oklahoma State University,
provides an overview of the planning
necessary for the small retailer to be
prepared for market trips and “in¬
store” purchases.
A unique feature offered through
satellite ‘ ‘ teleconferencing” is that the
audience will actually have an oppor¬
tunity to participate in a question and
answer session utilizing a satellite hook¬
up from PCC to the conference site.
Admission is free. The costs are
being paid for by the students of the
Merchandising Management Program
at PCC, who run the M&M Cable Car
Co.
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
April 5-"Options in Engineering,"
K. Kanimian, University of La Veme,
noon, D209
April 5--"Stress Management," M.
Racanelli, 5:30 p.m.,
В
16
April 17-"Career in Chiropractics,"
P. Syderson, Los Angeles College of
Chiropractics, noon, D209
April 23-"Programs Available at
Antioch University," C. Taylor, Anti¬
och University, 10 a.m., R402
April 24-" Winning Resumes," P.
D’Orange-Martin, PCC Counseling,
noon, D209
Easy transfers for students
A bill being proposed by Sen. Gary
Hart, D-Santa Barbara, will guarantee
community college students a “hassle-
free” transfer. Cartoon Page 2
INDEX
Opinion
2
Features
3,6
Photo Essay
4,5
Sports
7
News Features
8
The COURIER
Thursday
April 5, 1990
‘DUCK, COVER AND HOLD’
College conducts quake drill
As a part of its observance of Earth¬
quake Preparedness Month, PCC will
be conducting a college-wide earth¬
quake drill today at 10:15 a.m.
Late last week and earlier this
week, instructors have been informing
their students about the drill, which
should take no more than 15 minutes.
An alarm bell signaling the begin¬
ning of the shaking will ring at approxi¬
mately 10:15 a.m. The PCC Health and
Safety Committee, which organized the
drill, are asking all students, staff and
faculty members to “duck, cover and
hold” for the duration of the 15-sccond
bell. “Duck” means drop down to the
floor. “Cover” means take cover under
a desk, table or other furniture.
“Hold” means hold on to the desk,
table or furniture until the ground
stops shaking and it is safe to move.
After an intermittent bell signals
the end of the earthquake, students,
staff and faculty are to evacuate the
buildings and stay at least 30 feet from
the buildings.
Everyone may return to the
buildings after a continuous bell
signals the end of the drill.
In a memo released to all faculty
members and staff, the Health and
Safety Committee urges the entire
college community to participate in
the earthquake survival drill.
Easier transfers
target of new bill
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
Under a bill proposed by Sen. Gary Hart,
D-Santa Barbara, students in California’s
107 community colleges wishing to transfer
to four-year universities will be guaranteed
easy transfers.
Senate Bill 507, also known as the Guar¬
antee Transfer Bill, calls for the implemen¬
tation of a contractual agreement between
community colleges and four-year colleges
to ensure community college students a
“hassle-free” transfer to one of the state’s
Related story
■ Editorial, page 2
27 four- year institutions upon completion of
a required transfer program.
SB 507 “is currently the most important
piece of legislation pending that concerns
community college students,” said Aija R.
Halliday, vice-president of the California
Students Association of Community Col¬
leges.
The bill, which has been significantly
Please see SB 507, page 8
Michael Rocha
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The COURIER
Students from Cal State Long Beach march around Exposition Park where 4,000 people protested against violence.
Thousands join anti-crime protest
4,000 people march
to ‘Turn the Tide’
away from drugs,
gangs and violence
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
LOS ANGELES -One of the most so¬
cially, economically and ethnically di¬
verse crowds ever to demonstrate against
crime in Los Angeles flooded into Expo¬
sition Park on Saturday, as KABC-TV,
KABC Talkradio and several church-based
community groups staged the culmina¬
tion of a three-month effort to “Turn the
Tide” away from drugs, gangs, graffiti
and urban violence.
Authorities estimated that more than
4,000 people gathered at the park to show
their support of the city-wide effort to gain
control of Los Angeles’ graffiti-laden streets.
“Turn the Tide,’ ’ a joint effort of
К
ABC,
Community Youth Gang Services and sev¬
eral church-based community groups, at¬
tracted nuns, priests, students, celebrities
and politicians. Among them were Arch¬
bishop Roger Mahony, Mayor Tom Bra¬
dley, Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy, several Los
Angeles City Council members and actor
Edward James Olmos. They, along with
several community group leaders, partici¬
pated in the rally and 2-mile march around
Exposition Park, chanting “Turn the Tide”
and carrying anti-crime signs.
“Today, March 31, 1990, marks a his¬
toric occasion,” said Frances James, a “Turn
the Tide’ ’ organizer. “What we have here is
the largest public demonstration against drugs,
gangs, graffiti ever held in Los Angeles.
Here we have people of Southern Califom ia.
Related Stories
I Editorial, page 2
I Photo Essay, pages 4 and 5
from every ethnic group and social class,
men and women of faith and goodwill
come together, march together and now
stand together in this life or death struggle
to preserve life and the future of our
city.”
Among those men and women was
PCC student Cayndis Barhene. A second
semester student at PCC, Barhene said
she participated in Saturday's protest
because “I am an activist and I have an
interest” in things that are happening in
the community. Barhene, who is a single
parent, said “The march was only a step
toward awareness. These kids want to be
somebody. We need to do more than
Please see TIDE, page 8
AS sponsors cultural awareness week
In an effort to “make our campus a place
where cultures can exist in harmony,” the
AS is sponsoring a cultural awareness week
beginning April 16, said Ousama Shamma,
AS coordinator of cultural affairs.
The week will begin with the distribu¬
tion of flyers, informing students, staff and
faculty on the purpose and objective of the
cultural week. Buttons proclaiming the motto
“JUST SAY HELLO” will also be distrib¬
uted. “The purpose of this motto is to let
students get to know each other better and
break the ice between different students of
different cultures,” said Shamma.
On April 17, clubs and cultural groups
have been invited to showcase different aspects
of a certain culture. Tables will be put in the
Quad to display traditional clothing, food
and other things that will help educate the
PCC community about other cultures.
A guest speaker will speak in the Quad at
noon on April 19. “The lecture will deal
with issues of cultural democracy, segrega¬
tion, discrimination and awareness,” said
Shamma. The lecture will be followed by a
discussion on the same topic in the Campus
Center Lounge.
On April 20, there will be more discus¬
sions concerning the needs of different cul¬
tures.
The AS also invites students to join sev¬
eral colleges for a private party at Magic
Mountain at 7 p.m. on April 20. The amuse¬
ment park will be close to the public during
that time. Tickets are available at the Stu¬
dent Bank and Student Activities at SI 1.95.
By BECKY ROUSE
Opinion Editor
Club representatives who attended the
Inter-Club Council (ICC) general forum on
Monday unanimously approved a proposal
that will divide the Multi-Cultural Center in
two. The proposal will now be forwarded to
Dr. James P. Kossler, assistant superinten¬
dent of administrative services.
ICC president Dennisse Mercado intends
to make sure that the proposal is acted upon.
“I will do all I can to expedite the process so
that we can move forward with this,” said
Mercado.
The Multi-Cultural Center will remain
in the rooms it currently occupies (CC215
and CC216). The proposal calls fora divider
to be installed between the two rooms, such
as a sliding glass door or a type of partition
that will reduce the noise level from each
room.
CC216 will house filing cabinets for
each club and at least five desks. The desks
Please see ICC, page 7
Green Street
parking limit
might change
By CYNTHIA AVILA
Staff Writer
If a petition soon to be presented to the
Pasadena Board of City Directors is ap¬
proved, parking on Greet Street, between
Chester and Hill streets, will be unlimited
for students attending PCC.
“Walter Shatford, member of the Board
of Trustees, took it upon his own to survey
the area around campus to find student park¬
ing. He discovered that there are no resi¬
dences in the area of Green Street between
Chester and Hi 11 . S h atford requested through
the board that administration contact busi¬
nesses in the area to see if it is agreeable to
eliminate timed parking,” said Philip L.
Mullendore, director of safety.
Dr. Jack A. Scott, superintendent-presi¬
dent, who has been working hard to help
solve the parking problems, had a survey
conducted and has a signed petition from the
seven businesses on Green Street between
Chester and Hill, agreeing to remove the
one-hour limitation.
Scott will decide when to forward the
petition to the city. ’’This is just one of the
several programs that Dr. Scott has approved
to help solve parking problems,” said Mul¬
lendore.
These “will allow students to park all
day without having to go out and move their
Please see GREEN, page 8
Divided room
settles ICC
space dispute
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