OPINION
NEWS
Student apathy is a problem in
upcoming elections.
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Telecommunications professor serves on
Canadian committee.
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Women’s tennis team loses
to El Camino, 7-2.
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THE
PAS ADENACITY COLLEGE
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 80 No. 24
COURIER
Serving the Pasadena Community since 1915
THURSDAY
April 6, 1995
Horrell field takes on a brand new look
By RAY ARMENDARIZ
COURIER STAFF WRITER
The college has refurbished
Horrell field in an effort to improve
safety for students and athletes.
Ending years of neglect of the
field, the Board of Trustees unani¬
mously voted to adopt emergency
resolution 232 to ensure the field’s
availability for the 1995 football sea¬
son. The resolution permitted the
college to contract with a company.
Normally when the college de¬
velops a concept for a project, it hires
an architect or designer to work up
plans and specifications. Then the
project goes out to bid and the col¬
lege hires the lowest bidder. This
time because it was dangerous for
athletes to perform because of the
possibility of getting injured, the
Board of Trustees acted on it as an
emergency item.
The repairs were completed dur¬
ing spring-break by the New Seed
Landscaping Company at a cost of
$ 1 9,500. “In an emergency, we take
whatever we have at that point and
we go out to people who do that kind
of work,” said Dr. James Kossler,
assistant superintendent of adminis¬
trative services. “We get competi¬
tive estimates and we ask what it
would cost to have the work done.
“If we didn’t do it now, or if we
started two weeks after we did, then
the field wouldn’t be ready in August
ANITA NARDINE/THE COURIER
The Shatford Library won the prestigious John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award Contest
for its staff members’ work in promoting all the library related activities during the last year.
Shatford Library wins award
By ENRICO PIAZZA
COURIER STAFF WRITER
A number of people on cam¬
pus are patting each other on the
back after the Shatford Library
won the prestigious John Cotton
Dana Library Public Relations
Award Contest for its work in
promoting all the library related
activities during the last year.
The judges were impressed with
the quality and variety of the
celebration and activities, as well
as the library’s three ethnic heri¬
tage rooms and the way con¬
tributors to the successful fund
raising campaign were recog¬
nized. The PCC Foundation
raised $1.5 million of which
$350,000 came from PCC staff¬
ers. The judges were particularly
impressed by “the new logo and
stunning promotional materials re¬
flecting the new building’s architec¬
tural design.”
The eight-sided stars logo was
created by Chris Rose, graphic artist
in the Media Center, who first used
the design on the dedication pro¬
gram.
“In creating a new logo for the
promotional material, I used the ar¬
chitectural motif from the building
in the fountain and in the rotunda,”
Rose said. And the same logo was
used to illustrate the promotional
campaign and activities, with each
star point representing the major
events, such as the opening of the
heritage rooms and the major donor
dinner.
One thing all those involved
stressed, is that it was team work that
brought what public relation direc¬
tor Mark Wallace called the “most
prestigious award a library can
win” to PCC.
“This award recognizes the
efforts of a wide cross section of
the entire PCC staff,” said Dr.
David Dowell, library director.
“In addition to the library staff,
Chris Rose and Oscar Chavez
took part in almost every event.
Mark Wallace and his staff were
always available to assist as were
Grover Goyne and Elaine
Broerman from Institutional
Advancement. Dona Mitoma
took the lead in preparing the
Library Guide, Mary Ann Laun
and Rose worked long hours to
put our awards application to¬
gether.
“ft was a team effort that
brought out the best in all of us.
Please see AWARD, Page 4
for the football season.”
Students taking physical educa¬
tion classes that require use of the
field, have been shuffled around to
other locations to allow the grass to
grow. The track and field team now
practices at Cal Tech and the soccer
class is held in the Men’s Gym.
Other programs including spring
football, golf and cardio vascular
classes have also been moved to
other sites on campus.
Plans forconstructing anewphysi-
cal education complex including a
new football field, were delayed with
the defeat of Proposition 1C last
June. Had that measure passed, the
field would have been completed in
time for next season.
Kossler said there are alternative
ways of getting the money and he is
sure the college will receive the funds
within two to three years. However,
the college couldn’t wait that long to
fix the football field. The next avail¬
able window to get money would be
from the voters in November of 1 996.
The college would have to ask them
to approve a general obligation bond.
The bond would allow the college to
borrow on expected taxes coming
into the state. If the request passes,
the college would receive the funds
the following year.
The other possibility would be
through revenue bonds which would
permit the college to borrow money
against the new complex.
Please see FIELD, Page 4
Board of Trustees’ search
for new president begins
By LUZ MARIA CASTELLANOS
COURIER STAFF WRITER
The Board of Trustees has initi¬
ated the first step in finding a succes¬
sor to replace Superintendent/Presi¬
dent Dr. Jack Scott, who announced
his retirement last month. At
Wednesday’s meeting, the Board
heard presentations from three search
firms which are being considered to
take on the task of finding a new
president for the college.
The three companies, Glenn
Gooder Associates, ACCT, and Witt/
Kieffer/Ford/ Hadelman and Lloyd,
had the opportunity to give a half
hour presentation followed by a half
hour of open questioning by the
board.
The board was mainly concerned
with hiring a company that could
adequately provide a variation of
recruits that would reflect PCC’s
needs. “Diversity is a real issue with
me. PCC is mostly run by a maj ority
of Caucasian staff and I’ve really
had it. So I’m mostly interested in
hiring a company that has a good
ERWIN GOLDBERG/THE COURIER
Jeannette Mann
diversity record,” said George Battle,
the student trustee.
“My main concern is finding a
president that is pro-student. Some¬
one who is concerned about the col¬
leges academics not only the cos¬
metics of the college,” said Robert
Bowman AS president, “He
shouldn’t be ayes man or apuppet.”
In 1986 ACCT assisted PCC in
finding Scott for the presidents posi¬
tion. Before Scott was hired, there
was a problem with the candidates
who had been interviewed by the
company. ApparenUy the group sub¬
mitted for consideration contained
unqualified candidates and therefore
the entire recruiting proses had to be
repeated. The board wanted to be
assured this would not happen again
The three companies, although
they appear to offer similar services,
have noticeable large differences in
charges for services rendered. Glenn
Gooder Associates is asking for
$16,500 for their service. ACCT is
askingfor $21,700 and Witt/Keiffer/
F ord/Hadelman and Lloyd is request¬
ing a fee of $32,500.
Trustee member Warren Weber
said that PCC is hiring an outside
company because the hiring process
will be expedited if a professional is
in charge. Many of the board mem¬
bers feel that hiring an outside com¬
pany to search for a candidate is the
best decision. “I think we should
hire a firm to do the search because
it would be better to have a profes¬
sional, who is trained in tracking and
getting a pool of candidates that we
can choose from,” said Battle.
SHANE CLARKE/THE COURIER
N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer-prize winner and a Kiowa Indian,
emphasizesthe importance of maintaining oral and traditional literature.
Pulitzer
winner
speaks on
campus
By FAVI VALDEZ
COURIER STAFF WRITER
N. Scott Momaday , Pulitzer
prize-winning novelist, playwright,
painter, and poet, spoke to a full
house in the PCC Forum about the
importance of maintaining oral and
traditional literature.
His lecture titled, “Death in a
Museum: One Native American’s
WorldView, “ emphasized the need
to maintain oral language traditions.
Momaday, a Kiowa Indian, dis¬
cussed the significant foundation of
literature, which is an oral tradition.
He said that the key to understanding
the nature of Indian-American lit¬
erature is through its interpreters,
the storytellers and the singers. The
storytellers are a very important part
of Native- American culture because
they are the ones who usually keep
the traditions, legends, and tales
going. Momaday said, “ Stories are
true to our common experiences.
They are told to be believed. In the
Native- Americans’ perspective, oral
tradition achieves a remarkable sta¬
bility, an authority not unlike that in
scripture. The beauty of words leads
to the creation of literature.”
Momaday said,” Language is sa¬
cred and done in beauty. Language
and literature are indivisible.” He
told of how the meaning of words
can change when transferred to pa¬
per. He said they don’t have the
same profound impact. “Both tradi¬
tions are extremely important but
writing is only 6000 years old and
oral tradition is older, therefore more
important,” he explained.
The importance of presenting his
Native- American culture has always
been a goal in Momaday’ s life. He
mentioned the influences of his child-
Please see MOMADAY, Page 4