PCC Courier, April 13, 1979

I Happy Easter Everyone! -4 VOL. 47, NO. 9 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 13, I979 Awards and Praise Given W 4 KPCS Airs Voters' Forum Taiwan Visitors Begin Tour Here By Brad Lehman Staff Writer Two college educators from Taiwan will visit PCC from April 17-19. The visit will kick off a nationwide tour of seven community colleges. The educators touring PCC will be only one group in three visiting the United States. All together, 21 different institutions will participate. President-Superintendent Dr. Richard S. Meyers said it will be an “honor” to be the first college to greet the visitors. The educators will probably want to see the occupational and job training programs. Other departments may be emphasized too. Apart from just business, the colleges have been encouraged to hold social events in the travelers’ honor by the chairman of the project, a college president in Florida. “There will be a campus reception during which time everyone will be able to meet them,” Meyers said. Weather permitting, the reception will occur by the mirror pools. The Chinese educators will be spending just over a month in the United States. They will arrive in San Francisco on April 15, and they will fly back to Taiwan from the Bay Area on May 17. Two college presidents will be visiting here. One traveler, Dr. Milton Hsieh, is the son of Taiwan’s vice president. He is the president of a home economics college. Hsieh is also a practicing gynecologist. The other visitor, Dr. Mong Shang- Kuo, was included in the travel plans as a late replacement for another college president who was unable to come. No other information about Dr. Shang-Kuo was available. In the other two groups visiting this country, all are college presidents. The educators will be traveling without and aides whatsoever, said Meyers. Part of the reason is that some of the visitors went to school in the United States and speak English. The two other groups will each tour local colleges. They will either see Los Angeles Valley of Compton Com¬ munity College. Nationalist China is sponsoring the educators’ trip. By Steve McManus Staff Writer Co-sponsorship was again raised as an important issue as the Board of Trustees at its March 29 meeting granted KPCS permission to co¬ sponsor a voters’ forum with the League of Women Voters. KPCS was the focus of several agenda items including recognition of three awards it recently received, information of a satellite link it hopes to establish and an unsolicited audience testimonial on its growth and service in the last 15 years. “If I had known we were going to receive this much coverage,” quipped station manager John Gregory af¬ terward, “I would have tried to stretch it out over a whole semester.” By a vote of 4-1 the board approved KPCS’s plan to tape the statements of six candidates for the Pasadena Board of Directors. The general municipal election will be held Tuesday. The League of Women Voters had already scheduled its voters’ forum for April 8 to allow citizens a chance to hear statements from the candidates and to ask them questions. The League held a similar event on campus last year. KPCS will air both the statements and the question -and-answer periods for each candidate three times before the election. Gregory explained that KPCS does not have enough of a staff to stage their own voters’ forum and that co-sponsorship would “bring out to the public the fact that this is another community service by PCC.” Trustees Roger Gertmenian and Robert Spare both expresed dissatisfaction for the plan. Spare voted against co-sponsorship while Gertmemian abstained. Trustee David Hannah was absent. “The League of Women Voters is as political as the John Birch Society,” said Spare. Having made a personal appearance before the League in the past, Spare called the response “impolite,” adding that “they hiss and boo if you say anything to the right. I would hate to see us associated with an organization such as the League of Women Voters.” Gertmenian ’s dissent was addressed more to the co-sponsorship policy as a whole. “PCC should not co-sponsor anything with any outside organization,” he argued. “We’re going to lay ourselves in for a whole lot of big trouble in the near future.” Trustee Walter Shatford defended the League’s ability to conduct such forums, noting that in the past they have always been “impartial” and “non-partisan.” “In this function, regardless of the impression you may have of them in other roles, the League of Women Voters has performed impeccably,” he stated. Mrs. Jo Heckman was the only candidate who did not show for the forum. She is running unopposed in District 4. Superintendent-President Richard Meyers reported that KPCS received three awards in the 27th Annual California Associated Press Television and Radio Association News Com¬ petition between stations throughout California and Nevada. KPCS competed with other stations that have five or fewer full-time news people. Gregory’s “Search and Seizure” won first prize for Best Editorial-Commentary. Ed Lewis captured two first place awards for his play-by-play of the 1978 CIF Basketball Championships and for newswriting for the station’s evening news. 'Senate Should Share The Blame'— Coleman PCC Officers Attend Convention Four Swept Into Regional Offices By Dan Hutson Fine Arts Editor Four PCC student government of¬ ficers swept their Area elections last weekend at the Spring Conference of the California Community College Student Government Association (CCCSGA) held in Santa Clara, Ca. Charlotte Hutchins. Senate parliamentarian, was elected president of Area nine and Senate President MikeTiberi took the position of vice president. ASB President Derek Coleman was chosen alternate State Board representative and Senate vice president Dave DeRosa was elected Area treasurer. PCC representatives took four of the five positions filled during the con¬ ference. CCCSGA consists of representatives from community college student governments throughout the state. Its purpose is “to provide a method for the collective action of students in iden¬ tifying and meeting their needs in areas of student and community concern.” The organization is divided into nine areas which consist of between nine and 18 colleges. PCC sent a delegation of nine to the conference this year. The other members are Lisa Albanese, ASB vice president; Susan Black, AWS president; Alvar Kauti, ASB Adviser; Brad Keller, Senator , and Fernando Vargas, Senate vice president. At the conference, members of student government from 63 com¬ munity colleges met to elect state-wide officers for the hew term and attended workshops designed to improve the effectiveness of student government officers. They also worked in a meeting of the General Assembly to pass cr fail resolutions on internal association matters, bills the association will support in the state legislature and varioufe national issues, such as nuclear energy. “I think that the conference is really worthwhile in helping student officers become more effective in their work,” said ASB President Derek Coleman. Many members of the PCC delegation were surprised at the amount of cooperation found between ASB and Senate officers within the group. “I really didn’t think that the two groups would get along so well,” said Coleman. However, heated debate on the floor of the General Assembly showed that there was much dissention over various issues. The most hotly con¬ tested resolution concerned the ad¬ dition of two new representatives to the State Board. The State Board is the executive body of the CCCSGA. The new postitons would represent com¬ munity college women’s concerns to the Board. After a tense debate, marked by jeering from advocates of the resolution whenever members voiced opposition, the resolution was voted down. By Tom Pfeiffer Staff Writer Derek Coleman, ASB student body president, recently spoke out against the allegations brought against the Executive Board by the Student Senate. The Executive Board and the Senate are two of the main branches of the student government system at PCC. The Executive Board represents the executive branch, headed up by Coleman. The Senate is the legislative branch and is under the direction of Mike Tiberi, student senate president. In the past, the Senate has accused the Executive Board with irrespon¬ sible spending, catering to special interests, and being unresponsive to the needs of its constituents. The Senate has also put the blame for the lack, until recently, for the existence of a Supreme Council, the judiciary branch of the government as stipulated by the ASB Constitution. Coleman, however, blamed the Health Fee Costs $ 1 For Summer Session By Tom Pfeiffer Staff Writer Registration for summer school will require the payment of a $1 health fee, and starting with the 1980-81 school year, a $1 fee will be charged to everyone desiring a college catalog. These decisions came down from the PCC College Council, which held its latest meeting on Wednesday, March 28. The council also voted not to charge for the booklet of classes offered, normally mailed to district residents each year. The College Council consists of faculty members, and student representation. The two students on the 15 member council are ASB President, Derek Coleman, and 'A Totally Real Production With All That Jazz' Comes to PCC in a Spirited, Professional Show By Margaret Boersig Staff Writer “A Totally Real Production With All That Jazz” comes to PCC’s Sexson stage April 20 and 21 under the direction of modern dance instructor Rikki Magee. The hour and a half production consists of six colorfully costumed dances, three choreographed by Ms. Magee and three by students. The dance production, a semester event of Ms. Magee’s for the last four years, will debut her “Psyche Cosmos” in addition to “Black Forest” which she arranged in 1976 and “Gospel Suite,” arranged in 1977. Five of her 12 dancers have also doubled as choreographers in the orchestration of three dances: “Im¬ prisonment” by Allison Alexander, “Sights Opposed” by Kelly Kittredge and Rebecca Wilson and “Evolution of Motion” by Deborah Avila and Muriel Bunn. “The music we use is that of com¬ mercial artists and the lighting and sound parts of the production will be done by PCC students, probably those in the Electrical Technology Depart¬ ment, explained Ms. Magee in answer to the total staging of the production. Ms. Magee, who has performed professionally on both coasts, remarked that the concert is perhaps the best of a college aged group of men and women. “It is difficult for people in their years immediately after high school to know just what they want to do. Their enthusiasm is not always there. Teaching them is not the easiest thing to do,” she claimed. “I attended a local university,” related Ms. Magee, “and then left the area to attend Mills College for my DANCE, DANCE, DANCE— “A Totally Real Production With All That Jazz” comes to PCC April 20 and 21 . The entire production will involve many PCC students including those in the —Courier photo by Gwen Johnson Electrical Technology Department as well as the dancers. The dance will highlight such numbers as “Psyche Cosmos,” “Black Forest,” “Gospel Suite" and many more. master’s so that I could teach dance. Even though I knew from an early age that I wanted to teach, I remember a time when I didn’t concentrate as much. Also it wasn’t until I was ex¬ posed to dance for a while that I knew I wanted to specialize in modern dan¬ ce.” She also revealed that “beginning this September I. hope to train the dancers in the basics the Fall semester ; the Spring semester will be geared to the production of a dance concert. “1 really think a more professional job could be done this way. The students will be happier with them¬ selves because they will have the time to master the work. As it is now, we are putting in a ridiculous number of hours rehearsing for the upcoming concert so that it can be presented in as professional a manner as we are capable.” Like athletics, a dancer must work every day. It’s similar to learning how to play the piano or anything else. It doesn’t happen overnight. “We have one very good dancer, Lisa Haynes, who intends to pursue dancing professionally. She has been dancing for about five years now and is very good. But it bothers me to see sports, such as football, receive such large sums of money and dancing, which also requires daily work, not to receive as much,” Ms. Magee declared. The tickets sold for the production fund costumes and any other fees associated with the performance. Extra money is used to provide scholarships and grants to potential dancers such as Lisa Haynes. Tickets can be purchased at the PCC Bank and at the door. Donation is $3 per person, senior citizens $1.50 and childreen under 12 are free. The “Totally Real Production” begins at 8 p.m. Student Senate President, Mike Tiberi. At last Wednesday's meeting, Tiberi was unable to attend. Fernando Vargas, first vice president of the student senate took his place. On the two motions passed by the council, the student representatives cast the only dissenting votes. Coleman said he and Vargas voted against the fee for the catalog because of the limitations it would put on student access to the catalog. “The catalog is really instrumental in helping students realize educational |oals. This will be the first time we charge a fee for all catalogs destributed. In the past, all new students received one free, or at least, one was available. Only students who wanted a second catalog paid for it. We should keep it that way,” said Coleman. As far as the Summer health fee is concerned, Coleman felt that it, too, was unnecessary. The summer session fee will afford the same coverage as the usual semesterly $5 fee. This coverage will extend for the duration of whatever program the student is enrolled. “We don’t need a full time doctor on campus. If your badly hurt, or seriously ill they’re just gonna send you to a hospital anyway. I think we could have gotten by with just a nurse, and, of course, the paramedics could cover and real emergency, as they do anyway,” said Coleman. One measure discussed by the council, that was not approved was that of a $.25 charge for the distribution of the annual course list that is mailed to many area residents. A fee for this booklet would cause a stop to its mailings. The council, which unanimously rejected the proposal felt that such a fee would hurt the college by severly limiting outreach. Senate for many of the problems that have surfaced regarding student government, and does not feel the recent change in the leadership of the Senate will change things. “The people who are tearing apart student government are still there,” said Coleman. He said he felt the Executive Board was not being unresponsive, because the Senate was the forum for student views. “There is really no opportunity for student representation in the Executive Board. This should be happening in the Senate, but the students’ feelings are not getting in there. “Student government has an enormous potential. It is the largest student organization on the campus. Here students can get a chance to voice their opinions, and participate in their education. It can provide the services students want.” Coleman added he felt government at PCC is falling far short of its potential This he blamed only par¬ tially on apathetic constituents, but felt most of the blame belongs in the government itself. “The key is communication, which we simply are not doing, mostly because of problems within the system But you have to shut off the car in order to fix it, and this is why the government may appear ineffective.” Coleman also defended the Executive Board against allegations of irresponsibility in fiscal matters. “We only spend money when we have to. We shop around and try to get the most value for our dollars. We try to raise money during some of our programs, such as homecoming, to help pay for other projects. We have as many services as possible performed on campus, such as using the Print- shop, whenever feasible. “As far as our student government award banquets are concerned, I feel these people deserve it. They go through the mill all semester long, and just when they’re ready to give up, we give them encouragement. We are just saying, ‘We appreciate you.’ ” He denied that this was catering to special interests, because the entire student body was invited to the banquet. Coleman also felt allegations that the Executive Board was not properly performing its functions in the sub¬ mission of candidates for Supreme Council were not justified. According to him, no applications for the available positions were received during the previous two semesters. He also explained no faculty adviser was assigned to the post during that period. Coleman was, however, enthusiastic was about the future of student government. “Now w'e need more student interest and input in order to reach our full potential. Things are opening up; we want to provide more services. We need new ideas. The Executive Board is out of ideas for solution to the parking problem, for instance.” While Coleman did express satisfaction that the voter turnout on campus has been inproving, he also stated he did not feel it was important to badger students into government participation. Spring Celebration at PCC Highlights Easter Weekend The first . Pasadena Spring Celebration will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15 on the football field at Pasadena City College. All residents of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley are invited to attend. The musical menu will include several jazz groups, but will feature Middle Eastern, African and Folklorico groups as well. Participation by MECHA, the Chinese Club, the Armenian Club and the food co-op and others will provide an international sampling of foods in several booths. A variety of arts and crafts will be displayed by artists from Santa Cruz, Laguna and Nevada City as well as by students and local community members. Their handiwork ranges from watercolors, weavings, pottery, ceramics and jewelry to hand-made clothing, batik, quilts and cacti. No celebration would be complete, of course, without an appearance by the Easter Bunny. The big bunny will be overseeing a special egg-dying event on Saturday and the annual hunt on Sunday. In addition to all the fun. there will be some booths providing information on public services and community projects. The New Pasadena Club has spearheaded the organizational work for the festival. It plans to use any proceeds to sponsor campus-wide educational forums. A $2 donation makes this an un¬ beatable attraction for the Easter weekend. The festival hours are: Saturday, noon to 10 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.