PCC Courier, April 19, 1985

VOL. 60. NO. 9 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA. CALIFORNIA SPRING FEVER— PCC student Craig Revello takes advantage of the recent heat to work on his homework and tan between classes. — Courier photo by Mike Luna Oxford Exchange Program Approved By Sister Mary Scully Staff Writer The PCC Board of Trustees recently approved the Employee Exchange Pol¬ icy, developed by the Faculty Senate Education and Exchange Committee. Plans are being made which would allow PCC students to join the first PCC Semester-Abroad Program at Ox¬ ford University in Oxford, England. This program would begin in February 1986 and continue through June 1986. The Employee Exchange Policy states: “The Trustees and Administra¬ tion of the Pasadena Area Community College District endorse and encourage international, national and. local ex¬ changes of faculty, administrators and classified employees with postsecon¬ dary institutions, industry, business and government when such exchanges are consistent with the best interests of the college.” According to Jane Hallinger, professor of English, the exchange program is important because it de¬ velops a broader awareness of cul¬ tures. It also provides views of people as individuals rather than types, con¬ siders the cultural differences and sim¬ ilarities, and gives teachers a sense of rejuvenation, emotionally and intellec¬ tually. The program offers teachers ways of evaluating their own techniques and procedures as they gain insight from other institutions. It allows them to view realistically their own educa¬ tional system. Karen Holgerson, chairwoman for the Faculty Senate Education and Ex¬ change Committee stated that the pro¬ gram should involve faculty, staff and students from various departments such as business, engineering and tech¬ nology, humanities, social science, English and foreign languages. “The purpose of the exchange pro¬ gram is to make it possible for PCC to remain competitive in the world mar¬ ket place,” said Holgerson. “Such ex¬ changes would enhance not only the technical competencies but cross cul¬ tural skills, like adapting products to meet the needs of people in other nations and improving techniques to sell American products abroad.” Holgerson added, “Working toward the development of a more com¬ prehensive global view with a more international perspective and arou an increased awareness beyond the local and national levels will help us (PCC) foster a peaceful coexistence among our neighbors both here and abroad." The proposal for the project was first submitted by Leonard Franco and Dr. Phyllis Mael, professors of English. Final plans for the project will be put before the Board on May 1. Preparations are being made to take 40 students this first semester. The program planned would be patterned after the Santa Barbara Community College Semester- Abroad Program. The students would stay with British families for four months. Students enrolled would be required to take a full-semester, 15-19 units with a major emphasis on English and the Humanities. The following courses would be offered: English 46B, English literature, 3 units, Franco (instructor) ; English 78B, introduction to Shakespeare, 3 units, Mael; Human¬ ities I. Introduction to Humanities, 3 The final plans for the Oxford Exchange Program will be presented before the Board on May 1. KPCC Launches Campaign By Joe Holman News Editor “KPCC, Moving You Up in the World” will be the slogan for KPCC’s “Campaign '85,” the station’s third fund-raiser in the past year and a half. It kicks off tommorrow morning and lasts through April 28. “The slogan translates down to this. Through your direct contribution you are helping the station to improve in all areas. We will especially be strenghtening our news and public af¬ fairs department that are geared to the local community and designed to move you up in the world,” said Larry Shirk, program director. “We want to keep people informed about what is happen¬ ing in their own backyard.” According to Shirk, the goal for Campaign ‘85 is to compile more than the $19,000 in pledges the station re¬ ceived through its last fund-raiser. “This is fast becoming a listener sup¬ ported radio station,” said Shirk. He also noted that the radio audience has grown to an estimated 46,000. Other individuals involved in the fundraiser are Larry Mantle, news director, Beth Cooper, traffic de¬ veloper, and Frank Whiteley, develop¬ ment director. People who pledge more $30 will receive a year subscription to KPCC’s news magazine Air Play. For pledging more than $45 listeners will receive Air Play for a year and KPCC coffee mugs; more than $50, Air Play for a year and two coffee mugs; more than $60, Air Play for a year and a sweatshirt (available in in white with red lettering or red with white. lettering) ; more than $100, Air Play for a year along with a mug and a sweatshirt. The fundraiser is in conjunction with National Public Radio (NPR), the ra¬ dio arm of PBS in Washington D.C. NPR will provide KPCC with celebrity Slogan for Campaign ’85 is ‘KPCC, Moving You Up in the World.’ hosts and endorsements to be aired live. While KPCC will begin the fun¬ draiser on Saturday, NPR will provide its first spot on Monday morning with host Dick Cavett. Other celebrities who will either host a show, call in live on the air or perform in a fundraising program include Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Steve Allen, Candice Bergen, Jean Stapleton, Bruce Jenner and George Plimpton. More than 20 celebri¬ ties have been scheduled throughout the nine-day fundraiser. KPCC plans to conduct several mu¬ sic marathons as well. Next Wednes¬ day and Thursday the theme will be “Sounds of the Big Bands.” The station will continue to broadcast big band music “as long as listeners keep phon¬ ing in,” said Shirk. “This will provide the listener with the rare opportunity to determine what he is listening on the station.” While most of the funds will go to providing new equipment for the sta¬ tion, one long range plan that Shirk mentioned was the possibility of mov¬ ing the station's transmitter from atop the C Building to Mt. Wilson. This move would double the audience and by provide student interns the opportunity to be heard in a larger area. “Listeners will also help us move up in the world,” said Shirk. “We can't make any promises, but audience con¬ tributions will send a clear signal of support for moving the transmitter.” Shirk attributed the improved rat¬ ings and success in past fund-raisers to strenghtening the format and increas¬ ing public relation activities. “The biggest plus has been lenghtening our news at 5 p.m. from half an hour to a full hour,” said Shirk. "The last half hour is dedicated entirely to local news.” By Dan Stuart Editor-In-Chief On Tuesday, the AS Board voted to appropriate no more than $2,000 to fund their group excursion to the Spring ’85 CalSACC Student Leader Conference in Sacramento. The conference, sched¬ uled for the last week in April, will feature tours of the State Capitol and a keynote address by a member of the State Legislature. The budget ap¬ propriation will pay for food, lodging, conference registration and a chart¬ ered Greyhound bus for Board mem¬ bers. AS Commissioners are invited to attend as well, but would have to pay their own way. AS President Cofer said that the amount commissioners would have to pay, which he estimated to be about $100, would be a “substantial enough figure we can be sure that they won't go.” Cofer said the Bookstore Committee Earthquake Simulation Shakes Chemistry Students impact on the physical and social en¬ vironment of eight Southern California Counties. The earthquake produced 20 feet of horizontal displacement and five feet of vertical displacement. The im¬ pact on the U Building will caused minor structural damage. At PCC in the U Building there were 28 minor injuries, 6 major injuries and one death. With the ringing of the bell the scenario started. Nursing 1 students played the roles of the injured; they stayed in the classroom after everyone had been evacuated. The Nursing Staff assisted with building evacuation, search and rescue operations and car¬ ing for the injured. A field hospital was set up by health services. They also distributed first aid supplies. The main¬ tenance crew was instructed to turn off all electricity and simulate turning off gas. According to Dr. John Casey, presi¬ dent of PCC, he had to make a decision whether to involve the whole campus or just part of it. “The U Building was ideal for this drill,” he said “It is the Chemistry Lab and we can see how well we can actually handle these explosive materials. The building itself is away from other buildings. This will eliminate any distractions to other classrooms.” In the 70’s schools put emphasis on instructing students on what to do in case of an earthquake. Since that time earthquake drills have become vir¬ tually extinct. California now is preparing for an earthquake. According to scientists and experts we are long due for a major earthquake. would “probably be meeting in a couple of weeks. We’ll be looking into chang¬ ing some of the policies, and we will have the power to change any existing policies in the bookstore that we want to.” Committee chairman Jim Mares said the key issue was the store’s buy back procedure, which is designed to meet the needs of 6500 students while PCC has nearly three times that many students. He said his committee would recommend increasing the number of locations where students could sell their used books back to the bookstore, and expanding the timeframe in which students may make such exchanges. He said the college “needs something that’s going to be quicker. The lines are just too long and people are waiting for one (full) day to sell back their books." The Board agreed to set aside $200 to contribute to the Legislative Contact Committee, an organization that lob¬ bies for a variety of student-oriented legislation. Cofer said the money would cover postage for mailings, and claimed the investement would return ”$10 for every dollar we spend. It will come back to the college in the form of assistance from the state and from local businesses.” After considerable debate, the resolution was revised so that no money would be spent until the Board approved the documents that would be mailed. By Keith Gustafson Special Correspondent “Shake ’85” a program designed by the L.A. County to test students on how they would react to an earthquake, occured Thursday at 9 a.m. in the U- Building. According to Phillip Mullendore, di¬ rector of safety, Govenor Deukmejian asked each county to put on an exercise to make students aware what to do if an earthquake did happen. “By having this exercise my depart¬ ment has learned where to locate emergency supplies and how to get them.” said Mullendore “The students learned many new things, maybe even one that will save their lives in an actual earthquake situation.” According to the scenario provided by the County, an earthquake with the magnitutude of 8.3 occured on the South Central Andreas Fault. The shaking lasted 47 seconds. It had a significant STIRRED NOT SHAKEN — Students in the U such a situation. Scientists are predicting a major Building were put through a simulated earthquake earthquake in the near future. yesterday morning to test how PCC would handle —Courier photo by Don Plummer units, Mael/Franco; English 44A, Mas¬ terpieces of Literature, 3 units, Franco; English 49, Film as Dramatic Literature. 3 units, Mael; Independent Study- Anthropology, Art, Architec¬ ture, 1 unit, Mael/Franco; English 34, Major Dramatist-V. Woolf, 1 unit, Franco; English 35, Major Dramatist Т. Stoppard, 1 unit, Mael; English 36, Major Peot-Wordsworth, 1 unit, Franco. The humanities course and independent study would include lec¬ tures by professors from the colleges of Oxford University. Extended field study excursions would be part of the program and included are two trips to London for theater and cultural sightseeing, two trips to Stratford-on-Avon and the Shakespearean theater, excursions to Bath and the Salisbury Plain, Avebury, Silbury, Stonehenge and other archaeological sites, trips to the Lake District and the Bronte Country in the Moors of Yorkshire, including studies of Woodsworth, Coleridge, Ruskin, Pot¬ ter and Southey. The overall cost for each student including the excursions will be approx¬ imately $2500. Franco said, “There is a possibility that there might be financial support through the PCC Foundation.” Regular sources of financial aid are being considered for students espe¬ cially grants, loans and scholarships. Any PCC student who has completed 12 units and English 1A or who will be enrolled in English 1A in the 1985 Fall Semester, will be eligible for the PCC/Oxford semester abroad pro¬ gram. Opportunities will be provided for faculty and students to discuss fields of interest. AS Board Discusses Excursion, Bookstore, Budget Campus Briefs Print Course Offered By Robert Carpenter Staff Writer The printing department is now of¬ fering two new classes designed to train students for immediate job place¬ ment. Color Separation Theory (Print 244), and A-C Color Separation Lab ( Print 245 ) will be using state of the art equipment both on and off campus. Students can take Print 245 as many as three semesters. Prerequisites for the course are black and white photogra¬ phy for Graphic Arts and Print 244. An entrance exam must also be passed to enter' the class. Students enrolled in the course learn the process of separating the three primary printing colors (cyan, a type of blue; magenta and yellow) from an original color photograph. This process is completed by way of a computer assisted machine. All other colors are a result of the three primary colors overlaping and mixing. A color scanner reads these colors, determines the cor¬ rect mixtures needed to recreate the colors in the photograph. In the past, the seperating was done by hand and required much time and effort. The scanners perform the task faster and more precisely. Print 245 is held on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., off campus at DS America, a Japanese firm in Irvine. One scanner costs approximately $300,000. Since PCC cannot afford such equipment, the off campus program is an excellent idea, according to Doug Haynes, print shop coordinator. Class instuctor Joe Pusateri saw a similar off campus program taught in Chicago, and brought the concept to PCC. Haynes, along with Nino Valmassoi, assistant dean of com¬ munity services, approved the class. “I am really excited about the opportunity the class holds for its students,” said Haynes. "Students who pass one, two. or three semesters of Print 245 enter a growing industry. Their skills and training are worth about $3100, yet the cost to the student is only the normal PCC registration fee.” said Haynes. He added, "DS America rarely trains peo¬ ple to such an extent, so the class is a great opportunity that should not be passed up. Color scanner operaters who have been in the trade for two years or more make more than $20 an hour." Pusateri will handle job placement will be done, for all major companies, not just DS America. Haynes reported having received up to 10 calls a week from employers that need to fill posi¬ tions in that field. Bissiri Memorial Bv Lisa Acosta Assistant News Editor The deadline for the Ruth Estes Bissiri Memorial Scholarship has been set for April 29 at noon. The scholarship was established in 1951 and has been awarded every year by Alfio Bissiri, who's wife was a former PCC art teacher. This year the award consists of $2000. To this date, $57,200 has already been awarded to students. The scholarship is open to art majors who have taken (or are enrolled in) at least seven art courses at PCC. A general GPA of 2.5 is required as well as a GPA of 3.25 in all art courses. Students must also have completed one semester as a full-time student at PCC. The applicants will be judged on their artistic ability as well as their personality traits. Applications will be reviewed by the Bissiri Committee and those applicants who meet the requirements, will pres¬ ent samples of their work which will be evaluated by the committee. The schol¬ arships will be presented May 28.