New Projects May Be Built on Location
College Sells House to Pasadena; Profits Will Be Split
By Lisa Lowery
Assistant News Editor
The recent sale of the student-built house will
possibly begin a profitable venture between the
City of Pasadena and PCC. However, the 27th
house, which is still under construction, may be
the last to be built on campus.
The two bedroom model house sold to the city
for $27,300, the college’s cost for materials, said
Robert Burns, director of the campus purchas¬
ing department. If Pasadena is able to sell the
house, the college stands to receive 50 percent
of the sale’s profit after the city recovers its
costs plus 10 percent. The city is working with
the Neighborhood Housing Development, a
private group, to provide low-income housing
for the community. The business venture be¬
tween the college and the city includes an
option on the other house with the same type of
agreement.
“It’s a cooperative venture,’’ Burns said. The
college, under its governing regulations, can
deal only with another public entity, not a
private organization such as the N.H.D., even
though it is considered a quasi-public group,
Burns explained.
The details of the current business venture
require the city to absorb all moving and
material costs to locate the structure onto city-
owned land. As part of the agreement, PCC’s
construction and remodeling instructor Donald
Richardson will hold his classes at the site and
they will pour the foundation. Any extra costs
for additional construction such as a garage or
driveway are not included in the agreement.
Any houses built in the future as class
projects will probably be built on location,
Burns said. By moving the classes onto building
sites, staff parking will be restored and the
structures can be built to suit the location.
Other areas of the engineering and technology
department can then get involved. Architecture
and blueprint classes could draw up the designs
and plans for the houses as class projects,
Burns said. It would also save the buyer moving
cost, he added.
“Everyone has been asking when it’s going,”
said Lome Johnson, construction instructor,
who disagrees with the idea of moving his
classes to location. “I hope to start another (on-
campus project) next year,” Johnson said. The
use of classroom facilities for related study is
just as important as the construction itself, and
he said it would be difficult to hold classes on a
“pile of lumber.”
“Over the years, it has been a good pro¬
gram,” Said Dr. Lawrence Johannsen, head of
the engineering and technology department.
“But it has become increasingly more difficult
to sell and move the model houses.” He
explained by working with the city and its plans
for low-cost housing, the agreement will benefit
the college, students and the city as well as the
community.
The house, which was moved early Wednes¬
day, took two years to build and two years to
sell, according to Johannsen. A model house,
which will take one year to complete, is
currently being built by Richardson’s construc¬
tion class on location.
Johannsen said he hopes the remaining house
will be finished in June. Even if for some reason
it is not finished on schedule, it will be sold “as
is” and moved off campus during the summer,
he added.
WHERE'S THE BALL? — Dr. Jim Powers, eyes closed, takes a
swipe at the ball and nearly hits Billy Moses in the face during
Monday's benefit basketball game. Moses, who is a cast member on
"Falcon Crest,” played for the winning celebrity team. The final score
was 101-78.
— Photo courtesy of Douglas R. Burrows
Celebrities Defeat Faculty and Staff
Basketball Game Benefits AS
By Joe Holman
Special Correspondent
The celebrity basketball game, which matched
faculty and staff members against various film and
television actors, raised money but missed meeting
the $1000 goal. Students Mary Eldridge and Dan
Violin promoted the event as a fundraiser for AS.
Josephina’s Celebrity All-stars play basketball for
charity, but hold no practices. They play once a week
against teams, such as the PCC faculty on Monday.
From the opening tip to the final buzzer, the
celebrities dominated the game, using a torrid
fastbreak and strong inside game. The final score of
the contest, 101-78, reflected a scoring surge by the
Josephina’s team near the end of the game.
The celebrities scored the first two points when
Adam Mills (Valley Girl) grabbed the tip and raced
the length of the court for a layup. The faculty fell
behind early by six points, but battled back to take
their only lead of the game 12-8. From that point on,
the youth of the celebrities prevailed as they
outscored the tiring faculty members 16-4. The first
quarter ended with the celebrities on top 26-18.
“The game was very competitive,” said faculty
member Ed Simpson, who started on the USC
basketball team for two years in the early 1950’s.
“Both sides took the game seriously and wanted to
win,” he added.
Play got rough in the second quarter, which
benefited the faculty. Counselor Arnold Ramirez
scored 10 of his game-high 35 points and grabbed four
of his game-high nine rebounds in the second period to
keep the faculty’s hopes alive. “I’m usually not that
hot,” said Ramirez, who played at Northern Arizona
University. The score at intermission saw the celebri¬
ties clinging to a 10 point lead at 48-38.
The second half included more behind-the-back
passes, flashy dribbling and scuffles as Curt Wilmot
(General Hospital) took control of the game hitting
several shots from around the key, getting two slam
dunks and an alley-oop off an inbounds pass. Wilmont
scored nine of his 15 points in the second half.
The celebrities held a slim 78-67 lead with five
minutes left in the game, but outscored the faculty
22-8, with 10 of those coming from Billy Moses
(Falcon Crest), for the final margin. Moses ended as
high scorer for the celebrities with 16 points, while
Ernest Harden Jr. (The Jeffersons) finished with 12.
“I really enjoyed playing with the faculty. I
especially enjoyed seeing coach (George) Terzain out
there,” said Frank Woods, PCC men's basketball
assistant coach.
Terzian, who played basketball at Westmont, fin¬
ished the game with 14 points, including several
twenty-foot rainbow shots.
“The legs just aren’t what they used to be,” said
Terzian, following a rare miss from the free-throw
line.
“I like playing basketball with these people
(Josephina’s) every week,” said Angustain. “I like
getting out and talking to other actors to see how they
feel about the projects I’m involed in.” Angustain.
who graduated from Wilson High School in 1976, has
been acting since he was four years old.
Pursue Nursing Careers Separately, Together
Mother and
By Irene Garcia
Staff Writer
t’s not too often that a mother
attends college at the same time
as her two daughters, plans to
obtain a degree in the same field and
even takes classes with them.
Such is the case for Pauline
Daughters
Bocanegra, 43, who is pursuing a
nursing career along with her
daughters Irean, 23 and Maria, 21. In
June 1984 Irean and Maria will be
Registered Nurses. Pauline how¬
ever, trails one semester behind
because she took off last semester
to care for a sick family member.
She said she hopes to graduate next
February.
The Bocanegra trio calls it simply
a coincidence that they all decided
to become nurses. Maria knew what
she wanted to do and came to PCC
immediately after graduating from
high school. Irean took some time
off from school, and Pauline took
quite a bit of time off. “I took two
years off, and my mom took off 20,”
Irean said.
Pauline recalls the first day of
class when the teacher called roll,
“after calling Irean Bocanegra,
Pauline Bocanegra, Maria Bocane¬
gra, she said, ‘are you by chance
related.’ I began laughing and said
yes, we’re sisters.”
The family studies together and
helps each other in many ways.
They share their work and discuss
test results. “Teachers encourage
people in the class to study together
with others, and we do,” Pauline
said.
“The family has really been great
in supporting me,” Pauline said.
Although Pauline has a husband and
two other children to care for, she
said the family members have been
quite supportive. In fact, there is so
much family support that when
teachers in the nursing department
were getting laid off due to budget
cuts, the father and another sister
Maria Bocanegra becomes her
sister Irean's human guinea pig.
participated in a rally protesting the
layoffs.
As far as classmates’ reactions to
this unusual trio, the Bocanegras
say everyone is pretty amazed and
can’t believe they’re all going to
school for the same thing. “They
ask a lot of questions about how we
all decided to do the same thing at
the same time.” Maria said.
Going to school together can sim¬
plify things when it comes to coordi¬
nating studying and transportation,
but it doesn’t always work out
smoothly. Because they are related,
the Bocanegras are not allowed to
put in their internship hours in the
same hospital at the same time.
Irean goes to Glendale Hospital,
while Maria and Pauline go to Hun-
ington, but on different days.
“Maybe they thought we’d become a
subgroup and take over,’ Pauline
said.
Regardless, the Bocanegras are
quite content with their “sub¬
group.” They are planning to per¬
haps work together in the future.
Even though Maria wants to be a
practitioner, Irean a trauma nurse
and Pauline has not yet decided,
they wish to somehow work together
in the future.
“Maybe someday, we can have
our own little hospital,” Maria said.
Irean Bocanegra
Pauline Bocanegra works with infants in Huntington Memorial's
nursery. — Courier photos by Miya Kuromiya
Women Must Continue To Struggle
Mann and Mie/e Featured at Forum
By Christine del Villar
Staff Writer
Women’s unfinished struggle for an
equal voice in society and a recent
decision by the Supreme Court leave
women a long way from their goals of
equality and opportunity, according to
a presentation by Dr. Jeanette Mann
and Susanna Miele, Board of Trustee
members. Mann and Miele spoke at a
forum entitled “Women in America:
An Unfinished Agenda” recently. The
department of social science sponsored
the forum.
Miele pointed out that even though
the majority opinion of the country held
that the ERA Amendment should be
passed, it was not. Women must still
continue their struggle even though
their goals may not be reached in their
lifetime, she said. Early feminists
knew they were working toward an
equality for women in America that
they would never see. “They died
before they reached their goals,” Miele
said.
Miele sees economics as the key to
political gains for women. “We are
seeing the feminization of poverty.
Women as heads of households are at
the poverty level,” she said.
A variety of issues still must be
addressed Miele maintained. These is¬
sues include employment, childcare,
violence against women and educa¬
tional opportunities.
The passage of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 made it illegal for employers to
discriminate in hiring because of
“race, religion, national origin or sex”.
Changes have taken place to both
strengthen and weaken this act. Ac¬
cording to Mann the most significant to
women in education was legislation
passed in 1972 which made it illegal for
federally funded institutions to dis¬
criminate because of sex.
Until that time “women were graded
on a separate scale in colleges across
the country and excluded from some
curriculum,” Mann said.
“Recently the Supreme Court in¬
terpreted the law to mean it is not
illegal to discriminate against women
unless the specific program, or activity
itself, the is receiving federal funds,”
she said. Mann sees this as a giant step
backward since the Supreme Court
decision cannot be reversed without
introducing new legislation.
Legislation has passed in California
making it illegal for any agency receiv¬
ing state funds to discriminate because
of sex, Mann said. “But there is no
enforcement of this law in California.
Therefore the law is useless,” Mann
pointed out.
“The women’s agenda is much more
unfinished than it was six weeks ago.
We certainly have our work cut out for
us,” Mann said.
“Women will stick together on
women’s issues” in the coming elec¬
tions, Miele maintained. “As women
we must look at candidates and meas¬
ure them against their support for
women’s issues,” she said.
Mann is looking forward to the
“creation of a society where individ¬
uals are judged by their talents and
abilities, not their age, sex, religion or
national origin.”
Miele believes that men and women
were created different but equal.
“We’ve got to give both of our gifts to
the world. If we are equal we are
working together. There is no limit to
what we can accomplish.”
EASTER DUO — Two-year-old Jamie
Lowry, wearing her Easter finery, dis¬
plays her Easter eggs. Five-year-old
brother Jason, dressed in ears and tail,
pretends he's the Easter Bunny.
— Courier photo by Diana Milon