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VOL. 43, N0.9 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA APRIL22, 1977
—Courier Photo by Laurel Capune
IT’S HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME-Humanities
major Maritza Marnon tells about her recent
experiences as a contestant in the “Price is
Right” game show. She did not win the grand
prize on th^ show which airs May 19, but
claims it was even fun to lose.
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Come On Down!
By Jim Bradley
Staff Writer
Bilingual abilities helped humanities
major Maritza Marnon to get on national TV.
She was one of the nine selected from 300
persons to be a contestant on CBS’s “The
Price is Right” morning show.
In order to impress the show’s director,
Jay Wilber, she said,“Hola, que tal? Como
estas?” Spanish for “Hello, how are you?”
She paused and added, “I’m from
Nicaragua; I can speak English.”
“I’m glad, or it would have been a short
conversation,” the director said.
“You have to impress the director; this
was the only way I knew how, plus a flashing
smile,” Ms. Marnon said.
Her journey into national television
began at 4:30p.m. when she arrived at the
CBS Studios where she had to stand in line to
obtain a ticket. “There were 75 people before
me. Even getting into the show was an or¬
deal,” Ms. Marnon said.
After she received her ticket, she was
given a number to hand to the director when
they met for the first time. It was at this time
that she introduced herself in Spanish.
“If you get accepted, the director rubs
the slip as a signal to the aide standing
behind him that this person is a winner.
“I didn’t know that I was going to be
chosen, but the people around me did,” she
said.
“When you walk in, the place is colorful.
They have rock music playing and the
technicians clap their hands to relax people
and to get them in the game show mood,” she
said.
Prior to the show’s taping at 8:30 p.m.,
audience members are told how to react if
chosen as a contestant. “They told us not to
worry about hitting the person sitting next to
you. Go ahead and hit him or trip over him
and have your best smile for the camera,”
Ms. Marnon said.
During the break, announcer Johnny
Olson dressed in a gorilla suit and did a go-go
dance in a business suit. “He also came out
dressed in pajamas and showed he had white
legs. Everybody started to whistle. It’s all to
get the audience going,” Ms. Marnon said.
As the show progressed, she was asked,
“Maritza Marnon, come on down.” Her life
as a “Price is Right” contestant began.
In the program, she had to estimate the
price of several items in a matter of two or
three seconds. “I said that a movie projector
cost $1000; actually it was only $490.
“After standing in line for so long, you
get tired. And during the show you almost
have to guess impulsively. If I had more
time, I could have guessed a more accurate
price.”
However, with all the excitement of the
show and Johnny Olson’s costumes, she did
not come out a winner, “It’s a prize in itself
to get selected. But it’s kind of embarrassing
to me and my friends. Game show host Bob
Barker crossed his fingers hoping I would
win.”
Instead, she received a consolation prize
which consisted of $125 worth of jewelry, a
$25 gift certificate at Jack-in-the-Box and a
$50 gift certificate for paint.
The show will air May 19 on Channel 2 at
9:30 a.m.
She likes to watch game shows
frequently. “It is fun to watch people win
things. It’s the best thing for TV because it’s
not depressing.
Coop Center
Sign-ups Being Taken for ASB,
Faculty Sponsored Talent Show
By Maria Leon
Staff Writer
Students, faculty and staff members
may sign up for the talent show
sponsored by the Faculty Association
and the Associated Student Body,
which will be held in Sexson
Auditorium on Friday, June 3.
Interested students may sign up with
Dorothy Byles at the Campus Center
reception desk, while faculty and staff
members may sign up with Peggy
Wardlaw in the Women’s Physical
Education Department.
“The show has been named ‘On
Stage Everybody!’ by the
organizational committee,” said A1
Kauti. dean of student activities and
member of the talent show committee.
The committee already listed some
acts for tlje show during their meeting
last week. Two vice-presidents, whose
names have been withheld by Dean
Kauti, will form part of the group
“Hungry Five.”
Gary Foster, instructor in the Music
Department, will do an instrumental
performance; William Logan, in¬
structor in the Communications
Department, will sing “The House I
Live In” ; Keith Miller, president of the
Faculty Senate, will perform on the
piano: and “Sand Bags,” headed by
Mary Eerie, psychological services
secretary, will present a skit.
Samuel Soghomonian, social science
instructor, will be master of
ceremonies. Anthony Georgilas, in¬
structor in the Communications
Department, and Ms. Wardlaw will be
in charge of production and staging.
Robert Carroll, communications
instructor; Don Keck, stage manager,
and Frank Way, stage technician, will
be in charge of the stage settings. A1
Turnbull, business instructor, will be
in charge of sales.
Forming the organizational com¬
mittee are also Brad Baldwin, ASB
president; Robert Gomperz, publicity
director; Maeda Hall, information;
Bill Jacot, engineering and technology
instructor; Halaine Wachter, per¬
sonnel services, and Marianne
Loniello. Faculty Association
president.
The funds collected from ticket sales
will be donated to student scholarships
and clubs, according to Kauti.
BEST OF MEChA— Contestants tor MfcChA queen,
Sophia Zaldwar, Arlene Moncayo and Marie
Samaniego will vie for the honor of reigning over
Mexican Culture Week, May 2 through 6. The queen
will also reign over Cinco de Mayo festivities.
Absent from the picture are Tina Garcia and Angel
Garcia. —Courier Photos by Sarah Lawrence
Event Planned for Scholarship Funds
ASB Auction Gains Much-Needed Support
After two weeks of trying to gather
support, the ASB this week announced
that it finally has enough workers to
proceed with an ASB auction and flea
market to be held in June.
The ASB is seeking merchandise
donations from area businesses which
will be auctioned for total profit to the
ASB. A flea market will take place at
the same time, with the merchandise
coming from the individual vendors.
The concept was introduced in a
Board meeting last month as a sure
profit activity. It was pointed out at
that time that St. Francis High School
held a similar event recently and
netted approximately $100,000.
Extensive plans were prepared for
dividing manpower and organizing the
auction and flea market.
However, little support was given
and last week Tom Selinski, ASB
finance commissioner, said that the
event would have to be “revised or
eliminated.'” It was suggested at that
time that money normally granted by
the ASB to organizations for PCC’s
Culture Week might be withheld if
those organizations did not contribute
toward the auction.
Two meetings were held to deter¬
mine if campus clubs would support,
the auction and lend some of their
members to do the necessary work.
The clubs said Tuesday that they
would assist.
Some of the jobs involved are con¬
tacting local businesses and enlisting
their donations, preparing and
removing equipment on the day of the
event and patrolling the auction’s
location.
Brad Baldwin, ASB president, said if
clubs lend their assistance, they will be
granted a booth in the flea market.
Baldwin added he would like to have
the support of college departments and
students in general and that they will
also be given flea market booths if they
assist.
“Organization is very sound. . . . It’s
just a matter of the clubs working
together,” Baldwin said.
Now that the ASB is assured of some
support, Baldwin said the next step
will be to seek the merchants. A
program will be published with a list of
all the items up for auction and the
names of the contributors.
Baldwin said that the situation had
to be solidified before the businesses
could be contacted.
Bidding on all items will start at half
of the normal retail price.
Proceeds from the auction will go
toward establishing a student
scholarship fund awarded by the ASB.
Specific plans have not yet been
worked out for the selection process
but Baldwin said that the money
granted will be for use, at a four-year
college and not for financial assistance
while attending PCC.
Funds Urged
By James Proctor
Staff Writer
The Cooperative Education Center
has recommended that the Board of
Trustees approve an application for
$62,234 to, develop a Resource Training
Center at PCC.
The Department of Health,
facilitate communication among
cooperative education person¬
nel and institutions
Education and Welfare (HEW) will
supply the funds if it approves the
program. The project would begin July
1 and be completed June 30, 1978.
The objective of the program, ac¬
cording to an outline submitted to the
Board, is to establish a Southwestern
Regional Training and Resource
Center for Cooperative Education,
based at PCC.
The center would work in con-
Penny Votes
To Choose
OMD Royalty
Omicron Mu Delta, the highest
honorary campus service organization
which honors outstanding students,
began its annual OMD Queen contest
last Thursday with a new category : a
king is also going to be selected this
year.
Participants in the contest represent
their department, club or ad¬
ministrative office and are required to
collect money in their bid for the royal
offices. Each penny collected
represents one vote.
The five contestants who collect the
most penny votes by May 6 will be
involved in the final penny-pinching
campaign to last until May 13. The
winner of the king and queen contests
will be announced June 19.
Any late entrants can receive ap¬
plications and rules from Dorothy
Kolts in the journalism offices in
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Building.
The money raised by contestants
will be used for scholarships for out¬
standing PCC students.
junction with other established
training centers nationwide to
facilitate communication among
cooperative education personnel and
institutions. It would identify and
explore common problems and
develop solutions to these problems
through television.
According to the outline, the center
would increase the effectiveness of
existing programs and stimulate the
development of new programs.
To achieve this objective, the center
would present and make available a
series of televised training workshops
and 50 or more televised interviews to
more than 350 cooperative education
personnel in the western United States.
Presented in a workshop setting, the
program would provide informative
interviews with a variety of national
and regional leaders in the cooperative
provide a permanent record of
activities and strengthen life¬
long learning
education field for interested in¬
stitutions and participants.
The Research Department is
developing a survey to discover what
topics cooperative education coor¬
dinators and directors would like to see
covered in the interviews.
Audio cassette tapes of each
videotape would be available to in¬
terested institutions. The price of
duplicating these tapes would be
nominal and would be shipped at cost.
PCC’s Cooperative Education
Resource Library would store a
constant updating of the programs.
The system would provide a per¬
manent record of activities and.
strengthen life-long learning as well as
serve as an in-service tool for in¬
structing personnel and ad¬
ministrators while it is being
produced.
COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS
Students with grade levels five and
above may begin to make ap¬
pointments for fall counseling, April
28. Grade levels four and below may
make appointments beginning May
3. F-Visa students and those on
academic probation must make
counseling appointments. Summer
registration begins April 25.
Schedules for both summer and fall
registration will be available soon.
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