PCC Courier, April 23, 1976

TWO-DAY DANCE CONCERT— Teresa Smith, left, and Dannalou Oakes perform a contemporary dance entitled “Inspirations.” ORCHESIS PERFORMERS— Configuration enacted by Deborah Elam, top, Karyn Harris, center and Barbara Crutcher is part of the contemporary dance, “Natural Wonder.” “LE RITE DU PRINTEMS”— Dance instructor Rikki Magee choreo¬ graphed dance enacted by Dannalou Oakes, left, and Jaime Holt. —Courier Photos by Bruce Archie Orchesis Club To Perform VOL. 41 , NO. 10 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 23, 1976 Tales and Adventure Highlight International Awareness Week By Michael Jonich News Editor Tales of a Moroccan drug bust, Amazon adventures, Israeli kibbutz life and travels through the Chinese mainland will highlight International Awareness Week Monday through Friday on the PCC campus. Students representing more than 50 foreign countries will participate in activities designed to acquaint their American hosts with other cultures. Displays, films, lectures and demon¬ strations will take place throughout the week. Monday at noon Austrian student Peter King will recount his ex¬ periences last summer during an Amazonian vacation. Through slides taken during the three-month tour down the Brazilian river, King will describe the people and landscape of one of the world’s last remaining wil¬ derness. Marguerita Fastabend, assistant professor of foreign language, will lecture with slides Tuesday at 11 a.m. in C301 on her experiences in the People’s Repubic of China. Miss Fastabend spent her sabbatical last summer touring the ancient lands of Confucius which have become the land of Mao and Marx. Her presentation will include slides taken during her stay. Tuesday at 1 p.m., the film “Life in an Israeli Kibbutz" will be aired in a room to be annouced in the Crier. Sponsored by Israeli students, the film will describe the life in the collectives that are unique to the Israeli state. Thai students will sponsor a film at noon Wednesday in R122 which high¬ lights the beauty of Thailand. “Travel Tales of Thailand" will provide viewers a survey of the travel at¬ tractions in the Southeast Asian country. Alan Lamson, assistant professor of English, will recount his harrowing “Adventures of a Camper in Morocco" on Thursday at 1 p.m. Lampson found himself rounded up in a drug bust ■during his travels through the North African country while on sabbatical last year. Although Lampson was released and returned home safely, the fate of his traveling companions makes for an exciting story. A film featuring Korean culture will be aired Friday at noon in R122. Friday at 9 p.m. a dance sponsored by the International Club will top off the week’s special activities. Displays featuring aspects of the cultures of Korea, Israel, Peru, % ЧШ.: NATIVE ATTIRE— PCC foreign students don clothes they would wear in their own countries for International Awareness Week which begins Monday. Isaac Gyamenah, left, is from Ghana. Makiko Hata came here from Japan. Trustees Table State Required Adult Education Council Plan By Jill Boekenoogen Editor-in-Chief The Board of Trustees has tabled a plan which would have placed four PCC administrators on an adult education council required by state law. Loss of local control was cited as their reason for the action. The Regional Adult Vocational Educational Council was designed to avoid duplication of courses offered by schools within an area. In this community college district, four members from the K12 unified districts, one from the private-post- secondary schools, one from the office of the L.A. County Superintendent and one from the City of Pasadena. Each group is responsible for naming members to the council. PCC has participated in a similar council in the past. The Board objected to the fact that the state can make an arbitrary ruling in disputes concerning which facility is to offer a course. “The more I find out about the law the less I like it,” said Roger Gertmanian, board member. “I don’t see any problems coming from the council. We never had any with the other councils," said Dr. E. Howard Floyd, PCC president. "The chancellor’s office has told me that no local control will be taken away. They would want us to settle our own disputes. We have to go along with it because it is the law.” The four PCC representatives recommended for the council are Dr. I. G. Lewis, vice-president for Student Personnel Services; Manuel Perez, temporary director of Occupational Education; Vernon Spaulding, supervisor of Occupation Education; and Dr. Stanley Gunstream, vice- president for Instruction and con¬ tinuing education. According to state law, the council must be established by June 30 of this year. The Board has been asked to pass a resolution of intent to form the council by May 11. Bolivia, Iran, Mexico, South Vietnam, Japan, the Arab countries, Thailand, Kenya and Costa Rica are planned. Booths manned by students from Latin American, African and Arab countries are scheduled for each day of the week. Folk dancing by African, Latin American and Isreali students will grace the Free Speech area on Tuesday and Thursday at noon. Students sporting national costumes will dance to traditional music in a live exhibit of their respective cultures. Finally, the flags of approximately 12 countries will be displayed on the Quad flag poles throughout the week. Donated or loaned to PCC by the students of the respective countries, the Rags displayed will include those from Bangladesh, Bolivia, Columbia, Costa Rica and Denmark. Other flags to fly next week include those from Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Organization of African Unity and Peru. By Janet Dillon Assistant Fine Arts Editor Women’s Physical Education and the Orchesis Dance Club will present a spring dance concert Friday and Saturday at 8:15 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. Tickets are available in the student bank at $2 for general admission and $1.50 for students. The dances to be performed are the original work of dance students. Forty- eight students from production and theory classes and the Orchesis Dance Club will participate in the production, under the direction of Rikki Magee, dance instructor. Dances are performed in classic style. Abstract, literal, lyrical and African-Haitian are some of the forms students have used. Live musicians will be employed along with recordings to accent the dances with music. Work for the concert started in September. Ideas were developed and auditions were held for dancers’. Choreographers taught their dances to those selected. In December a “Works in Progress” concert was presented as a preview to the spring concert. The numbers to be performed in¬ clude “The Atoll In The Mind” by choreographer Eugenia Totten; “Colours” by choreographer Jamie Holt; “Natural Wonder” by Barbara Crutcher and Karyn Harris, choreog¬ rapher; “Metaphysical Modes in IV Parts” by choreographer Jamie Holt; Students Compete in В of A Award Finals Three PCC students are Area One semi-finalists in Bank of America’s $88,000 California Community College Awards and will advance to the Southern California finals Wednesday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to compete for four $2000 first place awards. The semi-finalists are Walter Sanford in business, Michael Khan- chalian in science and engineering and Warren Troy in the technical and vocational fields. Area winners are assured of at least $250. Each semi-finalist entered a group competition according to his field of study before appearing before a panel of business and civic leaders to discuss a subject related to the study area. The winners were chosen on the basis of how they worked within the group in the demonstration of leader¬ ship qualities. Sanford said the business group discussed payoff-bribes from cor¬ porate officials in securing a contract. He will attend USC and work for a B.A. in accounting before entering law school. Khanchalian said the science and engineering group discussed applied science vs. science to satisfy the curiosity. He plans to attend USC next year and apply for admission to dental school or work for his B.A. in biological science. Troy said the technical and vocational group discussed a vocational vs. an academic curriculum in the schools with em¬ phasis on how people will cope with future technological advances. He plans to attend Cal State L.A. when he graduates from PCC and work toward a teaching credential fbr auto mechanics. Four $2000 awards for first place, a $1000 award for second place and a $500 award for third place will go to the winners of the Southern California finals. New Post Established by T rustees Applications are now being accepted for the new post of Vice-President for Administrative Services which was recently established by the Board of Trustees. The Board dropped the office of Deputy Superintendent and added the fourth Vice-Presidency. The Deputy Superintendent position was vacated when Dr. E. Howard Floyd became superintendent-president in February. The new vice-president’s duties will include supervising Instructional Research and Personnel Services, and assisting the Superintefident- President. He also has the respon¬ sibility for community services and public information, acting as a liaison office between the college and its component districts. He will also coordinate the welcoming and hosting of visitors, supervising civic center activities and supervising the evaluation of all administrative supervisory and non-teaching per¬ sonnel and all classified personnel. The position requires a supervisory credential valid at the community college level. Applications may be obtained from the Office of Personnel Services and must be filed by next Friday. and “Inspirations,” by Dannalou Oakes, choreographer. Other numbers include “Dimensions Four,” choreographer Sandy Biery; “Auspice,” choreographer Eugenia Totten; “Inner Visions,” choreog¬ rapher Brenda Hollingsworth; “Star Burst,” choreographers Sherry Collier and Barbara Dysart. Dance instructor Magee shows her hand at choreography in the two dances she created, “Le Rite Du Printemps” and “Haitian Ceremony.” “Performing is the final moment for the students. Without an audience choreographers can’t experience all of the fulfillment,” said Ms. Magee. Scheduling Aids Given at Seminars Continuing students not on probation and not on a foreign student visa may qualify for self-programming for the fall semester. They must attend a one- hour seminar, according to Janet Platt, counselor and seminar commit¬ tee member. Programming seminars began this week and will continue through June 9. An exact schedule may be picked up in the counseling offices. Among the topics covered in seminars are discussions of who is qualified for self-programming and the steps in programming. General information, requirments for the A. A. degree and transfer curriculum is also discussed. “There is stress on the importance of reading the course pre¬ requisites,” said Mrs. Platt. At the conclusion of the seminar, students may self-program. However, according to Laura Holty, counselor, not everyone who goes to a seminar will self-program. After hearing the seminars, many students feel that they would rather see a counselor. They are given this option, she said. Mrs. Holty was one of the initiators of the self-programming seminar. Although in some cases student program cards are processed faster by attending a seminar, this is not necessarily always the case. “It isn’t faster if you do the wrong thing. If used intelligently, it’s great,” said Mrs. Holty. College Reps Here Monday Representatives from Pepperdine University, LaVerne College and Cal Poly, Pomona will be on campus the week of April 26 to assist PCC students with plans for higher education. Information about special programs for the working adult will be available from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Board Chambers, C201, from the Pepperdine University representative on Monday, and from the LaVerne College representative on Tuesday. According to notices submitted by PCC counselor Gladys Barry, Pep¬ perdine offers many programs for the working adult based upon courses taken at a community college for the A. A. degree. PCC students interested in engineering technology and manufacturing engineering may consult with a representative of California State Polytechnic University at Pomona in V102 from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday.