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VOL. 34, NO. 23 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 26, 1972
ASB Commissioners Propose
Cafeteria Be Student-Owned I ,
— Courier Photo by Michael Amescua and Alan Zanger
PCC COEDS Shirbie Gibbs, left, and Alberta Jordan rehearse their
dance from modern dance production "Phantasmagoria" tomor¬
row and Friday.
Phantasmagoria Set
for Dance Concert
By SHARON POKTEB
A student operated cafeteria,
Louis Week, and the Religious
Commissioner’s report were the
main items on the agenda at last
Thursday’s ASB Board meeting.
Bob Held proposed an alterna¬
tive to the student body cards. He
suggests the cafeteria be turned
over to students. A percentage
of the gross and 50 per cent of
the profits will be put into a
special fund to finance activities
By RAYMOND THURSBY
The PCC Board of Trustees
awarded a contract for the com¬
pletion of the new paramedical
sciences building in a heated ses¬
sion last Thursday night. The $2.4
million contract was awarded to
the R. J. Daum Construction Co.
Controversy over the contract
arose when Trustee Roger Gert-
meniari indicated a preference
for the bid of the
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and F Con¬
struction Co., contractors of the
first two floors. Their bid was re¬
jected, since it was $3700 over
the Daum bid. The trustees are
required by law to accept the
lowest bid or reject all bids.
Other members of the Board
sympathized with Gertmenian’s
stand, but felt it was necessary
to accept possible delays in con¬
struction attendant on having
the building built by two contrac¬
tors. It was necessary to award
the building contract in two sta¬
ges in order to take advantage of
two federal grants.
Gertmenian requested that the
Board take the
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and F bid, even
though this would leave the Board
open to possible legal action.
After assessing the arguments,
the Board voted 5 to 1 to accept
the Daum contract and allow con¬
struction to proceed as quickly
as possible. Completion date for
the new structure is early 1974.
In other action, the Board con¬
sidered a proposal from the ASB
Courier Sets
Police Column
Starting with the May 10 issue,
the PCC Courier will offer its
readers an opportunity to ask
questions of the Pasadena Police
Department and see their answers
in print.
A story in last week’s paper in¬
dicated a desire on the part of the
PPD to enter into dialog with
Courier readers. Space will be
provided in each issue after May
10 for the questions and answers.
If you wish to ask questions of
the PPD, here’s how to go about
it:
Bring your question to the
Courier office, room C139. There
will be a box placed in the office
for your questions. They will then
be relayed to the public relations
office of the PPD, and answers
will be given. They will be print¬
ed in the following week’s Cour¬
ier.
Please remember to keep your
questions brief and make sure
that they are in the form of a
question. The question may be
about anything relating to the ac¬
tivities, procedures or regulations
of the police.
the district cannot fund.
Students hired by the Job
Placement Center would work in
the cafeteria. The Board moved
to bring up this proposal at the
Board of Trustees meeting.
John Conroy’s proposal to hold
Louis Week was cut to Louis Day.
Various activities and speakers
will highlight the day. Louis Day
will occur May 29, and promises
to be an “educational and in¬
structional experience.” The
and Dr. Mel Ross, director of
Business Services, that the
school cafeteria be turned over
to the student body for operation.
The ASB would then be responsi¬
ble for awarding contracts for
catering services, and would re¬
ceive a percentage of the profits
from the cafeteria operation.
The Board informally seemed
in favor of such a plan, which
would, in the words of Trustee
Bill Cheek, “get the school out of
the restaurant business.”
The only major objection came
from Trustee Gertmenian.
He indicated a desire to know
more about where the profits
would be spent. He did not want
to see the money used for “speak¬
ers such as the Nazi party who
might cause riots” or “rock fes¬
tivals where there would be nar¬
cotics and alcohol use and people
running around with their pants
half on and half off.” Dr. Sara-
fian assured the Board that he
would come to the next meeting
with a concrete proposal for the
new plan.
In other action, the Board ac¬
cepted “with regret” the resigna¬
tion of Dr. Ross, who is leaving
PCC for a new post as a vice
president at Citrus College.
The meeting adjourned at ap¬
proximately 10:45.
cafeteria will get in on the act
with various “Louis” dishes
along with ice water from St.
Louis. Keep May 29 reserved for
Louis Day.
Religious Commissioner Jim
Schneider presented a report on
his progress. Some of his planned
programs include lectures, spirit¬
ual guidance counseling, and in¬
creasing and improving religious
education on and off campus.
Anyone wishing to take part in
this commission’s activities is in¬
vited to leave a note in Schnei¬
der’s box in the Campus Center.
Conroy resigned as Politics
Week chairman. He classifies
Politics Week as a “lousy suc¬
cess.” Conroy added that he
spent $75 of the $150 given to him
by the Board. The remainder of
the sum will be returned to the
ASB General Fund.
The Board approved Ray
Thursby’s request that publicity
posters placed on the bulletin
boards be limited in size to 17”
by 22”. This will allow for a max¬
imum of 10 posters on each
board.
International Club was given
$50 to help with the finances for
International Awareness Week.
ASB Dance
This Friday
The ASB Board will present a
dance in the Campus Center Fri¬
day night. The eight o’clock affair
will feature the music of “Essence
of Time” and “Saint James.”
“Essence” is a well-known vocal
group. It has played engagements
at the Citadel de Haiti, Maverick’s
International, and the Pasadena
Hilton.
“Saint James,” currently being
considered for a new record con¬
tract, is a group partially com¬
prised of PCC students.
Admission to the dance will be
50 cents.
As an added attraction, rumor
has it that Louis, the star of
“Louis Day” (which is May 29)
may appear in person.
The Physical Education De¬
partment for Women will bring
you “Phantasmagoria” tomorrow
and Friday.
For those of you who would
like to know what it means, it is
“changing scenes as in a fanta¬
sy,” and it is the theme of this
year’s modern dance concert.
The program will be presented
in two suites, “The Lottery,” a
story about a victim who is se¬
lected by lot to be an annual
sacrifice. The second — and just
as promising suite — is “Clouds.”
The reason “Clouds” is so de¬
sirable is that it is an abstract
story which can’t be misinterpre¬
ted; the viewer can attach any
meaning he wishes to it, which
means that they came up with a
great act but nobody could figure
out what it was.
If you haven’t already thrown
this paper and gone to get some
tickets, here’s the clincher: it’s
free.
Blacks Aware
PCC’s Black Student Union is
presenting Black Culture Month
May 1-31. BSU has scheduled
speakers and films each Tues¬
day and Thursday. Also planned
are beauty contests, fashion
shows, talent shows and a BSU
awards banquet. Further infor¬
mation on Black Culture Month
activities will be printed in the
May 10 Courier. For more de¬
tails contact the BSU office
(A106) or call 795-4778.
If you arrive at Sexson Audi¬
torium at noon tomorrow, you
will get to see “Phantasmagoria”
absolutely free.
If, on the other hand, you would
rather pay for what promises to
be a concert, just bring $1 to the
same place the next night at 8:30.
Writers Week
Activities Set
“Dollars and Sense in Writing,”
the 18th annual Writers’ Week at
PCC, will feature writer work¬
shops from Monday, May 8 to
Thursday, May 11 in Harbeson
Hall.
In addition, afternoon work¬
shops sponsored by the Califor¬
nia Writers’ Guild will be held at
Holliston United Methodist
Church, 1305 E. Colorado Blvd.,
Pasadena, each afternoon at 1:30.
Professional writers will dis¬
cuss freelance, fiction, nonfiction
and poetry techniques at the free
conference, said PCC writer and
teacher, and chairman of Writ¬
ers’ Week, Helen Hinckley Jones.
One of the speakers for the
week will be noted freelance writ¬
er Duane Newcomb, who has
authored seven books and over
2500 articles.
Many books will be displayed
for purchase and autograph.
— Courier Photo by Alan Zanger
KICKING OFF the 1972 Red Cross fund drive is Dr. Armen Sarafi-
an, shown here making a contribution to Adelphian President
Nancy Thorpe. Members of the Adelphians, Circle
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and student
nurses are among those who will be collecting on campus this
week only. Drive Chairman Mike Veselich stresses, "Good inten¬
tions don't keep the programs running. We do. Help today."
Channel 7 Visits Campus
PCC’s services for the handicapped are getting famous.
Channel 7’s Eyewitness News saw an article about the handi¬
capped students here in the Los Angeles Times, and called Mrs.
Francisca Baldwin in the Handicapped Services office to find out
if anyone had filmed the students.
After receiving a negative answer, they decided to make a film.
So, on Wednesday, April 12, reporter Fred Anderson of Eyewit¬
ness News arrived at PCC with camera and sound men.
The short film was shown on the 4:30 edition of the Channel 7
News and focused mainly on the wheelchair students, although the
deaf and blind students were also mentioned.
The newsmen filmed John Milosevich wheeling around the campus
and Art Dunn working in dental technology.
The reporters were favorably impressed with the program at
PCC for handicapped students and possibly may do a documentary
as well.
Trustees Deal with
Contract , Cafeteria