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Fiesta
Cinco
By Laurel Capune
' Staff Writer
“Salsa” music, mariachi groups and
colorful folk dancers will give PCC an
air of fiesta next Wednesday when
MECHA, the student Chicano group,
presents three days of festivities in
celebration of the Mexican holiday,
Cinco de Mayo.
Cinco de Mayo marks the an¬
niversary of a famous battle in
Mexican history.
The festivities officially open at noon
in the Free Speech Area. MECHA
President Anna Huizar will give a
welcome speech and student Carlos
Pulido will discuss the history of Cinco
de Mayo. Enrique Orozco, associate
professor of social sciences, will speak
on Mexican culture and introduce the
events scheduled for the rest of the
week.
An arts and crafts display in the
Quad begins at 10 a.m. Chicanos will
exhibit art work and handicrafts
through Friday.
MECHA will continue its tradition of
sponsoring an orientation program for
visiting high school students. The
program will be held in the Campus
Center at 11 a.m. all three days to
bring the Chicano community, the
students and the college ad¬
ministration closer together.
The visits are open to any interested
high school students. Bob Navarro,
head of Chicano Affairs; Arnold
Ramirez, foreign. language counselor;
and Bob Adanto, work-study counseler
and financial aid assisant, will join
other faculty members and the ad¬
ministration in a presentation of ad¬
mission procedures, counseling,
financial aid and career opportunities.
The Mexican folk dances will be by
PCC’s own Ballet Folklorico students.
, Fun Planned for
de Mayo Days
Dressed in authentic costumes, the
group will perform “La Madrugada,”
the dawn; “La Palomo
у
la Paloma, “
a love story in dance form (paloma
means pigeon); “Cacachuata”
(meaning peanut), and “Jarabe
Tapatio,” a favorite among the dan¬
cers.
Wednesday’s folk dancing will be
followed by mariachi music featuring
“Mariachis Tenampa,” a local Los
Angles group, and the Bellflower
Children’s Ballet Folklorico. The
performing children are a grammar
school group made up of fifth and sixth
graders.
Wednessday evening MECHA will
present a cultutral awareness session
emceed by MECHA member Louis
Martinez.
Organist Rubencito Rojas will
perform along with the Los Angeles
mariachi group, “Las Mariachis de
Nueva Monterey.” A speaker on the
Rodino Bill will discuss relationships
between employers and illegal aliens.
Thursday, the second day of Cinco de
Mayo activities, will feature noon
festivities in the Free Speech Area.
“Maseva Band,” a Los Angeles
group which performed last year, will
play a combination of rock and roll and
“salsas.” “Salsa” is a type of Latin
“They perform these folk dances in
the original, complete form,” says
director Joe Martinez. The group has
appeared at the Los Angeles Music and
Convention centers, the Pomona Fair,
Dodger Stadium, The Cal State
campuses, USC and UCLA.
Children will take swings at a pinata
presented to them by MECHA after the
dancing.
Friday’s festivities feature Rio
Hondo College Ballet Folkorico and
Teatro Urbano, starting at noon in the
Free Speech area.
Teatro Urbano’s one-hour produc¬
tion with musical accompaniment is
entitled , “Que es Cinco de Mayo?”
Rene Rodriquez, founder of the group
says, “The play will explore the dif¬
ferent view people have of Cinco de
Mayo and endeavor to convey the true
meaning of the holiday.”
A Cinco de Mayo queen will be
crowned at a dance to be held Friday
at 7 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. The
title, accompanied by a crown, will be
given to the Chicana who has collected
the largest amount of money in the
contest to raise funds for MECHA
scholarship and book-loan programs.
The dance will feature music by
“Heavy Traffic” and a “disco” portion
presented by “Aeriel Sound Disco
Show.”
FOLKLORICO PERFORMERS— PCC ethnic dance class students will
perform a Mexican Ballet Folklorico Wednesday at noon in the Free
Speech Area and again at 7 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. They are,
from left, Sylvia Villareal, Salvador Franco, Leticia Luna and Alan
Starbird.
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music.
The Ballet Folklorico de Ninos will
join the Maseva Band in Thursday’s
festivities. The group is composed of
young dancers between the ages of six
and 13 from six different schools
in the Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights
and El Sereno areas.
The folk dancers come from dif¬
ferent regions and states in Mexico:
Jalisto, Vera Cruz, Norteano,
Chihuahua, Chaipas, Tamalipus and
Mechocan.
Sara LaRiviere
Squaw Valley
Attends
Vet Meet
Cinco de Mayo
Queen to Reign
MECHA, the Chicano student group
on campus, is sponsoring a’ fund¬
raising contest to determine which
Chicana will reign over Cinco de Mayo
festivities to be held at PCC May 5-7.
The semi-finalists are Tina Garcia,
Rosa Teran, Dolores Ramirez, Brenda
Sanchez, Debbie Soto, Irene Perez and
Anglea Rodriques.
The contest, which started April 1,
runs through May 1. It will raise
money for the MECHA scholarship
and book loan funds and focus at¬
tention on the upcoming Mexican
holiday.
Votes are in the form of tickets
costing 25 cents and sold by each girl.
The top ticket seller will be announced
May 5 at noon in the Free Speech area.
There will also be a bonus prize, to be
announced later.
Active paid members of MECHA
with a grade point average of 3.0 are
eligible to receive the scholarships.
Depending upon the size of the fund,
the Chicano group awards $100 to $200
according to the need of the student.
MECHA has been offering financial
assistance to its members for two
years.
The book loan fund was established
four years ago and provides $25 loans
to MECHA members in need of
assistance.
Cinco de Mayo is the official date
marking Mexico’s victory over the
French. The Mexican’s triumph,
despite overwhelming odds, sym¬
bolizes today to the Chicano the
strength inherent in the people.
The group will crown its queen at the
Cinco de Mayo Dance Friday night,
May 7, between 7 and midnight in the
Campus Center. Admission is $2.
By Tom Ritchie
Staff Writer
Sara La Riviere, head of PCC’s
Veteran Affairs, is attending a state
conference of veteran coordinators
this week in Squaw Valley, California.
The conference’s main goal is to
upgrade the existing programs now
offered to the state’s veterans. The
event is sponsored by Veteran
Program Administrators of California
(VPAC) in coordination with the U.S.
Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare.
More than 300 interested California
veteran affairs leaders are attending
with others from Arizona, Hawaii,
Nevada, Oregon, Washington and
Washington D.C.
The conference is divided into five or
six working committees which are
assigned a problem. All proposals or
modifications are thoroughly
discussed and a plan of action
presented to the executive board.
Among the topics being discussed
are the current bills on educational
benefits, employment for veterans,
programs for the disabled and han¬
dicapped, the image of the veteran and
problems ex-service offenders are
having.
As a member of the executive board
of VPAC, Ms. La Riviere will head the
group on “How to Upgrade the Image
of the Vietnam Veteran.”
“The public often has a picture of the
Vietnam veteran as a drug addict or a
belligerent person,” says Ms. La
Riviere. “We intend to ease this un¬
fortunate image and replace it with the
real one.”
Sara LaRiviere
She intends to do this by setting up a
state wide public relations network for
VPAC to show the public a few of the
many positive accomplishments
veterans have made and continue to
make, including the achievements of
the paraplegic and disabled veteran.
In addition to a statewide network,
Ms. La Riviere plans to set up a local
Fourteen PCC clubs are presently
considered inactive by the ASB
Supreme Council because they did not
submit a copy of their bylaws. The
deadine for submission was April 16.
The clubs are Anthropology, Hillel,
Highlanders, Eckenkar, Dana, Cos¬
metology, Computer, International,
Inter -Varsity Christian Fellowship,
People’s Action Union, Orchesis,
SIMS, Ski and the Vietnamese Student
Association.
A memorandum was sent to all clubs
on April 12 warning them of the
deadline date. However, it is still not
network where troubled veterans can
plead their cases.
KCET, Channel 28, is planning a
color video documentary of the up¬
coming conference to be filmed by a
crew of UCLA television students. Ms.
La Riviere says she is hoping for some
radio interviews and other media
coverage.
too late for inactive clubs to be rein¬
stated.
Clubs must submit a copy of their
bylaws to the Suprme Council to be
considered active again. The bylaws
must comply with the ASB Consitution,
the club’s own constitution and with
federal and state tax regulations
reguarding non-profit organizations.
“The Supreme Council is not out for
blood and vengeance, that is not our
purpose,” said Tim Fuller, Supreme
Council president.
It is the duty of the Supreme Council
to review -club bylaws each semester.
Fourteen PCC Clubs
Miss Bylaw Deadline
Bicentennial Food Show
Students Enter Dishes, Compete for 'Augie'
By Michael Joncich
News Editor
Food service students were in a
flurry of activity Monday as they
made final preparations for the
Bicentennial Culinary Art Show' at
the Pasadena Center Tuesday. Five
of the students prepared com¬
petition entries for judging by some
of the most famous names in the
food preparation field.
The two-day show was sponsored
by the Chefs de Cuisine Association
of California.
The student creations, cooked
and prepared in the PCC kitchens,
were entered in student categories.
Most of the dishes were designed to
carry the Bicentennial theme of this
year's competition.
The entrees, which were planned
and paid for by the individual
students, were entered in hopes of
winning the top award presented
for culinary excellence— the
“Augie.” The Oscar-like trophy
was presented to winners in each of
five categories.
Ray Belbeck and Rob Goodell
collaborated to create their
“George Washington Turkey
Chaud-froid.” The dish consisted of
a roasted bird with breast removed
to create a shell. The cavity was
filled with gelatinized mashed
potatoes sculptured into a likeness
of Washington and covered with a
mayonnaised-froid sauce to provide
flesh tone.
The aspiring chefs added hard-
boiled egg whites, beets and a
cauliflower cap to create the eyes,
lips and hair.
Their entree was similar to the
“Minuteman Turkey Chaud-froid in
Aspic” created by John Swiercz.
Following blue-print like plans,
Swiercz also employed the hollowed
PREPARES WINNER — Ray Belbeck stuffs roasted turkey shell with
mashed potatoes for likeness of Harpo Marx in Bicentennial salute to
the famed comedian. Partially finished entry appears at left.
out turkey filled with mashed
potatoes. He then used sheets of red
and blue gelatin to create the image
of a minuteman on the false turkey
breast.
Other student entrees included
George Zervos’ “White Fish
Glacee” and Gary McElroy’s
“Liberty Bell Cake.”
The student projects were
supervised by food services in¬
structor Mike Pettite.
The event enables the students to
see the work of the professionals, he
said. “The students get the op:
portunity to rub elbows with out¬
standing chefs from the western
states.”
Petite’s class also prepared
appetizers and sold tickets during
the -show.
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FIVE GOLD MEDALS— Rob Goodell, left fore¬
ground, and John Swiercz prepare culinary crea¬
tions ‘which won each of the PCC Food Services
student participants a gold medal in the Bicenten¬
nial Culinary Art Show this week at the Pasadena
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—Courier Photos by Michael Joncich
