OPINION
Videogames should carry labels
rating the type and amount of
violence.
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FEATURES
Expectations run high as the musical
comedy ‘I’m Sorry, the Bridge is Out,
You’ll Have to Spend the Night ’ gets
ready to open tomorrow. Page 5
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SPORTS
Volleyball team ends its post¬
season play with a loss to
Cuesta College.
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THE
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 77 No. 14
COURIER
Serving the PCC Community for 75 years
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 2, 1993
College prepares to move offices
Departments to relocate to old library, C and D buildings
By DENIS WANG
Staff Writer
In addition to unveiling plans
to construct a new state-of-the-art
gymnasium, PCC also anticipates
the building of a five-story park¬
ing structure to accommodate
about 2,000 vehicles and the im¬
provement of the campus envi¬
ronment as part of the school’s
Secondary Effects Projects.
According to Dr. James
Kossler, superintendent of admin¬
istrative services, the Library Sec¬
ondary Effects Project will move
some of the temporary A building
offices into vacated spots in the C
building, which once served as
offices for KPCC. The remaining
facilities of the A building will
then move into the D building as
the old library becomes a student
services center.
The Physical Education Sec¬
ondary Effects Project will use
the space presently occupied by
the volleyball courts to build a new
50-meter swimming pool as the old
one is demolished to make room for
a new competitive football field.
Locker rooms will also be improved
to accommodate men and women,
Kossler added.
In response to the increasing num¬
ber of cars, the parking lot on the
west side of campus, where the base¬
ball field once
stood, will be¬
come a five-
story parking
structure,
which will cost
about S13 mil¬
lion. The off- _
campus parking lot located at the
intersection of Holliston Avenue and
Green Street, which presently offers
100 parking spaces, will also be¬
come the site for the Child Develop¬
ment Center. The new facility will
not only serve PCC students and
staff who have children, providing
childcare for up to 120 children, but
will also be part of PCC’s Early
ChildhoodEducationProgram. This
will enable students to learn more
about young children from observ¬
ing them, Kossler said.
In order to improve and beautify
the campus, parking lot 8, which is
reserved for faculty, will be turned
into areas called The Woods and
The Plaza. These will be green areas
featuring sculptures and artwork,
where
‘The school campus should
be a special place in the
community, where students
are inspired to do well.’
Dr. James Kossler, assistant
superintendent of administrative services
stu¬
dents can siton
benches or on
the grass to rest
between
classes.Kossler
said the pur-
_ _ pose of this
project is to create a pedestrian envi¬
ronment and to eliminate car traffic
inside the campus. Kossler added
that because the school has only 54
acres to work with, there is no room
for further expansion. An attempt to
rearrange the present conditions of
the campus is the only creative solu¬
tion.
“The school campus should be a
special place in the community,
where students are inspired to do
well,” Kossler said. He stated
that the quality of the facilities
should match the quality of the
education. “PCC has had a great
reputation, and we want to create
a very illustrious academic envi-
ronmentforour students, ’’Kossler
added. “But so far facilities have
been less than illustrious.”
The area presently occupied
by the little snack shoD behind the
R building will give way to The
Commons, another green land¬
scaped area shaded by trees. This
will be another place where stu¬
dents can spend their free time.
The intention is to create “aca¬
demic quiet space.” Gruen
and Associates, the architects for
the Shatford library and the new
gym, revised the blueprints for
these green areas. These projects
will be state funded and will cost
approximately $61 million. Ac¬
cording to Kossler, they should
be completed within six years.
Carpool
plan may be
permanent
By JENNIFER ALVORD
Special Correspondent
As the semester draws to a close,
the carpool plan embraced by the
college at the beginning of the school
year was commended by officials
and students alike who said PCC
should make the program perma¬
nent.
The carpool program, which was
adopted on an experimental basis by
PCC this semester, took 269 spaces
in lot four during the first two weeks.
But due to its overwhelming suc¬
cess, the administration added 300
more spaces. By the third week, the
campus police received so many calls
regarding carpooling that they de¬
cided it best to open all of lot four to
carpoolers. That lot contains 795
spaces.
The AirQuality ManagementDis-
trict(AQMD) mandates collegecam-
puses to have carpool information
and parking spaces available for staff
members who carpool.
“It should be looked at as a re¬
ward. When they carpool, they are
guaranteed a space and they are also
helping the environment,” accord¬
ing toSgt. Vincent Palermo, security
supervisor.
The Transportation Trolley, lo¬
cated in the Quad, gives people
alternatives to driving alone, sets
students up with drivers or riders.
TheTrolley’scomputer can store up
to 1 million names of students and
people who work in Pasadena and
have similar schedules.
Most of the students liked the idea
of keeping the carpool lot perma¬
nently. A few complaints have been
that “it’s sort of annoying when
people stop you as you are walking to
class, and ask if you’ll ride to the
carpool lot with them,” said Claudia
Menjvar, a first year PCC student.
Despite that some students try to
beat the system , c heating hasn ’ t been
a problem. Although it’s only ex¬
perimental this year, next year it
could be permanent. “Our main goal
is to make staff and students aware of
why carpooling is necessary,”
Palermo said
CARLO BACOR / THE COURiER
President Clinton visited the Pasadena Presbyterian Church recently to give a message of
encouragement to residents who lost their homes in the ravaging fires a few weeks ago.
PCC professor
added to board
of Tournament
Clinton brings message of hope
□ Ralph Gutierrez is
one of five minorities
appointed to the
Tournament’s
Executive Committee.
By RODNEY MITCHELL
Associate Editor
Tournament of Roses organiza¬
tion leaders veered from their 105-
year-history of white male domina¬
tion on its executive committee and
appointed five minorities to its high¬
est ranking positions. This action
came after two years of fierce bom¬
bardment from civil rights leaders
and community activist who had
charged the Tournament of Roses
with racism and sexism.
Some organizations threatened
to disrupt the Rose parade on Jan. 1
if demands were not met to include
minorities and women on their ex-
ecutivecommittee. Ralph Gutierrez,
associate professor of Engineering
and Technology at PCC was one of
the appointees to the Executive Com¬
mittee.
Also, G utierrez has been involved
with the tournament for 10 years as
a volunteer and has served in several
different capacities. Gutierrez was
quoted in a Star News article saying
“I will serve as a role model and help
ease communication between the
tournament and the minority com¬
munity.”
Other new memebrs appointed
are; Linda Klausner, John J. Wilson,
Ly-Ping, Gerald Freeny. These new
members will be in line for the presi¬
dency of the Tournament of Roses,
and will have full voting rights.
College administrators declined
to comment on the racially charged
issue. However, Walter Shatford,
PCC board of trustee member has
been a long-standing member of the
Pasadena chapter of the N A ACP and
Ralph Gutierrez
Will join the Executive Committee
of the Tournament of Roses.
has publicly encouraged the diversi¬
fication of the Tournament of Roses
organization. Shatford commented
on the appointments of m inorities by
saying the action will ease tensions
and the appointments “seem to be a
step forward.”
A student body leader also voiced
strong feelings about the
Tournament’s past exclusion of mi¬
norities and women from its execu¬
tive committee. Michael Fitzgerald,
vice president of student services,
said that the real issue is the vast
amounts of revenue that is extracted
from the community which includes
people of color, yet minorities have
been excluded from the policy mak¬
ing positions in the Tournament in
the past.
Meanwhile, the Coalition Against
Racism led by Brotherhood Crusade
president Danny Bakewell has been
one of the most vocal organizations
in the protest. The Coalition main¬
tains that although the appointments
of these minorities shows some de¬
gree of sensitivity, these appoint¬
ments would not have come about as
quickly without intense public pres-
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AS creates cultural
awareness scholarship
By GUADALUPE BERGIN
Staff Writer
The Associated Students (AS)
has created a $2,500 scholarship
designed to reward students who
contribute to cultural awareness
and promote activities on cam¬
pus.,
The money will be divided
into 10 cultural scholarships, each
of which pays forl2 units of tu¬
ition and S100 in books. Any
student who has contributed to
cultural awareness on campus,
carries at least nine units and has
a minimum GPA of 2.0 is eli¬
gible.
The scholarship will be of¬
fered next spring semester and
applications will be available in
the Financial Aid Office.
The introduction of the cul¬
tural scholarship is an idea that
was first suggested by Cesar
Loera, AS coordinator of cultural
affairs. Last summer during an
AS meeting, Loera mentioned his
idea to the other board members,
who enthusiastically agreed with
the creation of an incentive to
stimulate cultural awareness on
campus.
“I wanted more students to
participate and promote cultural
activities,” said Loera. “I thought
scholarships would be a real in¬
centive to them.”
But it was only two weeks ago
that AS members submitted the
idea to the Financial Aid Office,
which readily accepted it.
The AS members can not ap¬
ply for these scholarships.
Groups pose threat to students, speakers warn
By JOSE INOSTROZ
Staff Writer
There is mounting concern from
campus activities personnel and stu¬
dents that high pressure groups, may
be on campus to recruit converts.
Alpha Gamma Sigma, student honor
society, sponsored a speaker from
the University of California at Los
Angeles which prompted the student
activities office to sponsor a second
program Tuesday to raise awareness
of potential harm these groups can
pose.
Rebecca Cobb, adviser of student
activities initiated the second dis¬
cussion because of complaints she
received from students who were
approached by members of the L.A.
Church of Christ. “A lot of students
come to me with complaints about
this group. It’ s disturbing,” she said.
“We need to provide a protective
environment for students.”
Jiles Ashby, Episcopal chaplain
and religious director at UCLA was
invited to speak at an AGS meeting
last month. Speaking to about 50
students, Ashbydiscussedhowthese
groups operate and the measures to
take when confronted by members
of such organizations.
As students enter the college
scene, they are anxious to join clubs
which suit their social, political, and
religious interests. “A lot of people
want to belong,” he said. They join
clubs and organizations to be a part
of a group and be accepted.
More often than not some use
“high pressure tactics” to gain re¬
cruits. Members of these organiza¬
tions approach students by appear¬
ing to be friendly, outgoing, and
helpful, They engage in conversa¬
tions to get to know students, then
invite them to a Bible talk. They
give the potential convert a feeling
of acceptance.
Once students become members,
leaders teach and develop thought
control through subtle and sophisti¬
cated means. Behavior, thought and
emotions of students, are gradually
controlled through various activi¬
ties such as recruiting, allegiance to
the group, demands on students to
leave school and give up relation¬
ships.
When students have been indoc¬
trinated, their behavior is regulatec
through teaching an “us and them’
mentality. They also play up guilt
making students believe they arc
sinners whosesins mustbeacknowl
edged, sometimes in public view
Information the individual receive;
becomes limited and controlled.
However, as easy as it may seen
for a group to convert an individual
there are some safeguards. First
Ashby declares it a myth that these
organizations target “psychologi
cally” wounded people. They g(
after the best and the brightest.
“ Y ou have the right to say no,” he
said. “Be free to discuss your spiri
tual beliefs. Be careful who yoi
discuss your life with.” He alse
suggested, not to go to a Bible stud;
withoutknowing what group is spon
soring it.
“The campus can ’t do anything te
regulate nor should they regulate
time, place, and manner of grouj
meetings. However, look for hon
esty in advertising,” he added. Bol
Warren, a Catholic campus ministe
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