Registration to Start
Under New System
By Valerie Provines
Staff Writer
Registration for the spring semester
will begin Jan. 4 for continuing stu¬
dents and Jan. 18 for new students.
Priority numbers will be distributed
in room D200 on a first-come, first-
served basis Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. A priority
number will allow a student an early
block of time in which to register.
Cards with priority numbers will give a
date and time for registration in Janu¬
ary.
The new Hewlett-Packard computer
system, replacing the Burroughs com¬
puters, will be in use for the upcoming
semester registration. The number of
computer terminals has been increased
from six to 10 to better handle regis¬
tration.
“The new computer system has ne¬
cessitated a new registration system,”
said Dr. Ernest F. Neumann, dean of
admissions and records. “The regis¬
tration system Somewhat replicates
the summer school priority system.”
Adjusting to New Procedures
Neumann said that the lines for
priority numbers will move quickly on
Dec. 7 and that he doesn’t anticipate an
increase in student enrollment this
spring. However, he stated that, “any¬
time you go to a new computer system
and try to register 21,000 students in
essentially 21 days, you can logically
anticipate some problems, but it is
hard to anticipate where these prob¬
lems will occur.”
Students will have the opportunity to
register either at their priority time or
thereafter. Student fees such as health,
parking, non-resident tuition, and near¬
ly all instructional material fees be
paid at registration.
There are also a few changes in ways
to obtain a parking permit for spring.
Applications must be postmarked be¬
tween Dec. 7 and Dec. 11. No money
should be sent with the application, as
the fee will be collected on the day you
register.
Prior to settling on this registration
system, officials considered a pro¬
cedure which would have had continu¬
ing students register by an alphabetical
priority system. The alpha system
would have had four blocks designating
which section of the alphabet could
register at what time.
Alphabet vs. Priority Numbers
At a recent Student Senate meeting,
Senate members expressed concern
that transfer students at the end of the
alphabet might not be able to get into
classes they need to transfer.
Richard Kim, ASB representative on
the Student Personnel committee, said
that the Senate wanted a priority
number system which would be more
equitable to more students. The Sen¬
ate’s main concern was that students
on an alpha system would become very
frustrated and angry if they failed to
get classes just because their last
name begins with a letter at the end of
the alphabet.
Joe Krovoza, student trustee, said
the number priority system "would
include cards to be issued to students
on a first-come, first-served basis over
a week's time. Students would get the
priority numbers, sign the card and
take it to their counseling team to pick
up their permits to register."
After college officials abandoned the
alpha system Henry P. Kirk, vice
president of Student Personnel Serv¬
ices, said “I am pleased to report that
the student point of view on this matter
played a significant role in abandoning
the proposed alphabetical registrating
system and the adopting of a numeric
priority system as proposed by stu¬
dents.”
Citizens Want a Vote On
Nuclear Freeze Initiative
LEFTOVERS — Many of the 53 colleges that attended
the Journalism Association of Community Colleges’
convention at PCC on Nov. 21 brought along copies of
their college papers to share with other students.
Journalism students attended seminars, competed in
competitions and cheered on winners at the awards
presentation later in the evening. PCC photographer
Gary McCarthy won first place in "on-the-spot feature
photo” for this particular photo.
By Renee Pelletier
Contributing Writer
Concerned citizens across the state
are working to put a bilateral nuclear
weapons freeze to a vote. The Nuclear
Freeze Initiative will be on the ballot
for November 1982 if the 350,000 signa¬
tures of California voters can be col¬
lected for its support, according to Don
May of Friends of the Earth, an in¬
ternational organization primarily con¬
cerned with nuclear power.
If the initiative is put on the Califor¬
nia ballot, it would require the Gov¬
ernor to communicate to the President
and Congress that the people of Califor¬
nia support the bilateral nuclear weap¬
ons freeze.
What the Initiative Says
The initiative reads: “The people of
the state of California recognizing that
plutonium would destroy the human's
resistance to diseases as well as have a
heavy impact on causing cancer. Less
than a microgram (one millionth of a
gram) of plutonium inhaled would
cause lung cancer, May said.
According to May, Europe is very
well aware of the consequences of
destruction in a nuclear war and looks
at the problem realistically while the
United States does not.
To accomplish the collection of the
350,000 signatures, petition parties are
being organized to inform the people of
the initiative, and to raise money as
well as collect the signatures. The
petition parties will be the first state¬
wide effort to collect the signatures.
By Valerie Provines
Staff Writer
Competing against 54 state colleges,
universities and community colleges,
the PCC Forensics Team took third
place sweepstakes at the California
State Univeristy Northridge Invita¬
tional.
“These were two gruelling days of
competition. The Friday competition
ran until 11:30 p.m. The Saturday
events started at 8 a.m. and finished at
11 p.m.,” said Anthony Georgilas, Fo¬
rensics director.
The team won second place in the
Forensics Team Continues Winning
PCC Takes Third Place Sweepstakes
Readers Theater with “Summertree,”
which featured Susan Banfield, Kent
Borja, Mie Chinzi, Peter Georgilas and
Ron Secor. In the National Debate
Topic, second place went to the team of
Bob Carroll and John McTeague. In
Advocacy Debate Richard Kim took
third place.
“By winning, we are continuing in
the tradition established by Joe
Probst,” Georgilas said. Joe Probst is
the former Forensics director current¬
ly in Taiwan as an exchange teacher.
The forensics team is now eligible to
compete at the National Fall Cham¬
pionship at the University of California
San Diego this weekend. The team is
now ranked in the top 20 of all univer¬
sities, colleges and community col¬
leges by having amassed so many
points in competition.
Next week the forensics team will
compete in the Davis-Hall public
speaking contest preliminaries which
begin on Dec. 10, with the finals being
held on Dec. 16 in Harbeson Hall.
Plaques will be awarded to six
finalists.
Any regularly-enrolled student may
enter a speech in one of the elimination
rounds. Speech I students will be en¬
tered from in-class competition. Ex¬
cluded are members of the forensics
team in varsity standing and winners
of first, second, or third place in
previous Davis-Hall contests.
The finalists are videotaped and the
videotapes are shown to new students
at the beginning of the following
semester.
For further information see Assist¬
ant Professor of Speech Patrick Brown
in A95.
the safety and security of the United
States must be paramount in the con¬
cerns of the American people; and
further recognizing that our national
security is reduced, not increased, by
the growing danger of nuclear war
between the United States and the
Soviet Union which would result in
millions of deaths of people in Califor¬
nia and throughout the nation ; do here¬
by urge that the Government of the
United States propose to the Govern¬
ment of the Soviet Union that both
countries agree to immediately halt
the testing, production and further
deployment of all nuclear weapons,
missies and delivery systems in a way
that can be checked and verified by
both sides.”
The freeze has already been passed
by the voters of western Massachusetts
and by state legislatures in New York,
Massachusetts and Oregon. These
votes represent 13 percent of the U.S.
population, according to May.
The freeze, if put into effect, will
help to eliminate the spread of nuclear
weapons to other countries as well as
reduce the arms build up between the
U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Megatons and Micrograms
May spoke to PCC students last week
to remind them of the devastating
consequences in a nuclear war. With
30,000 warheads between the U.S. and
the Soviet Union at a megaton (the
explosive force of a million tons of
TNT) apiece. May announced, "If one
megaton bomb is dropped, it lifts one-
quarter of a cubic mile of dirt which is
heavily contaminated with
plutonium.” The contamination of
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INSIDE:
Student Production of
'Lion in Winter' Opens
The Rich Get Richer!
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TAKING OVER-
Board of Trustees
— Courier photo by Kent Zachary
-Dr. Gary B. Adams Heft) took over the presidency of the
this week from past president Warren L. Weber.
By Valerie Provines
Staff Writer
“The Lion in Winter,” produced by
the communication department, will
be performed in the Little Theater
(C130) beginning Dec. 4.
The comedy involves an imaginary
gathering of a royal family. It is about
a fierce love-hate struggle between
Henry II of England and his wife,
Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom he holds
captive.
Each of their three sons would like to
be heir to the throne; Henry favors the
youngest, John, an unattractive 16-
year-old, and Eleanor favors Richard,
the eldest. The setting is Henry’s castle
at Chinon, France at Christmastime,
1183. Katherine Hepburn is well-re¬
membered for her screen version of
Eleanor.
The cast will be directed by Duke
Stroud, PCC instructor and an acting
coach, whose clients have included
Richard Dreyfuss and Stacy Reach.
Playing King Henry II will be Bob
Lichliter. The part of Alais, a French
princess and Henry’s mistress, will be
played by Lita Haido; John, the
youngest son, will be played by Dean
Farley; Geoffrey, the middle son, will
be played by David Tedhams; and
Richard Lionheart, the eldest son, will
be played by Ron Bottitta, who had a
starring role in last semester’s popular
“Equus.” Stephanie Fox will play
Eleanor, Henry’s wife; and David
Mucha, also of “Equus” fame, will
play Philip, King of France.
Performances are Dec. 4, 5, 10, 11
and 12 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 6 and 13 at 5
p.m. Tickets are $4 and may be re¬
served by calling 578-7485.
'Absence of Malice' —
Too Many Blunders
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Lancer Runner
Places in
State
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Evening
Students
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