PCC Courier, December 05, 1975

Faculty Desires Computer Help n A common need for instructional computer services has sparked the formation of a new faculty group under the chairmanship of David Randolph, chemistry professor. Computer Users and Interested Users (CUIU) obtained acceptance by Dr. Stanley Gunstream, vice-president for instruction and continuing education, of a resolution affirming the effectiveness of computer teaching applications and requesting the con¬ tinuance of this resource. Dr. Gunstream will propose the purchase of an additional terminal for this purpose to the Board of Trustees in ‘ his recommendation to Dr. Armen Sarafian, PCC president, according to Randolph. U . Logan Selected T о Read T exts WELDING FUTURE FUN — PCC student Jerry Woodson welds together a modified dune buggy called a sand rail in the back room of the campus —Courier Photo by Ted Baxter auto shop. Auto shop classes, welding classes and the machine shop combined forces to build the transport. Auto-Welding Classes To Construct a Sand Rail Sparks fly from welding torches and grinding wheels in the “back room” of the auto shop. Assistant Professor Tom McEntire’s auto shop classes have combined efforts with the welding and machine shop students to build a sand rail. (A sand rail is a modified dune buggy.) Two weeks ago, bits of steel piping and many pages of instructions arrived in the auto shop from Barrett Enterprises. Barrett, located at 823 W. Foothill Blvd., Azusa, donated the “kit” to the auto shop. Ron Barrett, the owner, acts as adviser to the classes. The off-road vehicle is also the product of other gifts. Tom Thayer, a student, has donated a Volkswagen rear suspension. S. N. Ward & Son, a garage and towing service in Pasadena, has donated a VW engine. / McEntire noted that the enthusiasm shown by his classes is surprising. “They come in to work on the rail between classes and during their free time, too. We’ve never had a project in auto shop that generated this much excitement,” he said. Vincent Uhl’s welding classes are getting a chance to develop welding techniques on the auto, too. McEntire said that even though the auto shop is primarily responsible for the com¬ pletion of the vehicle, there’s “lots and lots of welding.” The machine shop will manufacture all the parts, and the sign arts department will paint a name on the doors. So far, the vehicle has not been named. The vehicle should be finished at the same time as the model home, con¬ structed- by PCC students and located south of Robbins Building. McEntire said that there has been no decision made about the method of selling the car. The possibilities are strong that the model home and the sand rail will be auctioned off at the same time. Both are scheduled for completion by May 13, 1976. By David Willman News Editor William Logan, PCC assistant professor of speech, has been ap¬ pointed to an 11-member textbook review panel by Pasadena Unified School District Board President Henry Myers. Logan says his new responsibilities entail reading prospective textbooks submitted to him by the board. He then is required to send the board a written summation of his opinions regarding each book. After receiving the opinions of Logan and his panel associates, the board members will decide which texts to use. Logan, who has been teaching at PCC for eight years, feels he is qualified for the job and maintains that he is not on a “rubber stamp com¬ mittee.” “ I’oo many texts ignore what the United States has to offer each student. We need more patriotism, because America is all we have.” While he terms himself a con¬ servative, Logan believes children should be exposed to all philosophies “as long as it’s done in a tasteful manner.” “П1 be looking for books with clearly defined objectives, ones that have balance,” says Logan. Logan would like to see more religion in public school curricula and forsees no conflict of church and state. “Separation of church and state is a lot of crap. The principles of right and wrong are based on biblical concepts. Children need to know' that there is a higher diety.” Logan is not comfortable with “fundamental” learning, but prefers “basic education.” Although board President Myers has said that he put people on the textbook panel who share his conservative beliefs, Logan says he will try to repre¬ sent the community’s viewpoint. The notice of the first CUIU meeting November 7 was sent to faculty members who had taken advantage of instructional applications of the two campus computers, Digital Equip¬ ment Corporation’s PDP11 and the Burroughs B350, or who had made arrangements for using off-campus computers on a rental or loan basis. The response to the notice was a 100 per cent turnout, according to Ran¬ dolph. Those attending were Life Science Department professors Arthur Talaro, Dorothy Reynolds and Dr. John Babel; Physical Science Department professors Alice Corey, Kenneth Cheney and Dr. Norman Juster; and Mathematics Department professors Morris Roper, Evan Brown, Bob Jones, Casimir Klimasauskas and Dr. Carol Kipps. Others attending were electronics professor Lee Pett, sociology professor John Madden, nursing professor Velma Gray and German language professor Dietrich Meyer. Dr. David Ledbetter, dean of in¬ structional services, with Jack Toothaker, director of occupational education, was present. The Computer Services Department was represented by the director, Robert Berger, and Jim Tuedio, director of the computer consortium for other school districts and professor of data analysis and processing. Other department chairmen were present with CUIU members at the November 21 meeting at which Dr. Gunstream approved the resolution for continuance of computer instructional services. A third meeting is scheduled for today at 1 p.m. in A309. As an example of instructional applications of the computer, Ran¬ dolph points out that 300 students per year from the chemistry division alone have used the computer for problem solving and in other classroom ap¬ plications. VOL. 40, NO.11 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 5, 1975 Holiday Festival Music Presentation Scheduled > The Music Department has selected December 12 through 19 for per¬ formances in its continuing series of presentations with special selections for the holiday season. Featured in one performance each will be the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and the College-Community Symphony Or¬ chestra. Fund-Raising Drive Started bv MECHA Two weeks are left before the holiday break, and MECHA members have begun their annual duties as Santa’s helpers. Looking forward to Christmas, members of the Chicano students’ organization began raising money and ineering Scholarship Is Available Engineering scholarships are now available for Black Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans and American Indians. Two PCC students will be nominated from ap¬ plications submitted to the Financial Aids office, C236. A student applying for the scholarships must be a United States citizen and must have completed at least 60 semester hours by the end of the current 1975-76 academic year. He has to have completed by the end of the year mathematics through calculus, one year of general physics and one year of general chemistry. He or she must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. Scholarships cover partial expenses only. They vary according to the need of the individual winner, and may range from 20 to ,80 per cent of the cost of attending a four-year institution. The awards are granted for one year and can be renewed for two additional years if the students make satisfactory progress toward their degree. The awards are for full time study only. Winners may use their scholarships at any accredited engineering school in the United States. Completed nomination forms, transcripts and financial aid forms must be received by the financial aids office in (’236 by December 10. These scholarships are made possible by the College Entrance Examination Board financial aid program and is supported by the General Electric Foundation. The selection of the engineering students is based upon the completion of an associate degree. collecting toys in November for their annual Toys for Tots drive. The results of their labors, combined with the generosity of PCC students and faculty, will show on the faces of needy Pasadena area children Christmas morning. Club members began their drive for funds in early November with a letter to the Chicano faculty. The call for help, which was extended to the entire faculty, asked for donations to the Toys for Tots program in exchange for odd jobs performed by club members. The request resulted in response from several faculty members offering reasonable wages in exchange for weekend housework jobs. Sales of key rings decorated with Chicano designs further increased the coffers of the group. Club members will continue to sell the $2 key rings throughout the month with all the profits going to the drive. The ASB Board made a $200 con¬ tribution to the Toys for Tots drive. MECHA member and past ASB president Nick Martinez explained the program and solicited the grant from the board in order to finance last Friday’s dance. Profits from the successful dance will include the total money taken at the door, thanks to the grant. MECHA President Renato Medina reports all the money will be used to buy new toys lor the program. Cans distributed throughout the campus and marked for the Toys for Tots program provide the opportunity for all PCC students to contribute to the program. New and repairable used toys donated to the drive will make the holiday season brighter for the less fortunate in the community. The cans are located in the Library, Campus Center, quad, the C Building in¬ formation office and the MECHA trailer. A car wash to be held by MECHA members this Saturday will end the fund-raising efforts. Tickets are on sale now from club members. The total effort of the approximately 30 MECHA members is directed toward their Christmas week visits to families in need. From names supplied them from the Villa Park Center in Pasadena, the group will select the families most in need of some Christmas cheer. Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Magnificat” is the major work to be presented by the Concert Choir on Friday, Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. The group, which represents student vocalists from numerous performing groups at PCC, is directed by Richard Kelly. Also featured in several numbers will be a treble chorus, consisting of women from the larger choir. General ad¬ mission for the presentation is $2. and $1 for students with identification eards. “The Feaste of Christmas” is a traditional presentation by the Chamber Singers, depicting scenes from 17th century English life. The varied collection of old English carols, solos, dances and masques is set for Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. in the El Prado Room of the Pasadena Hilton Hotel. The program takes its title from a piece by the same name, written in the 1600s by a composer named McMahon. One act in the presentation dramatizes the traditional “nightwatch,” a vigil kept from 6 p.m. on Christmas eve to 6 a.m. on the following day. Members of the group will be ap¬ propriately costumed throughout the evening. Vocalists have been separated into eight quartets, ac¬ cording to director William Hatcher, and the quartets will present several numbers along with renditions by the larger group. Principal soloists will be Cathy Potter, Kerry Barnett, Marna Woodin, Cassie Monsour and Debra Hagelganz. Original staging has been prepared by choreographer Tom Callas, and Richard Cordova is the Chamber Singers’ accompanist. Dinner for the evening will cost $12.50 per person and consists of a tra¬ ditional English meal, complete with yorkshire pudding. “Though $12.50 may seem a bit expensive,” notes director Hatcher, “we promise to give you an evening of first class food and entertainment.” The auditorium at Pasadena’s Ambassador College is the site for a presentation on the same evening by the College-Community Symphony Orchestra. The 8:15 p.m. presentation of “Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints” will feature noted marimba soloist Dale Anderson. Admission to the concert is free. The orchestra is directed by R. Gerry Long, also a member of the music faculty at Ambassador College. The group is composed of musicians from both the campus and surrounding community who chose to come together for such a performing ex¬ perience. Information and tickets for each of the three holiday presentations are available by calling 578-7208. DAVID RANDOLPH . computer services New Facility Opens for Parent Education Sunday Bazaar To Help Italian Scholarship Fund A bazaar will be held Sunday by the Italian Scholarship Club to raise money for its student exchange program. The bazaar begins at noon and will run to 5 p.m. This is the major fund-raiser for the scholarship program which brings one Italian student to PCC for a year. Hand-made articles, hot and frozen Italian dishes, cakes and other baked goods, Christmas ornaments and many more items will be on sale. The prices start at 15 cents. “We have to clear money,” said Mrs. Alice Mothershead, foreign students liaison, “but we want them to enjoy and have a good time. We want to keep them coming year after year.” Dr. Vittorio Farinelli, the Consul General of Italy, his wife, and PCC President Dr. Armen Sarafian are the honored guests. “Dr. Farinelli is very impressed with this campus and has spoken very highly of this college,” said Mrs. Mothershead. Friends of Mrs. Farinelli will be making all the authentic Italian dishes for the bazarr. Live entertainment will be provided in the cafeteria. The Galaxy, a quartet including Dean Phyllis Jackson and her husband, one of the original Ink Spots,, will perform. Angelic Bur- zyncky, a PCC student, will also sing. Another PCC student, who is studying Italian, Olive Pinchot, will play the guitar while a friend sings popular songs. Stepphanie Schuster will play medieval country tunes on the violin. The entertainment is scheduled hourly throughout the day of the bazaar. Programs will be distributed at the cafeteria door detailing the performances. “This is done with blood, sweat and tears and a lot of love,” said Mrs. Mothershead. The event is planned and put on by the Italian Scholarship Committee, which is composed of students, faculty and staff. The program supplies funds for an Italian student to come to PCC for one year and a brief tour of the United States before returning home to Italy. The scholarship has provided three full-time scholarships and one partial since 1972. The committee also hopes to raise enough money to send a PCC student over to Italy for a year. There is one PCC student, Leslie Morgan, studying in Italy. A new facility has been opened as part of the PCC Parent Education Program’s project to provide services in the community. The facility, consisting of two rooms at the Foothill Intermediate School in La Canada, became operational at the beginning of the semester. There is a total of 17 sites at which 43 classes are scheduled. The locations include Pasadena, South Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Arcadia and Temple City. None is held on the PCC campus. The classes, which are open to children ranging in age from 18 months to four years, give parents the opportunity to observe their youngsters interacting with other children. The parents, with the assistance of a certified instructor in parent education and an aid take turns acting as “instructors” of the children. The classes meet once a week, ex¬ cept for two classes which convene two times a week. Pauline Crabb, who replaced Hana Alexander as Parent Education Spacialist last August, expressed pleasure in the enthusiasm of both parents and instructors in the program. “At the level of the child, you teach them by allowing them to explore their environment,” said Mrs. Crabb, who EOP RECRUITER Information for PCC students with academic deficiencies who are in¬ terested in attending the University of California at San Diego will be available from an Extended Op¬ portunity Program (EOP) recruiter Tuesday, Dec. 9. Patricia S. Car¬ denas, student activities coordinator of special education programs at UC San Diego, will be stationed at a table in the patio in front of the Campus Center from 9 a.m. to noon. Information concerning admission, financial aid, housing, transfer programs and majors will be available. i PAULINE CRABB . parent ed program notes that she first became interested in the program as a parent. The community-supported program has been operational since 1933. More information may be obtained by calling the Office of Continuing Education, 578-7357. KPCS News Reports from Big Fire Scene KPCS, as part of its expanded news activity, had on-the-spot coverage of the Big Tujunga and Mount Baldy fires which burned two weeks ago. Ken Davis, news and public affairs director, on his way to visit his parents, noticed the severity of the fire and put together a news story. Davis notified Larry Shirk, program director for the station, and requested time on the air. Later that evening he interrupted the regular programming to present some on the spot coverage. Most of the news broadcasts were in the form of 60-second spots and ran once every hour. The bulletins were updated as new releases and consisted of interviews with fire department personnel or people within half a mile of the fire. In one instance, the flames could be heard in the background. The radio station contacted National Public Radio (NPR) and told them that they had a 60-second spot covering the Big Tujunga fire and asked if NPR wanted to audition it for news broadcasting. NPR then sent all of the broadcast later that same afternoon to its member stations. Davis was in constant contact with the Fire Information Office and, along with Shirk, put together a six-minute recap of the first three days of the fire and ran a 15-minute pre-emption of NPR’s “All Things Considered” Wed¬ nesday of last week. Loe Lee, West Coast Bureau chief for NPR, heard the first spot sent by NPR and asked Davis to send in a continual update on the fire. Davis then sent two more spots into NPR and both were used on the news portion of the award¬ winning program, “All Things Con¬ sidered.”