Lady Lancers Win
Own Tourney; Face
Mesa Wednesday
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Hark! The Business
of Christmas Is
Now Upon Us
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Master Plan to Eliminate Local Control
By Joe Holman, Editor in Chief
The plight of California Community Colleges is not a new subject.
In February, 1984, State Senate Minority Leader Jim Nielsen introduced a bill
mandating a “review of California’s Master Plan for Higher Education.” The bill
required the appointment of a 14-member committee to review the current
Master Plan and submit a study and any proposals to the State Legislature and the
Gov. George Deukmejian by Jan. 1, 1986, and was quickly approved.
As this date fast approaches, the committee has announced several
proposals, one of which would all but eliminate local control of California’s 106
community colleges, according to John W. Casey, college superintendent-
president.
The proposal calls for the formation of 12 Regional Boards, which would
abolish the 70 current District Boards. If approved, the system would be similiar
to the one used at four-year colleges and universities and, according to Casey,
strip the current Boards of any power.
“It would change the focus of community colleges,” said Casey. “No longer
would the college be community oriented.”
Casey noted that under the current system, where there is only one statewide
Board of Governors that has little power, local Boards set salaries, curriculum,
budgets and handle all hiring.
“I am definitely in favor of local Boards, but I also think that there is room
for compromise,” said Casey. “I’m not at all in favor of proposed Regional
Boards.”
Casey explained that salaries would be set statewide. He cited that this
practice would be somewhat unfair because other factors, such as the price of
housing in Southern Califonia as opposed to Northern California, are not taken into
consideration.
The time element involved in the implementation of Board decisions is also
important. Ideas can be put into action by local Boards within one semester,
whereas it would take up to four semesters to implement proposals on the
Statewide level.
“I believe very strongly in the validity of local governing boards for
community colleges,” said Peter Hirsch, executive director of the California
Association of Community Colleges. “It is that aspect of it, as much as anything
else, that makes the community college the uniquely American contribution to
postsecondary education.”
However, according to an article by Vic Pollard published in The Sun,
California’s community colleges have been suffering an identity crisis that began
in the late 1970s when former Gov. Jerry Brown criticized them for classes on
macrame and other recreational subjects.
It grew suddenly worse in 1978 when the passage of Proposition 13 cut off
much of their local property tax revenue and made them largely dependent on
state aid.
PCC
COURIER
VOL, 61, NO. 15
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 13, 1985
Computers Cause Long Wait
Sign Arts Exhibit Conning to Library
IS THE REWARD WORTH THE WAIT? — Local food facilities must have had a field day
Thursday, Dec. 5, as several hundred students waited in line to register after the computers used in
the process broke down. The line wrapped around the C Building. "I was scheduled to a register at
2: 1 5, but I didn't get until 7 p.m.," said student Pat Awad. —courier photo by Pat
мопсе
By Sister Mary Scully
Staff Writer
Commercial signs have been known
to turn off the public, but not those
created in the Pasadena City College
Sign Arts Class. “Throughout January,
students will show varied posters and
art work that are guaranteed to
tanatalize the viewer,” said Rosa
Chandler, exhibit committee chair¬
person.
Students work from Sign Arts 333 A-
B-C-D will be displayed inside the glass
cases in the foyer of the PCC library,
according to Bob McDaniel, Sign arts
instructor.
McDaniel said, “The purpose of the
exhibit is to give visual exposure to
what the sign arts department teaches,
and to demonstrate the varied media in
which sign painters and graphic artists
become involved. The display will also
show the public the capabilities of the
sign arts students. Artwork for the
exhibit will include sandblasted wood
signs, gold leaf on glass, show card
posters, art sketches, air brush work
600 RV's Will Occupy Campus
1800 Club Members Arriving Soon
By Lisa Acosta
News Editor
Approximately 1800 people will be
occupying the PCC campus Dec. 28
through Jan. 2 for the ninth annual
Rose Parade Samboree hosted by the
Good Sam Club (GSC), the world’s
largest and fasted growing recreational
vehicle owners association.
The Samboree which has sold more
than 600 tickets, will raise $21,730 for
PCC’S general fund.
GSC, which has been in existence for
nearly 20 years, travels throughout the
states and other countries in search of
special events. More than 600 RV’s and
campers will be parked in lots 2,3,4, as
well as on inner campus roads.
“We host seminars, special nightly
entertainment, optional tours and
outside activities. A barbecue is sched¬
uled on New Year’s Day. We will be
serving more than 850 people,” said
Marion Ward, GSC special events man¬
ager.
The Tournament of Roses will hold a
special presentation for GSC members
and a Ladies Tea, Dec. 30 featuring the
Rose Queen and her court.
The Good Sam Club will be totally
self contained, according to the con¬
tract signed by the goup and the col¬
lege. The club chose to pay an addi¬
tional $5000 in costs for use of campus
facilities, including showers and bath¬
rooms in the Men’s and Women’s gyms.
The Cafeteria, Campus Center and
individual classrooms will also be
available to them. Dancing will take
place in Harbeson Hall. Sexson
Auditorium will be the location for
their New Year’s Eve party.
GSC has also paid an extra fee for the
safety office to provide 24-hour secur¬
ity. “ A lot of the club members are
retired, so one of our big concerns is
medical attention for them,” said Sgt.
Barbara Keith, campus police officer.
“One year we had a death of a Good
Sam member who suffered a heart
attack. Our Good Sam patrol will
always be available in the event of a
medical emergency,” said Sgt. Keith.
“Before Good Sam came here, PCC
was kind of a problem area on New
Year’s Eve. Since they’ve been here
and taken up the area in front of the
campus, we have not had any police
related problems on campus,” said Sgt.
Keith.
For those wishing to avoid the
crowds on Colorado Boulevard, closed
circuit television will be set up in the
cafeteria.
Seminars on recreational related
subjects will be offered including high¬
way safety, healthy traveling, and rig
upkeep and maintennance. Optional
trips are scheduled to the Queen Mary,
Universal Studios, Santa Anita Race
Track and the Museum of Science and
Industry.
25 RVs are scheduled to arrive early
for a meeting Friday Dec. 27 at 2 p.m.
in the Campus center. Two-thirds of the
group are expected on the following
day and any over loads will be staying
at Jefferson Elementary School lo¬
cated near the Community Skills Cen¬
ter.
Band Prepares For Parade
Fifty-one students from the PCC Marching Band will perform in the
official Rose Parade Band in the 97th annual Tournament of Roses Parade.
This year’s grand marshall will be syndicated columnist, Erma
Bombeek.
In keeping with the parade’s theme, “A Celebration of Laughter,” the
band will perform several famous cartoon theme songs including “Merrie
Melodies” and the theme songs from the popular cartoons “The Jetsons,”
and “Woody Woodpecker.” The band will also play “Colonial Bogie” and
the annual “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.”
More than 80 hours of practice will be put in by the band before the New
Year’s Day performance. “The exhilarating feeling that you get once you
actually get out in the crowd and hear them cheer and applaud makes up for
the long hours of rehearsals,” said Charlene Tabet student-band manager.
The band consists of 200 members. Prior to January 1, the band will also
perform at Disneyland on December 27 and in Sexson hall for the Good Sam
Club on December 29. —Andre’ Coleman
The Gay and Lesbian Student Union will be hosting AIDS
Awareness Night on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. in Harbeson
Hall. The presentation will consist ofthree speakers includ¬
ing Bob Heinbaugh, executive director of Los Angeles
Shanti, a group that does educational counseling on AIDS as
well as one-on-one counseling with AIDS victims. Heinbaugh
will cover the social and psychological aspects of AIDS.
Bob Leem, administrator of LA Cares, which has screen¬
ings available for AIDS through the Gay and Lesbian
Community Service Center, will speak on the medical
aspects of AIDS.
The third speaker will be a representative of the AIDS
Project Los Angeles. The talk will cover the history of the
disease, its spreading and the lack of funding for research.
In the continuing effort to raise funds, KPCC has a new
ally. The Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association is sponsor¬
ing a holiday big band dance which will benefit KPCC,
“Swing 89.3.”
The dance will be held on Friday, Dec. 20 from 8 p.m. to
midnight. This gala evening will take place at the Glendale
Civic Auditorium, 1401 North Verdugo Road in Glendale.
Tickets are $12.50 in advance and $15 at the door. There will
be door prizes, a raffle and hors d’oeuvres. For reservations
and more information call (818 ) 799-5689.
Dancers are needed for a television test pilot to be shot at
PCC Monday, Dec. 16 in C102 at 8:30 a.m. “It’s Happening”
is a dance program in American Bandstand format, but
circa 1960 flower children, acid heads and surf bums are
needed for this test filming.
The Bank of America Christmas Club Party is scheduled
tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium for the
children of Bank of America employees.
The club was formed in 1923 and has held the Christmas
party tradition every year. More than 1300 children will be
attending with each being given a toy for his age level.
Children will have the opportunity to sit on Santa’s lap and
and calligraphy,” McDaniel said.
“The idea of the display really came
from the students. I took it upon myself
to promote this class so that others in
the school could discover what the
course is really like and choose it as a
part or full time vocation. The class is
broad in scope,” said Chandler.
Students learn basic principles of
layout, letter spacing, centering and
outlining as well as shading of letters.
They also learn the analysis of
alphabets and mixing of oil paints.
Chandler said, “The more advanced
students assist the beginners in learn¬
ing to use the brush correctly. They
show students how to make upright and
slant strokes and the oval configuration
of the letter ‘O’.”
Students also learn how to ask perti¬
nent questions about the signs they will
produce: Where is the sign going? At
what height will it be placed? From
what distance will it be viewed by the
public? What does the sign really
mean? Sign art students learn the value
of a layout. A good layout is 90 percent
of a good sign job. Balance, rhythm,
emphasis and proportion are the basic
principles involved. Color change also
emphasises the dominant word.
As the students advance in the trade,
they learn to make pounce patterns, to
do truck and window lettering with
either silver, gold or aluminum leaf.
They also make banners using oil
paints. Sign art students who have
artistic backgrounds use graphics, pic¬
torial painting and logos to attract the
viewers eye. Sometimes the students
are asked to do sign jobs outside of
school. They are offered opportunities
to work in sign shops or other graphic
design companies on a part time basis.
Chandler’s committee to promote
the exhibit includes the following stu¬
dents: Michele Husson-Jones, Jeff
Dykes, Carla Alford and Dung Truong.
BEFORE THE PETALS — Greg Clanton, Tournament of Roses float
builder, welds the top of the hyena's head on to its body on the city
of South Pasadena's entry in the Rose Parade. The city chose the
hyena, in keeping with the spirit of the parade's theme, "A
Celebration of Laughter.'' The South Pasadena Float Center is
located on the corner of El Centro Avenue and Fairview Avenue.
— Courier photo by Mike Zelenak
Forensics Captures Awards
Competing against 30 universities
and colleges, the PCC Forensics team
won seven trophies and six certificates
of superior ranking at the Fall Cham¬
pions Tournament Dec. 6, 7 and 8 at Los
Angeles City College,
“This tournament was the most com¬
petitive because so many schools
entered. There were over 600 students
competing,” said Anthony Georgilas,
forensics coach. The team took second
place in overall accumulated points.
The next competition will be the
Nationals which will be held at USC
Dec. 29, 30 and 31. On Jan. 2, 3 and 4 the
PCC Forensics team will compete in
the UCLA Nationals. Georgilas said
that the PCC Forensics team per¬
formed best against most schools. The
PCC Forensics team took First Place
Sweepstakes against 85 universities
and colleges.
“PCC Forensics team has ac¬
cumulated the most sweepstakes points
in the last four years than any two-year
or four-year school. In 1986 the team
has a very good chance to win the D.L.
Miller Perpetual trophy which is given
to the school with the highest number
of accumulated points. PCC won it in
1981 and this is an exceptional ac¬
complishment because it means defeat¬
ing four-year schools as well as two-
year colleges,” Georgilas said.
The other schools competing for the
D.L. Miller trophy include UCLA,
Brigham Young University, UC
Berkeley, Stanford, Texas Christian
University, University of Mexico, Albu¬
querque, University of Nevada, Las
Vegas, University of Arizona, Tucson,
Michigan State, Lansing, Michigan and
the University of Iowa.
have their picture taken with him. Entertainment will
include Christmas cartoons, a clown and choir. Bank of
America will be picking up the tab for the event. Frank
Difatta,
1985/86
president of the Los Angeles Bank of
America Club Chapter, said, “the club functions as a way for
mostly entry level employees to attend social events they
could not usually afford on their own,”
LIBRARY RECEIVED DONATION— Joanne
Kim, director of Library Services, accepts a
$1000 check from Karen Vargo, AS Vice Presi¬
dent, in support of the Library's renovation. "We
greatly appreciate the student support. My goal is
to build up the resources adequate enough to
meet curriculum needs. We hope to eventually
have eight computer terminals all together and
our ultimate goal is to get a new building.
— Courier photo by Bruce Dickeon
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