PCC Courier, December 15, 1971

PCC Coutuesv VOL. 34, NO. 1 1 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 15, 1971 Tempers Brewing in Student Kitthen "EVERYBODY HAS his thing and this is mine," says Charlie Locke, an old prospector. "Some¬ body ought to pretty up this town." Charlie has painted windows in Pasadena for the past four — Courier Photo by Alan Zanger years. He doesn't charge anything for this serv¬ ice. It's just his way of saying, “Merry Christ¬ mas." Charlie resides at the Pasadena YMCA. This particular picture appears on a local store. State Legislature Makes New Changes in Jr. College Tenure By SALLY HANDFOKTH The student cooks for the ASB Discount Breakfasts dropped their aprons Monday, for the heat in the kitchen had overwhelmed them. Gilbert Moore, Tony Aguilar, and James Williams had come to their last straw with another cafe¬ teria employee and threw in the towel when working conditions became too tense. Campus relations liaison, Walt Butler, was informed of this sticky situation, and brought the angry cooks to the office of the cafeteria manager, Jerry Burney, to let off steam and inform the cafeteria boss of the milquetoast way the program had been run¬ ning. Burney expressed his lack of knowledge about the personnel trouble and vowed an investiga¬ tion would ensue and communica¬ tion problems would be ironed out. The ASB Discount Breakfast program began in the fall of last year with the help of the Student Cafeteria Committee to assist fi¬ nancial aid recipients in being well-nourished for a mere 30 cents. Each day of the week a menu of all kinds of tummy-filling delicacies are offered. Example: orange juice, oat¬ meal, two scrambled eggs, two slices of bacon, coffee cake, one carton of milk and a cup of coffee can be purchased for the 30 cents. The remainder of the expense for these breakfasts is paid for by donations given by the Faculty Senate and individual faculty members. Mobile Class New to PCC By MABC L. SMITH The Occupational Education De¬ partment at PCC supervises a truly unique form of education, a sprawling 24-foot classroom on wheels. The community classroom tours various minority neighbor¬ hoods four days a week offering courses helpful to the young housewife. Brenda Sharp, mobile classroom instructor, covers everything from consumer protection aids to facts about insurance and social security. The $15,000 classroom is a Gen¬ eral Motors conception of the modern day kitchen. It houses all the domestic necessities, refrig¬ erators, stoves, and even sewing machines. In order to maintain a relevant curriculum, the specific concerns of the students will be assessed and the selection of relative top¬ ics is focused on their needs. Classes are split between morn¬ ing and afternoon, both three hours in length. Although the classes are not accredited, the mobile classroom entertains many enthusiastic participants. Don Williams, transportation director, supervises the mainten¬ ance of the unit as well as seeing to it that the classroom is at its prospective location from day to day. The mobile unit begins a new route and schedule of classes this month. For current class sched¬ ules and location sites, dates, and hours in your neighborhood, phone 798-0529, extension 314. The broil has been quelled and the program will continue until June. This was just a stirring example that too many cooks will leave an empty kitchen — an old adage. Band Club Seeks Funds for Tour The Lancer Band will bring Tournament of Roses-style pag¬ eantry to the Pacific Northwest next spring — if enough local resi¬ dents and businessmen get behind it The Band Boosters Club is seek¬ ing help to raise funds for the goodwill concert tour during next semester. “Joy of Music,” theme of the 1972 Tournament of Roses, will be used for the tour of schools, organizations and civic affairs in Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Colum¬ bia. Dr. Richard V. Coy, PCC direc¬ tor of bands, said the tour wifi include a performance at the State Capitol rotunda in Sacra¬ mento. “Two years ago, when we per¬ formed at the rotunda, we pro¬ duced more good will than at any other place we visited,” Coy said. “These concert tours serve sev¬ eral purposes. They help the stu¬ dents’ personal development, pro¬ mote public relations for PCC, and give the players a musical goal.” Band students put in over 200 hours of community service in rehearsals and performances in the fall semester alone, Coy said. The Booster Club is asking for help from interested businessmen and others in the area. All con¬ tributions for the concert tour are tax-deductible, Coy said. Tutorial Services There is free help available to all PCC students in all subjects. Go to 164C, Student Resources Center, for information. Free use of electric typewriters is one of numerous services pro¬ vided by the Center. A legislative measure which makes sweeping changes in Com¬ munity College tenure and em¬ ployment practices was signed into law earlier this month by Governor Ronald Reagan. Introduced by Senator Albert S. Rodda of Sacramento and co¬ authored by Assemblyman John Stull of Leucadia, Senate Bill 696 revises existing statutes govern¬ ing employment, evaluation and dismissal of all certificated em¬ ployees in California’s 94 com¬ munity colleges. “This is an excellent step in the direction of solving problems with tenure and employer-employ¬ ee relations in our community colleges,” said Harmon K. How¬ ard, chairman of the Board of Governors of the California Com¬ munity Colleges. “The measure was designed and written to pro¬ vide for the specific needs of com¬ munity colleges.” Sidney W. Brossman commended faculty groups and others for more than two years’ work on the bill. “This demonstrates that community college groups, work¬ ing in concert, are able to solve their own problems,” he said. Sponsored by the Board of Gov¬ ernors and supported by all boards of trustees, administrators and all but one faculty group, the new provisions will take ef¬ fect September 1, 1972. They pro¬ vide for four basic changes in existing statutes: •Permits local boards of trus¬ tees to terminate a certificated Christmas has many faces in our society. It has the face of buy, buy, buy; a mad rush from store to store making sure that nobody is left off the gift list. It has the face of an endless round of parties and dinners, drinks and turkey and greetings to all the relatives you see only once a year. It has the face of Muzak spewing out canned Christmas music, plas¬ tic wreaths and aluminum trees decorated with tinfoil angels. Christmas has another face. To see it, look up into the sky at night. Listen to joyous voices singing Christmas carols because they want to celebrate the season. Look at people exchanging gifts, not because they must, but be¬ cause they love each other. These are parts of the other face of Christmas. There are other parts, but you get the idea. This face of the Library Hours The College Library will ob¬ serve the following vacation schedule during the Christmas holidays: December 20 and 21, open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On December 22, facilities will be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. December 27 and 28, hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 6 to 9 p.m. December 29, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Library will be closed all other days of the vacation. employee “without cause” after the first or second year. •Eliminates the use of the Su¬ perior Court in dismissal pro¬ ceedings of certificated employees who have achieved tenure status by substituting an arbitrator or state hearing officer. •Requires annual evaluation procedures for probational em¬ ployees and evaluation at least once every two years for tenured employees. •Allows boards of trustees to grant tenure after the first or second year of employment. • • • season is dedicated to remember¬ ing why we celebrate this annual holiday. To each of us, Christmas has its own meaning. We realize that the roots of the commercial holi¬ day are deep in all of us. But, deeper still, each of us has been affected by the real Christmas, a birthday almost 2000 years ago. It is in this spirit that the edi¬ tors and reporters of the Courier extend to all of you our best wishes for the happiest of holi¬ day seasons and a prosperous and rewarding New Year. Get Grades Early by Buying Cards A student needing early final grades may purchase postal cards (printed) at the College Book¬ store, address them to himself or the institution to which he plans to transfer, and give one to each of his teachers. The teacher will record the grade, sign his name, and mail the card (or the student may ar¬ range to pick up the card). Official transcripts involving fi¬ nal grades for the current semes¬ ter will not be mailed until ap¬ proximately February 15 or later. Requests for official transcripts should be filed in 108C. The College Bookstore will close for ceiling repairs December 18. It opens again January 3. Community colleges chancellor — Courier Photo by Alan Zanger ARE YORTY FANS rampant on the PCC campus? Turn to Page Two for an editorial on this Presidential candidate, and to Page Three for a story on a local press conference starring "Just Plain Sam." A Message from the Staff of the Courier MERRY CHRISTMAS