PCC Courier, December 17, 1976

VOL. 42, N0.15 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 17, 1976 KPCS Awarded 'Mike' for News By Jim Bi ndley Assistant Fine Arts Editor t'he ‘ ‘5 : :J0 News” a 15-minute live news radio program aired on KPCS- KM won the "Golden Mike Award” lor Й “K” AS IN TRIKE— Circle К members Paul Fanell, top, and Tom Selinse practice for the first Circle К Tricycle Race held Tuesday to raise funds for the Wendell Hill family of Altadena. best news writing at the awards banquet Thursday, Dec. 2. News Director Marcy Winograd. wrote, produced and announced the broadcast which was entered in open competition with other radio stations, including commercial stations in the southland area. The Radio and Television Industry Association picked any given week of the year as the "Golden Mike Week.” Within that week they select one day to represent the radio station's broad¬ casts. According to Larry Shirk, Station Manager the choice is an in¬ dication of the quality of the newscasts the radio station broadcasts. Shirk said the award has the same value in the radio business as an Oscar has for the film industry. Prior to her arrival at PCC four months ago. Ms. Winograd worked at KPKK, a non-commercial community supported radio station, reporting and writing news stories, as well as working on documentaries. After leaving KPFK. she worked on a top 40 radio station in Eugene Oregon, as news director. She then worked for seven month at KCBS, an all news radio station in San Fran- sisco. where she wrote and edited news stories. Ms. Winograd feels KPCS is a station that the community can listen to while providing an opportunity for student involvement in the newsroom. KPCS-FM also received the "Golden Mike Award” in 1 972 for a documen¬ tary on drug abuse. Promoters allowed KPCS-FM to broadcast the .Junior Rose Bowl last Saturday because of the station's in¬ volvement with sports anouncing since 1957. Debaters Rated Third in Nation Applications A vaiiabie for Student Politicos By Laurel ( арапе Business Manager ■January 3 is the first day for students to file applications for ASB offices. They may be picked up from elections commissioner David Benzing or Dorothy Byles in the Campus Center and must be returned to them no later than January 10. Eligible candidates include those students who: are enrolled in 101-, units, are not on academic probation, maintain a 2.2 grade point average iGPA), and have 11 a.m. Thursdays free during the Spring semester to attend ASB Board meetings. Senate officers must also be available Tuesdays at noon when the Senate convenes. Duties of ASB officers are as follows: The ASB President chairs the ASB Board, votes to break a tie or to complete a quorum, appoints ASB cabinet officers, acts as presiding officer at all meetings and assemblies of the Associated Students, and attends regional state government con¬ ferences. The Vice-president presides over the ASB Cabinet and chairs the Civil Service Commission. He carries Board decisions and requests to the Cabinet for executive consideration and support. As Civil Service Chairman he is responsible for promoting interest in appointive offices through the use of ail college publications. He also takes charge of all graduation activities. Associated Women's and Men's Students Presidents are responsible for со ordinating their respective groups' activities. The Athletic President is responsible for promoting athletic events and arranging ASB financial support when necessary. The Senate President prepares the agenda and chairs Senate meetings, lie is also responsible for attending any student, administrative or com¬ munity meeting of interest to the Student Senate. First and Second Vice- presidents aid the president in carrying out his duties. The debate team of Matt Brand- stetter and Matt Megaro took second place in the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) division to lead the PCC debate squad to a third place national rating in CEDA debate, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 10-11. The contest, sponsored by the University of Southern California, lifted PCC's debaters past Brigham Young University to their new spot behind squads from Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Northridge. Michelle Hopkins placed first in the Lincoln-Douglas debate category while PCC’s second CEDA debate squad of Mike Schultz and Gina Iovine had a score of 4-2 in the preliminary rounds of competition. "They didn't w in anything but they were extremely important in getting us the sweep- stakes” said Joe Probst, speech in¬ structor. The Community College Sweepstakes was awarded to PCC. The third place rating in CEDA was the result of a complilation of high scores from meets throughout th season. PCC's debaters recently too first place at a similar meet at Cc State Long Beach. During remainder of the semeste: the team will focus on an ‘‘ex perimental " meet at Cal State Nor thridge. The spring semester wil include about 10 meets according t< Probst. “Next semester we’ve go some fancy stuff. We're going to try tc go to the National Championships ir Salt Lake City, Utah, but we still hav< to get permission on that. Probst also mentioned the possibility of attending the community college National Championships which are being held in Washington D.C. this year. “We are still very much in need of more people” said Probst. He em¬ phasized the fact that people do not need experience in order to par¬ ticipate. "Except for two people, no one on this year's team had previous experience.” Second Trustee Not To Seek Board Reelection Unsold Model Home Still Ties Up Space Local Restrictions, College Red Tape Discourages Buyers Bv Tom Godfrey Stall Writer ' Controversy continues to surround I the model home, situated somewhat I symbolically, in the parking lot among the Engineering and Technology building, the purchasing offices and | the journalism bungalow. “We re still hoping to find a party I that has a lot, the financial history to ■get a loan, and the money to move it,” I said Robert Burns, Director of Pur- I chasing, who dotjs not regard the I problem as a major one. “No house [has gone easily. I had one where I. sat Jup every night until midnight for two Iweeks trying to get a hold of a [prospective buyer.” Burns feels the only pressure to |move the house at this time is coming [from the “Courier” and some of the |students. "We will sell this house. Right now |l'm not worried,” he said. But among those who are worried lore the students in Lome Johnson's [building construction class, presently pit work on the new model home. "We could have sold that house long logo,” complained one of them. "1 had [someone who was' interested in it, but he was turned off by all the red tape |und run around he got over there.” Johnson himself, while saying the oile of the model home is not his ■concern, did admit that problems with ■the sale had lowered the morale of the ■class. "There's no question it ’affected Things here, but it has improved since |"o got the alternative building site for pho new home.” Basically, Johnson explained, the problem has been a growing im¬ pression the model home is a "white elephant" "There's nothing wrong with the home itself. It's a well-built, well-designed house.” Johnson regrets that controversy over the sale of the home has been allowed to reflect on the program. “We're continuing to place over 75 percent of our students in jobs in an industry that's been depressed for the past few years. Two of my students from last year's class are going on to advanced academic training. That's a pretty good record.” he said. The excellence of the program is not now being contested. Burns, himself, termed it a “viable, excellent program that should not be affected.” Indications, however, are that it will be. Dr. Charles F. Miller, Vice President for Business Services, conceded that, if the model home goes Deal for Sale of Project Collapses; Rebidding Set PCC's model home will be back up for bids, following the collapse of arrangements with a prospective buyer earlier this week. The bidding wiil begin again in January, according to John J. Carson, buyer in the Pur¬ chasing office. As late as last week, the college had been exploring a possible sale with an interested party, described by Dr. Charles F. Miller, vice president of business services, as a “taculty member familiar with the building construction program.” According to Miller, the prospective buyer had a suitable lot and the necessary finances to conclude the move. but. following a meeting Tuesday, the buyer was out of the picture. This latest complication concluded a ' six month effort to find a qualified individual to whom property rights could be assigned by the original bidder This procedure was preferred to rebidding the home, according to Purchasing Director Robert Burns, because it avoided legal and ad¬ ministrative entanglements, which now confront those still involved in marketing the building project. unsold, the program would have to be drastically changed. “We might even end up in the demolition business," he said. "We just can't keep collecting unsold houses." Both Miller and Burns expect the sale of future homes to be more dif¬ ficult. Miller noted the sharp drop in bids i to only one on this year's house) is "indicative of the problem.” Available lots are declining in number in the Pasadena area, they pointed out, plus access to other available sites was being cut off by the construction of underpasses on the Foothill Freeway that are too small to accommodate trailers carrying the houses. "We're becoming effectively landlocked,” Burns concluded. Another problem Burns outlined was the increasing number of local restrictions on standards of home construction. “One of the lots chosen by this year's highest bidder (Mr. James Dorsi, now out of the picture) proved unsuitable because the home didn't have the particular type of fireproof roof required by the local ordinance. Our roof was fireproof, but not the one the law required. He would have had to put a whole new roof on the building before he could have moved it to that site.” Miller and Burns also anticipate that the home presently under construction will be particularly difficult to place because of its special feature. Plans call for solar panels that will require the house to be situated on a lot on a the north side of an east-west street w ith an unobstructed southern exposure. And. as Burns said, "you just aren't Continued on Pace Six A second member of the PCC Board of Trustees announced last week that he will not run for re-election in the March 8 balloting. Robert Considine, a member of the board for almost four years, said he may move out of the district within the next four years and did not feel it was fair to keep potential candidates in the dark as to his intentions. Considine represents Area 1, which encompasses the city of Arcadia. The deadline for filing for candidacy in the four trustee areas up for re- election is January 7. Considine said many of the ob¬ jectives he set out to accomplish when he ran for election in 1973 have been achieved. He cited maintaining the integrity of Arcadia as a trustee area a major accomplishment during his tenure in office. Tighter control of the $30 million district budget was one of Considine's campaign issues. He said he considers the board's stabilization of expendi- tires and the maintenance of the current tax rate during his term in office one of the objectives of his campaign. Another goal was a comprehensive insurance program to adequately protect the school from disaster and liability. Considine was one of the most outspoken members of the board who called for an increase in the college’s athletic protection and a review of the total insurance program. Dr. E. Howard Floyd. PCC superintendent-president, said of Considine, "Bob served on the board as an able and conscientious leader. He knows the needs of the community and has brought to PCC his broad wisdom. We shall miss his great in¬ sight to the needs of community college education." —Courier Photo by Dana Pedersen FACULTY FRAMED— Nursing student Suzanne Murphy views one of the many artworks on display in the Art Gallery during the Art Faculty Art Show. Thirty-one members of the Art Department submitted material for the show which began December 5 and ends today.