First Class
Victory
For Lancers
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President’s Day
Is Monday —
No Classes in Session
Last Rites
For Harry
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The
COURIER
VOL. 68, NO. 1
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 16, 1989
Todd Hiskexj/ The Courier
As seen from the top of R Building, a student ponders the approaching storm the arctic cold front delivered.
Robinson Takes Heat
For Visiting So. Africa
Wanted: Blood for Life
More than a thousand people need
blood in Los Angeles and Orange
Counties every day. Nearly all of the
blood is provided by volunteers; heroes
who, in exchange for an hour of their
time, can save a life.
The supplies of
О
negative and
О
positive, the most common blood
types, are now critically short said
Monique Brinkman, field representa¬
tive from the Red Cross. Hospitals are
postponing elective surgery until the
blood supply is replenished.
The Red Cross is now recruiting
donors at PCC. Brinkman will be on
campus today and again on Tuesday to
make appointments for donations that
will be taken on Wedneday and Thurs¬
day Feb 23 and 24.
The campus clubs are assisting in the
campaign to recruit donors. The Red
Cross will host a pizza party for the
club that signs up the most donors. To
record the achievement for posterity,
the Red Cross will give the winning
club a plaque.
Any healthy person over 17 years of
age, who weighs more than one
Robbins, First Female
President of PCC, Dies
Dr. Catherine J. Robbins, the only
woman president of Pasadena City Col¬
lege died in her sleep at 4 a.m. Monday
at the South Pasadena Convalescent
Hospital.
Robbins who was 88, received her
AB (Phi Beta Kappa) and M.A. and
Ph.D from Stanford University. After
completing her masters degree in 1923
she taught at Pasadena High School in
the commerce department. A year later
she became a charter faculty member at
PCC.
She began as a business teacher. In
1931 she was appointed Dean of Wo¬
men, a post she retained until 1950
when she became Dean of Curriculum.
From 1959 to 1965 she served as presi¬
dent of the college.
A memorial service was held at 2
p.m. Wednesday in the Forum.
Contributions may be made to the
Catherine J. Robbins Scholarship Fund
at PCC.
Asian American Lecture Series
To Explore Histories, Cultures
Asians have been residing in Califor¬
nia for more than six generations but
have received little recognition for their
contributions to American culture.
The 1989 lecture series will focus on
the broad history of “Asian Pacific
Americans: Six Generations in Califor¬
nia. ”Dr. Ron Takaki, professor of
ethnic studies at U.C. Berkeley, will
begin the series on Japanese American
literature.” We need to view the im¬
migrants as men and women with
minds, wills, and voices. “By ’voices,’
I mean their own words as expressed in
oral histories, letters, conversations,
novels, short stories and poems,” said
Takaki. By looking at the writings of
Toshio Mori, Hohn Okada and many
other first-generation Japanese-
American writers. Takaki believes we
can learn why they immigrated, their
experiences and hardships, and their
bold efforts to transform themselves
from temporary residents to American
setters.
This Series will combine different
activities ranging from films, exhibits
and lectures. These programs will bring
well known individuals and humanities
scholars from all over California to
PCC.
Tritia Toyota, KCBS anchorperson,
hundred and ten pounds can give blood.
The donation itself only takes about
eight minutes. First the donor registers
and privately answers questions about
his health on the registration form.
Next a nurse will ask the donor more
questions and check his temperature,
blood pressure and hemoglobin level.
After giving blood the donor will relax
and enjoy some refreshments for about
15 minutes.
The effect of donating blood is mini¬
mal even for athletes, said Brinkman.
The body will replenish the lost fluids
within 24 hours. It takes about six
weeks to replace the red blood cells, but
that is no reason for the donor to change
his routine. A football player could
play his best game the very next day,
said Brinkman.
PCC Track coach Skip Robinson in a
series of legal maneuvers has thus far
avoided being suspended from The
Athlete Congress (TAC) for participat¬
ing in a number of South Africa track
and field meets last fall. The TAC is the
U.S. governing body of the Interna¬
tional Amateur Athletic Federation
which oversees all world class athletic
events along with the Olympics and
Olympic trials.
Although Robinson is not a member,
such an action by TAC would prevent
Robinson from coaching in any track
events where world class or Olympic
athletes are participating. But Robinson
may be approaching the end of his legal
loop holes as TAC appears determined
to take Robinson to task for his part in
participation in a number of South
Africa track and field meets last fall.
TAC has become interested in coach
Robinson and 16 other coaches and
track competitors who participated in a
series of four track and field events in
apartheid ridden South Africa last Oc¬
tober.
Thus far, Robinson has not been able
to attend any of TAC’s hearings which
surprises Federation members. As TAC
counsel Alvin Chriss puts it, “Mr.
Robinson says that it’s difficult for him
to make a hearing. I question that. He
was able to make it to South Africa all
right.”
Coach Robinson, declined to accept
TAC’s offer to pay his expenses to the
New York hearing on Feb. 3, claiming
the hearing would be outside his TAC
district. Robinson noted TAC’s bylaws
specifically stated TAC hearings were
to be given within an individual’s
district. Robinson did not attend a TAC
hearing in Covina on Dec. 15 because
he was not told to. TAC commented
that it did not learn about Robinson’s
involvement in the South Africa track
meets until after Nov. 18, and hence
could not give Robinson the required
notification time for the Dec. 15 hearing
in Covina.
Robinson has refused to attend hear¬
ings in San Jose on Jan. 18, and the
New York hearing on Feb. 3. So, the
coming March 30 hearing in Covina
appears to be the show down between
coach Robinson and TAC. Thus far, all
other 16 American coaches and players
involved in the meets have been su¬
spended for periods ranging from three
years to twelve years.
The Pasadena Star-News reported
that Robinson who was on leave from
PCC at the time he participated in the
South Africa track and field meets
received $30,000 for his work. Other
coaches and players involved in the
meets are reported to have received
between $30,000 and $50,000. The
money was paid by Trek Petroleum of
South Africa in order to draw the
Americans into a track and field com¬
petition with South Africa which has
been censured by other countries
because of its Human Rights violations
and separatist Apartheid policy.
Refusing to address the Apartheid
policy and Human Rights violations of
South Africa in connection with his ac¬
tions, coach Robinson only said, “The
situation [with TAC] is a political issue
not an athletic issue, and my actions
had nothing to do with PCC.”
But InCAR, a PCC student Organiz¬
ation disagrees with Robinson on the
meets not having to do with PCC policy
issues, InCAR spokeswoman Jodi
Grippa says, “Robinson is dead wrong
here, his action did violate PCC policy
in relation to apartheid.” Grippa also
noted that a college coach, as a leader
of young men and women in highly
emotional and physical events, not only
influences these athletes and their
peers, but also influences the area’s
young people in the junior and senior
high schools. “A lot of them read the
L.A. Times or Pasadena Star-News
Sports, and when they do, they don’t
separate PCC and coach Robinson, all
they see is the headline,” she said.
President Scott has released the offi-
cal PCC policy in the form of
RESOLUTION NO. 94 adolpted on
Nov. 7,1985. The Resolution condemn¬
ing racism of the govenment of South
Africa reads as follows; The official
racism of the government of South
Africa is abhorrent, and it is not
socially responsible to own the
secruites of companies doing busi¬
ness in South Africa, and which com¬
panies do not subscribe to the
Sullivan Principles.
Be it Resolved that, as to invest¬
ments directly controlled and
or invested by the College ad¬
ministration of the Pasadena Area
Community College District, there
be no further investment in com¬
panies doing business in South
Africa which companies do not
subscribe to the Sullivan Principles.
So what it really seems to come
down to is did coach Robinson earn his
reported $30,000 in subscribing to the
Sullivan Principle.
By Jim Dyce
‘In fact, Asians have been
part of California History
for six generations.’
—Joanne Kim
will speak on Asian American women
and media issues. The objective of this
special project is to re-emphasize Asian
American contributions and to bring
greater recognition ond appreciation of
the history of generations of Asian
Pacific Americans in California. “The
San Gabriel Valley has witnessed a
large increase in the Asian population
in the last 10 years. But many people do
not realize that not all Asians are im¬
migrants. In fact, Asians have been part
of California history for six genera¬
tions,” said Joanne Kim, co¬
coordinator of this program.
The project series was made possible
by a $7,500 grant from the California
Council for the Humanities. The series
will begin February 22 and run through
the fall semester. All lectures and films
start at 7:30 p.m. in the PCC forum and
are open to the public. “We hope there
is a large turnout combining all ethnic
backgrounds.” said Kim.
Spring Enrollment Jumps to Record Total
Enrollment numbers at PCC have
increased with 18,968 students
enrolled for 1989 Spring semester
classes. That’s an increase of 395 over
last Spring, yet students who
registered for classes this semester
found the enrollment lines much shor¬
ter because 8,287 students registered
by mail.
“We weren’t as packed as we were
last year,” a staff member who
worked on registration said. “People
seemed more worried about adding
and dropping classes than register¬
ing.”
“Mail-in registration went very
well,” said Dr. Stuart Wilcox, dean of
admissions and records, “We’re very
satisfied with it.”
Wilcox quickly pointed out that
although mail-in registration was a
huge success, it was far from flawless.
The mail-in system encountered
3,729 problems, such as registration
forms incorrectly or incompletely
filled out, which further halted pro¬
cessing.
A notification mailed to students
informing them why their registration
had not been fully processed
promptly solved the vast majority of
the problems, Wilcox said.
“Out of 8,000 or so people, there’s
going to be some that don’t read the
information carefully,” explained
Wilcox. “But, we made every poss¬
ible effort to process them,” he ad¬
ded. He then explained that of the 213
students who did not include suffi¬
cient money to cover the required
fees, all fully were processed and all
but two paid the required fees when
notified, thus completing their
registration.
According to Wilcox, the early fill¬
ing of numerous classes presented the
greatest problem with the current
mail-in system. Students attempted to
enter closed classes 1,490 times. The
registration forms were processed by
priority numbers. Students with more
units completed received higher
priority.
“Under the current method, I
would say we are saturated,” said
Wilcox. “The last 500 or so people
ran into a lot of closed classes.”
Wilcox intends to make adjust¬
ments in the mail-in system that might
further ease the process of registra¬
tion. If the college processes mail-in
applications on two seperate dates
and lists the revised schedule of
classes after processing the first
group, students would have a better
idea of what classes were available.
Although the advantages of mail-in
registration have Dr. Wilcox and most
students singing its praise, Wilcox
believes that there is another medium
better suited for registration than our
postal service: the telephone.
“In the future, I’d like to see all
registration done over the phone,”
said Wilcox.
He explained that the telephone
registration system, already
employed by some community col¬
leges enables a student, using a touch
tone telephone, to receive immediate
response to the availability of classes.
“It would be helpful to the student
and school alike,” he said. “It’s a
major expense. We still have to look
into it. It’s a little like buying a car.
You want to check it out first and kick
the tires.”
Although mail-in registration has eased some of the hassles for some students, the line to register still
snakes back through the mirror-pool courtyard past E Building.