PCC Courier, February 16, 1995

OPINION Students write that part-time instructors enjoy few rights and are treated as second class citizens. Page 2 FEATURES Huntington Library: paradise can be found around the corner Page 5 SPORTS Baseball tearh 0-7 in non¬ conference play after losing to Citrus and L.A. Valley colleges Page 6 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE PASADENA, CALIFORNIA VOL. 80 No. 18 ™E C OURIER Serving the Pasadena Community since 1915 THURSDAY February 1 6, 1995 Blood drive collects 122 pints By GABRIELA DIAZ COURIER STAFF WRITER The American Red Cross collects nearly 6 million units of blood nationwide. The demand for blood is so high that nearly 4 million people each year need blood. That is nearly one person every 12 seconds. Last Wednesday and Thursday, 165 PCC students signed up to donate a pint of blood. Blood is desperately needed, ac¬ cording to Red Cross officials and one pint has the potential to save up to four lives. The blood drive was hosted by the Caduceus club, a pre-med health club here on campus. The club holds this event at least once every semester. However, arrangements are being made to hold an¬ other drive in April. Although only 50 to 60 percent of the people who signed up to donate blood actually showed up, the event was still a great success, according to American Red Cross head nurse Lily Saavedra. Saavedra said that the success of the blood drives always “depends on the organizations and the place.” School campuses are always good sources, usually because “incentive has a lot to do with the number of dona¬ tions.” Many clubs responded to the newslet¬ ter sent out by Edward Nigoghossian, vice- president of Caduceus, by encouraging their members to donate blood. Nigoghossian commented that a vari¬ ety of factors affected the attendance such as the “rain which makes a difference in how many people actually show up.” Not only did the rain keep some away, but he reasoned how the sudden change in weather caused people to become ill, there- Please see “Blood,” Page 3 SHANE CLARKE/THE COURIER Nurse Gloria Garcia readies Pat Martinez, one of the students who donated blood last week. The Caduceus club sponsored the blood drive on campus. AS Board divides up money evenly among campus organizations BY LUZ MARIA CASTELLANOS COURIER STAFF WRITER The Associated Students Board made the final decision at its meeting yesterday that funds for the Inter-Club Coun¬ cil, (ICC), will be evenly split up among the clubs which re¬ quested funding. In prior weeks, the ICC discussed how to allocate funds among the campus or¬ ganizations. But after a long and aggravating meeting, the group was up in arms as to how it would allocate its limited bud¬ get among the clubs. The pro¬ posals totaled $43,000. The problem was the ICC only had $1 2,000 available Yesterday, the ICC pre¬ sented a “revised” total to the AS. Unfortunately, the re¬ vised amount still totaled a large sum: $33,590. In an attempt to settle the dispute, the AS asked vice president Roldan Herrera to review the proposals and report back. However, the plan was altered due to the time factor. Herrera said, “I felt that it wouldn’t be a good idea to do that because then we would have to start from scratch, and that would open up a whole new can of worms. We just can’t afford to lose that kind of time.” As a result, Herrera presented the situa¬ tion yesterday to the AS on behalf of the ICC. The AS agreed to assign $250 to the Lancer Badminton Association; $700 to the Re-Entry Club; S600 reserved for Earthwise; $300 for new club start-up-grants; and the remain¬ ing 14 clubs will receive $725 each. “With 17 clubs and only S12,000almostall theclubsnow feel that thi s is the on 1 у way to go about it,” Herrera said. Bob Cagle, Earthwise presi¬ dent, who originally suggested that the funds should be distrib¬ uted evenly, said, “I think it was only fair for us to split the money evenly because the way that the clubs had begun to tear away at each other’s proposals, I could tell that people were getting rattled.” He continued, “I’m sure not all of the clubs are pleased, but there are other means by which clubs can get money.” Alicia Raveneyes agreed with Cagle. “I think it’s a very wise decision. It keeps other clubs from having an ulterior motive for cut¬ ting things from other club proposals.” ICC will meet tomorrow at noon in C301 . “I think it was fair for us to split the money evenly.. .there are other means by which clubs can get money. ” Bob Cagle Earthwise president Bookstore renovation is scheduled to begin this summer BY LUZ MARIA CASTELLANOS COURIER STAFF WRITER Good news for the campus Book¬ store. A contract has been approved to begin renovations on the book¬ store. According to Dr. James Kossler, assistant superintendent of administrative services, the renova¬ tions are set to begin during the first summer session. During last Friday’s meeting, the bookstore advisory committee dis¬ cussed various changes that will be made in the appearance of the store as well as augmentations to some of the procedures to ensure more effi¬ ciency. Kraimer and Associates and CHCG Architectural have been se¬ lected to complete the work. Kraimer and Associates will be in charge of the new shelving and cash register set up, while CHCG will do the architec¬ tural work. Due to the renovations, students will be displaced for the sum¬ mer rush. The student bookstore will be temporarily housed in the old li¬ brary site for the four months of the remodeling. Presently, there are no plans to have any structural work done but, there is extensive electrical work planned. The main project will be the circuits which have been a problem in thatbuildingforsometime. Thebuild- ing will be rewired to fit the needs of modem day technology such as scan¬ ners and more sophisticated cash reg¬ isters, Kossler said. “Even though it may take us a little while to actually buy sophisticated equipment, we want to be ready.” Changes in the bookstore’s ap¬ pearance will consist of all new counters, shelving and above all the cashier system. A new island system will be used to speed up check out. The concept is to have five to six registers arranged in a circle instead of in a linear position which is used now. Also, there will only be one line for people to use. The line will be in Museum exhibits Afrikan history and inventions By ENRICO PIAZZA COURIER STAFF WRITER The Campus Lounge is hosting a different kind of museum, one that asks input from its visitors to further stimulate discussion and understand¬ ing of the material exhibited. It’s the “Afrikan Museum,” presented by the Black Students Alliance as part as the many activities of the African Ameri¬ can Heritage Month. The exhibition consist of art work, books, maps and timetables of the slave trade and the struggle for civil rights, as well as a section dedicated to the many inventions that African Americans contributed to modern society. PCC student Butch May pro¬ vided his onw artwork, and A1 Smith provided original wooden art and craft from Africa. The museum is divided in three main sections that take visitors through the life, the death, and the resurrec¬ tion of the African American commu¬ nity. In between, visitors are asked to express their views on various topics. From what is the proper term to iden¬ tify African Americans to the role the end of segregation played on the Negro Baseball League to what was the contribution of Malcom X to the Black revolution. A panel will discuss the visitors’ answer next Tuesday, at noon in the campus lounge. “To create discussion is always good,” said George Battle, a BSA member who contributed to the mu¬ seum. “Without discussion, we live in ignorance.” Battle said that the museum was designed in three sections to give visitors a complete overview of the African American Heritage. He added that the museum is labeled “Afrikan” to include all parts of Af¬ rica, even those countries whose lan¬ guages don’t have the letter “c” in their alphabet. In the “life” section,” maps, biog¬ raphies, and illustrations provide in¬ formation on the lives of kings and queens who witnessed the richness of the many civilizations existing in Africa before the European coloni¬ zations began. The “death” section begins with a huge map of Africa illustrating the Please see “AFRIKAN,” Page 3 a zig-zag formation similar to that used in Disneyland and banks. “This new system will improve the movement of the line and omitthe pressure of choos¬ ing the line that will move fastest,” said Stephen Johnson, assistant dean of student affairs. The committee is also considering investing in a small television monitor that will be set at the beginning of the line. The monitor will advise a cus¬ tomer that a register is available. Dur¬ ing intercessions the monitor will dis¬ play information regarding sales and promotional merchandise. Johnson said, “If at some point in the future we are able to afford a full system, then of course, we will have the scanners which will speed up the line and assist in inventory.” There will also be some changes in the procedures that have slowed down efficiency. One of the changes will be the way the bookstore handles students who pay with vouchers. Currently, students who submit pay¬ ment through vouchers must go into the bookstore office instead of simply paying at the cash register. By the next rush, all students, including those paying with vouchers from a grant agency, will be able to pay at the cash register. Also, many students who pay with vouchers can not pay the balance if the voucher does not cover the full price of the item. Therefore, the student is turned away. Robert Bow¬ man, AS president, expressed his concern, “I don’t understand why a student should be turned away for less than a dollar.” Doug Ferris, the bookstore man¬ ager said, “In some programs, we did allow the students to pay for the dif¬ ference between what they got in their program and what they still owed. With the California Rehabilitation Program, we always did a lot of that, but with some of the other programs, wedidn’t because sometimes it wasn’t clear what the grant agency was ask¬ ing us to do. We hope to accommo¬ date all students,” he said. AMAL MASHHOUR/THE COURIER A section of the Afrikan Museum in the campus center lounge shows a map detailing where most of the slaves were kidnapped out of Africa. The exhibit will be open through today.