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PCC Courier, February 18, 1977
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Foreign Students' Fee Increased
Doubled Tuition Rate
May Force Transfers
By Brad Haugaard
Staff Writer
Foreign student enrollment may
drop at PCC as a result of a 100 per
cent increase in their tuition.
Currently, foreign students pay $22
per unit per semester for the four
semesters they attend PCC. Non¬
resident U.S. citizens pay $44 per unit,
but only for two semesters. They
become residents after one year.
Because foreign students pay half
the tuition rate, but for twice as long,
both non-resident and foreign students
eventually pay the same rate.
Tuition will actually be increased
only $2 per unit beginning with the first
summer session because of inflation.
However, foreign students taking 15
units will have to pay $729 per
semester, including mandatory in¬
surance for four semesters, an in¬
crease of over 100 per cent.
The 100 per cent increase was not
caused by the inflation, but by
Assembly Bill 4289. It was introduced
by Assemblyman John Thurman in
Sacramento in response to a request
by the director of the Foreign
Student’s Office at Modesto College.
Change Existing Law
The intent of the director there was
to change the then existing law. That
law stated that each local college could
charge foreign students whatever
percentage of the full tuition that it
wanted and pay the rest itself.
However, all foreign students had to be
charged the same discounted rate.
The Modesto College director
wanted to change the law so that 10 per
cent of foreign students could receive
an even lower rate, dependant on their
economic status.
The California State Legislature
passed the bill without receiving input
from community colleges. In the
process of adding the new section to
the existing law, the option of the local
colleges to set a reduced rate for all
foreign students was eliminated.
This summer, if the law goes into
effect, schools will only be able to
exempt 10 per cent of the foreign
students from paying 100 per cent
tuition.
Penny Pinching Legislature
Ben Rude, coordinator of foreign
students program, believes that the
deletion of the local option by the
legislature “was just a mistake.”
Even so, he is not hopeful for a
complete reversal of the “mistake.”
He noted that the attitude of the
legislature leans towards cutting
costs, but he added California does not
contribute to the cost of supporting
foreign students in colleges and would
not cut their expenses at all.
He feels that if the legislature
realized this fact, the law might be
changed.
The only corrective legislation
underway is being introduced by
Assemblymen William Craven and
Thurman and would make currently
enrolled students exempt from the new
law until they finish at the junior
college.
Rude does not expect to see final
passage before March and feels April
or May is more realistic.
In its effect on the foreign students,
Rude believes that AB 4289 “will be
disasterous for some.” Work permits
for foreign students are difficult to
obtain and the students are not eligible
for most financial aids.
He predicted that PCC will see more
students from oil rich countries and
fewer from other third world coun¬
tries. “We’re going to lose students,”
he said.
Foreign Students Concerned
Foreign students expressed con¬
cerned over that possibility and the
Continued on Page Six
VOL. 43, NO. 1 _ PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA _ FEBRUARY 18, 1977
VA Overturns Rule
On Class Enrollment
By James Proctor
Staff Writer
The Veterans Administration has
released PCC from a requirement that
schools guarantee not more than 85 per
cent of students enrolled in anyone
course are veterans or receiving any
federal financial aid.
The waiver was brought mainly as a
result of pressure on congressmen and
senators by veterans and school of¬
ficials, nationwide.
PCC president Dr. E. Howard Floyd
sent a letter to the VA stressing the
school was “unable to comply” with
the requirements because of massive
amounts of paperwork involved to
make a count. The VA had given
schools only 30 days from the begin¬
ning of each semester to report.
The Jegislation, the Veterans
Education and Employment
Assistance Act of 1976, contained
reporting requirements designed to
stop the possible misuse of federal
Board Protests
Alcohol License
PCC president E. Howard Floyd has
sent a letter of protest this January to
the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
officials against the issuance of a beer
and wine license at the Pizza Factory,
1515 E. Colorado Blvd. . He based the
protest on ABC Code 23789 which
prohibits beer and wine vending within
600 feet of school, church or public
playgrounds.
Dr. Floyd was not alone in filing a
protest. Pasadena Police Chief Robert
H. McGowan, city health officials and
the Institute of Religion, at 1503 E.
Colorado Blvd. filed separate letters.
Dr. Floyd’s main concern is the
maintenance of order and discipline on
campus as well as conditions of the
surrounding neighborhood. He
DENTAL HYGIENE
Student dental hygienists offer
community services by holding an
open clinic on campus and giving
educational seminars to elementary
school students. The program’s
dental clinic, located in R511, is open
throughout the semester. Students
and community members may make
an appointment for a check up, X-
rays or fluoride treatment.
believes, the availability of alcohol is
detrimental to both.
Linda Weisl and Herbert Mann,
Pizza Factory proprietors, consider
the alcohol license essential to their
business survival because of slow
business.
“We are not going to be a beer hall.
We’re not going to encourage con¬
sumption. We’re not going to sell beer
or wine unless they order something to
go along with it,” Mann said.
“We are willing to put in any
provisions the ABC wants,” said Ms.
Weisl. However, she feels “college
students are responsible enough not to
have baby sitters.”
Dr. Floyd considers the 600-feet
condition most important in his desire
to maintain neighborhood standards
and required classroom order. “We’ll
make no compromise within the 600-
feet.”
Both Ms. Wiesl and Mann have
stated they intend to go to court if the
ABC refused the license. “If we take
the case to court, I’m sure we will win
because it will interfere with free
enterprise and livelihood.”
Dr. Floyd stated he would also “take
the case to court if challenged and we
will have the county counsel represent
us.”
funds by some smaller specialty
schools.
The Act denied benefits to veterans
enrolled in courses which already had
more than 85 per cent of the students
on federal financial aid.
The waiver applies to schools which
can certify that no more than 35 per
cent of the total student enrollment
consists of veterans. Schools with
more than 35 per cent enrollment must
continue to report to the VA. The
number of veterans enrolled at PCC is
much less than 35 per cent.
Since the waiver applies to this
semester only, the future of veterans
educational benefits remains un¬
certain. According to PCC Veterans
coordinator Sara La Riviere, recently
returned from a national veterans
conference in Washington D.C.,
legislation is being introduced to
amend the bill. The action is due in
part to the flood of mail from veterans
on this issue.
IF YOU ARE HURRYING — The Bookstore was not
the place to be during the first week of the second
semester. Lines were long and wait was the watch¬
word. Bookstore lines have now settled down and
students may complete their purchases in a
reasonable amount of time. Courier Photo by Jim Proctor
ASB Aims for Defeat of Student Apathy
Appointments Fill Remaining Board Offices
By Blake Sell
Managing Editor
Eight students were appointed to
offices normally chosen by the student
body in the January general election.
The selections were made by Brad
Baldwin at the first meeting of the ASB
Board last week.
The offices were left vacant because
students failed to apply for the posts
before the election.
Baldwin’s appointees must be ap¬
proved by the Student Senate before
assuming office.
Six of the appointed offices con¬
stitute the majority of the nine nor¬
mally elected members of the ASB
Board. Selected to fill the Board
positions are Velma McClinton for the
office of Sophomore Class president;
Gary Lookabaugh, Inter-Club Council
president and Gregory Devereaux,
Athletics president.
Also chosen are Thomas Selinske,
Commissioner of Finance; Herb
Manning, Associated Men Students
president and Deborah Green,
Associated Women Students president.
One Election Victory
They will join Baldwin, Phillip Van
Etten, Freshman Class president and
Charlee Stauffer, ASB vice president
on the board when approved. Miss
Staffer was the only officer to win a
post through an election victory.
Baldwin and Van Etten ran un¬
contested in the January polling.
The offices of Student Senate first
and second vice-president also were
not filled in the election. Baldwin
appointed Moses Jones and Daniel
Garcia to these posts, respectively.
Baldwin emphasized to the new
Board the importance of operating as a
team. He pointed out that boards in the
past had failed to do so an were un¬
successful in their programs. He said
that if this semester’s board fails to
receive student support, it may be the
end of student government.
Apathy New Concern
Student have not seen anything done
in the past, said Baldwin, and
therefore are not willing to recognize
student government.
Apathy on campus was the only new
business on the board’s agenda.
Baldwin asked board members to
consider ways to alleviate this
problem. According to Baldwin,
restoring faith of the student body in
student government will be the focus of
the new board.
“The board is going to operate on a
system of no dead weight,” Baldwin
said. He said that he will ask any of¬
ficer who is not doing what is expected
of him to step down.
Baldwin also said he expects the
board to do the same to him if he is
neglecting his duties.
T Building Expansion to House
Innovations in Lithographic Arts
Bid of $23,100 Ends Eight-Month
Effort Over Sale of Model Home
By Todd Axtell
Staff Writer
T Building is scheduled for ex¬
pansion to keep up with innovations in
graphic arts. The project is to be
completed by February, 1978.
At a cost of $384,000, the addition to
the T Building will be constructed in
what is now the loading area.
The building is to house new process
cameras with computerized exposure
controls and film processors. These
machines, used extensively in in¬
dustry, are not yet available to
lithography students.
“We will be able to teach students
how to use the equipment they will use
on the job,” said William L. Jacot,
print shop coordinator.
Cameras and darkrooms for
lithography are to be located on the
bottom floor of the addition, while sign
arts and silk screen laboratories will
be housed on the top floor.
Although containing no windows, the
structure should resemble V Building,
including plans for a walkway to the
second floor of the neighboring
building. This provides access for
handicapped students to the ar-
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chitecture classrooms on the second
floor of the existing T Building.
The addition is needed for
“upgrading our facilities,” said Jacot.
The plan calls for relocation of light
tables used in the process of stripping
to the area vacated by the camera
department.
In the spirit of improving the
educational program offered at PCC,
the project will instill a close relation
between sign arts and lithography,
according to Jacot, and form a total
graphic arts program.
COMING ADDITION— Construction will begin soon
tor the new addition to the T Building. The ar¬
chitectural firm of Carmichael and Kemp is
building the structure to house lithography and
sign arts. Completion is scheduled for February,
1978.
By Dana Pedersen
Staff Writer
Last year’s model home, currently
located at the southeast end of cam¬
pus, may have finally found a per¬
manent owner or so campus officials
hope.
A bid of $23,100, submitted by Jack
Stimson of Pasadena, has been ac¬
cepted by the Board of Trustees. Two
previous buyers backed down on their
bids.
The deal climaxes eight months of
negotiations and dealings in an effort
to locate a buyer for PCC’s 22nd model
home. The 23rd home is already under
construction nearby.
After the first bidding session on the
home last June, James Dorsi of
Rosemead purchased it for $24,100.
Dorsi was foreman of building
operations for the home and was its
only bidder. He had planned to move it
to a new site, but estimated final cost
of moving the home rose to $70,000 and
he reneged on the deal.
Obstacles encountered along the
way, according to Dorsi, were too
much for him to handle. He said he
spent six months searching for an
appropriate lot to accommodate the
home, but was unable to locate one.
House For Sale
Last month, when a second auction
was held, the college district received
11 bids ranging from a low of $1000 to a
high of $23,100.
The $23, 100 high bid belonged to Nick
Conti, of Pasadena. He, too, defaulted
on his bid. Robert Burns, director of
purchasing, said Conti had en¬
countered personal problems and, as a
result, backed out of the deal.
Following this incident, Stimson sent
a letter to the Business Department of
the college district, expressing his
desire to acquire the house for the
same price bid by Conti.
The Board of Trustees drew up a
rights and duties agreement, which
called for Stimson to take over the
responsibility of the highest bidder,”
Burns said.
New Plans
Burns added, “according to contract
terms, the home must be moved from
campus grounds by March 5. Stimson
plans to move it to a lot he owns in
Pasadena. He also plans to remove one
of the bedrooms and tack it on to the
living room for use as a den.”
Lome Johnson, woodshop instructor
and building supervisor of the home,
said the actual building costs for the
home came to approximately $25,000.
The final deal ended $250 less than
Dorsi’s original bid, as it was offset by
his forfeited $750 deposit. Loss on the
construction project is approximately
$1150.
Well-Balanced Breakfasts
Offered to Needy Students
Approximately 60 openings are
available in the PCC student and
faculty -supported breakfast program.
Through the program, a person can
buy a well-balanced, nourishing
breakfast for 30 cents.
The breakfast consists of a five-
ounce cup of orange juice, one egg, two
sausages or two strips of bacon, hash
brown potatoes or two hot cakes and
one slice of toast, plus cold cereal and
milk. Meals are available to students
in need of special financial con¬
sideration, according to Phyllis
Jackson, dean of student activities.
The program is administered by
Dean Jackson with help from Paul
Swaim who works in the financial aids
office. Swaim determines eligibility of
students based on their need for
financial assistance.
The program requires that a student
be certified by the financial aids office,
with the certification returned to Dean
Jackson. A breakfast card is then
issued if space is available, Dean
Jackson said.
The voluntary program originated 10
years ago under the auspices of the
Associate Student Body; John
Eikenbery, former dean of student
activities; and Gil Robinson, former
chief of security.
The purpose of the program is to see
that students are served a well-
balanced breakfast, making it easier
for them to cope with the pressure of
an active day on campus, according to
Eikenbery.
According to Dean Jackson, the
program can feed approximately 100
students. It is completely supported by
students and some faculty members
by payroll deductions. The Vencoa Co.
has made contributions in order to
keep the cost down to students.