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VOL. 83 NO. 18
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
Courier
THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 19, 1998
One- Watt Student
Station Planned
Broadcasting: Some feel that it will keep people off KPCC
By MAN DANA TOWHIDY
Courier Staff Writer
The communications division will be adding a new one-
watt radio station after spring break to give telecom students
on-air practice.
While some PCC staff welcome the addition of the one-
watt student station others see it simply as a another way to
keep students out of KPCC.
The new student station, previously a KPCC broadcast stu¬
dio, was donated to the telecommunications department to add
another dimension to teaching students about radio. The
department is in the process of setting up a one-watt transmit¬
ter on campus so that the broadcasts can be picked up within
a one mile radius of campus. The station would only be avail¬
able to students who are enrolled in TelCom 14B, Advanced
Radio Production.
While the addition of the station appears to be a positive
move, four telecom professors believe KPCC has been stolen
from the instructional program. They say a one watt station
is nothing more than a “diversion to keep students out of
KPCC.”
Dr. John Gregory, Dr. Robert Wright, Anthony
Georgilas and Jay Hem, professors of communica¬
tions, feel the new station is not necessary. Wright
said, “I don’t think in principle either of us are opposed
to a small station for students. But we already have a
much better station we have been using for years.”
Wright said the new station would be dubbed in the
industry as “pee-wee broadcasting,” which he said is
nothing more than an electronic sandbox. “That is
nothing at all like a real station. For example, when
students go on the air at KPCC, they know thousands
of people are listening.”
Dr. Micheal Bloebaum, communication division
dean, said the station was not a real radio station, but
an enhancement to Telcom 14B. “It’s not an official
station,” Bloebaum said, “It’s a very small transmis¬
sion area. Therefore we don’t fall within FCC guide¬
lines for having to establish a formal radio station.”
The idea behind the class is to give students “more real world
experience” in programming and in production without some
of the “real world pressures” a formal station might place on
students, he said.
Several reasons
have been cited
as to why to
start the station
Reason One:
To give stu¬
dents the
chance to get
hands on expe¬
rience
Reason Two :
To keep stu¬
dents off of
KPCC radio.
Not all
involved agree
with it.
“It gives them
more hands on
practical expe¬
rience,”
Dr. Micheal
Bloebaum,
Communication
Division Dean
Bloebaum went on to say that the station did not officially
tie in with KPCC. “If the student is interested in going over
to KPCC on an internship, but doesn't feel comfortable yet in
Please see RADIO, pg. 4
ADMINISTRATION
More
Buildings?
Master Plan: With
first phase nearly
done, a second
in concept stage
By ALISHA GOMEZ
Courier Staff Writer
As phase one of the master plan
is nearing completed, a second
phase is already being formulated.
“We are in the process right now
of developing the facility master
plan phase two. A number of
things will go into that plan: the
old bungalows would be taken out;
we’re looking at additional facility
use, and one of tire possibilities
would be using the property out on
Green Street as an instructional
area,” said Rod Fleeman. vice-
president of administrative ser¬
vices.
If turned into an instmctional
Changes: With his elec
tion, the board of
trustees will never
the same again
to Board
i
By ROM IN A MENA
Courier Staff Writer
PABLO BRYANT /THE COURIER
gives it diversity.
vated him to seek justice for all of
America’s people.
Overcoming the setback caused
by discrimination, he went on to
Please see RENFROE, pg. 4
For years Pasadena has been known as a diverse
community, but unfortunately the board of tmstees did
not reflect that
diversity. Until
this year, the col¬
lege’s board had
never had a
minority member
aside from
women.
Luther
Renfroe, 66, of
black and Native
American
descent, was
sworn into office
in December,
after running
unopposed for
his seat, thus
ending an era of
white only
boards.
Upon returning to his former
college 37 years after his gradua
tion, he notes, “The classrooms
After years of having an all white board, the addition of Luther Renfroe
are different
as far as curriculum, but it's still a
warm and friendly campus.”
Long before the strife and
social movements of the 60s, he
participated in desegregation sit-
in in the 1940s and was a member
of the Congress Of Racial
Equality. His involvement was a
result of the sting of racial dis¬
crimination experienced by his
family. Renfroe ’s father was an
electrical engineer who wasn’t
allowed to practice his trade
because of his race. That moti-
area, the Green Street property
could possibly be used for voca¬
tional programs such as automo¬
tive, constructional technology , or
printing.
But phase two is still in the state
of concepts only. “There is a lot of
planning that would have to take
place. We would have to have var¬
ious committees on campus look at
all alternatives, and then if we
moved those programs off campus,
the next item would be what would
go in those vacated areas. Would
we expand our music program,
would we have a technology com¬
plex, a hi-tech center, improve the
computer lab? Those are some of
the discussion topics taking place,”
said Fleeman.
It’s the northside of the proper¬
ty on Green Street where there are
131 student parking spots that the
possibility of a new vocational or
technology complex might be built.
Then on the southside where the
repair shop is located, across from
the child development center is
where parking spots would be
added.
“But as of right now the
matience and facilities people are
over there, and we are getting
ready to build them a new facilities
as part of the first stage master
plan,” Fleeman said.
There is no goal to make the
area on Green Street a strictly
vocational area, and keeping the
main campus for transferring.
Fleeman just doesn't see it happen¬
ing.
“You can’t say only vocational
at one site, and only transfer at the
other because we have so many
programs that are vocationally ori¬
entated, everything from fashion
design to architecture to drafting,
to nursing; we are not trying to do
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Ladies Hoopsters One
Win Away from Playoffs
With a win over Compton, the ladies had a
chance to clinch the league title against Cerritos
last night. At press time results were unavailable.
See page 7 for a story on the Compton game.
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