PCC Courier, February 21, 1975

—Courier Photo by Pat Francis food service. The car, to replace the traditional catering trucks, will be a novel way of presenting food to students and faculty. CLANG, CLANG, CLANG— This replica of an old San Francisco cable car will come to campus soon, according to Larry Aguilar, co-owner of the Vencoa First Senate Meeting Plans Outlined By Margaret Duncan Staff Writer “There is danger of the Student Senate becoming nothing more than a rubber stamp in student government. We take a large role, but we should take a larger one in the future.” That was the suggestion made by Senator Tim Fuller at the first Student Senate meeting of the spring semester, held Tuesday. Other senators echoed the belief that the Senate can play a vital part at PCC. Plans for the coming semester were discussed at the meeting. Senate President Ralph Champion announced that evaluation sheets will be sent to all 9 a.m. classes repre¬ sented by a senator. The purpose of these sheets, he said, is to give all students the opportunity to contribute ideas concerning problems facing our campus, and their suggested solutions. Champion urged every 9 a.m. class to elect a senator and an alternate to attend the weekly Senate meetings. “Senators must want to work, to participate. Most importantly, they must go back to their classes to find out what students’ problems are,” he said. One need not be elected by a class in order to participate in Senate ac¬ tivities. If a student attends two consecutive meetings, he can become an active senator with voting privileges. Other projects for the semester include revision of the Senate by-laws, an active association with the ASB Board, and an open Senate forum to be held monthly. In addition to Senate President Champion, the officers are Kenneth Bernard, first vice president; Dennis Sugasawara, second vice president; and secretaries Laurie Mumper, Sue By Margaret Duncan Staff Writer A summary of occupational injuries and illnesses at PCC for the year 1974 has been released by Art Garr, facilities planner. This summary is required by the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, enacted for the purpose of assuring safe and healthful working conditions for all California working men and women. By the en¬ forcement of effective standards, the act helps employers to maintain safe and healthful working conditions. The figures show that the total number of illness and injury cases is 72. Of these, 24 cases resulted in days lost from work, while the other 48 reported no lost days. The total combined number of lost days is 556. Garr said that most of these days were spent at home, rather than in the hospital. The highest number of accidents occurred among the maintenance and Munn and Alyce Minsky. The faculty adviser is Robie Dill. Senate meetings are open to all students. Meetings are Tuesdays at noon in C301. operation staff. The majority of these cases were strains. These are usually back strains, caused from lifting heavy objects. No accident, however small, goes unreported. “The most important objective,” states Garr, “is that our staff be protected.” He cited the case of one staff member injuring his thumb with a stapler. “Even something as slight as this is reported. Our main concern is for our staff, not the number of cases reported.” He went on to add that on the average, PCC employees lose fewer days than those in most schools. These days have a direct bearing on the premiums that PCC pays for Work¬ man’s Compensation. Garr concluded that, because of fewer days lost, insurance rates for our staff are lower. In fact, our community college district pays only 70 per cent of what most of our neigh¬ boring school districts pay, he said. Few Days Lost Among Staff PCC CoutUeb VOL. 39, NO. 2 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 21, 1975 Forum To Host Oxy Professor for View of Ancient Israeli Cultures and Customs By Martha Borgerding The Tuesday Evening Forum program featuring Dr. H. Keith Beebe offers a different view of the Moslem- Christian relationship during the Crusades Era on Feb. 25. Scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium, Dr. Beebe will speak on “Exploring Ancient Caesarea— Largest City Built by Herod the Great.” His findings in Caesarea Maritima, on the coast of Israel, in¬ clude the speculation that earthquake resistant architectural techniques may have been used by Roman engineers in building a hippodrome longer than three football fields and an aqueduct bringing fresh water from the hills of Samaria. A monument to Herod’s affection for Caesar Agustus, Caesarea was begun in 20 B.C., when Herod gave his engineers and architects the desired specifications for a port city to become the cultural, political and economic center of his kingdom. It was in this kingdom that Jews and Romans ex¬ perimented in living and expressing their religious beliefs side by side. Today, drifting sand on the Israeli coast covers much of the huge city. Scholars and students, their curiosity piqued by some of its exposed struc¬ tures, probe these sands to find the secrets of Caesarea. Palestine’s capital for 600 years, Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Crusader history DR. H. KEITH BEEBE . . . forum speaker Dr. Sarafian Receives Salvation Army Prize Dr. Armen Sarafian, PCC president, has been named 1974 receipient of the Pasadena Corps of the Salvation Army Community Service Award. The award will be presented at the 14th annual awards dinner, March 10 at 7 p.m. in the Viennese Room of the Huntington Sheraton Hotel. This award is presented to an out¬ standing member of the community for service to others. Dr. Sarafian has been cited for lifelong dedication to his community and contributions in the area of higher education. He has served on educational panels on the local, area, state and national levels. For his outstanding achievements, he has been given more than 20 major awards, including the Freedoms Foundation George Washington Medal for his sevice with the Pasadena Area Youth Council. Students and staff are welcome to attend the event. Tickets for seats at designated PCC tables are available through the campus research office, 578-7246 the cost is $10 per person. Dress for the evening is not formal. Courier Photo by Robert W. Vance DR. SARAFIAN RECEIVES SERVICE AWARD— PCC’s president is seen with Maj. Albert Longden, Pasadena Corps officer, Salvation Army. Dr. Sarafian will receive the group’s 14th annual Community Service Award at a testimonial dinner on March 1 0. is uncovered by the patient sifting by scholars and students. Among these scholars is Dr. Beebe, area supervisor and more recently administrative director of the Caesarea expedition. A Gamble professor of religion at Occidental College, Dr. Beebe has many archeological credits to his name. While on his sabbatical in 1970, he was the annual professor with the Allbright Institute for Archeological Research in Jerusalem. He recently completed an article entitled “Palestinian Domestic Architecture: Persian Through Roman Periods.” A member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Dr. Beebe joined the Occidental faculty in 1954. During 1963-64, he was granted a leave of absence and taught at the Beirut College for Women in Lebanon. He also has to his credit site supervisor at the Bab ed-Dra’ excava¬ tion in the fall of 1965 in the Jordan Valley, and field supervisor in archeo¬ logical excavations at Ta’anach in 1963 and 1968. PCC Students To Compete in Riverside Speech Tourney The Riverside Speech Invitational Tournament, one of the biggest forensics events of the year, takes place today at the Riverside Com¬ munity College campus. PCC partici¬ pants leave at 9 a.m. to compete in six individual and three team events. Students involved in competition are Stan Swantec, Ellen Swift, Francis Baum, Debbie Pillon, Kim Thomas, Millie Crisp, Steven Hentsch, Judi Daugherty, Stacy Pickren and Tom Rauth. The first round starts at noon and continues through tomorrow with a total of 350 junior college students from 35 junior colleges participating. The school receives plaques for win¬ ning team events and students receive trophies for individual distinction. The Student Service fund foots the bill for transportation, food and lodging for this co-curricular activity. Publishers Display Features Books, Class Materials A truck with representatives from College Marketing Group, Inc., will come to PCC’s main quad Monday, Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The booktruck acts as a middleman between publishing houses and teachers by placing new material from the various fields of study in the hands of instructors for their review. Instructors can order any of the material they see in the truck through the campus bookstore. There are 131 different publishing companies par¬ ticipating in this display of educational aids. CONGRESSMAN SPEAKS Democratic Congressman Ronald V. Dellums, in a rare Southern California speaking engagement, will appear today at 9 a.m. in Sexson Auditorium. Sponsored by Pan-African Students Alliance, Dellums will speak on “The Washington Experience.” The public is invited. Chrystal Watson, director of forensics, said that any student taking between 7 and 12 units, who has a desire to improve communication skills, may take part in forensics events, both on and off campus. Other forensics activities in which qualified students are invited to participate include: Rio Hondo Pacific South Coast Forensics Association (PSCFA) March 7-8 and the PCC- PSCFA Individual Events Champion¬ ships March 14-15. Students interested in attending or participating in forensics events should contact Miss Watson or Joseph Probst in A99. _ Income Tax Assistance Available Members of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), recently trained at PCC in collabora¬ tion with the Internal Revenue Ser¬ vice, will be available for free tax assistance at several locations in the Pasadena area. PCC business instructor Dr. Harry Sarkisian said the project is designed to help primarily low income families. “Tax forms can be complicated,” said Dr. Sarkisian, “and low income families simply can’t afford to pay someone to help them.” Dates and locations for the tax assistance include: The Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, February 22; Villa Park, 363 E. Villa St., Pasadena, March 8; The Boys Club of Pasadena, 320 E. Del Mar Blvd., March 22; The Sierra Madre Recreation Center, 611 E. Sierra Madre Blvd., April 5. Help is available in both English and Spanish at Villa Park and the Boys Club. A brief introduction covering the main points of the income tax forms is to be given on each day beginning at 9 a.m. After the introduction, individual assistance will be offered to par¬ ticipants. Each program concludes at 1 p.m. Lost Items Find Home in PCC Lost V Found The PCC Lost and Found is the collection point for some unusual items lost on campus. Besides the usual number of sweaters, coats, books, jewelry, money and wallets, there have been some items like birth certificates, discharge papers from the service and a pivot tooth, which is the crown a dentist makes to attach a tooth to the root. Receptionist for Lost and Found, Dorothy Byles, once traced a pair of eyeglasses to the owner because she knew the optometrist who made them. When lost articles begin to pile up, notices are placed in the Campus Crier. If the articles are not collected by the end of the semester, they are given to charity organizations. Eyeglasses are given to the Braille Institute; clothing also goes to needy areas. Textbooks are given back to the Bookstore. Some articles, such as money, are returned to the finder after 60 days. One foreign student was quite sur¬ prised when $20 he had found was returned when the owner failed to pick it up. Mrs. Byles said it is easy to locate the owner of lost articles if the student keeps his name on the items. Students can find the Lost and Found center on the second floor of the Campus Center. New Registration Method Saves College over $1000 in Postage By David Gero Assistant News Editor A change in the method of registration recently introduced at PCC has reduced the administrative costs for the new semester. The technique consists of mailing out registration cards to students asking them to reply only if they decide not to attend classes. Previously, the college mailed out registration forms requiring the students to reply whether or not they wanted to attend. Those who did were then mailed a program of classes. E. Erdley Beauchamp, Dean of Records estimated that the elimination of mailing the registration forms saved the college over $1000 in postage. Beginning this summer or fall, PCC will initiate computerized program¬ ming, said Beauchamp.- This new service, consisting of pulling students’ program cards by computer, should simplify and expedite registration. One problem arising in registering and programming, added Beauchamp, is that occasionally a student will attend PCC who lives in the wrong district. He noted, however, that due to the comprehensive registering system of PCC, few students succeed in giving falsified addresses. PCC Sandpipers To Entertain at Music Educators Meeting PCC’s Sandpipers, a musical theater group, received an invitation to per¬ form at the Western Division of Music Educators National Conference, to be held in San Francisco on Feb. 22. The Sandpipers submitted a tape last October which went into compe¬ tition with other schools. They are one of 20 groups picked for the conference. Members of the Sandpipers, under the direction of Stennis Waldon, in¬ clude: Pamela Sackett, Linda Lowe, Liz Parker, Ed Rada and Ray Demarjian. Also in the group are Kevin Montgomery, Karen Hillery, Scott Miller, Steve Dorsh and Dave Donnelly. Ellen Weirer, Amy Taylor and Bill Morgan are also Sandpiper members. A tour of Mexico was made by the Sandpipers last summer, where they participated in the International Music Festival of Mexico. The gold medal, the festival’s highest award, was received by the Sandpipers. New Year’s Day brought the Sand¬ pipers to the TV screen on Doc Severinsen’s Rose Parade Review. This was the group’s third appearance on the show, which is seen nationwide. They appear frequently at service clubs throughout the San Gabriel Valley. —Courier Photo by Robert W. Vance AND A ONE, AND A TWO, AND— It isn’t Lawrence Welk at the piano. It’s Stennis Waldon, equally well-known director of the Sandpipers. The musical theater group, consisting of music students now in school, has received wide acclaim for its individual and collective performing abilities.