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VOL. 43, NO. 2
Enrollment Figures Miscalculated
Computers Face More Re-mapping
—Courier Photo by Vince Mercade
DEAD MACHINES— Computers have been “down” in student attendance three years ago has caused
several times the past few months, disrupting the recent problems, forcing computer operators
registration and grade-processing. Miscalculation to process information by hand.
Explorer Shares Culture
Film Portrays Life-Styles
By Kathy Prohs
Opinion Editor
Gene Wiancko, explorer and film¬
maker, will present his film, “The
Ancient World: Athens to Cairo,”
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., in Sexson
Auditorium as part of the Tuesday
Evening Forum series.
His full-color, travel-documentary
motion picture portrays today’s
eastern Mediterranean life-styles. The
film features a discussion of the at¬
titudes, reactions, joys and dreams of
the Mediterranean peoples and
authentic examples of their music
recorded on location.
The film depicts the life-styles of
people who live along the coasts of
southern Greece, Turkey, Syria,
Lebanon and northern Egypt and on
the islands of Crete, Rhodes, Hydra,
Mikonos and Cyprus.
By Dale Kyle
Staff Writer
PCC’s parking problem has spilled
Wiancko’s movie is a guide through
some of today’s famous cities, such as
Athens, Istanbul, Beirut, Alexandria
and Cairo, as well as through some
renowned cities of the ancient past —
Mycenae, Corinth, Delos, Knossos and
Damascus.
In addition to “The Ancient World:
Athens to Cairo,” Wiancko has also
produced films about Yugoslavia,
Hungary, Romania, mysteries of the
Balkan world and the legendary
Mediterranean.
Prior to producing motion pictures,
he was a radio narrator, producer,
writer and explorer.
For 12 years, Wiancko was an ex¬
ploration geophysicist. He supervised
the exploration party which helped
discover the gas field at Point Barrow,
Alaska. He was also in charge of a
scientific undertaking which operated
from small ships in the Arctic Ocean.
over into surrounding business
parking facilities. Several PCC
students have received parking tickets
Wiancko is a graduate of the
University of California and a member
of the Society of Exploration
Geophysics.
State funding has been decreased 3.2
per cent due to a drop in the average
daily attendance (ADA) at PCC.
Every 15 units a student enrolls in is
counted as an ADA point, according to
Dr. E. Erdley Beauchamp, dean of
at the Pizza Factory, 1515 E. Colorado
Blvd., using both building and alley
spaces.
Most businesses in the area have
similar spaces clearly posted for only
business parking but the Pizza Factory
lot is sparcely marked with signs
restricting use.
Parking enforcement began when
the proprietors, unable to find parking
at their businesses, notified police.
PCC student Don Jacobsen was
ticketed for parking at Pizza Factory.
He has plans to contest the action in
court. Other students also plan similar
action.
Jacobsen clains he wouldn’t have
parked there if the lot had been clearly
posted restricting its use.
Russel Moorehead, telcom-
munications student, stated he parked
there because of signs left over from
the Rose Parade, saying “parking
available.” He said he also plans to
contest the action in court.
All clubs that were not represented
at Tuesday’s Inter-Club Council (ICC)
meeting have been rendered inactive,
according to Gary Lookabaugh, ICC
president.
Advance announcements for the
meeting were sent out to all active
clubs.
In an attempt to put some life into,
the ICC this semester, Brad Baldwin,
ASB president, said all clubs would
have to attend ICC meetings. Any
clubs that were not represented at the
first meeting would be declared
inactive and have room assignments
By Isaac Richard
Associate News Editor
Computer difficulties, which have
hampered enrollment procedures
since the beginning of the semester,
have been attributed to computer
rearrangements and normal
mechanical breakdowns.
According to Robert Berger,
director of computer services, a
certain section of the computer is
being enlarged so it can cope with
more information.
“We have to make room in the
computer for the summer semester,
because, three years ago, our com¬
puter programmer miscalculated the
number of class schedules the com¬
puter was to handle. The error has
caught up with us and now we have to
re-map the whole computer,” Berger
explained.
Re-mapping is the process of
changing the computer around.
Although a computer office in Wilshire
is helping with the re-mapping, the
bulk of the work is being done on
campus.
Computers Not Human
In regards to the mechanical break¬
downs, Berger pointed out that the
computer is a machine and is
susceptible to problems like any other
machine.
“It’s just like a transistor radio or a
clock. The only difference is that when
the computer breaks down, it’s
everybody’s problem,” he said.
The five-year-old, $750,000 computer
is responsible for over 470,000 records.
With 13 staff workers, Berger in¬
dicated that the task is not easy.
“In the past four weeks, the staff has
put in more than 300 hours overtime.
Their chins are dragging the
ground,” said Berger.
The computer problems are further
complicated by the lack of any on-
campus maintenance. An outside
engineer must be hired if something
needs to be fixed and the school has
allocated only $40,000 for computer
maintenance.
Working Out Bugs
Also, it has been only three months
since student registration has been
registration. If three students each
enroll in five units of classes, they are
counted as one ADA point. He said
ADA dropped 3.2 points.
Dr. Charles Miller, vice president of
business services, said the school
receives about $732 per year for each
ADA point a student enrolls in. Due to
the drop, the school lost approximately
$300,000, Dr. Miller said. He said,
however, he will not know how much
the school will lose or gain until an
ADA census is taken in April.
Some non-credit classes might be
dropped because of declining
enrollment. However, he said, credit
classes will not be cut back if class size
is small.
Scholarships and loans are also
affected by the decrease in funding.
Dr. Miller said it will be harder for a
student to obtain them.
Dr. Beauchamp said one of the
causes for the drop in enrollment is
that jobs are easier to find.
He also cited the decrease in the
population growth as a result of the
baby boom leveling off. “High school
classes are getting smaller and the
student enrollment is not increasing
from year to year,” he said.
AWS MEETING
Associated Women Students (AWS)
will hold its second meeting of the
year in the conference room in the
Campus Center on Tuesday, March
1, at noon. Interested men and
women are invited to come and
speak with president Christy Green,
vice-president Therese Burke,
secretary Anita Cosey or treasurer
Rhoda Wallace.
taken away.
In past semesters, attendance at
meetings has been a problem, ac¬
cording to Lookabaugh, preventing the
ICC from being effective.
Clubs represented were the
Adelphians, Eta Delta Cosmetology,
Hillel, International Club, Junior
Executives, Junior Lithography Club,
MEChA, PASA, Social Dance Club and
Spartans.
The club representatives voted to
hold regular meetings once a month
as opposed to holdind them ir¬
regularly, a few times per semester,
connected to the computer. Bugs in the
procedure are still being worked out.
Berger has asked the administration
to set up some means of com¬
municating computer problems to the
Fall semester grades, which should
have arrived at students’ homes this
week, were delayed by computer
problems and checking procedures
which compare computer records with
other records for possible error.
When a computer makes an error, it
usually makes the same error
repeatedly in similar circumstances,
according to Delmar Heyne, dean of
admissions and records. Because of
this, the staff checks grade cards for
these circumstances and cross-checks
them with other records.
Actions of a review committee which
is examining the effectiveness of radio
station KPCS-FM’s 18-hour broadcast
schedule were questioned by a com¬
munication student, Walt Danheiser,
at the last meeting of the PCC Board of
Trustees.
Responding to a call for audience
participation, Danheiser, an intern at
the station, requested the Board’s
advice about rumors that a committee
had been formed to review the
station’s present schedule and its
educational benefits.
Danheiser said that the committee
has plans to go to administrative
bodies at the college and suggest that
the 18-hour schedule “is not serving
the instruction of students.” The
committee has plans to suggest “some
sort of cutback,” he added.
Danheiser went on to say that the
committee plans to ask that the
schedule be changed to include only an
eight-hour broadcast day.
In response to Danheiser’s
statements, Dr. E. Howard Floyd,
superintendent-president, said that he
had only just heard of the committee
and its intent. He believes that the
committee’s intent is to “strengthen
the educational value of the program.”
Floyd then asked Dr. Stanley
as is written into the ICC constitution
and by-laws. A committee was formed
to re-write the constitution and by-laws
in an effort to improve the efficiency of
the ICC.
The purpose of the ICC is to provide
communication among campus clubs
to coordinate activities and provide
support for campus events. The ICC
president is a member of the ASB
Board and reports club activities and
the position of clubs on issues before
the Board.
The next ICC meeting will be at
noon, March 22, in the Campus Center.
students. He feels this has not been
done effectively, allowing misun¬
derstanding about the computer room
and its difficulties to exist among
students.
Heyne said this is the first time
grades have been processed with this
computer. Making sure that those who
are supposed to be on the Dean’s Honor
List, probation and disqualification
has caused processing to take longer
than usual.
He feels the problems will be
corrected by the time grades come out
for the spring semester.
If any student feels there is an error
in his grades, he should report it im¬
mediately to the Records Office, C106,
so it can be checked.
Gunstream, Vice-presudent for in¬
struction and continuing education, to
follow up on the committee’s in¬
tentions.
Dr. Gunstream said that he felt that
the intent of the committee was only to
make sure that the 18 hours were
beneficial to the students involved in
the program.
Floyd assured the board members
that no action would be taken before
the Board of Trustees is given a chance
to study the subject.
Green Takes
Trustee Spot
Unopposed
Dr. Richard H. Green of La Canada
has been appointed for another term as
Area 1 trustee on the PCC Board of
Trustees. He was the only Area 1
candidate to file in time for the March
8 election.
Dr. Green has served as a Trustee
since 1973, served as president of the
Board for the past year and was 1975-76
vice-president.
He is employed as manager of en¬
vironmental technology at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
Green and Trustee William Shatford
are the only Trustees to seek re-
election. Charles Eckels and Robert
Considine announced plans for
retirement.
Robert Spare, Roger Gertmenian
and Charles Briscoe have two years
remaining in their terms.
ITCHY ITEM
PCC nursing students will host a flea
market in the Hill Avenue north
parking lot on Saturday, March 5,
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Further in¬
formation is available by calling the
Nursing Department at 578-7323.
WHICH TO BELIEVE?— Two signs are posted on Harkness, one-halt
block north of the PCC campus. One sign says “Parking Vacancy,”
the other, “Parking for Tenants Only.” Several students are con¬
testing tickets they received. —Courier Photo by Joseph Riser
Commercial Parking Signs Cause
Confusion, Tickets for Students
State Aid Reduced;
Drop in ADA Blamed
By Jim Bradley
Staff Writer
Groups Lose Room Assignments
ICC Declares Several Clubs Inactive
Computer Error
Delays Grades
—Courier Photo by Joseph Riser
WAITING WON’T HELP— Final grades were not recorded because the
college computers were “down,” or not functioning. Grades were
mailed Tuesday and should arrive by the end of the week.
Student Challenges
Proposed KPCS Cut