PCC Courier, February 28, 1975

ROGER GERTMENIAN By Sergio Caponi Editor-in-Chief Residents from three areas of the Pasadena Area Community College district go to the polls Tuesday to vote on which of the eight candidates running for office should be their representative in the PCC Board of Trustees. The neighborhoods included in the district elections are Area 2, en¬ compassing Sierra Madre and part of Pasadena; Area 4, which includes the PCC surroundings from California Boulevard to Washington Boulevard; and Area 6, containing Temple City and the newly district-incorporated cities of Rosemead and part of El Monte. Incumbents J. Ray Risser and Melvin Burt, representing respec¬ tively Area 2 and 4, are not running for another term, therefore leaving the race open to six new candidates. Seeking the Area 2 post are Charles F. Briscoe from Pasadena, Robert M. Kick, also from Pasadena; Sidney Carlin and John Starrs, both from Altadena. In the race for Area 4 are Joan Celeste Frey and Robert L. Spare, both from Pasadena. The only incumbent running is Pasadena's Roger M. Gertmenian. His challenger for the Area 6 seat is Pat DeMond from Temple City. Area 2 Candidates Charles F. Briscoe is an engineer, administrator and consultant with gas utilities in the Southland. He has a B.A. in geology from UCLA and received a teaching credential for secondary industrial arts from the ROTC Senior Division, Infantry. Briscoe believes PCC graduates should have adequate prepartion for a vocation or for continuing their education. He commended the college for its “outstanding record with regard to quality of instruction and prudent handling of school tax refunds. “If elected,” he said, “I will help continue the good work PCC is doing to en¬ courage each student to reach the highest goal he is capable of attaining, and to foster an atmosphere that will be conducive to the best possible in¬ struction and administration.” Robert M. Fick, a Ph.D. in public administration from USC, has taught at the graduate level at several area universities and was mayor of the city of Montclair in 1958-59. As a governing board member he said he would appoint a task force to determine the role of the community college in meeting its educational PCC CoutUeb VOL. 39, NO. 3 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 28, 1975 Board of Trustees Examines Remodeling of D, E Buildings The PCC Board of Trustees examined the long-proposed remodeling project for the D and E buildings at its meeting held Feb. 20. The project calls for the installation of elevators and air conditioning in the two structures, plus the remodeling of the corridors and classrooms on all three floors. Architect Howard Morgridge, repre¬ senting Powell, Morgridge, Richards & Coghlan, Inc., presented the Board the final drawings of the project and a model showing where and how the facilities will be placed in the two buildings. The Board did not discuss the project's estimated cost. The con¬ struction company is expected to submit more accurate figures at the next meeting. According to the plan, an air- conditioning penthouse similar to the one on top of the C Building is to be installed on the roof of the two structures. The D Building elevator is expected to be placed on the outside to save more space for classrooms and offices. Handicapped students will be able to use the facility as provided by the law. Morgridge said space will also be gained by opening up the corridors on the upper floors of the two buildings, allowing increased room size. The remodeling of the D Building includes the placement of student resources, such as tutoring centers and reading labs on the first and third floors and a career guidance area in the middle floor. The E Building is to be used for photography, geology and physics instruction. Professor Ohrbom Shows Laymen Earth Tremors; Cause aad Effect —Courier Photo by Hugh Levine EARTHQUAKES— Richard R. Ohrbom (center), geology instructor, discusses movie script with director John Smith (left) and producer Barrv Clarke. Scholarship for Home Economics Majors Offered by State Group All PCC home economics majors who will have junior status by fall are eligible to apply for the Essie Elliott scholarship sponsored by the California Home Economics Association. Eligibility requirements for the $300 award include a major interest in home economics, outstanding scholar¬ ship, full-time enrollment, good character, activities and achieve¬ ments. Applications must be received by the chairman of the scholarship committee not later than March 20. Applications should contain the JUNIOR EXECUTIVES Junior Executives, the coed business and service club on campus, is having a special open meeting to top off its membership drive. This meeting will take place on Thursday, March 1 at noon in К 404. Information about the club and its activities will be supplied and refreshments ser¬ ved. JE is sponsored by the Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce. applicant's full name, address, tele¬ phone number, name of school and number of persons majoring in home economics in the department. A transcript of college credits is also required, along with the applicant’s 300-w'ord statement on the motivating influences for selecting a major in home economics, including professional aspirations in the field. Three letters of recommendation must be supplied and the names of letter-writers must be included in the application. Individual evaluations of applicants should include: how long and in what capacity the writer has known the applicant; the writer's evaluation of the applicant on the following points— leadership potential, intellectual interests, personality, maturity, character, potential for college success, health and comments. Applications and letters of recom¬ mendation should be mailed to Mrs. Vivienne Webber, chairman, Los Angeles District Scholarship Com¬ mittee, 6925 Chisholm Ave., Van Nuys, Calif. objectives within the framework of commmunity and student needs. "This task force,” he said, “would evalute the curriculum, methods of teaching, packaging of courses, relevancy of subject matter to students and community needs, and determine most appropriate com¬ bination of resources for meeting educational objectives.” Dr. Fick also pledges to devote his attention primarly on budgeting procedurees and to work toward an equitable funding of the educational system by all communities in the district. Dr. Sidney Carlin taught at PCC for seven years before moving to Cal Poly, Pomona, five years ago. An education specialist for the U.S. Army, he owns and operates rental units in Pasadena and Los Angeles. His name of the game is “change.” “All people in higher education agree that the future will bring change,” he commented. He said problems of campus disturbances and social unrest have given way to problems of declining enrollment and inflation. “To continue the excellence and diversity that PCC offers will require innovative thought,” he said. Dr. Carlin mentioned as an example that more mature students could be attracted with a school-sponsored child care center in which parents participate. He suggested the two-year para-professional programs in health, legal and technical fields be extended, and programs directed to senior citizens encouraged. Dr. Carlin is also concerned with putting the college finances to their best possible use. “The need to get the most effective return for the tax dollar is paramount in these challenging times,” he said. John Starrs majored in business administration at Cal State Long Beach and UCLA. Formerly assistant chief accountant in a $30 million real estate development corporation, he is assistant vice president, operations manger with the United California Bank. He proposes better handling of fiscal responsibilities and more effective training of students. “The cost of education in our college system con¬ tinues to rise while the quality of education declines,” he said. “I would like to se" a review made of our grading standards and greater fiscal responsibility exercised.” Starrs also lamented that many college gradutes are unprepared to earn a living, and must find work in a job which affords them the training they should have received in college. “I propose that the emphasis in our colleges be placed on the basics necessary to prepare students to join Continued on Page Three ASB Prexy Looking for Secretaries By Margaret Duncan Staff Writer ASL President Nick Martinez an¬ nounced that he will strive for more student participation this semester, as he opened the first ASB Board meeting last Thursday in the Campus Center board room. He also said that two positions on the board remain open, those of recording and corresponding secretaries. Anyone interested in filling one of these offices may contact him in the Campus Center. Other business conducted included a grant of $250 to Omicron Mu Delta for the purpose of advertising for the annual OMD Carnival to be held at PCC on May 29 and 30. It was an¬ nounced that tickets are still on sale for Disneyland College Night tonight. They may be purchased in the College Bank for $4.75. At the Student Senate meeting Tuesday, Art Garr, facilities planner, addressed the senators regarding the PCC parking situation. He said that the district is considering a closed bus shuttle system, a plan that has proved effective at Cal State L.A. The buses would operate from central location points in our college district. The senators were presented a tentative working budget from Mar¬ tinez. The figures show that the ASB has a working budget of $6250.76. Budgeted accounts total $5014.41. This will leave the ASB with a balance of $1236.35. This budget is under con¬ sideration. Senate President Ralph Champion said that the student evaluation sheets will be sent to the senators’ classes within two weeks. Students are encouraged to attend the Senate meetings Tuesdays at noon, and the ASB Board meetings Thurs¬ days at 11 a.m. bombs, at eight 27,000 bombs and at nine 810,000 bombs. There could never be an earthquake at a magnitude of nine, because the rocks of the earth are not strong enough to store up that much energy. The San Andreas Fault runs from Northern California to the Mexican border. It is the contact between the western part of the Northern American Plate and the eastern part of the Pacific Plate. The Pacific Plate, which moves northwards, extends to Japan while the North American Plate, which moves south at its con¬ tact, to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the pressure and slipping of these two plates against each other which causes some of the California earthquake phenomenon. The tape, produced by Barry Clark, and directed by John Smith, will be kept in the videotape library as a teaching aid. Later, after rights are obtained, it may be shown on Public Broadcasting System. Anthropologist Dr. Richard on His Archeological Finds Leakey to Speak and Expeditions Leakey went to Great Britain for further study. Returning to Kenya, he took a job with the Nairobi National Museum and later became director, a position his father once held. At the age of 24 he began his dig at Lake Rudolf, where the “1470” skull was found. Dr. Leakey is currently director of national museums of Kenya. Dr. Leakey has been a contributor to many publications including. National Geographic, Science, and Journal of World History. Leakey is chairman of Wildlife Clubs of Kenya; trustee, East African Wild¬ life Society; member of the American Association of Physical Anthropolo¬ gists; and a Fellow, Royal Anthropo¬ logical Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. ROBERT SPARE JOHN STARRS By Ernie Aldrich Staff Writer Exacly what is an earthquake? By definition, an earthquake is a per¬ ceptible trembling or shaking of the ground, produced by the sudden displacement of rocks below the earth's surface. Jhe why of earthquakes is explained by PCC geology instructor Richard R. Ohrbom in a program titled “Ear¬ thquakes Why?" videotaped in PCC studios late last week. For two years Ohrbom has wanted to do a 30-minute show explaining ear¬ thquakes to the layman. Two years ago a program on telescopes was taped at PCC. This program turned him on to the advantages of videotape as an instruction medium for large groups. “The c1a««rnn>T-. |s ideal setting for teaching," said Ohrbom. “There is an interchange of ideas and any misunderstandings can he corrected immediately. Howevever, not everyone can attend school. The power of a videotape reaches thousands with one braodcast.” Ohrbom said that, “people who live in California, an area of earthquake activity, should understand the hows and whys of the phenomenon. This is earthquake country.” Ohrbom explains such subjects in the program as earthquake intensity, earthquake magnitude, a:'d the San Andreas Fault. The intensity of an earthquake, which is a measure of the damage it does, depends on conditions below the surface of the earth. On one side of a street there may be an unconsolidated base of sand or poorly cemented sedimentary rock while on the other side of the street there may be a well consolidated base of granite. The side of the street with the poorly con¬ solidated base will sustain much more damage if all other factors are equal. Ohrbom demonstrates this with the aid of a rubber hose. When the hose is pulled tightly and is struck, it has a small amount of movement analogous to the movement in a well-consolidated base. When the hose is loosened and struck with the same amount of force it produces a slower, more violent shaking as that found in a poorly consolidated base. The magnitude of an earthquake, as measured by the Richter scale, was explained by Ohrbom. At a magnitude of five, the energy is equal to that released by one “atomic” bomb. At six it is approximately equal to that released by 30 bombs. At seven it is equal to that energy released by 900 By Jill Boekenoogen City Editor World famous anthropologist Dr. Richard E. Leakey will be speaking at the March 4 Tuesday Evening Forum on the topic, “Exciting New Early Man Discoveries in East Africa.” A documentary will also be presented entitled “Early Man in the Rift Valley of East Africa.” Dr. Leakey's on-the-spot commentary will cover his expeditions in Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, and the major archeological find in each area. In the fall of 1972 on the eastern shore of Kenya's Lake Rudolf, Dr. Leakey uncovered a skull which had lived 2.8 million years ago. This discovery pushed back the accepted date of man’s earliest ancestors at least 10,000 centuries. Dr. Leakey’s find, pictured at right, was later called “1470” after the registration number it was given by the National Museums of Kenya. Before this find, man's oldest- thought ancestor was Homo Habilis, discovered in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge by Dr. Leakey's parents, Dr. Louis B. and Mary Leakey. At the site at Lake Rudolf the ex¬ pedition also found some simple stone tools and chopping implements. Dr. Leakey thought the user of these tools had a high level of intelligence and dexterity. At the time of “1470,” another primitive creature named Australo¬ pithecus lived; however, he had a small brain cavity and was a vegetar¬ ian. Leakey feels his “1470" rather than Australopithecus was man’s direct ancestor and that Australo¬ pithecus was a dead end branch. Alter finding the first skull, the expedition uncovered a leg bone and another skull which dated to the same period. The leg bone showed a well¬ ADELPHIAN MEMBERSHIP Adelphians, the women’s com¬ munity service organization, has extended its membership drive until today. Applications are available in the Campus Center, Women’s Gym and Library. Anyone may apply for admission (o the club. developed stance, which is one of the ways anthropologists date the develop¬ ment of a species. The skull belonged to a child no more than six years old at time of death. A native ot Kenya, Dr. Leakey learned in his early teens to trap small animals. At 16 he was recapturing lions which had escaped from a Kenya national game park. Later, when he became interested in prehistory, Dr. DR. RICHARD E. LEAKEY . . . forum speaker CHARLES BRISCOE SIDNEY CARLIN PAT DeMOND ROBERT FICK JOAN FREY Trustees to be Elected