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January 9, 1992
Good Sam club rings in
New Year on campus
By EDWIN FOLVEN
News Features Editor
While students were away enjoying the
holidays, the campus bustled with a differ¬
ent population. Approximately 25,000 people
traveling in more than 500 recreational
vehicles of all shapes and sizes converged
on PCC for the 103rd annual Tournament of
Roses Parade.
Members of Good Sam , a club for recrea¬
tional vehicle enthusiasts, annually rent
space on campus to park their rigs and par¬
take in the New Year’s festivities.
Several campus departments work to¬
gether to accommodate the migration. This
year 586 recreation vehicles were parked on
campus. This figure is down sharply from
780 the previous year. Tough economic
times and poor weather are being blamed for
the declining number of visitors. The con¬
troversy surrounding the parade’s grand mar¬
shal may also have been a contributing fac¬
tor.
Good Sam is an international club with
members across the Northern Hemisphere
and the New Year’ s celebration is one of its
biggest events.
The annual bandfest featuring a special
PCC band as well as many of the other bands
participating in the parade had to be moved
from Horrell Field to the Pasadena Civic
Auditorium due to pouring rain.
Even the area of the campus that faces
Colorado Boulevard where more than 2500
spectators and revelers camp and welcome
the new year was less eventful than past
years. “It was very quiet. As usual we had a
crew standby if assistance was needed, but
we had no problems,” said Sgt. Vince Pal¬
ermo, campus police. One person was ar¬
rested after he refused to leave and appeared
to be intoxicated.
During recent celebrations, officers
have had to coordinate emergency medical
services for the campus visitors. “We’ve had
them die,” said Philip Mullendore, director
of campus police and safety. He said three
people have died during the celebration over
the 11 years he has been involved, one
suffered a heart attack while viewing the pa¬
rade from grandstands erected in front of the
college. Mullendore seemed surprised that
things went so smoothly this time. He ex¬
plained that many Good Sam members are
senior citizens.
Mullendore said that this year the club’s
attendance was down 20 to 30 percent from
last year. Despite the decline, club members
enjoyed a variety of activities held on cam¬
pus during the five day visit, as well as the
Rose Parade. Good Sam rented out Sexson
Auditorium and several other rooms to hold
shows and a variety of seminars centering
around recreational travel. A musical show
featuring Kaye Starr and the Mills Brothers
and a variety/talent show was held as nightly
entertainment leading up to New Year’s
Eve.
Organizers for the Good Sam Club lease
the campus space for around $30,630. Sherry
Hassan, director of business services, said
this fee is approximately $4,000 more than
last year’s. She said an additional fee will be
charged for rental of the campus facilities
and services such as security, classrooms,
the auditorium, heating, water and electric¬
ity.
The college also generates approximately
$30 to $40,000 from leasing the space along
Colorado Boulevard to a company that
erects grandstands. Mark Robbins, director
of purchasing services, said
that a special state educa¬
tional code allows the col¬
lege to rent the property for
profit. “It’s a joint occupancy
lease,” said Robbins, who ex¬
plained that the company that
rents the space in turn sells
tickets for public parade view¬
ing. The profits generated by
the college are added to the
general fund.
Robbins said that no seri¬
ous problems have arisen since
the space has been leased by
the Pasadena based com¬
pany Sharp Seating Co. Mul¬
lendore added that in the past
the college tried to completely
organize the seating and met
with some difficulties. “It’s
been working real well. A
number of years ago, the dis¬
trict and students tried to put
up the stands and it was a
mess,” said Mullendore.
This year the effort was
coordinated in conjunction
with the building contractor
for the new library. Sharp
completely fenced needed
areas free and there were no
reports of any problems.
As sure as there will be a
104th Tournament of Roses
Parade, the Good Sam mem¬
bers will return to PCC.
Stormy school day
Photo by Katrina Ten/ The COURIER
Aseries of Winter storms took thecollege by surprise during the first week of classes
following the holidays.
Club distributes food, clothes
Photo courtesy of Circle
К
A Circle
К
member dressed up as Santa Claus distributes food and clothing to
children in Tijuana. PCC students, AGS and Kiwanis club members donated the gifts.
□ Campus club makes
Christmas wishes come
true for children in
Mexico
By V. WADE CONTRERAS
Staff Writer
More than 100 families in Tijuana, Mexico,
received food, clothing, and toys for the
holidays from the Circle
К
and Alpha
Gamma Sigma food drive on campus.
According to Dona Kondrath , PCC Circle
К
president and student, the club’s first
holiday food drive was a success. Eighteen
people, including members of the Pasadena
Kiwanis, Circle
К
and Pasadena East Club
drove to Tijuana to help distribute the ar¬
ticles.
“As we drove into town we could see the
small huts that the people live in,” Kondrath
said. “The people there are very poor but
they’re happy. When we arrived, the
families all began clapping. It was very
touching.”
Kondrath said Steve Miller of the
Pasadena East Club has been bringing
food and clothing to needy families in
Tijuana for several years. This year,
however, with the help of Circle
К
and
AGS, the amount of aid was greatly
increased.
“We went there with a loaded van
and a U’Haul trailer. When we got there
we had to divide everything so each
family got men and women’s clothing
and food,” she said.
According to Kondrath, the clothing
which was mostly donated by PCC stu¬
dents and faculty included shoes, shirts,
pants, and jackets. One Circle
К
mem¬
ber dressed as Santa Claus talked with
the children and passed out toys and
stuffed animals. Other donated items
included baby clothes and carriages.
The PCC cable car food stand donated $100
which was used to buy food for the families. The
care packages also included donated canned
goods.
“We had enough food to make about 50 pack¬
ages. We had a lot of clothes and were able to
make about 100 bags. The hardest part was de¬
ciding who got what,” Kondrath said.
Families in Tijuana were not the only ones
who benefited from the food drive. One third of
the food collected went to Tuesday’s Child, an
organization that is committed to helping chil¬
dren who have the AIDS virus.
Kondrath, who is in her first year with Circle
K, says she enjoys what she is doing. “Circle
К
is a people-oriented organization, and I enjoy
helping people,” she said.
There are approximately 57 Circle
К
mem¬
bers on campus. The club is part of a nationwide
network with Key Club at the high school level,
Circle
К
at the collegiate level, and Kuwanis at
the community level. Circle
К
club meets every
Tuesday at noon in R319.
Wars and transitions: the year in perspective
By ANISSA VICENTE
Features Editor
Robert Southey said the times are big
with tidings and 1991 was no exception.
Within 365 days, the smaller world of PCC
made its headlines. Following is our year in
review:
JANUARY : The year began with the
community college in court. PCC joined
other community colleges and won an in¬
junction to prevent new federal regulations
requiring community college applicants to
have a high school diploma or its equiva¬
lent, or pass an independently-administered
examination approved by the US Depart¬
ment of Education.
But thoughts of federal regulations were
blown away by the Gulf War on Jan. 17.
Fifty-four percent of PCC students agreed
with President Bush’s use of force in the
Persian Gulf.
FEBRUARY: Valentine’s was anything
but sweet for VONS president Bill Davila,
who was picketed by farm workers at the
Forum, where he spoke on VONS’ re¬
sponse to the growing needs of a Latino
community.
MARCH: didn’t bring much cheery
news. The Cal-State system increased their
fees by 20 percent giving added headaches
to PCC students already strapped with finan¬
cial woes.
APRIL: in PCC meant new beginnings.
Marcelyn Kropp began her term as public
relations director. The saga of the $11,000
in missing tools and other goods from the
auto shop culminated with the arrest of
student Jovino Fernandez, 38. Fernandez
was later arraigned for grand theft. Also ap¬
proximately 50 to 150 students walked out
of classes in protest of Gov. Wilson’s sus¬
pension of Proposition 98.
MAY: Maggie Tracey won the AS presi¬
dency with 232 votes over four presiden¬
tial candidates.
JUNE: Despite a measles outbreak, on
June 14, 1,019 healthy students were
awarded associate degrees at PCC’s 66th
annual commencement exercises.
PCC was all shook up by a 5.8 earth¬
quake, which caused $125,000 in damage.
But the earthquake didn’t stop 10,919 stu¬
dents from enrolling in summer school, the
highest number in PCC history. The PCC
math team placed first in a nationwide
math contest. Dr. Jack Scott, superinten¬
dent-president accepted the resignation of
William Sandstrom, men’s athletic direc¬
tor, and Jessie Moore, women’s athletic di¬
rector. Ernie Romine began his term as
men’s athletic director.
SEPTEMBER: Opening day for the rec¬
ord number of students in the fall semester
was marked with three sexual assaults and
a robbery. Two PCC football players, stabbed
the weekend before classes started
were counted out for the semester.
Construction of the new $19 million
Walther Shatford II Library started.
Shooting and violence erupted in a
PCC weekend dance. The near-riot re¬
sulted in stricter regulations for club
dances on campus.
OCTOBER: PCC was ranked safest
campus among colleges of similar size
and demographics. Record-breaking
temperatures not seen since 1906
bring back summer days. PCC marks
the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights,
the only community college in the na¬
tion to be designated by the Commis¬
sion on the Bicentennial of the United
States Constitution. An unusual series
of sexual crimes continue. Two mem¬
bers of InC AR are jailed after a protest
against the Populist Party in a Pasadena
public library. Kaiser Permanente wins
the Fourth Annual Corporate Spelling Bee.
NOVEMBER: Counterfeit bills were found
among cafeteria profits, sparking warnings of
funny money on campus. A bomb threat forces
evacuation of 2,000 people from the C building,
but searchers found nothing. Judge Lourdes
Baird rounds out the Bill of Rights celebration.
DECEMBER: Members of the Gay and
Lesbian Student Union and the International
Committee Against Racism protested a work¬
shop sponsored by the Collegiate Association
for the Research of Principles. AS vice-presi¬
dent Jorge Cornejo resigns his post for
academic reasons. A COURIER survey finds
that at least half of sexually active students do
not use condoms. A 25 percent reduction in
summer classes is announced, cutting 120
instructors from the summer school teaching
schedule. And to end the year on a profitable
note, PCC received $15,307 from city of Pasad¬
ena in recognition of PCC’s improved environ¬
ment protection policies.
