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VOL. 69 NO. 12
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 11, 1990
The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Lives On
Michael Rocha
News Editor
When his life was abruptly
ended by an assassin’s bullet on
April 4, 1968, his dream of racial
equality did not die with him.
Instead, his followers and admir¬
ers across the nation continued
his quest for equality among men.
His name is Dr. Martin Lu¬
ther King Jr. And for millions of
people in America, he was and
still is a testament to the advo¬
cacy of human and civil rights.
In America today, King’s
dream of peace, equality and
justice for all people still lives on.
And that is why on his birthday,
Jan. 15, all of America will be
remembering him and the pas¬
sion he brought to the streets of
America.
As part of a nation w ide obser¬
vance of Martin Luther King Jr.
Please see KING, page 6
'Free at last!
Free at last!
Thank God
almighty, we are
free at last. '
-Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
Santa's Helpers Share the Holiday Spirit
Cosmetology
Students Share
Their Talents
Michael Rocha
News Editor
It was seven days before Christ¬
mas, and everybody on campus
busied themselves with the hustle
and bustle of the holiday season.
While many students and staff
members quickly prepared for the
holidays, one group of students
found time in their busy schedules
to share their skills with special
people. Dec. 18 was an especially
busy day for students in the col¬
lege’s cosmetology program be¬
cause at 10 a.m. that day, a group
of women from the Villa Esper-
anza School for the Developmen-
tally Disabled came over to get
their hair and nails done.
The scene inside PCC’s cosme¬
tology department looked like a
page right out of Santa’s book:
students clad in their best uniforms
worked their way around the busy
room to prepare for a very special
Christmas visit.
With the help of the depart¬
ment’s head instructor, Ken Kolle,
associate professor of life sciences,
10 women from Villa Esperanza
received a very special Christmas
CHRISTMAS IS GIVING- One of Ken Kolle's cosmetology students shares her talents
with Villa Esperanza student Laura Murchanian by giving her a haircut.
and how to interact in the commu-
gift early.
As the clock struck 10, Villa
Esperanza teachers Kathy Fernan¬
dez and Nancy Yokama casually
walked in with 10 of their pupils.
All of them, obviously very ex¬
cited about the adventure that lay
ahead, followed their teachers’ in¬
structions and sat in the aqua-col¬
ored chairs in the salon’s foyer.
“I want my bangs shortened,”
exclaimed one of the students, “and
I want my hair curled.
Villa Esperanza, a privately
funded school for the developmen-
tally disabled in Pasadena, is a
haven for more than 200 people,
from infants to adults.
The visiting students, whose ages
range from 22 to 53, are members
of the school’s day training activ¬
ity center. The center “provides
our students with an atmosphere
where they can learn social skills
nity,” said Fernandez.
“This is really nice because it
gets them out into the real commu¬
nity. By going out, they are able to
use the things they learned in class
out in real situations.”
The visit, which was coordi¬
nated by Mary Jane Cordon, asso¬
ciate professor of mathematics and
Yoshiko Yamato, assistant profes-
Please see page 6, CHRISTMAS
Study Suggests Need for 22 More Community Colleges
Joe Yobaccio
Staff Writer
A recent study, while not favor¬
able for California’s university sys¬
tems, shows favorably towards the
possible construction of an additional
22 community college campuses.
Three campuses for the UC, and five
for the Cal State University system
have been proposed. The study, tided
“Higher Educadon at the Crossroads:
Planning for the 2 1 st Century’ ’ , was
compiled by staff members for the
California Postsecondary Education
Commission (CPEC).
It costs $14,654 each year to
educate each full-dme student at a
University of California campus, the
figure falls to $6,589 at Cal State
schools, and is a mere $2,967 at the
community college level according,
to Dr. Jack Scott, PCC superinten¬
dent-president, in an earlier inter¬
view.
‘ ‘When we have scarce dollars to
spend we have to look at the best
way to spend those dollars,” said
Scott.
“Not only is it more expensive
per student, but building a campus is
much more expensive for the Uni¬
versity of California. CPEC has es¬
timated that it would cost a great
deal of money to build a UC campus
to take care of 8,000 students. It
would cost $400 million to build a
UC campus, $200 million for Cal
State, and $100 million for a com¬
munity college campus.”
The study found that adding as
many as 22 community colleges to
the existing 107 will accommodate
Please see page 6, COLLEGES
AS Seeks Support
To Make Benefits
Fee Mandatory
Aid recipients would have the man¬
datory fee incorporated into their
financial aid packages.
If a minimum of $5 is paid by the
approximately 23,000 students on
campus, the AS could benefit from
as much as $115,000 per semester.
Even if 20 percent of the students
requested a refund, student govern¬
ment would still have $90,000 to
work with.
The former Student Benefits card
was effectively put on hold because,
according to Connie Hurston, AS
adviser, ‘ ‘nobody knew what it was,
it was so optional; we had to sell it,
it was an uphill battle.
“When it was originated in 1985,
about 25 percent of the students bought
it,” by the time the fee had been
cancelled, only 8-10 percent of the
student body purchased the benefits
card. “We wanted to take a new
look at what really could be done,”
Hurston said.
The advantages of the card being
institutionalized can be numerous.
With the increase in funds available
to the AS, students could see im¬
provements in existing programs such
as Computer Resources, or Instruc-
Please see FEE, page 6
38-year Veteran Receives
Risser Education Award
Michael Rocha
News Editor
For all the valuable service she
has given PCC in the past 38 years,
Jane Gouty, Women’s Gym athletic
auendant, was awarded with the ninth
annual Risser Award for Outstand¬
ing Support to Education.
When she first set foot on the
grounds of PCC in 1950, Gouty was
a student. Two years later, as an
employee she began a job for which
she received the most distinguished
award given to a non-teaching staff
member.
Gouty, who felt very “honored”
for receiving the Risser Award, was
awarded $500 and a commemora¬
tive plaque at the Management As¬
sociation’s Annual Christmas Tea
on Dec. 14.
She was honored by her colleagues
for her outstanding service to the
college by gathering signatures and
writing letters to show that she ex¬
emplified the qualities of a Risser
Award recipient.
Jane Gouty
Gouty was chosen from a group
of 12 staff members who were
nominated by their colleagues for
their extraordinary service to the
college.
Gouty joins a long listof previous
Risser Award recipients who per-
Please see RISSER, page 6
Institutionalized Fee
Would Require All
Students To Pay
Gigi Hanna
Editor-inChief
The AS has begun circulating a
memo regarding an institutionalized
student benefits fee. The purpose of
the memo is to garner enough fac¬
ulty, administration and student
support to reenact the recently de¬
funct Student Benefits Fee.
In the past, the benefits fee was
optional: a student was asked at the
time of registration whether or not
he wanted to purchase the $8 card.
As a result, many students opted not
to invest in the card.
With an institutionalized fee, the
benefits package would become a
mandatory fee, like the $7.50 Stu¬
dent Health Fee charged at the time
of registration. The fee could be
refunded, by an application process,
to those students who objected to
paying the fee. The minimal fee,
probably $5-$10 per semester, would
help fund any projects that could
benefit the student body. Financial
BOOK BUY BACK
The PCC Bookstore will be
buying back used books during
finals week, Jan. 23-30. The
bookstore will pay 55 percent of
the selling price for textbooks in
good condition.
Books with writing and
underlining will be purchased
back, but books returned in poor
condition will not be accepted.
Workbooks and guides may not be
returned. Titles no longer in use or
old editions can be sold as whole¬
sale blue book prices.
CADET BANQUET
The PCC Police Cadet Organi¬
zation will be holding its first
annual installation banquet
tommorow, June 12, at Arriba
Restaurant, 425 S. Fair Oaks, from
6 p.m. to 1 a.m. The banquet is
$20 and includes dinner and dance.
For more information, call
(818) 578-7484.
FINALS ANXIETY
During the finals, many
students experience extreme
degrees of anxiety.
The PCC Psychological staff,
its office located in C232, offers
free one-half hour “rap session”
with a professional psychologist.
So if the hassles of school is
causing you a lot of stress, drop by
C232 and let the PCC Psychologi¬
cal staff help you. Their office is
open Monday to Friday from 8
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
JAZZY NOTES
If you need to relax and don’t
know what to do or where to go,
why don’t you listen to PCC’s Jazz
Rock Band and the Lancer Jazz
Choir who will perform in the
Quad on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at
noon. . The Jazz Rock Band
is directed by Paul Kilian,
head of music department and
the Lancer Jazz Choir is
directed by Donald Brinegar,
instructor of music.
ADJUSTMENT DAY
Jan. 18 is the day to make
program changes for students
who used Mail-in Registration.
Masks*Vte Wear
Personal ads: are they for
real or are they fake?
Please see Page 2
INDEX
Opinion
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Arts & Entertainment
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Features
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Sports
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News Features
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