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JANUARY
16. 1981
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 50, NO. 19
Two Crimes Probed
Gym Ransacked Student Robbed
By Mike White
Associate News Editor
The Men’s Gym was broken into and
ransacked Saturday evening, according
to Simon Hairston, PCC Security su¬
pervisor.
Locker room equipment was still
being inventoried Tuesday, and it will
not be known until later what was
stolen.
The thieves broke open more than
500 lockers and took an undetermined
amount of cash and equipment, includ¬
ing about $2,000 worth of baseball
equipment, said William H. Sand-
strom, chairman of Men’s Physical
Education.
The burglary apparently occurred
some time between 6 p.m. and 9:45
p.m., Sandstrom said. The baseball
team had left the building about 6 p.m.,
and Coach Daniel A. Petta discovered
the break-in when he returned at 9:45
p.m., according to the security report.
There are three entrances to the
basement and locker room where the
robbery occurred. Officers could find
no evidence of how entrance was
gained.
Once inside, they kicked in a door
and broke a window and sliding doors
into cabinets containing sports equip¬
ment. More than $400 in damage to
storage cabinets and lockers was re¬
ported.
Sandstrom said there were several
examples of vandalism in the gym.
Several rackets were smashed. It was
also reported by another coach that one
of the thieves defecated in a corner of
the equipment room.
The equipment and locker rooms
were closed to students until Wednes¬
day.
No suspects have been arrested in
connection with the robbery, according
to Pasadena Police, who are working
with security officers on the case.
Senior officer William Johnson was
on duty Saturday night, Hairston said.
Only one officer patrols the campus on
weekends.
BURGLARY — This scene greeted Coach Daniel A Petta who discovered
that the men's locker room and equipment room had been broken into
Saturday night. The amount stolen will not be known until a complete
inventory is taken. Courier photo by Zack Harmon
ASB-Senate May Merge,
Revise Its Constitution
Revisions to the Associated Student
Body Constitution were discussed Mon¬
day by a student committee headed by
Jennifer McKinney, Student Activities
adviser, and A1 Kauti, dean of Student
Activities.
“The Senate and the ASB are not
working together,” said Ms. McKin¬
ney. “We feel that the two groups are
becoming more separated and that
more would be accomplished if the
groups merged.”
Problems mounted this semester
when there was an apparent lack of
communication between the two
branches and between the student body
and their elected officials, according to
Richard Kim, Senate second vice presi¬
dent. “There has been an unnecessary
amount of red tape this semester,”
said Marsha Ames, Senate publicity
commissioner.
The constitution, last revised in 1974,
calls for a two body system. Changes to
the constitution entail making amend¬
ments to the present constitution and
obtaining a two-thirds vote of approval
by the ASB in a general or special
election.
“The students now involved in stu¬
dent government feel that there is a
need for change in the present sys¬
tem,” said Ms. McKinney. “There
appears to be no conflicting ideas about
the new structure, although the fine
line details are yet to be decided."
Though the expansion of interest
groups and departmental represent¬
atives, the committee feels student
governement will be more effective
and accomplish a lot more. “We hope
that with more representatives in¬
volved, it will increase interest, in
student government,” said Ms. McKin¬
ney. — Monique Meindl
Two men wielding shotguns robbed a
PCC student of her purse Monday night
in a campus parking lot, according to a
security report.
The thieves got away with an esti¬
mated $50 in cash and credit cards.
The victim and a witness who was
with her at the time gave a description
of the two men who held her up and the
car the robbers used.
Pasadena Police said the descrip¬
tions were similar to- another holdup
which occurred in the area hours
before.
Both the witness and the victim were
walking in the parking lot at the corner
of Hill Street and Colorado Boulevard
at 9:25 p.m.
A car, with its lights off, approached
them and stopped. Two men in their
early 20s emerged fiom the car. Both
men had shotguns.
One of the men demanded the wom-
( Continued on Page 8)
— Courier photo by Dave Clarke
On-Campus Site Feasible?
Child Care Study OK'd
By Sandra McClure
News Editor
The Board of Trustees agreed Jan. 8
to the creation of an ad hoc committee
to determine what would be required to
start a child care program on campus.
“There was not really too much
discussion,” said Parent Education Co¬
ordinator Pauline Crabb, at whose re¬
quest the committee was established.
“I’m trying to be realistic about it and
not hope for too much just because they
(the Board) agreed to the formation of
the committee.”
The committee, to be comprised of
management, faculty, staff and stu¬
dents, will prepare a report to include a
survey of PCC students on the need for
child care. It will also include informa¬
tion from other colleges about or¬
ganizational patterns for child care
centers, the development of minimum
child care facility standards, the de¬
velopment of an operating budget for a
facility which meets such standards,
the proposal of alternative organiza¬
tional patterns and a determination of
costs for various alternatives.
Ms. Crabb, a long-time advocate of
on-campus child care, said committee
members have not yet been chosen.
“Any students who would like to be
involved or any students in need of
child care should contact me,” she
said.
Students Surveyed
The PCC survey has already been
developed and will be administered to
new students during registration, Ms.
Crabb said.
“We want to get a sense of direction
from the entire school community
about what they want and need,” she
added, saying the studies will take
several months. “I think this will be
the first time the community has been
involved.”
While some members of the Board
seemed to be against the use of district
funds to establish and run an on-
campus child care center, Trustee
Walter Shatford said he did not want to
exclude such a possibility.
“Some of the Board members have
indicated a rather keen opposition to
district funding for such a center,” he
said. “I think we should find out what
the costs (of running a child care
center) would be and what the sources
of funding could be.
“The decision regarding district fun¬
ding could be made relatively easy and
without a great outlay of public funds.
If it turns out there is no other source
of funding, then the decision to use
distict funding might be different than
if we found other sources of funding
were available.”
Board member John Martin, op¬
posed to the use of any public funds for
campus child care, said he wanted to
explore the idea of a private contractor
providing child care on campus, an
idea Ms. Crabb didn’t relish.
“The issue of young children covers
a very broad spectrum of professions.
There are so many aspects, so many
attitudes. Some people think of them¬
selves as care givers, others as nurses,
teachers, nurturers, custodians,” she
said.
“Private contractors come from a
different perspective than educators.
That often does not include an educa¬
tional component.”
Trustees’ Views
Shatford seemed to agree with Ms.
Crabb, saying he had no objection to
outside contractors as providers of
child care per se, but “the outside
contractor is there to make a profit.
Therfore, he has to treat the child as a
commodity, otherwise, he won’t make
a profit.
“I also think there is a case which
can be made for a child care center on
campus because of the tie-in advantage
of child development. An on-campus
center can be an optimum, an example
to serve as a model of what a child care
center can be like. The community
might find it useful to constantly have
before it a well-run model.
“I think a child care center in an
academic insitiution can be particular¬
ly valuable to the community by virtue
of the example it can set.
Board President Warren Weber in¬
dicated a desire to involve the city of
Pasadena in the committee’s study.
Weber said he feels that most of the
students using on-campus child care, if
such care were available, would be
Pasadnea residents and not students
from surrounding communities.
He agreed that if a child care center
attracted people to PCC from through¬
out the district, it would be unneces-
saty to involve the city of Pasadena in
such a center. But he remained ada¬
mant that the majority of those utili¬
zing such a center would be Pasadena
residents.
“If we’re talking about district fund¬
ing,” he said, “the entire district would
be contributing to a service that would
be used mostly by Pasadena residents.
“I haven’t made up my mind yet
about district funding (of child care),”
he said, “but I wouldn’t favor taking
away funds committed to educational
programs already in existence to fund
such a center.
“If we can come up with other
(outside) funding, I think we should
consider it,” he said.
The battle over child care at PCC
has been a long one, and it appears the
establishment of this committee is just
the latest part of that battle.
i
Trustee Roger Gertmenian says his
reasons for opposition to a child care
Student Film
Festival Set
PCC’s Art Department will host its
ninth annual Student Film Festival.
Film buffs of all ages are invited to
attend screenings on Thursday, Jan. 22,
at 7 p.m. in R122.
center at PCC are both philosophical
and financial.
“I think child care centers paid for
by tax dollars are immoral,” he said.
“If they’re paid for by other people’s
taxes, it’s other people paying for
someone else’s kids.
“In my 10 years on the Board I have
never heard once of a person being
unable to come to PCC because he or
she couldn’t get child care or couldn’t
afford child care. If a person wants an
education, he or she will find a way to
get it.”
Shatford, who disagrees with this
philosophy, explained:
“I’m in favor of a child care center
because I think studies have shown
other colleges have them, and private
enterprise has found them to be benefi¬
cial.
“The two main questions I see are
money— it depends on how tight the
budget is— there may not be the dollars
to do it, and, does it (child care) enable
people to get qualified for employment.
I think the evidence shows it does.
“People who are consumers of gov¬
ernment funds become earners and
turn around and become taxpayers,
contributing rather than taking from
the government.
Child Care History
“As far back as 1968, the possibility
of a child care center was discussed,
but one has never been approved,” Ms.
Crabb said.
PCC has made child care available
at the now defunct Community Adult
Training Center and at its successor,
the Community Skills Center, at 325 S.
Oak Knoll Ave. The Board voted 5-1
Oct. 9 to submit an application for
California Department of Education
funding to upgrade the Child Develop¬
ment Center, formerly known as Chil¬
dren’s House, at CSC. The state did not
grant that request, however, and at
present, it is unknown whether any
outside funds could be obtained, ac¬
cording to Ms. Crabb.
“There is a possibility the school will
reapply for those funds for the 1981-82
budget year,” she said.
Courier, Focus
Editors Named
Wynona Majied-Muhammad and
Madeline Franco have been selected
as editors-in-chief of the Courier and
Focus (a supplement to the Courier)
respectively.
Mrs. Majied-Muhammad has high
hopes for the Courier next semester.
She would like the student body to be
eager for the Courier to come out and
to “look forward to Fridays.”
She also hopes the paper will be
“responsive to the interests and need
for knowledge of the student body.”
The paper will be aimed at serving
the “entire college community,” she
said. She hopes the student body will
feel about the Courier the way a city
feels about its city newspaper.
A returning student, Mrs. Majied-
Muhammad has completed four
semesters at PCC, and has held the
position of Opinion and Copy Editors
on the Courier.
Focus, a tabloid size supplement to
the Courier, is written in magazine
style and will be published twice
during the semester. Ms. Franco will
devote Focus to human interest and
entertainment type stories and is
confident it will be a success.
“I have lots of good ideas, and I
hope this Focus will be the best
ever,” she said.
Ms. Franco has completed four
semesters at PCC and was this
semester’s Fine Arts Editor for the
Courier. She also wrote for Prism
magazine and is currently an intern
for the Arcadia Tribune.
Wynona Majied-Muhammad
Madeline Franco
