Krovoza Gears Up for Future Challenges
New Student Trustee Takes Office Today
Outgoing Trustee
Bob Carroll
By Eddie J. Williams
Staff Writer
As this month gets under way,
so does the first one-year term of
new PCC Student Trustee Joe
Krovoza.
After a record-breaking victory
margin in elections last May,
Krovoza took his place on the
board of trustees for the first time
Thursday. The duties of a trustee
are manifold, including the tasks
of adopting proposed study
courses, setting the schoolcalen-
dar, employing personnel and set¬
ting pay rates, and adopting the
annual budget.
As a student trustee, Krovoza is
restricted by state law from many
of the paramount privileges of the
rest of the board. He has only an
“advisory” voice on the board,
and cannot take part in “determin¬
ing the vote required to carry any
measure before the board,” as
stated in the Education Code. Per¬
haps the most serious impediment
for Krovoza is his exclusion from
attending all executive sessions of
the governing board.
Big Obstacle
“That’s a very big obstacle to a
student trustee,” said Krovoza.
“The executive sessions are where
personnel and legal matters are
often handled and without being
there it is hard to have a good idea
of what’s happening in a lot of
cases.”
Although the rest of the board is
currently prohibited from admit¬
ting a student trustee to executive
sessions, there is a proposed law in
committee in Sacramento, accord¬
ing to Krovoza, which would allow
each individual board to decide at
its own discretion whether or not
to allow the student trustee into
executive sessions.
“Actually, I don’t think there’s a
fat chance the board at PCC would
allow its student trustee into a
closed session anyway. The reason
they give are potential ‘conflict of
interests,’ such as when determin¬
ing whether to fire a teacher. But I
say that in such cases, if I felt it
was a valid objection, I would
abstain myself. After all, several
of the other trustees are supported
by outside groups and they are as
subject to conflicts of interest as I
am.”
Liberal Views
When asked where he stood po¬
litically, Krovoza described
himself as a liberal. “I guess I'm
physically conservative, but ideol¬
ogically liberal. On matters that
might not be financially feasible,
and which I might be personally
opposed to, I would still support it
if I felt that it was in the best
interests of the students.”
As for his own goals as trustee
and how realistically he feels his
chances for being effective are,
Krovoza said, “The board of
trustees doesn’t really initiate
many programs, but has the task
of approving or rejecting them. So
the main things I’m going to do is
set up an open forum for all
students who want to join in which
will hear input before board meet¬
ings.”
New Trustee
Joe Krovoza
PCC Professor
Sent to Taiwan
BUDGET EXAMINED — The Board of Trustees
unanimously approved the tentative 1981-82
budget June 25. It was presented by Dr. Bonnie
R. James, vice president pf business services.
The earliest date the final budget could be
approved is July 30.
Summer Theater Rehearsals Begin
Cast Completed for The Lark
By Betty Kossick
Staff Writer
Joe Probst, associate professor
of communication, was recently
appointed exchange instructor to
Taipei, Taiwan. August 29 is the
day Probst, his wife Jo Anne and
their two children, Lynette and
Alan leave for the 10-month as¬
signment at Shih Chien College, a
sister college of PCC.
“I’m terrified about the whole
thing but I’m looking forward to it,
too,” Probst said. The novice ex¬
change professor has traveled pre¬
viously to the area of the world
where he will be teaching— when
he was in the United States’ mili¬
tary division of psychological op¬
erations, in Vietnam and Thailand.
“At that time, I got along quite
well without verbal communica¬
tions.”
However, this time Probst will
be verbal, as he will teach speech.
He will also teach letter writing
and composition classes. Although
Probst doesn’t know the Chinese
language, he doesn’t see that as a
deterrent because Taiwan stu¬
dents begin learning English in the
ninth grade.
The Probsts will know one other
person at Shih Chien College, Can¬
dy Chan, an exchange instructor
from Taiwan who taught in PCC’s
business department and will have
just returned when the Probsts
arrive.
“I understand the little house
we will live in sits in the center of
the campus about equivalent to a
house sitting in front of PCC’s
library,” Probst said.
While Probst is abroad, he hopes
to do a study into the forensics
program in Asia. “I’d like to see
how they’ve developed in their
speech competitions. I also want
to see Hong Kong, the Philippines
and make a return visit to Thai¬
land.”
Probst would like to see the
classes taught by the exchange
teachers who come here added to
PCC’s catalog in a special
manner. He suggests listing a
class such as “American Liter¬
ature from a Chinese Viewpoint.”
As the classes are listed now,
there is’ no special designation.
“And we need more such classes,”
he urged, “for the students who
are going into such programs as
international secretaries. The
American students can learn more
what to expect in the international
employment exchange.”
The Probsts have been asked to
arrive at Shih Chien College, an
all-girl three-year junior college,
two weeks early, to adjust to the
culture shock. “You know, there’s
no diplomatic relations between
the two countries and we have no
embassy there. But there’s a
private agency to look out for our
interests,” said Probst.
By Jay Lebsch
Staff Writer
Theater instructor James Hatch
recently completed casting for the
summer production of “The
Lark.”
The play is an adaptation by
Lillian Heilman, from the story by
Jean Anouilh and is being directed
by Hatch. The story concerns Joan
of Arc and her trial before the
Inquisition in 15th century France.
The cast includes more than
twenty actors from PCC and the
surrounding community, with sev¬
eral top roles going to PCC faculty
members. The role of Joan is
played by Judy Heinz. Ms. Heinz
earned her master’s degree in
acting from the University of
Southern California. She has ap¬
peared in many shows in Los
Angeles, including several at the
Orpheum Theater. On television,
Heinz had a role in the miniseries
“Masada.” She also teaches act¬
ing part-time at PCC.
Experience Counts
Anthony Georgilas has the role
of the Inquisitor. While teaching
full-time in the communications
department, he is also an active
member of both the Screen actor’s
Guild and the American Feder¬
ation of Television and Radio Ar¬
tists. He serves as a negotiator for
the Writer’s Guild of America and
the Director’s Guild.
Georgilas recently produced
“Contract Cop,” a 1981 feature
film for Home Box Office sub¬
scription television service and for
theatrical release. He appeared
last summer in Playhouse ’80s
production of “The Price Is Right¬
eous” for the college.
Japanese Tour
Charles, the Dauphin of France,
is played by Laurence Kulp. Kulp
is a PCC theater arts instructor.
He received both his bachelor’s
and master’s degrees from Cali¬
fornia State University at Long
Beach in theater arts. Kulp’s ex¬
perience ranges over more than
forty professional and semi-pro¬
fessional productions. He also
directed and toured for six months
in Japan in a cabaret night club
show.
Darrell Sandeen, who plays
Warwick, has appeared on Broad¬
way in “Here’s Love,” “The Fig
Leaves Are Falling,” “A Joyful
Noise” and the title role in
“Young Abe Lincoln.” He has also
appeared in Los Angeles produc¬
tions at the Ahmanson and the
Mark Taper Forum. Sandeen will
be seen this fall on NBC-TV’s
“Father Murphy.”
Numerous Credits
The balance of the cast includes
actors and actresses with numer¬
ous professional credits, as well as
students with little or no ex¬
perience.
Along with Hatch, the produc¬
tion is being coordinated by assist¬
ant directors Carl Bengston and
Melanie Escobar. Additional pro¬
duction personnel include Bob
Swain, technical director; and
Cynthia Estrada, lighting de¬
signer.
Performances of “The Lark”
run from July 22 through August 1.
Contact the communications de¬
partment office for ticket informa¬
tion.
