Board Refuses OK
PERMIT WITHDRAWN — Representatives of Jan Sam Park
Samiti spoke their p'iece at the July 1 2 meeting of the PCC Board
of Trustees. The board decided to deny the group a permit for an
on-campus East Indian Cultural Evening, -courier photo
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Gv.»n Johnson
By Gwen Johnson
Chief Photographer
A permit for an on-campus East
Indian Cultural Evening sponsored
by the Jan Sam Park Samiti,
issued earlier, was withdrawn by
the Board of Trustees at their July
12 meeting.
The group filed an application
for the permit as a tax-exempt
organization. It was learned, after
the permit was granted, Jan Sam
Park Samiti is not tax-exempt and
is an organization which houses
several other groups including the
International Society of Krishna
Squad Gets New Additions
Three Songleaders Chosen
By Kit Ladwig
Feature Editor
Three new members have been
officially named to the Song Girl
squad, according to Alvar Kauti,
dean of student activities. The new
Song Girls added were the top
finalists at the June 27 re-tryouts:
Holli Leonard, Betty Robinson and
Tina Cooper.
An administrative decision to
add the top three scorers reversed
the announcement at the earlier
re-tryouts by Dr. Robert Fleury,
chairman of the music depart¬
ment, that no new members would
be added to the squad.
Protests by candidates and their
parents resulted in a re-examina¬
tion of the re-tryout results.
According to Kauti, there have
been a number of discussions
“This fall and spring we’ll in¬
corporate quite a bit of thinking
into the best type of judging panel
we can have to arrive at a selec¬
tion that is representative of the
college,” said Kauti.
Consciousness. In addition, Jan
Sam Park Samiti representatives
were unable to furnish the Board
of Trustees with the names and
addresses of groups under their
sponsorship which was a require¬
ment.
The organization had received
only verbal agreement from the
cafeteria manager to serve food
prepared off campus which is not
permissable. All food served on
campus must be prepared under
the supervision of the Mannings
Company in the cafeteria.
Dr. S. Moonthy, speaking for
Jan Sam Park Samiti, said they
did not understand the details of
the requirements needed to secure
a permit. Superintendent-Presi¬
dent Dr. Richard S. Meyers sug¬
gested they resubmit their ap¬
plication and if the requirements
were met, the Jan Sam Park
Samiti Cultural Evening can be
reconsidered at a special meeting.
One citizen expressed her con¬
cern for the notoriety of the Hare
Krishna, and the effect their pres¬
ence will have on young people
attending the event if the permit is
granted.
Several speakers representing
the cultural event stressed that the
program they plan is to promote
the varied cultures of India
without religious implications or
solicitation of funds.
The application was resub¬
mitted under Bhakta Society of
USA, which has a tax-exempt sta¬
tus. That organization furnished
the names and addresses of all
groups participating and received
clearance from the Mannings
Company to serve food. The festi¬
val was held July 21, as originally
planned, with an attendance of
approximately 1,200 people.
The new Song
ready joined the
about procedures for selecting! learning the routines.
Girls have al-
squad and are
Math-401C, New RN
Requirement for Fall
Song Girls in the future. Can¬
didates have challenged the validi¬
ty of both tryouts this year.
Accreditation Process
Begins Now for ’80
By Kate Cassidy
Staff Writer
Pasadena City College is now
undergoing a formal accreditation
process expected to end in Novem¬
ber of 1980, according to Dr. Wil¬
liam E. Goldmann, social sciences
department.
One of five junior colleges in¬
volved in the California accredita¬
tion process, PCC will host a meet¬
ing in September during which
these colleges will discuss the var¬
ious ways in which they are han¬
dling the evaluation.
Dr. Goldmann, acting as liaison
officer, will prepare the final re¬
port for submission to the Ac¬
crediting Commission. The Hand¬
book of Accreditation and Policy
Manual requires PCC to “submit
an interim report reflecting in¬
stitutional responses to the recom¬
mendations of the previous visit¬
ing team and the rationale there¬
fore, a description of the major
changes effected since the last
evaluation and a summary of sig¬
nificant, anticipated changes for
which the institution is planning.”
The heart of this “self-study”
must be organized around the fol¬
lowing nine headings: Objectives
and Functions, Instructional Pro¬
gram, Instructional Staff, Student
Services, Community Services,
Learning Resources, Physical Fa¬
cilities, Financial Resources and
Institutional Governance and Ad¬
ministration.
“PCC must include a section on
district and PCC demographics,”
said Dr. Goldmann. “Each of the
nine major sections will be re¬
ported on by a committee formed
to study that area only.” Individ¬
ual committee members will sub¬
mit reports to the chairperson who
will collate and edit the report,
and then submit the conclusions to
the coordinator who will prepare
the final reports for the Accredit¬
ing Commission.”
The last time PCC was formally
accredited was in 1975. Goldmann
is responsible for organizing the
survey and improving the areas
pinpointed by the Commission
before it returns in November
1980.
Music Dept.
Auditions To
Be Required
Students interested in certain
music classes will be required to
audition. Auditions for fall classes
must be made after August
20, when the music department re¬
opens. Requiring auditions are:
Music 57A Jazz Combo, Music
, 57B Jazz Rock Ensemble, Music
57C Studio Jazz Ensemble, Music
57D Swing Band, Music 59
Chamber Orchestra, Music 60 Col¬
lege Community Orchestra, Music
61 Lancer Marching Band, Music
62 Lancer Concert Band, Music 55
Tournament of Roses Band, Music
64 Chamber Singers, Music 68 Pas¬
adena Chorale, Music 145A In¬
strumental Improvisation and Mu¬
sic 145B Instrumental Improvisa¬
tion.
Appointments can be made by
calling the music department af¬
ter August 20 at 578-7208.
“Candy Falk (Pep Squad direc¬
tor) is working with the girls
now,” Kauti reported.
Questioned about possible ten¬
sions on the squad due to the
challenge of the original tryout
results and the squad’s reported
preference not to add new mem¬
bers, Kauti replied, “I talked with
the whole group and with Candy. I
think it will iron out as they get
going and are more involved.
There are feelings, there’s no
doubt.”
Betty Robinson, one of the new
Song Girls, reported, “I’m happy
. . . it’s all working out.”
Starting next fall there will be a
new math requirement for ad¬
mission to the RN and Allied
Health programs. Labeled Math
401C, the new offering is a mini¬
math course that covers con¬
versions between measurement
systems. Students will be required
to take a math test in addition to
the SCAT test and depending upon
their scores may be sked to take
Math 401 A or
В
before being
allowed to take the required 401C.
Math 401C is presented in two
parts. The first deals with whole
numbers, part two with fractions,
decimals, percentages and the
metric system. All registered
nursing and many allied health
students will be required to take
this course. Dr. Dwight Miller,
math instructor, said he was asked
to develop the course because stu¬
dents weren’t mastering these fun¬
damentals in the regularly sched¬
uled classes.
The course will be set up in a
self-program fashion; one hour of
lecture a week and four hours of
audio tapes, available in D300 and
the nursing lab. Without a score of
80 percent or better on each mod¬
ule, the student is not allowed to
go on to the next. The four books
needed will be available at the
bookstore.
SCENE ONE, TAKE TWO— Centre Films
camera crew was on campus this week to begin
shooting for a series of public service announce¬
ments for the American Associuation of Com¬
munity and Junior Colleges.
— Courier photo by Gwen Johnson
Campus Goes Hollywood
By Elly Mixsell
Staff Writer
“Roll please, scene two, take
seven, marker, . . . action.” This
is some of the excitement selected
students experienced during the
shooting of a public service an¬
nouncement on Monday, July 23 on
the PCC campus.
Students were auditioned last
Thursday. The announcement,
which will be on national com¬
mercial and non-commercial
channels this fall, is to “promote
interest in community colleges,”
stated the director, Winter
Horton.
The campus was used to symbol¬
ize all community and junior col¬
leges.
According to Bob Gomperz, di¬
rector of Public Information, a
representative from Centre Films
of Hollywood came to the campus
looking for a location for the TV
spots and they “liked what they
saw.”
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