PCC Courier, June 01, 1989

COURIER VOL. 68, NO. 14 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JUNE 1, 1989 The Sixth Annual 5k Run on June 3 will raise funds to buy equipment for the Community Skills Center. The skills centers provides a variety of career alternatives for students. Oscar Chavez 5k Run To Raise Funds for CSC By Margie Goodhart Editor-in-Chief Runners take your mark! The Sixth Annual 5k (3.1 miles) run begins Saturday, June 3 at 8 a.m. on Rose Bowl Drive, next to the Rose Bowl at Gate B. New this year is the Kiddie к run at 7:45 a.m., a special one kilometer jaunt for children 3 to 5 years of age. The race is the major event for the PCC Community Skills Center (CSC), which will raise funds for new instructional equipment. The CSC, as it exists now, opened its doors in September 1980. It is a cooperative venture between PCC, the City of Pasadena and the Pasadena Unified School District, offering a variety of services and training for those who want to finish high school, go on to college or get out into the work world quickly. “Some people do not want to go for a degree,” said Instructor Glenn Wilkerson who teaches in a classroom that looks like a section of a supermarket. “They want to get out in the work world.” Wilkerson teaches a vocational course in supermarket technology, bringing students up to the required speed of 26 to 31 items per minute that the industry demands. Equipment used in this course are the Data Terminal Systems scanners used to read the price coding on products. These cost about $16,000 a piece. “We’re here for you,” Wilkerson says, echoing the CSC motto, “whether you need to leam to type or get your GED or take a vocational class. If you’re willing to work, we can show you how.” Funds raised in the 5k run will go for equipment in other classes too, such as sewing technology, photocopy technology, video imaging, or perhaps to purchase special equipment like the IBM-right-handed typewriter for those who have the use of only one hand. One course in electronics assembly offers comparable, virtually cost-free training, such as courses at DeVry Institute of Technology which cost up to $10,000, said electronic assembly and wiring Instructor Naomi M. Garcia. “The placement rate is very high,” she said. “The military is booming.” Unlike PCC where the admission and enrollment processes take a student to a variety of offices in a variety of buildings, the skills center has recently opened a Centralized Intake Center. Here the student can be counseled in personal and career matters and complete the entire intake procedure in one stop at one place. A student can determine whether to go for vocational training or to go for a high schood diploma. The skills center offers a wide range of personal and educational services and opportunities. Another key service is the three sessions of child care that are available at a nominal fee for students. This service is provided as an instructional resource and to help keep the cost of daycare at a reasonable level for students. But more than the range of services and opportunites, a real air of commitment to the student is evident that can only come from people who like what they are doing. Pride is taken in the ethnic diversity of the staff and students. “People of all races and cultures come to the skills center to continue their education or learn a vocational skill,” Wilkerson said. From this atmosphere conducive to creativity, CSC Coordinator Robert Adanto came up with the 5k Run idea, which he calls “a grassroots operation. It’s a lot of fun, but it couldn’t be done without a lot of support from the staff and students.” Last year’s race had 500 entrees and 300 runners. The racing divisions will be based on age and sex; men will compete with men and women with women. The first three finishers in each division will receive medals, and the kiddie к winners will get teddy bears with medals around their necks, Adanto said. The entry fee for the race is $12 and entry forms can be picked up in C209, or further information can be obtained by calling 792-2124. Famous By Michael Rocha Staff Writer His name is Joseph Mugnaini. His name might not be familiar to many people, but his drawings might be. The art department has announced that Mugnaini will be joining the PCC staff this Fall to teach a semester-long class called Advanced Figure Drawing (Art 12B). Mugnaini is one of the most famous artists and illustrators in the nation. His illustrations adorn the pages of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction books, the most famous one being The Martian Chronicles. Mugniani was the head illustrator and draftsperson for the world-renowned author for more than 25 years. Bom in Viareggio, Italy, Mugnaini's family migrated to the United States the same year he was bom. He was educated in Los Angeles where he attended Otis Art Institute from 1940 to 1943. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he returned to Otis and became an instructor. He later became the head of the drawing department until his retirement in 1976. Teaching students how to draw means different approaches for different themes. “There are two approaches to teaching students,” he said. “The first one is thinking of structure schematically. It is like a science. “The second approach is expressive drawing. Just like painting and sculpture, drawing is an expressive art. Drawing, however, is learning how to understand form and structure. In the classroom, we use the human figure as a perfectly balanced criteria. When we can understand the figure, Newslines . . . Student Fashion Show A free preview of student designed apparel will be held June 7. The show will be in Harbeson Hall at noon. Later, at 7 p.m. there will be a showing of the same fashions. Seating for the event is limited. Tickets lor the show are $4 and are available at the student bank. Ridesharing Program The campus Safety office has issued a progress report on the ridesharing program that the faculty is currently involved in. On Tuesdays and Thurs¬ days, there are approximately 50 cars able to use the special section of the lot near C Building. On Mondays and Wednesdays, nearly 60 vehicles have that privilege. Fresco Workshop There will be a three-day lecture and workshop dealing with art and politics in California. It is entitled; The Rebirth and Death of Fresco Painting in the New Deal. Tonight from 7:30 to 9 in R 1 22 will be the Jecture portion. Tomorrow and Saturday, the workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gallery Courtyard. 64th Graduation State Attorney General to Address 450 Graduates By Janet Jarvits and Michael Rocha Staff Writers PCC’s 64th Annual Commencement will be highlighted by the commence¬ ment address by John Van de Kamp, state attorney general and the leading democratic gubernatorial candidate. The graduation ceremony, to be held June 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mirror Pools area, will honor 450 students who have earned associate in arts or associate in science degrees. PCC will actually be giving out more than 898 degrees for the school year ending June 1989. However, many students completed their degree requirements in summer and fall of 1988 and have transferred. Alvar Kauti, associate dean of stu¬ dent activities, who chaired the com¬ mencement speaker selection commit¬ tee, called PCC’s graduation ceremonies “the finest of any com¬ munity college in southern California because we are 64 years old and can choose the speaker from a large pool of distinguished alumni, such as Van de Kamp. “It’s an exciting, timely event to have a highly successful speaker, who may possibly distinguish himself even more as state governor,” Kauti said. Ernest Neumann, associate dean of counseling, who knows Van de Kamp personally, praised his fine qualities both as an administrator “with a fine grasp of the multiple forces in Califor¬ nia which affect growth and develop¬ ment in education,” and as a person who is “straight forward, honest and very warm.” Van de Kamp, who grew up in Pasadena, attended John Muir High School, which merged with Pasadena High School in 1946 to become PCC. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in government from Dartmouth Col¬ lege and a doctorate in law from Stan¬ ford University School of Law. A 25-year veteran of the criminal justice system, Van de Kamp was District Attorney of Los Angeles County for seven years before being elected Attorney General in 1982. Dur¬ ing his tenure, the conviction rate in felony cases in Los Angeles County Superior Court reached close to 90 per¬ cent. Also, the number of criminals sentenced to state prison tripled. Van de Kamp, a member of the Van de Kamp family associated with the well-known Van de Kamp bakery and Lawry’s restaurants, continues to make his home in Pasadena with his wife Andrea and his 10-year-old daughter Diana. The graduation cere¬ mony will be June 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mirror Pool area. More than 898 degrees to be awarded. John Van de Kamp Student To Visit West Germany PCC student Angela Cottone will leave June 14 for Ludwigshafen, West Germany, where she will participate in this summer’s Pasadena Sister Cities Youth Cultural Exchange. The annual exchange program grew out of the friendships which were formed between soldiers from Pasadena and Ludwigshafen following World War II. The program was created around this time “in order to continue an air of friendship and understanding between the two cities,” said Judith Fogle, assistant professor of foreign languages. The program offers a four week paid internship as well as the choice of stay¬ ing with a German family or living alone. Fogel sees foreign exchange programs as more constructive than travel/sightseeing programs. “The program demands that stu¬ dents fend for themselves in the new language. There is no travel guide who acts as an intermediary between the student and the culture.” This is why Cottone is looking for¬ ward to her time in Ludwigshafen. “I’ve been to Germany before, but this time I’m going by myself.” While she admits to being a little scared, she is “anxious to experience the culture firsthand.” PCC student Hank Luna, who par¬ ticipated last summer, liked the pro¬ gram because, “unlike a tourist-type visit, you get a ‘real’ taste of German life.” The Vietnam War issue is still alive and burning in the United States. Many are ignorant of the subject; many know all too well every detail. History 25 I, one of a nine course series that deals with selected themes, problems, and personalities which have been associ¬ ated with the creation of American democratic institutions, is offered for anyone who has an interest in what has been called our longest and most con¬ troversial war. Professor Laura Davis has created this course and “it’s my baby! I am really excited about it,” she said. “Most history classes don’t get into this era because of lack of time. I al¬ ways get to it, and many of my students Until this year, the internship in¬ volved working at Ludwighafen City Hall. Cottone, however, will work with physically handicapped children. She feels this will considerably improve her ability to speak German, “because communication won't be a privilege, it will be a necessity.” have commented on how pleased they are that I did. They wish there could be more. Now there is.” Davis feels that the Vietnam War is more real than any other war because more young people know someone who fought in it. This literally brings it home for them. The interest in the class has been high. Many Vietnam vets are in¬ terested, and Davis feels with the large number of Asian students, the. interest will be even higher. Transferable to the UC and CSU campuses. History 25 I offers an oppor¬ tunity for the ignorant to learn, the vic¬ tims to share, and the wounds to heal. — Sally Blake Viet Nam History Class Offered Illustrator To Teach in Fall then we can apply it in art,” he added. Mugnaini has drawn illustrations for Ben Hur, Age of Fable , Time Machine, War of the Worlds and Fahrenheit 451 . He also completed 350 paintings for the film Icarus, a story by Bradbury, released by United Artists. Mugnaini was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in this film. He also received a Golden Eagle Award for Icarus. His works are represented in many private and public permanent collections in the nation, some of which are in the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Pasadena Art Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. For his outstanding work in painting, graphics, films and book illustrations, Mugnaini has been honored by the nation’s most pretigious awards. He received the Library of Congress-First Prize for three years in a row for his lithographs. His art class, Art 12B, will be taught on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. This drawing, “The Peace Offering,” by Joseph Mugnaini illustrates a story from Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles.