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
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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
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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.