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- PCC Courier, June 11, 1976
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PCC Courier, June 11, 1976
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19 Tapped
Into OMD
Fifteen students and four staff
members were honored Tuesday by
dinicron Mu Delta. PCC's highest
service organization, for their service
(o the college.
The students honored must first be
recommended by a member of OMD or
faculty member. They must have
given at least two semesters of service
and be full-time students. Staff
members must have given five years
of outstanding service beyond normal
duty.
Kae Bradshaw, nursing major, was
tapped for being a tutor. She’s been
active in the Student Nurses
Association of Pasadena, an organizer
for nurses' pinning ceremony and has
helped in numerous fund-raising ac¬
tivities.
Music student. Anita Colete, is a
member of the Concert Choir and
Chamber and the Pasadena Chorale.
Student Diana Erdman. P.E. major,
is a peer counselor and has worked
with the handicapped along with
assisting the campus chaplain.
Art and photography major Matthew
Parris has been president of the
Camera Club while keeping a con¬
sistent high CPA.
Brad llaugaard. Courier sports ed¬
itor. who took over that job with little
journalism experience was honored as
was fellow journalism major Heide
Carr, fine arts editor for the Courier.
As Chairman of the nurses' .pinning
ceremony. Margaret Guthaus was the
seventh OMD tappee. She is also an
active member of the Student Nurses -
Association of Pasadena.
Christina Johansing. nursing major,
who volunteers her time at Maryvale
Day Care Center was also honored.
Next semester's Courier editor-in-
chief. Michael .loncich. was another
tappee. I le has worked as a writer for
Prism magazine and as an employee
at the Pasadena Star-News.
Bars l.indenberg was honored as an
outstanding athlete, lie's won several
state and other titles in swimming and
was the first in history to win back-to-
back state titles.
Ruby Montano, another honoree. has
worked many hours as a peer coun¬
selor.
Social Science major Caroline Mraz,
worked outside of school as an unpaid
probation officer for teenagers. She is
a member of Adelphians and Inter
Club Council and has been a candidate
for OMD queen.
Anne Neprude. producer of Per¬
spectives. a weekly news broadcast,
was another tappee.
\\ inner of the Pasadena Art Council
award. Margaret Shimizu has
volunteered much of her time for the
music department.
The final student tappee was Lynn
Wakefield. She spends approximately
-<) hours per week as a peer counselor.
The classified or faculty honorees
include Dorothy Byles. receptionist for
the Campus Center.
Naomi Garcia, of the Personnel
Department was another staff tappee.
She does flower arrangments for
school activities, is
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sponsor,
and participates in PCC staff singing
groups. She has spent time as an
unofficial counselor -aide for students.
English teacher-honoree William
Shanks organized the Writing Lab. He
also organized the 1971 convocation
and participated last fall.
Prances Winslow has worked for
many years in the area of computer
programming, developing aids for
study and research projects.
FIRST THE HUG— Jacquie Lee, left, former OMD president, em¬
braces Naomi Garcia, personnel services clerk, whom she has just
tapped for membership in PCC’s highest service organization.
—Courier Photos by Jill Boekenoogen
THEN THE TEARS— Naomi Garcia wipes away tears of surprise and
joy following OMD tapping, a reward for her years of service in
arranging flowers for many PCC occasions.
JUNE 1 1 , 1976
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA. CALIFORNIA
VOL. 41, NO. 17
51st Class To Be Graduated
Friday Night at Mirror Pools
l>\ Mieliiicl Joiuich
News Editor
Blue gowns and mortar boards will
be reflected in the mirror pools Friday
during commencement exercises for
PCC'S .list graduating class.
Graduates, families and guests will
assemble on the lawn adjacent to the
pools at 6:30 p.m. to hear a traditional
program and receive diplomas.
The exercise will feature music by
PCC musical groups, addresses by co-
valedictorians and a keynote address
by tormer PCC president Dr. Armen
Saralian.
All graduating students are invited
Applicants Vie
for Dean's Post
Mildred Wardlow. recently named
vice-president for administrative ser¬
vices. has announced that applications
will be accepted until July 1 for her
own dean of personnel services
position.
Mrs. Wardlow will occupy both posi¬
tions until a replacement in personnel
services takes over on August I.
Applications are also being accepted
for the position of dean of student ac¬
tivities. vacated by retiring Dean John
Eikenbery.
Faculty vacancies with a July 12
application deadline date are for a 10-
month photography instructor's posi-
J ion and lor a new 11-month teacher-
coordinator position in the Learning
Assistance Center (LAC).
Applications for all positions are
being accepted in the Office of Per¬
sonnel Services in l '215.
to participate in the ceremonies.
Although the deadline for ordering
caps and gowns has passed, the
traditional graduation garb is not a
requirement to participate. Students
w ho wish to sit with the graduates and
have their names called to receive a
diploma should notify the student
activities office upstairs in the Campus
( 'enter
A one hour rehearsal of the gradua¬
tion exercise will be held Thursday in
front of the I) Building. Students in¬
tending to participate in the Friday
graduation ceremonies should
assemble, regardless of the weather,
at 10: 15 a.m.
Dr. E. Howard Floyd will introduce
the graduating class and permanent
members of Alpha Gamma Sigma.
This is the first class to graduate from
the college since Dr. Floyd succeeded
Dr. Saralian as college president.
Students participating in the gradu¬
ation exercises are instructed to
assemble Friday at 5:45 p.m behind
the I) Building. Those with last names
beginning with A through 1. should
report to the south side of the building.
Students with last names beginning
w ith M through
'/.
report to the north
side.
Assistance with stoles and mortar
boards will be available at several
stations in the Quad before commence¬
ment.
Participants in the ceremonies
should park in the west parking lots.
\ recessional will lead to the
Quadrangle after the distribution of
diplomas. Graduates and their guests
will have an opportunity to vi§it with
teachers and adminstrators during a
reception immediately following the
ceremonies. Refreshments will be
served.
Large boxes will be placed south¬
west of the Library near the Campus
Center for the return of caps, gowns
and stoles.
Lab Aide
Kelly Dies
Dorothy Kelly, lab assistant in the
Physical Science Department, died of
cancer last Friday. She was 52.
Mrs. Kelly began working at PCC in
March of 1972 and continued until
February of this year. She is survived
by her son and daughter. They reside
in Sierra Madre.
Cremation services were requested
by the deceased and there will be no
memorial services.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to the Systems Cancer Center at
the M. E. Anderson Hospital.
I niversity of Texas Medical Center ir.
I louston.
—Courier Pholo by Michael Joncich
READY TO GRADUATE— Rita Baxter makes sure her stole fits and
her mortarboard has just the right tilt when she receives her diploma
during PCC's fifty-first Commencement exercise next Friday.
Valedictorians Prepare for Farewell Speech
•Do We Still Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident?" Valedictorians
Brunilda "Brandy" Rodriquez and Joseph B. Miller will pose this question at
next Friday's Commencement exercises.
Both have completed their graduation requirements with 4.0 grade point
averages.
Their address is a 10-minute coordinated effort undertaken with the help of
speech instructor Pat Brown.
Miller's emphasis, "Where Do We Go From Here?", may be more ol a
challenge to his 1637 fellow graduates than to the valedictorians themselves.
Both say they have received direction in life since becoming PCC students
after an extended absence from educational endeavors.
Mrs. Rodriquez. 33. supports her three children while trying to complete
her education. An English major, she has now won a full tuition scholarship to
Occidental College.
Miller. 29. graduated from high school in his home state ol Indiana in 1964.
—Courier Pholo by Laurie Beardshear
JOINT VALEDICTORY EFFORT — Valedictorians Brunilda
"Brandy" Rodriquez, left and Joseph B. Miller go over the address
they will deliver at Commencement exercise next Friday.
"1 guess you might have called me a hippie," he says of his life then which
included skipping from one job to another to collect a little money so he could
go around the country.
He has now won a full tuition scholarship to California State University at
Long Beach in addition to $250 from the Altadena Exchange Club.
Mrs. Rodriquez. was born in Puerto Rico and came to New York with her
parents as an infant. She did not speak any English until the age of six but is
now fluent in four languages.
She will emphasize the historical perspective of the valedictory address
topic.
"1 don't believe the U.S. should have colonies in this bicentennial year.”
she says. Puerto Rico is one of four territories owned by the U.S. The others are
Guam and the Virgin and Marianas Islands.
Mrs. Rodriquez says Puerto Rico should become either one of our states or
an independent country.
Unlike Miller, Mrs. Rodriquez wanted to go on to college immediately
after high school, but she says her Italian father said no. Her mother came
from a Puerto Rican peasant family and still speaks no English.
"Although illiterate, my mother is probably the most brilliant person I've
ever met and the best friend I'll ever have. She is backing me completely," she
said.
Unfortunately, her mother cannot come from New York for the graduation
ceremony, but Kim and Wendy, her nine and
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daughters, will be in
the audience. Son Michael is temporarily with his father in New York.
She supports her family by tutoring other students and working as an adult
reader for the English Department.
"The hardest part has been being able to stay in school without going on
welfare. 1 was on it about a month and couldn't stand it. It's so degrading," she
says.
Mrs. Rodriquez came to California Irom New \ork in 1972. She married
after graduating from high school in I960 and lived in Jordan, Lebanon. Egypt.
Berlin and Paris while she and her husband worked for a Jordanian airline.
She was employed in the Head Start Program in New York after returning to
the I’.S. in 1967.
Her grasp of Spanish. French and German enabled her to earn money
tutoring Pasadena area students when she first arrived here.
"I came to PCC basically to get out of the house and away from two sheep
dogs." she says. . 7/
Mrs. Rodriquez attributes her success as an English major to instructor
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Gonzalez whom she calls her mentor. She submitted one of her first English
papers to him
"This is pretty good for a person majoring in karate." she says he told her.
"Why don't you major in, English?”
Miller's focus was also in doubt at the beginning ol his PCC career, the
success of which he attributes to teachers Alvio Angeloni and Linda Hasten.
Hasten.
He started out as a telecommunications major who lost interest when his
courses pointed out the restrictions in that field, especially regarding ob-
scenitv regulations and codes. A survey of the campus bookstore's offerings
sparked his interest in taking anthropology to fulfill a general education
requirement. The teachers did the rest, he says.
"They really inspired me. and that's why I'd like to someday teach intro¬
ductory anthropology courses. I'm also very much interested in making an¬
thropologically related films." Miller says.
It was not two sheep dogs that drove Miller back to school, however. He
says he began to "find himself" on the surfing beaches of Hawaii where he
ended up spending his time when he could not find a job in the Islands.
"I realized that if 1 wanted to live better I would have to pick up some-
skills. 1 don't know why it didn't come to me sooner. The answer's been staring
me in the face for years." Miller says.
He readily talks about his former life which included commune living and
the psychedelic drugs he says he has not touched for some years now.
Miller labels drug experimentation dangerous. "You don't know what
you're getting." he says.
He says people take drugs for "vision quests which many come out of more
mixed up than before."
Prior to the 60s you asked your leaders where you were going. A loss of
confidence in those leaders turned young people to drugs for a personal vision
of the universe. Miller says.
"1 have no regrets now. but I did three years ago. I walked out of high
school with a chip on my shoulder. 1 was bored with the rest of the world but
didn't realize how dumb I was and how much I didn't know until 1 was in my
mid-twenties." he adds.
He calls finding oneself a process everyone goes through, but some take
longer than others, he comments.
Miller chose to settle down in the Pasadena area because of his twin
brother. Jim. a successful engineer at JPL. His other brother is an Air Force-
major.
He calls part of the motivation for his straight A's a bit of sibling rivalry.
"Where Do We Go From Here" is not his personal formula for success in
living but an outline of the steps Americans can take to make the U.S. a nation
of equal opportunity for all people.
Miller says this can be accomplished by changing the electoral process so
that candidates are selected by a popular vote and by providing education
which is the key to breaking down the barriers between the races.
"PUG does very well with this, especially in the Social Sciences Depart¬
ment. Diversity makes America interesting. Cultural differences can exist
without hatred or lack of respect for other groups." he says.
Mrs. Rodriquez also wants to further mutual cultural respect. Her goal is a
masters degree in either English or a bi -lingual field.
She is interested in working with 1 1 to 13-year-olds. "That 's the age to grab
a kid and really get him excited about education." she says.
She says she is determined to get through school so that she can give her
children some of the material things they have to do without now.
Miller's goal is teaching at the community college level. His fiance. PCC
graduate Janet Wright, teaches emotionally disturbed children in San Pedro.
I low can other students find themselves? Miller suggests taking as broad a
range of courses as possible. "You'll find something that really excites you just
as I did." he concludes.
Both Mrs. Rodriquez and Miller know where they are going because of a
personal grasp of some self-evident truths which become known to the in¬
dividual at his own rate of maturing.
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