Fundraiser Announced at Celebration
Fund Campaign. John C. Cushman,
president of the Foundation, said in a
speech that the Foundation’s goal is
$60,000, which will be used to benefit
the educational programs and student
scholarships at PCC. Cushman also
took the opportunity to add that the
organization “would continue to back
the college with financial support in the
form of scholarships, grants and en¬
dowments.”
Festivities at Thursday’s celebration
included a 250 pound cake, the PCC
swing band and 1000 balloons, which
were released simultaneously with the
cake cutting ceremony. “Members of
the AS stayed up all night blowing up
those balloons,” said Henry P. Kirk.
Scott Svonkin, AS vice president and
60th committee chairman, acted as
master of ceremonies. Presidents from
various campus organizations made
speeches. “Scott really did an outstand¬
ing job,” said Dr. Kirk. “He handled all
the details and should be commended
for his efforts.”
Celebraties on hand included Lay
Leishman (“Mr. Pasadena”) and band
leader Don Ricardo. Louis Creveling,
PCC’s first student body president, was
By Joe Holman
News Editor
More than one thousand students,
faculty and staff gathered in the Quad
last week, to help celebrate PCC’s 60th
Anniversary. The event also served as
the “kick-off” for the public phase of
the PCC Foundation’s 1984-85 Annual
DR. JOHN W. CASEY
also on hand to take in the festivities.
“It was interesting to have the very
first student body president together
with the current president Chris
Cofer,” Kirk said.
Cofer said: “The student govern¬
ment staged the 60th birthday party
because we are very proud of the
college and to also stimulate com¬
munity and student awareness of the
It was the most spectacular
event to take place at PCC in
years.” —Scott Svonkin
significance of PCC in the area.”
“The support from the AS, students
and clubs was outstanding,” said
Svonkin. “It’s the most spectacular
event to take place at PCC in years.”
The PCC Foundation, which was
established in 1979, will attempt to
acheive its goal of $60,000 by June 1,
1985. The Foundation is a group of
community and business leaders.
READY TO FLY — Students eagerly await the signal to release 1,000 balloons at the 60th Birthday
party. — Courtesy photo by Oscar Chavez
COURIER
VOL. 60, NO. 3 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 1,1985
OVER-FLOW — Close to 1,200 students crowd into the Quad for
cake during the celebration last week. — Photo by Rick Dones
PCC Blood Drive
The American Red Cross Blood Drive will be on campus Wednesday,
March 6 from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and Thursday, March 7 from 9:15 to
2 p.m. The goal of this years drive is 182 pints of blood. Doug Brown, a
PCC graduate, will be returning to contribute his 14th pint of blood. The
Red Cross screens for age, weight, colds, hepatitus and mono. Appoint¬
ments are scheduled every 15 minutes.
Last Model
By Mark Morel
Staff Writer
Students who had been accustomed
to viewing the Engineering Depart¬
ment’s model home were in for a
surprise Tuesday morning. The com¬
pleted structure had been moved to its
permanant location around 1:00 a.m.
that morning. The new site, chosen in
association with the city of Pasadena
and the Pasadena Neighborhood Hous¬
ing Society, will benifit owners who
qualify for low income housing.
According to Department Chairman
Dr. L.A. Johannsen, this is the last
scheduled construction of a house on
the PCC campus. The decision is de¬
signed to benifit both the students as
well as the owners who will no longer
be responsible for costs incurred dur¬
ing transport. As for the students,
Johannsen feels the educational advan¬
tages will be far greater during “on
site” construction. Students will now
be responsible for obtaining materials,
acquiring permits, as well as reporting
to an actual job site. In the past,
Home Built
students were learning construction in
“a class- room like atmosphere” said
Johannsen, now they will be in a more
realistic environment and will acquire
a better vocational understanding of
the industry.
The structure was moved to the 1800
block of Navarro St. by Valley House
Movers. It took a crew of four men
nearly five hours to hoist the project
onto dollies and secure it for shipping.
House mover Ted Hollister explained
that once the home had arrived at its
destination, students were to complete
the foundation. The movers would then
lower the house to its permanent loca¬
tion.
Building students called the move a
success and said they were looking
forward to finishing it to start a new
home. Aided by campus security, the
Pasadena Police Department con¬
structed “no parking” and “tow away”
zones to ease the efforts.
The vacant area left by the structure
did not take long to be utilized as
additional faculty parking.
Washington, D.C. Conference
Students May Apply for Symposium
By Joe Holman
News Editor
Applications are now being accepted
for the Sixteenth Annual Student Sym¬
posium to be held in Washington D.C.
over spring vacation. The theme of this
year’s convention is “Priorities and
Strategies: 1985-1989” and is sponsored
by the Center for Study of the Presi¬
dency. Faculty observers and two stu¬
dents from PCC will be nominated to
attended, according to A1 Kauti, dean
of students.
“This convention represents the only
chance most students will ever have to
mingle and mix with some of the
highest officials in the U.S.,” said
Kauti, who pointed out that the sym¬
posium will feature Secretary of State
George Schultz, Chief Justice Sandra
O’Conner and that President Reagan
has been invited to deliver the keynote
address. Each talk will conclude with a
question and answer period which al¬
lows students to address the speaker.
By Joe Holman
News Editor
The flag is up... and there they go!
The PCC Foundation recently spon¬
sored a “Day at the Races” at Santa
Anita to raise funds for the 1984-85 fund
to benefit PCC, according to organizer
Elaine Broerman, assistant director of
development.
Approximately $700 was raised for
the PCC Foundation as nearly 150
students and faculty were treated to a
day at Santa Anita, including a buffet
luncheon, for only $10 a ticket. The
money will be used to build the re¬
sources of the Foundation.
“The event was a great success in
terms of faculty, staff and student
interaction and raising money for
PCC,” said Dr. Henry P. Kirk. The
The two students selected will re¬
ceive a grant by the Center for the
Study of the Presidency for $700 to
cover expenses.
To be nominated by the school, stu¬
dents must fill out an application form
(in the Office of Student Activities)
which will be reviewed by a Selection
Committee. Requirements call for stu¬
dents to have completed 30 units at
PCC, maintain a 3.3 GPA, be currently
enrolled in 12 or more units, make
available two references, and write a
paragraph stating interest and motiva¬
tions for attending the symposium and
brief resume type paragraph.
“The oppurtunity here is so great,”
said Kauti. “I had a chance to go a few
years ago and it was one of the greatest
experiences of my life. Where else
could you personally ask George
Schultz why policy is the way it is.”
Applications are due March 8 at 2
p.m. in the Office of Student Activities.
The Selection Committee will review
event was so well received, said
Broerman, that another “Day at the
Races” is all ready being planned for
next fall.
“It was meant as more of a friend
raiser than a fundraiser,” said
Broerman. “Several people went away
winners, but than again the day was so
fun that there really weren’t any
losers.”
The PCC Foundation is an organiza¬
tion that backs the college with finan¬
cial support in the form of scholar¬
ships, grants and endowments.
The “Day at the Races” was just
part of an even bigger fundraiser an¬
nounced last week by the PCC Founda¬
tion. The Foundation has set a goal of
$60,000 in donations by June 1, 1985, in
conjunction with the school’s 60th An¬
niversary.
all applications and select a minimum
of three and a maximum of seven
applicants to be interviewed. Can¬
didates selected to be interviewed will
be notified through a list posted in the
CC on Wednesday, March 13.
Interviews will be held the next day
at noon. Each candidate must appear
at the posted time in order to be
eligible.
The symposium will be held at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel on the weekend of
April 12-14. PCC has participated in the
program for seven years.
“One of the greatest facets of the
convention is the interaction with other
students from around the US. In fact,
one PCC student met his future wife at
this function, but I can’t guarentee that
News
The UCLA Alumni Association Ad¬
visory and Scholarship Program will be
awarding merit scholarships of $1,500
each to selected Los Angeles Com¬
munity College students who have ap¬
plied to UCLA for fall 1985 admission.
To receive a scholarship application,
students should write the UCLA
Alumni Association Advisory and
Scholarship Program at 405 Hilgard
Ave., Los Angeles, 90024, or call (213)
825-3901. The deadline for applying is
May 1.
Last year, the UCLA Alumni As¬
sociation awarded one-year scholar¬
ships of $1,500 each to 12 Los Angeles
County Community College students
who transfered to UCLA. Debbie
Gehlken, a journalism major and edi¬
tor of Prism magazine, was one of last
year’s schoolarship winners.
The Los Angeles Council of Black
Professional Engineers will host its
annual Summer Job Fair at the Univer¬
sity of Southern California’s Olin Hall
of Engineering on Saturday, March 2,
at 9 a.m.
Students interested in participating
for everyone,” Kauti said.
Following the Friday night keynote
address, Secretary Schultz, who was
recently nominated to receive the Cen¬
ter’s Distinguished Public Service
Award, will deliver a major foreign
policy address Saturday morning.
Secretary of the Treasury, Donald T.
Regan, is scheduled to deliver the
Saturday luncheon address. Secretary
Regan was recently named by Presi¬
dent Reagan to become the White
House Chief of Staff.
Sunday will feature a panel of media
experts who cover the White House
everyday.
“The students really get involved in
the questions. Every part of the sym¬
posium is exciting,” said Kauti.
Briefs
should bring a currant resume which
includes all work experience, a list of
courses taken in engineering, math,
science and your cumulative GPA. The
agenda for the event consists of a
morning workshop on interviewing
techniques and resume preparation
with job interviews in the afternoon
following a free lunch. Call (213)
756-4544.
Universities in the Soviet Union are
offering low-cost Russian language
courses in the summer of 1985. The
University of Leningrad offers 160
hoursof language instruction plus visits
to five cities.
The program includes almost total
immersion in a Russian speaking en¬
vironment and intensive, indeed rigor¬
ous, instruction in but one field. The
student’stime is also devoted to travel
and activities intended to broaden the
student’s understanding of the Russian-
speaking milieu and other cultures in
the USSR. For information call (213)
937-4130 or write Society for Cultural
Relations USA/USSR, 5768 W. Pico
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90019.
Foundation Sponsers
' Day at the Races '
on Campus Moved to New Location Overnight
BEFORE — The model home before being moved last Tuesday.
— Photo by Mike Luna
AFTER — The model home where it now stays on Navarro St. in
Pasadena. — Courtesy photo by Rick Dones
