FEATURES
FEATURES
OPINION
Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol. 70 No. 3
COURIER
Thursday
March 1, 1990
NEWSLINE
SOCIAL SCIENCES FORUM
The social
sciences de¬
partment will
present its
third Social
Science Fo¬
rum for this
school year
today, featur¬
ing Dr. Stanley Rosen, associate pro¬
fessor of political science at USC.
Rosen will speak on "Chages in Change¬
less China" at 8 p.m. in the PCC Fo¬
rum.
Rosen, a leading scholar in modern
Chinese politics, has authored more
than 30 publications on education,
politics and the youth's status in the
People's Republic of China.
A graduate of the University of
North Caroline and UCLA, Rosen has
studied and traveled extensively in
Asia.
Rosen, who is currently writing a
book investigating the attitudes, be¬
havior and position of youth in post-
Mao China, has lectured on topics
relating to China both here in the
United States and abroad.
FORENSICS COMPETE
PCC hosted the Pacific South Coast
Forensics Association’s spring tour¬
nament last weekend and debate
teams from over 40 colleges includ¬
ing universities competed. PCC’s
forensians competed in the tourna¬
ment acheiving noteworthy placement.
Mark Woodsmall and Michael Ray,
novice debaters for PCC, broke into
the quarterfinals of team debate.
Woodsmall was also a finalist in the
oral interpretation event. The Cross
Examination Debate Association
(CEDA) topic was “U.S. trend in¬
creasing foreign investment is detri¬
mental”. ‘‘We felt comfortable with
the CEDA topic, but there were many
great schools competing in the tour¬
nament which made it a challenge for
everyone on the squad,” said Woods¬
mall.
Paul Stuart, senior debater, was a
finalist out of over 50 speakers in the
extemporaneous speaking event.
“With the intense competition received
from some universities in senior de¬
bate, we feel we will be prepared for
the state and national tournaments,”
said Stuart.
Kelly Beasley, senior debater, was
a semi-finalist in the oral interpreta¬
tion rounds and Michael Ray was a
a semi-finalist in the oral interpreta¬
tion rounds and Michael Ray was a
semi-finalist in junior impomptu. The
PCC debate team is ranked third in the
nation among junior colleges and rank
well in the top 50 of all colleges and
universities nationwide.
Condom machines
How will installing condom vend¬
ing machines affect PCC?
INDEX
Opinion
2
Editorial
2
Features
3,4
Photo Essay
5
News Features
Mann runs for assembly seat
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
Jeanette Mann, eight-year member of
the PCC Board of Trustees, announced re¬
cently she will run for the 41st District
assembly seat, thus placing herself in the
race with fellow Democrat Dr. Rod McKen¬
zie and incumbent Assemblyman Pat No¬
lan, R-Glendale.
Mann’s announcement for candidacy
came two weeks after Nolan announced that
he will run for his seventh consecutive term.
Nolan decided to run for the office despite
the possibility of indictment if a three-year
investigation into corruption in the state
capital finds that he was involved in corrupt
practices.
On Aug. 24, 1988, FBI agents raided
Nolan’s Sacramento office, as well as the
offices of Assemblyman Frank Hill, D-
Whittier, Assemblywoman Gwen Moore,
D-Los Angeles and Sen. Joseph
Montoya, D-El Monte.
Montoya was indicted on
charges of racketeering, money
laundering and extortion in May,
1 989. A federal court found him
guilty on seven counts of money
laundering and extortion.
Mann, 51, said “I feel very
confident that this is the year for
Pat Nolan to be beaten. As a
person whom he represents, I
feel that he did not represent the ethical and
moral values of the district.”
Mann said she will be focusing on four
major issues: ethics, pro-choice, increased
funding for education and re-regulation of
the savings and loan industry.
“Nolan has been an anti¬
choice assemblyman. He has
shown that he is for non-funding
for family planning,” said Mann.
She said that there is a need for
funding of family planning.
Mann also added that Nolan
was highly influential in the de¬
regulation of the savings and loan
industry which caused the state’s
citizens to lose $23 million. She
Jeanette Mann
Jennifer Landis / The COURIER
A firefighter attends to one of the victims during a simulated disaster at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport on Feb.
24.The exercise was held to test the preparedness of emergency agencies in the area. More on page 5
CSEA withdraws its unfair labor
practices charges against district
By MARGIE GOODHART
Special Correspondent
CSEA withdrew its unfair labor practices
charges against PCC Feb. 21 when an
agreement was reached through the Public
Employees Relations Board (PERB)inLos
Angeles, in which the district admitted to
inadvertently violating collective bargain¬
ing laws by supporting Instructional Sup¬
port Services Unit (ISSU), a loosely formed
organization for classified employees con¬
sisting of about 250 white-collar, technical
personnel. CSEA’ s PCC chapter has about
sistingof about 250 white-collar, technical
personnel. CSEA’s PCC chapter has about
five members.
To forstall a lengthy formal hearing, rep¬
resentatives from the college and CSEA
entered into the voluntary settlement, which
consisted of the admission of these four
occurrences. According to information
provided by district representative Dr.
Jose Peralez, dean of personnel services,
“(1) Employees met for one hour on paid
release time [paid time off] on June 9, for an
ISSU meeting. (2) The college provided
labels prior to June 9 for ISSU mailings. (3)
ISSU continued to have a return [mail] box
at the college. (4) ISSU continued to include
a classified supervisor as a board [of trus¬
tees] member.”
The settlement agreement between the
parties must be posted by the district in an
area where other personnel notices are
regularly posted.
area where other personnel notices are
regularly posted.
“I think that the college is doing the right
thing to clear this up,” said Peralez. “Our
employees have the right to decide who
represents them. I appreciate CSEA’s will¬
ingness to withdraw and to voluntarily settle
the matter.”
The question that remains to be settled
between CSEA and ISSU is how much in¬
fluence the situation may have cast upon an
election that must be held to determine the
collective bargaining agent for classified
employees, who at the present time are
unrepresented in this and with the board of
trustees, Peralez explained.
CSEA is presently asking that ISSU be
removed from the ballot so that employees
must choose between CSEA and “no rep¬
resentation.” The matter must be resolved
through PERB, and no date has been set.
“This [hearing] will be taken into ac-
through PERB, and no date has been set.
“This [hearing] will be taken into ac¬
count,” said Peralez, “but nobody knows
how much weight it’ll be given [with PERB],
We are anxious to get back to our educa¬
tional mission which, after all, is the pri¬
mary purpose of the college.”
said this is the right time to reregulate the
savings and loan industry.
The 4 1 st District includes the communi¬
ties of Pasadena, Altadena, La Canada-Flin-
tridge, La Crescenta and Glendale.
During her 1987 campaign for her sec¬
ond four-year term as member of the Board
of Trustees, Mann was the only candidate to
address the inevitable problem of faculty
shortage. Mann stressed that the aging PCC
faculty will retire within 10 years. She,
therefore, stressed recruitment of new fac¬
ulty members.
Besides her work at PCC, Mann is a full¬
time director of Affirmative Action Pro¬
grams at Cal State Northridge, a job she has
held since 1976.
Mann’s term as Board of Trustee mem¬
ber is until 1991. “If I win this race, which
I intend to do, then I would have to step
down from the board,” Mann said.
Students
take shuttle
to school
By BECKY ROUSE
Staff Writer
A few cups of coffee might get you in the
right frame of mind for school, but getting a
parking spot in a campus lot is the crowning
joy. One way to avoid the morning rush is to
use PCC’s new shuttle service.
Kandy Benefield, one of three shuttle
drivers, said that mornings on the shuttle can
be pretty lively. “We have a ball on the
shuttle,” said Benefield, “and my job is to
make sure you get to where you’re going
safely and that you have an enjoyable ride. ’ ’
Students who rode in the van on Feb. 21
were enthusiastic about the service, which
started this semester. Serena Kumamoto was
one of the first customers. She said that only
one or two people rode with her the first day
or two, but now the van fills up quickly.
Benefield confirmed that the shuttle is
getting more popular. She logs about 80 to
90 passengers a day in her van alone.
Mike Hart, another shuttle passenger,
said it is much easier to park in Old Town
Pasadena and take the van to school than it is
to find a parking spot at school. Hart said,
however, that he makes sure he gives him¬
self plenty of time to get to class. The shuttle
runs every 20 minutes, so riders might end
self plenty of time to gel to class. The shuttle
runs every 20 minutes, so riders might end
up waiting for a some time. The ride from the
parking structure to PCC takes less than 10
minutes. The round trip includes three stops
on campus and one at the Community Skills
Center.
Please see SHUTTLE, page 8
Campus activities to mark Women's History Month
Events to promote a
greater awareness
of women's issues
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
In an effort to promote greater aware¬
ness of women’s issues among PCC’s
students, staff and faculty members, many
on-campus activities have been planned
for the college’s observance of National
Women’s History Month in March.
Women’s History Month, according
to Connie Hurston, AS faculty adviser,
will “educate, inform and integrate the
history and experiences of women into
the curriculum and into the conscious¬
ness of mainstream society.”
A conference sponsored by the Cali¬
fornia Humanities Project Regional Cen¬
ter themed “Women and the Humani¬
ties: Curriculum Integration” will kick
off the month’s activities on March 3.
The Mustangs, an all women’s coun¬
try-rock band and concert-recording art¬
ists, will perform in the Quad on March
6 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
On March 7 the PCC Health Center
will sponsor a lecture on “Date Rape:
What Men and Women Need to Know,”
to be presented by Sgt. Barbara Keith of
Rio Hondo College and AS President
Lamoe G. Dungca. The lecture will begin
at noon in C301. A question and answer
session will follow after the presenta¬
tion.
And on March 8, International
Women’s Day, the Association of Ameri¬
can University Women will present Beth
Please see WOMEN, page 6
Two-day conference
on women's roles to
launch celebration
By DEBBIE BEYER
Staff Writer
The opening event of Women’s His¬
tory Month is a weekend conference on
campus, themed “Women and the Hu¬
manities.” The two-day seminar, to be
held on March 2 and 3, will introduce
traditional faculty to Curriculum Integra¬
tion Projects, which incorporate using
more materials on and by women in spe¬
cific humanities courses.
‘ ‘Most humanities courses focus mainly
on white western men-women and mi¬
norities are basically absent in the cur¬
riculum,” said Phyllis Mael, associate
professor of English and initiator of the
conference. She said that more issues
dealing with women and their achieve¬
ments and their effects on the shaping of
society should be included in course
content.
“Curriculum Integration leads to the
opening of the American mind,” said
Mael. “In thus, we balance excellence
and equity. This process not only trans¬
forms the curriculum, but also the stu¬
dents, our institutions and ourselves.”
The program on March 2 begins at
1:30 p.m. in the Circadian and will in¬
clude a workshop and discussion with
people who have successfully received
grants or external funding and guidance
in the steps they took to do so.
At 7: 30 p.m . , guest speaker Ruthanne
Lum McCunn will present a slide show
Please see HUMANITIES, page 6