PCC Courier, March 05, 1976

Tickets On Sale for —Courier Photo by Michael Jonclch SEE HOW IT FLIES— Alicia Harwood, International Club president, and Thomas Allen raise the Bolivian flag on one of the flag poles in the Campus Quad. The club, in conjunction with the Foreign Students Office, has requested students from other lands to donate their country’s flag to PCC. All flags collected will be displayed in the Quad during International Awareness Week, April 26-30. VOL. 41, N0.4 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 5, 1976 National TV Show ABC To Air Cooking Classes By Bob Wagner Staff Writer By David Willman Staff Writer Contrary to information reported in the February 24 Pasadena Star-News, the Veterans Administration (VA) is not conducting an audit of any type at PCC. according to Sara LaRiviere, coordinator of veteran's affairs here. The Star-News story paraphrased Scott Topper, an attorney for a group Blood Bank Drive Set by Circle К Circle К will conduct a blood drive in conjunction with the Red Cross on March 17 and 18 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campus Center. Sign-ups began this week in the Quad and will continue until March 15. The blood received is put into a "student-staff blood bank for use by everybody on campus," according to Dean John Fikenbery, Circle К ad¬ viser. For every pint given, "credit" for another pint is extended to the student. Also, a pint is credited to the college blood bank for use by any student or member of his family who needs it. Application deadlines for some scholarships are just around the corner. Included is the College Women's Club of Pasadena scholarship for PCC graduates who plan to continue their education at a four-year college or university. Criteria for selection include leadership. scholarship, good citizenship • and financial need. Preference is given to applicants in fields of study which render service to society. Applications must be filed by March 15 in C236. The Soroptimist Club of Pasadena Off to a Roaring Approximately 80 Pasadena junior and senior high school Mentally Gifted Minors (MGM ) and high achievers began a six-week Vista program Wed¬ nesday at the PCC Reading Center. The first classes in the series, “Rev Up Your Reading,” were held from 3 to of Citrus College veterans involved in a lawsuit with the VA, as saying that an audit of veterans' records was in progress at PCC. Topper now says he "didn't say that," and flatly states, "I was mis¬ quoted." Ms. LaRiviere reported that the Star-News story triggered “many" phone calls. She said the concerned callers were aware of the situation at Citrus. Spokesmen for the Citrus veterans say they are suing the VA because it withheld benefits to as many as 900 student veterans without having a legally required prede¬ termination hearing. Veterans Administration represen¬ tative Cliff King said that a "com¬ pliance survey" was administered at PCC during November. 1974. He said that the VA found all of the PCC records in proper order, and main¬ tained that if the VA did audit PCC, "(here would be no problems." According to him. compliance surveys are the VA's method of determining if there are abuses of the system within a certain college. If violations are suspected, a larger audit such as the one at Citrus is ordered. While affirming there is no audit here, Dean of Admissions and Records F. Frdley Beauchamp said that PCC, like all other schools, is subject to VA investigation at any time. However, he said he has not been informed of any planned investigation. scholarship for women graduates is awarded on the basis of a student’s activities, academic achievement and need. It is paid upon verification of registration for a full program at a lour-year colllege or university. Ap¬ plications must be filed by March 14. The American Legion Pasadena Post 13 Award and the Altrusa Inter¬ national of Pasadena Scholarship applications must be filed by March 12. Information, as well as application blanks, may be obtained from the Financial Aids Office in C236, or from the college or university to which the student plans to transfer. Start 3:50p.m. for senior high students, and from 4 to 4:50 p.m. for junior high students. Each group learned "flow to Pace Yourself” from instructor Betty Mallonee, who was assisted by 14 The ABC Television network has given PCC's food services division the opportunity to have its instructional cooking classes aired on national television. * The food services division, a part of the Kngineering and Technology Department, will air two separate television series for students seeking college credit in food services. Associate producer Robert Miller pointed out that the objective of the program is to encourage students to enroll in the cooking class; however, they are not required to be on campus. "We hope to get as many people as possible interested in the program." said Miller, who graduated from PCC last year with an A. A. degree in communications. First Series The first series to be aired is "Food for the Modern Family,” and is a guide to practical cooking. Libby Lafferty, PCC home economist instructor, will host the first series. Dr. Harold Salisbury, who is in charge of instructional television, resigned as communication chairman to take over the production. There are lour PCC employees working on the production in cooperation with ABC studios. They are Chris Rose and Cindy Davis in addition to Miller and Dr. Salisbury. Joe Keane, instructor in the Com¬ munication Department, will direct parts of the series to be filmed at PCC, and Bruce Shurly, of ABC, will direct any segments that will be filmed at the studio. The pilot of "Food for the Modern Family" was filmed earlier this year. volunteer aides, who are parents of the participants. MGM is coordinated by Elizabeth Kearney and Jane Brockie, curriculum specialists for the Pasadena Unified School District. Vista is an expansive program of —Courier Photo by Michael Joncich Up Your Reading” Vista program in the PCC Reading Center. Executives from ABC saw the pilot, and plans were immediately made to expand the program into 45 half-hour shows. The opening and closing shots have already been filmed, and actual taping of the show started last weekend. September Airing The series, which will be aired in September, will expand to the UHF stations and other commercial stations as well. If the shows are successful, Miller hopes to start another two series for 1977. "We hope to obtain a large general audience, catering to male and female alike." said Miller. If a steady enroll¬ ment is maintained, the television series will become a permanent fix¬ ture at PCC. The General Electric Company of Kentucky has donated a refrigerator, oven and various other props for a kitchen setting. Frank Ziol, Engineering and Technology Department professor, and counselor for several programs involving industrial management and FREE TAX ADVICE Free income tax assistance is being offered at community centers by PCC as part of tbe federal Volunteer income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Individual help and in¬ formation concerning form preparation will be available at the Villa Parke Center, 363 E. Villa, March 6 and 13, and at tbe Jackie Robinson Center, 120 N. Fair Oaks Ave., March 10, 17 and 24, 9 a.m. until noon. Call 578-7301 for further information. enrichment held after regular school hours and on Saturdays. PCC's Reading Center facilities are being made available for the first time in Vista's 3L year existence. The voluntary participants, who provide their own transportation, are informed of the enrichment activities by flyers distributed through both public and private schools. If the response surpasses the maximum enrollment, a lottery is conducted following a cut-off date. the Saturday programs are all-day single activities, while an after-school course is set up for six consecutive one- hour weekly classes. “Basically, what I want to give them are techniques they can use right now, such as skimming, scanning and other ways of attacking reading material,” Mrs. Mallonee said. The Vista participants will be using the Reading Center classroom, the laboratory with its 35 stations, the writing laboratory with its cassettes and slides, the tutorial center and the small library. _ The high school students will be exposed to machines such as the controlled reader, which increases motility or left to right eye movements on a page; the shadowscope. a reading pacer which sends a horizontal beam of light down a page vertically; the vocabulary developer using a multi- sensory approach and the IBM dic¬ taphones. Mrs. Brockie labeled Vista "the brainchild of our superintendent." Mrs. Mallonee describes Vista as "things beyond the ordinary." Each student-participant will be given a special evaluation form for "Rev Up Your Reading" at the end of the series. training, is the technical adviser for the program. According to Miller, PCC in¬ structional television is highly trained to handle a show like the cooking series. Telecommunications, Engineering and Technology and the The Student Senate this week ratified the ASB spring budget, and approved certain commissioners and appointees to the Supreme Council. The ratification of the budget by the Senate now releases funds for use by the ASB. Commissioners approved to take office are Paula Clarke, publicity commissioner; Darrell Speights, elections commissioner; Jeff Eliel, commissioner of the handicapped ; and Della Nicksin. assemblies com¬ missioner. Positions still open for ASB Board appointment and Senate ratification are athletic president, Freshman Class president, pep commissioner and political commissioner. According to Dean Phyllis Jackson, the commissioner of the handicapped "will represent the interests of the handicapped to the board.” The political commissioner’s duties will be to see that outside political candidates do not distribute any political literature on campus. Dean Jackson said this action is necessary because of a "Board of Trustees policy." Those ratified to take office on the Supreme Council are Anna Huizar, Brad Nix, Michael Ng, Tim Fuller and Caroline Mraz. Tim Fuller plans to resign his senatorship. * Fuller remarked. “Even though I have been given special permission by the ASB Board to hold the office of senator and Supreme Council member at the same time. I will not hold the office of senator." The Senate also approved Mark Tellez to serve as first vice-president and Romelia Fox to be second vice- president of the Senate. Other business discussed was the possibility of asking the City of Pasadena to extend its parking limits on surface streets close to the PCC campus. Fuller told about the Senate's past experiences in trying to initiate this type of action. Spring ICC Elections Held The Inter Club Council has elected Robert DeVries president, Jeff Eliel vice-president. Darrell Speights treasurer, Marie Lirette secretary and Kim Cunningham ICC representative to serve on its governing board. Outgoing president Michael Ng gave the new ICC Council briefings on their duties and responsibilities and welcomed the incoming board at the first meeting of the spring semester. Business discussed consisted of ways individual clubs can raise money for their treasuries. Circle K. Adelphians and Spartans announced that they are presently holding membership drives. The Adelphians will also be holding a canned food drive and Circle К is conducting a relief project for the people of Guatemala. food services division are combined to handle this series. With professional help from ABC, this worthwhile program should benefit many students seeking credit in food services but who cannot make it to the campus,” Miller added. “The city doesn't care. The city says that residents around PCC want parking regulations as they are,” Fuller stated. It was decided to present the matter to the PCC Board of Trustees. Forum Talk: Famed Writer Unveils Myth Lawrence Kusche, author of “The Bermuda Triangle Mystery— Solved,” will lecture on the controversial subject at next week’s Tuesday Evening Forum. The lecture begins at 7:35 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. Those without Tuesday Evening Forum season tickets will be admitted free of charge after 7:30 p.m. Trained as a commercial pilot, flight instructor and flight engineer, Kusche had the necessary background to piece together the fragmentary evidence associated with the mysterious disappearances of dozens of ships and planes in the geographical area known as the "Bermuda Triangle.” Kusche did not have a best-seller in mind when he began his research in 1972. He wrote an extensive bibliography on the scattered accounts of Triangle mishaps which caught the attention of Harper & Row who en¬ couraged him to write a book. A reference librarian at Arizona State University since 1969, Kusche feels that his past employment and library school have left him with an "inquiring technique" and the “turn of the mind that makes you question everything^to be sure you’re right.” Kusche is currently on a leave of absence from ASU to write several books on related topics. In publicizing his book, which is often acknowledged as the most authoritative work on the subject, he has appeared on such television programs as the “Today Show." “Mike Douglas," “Wide World Special" and “To Tell the Truth." LAWRENCE KUSCHE . . . lectures on myth READING CENTER — Betty Mallonee, Reading Center teacher, helps high school MGM and high- achieving students to pace their reading speed. The six-week “Rev began Wednesday Scholarship Awards Deadline Approaches Pasadena MGMs Begin Vista Program Budget and Officers Approved by Senate By Anthony Sibert Staff Writer 'West Side Story' Tickets are now on sale in the College Bank for “West Side Story," which opens Friday, March 12, at 8 p.m in Sexson Auditorium. Unreserved seats for the PCC production, which will run for two weekends, are $3 each, and may also be purchased at the door preceding each perfomarice. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 12, 13, 19 and 20. The curtain time is 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 14 and 21. "West Side Story" is a modern version of the Shakespearean classic, "Romeo and Juliet." The setting is New York in the late 1950s, where two street gangs contend, the “Sharks" and the "Jets." The Juliet is Maria, played by Cassie Monsour. The "Romeo" is Tony, played by Bill Davis. They, or mem¬ bers of their families belong to op¬ posing street gangs. Interracial conflict is incorporated into the theme.. H is a jazz-type show of the 50s utilizing, among others, songs by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.- such, as “Maria,” “Tonight" and "I Feel Pretty." Difficult dance numbers are directed by choreographer Carolyn Dyer of the original New York production. She also worked on Los Angeles Music Center appearances of "Brecht Scared and Profane" and "Mass." The PCC Theater Arts Division and the Music Department are producing the show, try-outs for which were open to all PCC students. Drama division instructor Bruce Gill is the producer-director, assisted by Craig Coulter, teacher's aide in drama. PCC Chamber Chorale director William Hatcher is the musical director. Students from the various music classes make up the orchestra. Debi McFarland has designed all the costumes and plays the part of Con- suelo in the show. Other major parts are being played by Lanny Mitchell as Riff, the leader of the "Jets;" Ron Mangham as Action, assistant leader of the “Jets;" Milan Dragicevich as Bernardo, leader of the "Sharks" and Linda Lowe as Anita, a girl friend. Four students who were stars in former PCC productions will appear in the cast as adult representatives of "the establishment " They are Chris DeVore. Eric Bergren. Craig Coulter and Mara Bullard. Other singing, dancing and acting members of the cast are Debbi Weeks, Vetza MacGill, Larry Moreno. Gerald Washburn. Frank Harris, Eugenia 'Totten. Ed Gibbs, Stacey Pruett, Deena Booth, Ramon Lopez, Anita Colet. Andy Jowdy, Bill Quinones. I^ori Hewlett, Craig Cox, Kevin Riley, Mike Mendelson. Sheri Williams, Laurie Pierce and Elizabeth Jenkins 'To break even, 400 tickets a night must be sold for the production. The sale of 600 seats a night is required for the show to be financially profitable. Sexson Auditorium contains ap¬ proximately 2000 seats, but the balcony will be closed off, according to Coulter. No VA Audit