An Explosion of Scientific Knowledge
— Courier photo by Ronald Tom
A CHINK IN THE ARMOR — This little hole in the floor can be
found on the second level of the Robbins Building. It makes one
wonder what the building will look like in 1 0 or 1 5 years.
Support Your Teum;
Luncers Are No. One
New Class and Lab
First Growth Phase
Summer Trips
Adventuresome
By Marge Serritelli
Are you intrigued by adventure
and the lure ol tar away places?
We have a faculty member who
is also that way, Robert Warren.
Each summer he travels, ex¬
tensively and for the past 10
years has been the Pacific Coast
representative for the American
Travel Co., New York.
Does he tire of seeing Europe
each year? “Every year it’s a lit¬
tle different,” he said. Different
it would have to be, because War¬
ren has an open, curious mind
seeking new adventures.
Warren is also director of
PCC’s Overseas Program under
which students can study at the
Sorbonne in Paris, the University
of Madrid, the University of Flor¬
ence, or the University of Salz¬
burg.
With all of his travel and teach¬
ing, he has made travel films and
educational films for almost 10
years.
The professor has taught soci¬
ology here for seven years. His
philosophy is “CONFUSE,” and
that he does to his students. War¬
ren thinks that the job of soci¬
ologists is to challenge every¬
thing accepted by society.
The busy professor says,
“There should be free uninhibited
class discussions. Then the edu¬
cated student comes out unsure
of what he believes and knows
that whe he believes today is
what he won’t believe tomor¬
row.”
Loren Shumer
Commissioner
Freshman Loren Shumer, new
athletic commissioner, hopes that
PCC students will take an inter¬
est in supporting their athletic
teams when and wherever they
play.
Because he does not believe
that miracles happen by them¬
selves, he is prepared to work
hard at the task of promoting
sports.
In his sports promotion cam¬
paign, Shumer is working closely
with the Pep and Publicity Com¬
missions to inform students of
coming events and to create an
interest in supporting the teams.
“The job is difficult,” he says,
"because the majority of the stu¬
dents couldn’t care less about
going to sporting events.”
Shumer also works with the
Women’s Athletic Association
and with Huddy Scott, head of
the intramural program. “PCC is
fortunate in having one of the
finest coaching staffs in the coun¬
try,” says Shumer, “but the stu¬
dent body doesn’t deserve its fine
teams, because of its apathy in
supporting them.”
CJCA Meets April 8
Dr. John Lombardi has been
named main speaker for the
general session of the spring
meeting of the California Jun¬
ior College Association, South¬
western Region, here, Saturday,
April 8. Theme of the meet is
“The Changing Climate in Jun¬
ior College Governance,” ac¬
cording to Robert Dickerson
and Walter Bennett, co-chair¬
men for PCC.
The basketball team needs you!
Yes, the team that has rolled up
31 wins in a row, and is num¬
ber one in the state, needs your
support in Santa Maria this
weekend.
Lancer cage coach Jerry Tar-
kanian hopes to see many people
on hand for Thursday night’s
opening round game with Han¬
cock, to be played in the Han¬
cock gym, before Hancock’s fans,
and in Hancock’s hometown. It is
most important if you can
make it up there tomorrow night
that you do so.
If you can’t make it Thursday,
Sparbenders
Take First Sail
The difference between “port”
and “starboard” and the purpose
of a boom and other nautical
items will be discussed during the
Sparbenders’ first sailing trip of
the semester to Newport Beach.
Purpose of the trip is to instruct
new members in the intricacies of
sailing and to give them the feel
of handling a sailboat, said Andy
Littlejohn, president.
Because most of the members
have had no sailing experience,
almost everyone will be starting
from scratch. The club will use
Littlejohn’s boat, “Sandy Andy”
he noted. “There is no need for
members to have their own boats.
The only prequisite for this group
is interest.”
Members will leave the PCC
parking lots at 8:30 a.m. Sunday
They will arrive at the Newport
Yacht Club at 10.
Other activities for the future
include a series of training films
and instruction periods, and
monthly sailing trips along the
Southern California coast.
Interested students are urged to
see the president or go to 11C for
further information.
Dues are 50 cents a semester.
try to get to Santa Maria for one
or both of the other two games.
This team is great but it’s a
tremendous lift to any athlete
to look into a crowd and find that
the crowd is ready to yell for
him.
If you plan to stay overnight,
it is advisable that you make res¬
ervations before you leave. A list
of the motels in Santa Maria was
printed in last week’s Courier,
copies of which can be picked up
in the Courier office, 37C.
The Life Sciences Department
is remodeling both in buildings
and classes.
Under the chairmanship of Dr.
Bruce Conklin, Life Sciences will
add two new courses and a new
lab to keep in tune with what
Dr. Conklin calls “the explosion
of scientific knowledge.”
Already started is a two-unit
course, independent study. “This
course will allow a student to
pursue a special project of his
interest with the guidance of a
professor within that specialty,”
Dr. Conklin adds.
Beginning this fall another
two-unit course in biological labo¬
ratory techniques will be begun.
The class will instruct the stu¬
dent in fundamental lab tech-
Creative Thinking
Is Learning Key
The key to thinking and pro¬
blem solving is creative thinking.
Creative thinking is stifled, how¬
ever, by rigid thought patterns.
Those were among the con¬
clusions drawn by Dr. Elton
Davis, PCC psychologist, in his
talk before an overflow crowd of
students Friday in the first Eng¬
lish Department colloquium offer¬
ing of the semester in Harbeson
Had.
Although neurosis, psychosis,
brain injury and a culturally han¬
dicapped childhood all contribute
to rigidity of thought, Dr. Davis
said, the main cause is the pres¬
sure to conform in modern so¬
ciety. “A free-wheeling, unpreju¬
diced approach is more effec¬
tive,” he noted.
Creative thinking, on the other
hand, is fostered by an open ap¬
praisal of data.
Dr. Davis said that in the con¬
flict between the West and the
East, national creative thinking
is essential for survival. “The po¬
litical system best able to solve
its specific problems will triumph
in the end,” he added.
That is why the psychologist
sees an urgent need to keep col¬
leges from preserving rigid struc¬
tures. “In this critical area, new
and different ideas and solutions
must be encouraged.”
J. Robert Trevor, professor of
English, will speak on “J. Alfred
Pruf rock : Twentieth Century Hol¬
low Man” at the next colloquium
offering, Friday, March 17 at 11
a.m. in Harbeson Hall.
niques and procedures, museum
operation, and collection of biolog¬
ical data.
The most significant change
will be the new instrumentation
lab, housing special equipment
for upgrading the present courses
in biology, botany, dental science,
and physiology.
It will contain one area and spe¬
cial equipment to allow students
to pursue special experiments and
projects of their own and another
area for group observation with
the most modern equipment for
cellular and molecular biology.
“The new facilities will let the
student work with special equip¬
ment, to study more closely with
an instructor to pursue topics of
his interest, and to motivate qual¬
ity.”
Although many updated
changes will be made, many im¬
provements will be delayed until
better conditions are available.
The building now in use has be¬
come outmoded, and cannot ac¬
commodate the present need for
scientific discovery and inquiry.
Small classrooms and stock-
rooms, tables that are too low,
and the lack of a greenhouse or
an animal lab are among the
problems. Too, the building has
no air conditioning, which means
that cultures and plants must
constantly be replaced, and makes
instructing and learning difficult.
Guess Theme
of 0MD Carny
OMD is sponsoring its annual
Guess the Theme of the OMD
Carnival contest. The student who
comes up with the closest answer
will receive $10. Your guesses
should be taken to 111C. Deadline
for submitting your guess is to¬
morrow at 3. Be sure to include
your name, address, and phone
number in case you are the win¬
ner of this year’s contest.
Clue No. 1: Take a trip in a
southerly direction to this year’s
. Carnival kotorye boodyet
zu Ehren des altissime quatrieme
anniversaire de l’Omicron Mu
Delta.
Clue No. 2: Holy Jumping
Beans! The mad-hatter is danc¬
ing to this year’s OMD Carnival.
Clue No. 3: How about a cele¬
bration, a party, a parade, a dance,
a bullfight? Then how about this
year’s OMD Carnival?
SUPPORT YOUR TEAM — John Trapp and Sam
Carter of PCC's WSC champion basketball team
ask for your support at the state playoffs in
— Courier photo by Tom Wilmshurst
Santa Maria this weekend. The Lancers are
ranked first in the state. It would be great if the
rooting section could rank No. 1 also.
