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VOL. 34, NO. 17
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 8, 1972
ASB Board Grants
Pass to Architect
While the audience engaged in flying paper airplanes and ex¬
claiming, “Yup, yup, we’re going to have a board meeting,” the ASB
Board conducted its weekly business.
The first order of the day was to award Howard Morgridge with
a lifetime PCC pass. This award is bestowed upon him for his time
and work spent on the designs for the elevator to be built in the
Campus Center. Morgridge, a PCC alumnus, is donating his services
on this project.
Senate president Steve Goldman suggested that price lists be
placed clearly on all food trucks and in the cafeteria. Goldman is
also concerned with the amount of pilferage on campus. When stu¬
dents steal, the prices go up and hurt everybody. Therefore, the
following is to be displayed in the bookstore and cafeteria:
“Theft on campus will be prosecuted accordingly and may result
in dismissal from school.”
The Master Plan Committee met, and will be spending the next
two weeks looking into the counseling system. Before coming to any
conclusions, they will interview students as well as counselors.
If you want a publicity form, the easiest place to acquire one is
in Ray Thursby’s mailbox upstairs in the Campus Center.
At the next meeting all commissioners are expected to present
a progress report, either written or oral. This is to inform the Board
of the various commissions’ activities to date.
Board members were asked to think of ideas for their booth at
the OMD Carnival. All money they receive from the booth will go
into the ASB general fund.
Curriculum Offered by
Church Nursery School
Calvary Baptist Church Nurs¬
ery School, may hold the answer
for a great many students who
have small children and are in
need of child care. The nursery
school is open five days a week
PCC Obtains
Observatory
for One Year
The PCC Board of Trustees has
contracted with the Stony Ridge
Observatory in the Angeles Na¬
tional Forest for the use of their
facilities for one year, March 1,
1972 to March 1, 1973.
The contract will allow the
PCC Observatory staff to take its
classes to the Observatory about
10 to 15 times during the year.
The facilities available at the
Stony Ridge Observatory include
a large open area for portable
equipment, such as small tele¬
scopes, and a dome housing a 30-
inch reflecting telescope of high
quality.
In comparison, the PCC Obser¬
vatory has only a 20-inch reflect¬
ing telescope.
Another big advantage is the
observatory’s location, as it is
away from smog and city lights
and has an almost unobstructed
view of the horizon.
According to PCC math and as¬
tronomy professor Clyde B.
Eaton, who recommended the
contract, smog and city lights,
plus the immobility of our tele¬
scope, renders it almost unusa¬
ble.
Each of the three Astronomy 1
classes (elementary astronomy)
will be allowed at least one field
trip to Stony Ridge. Astronomy 2
and 3 with advanced students
will use the facilities more often.
Summer classes will probably
have the best opportunity, since
there will be no danger of ice or
snow on the road.
Stony Ridge Observatory occu¬
pies the top of a low ridge behind
Mount Wilson at an elevation of
5600 feet.
The observatory was built in
1957 by a group of about 15 to 20
amateur astronomers. Their
group is called Stony Ridge Ob¬
servatory, Inc., with headquar¬
ters at 1714 Summitrose St. in
Tujunga.
The three-building facility has
a photographic darkroom, a pow¬
er room for electricity, sanitation
facilities, and a dome housing the
telescope.
The Board of Trustees will pay
$120 for the use of these facilities.
from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The school
was started in 1969 as part of the
church’s reachout program.
The director, Alice Hernandez,
says the school is open to every¬
one regardless of race, creed, or
economic standing. There are
three different programs: 8:30 to
11:30, 8:30 to 12:30, and all day.
The hours are flexible with a
three-hour minimum. Any short¬
er span of time, it is felt by the
director, serves to add to the cha¬
os and confusion for the children.
The rates run from $19 per
month for half days to $85 per
month for full days. The school
provides lunches, snacks, and
naps for the full-time students
and an extensive curriculum for
all.
The curriculum includes self-
concept, language development,
arts and crafts, music, rhythms,
dance, concept development and
a safety program. There is one
teacher for each 12 children.
The accepted age range is
from 2 to 6 and all of the children
are encouraged to play together.
For further information Miss
Hernandez can be contacted dur¬
ing the school’s hours at Calvary
Baptist Church across the street
at 1555 E. Colorado Blvd.
Aids Consultant
Leaves PCC Job
Gerald Brooks, consultant in
cooperative education for the Fi¬
nancial Aids Office, is leaving
PCC to assume a research assist¬
ant position at the University of
Minnesota.
Brooks has been employed by
the college since 1971.
The Cooperative Education Pro¬
gram integrates clasroom experi¬
ence and practical work experi¬
ence in industry, business, gov¬
ernment, or service-type work sit¬
uations. The work experience
constitutes a regular and essen¬
tial element in the educative
process, and a minimum amount
of work experience.
Brooks has helped many stu¬
dents attain meaningful employ¬
ment and assisted in strengthen¬
ing many students who were un¬
sure of their educational and
work-related objectives.
June Grads
Monday, March 13, is the last
day on which a student may pe¬
tition for June 1972 graduation.
Any student who expects to
graduate but has not yet peti¬
tioned should see his counselor
soon.
“PUT ANOTHER candle on my birthday cake; I'm
another year old today." PCC president, Dr.
Armen Sarafian, enjoyed a surprise 39th birth¬
day party Friday noon in the Campus Center.
An elaborate hoax was staged to get the presi¬
dent from his office to the party site, involving
a report that students were demanding Sarafian's
presence at the hurriedly-called "meeting."
Senate Takes On Cafeteria
Sophomore, and AMS Problems
The PCC Student Senate used
its third meeting of the semester
wisely last Tuesday as several
persons spoke on topics of inter¬
est to the representatives.
Jerry Burney, cafeteria man¬
ager, spoke before the Senate for
the cafeteria committee. “Our
biggest problem is lack of com¬
munication,” he said. “If you
don’t tell me what you want, I
can’t get the service for you. Tell
us what you want.
“A major problem is rip-offs,”
Burney continued. “It can take
up to 15 or 20 items to make up
for one rip-off.” He stressed the
need for the students to nail other
students they see stealing. “It’s
the only way we can stop it.
“If you don’t like the food on a
certain day, let me see it. I can’t
find out what the product was un¬
less I see it. Only then can I do
something.
“My door is always open to any
student. You may come see me
in my office at any time. If you
can’t find my office, just ask,”
concluded Burney.
The new Sophomore Class pres¬
ident, Robert Jones, said, “No¬
body knows what’s going on, or
it’s a big secret. I don’t know
what’s going on, even though I’ve
asked. I am going to start all
over.” One of his goals is to see
that more scholarships are given
to students on campus, and that
the students are aware of them.
Gerry Kuehner, AMS president,
said his organization had formed
a committee to discuss the Cali¬
fornia Master Plan for Education.
It was announced that there is
a child care day center at the
Calvary Baptist Church across the
street from PCC.
Gary Hunt, a visitor from the
California Community College
Student Government Association
also spoke. He said he would like
the school to join the organization
along with other community col¬
leges.
Advantages of joining the or¬
ganization, he said, would be with
the lobby. “We have petitions and
committees on almost every
school problem. We can get a lot
more recognition if the combined
schools of 950,000 asked for some¬
thing in the State Legislature
than if just 15,000 from PCC did.”
A year’s membership in the or¬
ganization would be $300.
An example of a petition that
the CCCSGA is currently circula¬
ting is the California Marijuana
Initiative petition which backers
want to get on the November bal¬
lot. This petition is circulating on
the PCC campus.
The People’s Lobby is sponsor¬
ing a Bike for Life. It is similar
to the recent Hike for Help and
Walk from Hunger. It is to sup¬
port the Clean Environment Act
and to let citizens know that peo¬
ple want it passed. Linda Malligo
spoke for the lobby.
Senate meetings are held every
Tuesday at noon in C301. All stu¬
dents are invited to attend.
Dr. Sarafian a Birthday Boy
“The students are having a confrontation,” Dr. Armen Sarafian,
superintendent-president of PCC, was told.
“They are holding a special meeting and they want you present,”
Dean John Eikenbery explained.
Just returned from a business trip back east, Dr. Sarafian made
his way over to the Campus Center, worried about what the students
had done now. Once upstairs he was greeted by much confusion and
a strange looking board room.
Marianne Cordova, ASB president, explained that they had ar¬
ranged the chairs in a semi-circle, and removed the tables to make
the meeting more informal. The next moment the report was that the
students preferred to hold their meeting in the lounge, so Marianne
led Dr. Sarafian in.
“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you ...” A birthday
for Dr. Sarafian! The room was decorated with crepe paper, silly
string, cake, punch, and people.
Following the birthday song, PCC’s band played happy birthday
in jazz. Other entertainment included ethnic dancers, and Gil Robin¬
son’s tie. The party lasted from 12 to 1 last Friday.
STONY RIDGE Observatory, which will be PCC's for one year,
provides a smogfree, unsuburbanized view of the seldom-seen
horizon for astronomy students of the college.
