PCC Courier, March 09, 1973

1 135.9. ain the ilacing le high ividual e Mike arcise; ng and n; and rings, squad ainst a . New junior year’s or the , PCC ame in 3S, the з from ts and nnasts i is the ght an eading taking veil as id the eading team- rings, it. cancer :rnoon ;ington s been wmsm Iph Woo top : 'Fiddler' Opens Next Weekend Hi Щ Hj “FIDDLER” CHARACTER TEVYE— Chris DeVore, theater arts major with an extensive dramatic background, portrays the lively, lovable character Teyve in PCC’s coming presentation of “Fiddler on № 4> I the Roof.” Patti Gill (left) and Eric Bergren (right) also appear in what promises to be one of the most entertaining musical comedy shows presented so far at PCC. The play opens next weekend in C130. “Fiddler on the Roof,” this semester’s major dramatic produc¬ tion, opens next weekend in the Little Theater. Tickets sell for $2.50, and may be obtained in advance at the box office just outside the Little Theater, C130. The first showing of the play takes place on Thursday, March 15. It will be presented twice that day, at 3:30 and 8:15 p.m. These two are the only performances free of charge. Reservations can be made for a small fee of 25 cents. On Fridays and Saturdays, March 16, 17, 23 and 24, the play begins at 8:15 p.m. The Sunday shows, March 18 and 25, take place at 5 p.m. Two per¬ formances are scheduled for Thurs¬ day, March 22, at 3:30 and 8:15 p.m. “Fiddler on the Roof” is based on Sholom Aleichem’s book, “Tevya’s PCC Coubieb VOL. 35, NO. 19 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California Physicist To Present Views on UFO Issue Nuclear physicist Stanton T. Friedman will present an illustrated lecture, “Flying Saucers Are Real,” at 7:30 p.m. March 13 for the “Tuesday Evening Forum,” in Sexson Auditorium. Friedman is the only space scientist devoting his full time to the science of “Ufology.” More than 13 years of study and investigation have con¬ vinced him that Earth is being visited by intelligently controlled vehicles from places other than Earth. He has a relatively unique profes¬ sional background which includes working for 14 years with nuclear air¬ craft, nuclear rockets, fusion rockets and nuclear powerplants for space and Earth-bound applications. The nuclear physicist-lecturer has had numerous papers published by the popular press and professional jour¬ nals. He was one of 12 scientists con¬ tributing to the Scientific Symposium on UFOs held by the U.S. Congress in 1968. Friedman is primarily interested in those UFOs that remain unidentified after a thorough and competent in¬ vestigation. He said, “For more than 25 years, reports from thousands of witnesses, from all over the world, have described seeing ‘objects,’ not Information Will Be Available on Cuts in Student Funds In an effort to inform and assist students who may be adversely af¬ fected by cuts in federal spending, the Black Student Union will provide a table in front of the Campus Center. The table, which opened last Wed¬ nesday, will operate from noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday of next week. The purpose of the table is to present the facts about the federal cuts in rela¬ tion to the individual student. People will be told exactly what is being^lost. The group hopes that interested people, students and non-students, will be sufficiently concerned to write to their congressmen. The personnel at the table will have a list of representa¬ tives so that they can let people know . to whom they should write. They also will assist with the writing of letters. BSU will mail letters for students who are willing to write them at the table. “It will only take a student five minutes to write a letter,” says Phyllis DeVine, organizer of the program. “We’re going to have music and we’ll try to deal with each person who comes to us as quickly as possible.” The aim of the project is to bring pressure on congressmen to resist the proposed cutbacks. “We don’t know how successful we’re going to be,” Miss DeVine stated. “Eighteen-year- olds have the vote now and we have to try. This issue is important to students and we can’t let it go down without letting our voices be heard.” Edison Company Sponsors Sophomore Scholarships in Business, Engineering The Southern California Edison Co. is sponsoring a scholarship for stu¬ dents at PCC. The awards range from $500 to $1500. To be eligible, a student must be a sophomore at PCC who will be receiving an A. A. degree. He must be an engineering or business major. Moreover, the student must be planning to transfer to a college in the territory of Southern California Edison Co. and he must also live within that territory which includes El Monte, Rosemead, Alhambra, San Marino, South Pasadena, Los Angeles and part of Pasadena. Applications are available in the Financial Aids Office, C236. The appli¬ cation deadline is Friday, March 16. just light sources. These objects in¬ dicate they were manufactured, and were controlled intelligently.” He continued, “There are some excellent photos of UFOs, that show no evidence of fakery. UFOs have been sighted by scientists, astronomers, pilots, policemen, orbiting astronauts, and control tower operators. UFOs have been observed over the cities and in the country at night and during the day, on land as well as in the air. “A special UFO subcommittee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics stated that it could not find a basis in the Condon Report for Condon’s prediction that nothing of scientific value would come from further studies,” said Friedman. He said, “The real problem with UFOs is a psychological one. Many older scientists are unwilling to give up their old ideas of the Earthman’s uniqueness, and their own importance. A laughter curtain has been erected, which keeps most UFO observers from reporting their sightings, and prevents most scientists from getting involved in UFO investigations.” Lecture Given by Curator of Planetarium Stanley Pearson, PCC’s Planetarium curator, will be lecturing Thursday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the campus plantarium. Pearson’s lecture, “Around the World in 28 Days,” will be illustrated with slides and other materials depicting experiments and activities of two astronauts and one scientist cir¬ cling the earth. The planetarium night-sky will be used to show the path in the heavens of the upcoming space adventure, “Sky Lab”. Because of limited seating capacity, attendance is by ticket only. Tickets may be reserved by telephone, 795- 6961, Ext. 331, and will be mailed upon request. Students Singled Out for Awnrds Students in PCC’s Communication Department have been singled out for awards in several areas recently. At the Division V awards banquet sponsored by the American College Theatre Festival, theater arts students Chris DeVore and Ann Pomante both won acting awards. Both were cited for their work in “Look Homeward, Angel,” a campus production directed by Bruce Gill. Craig Secord, who assisted director Duke Stroud in a recent campus production of absurd theater, received a directing award. This production was a combination of dramatic works, entitled “Kopit, Pinter, Johnson and Friends.” In the forensics area, PCC students again took honors at the Cerritos Community College Oral Interpreta¬ tion Festival held Feb. 17. They were accompanied by forensics coach and adviser Ms. Chrystal Watson. In competition with students from 30 other schools, Eric Bergren took second place in Oral Interpretation; and Millicent Crisp, Pat Love and Tom Carter won second place for their Reader’s Theater cutting of Ron Milner’s “Who’s Got His Own.” Craig Coulter was awarded a certifi¬ cate of excellence for his work in Oral Interpretation. DeVore, Bergren and Coulter all have leading roles in PCC’s coming production, “Fiddler on the Roof,” directed by Gill and opening March 16. MARCH 9, 1973 . --m ШИ uMjfSpI Daughters.” It takes place in a Jewish village in Russia in the pre-revolu¬ tionary era. The theme revolves around traditions and the conflicts between generations, as Tevya’s daughters successively break the accepted Jewish marriage patterns. Chris DeVore, who plays the leading role of Tevya, has been involved in dramatic productions since his early years in high school. He spent five years working with the Pasadena Department of Recreation, including Nutcracker” and “A Mid¬ summer Night’s Dream.” DeVore appeared in more than a dozen shows in the Muir High School Drama Department, and spent three summers with a touring children’s show. Since he enrolled at PCC, DeVore has acted in “Spoon River Anthology,” “Comicollage,” “Kopit, Pinter, Johnson and Friends,” and “Look Homeward, Angel.” The role of Chava is played by Terri Jones, a drama major on leave from Yale University. Miss Jones is also the Theater Art Department’s publicity director for this term. Her previous dramatic experience includes produc¬ tions of “The Miracle Worker,” “Twelve Angry Jurors,” “The Glass Menagerie,” “The Good Woman of Setzuan” and “The Winter’s Tale.” Miss Jones is a cast member of “Fantazmic Express.” Mark Lewis plays the part of Lazar Wolf. He is also a cast member of “Fantazmic Express.” He has played roles in “The Wind in the Willows,” “Winnie the Pooh,” “Spoon River Anthology,” “Dark of the Moon,” and “The Good Woman of Setzuan.” He has most recently appeared in a New York production of “Kismet.” Alexandra Rogers, who plays Golde, is a music major with a mezzo-soprano voice. She is mainly interested in scoring and arranging music, as well as performing. The role of Hodel is played by Patti Gill, who played the same part in last year’s production of “Fiddler” by San Marino High School. She has also appeared in “Brigadoon,” “Inherit the Wind,” and several one-act plays. Miss Gill has competed in the oral dramatic interpretation division of numerous speech tournaments. Maria Parkinson appears in “Fiddler” as Yente. She has done extensive work with the Pasadena Recreation Department, appearing in such shows as the “Nutcracker,” “Wizard of Oz,” and “Dirty Work at the Crossroads.” Perchik is played by Eric Bergren, whose acting credits include every¬ thing from children’s theater to ab¬ surdist drama. He was an active member of the drama division at Muir High School, and has played in many productions at PCC including “Spoon River Anthology” and “Look Home¬ ward, Angel.” Lee Clark, who plays Tzeitel, is both a singer and a dancer, and has ap¬ peared in Pasadena in many types of productions. Her previous theatrical credits include “The Good Woman of Setzuan,” “Barefoot in the Park,” “The Wind in the Willows” and “Spoon River Anthology.” The role of Motel Kamzoil is played by Craig Coulter, who has played leading roles in such productions as Look Homeward, Angel,” “The Lion in Winter,” “Twelve Angry People” and “The Undiscovered Country.” Coulter spent the last eight months touring with “Fantazmic Express.” The choreography for the show was created by Don Green, and Kevin Henry coordinated the vocal selec¬ tions. Bob Carroll and his stage crew constructed the sets which Mike Fontana designed. Bruce Gill is the play’s director, assisted by student director Vince Ferraro. - Media Group Holds Symposium Tonight : v? ■* iiSI WINNING PHOTO — David Halverson’s sweepstakes-winning photograph entitled “Andrew Looks at Rodin” will be one of many award-winning photographs displayed through March 11, in the Presbyterian Church at 521 E. Colorado. More than 180 entries are on display. They all feature themes having to do with Pasadena area organizations. Halverson’s photo featured the Pasadena Art Museum. Other winners portrayed the area’s police department and symphonic music. David Hereford’s photograph was tops in the professional class and first prize winner in the professional creative division. He won a scholarship to the West Coast School of Professional Photography. Class “B” division was taken by Don Anderson. His photograph was entitled “A Sound Program.” The photograph exhibit is titled “Pasadena’s Community Services and Volunteers.” It will be open weekdays from 3 to 8 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. this weekend. The newly formed Black Media Pro¬ ductions is sponsoring an informative lecture-rap session tonight at 7 in R122. The session, entitled “Telecommuni¬ cations Symposium in Black,” will feature four professionals from the media who will focus on the op¬ portunities for blacks in the com¬ munication field. Among the speakers will be Victor M. Webb, a producer in the programming department of KNXT in Los Angeles. Webb attended Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., where he received his bachelor’s degree in speech education. He completed his postgraduate work at the University of Oregon where he majored in broadcast communications. Before coming to KNXT, Webb worked as a high school speech teacher, an announcer, a station manager, a vocal coach, an assistant professor of broadcast communication arts, and has worked as an assistant professor and director of the Educa¬ tional Television Workshop at the University of Oregon in the summer of 1969. Another scheduled speaker will be William L. DuBois, president of the Watts Training Center and chairman of its board of directors. He first became interested in the media while serving in the U.S. Army. After receiving his discharge, DuBois went to work as a production assistant, film A Collection of Sketches by Bob Mackie Will Be Featured at the Art Gallery A collection of designs, sketches and costumes by Bob Mackie, Emmy Award winning designer, will be featured at PCC’s Art Gallery beginning next Monday. The costume show will run through Friday, March 30. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday; noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday; and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Mackie is the winner of two Emmy Awards for “Alice Through the Looking Glass” (credit shared with Ray Aghayan), and “Diana Ross and the Supermes and the Tempations on Broadway.” He was also nominated tor “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.” In addition, he received the Costume Designers Guild Award for “Alice Through the Looking Glass” and for the “Carol Burnett Show.” A native Californian, Mackie received his training at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, and began his career in costume design as a sketch artist for Jean Louis, noted Hollywood costume designer. After working on several films with Louis, Mackie went to work for Edith Head at Paramount. Following his association with Miss Head, Mackie designed costumes for PCC Hosts First Tournament; 35 Schools in U.S. Represented several little theater groups, as well as for the last “Billy Barnes Revue.” Mackie has designed costumes for shows including the award-winning “Fred Astaire Show” and the Diana Ross, Raquel Welch, Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, Dinah Shore and Mitzi \paynor specials. Recently he completed the Broad¬ way shows “Once Upon a Mattress” starring Carol Burnett and “Of Thee I Sing” starring Carroll O’Conner. Both were taped as TV specials for the 1973 season. Beside his television credits, Mackie designed coustumes for a host of show business celebrities including Cher Bono, Lucille Ball, Peggy Fleming, Liza Minelli, Carol Channing, Gwen Verdon, Vicki Carr, Cyd Charisse, Juliet Prowse and Raquel Welch. screener and editor for Robert Lawrence Productions in New York. Since then he has done freelance work on commercials and television shows. He also worked as a camera¬ man for WPIX-TV in New York and for NBC. His assignments included the 1964 Democratic Convention, the Huntley-Brinkley Report and Meet the Press. He recently wrote, produced and directed the film, “Watts Festival 69,” using volunteers from the training center for his crew and actors. That film has been selected to repre¬ sent the United States as an entry in the 74 International Film Festivals of 1972-73. DuBois is now working on another film entitled “Martene.” Based on a story by Mike Jones, “Martene” takes a positive look at drug traffic in New York. Joe Phillips, producer and host of KHJ-TV’s “Community Feedback,” will also be among the guest speakers. The unit production manager for KNBC, Joe Vinson, will join the symposium to tell of his experiences in the field of the media. He has been an instructor in cultural anthropology and African philosophy at San Diego State. Electronics and special nuclear effects are also among Vinson’s interests. He has published several articles on physics engineering and African studies, and worked for Gulf General Atomics and Litton Industries. Topics to be discussed during the symposium will include the ex¬ periences of blacks in the media and the role of community colleges in pre¬ paring students for jobs. Vice Pres. Siddiqui Quits ASB Asmat (Sami) Siddiqui, ASB vice president and former president of the International Club, has resigned from office. According to Jim Brownfield, ASB president, Siddiqui submitted a letter of resignation citing “personal reason” for leaving. Siddiqui was elected vice president for the spring semester over com¬ peting candidate Phyllis DeVine, campus peer counselor. A discussion on the art of kissing with the speaker demonstrating on a mop, is only one example of the kind of speeches that are given at speech tournaments. Today, PCC is hosting its first an¬ nual Special Events tournament beginning at 3 p.m. and continuing through tomorrow at 4 p.m. The college expects from 300 to 350 students, representing 35 schools from all over the Western United States including USC, UCLA, CSULA, Loyola and Cerritos, according to David Chambers, president of Phi Rho Pi, Forensic Society. “There’s a lot to be gained at speech tournaments,” says Chambers. “You are entertained, moved and stimulated to new ideas. Oratories are presented Oil topics you have never even thought of, things that affect your whole life.” Three divisions have been set for the competition. There will be an upper division for university students, lower division for junior college cham¬ pionship speakers and beginning speakers will compete in the Novice section. Forensic catagories include per¬ suasive expository, extemporary, impromptu and oral interpretation. Trophies will be awarded to the tournament’s seven finalists at an awards ceremony on Saturday af¬ ternoon in the campus cafeteria. “Anyone who likes to hear people talk should come to the tournament,” says Chambers. “Speakers at these events are a conglomeration of the most intelligent, brightest people you’ll find anywhere.” For further information contact Chambers or Chrystal Watson, forensics adviser, the Com¬ munications Department in room C122. South American Culture Feted in Fashion, Music “The Rhythms and Colors of Central and South America,” a cultural hour sponsored by the foreign Language Department, will be held Tuesday, March 13 at noon in R122. This multi-faceted fiesta of dancing, music and fashion will feature Mexico’s Carlos Ruiz, who has ap¬ peared on such television programs as the Glen Campbell Show, playing his exciting flamenco guitar. Four students from MECHA, Linda Bernal, Marin Gonzales, Ernesto Saenz and Daniel Lopez, will do a musical performance combining song with the accompaniment of violin and guitar. Different South American dances and instruments will also be included. Six Colombian students, Patricia Jiminez, Eddie Vargas, Oscar Cor¬ dero, Maria Reyes, Federico Sicard and Marta Chavez, will perform “La Cumbia,” a dance of their native country. Students Sharon Phillips from Puerto Rico, and Maria Morales from Cuba will also demonstrate lively dances from their native countries. A talented group of children from Mexico, nephews and friends of Manuel Marquez, will also be per¬ forming. A costume and fashion show is also on the bill, topping off a show with ethnic flavors from such countries as Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela and more. \ \ \