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PCC Courier, March 09, 1979
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Students Receive Career Guidance from Computer Named S/Gi
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Arcadia High School tied in with
the PCC system of Interactive
Guidance and Information known as
SIGI on March 2. SIGI is designed to
aid students in career decision
making. It was introduced to Arcadia
High School because it “helps students
get better insight on themselves,” said
Jack Thompson, counselor at Arcadia
High. “It helps them understand their
values and teaches them to make
decisions.”
He stressed the importance of the
system in motivating the students
towards an intelligent career choice.
“SIGI is the best unit on the market
for career planning,” said Thompson,
“and as it was available at PCC we did
not hesitate to tie in.”
Sue Pierson, assistant to Student
Personnel Services at PCC, said that
Arcadia High’s joining into PCC’s
system “helps promote PCC and is a
big benefit for the high school students
as it helps them plan for their careers
early.”
SIGI consists of six subsystems
designed to examine the different
aspects of career planning. The Values
System helps students determine what
satisfactions they want from an oc¬
cupation. A student is to weigh values
such as high income, helping others,
leisure time, leadership, early entry,
security and independence on a scale
going from zero to eight. The computer
then asks a series of multiple choice
questions which help derermine if the
initial value weights are accurate. All
messages are presented on the screen
of the terminal and the participant
asks questions, gives responses and
directions to the computer by use of a
keyboard similar to that of a
typewriter.
The Values System is followed by the
Locate System which helps students
find occupations that will fit their
values. It does not say which oc¬
cupation is the best but gives a list of
professions that might satisfy the
student. He is to find out by himself
which occupation is the most ap¬
pealing. He can do this with the help of
the Compare System. The student asks
questions and gets specific information
about the occupations of interest. At
the beginning of each section SIGI
provides all the concerning in¬
formation. The questions on oc¬
cupations are answered according to
the U.S. Government Bureau of Labor
Statistics and to professional
organizations and unions.
Next, the student determines with
the help of the Prediction System his
chances of success in preparing for
any one occupation. In spite of its
name, it cannot predict how well a
student will do. Resorting to the in¬
formation received from various
questionnaires sent to classrooms, it
uses the experience of other students
to estimate the participant’s chance of
success.
The following Planning System
outlines courses and steps necessary to
enter an occupation. It also discusses
licensing and certification
requirements as well as sources of
finanical aid.
SIGI gives out printed copies of most
of its information. Since all the records
going into SIGI are private, a student
wishing to consult a counselor for
additional help in his career planning
should take his printed copies with
him. It is the only way for the coun¬
selor to know what the student has has
been advised.
The information for the Planning
System comes from the college
catalog. It is only able to advise what
courses to take here either to finish or
to transfer.
The final step is the Strategy System
that probes which occupations best fit
the student’s values and evaluates the
rewards, the offer and the risks in¬
volved in entering them. It shows a
method for making choices and the
student uses it to judge the pros and
cons of each appealing job.
SIGI stores all records for two years
so a student may return anytime for
more questions. Upon his return he can
go directly to any section of the
program without having to follow them
in order.
An information sheet in the Career
Center states SIGI is a joint ex¬
perimental project of the Educational
Testing Service of Princeton, New
Jersey, the California Community
Colleges Chancellor’s Office, the
California State Department of
Education and PCC. The Prediction
and Planning Systems are done by
each school following its own records.
They are sent to New Jersey for ap¬
proval and are then put on computer
tape at the Educational Testing Ser¬
vice and sent back to the respective
schools. The remaining four systems
are similar in all schools employing
SIGI.
This system was introduced in PCC
in 1975. The college was then one of the
first five schools to be part of the
project . — Katrin Wegelius
NEED CAREER ASSISTANCE— Career
helps Ed Temm.
planning computer SIGI
—Courier photo by S.K.
MARCH 9, 1979
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 47, NO. 5
PCC To Host Speech Tourney
Speech Competition Starts Today
—Courier photo by Davis Barber
Mildred M. Wardlow
Vice President of Administrative Services
Retirement Put off By
Vice Pres. Wardlow
By Steve McManus
Staff Writer
Mrs. Mildred Wardlow has decided
to remain at PCC as Vice President for
Administrative Services for one more
year.
The Board of Trustees voted
unanimously to rescind her
resignation at its February 26 meeting.
She had given notice of her retirement
earlier last month.
Her decision to stay on was greatly
influenced by Superintendent-
President Dr. Richard Meyers.
“Without a doubt, she is one of the
finest administrators I have ever
worked with,” Dr. Meyers said, “She
has administrative abilities and
personal qualifications which are rare,
if not non-existent in others.
“I find her one of the most qualified
people, not only in what she does but in
how she does it.”
Mrs. Wardlow had planned to travel
around the world after she retires, and
her desire to do so has not changed.
A graduate of the University of
Missouri as a mathematics major,
Mrs. Wardlow worked for several
years for IBM, being the first woman
to work for them as a special
representative.
In 1954 she began teaching math and
business at Muir High School. Six
years later she became a counselor
there.
She began counseling majors in
engineering, physical science and
mathematics at PCC in 1962.
Mrs. Wardlow was a counselor until
1968 when she was chosen by Dr. Ar¬
men Sarafian, the president of PCC at
that time, to become Dean of Per¬
sonnel Services. In 1976 she became
Vice President for Administrative
Services.
Very professional in her work, Mrs.
W'ardlow is quite taciturn when
discussing herself. She prefers to let
the quality of her work speak for itself.
Dr. Meyers is not quite so reticent to
laud her abilities. “1 couldn’t think of
anyone who could replace her in her
job,” he said. “The college is going to
be a lot better off because she’s here.”
"One of the largest and most
prestigious speech tournaments in the
U.S.” will be held at PCC this
weekend, according to Joseph Probst,
speech instructor.
The Pacific Southwest Collegiate
Forensic Association (PSCFA)
tournament will be held on March 9, 10
and 11, with more than 500 students
from 40 colleges and universities from
all over the West Coast expected to
compete. The tournament will utilize
almost every available room on
campus
PCC has hosted the event for about
the past 10 years, and last year 447
students from 47 schools participated.
The competition is divided into
Novice, Junior and Senior categories.
Most PCC students will compete at the
Junior level. There are also different
types of speeches: informative, per¬
suasive, debate and oral interpretation
among others. A student will usually
use the same speech at most tour¬
naments, and there is a nationally used
topic in the Debate division. This
year’s topic is: “Should the Federal
Government Implement a Program
Which Guarantees Employment
Opportunities for All U.S. Citizens in
the Labor Force?” According to
Probst, this shows students how people
from other schools would handle the
same subject.
Each area has its own rules, time
limits and topic restrictions. For
example, speeches in the Persuasion
division should be “designed to in¬
spire, stimulate and-or to advocate
chance.”
The Forensics Club is open to all
interested students, and Probst stated
that is has “more fluctuation than any
other team on campus” in terms of
membership. The group has had about
75 members this year, and the six or
seven who have worked the hardest
will compete in the National Tour¬
nament held at Normandale Com¬
munity College in Minnesota, April 11-
16.
“We will choose those students we
feel are best qualified,” said Probst.
“You know, it’s really nice to win, but
basically we’re looking for the
students who are working the har¬
dest.” The names of those chosen for
the national competition will probably
be announced Monday.
“We should do reasonably well this
year,” said Probst, and there are some
very strong individual eventers on the
team. PCC placed third in the nation
three years ago, both in debate and the
overall competition. This year,
however, the Debate squad is weak,
and this will be the Reader’s Theater’s
first performance under fire.
On an interesting note, one student
on the team already has quite a history
with the team. Beth Fernandez is a
strong expository speaker, and her
father was one of the founders of the
Alpha chapter of Phi Rho Pi back in
1927. Phi Rho Pi is the national speech
honor society, also founded in 1927.
“The Forensics Club is the oldest
activity at PCC,” said Probst, “and a
lot of people don’t realize the number
of honors it brings to this school.” For
example, two major awards at the
national level are named after former
PCC faculty members.
First Week In April Marks Start
Of Spring Vacation for Students
Many students, who have been
raised calling Spring vacation “Easter
vacation” wonder why it falls at such
an odd time during the semester.
As everybody knows, Easter is the
first Sunday following the first full
moon following the Spring equinox.
However, Spring vacation
Financial Aid Offered
To Many Students
PCC Counselor Defeated
In School Board Election
Students in need of financial aid
should go to the Financial Aid Office
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in 1) Building.
"We will have a substantial work
study program this summer,” said
Gene Miller, coordinator of scholar¬
ships and financial aid.
"We will put as many students to
work as we have jobs. Students should
find out if they qualify now."
Part time, and full time jobs will be
available over the summer. Jobs on
campus will pay $2.90 per hour starting
July 1. Off campus jobs may pay to
over $4.00 per hour, according to Mrs.
Miller.
The application for the Work Study
program is the same as for financial
aid. loans, and Basic Educational
Opportunity Grants.
sometimes falls one or two weeks
before of after Easter. This year, for
example, it is from April 2 through 6,
two weeks before Easter.
Furthermore, it falls after only the
eighth week of the semester, a full
week before the actual mid-point.
Dr. Irvin Lewis, vice president of
student personnel services, had some
answers concerning this somewhat
complicated situation.
“About 15 years ago, the college did
a study to standardize Spring vacation.
Because the date of Easter fluctuates,
it was decided to assign it a date in the
middle of the Spring semester.
“Normally this would be the ninth
week, but most of the high schools in
our district were using their ninth
week.”
The ninth week of the semester is
different at PCC than at district high
schools because of the week long break
at the beginning of February.
“We wanted to coincide with the high
schools as much as possible,” said Dr.
Lewis, “so we moved the break up a
week.”
All high schools in the district are
having their Spring break the same
week as PCC, except El Monte and
Temple City, which are having theirs
the following week.
According to Dr. Lewis, the timing of
the break is more crucial this
semester, than usual.
“The mid term for each class should
be before the Spring break and
teachers are supposed to have mid
term grades ready the week following.
This may put extra stress on the grade
due to the decision to move the final
class drop deadline up to the 12th
week.”
Dr. Lewis said he felt this grade
would be very important as an in¬
dication to the student as to whether or
not he would continue in the class.
The last day to drop classes this
semester is May 4.
John Hardy, president of the
Pasadena School Board and a coun¬
selor at PCC, was defeated in his bid
for a second term, along with Jerome
Meier in Tuesday’s school board
elections.
However, in the bid for Board of City
Directors’ seats, two other in¬
cumbents, William Bogaard and Jo
Heckman, handily captured the
majority of the votes in Districts 6 and
4, respectively. A third incumbent,
Morris Fisher, faces a runoff in the
April 17 general election with Stephen
Acker for District 2 council seat.
District 1 bore a neck-in-neck battle
between Lois Richard and John
Crowley in their attempt to qualify for
the seat vacated by Mortimer “Tim”
Matthews who chose not to run for a
third four year term. With only a five
vote spread between them at times the
final vote showed Richard 46 votes
behind Crowley, 1,397 to 1,351 votes.
Mrs. Nack and Hickambottom’s
victories for seats 2 and 4 on the school
board will undoubtedly alter the six-
year stand of the school board’s op¬
position to a federal court order to
desegregate.
In the past, defeated incumbents’
Meier and Hardy advocated a plan
that would allow students to attend
schools of their choice contending that
the added option would curtail the
“white flight” symdrome present in
the Pasadena Unified School District.
The winners claimed though that
“white flight” is not due to integration
but rather to the school board’s closure
of a number of junior high schools in
the district. They profess quality,
integrated schooling could be ac¬
complished if the incumbents had
concentrated on this rather than
fighting the federal court order with
taxpayers’ money.
Mrs. Nack and Hickambottom hope
to maintain a racially balanced school
system and eradicate federal court
control. The idea of a voluntary plan of
selecting schools will be considered
provided it insures integration.
The Pasadena City director’s race
focused on a decision to continue the
economic development of the city or to
shift to a consideration of social issues
such as unemployment and housing
problems. Despite the varied issues of
the campaign, the 13 candidates
seeking four district seats differed
minutely in their stance. All
recognized the increasing crime
problem, the • current high unem¬
ployment rate, the precarious status of
public libraries and the tight housing
(apartment) situation primarily for
the elderly in the city.
Districts 1 and 2 failed to land a
candidate who gained at least 50
percent of the vote, thereby forcing a
runoff in the April general elections.
I^ois Richard will face John Crowley in
District 1 and 27-year-old Stephen
Acker will battle 50-year-old Morris
Fisher for the District 2 seat.
Senate Decides Last
Election Was Legal
GET READY FOR SPRING— People took advantage of the warm
weather this week and caught up on some much needed sun and
g|ggp —Courier photo by Katrin Wegelius
By Terry Robertson
Staff Writer
The PCC-a-gate scandal died
Thursday in the student senate. Senate
coroners diagnosed the cause of death
as “acute lack of evidence.”
After checking the official register
against the amount of ballots cast, the
senate investigating committee found
only a six-vote discrepancy. Com¬
mittee chairman Bred Keller cited
human error and illegible ballots as
the reason for the discrepancy.
Keller stated a new committee was
necessary to “reconstruct the ASB
election code.” He believes a better
system of recording ballots is needed.
The current system uses a check mark
next to the voter’s name to signify he
or she has voted.
“The check mark method is vague
and insufficient. A more traceable
method, such as signatures, should be
used,” said Keller.
His motion to form a reconstruction
committee passed unanimously.
Turning to new business, the senate
froze the ASB’s proposed budget,
ratified Ms. Susan Black as Associated
W’omen Students president (AWS) and
heard a proposed member of the
supreme council speak.
Ms. Black’s goals include more
scholarships for women, a student
awareness program and various fund
raisers. The awareness program is to
inform women of activities available
to them at PCC.
“I want to make something out of the
office instead of it just being a
position,” said Ms. Black.
The supreme council was next.
Steve Selinske, a proposed member,
said, “The ASB constitution has many
loopholes that need to be filled.”
His goal, of ratified, will be to
rewrite the ASB constitution.
The supreme council is the judicial
branch of ASB government and has the
power to enforce all laws concerning
any student body department, or the
student body as a whole. It also has
final jurisdiction over all ASB con¬
stitutional definitions.
The constitution states, “The ASB
president shall submit to the student
senate for approval a budget. All ASB
funds are to be frozen until it is ap¬
proved.”
Derek Coleman. ASB president,
attempted to do just that, but his effort
was cut short.
During his presentation, senate vice
president Mike Tiberi constantly
questioned Coleman about how ASB is
handling their accounts. Mass con¬
fusion among senate members and
adjournment was the end result.
“The proposed budget is believed to
be $4,975,” said one admittedly con¬
fused senator while departing.