Thursday, March 9, 2000
Vol. LXXXV, No. 21
Pasadena City College
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By fun Lindsay
Courier Staff Writer
Editors note: This is the second in a
series of stories recounting the history of
on-campus radio station KPCC, 89.3
FM, and analyzing the events leading up
to and including the transfer of opera¬
tional control of the station to Southern
California Public Radio.
On a summer evening in 1996, pro¬
testors packed into the Circadian Room
in the Campus Center Building. Upset
by KPCC’s cancellation of the “Echoes
of Greece” program, they wanted to tell
the PCC board of trustees that the format
change discriminated against the Greek
community.
It soon became evident that the regu¬
lar board meeting room lacked the occu¬
pancy capacity to contain the disgruntled
KPCC listening audience. The meeting
had to be moved to a larger room in
order to accommodate those who object¬
ed to the programming change.
“When KPCC management decides
to eliminate a program and listeners
come to occupy a board meeting room to
explain why they are being discriminat¬
ed against, well, deciding programming
isn’t our job,” said Warren Weber, a 22-
year member of the board of trustees.
Larry Mantle, KPCC. program and
news director and host of “Air Talk,”
agreed. “The board put themselves in the
See M PR on page 3
By Hector V. Mercado
Courier Staff Writer
When listeners all over Southern
California tuned in to listen to “The
Sancho Show” at its regular 6 p.m.
slot last Saturday night, many were
shocked to hear American Radio
Works special report on Poverty in
America.
“The Sancho Show,” which has
been on the air for the past 1 6 years
was. canceled without warning along
with all other weekend music shows
on KPCC.
Daniel Castro better known as
“Sancho” said he and other members
of the weekend staff were left out in
the cold about MPR’s decision to
scrap the community shows.
“What I learned was from reading
the newspaper,” said Castro. Cindy
Young, KPCC general manager, said
she called Castro at work to let him
know that the station was going all
news. When he asked her when his
last show would be, Castro said,
Young’s response was “Saturday
(Feb 26) was your last show.”
“She said she didn’t want me on
the air lamenting for six hours, telling
the people why I wasn’t going to be
on the air,” said Castro.
Young disagreed with Castro’s
charges that he hadn’t been told his
show was being dropped. “People
were notified. Most people knew that
it was in the works for a year and a
half if they read the Courier. It was
not a secret that change had been
talked about. People were notified
and it was done pretty consistently,”
said Young. “How each and every
person was notified, I can’t say
because it was a personnel decision,
and we can’t discuss personnel mat¬
ters, but they were notified.”
When Castro first found out about
MPR’s impending (take-over) of the
station, he called Young, to ask to
speak with the people from MPR.
Instead of putting him in contact with
the new owners, Young called him
back telling him that KPCC was
going all news. He got that call on
Writer’s
Forum, a
plethora of
wisdom
By Laura Calderoni
Courier Staff Writer
The 46th annual Writer’s Forum
was held last Saturday at PCC’s
forum. The eight-hour long event
included a series of sessions where
famous writers and publicists
offered their words of wisdom on a
variety of topics related to develop¬
ing writing skills and getting pub¬
lished.
“A writer is someone who
writes,” stated published author
Judy Reeves. Claiming yourself as
a writer, making the time to write
and putting pen to paper, or fingers
to keyboards are the key elements
Reeves suggested when getting
started.
These ideas were only a taste of
the knowledge being shared by the
other guest speakers. KPCC’s pop¬
ular radio host, Larry Mantle, com¬
menced the affair with a keynote
address. He encouraged everyone
to ask themselves why they are
writers. Mantle included that writ¬
ers are not merely wordsmiths, but
must express a passion and want to
do nothing else but write. In addi¬
tion, Mantle reassured his captivat¬
ed listeners not to worry about the
market when trying to sell their
work. An audience will be found
when the work is produced.
The Writers’ Forum was divided
into 1 1 different workshops.
Patrons at the event could attend up
to four sessions for the day.
Reeves’ workshop focused on
getting individuals to incorporate
writing into their busy schedules.
“Make writing a part of your daily
See Writers on page 7
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Monday, Feb. 28 letting him know
that his show had already been can¬
celed.
Also gone from the KPCC air¬
waves, are “Ann the Raven’s” classic
blues show, which included inter¬
views with blues legends and “Tibor
Paul’s European Sunday Conceit”
which put an emphasis on Germanic
fare.
What made “The Sancho Show”
different, was that it was not only a
music show, it was a soapbox for the
community and it preached the same
message from day one.
“No School, No Class!”
Castro, who is the vice president
See Off-the-air on page 2
Resident Woes
Master Plan 2010
creates an uproar
By Gia Scafidi
Courier Staff Writer
Editor’s Note: The following is a
three-part series on the future plans
proposed in the Master Plan 2010.
With student enrollment expected
to increase by about 25 percent over
the next 10 years, Master Plan 2010
has been designed to address the
campus’ growing problem of limited
space and dire need for parking.
The plan, updated every 1 0 years to
meet the collective needs of the col¬
lege, however, has students, staff
and neighbors voicing their con¬
cerns.
The Master Plan committee has
unanimously recommended to the
board of trustees that four new
structures be built within the next 10
years. Along with renovations
across the campus, the plans call for
the construction of an entirely
redesigned Campus Center, a new
engineering/technology facility, a
new music/arts building, and an ath¬
letic field atop a new parking struc¬
ture.
Discussion of the Master Plan
drew a standing-room-only crowd
in the Circadium room last
Wednesday. It was filled with frus¬
trated neighbors and staff anxious to
present their cases to the board of
trustees.
Megan Foker, a resident on Rose
Villa, urged the board to consider
the impact of the new structure on
the neighborhood. “These plans are
very distressing,” she said. June
Owen, also a resident on Rose Villa,
added, “We can’t have student gath¬
erings in our back yards.”
Richard van Pelt, director of
facilities and member of the Master
Plan committee said, “Wc looked at
the needs of the college and the stu¬
dents.” He noted that parking was
the committee’s top priority because
it is presently the college’s most
pressing problem.
PCC has the sixth-worst parking
situation of the 30 Southern
California community colleges.
Presently, there are 8.4 students for
See Master on page 3
Lancers scoreboard
Softball team is on a two-
game winning streak.
SEE SPORTS PG. 8
CD Review
Pasadena band debuts
CD, for the third time.
SEE NOUVELLE PG. 7
