‘Moonchildren’
Beam Down to
Little Theatre
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Good Luck !
Tomorrow is
Friday the 13th
Racket Boys
Riding High
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VOL. 64, NO. 4
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 12, 1987
Ancient Art Form is ‘Still Kicking’
American and Oriental imagery and will be on display in the PCC
Art Gallery from March 9 through March 26.
— Courier photo by Ida Morin
Students view two exquisite ceramic works by Michael and
Magdalena Fimkess, part of a collection on display called “Still
Kicking !” The exhibit combines classical and lyrical styles of Central
Students Count in ’87 Survey
Student population at PCC was 20,164 strong last fall.
By Steve Alcorn
Staff Writer
Night and day, in halls, classrooms,
offices, in the cafeteria and in the quad,
students roam the campus. All dif¬
ferent types of students. Only .08 per¬
cent of the PCC population is American
Indian; 2 percent is Filipino; 8.1 per¬
cent is black; 17.3 percent is
Asian/Pacific Islander; 17.7 percent is
Hispanic and 46.2 percent is Caucasian.
These are only students on campus and
who really notices?
Gary Parker, director of admissions
and records, and John Tulley, associate
dean for special services do. They
notice all year long and each fall the
pair put together a report on what
changes they have noticed. Their latest
“edition” of this report, dated January
14, 1987 is entitled A Description of
Student Characteristics.
The survey was not based on the
usual characteristics of how the stu¬
dent population dresses, what they
listen to or the latest fad on campus,
but who the students on campus are,
when they attend school, their ages and
where they come from.
The information in the report is
gathered through the computers in the
admissions and records office and com¬
piled by Tulley and Parker. Every PCC
student is in these computers, so each
and every student on campus is repre¬
sented in this report.
So who, what, where, when, why and
how is PCC? For starters, PCC’s stu¬
dent population was 20,164 strong this
last fall term. Of this number 46.2
percent were male and 53.8 percent
were female.
The following is a breakdown of the
student population according to
citizenship, residency, enrollment sta¬
tus, gender, enrollment pattern, vet¬
eran status and age. All broken down
neatly into catagories.
In the past the report wasn’t all that
neat. These figures were all placed on a
couple pages with corresponding head¬
ings and left that way. An impersonal
and unappealing list of numbers that
would cause anyone viewing it to say,
in Tulley ’s words, “Oh nice . ” and
not grant the report more than a quick
look.
Tulley resolved the problem. The
1987 report includes the results from
the last five annual reports and Tulley
charted the changes in student demo¬
graphics. It is now a very interesting
and easily read graph of the ever
changing PCC community.
The study found that 77.2 percent of
the students are U.S. citizens, 37.6
percent are from a school district
outside of Pasadena and 3.2 percent are
from foreign countries. It shows that
68.7 percent of the students are here
part-time, 21 percent are here for the
first time and 15.6 percent are under 18
while 16 percent are over 35. Veterans
account for 1.2 percent of the student
body.
Questions, such as how the student
body has changed over the last five
years, can now be answered through
the demographics report. The report
states that student attendence has not
changed since 1982. And that there are
105 percent more Asian/Pacific Island¬
ers, 43 percent more Hispanics, 35
percent moreFilipinos, 31 percent
more American Indians and 1 percent
more females on campus now. De¬
creases of 29 percent in the Black
population and 16 percent among
Caucasian students were also noted.
Immigrant student attendance has
increased an overwhelming 871 percent
since 1982. The number of students
attending from other city college dis¬
tricts has increased by 125 percent as
well as an increase of 2 percent in the
number of full time students on cam¬
pus.
The report was compiled for presen¬
tations to the Faculty Senate and the
Board of Trustees to determine just
what direction PCC is headed. It is also
an interesting gathering of facts that
enables students to grasp the diversity
of PCC’s student population over the
last five years.
NEWSLINE ••• NEWSLINE
Shatner Shows They
Really Do ‘CARES’
William Shatner of Star Trek fame
and his wife Marcy are Honorary
Chairpersons of the CARES 1987 Cali¬
fornia National Horse show, Wednes¬
day, March 11 thru Sunday, March 15,
at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center
in Burbamk.
Proceeds from this fifth annual event
go to support two Child Care Centers at
Los Angeles County— USC Medical
Center where childern of patients and
visitors receive free care while family
members attend to health needs.
The CARES show was named “1986
Number One Show in the West.” Over
650 horses will participate, including
American Saddlebred, Fine Harness,
Jumper, Hunter and Andalusian com¬
petition.
Daytime admission is free 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. (except Sunday’s Grand
Prix). Admission is also free Wednes¬
day and Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m.
For Friday and Saturday evenings,
general admission is $6 and box seats
are $10.
The $25,000 CARES California Na¬
tional Grand Prix sponsored by Silver
Oaks Ranch, a 1987 Michelob/AGA
Series Event is Sunday March 15 at 1 : 30
p.m. Held in the center’s Equidome
general admission is $8, box seats $20
and $6 for Senior Citizens or groups of
10 or more.
Tickets for all preformances are
available at the Equestrian Center Box
Office (818) 840-9063 or from Ticket-
master.
Haven House Seeks
Volunteer Workers
Haven House, the Pasadena shelter
for battered woman and their children,
is currently seeking volunteers.
According to Cindy Friedman, direc¬
tor of volunteer services, priority
needs for volunteers are in the chil¬
drens program, weekday morning
hours. The volunteers would work with
small groups of children doing recrea¬
tional activities. In addition they would
provide friendly, supportive rela¬
tionships, something usually lacking in
these childrens lives.
Haven House also has positions for
“Hotline” workers, weekdays from 9
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. “Hotline” volunteers
are trained to provide crisis interven¬
tion and information about problems a
client may be experiencing.
Formerlly battered women are par¬
ticularly encouraged to volunteer. Stu¬
dents can use volunteer hours at the
shelter for undergraduate field prac¬
tice.
Friedman also said, “the problem of
domestic violence is one that
challenges the limit of our social struc¬
tures and tests our presonal values.
Volunteering at Haven House is defi¬
nitely a personal growth experience.
No one can work here for any length of
time and go away unchanged. For more
information on Haven House call (213)
681-2626.
By Coleen Meyers
Staff Writer
Michael and Magdalena Frimkess have refined and decorated clay
into an art that has become a part of Southern California’s ceramic
history. Still Kicking!, their collaborative ceramic show will be exhibited
March 9 through March 26 in the PCC Art Gallery.
The term Still Kicking refers to a Tai Chi kick posture the
Frimkesses routinely practice prior to working on the pots. The posture is
a metaphor used for centering the discipline of internal balance necessary
for artistic control. Michael also plays the jazz saxophone which
contributes to his artistic skill.
Most of the collection for this show was completed by 1986. The
Frimkesses have combined the classical and the lyrical into their work by
dividing the surface decorations into three categories; a blue-and-white
ware, which mixes Central American and Oriental imagery, a multi-
collored cartoon imagery and achun base celadon with red copper known
as scrap glaze work.
According to guest curator Caroline Blake, the Frimkesses work
shows a reverence for past Oriental art with the patterned linear surfaces
covering the Oriental forms on the K’ang-hsi bodies. The Frimkess’s
K’ang-hsi bodies were influenced by the teachings of Joe Mugnaini,
Professor Emeritus and former head of the drawing department at the
Otis Art Institute. Michael also studied under Peter Voulkis.
To make just one pot, including the designs, takes up to four months.
Michael wheel— throws the stoneware using a waterless method derived
from an old Italian source. Magdalena than decorates the work.
These pots are noted for their feather weight and thin walls which
disproportionate sizes seem to hide the four to eight pounds of clay it
takes to make each pot.
“Frimkess promotes a theme of peace in his pots,” said Blake. The
Frimkesses incorporate political, historical, social, musical and even
comical statements on the outer designs by combining today’s idioms
with traditional formal concerns. Numerous characters ranging from
Mickey Mouse to jazz musician Charlie Parker can be found representing
the Frimkesses point.
As early as his teens Michael received praise for his work. And for
the past 30 years the Frimkesses work has been acclaimed locally,
nationally and internationally. Accomplished actor Robert De Niro is one
admirer included on the list of their collectors.
In addition to the PCC exhibit, a show of the Frimkess works will
simultaneously run at Cross Creek Gallery in Malibu.
Sponsoring the show is PCC professor Suzanne Bra vender. Partici¬
pating collectors include Diana Zlotnick, Lee Spiro of Cross Creek
Gallery, Paul and Marcia Secord, Frank Habata, Sandy Cantor and Terry
Stroud. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday noon to 4 p.m. and
Tuesday and Wednesday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
MEChA President
Is Finally Elected
By John Willis
Feature Editor
The bitter internal fighting within
PCC’s MEChA club finally ended in a
truce. At a meeting held in mid Febru¬
ary the club held its long delayed
elections for officers. The faction of the
organization led by Gino Morales cap¬
tured a clear victory.
The new officers for Spring include
Morales as club president, Isabel
Torres, vice-president, Alfonso Vil¬
legas, secretary, and Reynaldo An¬
drade, treasurer. The position of club
adviser was left vacant.
Last Fall the final meetings of the
club were often fraught with frayed
tempers and bickering. Following a
Supreme Council decision which de¬
clared former club president Jean
Otto’s impeachment unconstitutional,
ICC president Brendan O’Brien spoke
to the group. He said that the council
had decided that everything would re¬
turn to the way it was before the Nov.
25 impeachment, including the re¬
instatement of officers who had re¬
signed in protest. The announcement
was met with a great deal of opposition
from many club members.
Nominations were held Jan. 20 with
elections to follow Jan. 22. Reinstated
club secretary Israel Raygoza said that
he would announce which members
were eligible to vote in the election.
(MEChA constitution requires mem¬
bers to attend at least 55 percent of all
meetings in order to be eligible to
vote.)
Election day found several adminis¬
trators present at the meeting includ¬
ing Alvar Kauti, assistant dean of
student activities, and David Ledbet¬
ter, assistant superintendant of educa¬
tional services. AS adviser Connie
Hurston chaired the meeting. The
group was unable to hold the elections
since eligible voters could not be de¬
termined. Some members, including
Otto and Raygoza, declared the Su¬
preme Council decision made all meet¬
ings after Nov. 25 null and void. When
club members demanded to see re¬
cords Raygoza turned over copies of
the fall minutes but refused to hand
over the originals. When several mem¬
bers refused to accept the authenticity
of the copies, Hurston declared there
could be no election until the club
resolved which members were eligible
to vote. The matter was tabled until
Spring semester in the hopes that a
solution could be found in the interim.
Both sides feared that unrestrained
voter eligibility would lead to
ballot" stacking.” After a great deal of
debate, a compromise was reached
which permitted all MEChA members
present at the Feb. 17 meeting to vote.
Morales pledged to increase the
educational role of the club, branching
out to include the EOP program and
other MEChA clubs. He said that he
intended to make the club an “informa¬
tion bank” regarding educational bene¬
fits both on campus and in the com¬
munity. Vice president Torres prom¬
ised to help both factions to work
together and to learn to compromise.
As the mother of two children, Torres
said she had learned the importance of
people learning to think for them¬
selves.
Kauti and Hurston acted as tem¬
porary advisors to the club until Ray
Guzman, assistant professor, math,
and Katheryn Hernandez, assistant
professor, social science, were elected
co-advisors on March 3.