PCC Courier, March 12, 1987

‘Moonchildren’ Beam Down to Little Theatre Page 2 Good Luck ! Tomorrow is Friday the 13th Racket Boys Riding High Page 3 V 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.