PCC Courier, March 14, 1986

PCC COU R I E Wally Without The Beaver: Wally George — p.3 — VOL. 62, NO. 4 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 14, 1986 Henley's 'Crimes' To Be Perpetrated Tonight YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY — (L-R) Lite Hardo, Barbara Mero and Benita Landesman play three sisters bound by more than blood in Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart" opening tonight at 8 p.m. in the Little Theater. — Photo courtesy Theater Arts Dept. By Keith Gustafson and Karen Nolan Editor in Chief and Staff Writer “Crimes of the Heart,” a Pulitzer Prize winning play by Beth Henley, will open today in the Little Theater, C130 at 8 p.m. The play is produced and directed by Duke Stroud. The play was written as a black comedy which took place in the 60's after hurricane Camille, however Stroud has updated the story to present day. “Crimes” will feature many new¬ comers to the Little Theater. Benita Landesman portrays Babe Bortrelle, the youngest of three sisters, who shoots her husband and has an affair with a 15-year-old black boy. Landesman, a student from the American Academy of Arts, is very optimistic about the play’s success. “This is the best play I’ve worked on,” said Landesman enthusiastically. “Duke is the most conscientious direc¬ tor I’ve had. He really gets involved.” Barbara Mero plays Meg McGrath, the middle sister who goes to Holly¬ wood to become a famous singer. Meg 2 From PCC on Trial For Forgery By Lisa Acosta Special Correspondent Two members of PCC were ar¬ raigned last week on charges of for¬ gery. David Joseph DeSalles, 51, a PCC classified employee, was arrested on misdemeanor forgery charges (viola¬ tion of section 470 of the penal code). Charges were also brought against former PCC student Jeffrey Tubbs, 23, of Pasadena, who was arrested on suspicion of attempting to cash a stolen forged check. Both defendants were booked on felony charges at the Pasa¬ dena Police Department and held on $1,000 bail. The charges for both were later reduced by the City Attorney to one misdeeanor count of PC 470 For¬ gery. DeSalles had been employed in the maintenance department on this cam¬ pus for one year. He has an extensive arrest and conviction record going back almost 30 years, said Investigator Ralph Evans. The former employee is being charged with taking checks belonging to the PCC Foundation and forging them. The checks were kept in a ledger book in the office of Elaine Broerman as emergency funds for the foundation. When he was arrested, Tubbs was attempting to cash a check for $150 made out to DeSalles and signed by Dr. Bonnie James, assistant-superinten¬ dent for special services. Ernest Morgan, an employee of Big Ben’s cashing service in Pasadena, refused to cash the check because it was not made out to Tubbs. He also called the campus to verify the check and was advised that it was not valid. Campus police arrested the suspect and brought him to the campus safety office for questioning. DeSalles was terminated effective Feb. 7. When he was advised of his termination, he requested his paycheck and was told to come by the campus to pick it up. He was asked to come in for questioning and was placed under ar¬ rest at that time. The suspects were both released following booking. Arraignment took place last week and both suspects were ordered to appear for a pre-trial hear¬ ing April 4 at the Pasadena Municipal Court. FIELDING THE ISSUES — (L-R) Dr. Roderick Kieweit, NBC correspondent Robert Abernathy, San Antonio mayor Henry Cis¬ neros, Councilwoman Lily Chan, Edith Nealey and Orange County Supervisor Roger Stanton exchanged glances and views at Caltech symposium on Wednesday, March 5. —courier photo by Alan Duignan '86 Pep Squad Tryouts To Begin On March 24 By William Mitchell Special Correspondant Pep squad tryouts for the 1986-87 Song and Cheer teams will be held in the Men’s Gym beginning Monday, March 24. The auditions are open to any student wishing to join. High school seniors are also eligible to partici¬ pate. The tryouts will consist of drill competition and an interview. Jacque Bicket, pep squad leader, is News Briefs Gloria Allred and psychic Susan Lehrman are among this week’s guests on “Air Talk.” The program, which is televised live from campus every Fri¬ day night, is hosted by Larry Mantell. The show is filmed from 7 until 10 p.m. in C102 and audiences are welcome to attend. □ The Southern California Band and Orchestra Festival will be hosted by PCC on March 28. The event is to be held in Sexson auditorium from 8 a.m. until 4:30. The program is open to the public and free of charge. Sixteen of Southern California's finest high school bands will partici¬ pate in the program. These include John Muir, Pasadena and Wilson high schools. Four appointed judges will rate the competing orchestras. PCC band director Jim Arnwine is very pleased with the upcoming festi¬ val. “PCC has hosted this event on-and- off for the past 20 years and has been very happy with the festival turnout in the past. This particular festival is not a fund raiser; more importantly, it will give students from other schools a chance to evaluate their own musical strengths and weaknesses.” A similar music competition for jun¬ ior colleges from all over California will take place May 10 and 11 in Fresno, Calif. PCC will be among those compet¬ ing in the event. □ The PCC Forensics team will com¬ pete in the state championship tourna¬ ment in Modesto, Calif. March 14 - 17. The tournament is an annual event which pits Northern and Southern Cali¬ fornia junior colleges against each other. 12 members of the successful team will be competing in the event. The Shakespeare League of Pasa¬ dena will present Cole Porter’s “Any¬ thing Goes” March 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. in Sexson auditorium. The league has sponsored events for the past 40 years to benefit various groups. This year’s proceeds will be given to the Associa¬ tion of Mentally Retarded Citizens in Pasadena. Admission is S8. □ Fashion models are needed to partic¬ ipate in the PCC Student Designer Fashion Show to be held Friday, May 9 at 8 p.m. in Sexson auditorium. This year's theme is “A Centennial Fashion Celebration.” The show will feature centennial fashions along with student designs. Girls with previous modelling ex¬ perience and who are size 7 or 8 are requested to participate. Choreo¬ graphers and trainers are also needed to help the production. Those interested should contact Karlene Cunningham in R118. □ The Los Angeles chapter of Ameri¬ cans for Democratic Action will pres¬ ent an award-winning documentary, “Gaza Ghetto.” The film, which at¬ tempts to help people achieve greater understanding of the Israeli/Pales- tinean conflict, shows at 8 p.m., .Satur¬ day March 15 at the AFSC conference hall, 980 N. Fair Oaks in Pasadena and again on 7 p.m., Sunday March 16 at the Franklin Towers West tea room in Hollywood. Director John Mandel will also speak. Donation for the event is $5.00, $3,00 for senior citizens. For more information, please call (213) 660-1398. i □ The PCC Hearing Impaired program presents a free captioned movie, “The French Lieutenants’s Woman” tonight in R122. The film, which stars Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, is the story of a scandalous romance in Victorian England and the ensuing affair of the actor and actress playing the roles. The film begins at 7 p.m. □ Anyone interested in politics now has the opportunity to gain inside exposure to city elections. Monterey Park coun¬ cilwoman Lily Chan is up for re- election and needs volunteers to help her campaign. Campaign headquarters are at 213 Garfield Ave., Monterey Park or call (818) 288-2436 for more info. □ The International Club will be spon¬ soring a chess tournament March 17 to April 29 in the student center. □ The Pasadena YWCA is seeking vol¬ unteers who are able to work 4 to 6 daytime hours a week. The Child Abuse Prevention Program offers training so that volunteers can present child abuse prevention programs to children, parents and school personnel. Addi¬ tional information can be had by calling YWCA at 793-5171. □ The final training date for the “Safe- ride" program is March 15. Saferide is a teenaged escort service that provides transportation for drivers too intox¬ icated to drive themselves. Training will be conducted at St. Elizabeth youth room, 1860 N. Lake, Altadena. Further details are available at 792-6118. □ The YMCA is accepting signups for evening SCUBA classes to be held during April and May, Those interested should contact Travis Minto at (818) 797-3849. trying to obtain several Rams cheerleaders to act as judges for the competition. However this is still tentative. A strong competition squad needs at least 16 members, said returning squad members Carlotta Leplin and Sabrina Horton. A good turnout is necessary to achieve that number. The two also expressed a wish that more men would try out. This would give the squad a more well-rounded program. Everyone wishing to be a member of the squad must go through the tryout process. Even returning members are not ex¬ empt. Practices start Monday, March 24 from 5 p.m. until 6:30 and continue Tuesday and Wednesday, March 25-26 from 6 until 8 p.m. Final tryouts will be held on Wednesday, April 2 at 6 p.m. is ridden with guilt after her lover becomes crippled after she asked him to stay indoors with her during a hurricane and a beam fell on him. Mero, a graduate of Hoover High, was recently in Vanities. Lita Hardo depicts Lenny McGrath, the eldest sisters, who is very self conscious about her appearance. But in the course of the play it is revealed that Lita is actually very pretty. Karen Jorgensen portrays Chick Boyle, a distant cousin of the McGrath’s who lives next door. Boyle is an obnoxious, evil gossiper who is filled with jealousy toward the McGrath sisters. Jorgensen, a graduate of John Muir High, has appeared in Anne of a Thousand Days. She was also a finalist in the local Shakespearean Festival held at Washington Jr, High in her senior year. Veteran Patrick Franz fills the role of Doc Porter, Meg’s lover who was crippled in the accident. Franz has a long list of credits at PCC. Most recently he performed in The Miracle Worker. He also performed in I'm Sony, The Bridge Is Out. You’ll Haue To Spend The Night and was outstanding in How the Other Half Loves. Danny Hart concludes the list of performers as Barnette Lloyd, a 30- year-old lawyer who struggles to vin¬ dicate Babe Bortrelle from the charges of shooting her husband. The entire play takes place on one location, the kitchen of the McGrath’s home in Hazelhertz, Mississippi. When asked what difficulties have arised with the one set, Benita Land¬ esman replied, “We all wanted to sit at the one table throughout the play. We needed to learn to walk around and use the full set." Director Stroud characterized the players as “one of the most fun casts I’ve had in years.” The production will run March 14, 15, 20, 21 at 8 p.m. and also on the 15 and 22 at 3 p.m. Reservations for tickets can be made by calling 578-7485. Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $4. Admission is free with a Student Services Benefit Sticker. Minorities Symposium Wants Vocational Ed. By Jason Birket Staff Writer Junior Colleges should stress voca¬ tional education rather than courses which would lead to a 4-year institution was one of the responses made at the symposium on minority communities held at Caltech. The symposium com¬ memorated the two-year study on mi¬ norities by Drs. Bruce Cain and Roderick Kieviet and was held at Caltech’s Ramo auditorium. The day-long event, which took place Wednesday, March 5, consisted of three panel discussions on “Political Direc¬ tions of California Minorities,” “Busi¬ ness Opportunities for California Mi¬ norities,” and “Community Relations between California’s Racial/Ethnic Groups.” The panels featured such speakers as San Antonio mayor Henry Cisneros, L.A. city councilmen, Richard Alatorre and Michael Woo, state senator John Seymour, Oakland mayor Lionel Wilson and Monterey Park coun¬ cilwoman Lily Chan. All three groups were moderated by NBC correspondent Robert Abernethy. Dr. Cain first presented his study findings and panel discussion followed. The lack of proper training is the greatest single impediment to suc¬ cessful minoritiy-owned businesses said South Bay College president David Horn. This was in response to study find¬ ings that black business owners are often handicapped by low economic bases, weak family structure and feel¬ ings of prejudice against them. Horn refuted this, saying, “Govern¬ ment programs that seek to stimulate minority business formation, however well-intentioned, too often provide funding to individuals simply because they are minorities and without regard to their qualifications to run busi¬ nesses.” Failure in business can be devastating for blacks, Horn said. “On the other hand, whites who fail in business can more easily reenter the economic mainstream.” Horn felt that there should be a higher priority placed on education in basic business skills to “put bread on the table.” With a marketable skill, a person is free to pursue higher intellec¬ tual challenges, said Horn. The South Bay College president also advocated junior colleges emphasizing fundamental employable skills, rather than being prep schools for the four- year colleges. The third panel, which focussed on community relations between Califor¬ nia’s racial and ethnic groups, stressed that poor community relations, espe¬ cially among minorities, can create feelings of personal and group dis¬ crimination. Of those surveyed in the Cain/Kiewiet study, blacks held the highest percentage of those who felt they were not receiving the op¬ portunities they deserved. The study also found that 62 percent of all those who fell they were personally dis¬ criminated against were black. Another proposal dealt with the idea of improving community relations by having everyone speak a common lan¬ guage, i.e. English. While people would still argue about content, they would all have a better understanding of others and could thus avoid discriminations resulting from misunderstandings and misconceptions. Councilwoman Chan summed up, “We need to have more tolerance and patience for old and new foreigners to work together.” THIS TOO SHALL PASS— Not all PCC students were unprepared for the sudden downpour earlier this week. One undergrad calmly awaits Southern Cal. beach weather to return. — Courier photo by Don Boline