PCC Courier, March 15, 1972

VOL 34 NO. 18 PCC CouftieSt PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 15, 1972 Friday Deadline for Entering Three-Unit Work Study Class Anyone working 15 or more hours a week has until March 17 to sign up for Work Study 4. This course offers three units of credit toward an AA degree to any student carrying at least nine other units. Work Study 4 is a part of Co¬ operative Education, which, along with the College Work Study pro¬ gram, presents a varied approach to higher education. The federally financed College Work Study program attempts to give needy students a job in a non-profit organization (with 80 Federal Grants Up at Most Colleges More than 375,000 two and four year college students throughout the nation have received work- study grants to finance all or part of their post-secondary education, according to information received at press time from the U. S. De¬ partment of Health, Education and Welfare. The figure amounts to slightly over 4.4 per cent of the total na¬ tional college population. Another part of the report said that federal work-study grants totaling $18.9 million supported 49,671 black college students, 27 per cent of the black college pop¬ ulation. — CJCA News per cent of the wages supplied by the federal government and 20 per cent by the school agency or the place of employment). For the financially secure, Co¬ operative Education furnishes academic credit for exploration into vocational pursuits. Ideally, a student works for one semester and attends college the next se¬ mester. Here the opportunity to corre¬ late actual working practices with classroom learning exists. A stu¬ dent may even decide to change majors because of disinclination toward a certain field without drastic last-minute alteration of degree requirements. However, since the PCC pro¬ gram is still getting started, ap¬ plicants must procure their own employment and obtain work ex¬ perience during the same semes¬ ter they attend. The Work Center Office in C236 is now trying to find jobs available in private industry to improve the program; thus any suggestions are eagerly received by Ralph Guiterrez or Mrs. Gene Miller. To receive credit for the three units, the student merely needs an evaluation from his boss verifying satisfactory work and, at the end of the semester, must evaluate his progress and knowledge gained. The only drawback is that, al¬ though up to 12 units are accep¬ table for an AA degree, many four-year institutions do not rec¬ ognize the program (and hence offer no credit) and other univer¬ sities only accept work study units at the junior and senior level. ASB Officers Hassle Again Commissioners’ reports opened the recent session of the ASB Board. Only three commissions were represented: ecology, pep and publications. The three com¬ missioners gave their tentative plans for this semester. Marianne Cordova, ASB pres¬ ident, announced that the assem¬ blies commissioner had been dis¬ missed. Crystal Bell, spoke up and blasted the Board for its at¬ titude toward the newly released commissioner. This brought on oral support of her stand from some audience members. Miss Bell continued, saying that the Board appointed the commissioner, so it is partially responsible for his actions. Miss Cordova agreed that the Board had “made a mistake.” John Conroy presented a re¬ port of the College Council meet¬ ing. College funds were discuss¬ ed. Miss Cordova proposed a con¬ stitutional amendment that would necessitate the assemblies commissioner to get Board ap¬ proval before spending funds. A wild debate ensued between ,, Board members and audience The Teacher Preparation and Licensing Law (Ryan Bill) is go- members, ing into effect on January 1, 1973, bringing about a major change in Steve Goldman was the main California’s teacher credential system. objector to the amendment while Students who are planning to become teachers in California public Rick Ermshar stood firmly be- schools are affected if: hind it. Goldman and Ermshar (1) They have not completed two years of college on November held a heated argument while 1, 1971 (this date was recently delayed until July 1, 1972), and were jq;ss Cordova tried in vain to not enrolled in teacher education curriculum in that date. bring the meeting back to order (2) They fail to complete their work for the credential sought Miss Cordova wanted the amend- prior to September 15, 1974. The significance of the deadline date for ment passed immediately before completion of two years’ work being changed to July 1, 1972 is that m0re ASB funds are lost. The it will allow some students to squeeze past the deadline by enrolling motion was tabled. in the first summer session. . All Board members were ap- All existing credentials are being eliminated and replaced by the parently ignorant of the ninth ar- following: tide of the ASB Constitution. Sec- (1) The teaching credential, with authorizations in single-subject tion One states, “This Constitu- instruction, multiple-subject instruction, specialist instruction, and tion may be amended by a two- designated subjects. thirds majority of the Associated (2) The services credential, with specializations in administrative Students voting,” not by Board services, pupil personnel services, health, and authorization to serve approval. as librarian. Future Teachers Beware: Major Credential Change By DEAN ZIEHL — Courier Photo by Sergio Valledares CHRIS EASTLAND, as Henry II, and Susan Burke, portraying Eleanor of Aquitaine, are shown in a scene from the PCC Drama Department production of “The Lion in Winter,” to be presented in the Little Theater March 17 through 19 and 24 through 26. Country Fair and Play Next Two Weekends The lively, twelfth century Courtyard Fair (similar to a Re¬ naissance Faire) will begin at 7:30 Friday night, March 17, and will be followed by “The Lion in Win¬ ter” at 8:15. Both the play and the fair will be productions of several PCC drama students. March 17-19 and 24-26 are the dates for the oc¬ casion, in and around the Little Theater. Fridays and Saturdays action will begin at 7:30 with the fair (free admission), and countinue at 8:15 with the play ($1.50). Sun¬ days, the play won’t begin until 5, with the fair beforehand at 3:45. You may witness and partici¬ pate in the Courtyard Fair which will be in the open air, behind the Little Theaer. Tumblers, min¬ strels, a puppet show, several booths, some nourishments, will be there. Leigh Burrows, the pro¬ duction coordinator, has assisted the many PCC students who have worked to make the fair and play worthwhile. “The Lion in Winter” will fol¬ low at 8:15, with Duke Stroud as director. Chris Eastland and Su¬ san Burke will portray Henry II, King of England, and his wife, the legendary Eleanor of Aquitaine. Other cast members include Craig Coulter, John McIntosh, Craig Secord, Bill Hodge, Ann Pomante and Tom Cutts. Group Rates Save Dollars Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in the fall of 1972 who plan to teach in multi-leveled, self-contained classrooms come under the provisions of the Ryan Bill. One of the major provisions of this law is that any individual planning to teach in the elementary self-contained classroom must have a degree or pass an examination in a “diversified” or a “liber¬ al arts” program. The law defines a “diversified” or “liberal arts” degree as a degree or program included with a degree conferred by an institution of 84 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours equally distributed among the following four areas: (1) English, including grammar, literature, composition and speech. (2) Mathematical and physical or life sciences. (3) Social sciences other than education methodology; and (4) Humanities and the fine arts, including foreign languages. Credential candidates who want to teach single subjects in Cali¬ fornia public schools, will need a degree in those subjects or pass an examination. These subjects as directed are in the following categories: English, physical and natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences, indus¬ trial arts, physical education, business, music, art, home economics and languages. Most of the colleges are now developing programs to meet cre¬ dential requirements. Specific requirements will probably not be avail¬ able for some time. Information has been requested and will be avail¬ able from school counselors as soon as programs are approved by the commission. Students who would like more information may attend one of the following meetings being held for this law. Special Education, Thursday, March 30, 12 noon, R122, Mrs. Josephine Disterhoft, Pacific Oak College. Thursday, April 20, 12 noon, C130, Dr. David Bilovsky, CSCLA. Also, Mrs. Gladys Barry, counselor at PCC, is going to attend a credential workshop, March 17, and will hold special meetings spe¬ cifically on the Ryan Bill. The times are Wednesday, April 12, 12 noon R122; Thursday, April 13 at 12 noon in C130; and Tuesday, April 18 at 12 noon in C130. There will also be two night meetings held for night students on Monday, April 17, 7 to 9 p.m. in R122, and Tuesday, April 25 at 7 to 9 p.m. in C301. Senate: Full Agenda and Guest Speaker The fourth Senate meeting was held last Tuesday. Ralph Gutierrez, Financial Aids adviser, spoke as the first order of business. “If you have nine units and work 15 hours a week, you are eligible to enroll on the college work study program,” said Gutier¬ rez. Gutierrez explained that this was a new program in which a student may receive three units of credit on a pass/fail system for work he may do. Gutierrez feels that any job is a learning experi¬ ence. “It can be either positive or negative, but a student can still learn from it.” PCC will accept the units to¬ ward an AA degree. Next was a report from the Cafeteria Committee. Floyd Beat¬ ty informed the senators that a table would be set up at the cafe¬ teria from 8 to 12 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. “Anyone is welcome to come and say anything he wants,” said Beatty. “If you have a complaint about the cafeteria or its food, they will take care of it right then, not a week later.” The AWS president, Betty Knight, announced that her organ¬ ization was going to have a mem¬ bership drive and get something going. It was announced that the OMD would have its annual fund-raising carnival sometime before school lets out in June. Kitty Wilkins made a report about the child day care center at Calvary Baptist Church. A lot of confusion arose about details of this issue. Dr. Armen Sarafian, PCC presi¬ dent, who was sitting in the audi¬ ence, said that the college might buy some land near the school and establish its own day care center. He said that a lot of single moth¬ ers were prevented from attend¬ ing PCC because they had no one to take care of their children. Gerry Kuehner, AMS president, said that his Senate Assembly Commission for a master plan for higher education would currently only be studying counseling prob¬ lems. John Marshall, who had been trying for 20 minutes to make a motion, finally got the floor and made it. He moved that the Sen¬ ate pass a resolution prohibiting commissioners from spending more than $50 without ASB Board approval. The motion was tabled. There is a mail order insur¬ ance business presently repre¬ sented on campus. The College Student Insurance Service, Inc., offers auto insur¬ ance to students in a “group dis¬ counted program.” The organization, proclaims that it is licensed by the state of California. As a business solely concerned with student insurance, the com¬ pany stresses that even a student with a poor driving record “can be insured at lowest rates for high risks” and if the record improves, the student can be converted into the group discounted plan. All the student need do is send an application to the company, stating how much bodily injury, property damage, and medical payment insurance is desired, the type of car owned and how many accidents he has been in¬ volved in. Applications are available on the second floor of the Campus Center. Car Wash Get your car washed and donate money to a worthy cause at the same time. PCC’s women’s and coed teams are sponsoring a car wash on March 28 in the Hill Ave. parking lot. Tickets are $1. Inquire at the Women’s PE office.