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PCC Courier, March 15, 1974
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I Cornier
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
March 15, 1974
—Courier Photo by Hugh Levine
STREAKER LEAVES THE QUAD— Two male streakers dashed across
campus at noon Monday and were greeted by hundreds of cheering
students as they passed through the quad.
Campus Center Quad
Bears Bony Bare Bods
Democratic Vice-Chairman in 1972,
Yvonne Burke To Speak Tuesday
Rumors about possible streaking at
PCC were proven true, when two
young men wearing only tennis shoes
dashed through the campus quad at
noon Monday.
The PCC streaking duo stopped by
the Courier office after their Monday
show, and in much less of a hurry
consented to reveal to staff writers the
secret motivations of a participant in
this revealing activity.
The couple, wishing to remain
anonymous, gave little information
about themselves. <
One is the happily married father of
a baby girl. He is a part-time student
at PCC. His streaking partner, on the
other hand, is single and a non-student,
and that's all he had to say.
USC Gives
Awards to
Journalists
PCC and Santa Monica College tied
for most awards during last week’s
49th annual USC Newspaper Day.
Last semester’s edition of the
Courier’s supplement, “Focus— on
Women,” won first place in the special
supplement category: The Courier
itself placed second in the college
competition for best publication: first
place award went to Santa Barbara
City College’s “The Hibachi.”
David S. Rust, photo editor of the
Courier during the fall semester,
placed second in news writing and also
received an honorable mention for best
single photograph.
Other honorable mentions went to
Alan Zanger for his photo essay, and
Bernhild E. Horner for news writing.
Michaelene Bolliger, who works with
the Courier staff, was named “College
Adviser of the Year.” She shares this
honor with Charles Donaldson of Santa
Monica.
Chicano Club
Forms Local
Health Group
The Office for Chicano Affairs at
PCC is planning to establish a college
chapter of the National Chicano Health
Organization (NCHO). An organiza¬
tional meeting will be held Thursday,
March 21, at noon in the MECHA of¬
fice, A108.
Rita Ledesma, from the Office of
Chicano Affairs, said the two main
goals of the organization are to
“upgrade the quality of health care for
the Chicano community,” and to
“increase the representation of
Chicano students in the health
sciences.”
She said the organization is federally
funded, but the local PCC chapter
would not be, but run on a club basis;
the group would be mainly concerned
with counseling Chicano students
interested in a health science educa¬
tion. It would encourage Chicanos and
Chicanas to enter the field as doctors,
paramedics, technicians, and nurses,
and help them get information about
transferring, graduate schools,
financing, and admission policies.
NCHO was started in 1970 to aid the
Chicano community by delivering
information about health care careers
and aiding students interested in such
a career. It has initiated a nationwide
recruitment of Chicanos and Chicanas
and is planning a national conference
in San Antonio, Tex. April 13 and 14.
They said their plan started last
week when they called AM-FM radio
station KROQ, to announce their
streaking at PCC the following Mon¬
day. Asked why they chose this par¬
ticular college, the duo replied that
since it was happening practically
everywhere else, they thought PCC
was ready for it, too.
To the obvious question, “How does
it feel to be a streaker,” the two men
answered that the toughest part is the
beginning. “I was scared until I came
around the corner by the bookstore. All
those people were waiting for us. After
that, it was a breeze, literally,” said
one of them.
“I thought I had it made when they
let out a really big cheer. I don’t
remember what happened next. One of
your photographers kept running with
me all the way to the front of the C
Building, and totally out of breath, he
asked me to slow down,” commented
the other streaker.
Among the many possible reasons
for streaking, PCC’s pair seems to
have found the simplest one. We
wanted to prove to ourselves that we
had the guts to do it. Nobody forced us
or challenged us,” they said.
“My wife would have participated
too, but she’s a little overweight,” said
the married streaker. Asked if he
would repeat the experience, he said
that after the first time, it would just
be “a drag.”
By Sergio Caponi
News Editor
Congresswoman Yvonne Brathwaite
Burke will speak on “What It Means to
Be a Freshman Congresswoman” at
the Tuesday Evening Forum, March
19, at 7:30 in Sexson Auditorium.
Mrs. Burke attracted nationwide
attention during the 1972 Democratic
Convention in Miami, where she
served as vice chairman. She is a
proponent of liberal social welfare
programs and increased federal aid
for ghetto schools.
Reared in Los Angeles, Mrs. Burke
received her B.A. in political science
from UCLA. She graduated from the
USC School of Law in 1956. During 10
years of private practice, she served
as a deputy corporation commissioner,
hearing officer for the Police Com¬
mission and staff attorney for the
McCone Commission, which in¬
vestigated the causes of the 1965 Watts
riots.
In 1966, when Mrs. Burke entered the
California Assembly, she became the
first black woman ever to serve in the
legislature. Vice chairman of the
Trustees Okay Van;
May Delivery Slated
The van for the severely handi¬
capped students was approved by the
Board of Trustees during its regular
meeting last week.
Board member Melvin Burt stated
the additional information he had
obtained considering the cost involved
in the project had answered most of his
questions and he was now ready to cast
his vote in favor of the purchase.
According to Burt, the cost of the van
amortized over a 10-year period,
salary for a driver and projected
maintenance expenses add up to an
average of $114 per student per month.
The van will be equipped to carry
eight students, including four persons
in wheelchairs. Francisca B. Baldwin,
teacher-coordinator of the program for
the handicapped, projects delivery of
the van for the middle of May.
PCC Plans to Remodel
Three Campus Buildings
A plan to remodel part of three
campus buildings was introduced at
the last Board of Trustees meeting.
Remodeling part of R Building for
Dental Technology and the installation
of acoustical ceilings and electrical
fixtures in C Building was included in
the proposal.
There is already a complex in¬
cluding Dental Hygienists and Dental
Assisting on the fifth floor of R
Building, according to Arthur Garr,
district facilities planner, “It would be
natural to bring Dental Technology
there also.”
Work on remodeling all of D Building
should commence a year from Sep¬
tember. By the time D Building is
emptied, R Building will have to be
ready. Hopefully work can begin in
September or November of this year.
In C Building, “there are 34 class¬
rooms which are acoustically
inadequate,” Garr says. Students have
complained they can’t hear the in¬
structor. Teachers themselves have
aired problems about these conditions
and there has been an overall dissatis¬
faction about “intense reverberation.”
Acoustical tile ceilings have been
necessary especially since 1966 when
air conditioning was installed in C
Building.
Studies of the rooms were made by
the acoustical engineering firm of Paul
S. Veneklasen & Assoc, of Santa
Monica. They observed the rever¬
beration time and made recommenda¬
tions as to what should be done to the
MAN OF LA MANCHA
Would you like special invitations for
the production of “Man of La
Mancha” for your friends or rela¬
tives to join PCC’s celebration of its
50th birthday? Invitations are
available on campus, at the Library,
Campus Center, and the Research
Office, R402. “Man of La Mancha”
will be presented on March 29, 30,
and April 5, 6 in Sexson Auditorium.
rooms. The finished classrooms should
all resemble C139, which has lowered
ceilings with acoustical tile and im¬
proved electrical fixtures.
The work must be completed by the
fall semester of 1974. Classes this
summer will probably be moved out of
C Building to other areas. It is hoped
all rooms can be modified at one time.
Be Wary of
Overseas
Job Offers
Students who plan to go abroad for
work in answer to enticing advertise¬
ments, are warned that many of the
organizations that promise job place¬
ment are strictly get-rich-quick
operations.
Alice Mothershead, director of the
Community Liaison Center for Foreign
Students and Americans Abroad, C221,
will advise anyone with plans to go
overseas.
Many of the programs for job
placement in foreign countries have
found to be misleading, she said. Such
programs exist because the cost seems .
so cheap that students fail to check the
quality of the service.
“Because you see a poster offering
quick job placement overseas, don’t
get carried away and send off a
request and a fee for a job. Come in
and see us first. The more information
gained here in the U.S. before you
travel abroad, the happier the outcome
will be,” Mrs. Mothershead em¬
phasized.
College and university placement
abroad is not difficult and Mrs.
Mothershead can help here, too. In her
office she has reference materials
available that tell about conditions and
requirements for enrollment.
A suggestion made earlier to
possibly buy a used vehicle rather than
a new van and have it remodeled was
found to be unsatisfactory since ap¬
proximately half of the cost of the van
($10,394) stems from the needed ad¬
ditional equipment and modifications.
Another alternative proposed at one
of the earlier meetings, the renting of
such a vehicle, was checked into by the
chairman of the board, Roger Gert-
menian, and also proved to be in¬
feasible. Although Embree Buses, Inc.
does indeed own a van similar to the
one discussed, it is being used full time
to transport elementary school
students within the Pasadena School
District.
Relating what he observed during a
personal visit to the Handicapped
Students’ office, Burt said, “I watched
some of the students lift one of the
persons who would be using the van
into a VW through the roof— I was
amazed they got him in. It is my in¬
tention to see that these students get
the attention they deserve.”
“This semester we have about 120
students involved in our special
program for the handicapped,” said
Mrs. Baldwin following the meeting.
“Many are able to get around by
themselves and our whole objective is
to teach them to be self-sustaining,
independent. Our blind students
receive special training in how to get
from home to school using public
transportation, and many other
handicapped students either drive or
ride with friends.
“Those who will be using this van
are students who really are so severely
handicapped— quadraplegics, people
with neuro-muscular and cardiac
disease— that they have little if any
chance of getting to school if adequate
transportation is not provided for
them.”
Governmental Efficiency and
Economy Committee during her fresh¬
man year, she was later appointed
chairman of the Urban Development
and Housing Committee. In 1972 she
carried 50 bills, as well as her primary
campaign.
Asked about the reasons why she
moved to the federal level, Mrs. Burke
says, “I got tired of being told in
Sacramento that something couldn’t
be done because it was a federal
problem.”
Commenting on her own success as a
black woman in traditionally white,
male politics she says luck had a lot to
do with it. “I just happened to have
applied to law school the year USC had
a new dean and changed its quota
system to allow more women. And the
year I went to college was the year my
father’s union gave a scholarship. I
was the first person to get that
scholarship. I’ve had a lot Of lucky
breaks in my life.”
YVONNE BURKE
ASB Votes
To Establish
Committees
The Student Senate decided Tuesday
to set up a new committee to explore
the possibility of student evaluation of
counselors.
George Reich will chair the com¬
mittee which was created because
some senators expressed dissatisfac¬
tion with their counselors.
The senators also formed a com¬
mittee to revise the Student Senate
Constitution. Those interested in
serving on the committee should
contact Senate President Scott
Peterson.
Room Allotments
According to the guidelines
suggested by the council, PCC should
have 1020 to 1500 reading room
stations. At the present time 419
students are crowded into an area
designed for use by 275; this
represents a shortage of 24 to 36 per
cent.
An increase of approximately 3000
volumes each year further threatens
available seating space. William K.
Grainger, chairman of Library Ser¬
vices, expects to add another 20 sec¬
tions of shelves within the next year.
We weed out one book for every two we
buy, but it really is impossible to be
updated and not increase in size.
Originally built for 75,000 volumes,
the Library now contains 105,000. Out
of all community colleges in the state,
only Los Angeles City College boasts a
more extensive collection of books.
Alternatives Considered
Adding a second floor to the existing
building is not a realistic possibility
because the existing foundation is not
strong enough to support the extra
weight. Tearing the whole building
down would be costly and cause
problems with temporary relocation.
Dr. Sarafian sees as a feasible
solution to the room problem an ex¬
tension of the existing building to the
east and west. “We would like you to
give us some direction,” Dr. Sarafian
said. “The estimate of $250,000 sup¬
plied by our architect to add 4000 to
4500 square feet to the west of the
Library seemed high. We would like
for somebody, maybe a specialist in
library design, to come and take
another look.”
In order to familiarize themselves
with the conditions, the members of
the board are planning to use part of
their next meeting to walk through the
Library : Some of them mentioned they
may follow the suggestion of ASB
President Stuart Silver and come visit
during the day, around noon “to see
what it’s really like.”
Rose Bowl
Photo
Wins Prize
Honorable Mention in the annual
citywide photography contest, “Pic
’74,” was given to Rick Zens, a PCC
cinematography major.
Zens, winning the honor for his
nighttime shot of the Rose Bowl fire¬
works, “A Bang Up Time,” also en¬
tered three other works in the compe¬
tition. The photos were in competition
with more than 400 entries.
His favorite, “Mount Lowe Resort,”
shows a house fronted by a cactus.
Vividly illustrated with rich tones of
brown, blue, and green, Zens expected
this entry to win some honors. “I
thought it was the best one I did. I
really didn’t expect any awards for the
‘Bang Up’ picture.”
Becoming interested in films while a
senior in high school, Zens did not try
his hand at still photography until
reaching PCC. He has been successful,
and is planning to enter more
photography contests in the future.
Zens feels that strong experience in
film production and direction will be of
great value to his career, having
previously experimented in film
directing.
His future plans include attendance
next fall at Cal State, Long beach as a
cinematography major, hoping
ultimately to become a producer and
director of motion pictures.
The picture he wants most to make?
A western.
Life Sciences Get New Audio-Visual Laboratory,
Student Center to Augment Lecturing, Tutoring
Modern equipment worth more than
$10,000 has been installed in the Life
Science Department’s audio visual
tutoring and aid center. The new lab,
located in U Building, will be used as a
replacement of class time and as a
tutoring center for science students.
Up to seven students a,t any one time
may use one piece of audio visual
equipment. Equipment includes a rear
view console, Graflex Study Mates,
film loop projectors, and film strip
sound cassettes.
The center can hold 37 students and
will have tutors to issue software study
materials.
Some classes will use the lab for
replacement of up to two-thirds of
class lecture time. Studies by the
department show that students using
the lab for substitution or make-up
work receive comparable grades. The
center will be open to all science
students and will be used most often by
those taking Biology 11A or Physiology
1.
HERE’S HOW IT’S DONE— Instructor Edward Hart is shown using
some of the new equipment installed in the Life Science Depart¬
ment’s new headquarters in the Paramedical Sciences Building. The
audio visual facilities will be used by students as tutoring aids.
Library Facilities Need
Expanded Study Space
By Bernie Horner
Editor-in-Chief
In 1965 the Accrediting Com¬
mission for Junior Colleges com¬
mended Pasadena City College’s
Library for having an adequate
budget, a well-designed library studies
program and generally providing good
facilities. The student population
during that fall semester was 13,540.
Last September, 17,644 persons were
enrolled and while other facilities were
built, expanded or remodeled, the
Library still has the same amount of
floorspace available now as it had
then.
“We need to really think about ex¬
panding the Library,” said Dr. Armen
Sarafian, president of the college,
during the last board meeting. It is too
small, there is not enough stock space,
not enough study space considering the
size of our student body. We will be up
for re-accreditation real soon.”
Accreditation Reports
The report to the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges
has to be finished by next summer. The
accrediting commission will, then visit
the campus in November of 1975.
Accreditation represents a “seal of
approval” given to the college and
certifies its high standards in
curriculum, staff and facilities.
A self-evaluation was submitted for
re-accreditation in 1970. It was
prepared by' John S. Madden,
associate professor in the Social
Science Department. Asked about the
Library, Madden comments, “I feel
the report indirectly already pointed
out the shortage of space there.”
On page 67 the report reads as
follows:
“Based upon standards set by the
Coordinating Council for Higher
Education, the Library is not
adequately housed. The standards
recommend seating for 17 per cent of
the full-time enrollment. Within five
years, it is projected that the
assignable square feet will be only 40
per cent of the recommended stan¬
dard.”