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Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol. 70 No. 5
1,16 COURIER
Thursday
March 15, 1990
NEWSLINE
NEWSCASTER TO SPEAK
As part of
the La Raza
Communica¬
tions Program,
KCBS-TV
newscaster
and television
hostess Yo¬
landa Nava
will speak on
“Using the Media to Make an Im¬
pact, ” at 3 to 4: 30 p.m . in the Campus
Center Lounge today.
Nava, a 15-year veteran broadcaster,
joined KCBS-TV in April, 1987 as a
general assignment reporter. As part
of the Action News team that covered
the 5.9 Whittier earthquake, Nava
received an Emmy and first-place
Golden Mike, Associated Press and
Los Angeles Press Club honors.
She was named as an “Outstand¬
ing Woman Leader” by the Westside
Women’s Clinic in 1986. In 1983, she
was part of “One Hundred Top His¬
panic Women in California.” The
Herald Examiner also named her one
of its “25 Major Hispanic Leaders.”
WRITERS’ FORUM
The Community Education depart¬
ment will be hosting the 36th annual
Writers’ Forum on March 17, from 9
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Sue Ellen Gross, this year’s coor¬
dinator, will start the event with her
opening remarks at 9 a.m. Gross has
authored 17 novels that have been
published in 10 languages.
Forum participants will have 12
workshops to choose from, each one
being one hour in length. Writers from
different fields will be present to share
their expertise with Forum participants.
Writers like William Dwyre (sports
editor, Los Angeles Times), Gene Perret
(writer, The Cosby Show) and Joyce
Madison (chief copy editor of Human
Behavior) are some of the writers who
will give workshops on various topics.
Fees are $14 for one session. The
fee for four sessions is $50, including
lunch. More information may be ob¬
tained at the Community Education
office, (818)578-7261.
PLAY AUDITIONS
Auditions for ‘ ‘One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest” will be held on March
19, 20, 21 and 23, from noon to 3 p.m.;
March 22, from 1 to 4 p.m. All audi¬
tions will be held in Harbeson Hall.
According to director Bruce Gill, 23
roles will be cast.
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest” will play in Harbeson Hall on
May 4, 5, 11 and 12.
Lancers lose, 3-10
Lancers lose to Cerritos in the home
opener for the South Coast Confer¬
ence. Page 4
INDEX
Opinion _ 2
Editorial _ 2
My View _ 2
Features _ 3
Sports 4
AS approves installation of condom machines
'I feel very positive. This is a pro-active activity that will
prevent the spreading of sexually transmitted
diseases. PCC is following along the lines of other
community colleges in installing the machines.'
Janice Roman, college nurse
By U LISES VELASCO
Staff Writer
The AS unanimously voted March 2 to
approve the installation of condom vending
machines in the upper and lower restrooms
of the Campus Center.
Offers from vending machine distribu¬
tors will now be considered, and after the
machines are in place, a one-year trial pe¬
riod will be in effect. Next year’s AS will
then decide if the program will continue or
be eliminated.
According to AS President Larnoe G.
Dungca, the initial idea for the machines
came when he was attending several work¬
shops in Washington D.C. last summer where
he learned that other colleges have installed
vending machines on their campuses.
The idea of placing the machines on
campus was in a state of limbo until Dr. Jose
Peralez, dean of personnel, brought up the
idea during an Affirmative Action com-
mitee meeting. Dungca was informed that
the AS board to act independently to obtain
the condom machines. Dungca then con¬
tacted Janice Roman, college nurse, who
supported the idea.
During the March 2 meeting, Alvar L.
Kauti, dean of student activities, warned the
members during the meeting that there may
be vandalism stricks on the machines by
those who disapprove of them.
The vending machine project will not
cost PCC anything to implement. They will
be installed free of charge by a distributor,
and AS will recieve a percentage of the
profits from the machines. Dungca added
that he would like to see the money be
utilized for additional club funds. Roman
said she would like to see some of the money
go toward further sexual public awareness
education.
Since the whole plan is still in the initial
planning stages, AS has only recieved one
offer by the L.J.P. Enterprises for providing
the machines to PCC. The company has
already serviced schools such as Pierce and
Harbor colleges, and the Universities of
Please see CONDOMS, page 4
Curtain call
James Ojeda
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The COURIER
Duke Stroud, director of "Heracles Versus the Amazon Women," instructs his actors during one of their rehearsals.
PCC THEATER
Stroud directs 'Heracles Versus the
Amazon Women,' promises laughs
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
As he entered the Little Theater with
a microwave dinner in one hand and fork
and paper towel in the other, he looked at
his cast restlessly milling around the stage.
Duke Stroud arrived a few minutes after
noon, the scheduled beginning of the
daily ritual they call “rehearsal.”
A few minutes before sitting in the
front row, Stroud was eating his lunch in
the back and his actors were talking pro¬
fusely near the stage. While he was strug¬
gling to finish his lunch with a broken plas¬
tic fork, some of Stroud’s actors sifted through
the script, making sure they knew their lines
by heart.
The first two rows were occupied not by
his cast but by their bags. As actors moved
right and left, up and down the stairs, the rest
of the theater stood in silence.
With conspicuously hidden stage lights
shining directly on the center of the stage,
three women headed for the wooden and
rather messy stage where they stood proud,
repeating their lines over and over again.
And in the middle of the front row sat a
man with a strong and forceful voice.
Spreading his vision across the stage with
his critical yet admiring eyes, Stroud,
director of the theater arts department’s
Spring production of “Heracles Versus
the Amazon Women,” instructed his actors
as they rehearsed for the much awaited
student production of Benn W. Levy's
farce, first staged in 1953.
The name in itself gives away the
theme of the play. “It’s simply a battle of
the sexes,” said Stroud. “It’s about the
different philosophies between mascu-
Please see HERACLES, page 4
Pasadena holds women's conference
In hopes of shedding some light on
the needs of the “women of the ’90s,”
the Pasadena Commission on the Status
of Women is sponsoring the 1 3th Annual
Women’s Conference themed “Women
of the ’90s: Taking Control.”
The conference will be held on March
17 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Westminster
Presbyterian Church, 1757 North Lake
Ave., Pasadena.
The all-day event will feature a key¬
note speech to be delivered by state Sen.
Diane Watson, who will speak on the
challenges facing the women of the ’90s.
She is currently serving as the Chair of
the Senate Committee on Health and
Human Services. The conference will
also include 21 workshops and 30 repre¬
sentatives from non-profit community
'Hopefully, the conference
will motivate them to act
on issues' that concern
women.
Lara Blakely of the Pasadena
Commission on the Status of Women
organizations.
According to Lara Blakely of the Pasad¬
ena Commission on the Status of Women,
the goal of the con ference i s “ to d issem inate
information on the issues that are of impor¬
tance to women. It’s not only giving out of
information, but also exchanging views with
panel members and other women.” The
annual event, Blakely continued, brings
together more than 200 women from all
over Souther California and gives them
the opportunity to talk about issues that
concern women. “Hopefully, the event
will motivate them to act on those is¬
sues,” added Blakely.
The Commission also made sure that
every woman who wishes to attend will
be able to attend. Therefore, they will
provide free on-site child care, a low reg¬
istration fee, scholarships for those who
cannot afford to pay and easy access by
public transportation.
Registration fees are $15. The fee is
$5 for seniors and students. Lunch is $5
and will be provided by the National
Women’s Political Caucus. More infor¬
mation may be obtained at (818) 796-
6926.
Red Cross in
dire need of
blood donors
By MICHAEL ROCHA
Editor-in-Chief
In order to alleviate blood shortage in
Southern California, the American Red Cross,
in cooperation with the PCC Student Activi¬
ties office, is holding its second blood drive
for the school year on March 21, from 8:45
a.m. to 1 :30 p.m., and March 22, from 9 a.m.
to 1:45 p.m. in the Campus Center Lounge.
In Los Angeles and Orange counties,
more than 1,500 people need blood every¬
day, said Scott Chambers, Red Cross field
representative. “We need more people to
donate in order to meet the demand for
blood.”
Red Cross representatives will be out in
Please see BLOOD, page 4
'Quilters' pays
tribute to the
pioneer women
of America
As a part of PCC’s celebration of Women’s
History Month this March, “Quilters,” a
musical by Molly Newman and Barbara
Damashek, will be presented in Scxson
Auditorium beginning tonight at 7, kicking
off a three-day run.
Produced by the Glendale Community
College (GCC) Theater Arts department, in
conjunction with the PCC California Hu¬
manities Project Regional Center, “Quil¬
ters’ ’ is a colorful tribute to the courage and
spirit of America’s pioneer women.
Directed by Jill Benone of the GCC
Theater Arts Department and musically di¬
rected by Steve Hill, ‘ ‘Quilters” was written
by Newman after finishing Patricia Cooper
and Bradley Allen’s book “The Quilters:
Women and Domestic Art.” In the play, she
saw a unique kind of symbolism, which was
represented in the quilts women made.
After gathering anecdotes from quilt
makers in the western United States, New¬
man collaborated with Damashek in produc¬
ing “Quilters,” which made its debut in
Denver in 1982. Since then the play has
toured across the nation, including the
American National Theater and Academy in
New York.
At 5 p.m. today in the Circadian there
will be a dinner for people who purchased a
$ 1 5 special dinner-theater ticket. The dinner
will be followed by the play’s 7 p.m. debut.
Other performances are March 16 at 8 p.m.,
March 17 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
All tickets are $6. Proceeds will benefit
on-campus child care, the Adult Reentry
Center and the California Humanities Proj¬
ect.
Reservations can be made at (818) 578-
7086. All tickets will be held at the door.
-MICHAEL ROCHA