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PCC Courier, March 19, 1976
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Senate Ratifies ASB Measure
Pinball Profits To Go
YSA Petition Passed
By Michael Joncich
News Editor
A 30-minute television program pro¬
duced by the Co-operative Education
and Placement Department with PCC
television facilities has been recently
submitted for an Emmy award
nomination.
Part of the 45-show series, “Sur¬
viving in a World of Work,” the
program was produced and first aired
on KABC-TV during the spring
semester last year.
According to Dr. Cecil Osoff,
producer-host of the series, the tele¬
vision station felt the single show
deserved consideration for the tele¬
vision industry award. Segments of the
program were submitted by KABC to
the Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences for consideration in the edu¬
cational television category.
VOL. 41, NO. 6
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 19, 1976
Toward Book Loans
BOOK LOAN BENEFIT— Playing the Campus Center pinball
machines is especially gratifying for Finance Commissioner Camile
Ward, above. Her proposal to transfer pinball profits to book loans
for needy students won ASB Board and Senate approval.
by Student Senators
By Anthony Sibert
' Staff Writer
The ASB Senate has ratified Board
transferral of pinball machine profits
to student book loans in addition to
approving a Young Socialist Alliance
(YSA) petition.
The petition was submitted by Tim
Mallory, representative from YSA, a
chartered campus club.
The petition reads: “I defend the
constitutional rights of freedom of
speech, freedom of press, and freedom
of assembly of all students here at
Pasadena City College. I believe that
any student or student group should be
allowed the freedom to set up
literature tables, distribute and sell
newspapers and books, and pass out
leaflets as long as the time, location
and manner of sales do not interfere
with the normal functioning of the
college.”
The petition continues, “Although I
do not necessarily agree with any of
the views of any particular student
group, I support their right to exercise
them as described above.”
This petition, according to Mallory,
has been revised upon recommenda¬
tions from the senators at a prior
Senate meeting.
Many senators asked whether en¬
dorsing the petition meant that the
Senate would go on record as ap¬
proving of other groups’ right to sell
literature on campus.
No official answer was obtained in
the absence of a decision by the Board
of Trustees.
Mallory stated that the YSA would
be in favor of having any student or
student group able to sell literature on
the PCC campus.
“We are personally willing to let any
administrator look at all of our litera¬
ture and newspapers,” said Mallory.
“The YSA wants students in a
committee to discuss the free speech
question,” added Mallory.
In other matters Senate president
Bob Komoto announced that Tim
Fuller and Michael Ng have officially
resigned their senatorships. Both are
now serving terms on the Supreme
Council.
Security Office Takes Measures To
Decrease Campus Thefts, Vandalism
By Blake Sell
Staff Writer
The PCC Office of Security has
recently initiated a number of
programs to improve security con¬
ditions and help solve problems in
trouble areas.
Included are programs to improve
night security, lessen weekend theft
and reduce student-related problems.
According to Ralph Riddle, director
of security and parking, one of the
major problems is weekend security.
Thefts and vandalism have in¬
creased on weekends because of the
ease in getting on to the campus. To
solve this problem, all personal on
campus at irregular hours must obtain
a building entrance pass for that time
and date.
The college staff is also required to
carry an ID card at all times. The
campus is closed to automobiles from 5
p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, except
by special permission. The only entry
during these hours is from Sierra
Bonita Avenue, which is guarded.
To enforce these security measures,
the Security Department is fully
staffed on weekends to make sure that
only authorized people are on campus.
Night security is maintained after
school hours by trained guards.
Persons who need to be in the buildings
late must obtain a pass from the
Security Office.
Riddle also reminds students that
they can protect their own property by
not' leaving items in classrooms or
placing them down while in the Quad
or in the Campus Center. Students
should also identify their property by
engraved license plate numbers or by
recording serial numbers. Items
cannot be returned to students unless
they can prove ownership.
The Security Department plans to
circulate posters to remind students to
keep track of their personal property.
Riddle encourages students to report
thefts and incidents to the Security
Office. If a problem is known to exist,
The Los Angeles County Industrial
Education Association (CIEA) will,
hold its twenty-first annual meeting
today in the Circadian and student
cafeteria dining rooms from 4:30 to 10
p.m.
The meeting marks CIEA’s first
visit to the campus.
KPCS Panels
Benefit Elderly
“Senior Happening^,” a panel
discussion written and produced by
local senior citizens, will be broadcast
over KPCS-FM, 89.3, the campus radio
station. The program is scheduled for
Sundays at 5:30 p.m. and repeated
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
The program features the health
care problems of senior citizens.
Special nutritional difficulties, dia¬
betes and foot and eye problems and
their relation to the aged will be pre¬
sented during March.
Also offered is information on events
of interest to the elderly, such as social
get-togethers, rummage sales or free
nutritious meals. Previous programs
have discussed topics such as crime,
transportation and income tax.
measures can be taken to correct it.
The Security Office is manned 24 hours
a day and can be reached by calling
578-7111.
Ted James, associate professor of
Engineering and Technology, is vice-
president of the association. “We had
been meeting at junior high and high
schools, but since most of the members
are from this area, we decided to meet
here,” he said.
At 5 p.m. the group will tour the
vocational and technial facilities on
campus. Food services will prepare
the menu, and dinner will be served at
6 p.m.
The meeting is co-sponsored by the
CIEA and the fabrication assembly
techniques class at California State
University at Los Angeles.
The class provided an automatic
emergency flasher unit in kit form,
including instructions on how to put it
together. The kit provides a project for
CIEA members during the on-campus
meeting.
“Do-It-Yourself Project” is CIEA’s
theme.
Guest speaker Ro McKeeney will
talk on the “Power Generated by
Pyramidal Shapes.”
Door prizes have been donated by
Rockwell Delta, Pasadena Hardware,
Hiskock Teaching Systems and
Smoke-Guard Inc.
Approximately 100 participants are
expected.
Industrial Association
Meets Today at PCC
BLOODMOBILE ON CAMPUS— American Red
Cross nurse Que Hie Shin takes pint of blood
donated by PCC student Kevin Henford for the PCC
Blood Bank in drive which ended yesterday.
Students still wishing to donate blood for PCC may
make ah appointment by calling 796-0371, exten¬
sion 451 , for the two remaining Tuesdays in March
in the Cadet Building at Huntington Memorial
Hospital, 55 Congress St., Pasadena.
Show Competes
for Local Award
Shelter Annuity Plan. Companies
wishing to solicit programs among
ASB employees must follow a
prescribed criteria.
Under the Tax Shelter Annuity Plan,
the employer agrees to withhold and
place a portion of the employee’s
salary into an insurance program.
“This plan is no cost now or later to
the ASB,” said William McCreight,
director of accounting.
The Young Socialists Alliance, a
chartered PCC club, will address the
next meeting of the Board.
Forensics
Tourney
Set Today
The annual spring Pacific South
Coast Forensics Association Individ¬
ual Events Championship Tournament
will be held this weekend at PCC. It is
under the direction of Rick Grossman
of L.A. Trade Tech, and hostesses
Chrystal Watson, director of speech
activities.
Approximately 400 students from 55
California universities and community
colleges will be competing in cate¬
gories of persuasive, informative,
extemporaneous and impromptu
speaking, oral interpretation and
communication analysis.
The competition will utilize over 60
of the campus classrooms.
Judges have been selected from the
competing schools. PCC judges in¬
clude Communication Department
faculty members William Logan,
Joseph Probst, Carol Norheim,
Patrick Brown, Jay Hern, Anthony
Georgilas, Robert Wright and English
Department assistant professor
Margaret Marsh.
Competition begins at 3 p.m. Friday
and continues on Saturday from 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
The PCC team includes Sue
Robertson, Scott Fuller, Tom Rauth,
Mike Schulz, Wayne Stam, Marlene
Stowe, Ellen Swift and Stan Swantek.
At the University of Riverside
Tournament February 27 and 28,
Swantek and Stam took third place in
the extemporaneous and impromptu
categories respectively. Miss Bowman
took top honors in oral interpretation.
At the Santa Rosa meet, Miss
Bowman, Miss Robertson and Fuller
were finalists in Readers Theater, and
Roberta Kopp was a finalist in after-
dinner speaking.
Upcoming tournaments for the team
include the state junior college cham¬
pionships at Orange Coast College in
Coast Mesa March 26-28 and the
prominent Phi Rho Pi Nationals to be
held in Chicago April 23-25.
April 19 Deadline Slated
for Lit Contest Applicants
By Rob Wagner
Staff Writer
The PCC English Department is
sponsoring its annual Literary Contest
during the spring semester. The
deadline for entries is Monday, April
19, at 4:30 p.m.
Students enrolled in the regular
spring sessions classes or the Ex¬
tended Day program are eligible for
the contest. The categories are short
story, poetr.y and essay.
Jerene Cline, English Department
professor, who is in charge of the
contest, pointed out that all manu¬
scripts must be typewritten on unlined,
opaque 84 by 11-inch paper. The
author should retain a copy of all
entries. All stories and essays must be
double-spaced.
The author must have a pen name
typed below the name of the literary
category and placed in the upper right-
hand corner of the front page of each
manuscript. If the manuscript is
longer than one page, it should be
stapled together at the upper left-hand
corner, and the pages should be
numbered. Manuscripts for all
categories bearing the same pen name
must be paper-clipped together.
All entries must be submitted to the
English Department office in C217 or
to Mrs. Cline in C219. Manuscripts may
be picked up from the English Depart¬
ment office after May 24.
A $25 gift certificate will be awarded
as a first prize in each category by the
Pasadena Book Store, Vroman’s and
the PCC Book Store. The English
Council, composed of representatives
from the English classes, is offering a
$10 cash second prize.
Names of the winners will be posted
in the Writers’ Case and in the English
office on May 24.
Next month all the shows submitted
for consideration will be viewed by the
Academy in order to narrow the
nominations down to a few shows for
final consideration. If the PCC pro¬
gram survives the elimination
process, it will be in contention for the
industry's highest award.
Entitled “Communications,’’ the
program is one segment of the series
which surveys career possibilities for
students.
Appearing in the program are Dr.
Armen Sarafian, former PCC presi¬
dent; Dr. Irvin G. Lewis, dean of
student personnel services; Dr. Harold
Salisbury, former Communication
Department head and current head of
the Instructional Television Depart¬
ment; and William Buttler, former
journalism instructor and now a
member of the Engineering and Tech¬
nology Department faculty.
PCC students appearing on the
program included Sergio Caponi,
editor of the spring ’75 semester
Courier: and Marilyn Fisher, Prism
editor, spring ’75.
The production staff included Bob
Miller, producer-director; and Joe
Keane, television instructor and
program adviser. Technical
assistance was provided by students
then enrolled in telecommunications
classes.
PHYSICS CLASS EXPERIMENT— Positioned on the fifth floor of R
Building, physics professor Raoul Fajardo prepares device which will
drop and film the fall of two small steel balls of varying weights in an
experiment similar to Galileo’s famous 17th Century drop of two
cannon balls from the leaning Tower of Pisa.
By Anthony Sibert
Staff Writer
The ASB Board has decided to
transfer all future pinball machine
profits into the Student Book Loan
account.
Finance Commissioner Camille
Ward made the proposal saying that
this action will help secure more loans
for needy students and give the pinball
machines a better image.
Located in the Campus Center, the
pinball machines were selected by the
board last year as a profit-making
fundraiser for the ASB.
Last semester, the machines made a
profit of $2797.
The Student Book Loan (SBL) for
needy students was initiated by the
Student Senate three years ago.
Phyllis Jackson, dean of student ac¬
tivities, is responsible for granting the
loans. No check on student need is
made.
“The only requirment for an SBL is a
school ID number,’’ said Mrs.
Jackson.
After the student has been approved,
he is issued a request form authorizing
the College Bookstore to provide him
with $35 worth of books free. That
amounts to an increase of $20 made
possible by pinball machine profits.
“The rate of student loan repayment
for this semester has been roughly 80
to 85 per cent,”’ according to Mrs.
Jackson.
No action is taken to recover book
loans after a student has graduated.
“I do not like to have student bills
turned over to a collection agency, but
if you (the Board) direct me to, I will,”
Mrs. Jackson added.
In other matters, the board ap¬
proved a request from Walter Butler,
campus relations liaison officer, to
help pay for the dictionaries lost by
two Finnish students.
The Board has also approved a Tax
Forum Ends
With Film
'Portugal'
“Portugal,” a film-lecture by Lisa
Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield,
will conclude next week’s Tuesday
Evening Forum lecture series.
Ms. Chickering, granddaughter of
the Chickering pianomaker and a
successful singer in her own right, has
appeared on both television and
Broadway, as has Ms. Porterfield, a
graduate of the Knox School, the
American Conservatory of Music and
the University of Chicago.
Well known for their films and
lectures, the two are partners in a New
York film company and have been
honored twice with blue ribbon
citations in the American Film
Festival, the largest 16mm. festival in
the world.
Extensive travelers, they started
their film career with a three-year trip
around the world.
Their exhibits have appeared in
Washington, New York, London and
Paris and their photographs ac¬
company articles and stories ap¬
pearing in leading publications.
“Portugal” begins at 7:35 p.m. in
Sexson Auditorium. Those without
Tuesday Evening Forum season
tickets will be admitted free of charge
after 7:30 p.m.
'Story' Closes
This Weekend
This weekend is the last chance to
thrill to the back street conflicts
between the Jets and the Sharks and to
cry over the Romeo and Juliet
romance of Tony and Maria in PCC’s
production of “West Side Story.”
Tickets at $3 per person are on sale
today at the College Bank and at the
box office before the performances
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and
Sunday at 5 p.m.