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Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol.74 No. 21
COimiER
Thursday
March 26, 1992
Counseling procedure helps students to define goals
By EDWIN FOLVEN
Editor-in-Chief
The counseling services depart¬
ment is implementing a new proce¬
dure that will use a computer to help
individual students establish educa¬
tional goals and create a two year
master schedule. E.F. Neumann,
associate dean of counseling serv¬
ices, said the new procedure will
help students who are having trouble
setting definite goals for their fu¬
ture. The new procedure should reduce
the number of students without des¬
ignated majors or transfer plans.
With the new process, beginning
students will be required to fill out a
questionnaire at the orientation
meeting outlining what skills they
wish to acquire at PCC. Continuing
students will be given the question¬
naire when they pick up their regis¬
tration cards. The evaluation will
outline several possibilities such as
graduation with an associate in arts
or science degree and transfer to a
state or private university or voca¬
tional training and retraining. The
student will simply check a bubble
next to the desired educational goal.
“It will help students with planning
educational progress at the college,”
said Neumann.
Information will be entered into a
computer by using a scanner that
analyzes a bar code on each card.
The computer is programmed to
Unique student attends
college on scholarship
By EDWIN FOLVEN
Editor-in-Chief
A young man from Africa will be
attending classes on campus this fall
as part of a special scholarship pro¬
gram designed to give students in
impoverished countries a chance for
a better education. Sebati Edward
Mafate will be establishing educa¬
tional credentials at PCC and then
transferring to Harvey Mudd Uni¬
versity (HMU) to study engineering.
Mafate is from the South African
country of Botswana and will come
to study in America through the Rev.
Desmond Tutu scholarship program.
The program was established by Tutu
with the funds he received from
winning the Nobel peace prize.
According to Bruce Carter, chair¬
man of the physical science depart¬
ment, the Tutu scholarship allows
students from South Africa to study
in top universities throughout the
world. “It enables students with
limited educational choices to study
in many universities.”
The 22-year-old engineering stu¬
dent is primarily coming to study at
HMU, which is located in Clare¬
mont. Representatives from HMU
contacted administrators at PCC to
design a program that will allow
Mafate to build undergraduate skills
and gain academic credentials. Car¬
ter expects Mafate to acquire enough
educational background within one
year.
Carter said HMU is the most
prestigious engineering school in the
country. He stressed that the selec¬
tion of PCC as a preparatory school
is very important. Administrators at
HMU could have selected a college
closer to their location but Carter
thinks they chose PCC because of
the enriching math and science
courses offered here. “It was a natu¬
ral alliance. It was determined that
he would go to PCC because of the
quality of the programs.” The entire
cost of Mafate ’s studies in Pasadena
will be funded by the college. Carter
thinks the program is a positive step
towards building a stronger relation¬
ship with HMU.
During the fall semester, Mafate
will begin taking courses including
calculus, physics and chemistry
among others that will enable him to
transfer to HMU as a junior. He has
been awarded honors at schools in
Africa. He is also interested in act¬
ing and drama. Members of the PCC
Foundation will help provide funds
to give Mafate housing. Carter is or¬
ganizing a fundraising tour of the
San Andreas fault to help subsidize
Mafate’ s studies.
The educational trip will take place
on Saturday, April 4, from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. It will give participants in¬
sights into the dynamics of fault
lines and their role in causing earth¬
quakes. A one hour optional lecture
outlining the trip’s itinerary will be
held on Friday, April 3, from 6 to 7
p.m. in U309. The tax deductible
cost for the tour is $ 1 00 and includes
a picnic lunch. For more informa¬
tion call (818) 585-7065.
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determine the best courses needed to
fulfill the different goals. It will plan
out a two year schedule of courses
and print a program for the student
to use as a guideline. The program,
called EDPLAN, will be very flex¬
ible. Counselors will consistently
evaluate academic progress and the
student will also have the opportu¬
nity to change their educational goal
or alter their schedule at any time.
“The system will reduce the
number of times a student must see a
counselor and allow us to focus our
attention on perplexing issues of the
student’s education,” said Neumann.
Continuing students will be re¬
quired to fill out a questionnaire
during registration to update their
progress. Counselors will be avail¬
able during normal hours to help
with any changes that occur. They
will simply review the individual’s
EDPLAN and inform the student of
any necessary changes.
For students planning to gradu¬
ate, the computer will plan and
schedule the courses based on a four
semester plan. Courses in the stu¬
dent’s desired major will ideally be
scheduled during the thirdand fourth
semesters. The computer will also
determine what general education
courses will best supplement the
desired major. Every student will
have an opportunity to pick different
courses at each registration period,
generally following the guidelines
published in the current catalog. The
computer program will then sched¬
ule them throughout four semesters,
reasonably distributing the class load.
It will also consider all prerequisites
and eligibility requirements and plan
accordingly.
The computer program will oper¬
ate in the same manner when plan¬
ning schedules for transfer students.
It will plan using the guidelines and
requirements independently pub¬
lished by different universities. “We
would update and change as other
colleges change. We work very hard
and long to make those right every
year,” said Neumann.
He said the new program will
help both students and counselors.
“We have roughly 1 500 students per
counselor. With EDPLAN, students
ought to be able to make their own
decisions about tracking progress.”
A student will only need to see a
counselor if problems arise or their
plan changes. Counselors will also
be constantly checking each student’s
academic progress. Grades will auto¬
matically be entered into the
EDPLAN, making it easy to track
progress.
The new program will be opera¬
tional as soon as programmers
complete the installation of the soft¬
ware and work out any problems.
Neumann expects the system to be
ready for use during registration for
summer classes.
Exposition focuses on job opportunities
□ Federal, state and local law
enforcement agencies visited
the campus to interest students
in career opportunities.
Highway Patrol.
By AL SANTANA
Staff Writer
Officers representing fed¬
eral, state and local police
departments were on campus
last week trying to interest and
persuade students to follow ca¬
reers in law enforcement.
More than 30 police officers
participated in the second annual
Law Enforcement Exposition,
sponsored by the Campus Cadet
Organization. They answered
questions raised by students
about joining any of the 15 po¬
lice agencies that attended the
event.
Throughout the Quad, stu¬
dents could visit booths and dis¬
plays that featured the many
benefits of a career in law en¬
forcement. Participants included
representatives from the FBI,
Federal Correctional Institutions,
California Department of Fish
and Game, U.S. Customs Serv¬
ice, San Bernardino County Sher¬
iffs Department, Pomona Police
Department, Long Beach Police
Department, Pasadena Police De¬
partment, Pasadena Human Soci¬
ety, South Pasadena Police Re¬
serves, Los Angeles Unified
School District, L.A. County
Sheriffs Department, L.A.
County Parks and Recreation
Police, L.A. County Probation
Department and the California
Myriam Cor¬
rea, campus
police cadet, said
the purpose of
arranging an
exposition of
such a large
magnitude was
“to show stu¬
dents the diver¬
sity in the law
enforcement
organizations,
and to provide
students with
more career op¬
tions in the fu¬
ture.”
According to
Correa, more
than 400 appli¬
cations were
handed out dur¬
ing the exposi¬
tion. She expects
about 75 percent
of those petitions
to be returned to
the different po¬
lice departments.
The strong
interest from stu¬
dents was obvi¬
ous. A factor is the law enforce¬
ment salaries which range from
$1700 to $4000 a month. Police
jobs are seen by students as “well
remunerated,” said Correa.
Photo by Lupe Montalvo/The COURIER
Booths at the Law Enforcement Expo featured many employment opportunities.
Eugene Kim, U.S. customs in¬
spector, said that this exposition
gives college students the opportu¬
nity to learn more about police or¬
ganizations, their structure and the
various kinds of jobs offered
throughout the departments.
“They (students) have the chance
to interactively learn more about
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Students visit Washington, D.C. to learn
about complex governmental problems
By CHRIS CATHCART
Staff Writer
Two PCC students traveled to
Washington, D.C., last weekend to
attend “Leadership ’92”, a student
symposium, sponsored by the Center
for the Study of the Presidency.
Maggie Tracey, AS president,
and Greg Rasner, economics
student, attended the 23rd annual
symposium along with 600 univer¬
sity students from around the coun¬
try. The three day affair enlightened
students about some of the issues
that the next presidential election
should address. The symposium
consisted of talks and panel discus¬
sions given by political analysts
and professors.
PCC has sent students to the
symposium for 14 years. Students
are selected on the basis of units
completed, grade point average and
major.
“Basically, the talks were mostly
informative,” said Rasner. One seg¬
ment that he found very interesting
was titled “Free Market Econo¬
mies,” which dealt with issues sur¬
rounding Eastern Europe and the
former Soviet Union in their struggle
towards a free market economy. “It
gave me a chance to hear things I
hadn’t been aware of. This issue of
how we should respond to these
countries won’t be brought up in
this presidential election, because
America is more worried about the
problems at home, but it was very
interesting,” said Rasner.
Another notable address was given
by Robert Gates, director of the
CIA. “This was a rare opportunity,
because he doesn’t give many
speeches,” said Tracey.
Although the talks were interest¬
ing, both Tracey and Rasner found
that discussions after the talks with
other students were the most infor¬
mative. “It was great to bounce ideas
off each other,” said Rasner. “I was
fascinated by the intellect when we
had free time for discussion,” said
Tracey. “Meeting people one on
one and networking, that’s where I
got most of my information. A lot of
the people I spoke with will be fu¬
ture leaders.”
Tracey and Rasner found prob¬
lems with the structure and content
of some of the talks, however. Both
found that the symposium was very
partisan. “It was predominantly
Republican,” said Rasner. Also, the
talks seemed contrived and struc¬
tured. “I thought that they were
basically giving information. It wasn’t
until you had a chance to speak with
them after the discussion that you
found out
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insights,” said Tracey.
Both participants found that there
was not any discussion of women’s
issues. “They dealt with women in a
kind of negative context,” said
Rasner. “I didn’t hear anything about
women’s issues, and it really upset
me,” added Tracey.
However, Tracey said the trip
was very worthwhile. “I learned a
lot, and met a lot of great people,”
said Tracey. She wished the trip
could have lasted longer. “There was
a whirlwind of information.” Rasner
agreed, “It was a great opportunity
to meet and hear things from people
that you would not normally get the
chance to hear.”
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