PCC Courier, March 28, 1986

PCC COURIER VOL. 62. NO. 6 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 28. 1986 Taiwanese Sister CC Performs By Natalie Shore and Scott Heath Feature Editor and Special Correspondent The Taipei Youth Dancers brought their spring dance extravaganza before a full house Friday evening in Harberson Hall. Their PCC engage¬ ment marks the third performance in their six week 1986 Spring Dance Tour. The 15 member troupe presented a vibrant, colorful three-part production of Chinese dance, traditional costumes and kung-fu. Folk music narrated the program’s which opened with a historic look at Chinese culture from the early dynasties to the present society. A period garment revue highlighted the evening’s first segment. The second portion recreated Chi¬ nese spiritual dance traditions with particular emphasis given to the dragon festivities. The final segment introduced the audience to today’s Taipei. The program closed with a salute to international folk music which offered songs from America, Canada and France. In honor of their visit, the City of Pasadena invited the group to City Hall earlier that day. On behalf of the city council, State Senator Art Torres greeted the talented travelers who re¬ ciprocated by singing “America the Beautiful.” The Taiwanese students were -touched by the warm reception. “Eve¬ ryone smiled and made us feel right at home,” said dancer Lin-Wen Chen. A campus sponsored luncheon held in the Circadian Room followed the morn¬ ing activities. The troupe was pleas¬ antly surprised by the variety of Asian food the cafeteria serves. Students welcomed the traditional menu, espe¬ cially after the quantities of fast food they’ve consumed since their arrival in the States. Fast food itself is no great treat because it’s available in Taiwan. “The only difference is that the people at home must wait in lines that wrap around the corner if they want to buy a hamburger,” commented Chen. During the late afternoon, President John Casey hosted an open campus reception for the students. This last social event left the dancers with two “free” hours for dress rehearsal and some last minute stage work. The troupe’s itinerary features stops in 11 cities. They inititated the tour in Honolulu on March 12, and their travels will take them through almost all the major U.S. cities as well as Canada and Japan. They will return home on May 4. Eight women and seven men com¬ prise the dance troupe, all of whom were selected from 81 different col¬ leges throughout Taiwan. Not all mem¬ bers are exclusively dance students. In fact, the majority represents a variety of disciplines. Shing-Yi Wang, 18, ma¬ jors in electronic engineering at the National Kaoshsiung Institute of Tech¬ nology. In keeping with the tour’s celebra¬ tion of cultural exchange, the members have chosen to identify themselves with American names. Shing-Yi Wang calls himself “William.” Lin’-Wen Chen, who easily refers to herself as “Julie,” is one of the full- fledged students of dance. Chosen to represent the National Taiwan Academy of Arts, Julie describes herself as “excited and nervous about being here.” She admits, however, that she doesn’t miss home one bit. Back home, Julie studies ballet, modem dance and jazz in addition to traditional Chinese dance and opera. A dancer since the age of three, she hopes to dance professionally and work as a dance instructor for children. The government of People’s Re¬ public of China sponsors the group at home. The Shih-Chien College in Taiwan organizes the actual tour. “The visit provides Americans with an op¬ portunity to experience culture, art and dance from the People’s Republic of China,” explained Nai-Yen Yang, the troupe’s director and professor at Shih Chien College. The troupe visit to Pasa¬ dena simultaneously celebrates a spe¬ cial connection between the two cam¬ puses which happen to be sister col¬ leges. Sponsored here by the PCC Founda¬ tion, this is the second time PCC has hosted the Taipei Youth Dancers. Elaine Broerman, the Foundation’s as¬ sistant director of development was instrumental in securing the troupe’s second visit. Proceeds from the per¬ formance will go toward the Founda¬ tion’s endowment fund and student scholarships, according to Broerman. Forensics Wins State Championship By Marc Allen staff writer In a grueling four day state tourna¬ ment in Modesto, Calif., forensics team members captured a gold medal, one silver and three bronzes to make them California State Champions and eligible to compete in the National Tournament at Omaha. “The team record is the best since 1982-1983,” said coach Anthony Georgilas. At a National Tournament held at UCLA in January, Pasadena took first place among community colleges and four-year schools, beating Yale, Harvard, Amherst, Texas, SMU, BYU, Duke, Georgetown and all the UC universities. The team gained National status by consistently winning in the preliminary tournaments. At the Nationals in Omaha, Nebraska, the entire com¬ munity college contingent from over two hundred schools will be competing. According to Georgilas, “This year the team to beat is Pasadena Forensics.” BETTY WANG CAPTURES GOLD The team members which made this all possible by winning in various catogories are: State Champion Betty Wang, for a gold medal in Oral In¬ terpretation of Drama. In six rounds of GOING FOR THE GOLD — Members of the winning speech team are (l-r): Coach Georgilas, Joe Botano, Timothy Todd, Kristen Young, Michael Moffett, Jeanne McGuire, Hugh Garrison, Tony Lacsomana and Anna Alejani. — Photo courtesy Oscar Chavez — News Briefs — This week’s guests on AirTalk are Montebello police detective Dick Vance, child counselor Thomas Taglianetti, and a convicted child molester on child molestation. Host Larry Mantle will also interview X- rated film stars Kay Parker, Eric Edwards, and Renee Summers on X Rated Films. AirTalk is taped Friday evenings from 7 p.m. until 10 in C102 before a live studio audience. □ March 30 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. the High School Wind Festival will take place in the Sexson Auditorium. □ Assemblywoman Sally Tanner has been invited to a reception held in her honor next Friday, April 4, from 1 until 2 p.m. in the Circadian room. The reception is sponsored by the PCC Legislative Committee to in¬ crease awareness of community col¬ lege accomplishments and needs. Tanner is state assemblywoman for the 60th District, which includes Rosemead, Baldwin Park, El Monte, and portions of West Covina. □ The AS board recently allocated $600 to the PCC Foundation to estab¬ lish a Student Foundation Fund. The money will be used to start a fun¬ draising drive, similar to last year’s 60th Anniversary Commemorative pin. The money from the drives will be used for student scholarships and faculty mini-grants. □ The Music Dept, will sponsor a Tuba Ensemble next Thurs., April 3, at noontime in the quad. □ The last free income tax workshop will be held next week, on Thurs., April 3, from 1 until 4 p.m. in Campus Center room 216. The event, which is sponsored by Student Activities, is open to anyone in need of basic information in preparing a 1040 form. The workshop will be conducted by an IRS representative and those in¬ terested in participating should bring a 2 pencil and the W-2 form provided by their employer. 1040 forms will be available at the workshop. □ The college library will be closed during the week of spring break (April 7 - 12). Faculty, staff or stu¬ dents who urgently need to use the library may call 578-7221 or 578-7174 for appointments. Some of the li¬ brary staff will be working between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. □ The Southern California Band and Orchestra Festival will be hosted by PCC on March 28. The event is to be held in Sexson auditorium from 8 a.m. until 4:30. The program is open to the public and free of charge. Sixteen of Southern California’s finest high school bands will partici¬ pate in the program. These include John Muir, Pasadena and Wilson high schools. PCC band director Jim Arnwine is very pleased with the upcoming fes¬ tival. “PCC has hosted this event on- and-off for the past 20 years and has been very happy with the festival turnout in the past. The festival will give students from other schools a chance to evaluate their own musical strengths and weaknesses.” A similar music competition for junior colleges from all over Califor¬ nia will take place May 10 and 11 in Fresno, Calif. PCC will be among those competing in the event. competition, 19-year old Wang took first against 80 competitors. Of the 600 people competing at the tournament, Wang was the only one to receive a perfect score from the judges and was given a standing ovation when her score was announced. Miss Wang also went on to take a silver medal in the prose competition with her “Return to Manzanar.” “I feel very fortunate to come this far in competition. There is a lot of good talent out there, and I am glad to be a part of it. I’m looking forward to the Nationals this year in Omaha. Winning there will be the biggest challenge of the year” said Wang. Bronze medals were given to Joe Botana and Timothy Todd in Duet- Acting. Michael Moffett, Jeanne McGuire, Elizabeth Yates and Kristin Young were judged superior in their Duet-Acting rounds. Tony Lacsamana was given a bronze medal for CEDA (Cross-Examination Debate) semi¬ finals for the Lincoln-Douglas Debate with an outstanding record of five wins and two losses in seven rounds. Anna Alejan took superior ratings in im¬ promptu, informative and drama. Linda Walsh was judged outstanding in prose interpretation, drama and im¬ promptu. The standout Readers Theatre by Joe Botana, Jeanne McGuire, Timothy Todd and Betty Wang received six superiors and four excellent ratings. In all, PCC walked away with 21 awards at the State Championship. “The team’s coaching staff deserves extra credit for the many hours spent over the past weeks preparing the team for the tournaments. Dr. Patrick Brown wrote and produced the award¬ winning Readers Theatre ‘Love is a 4- Letter Word.’ Carol Norheim has put the students through their paces in the interpretive events, while Chrystal Watson and Joseph Probst did a great job coaching the debaters” said Georgilas. “Now the hard work leading to perfection begins. The Nationals at Omaha will determine our national standing in the United States.” The 60 - 80 member forensics team represents Pasadena City College throughout the year in competition and would not be possible without the com¬ plete support of the ASB and the PCC Board of Trustees” said Georgilas. DC Trip ' Fantastic , Unique Opportunity' By John Willis News Editor “Fantastic!” was the word used by both Maury Zapata and Laura Norris to describe their experiences at the 17th Annual Student Symposium held in Washington D.C. last week. Norris and Zapata were selected to represent PCC at this event, which was sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Presidency. The three-day event featured a tour of the capital, talks and discussion groups and a keynote ad¬ dress delivered by Attorney General Edwin Meese. “It was both educational and enter¬ taining,” declared Zapata. The ex¬ perience was, he said, “a bridge be¬ tween what you read in the newspapers and what actually happens. We had a unique opportunity to ask top aides any question that concerned us.” Norris also enjoyed the conference but felt that it could have been less partisan. Nearly all the speakers were conservative white males, she noted. The two also expressed deep fascina¬ tion with the nation’s capital. “Wash¬ ington is truly an international city,” remarked Norris. “Everytime we took a cab, the driver was a different nationality: Haitian, Philipino, or Ira- Maury Zapata nian.” Yet the town has a juxtaposition of monuments and extreme poverty, said Norris. Poverty and crime were just a few of the facets of the city that are not usually seen, added Zapata. The two enjoyed the stimulating dis¬ cussion offered, especially those outside of scheduled sessions. Over 500 students from the U.S. and Canada attended. “The competition was really in¬ tense,” recalled Zapata. “They were serious students who took their subject seriously. If you made any generaliza¬ tions, you had better be able to back them up with facts or shut up.” On the other hand, some of the students attending were slightly naive, said the lovely Miss Norris. “They are still living in the world of theories,” she related, and would probably have to make some adjustments when they got into the real world. Norris is an eco¬ nomics major who plans to go into law. The purpose of the symposium was to prepare leaders for the nation, said Zapata, particularly in government. Since attending, Zapata himself has decided to switch from accounting and economics to political science when he is accepted into a four-year school. Laura Norris FLIGHTS OF SPRING — The Taipei Dance Troupe performed on campus Friday night as part of a spring tour featuring music, dance and kung fu. courier photo by kevin toohey Women's Week Set For Mar. 3 1 -Apr. 4 By Sr. Mary Scully Staff Writer A celebration for women will be held during Women’s Awareness Week, March 31 through April 4, on both PCC campus and the Com¬ munity Skills Center. Five action- packed days will contain both lec¬ tures and film series focusing on women’s issues. The highlight of the week-long program will be a “Celebration of Women,” April 2 from 11 a.m. until 2 in the campus center. This gala event will feature displays and exhibits demonstrating women’s activities. Refreshments will be served and door prizes awarded. To encourage participation in and awareness of women’s issues, three contests have been sponsored. The first, an essay competition, can be written on any topic relating to women. There is also a photography contest with the subject being im¬ ages of women and a logo competi¬ tion to promote programs for return¬ ing students. The Career Planning and the Voca¬ tional Education Act Re-Entry Pro¬ gram will sponsor the week-long celebration. Beth Kaiama, coordi¬ nator of VEA Re-Entry and the Non- traditional and Single Parent Career Program, will coordinate the festiv¬ ities with Mary Ann Montanez, ca¬ reer planning and placement officer. Student Activities’ Sandy Tilton and the Women’s Day Organization will also help organize the events. Susanna Miele, community leader and PCC trustee, will kick off Women’s Week with her lecture, “Speeding Towards the 90’s — What’s Ahead — Issues and An¬ swers,” on Monday, March 31 in D104 from noon until 1 p.m. PCC Board member Dr. Jeanette Mann, will discuss discrimination in her talk, “I’m Ready with Educa¬ tion, Experience and Opportunity; Now What?” Dealing with dis¬ crimination will be presented Tues¬ day, April 1 in D104 from noon until 1 p.m. Mattie Kirk, manager of methods and procedures at the computer firm of Epson America, will talk about the lack of funds and opportunities for women in “What’s A Woman to Do?” Thursday at noon in D104. There will also be several films shown as part of the program. These will deal with women in the work¬ place, business and science as well as covering the transitions that women experience through death and divorce. The films screen at the Community Skills Center, 325 S. Oak Knoll, in Pasadena. This is not the first time PCC has turned its attention on women. In 1975, a half day was devoted to acquainting returning women with opportunities at PCC. A year later, PCC remembered the ladies of 1776. . .1876. . .and 1976. Women’s area groups sponsored a conference and workshops were offered on strategies for change in government. Since that time, PCC has spon¬ sored a “Career Awareness Week,” “Women’s Contributions in the Arts, Health, Athletics, Education, Re¬ ligion and Industry,” and a series of life transition workshops. According to Montanez, other women’s issues to be raised include the lack of quality child care, the need to upgrade skills and retrain for new business trends, discrimination against women in business and the feminization of poverty. Lectures can be signed up for in C236 or call 578-7381 for reservations and limited parking permits. 'Supermarket of Jobs' To Be Held Next Week By Karen Nolan Staff Writer Having trouble finding a job? Don’t know where else to look? Need help on an interview? If these question seem familiar to you, the Job-OP Fair 86’ is the place to go. This event will take place Wednes¬ day, April 2, 1986 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Robinson Park located at 1081 N. Fair Oaks Avenue, in Pasadena. At the same time as the fair, the Chamber of Commerce will also fea¬ ture the Business and Career Expo 86’ at the Pasadena Conference Center, 300 E. Green Street, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. More than 100 business exhibitors will be present This Expo is basically for people already in a set field. The Expo will provide information on career ad¬ vancement. Free shuttle buses will be go back and forth between the two events. Sponsers for the fair include the Pasadena Urban League, the Pasadena NAACP, PCC and schools from the Pasadena Unified School District. Many of these will offer entry-level jobs, employment training and options for people, young and old, who are looking for work. Toni Stuart, community services representative for the City of Pasadena Community and Recreation Services Department, stated that this will give people the opportunity to go job hunting all in one place. More than 55 exhibitors will be present to provide employment information to those who inquire. Com¬ panies such as Avon, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Sears, the Broadway, and all Armed Services. Company representatives will be avail¬ able to answer questions, distribute brochures and applications, and to give background on the company. “Anyone who attends the Fair should make a point to talk to the staff members,” said Stuart. “It’s almost like a super¬ market for jobs.” Jobs at the fair range from nursing to iron working. Special training opportunities will also be available from employers, some of whom will hire after training is com¬ pleted. Workshops will be offered at the Fair. These workshops are free, cover¬ ing many aspects of getting a job. Topics range from how to pass a civil service test to interviewing techniques. Stuart expects approximately 1000 people to attend the fair, 800 more than last the year. “The reason for the increase in people is because the schools around the area will be busing students in to attend the fair,” stated Stuart. Don’t miss out on this great op¬ portunity. For more information about the Job-Op Fair 86’call 818-791-7983. For further information about the Busi¬ ness and Career Expo 86’ contact 818-795-3355. Admission to both of these events is free.