PCC Courier, March 31, 1971

PCC CouKieSy PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 31, 1971 m ЩШ Ш im 1 ■ PCC Curriculum Committee Discusses Publicity, Religion Publicity was the main concern of the Student Curriculum Com¬ mittee meeting held last Tuesday in Dr. Stanley Gunstream’s office in the Campus Center. The SCC is one channel through which the students can make changes or improvements in the PCC curriculum. The committee makes direct recommendations to 1: 1 i USC Open House Sign up now in 112C if you would like to attend on Sunday, April 18. Check bulletin board near 112C for further informa¬ tion. the College Curriculum Commit¬ tee. Students picked from all 17 ac¬ ademic departments on campus serve on the committee. Posters are to be placed around the campus in various locations to make the students more aware of the committee and its function. Bulletin boards in buildings and walkways will be the primary spots for the posters, along with appropriate places in the library and the Campus Center. The Campus Crier and the Courier were also discussed as a means of publicity. Although the SCC can be a pow¬ erful influence and is the best Free Clinic Backers Prepare for March TOM REDDIN, former LA Police chief, now a TV newscaster, was one of the well-received speakers on objective news reporting at PCC's annual Journalism Day, which was held last week. Colleges May Drop Foreign Languages A possible trend by major Cal- of a foreign language of its ma- ifornia colleges to remove foreign 3°rs- language requirements has been subjectively implied by the latest topic of conversation from within these colleges. According to S. L. Curtis, PCC counselor, the University of Cal¬ ifornia at Berkeley College of Let¬ ters and Science abolished its for¬ eign language requirements re¬ cently, and he noted that this is the latest result of recent state government cutbacks in college funds. Foreign language is the only part of high school studies which applies to the satisfaction of col¬ lege graduation requirements. The student who completes three or four years of study in a foreign language will have met fully the foreign language breadth requirements of some University of California colleges and in others will have almost completed the requirement. Colleges still retaining a foreign language requirement for a bach¬ elor’s degree are the Universities of California at Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Di¬ ego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and the University of California at Berkeley’s individual depart¬ ments that may yet require study OMD Sets Date for Carnival Soon Omicron Mu Delta, PCC’s hon¬ orary service organization, has announced its annual carnival, to be held Saturday, May 8, from 3 to 11 p.m. The activities will be held on the PCC campus. This year’s theme is “Through the Looking Glass,” and all cam¬ pus clubs are invited to partici¬ pate by erecting booths in keep¬ ing with the theme. Applications are available in the office of Mrs. Lillian Castagna, secretary to Dean John Eikenbery, Campus Center. Ideas already submitted include the police fraternity’s “Egg-a-Pig” booth, Chi Sigma’s “Musical Chairs Cake Walk,” the Spartan’s food concession, and Circle K’s dunking booth. According to Dr. B. W. Giles, assistant professor, what possible effects this controversy will have upon the PCC Foreign Language Department only remains to be seen. “Five thousand ‘Hike for Help’ walk cards are out and in distri¬ bution right now, with another 10,000 about to go out this week” according to Sid Brown, one of PCC’s several coordinators for Saturday’s 21-mile hike for help. It will benefit the San Gabriel Valley’s Foothill Free Clinic and Project Hope’s work for Ameri¬ can Indians and Chicanos. The clinic had its county funds cut off in recent budget-trimming, and schools from the entire valley are rallying to raise funds to in¬ sure the continuation of clinic services for students who need them, Brown stated. He added that the hike will be the biggest single student event ever held around here. The U. S. National Bank is han¬ dling all funds directly from the Experts Offer Look at 'Successful Affair' Marriage, according to the ex¬ perts, can be a successful affair when accompanied by a healthy understanding of the emotional and physical factors contributing to family unity, stability and openness. For newly marrieds and those soon to be married, UCLA Ex¬ tension offers “A New Look at Marriage: Preparation for Suc¬ cess,” a day-long symposium on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Room 1200, Humanities Build¬ ing, UCLA. Planned by physicians for the general public, the symposium will fit the emotional, physical and social aspects of marriage into a useful perspective. Experts and knowledgeable survivors will discuss marriage through person¬ al experiences and academic un¬ derstanding. They will predict major prob¬ lems and suggest ways in which each partner can create a strengthened climate for individ¬ ual growth. Course chairman is Dr. Joshua S. Golden, professor of psychia¬ try and assistant dean at the UCLA School of Medicine. He will open the program with “Some Common Problems in Marriage — the Case for Openness.” Subsequent lecture topics will include “An Almost-Liberated Woman’s View of Marriage” by Mrs. Robert Iverson, community and volunteer services leader, and “Confessions of a Three-Time Winner” by Dr. Robert C. Geiger, assistant clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the Univer¬ sity of California School of Medi¬ cine at San Francisco. Dr, Marcia Lasswell, professor of psychology at California State Polytechnic College at Pomona, will ask “Is Marriage Fatally Ill?” and will examine the insti¬ tution in perspective. “If You Want Children, How to Go About It” will be a discussion of family planning and contra¬ ception by Norman Fleishman, executive director of Planned Parenthood/World Population in Los Angeles. Dr. Golden will close the con¬ ference with some advice on sex¬ ual adjustment in marriage — -“If You Go About It, How to Enjoy It.” Students will be admitted for a special fee of $5. Further information is available by writing P. O. Box 24902, Day¬ time Programs, University Exten¬ sion, UCLA, Los Angeles 90042; or telephone 825-2301. Berger Head of Computers PCC’s Board of Trustees has ap¬ proved the appointment of Robert A. Berger as director of comput¬ erized information services, effec¬ tive April 15. A graduate of UCLA, with a master’s degree in public admin¬ istration from USC, Berger has been a management consultant with Lygrand, Ross Brothers, and Montgomery. He has worked with Univac and Capitol Records, and as an administrative analyst with Los Angeles school system. He will have charge of PCC’s computer equipment for business services, student financial aids, staff and student personnel rec¬ ords. hikers to insure the safety and se¬ curity of the event. Anyone willing to participate should secure a hike card, with which he or she then finds spon¬ sors to personally pledge some amount of money per mile. Each person tries for as many sponsors as possible, and is then “worth” that much for every one of the 21 miles he covers. The hike starts from Pasadena’s Brookside Park at 7 a.m. Cards and further information are available on campus, or through the Free Clinic, 35 S. Raymond. The telephone number is 795-8088. Campsite To Be Surveyed. Students of surveying under Richard Hauck will survey a campsite for crippled children for the Forest Service. The civil engineering technolo¬ gy class will go on a field trip April 19 to 23 to prepare the site for the Forest Service to finish the campground for the children near Newhall. Students participating include Dennis J. Lodes, John A. Thies, John M. Ward, Gerald S. Roth, Ronald D. Miedema, Martin L. Tesh, Werner F. Awtl, Robert S. Cosso, Lynn A. Leatherwood, Thomas S. Volby, and John J. Nortz. The PCC surveying students often work with the Forest Serv¬ ice and YMCA in surveying camp areas, and making topographic maps for future improvement projects. They have worked at Horse Flats campground, Chilao amphitheater, at Mt. Wilson, Te- hachapi and Ramona. A Forest Service spokesman expressed apprecation for this co¬ operative help to Dr. Armen Sara- fian, PCC president, saying, “I believe this is one of the finest working relationships we have in that the students benefit by gain¬ ing good, on-the-ground experi¬ ence, and the Forest Service bene¬ fits by being able to prepare site plans directly off the base maps, thus eliminating many days of field work. “The taxpayers also benefit by getting double returns on their tax dollars.” New Forum Speaker Because Mrs. Myrlie Evers will be in Europe and had to cancel, Dr. Julian Nava will be the April 13 PCC Tuesday Evening Forum speaker at 8 p.m. in the Pasadena High School auditori¬ um. He will discuss “Education and Social Change.” The public is welcome to the free lecture. Ample seating is available. channel the student has to get his ideas into the curriculum, the committee is nothing if it is not used. The process is slow but it works. The committee has been used successfully in the past and can be used to a much greater extent in the future. In last week’s meeting, it was announced by Religious Activities Commissioner Dennis Jones that there are students on campus who would be interested in taking classes such as religious litera¬ ture and Bible study. Social sciences representative Bob Kornic reported the PCC ma¬ chine shop could be of help to dif¬ ferent departments by making working models and equipment to supplement lectures. It was also decided by the com¬ mittee to meet twice a month in Dr. Gunstream’s office instead of previous once-a-month meetings. The SCC cannot work without the students. Ideas at any time are welcome and can be submit¬ ted in Dr. Gunstream’s office in the Campus Center. The next meeting of the com¬ mittee will be Tuesday, April 13, at noon. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Bands Give Free Show Pasadena City College Lancer Band under the direction of Dr. Richard Coy will present a free concert— from Bach to Brubeck, from Debussy to music a la Dis¬ neyland — in Sexson Auditorium Friday at 8:15 p.m. The new Chamber Band, com¬ posed of 32 select players, will makes its debut performance fea¬ turing the Bach “Tocata and Fugue in D Minor,” the Debussy “Petite Suite,’ ’and Dave Bru- back’s “Two-Part Contention.” The 60-piece Concert Band will present (after intermission) the dramatic Rossini overture, “La Gazza Ladra” (The Thievish Mag¬ pie) ; Johnny Richards’ “Don Ca- millo,” a selection based upon the compelling rhythm of the Nanigo dance from the Bantu of Africa; “Cuernavaca,” a work by Joseph Willcox Jenkins in a Latin- Ameri¬ can style opening with a fast rhumba, evolving into a frantic type of Mexican hat dance. The concert will close with the Walt Disney showcase, arranged by Floyd E. Werle, chief arrang¬ er of the U. S. Air Force Band. This number includes such fa- vories as “Give a Little Whistle” from “Pinnochio,” “Heigh-Ho,” and “I’m Wishing” from “Snow White.” Scholarship Symposium PCC will present the fourth an¬ nual Graphic Arts Scholarship Symposium series on four Thurs¬ day nights beginning tomorrow evening at 7:30 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium with Walter Bennett, PCC professor, as moderator. A $2 donation at the door cov¬ ers refreshments and the remain¬ der goes into a scholarship for outstanding PCC students major¬ ing in printing and lithography. A panel of eight top men from the industry will appear each week covering the following top¬ ics: April 1, copy preparation, camera, stripping, and platemak¬ ing; April 8, paper, ink, and press¬ room production; April 15, sales, estimating, and plant production; April 22, color separation.