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VOL. 34, NO. 24
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MAY 3, 1972
Ralph , Roger , Louis
Highlight ASB Board
Ralph Nader on campus, dis¬
cussion of a trustee, and Louis
Week were topics during the
ASB Board meeting. Certificates
were awarded to three students
for distinctive service.
John Conroy made a motion to
send a letter to the Board of
Trustees, on comments of Trus¬
tee Roger Gertmenian, during
their last meeting. Conroy
stated, “Gertmenian made irre¬
sponsible statements and allega¬
tions, which are doing damage to
PCC’s reputation by saying these
things in a public meeting.”
The Board voted to send the let¬
ter to the Trustees.
Steve Goldman gained the sup¬
port of the Board to try to bring
Ralph Nader on campus the day
of graduation. The faculty, Fac¬
ulty Senate and Student Senate
are also supporting this idea. The
cost of bringing Nader here for a
Writers Week
Opens May 8
Cecelia Holland, resident of
Altadena and a freelance writer
who has specialized in historical
fiction, will speak Monday, May
8 at the opening meeting of PCC’s
18th annual Writer’s Week.
She will speak on “Find the
Facts and Use Them,” at 10:30
a.m. in Harbeson Hall.
Miss Holland’s novels include
“The Firedrake,” “Rakossy,” “The
Kings in Winter,” “Until the Sun
Falls,” “Antichrist” and her most
recent book, “The Earl,” published
in 1971.
The theme of Writer’s Week
this year will be “Dollars and
Sense in Writing.” Morning ses¬
sions will open at 9:30 a.m. with
Mrs. Helen Hinckley Jones as gen¬
eral chairman, and the featured
speakers will appear at 10:30. Af¬
ternoon meetings will be sponsor¬
ed by the California Writers’
Guild at Holliston United Metho¬
dist Church, 1305 E. Colorado Bl.,
at 2 p.m. Evening meetings will
be at 7:30 p.m. in Harbeson Hall.
Writer’s Week is presented as
a community service by Pasadena
City College. Admission is free,
and the public is invited.
Harlan Ellison, award-winning
author, columnist and script writ¬
er, the second featured speaker,
will discuss “Speculative Fiction”
in Harbeson Hall on Monday, at
7:30 p.m.
Ellison’s writings include sci¬
ence Action, TV and movie scripts
and contemporary novels. He has
twice won Writers’ Guild awards
for outstanding scripts and in the
sci
Aeld has won the Hugo
Award four times and the Nebula
Award twice, as well as a special
achievement award of the World
Science Fiction Convention.
Possible Gl Bill
Benefit Increase
A long-awaited and desperately
needed increase in the GI Educa¬
tion Bill is now before the Senate
and is expected to be passed.
Lawmakers who are involved
in writing veterans’ legislation
have agreed that there will be an
increase in GI Bill allowances, and
these larger payments will hope¬
fully be in time for the summer
school session.
A plan submitted by the pres¬
ent administration would increase
educational benefits by an average
of 8.6 per cent.
The increase if passed, would
provide monthly allotments of
$190 for singles, $220 to those
with one dependent, $250 to those
with two dependents, and $15 for
each additional dependent.
Those seeking information
should contact the Veterans Cen¬
ter, C108.
day is between $500 and $2000.
Louis Day was changed back to
Louis Week because of a large
support from students. More
events to tentatively take place
during this week are: a film,
“Meet Me in St. Louis,” a frisbee
contest, a kite-flying contest, a
“Pigs vs. Freaks” baseball game
(suggested by Pasadena Police),
and a student strike on Monday
May 29. Watch for Louis Week
festivities Monday May 29
through Friday June 2.
Certificates were awarded to
John Amos and John Conroy for
distinctive service to PCC during
Politics Week. Ray Thursby re¬
ceived his reward for outstanding
service as Political Week savior.
Thursby met candidates in Harbe¬
son Hall and covered the events
in the Courier.
Louis Puentes, assemblies com¬
missioner, announced a film festi¬
val to start May 9 and continue
throughout the rest of the month.
Old comedy flicks will be fea¬
tured. A film booth will be in¬
cluded at the OMD Carnival.
Venus and Mars
Topic of Lecture
“Venus, Earth and Mars” will be
the topic for the Pasadena City
College Planetarium Lecture
Thursday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. by
Prof. William W. Olsen.
“Venus has frequently been
called the sister planet to the
earth, while Mars is the most like¬
ly planet to support some kind of
life as we know it,” Olsen says.
“These three innermost planets
of the solar system have many
similarities but also have great
differences.
“I’ll discuss our knowledge of
these planets throughout history
and up to the present.”
The planetarium projector and
slides will be used to illustrate
the lecture.
Because seating is limited, those
interested in attending are asked
to call the college for reserved
free tickets at 795-6961, Ext. 331.
Cinco de Mayo Films
Among Cinco de Mayo festivi¬
ties, Alms will be aired in R122
at noon. The Arst Aim, “Yo Soy
Joaquin,” is a long epic poem
about the struggle of the Mexi¬
can people and Chicanes in this
country. TIAs moving and emo¬
tional work was written by
Corky Gonzales. The second
Aim, “Huelga,” is about Ceasar
Chavez’ Arst grape strike. Stu¬
dent Alms will also be shown.
All these Alms are being pre¬
sented by English instructor
Alfred Gonzales.
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OMD Queen Contest
All PCC coeds who would Hke
to compete in the OMD Queen
Contest are urged to go to the
Campus Center for an applica¬
tion form. Deadline is May 10.
BLANCA HERNANDEZ, Argentinan si nger and guitarist, enter¬
tained guests at the International Open House held last week.
Miss Hernandez' music was appreciated by the attentive visitors
to the fete.
Sandpipers in Thirteen Clocks/
Offer Song-Dance Show Soon
“Thirteen Clocks,” a musical
fantasy based on James Thurber’s
fairy tale, will be featured by the
PCC Sandpipers in a song and
dance show Friday and Saturday,
May 12 and 13, in Harbeson Hall.
Four performances will be giv¬
en: two night shows at 8:15 p.m.
and two Saturday youth matinees
at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The program will also showcase
Sandpipers as soloists and ensem¬
ble singers in excerpts from the
musicals “Fiddler on the Roof,”
“Jesus Christ, Superstar,” “West
Side Story,” “Godspell” and “Pur-
lie.”
Music professor Stennis Waldon
is producing the program. Ex-
Sandpiper Nick Leland is the di¬
rector, and PCC student Tom
Callas is the set and costume de¬
signer.
Cast members include Julie
Morrison, Corkey Lee, Greg Mur¬
phy, David Johnson and Susan
Hubert of Altadena; Anita Semler
and Kevin Henry of Arcadia; San¬
dra Pearson and Charles Little of
San Gabriel; Roy Hookham and
Debbie Wilson of Pasadena, and
Dave Gibson of El Monte.
Admission is $1 for students
and $2 for non-student adults.
Organized in 1966 by Waldon,
the Sandpipers sing, dance and do
their own choreography as part of
their PCC music training.
“Many of our Sandpipers are
working in the Aeld now,” Wal¬
don said. “Former Sandpipers
now work for the Young Ameri-
Business Men and Women
Help PCC Staff Keep Pace
‘Pipes’ Is Here!
Have you bought your copy, of
the sharp, all-new 1972 “Pipes
of Pan” yet? Just off the PCC
Press, the 78-page volume is
full of student writings. Get
your copy for 50 cents in the
English office, C217.
Men and women from the busi¬
ness world met with PCC faculty
members recently to assure that
the college’s secretarial curricu¬
lum keeps pace with current ad¬
vancements.
Meeting with Dr. Delmas Bu-
gelli, PCC Business Department
chairman, along with the secre¬
tarial faculty and counselors, was
an educational advisory commit¬
tee which included Harry Bow¬
man and Andrew Edwards, at¬
torneys; Miss Jacqueline Imus,
Mrs. Joanne Miller and Mrs. Bea-
triz Guzman, executive secretar¬
ies; Miss Chris Nevarez, legal
secretary; Mrs. Peggy Palazzo
and Mrs. Mildred Carter, book¬
keeper-secretaries; Mrs. Bernice
Higgins, data coordinator at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Mrs.
Irene Merrick, secretary to an in¬
vestment counselor; Mrs. Lor-
May 5 Celebrations
To Climax on Friday
Cinco de Mayo Week celebrations at PCC, sponsored by
MECHA, will climax with day-long activities on Friday, the tradi¬
tional Mexican holiday.
Speeches, films, music, Chicano art, and Mexican food will
round out the week.
Festivities on Friday will be held in the quad, beginning with
brief introductions by PCC Chicano adviser Edward Hernandez,
Jr., and MECHA President Cecilia Bachicha.
Among featured events are the Ballet Folklorico, directed by
Sally Savedra; a speech by Chicano leader Bert Corona about
Ricardo Ortiz and the recent air hijacking; and El Teatro Popular
de la Vida
у
Muerte.
“Siesta’s Over, Amigos” buttons are being sold by MECHA to
help raise money to pay back a loan which made Cinco de Mayo
Day at PCC possible.
The Movimiento Store, information center for Chicanos in
Los Angeles, will have representatives on campus to sell posters,
paintings, magazines and other items.
McGuire at
PCC May 4
Barry McGuire will give a free
concert tomorrow in Sexson Au¬
ditorium from noon until 1. He
will sing about life.
McGuire is the author and sing¬
er of the golden record “Eve of
Destruction.” He, along with
Bob Dylan, started a change in
popular music, leading the trend
to protest songs. He is a very
close friend of Dylan.
Some of McGuire’s latest ac¬
complishments have been as one
of the lead singers in the musi¬
cal “Hair” and a member of the
New Christy Minstrels.
Sponsoring the concert will be
the Assemblies Commission and
the Lancer Christian Fellowship.
Louis Puentes is the assemblies
commissioner and Rod Anderson
is the president of the LCF.
PCC Counseling
Gets High Marks
The Girdner Survey of the
counselor-student ratio in Califor¬
nia community colleges puts PCC
in pretty good standing.
Of the 74 two-year colleges on
the semester system, PCC ranks
33rd in the lowest counselor-stu¬
dent ratio of 1971-72.
That’s quite an improvement
from the 65th position the school
held for 1970-71.
With 17 counselors and 9286 day
students in the fall semester, the
ratio at PCC was 1:546. In com¬
parison, the average for the col¬
leges on the semester system
was 1:604, with a new low of
1:327 and a high of 1:1019.
The counselors at PCC work a
full day from 8 to 4:30. The range
in the normal workweek of coun¬
selors for the colleges surveyed
is from 22.5 hours to 40 hours,
the state average being 33.6
hours.
Actually, the Girdner report is
a Attle erroneous, since of the 17
counselors, two alternate on day
and evening shifts and so should
be counted as halftime counsel¬
ors. Even with the corrected fig¬
ure of 16 fulltime counselors, the
ratio is only 1:580, still below the
state average.
The report was made by Jerry
Girdner, dean of student person¬
nel at West Valley College.
Garren Speaks,
Shows Art Film
Art historian Jean Garren will
present the Anal lecture of a se¬
ries in conjunction with Pasadena
City College’s current television
course, “History of Art,” on
Thursday, May 11 at 7 p.m. in
Sexson Auditorium.
The color Aim, “Images Medie-
vales,” will be shown. This offers
a close look at the later Middle
Ages through the art of the pe¬
riod.
cans, Disneyland’s Kids Next
Door and the Doodletown Pipers.
Rose Queen Margo Johnson was
a member this year.
“Students gain experience
through study and performance
of works of the music theater. It’s
a distinct advantage for those who
are seriously interested in enter¬
ing the profession of entertain¬
ment,” Waldon concluded.
raine Hanson of PCC Placement
Services, and Mrs. Rita Master-
son of a social service office.
Presided over by Mrs. Higgins,
the meeting reviewed the imple¬
mentation at PCC of suggestions
made at the previous meeting of
the advisory committee. Outstand¬
ing among these is a new course
on the magnetic tape Selectric
typewriter, started last Septem¬
ber, in which students progress
at their own speeds. The course
will be offered during summer
school.
A new Individual Progress
Method (IPM) for beginning
shorthand, which will begin next
fall, was explained. It includes
tapes that allow students to work
at their own individual speeds by
listening to lessons from a six-
channel console, with teacher su¬
pervision and explanation.
