PCC Courier, May 09, 1980

СТА Strike? District Set OMICRON MU DELTA — Thirty-six students and staff members were tapped into PCC's honorary service organization at a ceremony held last Tuesday in Sexson Auditorium. The students and staff members were chosen for their outstanding service to PCC. Tappees were presented by two disc jockeys, both former PCC students, Jeff McNeal of KHTZ radio and Chuck Van Horne of KUTE radio. — Courier photo by Oded Vogel Scholarships Presented at Ceremony OMDTaps 36 Students for Service The PCC administration has begun procedures to prepare for a possible strike by faculty members. “Some people may read into this that the district, in preparing a pian, is encouraging a strike, but it is not that way at all,” said Dr. Richard S. Meyers, PCC superintendent-presi¬ dent. “It would be the mark of a poor administration if we did not have a plan to keep the college open and operating when faculty leaders are thinking of a possible strike,” he said. Because of the confidentiality of the matter, no details of the strike prepa¬ rations could be disclosed by Dr. Meyers. The faculty, represented by PCC’s chapter of the California Teachers Association, and the Pasadena Area Community College District, have been negotiating a contract since June 1979. Talks have come to a halt while await¬ ing a fact-finding report that is ex¬ pected to be completed in two to three weeks, according to Dr. Gary Woods, PCC-CTA president. The administration's preparations for a possible strike include establish¬ ing a “strike committee,” said Dr. Stan Hutchinson. PCC-CTA chief nego¬ tiator. Another preparation for a possible strike is that non-union certificated staff (secretaries), the Board of Trustees and the administration are having identification badges made at the scjiool. according to Anthony Georgilas, communications instructor and alternate negotiator for the PCC- CTA. Many staff personnel hold teaching credentials and could replace some of the faculty if the treachers were to go on strike, he said. The I.D. badges could be used to cross a picket line, according to Robert J. Gomperz, public information direc¬ tor. However. Gomperz added, faculty members are scheduled to have their photo l.D. cards made at the end of the semester. Despite discussion of the possi¬ bilities of a strike, the faculty's chief concerns are the students and the' quality of education at PCC, Dr. Hutchinson said. The faculty wants to settle the con¬ tract and avoid a strike, but Hutchinson said an increasing number of the teachers are advocating a strike because the district’s maximum offer of a 5 percent salary adjustment was demeaning. There is also some controversy over the legality of a strike. Strikes by public employees are il¬ legal, according to Senate Bill 160. Dr. Meyers said. The California state bill, sponsored by Sen. Alan Rodda, allowed public employees to initiate collective bargaining procedures to achieve a contract. Dr. Hutchinson attended a con¬ ference last weekend at which Sen. Rodda spoke about SB 160. If the PCC-CTA could prove to the Public Eployees Relations Board that the district refused or failed to meet and negotiate in good faith with the PCC-CTA. a strike would be legal. Hutchinson said. A recent change in court procedures has reinforced teachers' striking rights. The California State Supreme Court ruled that the San Diego school district could not seek an injunction against a strike by going directly to a civil court judge in a case against its teachers’ association. Instead, an injunction must now go through the adminis¬ trative agaency P.E.R.B. A hearing is then held to decide if the strike is warranted. “The fact that P.E.R.B. has not complied with all requests to seek injunctions, thus permitting strikes to proceed, with the silent consent of the legally named administrative body of the Rodda Act. disproves Dr. Meyers' unsupported assertion that strikes by public employees are illegal. " Dr. Hutchinson said. However, Dr. Meyers contends that the community would never support a strike and added, “I'm optimistic we ll be able to negotiate a settlement through peaceful means.” Thirty-six students were tapped into Omicron Mu Delta Tuesday for con¬ tributing at least one year of outstand¬ ing service to PCC. Five staff members who’ve con¬ tributed at least five years unpaid service were also tapped. Established in 1927 by seven students and one faculty member, OMD has maintained a tradition of recognizing those unselfish students and staff members who have placed the well¬ being of their school above themselves. In addition to the tapping ceremony, individual students were presented with awards from the Alumni Associa¬ tion and OMD. The Alumni Association awarded Debbie Eugenio with the Alumni As¬ sociation Award ; David Ruggless with the James 0. Scott Memorial Scholar¬ ship Award; Dan Hutson and Joan Herrman with the Earl Holder Award and Michael Fischer with the Elmore Shipman Award. OMD presented De Ette Farnsworth and John Maley with the OMD Sophomore Scholarship Award; Bobbi Villalobos with the Katherine Kestor Award and Scott Anderson and Mark David Bogdanchik with the John W. Harbeson Award. The ceremony took place at noon Tuesday in Sexson Auditorium. Bobbi Villalobos, OMD president, directed the 53rd annual Tapping. Two disc jockeys, PCC alumni, served as co-masters of ceremonies, Jeff McNeal, of KHTZ 97.1 FM, and Chuck Van Horne, of KUTE 102 FM. Paul Kilian and the Swing Band entertained guests before the ceremo¬ ny. Students tapped for OMD were: SCOTT ANDERSON-president, Freshman Nursing Class and the Health Science Club; MARGARET CHRISTINE BARRY-serving the business department, auditor for the Extended Opportunity Program, 5-10 hours per month tutoring students; MARK DAVID BODANCHIK-Student Senate first vice president, Honors at Entrance, Parking Committee and Constitution Revision Committee; SYLVIA CANN-Feature Editor and News Editor of the Courier, badminton team, Honors at Entrance, Dean’s Honor List, four semesters. TERESA CARDENAS. M.E.Ch.A. secretary and M.E.Ch.A. president, helped organize Census Day at PCC; SHERI EMOND— Feature Editor and Fine Arts Editor of the Courier, works with the Deaf and the Handicapped, drama; DEBBIE EUGENIO— Filipi- niana Club chairwoman, Freshman Class president, Asian representative to the ASB Board, Foreign Student peer counselor, Baptist Student Union publicity chairman, Association of Asian Students member. DE ETTE FARNSWORTH-Student Curriculum Committee chairwoman and vice president; MICHAEL FIS¬ CHER— ASB Finance Commissioner, badminton team, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Honors at Entrance. DOROTHY GANTVORT— French By Brenda Toms Staff Writer The 26th Annual PCC Writers' Con¬ ference will be held May.9 and 10 in the Forum. Award winning and published authors will present a series of nine lectures beginning Friday at 1 p.m. Saturday's lectures will begin at 8:30 a.m., and lectures each evening will start at 7:30 p.m. Discussions on how to write to trends will be included in the “Writing in the Eighties” conference. Authors of nov¬ els, science fiction, short stories, juve¬ nile books, poetry and plays will partic¬ ipate. Admission to all sessions is $10 per person or $5 with a PCC student I.D. Nine single lectures cost $2 each or $1 with a PCC student I.D. “The '80s: Toward a Human Poetic,” will be presented Friday by Steven Kowit. a teacher at San Diego State University. Ken Atchity. author of more than a hundred articles and director of com¬ parative literature at Occidental Col¬ lege, will present a lecture on “Editing and Publishing.” Janet Gray, vice president of L.A. House Publishing and author of 30 published poems, will assist Atchity Friday. Gregory Benford, professor of phys¬ ics at the University of California, Irvine, will speak on "The Science Fiction Boom in the 1980s." An award¬ winning scientist and a science fiction writer, he published his first story at age 24 and has since written more than 40 stories and seven novels. Writer Helen Hinckley Brown has just completed her most recent book, “Write and Publish : a Step at a Time.” Club, community philanthropic work; DOUGLAS DAZUO FURUYA— ASB Asian representative, Filipiniana Club finance chairman, Sunday School teacher, adult Bible study leader; DONNA GRANT-Sports Editor and Associate Sports Editor for the Courier, delivers and distributes the publication. PATRICIA ANNE GUTIERREZ— Adelphians vice president, correspond¬ ing secretary; MARK HAINES— Courier Associate News Editor, staff writer, delivers and distributes the paper on campus; JOAN HERRMAN —Adelphians president, treasurer, ASB vice president, Student Cur¬ riculum Committee member. GLORIA HORTON— tutors students in writing and grammar, Honors Ex¬ traordinary in English and social sci¬ ence, Robert Browning Award for Sist- ington in the field of literature; LAURA L. HORTON-Student Cur¬ riculum Committee, Forensics; JARMI KILLIAN— certified peer counselor. GARY KLEIN— member of baseball team, KPCC disc jockey, Courier staff writer; KIT LADWIG— Alliance Fran- caise pour les Etudiantes, Courier News Editor and Feature Editor; BRAD LEHMAN— Courier Editor-in- Chief and Sports Editor, Elk’s Journal¬ ism Student of the Year Award; AMIN LEIMAN— handicapped students vol¬ unteer, Jog-A-Thon as a running part¬ ner for blind students, Indonesian As¬ sociation member. WYNONA MAJIED-MUHAMMAD —Advisory Committee student chair¬ woman, Courier Copy Editor and Prism magazine staff writer; JOHN MALEY— Student Adviser Committee representative, Accreditation Commit¬ tee, Dean’s Honor List; SHANNON NISHI— symphony orchestra section leader, chamber orchestra concert based on 25 years of turning out suc¬ cessful writers from her PCC classes. Founder of. the conference and author of more than 200 published articles and eight books, she will begin Saturday’s sessions with a talk on “Check Your Launching Pad as You Soar Into the Eightes.” Francis A. Rockwell, former editor of Writer's Digest, will speak on “Suc¬ cess Secrets For Nonfiction.” An in¬ structor at California State University, Northridge and Pierce College, she is the author of more than 800 articles, stories and poems printed in national and foreign publications. “First Novel: From Conception to the Miracle of Birth,” will be pres¬ ented by Monique Raphel High, author of “The Four Winds of Spring” (which was published this spring). Writing for the juvenile market will be the subject of a panel of writers scheduled to speak Saturday. Panel member Nancy Robinson, of San Marino, will present the "Three P’s in Writing.” Dolly Cebulash, a writer and editor, will speak on “Writing for an Educa¬ tional Publisher.” "Children's Literature: What Sells Best and Why” will be presented by Susan Smock, a former elementary school teacher and co-owner of the San Marino Toy and Book Shoppe. Russell Vandenbroucke, literary manager for the Mark Taper Forum, will give a speech on theater. Further information and lecture time schedules are available in the Extended Day office, 578-7261. mistress, Inter-Club Council president, Adelphians president, ASB Banquet Committee chairwoman and publicity commissioner; JEAN ORNELAS— photo I.D. department, mother of 10, known for being dependable, a self starter and having a sense of humor. RICHARD PENROCK— Circle К member, Student Senate vice presi¬ dent, Student Curriculum Committee, Eikenberry Scholarship winner; MARIECHELLE PICART RICKARDS —Filipiniana Club, Vietnamese Club, Associated Asian Students, ASB Asian representative, Adelphian Club, Bam¬ boo Post staff member. KATHERINE STEVENSON- Adelphians recording secretary, treas¬ urer and president, Crippled Children’s Society advisory committee, Serving Education Through Resource Volun¬ teer Effort volunteer; CHARLES SI- FUENTES— M.E.Ch.A. president, ASB representative. ROBBI STUEHMER-Indonesian Student Association, Bamboo Post Edi¬ tor, Courier and Prism magazine writer/photogrtapher ; TERRY SWAN— Sophomore Class president, Adelphian campus service and his¬ torian, assistant co-leader for a Camp Fire Girl group; MIKE TIBERI— Cir¬ cle К president, treasurer, Student Senate member, YMCA Big Brother. PETER TORRES-Caduceus Club (Continued on Page 8) PCC to Host Job Fair '80 This Saturday By Tamarah Johnson Contributing Writer Pasadena Job Fair ’80 will provide an opportunity for job seekers to meet with employers from Pasadena and the greater Los Angeles area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 10. There is no fee or admission charge to the fair, which will e held in PCC’s Career Center on the second floor of D Building. Although this is the fifth annual Job Fair in this community, it is the first time to be held at PCC. Mariann Loniello, fair director, said the purpose of the event is “to bring employers and job seekers together." Employers from small businesses and major corporations will be in¬ terviewing for entry-level jobs as well as skilled technical, clerical and man¬ agement positions. Representatives from over 80 companies are expected, and several workshops are scheduled throughout the day. "PCC has always had some type of job fair,” said Ms. Loniello. “This year we combined our efforts with com¬ munity groups, and PCC was chosen for the site.” PCC counselor Lisa Sugimoto has coordinated a resume writing service for the fair. Those with a resume should bring copies of it with them. In addition to the in-person in¬ terview, there will be a small business listing of job openings of companies that cannot attend the event. The Pasadena Job Fair ’80 will be an "open house” type of format, and job seekers may come and go as they please throughout the day. Workshops on the schedule are: How to Land and Keep a Job; Job Counsel¬ ing, Job Skills; and New Career Op¬ tions for Women, each to be presented at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.. 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Community Employment and Training Resources, and Job Prepara¬ tion for the Bilingual Applicant work¬ shops will take place at 10 a.m., 11 a.m.. 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Cinco de Mayo Celebrated By Madeline Franco Staff Writer Cinco de Mayo was celebrated at PCC last week with activities ranging from a children’s dance to a coro¬ nation ball sponsored partly by M.E.Ch.A., a campus Mexican-Amer- ican club. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the French army’s surrender to the Mexi¬ cans during the Bbattle of Pueblo on May 5, 1862. Maclovio Perez, KNXT weather¬ man, acted as master of ceremonies at the coronation ball, which was held Saturday, May 3, in the Campus Center lounge. Also at the coronation ball, Teresa Cardenas was crowned 1980 Cinco de Mayo queen. Serving as her prin¬ cesses were Alma Rosa Aguirre, Maria Limon. Belinda Trujillo. Rocio Godoy, Yevonn Teran, and Julie and Linda Martinez. Charles Sifuentes, a member and past president of M.E.Ch.A., said the queen is selected based on the number of tickets she sells. The money raised will go toward the M.E.Ch.A. scholarship program for students who plan to continue PCC or to attend a four-year school, Si¬ fuentes added. Counselor Naomi Garcia and Perez were both presented with awards at the ceremony in recognition of every¬ thing they have done in celebration of Cinco de Mayo over the last two years, Sifuentes said. The importance of Cinco de Mayo is to inform historically as well as culturally and to make everyone in the community aware of Cinco de Mayo and the importance of the day, said Dr. Enrique Orozco, social sci¬ ence associate professor in a speech given in honor of the holiday. Included in Thursday's festivities were the “Ballet Folklorico de Las Rosas" and a Mexican dancing group making their second appearance in the United States in honor of Cinco de Mayo. UN dFa DE FELICIDAD— A day of happiness Children from the dance group Juvinel Del Este lent their talents to the campus celebration of Cinco de Mayo last week. Other events included the crowning of the Cinco de Mayo queen. Teresa Cardenas, and the second U S. appearance of another dance group. Ballet Folklorico de las Rosas. — Courier photo by Diane Davila Aspiring Writers Invited To Attend Conference