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PCC Courier, May 13, 1977
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funding for the Pan Afrikan Student
Alliance culture week when the money
amount requested by PASA was not
approved by the ASB Board at last
Thursday’s meeting.
PASA requested $500 from the Board
stating the organization had $500 of its
own to contribute. (The Board has a
matching-funds rule which allows it to
grant from its general account to any
group no more than that group is able
to contribute itself).
In reviewing the ASB accounts
Tuition Bill on
Governor's Desk
Unless legislation on Gov. Brown’s
desk passes, foreign students at¬
tending PCC next semester will have
their tuition doubled.
Foreign students presently enrolled
at PCC pay $22 per unit with the
requirement that they be enrolled in at
least 12 units and not be working. In
comparison, non-resident students
(those living outside the community
college district) pay $44 per unit
without the restrictions.
However, Assembly Bill 319, brought
to the governor on May 2, would allow
students enrolled prior to Jan. 1. 1977,
to continue their studies for only $23
per unit instead of paying the new sum
if the measure is also approved by the
Board of Trustees.
Any new foreign students entering
PCC will still be required to pay the
new tuition.
According to the Foreign Student
Office, many students are waiting to
program for summer and fall classes
until a decision is made concerning AB
319. Students who have already
programmed and paid the higher
tuition will have their money refunded
if the legislation passes.
however, it was learned that the ASB
only had $425 remaining in the general
fund to use for the rest of the semester.
The ASB Board discussed the matter
and concluded that it could only afford
to give PASA a maximum of $200 from
that account. However, the Board
determined that it could allot an ad¬
ditional $200 from various other ac¬
counts to PASA. Brad Baldwin, ASB
president, said that PASA could also
go to the Student Service Committee to
obtain funds from the Student Service
Fund later.
PASA estimated its need at $1170.
Baldwin said that with the ASB’s
contribution of $400, an estimated $500
from the Student Service Fund and the
money PASA said it could put up,
PASA would have more than it needed.
A motion was made on the floor to
approve a grant of a maximum of $200
from ASB general and another $200
from other ASB accounts to PASA. It
was voted on and approved.
Folllowing the vote, Albert Bevins,
the head of PASA’s steering com¬
mittee, shouted at Baldwin from the
audience, accusing him of not keeping
his promise to help PASA.
Baldwin explained that PASA would
get all of the money but Bevins, ap¬
parently misunderstanding the
Board's action, would not accept
Baldwin’s explanation.
Baldwin threatened to call security
and have Bevins removed. Instead,
Baldwin ordered the meeting to
convene and resume in executive
session without an audience. (Mem¬
bers of the Courier were allowed to
attend so that the proceedings could be
“made public,” according to Bald¬
win).
Phillis Jackson, dean of student
activities, said that Bevins simply
could not understand that PASA would
get its money. Baldwin said that he
would do everything he could to get the
money from the Student Service
Committee (of which he is the
chairman) when it was scheduled to
meet.
The Student Service Committee
approved unaminously the $500
request earlier this week, thus
assuring PASA its needed funds.
Baldwin said the funds “were ob¬
tained through proper channels,”
though it did not all come from the ASB
general account.
“A lot of times, I don’t think people
understand my methods, but they are
legitimate and for the students,” he
added.
PASA has planned many activities
for its Cultural Week leading up to
P ASA’s hosting the Intercollegiate
State Black Student Union Conference
May 20-21.
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ARTISTIC LANGUAGE— An Asian student puts the finishing touches
on a character at a demonstration of Chinese writing Wednesday in
the Free Speech Area. The demonstration was one of the few that
was not rained out during Asian Culture Week.
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College Officials Await Verdict
Alcohol License Protests Heard
By Joseph Riser
Editor-in-Chief
College officials and area clergymen
are awaiting the outcome of a hearing
held Wednesday over the issuance of
an alcohol license to a restaurant
across the street from the college.
Superintendent-president Dr. E.
Howard Floyd represented the college
as one of five groups to officially
protest the possible issuance of a
license to serve alcohol at the Pizza
Factory, located at 1515 E. Colorado
Blvd.
The protesting parties object to the
possible issuance of the license
because of the restaurant’s closeness
to the college, religious institutions
and child care centers.
The restaurant’s co-owners, Herbert
Mann and Linda Weisl stated at the
hearing that they did not believe that
the service of beer and wine at the
restaurant posed a threat to the neigh¬
boring establishments and that the
restrictions under which the license
would be granted were strict enough to
reduce the possibility of incidents.
Under the license restrictions beer
and wine would only be sold with food
and between 3 p.m. and 2 a.m., only for
consumption on the premises. No take
out service of alcohol would be per¬
mitted.
Lt. Dallas Perkins of the Pasadena
police withdrew a protest originally
filed by Chief of Police Robert
McGowan when informed of the
restrictions that had been assigned to
the license application.
In protesting, Floyd said that the
sale of alcohol “presents a barrier to
education.” PCC Trustee Warren L.
Weber echoed Floyd’s statement while
speaking for the college Board of
Trustees.
Mann stated that the'students of PCC
would probably not be affected by the
license since students have only a
limited amount of time at the
restaurant to consume the alcohol
before having to leave for classes.
Ms. Weisl said that only about 40 per
cent of the restaurant’s business
consisted of PCC students and that
most of that 40 per cent use the
facilities during the lunch hour and not
during the time that the license would
allow the sale of alcohol.
The decision in the matter would be
presented to all parties within a matter
of two to three weeks, according to
Willis Mevis, the appointed ad-
jucicator for the hearing.
Swimmers Capture
Second State Title
The men’s swim team captured its second con¬
secutive state title at the California Championships at
West Valley College in Saratoga last week. The title is the
team’s fourth since the arrival of swimming coach Ron
Ballatore at PCC 10 years ago.
PCC broke several national records, many of which
were held by former Lancers.
For further information see pages
three and four.
Computer Resource Development
To Strengthen Curricula Weakness
By Susan Andrews
News Editor
Development of computer resources
for instructional purposes has been
recommended to the Board of Trustees
by the Office of Instructional Services.
The project would allow students to
obtain computer job-entry skills in a
two-year program.
Currently, computer resources for
such a program are inadequate, ac¬
cording to a report submitted to the
Board. The few classes available are
at introductory levels and are for
students planning to transfer to four-
year institutions. However, students
transferring to a four-year institution
are expected to have developed
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ALIVE AND WELL— Sandpipers Wes Graham, left, and Linda
Goodman, Debi Weeks and Dan O’Donnell will be among the cast of
“Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” when the musical
group performs Friday and Saturday at 8:15 p.m. and Sunday at 7
p.m. in Harbeson Hall.
Sandpipers Are Alive ,
Appearing in Harbeson
'Rashoman' Explores
Truth in Murder, Rape
The Sandpipers, a 10-voice musical
group, will continue performing its
production of “Jacques Brel Is Alive
and Well and Living in Paris” tonight
and through the weekend.
“Jacques Brel” is a musical revue
which features the Sandpipers and
highlighting the famous French
composer’s songs.
Students singing in the revue are
Lynn Blackman, Linda Goodman,
Essie Palmer, Debi Weeks, Laura
Weiss, Tom Davis, Wes Graham, Steve
Harris, Jerry Marble and Dan
O’Donnel, with Stennis Waldon, music
instructor, directing.
Performances begin tonight at 8,
Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7
p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at the
Student Bank for $3 general admission,
$2 students and senior citizens.
By Vivianne-Marie Parker
Fine Arts Editor
The husband was killed and his wife
was raped.
But, how the situation occurred has
puzzled people since that day 1200
years ago when a Samurai man and his
wife were accosted by a bandit.
Beginning tonight, people can wit¬
ness for themselves the re-creation of
that event as the Drama Department
presents “Rashomon,” a play written
by Fay and Michael Kanin and
adapted from the stories of
Akutagawa.
A group of villagers begin the story
at the Rashomon gate, which is at the
ancient entrance to Kyoto.
ASB Funded Scholarship
Applications Now Offered
WRTIEIPS FORUM CHANGE
There have been two program
changes in the Pasadena Writer’s
Forum scheduled for May 13 and 14.
At 3 p.m. on Friday, May 13, Gordon
Stulberg will speak on “The Writer
and the Law.” At 2:30 p.m. on
Saturday, May 14, the Juvenile
Panel speaking on “Getting Juvenile
Books Both Right and Written” will
appear.
Applications are now available for a
$200 ASB-funded scholarship for
transferring students who have
demonstrated service to PCC and the
community. Students with at least a 2.6
grade-point average in one or more
semesters of study are eligible. Forms
may be obtained in the Campus
Center.
In addition to the application,
students must also file a composition
of 25 words or less stating what they
feel “ASB should be,” according to
Brad Baldwin, ASB president.
The deadline for submitting ap¬
plications is June 2.
The winner will be selected by a
majority vote of the ASB Board and
will be announced at the ASB picnic-
banquet at the end of the semester.
Financial need will not be a deter¬
minant in the selection of the winner.
This is the first semester that the
scholarship has been offered. It is up to
next semester’s ASB Board to keep the
award going if it wants to, Baldwin
said.
At the gate, the bandit, the wife and
the husband tell their own versions of
the incident, with each person telling
his version to make the others look
bad. Since the husband has died, his
version will be told by a medium.
The actors reenact each version of
the crime as if it were the first time the
story was told.
“This is what makes the play ex¬
citing,” said director Bruce Gill.
“Whoever views the play can make up
his own mind as to what really hap¬
pened.”
Throughout the play, the theme
explores the philosophical questions
about who is right and wrong and
whether man is good, bad or in¬
different. The play also reflects upon
the different ways people view things.
“This is a great project for student
actors,” said Gill. “Each student has
to create one role many different
ways. That in itself is quite a project.
“Also they learn the various shades
of role playing whether or not they go
into acting. Because life is a series of
different roles, successful people learn
how to play these intelligently,” Gill
said.
Rashomon opens at 8 tonight. The
second showing is tomorrow at 8 p.m.
in the Little Theatre, Cl 30.
Tickets may be purchased at the
Little Theatre Box Office for $2.
Further information can be obtained
by calling 578-7485.
proficiency in computer use, ac¬
cording to the report.
A committee formed in 1976 to
evaluate the need for computers in the
instructional program surveyed
campus instructional departments. It
found an increased need “of the
computer as a problem-solving tool in
laboratories and classrooms.”
The committee determined that 12
terminals are needed now and it an¬
ticipated expansion to a minimum of 20
terminals in the future. Development
to maximum capacity would require a
minimum of three years, according to
the report.
Would Guide Development
For 1977-78, the evaluating com¬
mittee recommended forming a
Computer Sciences Advisory Com¬
mittee, which would review proposed
specifications and advise the college
on hardware selection, as well as guide
development of the two-year oc¬
cupational curricula.
The committee also advised on
entering an agreement with Caltech to
use its computer “for batch processing
of selected jobs, primarily data
processing students’ programs,”
beginning with the 1977 summer
session. The committee estimated the
cost of this service at $42,000 over a
three-year period.
A lease-purchase agreement for the
basic components of a mini-computer
would also be negotiated. Cost of initial
installation is estimated at $40,000,
according to the report, with supplies
totaling $11,000.
Two staff members, a computer
manager and an intermediate clerk,
would be added to the list of college
employees for salaries totaling $34,000
per year.
Cost of the program during its first
year is estimated at $100,000.
In 1978-79, with the addition of a part-
time programmer-operator and four
terminals, the cost for the year in¬
creases to $129,000.
Weakness in Curricula
By 1979-80, installation of the mini¬
computer will be completed for
$95,000. Another staff member, a
computer operator, will be hired for
$16,000 per year.
Total cost per year after installation
and staffing will be $167,000.
The addition of a computer program
was suggested by an accreditation
committee which visited the college in
1976. Absence of the program was
pointed to as being a weakness in the
curricula at PCC, said Dr. Stanley
Gunstream, vice-president for in¬
structional services.
The planned system is intended to
service the existing student body,
according to Dr. Gunstream.
Annual Speech Event
Concentrates on Safety
By Kathy Prohs
Opinion Editor
The annual Phil Robinson Safety
Speech Contest will be held next week
with the competition, a 30-year
tradition, open to all students.
According to Crystal Watson,
forensic coach, speeches must be on
some "aspect of safety— physical,
emotional or spiritual. The five-to-
seven minute speeches must be given
in extemporaneous style, with limited
use of notes.
The speeches will be given during
the Speech 1 classes. The students in
those classes will evaluate all
speeches.
Students interested in entering the
competition should contact Patrick J.
Brown, speech instructor, in C120, or
call 578-7216, to arrange times to give
their speeches.
Preliminary elimination rounds of
the contest will be held on Monday and
Tuesday with the semi-final rounds on
Thursday.
The public is invited to the finals
Monday, May 23, at 8 p.m. in Harbeson
Hall.
“The finals will be taped by KPCS-
FM radio and may even be videotaped
by the telecom students,” said Brown,
who is organizing this year’s contest.
Winner of the contest will receive a
$40 cash award and a certificate. The
second place prize is $25 and third, $15.
Fourth, fifth and sixth prizes are $10.
“The monetary portion of the
awards are provided as a memorial to
Phil Robinson, Jr., a student athlete,
who was fatally injured on our football
field,” said Phil Robinson, Sr.
The younger Robinson was killed
playing practice football in his gym
class.