PCC Courier, May 16, 1986

Lady Lancers Go to Regionals By Mark Langill Special Correspondent Last year the Lady Lancers softball team won the conference championship and then collected practically every post-season award in sight. After the season’s last award was finally collected, Coach Sandi Iverson sat back in her office and wondered how her next team could possibly match the suc¬ cess of 1985. After watching this year's Lancers, Iverson is looking for an encore performance for 1987. PCC continued its domination of the Metro conference by posting a 14-0 record and landed most of the starting line-up on the All-Metro team. Shortstop Val Douglas was named conference MVP after bat¬ ting .400 and led the team in runs scored (12). She also had 12 RBI's, giving her the leadoff position. “I think it’s a very well-de¬ served honor for Val. She has done a super job since she came to PCC,” said Iverson, whose squad opens the Southern California Re¬ gional Playoffs tomorrow at Golden West College in Huntington Beach. “She has so many great qualities. Val has great speed, and when she gets on base we win. The other coaches in the conference believe Val is one of the best players in the state.” Val was graduated early from PHS so she could try out for the 1985 softball season at PCC. She didn’t expect to make it because the Lady Lancers were coming off a good season from the previous year. Val told reporters last spring, “I really didn't expect that I’d make it. I thought I would be a flop.” But once the season opened she had fans debating whether she was a better hitter or fielder. They’re still arguing. Iverson said her fielding is as strong as her hitting. She has great range and mobility. “Anytime op¬ ponents hit the ball to Val, instead of running to first, they might as well head straight back for the dugout because that’s where they’ll end up anyway.” Dougias said that the Lancers are the best teamshe has played with because they play com¬ petitive, quality ball. She also praised the cooperation and sup¬ port of her coaches, trainer and teammates. Other All-Metro selections in¬ clude catcher Debbie Schneider, first baseman Irene Carrillo, third baseman Maryann Delgatto, center fielder Carla Shaw, and utility player Laurie Francisco, who saw action at second base, center and right field. “In the beginning of the year I didn't feel we’d have a great sea¬ son,” said Iverson. “I thought we had a good chance to wind up in first place, but I had no idea we’d go undefeated.” LANCER NOTES PCC opens the playoffs tomor¬ row with a 10 a.m. game against Cerritos at Golden West College. Defending state champion Santa Ana is the top-ranked team, fol¬ lowed by Palomar, PCC and San Diego Mesa. The other teams in the double- elimination tournament are Cer¬ ritos, L.A. Pierce, Taft, and Chaf- fey . . .The Lancers finished the year with a 25-9 overall record, which tied Iverson's 1980 team for fewest losses in a regular sea¬ son . . .Freshman pitcher Georgia Verbeck was named to the all¬ conference second team. Verbeck was tops in conference with a 9-0 record and 15-3 overall. She had an earned run average (ERA) of 0.84. Sophomore pitcher Susan Rodriguez received an all-con¬ ference honorable mention. Rodriguez went 5-0 in conference, 10-6 overall and posted an ERA of 1.96. WHERE THE ACTION IS- Lady Lancers demonstrate the action that allows them an undefeated season in the Metro Conference. The team will go to regional playoffs this weekend, which will be held at Golden West College. — Courier photo by Doug Dean VOL. 62, NO. 12 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA Clark Makes All-American By John Willis News Editor PCC basketball star John Clark has been named to the All- America team first string by the California Community College Basketball Coaches Association. Clark, a freshman, is the first Lancer to be named to the team since Darnell Fletcher in 1983. He is also the only one to be picked while a freshman in recent mem¬ ory. “This has been a wonderful year for John,” said coach George Terzian. “His efforts in conference and playoffs have been outstand¬ ing. His statistics show the kind of player he is.” Those impressive statistics in¬ clude conference averages of shooting 60 percent from the field and 70 percent from the line. He has 16.8 point average per game with 11.7 rebounds. In the playoffs. Clark's activity was rewarded with 68 percent of his shots taken from the field. 74 percent from the line, with 22.5 point average per game and 10.3 rebounds. With his assist¬ ance. the Lancers finished 23-11 in the season. Clark was modest about the award. “I’m happy to make the team while still a freshman. But if it wasn't for our players, I wouldn't have made it. They helped out a lot." Clark also attributed his suc¬ cess to the PCC basketball coaching staff. Clark isn't overly concerned with the award. Right now. he is concentrating on winning the state high jump competition tomorrow. PCC men s track competes at Mt. Sac Saturday. The 6-foot-3 All-American for¬ ward actually considers track his main event. Clark comes from Fort Wayne. Indiana, where he com¬ peted in track in high school. He also managed to find time to play basketball, garnering an average of 16,8 point and 12 rebounds per game, making him the fifth best rebounder in that state. Hall of Fame Rewards Alumni MAY 16, 1986 Team By Scott Heath Special Correspondent Pasadena City College re¬ cently announced the foundation of a new Hall of Fame, to recognize former PCC students. The PCC Hall of Fame Committee will be headed by vice president for in¬ stitutional advancement, Dr. Henry P. Kirk. The committee opens the program by calling for nominations from faculty, stu¬ dents. alumni and the community. According to Dr. Kirk, “This is a program we have wanted to establish for quite some time. Many prominent people have at¬ tended the college and we want to recognize their accomplishments.” A “Hall of Fame” wall will display the pictures and bio¬ graphies of each of the recipients chosen annually for this honor. The display will either be housed in the Campus Center or the C building. Two to four recipients will be chosen each year. Nominations in¬ clude PCC grad Jackie Robinson, Louis Creveling, actress Karen Norris, designer Bob Mackie, Dar¬ rell Evans of the Detroit Tigers, actor Nick Nolte and Alex and Edward Van Halen. Unawarded nominations will be filed and re¬ viewed again the following year. The program is sponsored by the PCC Alumni Association, the PCC Foundation and Associated Students The committee selecting recipients of the award is made up of representatives from the alumni association, PCC foundation. As¬ sociated Students, faculty and staff. Nominees should be PCC or PJC alumni with at least one semester of credit classes com¬ pleted. The nominee should have gained local, statewide or national recognition in any endeavor as a student or alumnus of the college. Nominations should be re- cieved in C209 by noon, Friday, May 23. -NEWS BRIEFS- Cal-Mart Exhibits Student Works By Cara Michelle Pitts Staff Writer Selected student fashion designers from the PCC apparel arts department will have the opportunity to display their work at the California Mart Gal- leriain downtown L.A. from May 19-2.3. Students will be displaying 30 selected garments on the main floor across from the Fashion Theater. The display will feature garments in the following categories: “9 to 5.” sports¬ wear, and evening wear. The California Mart Galleria takes up an entire city block. It is a central marketplace where fashion buyers gather to view new fashions not only from California but all over the world, said Karlene Cunningham, apparel arts department head. "Our displays are uniquely designed. The apparel arts department is widely recognized by the business world.1' Cunningham said. PCC's merchandise management students are responsible for the or¬ ganization and planning of the display. Students Ida Buenza. Todd Fagen. Syl¬ via Bowman, Carol Wiker and Silvia Cirinelli will be preparing the fashion displays. “PCC's display is consistently the best of all the schools that bring their designs to the mart," said Karen Wvtinsky, a Cal Mart representative. According to Cunningham, apparel arts is the only department on campus that participates in any form of profes¬ sional display. Previous Cal Mart displays have connected apparel arts students to jobs in the fashion industry. In addition, the Cal Mart display is also an excellent opportunity for the students designers to display their work for the profes¬ sional fashion world. The garments on display were chosen from among those presented at the fourth annual student designer fashion show held Friday, May 9 in the Sexson Auditorium. Between 500-600 people attended the event. “The show went really well." said Cunningham. "The combination of vin¬ tage costumes and contemporary fash¬ ions really tied in with the theme of the show, which was Centennial Fashion Celebration." All fashions presented in the fashion show were independently designed, patterned, constucted. and tailored by the apparel arts students. GETTING TO KNOW YOU- Richard Norgan. Jeffrey Niems. Dianna Mehler and Adam Krachman demonstrate the art of meeting people in the theater arts department production of The Knack (And How To Get It). Play runs tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Little Theater, —courier photo ьу Alan ouignan Aloha! Summer is almost here and school is almost out. The I.C.C. (In¬ ter-Club Council l invites all PCC stu¬ dents to join an end-of-the-year bash. The party is called a “Fun Finale Hawaiian Luau." The event takes place Friday. May 23. from 1 p.m. until 3 : 30 at the PCC swimming pools. The luau is guaranteed to be lots of fun. There will be swimming, dancing and free food. Hot dogs, potato salad, chips and soda head up the menu for the first of what will hopefully be an annual event. Sandy Tilton. ICC advisor, said that the ICC decided to have the party because they wanted to give some¬ thing back to We students. □ Need a job? PCC can help. The campus career center in C236 has counselors on hand to help you find a position from the many jobs listed, both full and part time, in several fields. Salaries range from minimum wage to around $9 an hour. If this isn't quite what, you're look¬ ing for, go to the personnel office in C215. Listed there are job openings at PCC. Salaries are competitive to the rest of the job market with a good benefits package, vacation, sick pay, promotions, not to mention working in a student/learning environment. Jobs range from teaching positions (credential required) to secretarial, clerical, security and department chairperson posts. For more information, contact the personnel office in C215, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.. or the campus career center. C236. from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Tuesday evenings from 4:30 until 7. □ PCC in conjunction with Falcon Cable T.V. is going to offer a summer cable intersession. The courses in¬ cluded are: Introduction to Business, Introduction to Psychology. Introduc¬ tion to Computers, and Marriage and Family. Students are required to view the television programs, complete study assignments, attend seminars, and take both a midterm and fianl exam. Full credit will be given for these classes. Closing dale to enroll is 3 p.m., June 20, 1986. Further information is available in C240 or at (818) 578-7108. □ It's Time for Mime! The Pasadend Mime company is proud to present the “Mime Zone." The “Mime Zone” is directed by star of NBC's “Whitney and the Robot," Whitney Rydbeck. The Mime Zone opens in Pasadena City College's Little Theater on Fri¬ day, May 23rd at 8:00pm. Admission is $3. $2 for students and seniors. For information and reservations, call (8181 578-7485. □ The PCC Music department Jazz Combo, led by instructor Bobbie Bradford, will perform at noon Thurs¬ day. May 22 in the Quad. Book Theft Suspect Sentenced One student arrested Jan. 23 on charges of petty theft, burglary and presenting false information was sentenced in court to two years sum¬ mary probation. He has also been prohibited from entering the campus unless he is enrolled and attendng class. Orlando Romero Jr., pleaded no con¬ test April 22 to section 72 of the Penal Code, presenting false claims, and 484 P.C.. theft. The charges of receiving or selling stolen property (496 P.C.) and burglary (459 P.C.) were dismissed. Another suspect. Jason Love, also arrested Jan. 23 on charges of petty theft, is due in court in June. He has been charged with theft only. The suspects were arrested on charges of entering the library and allegedly stealing textbooks left unat¬ tended on tables and selling them back to the bookstore in return for cash. Romero was charged with present¬ ing false information for signing the bookstore voucher stating the books were his property in order to receive the money. □ Another suspect has been arrested in connection with the forgery cases of February. Dimps Musgrove pleaded guilty at his preliminary hearing on March 12, Musgrove was arrested Feb. 21 and placed on $1000 bail on charges of forgery, 470 P.C. Musgrove entered Security Check Cashing Service in Pasadena and at¬ tempted to cash a stolen PCC Founda¬ tion check issued to himself for $359. An employee of the check cashing service phoned PCC, and Investigator Ralph Evans of campus police was contacted. The suspect was taken into custody at the check cashing service by Investigator Evans and Officers Hen¬ derson and Mitchell. Musgrove was questioned at PCC and then booked at the Pasadena Police Department. He faced felony forgery charges due to the fact that during his attempt to cash the check, he signed the stolen check in the presence of Security Check Cashing Service. Musgrove told the woman the check was for payroll and that he was em- ployedat PCC as a custodian. Musgrove plead guilty to the charges and was sentenced on April 22 to four years probation, one year in the county jail and a $100 fine. The arrest took place two weeks after former PCC employee David Joseph DeSalles was arrested in con¬ nection with another incident of forged PCC Foundation checks. DeSalles is charged with taking checks belonging to the PCC Foundation and forging signatures on them. The checks were kept in a ledgerbook in the office of Elaine Broerman as emergency funds for the foundation. DeSalles goes to Pasadena Municipal Court June 26.