A
VOL. 47, NO. 14
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MAY 18, 1979
Speech Team Takes
Home Eight Trophies
DO THEY SELL GAS HERE?
No, it's just one of many lines as students wait for priority numbers to sign up for classes.
Numbers are still available for class sign ups, but hurry because they are going fast!
The Pasadena City College Lancer
Forensics Team swept the events at
the California State University
(CSULA) in the Los Angeles Spring
Tournament May 12, capturing eight
trophies in six of the nine events.
“El Wipe, we went into 11 final
rounds. It wasn’t just a give away, it
was a clean sweep,’’ said Anthony
Georgilas, Communications Instructor
at PCC.
Competing against 12 Senior
Colleges and six Junior Colleges, the
team “broke’’ into the Final Rounds of
11 events. Among the most formidable
contenders was (Senior Colleges) USC,
Occidental, Cal-State Northridge;
(Junior Colleges), Grossmont, Citrus,
Mt. San Antonio, and PCC.
In the final judging Pasadena was
announced the winner with three First
Place Trophies, one Second Place, and
four Third Place.
Pasadena dominated the Radio
Speaking Event by placing four
members out of five in the finals. PCC
won First, Second and Third Place
Trophies. First Place was Wynona
Majied Muhammad (Mass Com¬
munications), Second Place was
captured by Erin Steavens (Speech)
and Third Place by Mark Watney
(Journalism). Erin Steavens went on
to win First Place in Expository
Speaking (Novice) and F’irst Place
Presuasive Speaking (Novice). Mark
Watney placed Third in Oral In¬
terpretation (Novice) and won Third in
Impromptu (Novice). Don Vecchione
captured Third Place After Dinner
Speaking (Experienced). John Booker
and Gus Sztraicher made final rounds
in Radio and Expository Speaking
respectively.
It was a great competition for for¬
mer PCC Forensic Alumni as well.
Competing in Radio Speaking (Ex¬
perienced) First Place was awarded to
Ria Georgilas (USC) and Second Place
to Tami Steavens (CSULA). Tami
Steavens went on to win First Place in
Duo-Interpretation ( Experienced) .
Keri Bowman (Cal Poly Pomona)
captured the Second Place in Oral
Interpretation.
The Tournament was divided into
levels, Novice and Experienced.
On the Spot Events were Impromptu
Speaking (no preparation allowed for
given topics) and Radio Broadcasting.
Prepared Events included, In¬
formative Speaking. Persuasive
Speaking, and Oral Interpretation of
Literature. With these events speakers
presented a 10 minute pre-prepared
speech .
“There was a great amount of an¬
ticipation as we waited to see who
would break the finals,” said first
place winner, Wynona Majied
Muhammad, “but it was fantastic.”
Miss Wynona s category was radio,
“You had to rewrite, edit, and put
together a new cast (five minutes
long) for radio.” said Miss Wynona. “I
wasn't overly optimistic, but I had a
little bit of hope. Everyone knew what
they were doing"
Coaches for the Forensics Team
are: Dr Patrick Brown. Carol
Norheim. Audrey Mcllwrath. An-
tyhony Georgilas, Broadcast-
Journalism. Forensics. Team
supervisor is Joe Probst.
Others participating were: Blanche
Ervin and Kristen Eistetter in the
Persuasive Speaking Event, Leslie
Paddock and Marg Dolnick competed
in Oral Interpetation.
SPEECH TOURNAMENT— Members of the speech
team who took awards at competition are, from
left: Coach Anthony Georgilas, Erin Steavens
(first place Radio, first place Persuasive, second
place Radio), Mark Watney (third place Oral In¬
terpretation, third place Impromptu, and third
place Radio), Don Vecchione (third place After
Dinner Speaking). Not pictured is Wynona Majied
Muhammad (first place Radio Speaking).
—Courier photo by S.K.
Controversy Over Procedures
Senate Engages in Bitter Battle
By Terry Robertson
Staff Writer
“If they don’t meet me half way all
hell will break loose,” Senate
President Mike Tiberi speaking about
the executive board and the senate’s
peace agreement in March.
War.
Hell broke loose in Thursday’s
student senate meeting when a bitter
floor battle over parliamentary
procedures took precedence over
important constitutional legislation.
Senate Parliamentarian Charlotte
Hutchins was the center of con¬
troversy. ASB President Derek
Research Indicates Need for Day Care
Center Still Exists for Mothers at PCC
By Joan Perkins
Staff Writer
Efforts to establish a child care
center at or near PCC have been going
on for over 10 years.
In June of 1978 the Board of Trustees
defeated a motion to forward an ap¬
plication for state funds for child care.
Research done at that time indicated
over 1000 mothers would have used a
child care facility operated by the
college.
President Richard Meyers was
highly supportive of a child-care
program at Cerro Coso Community
College in Ridgecrest where he was
president for three years. He said it
entirely related to the prechool
program.
Meyers said he would support such a
program if more evidence could be
shown there is a need for it, “but 1 need
documented evidence of the need
before I can support it,” he said.
Meyers said the Board of Trustee
members have been against past
proposals because they probably feel
the school should not support one more
social service for the community.
“It would have to relate to an in¬
structional program such as early
childhood development,” Meyers said.
Suzanne Bourg, counselor, helps
returning students find day care
arrangements for their children. Ms.
Bourg said it is extremely difficult for
MEDIA DAY— Felicia Jeter, newscaster for KNBC-
T V news, talked with students at the second
annual “Media Day,” Wednesday. Ronald Long,
—Courier photo by Gwen Johnson
student moderator, looks on. The event was co¬
sponsored by the Social Science and Com¬
munications departments.
the mother of a young child to begin
her education and almost impossible to
attend full time at night.
“Having a day care center would
give the women a choice,” Ms. Bourg
said.
“Another problem is the single
parent, " she said. “We should be
aware of their problems and open the
school to these people.”
In 1976 Trustees Robert Spare and
Roger Gertmenian voted to held back
payment of a lease held by PCC for the
weekend use of the Campus Children's
Center.
Gertmenian said he was concerned
over the very existence of a day-care
class or center under the auspices of
PCC.
Dr. E. Howard Floyd, while
superintendent -president in 1976, told
the board that PCC in no way finances
the normal operation of the Center but
simply uses the vacated premises for
the Saturday class.
“It is about time women became
aware of who they are voting for,” Ms.
Bourg said. “The men of the board are
traditional family men. They aren't
really concerned about women’s
rights"
Ms. Bourg believes women are
voting against their needs. "Fifty-four
percent of the campus population are
women.” she said, “and what per¬
centage are in administration?"
Karen Norris, English teacher, feels
a child-care center is definitely
needed. "People have been working
hard for seven years that I know
about." she said.
"Past proposals have either been
ignored or turned down by the board."
said Ms. Morris.
“Several of the board members feel
the woman's place is in the home." she
said.
coleman said, “You have a
parliamentarian making motions.
Parliamentarians should be neutral.”
“Since when are parliamentarians
the actual judge. She’s (Hutchins)
made a motion, now she’s going to rule
on it,” Coleman added.
Statements began to boom from all
corners of the senate, many for Ms.
Hutchins and many against.
“I’m being robbed of my freedom of
speech. I have my right as an in¬
dividual to speak,” said Ms. Hutchins.
A motion was now on the floor to give
Ms. Hutchins the right to speak and
make motions. Fifteen more minutes
of heated araguments took place until
Tiberi put a stop to it.
“The chair rules Charlotte can make
motions. She has every right so speak.
If you don’t like it, it’s too bad,” stated
Tiberi.
“You can’t do that. You’re going
against the rules,” screamed senator
Steve Lambert as he stormed from the
room.
“You are stepping on the rights of
the people. You’re stepping on
freedom of speech. You threw the
motion out. You can’t do that,” said
Coleman.
“I have not thrown the motion out
We will vote on it,” Tiberi reDlied.
The motion passed.
“I'm sorry I recognized Coleman.
He is not part of this quorum. We
wasted 15 minutes. I am disappointed
in him. All the work we have done has
been destroyed,” said the senate
president.
The ASB elections, to be held May 30-
31, could also turn into a battlefield.
Tiberi vs. Coleman for student trustee.
Coleman will also run for ASB
president. Senators Mike Low and
Peter Toth will try to unseat the two-
term incumbent. The potential atomic
expolsion exists in the ASB vice
president position. Ms. Hutchins is
running for the spot along with Ms.
Albanese.
Abuse Against Elevators
Proves Costly to PCC
So you’re late for class, and find
yourself waiting for an elevator. The
elevator is slow, so you push the button
again, maybe harder. If there are
other elevators around, you push those
buttons, too. Finally, one of the doors
opens and you get in, but the door isn’t
closing. This leads to pounding on the
floor selection buttons.
A small scenario, happens every
day, but little by little this kind of
abuse is taking its toll on the elevators
at PCG. Leonard Knapp, director of
building services, described the
problem :
“Basically it’s the little nuisance
kind of abuse we find in the elevators.
They beat on the buttons, because
they’re impatient. The buttons get
chipped, and sometimes get hung up in
the socket.”
Knapp explained the elevators on
campus are really designed for han¬
dicapped people. The doors close
slower, the elevators rest at each floor
longer. The problems come up because
other students are in a hurry to get to
class. In situations, such as R
Building, where several elevators are
grouped together, students push all the
buttons to try to get the fastest service.
This slows down all the elevators,
because each one must stop at that
floor. This causes. more delays, and
more impatient students.
Fortunately, according to Knapp,
there is very little deliberate van¬
dalism, but the little nuisance stuff
accounted for about $3,000 in damages
last year, the worst ever.
“An elevator is a delicate piece of
machinery, and unfortunately most
manufacturers think they’re building a
violin. Still, with proper care, an
elevator can last forever.”
According to Knapp, the cost of
building one elevator is approximately
$40,000. PCC has a contract with an
outside company to maintain the
elevators at $1,000 per year, per
elevator. Deliberate abuse, however,
is extra.
“One repairman came in and found
a student poking on the buttons with
the end of an umbrella. Sometimes, we
find the cables inside the doors torn
out.
“We would have a lot less trouble if
the students would realize who the
elevators are designed for. Han¬
dicapped people can't just spring in
there like the rest of us athletes.”
—Courier photo by S.K.