EDITORIAL
LAST ISSUE
FEATURES
Graduation
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The COURIER will be back
Alumna
IPs good to know someone actually
gradauates from PCC Page 2
on June 28
Meet 51 -year-old Sandy Biery, a
Pasadenan and alumna Page 7
Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol. 70 No. 15
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NEWSLINE
“KNOW YOUR RIGHTS”
The PCC Paralegal Association
presents “Know Your Rights,” a
seminar featuring Sen. Art Torres and
other legal dignitaries. Topics include
legislative issues, transportation, la¬
bor, landlord/tenant, introduction to
paralegal/legal assisting and personal
injury. The seminar will be held on
Saturday, June 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. in
Harbeson Hall. The event is free. For
more information, please call (818)
409-9713 or (818) 280-6941.
ANTHROPOLOGY FOOD DRIVE
The AS in conjunction with the
Anthropology Club are sponsoring a
food drive to support the Big Moun¬
tain resistance in Arizona, the collec¬
tion drop is in the upstairs lobby of the
Campus Center. Foods needed are any
bulk, non-perishable goods, especially
coffee, tea, herbal teas, dried fruits and
nuts, canned goods, flour, baby for¬
mula and other foods.
SUMMER STOCK
Students interested in acting, sing¬
ing, dancing, make-up, costume and
scenic constructions are needed for
PCC’s Summer Stock company.
PCC will be rehearsing and per¬
forming four shows in the repertory
this summer. “The Robber Bride¬
groom,” “Story Theater,” “Spoon
River Anthology” and “Buy Ameri¬
can/Made in Taiwan” will all be show¬
cased in the summer. These shows will
bedirected by Bruce Gill, Ron Wilson,
Whytney Rydbeck and Duke Stroud.
Bob Wilson will head the scenic de¬
sign and technical aspects of the pro¬
ductions. Rehearsals begin the first
day of summer school and perform¬
ances end Aug. 1 1 .
PCC 100 MILE CLUB
The following members of the PCC
community have logged the equiva¬
lent of 100 miles of physical activity
this semester: Jose Bautista, Budianto
Bong, Robert Ettleman, Lana Fields,
Lynne Hulsebos, William Petring, Greg
Smith and Jeanie Wong. T-shirts may
be picked up at the Student Activities
Office, CC203. The PCC 100 Mile
Club is open to all members of the
campus community. More informa¬
tion is available at the office.
DRUG AWARENESS FAIRE
WhatmakcsPCC a delightful place
to work is the commitment to volun-
tecrism displayed by many students.
Just recendy, PCC presented its sec¬
ond annual Drug Awareness Fairc. The
success of the program was largely due
to the many students who generously
gave of their valuable time. The Plan¬
ning Committee expresses its grati¬
tude to the following students: Hum¬
berto Agurcia, Stephen Bae, Susan
Вас,
May Lee Bartlett, Lydia Bzxter, Craig
Butterfield, Addison Chhiap, Susana
Coughenour, Ani Donikian, Eleanor
Goldberg, Tricia Hernandez, Hyon Kim,
Wendy
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wong, Marti Martell, Dennis
Martini, Syndi Matuszewicz, Olivia
Murillo, Chanthaboun Phonzsa, Pete
Rasic, Seany Renfrew, Birendra Shakya,
Ousama Shamma, Andrea Schaffer,
Yvonne Weis, Jeric Woo, Shira Eve
Wright, Lewis Yu, Andrew, Collin,
Shan, Donna Kelly- Volunteer Coor¬
dination and any other volunteers we
may have missed. Thank you for get¬
ting involved.
INDEX
Opinion
2
Editorial
2
Features
4,5
News Features
6,7
Sports
8
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Robert Casper, 21
Independent
Craig Hakola, 22
Leadership That Listens
What do you think will solve PCC’s
parking problem?
“Time, mainly, and a parking
structure. I also think that the
parking shuttle should run longer
hours. There also needs to be
more popular classes in the
afternoon to spread out the rush in
the morning."
What do you think will solve PCC's
parking problem?
“I plan to try to convince the city
to extend its parking hours. We
could also acquire space in a
nearby area.”
Graduation exercise
slated for June 15
By CANDY DANIELSON
Special Correspondent
PCC’s 65th commencement exercise is
certain to trigger twin emotions tugging at
graduates, excitement tempered by solem¬
nity, as each ponders future hopes and aspi¬
rations.
And this traditional ritual of academia’s
ultimate reward will prove once again, if
proof indeed is needed, that June is not about
brides alone, but graduations as well.
There will be pomp and ceremony blended
with the sounds of band music, jazz and
choir at PCC’s 1 990 graduation exercises on
Friday, June 1 5 . Awards, speeches, honors ~
cven punch and cookies-arc also on the
program which will begin at6:30p.m. in the
Mirror Pools area on campus.
Commencement speaker is Dr. Bruce
Murray, professor of planetary science at
CalTech and formerly director of the NAS A-
CalTech Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Murray, a distinguished scientist and
internationally recognized authority in ge¬
ology as well as planetary and geophysical
research, has also pioneered the techniques
Dr. Bruce Murray
for observations, probes, measurements and
spacecraft imaging. He is co-founder and
vice president of the Planetary Society, a
worldwide non-profit organization of 125,000
members. A prolific author of numerous
papers and books, Murray is the recipient of
many awards for his exceptional service to
Please see GRADUATION, page 8
Words of
wisdom
Nobel Peace Prize winner
Desmond Tutu talks about
anti-apartheid movement
By BECKY ROUSE
Opinion Editor
Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
speaking at CalTech on Tuesday,
May 22 brought a message of com¬
mendation for supporters of anti-
apartheid movement as well as ad¬
monition to persevere until reforms
are realized.
Belying his small stature, Tutu’s
booming voice engulfed the large
crowd of students young and old.
Some perched on rooftops and win¬
dowsills, others climbed trees to get
a better look at the man who’s cou¬
rageous honesty has made him a
symbol of hope throughout the world.
“I bring you greetings from your
brothers and sisters in South Af¬
rica,” cried Tutu, his arms raised in
the air. The large crucifix nestled
against his bright red shirt sparkled
in the sun. “I speak on behalf of
millions who want you to know how
deeply grateful we are to you for
your support; for your commitment
to our struggle for justice, peace.
Please see TUTU, page 8
James Ojeda
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The COURIER
Bishop Desmond T utu talked about freedom during his speech at CalT ech last week.
Program for computer consultants launched
In an attempt to meet the growing de¬
mand for computer consultants in the busi¬
ness field, the PCC mathematics and com¬
puter studies department has created a new
vocational certificate program to be offered
next semester.
The program will consist of four new
courses and eight already existing, said Paul
Duchow, associate professor of mathemat¬
ics. Students who complete the program will
be able to help businesses choose what
computers and software to buy and how to
use them.
After completion of the program, “a
student would be able to consult businesses
on microcomputers,” said Duchow.
PCC’s certificate program for potential
computer consultants may be the only one
offered among California’s 107 community
colleges, said Duchow.
“This vocational certificate is designed
for those persons wishing to obtain an entry-
level job in an information center, work in
PC support for a small company or work on
the technical staff in computer retailing,”
according to the college course catalog.
The four new courses designed specifi¬
cally for the new certificate program, known
as Microcomputer Consulting, are Micro¬
computer Systems Software (CIS 111),
Microcomputer Hardware/Software Evalu¬
ation (CIS 1 14), Microcomputer Field Prac¬
tice (CIS 1 15) and (Elctm 1 12).
Duchow said the new certificate program
was created after an advisory board to the
computer studies department talked about
the increasing need for people trained to be
computer consultants. The board is com¬
posed of representatives from the computer
industry and the business field, Duchow
said.
The first course to offered from the newly-
created courses will be CIS 1 1 1, which will
focus on operating systems, memory man¬
agement, software installation and other
aspects of microcomputer softwares. It will
be offered in the Fall. In the Spring of 1991 ,
Elctrn 112 will be offered. The two other
new courses, CIS 114 and 115, will be
offered in the 1991-92 school year.
A brochure describing the new certificate
program will be available in the math de¬
partment office soon, said Duchow.
-MICHAEL ROCHA
KPCC ends
year with
successful
fund drive
By U LISES VELASCO
Staff Writer
After an exhausting schedule of eight
days of work, the staff and volunteers at
KPCC drew enough support from radio lis¬
teners to garner 1 ,502 new and 774 continu¬
ing subscriptions. Their donations resulted
in $1 10,1 12 worth of donations for the radio
station.
Development Director Kay Adler, who
helped coordinate the fund drive, enlisted
the help of 1 2 volunteers and the members of
the on-air staff. During the eight days of the
pledge drive, many of the volunteers took on
the harsh schedule of working on alternating
shifts from morning until night. Helping
assist Adler with the many duties of running
a pledge drive were her assistants, Mia Kamatz
and Tina Harris.
Adler was pleased with the way members
of the student body, Alpha Sigma Gamma,
plus staff and faculty made an effort to help
volunteer their time assisting the funding
effort at KPCC.
Another factor that assisted with the success
of the fund drive were the premiums. The
premiums included National Public Radio’s
(NPR) 10th Anniversary Morning Edition t-
shirts, mugs and tote bags. A host of other
premiums offered by local restaurants,
museums and concert venues.
“We have received a very large response
with the KPCC T-shirts, so-popular that by
the end of the fund drive, we only had 5
shirts left in each size,” said Adler.
The reason that the Spring fund drive is
shorter in execution then the larger Fall
drive is that the amount of volunteers and
staff for the Fall drive is much larger.
Last semester’s fund drive earned a total
of $157,759 worth of pledges during its 11
days. Adler explained that this was the usual
amount for a drive that lasted that amount of
time. This Spring’s fund drive earned its
objected goal of SI 10,000 in eight days.
Commenting on the success of this Spring’s
fund drive, Adler remarked, “I hope that we
keep doing the same thing next year as we
did this year, only larger.”
Please see KPCC, page 8