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VOL. 61, NO. 11 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
Don't Forget:
Homecoming Game
Tomorrow
NOVEMBER 8, 1985
Investments in South Africa Reviewed
OXFORD GROUP — Forty-four students have been accepted to
attend spring semester abroad. The group will depart for Oxford
Feb. 8 and return June 1. Faculty joining the students include
English professors Dr. William Goldmann, Dr. Phyllis Mael and
Leonard Franco. — Courier photo by Elizabeth McMahen
According to James, the in¬
vesting brokers job is to buy the
stock that is going to bring back the
highest return for the college.
“Investing in the stock market
takes quick decision making,” said
James. “We do our job purchasing
stock that is going to make money
for the college. The Board of.
Trustees makes policy decisions. If
they don’t want the college to deal
with companies investing in South
Africa, we won’t,” he added.
The reason for the large schol¬
arship fund is due to good invest¬
ments over the years, said James.
“If a non-investment policy is es¬
tablished, I feel it will inhibit the
free flexibility of the consulant to
work. Not a lot of companies are
aware of the Sullivan Principles,
we might have a hard time finding
companies that have actually en¬
dorsed the principles,” he added.
Svonkin proposed at the Oct. 21
meeting that the school establish a
non-investment policy with com¬
panies that have not signed the
Sullivan Act.
The Sullivan Act has six princi¬
ples they are; 1) Nonsegregation of
the races in all eating, comfort,
locker rooms, and work facilities;
2) Equal and Fair Employment
Practices for all employees; 3)
Equal Pay for all employees doing
equal or comparable work; 4) In¬
itiation of development training
programs that will prepare minor¬
ities; 5) Increasing the minority
numbers in management positions;
6) Improving the quality of employ¬
ees lives outside the work are, such
as housing and schooling.
“I’ve discussed my point of
view with the board members,”
said Svonkin. “I believe the board
will pass the non-investment pol¬
icy, it’s the right way to address
the issue.”
Sargis Re-elected
Joseph Sargis was re-elected to the
PCC Board of Trustees Tuesday, de¬
feating James Porter 1082 to 342.
“Since I’ve taken office as student
trustee, Mr. Sargis has been a very
helpful and strong supporter of the
entire college community as well as the
student body,” said Scott Svonkin, stu¬
dent trustee. “I think having Mr. Sargis
for another term will allow the college
to run more efficiently.”
Additional Pay Lot Coming
By Lisa Acosta
News Editor
Parking Lot 2 located on Colorado Boulevard and Hill Street will be the third
addition to the pay lots beginning Feb. 3.
The whole west side of the campus will consist of pay lots creating a total of
955 spaces in pay lots.
According to Philip L. Mullendore, director of college safety, the new pay lot
will benefit the parking situation. In pay lots no citations are issued. “Pay lots are
always attended by a security officer and this helps to keep down the crime rates.
Most thefts occur in decal lots,” said Mullendore. “Students also do not have to
worry about purchasing parking decals. Pay lots are convenient because students
can drive any vehicle to school and not worry about having a permit on the car,”
he said.
“We can react daily to the demand for parking and thefts will remain
minimal,” said Mullendore.
The parking committee voted to make Lot 2 a pay lot with the stipulation that
it will return to a decal lot should the utilization drop.
In 1982, the city of Pasadena conducted a survey and found a much greater
demand for the pay lots than the decal lots. At the time, Lot 3 was half decal and
half paid parking. While the pay lot was full at all times, the decal portion of the
lot was not used as efficiently. PCC held its own survey and confirmed the city’s
finding.. The decal lots get approximately two and a half turnovers a day as
compared to three and a half to four in the pay lots.
In 1983, Lot 3 was expanded to become a pay lot entirely and this year Lot 1
followed suit.
Lots 4 and 7, located on Sierra Bonita and Del Mar Boulevard, will both
remain decal lots.
By Keith Gustafson
Sports Editor
PCC does invest money in
companies doing business in South
Africa, however the amount is
$24,000 from a total budget of ap¬
proximately $44 million.
Responding to a request from
Student Trustee Scott Svonkin, Dr.
Bonnie James prepared a report on
the financial dealings PCC has with
companies investing in South
Africa.
Explaining the reason for re¬
questing the information, Svonkin
said, “I feel our college should not
support a government that denies
the basic civil rights to any individ¬
ual.”
At the Oct. 17 Board of
Trustees meeting, James named
three companies that are doing
business in South Africa. They are
American Home Products, Bandag
Inc. and IBM.
According to James, close to
$24,000 of these firms’ stocks were
purchased by a consulting invest¬
ment broker, Roger Engeman and
Associates Inc. This money came
from the PCC scholarship fund, of
which Engeman controls $628,000.
The board controls $1.3 million
from this scholarship fund.
The fund used extensively for
student aid, scholarships and
grants, is split up in two ways; the
college invests in a certain
portfolio and the rest is sent out to
an investment broker.
Engemann and Assoc,
purchased $11,249 in stocks from
American Home Products, $6,534 in
stocks from IBM and $5,654 in
stocks from Bandag Inc. These
stocks are now worth an estimated
$26,087 on the market, a profit of
$2,650.
Faculty Sets Goals and Objectives for '85
/'86
By Lisa Acosta
News Editor
$8000 of the money raised by the
student service fees has been invested
in tutoring, according to Alvar L.
Kauti, dean of student activities who
spoke at Tuesday’s meeting of the
Faculty Senate.
Kauti also reported that $30,000 has
been acquired to rennovate the Circa¬
dian Room which is due for comletion
in January. Funding for the rennova-
tion came from the Board of Trustees,
PCC Foundation and private donations.
Faculty Senate also raised other
items of concern including goals and
objectives for the academic year
1985-86. Issues including campus main-
tennance, an academic honors pro¬
gram, the new A.S. degree, and parking
and food services will be raised at the
next meeting.
The Academic Senate of California
Community Colleges’ Fall Conference
took place Oct. 31, Nov. 1-2 at the Red
Lion Inn in Ontario. Five faculty mem¬
bers attended, including Harry
Kawahara, counselor for humanities
and fine arts, Jane S. Hallinger
professor of English, Rosemary V.
Gaines, instructor of nursing, Donald
K. Wilson, instructor of engineering
and technology and Wallace E. Calvert,
professor of English.
Approximately 250 faculty members
representing 106 California community
colleges attended the conference whose
theme was “Re-Creating the Com¬
munity Colleges.”
The conference focused mainly on a
study of the concerns of the master
plan commission. The master plan of
higher education is being reviewed
with respect to such key issues as
community college access and trans¬
fer, academic floor, which determines
the minimum requirements for those
planning to attend a community col¬
lege; and remediation.
As a part of a state-wide change in
the way community colleges are
funded, free flow of students between
districts was discussed. This was of
special importance due to the decline in
Average Daily Attendance (ADA). Col¬
leges thathave had a decline in student
enrollment are losing greatly needed
revenues.
Hiring more part-time faculty and
changing funding based on the Full
Time Equivalency (FTE) (funding
based on instructors who teach at least
five classes)like that of the private and
state universities may help increase
revenues.
The Commission for the Review of
the Master Plan, which was created
earlier this year, will submit its recom¬
mendations to the state legislaturein
February of 1986.
Colleges have seen a decline in average daily
attendance.
STEREO DONATED — AS President Jim Mares accepts a stereo donated by the Hong Kong
Chinese Club to the ICC Office. The club has recently disbanded and paid for the stereo with club
funds. — Courier photo by Howard Shaw
Acclaimed Poet Performs Next Week in Forum
Registration is in progress for short term classes begin¬
ning Nov. 12. Transferable courses in general education are
offered. Classes are available beginning Nov. 12 or Dec. 2.
Additional information is available in D205.
Parking permit applications for spring semester are now
available in the safety office. Students must send completed
application forms, and stamped self-addressed envelopes to:
PCC, Dept, of College Safety, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91106-2003.
Applications must be postmarked no earlier than Nov. 18
and no later than Nov. 22. Permits will be issued during
registration at which time payment is due.
Inscape Magazine requests that PCC students submit
poetry, essays, short stories, pen and ink drawings and black
and white photographs for possible publication in the 1986
issue. The deadline for entries is 4:30 p.m. Nov. 18.
All submissions are to be taken to C217. The Inscape staff
feels this could be an excellent opportunity for creative
students to publish their work.
The Red Cross Blood Drive which took place Oct. 30 and 31
in the Campus Center had a small turn out this year. PCC fell
short of a 220 pint goal by one hundred pints. Last year 148
pints of blood were donated and Red Cross representatives
had hoped to increase this year’s donations.
The visit is part of the Writers and
Lecturers program at PCC. It is spon¬
sored by the English Department and
funded by the student services fund,
according to Jane Hallinger.
This is the third year of the program
which, in addition to readings, presents
workshops in areas of writing and
literature intepretation. The readings
are video taped for future use in the
classroom.
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REITER’S BIO SHEET
Reiter, 45, is an 18-year member of
the Monmouth College English faculty
and author of three critcally acclaimed
collections in narrative poetry.
Currently, Reiter is the Wayne D.
McMurray Chair in the Humanities at
Monmouth. The McMurray Chair is
Monmouth’s first endowed
professorship. It was establishedwith
$500,000 from a $1 million grant made
to the college in 1984 by the McMurray-
Benett Foundation, Inc. Monmouth is
in New Jersey.
Three of Reiter’s collections deal
with his early years on the Mississippi
River, including the river, the railroads
Poet Tom Reiter will be on campus
Tuesday, Nov. 12, to give two readings
for interested students and staff. The
first is at 9 a.m. in the Forum and the
second reading will be held at 10:30
a.m. in Harbeson Hall. Each reading
will be followed by a question and
answer session.
and the people. His book River Route,
published in 1977, was one of 12 finalists
from among 300 entries in the 1975
Associated Writing Programs Competi¬
tion.
His other works are titled The
Zalenka Poems and Starting from Blood-
root and his latest work Rain
Poems/Rain Drawings.
Reiter is currently working on Star
Moss, a collection of poems readied for
submission in the Open Competition of
the National Poetry Series. He is also
working on an as-yet-untitled sequence
of dramative and narrative poems on
the subject of early 19th Century Iowa
history and folkways.
CRITICS CHOICE
Reiter’s work has received many
positive reviews. On River Route,
George Garrett of the University of
Michigan wrote, “May River Route
touch many readers. It is the rare and
distinguished thing — an important
collection by one of the best young
poets around.”
After reading Reiter’s Starting from
Bloodroot, Frank Allen of Poet Lore
said, “Reiter is someone I would like to
call up (along with Holden Caulfield) to
see what his next poem will be.”
GRADUATE OF LORAS
Reiter is a graduate of Loras College
in Iowa, earned a master’s degree from
the University of Virginia and a Ph.D.
from the University of Massachuetts.
For more information call 578-7371.
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