PCC Proposal
BSU Dance
Tickets are now on sale in the
Campus Center for the Black
Student Union's Sickle Cell Night.
The dance will be held Nov. 22, from
9 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Campus
Center lounge at PCC. “Precious
Perkins” and "Hot Snow” will be
featured.
'P of P# Establishes
Manuscript Deadline
Deadline for submission of manu¬
scripts to Pipes of Pan is Dec. 1, and
Ivan Jones, English professor and
faculty adviser to this anthology of stu¬
dent writing, invites students to send in
their literary work.
“The entire student body, day and
night classes, is welcomed,” said
Jones. “We set our deadline on Dec. 1
because it has to go to press by Dec. 15.
This edition will go on sale next
semester.”
“Don’t be timid about submitting
your work,” he continued. “Very often
students are too critical about their
writing and don’t realize how good
they really are.”
The Pipes of Pan is published as a
project of English 5, the creative
writing class. The editorial staff is
chosen from the class. Members are
Miss Kathy Raffee, editor; Miss Betty
Lockwood and Jim Douglas, associate
editors; Kim Sherman and Miss Me¬
linda Hauser, assistant editors.
Last semester, the cover was de-
MECHA
Drawing
Nov. 30
PCC’s chapter of Movimiento Estu-
diantil Chicano de Atzlan (MECHA),
will be conducting a benefit drawing to
raise money for a scholarship, to be
awarded to an outstanding Mexican-
American student.
The drawing is a fund-raising drive,
which will consist of drawing for items
donated to MECHA by private organi¬
zations. The drawing will be held on
Nov. 30, at noon in the MECHA office,
A108.
First prize will be a portable type¬
writer, donated by Allied Office
Machines of Maywood. Second prize is
an electric guitar donated by Arcadia
Music Mart of Arcadia. And third prize
will be a turkey, with the donor to be
announced at the next MECHA
meeting.
Winners need not be present for the
drawing.
The donations for the drawing cost 50
cents a chance. For more information,
students may contact the MECHA
office or the Office for Chicano Affairs.
signed by the art class of Norman
Abbey. They will also do the illustra¬
tions for this edition.
This literary publication will be
printed by the printshop class under
Robert van der Veen, also one of the
faculty advisers to the magazine.
All short stories, poetry and essays
submitted will be reviewed carefully
by the staff. Materials will be chosen
according to their literary merit.
Although a high standard is required,
the final product aims to represent the
efforts of the entire student body.
Veterans
Benefits
Available
Veterans registering for next
semester at PCC should stop by the
Veterans’ Office in C108 before turning
in their registration cards, according
to Marianne Loniello of the office.
Mrs. Loniello released the following
schedule of benefits for veterans at¬
tending college, approved by congress
this year:
A veteran carrying 12 units or more
can get $220 per month if he is single;
$261 if he has one dependent; $298 with
two dependents; $316 with three
dependents, and $18 for each ad¬
ditional dependent.
Those carrying nine to 11V2 units can
get $165 if alone; $196 with one
dependent; $224 with two dependents;
$238 with three dependents, and $14 for
each additional dependent.
For those with 6 to 8V2 units, the
scale is $110 if alone; $131 with one
dependent; $149 with two; $158 with
three dependents, and nine dollars for
each additional dependent.
This applies to veterans who have
181 days of continuous, active service,
any part after Jan 31, 1955.
However, for those who served
between 1955 and June 30, 1966,
benefits will terminate on June 1, 1974.
In most cases, Mrs. Loniello noted,
veterans have eight years to take
advantage of their benefits and get
financing for 36 months of education.
But veterans can’t get these benefits
next semester unless they stop by the
office as soon as possible. And those
who still aren’t getting their benefits
this semester should stop by too-
better late than never.
Poitier Flick
To Benefit
HOLE IN THE GROUND — This week workmen dug lay power lines to the Paramedical Building across
this ditch in the parking lot east of the C Building to the street. The hole has already been filled in again.
of Expansion
year.
He has edited the periodical, Asian
Survey, at Berkeley, where he has also
served as placement officer for Ph.D.
candidates in political science and
chairman of several departmental and
university committees.
Navajo CC
The PCC English Department is
sponsoring the movie “Cry the
Beloved Country,” starring Sidney
Poitier, in Sexson Auditorium next
week.
The movie, which is based on Alan
Paton’s classic novel, will be shown on
Monday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. and
again on the following morning at 10:30
a.m.. Tickets are 50 cents.
Proceeds from the film will be used
for the Navajo Community College in
Arizona, and for cash awards to out¬
standing English Department
students, according to Kathy Raffee,
president of the English Council.
Tickets are available in C217.
J. RAY RISSER
. . . commends voters
control of junior colleges by making
the state financially responsible for
them.
“Whoever pays the bills has con¬
trol,” Risser said. “If this aspect had
been more widely understood, it might
have lost by a larger margin.”
Risser predicted that the governor
and legislature now would provide
property tax relief without the sort of
drawbacks Proposition 14 had.
—Courier Photo by Sergio Valladares
HECTIC DAYS AHEAD — 1973 Tournament of Roses Queen Salli Ann
Noren, PCC secretarial science major, is looking ahead to the next
two months. She and her court are scheduled for at least 80 official
engagements which include the Coronation, the Grand Marshal’s Ball
and numerous television appearances.
Pledge of Allegiance
Abolished by ASB
Whereas lately we have been run¬
ning overtime in board meetings;
Whereas there is a division among
the board members as to standing for
the flag salute or not;
Whereas the entire board unani¬
mously adheres and believes in the
principles this country was founded
on;
And whereas across the country, the
flag, the Pledge of Allegiance and what
they stand for have now become politi¬
cal issues:
Be it resolved that from this day on,
the Pledge of Allegiance shall be
deleted from the ASB Board meetings.
ASB President Chris Lucas presided
over the seventh board meeting and
ended with the above resolution. The 6-
4 vote was preceded by a lengthy
discussion on whether or not to include
the 30-second Pledge of Allegiance to
the flag. Denny Meehan, second
Senate vice president, presented the
resolution to the board after a quick
before-meeting vote.
Members present for the vote were
Anthony Ott, ASB vice president;
Kathy Raffee, Senate president;
Martha Hubner, first Senate veep;
Don Stockett, Sophomore Class prexy;
Floyd Beatty, AMS prexy; Betty
Wright, AWS prexy; Bob Black, ICC
prexy; Meehan; Kurt Edelbrock,
athletics commissioner; and Lourdes
Pammit, International Students
president.
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California November 10, 1972
What has been a long and tedious
process that began 11 years ago is
coming to life again. A proposal to
close Winship and Sierra Bonita ave¬
nues, and thus consolidate and expand
the campus, is what Art Garr of the
business office calls “a step in the
right direction.”
This proposal would consist of the
closure of the two streets, extend
parking, widen Bonnie St. 30 feet into a
four-lane road, and reduce the chance
of accidents. A beautification process
would follow bringing new masonry,
sidewalks, shrubs and trees.
It would eliminate any danger to the
handicapped person crossing to the
Paramedical Building because of the
absence of traffic. Leonard Knapp of
the maintenance and operations de¬
partment said, “This project has so
many positive qualities about it. We
will be beautifying and revamping the
whole east side of the campus. Noise
will be reduced and safety increased,
bringing some much-needed parking
space to our overcrowded lots.”
Said Garr, “We have never had a
PCC Coed
Reigns— 1973
Rose Queen
Pasadena City College, famous for
its beautiful coeds, has once again
produced a Tournament of Roses
Queen: 5’8” brown-eyed, redhead Salli
Ann Noren.
A secretarial science major, pretty
20-year old Miss Noren would prefer to
become an airline stewardess but is
studying to be an executive secretary
in case it doesn’t work out.
Miss Noren is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Everett Noren of Altadena, the
younger sister of twin brothers Dennis
and Donald, and the niece of baseball
player -coach Irv Noren.
Her father is the owner of Noren ’s
Hillcrest Bakery, a business which he
started 36 years ago.
An avid golfer and snow skiier,
Queen Salli also enjoys rug making,
sewing, cooking and all sports. But for
the next two months she won’t have
time for very much except dinners,
radio and television.
At least 80 official engagements are
already scheduled. Among them are
the Queen’s Breakfast (her first public
appearance), the Coronation, the
Grand Marshal’s Ball and numerous
television appearances.
Miss Noren and her court: Jimmie
Lou Bates of Pasadena, Janet Jay
Carr of San Gabriel, Gayle Andrea
Gorrell of Temple City, Melanie Lee
Irwin of Sierra Madre, Caryn Le Sells
of Brea, and Michele Marie Vessandini
of La Canada, climax their hectic ac¬
tivities by presiding over the 84th
annual Tournament of Roses and the
59th Rose Bowl game.
The grand marshal for this year’s
parade is John Wayne, and Miss Noren
is thrilled. “The most exciting part of
all this is meeting John Wayne.”
serious accident resulting from the
automobile yet, and we would like to
maintain this standard.”
The project will be handled in
conjunction with the city. When the
design is formulated, it will be done by
city engineers who will draw it up in
accordance with the city’s building
codes. This will eliminate the prob¬
lems that a private corporation might
have in conforming to codes.
The current construction is
primarily concerned with the laying of
various power lines to the Paramedi¬
cal Building. The first phase of con¬
struction has tentatively scheduled its
finish somewhere around Jan. 4.
“We will replace our World War I
vintage street lights with mercury
vapor lights, thus reducing the chance
of vandalism and assault,” said Garr.
Knapp concluded, “We have not yet
received too much negative response
from the people in the neighborhood.
We can see this only as improvement
for all concerned.”
PCC Final Schedule
Reduced to 1 Week
The final examinations schedule has
been reduced to the last six days of the
semester, from Friday, Jan. 19 to
Friday, Jan. 26.
“We believe that this is an adequate
schedule,” said Dr. Irvin G. Lewis,
administrative dean for student
personnel. “With the cooperation of
the faculty, we . could make ad¬
justments when an individual student
requests a change to avoid three
examinations in a day.”
There were only four examination
days in 1954, and had been rising
steadily till 1968, when eight days were
scheduled. The intention of this in¬
crease was to use the extra day to test
students in the Cooperative English
Examination as an alternative route to
English 1A eligibility. “But now
students taking this test are fast
diminishing and eight days seem to be
an excessive amount of time for
examinations,” said Dean Lewis.
In a report last February, Dean
Lewis cited another reason to cut down
examination time. It would maximize
instructional days. “In the past, some
teachers completed their total
examination schedule well ahead of
Scalapino
Discusses
Ping Pong
The wide-ranging topic, “Peking,
Ping Pong and the President” is set for
PCC’s next Tuesday Evening Forum
by Prof. Robert A. Scalapino from
University of California, Berkeley.
Prof. Scalapino has an impressive
list of credentials for his subject,
having served since 1970 on the ad¬
visory committee of the Institute of
International Studies; faculty ad¬
visory committee of the Center for
Chinese Studies, and the Center for
Japanese and Korean Studies.
His travels in Asia to further his
scholarship have taken him to such
nations as Indonesia, Japan and many
others in East, South and Southeast
Asia.
Prof. Scalapino, who holds a Ph.D. in
political science from Harvard
University, has been teaching at
Berkeley since 1949. Before that he
was an instructor at Harvard for a
the week between semesters and were
ready to turn in their grades before the
end of the semester,” explained Lewis.
“They are then naturally reluctant to
appear for any faculty meetings or
seminars on the Monday of the week
between semesters.”
“This led to a general cancellation of
the intended departmental meetings
and seminars and resulted in an in¬
creasing tendency for faculty to view
the week between semesters as a
vocation period. The historical data
will not support that the week between
semesters was ever a vacation
period.”
Under the new proposal, grades
from faculty will be due on Tuesday
noon and then they will have three
days to prepare for the next semester.
“All faculty will be on duty and
available for student conference the
Monday between semesters,” said
Dean Lewis.
When told of some studnets’ un¬
favorable reaction to this change,
Dean Lewis said students did have a
chance to react to the proposal last
spring, as this is leftover business
from last semester.
“Test schedule usually is stated at
the time when the the master calender
is approved (between July and
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Prop. 14
Defeated
Defeat of Proposition 14 on the
California ballot this week was de¬
scribed as “intelligent” by J. Ray
Risser, president of the PCC Board of
Trustees.
Stressing that he believes in
property tax relief, Risser said that
Proposition 14 would have hurt junior
colleges and various government
services by cutting back on property
tax revenue without replacing it
adequately.
In addition, Risser said, the proposi¬
tion would have taken away local
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