This Man Proves
That College Is
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Veterans Day is Tomorrow—
A Salute To Our Vets For
Keeping America Safe
Student Exercised
Her Way to Fame,
Fortune, Austria
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COURIER
VOL. 67, NO. 1 1
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 10, 1988
ICC Set to Cancel Club Charters
Maya Allerruzo
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The Courier
The ICC meeting attendance has been low this semester. Here, only representatives of two of the 41 clubs on
campus wait for the meeting to begin. Charters of the clubs that miss two consecutive meetings without giving
prior notice will be cancelled beginning at the Nov. 16 meeting.
By Lauren Holland
Staff Writer
Margarita Cornejo, president of
PCC’s Inter Club Council, has granted a
two week extension to clubs threatened
with losing their charters. Council
guidelines state that any club absent
during two consecutive ICC meetings
will lose its charter for the remainder
of the semester.
Cornejo said, “What I want to do is
set up the guidelines necesarry to keep
the ICC going.” Existing guidelines
have been overlooked by previous ad¬
ministrations and ICC participation has
dropped by 75 percent. Ten out of the 41
clubs on campus are usually repre¬
sented at the meetings.
Chuck Ward, a student development
intern from Azusa Pacific University
and ICC's faculty advisor said, “For
this ICC to work properly we need
contact from every club. ICC has been
meeting every other Wednesday since
school began, and Cornejo discovered
the full impact of the guidelines at the
beginning of her term as ICC president.
A decision to act on the clause which
allows for charters to be revoked came
down Oct. 5 with a grace period of one
month to insure that all clubs be
informed of the decision. The meeting
Wednesday, Nov. 3 would have marked
the second consecutive abscence of
almost 30 clubs. Despite efforts to
publicize the meetings and inform
clubs that the guidelines would be
adhered to, 44 participation increased
only marginally Wednesday.
Clubs can continue to operate
without a charter, but only in a limited
way. Cornejo said, “Clubs can recieve
money from other sources if they give
it, but the clubs can not represent the
school if they are not recognized by the
ICC.” With a valid charter clubs can
reserve rooms for meetings, sponsor
fundraising activities on campus, so¬
licit funds from the ICC and recieve
free space at the monthly flea market.
Campus recognition for a job well
done also eludes non-chartered clubs
and their members. The Black Student
Union, which lost its charter last
semester, came back to be named club
of the month for October. Participation
in C-CAP — College Community Action
Project — determines who the club of
the month will be. Voter registration
and the Red Cross blood drive partici¬
pation where the determinants for the
October competition. Alpha Gamma
Sigma and BSU share the glory for a
job well done and will be treated to a
pizza party partially funded by the
American Red Cross.
BSU member Larry Poole was at the
meeting when the announcement was
made, and said* “We worked hard,
especially for voter registration.”
Aside from the pizza party BSU will
also have a placque to be displayed on
campus.
Fundraisers for the Special Olym¬
pics will determine the club of the
month for November and Cornejo is
serious about getting clubs to partici¬
pate in the ICC and in the community.
“This is going to be my last year, and
my goal is to get all 41 clubs going to
the meetings.” Charters will be re¬
voked as of Wednesday, November 16.
Participation is essential for clubs that
wish to continue activities and receive
campus recognition.
Police Escorts Available to Students, Staff
Nelson Green
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The Courier
Students Margarita Cornejo and Gilbert Morgan were married Thursday,
Nov. 3. She is the Vice President of the AS Board, and he is the student
member of the PCC Board of Trustees.
By Margie Goodhart
Feature Editor
You didn’t really want to take that
night class, but that’s how your sched¬
ule worked out. Now you wish you
hadn’t because your car is parked at
the south end of the pay lot, and your
class, which gets out at 9:30 p.m., is on
the third floor of the U building. Trek¬
king through the quad alone isn't so
bad, but once you turn and pass the
bookstore, the footsteps behind you
take on a suspicious, dull thud in the
dark roadway up to the pay lot.
This projected scenario can be
avoided by utilizing the Campus Po¬
lice’s 24-hour escort service, available
to students, faculty and staff. By mak¬
ing prior arrangements, an officer will
be at the classroom when class is over
to escort the student to his/her car.
Arrangements can be made at the time
class is over, which will entail a five-
minute wait and finding a telephone, or
the arrangements can be made ahead
of time for an ongoing, determined
length of time.
“It’s a service we like to perform,”
said Investigator Ralph Evans of the
Campus Police; however, with only
four or five calls in the span of an
evening, the escort service is simply
not being used to its fullest potential.
While the majority of the calls are
from women, Evans says that men take
advantage of the service as well, and
many times calls come from parents of
students. For example, parents are
worried about their daughters particu¬
larly walking alone to the outlying
parking areas. They want to ensure
that their daughters get to their cars
safely.
The service has been available for
the past 20 years, before the security
office became a police department. At
present there are parking and security
officers on duty until 10:30 p.m. Cadets
and officers who are on duty for 24-
hours are available for escort duty
after 10:30 p.m.
While the campus is relatively trou¬
ble free, students can take certain
precautions to make certain it remains
that way.
“We encourage people to report if
they are followed to their cars,” Evans
said, or to report any suspicious ac¬
tivity they see taking place. “A lot of
people don’t think about the immediate
problem beyond themselves,” he
added. The Campus Police cannot cor¬
rect a problem if they don’t know about
it.
“Another alternative is to get to
know people in class and walk to cars
together,” Evans said.
For day students who get out of class
after dark and who have not parked on
campus, assistance is available as
well.
“We don’t usually go off campus, but
if there is a problem, we will escort the
person off campus for a couple of
blocks,” said Evans.
Evans stressed that the escort serv¬
ice is available anytime of the day or
night, and the Campus Police are happy
to do it “for any reason.”
The Campus Police are located in the
CC108A. Their phone number is
578-7484.
Artists To Display Wares in Local Gallery
By Lauren Holland
Staff Writer
The Courier
Art Department students Jim Birti, Michael Cabasa, Matthew Mackie,
and Karen Sullivan have a ceramics exhibit , “ A Show Of Clay , on display
at the Arroyo Gallery in Pasadena. The exhibit will run from Nov. 11-23.
The ceramics department at PCC is
taking a crash course in fields such as
Marketing and carpentry.
Jim Birti, an art student in the
ceramics depatment, was instrumental
in arranging an exhibit at the presti¬
gious Arroyo Gallery in Pasadena.
Birti developed a professional affilia¬
tion with Gallery owner, Roscoe Owens
when he began selling miniature
ceramic vases at the gallery several
months ago. Birti approached Owens
about a show for his work which ex¬
panded to include three other artists in
the ceramics department. Owens
agreed, and with the blesing of
ceramics instructors Phillip Cornelious
and Jon Jacobs, Birti and his col¬
leagues set about orchestrating the
show, including financing publication,
building partitions, and of course, com¬
piling artwork to exhibit.
The other artists whose work will be
displayed along with Birti’s are
Michael Cabasa, Matthew Mackie, and
Karen Sullivan. The exhibit, set to run
from Nov. 11-23, dubbed “A Show Of
Clay,” will encompass a diversity of
ideas and concepts portrayed through
ceramic expressions.
Most ceramic work or stoneware, is
fired with a technique that requires
preheating the baking oven to 2400
degrees Fahrenheit.
According to Sullivan, a technique
exclusive to PCC and a favorite of
Cornelious’ is charcoal firing which
duplicates ancient Japanese Bizzen-
ware. A number of the pieces at the
show will be representative of this
relatively obsolete process.
Birti describes Owens as a com¬
munity-oriented person who is in¬
terested in the new and emerging
artists and the multi-ethnic art forms.
Owens has offered Birti and the PCC
Art Department more than just space
in the gallery-he has paved the way for
an insiders look into the art world.
While the students have learned about
the complicated proces of promoting
their art, the Art Department has
possibly found an allie in promoting
students’ work.
An artists’ reception will be held at
the gallery at 41 N. Arroyo Parkway on
Friday, Nov. 7 from 7-9 p.m.
Berti has taken his newly acquired
promotional and marketing skills
further than Owens’ gallery. He is,
with the help of Owens, opening his own
gallery to showcase exclusively stu¬
dents’ work. The first show in the
gallery at The Brookmore, 189 N.
Marengo, is on Nov. 18 with a reception
from 5-7 p.m. The display will include
pieces from the Ceramics, Sign Art,
Photography, Sculpture and Design
classes at PCC.
Newsline
Re-Entry Day
The second annual Adult Re-Entry Student Day will be held at PCC and
at colleges throughout southern California Monday, Nov. 12.
A special open house for adults who wish to return to school will be held
from 4 p.m to 6 p.m. in C-236. The program will also include a guided tour
of the Career Center.
“Coming back to school is often the key to gaining marketable skills,
developing new tools for career advancement, reaching personal goals and
preparing for the future,” said Re-Entry Center counselor Beth Kaiama.
According to the last census, PCC enrollment of students over the age of
30 increased last year and is currently at at 5,050 students.
For more information on Adult Re-Entry Student Day or the re-entry
program, call (818) 578-7086.
Police Seminar
A seminar designed for women interested in becoming police officers will
be offered on campus this weekend.
The seminar, sponsered by the Los Angeles Police Department, will be
held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The first two hours will offer a panel discussion with female LAPD
officers on their experiences on the force, while the last three hours will
consist of tips on the written and interview tests and their processes. All or
part of the program may be attended.
The LAPD offers salaries that range from $31,000 to $34,000 per year.
The seminar will be held in C311, and men are welcome to attend. The
City of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative
Action employer.
For more information, call (213) 485-4051.
Miss California Coed Auditions
Undergraduate women between the ages of 19-23, never married, are
being sought to audition for the title of Miss California Coed— 1989. The
winner will receive a cash award, a scholarship, and will make personal
appearances during the period of her reign. For an application of for
additional information, send name and PCC's address, 1570 E. Colorado
Blvd., Pas., 91106, to Mrs. Wendy Veczko, Campus Director. Miss Coed
America Program, 4200 Baymeadows Road. Jacksonville, F'lorida, 32257 or
call (904) 448-6927.
College Information Night
Information on 15 schools including California State University. Univer¬
sity of California, USC, University of Redlands will be made available
evening students on Tuesday, Nov. 15 in the quad from 5-7 p.m. The schools
attending will have applications, brochures and handouts on courses
designed for students interested in completing degree requirements in an
accelerated program, with classes at night and on weekends.