PCC Courier, November 14, 1975

Dr. Kelley To Open Convocation Wednesday at 11 a.m. The presenta¬ tions will be done by both faculty and students. A series of four workshops will be given on the same subject after a brief overview by Dean of Women Phyllis Jackson at 1 p.m. Workshop A will be concerned with the “Legal Rights of Women” and will include Roberta Ralph, an attorney and Leonora Stopol, legal counsel, California Fair Employment Practice Commission. It will be held at 1:30 in C346. Workshop B, “Occupations Open to Women,” will feature discussion by Peg Lilly, Pasadena Broadway Store manager and Donna McDonald, personnel recruitment representative, Southern California Edison Company. It will be held in C348 also at 1:30 p.m. Workshop C at 2:30 in C346 concerns “Women’s Opportunities in Educa¬ tion” and will be presented by Julie Berger, community leader; Dr. Jacqueline Jacobs, JPL engineer; and Dr. Joanna Spaulding, Cypress College counselor. NOW Representative Also at 2:30 p.m. in C348, Mrs. W. P. Colwell of “Fascinating Womanhood” and Cathy Barber Theisinger, Nation¬ al Organization of Women representa¬ tive, will discuss family life alterna¬ tives. This could be a lively session. According to Dr. Leary, “These women are somewhat opposed in their views.” “Freedom and Community: A Legacy for 2076,” presented Wed¬ nesday at 7 : 30 p.m . in C301 , will be the only evening presentation. The colloquium will feature Charles Cherniss, Barbara Jean Johnson, partner in the law firm Anglea, Bur- ford and Johnson; and three PCC students, Michael Schultz, Marlene Stowe and Stanley Swantek. By Ernie Aldrich Editoi'-iii-Chief Convocation keynote speaker Dr. Helen Kelley, president of Immaculate Heart College, will examine “Freedom and Community: What in the World Is This Nation Coming To?” on Monday at 9 a.m. in Sexson Auditorium. This Speech is the first in the four- day Faculty Senate Bicentennial Con¬ vocation. Theme of the Convoeation is “Freedom and the Community.” Other speakers to be featured are Judge William Hogoboom, assistant presiding judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County; Art Seidenbaum, Los CHARLES CHERNISS Angeles Times columnist; Dr. Jacqueline Jacobs, senior engineer. Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and Charles Cherniss, editor, Pasadena Star-News. The convocation is one of many PCC activities planned to celebrate our nation's Bicentennial. It will feature two aspects according to Dr. Carol Kipps, Faculty Senate president and Dr. David Leary, convocation co¬ ordinator. Each discussion will examine both life in a free society as it has been expressed through the past two centuries and the present obliga¬ tions of the citizens in that society. JUDGE WILLIAM HOGOBOOM Relating these two aspects, the questions will be asked, “Whence have we come?”, “Where are we today?” and “Where are we headed?” Dr. Kelley became president of Immaculate Heart in 1963 after ser¬ ving as dean of the graduate school and professor of sociology. She is also a trustee of Pitzer College and serves on various committees of national educational and professional associa¬ tions. Judge Hogoboom will conduct a question and answer session on "Freedom and Youth” at 11 a.m. Monday in R122. He is considered an DR. JACQUELINE JACOBS This will concern the past, present and future of freedom for ethnic minori¬ ties. Joseph Brooks, deputy regional director; Ramona Godoy, regional staff attorney ; and Michael Ishikawa; equal opportunity specialist, will focus on what has been done and what needs to be done in civil rights. At 1 p.m., Javis Johnson, Robert Navarro and Carol Imai, PCC ethnic affairs specialists, will join Brooks and his associates for a rap session in the West Reading Room of the Library. Karen Norris will produce a series of dramatic presentations concerning Freedom and Women in the Forum ART SEIDENBAUM DR. HELEN KELLEY authority on juvenile law and has been appointed by President Gerald R. Ford to the National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency prevention. Hogoboom will answer questions on young people and the law. Most questions will be elicited from students in advance but some will be taken in writing during the meeting. Ethnic Minorities On Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m. in C301, three officials from the U.S. Com¬ mission on Civil Rights will discuss “Freedom and Ethnic Minorities.” VOL. 40, N0.9 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 14, 1975 Accreditation Team To Conduct Campus Evaluation Next Week A 14-member accreditation team made up of representatives from colleges throughout the state will visit PCC next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This team is here to evalu¬ ate PCC concerning an application for accreditation submitted to the Ac¬ crediting Commission for Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in Modesto, Calif. Social science teacher and coor¬ dinator for accreditation John Madden says that accreditation must be renewed every live years. The last visit by a team was 10 years ago and accreditation was renewed through the submission of a self-study report. The accreditation team will inter¬ view members of the student body, faculty and staff and also visit classes. High Schoolers Visit on J-Day Local high school journalists will get an inside look at college com¬ munication programs an a chance to win awards at an on-the-spot writing contest at the annual PCC Journalism Day on Thursday, November 20. Contest participants have the op¬ portunity to submit coverage articles of interviews with one of three well- known guest speakers. Barry Irwin, columnist for the Daily Racing Form, will speak to sports writers and Beverly Sassoon, model and talk show hostess, will talk with feature writers. The news and editorial writing speaker has not yet been selected. Three students from each high school may enter four writing categories. A general excellence award will go to the school with what judges decide to be the best publication. Awards for the writing contest will be handed out by Frank Hammond, chairman of communications department. Judges for the on-the-spot writing contest are: (news) Helen Schrader, Foothill Intercity Newspapers; Keith Festivities Planned for Tomorrow Planning is now complete for tomorrow’s Homecoming activities at Pasadena City College, according to Tony Sibert, student co-chairman for the homecoming committee. Though plans for the day are essentially the same, Sibert offered information to make the schedule more complete. Members representing 14 campus organizations will prepare entries during the day for the pre-game parade at 6:30p.m. Homecoming court members Carol Chichetti, Loretta Hall, Anna Huizar, Lucy Markarian, Zenida Mendoza, Cheri Peoples and Monisa Taft are set to ride on an an¬ tique fire engine. A student dance follows the Saturday evening game. Scheduled in the Campus Center, the band “Ecstasy” will be featured with music for everyone’s dancing pleasure. Ad¬ mission is 75 cents for singles and $1 ■ Per couple. Murray, Pasadena Star-News; (feature writing) Mary Barber, L.A. Times; Dan Myers, Pasadena Star- News. Dick House, Editor of Employee publications at JPL, will be one of the editorial judges and Terry Johnson, sports writer for the Pasadena Star- News, will evaluate sports entries. They will review the functions and objectives of PCC, its curriculum, instruction faculty, student personnel, community and learning services and physical plant and equipment. Team members include Chairman Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, president of Laney College in Oakland; Merle L. Martin, dean of students at Fresno City College; John G. Kelly, dean of instruction at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill; Patrick A. Westbrook, instructor of anthropology at City College of San Francisco; Robert R. Arnold, dean of occupational educa¬ tion, San Diego Mesa College; Harold Cheyney, associate professor of zoology at Palomar State College in San Marcos. Other members include Dr. Gary Peterson, assistant chairman and associate dean of instruction at De Anza College; Gunther F. Puschen- dorf-Ponce, history and Spanish in¬ structor, College of Alameda; Charles R. Mulkey, electronics instructor, Monterey Peninsula College; Dr. J. Davis Applewhite, history professor, University of Redlands; Doreen Chan, R.N., Nursing Education Consultant, Board of Registered Nursing in Sacra¬ mento; Marilyn Grafton, R.N., Nur- Kirlian Photography, ESP, Topics at Forum By Ernie Aldrich Editor-in-Chief Dr. Thelma Moss, prominent UCLA para-psychologist, will be the speaker at next week’s Tuesday Evening Forum. She will use visual aids and discuss “The probability of the Im¬ possible— Para-psychology . ’ ’ Dr. Moss is deeply involved in the “dramatic and impressive” technique, Kirlian Photography. This process does not involved a camera but an electrical current which passes through a finger tip placed on a section of film. When the film is developed it usually shows richly colored, wavy emanations around the finger tips. sing Education Consultant, Board of Registered Nursing in Los Angeles; and Jean Clawson, health occupations specialist, California Community Colleges. Madden says that “accreditation allows other colleges and universities, especially four-year institutions, to have a line on what we're doing at PCC. This way they know if they should look at units individually or accept them automatically.” He expects the team’s report to be completed in about a month following the visit. It will then be submitted to the Accrediting Commission which meets in January, 1976. Self-Expression “Freedom and Self-Expression” will be the topic of the Thursday 9 a.m. roundtable discussion in the Forum. Columnist Art Seidenbaum, Patricia Finot, Cal State L.A. associate professor of dance; and PCC teachers John Basmajian, Dr. Ralph Hallman and William Shanks will examine the implications of the First Amendment, how it has been used and what the trends for the future are. This discussion will be chaired by Miss Suzanne Bravender, PCC associate professor of art and David Schnabel, PCC art professor. Drs. Leary and Kipps pointed out that each topic will have its own identity: “The method of im¬ plementing each will be distinctive. Also, for the first time, the campus television and radio facilities will be utilized to their maximum. “Finally, we know our basic ob¬ jective. We wish to foster responsible, thoughtful and enthusiastic citizen¬ ship." A wrap-up discussion with faculty chairpersons will be taped Thursday at 2 : 30 p.m . and broadcast live at various campus locations. The wrap-up will take a critical look at results of the convocation. Back to the Woods Climbing Courses Begin DR. THELMA MOSS . . . “Parapsychology” These emanations are called “auras” or “coronas.” The auras, according to Dr. Moss, vary depending on the emotional or physical state of the subject. She says that para-psychology talks of events which are totally un¬ believable. “It says things happen but we don’t know why they happen. It considers thought as an energy. What we need now is to look at these events scientifically, to discriminate between the fantasy and the reality.” Dr. Moss attended Wellesley College and Carnegie Tech majoring in drama. After a 20-year career in theater, motion pictures, and television, she decided, as the result of an LSD ex¬ perience, to return to school. In 1959 she began at UCLA and received her Ph D. in 1966. Since 1961 she has published 38 articles and books. She has lectured extensively on such topics as hypnosis, altered states of consciousness, creativity, acupunc¬ ture, skin vision and radiation field photography. She has been a con¬ sultant for the National Air and Space Administration (NASA), The Rand Corporation, and the CIA on the subject of Radiation Photography. Dr. Moss says that the current fascination with psychic things may be due to a failure on the part of traditional science. “We have been dissectiong into smaller and smaller parts until there is nothing to look at. It's getting to a point now that maybe we’re looking into the wrong end of the microscope. Maybe the truth, the real fascinating things of the universe, lie within each one of us.” Dqors to Sexson Auditorium open at 7 p.m. for season ticket holders with the general public being admitted free at 7:30 p.m. By Chris Nyerges Staff Writer The results of combining a wilder¬ ness emergency situation and an inexperienced hiker can be disastrous. Developing inexperienced hikers into competent outdoor persons is the aim of three unique PCC classes which begin next week. Backpacking, Wilderness Camping, and Mountaineering (PE ACT57) will be offered through the men’s PE department. Long time explorer and outdoorsman, Paul Sanders, will in¬ struct the classes. Sanders, who is a member of the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team, will be conducting three separate classes each week in room M210. Each class will run nine weeks. Backpacking, beginning November 17, will be held for nine consecutive Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. The basic beginners course teaches the skills and techniques that enables an individual to safely and comfortably handle any mountaineering situation. Various camping equipment articles, cooking, navigation, first aid and planning are some topics covered in this basic skills course. Included is one Saturday and one weekend trip where members of the class apply what they have learned. Wilderness Camping, beginning November 18, will be held Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. This course, a more advanced study of backpacking, includes weather reading techniques, fauna and flora and emergency procedures. Survival by the camper’s wits is stressed, as opposed to survival by what’s in his pack. This course also includes one Saturday and one weekend of field experience. The Mountaineering class, begin¬ ning November 20, will be held on Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. This is the most advanced class and will include the use of ropes. Students will not learn rock climbing, but how to tie knots, using ropes for such necessities as getting across a river, lowering a pack down a mountainside, or rapelling over a waterfall. Mountain geology, weather, rescue and more sophisticated navigation are included in this course. A Saturday and a weekend of field experience are also included. Sanders recommends taking the Backpacking class first, then Wilderness Camping, and then the Mountaineering class, because each class serves as a building block for the next. Each of the classes, offers one unit of credit each, includes tests in navigation and first aid, two areas Sanders feels people have the most problems with. Ideally, once a student has com¬ pleted these three courses, he will have the skills needed to go on to a Winter Mountaineering course. A Survival course, also to be offered later, is another advanced course that one would be ready for after Backpacking, Wilderness Camping and Moun¬ taineering. According to Sanders, the student that completes all of these courses will “be ready for the things that un¬ prepared people have serious problem with,” Sanders, who has taught rock climbing, survival, ski-touring, mountaineering and wilderness camping at several colleges and universities, points out that he wants “people to get off on their own and do it.” He continues, “I am appalled at people’s fear of going out on their own. Maybe they like the security of going with someone who knows what they’re doing. After the course, I like to break the umbilical cord.” Sanders’ courses are short-range survival, which are for emergencies. Also, people can relate to short-range easier than long range survival. —Courier photo by Chris Nyerges PRICKLY BUSINESS— Backpacking instructor, Paul Sanders shows his class in cases of emergency how to make a needle and thread out of yucca leaf.