PCC Courier, November 14, 1980

Princess Jacqueline Huizar Nobu T. Kawai Graduate By Monique Meindl Staff Writer Nobu T. Kawai, first president of Omicron Mu Delta, PCC Honorary Society, will be honored by the Alumni Association at Homecoming at a post¬ game reception in the Hall of Fame room, M116. Kawai will be recognized for his long service to the Pasadena community. “The honor was a complete sur¬ prise,” said Kawai. “I feel highly honored but don’t believe I am worthy of it.” Kawai has been a member of the Tournament of Roses Association since 1939 and is the uncle of PCC student Leslie Kim Kawai, the 1981 Rose Queen. A member of the class of ’28, Kawai was very involved in student activities. He was secretary of Publicity, a foot¬ ball letterman and an editor of the paper (the Chronicle at that time). PCC Orators Take Two Top Prizes Two PCC students captured first place trophies at the Lancer Invita¬ tional Forensics Tournament held here last weekend. Communications major John Vande Wege won a First Place Superior in the radio speaking event and Mirta Kochones did the same in the novice persuasive category. Overall these were the two divisions in which PCC students placed highest in a tournament that included more than 20 colleges and 350 participants. Under the direction of communica¬ tions instructor Anthony Georgilas, PCC placed three and six students in the Radio Speaking finals with 11 re¬ ceiving certificates of excellence. With the help of associate professor Joe Probst, three students, including Ms. Kochones, made the finals in the per¬ suasive division. The following PCC students all re¬ ceived certificates of excellence: Heide Daley, radio and novice oral interpretation; Elly Mixsell, radio; Wynona Majied-Muhammad, radio; Leo Hughes, radio; Alexandra Smith, radio; Diane Price, radio; Mitchell Plessner, fourth place superior radio; Tamara Carroll, fourh place superior radio; Linda Horton, persuasive; Maria Greene, persuasive; Klari Ronay. persuasive. ' Rockhounds ' To Assist at Mineral Show By Jerome Wilson Staff Writer Precious gems and minerals will be displayed and sold at the annual Pasa¬ dena Gem and Mineral Show Saturday and Sunday in the Pasadena Center. 300 E. Green St. The Mineralogical Society of South¬ ern . California sponsors the annual event, while the PCC Dana Club sup¬ plies the work force that assembles and disassembles the show. Discount tickets are available from the Geology (Continued on Page 6) / Щ fife Princess Rose Evans Princess Yvonne de Raad Princess Lisa Brown Princess Leticia Prieto Princess Deanna Navarro Kb NOVEMBER 14. 1980 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA VOL. 50, NO 13 Homecoming Events Peak Princess Roxanne Seas Honored Parade Kicks Off Game Court Named “In the early days of PCC, when the college was Pasadena Junior College, there was a need to establish tradition for people to look back on,” said Kawai. The student body numbered less than 100 in 1925, the first year of PJC. “Students were responsible to serve in a variety of areas because the student body was so small. Everyone was involved,” commented Kawai. “Guys would go out for football who had never seen a football.” A group of students and faculty got together and started OMD, the first honorary service organization at PCC, according to Kawai. The name of Or¬ der of Mast and Dagger was agreed upon because PJC was “The Pirates” instead of the Lancers at that time. OMD also stood for Omicron Mu Delta and was officially recognized on Oct. 7, 1927. “The first years at PJC were the most exciting of my school years,” said Kawai, who’s most memorable experience was working with campus publications. The Alumni Association will present a special gift of appreciation to Kawai at the reception after the game. Associated with numerous communi¬ ty activities since leaving PJC, Kawai served as president of the Pasadena Chapter Japanese-American Citizens League, chairman for the Japanese Children’s Home in Southern Califor¬ nia, president and lieutenant governor of the Crown City Optimist Club, and he has served on the Pasadena Human Relations Committee. As a charter member of the Pasa¬ dena Sister City Committee, Kawai is presently .coordinator of the Mishima Exchange Student Program under which the first student from Mishima is now enrolled at PCC. Each year the Alumni Association selects one of their members who they feel js worthy of the honor, according to Louis Creveling, Alumni Association vice president. By Monique Meindl Staff Writer The week’s Homecoming activities will culminate with the Homecoming football game here tomorrow night. A parade around Horrell Field at 6:30 p.m. starts the event filled evening. The coronation of the Homecoming Court will take place at halftime, when a surprise guest will crown the Queen. Floats will lead the parade with Circle K, Adelphians, Mecha and other student clubs competing in categories of theme (“Space Odyssey: Future of the Students”) funniest and most ori¬ ginal. Winners in each category will receive a $25 prize from the Alumni Association, who will judge the floats before the parade. District Dignitaries will ride in six antique cars from Vintage Chevrolet Club of America. Superintendent-Pres¬ ident and Mrs. Richard S. Meyers, President of the Board of Trustees and Mrs. David S. Hannah, Nobu T. Kawai, alumni honoree; Alumni Association president Alice Oliver, and an As¬ sociated Student Body Representative are among those participating. The Homecoming Court will ride in the Tournament of Roses convertible Oldsmobile, supplied by Crown Olds- mobile of Pasadena. At 7:30 p.m. our number one ranked football team will face L.A. Valley College. The Lancers are undefeated this season. Halftime festivities begin with the L.A. Valley Marching Band, under the direction of Ervin Pope. Following the Monarches, the Lancer Band, directed by Bob Far¬ rington, will perform to a special musi¬ cal arrangement which depicts the Homecoming theme. The Court will drive around the field before the procession onto the platform with their escourts, where the seven princesses will be introduced. A fire¬ works display board will be ignited with the Queen’s name before she is crowned. The new Queen will receive a $100 scholarship, sponsored by Circle K, in memory of Deborah Pabon, last year’s Queen, who died shortly after Home¬ coming of injuries received in a crash involving her moped and a car. The Homecoming Dance will be held immediately after the game in the Campus Center Lounge. The Dance, sponsored by the ASB, will feature a variety of music. Tickets will be sold at the door. “We expect a really good turnout,” said Jennifer McKinney, di¬ rector of student activities. By Monique Meindl Staff Writer The 1980 Homecoming Court was announced Thursday after the student body votes were counted. The seven women elected now await the an¬ nouncement of the Queen at halftime of the Homecoming game tomorrow night. Court members unanimously thought the things they like best about PCC are the friendly people and pleasant at¬ mosphere. Princess Rose Evans is a tele¬ communications major who plans to transfer to California State University at Los Angeles next year. Ms. Evans enjoys jogging, exercising and reading. She took stats for the PCC basketball team last year. “I’m proud because my parents are excited,” she said. Princess Leticia Prieto will begin training for a career in merchandising in June. Her hobbies include horseback riding, water skiing and dancing and she is going to learn how to snow ski this season. “I am very happy and excited I’m here,” she said. In her first year at PCC, Princess Jacqueline Huizer’s plans are focused on a carrer as a recreation specialist. A cheerleader at PCC, she enjoys singing, dancing, water skiing and hik¬ ing. “My dream has come true,” she said. Describing herself as an “adven¬ turous person,” Princess Yvonne de Raad enjoys skiing, horse back riding, sky diving and photography. Ms. de Raad plans to become a special educa¬ tion teacher one day. “I feel great,” she said. Belly dancing, writing poetry and songs and playing the guitar are a few of Princess Deanna Navarro’s in¬ terests. She plans to transfer to the University of California at Los Angeles and pursue a career in- legal assisting. “I am happy, surprised and thankful,” she said. Princess Roxanne Seas, who’s ma¬ joring in legal assisting, likes the sum¬ mer months the best, where she enjoys all types of water sports. Ms. Seas thinks that the people are the best thing about PCC. “There are so many dif¬ ferent types of people expressing so many views,” she said. A freshman, Princess Lisa Brown hopes to enter the advertising or air¬ line field. Her hobbies include snow skiing, water skiing, surfing and danc¬ ing. She describes herself as “active, happy and friendly.” Final Evaluation Process Report Due Accreditation Team Visits Campus By Mike White Associate News Editor The Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation team will visit the campus to review and eval¬ uate the college on Nov. 18 and 19 in the final step of the fifth year accreditation process. — Courier photo by John Lloyd SPEAKING TO THE "MAN" — Student interested in law enforcement speaks with an officer about career choices during Nontraditional Occupa¬ tional Career's Day, Wednesday. The program was to help increase students' awareness of the different careers available. The eight-member team includes two nursing professionals who will specifically study the PCC nursing program. Dr. William E. Goldmann, ac¬ creditation liaison officer, working with approximately 100 members of the PCC staff and students since May 1979, drew up a fifth year self-eval¬ uation report which has already been sent to the team. The team, composed of educators from California community colleges, will review campus operations and interview college personnel and stu¬ dents during their visit. The team will interview leaders of various campus groups including facul¬ ty, management, classified personnel and students as time permits on Nov. 18, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The team will give an oral presenta¬ tion of their findings at the end of the review. Possible Improvements “The team will suggest various pos¬ sibilities for improvements in a number of areas by making recommen- dations and pointing out our strengths,” said Goldmann. Although the college is evaluated every five years, the major accredita¬ tion is every 10th year; this is a mid¬ term review. Since the last team’s recommenda¬ tions, the PCC Foundation has been established to raise extra funding for capital improvements. One of the positive responses to the 1975 recommendation is the construc¬ tion project to make the campus ac¬ cessible to handicapped students, said Goldmann. In June, the college will be almost 100 percent accessible to the handi¬ capped, which is unusual, especially in an older school such as PCC, he said. SIGI, the System of Interactive Gui¬ dance and Information, has been great¬ ly expanded, and is now available at Arcadia High School. La Canada and South Pasadena high schools are also considering installing remote termi¬ nals for their use. In the same area, a new College and Career Planning course is being offered for the first time this fall to incoming freshmen. Both faculty and administrators have indicated that the collective bargaining procedure, which began at PCC in 1979, has had an impact on morale. In addition to collective bargaining, the report lists “erosion of the local governing power of the Board of Trustees” as a consequence of the state now providing about 80 percent of PCC funds as a major change since the 1975 accreditation. Goldmann said these changes in fun¬ ding would be taken into consideration in areas where the school has not responded fully to the 1975 team ac¬ creditation recommendations. The 1975 report, for example, recoil- mended “. . . further consideration of the speedy development of a day care center.” The Board of Trustees voted Oct. 9 to prepare and submit an application for state aid in funding of a child develop- ( Continued on Page 6) CWS Funds Down This Year, Will Go Back Up By Julie Orow Contributing Writer The college Work Study Program is receiving $100,000 less in federal funds this year than the $580,000 they spent last year. The funding is cyclic, “one year plenty and one year lean,” ex¬ plained Paul Swaim, an assistant coor¬ dinator of the Financial Aid Office. Students already signed up in the Work Study Program won’t be affected by the drop in funds. The only dif¬ ference will be that this year students won’t be added to replace the ones who drop out of the program, Swaim said. The funding received is based on prior years utilization. If less money is spent one year then it affects the funds two years later. The funding for on- campus employment is 80 percent fed¬ eral dollars and 20 percent PCC pro¬ vided. “CWS is a federally funded institu¬ tional part-time employment program to assist needy students in providing income for their higher education,” said Swaim. Providing students help in going to four-year schools is the main goal, according to Verna Hazen, who shares assistant coordinating duties with Swaim, and is also the work study adviser. Although a few students have been hired full-time after their two years at PCC, placing students in permanent jobs isn’t necessarily the goal. “A lot of students have never had jobs, or taken on the responsibility. It’s a valuable experience,” said Ms. Hazen. Of the Work Study students, 60-70 percent work on-campus, while 30-40 percent work at contracted off-campus agencies. At least 47 agencies have contracts, but only 30 are active. These include the City of Pasadena, the Pasa¬ dena Department of Recreation, Pasa¬ dena Police Department and the For¬ est Service. The program has been in effect for 10 years. There is an overload of Work Study students now, but because of students dropping out and not being replaced, there will have been fewer students involved overall for the year. And, according to Swaim, next year will be just fine.