PCC Courier, November 16, 1984

Internships in Sacramento By Kim Baldridge Staff Writer Annette Collins, a full time PCC student, has been selected recently as this year’s EOP&S (Extended Op¬ portunity Programs and Services) stu¬ dent to intern in Sacramento beginning Jan. 14. She plans to pursue a criminal justice major after transferring to a four-year college next fall. Each spring a student is sent to Sacramento by EOP&S to intern at a government angency. Application in¬ formation is circulated each fall and the students who apply must meet several qualifications in order to be¬ come one of the few offered an educa¬ tional opportunity at the state capital. “I had such a great time!” said Sandra Pulido, last year's EOP&S Sac¬ ramento intern. "What a place to meet people.” She returned from her EOP&S Sacramento semester program two months after her term ended in June. EOP&S at PCC recognizes the fact that low-income and other disadvan¬ taged students have needs beyond the academic world. In order to assist these students to achieve academic success. EOP&S. funded by the state, offers special services. The services include counseling, tutoring and finan¬ cial aid as well as the Sacramento internship. The internship program offers stu¬ dents the opportunity to transfer to Sacramento City College, They work at state agencies and attend a govern¬ ment class and two transfer courses to SANDRA PULIDO earn 12 units. Pulido’s eyes sparkled as she talked about working 24 hours a week for John Vasconcellos, chairman of the As¬ sembly Ways and Means Committee. Vasconcellos is second in seniority among assemblymen and maintains a busy office. Pulido's duties included scheduling appointments for Vasconcellos and sending important confidential documents to government officials, including former Gov. Pat Brown. She attended briefing sessions and represented the assemblyman at meetings which he was unable to at¬ tend. She also read short statements for the press. Vasconcellos was invited to more than 400 social events a month and attended eight functions a day. “He would eat a cracker here, and a mushroom there,” said Pulido. Pulido worked an additional 10 hours a week for David Roberti, president pro tempore of the California Senate. She worked with Roberti’s large press department staff putting out the news¬ letter for the senators. She helped with the laying out the newsletter, choosing appropriate colors and proof reading the copy. Pulido met many important people in Sacramento. She was particularly ex¬ cited >obout meeting Ceasar Chavez, president of the farm workers' union. She was surprised he was such a quiet man. “He was such a simple man and so intelligent,” she said. “There was nothing about his personality to in¬ dicate how influencial he is.” Pulido enjoyed the atmosphere at the capital so much that she spent her time off attending political fundraisers and parties. Special dates took her to nearby San Francisco where she also spent time sightseeing. Pulido earned 12 units of public administration credit. Her government class, held at the Capitol Building, featured legislators who addressed the mechanisms of the political process. “You don’t need to be a public administration major to apply for the internship,” Pulido said. “Politics will play a major role in any field in which one chooses to major.” Pulido, now an accounting major at USC, is enrolled in 12 units there and 9 units at PCC. “I have the next two years all planned out,” she said. “I want to be a CPA and own my own business.” When the business is going well, perhaps within five years, Pulido would like to go back into politics, probably in the financial end. “I want to be more involved than just voting as a citizen,” she said. Internships for next year with mem¬ bers of the California Assembly or Senate, lobbyist’s offices or other state agencies are available through EOP&S. Students can obtain futher information by contacting Brenda Scranton or Lizz Walsh in F101. NEVER A BREAK — Dr. John Casey, superintendent-president, presented updates on campus issues at Tuesday's noon faculty meeting in the Forum. — Courier photo by Steve Salmon Team Succeeds; Takes Trophies PCC By Lauretta Joyal Staff Writer Last weekend's Lancer Speech Tour¬ nament generated two trophies and five superior and excellent certificates for members of the PCC forensics squad. Hal Sangunetti and Michelle Jones won first and third place in the radio speaking event. In addition to the trophies, they were awarded $50 and $25 scholarships, respectively. According to Joseph Probst. foren¬ sics director, "Radio station KFWB thought the radio speaking event was so valuable to students, they awarded scholarships in novice and open divisions." This is the first time a radio station offered such honors at the Lancer tournament, said Probst. Superior and excellent certificates were handed out to the top 30 percent of the competitors. The three Lancer team members who reached finals were Linda Friday for impromptu speaking. Valerie Vellagran for radio speaking and oral interpertation, and Courtney Gable for radio speaking. Three sweepstakes awards were given to schools amassing the greatest number of accumulative points in a tourney. Honored were Orange Coast College, Moorpark College, and Palomar College. “The tournament ran very smoothly. All the credit has to be given to the coaches," said Probst. Three out-of- state colleges competed in the Lancer tournament; San Antonio College (Texas), the College of Eastern Utah, and the College of Southern Idaho. All Southern California community col¬ leges that have forensics participated as well. “We are a unique tournament. Ex¬ cept for the National Tournament, we are the only one the has a banquet after the the competition is over. Besides that, we are the only tournament in the United States that holds final rounds of ADS (after dinner speaking) when the banquet is finished. This is a highlight of our tournament,” said Probst. The next tournament competition for the Lancer team will be the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensic Associa¬ tion Spring Championships, at Los An¬ geles City College, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 and 2. COURIER VOL. 59. NO. 9 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA. CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 16. 1984 Information Officer Manning Resigns Claims Little Administrative Support By Lorene Rosen News Editor .Norka Manning resigned after five years in a key position as campus public information officer. “The situ¬ ation was untenable,” Manning said. "The job's scope was too much for one person and there was no (adminis¬ trative) support for the public informa¬ tion office.” “I agree that public information functions have been cut severely and I can well understand the strain of which she speaks,” said Henry P. Kirk, vice president for educational services and assistant to the president for develop¬ ment. “Lots of people go and I assume their needs are met by leaving. We appreciated Norka ’s services and wish her well.” Manning worked for Robert J. Gomperz, former public information office director, until he was laid off last June due to college budget problems. At that time, Kirk became the adminis¬ trative superviser in charge of public information. Manning was never in¬ formed of the change and discovered it A Personal Look at Your Elected Representatives Meet the 1984-85 Student Government Staff Campaigns have been waged, officers elected, and the new AS Board members are in place for another year of student government. Although the AS members are responsible for representing students, they are students themselves with personal, educational and career goals. Here is a cross-section of each individual’s goals. Chris Cofer, AS president, intends to vie for a 1987 Board of Trustees position. Cofer hopes to transfer to USC or UC Santa Barbara, where he plans to major in political science. Beyond that point “I'm playing it by ear on my political career.” Cofer maintains he’s a “family oriented man" and attends the Lake Avenue Church. Coffer is currently employed at In-and-Out Burger. Angie Parker, executive vice president, is a tele¬ communications major and hosts the “Just Jazz” show on KPCC, She is a member of the Philipino and BSU clubs. She is known as one of the most fashionable AS member. Other members claim she never wears the same outfit twice. She plans to transfer to Northridge or Long Beach State. She said her hopes for the future include starting as a radio announcer and then becoming a television announcer. Joseph Bruna, vice president of academic affairs, has skied on both water and snow since he was ten years old. Bruna has been accepted to USC for spring semester but wants to finish out his tenure in office, unless another qualified candidate can be found to fill his position. Bruna stated, “I'm an honest person and very committed to any task I take on. I want to major in accounting but don’t necessarily want to be an accountant.” Bruna works at the Esquire theater as a cashier. Ron Martinez, coordinator of campus activities, refused to be interviewed and have his picture taken. Joe Castro, vice president of business affairs, is a business major and plans to transfer to either USC or Northridge. He is a big brother to the Aldephians and is a member of USRSA ski club on campus. He enjoys sports and coached a little league baseball team last season. He is currently working at Bullocks in the shoe department. “I would like to have kids and be successful by the time I'm thirty,” Castro said. He also enjoys going to the beach. Scott Svonkin, vice president of student services, is leaning toward business administration, political sci¬ ence, or telecommunications as a major. Svonkin umpires professional tennis matches. Svonkin enrolled in preaccelerated college entrance program at Cal State L.A. every summer while in high school. As a result he was able to graduate from high school early. Svonkin said he hopes to transfer to either Georgetown University or the Cal State system following gradu¬ ation. “I want to settle down and become involved in the community.” James Mares, coordinator of cultural affairs, was last semester’s ICC representative for MECHA. Mares hopes to transfer to Arizona State or North- ridgeand intends to major in finance. “I want to be in law and business and go straight to the top as a corporate lawyer on Wall Street.” As far as outside interests, "school comes first because what I want out of life all revolves around my success in school.” i A -я* J i Davida Small, coordinator of external affairs, is interested in politics and plans to become a lawyer. “I love the past and am especially interested in the study of Afro-American history.” She is currently working as a receptionist for the law office of Gulartie and Uhd. Small has voluteered for various community groups including the Urban League, the League of Active Voters and Seniors Nutritional Add Program. She hopes to one day start a social center that would provide educational services and cultural awareness for persons with low incomes. Joseph Baine Trimarchi, coordinator of special programs, nick-named “J.B.,” is a black-belt in karate. He plans to transfer to USC and major in telecommunications. To be an “Exeutive for ABC” is Trimarchi’s professional aspirations. He said he loves animals, hates cigarette smoke and collects comic books. Trimarchi keeps a white mouse named “Alex” in his AS office to “keep the cats out.” by accident. Manning’s job description has never changed but her duties have expanded, she said. Early in the year when administration was evaluating and changing job positions, Manning presented the written job descriptions for herself, Gomperz and a secretarial position (unfilled for more than two years). She indicated to Kirk the jobs she fulfilled from each description and explained that with a minimum of help, she could maintain current office func¬ tions. Manning said she also requested a pay raise due to the significant additions to her duties. The possibility of College Work Study help was mentioned by Kirk but never implemented. Writing, producing the “For Your Information” bi-weekly newsletter, designing advertisements, researching, typing, proofing, tele¬ phone answering, counting papers, stuffing envelopes and making de¬ liveries became hard to juggle and personally frustrating, Manning said. “Clerical duties take a lot of time and I am not a clerk. I have a BS degree in communications from Cal Poly, Pomona.” Manning said she enjoyed her public relations job and wished she could do more of it. “I was naive. I should have made noises sooner, longer and louder.” But “without support and recognition,” Manning decided to resign. She said campus public relations will certainly continue. "Whether it will be cohesive or not is another question. There is no planned program." Manning doesn’t plan to seek another job at this time. “Luckily, I don’t work from necessity. Working brings other satisfactions for me. I plan to take a break, rest and re-group for the future.” Papers Read On Radio; Print Handicapped Aided One unique KPCC program offers both experience in a broadcast booth and help for the print handicapped. The Los Angeles Radio Information Service (LARIS) is the first and only radio reading service in L.A., designed to meet the reading needs of thousands of print handicapped persons in KPCC’s broadcast area. Print handicapped persons are those unable to read the printed page effec¬ tively or to turn a newspaper page. LARIS provides such persons with cur¬ rent material not covered by general radio and television, according to Bill Ell, LARIS engineer. LARIS broadcasts local newspapers. “To do that, we use student and com¬ munity volunteers. They read news¬ papers over the air so that people who are unable to read the paper can have it read for them. “Anyone may read for the program. Volunteering at LARIS is not only an opportunity to provide an urgently needed service, but it offers some experience behind a microphone,” said Ell. Volunteers read such papers as USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, Chris¬ tian Science Monitor and Pasadena Star News. “Readings are usually done in pairs, and they may select one day or more a week to come in for an hour,” said Ell. LARIS was started in February of 1981, and is broadcast through the subchannel communication authoriza¬ tion (SCA) of the campus station. LARIS is received on special radio sub¬ carrier sets only. "The special de¬ coders are reserved for the print handi¬ capped. But you can receive the broad¬ cast through different systems such as Falcon Cable," said Ell. Established to inform, educate, and entertain listeners, LARIS is on the air from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, From 5 to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to midnight, LARIS simulcasts with the main channel. For futher information about SCA receivers available and reader op¬ portunities is available by contacting Ell at 578-7231. —Clark Macy News Briefs All criminal charges filed against Stephen A. Pla were dropped Thursday in Pasadena Municipal Court. The $1 million civil suit filed against the col¬ lege, charging violation of Pla’s rights, is pending, according to a spoksman for Pla’s attorney. Pep squad tryouts for eight new members of the pep squad’s cheerleaders and yell leaders are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 20 from 2 to 5 p.m. in the women's gym. Prospective candidates must be car¬ rying a least nine units with a 2.0 GPA in all previous and current work at PCC. Omicron Mu Delta nomination forms have been sent to depatments and are available from Dordo Byles at the Campus Center and Maeda Hall at the C Building information booth. Faculty and OMD honoraries may recommend candidates for membership into OMD, the campus honorary service organiza¬ tion. Nominations are kept confidencial and must be sent to Dorthy Kolts, communications department. No ap¬ plications will be accepted after 8 a.m. Nov.. 9.