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The Wall Crumbles
28 Years Later ;
The Fortress Is
In Pieces
CO URIER
Bill Gains Momentum
AB 1725
Calls for
Ethnic
Diversity
Раш
Wilson
Special Correspondent
PCC students can look forward
to a broader and better representa¬
tion of the various ethnic groups on
campus among faculty and staff in
the years to come as Assembly Bill
1725 gains momentum in its im¬
plementation.
“AB 1725 will hopefully pro¬
vide visible role models for all stu¬
dents of all ethnic groups on cam¬
pus,” said Dr. Vernon Halcromb,
dean of occupational education and
affirmative action committe officer
at PCC.
The bill has been in effect state¬
wide rougly two Years, according to
Halcromb, and will affect students
in many areas in addition to affirma¬
tive action concerns.
“The bill itself is very broad
based, involving curricu.um, hiring
practices, affirmativeaction, tenure,
credentialing and virtually every facet
of community college adninstration
procedures," said Halcromb. “It is
truly a reform legislation."
The implementation of the af¬
firmative action provisions of AB1725
Please see AB 1725, page 8
Heads
Up!!!
Students Sam Kurutz
and William Roth juggle
their way through the
morning while honing
their skills in the Quad.
Photos by David Pierre
The COURIER
Forensics Host 1 7th
Invitational Tourney
Gigi Hanna
Editor-in-Chicf
PCC’s best forensians competed
in the 17th annual Lancer speech
tournament this past weekend. While
many enjoyed the holiday on Vet¬
eran’s Day by staying home, ap¬
proximately 320 students from
throughout southern California con¬
verged on the campus to compete in
Impromptu, Extemporanious, Debate
and other speech categories.
Pasadena fared well among the
22 competeing schools.
Novice competitors, those who
are fairly new at competitive speak¬
ing, garnered numerous awards for
the team. Vincent Bohancc came in
first in Lincoln/Douglas debate, and
placed third in both Extemporane¬
ous speaking and Duo Interpretation
with partner Stephanie Rudin. Nov¬
ice Kelly Beasley took first place,
and S50, in the Radio announceing
competition while B. Gaines placed
fourth in the same category. In the
Impromptu event, Mike Ray took
fifth place.
In the junior division, the divi¬
sion for students who have been
competeing for awhile or who have
won speech awards, Diana Lettman,
Paul Stuart, Stephanie Rudin and
Suzanne Garfield walked away with
honors. Lettman placed first in the
Radio competition, while Stuart and
Rudin took third in Team Debate.
Garfield’s performance in Radio
earned her a fifth place in her cate¬
gory.
The team, under the direction of
Chrystal Watson, competes through¬
out the school year and has tradition-
ally earned top honors in national
competition.
Images of Pasadena
Homelessness, though a big problem nationwide, is also present in
the streets of Pasadena. See it through the eyes of Courier
photographer Curtis Kim. See Page 5
PCC Area Gets
Double Dose of
Pesticide Spray
Michael Rocha
News Editor
PCC will be included in the 22-
square mile area of the San Gabriel
Valley that will recci ve double doses
of the pesticide malathion following
the discovery of three more fertile
Mediterrenean fruit flies.
The four to six hour aerial attack
will begin tonight while some PCC
students are in their classes. Heli¬
copters laden with a mixture of ma-
lalhion and fly bait are scheduled to
take off at El Monte A irport at 9 p .m .
to begin spraying the first dose of the
pesticide, Los Angeles County Ag¬
riculture Officials announced Mon¬
day.
The second dose will be sprayed
on Nov. 29. The 23 -square-mile
area sprayed on Nov. 9 will receive
its second dose of malathion on Nov.
28.
Agriculture officials announced
that they were abandoning their policy
of attacking infested areas with single
spraying to control the pocket of in¬
festations found in largely residen¬
tial sections of East Los Angeles and
the San Gabriel Valley.
Three more of the crop-destroy¬
ing pests were reported to have been
found and trapped in Alhambra and
South Pasadena, according to offi¬
cials.
The 22-square-mile infestation
zone includes South Pasadena,
Monterey Hills, El Sereno, Alham¬
bra and parts of San Marino and
Pasadena.
The additional Mcdfiies brings to
six the number of pockets of infesta¬
tions discovered in the county since
August.
The boundaries for tonight’s aer¬
ial attack are Highway 134 to Colo¬
rado Boulevard on the north, San
Gabriel Boulevard to Huntington
Drive to Garfield Avenue on the
east, the San Bernardino Freeway to
Garvey Avenue on the south and
Soto Street to Monterey Road to
Avenue 60 to Figueroa Street on the
west.
After tonight’s aerial attack, offi¬
cials plan to release millions of ster-
Please see MEDFLY, page 8
On-Campus Recycling
Project Begun by BSU
Maha Karam
Staff Writer
In order to help the needy, the
Baptist Student Union, one of the
college’s 37 clubs, on Oct. 23
launched a recycling project that
will benefit the Southern Baptist
Hunger Fund, 20 percent of which
benefits domestic hunger and 80
percent benefits world hunger.
“We are looking for interesting
ways to beg for money,” said Di¬
anne Bridges, BSU president. “This
semester we are co-workers with
World Hunger. As equal human
being we need to help the poor and
the needy.”
It has been more than two weeks
since the bins were placed around
campus, and since then they have
been half-filled daily. But, out of
this half, maybe only 20 percent is
glass or aluminum.
The club has reported a profi of
$39 so far, members are expecting
more support and increased profit
from their recycling project in the
near future.
The BSU has about 40 members.
Five members volunteered for the
recycling project. They will be in
charge of sorting the glass and alu¬
minum from the bins and taking it to
the recycling center.
‘ ‘ Maybe later on , when the busi¬
ness will be booming, we might have
a can-smashing party!” said Bridges.
BSU is sponsoring other activi¬
ties to raise money and is also plan¬
ning to recycle paper. “The people
on campus are not used to the recy¬
cling idea yet. We’re going to start
with glass and aluminum and, if it
succeeds, we’ll add the paper proj¬
ect to the recycling business.” said
another member.
BSU members may have found a
new way to “beg for money” to
help less fortunate human beings.
Every day a PCC student puts glass
or aluminum in the recyling bins,
they are working to alleviate world
hunger.
SPEECH ON WEST BANK
“The West Bank and Gaza
Revisited: Israeli Occupation
and Palestinian Resistance” is
the title of Shema Gluck’s
speech at noon today in the
Campus Center Student Lounge.
Gluck’s speech, sponsored by
the General Union of Palestinian
Students, will discuss the recent
developments in the West Bank
and Gaza.
Gluck, a Jewish American, re¬
cently returned from her second
trip to the West Bank and Gaza,
where she met with Palestinians
from all walks of life actively
involved in the struggle for self
determination and the building of
a Palestinian state.
MAIL-IN REGISTRATION
Continuing students can now
start taking advantage of the mail-
in registration for the Spring
semester. Mail-in registration
begins Nov. 20. Mail-in regis¬
trants are given priority over walk-
in registrants.
Continuing students can pick-up
their permits to register and a
mail-in registration information
packet. Students wishing to
register before December, may
check schedules now in D200.
OMICRON MU DELTA
PCC’s oldest service organiza¬
tion is now accepting nomination
forms for students and staff who
have volunteered their time and
effort for the advancement of the
college. Forms are available at
any department office and must
be returned to secretaries’ offices
by Nov. 20.
RISSER AWARD
In honor of J. Ray Risser, the
Risser Family honors either a
classified or certificated full
time staff member with the
Outstanding Support to
Education Award and $500.
Nomination blanks are now
available in C209 and the
Campus Center desk. Com¬
pleted forms must be returned
to C209 by Nov. 29.
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Backbone of the Alumni
At 83 year of age, Louis
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