The
Courier
School Closed for
Thanksgiving Nov. 27-28
VOL. 63, NO. 12
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 20, 1986
EAT YOUR HEART OUT WAYNE GRESTSKY— Is unicycle hockey about to become the
great American pastime? Well this unidentified player is getting his practice in just in case.
— Courier photo by Paul McDonnell
Search Calendar
Maybe Revised
By Andre’ Coleman
News Editor
The search for the new super¬
intendent-president may be ex¬
tended. The search, which was well
underway and nearly over, will be
discussed at tonight’s Board of
Trustees meeting.
The announcement was made
on Tuesday night after a special
board meeting dealing with the
applications and backrounds of the
candidates. One possibility is that
the board may be exercising its
option to consider other applicants
aside from those selected by the
ACCT, since the extension of the
search may also include an ex¬
tension of the deadlies for filing
applications. Prior to the special
board meetings it looked as if this
option would not be exercised,
“We’re concerned only with the job
assigned. At this time we are not
looking at anyone else,” said AS
executive vice-president Brendon
O’Brien.
The board is also expected to
consider further contractual rela¬
tions with the Association of Com¬
munity College Trustees (ACCT).
The board had been working in
conjunction with the ACCT and an
advisory committee to select the
new superintendent-president.
This is the first indication of
any delay in the selection process
which began with the first meeting
of the Advisory Committee on Oct.
27. On that day the committee,
which is made up of members of
the board, faculty, administration,
staff and students, held an orienta¬
tion meeting to discuss its objec¬
tives. Shortly after that, the com¬
mittee received 15 recommend¬
ations from Dr. Marie Martin and
Dr. Joseph Dobbs, the ACCT con¬
sultants. The 15 applicants recom¬
mended to the advisory committee
came from a total of 50 completed
applications submitted before Oct.
17.
At that time the members of
the committee voiced their ap¬
proval. “There are a number of
well qualified applicants with a
great deal of experience in the
educational field,” said student
trustee Scott Svonkin. “We will
have a hard time selecting the new
president.” “We’re carefully re¬
viewing each of the applications
and their qualifications,” said
O’Brien.
The ACCT was working in con¬
junction with the advisory commit¬
tee since it provided backround
information on Nov. 6. The two
groups were working together to
reduce the list of finalists to five.
Those five were recommended to
the Board of Trustees.
These candidates were sup¬
pose be the subject of an extensive
investigation, which was expected
to last a minimum of two weeks.
The results of the investiga¬
tions were expected to be made to
the board on Monday at a special
board meeting, and at that time,
the board was expected todecide on
the candidates to be interviewed.
Appointments for the candidates to
be interviewed, were to be set up
this month by the campus coordi¬
nator.
In early Dec. the candidates
were to be interviewed and shortly
thereafter, the board was to set-up
visits to the campuses of the suc¬
cessful candidates to see how well
the students and the administration
got along with the candidate. The
committee was also supposed to
get some insight into the kind of
programs the candidate set up.
After the campus visits, the
board was suppose to finalize their
selection. The announcement of the
new college president was ex¬
pected to be made on Dec. 18, and
The new superintendent-president
was expected to begin work on Feb.
1, 1987, but with the revision of the
calendar it is also expected that the
anticipated starting date will
change.
It is not known if the cost of
the nationwide search, which began
on June 5 and expected to total over
$10,000, will change.
'Fashion' in Art Gallery
By Jennifer Ramirez
Staff Writer
100 Years of Fashion is being
showcased in the campus Art Gal¬
lery. This cost free fashion exhibit,
which contains articles of clothing,
and accessories from 1850 to 1950,
will run through Dec. 11.
Exhibit hours are Mondays
through Thursdays, from noon to 4
p.m. and Tuesday, and Wednesday
evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Karleen Cunningham, and Jen¬
nifer Harrell, of PCC’s Art Depart¬
ment are co-curators of this “first
time” exhibit, which contains
pieces obtained from volunteering
donors including: The Fullerton
Museum, the Los Angeles County
Arboretum, LA City Colleges-
Theatre Dept, and other private
parties, who have loaned their
pieces to the exhibit.
The individual pieces selected
for this particular exhibit, were
chosen for their color, good condi¬
tion, quality, and their ability to fit
, the stories most important to the
timeline of this exhibit.
“It is very difficult to acquire
museum quality pieces and to bor¬
row them” said Cunningham. For¬
tunately, one of the main sources
the Fullerton Museum is under
renovation, and its staff members
volunteered some pieces as part of
this exhibit.
Harrell teaches; history of
costume, clothing construction and
tailoring and fashion design feels,
this exhibit can be used as “a
teaching tool for apparel art ma¬
jors because historical clothing is a
major inspiration for designers”.
She said this exhibit will also give
her students a chance to form ideas
for their own designs.
Cunningham, who teaches
clothing construction and tailoring,
textiles and pattern making said
this exhibit would “be very impor¬
tant, not only to apparel art majors
but also to anyone related to fash¬
ion as well.” She also feels that
anyone who is interested in psy¬
chology, sociology, history. Anyone
who has an interest in wearable
art, should really enjoy this show¬
ing.
Harrell, and Cunningham hope
that this exhibit will encourage
people to contributed pieces of
clothing and accessories to the PCC
Art Department so these
professors can form an “on cam¬
pus” collection for future showings
and for use as fashion references
for students.
Students To Study the Southland
By Natalie Shore
Staff Writer
Thanksgiving weekend holds
certain traditions for the average
student, gobbling up leftover holi¬
day goodies is the most notable
one. But what can foreign students
look forward to? What does the
campus traditionally do for them
during the long weekend of Amer¬
ica’s greatest founding festival?
Thanks to the Pasadena chap¬
ter of Rotary Club International,
PCC foreign students can learn a
little more about America by em¬
barking on a weekend getaway to
San Diego. Rotary organizes the
Nov. 28-30 trip for up to 45 interna¬
tional students who can spare $35
and wish to explore parts of Cali¬
fornia south of the L.A. County
border.
“International students from
Caltech, Fuller Seminary, the Arts
Center, as well as Pasadena City
College are invited to participate,”
according to organizer Lyn
Stevens, chairman of the local
chapter’s Youth Service Commit¬
tee. Having sponsored the trip for
more than 30 years, Rotary’s goal
is “to introduce the American way
of life to international students.”
He added that there are more than
1,000 foreign students currently liv¬
ing in the Pasadena area.
The three-day excursion will
allow students to explore numerous
points of interest in the San Diego
region. The nominal $35 fee covers
bus expenses, one or two meals,
and visits to the Mission San Juan
Capistrano, the Wild Animal Park
in Escondido, the San Diego Zoo
and the Palomar Observatory. De¬
pending on the weather, students
will also take a harbor boat cruise
or stopover at Sea World.
“Area Rotarians will provide
lodging and most of the meals,”
according to Stevens. Twenty-three
host families will open their homes
to the students who range in age
from 20 to 40.
A retired businessman,
Stevens accompanies the group
with his wife Ethel for the second
year. “The program has actually
been going on for the last 30
years,” he explained, “and the
students have always enjoyed it
tremendously.”
Dedicated to making local
points of interest available to for¬
eign students, Pasadena’s Rotary
Club sponsors fun, educational
events throughout the year. “Three
weeks ago we hosted our annual
‘Get Acquainted Party’ which 80
students attended. We also offer
tickets to the Pasadena Symphony
orchestra and sponsor local day
trips to places like the J. Paul
Getty Museum.” Foreign students
who wish to explore parts of cen¬
tral California should note upcom¬
ing Rotary sponsored visits to
Hearst’s Castle in February and
Yosemite in June.
International students who
wish to participate in the
Thanksgiving weekend getaway
should sign up by noon today in
C121A.
They should also be fore¬
warned that the school year’s first
annual excursion has developed a
tradition all its own. “In recent
years, students have met their
spouses during the San Diego trip. I
can recall three marraiges off
hand,” reminisced Marilyn Porter,
the International Students Office
administrative assistant.
NEWSLINE
□ The Oxford Abroad Program has announced
that the deadline to apply for the Oxford trip has
been extended to Dec. 3. Applications can be
picked up in C209. So hurry, this is a great
opportunity.
□ There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but there
are still free movies. In order to qualify for
Academy consideration, the independent motion
picture Papa was a Preacher will have a free
showing tonight at the Esquire theater (Colorado
Blvd. at San Gabriel). The film, a musical-
comedy, is entered in four Oscar categories
including Best Actress, and stars Robert Pine,
Georgette Engel and Dean Stockwell. Papa was a
Preacher screens at 5 p.m.
□ Rehearsal for anyone wishing to participate in
the Choral Mall Crowd Scene of “A Miracle” will
take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. in K102.
□ AGS will be meeting today at noon in C312 The
club will be discussing food for the needy please
bring non-perishable food items or canned goods.
□ Tomorrow night’s Free Captioned Movie will be
“The Man From Snowy River.” The movie, which
stars Kirk Douglas, will be shown in R122.
□ SCORE will discuss business insurance at its
small business seminar, tomorrow morning at 10.
For more information call 578-7287.
□ If you are a work study student and want to
work at registration starting in early Dec. contact
Connie Hurston in the Campus Center.
Wanna Register 24
Hours in Advance?
The PCC counseling team is is
currently making special priority
appointments to advise continuing
students.
The appointments, which can be
obtained until Dec. 4, are set up to
help students develop their ap¬
propriate career and educational
goals. Students who participate in
the advisement period will be given
a special priority registration
bonus that enables them to register
24 hours in advance of their sched¬
uled registration date.
Students wishing to take part in
this special program may do so by
making an appointment with a
counselor or by completing a Pro¬
gram Planning Form and seeing a
counselor via a walk— in appoint¬
ment.
Students who do not take part in
this special opportunity will regis¬
ter at the time according to their
original priority number.
Continuing students are en¬
couraged to take advantage of this
opportunity. A permit to register
may be obtained in D200.
INSIDE
• In the early 1980s a great place of integrity and value was saved
from a horrible threat! Check out page 2 to find out where this
great place is and who saved it.
• Streets of Gold is the newest boxing movie! Does it pack a
powerful punch, or does it have a glass jaw? Find out on page 3.
• Are you interested in the world of sports? Then read On the Pro
Scene on page 4.
• The PCC Cross-country Team competed in the tough Southern
California finals last week! Find out the results on page 5.
• Barbara Phillips-Turner is one of the many great instructors in
the Social Science Dept! Recently Turner was selected to chair a
very important committee find out what committee on page 6.