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Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol.72 No. 12
“• COURIER
Thursday
November 29, 1990
NEWSLINE
EMERGENCY PHONES
Coordinators of the cam¬
pus telecommunications proj¬
ect have received many sug¬
gestions from faculty, staff and
students regardingemergency
telephones in the building
hallways. Early next year,
emergency phones will be pur¬
chased and installed in those
areas that have no telephone
available after hours. These
phones will dial the Safety
Office with the push of a single
button, and the location of the
phone will be displayed in a
manner similar to the 911
system.
PICTURE WITH SANTA
Members of the PCC com¬
munity can have their picture
taken with Santa Claus in the.
Quad for $3.50 on Nov. 27
through Dec. 3 from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. The event is spon¬
sored by the Alpha Gamma
Sigma honor society, and pro¬
ceeds will be used for scholar¬
ships.
This third annual fundraiser
will feature a faculty member
in disguise as Santa Claus.
Santa volunteers this year in¬
clude Anthony Georgilas, as¬
sociate professor of commu¬
nications, William Goldmann,
dean of educational services,
and Alvar Kauti, dean of stu¬
dent services.
“THE ELEPHANT MAN”
The theater arts department
will present Bernard Pemer-
ance’s play “The Elephant
Man” in the Little Theater,
room
С
1 03 . The firstperform-
ances is at 8 p.m. on Nov. 30,
with additional showings
through Dec. 8. General ad¬
mission is $5, but senior citi¬
zens and those attending mati¬
nee performances only pay $3.
For more information, call the
box office, 578-7485.
JAZZ BAND CONCERT
The music department is
presenting a three jazz band
concert on Monday, Dec. 3 at
8 p.m. in the Forum.
The three bands perform¬
ing will be: Jazz Combo, di¬
rected by Bobbie Bradford,
Jazz Rock Big Band, directed
by Paul Kilian, and Studio Jazz
Ensemble, under the direction
of Gary Foster.
Admission is free and this
event is open to the public.
BOWLING TOURNAMENT
The Inter-Club Council will
be hosting a bowling tourna¬
ment for clubs on Dec. 7 at
Bahama Lanes. The entry fee
has not yet been established,
but will probably be $30 to
$40 per team, according to
Lewis Yu, ICC activities co¬
ordinator. Trophies and med¬
als will be awarded.
INDEX
Opinion
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Editorial
2
Features
3
Sports
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College crime
statistics must
be publicized
Students picket local recruiting office
CSC one step closer to new location
Proponents for relocating the
Community Skills Center (CSC) to
East Pasadena won a victory at the
Nov. 20city council meeting. Pasad¬
ena Board of City Directors voted 5-
1 to commission a single Environ¬
mental Impact Report listing the CSC
as the primary use objective for eight
acres of land that the city is consider¬
ing developing. PCC hopes to build
a new CSC and a Child Develop¬
ment Center on the property, which
is adjacent to the Eaton Wash, be¬
tween Orange Grove and Foothill
boulevards.
Residents of the area are opposed
to the plan. Members of a citizens
committee expressed concerns about
traffic, litter, and decreased prop¬
erty value at the meeting. They say
that the city has already decided to
build the CSC at the site, and that it’s
a “done deal.”
Pasadena Mayor Jess Hughston,
a part-time instructor of political
science at PCC, was the only oppos¬
ing vote.
By EDWIN FOLVEN
Staff Writer
All community colleges and uni¬
versities will be required to submit
crime statistics to the FBI for a na¬
tional statistics report beginning Jan.
1, 1991. President George Bush signed
the “Crime Awareness and Campus
Security Act” into law on Nov.8.
Schools that don’t provide reports
will have federal
financial aid cut
off.
The new bill
will enable pro¬
spective students
to view the crime
rate of the col¬
leges they plan
to attend. The
“Crime Aware¬
ness and Campus
Security Act”
requires campus
police departments to report statis¬
tics in the areas of murder, rape,
assault, burglary, theft, and motor
vehicle thefts that occer on campus.
The legislation was sponsored
by U.S. Congressman Bill Gooding
(R-Pa.) after the brutal 1986 rape
and killing of Jeanna Clery, a stu¬
dent at Lehigh University in Bethle¬
hem, Pennsylvania. Clery’s parents
crusaded to upgrade campus secu¬
rity across the nation, forcing col¬
leges that were reluctant to publi¬
cize their crime rates to now be
obligated to do so.
In addition to reporting on crime,
colleges must provide information
about law enforcement personnel
selection and training, as well as
give an account of what kind of
relationship the school has with lo¬
cal authorities. Colleges must also
have written policy statements ad¬
dressing the issues of drugs, alcohol,
and the possession and use of weap¬
ons.
Philip Mullendore, director of
campus police and safety, explained
that PCC already has been meeting
similar requirements to those called
for in the new law. He said that for
approximately three years the col¬
lege has reported crime statistics in
the FBI Uniform Crime Report. But
many colleges do not have such a
system in place. “Out of approxi¬
mately 3500 colleges and universi¬
ties in the nation, only 300 are re¬
porting. Now,
they will have to
report,” Mullen¬
dore said. PCC
is a relatively
crime free school
according to
Mullendore.
Theft is the most
frequent crime
reported at the
campus, with ve¬
hicle theft run¬
ning second. He
said that most crimes occur in the
parking lots, but compared to other
colleges and universities, PCC has
very low crime statistics.
The new legislation comes at a
time when the college has been fo¬
cusing on some of the aspects of
campus safety. PCC hosted a na¬
tional teleconference dealing with
effective approaches to campus se¬
curity on Nov. 15. in the Forum.
The teleconference was the sec¬
ond of two conferences that were
broadcast live via-satellite from
Oklahoma State University. The
conference featured a panel of rep¬
resentatives from several universi¬
ties who discussed the roles an insti¬
tution must play in providing a se¬
cure environment for all members of
the community.
The panelists emphasized the need
to enhance the relationship between
the institution and the community.
They concluded that since the cam¬
pus police are responsible for the
Please see Security, Page 3
“Out of approximately
3500 colleges and
universities in the
nation, only 300 are
reporting. Now, they
will have to report,”
Philip Mullendore,
director of campus police and
safety
Feeding the multitudes
Mike Robbins
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Crowded around a food-laden table are some of the hundreds of people that showed up for a free
Thanksgiving Day dinner in Pasadena's Central Park. More than 900 volunteers served at the event.
By ROSEANN RENZULLO
Staff Writer
The International Committee
Against Racism (INCAR) picketed
in front of the armed forces recruit¬
ment office across the street from
PCC on Nov. 15. INCAR members
marched in protest of U.S. govern¬
ment involvement in the Middle East.
“We want to make it clear to the
people inside the armed forces re¬
cruitment office and to the people
outside on the streets that this is a
fascist and imperialist war,” said a
spokesperson for INCAR. He con¬
tinued, “when soldiers get recruited
they are promised jobs and benefits,
and they should be able to achieve
these without putting their lives on
the line for oil.” Uniformed recruit¬
ers, watching the protest from be¬
hind a glass door, declined to com¬
ment.
The protest began at noon, when
marchers banded together on cam¬
pus before crossing the street to picket
the recruitment office. As the after¬
noon heat grew more intense, so did
emotions from those taking part in
the protest. Using an amplifier, they
decried U.S. motivation for military
actions in the Persian Gulf, chanting
slogans of “Bush-Hussein, one and
the same- imperialism is the name
of the game,” and “Hell no, we
won’t go- we won’t fight this racist
war.”
Cars traveling along Colorado
Boulevard slowed as drivers read
picket signs lettered with the mes¬
sages “support your home,” and
“fight for jobs, not oil.” The crowd
of 40 protesters attracted the atten¬
tion of many store owners along the
boulevard, as well as passers by,
before also attracting the attention
of Pasadena Police.
The protest ended when a police
officer arrived at the scene and con¬
fiscated INCAR’s amplifier because
there had not been a permit issued
for its use.
The INCAR group said it will
secure a permit and march again this
week.
Carl Scayan
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Protesters from the International Committee Against Racism (INCAR) picket an armed forces
recruitment office located across the street from PCC.