PCC Courier, October 05, 1976

'76 Homecoming Queen **7, Selection Set for Saturday By Blake Sell Managing Editor Today is the last day to vote for the 1976 Homecoming Queen. The Queen is selected from among the seven princesses already chosen by a panel of judges. Voting began Monday on the Quad. Students must present their I.D. card when voting. The Court, narrowed from a field of 37 contestants, consists of Judy Abercrombie, Susan Flohr, Sue Grif¬ fin, Djenane Marchand, Kathy McCoy, Delores Shaw and Shannon Wabnig. in the Sierra Bonita parking lot tomorrow afternoon. The float with the best theme, the most original and the funniest will be presented plaques by alumni judges. The alumni will also furnish the Court's float. Clubs are also encouraged to put up banners on the fences and around the football field. The Adelphian, Circle К and Spartan, service organizations will usher and help seat dignitaries and alumni in a special section below the press box. Among the dignitaries will be Dr. E. Howard Kloyd and ASB president Mike Schultz. Dignitaries from Long Beach City College have also been invited to come to the game and participate in the pre¬ game festivities. After the game, Homecoming continues with a dance in the Campus Center. Music will be provided by the group, “Telegraph.” The dance, sponsored by the Freshmen and Sophomore classes, starts at 8 p.m. and will go on until 1 a.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $1.50 with student ID. Mark Tellez, Associated Men Stu¬ dents president and A1 Kauti, dean of student activities, were responsible for planning and preparation of this year’s activities. Although it was orginally expected by the planners that 150 girls tryout for the Court, only 37 girls applied and were eligible. Of the seven finalists, two are from Arcadia, two are from Mark Keppel in Alhambra, one is from Pasadena High and two are non-local graduates. <<W COLLEGE INFORMATION DAY— Wendy Woolverton, PCC music major, confers with Dr. Ralph Nair, director of relations with schools and colleges for the University of California at Santa Barbara. Repre¬ sentatives from approximately 50 California colleges met Tuesday with PCC students in the Quad. - r.m„ iff:..: i.y r-. - r."! Homecoming activities kickoff at 7 p.m. tomorrow before the football game against Long Beach City College. Floats representing various campus clubs and containing the Court and other dignitaries and alumni will parade once around the field. The Court's float is scheduled to stop in front of the home stands and the Queen will be announced for the first time. The theme for this year's Homecoming is “Happy Days,” and the floats are expected to reflect this in some way. The floats will be decorated Scribner Speaks on KPCS Ram Plugs 'Smoke-out' By Tom Godfrey Staff Writer If there is safety in numbers, it may be in the number of smokers Rams' running back Rob Scribner persuades to join in the American Cancer Society’s “Smoke-Out" November 18. Scribner is working with campus radio station KPCS to make a series of radio spots promoting the one-day effort to get Southern Californians to kick the smoking habit. V шшШ I esse VOL. 42, N0.11 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 5, 1976 Also participating is actor Bill Christopher, Father Mulcahey of the TV series MASH. The 30 and 60 minute radio announcements were taped here for distribution to area radio stations. They will be broadcast as public service announcements from now until the target date, November 18. According to program director Larry Shirk, most of the an¬ nouncements were written here by Telcom 118 students Bill Stearns, Glo¬ ria Dulan, Bob Atwell and Tom Mc- Manamon. “We tried to give them something special.” explains Shirk, who even wrote one himself. This is not KPCS's first entry into the field of public affairs. Their campaign on behalf of the Los Angeles County Library recently won them a special commendation. Further work with both the library and the American Red Cross is planned. Entertainment, Speakers Planned for International Awareness Week By Laurel Capline Business Manager Entertainment. exhibits and speakers are now being planned for International Awareness Week, . ac¬ cording to Ben Rude, coordinator of the Foreign Student Program. The annual affair, is scheduled for Nov. 15- 19. Much of the four-day event will be videotaped. The purpose of Awareness Week is to spotlight foreign students at PCC. Rude explained. “It's a way of saying to the rest of the student body. 'Hey, there's all these students here from all over the world.' ” said Rude. Rude estimated there are 250 students at PCC on student visas and more than 1000 of immigrant status. Students and faculty are planning a variety of activities to help American students develop an awareness of a world outside of Pasadena, according to Rude. Exhibits of artifacts from foreign countries will be featured in display cases around campus and booths representing different countries will be set up in the Quad, Friday, November 19. “Anyone who wishes to run a booth, decorate a display case or contribute Dance To Welcome Foreign Students The International Club's traditional welcome dance will be held tonight at 8:30 in the student center. Musical entertainment will be provided by liighrise. Admission is $1.50. Highrise is a four-member group that plays all types of music for dancing or just listening. Tickets are available at the In¬ ternational Club office room CI21. the student bank, and at the door. Dress for the evening is casual. Parking will be available in the east lot. located on Hill. In sponsoring a welcome dance, the International Club hopes to make new students feel more at home. to entertainment may sign up in room C121A,” said Rude. It is not necessary to be a member of a club to par¬ ticipate, he added. The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. So far, four faculty members are scheduled for presentations. Geoffry Jones, exchange teacher from England will discuss his country; Adele Tingey of the Physical Education Department will show a film of ethnic dances and English teacher Karen Norris will share slides of Greece. Events will be filmed by Joe Keane's Telecom 16 students under the direction of student producer Bill Cooper. According to Marilyn Porter. Rude’s secretary, the narrated half- hour video tape will be used for student orientation purposes. According to Rude the affair “helps foreign students to develop friendships by working together. “It also helps to emphasize their secondary role as good will ambassa¬ dors from their countries.” PAS A Taps Student Talent Hopes to Alter Attitudes by Acting Out Expressions of Love By Isaac Richard Staff Writer The drama club of the Pan Afrikan Student Alliance is about more than just acting. It's an ex¬ pression of some very sensitive, very real feelings on this campus. “As soon as people see a different skin color.” said Gary Nelson, the 22-year old organizer of the Drama Club, "they draw eonclusions- usuallv negative. We want to try “With love as a guide to the way we treat one another in society we can begin to eliminate our conflicts right away.” and destroy that practice by acting out a universal concept love." That is the theme of the PASA Drama Club's first public staging, “Love is in Need of Love Today.” \\ ith love as a guide to the way we treat one another in society.” said Nelson, “we can begin to eliminate our conflicts right away." He believes that a show oriented towards love would help alleviate white misconceptions and enhance Black self-worth. “Blacks are always portrayed as pimps, dope dealers, and hit men in the commercial theater of today. Before, we were maids, clowns and buffoons. There have been no op¬ portunities for White Americans to see the true Black image: they don't know who we are. In fact. Black people themselves have been denied positive expressions of the Black race. The Drama Club hopes to challenge this by projecting love; lor as a people we do have so much of il to offer.” Nelson said. There are other factors promp¬ ting the Drama club's existence. One of them is what Nelson feels is the lack of exposure offered to PCC Blacks in the way of performing arts. “Many talented Blacks attend PCC,” says Nelson. “Yet how many chances are availed to them to express and sharpen that talent? Not many" Nelson also emphasized the performing arts classes are never directed toward the Black men¬ tality. “They just got through showing 'Death of a Salesman.'” says Nelson. “How many Blacks showed up to that thing and how many Blacks actually participated in its development'.’" You could probably count them on one hand, if that many ” , "We already know what white culture is about It's time to rectify the distorted Black image and present its genuine form. The Drama club hopes to attract the “Many talented Blacks attend PCC ... yet how many chances are availed them to express and sharpen that talent?” campus’ Black talent who are alienated from traditional acting by cultural bonds. From there we want to portray the real Black self that has been hidden from us for so long.” Nelson, a PCC political science major, organized the Drama Club by contacting students interested in forming the group Then he for¬ mally requested P.AS.A's spon sorship After PASA recognized the Drama Club as a committee of the organization. He then immediately began arranging rehearsal areas and times. “It's hard to facilitate time schedules with the students having so many different curricula.” said Nelson in relating some of the Drama Club's difficulties. “But we manage well by having certain “No effort at all is being made by the administration to make this group a success.” people practicing certain parts at certain times.” Other problems include finding a stable rehearsal area on campus. “There's no place in the daytime and no time in the evenings.” Nelson reported school officials as saying when he asked them for practice space. “No effort at all is being made by the administration to make this group a success." Nelson complained. In efforts to raise money for the I )rama Club, bake sales and dances are being planned the shows themselves will be free. “You can't charge people for a Black ex¬ perience." said Nelson When asked about membership qualifications. Nelson replied. "We want serious people who will work hard and are willing to sacrifice for the group. We haven't the time nor energy for those only half- interested.” The club s first show. “Love is in Need of Love. Today” will be shown at Harbeson Hall, November 23. at 12:30 p.m. Students. of any race, wishing to join the club should call Gary Nelson at 681-6698. or check with PASA office in the Campus Center, room 221. CHARLES FORBES TAYLOR . . . Americana lecturer Author Presents Film on American Seasons Charles Forbes Taylor, lecturer, suthor and humorist will espouse the beauty of these United States in a film lecture entitled. “America The Beautiful— From Sea to Shining Sea.” 'This is the fourth in a series of lec¬ tures being presented by the Tuesday Evening Forum and is scheduled for November 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. More than 20,000 feet of first-rate color motion picture have gone into this film which took many years to condense and prepare. It covers the four seasons of the year and features some unique and less familiar charms of the U.S. Taylor first sang to an audience of 1000 at the age of four and gave his first speech to 2000 at nine. He has since lectured to an average of 500,000 an¬ nually for the past 40 years. In addition to his having authored 10 books. Taylor has attended a score of colleges and seminaries and holds a D.D. and LL.D. degrees. He has been invited to speak all over the world, and enjoys filming people and places wherever he goes, with an eye to giving pleasure, enjoyment and education to his lecture audiences, he says. Swine Influenza Innocu/ation Program Enters Phase /I at Community Sites By Dana Pedersen Finb Arts Editor Phase II of the government's $135 million swine flu immunization program has begun. Beginning this past week, people between the ages of 18 and 60 are being urged to obtain flu vaccinations, available free at clinics throughout the community. Locally, clinics have been set up at most junior and senior high schools during the early evening hours. Dates and locations vary as to accommodate as many people as possible. The Pasadena Cultural Institute's clinic opens Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, the clinic moves to the Pasadena High School cafeteria and is open from 4 to 8 p.m. John Muir High School's cafeteria holds its clinic on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. and then it is at Blair High School Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. For additional clinic locations and innoculation dates, contact the Pasadena Health Department. 577- 4392. Currently, there are 35 million doses of the sw'ine flu vaccine available throughout the country ready for distribution. Last month six million people received their flu innoculations. The program is a landmark first national attempt to provide health protection to all Americans, rather than just a select few. Originally scheduled to begin in July, the program was delayed due to numerous obstacles, which have now been remedied. The insurance industry compounded existing problems by refusing to cover vaccine manufacturers against possible lawsuits. Finally, Congress agreed to take responsibility for the entire program enabling it to start early last month. A few weeks ago. the innoculation program seemed to be on the verge of a total collapse. Shortly after receiving swine flu shots, several elderly people died, apparently as a result of their vaccines. But an investigation by the Federal Drug Administration's Bureau of Biologies found no evidence to sub¬ stantiate this theory -all died of natural causes. The announcement of these deaths and others that followed frightened a large majority of the nation, thus delaying the start of the national vaccine distribution. Further research into the deaths, now totaling 35. showed that the majority of these fatalities occurred among elderly people. Being that this age range had been the primary target of the in¬ noculations. authorities revealed that they had expected some deaths to result from the start- but that these deaths resulted from natural causes. Additional studies into the deaths Sign-ups continue through Tuesday for the semi-annual Circle К Blood Drive, to be held Wednesday and Thursday from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., upstairs in the Campus Center. Club members will man tables to take appointments for donors from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Free Speech Area. Held in conjunction with the Red Cross, the blood drive is sponsored each semester by the men's service club. Student and faculty donors are credited lor each pint of blood donated, both by the Red Cross and through the PCC Blood Bank. Persons who are unable to make an found that all involved had suffered from severe chronic diseases, with 71 as the average age. As a result of these findings, the FDA advises those people with chronic diseases to have their own physician administer the swine flu vaccine, rather than one of the community clinics. appointment may make a donation by appearing at the blood drive location Wednesday. FLAG GIRL TRYOUT Tryouts fol- girls to carry tall flags in the 1977 Tournament of Roses Parade will be held November 15 and IS at 7 p.m. in K100. The con¬ testants must be IS years of age or a senior in high school. Practice sessions for tall Hag girls will be held Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. and for five days after Christmas from 9 a.m. to noon. BLOOD DRIVE— Red Cross nurse Que Hie Shin is shown taking a pint of blood from student Kevin Henford during the Circle К blood drive last year. The Circle К will once again sponsor the drive on Wednesday and Thursday from 8:45 a.m. to 1 :30 p.m. upstairs in the Campus Center. Circle К Signs Up Donors for Blood Drive Next Week