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Vol. 35, No. 3
Pasadena City College, Pasadena California
October 6, 1972
Organization
To Collect
Bad Debts
When unpaid loans totaling $23,000
tie up your assets, it’s time to take firm
steps to get your money back.
That’s why PCC’s Financial Aids
office hired National Account Systems
as a collection agency. It hopes to get
back as much as possible of the money
which has been loaned to about 1900
students in the last 10 years and has
not been repaid.
Ralph Gutierrez, cooperative educa¬
tion adviser, said that this is a fairly
drastic step since a collection agency
can destroy someone’s credit rating
and ruin his financial status.
Besides that, National gets to keep 33
per cent of what it collects so the office
still faces a loss even if all overdue
accounts are cleared up.
But the office had little choice if it
intends to continue making short-term
emergency loans, said Gutierrez. Four
of the seven accounts from which such
loans are made are depleted.
These are loans for books ranging up
to $35 and payable in 30 days. Any full¬
time student, carrying 12 units or
more, can get one if he and a cosigner
sign a promissory note.
But many students have been taking
these loans out and not coming back,
Gutierrez said. Some simply disappear
from campus.
Such delinquent loans range from $1
up to $120. The figures over $35 trace
back to the old days before Mrs. Gene
Miller took over as financial aids
counselor five years ago.
Before that, students were allowed
to take out new loans while they were
still in debt for old ones, and many did.
Mrs. Miller changed that procedure so
that now no one can get a loan until he
clears up old ones.
Loans are considered delinquent
when they haven’t been paid after 90
days.
Ten-year old loans may be hard to
collect but the Financial Aids Office
will appreciate whatever it can get.
PIRATES
Give Coed
Scholarship
Telecommunication student Kaye
Gabel is the first recipient of the Lisa
Davidson Memorial Scholarship, a
Southern California-wide award.
Kaye was honored at a luncheon held
in the Los Angeles Press Club and was
presented with a $100 check by the
Public Interest Radio and Television
Educational Society.
This scholarship will be given an¬
nually to an outstanding student in¬
terested in the field of broadcasting.
The winner is selected by a screening
committee made up of public affairs
officials.
The $100 award is presented by the
Public Interest Radio and Television
Educational Society (PIRATES) in the
name of former KNBC-TV Public
Affairs Director Lisa Davidson who
was killed last year in an automobile
accident.
Dr. John F. Gregory, manager of
KPCS, nominated Miss Gabel for the
scholarship and she was selected by a
committee that included Howard
Strum, KNBC-TV; Mrs. Jane War-
field, KBIG Radio; Mrs. Betty Hop¬
kins, United Crusade; and Mrs. Pat
Ryon, Associated In-Group Donors.
Although Miss Gabel says that it is
difficult for women to get into
broadcasting and technical unions
right now, she adds that things are
opening up. As for her personal future
in telecommunications, she says, “I
want to be a studio technician for a
while and then change to teaching
when I’m too old to push a camera
around.”
JOURNALISM ADVISORY MEETS— Joseph Du Plain (left) of the La
Canada Valley Sun and Lee Austin (right) of the Los Angeles Times,
both members of the Journalism Advisory Committee, are shown
discussing plans for the new journalism career curriculum with Cindy
Heard, managing editor of the Courier.
PCC Enrollment
Reflects Changes
In 1954, PCC separated itself from
the Pasadena Unified School District.
It had a total enrollment of 6887 ; this
year the figures have more than
doubled.
So far, 16,240 have enrolled this fall.
When compared to last year, it shows
an increase of 841 students, though full¬
time day enrollment seems to be
leveling off a bit, according to Dr.
Irvin G. Lewis, administrative dean of
student personnel.
He attributed this drop in full-time
enrollment to young people’s attitude
towards college education today.
“They are going out and seeing the
PCC Dental Clinic
Serving Public:
Cleaning, Treating
PCC has its own dental clinic in R511
where PCC students and the general
public can get their teeth cleaned.
“You really can’t call it a dental
clinic,” Mrs. Joan Brandlin, program
director said, “because the only
services we offer are teeth cleaning, x-
rays and flouride treatment.”
Mrs. Brandlin said that the whole
purpose of the clinic is oral health
construction. “Our service is not only
for the teeth, but also for the gums. It’s
not good to have strong teeth with
gums that are so weak the teeth fall
out.”
Appointments may be made in R511
any time during day school hours. Two
hours should be allowed for the ap¬
pointment, since it takes at least an
hour to clean the teeth.
The services are offered on Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday mornings from
9 until noon. Appointments may also be
made Tuesday and Thursday af¬
ternoons from 1 until the school closes
at 4 p.m.
Service costs for teeth cleaning are
$2 for students with ID cards and $3 for
all other persons. X-rays are $2 for a
bite wing or checkup and $5 for the full
mouth x-rays, r iouriae treatment is
$1.
world so they can find themselves and
their careers,” said Dean Lewis.
“They also see the overabundance in
certain professions, and therefore are
less urgent in pursuing those areas. All
these factors delay their entrance into
college.”
Although full-time enrollment has
dropped from 10,254 last fall to 10,045
this fall, part-time and night classes
increased from 5,145 to 6,195. There
are many reasons for this.
“There is an increasingly stretching-
out of college education,” explained
Dr. Lewis. “Students are interested in
cooperative education, they try to
relate their work to their studies.”
“More and more adults are coming
back to college too, especially
housewives. They are attracted by
vocational curriculum such as
registered nursing, dental hygiene and
others.”
Dean Lewis felt that junior colleges
like PCC are especially capable of
handling this kind of fluctuating
college attendance. “We have night
classes in Pasadena High School,
Temple City High School and other
component high schools,” he said. “We
should continue to respond to this
special need of free admission and
withdrawal system.”
Tuesday iveuing Forum
Features Film oa Africa
“Exploring African Wonderlands,”
a film that tours East Africa’s most
prolific unfenced zoos, will be narrated
by explorer John Goddard at the
October 10 Tuesday Evening Forum.
The program starts at 7:30 in PCC’s
Sexson Auditorium.
Goddard takes the viewer “on
safari” through former Mau Mau
territory, 900-foot Karuru and Gura
Falls, Mount Kenya and Killimanjaro;
and to Victoria Falls, among the seven
wonders of nature because of its awe¬
some 400-foot cataracts.
A 4100-mile expedition down the
entire length of the Nile brought
Goddard fame as an explorer. He is the
first man to explore the world’s longest
river from the source to its mouth —
and in only a frail kayak.
He has lived among headhunters and
cannibals in the wilds of South
America, Borneo and New Guinea;
run the world’s most dangerous
rapids; scaled many of the most
perilous mountains; and survived a
devastating Japanese earthquake and
entombment in quicksand. In addition,
he has set altitude and speed records
for civilian fliers (1420 mph and 63,000
feet).
Goddard has made frequent ap¬
pearances on famous national TV
shows, “I Search for Adventure,”
“Bold Journey,” and “True Ad¬
venture.” “National Geographic” has
featured his travels and expeditions.
He is a member of the Explorer’s
Club of New York, Adventurer’s Club
of Los Angeles and Chicago, Savage of
London, French Explorer’s Society,
Archaeological Society, Mach 2 Club,
and a life member of Sigma Chi
fraternity.
This program is part of a series of 20
lectures on topics of current interest
that features outstanding speakers in
science, literature, politics, art and
international affairs.
PCC has presented the Forum an¬
nually to the community since 1937.
Season tickets may be obtained at the
College Bank. For more information
call PCC at 795-6961.
Annual Show Puts
Profs in Spotlight
PCC faculty members will present
their art works at the annual All
Faculty Show from Monday, Oct. 9,
through Friday, Oct. 20, in the college
Art Gallery.
Several instructors have entered art
works which range from op art to
conventional oil paintings. Many more
entries are expected to arrive before
the two-week show begins.
Among those entered so far is an 18-
inch cube composed of wood, formica
and glass complete with motor, lights
and electronic wiring, submitted by
Prof. Charles E. Lewis, who teaches
sculpture.
Last year Prof. Lewis displayed a
cube of wood with an eye embedded in
it that followed the viewer as he
moved.
Prof. Philip G. Cornelius uses an
involved art form to make com¬
monplace-seeming objects. He plans to
exhibit porcelain cups in the shape of
paper cups.
Four large color photographs will be
exhibited by Prof. Russ Whitaker, who
teaches photography. They include
shots of the London bridge at Lake
Havasu City, Arizona; a mission at
Taos, New Mexico; and two still life
studies taken at the wharf of San
Pedro.
“Primordial Generator”
and
Exhibitions, Breakfast
Highlight Career Fair
Exhibits and tours are the main
attractions of this year’s Career Fair
at PCC. It will be a one and a half days
event, from Thursday, Oct. 19, to Fri¬
day, Oct. 20.
“We hope to achieve a campaign and
carnival atmosphere,” said Bob
Gomperz, chairman of the Career Fair
planning committee.
According to Gomperz, the fair’s
purpose is twofold. First, it will be an
open house to the community so they
may get acquainted with the college.
Second, it gives high school graduating
seniors a chance to get more familiar
with PCC, and hopefully to consider it
their choice of college after
graduation.
“The time has come when colleges
can no longer sit back and wait for stu¬
dents to apply,” explained Gomperz.
“We have to go out of our way to pro¬
mote for students.”
The Career Fair, in conjunction with
PCC’s Homecoming Week, is doing
just that.
Exhibits will be on display from noon
to 9 p.m. on Thursday. There will be at
least one exhibit from each depart¬
ment; hopefully, some will offer more.
In order to make the fair enjoyable,
informative and successful, the
committee is asking for the help and
cooperation of every department and
employee of the college.
On Friday, the Fair opens at 7:30
a.m. with breakfast for all active
members of PCC’s advisory boards.
This is to show the college’s ap¬
preciation for their advice throughout
the year. Attendance is estimated to be
about 125. Food will be planned and
prepared by food services students.
Besides the usual exhibits, other
college facilities that cannot be dis¬
played will be open for public tours
from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday. These in¬
clude television and radio studios, data
processing, cosmetology, dental
hygiene and many others.
“Moribund Oil” will be shown by Art
Instructor Lily Heftmann. Both are oil
paintings.
A mixed media canvas, “Hiber¬
nation,” will be presented by Mrs.
Maxine Knitig, who also teaches art.
The 84 x 92-inch canvas is of large
simple form that interacts.
Graphic design artist Herman W.
Bockus will show his two paintings,
“Beach House” and “South Dakota.”
Art Instructor Margaret M. Mc¬
Carthy, an Art Center graduate, is
currently working in stretched canvas.
She strives for pleasing form by
stretching canvas over an object that
does now show and that the viewer
cannot discern.
Donald S. Munz teaches interior
design and has his own freelance
design service away from PCC. He will
exhibit four boards that are 20x30-
inches and that are a conceptualization
of space as a client would like it
arranged.
Young painter Douglas T. Bond is
working with three-dimensional
painted objects. He will show a coffin¬
shaped piece of wood which is painted
with a three-dimensional object.
The purpose of the show, according
to Gallery Director Larry Heliker, is to
give the faculty a showing of their
work, as well as to show students the
direction and indication of thought of
art instructors at PCC.
The Art Gallery is located in the
quad area in front of R Building. Hours
are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday; from 1 to 3
p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday; and
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday.
PCC Lobby on the Go;
Seeks New Members
on
has a chapter
currently seeking
People’s Lobby
campus and is
members.
Denny Meehan, acting president,
urges all PCC students to join. “So far
the club is only in its structural stage,”
said Meehan, “But we hope to ac¬
complish a lot this year.”
The Lobby meets each Thursday at
noon in C332.
People’s Lobby was the sponsor of
the controversial Proposition 9, also
known as the Clean Environment Act,
Adelphian Membership
Open to College Women
The Adelphians, PCC’s women’s
service organization, is looking for
women who desire to “render service
to the school and community,” ac¬
cording to Marsha Collins, Adelphian
campus service chairperson.
“We render service to the school and
community and try to develop leader¬
ship, friendship and character within
the organization,” says Miss Collins.
“One of the ways Adelphians fulfill
their purpose is through assisting the
teachers on campus,” she explains.
“Adelphians are required to render a
minimum of four hours’ service each
month to a teacher.
According to Miss Collins, regard¬
less of what the department covers,
most likely there is an Adelphian who
can assist. “If you desire this help, you
need only notify the Adelphian office in
the Campus Center and an Adelphian
will contact you.”
Adelphian membership is open to
women students by application and
interview. The members give service
to the college and community in many
ways, including working for teachers
and administrators, ushering, acting
as hostesses, and taking part in any co¬
operative service projects with the
other men’s and women’s service or¬
ganizations.
Bowlins Makes Hit;
Linehan Urges
Early Enrollment
PCC has a new physical education
class this semester. In an attempt to
make PE a more relevant and
rewarding experience the department
has added bowling to its curriculum.
The response from students has been
really great, according to Anthony P.
Linehan, athletic director. The class
was filled almost as soon as it was
announced.
The class meets Tuesdays and
Thursdays at the Pasadena Bowling
Center, located at the corner of Lake
and Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena. Jerry
Todd is the instructor.
Although state law now permits
community colleges to charge students
for use of off-campus facilities, the
Board of Trustees has alloted school
funds to pay for use of the bowling
alley at least through Spring Semester,
1973.
“There is only one class scheduled
for next semester,” Linehan said.
“Students interested in participating
should see their counselors and sign up
early.”
on the California June 6, primary
ballot which was defeated.
“Though Proposition 9 has been the
major accomplishment of the Lobby,
let it not be said that it was the only
accomplishment,” said Meehan.
“One accomplishment of the
People’s Lobby was winning the right
for people to petition in shopping
centers or where people have the right
to assemble. This was carried to the
U.S. Supreme Court.
“The Lobby also successfully
defended the 18-21 year old’s right to
register to vote where they live, as in
college dormitories,” ' continued
Meehan. “Now they don’t have to
register where their parents reside.”
Meehan said the Clean Environment
Act is currently being rewritten. “The
section on the banning of nuclear
power plants will be dropped from the
initiative.
SUPJ Sponsoring
Anti-War Speeches
by Clark, Hayden
The PCC Student Union for Peace
and Justice (SUPJ) is joining several
other local organizations in sponsoring
a series of lectures on the Vietnam
war. According to Robin Forrester,
SUPJ representative, the series en¬
titled “Peace Forums” will begin
Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. in the
Neighborhood Church at 301 N. Orange
Grove Blvd. in Pasadena.
The speaker at the first forum will be
Dr. Irv Rogers. A former battalion
surgeon in Viet Nam, Rogers will
speak on the effects of war on both
American GIs and the Vietnamese
people. The talk will feature slides
taken by Rogers during his stay in
Southeast Asia.
The second forum will be held at the
Congregational Church at Los Robles
and Walnut Sunday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m.
Former U.S. Attorney General
Ramsey Clark will speak of his recent
trip to Hanoi and his insights into the
people and government of North Viet¬
nam.
Future speakers in the series will
include Anthony Russo, codefendant in
the Pentagon Papers trial. Russo will
speak, and a film will be shown, enti¬
tled “So the People Should Know.”
Also scheduled is Tom Hayden, expert
on Indochina affairs.
Miss Forrester stressed that the
lectures are being given free as a
public service. It is hoped that they
will help to educate and inform the
people of Pasadena about recent de¬
velopments in U.S. foreign policy
Southeast Asia.
in
Students May Apply Now
for UCLA Financial Aid
■
KOREAN PING PONG— Yong Ock Shin, PCC Korean foreign student,
has been selected to participate in the 52nd National Athletic Meeting
of Korea to be held from October 6 to 13 in Seoul, Korea. Shin will
compete in the ping pong section. His two-week trip is paid for by the
Korean government.
Students of low income who are
interested in attending UCLA are
invited to inquire about the Con¬
sortium program, according to Ed¬
ward Hernandez, Jr., PCC director of
Chicano affairs, A110.
PCC is participating along with
other junior colleges in the UCLA
Consortium program, which provides
low income students the opportunity to
enter UCLA in the fall of 1973.
“We are now in the process of
identifying students who may be
qualified,” says Hernandez.
Qualifications include a minimum
grade point average of 2.4, and 56
transferrable semester units com¬
pleted by June 1973. Students must also
meet EOP financial criteria.
“If students feel thay can meet these
requirements, they should submit
their applications as soon as possible,”
encourages Hernandez.
The Consortium program gives a
student who has completed two years
at PCC a chance to earn his bachelor’s
degree at UCLA in two and a half to
three years. Financial aid is given to
meet his educational expenses, and
individual academic and career
counseling by PCC counselors.
Selected students will participate in
second semester orientation classes at
PCC which includes field trips to the
UCLA campus and a study skills class
at PCC. They will also receive sup¬
portive services at UCLA, such as
academic and personal counseling and
group and individual tutoring.
Applications are now available at
Dean Ernest Neumann’s office, C112,
and should be completed as soon as
possible.