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PCC Courier, October 08, 1982
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VOL 54. NO. 7
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 8, 1982
New Police Officers Sworn In
College Safety Makes Revisions
By Sheryl Mee
News Editor
Eight college safety personnel were
sworn in yesterday as part of the
reorganization of the PCC security
department.
According to Phillip Mullendore, di¬
rector of college safety, five of the
college safety officers will be “sworn
community college police officers” ac¬
credited with the Commission on Peace
Officers Standards and Training
(POST).
POST is a state commission regulat¬
ing requirements for police officers
and it also pays for their training.
Candidates must be approved before
they go through a POST accredited
police academy for sixteen weeks.
This change in status will enable the
officers to have provide full security
services, including any necessary ar¬
rests of offenders, and they will be fully
trained and qualifed for these duties,
said Dr. Bonnie R. James, vice presi¬
dent of business services.
The general duties of the police
officers will include performing patrol
duties on foot or by vehicle to protect
campus and visiting personnel, prop¬
erty, and facilities against accidents,
bodily harm, fire, theft, vandalism and
illegal entry. The officers will also
enforce laws and traffic regulations,
apprehend violators and provide gen¬
eral information and assistance to the
public.
In addition to the newly sworn police
officers, Barbara Keith, formerly with
the Los Angeles County Sheriffs De¬
partment, was sworn in as the super¬
visor of college safety.
Under general supervision, as a
sworn peace officer, Keith will act as
an overall assistant to the director of
college safety in planning, organizing
and directing the work performed by
subordinate personnel.
Keith may also serve as temporary
head of the college safety department,
BARGAIN HUNTING — Interested customers poke around for good deals
at the PCC Flea Market held the first Sunday of every month in the parking
lots. — Courier photo by Barbara Nack
Marathon for Disabled 'Gets
Physical' at Horrell Field
Student PE Attitudes
Polled by Department
By Sheryl Mee
News Editor
The third annual Jog/Wheel-A-Thon,
a benefit celebration aimed at focusing
the community’s awareness on the
needs of the disabled, will be held
Saturday, Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. at Horrell
Field.
“Let’s Get Physical” is the theme
for this year's fund raiser. Volunteers
and sponsors are encouraged to partici¬
pate in the festivities, which will in¬
clude live music, dancing, refresh¬
ments and guest celebrity StacyKeach,
according to Susan Feinberg, hearing
impaired program coordinator and
chairperson ot physical setup for the
benefit.
“This is a community event spon¬
sored by a network of agencies in the
area,” said Ms. Feinberg.
The Jog/Wheel-A-Thon is presented
by Pasadena Awareness— A Com¬
munity Effort with the Disabled
(PACED), an organization of 40 public
and private agencies serving the dis¬
abled in the greater Pasadena area.
“We just want people to come and
celebrate and have a good time,” said
Ms. Feinberg. For one hour, both dis¬
abled and able-bodied persons of all
ages will jog, walk or wheel the course
to earn sponsor pledges.
Sponsors may pledge a minimum of
25 cents per lap, or they may pledge a
specific donation above $4 to support a
festival participant. Sponsors doing
this will receive a free T-shirt com¬
memorating the day’s event.
According to Ms. Feinberg, many
community organizations have already
pledged to volunteer at the benefit. The
PCC Circle
К
Club, a service organiza¬
tion on campus, has offered to recruit
volunteers and count laps. The Pasa¬
dena Lyons Club has been participating
and volunteering time to the organiza¬
tion of the project.
In addition, Dr. Lucy Miller's Handi¬
capped 100 and 102 classes have been
helping a great deal, said Ms.
Feinberg.
Persons interested in jogging, wheel¬
ing, volunteering or being a sponsor
should contact Ms. Feinberg in C123 or
Emy Lou Weller, coordinator of the
learning disabilities program.
By Doug Brown
Staff Writer
The women’s physical education de¬
partment is distributing a survey to
determinestudents views on whether or
not physical education should be part of
the college curriculum.
The survey covers such topics as the
age of a student, whether full or part
time, physical education classes taken,
and should physical education be con¬
tinued or dropped from a college cur¬
riculum.
The women’s physical education de¬
partment is working in cooperation
with SCOPE (Steering Committee On
Physical Education), a statewide or¬
ganization working with community
colleges in handing out the survey. If
the survey results are supportive, it
plans to inform the state Board of
Governors of community colleges that
students do not want physical education
cut from college curriculums.
SCOPE is made up of athletic chair¬
men and interested parties to study the
recent cuts in statewide physical
education programs, and what can be
done about them.
Miss JoAnn Zwanziger, chairwoman
of the women's physical education de¬
partment, is a member of SCOPE.
Zwanziger explained that SCOPE is
made up of a series of committees.
Some of the major committees in¬
clude philosophy in course selection,
which works on setting up a core
physical education curriculum for com¬
munity colleges, and public relations,
that works with the different com¬
munity colleges and the Board of Gov¬
ernors. Zwanziger is cochairwoman of
the public relations committee.
According to Zwanziger, SCOPE is
working throughout the state to change
the recent physical education cuts.
“The Board of Governors has taken
over much of the control of community
colleges,” said Zwanziger. “Changes
should be made across the board, and
not in one department.”
Some of the physical education
classes cut from PCC include archery,
badminton and jogging. For archery
and badmitton, new equipment was
purchased before the class cuts took
effect. “We’re stuck with a lot of
equipment we can’t use right now,"
said Zwanziger. “We'U keep what we
can, but some of it will have to be
returned."
Zwanziger said that SCOPE is re¬
ceiving some positive feedback from
the survey. Two colleges have com¬
pleted the survey and tabulated the
results. In Santa Monica College only 20
students out of 2,500 said that physical
education should not be part of a
college curriculum. At Grossmont col¬
lege, 85 percent of 2,150 students said
that physical education should remain
a part of the curriculum.
“We don’t want fee classes, we want
the classes back as credit classes,”
said Zwanziger. “It is our goal to see
that it happens.”
Study Reveals Only One Third Intends To Transfer
Community Colleges Transfer 1 7 Percent of Students
By Alex Spada
Editor in Chief
Only a third of community college
students have an interest in transfer¬
ring to upper division colleges, accord¬
ing to a study released Monday by
California Community Colleges
Chancellor Jerry Hayward. Out of
those, 17 percent will attend a bac¬
calaureate-granting institution, the re¬
port found.
Vocational students reported a $2.09
average increase per hour after two
years at a community college and 42
percent attributed their training for
getting them a job, Hayward said.
“Community colleges are doing a
very good job at their traditional
roles,” Hayward said at a news con¬
ference announcing the results of the
three-year study. The review followed
6,550 students through six semesters
and two summer sessions at 15 col¬
leges.
Hayward said the report was
sparked partially by recent criticism
about community colleges. “Much of
it,” he said, “results from mis¬
understanding and misinformation,”
differing ideas about what the rolee of
community colleges should be and
“from competition among colleges to
draw students.”
Researchers at UCLA have com¬
plained community colleges do a poor
job in vocational education and that
Calfornia community colleges transfer
fewer students to the University of
California who perform less well than
their counterparts a decade ago. “If
you went by the headlines this last
year,” Hayward said, “you’d get the
impression that Mickey and Minnie
Mouse are the average community
college students.”
In a summary of the study, re¬
searcher Stephen Sheldon said few of
the findings would “surprise those with
a broad prospective of community col¬
lege students.” He said the statistics
show what community college
professionals “had assumed, guessed
or asserted from their campus ex¬
perience.”
The participating students were
selected from a random sample of first
time students in the Fall of 1978. They
were then tracked using information
from college records and up to five
structured telephone interviews.
The study found half the students
2. Part-time transfers (7.7 percent)
are older than most full-time students
and enroll in three or fewer courses,
usually in the evening.
3. Undisciplined transfers (9.3 per¬
cent) aspire to transfer to a upper
division school but lack either the
academic skills to complete their work
or the self-discipline to follow through
on their studies and homework.
4. Technical tranfers (7.7 percent)
enroll in, and complete, a sequence of
courses in a high level vocational area.
5. Intercollegiate athletes (0.7 per¬
"If you went by the headlines, you'd get the impression
that Mickey and Minnie Mouse are the average student. '
were under 21, 56 percent were women,
69 percent were white, and 31 percent
were from ethnic minority (Hispanic,
black, or Asian). Two-thirds had no
more than a high school diploma, 34
percent had attended college
previously and 7 percent had earned a
bachelors or advanced degree.
Twenty seven percent of the sample
interviewed in 1978 expected to attend
for two years only, but 10 percent
actually did.
Dr. Leslie Koltai, chancellor for the
Los Angeles Community College Dis¬
trict, said at the press conference, the
study showed “a change in the student
clientele. Many more people are com¬
ing to us for an ever-widening number
of reasons.”
To aid in the analysis of the various
reasons, the study categorized students
in 18 categories:
1. Full-time transfers (10.6 percent)
represent those who were eligible to
attend a university from high school
and those who just missed eligibility.
cent) are transfer students who report
sports as their primary reason for
attendance.
6. Financial support seekers (0.3
percent) attend to get financial aid
before transferring.
7. Expediters (0.7 percent) have a
main academic affiliation with a senior
college but find it convenient to take
some courses at the community col¬
lege.
8. Program completers (5.7 per¬
cent) enroll in, and expect to complete,
a vocational program.
9. Job seekers (13.5 percent) attend
college only to learn enough to obtain a
semi-skilled job.
10. Job up-graders (12.3 percent) are
already employed in the field in which
they take courses and attend to im¬
prove, or complement their skills.
11. Career changers (3.3 percent) are
employed but wish either to change
their careers or supplement their in¬
comes.
12. License maintainers (0.7 percent)
or provide day to day supervision of
parking and safety related program
operation.
When employed by the LA County
Sheriffs Department, Keith delt in
“rape investigations and other assault
crimes against women," according to
Mullendore.
Mullendore stressed that now there
will be an opportunity for women who
are assaulted on campus to report the
incident to a woman police of¬
ficer-something that was not possible
in the past years.
Jerry Saladin, a retired sargeant
from the San Bernardino Sheriffs De¬
partment. was also sworn in yesterday,
in the capacity of investigator. He will
investigate criminal and non-criminal
cases, gather evidence, process crimi¬
nal complaints and initiate action to
resolve criminal activity.
In addition, Saladin will implement
programs designed to anticipate, rec¬
ognize and evaluate crime and safety
risks, and initiate action to prevent or
reduce such risks.
Phillip Mullendore, director of col¬
lege safety, was also sworn in last night
as a sworn police officer.
Four of the five sworn police officers
are already employed with the security
department as parking and security
officers. Fred Aguirre, Eric
McWilliams, Leroy Henderson and
Herman Mitchell will now be sworn
safety officers, with the remaining
parking and security officers staying in
that capacity.
"Even with the security depart¬
ment's reorganization, no one lost his
job," said Mullendore.
The other sworn college safety of¬
ficer. Dwight Ward, who has already
completed his POST training, will be¬
gin patrolling the campus today, while
the other officers begin their training
at the Los Angeles County Sheriffs
Academy.
CONGRATULATIONS— All State Nursing Scholarship winners receive
awards. Dr. William Appelgate deft), executive director of the PCC
Foundation, Dr. Henry Kirk, recipients Karen Sallee and L’Tanya Simien and
Kristen De Queiroz. head of the nursing department.
Bloodmobile Begins Drive
are employed in careers which require
continuing instruction to maintain their
state licenses.
13. Leisure skills students (12.4 per¬
cent) take vocational, sport or artistic
courses to pursure their hobbies.
14. Education seekers (6.3 percent)
feel guilty unless they are enrolled in a
reasonably academic course.
15. Art and culture students (1 per¬
cent) seek cultural experiences in art
and music.
16. Explorer/experimenters (4 per¬
cent) attend to study themselves and
explore avenues of potential employ¬
ment or education.
17. Basic skill students (2.9 percent)
want to improve basic skills. This
group includes recent immigrants
whose goal is to learn or improve
English communication skills.
18. Lateral transfers (0.8 percent)
take classes prior to transferring to an
institution other than an university.
The study questioned the “capability
of California community colleges to
continue to offer a potpourri of educa¬
tion.” The research recommends col¬
leges “must establish priorities among
the multitude of courses and programs
they presently offer.”
This study, Hayward said, has
“taught us more about community
college students than any other re¬
search,” and will be continued with
more studies and recommendations
throughout the year.
Hayward called on students and
teachers to “go out into their com¬
munities and remind their neighbors
and their fellow voters of how impor¬
tant community colleges are.”
“We believe that now is the time to
put education back at the top of our list
of priorities in California,” he said.
By Linda Mulligan
Staff Writer
The Red Cross will hold its semian¬
nual blood drive on Oct. 12 to 14 in the
Campus Center. Donors will be able to
contribute blood between 8:45 a.m. and
1 p.m. The Bloodmobile will be on
campus Oct. 12 recruiting donors.
The Red Cross sets a goal each
semester of 90 units of blood a day,
totaling 270 units for their three day
visit. Last year’s blood drive reached a
total of only 200 units.
Jennifer McKinney, student ac¬
tivities adviser, said, “It’s crucial for
us to strive for a good blood drive
because more than 1,000 people need
blood every day in Los Angeles and
Orange counties alone.” Whole blood
lasts only 35 days and platelets (the
part of blood needed for clotting) lasts
only 72 hours.
The Red Cross has certain eligilbility
requirements for donors. Prospective
blood contributors must be between the
ages of 17 and 66, and must have a time
period of 56 days between donations.
Those between the ages of 17 and 18 are
required to have written consent by one
or both parents.
In addition, students must weigh
more than 110 pounds, and not be taking
antibiotics in order to qualify. Women
who are pregnant or who have been
pregnant in the past six months will
also be deferred.
“About 75 percent of our donors are
repeats,” stated McKinney. Appoint¬
ments can be made and are probably
the best way to avoid any wait, espe¬
cially between 11:30 a.m and 1 p.m.
For those apprehensive students who
have never given blood, McKinney sug¬
gested bringing a friend. “It seems to
ease the tension, ’’said McKinney. The
Red Cross stressed the importance of
eating a well balanced meal before
donating blood.
Fliers will be posted throughout
campus announcing the Bloodmobile,
reminding students how invaluable
donations are. ‘
Chancellor Sees Tuition Coming
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By Alex Spada
Editor-in-Chief
Unless economic conditions
change, California community col¬
leges will begin “fees and student
charges” by 1983-84, according to
Chancellor Jerry Hayward. At a Mon¬
day news conference announcing the
results of a study on community
college students, Hayward said “stu¬
dents will have to bear part of the
burden.”
Hayward said a “fee plan” make
take the form of “registration, per
unit or blanket” charges. Selective
fees, where some classes will charge
fees and others not, is also a possi¬
bility. Budget cuts may include
further decreases in recreational and
avocational classes, Hayward said.
Although community colleges have
been able to fight off system-wide
tuition or fees, the colleges lost $30
million in state support during the
last state budget battle in June. The
budget decrease resulted in a “hit
list” eliminating courses viewed as
“recreational, avocational or self-
help.”
“Some of the courses on the list
probably shouldn’t be there,” Hay¬
ward told the Courier, explaining his
office only had a month in which to
make the decision.
Hayward said the system has
“gathered in $29.2 million” from the
decrease in credit class offerings so
far. “We have another $800,000 to go
to meet our target. We are now going
back through all the colleges and re¬
checking the figures and the data. We
will get the $30 million.”
Hayward said if political conditions
change it would allow the community
college system to continue fighting
off fees.