Lady MacBeth and King Lear Await Your Arrival
By Jennifer Ramirez
Staff Writer
Your chance to experience a fun-
filled, interesting and unforgettable
educational experience is right around
the corner. During the spring semester
PCC will once again offer an op¬
portunity to travel abroad to Oxford,
England. This educational excursion
will begin Feb. 12 and end June 5, 1987.
Only 40 students will be chosen to
attend the Oxford program, which in¬
cludes visits to various art galleries,
museums and many historical sites.
Students will be exposed to British
culture as well as learn and experience
the politics of Britain. All participants
will be housed with English families.
Students will take various field study
excursions to Stratford on Avon, Bath,
Stonehenge and Tintem Abbey. Other
visits in England include the Lake
District, Bronte country, Edinburgh,
Chester and Liverpool.
Sixteen units of transferable courses
in English and Social Science are ob¬
tainable through this program. Stu¬
dents will be offered five three-unit
courses and a one-unit course of their
choice.
The three-unit courses to include:
Humanities 4 (Humanities Through the
Arts), English 57 (Modern Drama),
English 61 (Intoduction to the Novel),
History 3D (Modern Europe) and His¬
tory 7A (U.S. History to 1876). The one-
unit courses to be offered are: English
35 (Major Dramatists: Shakespeare),
English 36 (Major Poet: Wordsworth)
and History 20 (Independent Study).
These courses will be taught by
Phyllis Mael (English), Joseph Sierra
(English), and Katheryn Dabelow (So¬
cial Science). Sierra and Dabelow are
new additions to this program.
Sierra, an assistant professor in the
English department, received an NEH
grant to study European avant-garde
drama in New York City. He has just
returned from a one-year sabbatical in
England and Spain where he studied
current trends in European theater.
Dabelow is a professor in the Social
Science department. She was awarded
a one-year Fulbright teacher exchange
to Middlesex Polytechnic, London,
England. She was also elected to Phi
Alpha Theta (Honorary Historical Soci¬
ety). Dabelow has been leading student
tour groups throughout Europe since
1971.
Mael is an associate professor in the
English department. She received her
doctorate in comparative literature
and was awarded NEH grants to study
drama and film. She has participated in
student trips to Ashland, Oregon, as
well as being one of the organizers and
professors involved in last year’s Ox¬
ford trip.
“This is the most intense educational
experience possible,” said Mael. “Stu¬
dents have the ability to have a
firsthand experience at actually being
in or on historical sights.”
• The Oxford program costs $2,995.
This fee includes round-trip airfare,
lodging in a British home, two daily
meals, world student insurance, all
listed excursions, entrance fees and
last, but not least, a flight bag!
This two-year-old program is open to
all PCC students. Students have until
October 15 to complete and submit
their applications.
It is recommended that interested
students have completed at least 12
units, including English 1A. For more
information regarding the Oxford, Eng¬
land program, contact the PCC English
department.
The
Courier
VOTE IN THEA.S.
ELECTIONS OCT. 14-15
VOL. 63, NO. 7
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 9, 1986
UP TO HIS ANKLES IN IT— (Above) When last Thursday's hail and
thunderstorm flooded C Building’s basement, some rooms were said
to be filled with as much as four inches of water. Employees hurridly
removed electronic equipment, desks and tables from the Instruc¬
tional Television Center as others fought to keep the water out. (Right)
Some equipment suffered serious damage: the full extent is not yet
known. Amazingly enough, KPCC managed to stay on the air.
— Photos courtesy of Ann Dolan
Faculty: The Few, The Proud, The Distinguished
By Catherine F. Reynolds
Associate Opinion Editor
Bruce Carter and William B. Shanks
have been selected to participate in the
Distinguished Faculty Series. They
were selected for their expertise in
their chosen fields.
Carter, who chairs the Physical Sci¬
ences department, has been on the
teaching staff since 1971. He received
his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1980, and has
published works on the geology of the
San Gabriel Mountains, faults and
earthquakes in the Mojave Desert and
volcanic rocks in the Klamath Moun¬
tains of Northern California. Carter
will present a talk titled “The Geology
of the San Gabriel Mountains" that will
feature the geological wonders of the
area. He also plans to explore erosion,
earthquakes and the faults responsible
for forming the mountains and that
pose a constant threat to California.
Shanks, who has had a long-estab¬
lished association with the motion pic¬
ture industry, joined the teaching staff
after obtaining his master’s degree
from the University of Wisconsin in
1967. In addition to teaching a variety
of English classes, Shanks created the
“Film as Dramatic Literature" course. In
his talk titled “Film: The Twentieth
Century Art" he will discuss the de¬
velopment and transmission of his¬
torical, social, philosophical and psy¬
chological information through the use
of motion pictures, an often overlooked
source of valuable artistic and his¬
torical documentation.
The Distinguished Faculty Series
was formed in 1984 to showcase out¬
standing members of the faculty to the
community, and more importantly, to
prospective new students among local
high schools.
“Our intent is to make attendance at
the community colleges, specifically
PCC, a more viable option for strong
students who normally consider going
to a four-year university. We’re saying
you can get a very strong education by
coming to a community college,
namely PCC,” said Harry Kawahara,
president of the Faculty Senate.
Faculty members are selected by the
Faculty Senate through a screening
process that determines whether the
subject they have chosen for presenta¬
tion would be of interest to a high
school-age audience. By selecting sub¬
jects with a broad spectrum of appeal
rather than of a highly technical na¬
ture, the Faculty Senate hopes to at¬
tract and maintain that particular
group’s interest.
Faculty members who have been
featured in the past include William E.
Goldmann and the impact of “The Great
Plague in Europe ,” Karen P. Norris,
English professor and professional ac¬
tress, and her dramatic reading titled
“Nonprosaic," Verna Wells and her art
lecture on “The Battle of Bunker Flill
West,” and Keith Miller, an instructor
with the Laser Electro-optics program,
and his presentation of “Lasers— Past,
Present and Future.”
The Distinguished Faculty Series
presentations will be held tomorrow by
Bruce Carter and on Friday, November
21 by William B. Shanks in the PCC
Forum from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission
is free.
NEWSLINE
□ The Friends of the Library are
sponsoring a new contest. They are
currently looking for a name for their
new on-line computer system. The
winner will be awarded a $50 prize
and the runner-up will receive $25.
Ideas must be submitted to the
circulation desk before Oct. 31.
□ Free flu shots are available to
students and staff in the Health Cen¬
ter. For your free shot check in at
C217 daily between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
and for evening students from 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Mon— Thurs.
□ The Gay and Lesbian Student Un¬
ion will be meeting tonight from 7
p.m. to 9 p.m. in CC202. For more
information on the meeting, contact
faculty adviser Bill Farmer in the
English department.
□ A new film, “Sexual Harassment
on Campus” will be previewed today
at noon in D109. Bring a sack lunch if
you wish. Seats are limited.
□ The Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor
Society will be holding its first meet¬
ing today at noon. Come to the meet¬
ing and learn about membership,
scholarships and special activities.
The meeting will be held in room C312
□ You had better hurry, the deadline
for submitting your original poetry,
essays, and black and white photos
for INSCAPE is Friday, Nov. 21. An
info, sheet is available in C217.
□ The Festival of Animation is com¬
ing to PCC’s Sexson Auditorium. The
dates are, Fri., Oct. 17, Sat., Oct. 18,
and Sun., Oct 19. Tickets are $5 in
advance and $5.50 at the door.
□ Students who have a GPA of 2.5 or
better may now pick up applications
for financial aid and scholarships.
These are for students who are active
in PCC and high school athletics. A
preference is given to graduates of
the PCC district high schools. The
deadline to apply is Oct. 17.
□ If you are a full time sophomore
Registered Nursing student with fi¬
nancial need, you can apply for schol¬
arships of $200 each, half payable
each semester.
□ The family that the PCC athletic
field is named after is offering a
scholarship. The Horrell Family will
award a worthy student $300. For
more information, apply at the Finan¬
cial Aid Office.
INSIDE
• The A.S. Elections are being held next week. Your vote makes a
difference!. Find out what the candidates are promising on page 2.
• Crocodile Dundee has arrived! Find out what Australia’s biggest
money making movie of all time is about on page 3.
• Coach Sandstrom is part of the winning spirit at PCC! Read
about the coach that has endured the defeats and thrilled at the
victories on page 4.
• Did you know there’s a fencing class on campus? See page 5 to
learn about one of the campus’ hottest athletic classes.
• OMD steps into the spotlight! Page 6 examines a club that has
been a part of the PCC pride for more than 30 years.
