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PCC Courier, October 11, 1974
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~ — By Sergio Caponi
Assistant Managing Editor
Four PCC students were arrested on
charges of grand theft, receiving
stolen property and burglary last
Friday, when an investigation
prompted by the Pasadena Police
Department led to the recovery of
$100,000 worth of stolen antiques.
The four suspects are Richard R.
Robinson, 21; Henry Leal, 21; Brian J.
Cohan, 20; and James D. Wright, 18,
police said. Leal was a member of the
PCC gymnastics team two years ago,
according to PCC Dean of Student
Activities John Eikenbery.
Police said they are seeking a fifth
suspect in the case, whose name is
being withheld pending apprehension.
He reportedly was also a gymnast
three years ago, but is not a PCC
student at this time.
Officers said they were originally
searching for a number of potted
plants and pieces of furniture which
had been taken from homes on N.
Holliston Ave. in Pasadena.
Information gathered from an
unidentified source reportedly led
police to a house at 1354 Locust St.,
where three of the four suspects were
arrested. Here, police said, they
discovered not only the stolen plants
and furniture, but also a variety of 160
stolen antiques.
After recovering another 60 stolen
antiques from an apartment a few
blocks away from the first location,
police said they returned to the house,
and found an additional 260 stolen
antiques, bringing the estimated total
of recovered items to more than 500.
According to Pasadena detectives,
the recovered antiques tie into at least
four or five previous cases.
Commenting on the event, Eiken¬
bery said he is glad such occurrences
involving PCC students are rare, but
noted that it is inevitable that in a
community of 19,000 people such as
PCC, some individuals may act
against the law.
"In any community and any school
there is a certain percentage of
dishonest people,” he said.
Eikenbery said that some students
can get into trouble with the law
because of their wrong value-
judgment. The cause for this, he said,
may be due to a number of reasons,
including cultural background, family
environment, and the socio-economic
situation in which the individual has
■ lived.
Eikenbery stressed the fact that the
four apprehended students must still
be considered innocent until proven
guilty.
CYCLE REPAIR — Denis Kerechuck of Aitadena
makes final adjustments on his bike. The Com-
—Courier Photo by Rosemary Q. Weiner
munity Adult Training Center (CATC) offers a
motorcycle repair class in its adult curriculum.
PCC CotViieSv
VOL. 38, NO. 3
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 11, 1974
Aim is Guidance
Asian Student Office Established
By Eliza Chan
Staff Writer
PCC is not only a college in a foreign
country, it is a foreign college to me,”
said Mimi Chan, as she wandered
around campus studying the school
map.
There are hundreds of Mimi Chan’s
type on campus, all facing the same
difficulties — social isolation,
inadequate living conditions, a
language barrier, and an extended
separation from their home countries
and relatives. They often become
frustrated in their search for solutions
to such problems.
Among these students, over 50 per
cent come from such places as Hong
Kong, India, Pakistan, Taiwan,
Vietnam and Thailand. “Students
from Asia are cohesive and they have
high working potentials which they
could offer to the community,” says
Carol Imai, PCC counselor. “Yet
sometimes they need proper guidance
and social recognition on campus
before they can use their potential to
its ultimate degree.”
The Asian Affairs office, which is
■ now located at Ms. Imai’s office, C212,
serves as a meeting place for both
Asian and Asian-American students.
The ultimate aims of this office are to
promote better cultural understanding
between Asian-Americans and Asian
students, arouse political awareness of
ASB Senate Promises Monetary
Backing for Campus Activities
By Steve Ripley
News Editor
The ASB Senate voted Tuesday to
grant or loan money in support of three'
different campus activities.
Mark Miner, representing the newly
established Film Society, asked for a
$350 loan to start a semester-long film
festival. The money would cover two-
thirds of the cost for the first two films,
which would be shown Nov. 1 and 15 as
a trial run.
The trial run is planned to insure
against the kind of massive ex¬
penditures made in the fall of 1973 by
ASB President Gene Vasquez for an ill-
fated film festival.
Minor said that the films would be
mostly art films from Europe, instead
of commercial films seen in regular
theaters. He said that tickets will
probably not be more than $1, and that
season tickets would probably be
available.
The ASB would be assured of
regaining its money, Minor said, by a
box office guarantee. The society has a
sizable following of cinematography
students, and is sponsored by in¬
structor Walter Girdner.
Louie Puentes, MECHA represen¬
tative, requested that the ASB Board
and Senate grant $322.40 to MECHA for
use in fund-raising activities to boost
its own funds for future events.
Fuentes assured the Senate that
MECHA was a worthwhile organize-
Money Issues
Discussed by
ASB Board
Discussion in the ASB Board session
last Thursday centered largely on
economic issues, according to Stuart
Silver, ASB president. In a report to
the ASB Senate Tuesday, he said that
discussion included profits from the
Campus Center pinball machines,
campus Bookstore finances, and the
parking problem.
Silver said that the parking situation
this semester is “worse than ever
before, and we haven’t come to any
conclusions yet.” He said, however,
that there is a possibility of the city of
Pasadena helping PCC financially
with a multi-level parking structure.
The main problems with a parking
building would be security and cost, he
said. President Armen Saralian, at¬
tending the Senate meeting, said that
the main problem is cost. “We’re
talking about $3 million," he said.
He added that state funds won’t be
available for another two years, and
that there are no federal funds
available. “We are exploring the
possibilities with the city,” he said.
Silver reported that the new pinball
machines in the Campus Center have
already brought in about $580 and
profits are expected to reach $5000 or
$6000.
tion and had been granted up to $750 in
the past and loaned up to $750 in one
semester, a sum which was repaid
without delinquency. The $322 grant
would not be repaid to the ASB, and
would be used primarily for an eight-
piece band, “Wooden Nickel,” to
perform Oct. 12.
Funding of $350 was granted to the
new Alumni Committee to start its
planned activities. The committee
hopes to get PCC alumni involved in
their former school and has planned a
program to achieve that end, as well as
a newsletter and meetings to keep
alumni informed of campus affairs. A
21-member board of directors has
already been formed for the fledgling
group.
Other Senate actions included ratifi¬
cation of appointed officers, and ap¬
proval of the budget.
respective groups, develop an at¬
mosphere of involvement with other
PCC organizations and activities, and
to gain general recognition of social
status on campus.
Student services include peer¬
counseling, tutoring and self-help
studying. An Asian Cultural Week and
other social gatherings are also in
planning stages. It is hoped that an
informative publication of activities
for Asian students will also be released
each month.
According to many Asian students,
there is a need for an Asian specialist
who can coordinate and direct services
and activities for students at PCC.
Discussing the changing attitude of
Asian students in respect to social
involvement and student government
on campus, Ms. Imai said. “In recent
years, there has been an increased
amount of Asian students coming from
high schools who have the basic
awareness and sensitivity for not only
self-identification, but also for their
surroundings." This semester, there is
an Asian candidate running for office
in the ASB.
Ms. Imai would like to see all Asian
and Asian-American students come to
her office if they wish to discuss their
problems.
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TIGER CAGE— Two men protesting continued U.S.
involvement in Indochina showed up on campus
recently, chained inside a “tiger cage." Based on
—Courier Photo by Steve Wright
the cages in which American POWs were displayed
to the North Vietnamese, the cage was built by an
American with financing from American Veterans.
Cited for Excellence
Courier Chosen 'All-American ' for Second Time
The Courier has bowled another
strike. For the second semester in a
row, the paper has won the coveted All-
American rating from the Associated
Collegiate Press (ACPf.
The award is based on the spring,
1974 editions, edited by Bernhild
Horner. In April. 1974, the newspaper
won the Aji-American award for its
fall, 1973 editions, edited by Agnes
Leung.
The All-American rating recognizes
“superlative publications which
achieve creativity and lively, as well
as technically superior content and
presentation. Creativity and
imagination must enhance the news¬
paper's basic ability to serve its
readership completely, under¬
standably, and attractively.”
The Courier was analyzed and rated
in comparison with other newspapers
produced in schools of approximately
the same enrollment, printed by
similar printing methods, and
published with the same frequency of
issues. The comparison is with papers'
nationwide.
An All-American is given only when
the newspaper receives four out of a
possible five “marks of distinction.”
The marks are awarded to these
publications chalking up near-perlect
scores in the evaluation. According to
the ACP, "Unusually high quality and
especially creative or distinctly lively,
appealing work” is required for a
mark of distinction.
The Courier received marks ot
distinction for coverage and content,
editorial leadership, physical ap¬
pearance and for photography.
"The advisers are delighted that the
students’ hard work was rewarded
with another All-American rating,"
said Michaelene Bolliger. chief ad¬
viser to the Courier. “They did an
excellent job.”
Other Courier advisers include
William Buttler. sports; Dorothy
Kelts, editorial; and Wilhelm Bleck-
mann. photography.
Tuesday Forum Topic
'Mark Twain in Italy'
"Mark Twain in Italy” is the
featured film for the Tuesday Evening
Forum, Oct. 15.
The film was produced by Dick
Reddy who will also narrate it.
Although it presents Twain’s
humorous adventures in Italy, the film
ends on a sad note— the death of
Twain's wife at their Villa Quatro in
Florence.
Twain traveled the Italian coun¬
tryside countless times, writing
detailed descriptions of these ex¬
cursions. The presentation includes
views of Lake Como, the leaning tower
of Pisa and the Blue Grotto, which
Twain described as "the brightest,
loveliest blue that can be imagined—
the coloring would shame the richest
sky that ever bent over Italy.”
Reddy has both a B.A. and M.A.
degree in journalism. His intense
interest in travel and photography
result from his studies of cinematogra¬
phy at USC.
Always seeking to capture the
unusual on film, Reddy’s travels in¬
clude a balloon flight over the Alps and
six filming-camping trips to the Soviet
Union.
Reddy was a member of the famous
65-man unit that was sent to penetrate
the German lines and make contact
with the Hussions near the end of
World War II. This was described as
one of the most fantastic exploits of the
w’ar.
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DICK REDDY
Videotape of PCC Home Games
To Air on Mondays in Cafeteria
Videotaped showings of Lancer
home football games are presented at
11:30 a.m. in the PCC Cafeteria on
Mondays following the games.
The primary purpose of the video¬
taping is to provide telecommunica¬
tions students experience in covering
live sports activities, but the football
team and students unable to attend the
game also benefit from the showings.
The audio portion of the program is
from the KPCS broadcast of the game,
except for the pregame and halftime
show1. The PCC band's presentation is
videotaped for these time slots.
The job requires a' crew of about 15
students, who rotate positions each
game to provide each student with an
understanding of that particular facet
of videotaping.
Dr. Robert Wright and Sidney Orloff
are advisers for the program, which is
videotaped by two cameras stationed
on the field.
The first showing of a game this year
was Monday, Oct. 7. The game shown
was the previous Friday’s game with
Scottsdale Community College.
Only home games are shown
because the department doesn't have
remote units, and presently they have
permission from the . Metropolitan
Conference to tape only home games.
The program hopes to cover home
basketball games as well, but plans for
videotaping other sports haven’t been
made yet.
Bob Miller, a member of the
program, will produce and direct
tonight's contest with Cerritos.
Enrollment Figure
Reaches New High
PCC's total enrollment figure, en¬
compassing both day and evening
student attendance, has risen above
that of last year.
This semester, tentative figures
indicate that overall enrollment may
climb as high as 19,353 students.
Of that figure, 11,000 are classified
as daily full-time attendants. The total
is compared to 10,600 daytime enroll¬
ment at this time last year.
Total evening attendance this year is
marked at 8000, a substantial increase
over the 7100 who attended last year.
The daytime attendance is up 4.6 per
cent over last year. Evening enroll¬
ment skyrocketed by 17 per cent.
Black Affairs Counselor Set
To Organize Afro Programs
By David
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Staff Writer
A new counselor has been selected to
coordinate Black affairs on campus.
Javis "Kashta” Johnson, Jr., was
appointed as counselor-specialist in
Black affairs in a Board of Trustees
meeting Oct. 3. and took over his new
position Oct. 7.
Johnson will have numerous duties,
including developing and maintaining
a Black studies curriculum, recruiting
and orienting a new faculty for Black
studies, and organizing special
programs in Black studies. He will also
aid in the recruitment of readmission
of Black high school and college
dropouts to enroll them at the college.
He hopes to represent the college to
the Black community and the needs of
that community to the college. "As
long as there are 25 million or more
Afro-Americans in the United States,
Black studies are relevant." Johnson
said.
Another of his important duties is the
coordination of the African culture in
relation to other cultures of the world.
"Forty per cent of the time I'll be
working with Pan-African affairs,"
said Johnson.
Johnson received his A. A. degree
from Los Angeles City College and his
B.A. from Cal State University. He
was granted a scholarship from Oc¬
cidental College, where he received an
M.A. with a dual major in Ethnic
Studies and Urban Relationships.
He has taught Afro History and U.S.
Government at Blair and Duarte high
schools, and at Los Angeles City
College. He now teaches at Compton
College. He came to PCC as an in¬
structor in the summer of 1972.
His office is in A104, and for more
information, students can telephone
578-7489. Johnson can also be reached
through the Counseling Center in C216,
or call 578-7251.
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