PCC Courier, October 11, 1990

l' OPINION | FEATURES | SPORTS Editorial Recycling efforts are going into the trash can. Page 2 Twin Peaks coincidence Is this surreal television experience based on fact or fantasy? Philip Mullendore tells of a case he investigated in the real town. Page 3 Wow!!! The Lancers beat Palomar 41-7 at Saturday's home game. Page 6 Pasadena City College Pasadena, California Vol. 72 No. 7 COURIER Thursday October 11,1 990 Talent show cries ‘bum rap’ “There is no policy against rap music. We’d had some problems in the past with a particular group and wanted to make sure that group wasn’t going to perform. We checked out the acts, and when we knew for sure they weren’t trying to sneak in, we okayed the show.” Philip Mullendore, director of campus police and safety NEWSLINE Blood drive The American Red Cross completed its two-day, biannual blood drive to¬ day with below average student turn¬ out. Normally about 95 pints of blood are taken daily. Yesterday, the Red Cross received approximately 60 pints of blood 90 students signed up to donate blood. To give blood, students must an¬ swer several questions and read an information pamphlet Blood donors must be at least 1 7 years old and weigh a minimum of 1 10 pounds. The actual donation of the blood takes about 8 minutes. While the blood is being taken donors must sit still and flex their fist to circulate blood. РСС hosts golf tournament The college will host the Fall Mas¬ ters Open honoring the late Donald Redman at Brookside Golf Course on Monday, Oct. 22. The tournament is co-sponsored by the PCC Foundation and The M & M Cable Car Company. The $25 entry fee covers green fees at Brookside and a donation the foundation. Golf Carts are extra. Trophies will be awarded for Low Net, Low Gross and Closest to the Pin .For more information contact Paul Swaim in Room C222. ‘Elephant Man’ Auditions Auditions for the play "The Ele¬ phant Man" will take place on Wed¬ nesday, Oct. 17 from 7 p.m.. to 10 p.m., and Thursday, Oct. 18 from lnoon to 3 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Sexson Auditorium. The pro¬ duction is directed by Whitney Rydback. AIDS Project needs volunteers The Minority AIDS Project is in need of volunteers to lend support to AIDS and ARC victims. Training will be held on Oct.16 and Nov. 13 be¬ tween the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. at 5 149 W. Jefferson Blvd, Los Ange¬ les. Bilingual volunteers are espe¬ cially needed. Contact Mike Jones at (213) 936- 4949 to volunteer or get more informa¬ tion. College television awards The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is accepting entries for its annual College Television Awards. Only full-time college students are eligible for the awards. Categories are: Documentary, News and Public Affairs, Education, Com¬ edy, Drama, and Music. Entries must have been produced after Dec. 1, 1989 and completed for a class requirement. Information can be obtained by calling (818) 953-7568. Screen test for students Student directors film directors will be taping brief scenes for those inter¬ ested in acting in student productions. The screen test will will take place at Harbeson Hall this Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The test will also be sent to several theatrical agents in Los Angeles, in¬ cluding the William Morris Agency, and the Creative Artists Agency. INDEX Opinion 2 Editorial 2 Features 3 News Features 5 Sports 6 By PAM WILSON Special Correspondent ‘ ‘There is no policy against rap music,” at least that's what organizers were told when they reserved dates for a talent show at PCC. But the day before an amateur talent show with a rap music category was sched¬ uled to be held in the Sexson auditorium, PCC told show organizers there could be “absolutely no rap music,” according to Penny Holmes of Marshall Fundamental Regional Occupational Program. ‘ T told them these were only high school kids, and they weren’t rapping to anything controversial,” said Holmes. “But I was told "still no rapping; rapping causes prob¬ lems." Holmes said she was told that if any rap groups appeared on stage, “the stage manager has been told to close the curtains on you.” The amateur show was eventually al¬ lowed to continue as scheduled, on Satur¬ day, Oct. 15. “That’s the most important thing,” said Philip Mullendore, director of campus police and safety. “There is no policy against rap music. We’d had some problems in the past with a particular group and wanted to make sure that group wasn’t going to perform. We checked out the acts, and when we knew for sure they weren’t By BECKY ROUSE Editor in Chief In response to student concerns and environmental needs, Ron Greenfield, di¬ rector of food services, has announced that squeeze bottles other than the brand sold on campus will now be refilled for 60 cents. An across the board price increase of 5 cents for coffee, soda, and snacks went into effect on Sept. 1. “But,” said Greenfield, “there has been no price increase on food items for the past three years,” referring to breakfast specials, lunch and dinner entrees, and any food that is prepared in the kitchen. One reason that prices on beverages went up is because of the paper cups that are now available as an alternative to styrofoam containers. “Paper is three times the amount of styrofoam,” said Greenfield. “We made the switch at the request of the student body,” he continued, “but we are con¬ cerned about environmental issues as well. ’ ’ Pricing is a topic of interest to custom¬ ers. According to Greenfield, the price of an trying to sneak in, we okayed the show.” However, Frank Way, PCC stage man¬ ager said, “It’s a policy the college has that there’s no rap music. It’s a campus police policy and an administration policy.” According to Way, the policy means no rap music groups will be allowed to perform in the future in Sexson auditorium. “They’re dangerous,” said Way, “we’ve had them before and they give us nothing but prob¬ lems. Their lyrics are written especially for gangs and violence. So we say wejustcan’t have that. This is a community college, in a residential area, and we don’t like the ele¬ ment rap music brings in.” The show, which was a fund-raiser for Marshall High School’s cheerleaders, was organized by Entertainment Concepts Inter¬ item is determined by several factors, among them the cost of the product as well as labor, commission, and overhead costs. With items such as soft drinks, pricing reflects the cost of a lid and straw as well. When questioned about the $1.60 price tag on a 32-ounce beverage, Greenfield said that he feels that the Professional Food Service Management Corporation’s (PFS) prices are similar to those in a 7-Eleven food store, but that he would consider lowering that particular price. “What students need to realize is that we are not a supermarket, so we do not charge supermarket prices. Our candy items are in line with what a 7-Eleven charges, our bev¬ erages are slightly higher. But then again, we don’t have the storage facilities or the buying power that a franchise has.” PFS has been the vendor on campus for the last six years. According to Greenfield, “anything that has to do with food on cam¬ pus, we operate. We have the sole contrac¬ tual agreement with the college.” This means that any catering for meetings, banquets, et national, a production company which spe¬ cializes in this type of event. ‘ ‘We’ve been doing this kind of thing for nine years, all over Los Angeles and Pasadena, and we’ve never had the kind of problems we had at PCC,” said Gary Moody, president of ECI. “There were obstacles up until the 11th hour. We were told there was a problem with having rap groups because of the gang element’ they bring in. We tried to explain this was a general admission crowd, from grandmothers to kids, but it didn’t matter. It really wasn’t until we mentioned newspa¬ pers that we got the go ahead.” Evidently the policy refers only to audi¬ torium rentals, not Quad activities. Tena Rubio, Coordinator of Student Activities, has the authority to approve all acts booked cetera must be done through PFS. In re¬ sponse to questions about whether this right was used excessively in the area of club fund-raisers, Greenfield stated that fund¬ raising efforts such as bake sales are not con¬ sidered catered events, and are therefore not in conflict with PFS’s service rights. Green¬ field cited examples of how PFS has worked with clubs for special events. We helped the Arabic club with their Falafel sale, and our popcorn machine is often used by various clubs, he said. PFS serves food, beverages, and snacks from four locations. Greenfield opened the Stadium Cafe on a trial basis to accommo¬ date students who parking in the large lot on the southeast side of the campus. It was at the Stadium cafe where outdated apple juice was being sold at a discount rate earlier this week, The COURIER was alerted. Green¬ field strongly asserted this was the result of human error. ‘ ‘As soon as I found out about what had happened, those juices were pulled from the shelf,” said Greenfield. for the Quad, at her discretion . ‘ ‘My policy is just that lyrics can’t be discriminatory or have racial or sexual slurs. So I listen to everything first. But to me, music is music, and as long as the lyrics don’t hurt anybody, they’re fine with me.” According to Holmes when Mullendore did give the okay, it was issued with a warning. ‘ ‘He said we only get one chance, and if anything happened we wouldn’t be allowed back. It was more like a threat than anything else, and it made everyone really tense. I just don’t understand why the good kids have to be punished. We try really hard to get these things together to keep them off the streets, doing something constructive. If they had problems before, I understand that, but they didn’t even look at the acts before saying no. Even when they said okay, they hadn’t seen the acts. It was all about rap, not us.” Mullendore said the concern was due to an incident two years ago. “A rap group really got out of hand. Fighting broke out, and when we closed down the auditorium, the whole thing spilled out onto Colorado Boulevard. We ended up calling the police, and we just don’t want that group back again. ” After checking the list of perform- Please see Rap, page 3 Officer hurt at football game By EDWIN FOLVEN Staff Writer Campus police had their hands full at Saturday's home football game against Pa- lomar. When they stepped in to break up a fight in the stands, the crowd turned against them. An officer was injured in the ensuing melee. The incident occured just after 8 p.m. at the north end of the stadium. Police said it began as a pushing and shoving fight be¬ tween two spectators. Officers Herman Mitchell and L. Henderson arrived and asked one individual to leave the premises. When he responded by shouting obscenities at the officers, police attempted to place him un¬ der arrest. At this time, approximately 10 other spectators got involved, shouting of¬ fensive language and distracting the offi¬ cers' attention. During the scuffle, the sus¬ pect bit Mitchell in the forearm and fled on foot Police gave chase, and the suspect was caught and arrested about 15 minutes later at the intersection of Del Mar Boulevard and Bonnie Avenue, according to Mitchell. Philip Mullendore, director of campus police and safety, said the suspect, a juvenile, was booked and then released to his parents. He was charged with assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, and causing a disturbance. Mullendore thought the incident was alco¬ hol related. “There is too much alcohol getting in. From now on, no bottles or ice chests will be allowed,” he said. Teleconference explores racism By EDWIN FOLVEN Staff Writer PCC joined 150 colleges nationwide for a teleconference on racial harassment and intimidation on Friday. The conference gave participants an opportunity to phone in questions on racism to a panel of experts from several accredited universities. PCC became one of four schools to have a question addressed on the air by the panel. The teleconference, which was live via satellite from Oklahoma State Univer¬ sity, was the first of two conferences ad¬ dressing the issues of racism. PCC was chosen to host the conference because of its satellite facilities. Homecoming elections Howard Burger /The COURIER Students look at photographs of the homecoming candidates before voting at booths provided in the Quad. Sports bottles offer students a choice