PCC Courier, October 12, 1979

Rose Queen Selections A Secret Until Monday PCC’S CONTRIBUTION — PCC placed 11 coeds in the final round of this year’s Tournament of Roses Royal Court finals. From left are Elaine Francis, Keri O’Donnell, Melinda Margett, Dianne Newman, Virginia Footman, Sue Davis, Gina Pinter, Julie Raatz, Lisa Bundy, Liz Matioli and Linda Deal. Courier photo by Judith Gordon By Katrin Wegelius Fine Arts Editor Twenty-seven Pasadena-area coeds participated yesterday in the final round of the 6 1 st Rose Queen and Court tryouts held at 3 p.m. at the Tournament House in Pasadena. The finalists, l i of whom are from PCC. were chosen after' three rounds of judging from an original field of 756. During the final round, each girl was to spend about five minutes in front of the judges before going home to wait until Monday, when the names of the seven lucky winners will be announced. The name of the 1 980 Rose Queen, to be chosen from the seven princesses, will be announced October 23. "At this point, evry contestant is still a potential Rose Queen,” said Robert L. Hemmings, chairman of the Associa¬ tion's Queen and Court Committee. "Narrowing the field to seven isn’t going to be easy.” Before appearing before the judges, the eirls were brought out into the Tourna¬ ment House rose gardens to be photographed and interviewed. Keri Lee O'Donnel. an 18-year-old PCC business major was trying out for the second time. "1 didn't get this far the first time." she said, "but I try not to expect too much ... If I don’t make it, well, life is still going to go on . . . and I'll have memories of a wonderful tournament. Two other second-timers from PCC are Elisabeth Matioli and Susan Davis, both 18. “Being here for the second time takes off some of the nervousness," said Miss Davis. “Although I thought 1 did better last year. I only made it to the first 100. Coming out this far makes me feel more positive about my chances.” She expressed her hopes to win because she “would be proud to represent South Pasadena; it hasn’t had the chance to be represented very often." Miss Matioli, an international rela¬ tions major, was among the 25 finalists last vear. “You can never know what to expect . . . the judges are different every year, looking for something different . . .’’ She said every girl should try out at least once because “the tournament is not just another beauty contet, it’s not a cheap meat market . . . The girls are here mostly to present their personalities." She said she would very much like to be on the float, and especially the Queen, but if she didn't make it, “I lost last year ... 1 didn’t die.” Eighteen-year-old Julie Deanne Raatz, also from PCC, is participating for the first time. “I didn’t think I’d make it this far, but now I hope I keep going on. I’d love to be on the float. New Year is such a happy time; I hope it’ll be happy for me too.” In addition to the 1 1 girls from PCC, the finalists include four from La Canada High School, three apiece from Alverno, Arcadia and San Marino high schools and one each from Marshall, Mayfield and Muir. OCTOBER 12, 1979 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA VOL. 48. NO 8 No 'Financial Emergency' ASB ' Not in That Bad Shape' After declaring a “financial emer¬ gency" on Sept. 27. ASB President Derek Coleman reversed his stand on finances earlier this week. “We re really not in that bad of shape,” said Coleman. “We’re just taking some extra precautions so we don’t get into worse shape. ” Coleman explained that the ASB’s financial difficulties were mainly- caused by the fact they “didn’t get the kind of money from profit sharing we had last year. ” The ASB receives money from the bookstore, cafeteria and other campus interests. "We also spent a big hunk of our money on’ a concert last year. ” The concert, featuring Couchois. drew only about 300 people. According to Col¬ eman the $5,000 cost of the concert was split between the Student Service Fund and the ASB budgeted accounts. The ASB must now pay back the money it borrowed to sponsor the concert. "I don’t think (the concert) was planned very well. ” said Coleman. “It wasn't a wise business decision, but it had to be done to see if it could be done. The whole board has to take the rap for it.” “With the finance plan we have now. I don’t think we will be in trouble this year.” he said. Under the plan, all expenditures must be approved by the ASB board and will be reported to the senate. ASB Passes $5,200 Budget With One Change at Oct. 4 Meeting By Mark Haines Staff Writer i>5,200 budget was approved by the Executive Board at its Oct. 4 Student Discussion Group To Aid Foreign Students The Student Discussion Group, de¬ signed to improve the conditions of foreign students on campus and help the new students adjust with, a min¬ imum of difficulties, held its first fall meeting Wednesday. Oct. 3. The main discussion centered around the recent foreign student tuition raise from $48 per unit to $54 per unit. Many students felt there had not been any prior warning and. once the tuition was paid, were annoyed they had to face an unanticipated cut of slose to $100 in their already tight budgets. “It is my understanding that stu¬ dents should be notified of any tuition raise a year ahead of time, but some¬ times this is not possible,” said Alice Mothershead. director of the Com¬ munity Liaison Center and adviser to the group. Although all foreign student applica¬ tions contain a clause warning of pos¬ sible tuition changes, students felt they should also be informed of the amount of the change. Another point discussed was that of tuition refund and class drops. As many questions remained un¬ answered. the group decided to call Dr. Irving G. Lewis, vice president of student personnel services, who prom¬ ised to attend the next meeting. The group also decided to appoint a telephone committee to be headed by Jan Те Pas of Sweden. The committee will be in charge of keeping all foreign students and other members of the group up to date about new meetings, get-togethers and other information. Mrs. Mothershead also expressed her wish to see more American stu¬ dents attend the meetings. “We are trying to break away from the segregation of nationalities and get the Americans to learn from the dif¬ ferent cultures as well as the for¬ eigners to learn from the Americans.” As an immediate sucess from last year's discussions. Mrs. Mothershead talked about the current changes in foreign student counseling. With the help of Ernestine Moore, dean of Counseling Services, she added two pages of counseling information to the welcoming kit given each new student. She was also able to meet with most of the counselors and discuss the dif¬ ferences of foreign student study needs as opposed to those of the Americans. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday! Nov 8 at noon in C235. meeting, which was marked by very little discussion as compared to recent semesters. Only one change was made in the budget from when it was first pro¬ posed, Sept. 20. ASB President Derek Coleman asked that $50 of a proposed $300 budgeted to the Athletic Comission be placed in the general fund. The board then voted to do so. Helen Roberts, senator, questioned the board about $200 budgeted to the Student Senate. “That figure is proba¬ bly the lowest of any junior college in the state.” said Mrs. Roberts. Coleman then asked Senate Presi¬ dent John Casper if he thought the figure was too low. “Two hundred is fine, that’s what we had last year.” said Casper. The board voted unanimously to ap¬ prove the budget with it's one amend¬ ment. It will now be sent to the senate for final ratification. In other business, the board ap¬ proved the appointment of five stu¬ dents to ASB offices. They are: Mike Fischer. Finance Comissioner; Rich¬ ard Franklin. Assemblies Com¬ missioner; Susan Albert. Pep Com¬ missioner; and Valerie Saraco and Lenore Frank as Co-Pubicity Com¬ missioners. The vote to approve the appointments was unanimous. The senate has the power of final approval for the five offices. СТА Announces Support for Trustee Election Candidates The California Teachers Associa¬ tion is to begin collecting contribu¬ tions and coordinating volunteers to help campaign for their selection of candidates in the Nov. 6 Board of Trustees election. A committee composed of 14 PCC faculty members was formed at the request of СТА to interview can¬ didates to make endorsements. Endorsements were made in two of the three areas up for election. In Area Two. Maria Lopez Sewell, a health services administrator for L.A. County, received the commit¬ tee's endorsement. Sewell, a political moderate, “favors a board policy whereby the faculty would be in¬ formed of any potential policy change and given access to' pertinent in¬ formation at least ten days before a board vote.” He also supports sabbaticals, the financial aids program and a child care center. Nancy White received the Commit¬ tee's recommendation in Area Four. Mrs. White, emloyed at the Hunt¬ ington Hospital, also supports a board policy giving faculty information on policy changes prior to a vote. She also supports sabbaticals, a women's center and counseling cen¬ ters geared for returning students. No endorsement was made in Area Six because all three candidates are “deserving of close consideration.” Interviewed were Dr. W'arren Hall. Larry Cude, and John Martin. In the interviews, conducted Sept. 26 and 27. each candidate was asked four questions and was given a half hour to reply. Of nearly 70 faculty members asked to serve on the com¬ mittee, 14 agreed to serve. According to Maria DiMassa. co-chairman, the low faculty turnout for the endorsement committee was due to conflicting work schedules and in some cases, an unfamiliarity with the election. According to DiMassa. the mem¬ bers represented a cross section of teachers, faculty, etc. KPCS Manager Gregory Elected to Board ALICE MOTHERSHEAD Post-Grad RN Classes Offered In order for nurses to continue to “do it with care. ” a program of continuing education in nursing is offered at PCC. The. education of a nurse is a con¬ tinuous process that endures as long as he or she practices. Many schools charge for these courses, but PCC oilers them free of charge for local residents. Department of Nursing Coordinator. Bettye Myers, says PCC “provides programs so nurses can continue practicing.” Mrs. Myers is responsible for coordinating a stimulating program through the use of speakers and interesting classes. Dr Joseph Pursoh. who became prominent for treating Billy Carter and Betty Ford, and Dr. Theodore Kurze. surgeon from the television special “Lifeline” will, be among the list of speakers. Courses on child abuse, alcoholism and care of cancer patients are some ot the instructional topics offered this fall. Similar classes will be offered again this spring and are open to nurses as well as others. The California Board ol Registered Nursing requires nurses to go hack to school two years alter graduation lor continued education in then fields. Dr. John F. Gregory, general man¬ ager of KPCS. was elected to the Board of Directors of National Public Radio this month. NPR was created as an independent radio corporation in 1970 as a result of a Congressional aci That act m itiated the Corporation Public Broadcasting for non-commerciai lelc vision, and mandated the corporation encourage the growth of non-com¬ mercial radio. Today, the 222 station network con¬ sisting of all the public radio stations in the country serves more than 65 percent of the nation. According to Dr. Gregory, their goal is to serve about 90 percent of the country, or to have a coverage comparable to public tele¬ vision. "For the system to be strong the stations must be strong," he said. About 65 percent of the NPR stations are licensed to universities, many of them large and strong, such as WKAR (University of Michigan) and KUSC (University of Southern California). He noted, however, that “many of the stations are marginal and need some help. I hope to help them. If the system is to grow, then all of the stations must be represented. The board needs to have someone who can identify with the small stations in the urban and rural areas.” said Dr. Gregory. Dr. Gregory is the only person on the nation-wide. 23-member board, com¬ posed of station managers and com¬ munity members, who manages a com¬ munity college radio station. He feels it is necessary m tea' ll trie public about needs and problems ol the stations. Like public television. NPR provides liaison between Congress and the sta¬ tions. In contrast, it produces us own programs for its member stations, which they may accept or reject. It oilers a varied fare of high caliber programs trom the classics to jazz. "Jazz Alive 1 1 a weekly program ol tailed and live performances has the largest audience of any jazz program on network radio. “All Things Con¬ sidered” is widely regarded as the best in radio journalism, and “Pauline Frederick & Colleagues” is the only nationally broadcast program on for¬ eign affairs. The NPR broadcast of the Panama Canal debates from the Senate "oor drew an estimated 25 million listeners. NPR reaches a regular national au¬ dience of around four or five million even though public radio member sta¬ tions account for only about three percent of all radio stations, according to Karl E. Meyer of “Saturday Re¬ view.” KPCS. an NPR station, has 20.000 listeners in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Area, according to the latest Arbitron rating in May. Dr. Gregory, a graduate of Occiden¬ tal College. Cal State L.A. and USC. has taught at PCC for 16 years. His background is mostly in TV but he came to PCC. in 1963. to develop a telecommunications curriculum and radio station. His goal was. and is. to train students under professional con¬ ditions. to develop graduates who have a professional attitude about their work and who conduct themselves pro¬ fessionally. The method is to mesh radio and television studies together into a telecommunications major, with the students running the station under a professional staff. The radio station is just one part of the department which, though being a teaching lab. goes by the rules of the Federal Com¬ munications Commission and is ex¬ pected to fulfill the purpose of serving the community. He has spent more than 25 years in both commercial and educational broadcasting. He has been on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Educational Broad¬ casters i.NAEBi since 1972. and on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television .Arts and Sciences i.ATASi. lh> has also been a board member of National Educational Radio (NER). and the Association of Public Radio Stations which merged with NPR in 1977. Dr. Gregory was also an adacemic consultant to the governments of Greece and Venezuela, on loan from the U S. Department of Defense during the Eisenhower administration. While his new duties will involve about four meetings and one con¬ ference per year, routine matters are conveniently discussed by conference calls, according to Dr. Gregory. DR. JOHN S. GREGORY — 'will continue his duties with KPCS following his election to the Board of National Public Radio. NPR currently operates 222 stations across the nation courier phot» ь» кач t