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PCC Courier, October 13, 1988
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Hanks
Delivers
In ‘Punchline’
Page 3
The Last Day To
Petition For January
Graduation is
October 21
Lancers Get
Tough Against
Palomar
Page 4
VOL. 67, NO. 7
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 13, 1988
Dukakis To Bring Campaign to Sexson Tomorrow
By Sean DuPont
Editor-in-Chief
Democratic Presidential candidate
Michael Dukakis will make a campaign
stop at PCC tomorrow, appearing at
Sexson auditorium at 7 p.m.
The Massachusetts governor will
speak to more than 2,000 black and
Hispanic leaders at an invitation-only
event. The speech is private and closed
to the public.
The group, a coalition of three local
community groups, will be paying for
the rental of Sexson auditorium. The
rental fee could not be confirmed by
The Courier.
Confirmation of the speech was
taken late Monday afternoon by the
school. The group approached the Fa¬
cilities Use Office about rental of the
auditorium three weeks ago.
Dukakis’ appearance will follow the
second Presidential debate against
George Bush. The debate, held tonight
at 5:30 p.m., will take place at Pauley
Pavilion on the UCLA campus.
Preparation has been on-going this
week for the Sexson location. Accord¬
ing to Frank Way, stage manager of the
auditorium, platforms will be built
above several rows of seats to ac¬
comodate television cameras. The
coalition’s banner was also being set up
this week.
The event is presented by the In¬
dustrial Areas Foundation Network of
Southern California (IAF). The
network is a coalition of the United
Neighborhoods Organization (UNO),
the South Central Organizing Commit¬
tee (SSOC) and the East Valleys Or¬
ganization (EVO). All three groups are
affiliated with other IAF organizations
in Maryland, New Jersey, New York,
Tennessee and Texas.
Leaders of the group will be asking
the governor to speak to their “Sign
Up, Take Charge” agenda. Included in
the agenda are such issues as crime
and drugs, immigration, clean air and
water, worker safety, housing, jobs,
minimum wage laws and child care.
The IAF organizations are currently
conducting issues education and get-
out-the-vote efforts in targeted
precencts in the Los Angeles County
area for the fall elections.
According to the group, the agenda
formulated is the product of disussions
with 10,500 families in meetings
throughout Los Angeles County. The
IAF says that the agenda will be used
to negotiate with various elected of¬
ficials and business leaders.
The organizations represent more
than 217,000 families throughout the
county. The United Neighborhood Or¬
ganization is the largest and oldest of
the triad. With 26 churches making up
99,000 families, UNO was formed in
1977. The SCOC, consisting of 41
churches and 83,000 families, was
founded in 1981. The EVO, representing
11 churches and their 35,000 families,
was established in 1987.
Both UNO and SCOC represent
churches in South Central Los Angeles
while EVO represents churches in the
Pomona and San Gabriel Valleys.
The organizations say that they are
connected by their interest in Ameri¬
can-democratic and Judeo-Christian
values and are dedicated to strengthen¬
ing the families, neighborhoods and
congregations of southern California.
The “Sign Up, Take Charge” pro¬
gram is presented in partnership with
Nelson Green/The Courier
Lee Eyerly, left, Tina Baca and Jeff Baily wait for their chance to be interviewed for the Homecoming Court.
Eleven Vie for Crown
Homecoming Court Announced
By Gigi Hanna
Opinion Editor
The 1988 Homecoming Court will be
introduced during a noon pep rally Oct.
20 in the Quad. The court, selected by a
panel of judges made up of staff and
faculty members, will include four
princesses and one queen. The queen,
however, will not be announced until
the Homecoming game on Saturday,
October 22.
The eleven finalists in the race for
the Court includes one male. If he is on
of the top five candidates with the most
votes, he will become Homecoming
king. If however, he is not among the
top five, the king will be whomever the
queen is escorted by. The princes will
the escorts of the four princesses.
To alleviate the controversy as¬
sociated with last year’s elections, this
year the voting will be by ballot alone,
with no importance placed on money
raised by those bidding for a place on
the Court. Although there will be fun¬
draising involved in this year’s Home¬
coming activities, no money will be
used in the actual elections. Instead,
each candidate is asked to raise money
for the Child Developement Center,
located at the Community Skills Cen¬
ter. The amount of money raised will
have no bearing on the outcome of the
elections, which will be held on Tues¬
day and Wednesday, Oct. 12 and 13.
Last year’s elections involved fun¬
draising by court nominees. Students
wishing to vote for a particular person
were asked to donate an amount from
one cent to one dollar to the charity of
the candidate’s choice. There was no
limit on the number of times someone
could vote. The candidates with the
most money won. The funds were then
divided between the AS board and the
charities. Balloting became a pledge¬
seeking venture. Court hopefuls urged
friends to vote by contributing money.
Bribes for votes were allegedly taken.
The candidates that admitted to paying
for votes were not admonished be¬
cause, in part, the AS board had no
rules specifically barring such solicita¬
tions.
“By raising funds for the Child De¬
velopement Center, we are encourag¬
ing involvement in campus-related
causes,” said Connie Hurston, Director
of Student Activities. Last year, the
charities that were supported were on a
national level, such as the Kidney
Foundation.
Each candidate was chosen by the
panel, the members of which prefer to
remain annonymous, in accordance
with his or her community and campus
service. Although appearence, person¬
ality, verbal expression, smile and
poise were taken into account, accord¬
ing to Hurston, the volunteer service
that each candidate has performed is
expected “to raise student awareness
to the importance of community serv¬
ice, as opposed to making this purely a
popularity or beauty contest.”
various civic groups, including The
Statewide Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church and the Los Angeles
County AFL-CIO.
The IAF states that its business is,
“organizing for power — its leaders
work to change conditions that
adversely affect them and their fami¬
lies.”
The organization also says that it
feels that families are often powerless
in a society that the IAF feels is
dominated by corportations and
money-based politics. But, “United in
organizations, they can achieve
positive change,” an information sheet
explains.
The last presidential campaign-re¬
lated activity to be held at PCC was in
a May speech given by Jesse Jackson,
Jr. in support of his father's candidacy.
The speech also was held at Sexson
Auditorium.
Discounts Offered for Classes
By Jim Gunther
Staff Writer
Community education programs at
PCC are now being offered at a dis¬
count to a vast majority of qualifying
students.
According to Nino Valmassoi, as¬
sociate dean of community education,
this program not only can benefit stu¬
dents by their receiving such discounts,
but also the Community Education
Program by filling seats that otherwise
might not have been filled. He ex¬
plained that discounts are dependent
upon a number of factors and that
discounts are not always available for
every program offered.
Among the factors which must first
be considered are such things as the
teacher’s salary and the number of
students enrolled in the class. He added
that each class must be looked at
individually for determining student
discount rates.
For example, if it is determined that
in order for a certain class to satisfy its
financial obligations, it must have 15
students enrolled, then before a student
can receive a discount, the must enroll
at least 15 students. Valmassoi said
that the rules ensure that the district
does not incur a loss by offering this
student discount program.
To be eligible for the discount, the
following criteria and process must be
met:
• A student must be enrolled in a
minimum of nine units in the Fall or
Spring semesters at PCC.
• A student must have completed a
minimum of nine units for the Spring
semester to get a discount for the
summer course offerings.
• Eligibility would be confirmed by
credit registration printout and a stu¬
dent identification card.
• Students wishing to take fee classes
must check with the Community
Education Office within three days
before the class starts to verify avail¬
able space.
• Discounted registration fees must be
paid at the Community Education Of¬
fice.
• Discounts will not be given for
classes in which the district would
incur a loss.
Students enrolling in an elegible
class will recieve a discount of 50
percent off the regular tuition fee with
a $50 maximum per class.
For any information regarding this
discount, please call (818) 578-7261 or
come to the Community Education
Office C-117, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
President of Statewide Senate
Tells PCC Faculty of AB 1725
By Robert Nuno
Staff Writer
The California State President of the
Academic Senate for California Com¬
munity Colleges spoke to PCC’s Fac¬
ulty Senate last week, bringing in¬
formation on how teachers will be
affected by several recent events that
will change the way the colleges will be
run in the future.
Karen Sue Grosz, in her first speech
on this campus, told teachers that the
passage of AB 1725, “will change your
lives.” She felt that the law will build
more accountability in the state’s com¬
munity colleges.
“The process of hiring and firing will
be more controlled through the tenure
system,” she said.
She felt that students will also enjoy
more accountability now because of a
new review system of their college
records.
“The records will be more easily
accessable,” said Jane Hallinger, pres¬
ident of PCC’s Faculty Senate.
Grosz spoke to about 15 faculty mem¬
bers at the meeting held in C302.
Hallinger assured the faculty that,
now that the bill is law, real changes
will be felt in the school. She feels that
the changes are for the better.
Changes will occur in several areas.
The bill clarifies the mission of the
community colleges into two different
curricula: transfer and vocational.
With the transfer programs, it will be
easier to enter California’s other public
post-secondary schools.
“She has tremendous knowledge of
this law,” said Hallinger. “She has
been involved in the negotiations of the
bill on the state level.
The law also sets up a tenure system
that gives the faculty more power in
the hiring and firing process in the
early stages of the bill.
“AB 1725 now legislates that a
teacher needs a B.A. to teach. After the
community colleges receives the first
$70 million from the state in January,
the five-year clock will start ticking.
After five years, faculty members
must have a B.A. to teach in the
system,” Grosz said.
Hallinger said that PCC is expecting
about $1 million from this initial fund¬
ing.
“This funding will give the various
department more freedom in ataining
resources,” Grosz said. She explained
that departments were required to go
to the Board of Trustees to request
changes in programs, but now, after
finding funding, can make the changes
on their own.
The passage of AB 1725 also means
that teachers must meet minimum
scholastic requirements set by the sys¬
tem by July 1, 1989. Faculty members
will be involved with the establishment
of the requirements.
Hallinger said that some faculty are
not entirely aware of the law’s conse¬
quence. “A lot of people really don’t
know that they have a stake in this.”
Bob Doud, social sciences depart¬
ment representative for the Faculty
Senate, felt that the law is important.
“It’s going to improve the system in
every aspect that the colleges serve the
communities,” he said.
Grosz said that the law will solidify
the structure. “It’s the first time com¬
munity colleges will be known as a
system.”
ITV Assistant Brings New Ideas
By Robert Nuno
Staff Writer
The PCC Instructional Television
service (ITV) has a new Television
Production/Operations Assistant. Soon
after Marisa Garcia arrived, she began
innovative work which seems to be her
trademark.
Garcia has a communication arts
degree and a master’s degree in tele¬
vision production. Her most valuable
asset seems to be her ability to trans¬
form good production ideas into good
p 'gramming.
Before coming to PCC, she had lots
of practive in developing creative pro¬
gramming while employed by the
Copley/Colony Cablevision company
servicing the Wilmington and San
Pedro areas She noticed a large void in
the cable company’s programming.
The company, with a substancial
Hispanic audience, wasn’t offering
Spanish programming. Garcia then
produced and directed the cable sta¬
tion’s first Spanish program,
Basicamente Cable which consisted of
a variety of shows on upcoming events.
Garcia appears to be bringing that
kind of ingenuity to ITV. “I see this as
a very good year. We’re going to be
doing more productions,” she said.
Upon entering the PCC family, Gar¬
cia immediatedly began working on the
year’s productions. She has already
compiled a list of future productions.
One is a joint production with Rod
Foster of a Pasadena Rotary luncheon
held late last month. At that luncheon,
Dr. David Mertes, chancellor of Cali¬
fornia’s 106 community colleges, ex¬
plained the effect Assembly Bill 1275
will have on the community college
system by the year 2000.
This bill contains massive reforms.
Garcia says that residents in the area
should soon be able to view this pro¬
gram on the Pasadena City Access
channel.
More practical for PCC students is
another joint effort. This time ITV and
the Insructional Resources Center plan
to run an educational series on the
basics of algebra.
The show will be called “Mastering
Elementary Algebra” by Yoshiko
Yamato, assistant professor of
Mathmatics. The series is currently
being filmed in Sexson Auditorium
under the supervision of Garcia and
executive producer Johari DeWitt.
“We’re going to try to work more
with other departments,” Garcia said
of the rejuvenated ITV program. “It’s
on track. The program staff now has its
goals.” And Garcia appears to be help¬
ing the program fulfill these goals and
then some.