PCC Courier, October 17, 1975

HOPEFULS — The names of the seven princesses for the 1975-76 Tournament of Roses Royal Court will be announced Monday by Ralph Hepbringer, Tournament president. The 50 finalists (above) were narrowed down to 25 last week. Seventeen of —Courier Photo by Pete Whan the 25 are PCC students. Each of the finalists will appear for five minutes before the judges this after¬ noon. The women are judged on the basis of poise, smile, personality, speaking ability and carriage. There were 754 original hopefuls. Jones To Show Film of Muir's High Sierra “John Muir’s High Sierra,” a film on the life and travels of the famed conservationist, will be shown by film maker DeWitt Jones at this season’s third Tuesday Evening Forum lecture on October 21. The film, produced with the partial sponsorship of the National Geographic Society, took more than 18 months to produce. It ties in the life of Muir with the story of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. commercials and has produced other films for David Wolper Productions and the National Geographic Society. Season tickets for the Tuesday Evening Forum are still available for $2 at the College Bank. Club To Urge Atom Safety By Michael Joncich Staff Writer In a move typical of its past political activities, the Ecology Action Club will direct its efforts toward passage of the Nuclear Safeguard Initiative on the 1976 state ballot. The initiative places the burden of proof for the safety of nuclear power plants with the nuclear power industry. The club joins with Project Survival, a statewide organi¬ zation, which was instrumental in the drive to have the initiative qualify for the June ballot. According to Pat Freeman, campus representative for Project Survival, club members have the opportunity to study the initiative, research alterna¬ tives to nuclear power and make pre¬ sentations to students and faculty. Freeman also hopes to enlist club members to man an information booth in the campus mall. Club member Dan Flores hopes to extend the club presentations to off- campus organizations. Flores said, “After we inform ourselves, I would like to bring the information to women’s clubs and civic organiza¬ tions.” The first step the club must take is to acquire a film provided by Project Survival before they plan any presentations. The club members are currently attending informational lectures given by Freeman during their Thursday noon meetings. The Nuclear Safeguard Initiative, if passed, will require the nuclear in¬ dustry to provide, within one year of passage, for full public compensation for liability to the public in the event of an accident. The bill also establishes a five-year time limit for proof that emergency systems perform as designed; that nuclear wastes will be stored safely for the time they remain dangerous; and that adequate safe¬ guards exist against theft of nuclear material. The Ecology Action Club has a history of political activity. Earth Day in 1969 and the 1970 Earth Week were almost entirely conceived and directed by Ecology Action Club members. Those programs attracted speakers from throughout the state and provided a forum for the discussion of the ecological issues. In later years the club backed the successful drive by Peoples Lobby for passage of propo¬ sition nine, the political reform initia¬ tive. Club members spent time in the community passing out literature and urging people to vote. The recycling center has been a service provided by the club to PCC and the community for the past three years. Construction on campus caused the closure of the center temporarily. In past years, active club members manned the center six days a week to provide a location for the disposal of recyclable materials. Faculty adviser David Pierce is behind the new efforts of club mem¬ bers to become politically active. Pierce said the people attending meetings this semester “remind me of the political activists of 1969 and 1970.” In the spring of 1970, members of the Ecology Action Club traveled to Big Bear to witness the harvesting of “smog -slaughtered” ponderosa pines. They returned with the remains of one of the trees and sent pieces to congressmen and government officials demanding action before more trees were “strangled” by the smog. Perhaps the new activists of the 1975s will find an equally dramatic way to present their point. Vets To Keep Cl Benefits VA representatives at PCC are warning veterans who have received money that they are not entitled to, not to send any money back to the VA, as long as they plan to maintain school attendance. Officials explained that checks sent to the VA are placed in a general fund at the Los Angeles Regional Office, Wilshire Blvd. A lengthy time period may be involved before a veteran’s account in the Illinois computer is updated to include repayment of ac¬ counts receivable. Veterans are advised to place any money they receive and are not en¬ titled to, in a savings account until it is deducted from the monthly checks. During the time interval between overpayment and deduction, the veteran earns interest on the money in the savings account. VA employees advise that this system creates less paperwork problems for the veteran and less possibility for error. Lewis Wins Frosh Class Presidency Jeff Lewis has been elected Fresh¬ man Class president in last week’s voting. Out of a daytime enrollment of some 12,896 students, 167 voted in the election. Lack of interest in student govern¬ ment is an issue of great concern to student leaders and was discussed at length during a recent ASB board meeting when the topic of student government effectiveness was intro¬ duced. Sophomore Class President Galinda Velasco commented that most people she had talked to in her classes had not the slightest knowledge of the func¬ tions of student government. Most seemed to feel that the ASB is only a money-lending organization for the service clubs. "This is something we should look into," said Miss Velasco. “How much of a service are we if we only allot money for clubs?” AWS President Anna Huizar’s an¬ swer was this: “Clubs are people on campus and that’s what ASB’s all about.” Pep Commissioner Annetta Camp¬ bell mentioned that perhaps the people on campus are “not aware of what’s going on.” This provoked a discussion on various forms of better publicity including suggestions for banners in the quad and suggestion boxes in the classrooms. Some board members maintained! that student government was already’ well-publicized and that was not the* cause of the slackening of student- interest. To emphasize this point, Miss Huizar picked up a student handbook, saying, “If people want to find out about student government, why don’t they read this? It's all here and’ every fresh¬ man gets one. This is how 1 first got involved in student government. Where are the people who are con¬ stantly complaining? Let’s face it— they just don’t care. If they did, they’d read about it in the Courier and Crier, too." JEFF LEWIS . . . Frosh Class prexy BE A QUEEN \|)|)lica(ioiis lor the annual PCC llniurroniin.” Coiirl lor 11175 arc now a \ ailahlo in I lie ( anipus ( oilier from He, m . I oh n Kikenhery 's office. Inter¬ ested '•Indents should see Lillian ( aslaiuia. Fikcnbcry 's secretary. I lie applications should he luniod in to Mrs. ( astaena no later than I p.m. November 21. Jones documents the film with quotes from Muir and that of a 90-year- old mountaineer named Norman Clyde. The journey takes viewers along the crest of the Sierras, through Yosemite National Park and to the top of Whitney, Darwin, Mendel and Banner mountains. A cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College, Jones received a masters degree in motion pictures from UCLA. He has produced several television DeWITT JONES . . high Sierra Publicity Drive Initiated by ASB Senate A publicity drive designed to attract students to participate in the ASB Senate was initiated in Tuesday’s meeting. Discussed were the possibilities of posters, banners and slogans to be used. One senator commented that a possible change in time might be convenient since student activities are planned for noon Tuesdays and . Thursdays. Jerome Spears. Senate president, said, “I realize we are losing people because of these ac¬ tivities, but we are not after students who are involved but students who are not involved." Senators were asked to bring other suggestions for the drive to next week’s meeting. Karen Powers was selected to represent the Senate on the screening committee for the new PCC president to replace Dr. Armen Sarafian, who is retiring. The naming of the new president is expected around January 1, 1976. Senators were also asked to help publicize the campus bus shuttle system. As of last week, the system needed $900 to break even and it has less than $100. Bob Komoto, Senate transportation committee head, said “that a possible new route to Altadena cannot be discussed until more students use the existing buses.” The meeting began routinely with an approval for a $250 grant to Phyllis Jackson, dean of women. The grant covers expenses left over from last semester's Senate Book Loan. Students are invited to attend ASB board meetings which are held every Thursday in the Campus Center at 11' a.m. Senate meetings are in C301 every Tuesday. PCC CouXie/v VOL. 40, NO. 5 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 17, 1975 $43,000 Allotted Improvements Aid Handicapped The PCC office of Services for the Handicapped is formulating plans to spend $43,000 for structural modifications to make campus life easier for students with disabilities. Chuck Havard, staff member in¬ vestigating needed changes and himself a quadriplegic, says, “This money is for the removal of ar¬ chitectural barriers in order to make all of the campus more accessible for people with a disability.” The money is received on a four-to- one matching basis from the California State Department of Rehabilitation and the PCC Board of Trustees. “We found it would take about $450,000 to make the campus totally accessible for students with physical disabilities,” says Havard. Another $109,000 is still pending, he explained, but added that it takes time for ar¬ chitectural changes to . actually come about due to the coordination that must Repairs Made to Trailer Entrance After Freshman Quadriplegic Falls Richard Rodriguez, a freshman quadriplegic, hit a metal lip with his wheelchair’s front wheels at the en¬ trance to the trailer of Office for Services to the Handicapped on Tuesday, Sept. 30 and was flipped onto his back. He was not hurt. Nearby students jumped the railing of the ramp and helped Rodriquez to right himself. When asked of the in¬ cident, he said, “I’m just lucky I had the strength in my neck to hold my head up, but if it had been anyone else it might have been worse.” Many quadriplegics do not have the use of their neck. Leonard Knapp, director of Building Services, had scheduled removal of the metal lip upon receipt of an order Thursday, Sept. 25. “We are booked up to the end of October with work or¬ ders,” he said', “but we squeezed in this one when we got the request.” ALCOHOLISM ” This week's lecture, part nl the continuing series of lectures on alcoholism, will discuss "Special4 Groups of \lcoholics." Ethnic groups, women anil elderly people will he the major topic of discussion. The talk will he presented Wed¬ nesday at 7 : ::o p.m. in llarlieson Hall. _ Slides Show Travels to S. Amenta Are you interested in travel of South America? Would you like to get a first hand account of travel in four South American countries? If the answer to both of these questions is yes then the slide presentation at 6 p.m. in R122 is for you. Elaine Kelty. a San Gabriel Valley housewife, presents slides from the trip she took with her husband in 1973. They avoided large cities and tourist traps thus the title of her presentation. “Back Roads of Colombia, Equador, Peru, and Bolivia.” This is the second in a series of three lectures and slide shows concerning countries and cultures south of the border. Fran Neumann, director of the Office of Services tor the Han¬ dicapped. (OSH) sent the request September 23. It took two full days to reach the Building Service office. Knapp received the request Friday. Sept. 26, with OSH staff member Chuck Harvard. Work was scheduled for Wednesday morning and actually began just hours after Rodriquez’s accident. “I understand that these things take time,” said Mrs. Neumann “but I work with people with disabilities every day, and it’s very frustrating when something like this happens. Ail parties involved agree that had an emergency request been made the accident might have been avoided. Knapp said the emergency requests to correct dangerous situations on campus should be made to department chairmen or school administrators. Emergency procedures have been established to prevent such accidents and students as well as staff should go through proper channels.” take place between his office and the PCC planning and maintenance staffs. One problem is PCC-state money can only be spent affecting changes on the campus proper. “The sidewalks and curbs along the street are a whole different ball game,” says Havard. “And to make it so a person with a disability can leave campus during lunch or at other times on his own, ramps need to be placed on the curbs surrounding PCC. But to get that done, we have to deal with the City of Pasadena,” he said. Among the slated modifications for this semester are changes in the downstairs restrooms in the Campus Center and the Robbins Building. HOW BROWN IS MY AUTO? I ll is Saturday. for a Si (lunation, a •.indent can have his car «ashed by an army ill Adclphians armed «ith sponges and soapy water. The end prodncl promises to be a shiny veision of a dull chariot. Tickets for the car «ash can be purchased from \dclphian ( lull members on campus or Saturday from II a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1 lie Hill and Colorado Blvd. parking lot. Unique Colorado Desert Trip Led by §Field Biology Instructor Wakeman | $ By Chris Nyerges « Staff Writer The field biology class once-a- $; semester desert field trip was a unique, enjoyable and educational :••• experience that «411 not be quickly forgotten. The class, under the instruction of ;X Norman Wakeman, left Pasadena on a foggy Thursday morning, Oct. ninth, on a journey to the Colorado ;$ Desert. Unlike other field trips where participants may be tempted Й to spend the bus ride sleeping, this one kept them fully entertained. Wakeman blew some tunes on his Й harmonica and strummed a few >•: chords on his banjo. Two students with banjo and guitar added to the sounds. Wakeman passed out song sheets and the students all joined in singing his favorite all-time greats. Approaching the Palm Springs area on Highway 10, Wakeman >•: began his “out the window” botanical discussion. He pointed out a creosote bush, the most common :•> of all desert plants, and their even spacing on the desert floor. These •iji shallow-rooted plants are spaced :§ evenly because of competition for desert water. у The first stop that the huge bus made was in a sandy desert area. !v Here the class took out its “lizard « sticks" and hunted iguanas and fringe-toed sand lizards. The lizard stick is a long stick with a noose on the end, but all the lizards were caught by hand. The fringe-toed sand lizard, which eats the black beetle, is well- adapted to the desert. It has fringed toes so it will not sink into the sand. It is orange around its eyes to block out the sun, and has a valve over its nostrils to keep out the sand. When the class departed to another area, the bus wheels began to spin in the roadside sand. Students tried to help by putting an old car hood, and then a piece of wood under the rear tire, but no luck. The wheel only continued to spin. Continued on Page Three v GOTCHA— Norman Wakeman, PCC field biology instructor and his student, Elizabeth Shunk, catch a fringe-toed sand lizard. The biology class was studying a sandy desert area to which this lizard is well adapted. The desert area was near Palm Springs. I у | i S I X *