PCC Courier, October 17, 1980

By Sylvia Cann Editor-in-Chief The Pasadena Area Community Col¬ lege District Board of Trustees voted 5-1 Oct. 9 to prepare and submit an application for the state funding of a child development center at the new Community Skills Center. The vote allowed school officials to meet the Oct. 10 deadline for submit¬ ting an application to the State Depart¬ ment of Education’s Office of Child Development. The establishment of a child care center at PCC has been a controversial issue for the past few years. Per¬ mission to make a similar request was thwarted two years ago when the Trustees voted 3-3. The recent 5-1 vote concerns having child care at the Com¬ munity Skills Center, a job training program recently moved to the McKinley Junior High site on S. Oak Knoll. The center is a joint project of the community college district, the Pasadena Unified School District and the city of Pasadena. Child Care Center Debate Trustee Roger Gertmenian voted against the recommendation. “I am opposed to having a child care center funded by the state,” he said. Refer¬ ring to some research he recently did while visiting the College of San Mateo, he said that San Mateo had received a private grant to be used for its child care center. Although he said he op¬ poses the use of taxpayers' money for a child care center, he agreed there is a growing need for one. But he said, “There should be more responsibility on the part of people having children, so the need wouldn't be there.” However, longtime proponents of the child care center consider the 5-1 vote a victory. “It (the child development center) will provide a fantastic service for students and will be a great benefit to the school,” said Pauline Crabb, pro- gram manager for the. PCC/Community Skills Center Child Security Survey Also Discussed Development Center project and pro¬ gram coordinator of PCC parent educa¬ tion. Ms. Crabb said the college is asking for approximately $108,000 to upgrade and expand existing child care facil¬ ities at the job training center. A child development center will enable parents with young children to obtain skills training required for emloyment and economic independ¬ ence by providing child care at af¬ fordable cost while parents attend classes, according to the recommenda¬ tion report submitted to -the Board of Trustees. Parents will pay fees on a sliding scale according to income level. Ms. Crabb said she still hopes PCC will have a child care center on cam¬ pus. Since 1968 there have been efforts made to place one on the campus, according to Ms. Crabb. Security Questionnaire In other action at the Oct. 9 Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee Gary Adams reported that the Security Com¬ mittee plans on distributing question¬ naires to find out the faculty, staff and student definitions of campus security —what it is and what it should be. The Security Committee, set up re¬ cently as a result of Gertmenian’s concern about crimes taking place in the Pasadena area, decided at its meet¬ ing Tuesday to distribute the question¬ naires to 32 9 a.m. and 32 7 p.rm Wednesday classes, all administrators, all staff and all faculty. In addition, Adams, a Security Committee mem¬ ber, said, “We’ll have surveys avail¬ able to anyone who wants to fill them out." . Also to be surveyed are the Alumni Association members, Tuesday Eve¬ ning Forum attenders and members of the Parent Teacher Student Associa¬ tion. Night students, as well as day stu- VOL. 50. NO. 9 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA. CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 17, 1980 Students To Choose Court ASB Plans Homecoming By Monique Meindl Staff Writer Applications and nominations for the 1980 Homecoming Queen and Court are now being accepted in the Campus Center as the Homecoming Committee warms up plans for the upcoming festivities Nov. 10-14. Homecoming contests and other ac¬ tivities were also discussed at the committee meeting Oct. 10. Enrollment Tally Up From 1 979 By Lorna Moore Contributing Writer Student enrollment has increased 8 ircent over fall 1979 figures, accord- g to the first comprehensive census iport of the academic year, issued ct. 1. The current total enrollment is 1,007. an increase of 1,455 students /er last year. The statewide community college /erage enrollment has dropped, ac- >rding to statistics revealed in a icent conference. However, Ernest D. eumann, dean of admissions and re¬ cords, said that many area colleges have shown significant increases in enrollment. This has surprised many college officials, said Neumann, as most of¬ ficials predicted last spring that there would be a drop in enrollment this semester. It is impossible to pinpoint a single reason for the increase, he said, as there are many factors affecting en¬ rollment. The second census report will be released at the end of the 12th week of school. The state averages the figures of the first and second census to obtain one enrollment figure for the semester. “Nominations will open the contest to those who would normally be too shy to apply,” said ' Jennifer McKinney, adviser to Student Activities. Appli¬ cants and nominees alike will begin the first of two screenings Nov. 3, followed by a student body election Nov. 12-13. Applications 'for queen, which list eligibility requirements and important dates, are available in the Campus Center. The deadline to turn in applica¬ tions is Oct. 30 at noon. Screenings will take place in the Executive Board Room in the Campus Center, where the panel of judges, made up .of students and faculty, will review contestants for appearance, personality, poise, verbal expression and smile. Refreshments will be served as the Homecoming Committee wants to create a relaxed atmosphere for con¬ testants. “We want to keep away from an assembly line type of tryouts,” said Jorge Caamano, Associated Student Body president. The contestants will appear in groups of approximately 10. Twelve finalists will be picked at the second screening, with those names appearing on the ballot. The queen and six court members will be directly elected by the student body. The queen will be crowned during half-time cere¬ monies at the Homecoming Game Nov. 15 against Los Angeles Valley College. “We want to get people charged up for Homecoming Week,” said Mrs. McKinney. Through contests and other activities the Homecoming Committee hopes to spark student involvement. Starting Nov. 10, there will be a word contest where a secret word will be given to the student body and if said to the designated person on campus dur¬ ing the week will result in a $25 prize. A cookie contest will be held Nov. 12, which will be judged in the categories of the biggest, best tasting and most creative. Contestants are clued to keep the Homecoming theme, “Space Odyssey: Future of the Students” in mind. Winners will be awarded $10 in each category. Floats appearing in the Homecoming Parade will also be eligible for $25 prizes for the funniest, most original and the one which best represents the theme. dents, are to be included in the survey because “night students might have different perceptions of students’ (se¬ curity) needs,” said Dr. Richard S. Meyers, PCC superintendent-president and a member of the Security Commit¬ tee. Bob Carroll, student trustee, am Joseph Spiro, Faculty Senate repre sentative, are the other members о the Security Committee, which i chaired by Dr. Bonnie James, vim president of Business Services. Students’ Teacher Evaluations Also discussed at the Oct. 9 meetini was the student evaluation process о teachers. Trustee John Martin voicei concern that the evaluations took plao only once every two years. “I’ve always found the feedbacl from students to be helpful,” saic Martin, who teaches eighth grade so cial science classes at Rio Hondo Pre paratory School, a private school it Arcadia. “I’d like to see the Facultj Senate take up the possibility of provid¬ ing perhaps more evaluations.” Dr. Gordon Brown, Faculty Senate president, commented that teachers get “moment-by-moment feedback.”' Trustee Adams, who is a faculty member at California State University at Los Angeles, also commented on the issue. “Student evaluations of faculty may cause faculty to become apprehensive as to how effective they are or as to evaluations becoming a popularity con¬ test they may not win,” said Adams. “I think students are very apprehensive or reluctant to tell teachers they think they’re not doing things quite right because of the possibility of different kinds of measures.” David S. Hannah, Board president, asked that the matter be studied further. Also passed at the Oct. 9 Trustees meeting was the renewal of Meyers’ contract. As a result of the meeting he was given a 10 percent pay increase, retroactive to July 1, 1980, and his contract was extended to June 30, 1983. Features Talk-back Forum KPCC Airs Energy Series By Gwen Isaac Contributing Writer KPCC FM 89 is broadcasting a pilot program to educate the community on America’s energy problems. The series. "Energy: Challenge of the Cen¬ tury," directly involves the San Gabriel Valley community using a 'talk-back” forum. Sponsored by the Pasadena Water and Power Department, the energy series is a co-production of the In¬ stitute of Open Learning in Santa Barbara and KPCC. It is broadcast Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.' Listeners can tune in to a half-hour presentation, then call the studio and question the local experts directly. Meanwhile, in the KPCC studio, a panal of three members, one of them a PCC student or faculty member, poses their own questions between phone queries. Topics being discussed in this 20- week series include smog and the environment, solar energy, cancer, safety problems stemming from liquid natural gas, utility companies and en¬ vironmental trade-offs. In addition to the talk-back forum, the program provides cassettes and workbooks for students in the area high schools which can be used to promote listening skills. Next week’s “Energy: Challenge of the Century” will have a geology tech¬ nician from PCC as one of its panalists. Students, faculty or- staff members interested in being panel members may contact program coordinator Sus¬ an Lane at 578-7231. Antique Autos at Vintage Car Club Swap Meet Attract Young and Old Alike StudentPlay 'Prince Starts Campus Run “Prince of Darkness: Dracula,” written and directed by Laurence Kuip, music composed by Bill Conn, opened last night in the Little Thea¬ ter. Tickets can be purhased at the box office located in C130 from Mon¬ day to Friday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., or reservations made by calling 578-7485. Show times and dates from the play are Oct. 17, 18, 23 and 25 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 18, 19, 24 and 25 at 2 p.m. Courier Wins All-American; Chosen for National Contest The PCC Courier has been awarded a Five-Star All-American rating for its issues during both semesters of last year. This rating automatically places the paper in contention for the national Pacemaker competition. The Courier was rated alongside other junior college publications in the nation by the' Associated Collegiate Press and the Association of News¬ paper Publishers of America. The ANPA and ACP have evaluated student newspapers in the areas of coverage and content, writing and edit¬ ing, editorial leadership and opinion features, physical appearanace and visual communication, photography, art and use of graphics since 1921. Only newspapers with Five-Star rat¬ ings' are eligible to compete in the national Pacemaker contest. The over¬ all Pacemaker award winners will be selected and honored at the ACP na¬ tional convention in Chicago on Oct. 23-25. SPEAKING OF ENERGY — Susan Lane acts as mod¬ erator and takes questions about home energy prob¬ lems as part of a 20-week energy series initiated last week at KPCC-FM 89. The Thursday broadcast airs at 8 p.m. and is co-produced by the Institute of Open Learning in Santa Barbara. — Courier photo by Zach Harmon — Courier photos by John Lloyd Board OKs Child Care Request