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PCC Courier, October 18, 1974
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Record Library Size
Indicative of Growth
Hy Amy Stephens
Assistant Fine Arts Editor
Recording star James Brown called
the KPCS studios from New York last
Friday to tell staff members that a
representative would deliver his newly
released album so that KPCS could be
the first station to play it.
Winifred Burke, station traffic
director, took the call and notified the
appropriate disc jockey so that he
could block out the time for the new
arrival.
Such calls are not routine, but they
are indicative of the growth and im¬
portance of the 17-year-old radio
station.
Another indication of growth is the
number of records that are now
routinely given the station by some 65
recording companies. “We had to buy
all our records when we first began,
but with increased wattage and pro¬
gramming, recording companies
realize that we are reaching a major
audience and are glad to give us the
records they are trying to sell,” said
Mrs. Burke.
“Each month I send them a feed¬
back in the form of a play list that tells
which songs we are using and
frequency of use.”
Also included is a list of “pics,”
which are predictions by music
director Leonard Leon of which songs
will become best sellers.
The record library contains about
7000 albums, divided into categories of
rhythm and blues, pop, folk, jazz and
country and western. They are filed by
category and cataloged by performer.
“It would be impossible to index by
song title,” said Mrs. Burke, “but the
students help each other out when they
are looking for a particular song.”
A student is required to “pull” the
albums he needs for a program at least
24 hours in advance. He then fills out a
cut sheet for the engineer of the
program who remains in a separate
room from the broadcaster. The
engineer must know which side of the
In a move to “reinstate ASB fiscal
responsibility,” the ASB Senate voted
Tuesday to recommend that the PCC
Board of Trustees authorize the
composition of a Bookstore Manage¬
ment Committee.
The committee was formed in 1972,
but has remained unfulfilled to date.
The ASB recommendation lists nine
positions, four of which would be filled
by students, five filled by faculty or
administration members.
The ASB move was spurred
primarily by economics. The book¬
store is owned by the students, and the
ASB has a sizable investment in the
album, which song cut he is to play and
length of playing time, as well as the
order in which they are to be played
and where announcements will be
given.
This plus a script must be on Mrs.
Burke’s desk before each program. It
is not necessary for the broadcaster to
follow the script exactly, “but they
should have some idea of what they are
going to say. We do encourage them to
ad lib,” adds Mrs. Burke.
store. $210,000 of capital was invested
when the building was built in 1962.
The ASB owns one-third of the
building, a $64,000 investment, pays
the salaries of the store employees
from the profits, and has paid about
$12,000 per year to lease the property
for the other two-thirds of the building
from the district.
According to a formal proposal
issued by the ASB Board and Senate,
the main complaint is that the ASB
“has no say at all in determining fiscal
policy in what is essentially a student
service operation, and for all the
money the ASB has invested in it, we
To keep the collection manageable,
records have to be removed as new
ones are cataloged and added. A great
many are taken to the auxiliary
studios where beginners use them.
“We even hide a record now and
again,” Mrs. Burke said, “if it seems
too many students are using it.”
And as for James Brown, does he
have another hit record? Tune to 89.3
on your FM dial, and judge for your¬
self.
have no say at all in the profit
distribution.”
The completed Bookstore
Management Committee, as proposed
by the ASB, would consist of, on the
faculty and administration side: the
vice president in charge of business
services, the manager of the book¬
store, a representative from the ac¬
counting division, and the dean of
student activities. Representing the
students would be: the ASB president,
the president of the Student Senate, the
finance commissioner, and one
student-at-large, to be appointed by
the president of the Senate.
ASB Votes to Propose
Bookstore Committee
—Courier Photo by Jeremy Ketelsen
CLEAR VIEW— This week saw some incredibly clear, warm days. The
desert-like weather continued through the week, delighting sun-
loving students.
Transfer Students Eligible
To Get State Scholarship
New state scholarships numbering
approximately 13,485 will be awarded
in March 1975 for use during the 1975-76
school year. Although the majority of
these scholarships will be given to high
school seniors, some 2700 awards will
also be available for currently enrolled
college students who are not already in
the state scholarship program.
Undergraduate students needing
financial assistance to continue college
in 1975-76 may also file a state
scholarship application.
The scholarships may be used at any
two or four-year college which is ac¬
credited or is a candidate for ac¬
creditation by the Western Association
of Schools and Colleges.
Awards will range from $500 to $2500
at independent colleges, $300 to $600 at
the University of California, and the
award is in the amount of fees charged
to students at the California State
University and Colleges.
Since the program is limited to
tuition and fees, no payments are
made for students who attend com¬
munity college until they complete
their education there and transfer to a
four-year college.
Students planning to attend a
community college during the 1975-76
academic year may have their
scholarships held in reserve for them
until they attend a four-year college.
Applicants are no longer required to be
below a specific age to apply.
Applications are available in the
Financial Aids office of every
California college or directly from the
State Scholarship and Loan Com¬
mission at 1410 Fifth St., Sacramento
95814. They must be filed with the State
Scholarship and Loan Commission by
midnight, Nov. 22. A 1975-76 parents’
confidential statement must be filed
with the College Scholarship Service
by midnight Dec. 13.
All applicants must complete the
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) no
later than Dec. 7, to be considered.
Scores from SAT examinations
completed in prior years will be ac¬
cepted.
Singers To Conduct
Pumpkin Lot Sale
Thirteen thousand pounds of hand¬
picked pumpkins will be on sale in the
Hill and Colorado parking lot
tomorrow and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. The pumpkins will also be on sale
Friday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 26 and 27.
The sale is sponsored by the PCC
Chamber Singers.
A free dinner for two at the Sawmill
Restaurant is the prize for the closest
guess to the seed count of the Great
Pumpkin, on exhibit during the sale.
Guesses are 25 cents apiece.
Benefits from the sale will go toward
a spring concert tour.
PCC CouAieSi
VOL. 38, NO. 4
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 18, 1974
Campus Admission Services
Assume More Active Role
PCC is taking further steps this
semester to inform the community
about the college curriculum and
admission services, according to
Delmar Heyne, dean, of admissions.
“We have a more active part in in¬
forming the public about activities
offered by the school,” said Heyne,
noting that the college has mailed out
pamphlets and other published
material in an advertising campaign.
The primary purpose of the ad¬
missions services, said Heyne, is to
examine whether new students meet
proper college residency
requirements. The jurisdiction of PCC
includes the Pasadena, South
Pasadena, San Marino, Alhambra and
Glendale high school districts.
Contracts exist between junior
colleges, said Heyne, so that under
certain circumstances a student may
attend a school in a different district.
Full-time students, those taking nine
or more units, require a permit to
attend a junior college outside of his or
her proper district. However, if a
junibr college doesn’t offer a
curriculum in the student’s desired
field, the individual should have no
difficulty in transferring to another
junior college which does.
Heyne said that he also handles
special cases of students with difficult
residency requirement problems.
Heyne has been the college dean of
admissions for three years, after
serving a three-year stint as a PCC
counselor. Before coming to the
college, he was a teacher and later a
counselor at Temple City High School.
CLUBS ALERTED
A meeting of the Inter-Club Council
will be held Thursday from 12: 15 to 1
p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. As many
members as possible of the total 64
on-campus clubs are requested to
attend. Club rosters should be
brought to the meeting. At stake is a
possible $50 which may be given to
each club.
College Representatives Give
Advice on 'Information Day'
GLOOMY SIGHT— When the Hill-Del Mar parking lot fills up,
students without parking permits take to the streets to search for
spots to leave their cars.
DIDN’T MOVE IN TIME— Returning to his car in the afternoon, the
hapless PCC motorist is likely to see something fluttering in the
breeze.
He stated that the new services will
include a more automated system of
programming. “We are on the brink of
computerized programming,” said
Neumann.
Already in operation is the use of
closed-curcuit television in the
Counseling Center in advising students
of programming procedures and
giving them a visual display of the
schedule of classes. The Counseling
and Communication departments are
working together to provide this
service, which began last semester.
Neumann says he personally han¬
dles students with special problems,
such as difficulties in petitioning other
colleges.
He has been the dean of counseling
for three years, after serving 10 years
as a PCC counselor. Before coming to
the college, he was a writer for several
major newspapers, including the Los
Angeles Times, and also taught for five
years at Pasadena High School.
New Class Offers
Unit for Listening
to Presentations
Tired? Need a real pick-me-up?
Enroll in American Institutions 10 by
Oct. 25 and feel relieved.
The course is offered Wednesdays
from noon to 1, for one unit of credit,
and is taught by social science in¬
structor John Snyder.
Attendance at the lectures, led each
week by a different speaker, is the only
requirement for the class. There will
be no written assignments.
Topics covered through the third
week will include an illustrated lecture
by Dr. Ralph Hallman on the Arab-
Israeli conflict, a discussion by Dr.
Richard Vetterli asking “Is the Voter
Really Irresponsible?”, and Dr.
Enrique Orozco discussing “Mexico:
Right for Revolution?"
Snyder explained that lectures will
be announced one week in advance,
and hopes to include among a variety
of subjects, “Cypress,” “The Women’s
Movement: Its Psychological and
Social Impact on Society,” and a panel
on Watergate and its effect on the
education of Ameriqa.
Visitors are welcome at all lectures.
Slated for Tuesday Eveuing Talk
By David Gero
Staff Writer
Veteran television news correspon¬
dent Roy Neal will be the guest
speaker at the Tuesday Evening
Forum, Oct. 22.
Neal, a reporter for NBC News, will
speak on the subject of “Television
News” beginning at 7:30 p.m. in
Sexson Auditorium.
NBC’s leading expert on the nation s
aerospace activities, Neal has covered
every one of America’s manned space
missions, from the early Mercury and
Gemini flights to the Apollo program,
which put man on the moon. He
originally reported directly from Cape
Kennedy and was later assigned as the
network correspondent to the Manned
Spacecraft Center in Houston, Tex.
In addition to reporting manned
flights, he has also covered numerous
unmanned space projects, including
the missions of the Ranger, Lunar
Orbiter and Surveyor spacecraft.
Neal has been in charge of NBC’s
videotape operations at all the national
political conventions since 1960,
assembling material recorded by
mobile units on the convention floor.
Following his graduation from the
University of Pennsylvania with a
major in journalism, Neal began his
career as an announcer and sports-
caster for a Philadelphia radio station
in 1940.
He entered the U.S. Army as an
infantryman in 1943, and was
discharged in 1946. He served as
program manager of the Armed
Forces Radio Network in Europe.
His first experience in television
broadcasting came in November 1946,
when he joined the news staff of the
Philadelphia station WPTZ.
Neal joined NBC in March of 1952,
becoming the network’s national
correspondent in Los Angeles. He still
holds this position, and often appears
on the “NBC Nightly News” and the
“Today” program.
Neal has also produced television
specials, such as “World Congress of
Flight.”
He received an honorary award
from the U.S. Air Force in 1960, and an
honorary degree in broadcasting from
Columbia College.
—Courier Photo by Dave Moore
GLOOMIER SIGHT— Restricted parking hours on nearby streets leave
the student with the threat of policewomen with little green en¬
velopes and annoying yellow tickets.
More than 50 representatives from
colleges throughout California will be
on the PCC campus on College In¬
formation Day, set for Nov. 5, ac¬
cording to Ernest Neumann, dean of
counseling. The representatives will
provide a variety of information
regarding their schools to prospective
students.
Neumann also said that PCC was
recently selected as the model for
California colleges in student per¬
sonnel services, including counseling,
and that several new counseling
services are on the horizon.
Bookstore Closes Out Records
The PCC Bookstore slashed the
prices of its records 25 per cent last
week in an effort to clear them out
once and for all.
According to Jean Jordan, senior
bookstore clerk, it costs the bookstore
more to buy albums than the large
discount stores sell them for. Because
of this, sales of discs had been low and
could not be expected to improve.
Unable to compete pricewise, the
bookstore decided to get out of the
record-selling business rather than
waste its time.
Every album in the bookstore has
been marked down one-fourth, and will
remain that way until all are sold.
ROY NEAL
. . . forum speaker
NBC News Correspondent Roy Neal