PCC Courier, October 20, 1971

PCC CoiPueSv VOL. 34, NO. 4 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 20, 1971 HOMECOMING QUEEN Beverly Wilson with a Lancers rip Long Beach 49-21. Wet weather did trio of lovely PCC pep commissioners watch as not dampen the spirit of the crowd or the team. Board Seats New Members; Met on Campus Center Mess By SALLY HANDFORTH The ASB, or “Amplified Student Bedlam” Board began transac¬ tions as three new members shuf¬ fled they way across the breach of impotence and were seated be¬ hind the table of authority. ASB adviser Coach Myron Tar- kanian installed Patrick Arra, ASB vice president; Chris Sutton, Freshman Class president; and Two new courses have been added to the occupational educa¬ tion list of courses for people not interested in an AA degree but wanting special training in a par¬ ticular field. The two new courses are food services and consumer homemak¬ ing management. Food services is a technology training course for men and women wanting to work in the restaurant business. It is arranged to give maximum skill development in food preparation classes by concentration in lecture and laboratory classes. It is divided into four classes, each more advanced than the pre¬ vious. Its objective is to train for Plinio Tuta, athletics president, to their posts. John Marshall began the pro¬ ceedings by making a motion that the up and downstairs Campus Center not be cleaned by janitors during the week of October 18 through 23, “in order that the pigs be allowed to wallow in their own sty.” The students’ inability to clean a job and to begin employment as soon as possible. Consumer homemaking man¬ agement is a portable classroom located outside the Men’s Gym that gives scheduled classes in food, costs, nutrition, and prepa¬ ration. Also included are clothing, budgeting and housing. It is a complete course in consumer con¬ trol and general housekeeping for both men and women. Buying and selling automobiles is discussed as well as buying and selling insurance. Interested students can obtain pamphlets on these two new pro¬ grams by going to the Occupa¬ tional Education Office located on the second floor of C Building. up after themselves has surprised and sickened those who have had the misfortune of witnessing the afternoon phenomenon. Trays, cups, forks, bologna sandwiches, ashes, straws and apple cores coat the floors and other spaces. A unanimous decision to stop janitorial services next week was signified by the Board. Bob Held, Ecology Club presi¬ dent, presented a fund raising proposal for a paper drive. Profits for a ton of newspapers is $10, and he hoped to receive the initial money to rent trucks and pay for publicity from ASB funds. He said the Ecology Commis¬ sion would supply the manpower needed for the project. Discussion opened. Marshall questioned whether students who refused to vote and pick up their own trash would be “willing to get their little red wagons out for a paper drive.” It was pointed out, however, that paper drives have proven to be lucrative in the past. The paper drive was tabled un¬ til such time that the money and interest could be investigated. Chuck Wilson, ASB president, announced the weekend Home¬ coming festivities and adjourned the meeting. The giddy though sometimes hostile nature of discussion which prevailed throughout the meeting seemed to be due to an exhausted Board. Aware that Thursday would soon thaw to the usual frenzied Friday in the Campus Center, the meeting was cut short and all dispersed. ‘Beyond Freedom ’ Is Forum Topic B. F. Skinner’s most recent book, “Beyond Freedom of Dig¬ nity,” was the topic of discussion when the Social Science Depart¬ ment kicked off its forum series yesterday. The forum was held in Sexson Auditorium from 10:30 to 12 and featured as its main speaker Dr. Donald J. Lewis, professor and department chairman of psycholo¬ gy at USC. “Beyond Freedom and Dignity,” says “Psychology Today,” “may be one of the most important, controversial and terrifying books published this year. Its message is clear and urgent: by accident and by haphazard, irrational plan¬ ning, we have brought ourselves to the point of widespread human desolation.” Counseling Staff Adds Two Members Pasadena City College’s recently appointed dean of counseling services, Ernest F. Neumann, has announced the addition of two new members to the counseling staff. Miss LaVera Garcia, who assumed her new position on October 1, comes to the college from the personnel office of Los Angeles County, where she worked closely in a program of recruitment and retention of county employees. Her background includes service at San Gabriel High School as a counselor and community liaison person. Her bachelors degree is in political science at California State College, Los Angeles, where she is now enrolled in a counseling and guidance program. Also recently hired, but not starting until November 1, is Ernest Garcia (no relation), who joins the PCC staff from the ABC Unified School District. Garcia is involved in a doctoral program at UCLA and teaches an evening class at Long Beach State College in teacher training. Both Miss Garcia and Garcia will work with students majoring in the social sciences and the humanities, Dean Neumann said. He added, however, that the addition to the staff of professionals trained in working with the special needs of the Mexican-American and Chicano student has strengthened this aspect of the college’s counsel¬ ing program. Miss Garcia has replaced Rick Guzman who has been appointed as specialist, Office of Chicano Affairs. Garcia’s appointment is the result of a growth position which increases the counseling staff to 17. Special Training Courses in Food and Management Psychologists Offer Thursday Informal Open Rap' Sessions Do you know yourself? How do you feel about other people? Do you know what you want out of life? These questions and many more might be part of the “rap” ses¬ sion held every Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in 156C, the Psychological Services Office. These sessions, to which anyone may come, are guided by Drs. Joseph Risser and John Tulley. You sit on the rug and are com¬ pletely free' to talk about any¬ thing you want. The psychologists make no reports to authorities. They sit back and let the par¬ ticipants “go to it,” interjecting necessary information to give it a psychological basis. Love, parent relations, how to get acquainted with people, reas¬ ons for behavior, and feelings about college work are examples of things which have been discus¬ sed. Anything could be discussed as the sessions are “wide open.” Individuals are never attacked, only ideas. Closed sessions are held, too. Strong intra-group relations are built in these. A feeling of “com¬ radeship” results, says Dr. Risser. You may get into these by leav¬ ing your name with the secretary in 156C. Time Running Out for Vets on G.I. Bill Many eligible veterans now have less than three years re¬ maining to use their educational benefits under the current GI Bill. Gordon R. Elliott, director of VA’s Southern California Region¬ al Office, said that most veterans with service between January 31, 1955, and June 1, 1966, are eligi¬ ble for schooling, but their cutoff date is May 31, 1974. Elliott emphasized that the vet¬ eran’s educational program must be completed by the cutoff date. “Some veterans in this category believe they have until 1974 to begin school,” he said. “The law states otherwise.” Veterans discharged later than June 1, 1966, will have a propor¬ tionately longer time to complete schooling. The general rule for establishing a cutoff date is eight years from the date of discharge, Elliott explained. However, since educational ben¬ efits did not become available under the new law until June 1, 1966, the eight-year period begins on that date for those discharged before then. To be eligible for educational training, veterans must have a discharge or release from active service under conditions other than dishonorable, and must have served continuously for 181 days or more, any part of it after Jan¬ uary 31, 1955. Active duty for training purpos- Growth Rate of JCs Slows Down While enrollment in California’s massive junior college system continues to increase, a definite slowing down of the growth rate is evident throughout the state. That’s the gist of a brief sam¬ pling of college registration pat¬ terns conducted late last month by California Junior College As¬ sociation staff. The reversing trend comes in spite of pre-fall enrollment pro¬ jections of about a 10 per cent increase statewide, by the State Department of Finance and other census-concerned organizations. But the trend is not surprising, say many, in light of several fac¬ tors which include what is gener¬ ally conceived as a changing life pattern among the nation’s youth. Jobless PhD’s, the call of the open road, and the uncertainty of draft security are removing the glitter from college education for many students, college officials generally agree. The sampling was conducted among colleges located in or near population concentrations in all general regions of the state ex¬ cept the far North. — CJCA News es may not be counted, and spe¬ cial eligibility conditions apply to veterans released from service be¬ cause of a service-connected dis¬ ability. For further information, con¬ tact the nearest VA office or your local veterans service organiza¬ tion representative. Board Names Info Officer Lincoln M. Haynes was appoint¬ ed to serve as information officer for Pasadena City College by the College Board of Trustees last Thursday. Haynes has served most recent¬ ly as a feature editor and senior publicist for the CBS Television Network in Los Angeles. He has had experience as news and copy editor for the Los An¬ geles Times, associate editor of the Saturday Evening Post, and entertainment editor and colum¬ nist for the Pasadena Indepen¬ dent Star-News. He has been a regular contribu¬ tor to the Saturday Review and National Observer. He was also the co-founder of the Los Angeles Magazine. Among his publications is the best-selling satire, “The Be- gatting of a President” Haynes started his duties here last Monday. The in-house screening commit¬ tee was made up of William P. Buttler, Dr. John Gregory and Dr. Mel Ross. Professional advisers in the selection were Lee Austin of the Los Angeles Times, Arnold Huss, editor of the Independent Star-News, Ed Essertier, director of information for the U. S. De¬ partment of the Interior, and Jack Gillean, director of public infor¬ mation for the Los Angeles City Schools. Teacher Exhibits Work in Madrid Suzanne Bravender, assistant professor in the Art Department, has returned from a year’s sab¬ batical in Europe. She painted for six months in Spain on the Island of Mallorca, and on July 3 exhibited in a one- man show at Palma de Mallorca. Her work will be seen again from November 1 to December 1 in an exhibition which is attached to the American Embassy in Ma¬ drid and will be held in the cul¬ tural center there. Many articles were written on her exhibition in Mallorca by the American-English and Spanish newspapers. Miss Bravender will attend her opening in Madrid on November 1 to represent PCC and to lecture to students and dignitaries.