OPINION
Profiting from other people’s
misery is now against the law.
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FEATURES
Furniture designer Bob Josten talks about his show at the PCC Art
Gallery. Former PCC music student returns to perform in a recital of
classical guitar music in Harbeson Hall this Saturday at 8 p.m.
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SPORTS
The Women’s volleyball team
defeats Long Beach and El
Camino. The Lady Lancers are
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PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 80 No. 8
™E COURIER
Serving the Pasadena Community since 1915
THURSDAY
October 20, 199^
VOTER REGISTRATION
Celebrities
to speak
on campus
By GILBERT RIVERA
COURIER STAFF WRITER
In an effort to encourage more students to
vote on Nov. 8, the Associated Students (AS)
is sponsoring a rally titled “Empower Your
Community,” which will feature guest
speaker actor Martin Sheenand several other
prominent members of the community.
The event, scheduled to begin today at
noon in the Quad, will also include: Arturo
Rodriguez, president of United Farm Work¬
ers (UFW), Richard Montoya, member of
the comedy group Culture Clash, Dorian
Harewood, an actress on the television series
“I’ll Fly Away,” and actor Mike Gomez,
who appeared in the movies “El Norte” and
“Zoot Suit.”
“What the speakers will try to do is em¬
power young people to vote,” said Robert
Bowman, AS president. “We need to show
the world that students have a voice.
“In recent elections, the voting turnout
for college students has been low. Until we
come together, get organized and vote in
record numbers, we will have no voice, no
clout, and no representation,” he added.
Bowman also said that through Mark
Wallace, public relations officer, all the
news media have been contacted. “We want
this to be a big media event for PCC and for
something as huge as this, it needs to be
publicized,” he said.
According to Bowman, the idea for the
event came about when he was working on
the AS ’ voter registration drive, which be¬
gan in mid-September. He said the AS Board
registered some 400 students through tables
in the Quad and in-class registration.“I con¬
tacted UFW and different other coalitions to
help out on our voter drive. Luckily, every¬
thing came together,” he added.
Also scheduled to appear is a rap group
called “Machete” who will perform at the
end of the program.
RAFAEL VEGA/ THE COURIER
ENRIQUE ARMENDARIZ/THE COURIER
Dignitaries from PCC break ground where the new Community Education Center will be built.
Robert Adamto and Dr. James Crayton at the event.
A building for the region’s future
By CARLOS LEMUS
COURIER STAFF WRITER
At an event filled with great expecta¬
tions and optimism, the groundbreaking
ceremony for the new Community Edu¬
cation Center (CEC) took place T uesday ,
Oct. 18 at 4 pm. in front of 200 people.
The event was held at the new site,
located at 3131 East Foothill Blvd. in
Pasadena. This new center will replace
the existing Community Skills Center
currently located on the grounds of the
former McKinley Junior High School.
Members of the Board of Trustees,
PCC administration officials, and mem¬
bers of the community attended the cer¬
emony. Community leaders such as the
mayor and vice mayor of Pasadena, and
Congressman Carlos Moorhead also at¬
tended.
Visitors were greeted by the passion¬
ate playing of the PCC pep rally band.
They listened to a series of speeches that
stressed the importance of the new center
to the community. Speakers also enphasized
the hard work that went in to bringing the
project together.
The common agreement among guest
speakers at the event was that the ceremony
signified a “day of celebration.” In the words
of Dr. Jack Scott, PCC president, the cer¬
emony was “a wonderful celebration be¬
cause the real power of the new facility is not
in the bricks and mortar, but in the lives that
are changed, the people that are empowered,
[and] the students that learn how to economi¬
cally provide for themselves.”
Adding to that sentiment, Kathryn Nack,
Pasadena mayor, said that the CEC “in order
to train people, and retrain some whose jobs
are beyond their skills, is the biggest hope
available. And it is a marvelous thing to
hope for.”
Among the guest speakers was Maria
Lensky, a CSC graduate who expressed the
significant role that her CS C education played
in her life. She now is able to speak English,
owns a cosmetology center, and is a proud
taxpayer. "The Community Skills Center
made all this possible,” she said.
In the closing remarks of the ceremony,
Dr. Jeanette W. Mann, vice president of the
Board of Trustees, read the poem titled “The
Bridge Builder.” She likened the construc¬
tion of the new facility to that of a bridge that
expands to reach the community. “We are
building a bridge to our children,” she said.
Following the speeches, the actual
groundbreaking was a time during which
college and community leaders had the op¬
portunity to ceremoneousily begin the build¬
ing process.
Many guests at the event had opinions
about how the new center would benefit the
community. Congressman Moorhead said,
“It is extremely important that PCC provides
this community center for the people who
wish training for a better life.” According to
him, PCC has done an outstanding job as a
community college in providing important
skill building programs. He added that “a
program like this ties people into the com¬
munity college system and makes them un¬
derstand more about how valuable the col¬
lege is to the City of Pasadena.”
“The CEC is an exciting and much
needed venture,” said Dr. Ernestine
Moore, dean of student services. “It will
provide new opportunities for people in
our community who want to enhance
their skills for employment. It will allow
the college to better serve the commu¬
nity of this area. It is a need that is not met
by any other institution in this commu¬
nity. We look forward to seeing many
students who start their education at the
CEC in their transition to academic
courses offered by PCC.”
“The bottom line is that this is some¬
thing we have been looking forward for
about 14 years,” said Dr. James Crayton,
CEC dean . “It is just one of those things
that we are glad is coming together. It is
mainly going to focus on students that
are 1 8 and older that really have not had
an opportunity to get back to school for
some reason or another.”
The CEC will be built on 70,000
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Free HIV testing to be offered as
part of AIDS Awareness Week
ANITA NARDINE/ THE COURIER
Don’t panic, it’s just a drill...
By GARY MAAT-HOTEP
COURIER STAFF WRITER
AIDS has changed the way stu¬
dents and all of society live in the
’90s. A student committee has been
working since last summer on plans
to heighten awareness of preventive
measures and strategies for survival
for those infected.
PCC’s AIDS Awareness Com¬
mittee will be hosting AIDS Aware¬
ness Week on campus Nov. 7-10. A
variety of events are scheduled to
inform and educate students about
the disease.
The King-Drew University Medi¬
cal Center will provide free on cam¬
pus HIV testing in the Quad on Nov.
9 and 10 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Stu¬
dents can sign-up for testing on Oct.
24-28 in the Quad. Walk-in appoint¬
ments will be taken on the day of the
tests, if time is available.
All testing and results will be kept
confidential. Students will be able to
get their test results in CC 201 on
Nov. 16andl7. King-Drew U.M.C.
will also provide free counseling
when the testresulls are picked up by
students.
In addition the Names Project
will be supplying a dozen, 12 by 12
foot quilts to be displayed in the
Campus Center lounge from 10 a.m.
- 10p.m.,eachdayoftheweek. Each
Quilt lists the names of eight victims
of AIDS.
All students will have the oppor¬
tunity to express themselves in chalk
drawings in the Quad throughout the
week. The drawings will be done
directly on the sidewalks. Chalk will
be provided.
The play “Secrets” will be pre¬
sented free of charge by Kaiser
Permanente in Harbeson Hall on
Wed. Nov. 9 from Noon -1 p.m.
The play will be performed to
increase student awareness of HIV/
AIDS and its transmission. The play
is designed to reduce apprehension
and prejudice arising from misinfor¬
mation; and encourage risk-reduc¬
ing choices and behavior.
Kevin D.Fullen, an AIDS Aware¬
ness Committee member, said “This
is the same play that was banned
from Hoover High School in Glen¬
dale because of the subject matter
and content.”
The all lesbian band “Somebodys
X” is tentatively scheduled to per¬
form outdoors in the Quad, accord¬
ing to Fullen. The date of their
performance has not been confirmed.
The current budget of the AIDS
Awareness Committee is $5 ,800. The
committee received $3,200 in two
grants from the Student Services
Fund, and $2,500 from the Associ¬
ated Students Executive Board with
a stipulation that $500 be donated to
the Pasadena AIDS Service Center.
Janice R. Roman, a PCC Health
Center nurse, also donated $100 to
the committee.
Additional money will be raised
through the sale of $6 car wash tick¬
ets, redeemable at the Hill-Walnut
car wash. Each ticket sold will add
$2 to the budget. The tickets are now
available and can be purchased at the
student bank.
By ANITA NARDINE
COURIER STAFF WRITER
What appeared to be a hazardous
waste spill next to the mirror pools
on Saturday was actually a training
exercise for a class in hazardous
waste operations and emergency re¬
sponse. Instructors Jill Samaniego
and Johnnie Smith created a sce¬
nario for Advanced Safety and Emer¬
gency Response in which the stu¬
dents, wearing protective clothing,
had to enter an area with a spill of
unknown origins and gather samples
from it.
After donning a face mask, gloves
and an air tank with a 30 minute
supply of air, the students were helped
by their teammates into a completely
enclosed white plastic suit. Looking
more like astronauts than PCC stu¬
dents, they moved into the contami¬
nated area. “This basically simu¬
lates a Level A suit, which would be
the highest level of protection,” said
Samaniego. “You can see he’s got
his own air pack; he’s brought his
own air with him. He doesn’t have to
breath any contaminated air.”
An alarm on one of the air tanks
began to ring as two of the students
gathered their samples. “He’s run¬
ning out of air. They’ve got to get
him out of there while he still has
air,” explained Smith. Other mem¬
bers of the team rushed to decon¬
taminate them and helped them to
get out of theirprotective gear before
the five minute air reserve ran out.
The 40 hour training class is of¬
fered as part of the Environmental
Technology Program and is required
for anyone who works at a hazardous
waste site. It also provides the Haz¬
ardous Waste Operations and Emer¬
gency Response (HAZWOPER) cer¬
tification which is required by both
the Federal and California Occupa¬
tional Safety and Health Adminis¬
trations. “It’s for hazardous waste
workers and operators. We’re doing
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