Homecoming Finalists Selected; VotingTuesdayand Wednesday in Quad
Why do
you want
to be on
the Court?
Latascha Allison
"Its a great opportunity to meet
people and take part in school
activities."
Fashion Coordination
Karen Anderson
"This is my last semester, and t
wanted to end on a high note."
Nursing
Dana Asta
"The whole process is just very
exciting and I love meeting
people."
Medicine
Julie Baehr
"I like the idea of promoting
school spirit."
Child Development
Alecsandria Dixon
"I don't know too many people
here and this would be a great
way." •
Undeclared
Melissa Gilkes
"As a freshman, it would be a
good way to become part of the
school."
Education
Toya Harris
"With all the problems today,
we can serve as a role model
for children."
Data Processing /Prog rammer
Gloria DeNava
' "I think Homecoming is a great
way to meet people, especially
alumni."
Business Administration
Angie Parker •
"I’ve been involved in many
aspects of PCC; AS
government, TV and others."
Business Administration
Julie Rangel
"I just love to meet people."
Accounting
lantress Ransom
"I want to draw more attention
to the court, not just the
football game."
Telecommunica¬
tions/Broadcasting
Lisa Ruckh
"I want to represent the school
and I enjoy interacting with
people."
Business Management
Monica Villasenor
"I feel very honored to
represent PCC as one of the 1 2
candidates."
Stenographer
PCC
'86 Calendar Proposed
COURIER
VOL. 61, NO. 9
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 25, 1985
Semester in Oxford Students Chosen
By Lisa Acosta
News Editor
Forty-four students have been ac¬
cepted to attend the first annual spring
semester abroad in Oxford, England.
English professors Dr. William Gold-
mann, Dr. Phyllis Mael and Leonard
Franco will be the three faculty mem¬
bers organizing the trip.
The examination room of Oxford
University has been rented out for the
semester and courses in the human¬
ities, English and political science will
be taught there. Sixteen to eighteen
units will be offered during the
semester.
Students will live with a British
family in Oxford. In addition to class
time, they will have the opportunity to
visit art galleries, museums, historic
sites as well as attend concerts and the
theater.
The trip will offer one-day-ex¬
cursions to Stratford-Upon-Avon, Lon¬
don, Bleinheim and Conventry. Several
overnight trips are scheduled including
visitsto the Lake District, Bronte Coun¬
try, Stonehenge, Salisbury and Bath,
A press conference was held in front
of the C Bldg. Tuesday with students
and faculty who are planning to partici¬
pate in spring semester abroad.
“I’ve always wanted to go to Europe.
I thought it would be exciting to study
instead of just going on vacation,” said
Nena Carpenter, a speech communica¬
tion/political science major.
Sean Me Carthy, English major said,
“My career goals are to teach and I
think having this experience will really
enhance my abilities in this area. Ex¬
periencing where all these works of
literature took place will really
enhance the meaning of them.”
“As I’m gaining all this cultural and
educational experience in Oxford, I
also look forward to visiting other
countries in Europe,” said Erich
Zawinul.
Ninety-five students were in¬
terviewed. Each individual wrote an
essay explaining what he would get out
of the trip. He also had to tell what he
had to offer the group going to Oxford.
Two recommendations, one personal
and one from a PCC professor were
required. Transcripts, a down payment
and an application also had to be
submitted.
The average age of students attend¬
ing the trip is 27. The overall range is 17
to 62. “We really feel we have a fine
group. We wanted it to be as represen¬
tative of PCC as possible,” said
Franco.
“This trip is one of a series that will
take place over the next few years. It is
part of an overall internationalizing of
PCC,” said Dr. Henry P. Kirk, vice
president for institutional advance¬
ment.
“We’ve already discussed possibly
extending the trip to Athens, Greece.
We feel it lends itself to our curriculum
very well,” said Franco.
“We ll be going to Oxford next spring
and hope to go to other countries as
well,” said Dr. Mael.
The group will depart on Feb. 8 and
return June 1. Students will have an
opportunity to travel on their own
during spring break March 29 through
PCC Gets $37,000
April 13.
The program cost is $2700 and in¬
cludes round trip airfare, lodging, two
meals daily, insurance, excursions and
entrance fees. The price of the trip
does not cover meals and lodging dur¬
ing spring break, PCC fees and
passport costs, or lunches.
Students from Stanford University
will be renting the building next door to
the PCC group.
By Lisa Acosta
News Editor
The calendar for the 1986-87 school
year will be chosen in November and is
likely to coincide with the 1985-86
school year instead of the early sched¬
ule that some colleges have adopted.
Three calendars were considered.
The AS, Faculty Senate and depart¬
ment chairs studied the proposals and
made their recommendations.
One proposal would have classes
begin Aug. 11 and end Dec. 19, The
Spring semester would resume Jan. 5
and end May 15. This calendar would
allow eight weeks for summer in¬
tersession. The other two proposals are
very similar. Fall semester would be¬
gin Sept. 8 and the Spring semester
would end June 12 or the other would
begin Sept. 15 and end June 9.
The second proposal was recom¬
mended to the superintendent-presi¬
dent.
A study of school enrollment at
community colleges that are now on
the early schedule plan showed de¬
creases in enrollment. The study, by
the dean of administrative studies at
Sierra College in Rockland showed that
at some community colleges, enroll-
Nursing Receives Large Donations
By Keith Gustafson
Sports Editor
The PCC Nursing department re¬
ceived a check for $37,000 from Kaiser
Permanente last Thursday at the
Board of Trustees meeting. This marks
the third straight year that Kaiser has
made this donation.
When Nursing department chair¬
person Kristine DeQueiroz started her
job three years ago, she didn’t know
that business experience was neces¬
sary. After losing eight teachers due to
budget cuts, DeQueiroz went out
searching for donations from local hos¬
pitals. She managed to raise $137,000
for the department and hired back four
of her staff.
Shortly afterwards, DeQueiroz went
STATE CHAMPS — Members of the PCC Forensics team with trophies from the Cal Poly and UCSD
Invitationals were congratulated by Dr. John W Casey (center) recently. The award winning team
includes (from left): Anthony Georgilas (adviser), Mechelle Jones, Plugh Garrison, Casey, Scott Levy,
Maria Bragge, Renay Dean, and Tony Lacsamana. —Courier photo by Howard Shaw
to Kaiser looking for a $25,000 donation
that would help continue the LVN
program. Instead, Kaiser offered her
$37,000 to form a new program in which
their LVN’s can become licensed
nurses. The donated funds would supply
a semester’s salary for a new instruc¬
tor.
“This semester Marleen Shannon, a
former PCC nursing instructor and now
part-time dialysis nurse, will be hired
as instructor,” said DeQueiroz. “All
my staff have at least a masters
degree, two have doctorates,” she
added.
“Our girls have to take the same
license test as the four-year univer¬
sities students. Our students do just as
well and sometimes even better,”
added DeQueiroz.
The now overloaded PCC nursing
staff is helped tremendously by the
addition of a new teacher. “Many
people think we have it easy,” said
DeQueiroz. “We only have twelve stu¬
dents in each class, but little do people
know that these twelve new students
are responsible for two patients each.
That means the instructor is responsi¬
ble for the students and patients. These
patients aren’t just there to stop and
have a cup of coffee. Some are termi¬
nally ill.”
In 1955 the two year RN (registered
nurse) program was started. PCC was
one of the five pilot programs in the
U.S., the only one on the west coast.
“We have a relationship with the
community,” stated DeQueiroz. “Peo¬
ple relyon us to train the nurses that
some day may save their life. We
appreciate all the donations we have
received. Without them, we would have
gotten this far.”
ment decreased up to 25 percent. In the
fall of 84, colleges were surveyed which
had fall semesters beginning between
Aug. 15-20. The survey showed that the
schedule had a negative effect. There
was a decrease in enrollment and
average daily attendance.
Orange Coast College had a 16.6
percent decrease and L.A. Pierce had a
25 percent decrease. Also Solano and
Odesto colleges had an 18 percent
decrease. The study also indicated that
other factors may have attributed to
these decreases, yet all colleges shared
the early calendar schedule.
“We try to consider all the students
when we make a recommendation.
We’re concerned with high school stu¬
dents, transferring students, parent
students as well as enrollment,” said
Ernestine L. Moore, dean of student
services.
“The schools that have changed
calendars have lost enrollment. Since
we have been fortunate to maintain our
enrollment, we should not at this time
make such a drastic change,” said
Moore.
“If all the colleges in this area went
on the early schedule, it would proba¬
bly make it a stronger consideration.
The plan is out of sync with the high
schools,” said Moore.
A problem with the current calendar
is the differences with the calendars of
the California university systems.
“Universities do not have as many
total days in the year as we do. Some
students wait until spring quarter if
they are planning to transfer to a
university,” said Moore.
“Changing the calendar may be a
valid concern for those transferring to
the university, but it won’t necessarily
be good for the majority,” Moore said.
One student in favor of the early
calendar, Darlene Carr said, “I wish
school would start in August, because I
plan on transferring to a university
next year. Anyhow, all the other com¬
munity colleges seem to be doing it.”
Another student, Bud Sweeney opposed
to the idea stated, “I’m not coming to
school with the August heat. It’s al¬
ready pretty bad in September. It’s
hard to study when it’s hot out.”
Normally, the decision on the
proposals is made in November be¬
cause the school catalogs must go to
press at that time.
Campus Briefs
A “Day At The Races” is scheduled
this Saturday when PCC friends and
supporters will join faculty, staff and
students for an afternoon at the Santa
Anita Race Track.
A fee of $10 will cover admission and
a buffet lunch. No host beverages will
also be available. Tickets may be
purchased at the student bank or from
department representatives.
Park gates will open at 10:30 a.m.
and the first race is scheduled at 12:30
p.m. Picnickers will meet in the infield
where facilities will be provided. “Last
year’s event was very sucessful. It
provided a great opportunity for fac¬
ulty and staff to get together for an
enjoyable event, ’’said Dr. Henry P.
Kirk, foundation director.
A Halloween Dance will be held in
the Campus Center Lounge tomorrow
at 8 p.m. The dance is hosted by The
International Club and pre-sale tickets
are available in CC220 through the
afternoon. The cost is $3.50 for singles
and $6for couples. Tickets will also be
available at the door for $4 per person.
A disc jockey will spin the music for
the dance while special machines spin
webs and smoke. Prizes will be
awarded for the best costumes and
other attractions include a kissing
booth and games. Snacks and soft
drinks will be served.
The PCC Forum is offering a three
part series entitled Challenge To
Maturity on Tuesday evenings through
January. The program is free of charge
and presents topics of current concern
to the community.
Those interested should contact the
continuining education office at (818)
578-7338.
Priority Registration Enhanced
By Lisa Acosta
News Editor
The college is reserving a six-week
period ending Nov. 27 for Special
Priority Advisement for continuing
students planning to register for
Spring ‘86 semester. Students who
have their program of classes ap¬
proved before that date will be able
to register 24 hours before their
scheduled registration time.
Counselor approval may be ob¬
tained by scheduling an appointment
or by completing a Program Plan¬
ning Form and speaking with a coun¬
selor on a walk-in basis.
“We think this will improve the
quality of counseling to students,”
said Ernestine L. Moore, dean of
student services.
“This would permit us to meet the
students needs better. It will give
counselors time to work with stu¬
dents who are undecided and also
take pressure off the week of regis¬
tration. During registration,
couselors doh’t have time for ade¬
quate and thoughtful planning,” said
Moore.
Registration for continuing stu¬
dents begins Dec. 4 through Dec. 16.
Permits to register are available in
D200.