PCC Courier, October 30, 1981

VOL 52, NO. 10 л. PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 30, 1981 Trustee Elections This Tuesday By Barbara Lamprecht Associate News Editor Four seats out of a total of seven on the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees are up for election on Tues¬ day, Nov. 3. In Area 1 (La Canada, Flintridge, west Altadena, and parts of northwest Pasadena), incumbent Richard Green Williams has also predicted he will spend as much as $10,000. Area 3 comprises central Pasadena and parts of Altadena. The only candidate running in Area 5 (San Marino, South Pasadena, and the unincorporated area near Pasadena south of California Blvd.) is the Board’s current president, Warren L. Candidates talk about the issues. See special supplement on pages 4-5. T rustee Vacates Board CANDIDATES GATHER — The Board of Trustee candidates discussed election issues in front of a relatively empty hall yesterday in Harbeson Hall. All candidates, except Tom Williams, were present. From left: Gail Long, Seeks Councilman Seat Jerome Whitaker, James Kopp, Bill Rihn, Richard Green, Walter Shatford, Mel Ross, George Gamboa and Joseph Sargis. — Courier photo by Brian Thompson will face a slate of four challengers: Gail Long, a Glendale high school teacher; William Rihn, an engineer; James Kopp, a sales training consul¬ tant; and Jerome Whitaker, an at¬ torney. In Area 3, Board member Walter T. Shatford II, the only attorney on the Board, faces Thomas Williams, who works with the railroad industry. In the survey of candidates’ position follow¬ ing on pages four and five, Williams has refused to comment on any of the issues for the Courier, stating in New Pasadena, a local Pasadena publica¬ tion, that it is inappropriate for student newspapers to take political stands. Weber, a Pasadena businessman. He will be stepping down as president Nov. 3, when Board member Gary Adams will assume the post. Currently representing Area 7 (Arcadia) incumbent David Hannah is giving up his seat on the Board, which means there will be at least one new member on the Board. Challengers for the position include George Gamboa, a dentist; Mel Ross, a businessman; and Joseph Sargis, an insurance executive. Sargis also will not be represented in the Courier survey. He has stated in the Pasadena Star-News that he does not want to make specific policy statements before becoming a trustee. By Mary E. Jones News Editor Trustee David S. Hannah is vacating his seat on the Board of Trustees to have the option of running for the Arcadia City Council next year. This action is necessary because elected officials cannot hold two offices at the same time. Hannah talked about some of the frustrations he’s experienced on the board and what he sees in PCC’s future. “My major frustration was along the area of money. I constantly felt that we’re spending too much money on unnecessary things.” Some of those “unnecessary things,” according to Hannah, are “sending people to New York for seminars or sending a trustee down to San Diego to learn to be a trustee. If he doesn’t know how to be a trustee, he shouldn’t even be running for office.” Another way Hannah sees to save money is by tightening up security and inventory control to stop thefts on campus. He said thefts amounted to about $500,000 last year. “You can’t afford to lose that kind of inventory. It comes out of your pocket and mine.” “Eighty-two percent of our expenses is what I call people oriented expenses —that’s salaries ... So where you are going to make your big dent in ex¬ pensed has to be in the people area. I think the way you do it is by attrition of personnel.” Thus when faculty or em¬ ployees quit or retire the college would not replace them. “Getting the PCC Foundation has been one of my principal contribu¬ tions,” Hannah said. The foundation started a year-and-a-half ago and brings in money from the local com¬ munity for specific projects. Hannah said the people in his area are primarily concerned with good education, local control of funding and are split on child care. He feels that his constituients “would be willing to con¬ tribute to local funding of PCC through the PCC Foundation or another local foundation. He also thinks that the area would not object to tuition “although I don’t think they would pay $200 per unit. PCC, in my opinion for the first two years, has equal if not better capabilities (than USC) so to charge, them something wouldn’t scare me too much.” Hannah is a vice president at H. F. Ahmanson Co. He represents Area 7 which includes the city of Arcadia, parts of El Monte and Rosemead. VOLUNTEERS HONORED — Mildred M Wardlow. formerly vice presi¬ dent of administrative services at PCC and now with the Pasadena City Planning Commission, and Pasadena Mayor Jo Heckman enjoy afternoon festivities at a VIP reception honoring PCC volunteers. The wine and cheese party was held for the 75-80 people who are docents (hosts) for PCC, readers for the LARIS (broadcasting for visually handicapped), tutors and even art gallery sitters. — Courier photo by Winny Ho sities, other two-year colleges, night clubs and just about any kind of event. One of Brosta’s accomplishments as a disc jockey is running a disc jockey school out of his studio in Northridge. He is an agent for eight other disc jockeys who also play throughout the Southland, according to Brosta. He said one of the highlights of his career was when Epic Records presented a gold record to him for helping the song “Play That Funky Music” became a multi-million seller. Brosta said his “important impact” was mostly through his exposure of the record by Wild Cherry, in Cleveland nightclubs in 1975. He also said he advised them at what beat per minute to record at to appeal to. listeners. At 134 beats-per-minute he considers the song to be disco. Tickets for the dance are available through the club members and at the community liaison center, C301, priced at $3 per single and $5.50 per couple. With a membership card fee of $1, the tickets are discounted to $2.50 and $4.50. Dance tickets and membership cards will also be sold at the door, October 31, at the Campus Center lounge where the dance will be held from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Proceeds from the dance go toward scholarship awards and club activities. When Hannah ran for the trustee seat four years ago, two of his concerns involved keeping in better contact with students and developing a better rela¬ tionship between his district and PCC. Hannah said that the relationship between PCC and his area hasn’t im¬ proved very much. “You tell them that the district’s broken down into seven trustees and that one trustee repre¬ sents Arcadia and they’re kind of shocked and as a result you don’t get as many calls about problems.” However, as four-year colleges get more expensive, Hannah said, people are beginning to ask more questions about PCC. Thus the spiriling cost of education will bring more people in the area to PCC and communication will automatically improve. Hannah feels that the trustees have been very responsive to student needs and problems. “I think every one of those trustees, no matter now they feel philosophically, has really a deep sense of responsibility to giving a young person an opportunity to get an educa¬ tion.” Student Input He does find it unfortunate that most of the student input comes from the student trustee who, he feels, is elected by too small a minority of the students to really be a proper student represen¬ tative. At the last election, Hannah received 2,625 votes from the approx¬ imately 32,000 registered voters in his area. “I think we get more student input David S. Hannah By Lisa Lowery Contributing Writer Professional disc jockey Joe Brosta will present the music for this year’s “Halloween Night Dance and Costume Party” sponsored by the PCC Interna¬ tional Club. Brosta explained his meth¬ od of disc jockeying as a combination of audience requests and “beats per minute.” Brosta said, “I have found that people want to hear their song right away; so with the method of ‘beats per minute’ I can structure the music with a flow. Each combination is totally unique everytime.” He will also create his own light show. Brosta said he uses flood, neon, strobe, rotating spot light and some¬ times smoke explosions to set the mood on Halloween Night. Rock and roll, soul, new wave, disco, country and oldies from the AOs on up are all part of his collection, Brosta said. He also includes hit songs and old populars from other countries. “I go prepared for anything: If peo¬ ple don’t dance to the slow ones, I won’t play them.” Brosta added, “It doesn’t matter what people want to dance to just so long as they dance.” “This is what I do for a living,” Brosta said when he reported he has a master’s in radio and television from Ohio University at Athens, and 16 years of experience as a disc jockey. Brosta said he plays at high schools, univer- from the students we know personally. For instance my next door neighbor goes there and I talk to him about it and I talk to other students that attend PCC from Arcadia.” Hannah sees tuition as eventually being instituted at PCC, but hopes that the trustees “will make every effort to reduce unnecessary expenses” first. Part of the reduction of expenses could, according to Hannah, include eliminating some of the non-core pro¬ grams at PCC. “If you eliminate some of those programs you’ll automatically eliminate some of the expenses and of course some of the students.” Hard Working Coaches See story page 6 Happy Halloween! See page 3 Students May Not Realize Ways Health Office Helps By Julien Orow Editor-in-Chief Every student at PCC must pay a $5 health fee before even registering, but only a small percentage take advan¬ tage of the services this fee offers. Anything done at a general practi- cioner’s office can be done at the Health Office, according to Barbara Haisch, R.N. This includes diagnosis and treat¬ ment of skin conditions, both middle and external ear infections, strep throat, canker sores, ingrown toenails, upset stomachs, ulcers, skin lacer¬ ations, and wart removal. It also diagnoses and treats vaginal infections, urinary tract infections and venereal disease. Pregnancy test are done, but if positive they are referred elsewhere. No abortions are done. In addition, referrals are given for a variety of maladies. Dental and X-Ray referrals are given for nearby facil¬ ities. “For long term birth control we’ll usually send the patient out to Planned Parenthood or the Foothill Free Clinic,” Haisch said. Tests are done for vision, blood pressure and tuberculosis. Smoking and Weight Control Various types of counseling can also be obtained from the Health Office, including anti-smoking and nutritional counseling. Haisch said that approximately 50 students a day use the Health Office, and that once a student has been there they usually return. “It’s surprising what can be obtained in this office,” Haisch admits. Even seasonal illnesses like common colds and the flu can be treated. “There’s been a lot of the flu so far this year,” she said. Haisch, who has been working in the Health Office for 17 years, has seen a lot of changes in the program. “They used to have two doctors who came and did nothing but sports physicals all year long,” she said. They couldn’t even treat any contagious diseases. The District paid for the doctors for the first two years, but then the health fee began to cover expenses. The Col¬ lege doesn’t have any payments now except lights and water, said Haisch. The $5 health fee covers all services given in the Health Office. But there is By Valerie Provines Contributing Writer Several classes start this week to assist students having trouble with a certain subject, according to Dr. Stanley E. Gunstream, new chair¬ person of the life science department. “A special section of Biology 100, 3 units, will be offered beginning this week. This course meets the life science requirement for the associate of arts degree and stresses fundamen¬ tals. It is specifically designed for students with no prior courses in biology, and especially, for students who have had difficulty in Biology 2, 11, Botany 4, or Physiology 3.” Other short-term classes begin this week and many others are beginning a new legislation that goes into effect Jan. 1 that would allow a college to increase its health fee to $7.50 per regular semester and $5 during the summer sessions. However, Haisch is fairly certain that PCC won’t begin this in the near future. In addition to Haisch, who is the only full time day nurse, there are five doctors on duty at various times. These times are posted on the Health Center door, C127. The Health Center hours are: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. The phone number is 578-7244. in November. They all stress fun¬ damentals and make it easier for students working toward an A. A. degree. For students planning to transfer to another college, some of these classes may be a handy way to get the basics you need to go on and take the regular class there, said Gunstream. Some of the classes such as Biology 100, the units are not transferable to a four-year college. Some of the other courses being offered are anatomy, chemistry, English, library-aide, math, music, nursing, education planning and study skills, and Print 150, electronic news computer skills. Visit the counseling office for further information. Classes Cover Basics Dancing to 1 34 Beats Per Minute DJ Promises Spectacular Effects