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center in PCC’s new Learning Assistance Center Reading Lab facilities.
—Courier Photos by Nadki Yamaguchl
VOL. 42, NO. 5
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Assistance Center Opens
Learning Breaks from Classroom
Service Clubs in Search of New Blood
Adelphians Value Enthusiasm Circle
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Wants Dedication
Any female student, carrying six or more units, still can Applications are being accepted for membership in the
apply for Adelphian membership until 4 p.m., today, said Circle
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club, an honorary men’s organization which serves
Adelphian president Charlee “Chuck” Stauffer. the students, college, and works within the community.
Applications have been posted on the
bulletin boards in the Campus Center,
C Building, and Library. Completed
applications must be returned to
CC21 Lor handed to Dorthy Byles, club
adviser and campus center recep¬
tionist.
Mrs. Byles said the club welcomes
any applicants who are “enthusiastic
in giving service to the school and
community.”
The Adelphians serve school and
community by helping teachers or
ganiz.ing canned food drives for needy
people, white cane drives for the blind,
and car washes for fund raising.
The club has started the fall
semester with 20 members, and Miss
Stauffer said she expects an equal
number of new members to join. The
Adelphian’s office is open every school
day. and “any present member will be
glad to give more detailed information
about the club," said Miss Stauffer.
( ASSAl) HOSTS
Richard Cassady, Art Department
chairman, will begin a series of lec¬
tures on the artistic accomplishments
of different nations on Tuesday. Oct. 12
at 7:20 p.m. in the South Rnsadena
Public Library.
Club applicants
Must Reapply
Applications for membership in
PCC’s three Service clubs were stolen
from several envelope locations
throughout the campus last week, said
Charlee “Chuck" Stauffer, Adelphian
club president.
Of the 150 applications posted around
campus only 12 have been recovered,
said Miss Stauffer. She said that
anyone who had previously applied for
membership in the Adelphians,
Spartans or Circle
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, or for con¬
sideration of Circle
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Sweetheart or
Adelphian Mascot should reapply.
“We would also like them to check
with any of the club offices ..located at
the Campus Center. Since there were
so many aplications stolen we don’t
have an accurate figure on who has
applied and who hasn’t,” she said.
Miss Stauffer said that additional
applications are now available and
applications are still being accepted
for membership.
Sponsored by the Kiwanas Club, the
largest men’s or organization in the
U.S., Circle
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members can be seen
working in a variety of tasks, from
selling tickets to PCC football games to
promoting blood drives for the
American Red Cross.
Membership in the organization is
granted to men who are outstanding in
some area of student activities and to
those who meet prescribed academic
requirements.
Among the outside activities this
year, the club will participate in a
Filling Conference where members
work with other Circle
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groups
around the community and try to
promote goodwill and new direction in
helping others.
Another activity involves par¬
ticipation in the Row Boat Regatta.
The' race involves rowing boats from
San Pedro to Catalina. The money
accrued from the event is donated to
multiple sclerosis research.
Rich Yale, current president of
Circle
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said the club is most in¬
terested in finding people willing to
contribute. “We promote hard
workers, people who like others and
have enough time to share and give."
By Alice Stone
Feature Kditor
The Learning Assistance Center is
open for business.
Sprawling on the top floor of D
Building, it houses audio-visual aids
for the instruction of PCC students.
The airy central area with check-out
desk, TV monitors and the Reading
Center Library is flanked by reading
and writing labs and classrooms. Like
the rest of the building however, it is
still being finished.
“It's all very exciting,” said Bob
Carter, coordinator of the Learning
Assistance Center (LAC). “All of a
sudden somebody comes in carrying a
wall and plunks it down someplace.”
A saber saw snarled in the corner
but in spite of the noise students cir¬
cled around a TV monitor watching
Dr. Ralph Williams lead them through
“All of a sudden somebody comes
in carrying a wall and plunks it
down someplace.”
the maze of “Computational Arithme¬
tic.”
Already several instructors have
placed videotapes in the LAC to give
students extra instruction and to free
time for class discussion.
“The exciting thing is that we are
breaking away from the classroom
with 35 students and an instructor in
front,” Carter said. “We are trying to
utilize all the senses as far as the
learning process is concerned.”
The sense of touch is used to ad¬
vantage in one of the LAC’s most in¬
triguing aids, the Optacon. By using a
light pen scanning a page, it repeats
printed shapes into tactile images that
can be read directly by the blind, thus
eliminating the need for translation
into braille.
Carter is enthusiastic. “One of the
things I am personally excited about is
“The exciting thing is that we are
breaking away from the class¬
room with 35 students and an in¬
structor in front.”
this equipment for students with
special learning needs. We have the
Optacon, a magnifier, Brailler, large
print typewriter, talking calculator
and the Varispeech machine to slow
down or speed up a taped lecture.”
He is eager to have not only students
who have been assigned to the Center,
but also those who come up on their
own.
"It is just getting them to come up
and say, T have this learning need and
I would like to explore.’ We provide the
background support.
“For instance,” he said, “we have
kits on how to write a term paper. An
older woman returning to school came
up asking for material on memory
training.”
Carter is concerned, though, about
the eventual reputation of the LAC.
“Many centers on other campuses
have a reputation of being only
remedial. That is only part of the
whole concept. Students should come
up here for self-improvement. I look
forward to the day when they can earn
units of credit. It’s not possible this
first year because the Center has to be
made part of the curriculum,” he said.
The unguided aspect of the Center
can present problems, Carter
recognizes. “A lot of students are not
attuned to learning on their own. They
WORKERS CANDIDATE— Willie Mae Reid, Socialist Workers Party
vice-presidential candidate, addresses a group of students
assembled in the Free Speech Area Tuesday. The 36-year-old
Socialist advocated the institution of a more powerful third party and
a socialist voice in government. PCC’s Young Socialists Alliance
sponsored Miss Reid's visit. -Courier Photo by Dawn Adams
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MAY I HELP YOU?— Teresa Urban gets instructions from Bob Carter,
teacher-coordinator of the Learning Assistance Center. The center
was recently moved to its new home on the top floor of the newly
remodeled D Building.
Freshmen To Choose from Field
Election Next Week
are not usually in control of their own
learning, but when they are, there is no
one to blame if they do not do well.”
It is not only students who have
problems. “Some teachers feel
threatened by this. They think, ‘I am
not in control. 1 am not in front of my
classroom.’ ” Carter said.
But these attitudes are fading. “As
long as programs are valid and well-
prepared," Carter explained, “and
students feel they are learning some¬
thing, they react favorably.”
The Financial Aids Office has placed
tapes in the LAC that must be seen
before students may pick up checks.
Michelle Rambeau, a student who
viewed one tape, commented, “I liked
it. I didn't know how financial aids
worked, and I found out something I
didn’t know before.”
More teachers are expected to place
“A lot of students are not attuned
to learning on their own.”
assignments with the Center, and
instead of requiring the traditional
term papers, are asking students to do
projects requiring audio-visual
materials.
The LAC is developing a student
production area to assist in this need.
So far, Super 8mm and slide cameras
are available, as well as a cassette
tape recorder, typewriter, poster¬
making equipment and a duplicator.
The Center is not intended to sup¬
plant other independent study centers
on campus. They are designed for
specific uses, while the LAC will be
generalized, for the use of all faculty
and students, Carter said. Hours are
7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Friday, and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to
1 p.m.
of Three in
Freshmen will elect one of three
candidates to be class president in
voting Wednesday and Thursday. Polls
located in the west end of the Quad will
be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both
days.
Voters will be required to present a
valid student identification card to
cast a vote.
The name of the winning candidate
will be announced following a vote
count Wednesday afternoon.
James Cassou, Suzi Foulkes and
Velma McClinton were the candidates
filing applications to run for the office.
Cassou is currently a member of the
Student Senate and sits on the Com¬
mission of Assemblies. He was Fresh¬
man vice president during the spring
semester 1976 and organized the fresh¬
man division of the Arts and Crafts
Fair.
A graduate of Crescenta Valley High
School, Cassou said he has already
become involved in class affairs for
this semester. Better communication
between the administration and more
involvement of students in government
are important goals, he said.
Cassou said he intends to “look into
the parking problem on campus and
see if the situation can be improved.”
If elected, he will work with students
interested in beautifying the campus
through projects to be announced.
Candidate Suzi Foulkes was actively
involved in student activities while a
student at San Marino High School.
She was a pep representative in her
senior year and was one of 20 students
chosen to counsel sixth graders in the
district.
She said she would use the presi¬
dent’s office to encourage involvement
in campus activities and would strive
to make student government
responsive to students’ needs.
Velma McClinton brings with her a
record of active involvement in
student activities while in high school.
She was student body treasurer, junior
class vice president and acting parlia¬
mentarian for student government.
The former prom princess has also
been a volunteer for the American Red
Cross.
Security Office Reports
Fire Alarm, Exhibitionist
The fire alarm which emptied the
Robbins Building last Monday was
deliberate, according to security
personnel. Someone set off the alarm
system by activating one of the boxes
on the south side of R Building on the
third floor.
At about the same time, an
exhibitionist was reported to the
Security office. According to a witness,
he was about 6T” and wearing a gray
sweater, orange pants and a yellow top
and was sighted in the area of the T
Building. However, when an officer
was sent to check it out, he found no
one.
A Mustang Ghia II was stolen from
the east parking lot during a night
class last week. Director of Security
and Parking Services Ralph Riddle
said that officers will be positioned to
try to prevent that happening in the
future.
PCC-TV AUDITIONS
Auditions for all PCC-TV television
programs will be held Tuesday,
Sept. 28, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. in C104.
Positions are available as news¬
casters, anchor people, feature re¬
porters, critics and performers.
Those auditioning should have some¬
thing to talk about and performers
should be prepared to do their act on
camera.
James Cassou
Velma McClinton