PCC Courier, September 29, 1988

Landing on Planet 10 Page 3 Tomorrow is the Last Day to Drop Classes Without Record Lancers Bomb Golden West Page 4 COURIER VOL. 67, NO. 5 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 29, 1988 Day for Night: Children’s Center Hours Expand By Sally Blake Special Correspondent Although her mother had taken great care to comb her hair, it hadn’t taken the little girl very long to get her blonde tresses somewhat ruffled. The purple strawberries that held her two ponytails were still in place, but the toll of the day’s play showed in her now somewhat lopsided ponytails. She played with the aides at the PCC Child Development Center, her sister and two other children. The aids watched carefully and instructed the children when needed. An aide playing and instructing chil¬ dren is typical of any day care pro¬ gram, but these children haveing their “day care” experience at night. The administration at PCC has rec¬ ognized the need of evening “care” hours and now has added night services to the program. The evening care hours are from 6:30 to 10:15 p.m. every weeknight. The center will still keep its regular schedule, 7:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m, and 12:15 to 4:15 p.m. According to Barbara Arnold, in¬ structor/coordinator of the center, the need for nighttime care simply became overwhelming. “The parents work full time and take night classes. They need someone to take care of their children. “The administration started to hear James Kossler Dr. Kossler's photograph was mistakenly omitted from last week's Courier. horror stories of children waiting in their parents’ cars or in the campus’ halls. They have tried to meet these needs not only with the night service but also with the same quality care that is offered in the day.” According to Arnold, this quality care consists of a full-time certificated teacher/coordinator who has an educa¬ tional background and experience in early childhood education. The teacher/coordinator is assisted by child development specialists, instruc¬ tional aides and community volunteers. The center also serves as a training site for the child-development students. It is a lab site where the students are required to work — to make observa¬ tions and to create lessons. “It is also a learning place for the parents. They are required to work in the center one hour a week. In this way, they get to spend time with their children and at the same time learn what makes their children tick,” she said. “We help each other out — we are a support group for one another. “We also provide a learning at¬ mosphere for the whole child — men¬ tal, physical and social. Along with playing various games, the children must choose between a math, language and science table where they do their work everyday.” The center accepts children ages two-and-a-half years to pre¬ kindergarten age, for daytime care. In the evening, the child must be two-and- half, but the maximum age increases to 10. A birth certificate and physician’s report (required by law) must be presented prior to registration. The children must be completely toilet trained. There is a registration fee of $10 for each semester. In addition to this fee, there is a tuition of $4.50 per child each session. This charge is determined by the number of sessions the child at¬ tends the center. The center is open to children of PCC students carrying a minimum of six units for daytime care and three units for evening care. It is also opened to Community Skills Center students. The children must be registered for a minimum of two half-day or one eve¬ ning session each week while their parents attend class. The center provides snacks, “only nutritious ones — which means no sugar.” said Arnold, smiling. But, the parents must send the youngster in with his own lunch following the same guidlines as the snacks. Arnold, although completely in¬ formed about the center, is very new to it. She started in August as the new coordinator. She has taught at various high schools, as well as Mount San Antonio College and Citrus College. Along with being informed, she is also very excited about her new position. “This is a warm place. It makes people feel really good.” This good feeling is generated throughout, infusing the kids. The little girl, her hair still a bit messy, picks up the tongs and tries to place the small, plastic, red bear where it belongs. But she can’t decide if it belongs in the red or yellow dish. Finally, after long contemplation, she puts is into the red one. The little boy with the colorful striped shirt runs up to — and into — his mom. She picks him up, and he shows her the $3 in play money that he received as a reward for placing his bears where they belonged. “Wow! ” she says, “Can we take it to the store? It’s more than I have.” “Yea,” he says, with a hug. Megan Feeney/The Courier Children at the PCC Child Development Center now can be cared for at night. The program has now added evening hours for students who need child care. Application Dates for Oxford Program Set By Margie Goodhart Feature Editor Plans and preparations for the Spring Semester Abroad in Oxford, England swung into high gear with some 900 applications already in stu¬ dent’s hands. The first informational meeting will be Oct, 3 at 7 p.m. in the Circadian. The deadline for application is Oct. 14. Three applications were submitted on the first day of the semester as word of the program’s success spreads. “Many colleges are using us as a model,” said Joseph Sierra, associate professor of English and faculty coordi¬ nator for the ’89 program. “It is be¬ cause we have the best program academically as well as the fullest package — including side trips and housing — for the cost.” Sierra indicated many of the changes in this year’s program are due to student response and fluctuation of the dollar. There will be more excursions into London in an attempt to make the package more compact, Sierra said. The London excursions will place more emphasis on the theater which will couple with the modern drama course that is being offered this time. Sierra has also arranged for students to see an avant-garde performance and have the actors as guest lecturers afterward. Another new addition is a research course in psychology in which the city of Oxford will be used as the lab for surveys and statistics. This one unit course will be offered by Barbara Phillips Turner, associate professor of social sciences. “She’s been a full-time counselor as well as a professor. I feel at ease working with her,” Sierra said, be¬ cause of some of the standard problems that develop in the first few weeks abroad — such as, students wishing to change families and mild cases of homesickness and culture shock. According to Sierra, most of the culture shock comes from many stu¬ dents’ preconceived ideas about Oxford as an elite city with towering spires. This is only a small part. The city is basically a working-class town. “The students live with working- class families because that is who populates the city,” he said. Other changes in the program in¬ clude trips to Liverpool (Beatle City), Scotland, and the Lake District, an idyllic setting of lushness, where Col¬ eridge wrote his tale of the Ancient Mariner and Wordsworth lived. “It’s Lake Tahoe times ten!” Sierra laughed. Forty-four students will be selected from the applicants, and applications are available in C209. Catagories of classes include Eng¬ lish, history, humanities and psy¬ chology andrange from one to three units each. Students must take a min¬ imum of 13 units. Transcripts will show the fact that these subjects were stud¬ ied abroad as part of the Oxford pro¬ gram. The cost from Los Angeles is $3,495 which includes round-trip airfare, hous¬ ing with a British family, two meals a day and all the excursions listed in the brochure. Programming Changes Announced for KPCC By Ray Buckley Staff Writer Art Department Receives New Equipment By Kathie Kroll Special Correspondent The PCC Art Department recently completed construction of four videotape editing booths in E103. The booths were constructed so that cinematography students could avoid pushing their editing equipment around on a cart while trying to find a secluded corner in which to work. Each booth contains two monitors, one of which shows what has been filmed, and the other displays the edited version. There are also two machines that are similiar to but much more complicated than a VCR. These correspond to the two monitors. The fifth piece of equipment controls the editing functions. PCC received the editing equipment last year, but it could not be used until the booths were constucted, Linda Malm, art department chair said. The booths run along one entire wall. Con¬ struction of four more booths is sched¬ uled in the very near future. One booth already in place is larger than the other three to facilitate handi¬ capped students and to allow the teacher to lecture and demonstrate. The rest of the booths can accom¬ modate three to four people since students sometimes work on group projects. Photo 26 A, an introduction to basic motion picture procedures, emphasizes the use of videotape. Videotape is used because it can be used up for filming and editing at a very low rate. One tape can be used over and over again. The booths will hopefully encourage students to experiment more and take advantage of the equipment. According to Malm, “It takes a long time to get used to handling a camera. . . This way students become much better at film¬ ing techniques much faster.” Some of the cinematography stu¬ dents’ final projects are presented at the PCC Film Festival which is held in R122 at the end of the semester. Stu¬ dents from Photo 26 A, В and C partici¬ pate in the film showcase. Along with videotape, 16 millimeter and Super 8 film is used on the student projects for the class. Also new to the department is a 16 millimeter Moviola film editing ma¬ chine, which was donated to the college earlier this month by A-l Carpet Care of Arcadia. “We are very pleased when local businesses think of us when they have equipment like this to donate,” said Grover Goyne, dean of institutional advancement. “It is an important addi¬ tion to our art department.” Linda Malm, chair of the art department and Grover Goyne, dean of institutional advancement accept a donation of a editing machine donated by Rodney Paulson, owner of A-l Carpet Care. In an effort to expand its listening audience, KPCC, the college's National Public Radio station, has restructured its schedule. The station is now operating 24 hours a day and has added several new shows, deleted some and streamlined others. The majority of the expanded broadcasting time is taken up with straight-ahead jazz programs, news and public affairs. Larry Shirk, the program director, along with Rene Engel, the assistant program director, Rod Foster, the gen¬ eral manager and Larry Mantle, the news director, instituted the changes. “We want to expand the audience to attract more people to the station,” said Shirk. “The bigger the audience, the bigger the base for fundraising.” Current demographics show that the listening audience is in the 50 year-old category. The schedule change is aimed at keeping that group listening while attracting the 24 to 49 year-old group as well. Some of the programs added include a country-western music program called City Billy that airs Mondays from 8-10 p.m. On Tuesdays from 8-10 p.m., a program called Beyond the Beat will be featured. This show will present listeners with popular Ameri¬ can music from oldies to jazz to Broad¬ way scores. Shirk said that the pro¬ gram would expand the audience awareness as to what was out and available from the various artists. “You may hear Buddy Rich, a well- known jazz drummer, highlighted as a singer.” The Wednesday night show, which has yet to be named, will feature such diverse music as country, rock and symphony, Thursdays in the 8-10 p.m. slot, a program called Jazz Connection will feature traditional jazz artists, new big bands and interviews with musicians. The Old Time Radio program was moved its from 7-8 p.m. daily time to a Sundays from 6-8 p.m. slot. Two other ethnic programs, the American Indian Hour and the Irish Folk Show were discontinued. The remaining ethnic programming was streamlined to in¬ clude more news and public affairs. Shirk said that the increase in listen- ership since the transmitter move has been evident by the increase in re¬ sponse by phone calls and letters. However, the actual numbers will not be known until mid-January, when the Arbitron and the Radio Research Con¬ sortium ratings books will be released. Prior to the change in schedule, KPCC had an audience of about 70,000 listeners. The staff expects to see an increase of between 15,000 to 20,000 listeners by January. KPCC has two fundraisers annually. The last one, held in August, raised about $50,000. The next fund drive is scheduled to start Nov. 11 and will run for 11 days. The station has set a goal of 2,000 new members in addition to the 3,000 subscribers. It hopes to raise as much money as the previous fundraiser or more. Shirk believes the variety in the schedule changes will assist in doing just that.