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PCC Courier, September 30, 1977
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Foreign Students' Cost Doubles
Advisor Calls Bill
An Apparent Mistake
By Steve Johnston
Staff Writer
PCC’s foreign student tuition has
been doubled by the California
legislature, apparently by mistake.
“The legislators had no idea what they
were actually voting on,” commented
Ben Rude, adviser to the foreign
students here.
In September, 1976, the state
legislature hiked foreign student
tuition to $46 per unit. The measure
went into effect this summer.
Ironically, the author of the bill,
Assemblyman John A. Thurman, Jr.,
of Modesto, is considered supportive of
foreign students, according to ,Rude.
Rude said the mistake was traced to
complicated wording in the measure.
“The effect of the bill was not the in¬
tent of the bill,” he said.
Prior to the new code, state law
permitted each college to set its own
foreign student tuition rate, provided
that each foreign student was assessed
the same amount. PCC set foreign
student tuition at half the $46 non¬
resident rate.
“One rationale for this was that
foreign students make such an im¬
portant contribution to the atmosphere
of the college,” Rude said.
The new bill released colleges from
having to charge each foreign student
the same tuition and provided that up
to 10 per cent of a campus’ foreign
students could be exempted from all or
part of their tuition.
But the complicated wording of the
bill left most foreign students open to
the full non-resident tuition.
“Assemblyman Thurman thought he
was extending more control to the
community colleges, but the effect was
to eliminate the special treatment
received by foreign students con¬
cerning non-resident tuition. As state
legislative action, the bill superceded
the policy of the Board of Trustees,”
Rude said.
He added that the legislative action
appeared so harmless at first glance
that it slipped past lobbyists for the
California Community and Junior
College Association. “The bill didn’t
come to our attention or to the at¬
tention of any other affected college
until it had already been passed,” he
said.
According to Rude, emergency
action by college foreign student of¬
fices, the California Community and
Junior College Association and the
state legislature prevented a
disastrous situation for PCC’s foreign
students.
A second bill was passed in the
spring which exempted continuing
foreign students from the tuition in¬
crease. Those students will continue to
pay $23 per unit.
Rude said there is almost no hope of
reducing tuition for all foreign
students to the original level, even
though the hike was inadvertent.
“To begin with, only a few colleges
were charging less than the full non¬
resident tuition, so there is actually
little pressure on the legislature,” he
said. “Also, the question of whether
foreign students should be given
preferential treatment on tuition has
been a simmering issue for a long
time.”
Rude said the increased tuition has
not had a noticeable effect on foreign
student enrollment at PCC. “But
obviously the higher tuition means that
some students will be eliminated from
studying here simply because they
can’t afford it,” he said.
VOL. 44, NO. 6
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 30, 1977
28 Years Service
Dorothy Bodo Retires
OPEN HOUSE— The Women’s Center opened its
doors to faculty, students and staff Tuesday from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. upstairs in the Campus Center in
CC215. Suzanne Bourg, counselor, and Gretchen
Frandsen, peer counselor for the Center, were on
hand tO welcome guests. Courier Photo by Dawn Adams
Strong Volunteer Group
Needed to Help Center
By Vivianne-Marie Parker
News Editor
Cutbacks may have dampened
supporters’ enthusiasm about the
Women’s Center progress, but as
easily as their enthusiasm waned it
can be resurrected. That is exactly
what has happened in the Women’s
Center situation. Tuesday, the Center,
located in CC215, opened and the plans
were to rely solely upon volunteers and
each woman’s abilities to help herself.
“We’re trying to incorporate the
board’s suggestion regarding the
Women’s Center and at the same time
provide services for women as needs
develop,” said Suzanne Bourg, special
counselor for the Women’s Center.
One service launched last spring as a
means to help re-entering women
students has boosted the enrollment
statistics. Ms. Bourg said women
returning to school ask the Women’s
Center for advice because “they’re
fearful of a competitive environment.”
She emphasized times when a
woman’s children have grown, her
husband has died, or she is getting a
divorce; in these times a woman “is
ready to start something new.”
“We hope the women will help
themselves and rely on volunteers and
not be a significant burden to the
taxpayers. I don’t think they have to
ASB Appoints
Co-Advisor As
Work Load Piles
Kay Dabelow, assistant professor in
the Social Science Department, will
serve as co-adviser to the ASB Senate
with Dr. E. Howard Floyd, PCC
superintendent-president.
The ASB government has been
stalled awaiting the choice of an ad¬
viser and is confronted with a work
backlog.
The first Senate meeting will be held
October 6 at noon in C205. Phyllis
Jackson, dean of student activities,
said the agenda includes catching up
by pushing for approval of the ap¬
pointed members to the ASB Board
and ratification of the new budget.
Also on the schedule is a meeting of
the ICC (Inter-Club Council) to elect a
president and a representative to the
ASB Board.
The ASB will take up the issue of
amending the constitution after the
preliminary work is out of the way.
There is an effort to change the con¬
stitution to allow a member of Students
Unlimited (handicapped) to be on the
ASB Board. A petition must be signed
by five per cent of the student body in
order for it to be placed on the ballot as
an amendment. It must then be af¬
firmed by two-thirds of the student
body that votes in an election.
Dean Jackson said, “I am very
happy about the move, the more
perspectives, the better.”
be. With modest economic support, we
can continue the Women’s Center,”
said Ms. Bourg.
The Women’s Discovery Program
continues this semester with ap¬
proximately 70 students enrolled.
Mailings were issued this summer
explaining various basic classes for
the re-entering students.
Basic English, math, history,
sociology, psychology, and a Career
Course (CCP117) are the recom¬
mended classes.
This semester the Women’s Center
continues the noon-time discussions in
October with Bill Gibson, career
guidance counselor, speaking about
recovering from a loss.
Dorothy Bodo retired last week after
28 years at PCC. Eleven of those years
were spent organizing the In¬
structional Resources Center in her
capacity as its supervisor.
From a one-room office with little
more than two file cabinets and a
student assistant, Mrs Bodo has
watched the department grow to a
three-room, multi-media center in D
Building.
The center, which began with only
241 films at its disposal, now has over
2000. “The administration has been
very generous with my budget and
very cooperative with my ideas,” Mrs.
Bodo said.
Available to teachers now are 105 16-
mm projectors and more than 800
other pieces of equipment, including
cassette tapes, tape recorders, slides,
color transparencies and projectors of
all types.
The center also employs a
photographer, a graphic artist, a
technician and its own bookkeeper.
Mrs. Bodo compared the group to a
family.
“It’s very hard for me to retire and
leave them,” she said.
Mrs. Bodo, originally from Knox¬
ville, Iowa, came to PCC in 1950 as an
attendance clerk. Later, she worked in
the Library with the audio visual
equipment, until it was suggested that
she start an instructional aid center in
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CAMPUS
Dropping Policy
Students wanting to drop a class without having a
“W” entered for the course on their permanent
records must do so by 4 p.m. today. Students enrolled
in six or more units and who drop over 50 per cent of
their units later in the semester may be subject to
progress probation. For more detailed description of
progress probation, see the September 23 issue of the
Courier.
Petitions For January Grads Due
Students planning to graduate in January 1978
must file their petitions with their counselor no later
than October 17. A student who is unsure of whether he
qualifies for graduation in January should make an
appointment with his counselor.
Business Students Receive Awards
Cheryl Chapman and Penny Pastis in the Business
Department were recently awarded $300 scholarships
by Executive Women International, a Los Angeles
professional organization whose membership is made
up of the top women executives in over 100 cor¬
porations. To qualify, students were required to finish
their freshman year of secretarial studies with a 3.5-
point average or higher. Only four scholarships were
awarded, with PCC students picking up two of them.
Sophomore ScholarshipOffered
The Carl Carney Scholarship is being offered to
students who are of sophomore standing, currently
enrolled in six or more units and have at least a 2.5
GPA. The deadline for applying is October 28. Check
with the Scholarship and Financial Aids office in D205
for further information.
New PCC-TV Season Begins
The Communication Department will soon be
airing 13 hours a week of programming on closed
circuit TV throughout the campus. Plans are un¬
derway to bring four dramatic specials, a weekly
news program, entertainment spectaculars and a
news conference called Profiles to the cafeteria,
student lounge and other campus locations. At
present, when not running regular programming, past
telecasts of PCC-TV are being viewed. The new
telecasts are expected to start next week.
Varied Programs Offered
Would you like to learn to identify plants,
poisonous, medicinal and edible? Did your brother
enlist before he was graduated from high school? Do
you have a newly arrived friend needing citizenship
instruction? How about bonsai gardening, metal
working or motorcycle mechanics? These are but a
few of the courses offered by PCC’s Office of Extended
Campus Programs.
The educational program has a vast range of
subjects available to persons 18 years old or a high
school graduate. Classes are available for high school
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campus resources she has helped to
create.
“I have heard it said that we have
the largest and best film library of any
junior college in the United States,”
she said.
Most JCs don’t even have separate
film libraries, she noted.
The center (“one of the most
productive parts of the campus”) is
responsible for copying, filing and
distributing all of the 3100 cassettes
available on campus. Some of those
are recorded from records on equip¬
ment at the facility. Also produced
here are 20,000 slides a year, most of
the transparencies used by teachers,
and many of the posters and brochures
seen around the school.
Films are purchased by teacher
request, after a viewing. The depart¬
ment previews over a thousand a year.
“I’ve seen every film we have,”
Mrs. Bodo said.
Mrs. Bodo is 63 years old and has
been opening the center at 6:30 a.m.
every weekday for the last 10 years.
She has four grandchildren and will be
moving to a “garden cottage” in San
Clemente, near her two daughters,
both PCC alumnae.
"The school has been good to me,”
she said, “and I couldn’t have existed
and raised a family without it.”
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DOROTHY BODO
Committee Formed to
Check Campus Safety
NEWS BRIEFS
credit, below high school credit and non-credit topics.
Enrollment is on a first-come first-served basis, there
is no enrollment fee for non-credit courses and no pre¬
registration. \
The program of classes is open to all persons who
reside within the Unified District within the boun¬
daries of the Pasadena Area Community College
District, namely, Pasadena, Arcadia, South
Pasadena, Temple City, San Marino, Altadena, La
Canada and Sierra Madre.
Classes are held at various locations throughout
the area. Brochures are available in C117. Manuel
Perez, Dean of Extended Campus Programs, can be
contacted at 578-7261 for further information.
Mini Emmies
More than one way exists to show affection,
gratitude and respect for your teacher. Instead of
giving the teacher an apple, buying him lunch, or
other ways unknown to others, why not nominate her
(or him) as a potential nominee for the 1978 J. Ray
Risser awards. But wait, preparations are underway
and the ballots will surface soon. Begin evaluating
teachers who you believe fit the bill.
Dr. Risser designed the awards to acknowledge
teaching superiority. He once taught at PCC. He also
served as administrator and Board of Trustees
president.
It is now required that sponsors justify their
reasons for the nomination.
Each academic department will have petitions.
Others will be available at C209 or the Public In¬
formation Office, B10.
In September 1978, the awards will be given.
Deadline for ballots is June 1, 1978.
Bicycle Regulations
Students who bicycle to school are asked to use
only designated parking areas for their bikes.
Ralph Riddle, director of Security and Parking at
PCC. recommends that cyclists not lock their bikes to
handrails, trees, or any other place not made for that
purpose. This is for the sake of the handicapped
students, particularly the seeing impaired, who may
encounter problems with the inconsistent obstacles.
Surveys are presently being taken, according to
Riddle, to determine those areas where additional
bike racks are needed. One area being considered is
near the E Building on the east side of campus.
The safest place to lock your bike is the compound
near the Women’s Gym. While the campus still suffers
with the problem of bicycle theft, there have been no
reports of such by people using the compound. A
student assistant is posted at the gompound from 7
a.m. to 9:30 or 10 p.m. on every school day.
As a further deterrent to theft, students are en¬
couraged to register their bikes, either through the
Pasadena Police Department or the Campus Security
Office.
By Mike Phillips
Feature Editor
Recommendations by insurance
analysts Mund, McLaurin and Com¬
pany have prompted the PCC Board of
Trustees to approve the formation of
an Internal Risk Management Com¬
mittee that will expand the scope of the
existing safety committee.
According to Dr. Charles F. Miller,
chairman of the committee and vice-
president of business services, one of
the primary functions of the group will
be to analyze all contracts, programs
and projects to protect the district
from possible lawsuits.
“We’re constantly running into
problems with some of our contracts,”
he said.
Such legal considerations as
liability, hold-harmless clauses and i
safety responsibilities will be
scrutinized by the committee.
Dr. Miller said that the need for such
a committee was a by-product of
today’s tendency to sue. “The college
is sued regularly,” he said. He cited as
an example a current possible lawsuit
involving a person who twisted his
ankle by the mirror pools, blaming
“gross unevenness” in the walkway.
“We’ve got to make sure that this kind
of thing is held to a minimum,” Miller
said.
Questions of liability arise whenever
PCC leases land or facilities, or bids
out construction projects. Miller said
that it would be the committee’s in¬
tention to examine new projects for
their potential danger, and advise the
board about them.
The committee will also acquire and
disseminate new safety regulations
from agencies such as the State
Division of Industrial Safety. “We’ll
make sure that everybody under¬
stands them and that they get to the
right people,” Miller said.
The committee, which will probably
meet monthly, consists of Miller, Art
Garr, facilities planner; Leonard
Knapp, director of building services;
Frank Re, assistant director of
building services; John Madden, dean
of personnel services; A1 Kauti, dean
of student activities; a department
chairman representative; a Faculty
Senate representative and a Board of
Trustees member if desired.
Dean Jackson to Serve
on Women's Commission
Phyllis Jackson, dean of student ac¬
tivities, has been appointed to the
newly formed Pasadena Commission
on the Status of Women by the
Pasadena City Board of Directors.
Active in women’s rights movement
for some time, including the battle
over the Women’s Center at PCC,
Dean Jackson’s name was put before
PHYLLIS JACKSON
the board at the urging of the Women’s
Action Coalition.
The coalition, a group of concerned
women in the community, was formed
for the sole purpose of establishing a
Status of Women Commission in
Pasadena. Having achieved its goal,
the ad-hoc group is now defunct.
The seven-member commission is
designed to aid women in any way.
Dean Jackson commented, “Our
concerns are whatever concerns
women.” They could deal with issues
ranging from job discrimination to day
care centers.
Depending upon community input,
all meetings of the committee are open
to the public. The commission’s first
meeting will be October 3 in the
auditorium at the main branch of the
Pasadena Public Library from 7 to 9
p.m.
The commission office is tem¬
porarily located at the YWCA until
space becomes available at City Hall.
A full-time staff has been employed
and can be reached by calling the
Department of Personnel at City Hall.
Dean Jackson will serve until 1981,
and she urges all women to come to the
commission’s meetings and voice their
concern.