Library has many services,materials
By TERESA KONO
The Library Resource
Center at Peninsula College
offers many additional services in addition to the
usual library functions.
Will Parsinen, media
technician, is available to
help in the media center of
the library with audiovisual aids. The media
center, located on the west
side of the library, has
individually operated listening-viewing equipment
provided in 24 carrel stations. There also are 15
listening stations operated
from a master console in
the media control room.
The carrels are equipped with phonographs,
filmstrip viewers, 8 mm
filmloop viewers, cassette
and 8-track players, video
cassette equipment, audioscans, television, slide and
cassette players, and a
super 8 video player.
Audio-visual media
available to the student are
listed alphabetically by
subject in the media catalogue at the check-out
counter. The audio-visual
aids are shelved on the
north wall of the media
center. The collection covers many topics from academic subjects to general
interest themes such as
“Programmed Math,’’
“Becoming the Person You
Want to Be.’’ “Masculinity
and Femininity,’’ and
“Meteorology.’’
“I wanted these materials to be conveniently
located so the student
would feel free to use the
aids either in conjunction
with class work or on his
own,” explains Mr. Parsinen.
Recordings of foreign
languages, poets, instructors’ lectures, shorthand
and other subjects may be
piped from the media control room to the carrels on
the west wall of the media
section. In addition, the
library can also duplicate
these recordings if the
students brings in a blank
cassette tape. Some records
can be duplicated as long as
there are copyright releases
from the company.
One day should be
allowed for copying of
tapes. The library is not
permitted to copy pop
music recordings because
of the copyright laws.
“One of the biggest
problems students have is
not getting the name from
their instructor of the material they want to use. It
would help us a lot if they
got the title’’, Will says.
He is also available to
help students prepare
audio-visual presentations
for course work. “We are
here to help any student in
an A/V approach in any of
his work. Students should
come in and see me if they
think I might be able to
help’’, he says.
Equipment also is
available for showing films
and slides, students should
see Mr. Parsinen about
checking out this equipment.
“Every year the use of
equipment and A/V services has grown’’, he states.
A television studio will
be ready by the end of the
month. All of the equipment has arrived, including
three cameras, a mixer,
and special effects generator. Mr. Parsinen stated
that it will have the ability
to make productions similar
to TV productions. This*
equipment will be especially useful for advertising
class commercials, training
tapes, and forestry projects.
Trustee Scholarships available
The Peninsula College
Trustees have approved
two $300 scholarships, to
be awarded to a second
year vocational-technical
student, and to a sophomore intending to complete a transfer program.
To be eligible, the
applicant must have completed 45 credits at PC
show satisfactory progress
toward meeting degree requirements, and must have
a cumulative grade point
average of 3.75. The scholarships will be enough to
pay tuition, operating fees,
service and activities fees,
and records fees for three
quarters. Applications are
now being taken.
Deadline is Nov. 1.
‘America’ film to show
films represent his attempt
to express “the true American heritage, which, in
spite of its almost continuous betrayal since the
beginning, is something
most Americans are only
vaguely aware of.’’
In the films, which ran
on television several years
ago, Cooke describes his
first impressions as an
outsider looking at America, and the aspects of this
country that attracted him
and influenced him to become a naturalized citizen
more than 30 years ago.
In Tuesday’s film,
Cooke maintains that compromise was the basis of
the Constitution, and that
the secret debates at Independence Hall involving
Hamilton, Mason and Madison set the precedence for
modern politics. The film
also details how the character of the new republic
was shaped and expanded
by the westward surge.
“Inventing a Nation,’’
the fourth in a series of 13
free films co-produced by
BBC-TV and Time-Life
Films, will be presented
Tuesday noon in the Little
Theater.
The “America’’ series
is written and narrated by
Alistair Cooke, former correspondent for the British
newspaper, The Manchester Guardian. The films
show only original locales,
historical paintings and
prints of scenes from contemporary life, rather than
any dramatizations. The
college has sponsored
Cooke’s “Civilization,’’
“The Ascent of Man,’’ and
“How Then Shall We
Live?’’ series in previous
years.
The series is a “oneman tour through the history of the land and the
people who made it the
United States of America,’
says Cooke. He said the
Election winners named
Voter turnout for Peninsula College fall elections
last Friday was “the largest
we’ve ever had,’’ according
to ASC vice president Galen Tornaby. Voter turnout
normally averages 13 to 15
percent. This year’s turnout was 30 percent.
In the run for freshman
class representatives the
three winners were Nancy
Bridges, Steve Shirley and
Kathy Good.
Julie Thomas, Dan
Hazel and Penny Richmond
were the three sophomore
representatives elected,
while Pam Christensen and
write-ins Dawn Kopis and
Mikie Gear will be filling
the positions of pep boosters this year.
Scholarships available
Applications are available at the Student Services
office for a scholarship of at
least $400 offered by the
Washington Optometric
Association Auxiliary to be
used toward tuition at an
accredited college of optometry.
The $400 award is
matched by some colleges
of optometry making the
scholarship total $800.
Deadline for applications is
dec. 15.
Lunch tickets, Facilities outlined for students
If you’re new at Peninsula College and still
trying to find your way
around, here are some
hints on where to find what:
The lunch line in the
PUB offers the choice of
three entrees, and salad
bar, all you can eat for
$1.65.
One can even get a
meal ticket on a monthly or
weekly basis, and save
money too. For every four
tickets one is given free.
One can buy tickets in any
combination, for breakfast,
lunch, or dinner, from
Chuck Urbanowicz, SAGA
manager.
Campus restrooms are
located in the humanities
building, the PUB, the art
room, and the librarylounge. There is a study area upstairs in the library, as well as a smoking area in the lounge. Pop machines are in the art room, and in the mail room in the administration building. Teachers’ -boxes also are located in the administration building. Letu – to the editor of the Bucc
Editorial
Litter has its place; laziness doesnt
‘ Peninsula College is fortunate to have one of the
most beautiful campuses in Washington state. But it is no
accident that is happened that way.
Our campus is the product of planning and maintenance by a great many people who had more than our
educations in mind. They were and are people who care
about the land itself, and the particular use made of it.
We enjoy walking around campus and noting the new
gardening projects taking shape and the old ones
blossoming out all over. But the thorn on the rose is the
litter we see in among the beauty: mostly whiskey bottles,
beer cans and empty cigarette packages.
We would think that by the time students are old
enough to obtain those types of products, they are old
enough to have learned a little responsibility—or at least
to care about their environment. There are certainly
enough receptacles for trash scattered around the campus
and there is no reason why anyone need mar the natural
beauty. It’s just plain laziness.
Too often we care too little about things until they hit
us somewhere other than our pride. If we get a flat tire
because of broken glass on the parking lot, we may get
angry and mutter about careless people and their litter.
But it doesn’t happen to enough of us, apparently, so we
continue to see “care less” attitudes . . . and litter.
The gardeners, on the other hand, work hard to
remove the scattered debris, and we are grateful. But it
shouldn’t be there in the first place. We remember a time
when the Hudson River and the Great Lakes were full of
natural beauty. What happened to them can happen to us.
All it takes is for a few people to catch the “I don’t care”
virus and spread it around. We all know how fast germs
work to multiply; faster than most calculators.
The next time you see one of your friends toss some
of his garbage on your campus, haul him up short. Prick
his conscience a little bit. Tell him if he doesn’t care, you
do. Litter and lazy people should both be put in their
places.
—Cathy Logg
A look at the artists-
Music world mourns moon
By BRIAN RIPLEY
The death of drummer
Keith Moon of the English
rock band the Who ranks as
one of the tragedies of
recent rock history. He died
on Sept. 7, about a week
after the release of the
band’s first album in three
years, entitled “Who Are
You.” His death at age 31
was attributed to an overdose of the prescription
drug Haminevrin.
Moon was notorious
for his excessive drinking
and drug use, and for such
antics as driving a car into a
swimming pool, nailing all
of the furniture in his motel
room to the ceiling, and
literally destroying his
drum kit during a concert.
Despite his flair for the
unorthodox, Moon was the
driving force musically for
the Who during the past 14
years. He was a pioneer in
the field of percussion, and
his talents were limitless.
His inventiveness, combined with the brilliant songwriting of composer Peter
Townshend, have enabled
the Who to establish themselves alongside the Stones
and the Beatles as one of
the top-ranked rock bands
of all time.
“Who Are You” is a
powerful and sometimes
moving album that displays
the solid impact of such
earlier efforts as “Who’s
Next” and “Tommy”. While Moon’s drumming
remains superb, it is the
vocals of Roger Daltrey that
provide the basis for this
album’s success. He explodes in “Had Enough”, a
song that expresses anger
at “being trodden on”, and
his singing in “Sister Disco”, Townshend’s anti
disco anthem, is incomparable.
But it is in the title
song, the final cut on the
recording, that Daltrey
truly demonstrates his capabilities to the fullest. The
song, a six-minute masterpiece, is a confident and
vibrant rendering that is
reminiscent of an earlier
work by the group titled
“Won’t Get Fooled
Again”. Moon’s steady
pulsating drums guide the
chorus through their chant,
“Whoooo/Are You?” while
Daltrey shouts back, “I
really want to know!” in
this, the climactic finale of
the album.
The timeliness of this
album is evidenced in John
Entwistle’s “905”, a song
about a test-tube baby. “In
suspended animation,”
cries Entwistle, “My childhood passed me by/If I
speak without emotion/
Then you know the reason
why.” An aura of futility
seems to surround this
«number, as Entwistle declares that “Everything I
know is what I need to
know” and “Every idea in
my head/Someone else has
said.”
In “Music Must
Change” the Who seem to
be issuing a promise for the
future of music. “Deep in
the back of my mind there’s
an unrealised sound,”
sings Roger Daltrey. Ironically, this is the only song
on the album in which
Keith Moon does not appear, because its 6/8 time
signature is not suited to
his style of percussion.
Nonetheless, Moon’s
overall contribution to rock
music has been overwhelming. He has played a
significant role in guiding
the Who from their emergence in the mid-60’s to
their present status at the
top of the music world. His
death at a young age cut
short a brilliant career, and
the world has suffered the
irreplaceable loss of a creative genius.
Management club elects new officers
Newly elected officers
of the Peninsula College
Management Club are Larry Jones, president; Karen
Swanberg, first vice president; Bill Kopp, second
vice president and club
historian; Debbie Kampfield, secretary; Marka
Steadman, treasurer; and
Bill Knapp, sergeant at
arms.
Purpose of the club is
to help people interested in
a business profession.
Through selling concessions at basketball games
and having a time-management workshop for the
Peninsula Area, the club
financed three full scholarships in business management.
Members of the club
are in the mid-management
program, business administration majors, alumni,
and honorary members,
adults who have contributed in an outstanding
manner to the welfare of
the field of management.
The Management Club
meets every Friday. Wilfred Morrish is the club’s
adviser.
Letters
Circle K in need
Editor, the Buccaneer:
This year Peninsula
College is very lucky to
have a club called Circle K.
But I am sorry to say I
should reword that, we will
be lucky to have a Circle K.
We have everything we
need except for the backbone of the club and that is
members. Anyone can join
our meeting on Thursdays
at 12 in the board room
unless notified otherwise.
Circle K will be a great
club if we get some members. Just drop in on
Thursday and find out if
you like it. No obligations.
Please let your Circle K be
a success.
Heather Patterson
Circle K President
ASC prexy says
Your participation is key
With the 1978-79 academic school year already
well into the fall quarter,
I’d like to take a few
minutes of your time to
expose to you some of the
many activities and happenings currently going on
at PC.
First off, our premier
dance two weeks ago with
beattie s popular Rail and
Company was a pleasing
success. I thank you all
We have pre-scheduled dances throughout the
remainder of the school
year with a few in the
planning stages at present
for dates in between those
already scheduled.
Besides dances, I encourage you to involve
yourselves in PC’s expanding intramural program,
public and student related
activities, special speakers
and music programs
brought onto campus, film
series, guest poets, and the
many other varied activities
provided for your enjoyment and recreation.
Peninsula College is>
in my opinion, one of the
finer community colleges m
the Northwest with varied
and increasingly extensive
activity programs. Your
PARTICIPATION in these
activities is the basis
making your stay at PC
more enjoyable and mem
orable experience.
-Jim Cameron
Fries on top of IM football race
French’s Fries and the
chumps opened Peninsula’s intramural flag football season on Monday,
Oct. 9, with the Fries
stopping the Chumps 6-0
The game was a defensive battle throughout its
entirety, with both teams
unable to score in the first
half. With only five plays
left in the game, Fries
quarterback Galin Hester
pitched out to John Holm,
who scampered six yards to
paydirt. On the final play of
the game the Chumps versatile quarterback Paul
Graves tried to connect
with Kerry Berlin in the
Fries end zone but the final
attempt failed.
In the second game of
the season the French Fries
stayed undefeated as they
toppled the Kox 14-7.
On Friday Kox and the
Chumps met, both looking
for their first win of the
season, and the Chumps
lost another tough game
6-0. The only score of the
game came when Steve
Wasnock threw an alley-
oop to Paul Beck.
The games are played
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, with each team
playing three or four times
during the season.
Gym hours announced
The Peninsula College
gymnasium is open to the
students for use of the
basketball court, weight
room and showers during
various hours of the day.
The basketball court is
open for play every day at
noon and on Monday and
Thursday nights from 8 to
10 p.m. The other facilities
are open for use from 9 to 1
and 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays,
from 10 to 11 a.m. and 3 to
5 p.m. Tuesdays, from 9 to
10 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.
Wednesdays, from 10 to 11
a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.
Thursdays, and from 8 to 11
a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. on
Fridays.
Pirate Pete’s Pal
Forestry major is team’s spiker
By RACHEL LEWIS
“It feels great to be on
the team that finally won
and we expect to win more
this season,’’ Jenny Webber says.
Jenny is the spiker for
the Peninsula College volleyball team, although at
the beginning of the season
she was a setter. The team
now has one setter and one
spiker because of a change
in the defense strategy.
She played volleyball
in high school for two years
butsays this team is better.
“Maybe not in the
win-loss column, but the
team works more as a unit
and everybody puts out a
lot of hustle in practice and
still has fun,’’ she says.
She is also captain of
the volleyball team but
doesn’t really think about it
much, except on game
days.
Jenny graduated from
Port Angeles High last
spring and is glad to be in
college. She likes the freedom and general atmosphere.
Jenny is enrolled in the
Forestry Porgram and says
the classes are “not too
bad—yet.’’ She likes being
in the outdoors rather than
sitting at a desk, which is
one of the reasons she
chose forestry as her major.
One of her other sports
interests is playing badmin*-
ton. She started about six
years ago and went to the
national badminton finals.
Meets were held in many
cities around the country,
such as Philadelphia and
San Jose, and she liked
seeing the different areas
of the United States. She
and her partner placed
second in the nation in the
doubles competition.
Unfortunately Jenny
had to sit out her senior
year in high school because
of a neck injury acquired
from a diving accident from
swimming. She is going to
start badminton again, but
right now volleyball is
enough. She spends extra
time after practice and
figures “this team can beat
anyone if they can cut down
on their mistakes and keep
their spirits up.’’
Volleyballer’s off to slow start
The Peninsula Pirates
girls volleyball team won its
opening match of the season October 5, defeating
Seattle Central Community
College in Seattle. It was
Peninsula’s first win in at
least three years of league
play, according to Coach
Nancy Meinke.
The girls, who play a
best-of-five match, lost to
the defending champion
Shoreline team in .their
home opener 3-0, and they
also dropped their next
match in Bellevue by the
same score.
In a tightly contested
match played in Everett,
the squad won the opening
game but lost the last
three, despite the efforts of
Karen Hopkins, who Coach
Meinke says played an excellent defensive game at
the net with strategic dinking and blocking. All of the
games in this match were
close, as neither team won
by more than three points.
The Pirates’ luck continued in the same pattern
when they traveled to Skagit Valley in Friday the 13th,
where they lost the first two
games and rallied to win
the next, but lost the final
in what Meinke termed a
“super-close’’ match. She
credits Pirate hitter Joanne
Ross with an excellent
serving job and Sheila
Murphy and Jenny Weber
with good offensive play.
The team will play
here again on Oct. 27,
facing Edmonds at 4:30.
Are dormies responsible?
By RICK ROSS
The PC leisure time and intramural programs’are off
to a bad start this year and something has to be done
about it. Who shall we blame? The administration? The
director? No. How about picking on the students? To
narrow it down even more, why not give the blame to the
dorm residents.
The reason our programs are failing is simply
because of the lack of participation. I’m sure everyone is
getting tired of hearing this point but when IM director
Nancy Meinke still has to leave room for entrants, two
weeks after play has begun in intramurals, there’s definitely a problem.
What’s the difference between this year and last
year? Last year many of the dormies got it together and
had some fun. This year, rumor has it, all they do is sit
around and watch game shows on television.
It’s really not fair putting the blame on a group In
general, but dorm residents are a significant part of Peninsula’s younger population and their absence is
important.
Of the three football teams competing in the fall IM
program this year there are very few, if any, dorm
students involved. Why?
The male population in the PC dorms is unusually high
this year, so what are they all doing? According to Nancy
Meinke, many are taking advantage of PC’s “open gym”
twice a week, accounting for at least some interest in
athletics. Nancy added that she is still accepting entrants
into fall intramurals, so there is no reason why someone
can’t recruit a few dormies and get with it.
City hires Graves as department head
Ted Graves
Ted Graves, data processing supervisor for Peninsula College, has left his
position here to accept a
position with the city of
Port Angeles as head of its
accounting department.
The city is converting to a
new computer system to
handle billings and other
accounting functions.
“The position is an
accounting position, but
my expertise in data processing is the asset they are
most in need of’ ’, he
stated.
Mr. Graves came to
Peninsula in the fall of 1974
when the computer system
was introduced as part of
the registration procedure,
and his position became
permanent in the summer
of 1976.
Replacing Mr. Graves
will be Carolyn Spiess, who
has worked under his supervision for the past two
and a half years. Among
the responsibilities Mrs.
Spiess will be assuming are
training of new computer
input personnel who are
hired during registration
periods, verifying student
biographical information,
planning for output reports
of enrollment data used by
the college, and preparatory work required for
registration.
“I* feel rather apprehensive but challenged. It’s
going to be a learning
process. I’m going to have
to take it day by day. I’ve
got a strong background, so
I think I can handle the
job’’, she says.
Mrs. Spiess will no
. longer be working as a
counseling aid for the Student Services Office. She
operated the computer terminal using the Washington Occupational Information System.
Mr. Graves will continue to instruct his accounting course, BA 11,
this quarter and also will
continue to teach his evening class, Math 115AN,
introduction to computer
programming.
Student standout
Editor busy with Music, Science
By SANDIE DAVIS
Karen Wright, this
year’s editor of Tidepools,
is a busy person—by her
own choice. In her two
years on the Peninsula,
Karen has become involved
in a number of activities,
both academic and social.
She was born in Seattle
and reared in Bellevue. Her
move to the Olympic Peninsula was a result of her
father’s retirement from
teaching.
This is her second year
at Peninsula College,
where she is taking science
and music courses.
When she grows up,
she wants to be an occupational therapist, working
in the rehabilitation of the
injured and handicapped by
using creative projects instead of exercise to regain
muscle control and stimulate the mind.
“I hope to incorporate
my interest in music, writing, dance and art in this
profession,” she adds.
Her involvement with
Tidepools, the college literary magazine, and her
interest in the harpsichord
add to her goals for the
future.
Karen is excited about
editing Tidepools this year.
“I’m enjoying learning
how to write poetry and
short stories through Tidepools. I know it will take a
lot of work but it will be
great fun,’’ she says.
Her interest in the
harpsichord, was induced
by music instructor Dr.
Marvin Pollard.
“Not too many people
know it exists. People are
always surprised when they
find me practicing, and
invariably stay to hear
more,’’’ she says-.
For occupational purposes, Karen teaches piano
and plays accompaniment
for the choir. She hopes one
day to be able to afford to
buy a harpsichord.
Socially, Karen leads
an unusual life. She helper
form the Peaking Tom
Mountaineering Association, which she says was
realized by a “bunch of
loonies who enjoy doing
things outdoors.’’
The club was inaugurated atop Mt. Angeles,
and celebrated its first
anniversary Oct. 15.
Karen also is a member of a floating poker party
club which meets every two
weeks.
“Once we played in a
sauna. We don’t play for
pennies, though, because
that’s gambling,” she added quickly.
In a concluding statement about PC, Karen said,
“It is refreshing to be in
constant contact with teachers and students who aren’t
afraid of being weird.
Luckily, she considers
her weirdness a positive
thing.
Chaplin, Keaton films to show
Two silent movies will
be shown in Peninsula
College Little Theater Monday at 7 p.m. The films are
“The General’’, starring
Buster Keaton, who also
directed it; and “City
Lights’’, starring Charlie
Chaplin as the Little
Tramp.
“The General’’ is a
1926 comedy about a stolen
Civil War locomotive. Keaton plays the part of an
engineer rejected by the
Confederate Army. He sets
out in pursuit behind Yankee lines to recapture the
stolen engine, then heads it
back towards the Confederate line. The movie was
recently selected as the
second greatest comedy of
all time in an international poll.
In “City Lights’’,
Chaplin befriends a poor
blind flower girl while
posing to her as a millionaire. He works at many odd
jobs to earn the money that
will pay for an eye operation to restore her sight.
He encounters many hardships, as the little tramp,
but manages to save the
money for the operation.
The girl’s vision is restored, and she discoveres that
her “millionaire’’ friend is
really a shabby little tramp.
There is still time to
sign up for the non credit
class, Art of the Film. The
cost is $8.50 for full-time
Peninsula College students, and $10 for others.
A money back guarantee is offered to anyone who
can’t attend the films or
doesn’t like them.
Two French movies
with English subtitles will
be shown Oct. 30 in the
Little Theater. The films
are “Boudu Saved from
Drowning’’ and “Under the
Roofs of Paris’’.
Day Care available
Day care services are
still available for Peninsula
College students and others
in the community. Application for registration of
children may be made at
the student center or by
calling the director at Peninsula College, extension
279.
The center at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church,
510 E. Park, still has room
in the afternoon for child
ren between the ages of 2*/z
and 6 years, according to
director Susan Lynch.
The fees are 97 cents
per hour, 65 cents per hour
for full time students who
pay in advance.
The children are provided with snacks and preschool education programs.
Parents are planning and
designing a playfield to be
built in a lot behind the
center.
Drama class chooses play
After a week of uncertainty, students of Jim
Lunt’s drama class have
chosen the play, “Many
Moons”, for production
this fall quarter.
Mr. Lunt said he
originally had hoped to
produce a play that called
for 15 male and nine female
cast members, but “Many
Moons” will be more suitable for the present class
membership. He would
have needed several more
students to participate in
order to have produced the
play he previously intended
to present, he said.
Adapted for stage by
Charlotte Chorpening, who
also wrote the script for the
college’s 1976 production of
“The Emperor’s New
Clothes”, “Many Moons”
is based on a short story by
James Thurber.
The play deals with the
search of a king and his
somewhat bumbling count
for a cure to the unknown
illness of his daughter, the
Princess Lenore. Caught in
the midst of this quest are a
pretentious chamberlain,
whose wife . attempts to
bring him back down to
earth; an inept wizard who
is also “aided” by his own
wife; a mathematician who,
as one of the women says,
“hasn’t any wife to tell him
what to do”; a nurse, who
strives to cure all disease
through the use of a thermometer; the king himself,
whose excessive concern
for his daughter’s wellbeing causes him to stumble into things; and a court
jester who would exercise
some common sense to
make the princess happy—
if only the others would let
him.
Production dates have
been established for Nov.
16, 17 and 18. Casting
arrangements were not
available at press time.