The Banner - January 10, 1975

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Students Encouraged
To Pre-Register
Students wishing to avoid the
long lines and hassles of registration, may do so by pre-registering.,
Pre-registration will be held
Jan. 13-15 from 8:30 a.m. to 12
noon and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. All students whoare currently enrolled and not on probation
are  encouraged  to  pre-register.
According to registrar Donald
Hokett, pre-registration will be
on the .first come, first serve basis.
All students wishing to pre-
register must follow the following
steps: (1) pick upa financial clearance from the Accounting Office,
(2) pick up an enrollment packet
from the Registrar's Office, (3)
secure an advisor card from the
Dean   of   Student   Affairs  Office,
(4) fill out a temporary schedule
and get the signature of your advisor - then return to the Registrar's Office, (5) obtain the signature of the Academic Dean on
your enrollment card, and(6)complete registration with the Business Office. . -
Several new classes will be offered next semester. Among the
new classes are Problems and
Practices in Criminal Justice, The
Human Condition in Historical
Perspective, and the Woman's Role
in Society.
Students must complete registration during the three days
(Jan. 13-15). All pre-registered
students do not need to return to
campus until classes resume, on
Feb. 3.
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OLIVIA TUSTISON begins work on a new piece with the aid of her Apollo Portareader.
Everything You Wanted
To Know About Women    Blind Student Pursues
Music Degree With TV
But Were Afraid To Ask
by Farlie Finley
Women - where have they been,
where arc the} now and where are
they going? These are some basic
questions that -«iii fee explored by
a new class - Womens Role In
Society - being team-taught by
Gene Thompson, and Dr. Margaret
Dana.
The course will explore the historical background of women and
how their roles have developed and
progressed through the 19th and
20th centuries.
Emily Bronte's novel, Jane
Eyre, will bethehistorical springboard, showing the role of women
during the 19th century.
The upper-division course will
be offered next semester on Monday evenings from 3:00 to 5:30.
The 3 units for the course can be
counted for either English or Behavioral Science credit.
Since the team-teaching method
will be used in the class, each
teacher will specialize in their
area of study, Dr. Dana's being
the Hterary and Gene Thompson's
being   social   and   psychological.
They will divide the class time
into two sections and earn will
lead class discussions relevant
to their field and to the complete OLIVIA TUSTISON is a CBC slu-
B> Debbie Murphey
area of womens roies:
In the literary portion of the
course, Dr. Dana plans to examine the characters of the books
and the problems they face, rather
than evaluating the work as a piece
of literature. Her desire is to encourage the students into discussions about how their lives may
be affected by some of the same
conflicts faced by the characters
in the books they will read.
Gene Thompson hopes that
through discussion and the reading
of such books as Male and Female,
by Margaret Mead, that both men
and women who take the class will
recognize their opportunity to be
and do whatever they want with
their lives.
Mrs. Thompson said, "Everyone
can quote theirfavorite Bible verse
as to what the woman's role is.
We are going to try to achieve an
overall understanding of what the
Bible says and perhaps dispell
some misconceptions.
"Madwoman" Play Slated
Have you ever seen or heard of
a prospector who finds oil by tasting water? Or three madwomen
discussing the future of the human
race over cups of tea? Or a doctor
who specializes in the extraction of
bunions and corns?
These can all be found in the
Drama Department's zany new
production, The Madwoman of
Chaillot. One scene, directly out
of this Jean Giraudoux's play, has
already been tested before a live
audience in the December variety
show.
The play will be shown on Feb.
28 and March 1. The cast will consist of approximately 40 hard -
working actors. Some ofthe characters have already been cast, but
several parts are still open. If students have an interest in drama,
and would like to be in the play,
they should come to the drama
office  and   convey their interest.
Lily Pan-Diehl To Give Recital
Duo pianists, Lily Pan Diehl,
currently teaching music classes
at CBC, and Alan Rea will present
a music recital this week. The
program includes: Sonta in D Major, K. 448 by Mozart; Variations
on a Theme of Beethoven, Opus 35
by Camille Saint-Saens; En blanc
et noir by Debussy; Variations on
a Theme of Beethoven by Alan Rea;
Rondo in C Major, Opus 73 by
Chopin.
The recital will be held in the
Music Recital Hall at California
State University, Fresno. It will
take place Sunday, Jan. 12, at
8 p.m. Admission is free.
dent who spends most of her study
time watching television.
The 21-year-old junior from
Bakersfield isn't really lazy or a
poor student, however, and her
television set doesn't tune in the
major networks. Olivia, or "Liv-
vey," as her friends call her,
studies and practices music
through the use ofan Apollo Portareader, a unique machine that uses
a laser beam to enlarge printing
for the near-blind.
THOUGH NOT COMPLETELY
BLIND, Livvey has a history of
poor eyesight, dating back through
childhood. She reads Braille some,
and has a Braille Bible in several
volumes in her room in Simmons
Hall. She. has 10 percent vision
in one eye, and sees shadows in the
other.
Following her high school graduation she received special training in techniques for blind persons
at the Orientation Center for the
Blind in Albany. There she learned
Braille, in addition to cooking and
sewing "blindfolded."
"I WAS THERE SIX months and
two days," she laughingly recalled,
. ''tut looking back I can see the
Lord led me there. I met other
Christians and had a chance to
share with other students."
Following graduation from the:
center, Livye> entered Bakersfield
College in the spring of 1972,
and graduated last June with an
A.A. degree. "I had visited CBC
once'and really felt the Lord wanted me here this year," she said.
SHE PLAYS VOLLEYBALL, is
active in the CBC Bowling League
as well as concert and chapel
choirs, and serves as asharegroup
leader on her wing.
In addition, Livvey has played
the piano since she was eight years
old and Jiopes to earn a B.A. in
music from CBC. "I used to have
my piano music sent away and enlarged so I could read it," she
said,   "but  when   I   was a senior
STUDENT C.T.A.
The Student C.T.A. will meet
Monday, Jan. 13 at 10 a.m. in
room 125.
»i*N-hi#h school my eyes started
to ucicrtoi ate—arret—+-^iau to quit
taking lessons."
"I wanted to. be a music major
and couldn't read music anymore,"
she said. 'That was pretty depressing." But, she added, she
continued to play from memory on
her own after the lessons stopped.
A discovery last year regenerated Livvey's hopes of studying the
piano seriously. "Last summer 1
saw the Portareader for the first
time and thought it would be great;
just what I needed to start taking
music again. So I put it on my
prayer list right away."
A concerned Sunday School
teacher at Livvey's church in Bakersfield shared her request with
the church, and, unknown to her,
the money for the purchase of
the Portareader was raised two
weeks before school started.
"I was really in a state of shock
for about a week," Livvey said.
"I just praise the Lord for that
machine; now I can memorize and
learn musicagain." She performed
time  m four years
in    a    LL)iiCL:i X    lliUb
for the first
la^t iii o ii i h
class.
How does Livvey's "television"
work? She explained, "The machine sets on top of the piano and
the camera focuses on the music,
enlarging it (on the screen). It
can change the contrast from
black-white to white-b|ack-, too."
The machine allows her to read a
measure at a time, "which is pretty slow," she said, "but I'm glad
to be playing the piano again."
She said she still memorizes almost all of her music, something
which has helped developher sharp
memory.
After graduation from CBC, Livvey hopes to earn a master's degree in music or special education.
"I'd like to teach blind people, or
else someday teach piano and
choral music," she said.
To her friends at CBC, Livvey
is enthusiasm personified. "I'll
try anything if I think I can do it,"
she said. "I don't let things get
in my wav."
.
New Junior Proxy
Slates Meeting
"Ring out the old, ring in the
new" has long been a New Year's
cliche, one that the junior class
officers are taking seriously this
semester.
First of all, the class has a new
president, Carlene Gardner. A diversified major in hopes of becoming a teacher, MissGardner is
the activities board secretary and
a share group leader. She is active
in her church, teaching Sunday
School and singing in the choir.
The former revival team fellowship leader enjoys writing poetry,
is an avid reader, and collects
"anything and everything that might
serve as a teaching aid".
Concerning class apathy, the new
president said, "I was never involved in student government before and now that 1 am, I can see
how much power that the students
have in their school environment
if they get involved. The students
pay for candy-gram sand bake sales
but never come to class meetings
to see where their money goes."
On Jan. 13 the junior class is
holding a meeting to discuss a
little-old business and a lot of
new business. The new business
to be pondered will concern various money-raising projects occurring throughout the spring semester. They will also nominate
a candidate for homecoming queen
in addition to selecting a speaker
for a Chapel Bible coming in the
near future.
'There is a possibility that all
this may not intrigue you," remarked Miss Gardner, "but come
and have a cookie anyway." The
meeting will be held in Simmons
hall, 3rd floor lounge at 9:00 p.m.