Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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I SFOK ' IS [Intercollegiate ) In recent years college sports has been the focus of attention by many college students. They are becoming more and more involved in sports and other related activities. Junior colleges and universities are being recognized for their sports and many articles have been written about them. Games and events are covered by newspapers and magazines, all over, other than just their home town. Some schools are often recognized more by their ath- letic teams such as Notre Dame, Ohio State, UCLA; rather than by their academic programs. Here at P.B.J.C. we are noted for both. Our sports program is one of the best in the state, and many students come from neighboring states just to attend it. In the educational department our program is that of good standards, for example the Foodservice program is by far one of the best on the East Coast. Of our other major sports events JC offers an extremely good curriculum in baseball and basketball. Our basketball team which starts its season in the beginning of Novem- ber, puts much time and effort in. (five days a week) and is coached by Mr. Cerevola. The team itself ranks high among junior colleges and there are hopes for another exellent season. In baseball and basketball, we com- pete with neighboring junior colleges such as Broward; Central and North, Dade; North and South, Indian River, ect. Among these various junior col- leges our baseball team ranks presently number one on the sports poll. Coach- ed by Coach Rhoades, this team puts in many practicing hours, five days a week in pre-season and seven days a week the first few weeks in full season. Several of our baseball players are being drafted into the professional leagues. Of all our players in the last three years, seven of them have been appointed to sign contracts with the major leagues. Another path that some take is on to the universities and play in the major games. All of this contributes to the reputation of our sports program and also to our school. Another major factor that plays a big part in intercolligiate sports is grants and scholarships. At P.B.J.C. they are offered in all our sports fields. In baseball for instance, the coach scouts all throughout the neighboring high schools, evaluates players and signs up students that he feels would be an asset to the team. They are then offered scholarships. Depending on the sport, these grants vary from covering tuition and books to meals and room and board. Doreen Walsh

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sroiris The students have requested scuba courses so the intramural board has brought in scuba instructors to teach the class. The intramural board also pays half of the cost for each student. Sailing is the most recent inovation. Money was budgeted to purchase sail- boats. With the help of student gover- ment and the intramural board they now have four new boats and three used boats. They are hoping to put sailing in physical education as a credit course. Right now sailing is available to those students who demonstrate their knowledge and ability to sail the boats and they are all free. They are available everyday Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The turkey trot is held around Thanksgiving and is basically a long distance running event. Turkey ' s and chickens are given out as prizes. The event is set up in a 30 minute running period. The person running the most miles in 30 minutes is declared the winner. The jogging course on campus is one mile in length. It utilizes areas around the Physical Education area that normally would not be used. They are hoping to turn it into a fitness trail where every so often there would be an exercise position on the jogging course. Badminton, punt-pass-kick contest are new inovations this year. Volley- ball has always been popular, and is usually played at night. Tennis tourn- aments are held annually. The program is designed to provide the students with an opportunity to practice and participate in the things they can do. In the Physical Educa- tion Department when specialized equipment, or a trained instructor is not available, they try to obtain in- structors form the student body. This gives greater opportunity for more students to participate in the activities The students abil- ity is not important, all the student needs is desire. Recreational activities are and sho- uld be a desireable part of a student ' s program of education. they are interested in. The intramural board wants to think in terms of giving the students the opportunity to develop a sense of worthy use of leisure time. They will provide the students with the oppor- tunity to earn the presidental sports award. This program is sponsered by the President ' s Council on Physical Fitness. Once you participate in an activity and meet the qualifying stand- ards then they send it to Washington D. C, and get a embroidered patch, a certificate signed by the President, and an emblem pin all for $3.00. Several students have completed this test while many are in the process, and that was one of the purposes in devel- oping the jogging trot. The intramural board has instituted a T - shirt award. Every student who participates in intramural activities gets a free T - shirt with the Pacers emblem and Palm Beach Junior Col- lege written on the front. Vanessa Rood

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(iOVKKXOKS] ( S.G.A. ) What is S.G.A. anyway? The pur- pose of the Student Goverment As- sociation, explained by Sharon Chris- tianbury the president of S.G.A. is quite simple: Unify the student body. Encourage cooperation between the administration and the student bo- dy. Encourage intelligent interests in all phases of college life. Increase a sense of individual res- ponsibility. Great, so we know what the pur- pose is. How does the S.G.A. work? An executive board is chosen each term from the student body consisting of a president, vice-president, secre- tary and treasurer. These four stu- dents are the go-betweens for the administration to the student body. Members of the administration go to the executive board with problems, suggestions, or general input in an effort to help the administration. This system also works in reverse. When the executive board has a special pro- blem or suggestion they then approach one of the administrators. Among the other tasks of the S.G.A. is to see that any available funds are put to good use. The other group involved In stu- dent governing is the senate. They play a role in obtaining the student opinion necessary to the workings of student goverment, as well as handling specific problems with committee wo- rk. Steve Tortorici r i.cc. The Inter Club Council (ICC) is the controling council of the nine active clubs at Palm Beach Junior College. ICC was formed as a link between the clubs and the Student Activity Fee Committee (SAFC). Each club must have a represenative present at all ICC meetings, but Chairperson Ana Govoni says that they ' re still not getting full attendance; recommendations have be- en made that any clubs missing two or more meetings will not receive any ad- ditional funding. ICC has broken down its allocated six per cent of the Student Activity Fee into eleven equal parts, which to- tals $3187.32. Each of the nine clubs will receive $289.75 and the additional two parts will be for ICC ' s fall term budget. The nine clubs be ing sponsored by ICC are Bread and Board, Chi Sigma, Circle K, Early Childhood Club (ECC), Phi Theta Kappa, Organization of Afro Americans (OAA), Science Club, and Student Contractors and Builders. ICC, consisting of Chairperson, Ana Govoni; Vice-Chairperson, Joe Durando; Secretary, Fred St. Laurent; Treasurer, Chari Collins; and their ad- visor Helen Diedrich, meets every Fri- day with the club represenatives in the Hotel Motel room. These meetings may seem slightly unorganized to the average person but after sitting thro- ugh two of these meetings I was sur- prised at the amount of work that the officers of the club do, especially the Chairperson, Ana Govoni and the Sec- retary, Fred St. Laurent. Ana Govoni looks at her job as chairperson of ICC as that of being an over worked bookeeper. Chuck Andersen