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THE CANYON CALL

Vol. VI, No. 5 COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS December 4, 1975

Retain Quarter

System For '76

By Peggy Freeman
College of the Canyons, ap-
parently, will remain on the quarter
system at least through the 1976-77
school year.
"I think it's unlikely that we will
be picked as one of the pilot districts
for a lot of reasons," said Gary
Mouck, assistant superintendent,
instruction, and COC's vice presi-
dent.
"There's no doubt that we will
probably have the same calendar
next year as we do now."
COC is currently under con-
sideration by California's office of
the Chancellor of California Com-
munity Colleges as a pilot school for
a flexible calendar. Mouck said, "If
the pilots are successful, then
subsequent legislation in 1977 may
allow all districts to convert."
The basic advantage of the pro-
posed new system is its flexibility.
,, "The traditional semester or early
start semester is not a flexible
calendar," insisted Mouck. "We can
only have a flexible calendar if the
Chancellor's office picks us as a pilot
district."
Mouck suggested, "If we're not
picked, there are still advantages to
going to a semester; it would just
be an old-fashioned semester, ex-
cept we would move the starting
date ahead so classes end before
Last year's queen, Lauri Haynes (right), crowns Valarie Nocciolo, COC's Homecoming Queen for 1975. A lai;ge home
Christmas.
crowd looked on at recent Homecoming activities durinl[ halltime of the Compton College game. Crowning was "There's no reason to have that
punctuated by fireworks and crowd applause. (Photo by Glenn Ritzma).
(Christmas) break and then return
Val Nocciolo COC's championship foot- Cougars Host to school for three more weeks
before the finals."
ball and cross country Mouck stated six state colleges
Crowned Queen Cougars will be honored at a Mission Bowl presently on the quarter system
sports banquet at 7 p.m., would like to be back on the
semester system, adding "That is,
By Charles F. Connell Wednesday, Dec. 10, in the
main dining room of the By Charles F. Connell the people who are in charge would
Valarie Nocciolo, a curvaceous Student Center. like to change."
brunette, was crowned Home- COC's football Cougars defeated A study made by Chabot College
coming Queen for 1975 at COC's Also taking kudoes will be Compton in the season finale 23-20 found 88 per cent of the students
recent fifth annual observance of members of the women's cross to tie Santa Barbara for the Western favored the quarter system and 52
the event. country team. State Conference (WSC) champion- per cent of the faculty favored the
Ms. Nocciolo, sister of Rosanne ship. semester plan.
Nocciolo, a beautiful blonde who COC's harriers, coached by The Cougars, by beating Santa One of the principal advantages of
reigned as COC's third queen, Monty Cartwright, are small Barbara 30-14 earlier this season, a semester system over the quarter
obviously believes in keeping the school state champions. The were designated to play Citrus is financial, Mouck said.
College of the Mission Conference
crown '·'in the family". football Cougars, coached by "Under the semester plan, we can
In a COC first, Frank Vollmer Larry Reisbig, are Western Saturday (Dec. 6) at 7:30 p.m. at get by for several years without
was named Homecoming King. State Conference co-champ- Cougar Stadium in what is called adding additional personnel."
A near-capacity crowd on the ions. the Mission Bowl game. "The impact would be widely felt.
home side of Cougar Stadium wit- The Mission Bowl is an annual It would be right across the board,
nessed the coronation of Ms. Noc- Tickets for the sports ban- post-season bowl game between the because every office or every func-
ciolo during halftime of the COC- quet at $4 each are available champions of the two conferences. tion on this campus is somehow
at the Student Activities of- Citrus, which tied Saddleback Col-
Compton football game, which the related to the calendar," he said.
Cougars won by a score of 23-20. fice in the Student Center. lege for the crown, was sent to the Mouck pointed to the Board of
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