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THE CANYON ·CALL

Vol. VI, No. 6 COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS March 2, 1976 .

Three Vie For

Bank Awards

Sarah Fink, Catherine Herron
and James Quillen will compete in
the Bank of America scholarship
finals March 30.
Ms. Fink, a licensed vocational
nurse major, competes in the vo-
cational technical field, Ms. Herron,
a music major, in social science-
humanities, and Quillen, a biology
major, in science and engineering.
The three COC contestants,
already assured of $150 each, will
vie with community college students
from Antelope Valley, Glendale,
Los Angeles Mission, Los Angeles
Pierce, Los Angeles Valley, Moor-
park, Oxnard, Santa Barbara City
and Ventura.
Winners of the area finals will
advance to the final competition
April 28 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
in Beverly Hills.
(Cont'd on Page 4)

Joleen Bock
COC's super-duper gymnasium complex will become operational early in the spring quarter. The $4,965,000 complex will
incl11ide a 2,500-seat bleacher area for basketball games, expandable for other purposes to 3,300 seats. The 25-yard
swimming pool, with a separate high-diving section, will accommodate swim meets, water polo, and diving competitions. Awarded Ph.d
Students in photo are (left to right) Sue Bronson, Robin Huntsinger, Mike Miscione and Mike Wolf.
Joleen Bock, director, in-
Expect CDC's Plush Gym Complex College of the Canyons' structional resources, recently was
Winter Sports Award ban-
awarded a doctor of education
quet honoring members of the degree at the University of South-
Will Be Ready In Spring Quarter men's and women's basketball ern California.
and .men's wrestling teams
will be held at 7 p.m., Wed-
Charles F. Connell
nesday, March 3, in the
COC's $4,965,000 tri-level gymna- rolling bleachers, a public address Student Center dining room.
sium complex will be occupied system, and physical education staff Tickets are available for $4.25
during the spring quarter. offices. at the Student Activities
"The earlier March 1 completion The main entrance and ticket office in the Student Center.
target date was not met by the booths to the gymnasium complex A wards for "Most Valuable",
contractor because he was unable to are located on the east side of the "Most Inspirational", and
procure components for the gym- new building and face Rockwell "Most Improved" players will
nasium," said Robert Berson, assist- Canyon road. be presented. Team captains
ant superintendent, business The new facilities will be used by will be cited. Life passes to
services. the community at large as well ~s COC athletic contests will be
The new gymnasium complex will College of the Canyons. presented to second year
enable many more classes to be "We've already received requests players. Certificates and
offered by the physical education from the Los Angeles County De- letters go to first year
department. partment of Parks and Recreation, players.
For the first time at COC, the Valencia Civic Center and other
swimming, gymnastics, water local groups," said Berson. the facility in 1971 prior to the rise
sports, basketball, and dance "School activities, of course, will in building costs due to inflation," JOLEEN BOCK
classes will be offered in permanent, come first on the priority list," he said Berson.
adequate facilities. added. Dr. Bock, one of the first persons
Some of the many features of the The gymnasium is the last build- SCUBA CLUB hired at COC in 1969, received her
new facility include an all-weather ing in the current construction Charles Royer of the Laguna Sea bachelor's and master's degrees at
(indoor), 25-yard, six-lane pool, a 45' program for coc: Future proposed Sports will be on campus at 12 noon, the University of Denver in theater
by 81' dance room equipped with a construction must await allocation Thursday, March 4, to answer arts and a master's degree in library
spring-loaded floor, a 40' by 92' of additional funds. questions about scuba diving. Stu- science at the University of South-
gymnastics room, a complete "My only regret concerning the dents interested in diving are ern California.
weight-training room, the gym- gymnasium is that the state did not invited to attend a Scuba club On her sabbatical leave last year
nasium equipped with forward- allocate the funds for construction of meeting in room 1-25. (Cont'd on Page 3)