15744 Golden West Street  *  Huntington Beach,  CA  *  92647-2748
714/895-8367   *   714/895-8269 fax   *   http://www.gwc.cccd.edu
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                                           Copy by Marc S. Posner
                                                December 11, 1996
                                                   Release: 96-72

CHECKOUT A TRIO OF GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE
STARS AT THE VIDEO STORE THIS HOLIDAY

If holiday shopping takes you to the video store, get ready to
pick a trio of Golden West College’s most notable former
students, who appeared in several of this summer’s blockbuster
motion pictures.

Vivica Fox, who attended GWC from 1982-87, plays Will Smith’s
heartthrob in “Independence Day,” which grossed nearly $300
million in theaters this summer before invading the video market
in time for the holiday-shopping rush.

Mark Mancina, a Golden West music student starting in 1973, wrote
and composed the scores for the smash “Twister” and “Moll
Flanders,” a more artistic film with a classical score that
Mancina called his best work.

Don L. Harper, who started at GWC in 1970, composed the music for
the hits “Broken Arrow” and “The Rock.” He also worked with
Mancina on “Moll Flanders” and “Assassins,” which appeared in
theaters in 1985.

Those interested in becoming famous Golden West College graduates
can apply and register now for classes. Registration continues
through December 18 and resumes after the winter break on January
13, 1997. Classes begin on January 21.

More information is available by calling (714) 895-8306 or by
visiting the college’s Web site at http://www.gwc.cccd.edu.

                             —GWC—

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 One of the Coast Community Colleges serving Costa Mesa, Fountain
   Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Midway City, Newport
                Beach, Seal Beach and Westminster
Kenneth D. Yglesias, Ed.D, President * Board of Trustees: Paul G.
   Berger; George E. Brown; Walter G. Howald; Jerry Patterson;
Armando Ruiz; Student Trustee * William M. Vega, Ed.D, Chancellor
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