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COURIER
VOL. 66, NO. 8 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 7, 1988
$8,500 Chicago Trip Planned by A.S.
By Sean DuPont
Associate News Editor
An $8,500 plan that would send the
A.S. board to a conference in Chicago
next week has been circulated by the
board and is due for a vote tomorrow,
The Courier has learned.
The proposal would allocate funds
from most of the A.S. accounts and
would take up more than a third of the
board’s total fiscal budget.
A vote on the proposal is expected
tomorrow at the board’s last official,
open meeting before the conference,
which is to take place April 13-17 in
Chicago. The budget includes $2,530 for
registration fees to the National Con¬
ference on Student Services, $2,390 for
ten roundtrip tickets and $1,780 for
lodging at the Hyatt Regency hotel in
Chicago. Also included is $200 for tips
and $362 for “Things you never plan
on.”
The budget proposal for the trip is
dated March 31 and includes the au¬
thorization signatures of seven of the
nine board members. The seven are
Jose Rodriguez, Michael Matsuda, Re¬
gina Ringo, Tiffany Morgan, David
Santana, Tami Abe and Catherine
Adesino. Greg McLemore and Marga¬
rita Cornejo did not sign the proposal
because they felt that even though the
idea is a good one, the expense was too
large.
“I see the potential for individual
benefit for the board, but I don’t see the
benefit to the school or its students,”
said Connie Hurston, faculty adviser of
the A.S. board. “It’s late in the
semester. They must weigh that
against the expense. A last hurrah like
this can ruin the credibility of future
Student Trustee Morgan
Receives His Own Account
By Sally Blake
News Editor
Until now, the office of student
trustee has never had its own bank
account. Gilbert Morgan, student
trustee, has changed all that.
Morgan proposed his own account
to the A.S. Board on March 28. He
asked thatthe board “create and fund
a budgetary account at the Student
Bank.” He asked that the account
remain active through the entire
term of the said office.
Morgan asked that the account be
opened with $175 and increased to
$200.
The board approved the proposal,
but only granted him $50.
“The board members said that
$200 was too much to ask for this late
in the year,” Morgan said. “They
said that they didn’t have that much
money to give.”
Morgan felt that $200 minimum
was a fair amount. He wanted it to
remain that way, even when he is out
of office, so that if personality dis¬
putes occur between the board and
the trustee, the board cannot take the
money away from him.
Morgan explained that although
the office of trustee exists, other
things are available to him at the
whim of the board.
“For example, the office that I
have here in the campus center is
courtesy of them.”
According to Morgan, the board
has traditionally funded the student
trustee with the money that was
needed to carry out his business.
“I wanted the account to exist so
that the trustee has the money and is
somewhat independent of A.S.”
According to Morgan, anytime he
needed some money, he had to put his
request on the agenda and wait to
receive the board’s approval. He
explained that sometimes he needs
office supplies or wants to attend a
conference, and he always had to go
before the board to receive the
money. Now, he has the money there,
when he needs it.
“The money is now at my disposal
and when something comes up and I
need it, I don’t have to ask the board
for the money, nor do I have to take it
out of my own pocket.”
When fall arrives, the account
should be increased to $200, accord¬
ing to Morgan. It is Morgan’s hope
that the account would have a $200
minimum.
Gilbert Morgan, student trustee,
gets his own account from the
A.S. Executive Board.
A.S. boards.”
Of the nine members of the board,
five are seniors and will not be return¬
ing to serve in student government next
year. Hurston said that $8,500 is a bad
investment, if only half the board has
two months to use the new skills they
learn.
Matsada, the vice president of stu¬
dent finance, said that if approved, the
funds for the trip would have to come
from all accounts because the con¬
ference account has been spent.
The 15th annual National Conference
on Student Services is presented by the
Collegiate Conferences and will deal
with items of student interest such as
counseling tips, minority concerns and
working with the college press. Accord¬
ing to the brochure, more than 1,400
schools have participated in the con¬
ference in the past.
Hurston feels that it is important for
the board members to get individual
benefits, but “this trip to Chicago is
above and beyond anything that is
reasonable.
“As adviser, I’ve individually en¬
couraged them to question their
motives on this. I’ve also told them that
they will have to justify this expense
with the students of this campus.”
During Monday’s meeting of the
board, Hurston advised the members,
“I’m not your mother,” and said that
she would not and could not make
decisions for the board.
“It would be simple, if I could veto a
plan like this, but I can’t mandate.
Anyway, it would be too simple to do
that. The members must be accoun¬
table. That is what they are learning.”
Campuses Abroad Send
Students To Study at PCC
We look for families with kids that are college
age. It is easier for the students to relate to them
and communicate with them. .. Tjr
—Alvar Kauti
By Sally Blake
News Editor
While many of PCC students go to
Oxford, England to study, a few stu¬
dents from PCC’s sister cities come
here each year to study during the
summer.
The Pasadena Sister Cities Commit¬
tee arranges for students to from
Jarvenpaa, Finland, Ludwigshafen,
Germany, and Mishima, Japan.
According to Alvar Kauti, associate
dean of student activities, the students
have been coming since 1984. They
study during either the first or second
summer session. Some have stayed to
complete two years here. One student
who has chosen to do this is art student
Kayoto
Нага.
The students stay with families
which are pre-arranged. According to
Kauti, they sometimes have problems
finding families for the students.
“We have trouble with families vol¬
unteering to take the students in,”
explained Kauti. “We look for families
with kids that are college age. It is
easier for the students to relate to them
and communicate with them.”
The students are interested in learn¬
ing about American lifestyles. They
speak English, so there is not a large
language barrier. One requirement
they must meet before they come here
is to learn to speak English. They enjoy
being able to practice it with native
Americans.
They like to stay with people who are
their age so that they can also learn
about the social ways of Americans.
They enjoy going out and seeing what
Americans do for fun.
The students are allowed to take
whatever college courses they qualify
for.
This summer, there may be two
students coming from Jarvenpaa,
added to the list of sister cities in 1983,
and it was a natural choice because it is
rich in history and culture.
Mishima was brought on as a sister
city in 1957 for its many similarities to
Pasadena. It has balmy climates and
both possess scientific institutions of
international renown. Pasadena has
Caltech, and Mishima has the National
Institute of Genetics. Both are also
situated at the foot of beautiful moun¬
tains.
Ludwigshafen was the first of the
sister cities. It was chosen in 1948.
After World War II, the citizens of
Ludwigwhafen called out to Pasadena
citizens for help. They had a scarcity of
food, fuel and medicine. The citizens
responded and built Pasadena Shares.
Since that time, many friendships
have been formed and kept. Through
these friendships, the sister cities
evolved.
The Sister City Organization, which
sponsors the program, was founded
after World War II by then President
Eisenhower, who saw the need to foster
an international people-to-people, non¬
political relationship among cities of
the world. His hope was that through
goodwill, understanding and apprecia¬
tion of other cultures, he could ensure a
world of peace.
PCC also has students who go to the
sister cities to learn about their culture
as they come here and learn about
ours.
By Coleen Meyers
Editor-in-Chief
Courier/Jason Agbalog
Gil Lafferty-Hernandez makes a point at Tuesday’s La Raza luncheon.
Good role models for young adults
are usually hard to find, but last Tues¬
day two men were recognized for just
that.
Gil Lafferty-Hernandez, market¬
ing/community relations affairs direc¬
tor for the Los Angeles Raiders, and
Raul Rodriguez, Rose Parade float
designer, were honored by La Raza for
their distinguished service and con¬
tributions to the community.
“Do the things that you want to do
and have no fears,” said Ralph Gutier¬
rez, associate professor of engineering
and technology. “People are born with
two fears, the fear of falling and noise.
All other fears are learned. Just take a
look at what these two men have
accomplished.”
Hernandez is involved in the Stay-in-
School program as well as other civic
organizations including the Boy Scouts
of America, Camp Good Times for
Children with Cancer and the Raiders’
Anti-Drug, Anti-Vandalism program.
He joined the Raider organization when
it moved from Oakland in 1982.
Hernandqz briefly spoke about the
Raiders’ planned move to Irwindale
and identified what a marketing/com¬
munity relations person for the Los
Angeles Raiders actually does.
“The Raiders were sold out when
they were in Oakland. Then they moved
to Los Angeles, the entertainment capi¬
tal of the nation. And then they had to
ask ‘how do you capture an au¬
dience?’ ”
Recognizing markets in the com¬
munity that no one has already identi¬
fied was one way, he said. “The
Spanish speaking market is worth $135
to $140 million now. The Raiders are
the only team to recognize the Spanish
speaking media and broadcast in their
native tongue.”
According to Hernandez, this ac¬
knowledgment to the Spanish com¬
munity played a key role in the decision
to make Irwindale the Raiders’ new
home.
The city of Irwindale offered the
Raiders $10 million and a promise to
build a $250 million state of the art
stadium. Thereby focusing attention on
the San Gabriel Valley.
Rodriguez has also taken giant steps
in the Hispanic community. He has
designed award-winning floats since he
was 14. His designs have won nine
Sweepstakes and seven Grand Prize
awards from the Tournament of Roses.
Rodriguez had six of his 14 floats win
awards in the 1988 Rose Parade.
“Since approximately 400 million
people see my floats I have been
offered all different types of jobs. I
worked as a consultant to the Olympics
and designed the opening stage set for
Radio City Music Hall. This brought
the country and many creative people
closer together.”
He added that the payoffs for such a
job have taken a shift. “I enjoy riding
in the parade as much as the awards.
And seeing the happiness it brings. And
most of all,” he added, “I am proud of
the Latin blood that runs through my
veins.”
Proceeds from the lucheon will bene¬
fit the La Raza scholarship program
for continuing and transferring stu¬
dents.
Courier/Jason Agbalog
Dr. William Goldmann, Gil Laffery-Hernandez, Ralph Gutierrez and Raul Rodriguez at scholorship luncheon.