PCC Courier, April 12, 1972

Politics Week April 10-14 pec i Coutieb Vol. 34, No. 21 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California April 12, 1972 RICHARD M. NIXON (R) — Photo courtesy Pasadena Star-News Many Try for Top Office The field of candidates for the Presidential race is large and the relative positions of the contend¬ ers for the nomination cross par¬ ty lines. The Republican race has onlyl two aspirants trying to becomel the nominee. John Ashbrook, aj conservative congressman from Ohio, is challenging the incumb¬ ent Richard Nixon. He believes that Nixon has gone too far to the left and hopes to pull the party back to his con¬ servative stance. Nixon will ap¬ parently defend the conduct and accomplishments of the present administration in his attempt for re-election. The Democratic candidates for President are numerous and, as usual, widly split on the issues. George McGovern, who is emerg¬ ing as spokesman for the liber¬ al wing of the party, is empha¬ sizing tax reform and economic problems as well as his opposition to the conduct of the Vietnam war. Hubert Humphrey, the Demo¬ crats’ nominee in 1968, no long¬ er is in the shadow of the Johnson administration is trying to appeal to the party’s middle kingdom. Eugene McCarthy and John Lindsay are both trying to pull the liberals out of the woodwork in their bid for the nomination. Muskie, the now disputed “front runner” of the party, is aiming for the center of the party in discussing his stand on the is¬ sues. George Wallace and Henry Jackson are engaged in a contest for the right wing. They are us¬ ing busing and tax reform as their main issues. Shirley Chisholm, a black lib¬ eral, bi-lingual, congresswoman from New York, aims to unify the country and that is her plat¬ form. There is a candidate running who comes close to almost every¬ one’s position this year. It will be the choice of the people to decipher the issues and get the man who represents its will. GEORGE WALLACE (D) — Photo courtesy Pasadena Star-News EDMUND MUSKIE (D) george McGovern id) Political Week Activities Monday April 10 10 — Harbeson Hah Warren Dorn — County Super¬ visor candidate 5th Dist. 10, C301. 'Balls7 Here Friday Night Political Awareness Week is not the only activity taking place on the PCC campus this week. Other events include a film on Wednesday afternoon and a dance on Friday night. The Wednesday film is Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory,” which will be screened at 3:30 and 7:30 in Sexson Auditorium. Tickets will be on sale at the door and will cost 50 cents. The Freshman Class will pre¬ sent a dance Friday night in the upstairs Campus Center lounge. Two bands, the PCC Jazz Rock Orchestra, and Balls will play, beginning at 8 o’clock. Tickets for this event will set you back $1 each, but they will benefit the Frosh Class Scholarship Fund. It’s a good cause, and the groups are worth hearing. 11 — Harbeson Hall Joseph Busch — L.A. Dist At¬ torney Candidate. 12 — Harbeson Hall Baxter Ward — County Super¬ visor candidate 5th Dist. I — Harbeson Hall Norman Regnier — County Su¬ pervisor candidate 5th Dist. Tuesday April 11 10 — Harbeson Hah Paul Ericson — John Birch So¬ ciety 10— C301 “Capital Punishment — Not yet Settled” II — Harbeson Hall Democrat Party Platform — Bob Forward И— C301 47th District State Assembly candidates 12 — Free Speech Area John Binkley — 20th US Con¬ gressional District candidate. 12:30— C301 “Bud” Collier — 54th State As¬ sembly District candidate. 1 — Harbeson Hall Marge Buckley — LA County Dist. attorney Candidate 1— C301 James Melville — 21st State Senate District candidate. Rog¬ er Regnier — 54th State assist¬ ant District candidate. Leg- ASB Board Plans Constitution Rewrite The decisions to have the Su¬ preme Council re-write the ASB Constitution, give funds toward the advertising of Political Aware¬ ness Week, and choose a new assemblies commissioner, high- Aptekar to Speak ; Runs for Congress Bonnie Aptekar, who is running for U.S. Congresswoman in the 28th District against Alfred H. Song (D), will be a guest speak¬ er during Political Awareness Week noon Friday in Harbeson. Miss Aptekar is running on the Socialist Platform. She helped organize the first antiwar teach- in in Montgomery County, Md. in 1969. She also became involv¬ ed in the antiwar moratorium in October 1969 after working for the farmworkers organizing com¬ mittee grape boycott. She became a national staff member of the New Mobilization Committee and the Student Mob¬ ilization Committee. As a femin¬ ist, Aptekar served as coordina¬ tor of the Los Angeles Women’s Abortion Action Committee, and organized the November 20th abortion law repeal demonstra¬ tion. The Socialist Workers Party Platform takes a stand on the major issues concerning people today. The SWP wants immediate and unconditional withdrawal of troops from Southeast Asia. It also feels that the draft should be abolished and amnesty should be granted for all draft resist¬ ers and antiwar GI deserters. • Continued on Page Three lighted Thursday’s ASB Board meeting. Bob Held, finance commission¬ er, suggested that a committee be appointed to re-write the ASB Constitution. He pointed out that the present one is out of date. He feels that a student should have a student body card to vote in student elections, and to hold stu¬ dent body offices. Gerry Kuehner suggested that the Supreme Council should be in charge of the rewriting and avoid appointing another com¬ mittee. John Conroy asked for $150 for Political Awareness Week. The money is to be used for films, brochures, and miscellaneous ad¬ vertising. Any funds that are left over will be returned to the ASB General Fund. Conroy brought up the need for a new assemblies commissioner. A special session was held aft¬ er the regular meeting and Louie Puentes was appointed to fill the position. A problem arose about a rock group called Uncle Sam, that was to be paid $125 for three per- • Continued on Page Four Wednesday April 12 10— C301 “De-Criminilaziation, not alization of Marijuana.” 10 — Harbeson Hall “Women’s Lib.” Carol New¬ comb (SWP) “Anti-War” — Dennis Scarla (SWP) 11 — West Reading Room, Li¬ brary “Drugs — A Medical Problem not a Police Problem” — USC Medical Center. 11— Harbeson Hall 20th US Congressional District candidates 12— C301 Shirley Chisolm representative Thursday April 13 All day voter registration drive 10-2 — Free Speech Area Petition, party and student gov¬ ernment tables. Voting booth and machine display 10 — Harbeson Hall American Independent Party platform 11-2 — Sexon Auditorium (Films) “Election ’72” (CBS) “What are We Doing to Our World?” (CBS) “True Story of an Election” — (Ca. ’62 Assembly race) “Harvest of Shame” (MECHA) John Birch Society Film American Friends Service Com¬ mission Film I — Harbeson Hall Friday April 14 II— C301 “Watson Tax Initiative ” 11 — Harbeson Hall Hubert Humphrey representa¬ tive 12 — Harbeson Hall Socialist Workers Party form Senate Draws Few; Accomplishes Little The Student Senate met again last Tuesday. Crystal Bell, Senate first vice- president, ran the meeting, since Senate President, Steve Goldman wasn’t there. (Goldman did, how¬ ever, show up just before the meeting adjourned.) A proposal was made before the Senate to pass a resolution not to have any classes meet be¬ tween 12 and 1. It was passed. The basis of the proposal was to allow clubs more times to meet. It was announced that the OMD Carnival will be held May 25. A committee was set up to deter¬ mine what the Senate will sell at its booth. Three persons vol¬ unteered for the committee. Denny Meehan, ecology com¬ missioner, announced that lock¬ ers were available to students who did not drive a car to school. plat- HUBERT HUMPHREY (D) — Photo courtesy Pasadena Star-News Poll Shows Student Picks By LINDA MALLIGO In a recent Presidential prefer¬ ence poll taken among 15,000 Cal¬ ifornia college students, Senator George McGovern led the Demo¬ crats, winning 40 percent of the votes cast. On the Republican side, Richard Nixon led with 74 per cent of the votes. The poll was taken by the National Youth Caucus at 15 Cal¬ ifornia campuses during the per¬ iod of February 27 through March 13. Only Presidential candidates were listed on the ballots. The poll involved nationally prominent campuses with enrollments of over 20,000. Following Senator McGovern on the Democratic side were Sen¬ ator Edmund Muskie with 18 per cent, Representative Shirley Chis¬ holm with 16 per cent, Mayor John Lindsay with 10 per cent, Eugene McCarthy with 9 per cent, and Senator Hubert Humphrey with 3 per cent. Representatives McClosky and Ashbrook received 23 per cent and 3 per cent respec¬ tively on the Republican side. Seven Hundred of the 15,000 polled said they were still undecid¬ ed. There were also some write-in candidates, among them Spiro Ag- new, Pat Paulson, Dr. Benjamon Spock, Edward Kennedy, Harold Stassen, and Snoopy. The National Youth Caucus is an organization which is trying to stimulate interest in President¬ ial politics among young people in California. They hope that as a result of this poll, more students wifi involve themselves in the Presidential campaign of their choice. Some of the schools participat¬ ing: USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Fresno State, Chico State, and UC Santa Barbara. Lockers Are Available If you are tired of carrying around your heavy books all day with no place to put them, take advantage of the new lockers that are available free upstairs in the Campus Center by the ping pong tables. You will qualify if you ride a bike, walk to school, ride the bus, or hitchhike. All you need to do is fill out the application easily obtained in the Campus Center. Denney Meehan, ecology com¬ missioner, is in charge of issuing the lockers. There are plenty of them still available. “Those who have filled out the forms should see me personally if they are in a hurry to get them. I have been having trou¬ ble contacting some people to is¬ sue them lockers. If so you have turned in an application but don’t hear from me, come see me in my office,” said Meehan. Meehan’s office is located in the upstairs Campus Center.