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PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
Pasadena, California
Vol. 78 No. 13
COURIER
THURSDAY
April 21, 1994
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Two tickets sweep AS board elections
“I just wanted to run a
clean campaign and be
happy with the results,
win or lose.”
Robert Bowman
□ Diversity
characterizes new
board as more Asians
are elected to student
government
By PAT ROBISON
Staff Writer
Two tickets swept the elections
for the Associated Students execu¬
tive board and student trustee, riding
high on an unexpectedly large turn¬
out of Asian student voters. The elec¬
tions was marred by controversy
surrounding two candidates.
Robert Bowman of the Together
for Equality (TFE) ticket won the
presidential race. All candidates on
the TFE ticket won, except for one
who withdrew from the elections.
The other ticket that got most of
the votes was Student Coaltition for
Change (SCC).
Bowman won in a crowded field
with five candidates for president.
He got 416 votes to defeat Alex
Ortega who got 388. The rest of the
field was: Kris Le, who received 210
votes; De Vena Johnson, who re¬
ceived 200 and Julie Grainger who
received 74.
Bowman said the way the other
campaigns were being run made his
a little easier. “There was enough
bickering between the other parties
that I hardly had to do anything. But
I was not going to get involved in that
childish behavior. I just wanted to
run a clean campaign and be happy
with the results, win or lose.”
The race for executive vice presi¬
dent was closer with Roldan Herrera
winning with 508 votes. GenaLopez
received 374 votes and Shelly John¬
son garnered 346. Herrera said, “I
was surprised at the large turnout of
Asians. I had heard that historically
at PCC the Asian students were not
active and that I could expect a very
small turnout.
“Our ticket is backed by the Asian
students and we felt that we had to
inform them and not just tell them to
get out and vote,” Herrera said. “But
our ticket is here to represent every¬
one, not just the Asian students.”
In the race for vice president of
academic affairs, with only two can¬
didates running Billy Ng won with
552 votes, just 15 votes ahead of Ron
Montoya who received 537.
Only two students ran for the
office of vice president of business
affairs. In that race Anhnga Annie
Le won with 600 votes. She defeated
Karen Andrews who received 508.
Originally, four candidates com¬
peted for the office of vice president
of student services. Only three fin¬
ished and Chris Koo with the most
votes. He had 380 which put him
well ahead of Andy Chan, who had
264 votes. Reiko Kuruma trailed with
166 votes.
The fourth candidate for vice
president of student services was
Christopher Boyden who was dis¬
qualified for tearing down other can¬
didates’ campaign posters.
The race for the office of coordi¬
nator of campus activities had two
candidates. Janelle Gonzales won
with 582 votes and Kim Smoot re¬
ceived 500.
Only one candidate ran for the
office of coordinator of cultural af¬
fairs. On the ballot, the voters had to
choose “yes” or “no” for the candi¬
date. Cesar Loera was voted in for
his second term in the office by a
large margin with 874 students vot¬
ing “yes” and only 21 1 voting “no.”
Loera said that despite the fact
that he ran uncontested, he thought
the rest of the elections were very
□ Bowman talks about being
a politician,
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competitive. “I worked very hard. I
gave it all I had for my slate, but I was
not surprised that not everyone won
because of the competition.”
Linda Herrera was re-elected to
the office of coordinator of external
affairs. She has held the post since
she was appointed to fill it last year.
She finished well ahead of her two
rivals for the post with 527 votes.
Caron Ng got 321 votes and Stacy
Taing received 273.
George Battle was elected stu¬
dent trustee by just 20 votes over
Carolyn Ernest. Battle got 294 votes
and Ernest got 274. Jeffrey
Henderson got 129 votes and
Rebekah Doughty got 126. Michael
Young would have been the fifth
candidate for student trustee.
Lighting the way
ERWIN GOLDBERG/The COURIER
Lights fill the Shatford library’s glass windows overlooking Colorado dedicated on Sunday, April 24, in conjunction with the college’s
Blvd. A new room, the Asian Pacific Heritage Room, will be officially celebration of Asian American Awareness Week.
Candidates get
disqualified
□ Election committee
decides there is
enough evidence for
disqualifications
By P ATRIA G. ABELGAS
Editor in Chief
Two candidates in last week’s
elections were disqualified Thurs¬
day for violations committed during
the one-week campaign period for
the Associated Students executive
board and student trustee.
Christopher Boyden, candidate
for vice president of student services
who ran on the Student Coalition for
Change (SCC) ticket, and Michael
D. Young, candidate for student
trustee from Student’s Team in Con¬
trol (STIC), were both disqualified
by the committee at a meeting held
the day after the final votes had been
cast.
Ballot counting was postponed
until Friday afternoon until after the
committee’s decision had been an¬
nounced.
Boyden was accused of “defacing
and removing other people’s cam¬
paign materials” in a formal griev¬
ance filed by Young. Young, in turn,
was attacked for releasing Boyden’s
social security number to other stu¬
dents in a counter-grievance filed by
Boyden’s ticket.
According to the statement re¬
leased by the election committee,
“after careful consideration of com¬
plaint, the election committee has
found that there was significant evi¬
dence to disqualify” both candidates
from the race.
The committee deliberated on the
grievances in a closed session after
the members heard statements about
the incident.
Alvar Kauti, assistant dean of stu¬
dent affairs and head of the election
committee, read a statement from
campus police officer John Corrigan,
who saw Boyden and a woman tear¬
ing down posters at 10:53 p.m. on
Sunday, April 10.
Corrigan said that he was making
Please see “DISQUALIFY,” Page 3
College to get new computer
I Cross culture 1 -
Asians honor culture
□ Board of trustees
approves purchase of
new system
By PAT ROBISON
Staff Writer
The PCC board of trustees has
approved the purchase of a S500,000
computer to replace the one cur¬
rently used to store student records.
The board had to decide whether to
buy a new large central computer or
several smaller ones called “client
servers.” They also had thee system
of spending the money elsewhere.
Dr. James Kossler, assistant su¬
perintendent of administrative ser¬
vices, said, “The present model is six
years old and it just can not handle
the load. We have an absolutely huge
data base. We have to keep all of the
records of all students, even counsel¬
ing records.”
Kossler is a member of the col¬
lege committee on computing which
recommended that the board buy the
new Hewlett-Packard
300/987.
The report gives two main rea¬
sons forrecommending the purchase.
The first is the increase in faculty
access to the student records and the
instructional support system. The
second is the telephone registration
system and the need for immediate
access to student records it requires.
Some faculty members expressed
reservations about the purchase.
Greg Lee, associate professor of
business, said that although phone
registration undoubtedly puts a large
burden on the system, it only occurs
at certain times during the semester.
He said, “It’s just a gut reaction to
this purchase but we are experienc¬
ing hard times, fee increases and
class sections being closed. How can
we commit to such a large expendi¬
ture when we have other pressing
needs?”
Some instructors had questions
about how much time the faculty
actually spends on the network since
not all of them have computers. Some
who do, are not sure how to get
access to student records.
“Theamountof time faculty spend
on the network compared to the ad¬
ministration is infinitessimal,” said
Ken Chaney, professor of physical
sciences. He also said that he did not
see how an increase in such a small
part of the total use could affect the
system significantly.
The recommendation that the
committee gave to the board read in
part: “With the ability to purchase a
new, more powerful piece of equip¬
ment at half the cost of the 950 (the
old model), that it also less expen¬
sive to maintain, it is felt that an
updated Hewlett-Packard
3000/987
system is the best solution.”
□ Week-long
celebration
includes dedication
of Asian Pacific
Heritage Room in
library
By ENRICO PIAZZA
News Editor
With traditional dances and
speeches, a food fair and a perfor¬
mance of Chinese Opera, the cam¬
pus Asian community will cel¬
ebrate “Asian American Aware¬
ness Week,” starting today. A
food fair today at noon in the
Quad will kick off the week’s
activities organized by ASIA, the
umbrellaclub that unites all seven
Asian student groups on campus.
Besides today’s food fair and the
Chinese Opera, to be held next T ues-
day, April 26 at noon in the Quad, the
major event of the week will take
place on Friday, April 22, in
Harbeson Hall at noon. It consists of
a three hour presentation by mem¬
bers of all Asian groups, each per¬
forming traditional dances from their
countries and cultures.
“We are very proud of our culture
and we want to bring it forward and
share it with all PCC students,” said
Paul Kim, ASIA president. “These
activities will give everybody the
opportunity to understand each other
better. We all go to the same school,
and we need basic understanding to
get along.”
Admission to all events is free,
but donations will be accepted. Kim
said that the group’s goal is to be
able to establish a scholarship fund.
These student groups have also
been actively involved in orga¬
nizing the dedication of the Asian
Pacific American Heritage Room
in the Shatford Library. The room
will be dedicated Sunday, April
24, at 2 p.m.
Guest speaker for the room
dedication will be Dr. Bob S uzuki,
president of Cal Poly Pomona.
Dr. Jack Scott, PCC president,
will deliver the welcoming re¬
marks. Entertainment will include
a koto player, a traditional Japa¬
nese string instrument, dancers in
traditional costumes, and food do¬
nated by students, the Panda Man¬
agement, and the Taipan Cafe.
“We are gratified that the Asian
Pacific American Heritage Room
is now ready for dedication. Its
existence affirms the pluralistic
character of PCC,” said Harry
Kawahara, counselor, who will
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