INCAR Rally Has Strong Reaction
Gerry Friedman (right) is interupted by student Mike Tilton as he tries to
present his views. — Courier photo by Alan Duignan
microphone their sentiments, sev¬
eral were moved to reaction.
Marheine accused his au¬
dience of “wanting to be like
Rambo” and was rewarded with a
burst of applause. Others, such as
student Mike Tilton, confronted the
group more directly.
Tilton walked up to speaker
Gerry Friedman and began arguing
with him as Friedman tried to
make his point. Despite the heated
sentiments, however, the assembly
was a peaceful one and broke up
without incident.
Student Trustee
Aspirants Named
Bv Karen Nolan
Staff Writer
Elections for the position of student
trustee are just around the corner.
Both candidates running for this posi¬
tion. Scott Svonkin, current student
trustee, and Martin Enriquez-Mar-
quez. have an extensive background
in student government.
Scott Svonkin's experience in stu¬
dent government includes serving as
student trustee, summer interim
president, vice president of student
services, chairman of the 60th An¬
niversary Celebration, and as a mem¬
ber of the Campus-wide Parking Com¬
mittee. Student Services Committee
and the Student Benefits Committee.
The opposing candidate, Martin
Enriquez-Marquez. is not new to the
field of student government either.
He has run for the position of student
trustee three times previously, but
lost. Enriquez-Marquez received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in history at
UCLA. While attending UCLA, he was
a general representative on the Un¬
dergraduate Student Government
Council. He is presently a legal assist¬
ance major.
The race for student trustee will
raise such campus issues as the
newlv-proposed parking plan, use of
college funds and extension of the
drop deadline.
Student trustee elections will be
held April 29 and 30.
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Complete candidate statements and
platforms are presented on page 2.
3 Defeats Doesn't Deter
Martin Enriquez-Marquez
By Keith Gustafson
Editor in Chief
If first you don't succeed try. fry.
again.
This saying can easily be applied to
the effort Martin Enriquez-Marquez
puts into running for student trustee.
Marquez will attempt for the fourth
straight time to be elected for student
trustee next week.
'T’ve done it three times and I'm
going to make a valiant fourth at¬
tempt," said Marquez. "I feel I can
do something for the college and
students at PCC if I'm elected for
student trustee."
After receiving a B.A. degree in
history from UCLA. Martin came to
PCC and is now majoring in legal
assistance.
At. UCLA. Martin was involved with
student government. He was under¬
grad representative to the Vice-
Chancellor's Search Committee. He
also served as vice-chair to the Stu¬
dent Health Advisory Committee and
was general representative of the
Student Undergrad Legislative Coun¬
cil.
At PCC. Martin was vice-president
of MECHA, secretary-treasurer of
the Para-Legal Society, and student
representative of the Affirmative Ac¬
tion Committee.
According to Martin, the whole
purpose of his running is that he get a
chartce to see that student services
are run more efficiently.
T feel students need to be more
aware of the services that are avail¬
able," said Marquez. "For one, I feel
the financial aid office should send
their staff outside to inform students
of the scholarships that are avail¬
able."
If elected student trustee, Martin
hopes to improve the transfer pro¬
gram at PCC. "I feel students should
be informed a little better what is
actually going on," he adds. "If
elected student trustee I want keep in
contact with the students through the
Courier or by running off my own
newsletter."
Martin also plans to work on the
parking situation at PCC. He feels
that the safety department should be
issuing more permits during the slow
times of the semester.
Martin looks to the office of student
trustee as a platform to voice a
perspectative how the college is run
and how the students feel it should be
run. Martin will strive to get more
students involved in campus events.
"I hope to grow through this ex¬
perience, even in defeat there is a
growth process," he adds. “But if I do
win. I'll be so charged up and be
determined to prove that I deserved
the position of student trustee.”
Editors Note: The Courier en¬
courages every student to look at both
candidates carefully and to go out and
make your voice be heard by voting
on Tuesday April 29 or Wednesday
April 30.
Inside . . .
Hospitals: business or beneuolent agency? What happens if you
don't have insurance? Staff writer Marc Allen examines a case of
insurance deficiency. . . .page 2.
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Can a 90-year-old play speak to our times? Keith Gustafson looks
at George Bernard Shaw's anti-war drama, “ Arms and the Man, ” season
opener for the Pasadena Playhouse . page 3.
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Justice served or Crime of the Century? Special correspondent
Paul Grosz reviews the Spinks-Holmes decision. . . .page 5.
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From classroom to cable TV: Feature editor Natalie Shore presents
three views of “ Air Talk, the weekly talk show produced entirely by
students. . . .page 6.
Soapbox oratory English instructor Roger Marheine (left) declaims the US
attack of Libya at the INCAR rally last Thursday Above, INCAR member
INCAR, the International
Committee Against Racism, held a
rally protesting the American
bombing of Libya on the quad,
Thursday, April 17. At the rally
INCAR members called the bomb¬
ing of Libya “state terrorism” and
accused the United States of pick¬
ing on a weak opponent to bolster
an image of invincibility. INCAR
members also called for workers of
the world to unite.
INCAR advisor Roger
Marheine, who is also an instructor
in the English department, was one
of those who spoke out against the
attacks on Khadafy. Other mem¬
bers harangued President Reagan
for his foreign policy in Nicaragua
and elsewhere. The speakers ended
with a plea for support.
The open-air forum was not
without reaction. Of the noontime
crowd who heard INCAR speakers
VOL. 62, NO. 9
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
APRIL 25, 1986
PCC
By Scott Heath
Special Correspondent
In celebration of Pasadena's
Centennial, PCC will open its doors
to the public next Tuesday, April
29. A special “Open House” will be
presented from 10 a. m. until 6p.m.
According to Dr. Henry P.
Kirk, vice president of institutional
advancement, “PCC has been an
important educational resource in
the city of Pasadena and we will be
taking this opportunity to show the
community and future PCC stu¬
dents some of the fine programs
that are available here at this
college.”
The majority of the depart¬
ments will be open and many in¬
formative tours and displays have
been scheduled throughout the day.
The nursing department's "mock
hospital" classrooms will be open,
along with the geology museum and
physical sciences chemistry labs.
Laser demonstrations will be held
and tours of the radio and tele¬
vision facilities will be offered.
Students in the telecom¬
munications classes will conduct
live interviews with campus vis¬
itors. Drama students as well as a
mime troupe will perform during
the day. The music department will
provide special entertainment and
free refreshments will also be sup¬
plied.
The PCC Planetarium will be
open for a Halley’s Comet presen¬
tation. The one-hour program will
run at noon and 4 p.m. and will be
directed by Stan Pearson.
Planetarium curator.
Other activities featured dur¬
ing the "Open House" include
printing department and instruc¬
tional computer center tours, art
sculpture and ceramic displays and
demonstrations of the Library's
new computer data base informa¬
tion center.
In addition to the festivities,
the nursing department will recog¬
nize the achievements of PCC
alumna Sally Sims at noon in the
Forum. Sims, a 1963 graduate of
the PCC nursing program and for¬
mer vice president of St. Luke’s
Medical Center, was chosen for her
outstanding contribution to the
nursing profession and for her ad¬
vancement at St. Luke's during the
past 23 years from a staff nurse to
a high level administrative post.
Recalling her early training at
PCC, Sims said, “The quality of the
instruction and the excellent
clinical practice I received have
been invaluable in my career. The
instructors spent a tremendous
amount of time with each student,
making sure that they understood
and were familiar with every pro¬
cedure and technique. This is still
evident today in the calibre of
nurses we see coming into the
hospitals from PCC.”
Financial aid counselling will
be available for those interested in
attending PCC.
Committee Wants
Skateboard Ban
Board to Address Proposal
By Lisa Acosta
Special Correspondent
The campus wide parking committee
unanimously voted this week to ban the
riding of skates and skateboards on
campus due to a recommendation
made by the campus safety committee.
The recommendation will be addressed
at the next Board of Trustees meeting,
Thursday, May 1.
Safety committee members recom¬
mended this ban because they believe
skateboards pose a safety problem.
“We’ve observed students on
skateboards going through the hallways
at excessive speed. If they were to hit
another student, the district could be
held liable. So as risk manager, I feel
they are not appropriate in crowded
areas," said Richard Hollingshead, di¬
rector of risk management services.
The point at which skateboard speed
becomes excessive can vary, said Holl¬
ingshead, and depends on such vari¬
ables as size and condition of the
roadway, weather and lighting condi¬
tions and the number of students cross¬
ing the area.
He initiated the recommendation a
few weeks ago to the parking commit¬
tee. It was suggested that the commit¬
tee establish a code. This code would
enable the safety department to issue
citations to violators.
Hollingshead recommended and ef¬
fected a ban on skateboards at Santa
Rosa Community College where he
previously served in a similar capacity.
“We’ve had complaints about people
skateboarding in the halls and a few
accidents have resulted from
skateboards,” said Philip L. Mullen-
dore, director of college safety. None
of the accidents involved any kind of
serious injury.
“Students use handicap ramps to
skateboard on. There's not enough
room oh these ramps for the
skateboards as well as the handi¬
capped. Some handicapped try to move
for the skateboards, (but) many of
these people are impaired and cannot
manage this," said Mullendore.
Hollingshead is in charge of the
campus insurance and his job is to
recognize risks. “We are essentially
self-insured. We have to look at our
hazards on campus. We have to
eliminate and minimize as much as we
can within reason," said Hollingshead.
“It appears that the problem of
skateboarding on campus has been
reviewed by several committees that
are part of the governance process on
campus. Since it appears that all those
affected are in agreement and have
requested a ban, the college safety
office will do its best to enforce their
request."
Endangered Species Skateboarding on campus may disappear entirely if
the Board of Trustees implements a proposal of the campus parking
committee — Courier photo by Alan Duignan
Open House Set for April 29