PCC Courier, April 26, 1974

J f Faculty Senate Votes on Proposal By Stephen Wright Staff Writer Faculty Senate Board members were informed Monday by their Faculty Senate Organization Com¬ mittee, that the motion they had passed concerning faculty salaries was an '‘improper motion,” and not valid. After voting to adopt the salary proposal being negotiated by the Certificated Employees Council (CEO for the PCC-California Teachers Association and the Faculty Association March 29, Senate President Leonard Perry asked the Organization Committee to rule on whether the motion was proper or not. William P. Bair, chairman of the Organization Committee which in¬ terprets the Faculty Senate Con¬ stitution. submitted his group's fin¬ dings, which concluded that, “The Senate Baord must act on its Salary Committee recommendation and any motions passed prior to the Senate Salary Committee's . . . are not in accord with constitutional practice.” Faculty Senate, backers of the CEC proposal left the meeting to gather 30 signatures required to bring the matter to a full faculty vote. The Faculty Senate Board has three weeks to “publicize such a proposal in a memorandum to all members of the Senate.” Full time certificated per¬ sons employed by PCC are considered Senate members. “The memorandum shall ask for any written statements from members related to the proposal." After that, “the Senate Baord must submit the proposal, along with statements received, for vote by secret ballot of the membership within three weeks after the publication of the proposal.” An argument then erupted between Bair and Davis. Davis stated that “if Bair really had the faculty’s interest at heart, he would support the one proposal.” Bair replied that the Organization Committee interpreted the consitiution and by-laws of the Faculty Senate to mean the Senate Salary Committee must make “a firm recommendation to the Senate Board, and that the Senate Baord and its officers . . . are bound to uphold the constitution.” Following this. Bob Jones presented the Faculty Senate’s Salary Com¬ mittee proposal. This proposal recommended, among other things, that the “PCC Board of Trustees adopt an adjustment to our salary schedule by a percentage equivalent to the increase in the cost of living since the last adjustment.” Also included was that the Board of Trustees “adopt an automatic cost of living adjustment.” The document passed 13 to 6 in favor of transmission to the Board of Trustees. This separate Faculty Senate Board proposal, according to Joe Muha, CEC president, will not deter his group from going ahead to get “the Board of Trustees to meet and confer with the CEC, as the law states it must, in the Winton Act of 1972.” PCC CoubieSi VOL. 37, NO. 9 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 26, 1974 Bike Rally Set for Child Care CEC vs Senate Board Upon presentation of the Organization Committee's interpreta¬ tion, James Bowers, who entered the motion on the CEC proposal, pointed out that in the faculty poll taken by Prof. Allen H. Davis, a majority of the teachers responding were in favor of having just one proposal. Davis commented that the “faculty would lose money with two separate proposals.” Following a heated discussion between Bair and Bowers on the Organization Committee’s findings. Perry stated that it had been “com¬ mented to him that the tendency of the Board of Trustees was to wait for a Senate proposal.” After this, Peter Anderson, chief spokesman for the CEC, told the faculty audience that the groups he represented had been trying for 10 weeks to “meet and confer with the Board of Trustees, but as yet. had received no response on its salary proposal.” Forced to a Vote While Anderson and others discussed the pros and cons of the The Child Care Action Committee plans its first bike rally-picnic, “Bike for Tykes,” on Sunday. PCC's parking lot at Hill and Colorado streets has been designated the official starting line for con¬ testants. Participants, adults and children, are to gather at the parking lot at 10 a.m. to receive directions to the first check point. Children will follow a special route designed for them. Entry fees for participants are $1 for adults, 50 cents for children under 12. Special group rates are available for clubs and other organizations, says Sheryl Dicks, secretary of the Child Care Action Committee. Ms. Dicks emphasized that the rally is open to all students as well as anyone else who rides a bike. Advance tickets are on sale today upstairs in the Campus Center, or can be purchased at the starting line. The end of the rally at Arroyo Seco Park in South Pasadena is to be celebrated with an afternoon of games, music, a picnic and the awarding of prizes. Money raised by entry fees is ear¬ marked for the functions of the Child Care Action Committee and for the support of a campus child care center. The committee reminds contestants to bring their own lunches and to remember that the food is to be trans¬ ported by their own pedal power. PCC Prograoi Studied By Debbie Burns Staff Writer The handicapped program at PCC was evaluated this week by a com¬ mittee of professionals in occupational education. Members of the committee included Gary Graham, director of enabler services for the handicapped at Fresno City College, and Floyd Elkins, assistant dean of instruction at Skyline College. Also Jim Kay. executive director of the Governor's Committee on Employ¬ ment for the Handicapped; and Marjorie Gardener, a specialist in occupational education from the chancellor's office. According to Fran Baldwin, director of PCC's Handicapped Service office, the evaluation team's purpose was to determine how well the college meets the needs of the handicapped. Chairman Graham said the dual Ron Ballatore. coach of PCC’s record-setting swim team, has been selected as the coach of the United States swim team for an international lour later this year “Everything you always wanted to know about weather forecasting” is the basic theme of a lecture scheduled for Monday at noon in R122. Larry Kierulff, forecaster from the National Weather Service, will answer any questions and discuss the use of satellites and other data-gathering procedures used in prediction. Kierulff will discuss the “art” of climatology, and the meterologists’ SOCK HOP The Spartan Club is sponsoring a sock bop Friday, May 3, from S to 11 p.m. in the Campus Center lounge. Participants are asked to dress according to the theme. “The Nos¬ talgic 5()s.“ Admission is 50 cents. objective of the committee is first, to look at the system and examine the relevance and relationship to other programs in community colleges; and second, to observe the operation of the enabler program at PCC to discover its strengths and weaknesses. “This program is developed con¬ scientiously and adequately around meeting the needs of the individuals who are here now," continued Graham. He was pleased to observe the “low-key organization on campus and yet it is doing a high-key per¬ formance operation for the students.” Although impressed with the han¬ dicapped office's involvement in the community, the committee saw em¬ ployment and job placement as needing improvement. Coordinating employers' needs with student educa¬ tion, and recruitment of new students into the present occupational programs -also requires more at¬ tention. The record-keeping system For Ballatore, the selection is yet another of a long line of coaching accomplishments. He already has coached two Olympic squads, Peru in 1968 and Ecuador in 1972. Ballatore has also developed a number of national swimming stars from his berth as head of the Pasadena Swimming Association. Recently Ballatore led his PCC, team to its fifth straight Metropolitan Conference championship, and this weekend is attempting to capture his fourth straight Southern California championship. The members of the team he is to coach will be selected by their per¬ formances in the AAU National Long- course Swimming Championships August 20-25 at Concord, Calif. The top two finishers in each event will form a team which will first go against East Germany at Concord following the AAU meet. Another highlight of the tour will be competition against Japanese swimmers in Osaka and Tokyo for about 10 days. Ballatore will receive help in the coaching responsibilities from Flip Darr of Huntington Beach and Jack Nelson of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ability to predict future conditions by observing present weather conditions over a fairly large region. Climatology's main goal is to discuss climate, its component elements, the factors which determine and control its distribution, and the actual distribution over the earth. Studied over 25 to 30 years, a pattern can be established which enables fore¬ casters to come up with reliable weather predictions. About 800 private weather forecasters are operating in the United States today. They all receive help, however, from the National Weather Bureau, which maintains a nationwide network of over 12,000 weather stations operating on a cooperative basis with other governmental agencies, private organizations, and individuals. could me more organized and coor¬ dinated for auditing, as well as for follow-up on past students. Graham and the committee were most impressed with the administra¬ tion's support of the enabler program at PCC and Director Baldwin's en¬ thusiasm. The wide range of disabilities handled by the program was highly commended. Sister City Delegates To Visit Campus A delegation of 31 persons from Pasadena's sister city in Mishima, Japan, will pay a brief visit to the PCC campus on Thursday, May 2, The group is coming to Pasadena to help dedicate the Mishima Plaza at the new Pasadena Conference Center on Friday, May 3. PCC's Japanese students will serve as guides and interpreters while the group is on campus. The delegation is scheduled to arrive at the Paramedical Building at 2 p.m. Pasadena formed the Foreign City ol Affiliation Committee in August 1960 adopting two cities, Mishima in Japan and Ludwigshafen in Germany. This was in response to President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Person to Person program for establishing good will among nations. “The sister cities maintain student exchanges with each other, along with visitations in private homes, and correspondence,” said Bruce Conklin, dean of institutional research. Arts Council Gives Honorary Award to PCC Norman Abbey, associate professor of art, and his advertising design students, will receive an honorary award for outstanding graphic arts work from the Pasadena Arts Council. The award is to be presented at the annual Gold Crown Banquet at Caltech on May 2. The Arts Council chose the art gallery at PCC for its award because of the quality of the announcements, invitations, and brochures designed by Abbey and his advanced students. “The award is given to a group or organization in the Pasadena-San Gabriel area that turns out the best work," said Richard Cassady, chair¬ man of the Art Department. Cassady, PCC's representative on the Arts Council, nominated the gallery adver¬ tisement in the category of graphic arts. A separate committee elected the winner. The Pasadena Arts Council will present a $450 scholarship fund to PCC President Dr. Armen Sarafian. He acts as trustee of the sum. The scholarship is awarded to three outstanding students of the fine arts. One ex¬ ceptional student in music, drama and art will receive the scholarship award in June. Ballatore Selected for Coach of National Team RON BALLATORE Meteorologist To Lecture on Weather Predictions LOOK AT THAT— An old fire engine on display at the Career Fair attracts the attention of a student. Hundreds of students attended the fair in warm, sunny weather. Organized by the Engineering and —Courier Photo by Rosemary Q. Weiner Technology Department, the Career Fair consisted of about 45 booths representing different PCC departments, outside companies and business corporations. ASB Leaders Discuss Parking, Book Loan By Sergio Caponi News Editor The possible transfer of the Book Loan Committee’s funds to the Financial Aid Commission and final approval of a $250 grant to the swim team for the purchase of championship jackets were discussed in this week’s ASB Board and Senate meetings. The proposal to switch the ad- Radio Station Airs Chicano Issue Series KPCS, PCC's student-operated radio station, is presenting a series called “La Voz de la Gente," which focuses on Chicano educational issues. The station has invited three can¬ didates from the 59th Assembly District to answer questions prepared by advanced political science students from PCC. Gershon Lewis, former mayor of Monterey Park, will be the first candidate to participate. His question and answer session will be aired Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m. The interview with Assemblyman Jack Fenton and Richard Baca, liaison for State Superintendent for In¬ struction Wilson Riles, is to be aired on May 9 and 23, respectively. Each candidate will be asked the same questions. "The main function of the series is to deal with Chicano educational issues through the Assembly candidates," said Alex Tenorio. placement officer in the cooperative education office. “Also the series will promote in¬ terest in political action among the students,” Tenorio said. KPCS is 89.3 FM on the radio dial. DECEASED Dr. Jerry Wolf, associate professor in the Social Science Department, died April 18 in Santa Monica, after being on medical leave since last September. Wolf had received his Pli.D. in Modern American History from USC. He studied at the Eisen¬ hower and Truman libraries and in the National Archives. Both a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a scholarship from the National En¬ dowment for the Humanities were awarded him on the basis of his academic record. The students and staff of PCC extend their sympathy to those who are bereaved. Transfer ai ministration of the book loans was brought to the attention of the Student Senate Tuesday. Senators agreed that such a move is desirable, since the Financial Aid Commission has greater opportunity to handle the money. Although the project is presently unfeasible because of legal drawbacks involved in the transfer, the ASB plans to continue the discussion in future meetings. Following the ASB Board approval last Thursday, the Senate also agreed unanimously to grant $250 to the swim team, which, recently won the Metro¬ politan Conference crown. The team has partially financed its own jackets by selling parade programs and beer mugs New Year's Day. The grant is typical of PCC’s tradition to buy jackets or other items for winning teams. Another prominent item on the ASB agenda was the construction of parking facilities. The ASB Transpor- PCC Mexican Salutes Cinco A little bit of Mexico visits PCC as MECHA (Moviento Estudioantil Chicano de Astlan) and Chicano faculty members present the sixth annual celebracion del cinco de Mayo in recognition of the Mexican in¬ dependence. Historical, political, as well as cultural aspects of the Chicano and his homeland will be part of the campus beginning Monday, and running through Friday. A mariachi group kicks off the program at 11 a.m. Monday in the free speech area. MECHA To Battle Faculty in Menudo Basketball Classic The Menudo Bowl Basketball Classic, a part of Mexican Culture Week at PCC, will be played Wed¬ nesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. in the Men’s Gym. In the benefit game, the PCC Chicano faculty plays against MECHA. A late addition to the faculty squad is Roger Gertmenian, president of the Board of Trustees. Halftime music will be provided by "Conjunto Tropical." The cost is $1.50 per person. nd Jackets tation and Parking Committee plans to recommend to the Board of Trustees that before accepting the City of Pasadena’s offer to help finance a parking structure, they investigate the possibility of buying additional land for parking at the east side of the college. Such possibility would supposedly be less expensive. If the project is not feasible, the ASB asks that trustees consider a parking lot of precast concrete with the city. The ASB Board also studied the possible formation of a parent-teacher- student Association (PTSA). Student representatives on the association would include the ASB president, the Student Senate president, the AWS and AMS presidents, and the Courier editor. Etaoin Whistler, PCC-PTA president, is to be invited to make a lull presentation of the idea before the ASB Board. Culture Week de Mayo Tuesday, “El Camino Real,” a rock band, joins the celebration at noon in the free speech area. Activities on May 1 will feature El Teatro de la Vida у la Muerte (The Theater of Life and Death) from Cal State Long Beach at noon. That night the first annual Menudo Bowl Classic basketball game will be played, pitting the Chicano faculty against MECHA. Game time is set for 7 p.m. “Conjarto Tropical" will provide the music. Entertainment comes in the form of a Ballet Folkloico. Thursday in the free speech area at noon. Ed Hernandez, Chicano adviser ; and Marin Gonzalez, MECHA chairman, begin the celebration Friday at 10 a.m. with an introduction about Cinco de Mayo. At 10:30 a.m. another mariachi group supplies entertainment. Per¬ forming at 11:30 a.m. is a theater group from Hollywood, followed by the Savedra Dancers from 12:30 p.m. to 1 :30 p.m. The final event features “Cold Sweat." bringing the latest rock sounds to the Campus Center. Coinciding with the program is an orientation for Mexican high school seniors from the Pasadena and El Monte areas, as part of the Chicano recruitment project.