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VOL. 34, NO. 9
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 1, 1971
Senators Meet; Talk
About Students Fees
At a recent Senate meeting,
three major issues were covered.
Bobby Jackson led a discussion
about the rumored $15 registra¬
tion fee, Kitty Wilkins reported
on the meeting of residents and
the college on parking problems;
and Ed McCarroll offered two rec¬
ommendations from the Curricu¬
lum Committee.
In discussing the $15 fee, Jack-
son did not make it clear where
he thought the idea had originat¬
ed. A student asked where it is
written that the fee is illegal, but
he got no answer.
Some students thought that the
money — supposedly to go to the
ASB — was actually to be used for
a multilevel parking structure;
someone pointed out that it would
take 10 years to get together
enough fees to pay for a parking
structure.
Jackson warned that care of the
money ($225,000 a year) should
not be left in the hands of the
ASB, beacuse it is not financially
skilled enough to manage it.
At the college and community
parking meeting, a resident had
suggested that the students park
on one side of the street and the
residents on the other, using a
system of colored stickers. Kitty
said the residents only agreed to
a street parking plan if the ad¬
ministration promised to begin
plans for a parking structure at
once.
She said the city planning com¬
mission is also pressing the col¬
lege to build the structure. A stu¬
dent suggested that the college
ask the freeway commission to
raise the freeway where it passes
near the Carson St. parking lot
so the students could park under
it as is done under the inter¬
change in downtown LA.
The Curriculum Committee rec¬
ommends that students be allowed
to take any course they are eligi¬
ble for, on a credit-no credit basis,
provided they understand the ad¬
vantages and disadvantages. The
Senate voted for this recommen¬
dation.
The Curriculum Committee also
recommends that study lounges
be arranged where the teachers
are, for maximum interchange of
help and ideas. Room 138C was
suggested as a likely spot for a
lounge. It is to be an experiment
and was voted in by the Senate.
Art History and
Layman's Law on TV
Television viewers may take
college credit courses in art his¬
tory and laymen’s law next semes¬
ter on Los Angeles stations
KABC, Channel 7; and KCET,
Channel 28.
“History of Art 1A,” a new se¬
ries produced by Pasadena City
College, shows colorful examples
of painting, sculpture, architec¬
ture and other arts around the
world from prehistoric times.
Host and instructor is Prof.
Lennox Tierney, currently at the
University of Utah on leave from
the Art Department at PCC. His
guests during the 42 half hours
include Dr. Bernard Myers, au¬
thor of the course textbook; Rob¬
ert Clements, director of the
Clements Pro Musica; and Dr.
Ralph J. Hallman, PCC social
science professor.
The other series, “Law for the
70s (Law 30),” is produced by the
Los Angeles Community College
District and conducted by Dr.
Donald P. Lyden, attorney. It
covers many aspects of law for
the California layman, from
court structure to community
property to probate.
Viewers wanting credit may
register for the courses at PCC,
Los Angeles City College or other
selected community colleges. They
may watch the programs on home
TV and then visit the colleges for
midterm and final examinations.
Textbooks are available.
Channel 7 kicks off the series
with “Law for the 70s” for 50
half hours beginning Monday,
Jan. 31, and running from 7:30 to
8 a.m. each Monday, Wednesday
and FTiday. It will be repeated on
Channel 28 each Monday, Wednes¬
day and Friday from 2:30 to 3
p.m., beginning February 7.
"History of Art” begins Tues¬
day, Feb. 8, on Channel 7 and
continues each Tuesday and
Thursday from 7:30 to 8 a.m. and
Friday from 6:30 to 7 a.m.
through May 19.
The shows are taped and re¬
leased under supervision of the
Consortium for Community Col¬
lege Television. Colleges all over
the metropolitan area are cooper¬
ating in the continuing project,
which began in the fall of 1970.
Further information on ‘Histo¬
ry of Art” may be obtained from
Mrs. Jean Garren, coordinating
art historian at Pasadena City
College, where her phone number
is 792-1478.
STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS of the area discuss
the parking problem here on campus during a
recent meeting of the Parking Committee, in
which community members were invited to
— Courier Photo by Alan Zanger
attend. The possibility of unlimited parking for
students on one side of the street, leaving the
other side for resident parking, was discussed.
Student cars would carry color-coded stickers.
Speaker To Distuss 'Pollution*
Conspiraty in Campus Talk
More details on “Law for the
70s” are available from Dr. Cecil
Osoff at Los Angeles City College,
phone 660-4821.
The PCC chapter of People’s
Lobby is bringing Edwin A. Kou-
pal, executive director of People’s
Lobby, Inc., to the Free Speech
area tomorrow at 12 noon.
Koupal will discuss what he
terms “The Pollution Conspiracy.”
He will explain this conspiracy
which he feels is “a plot against
— Courier Photo by Alan Zanger
DEAN JOHN EIKENBERY is surrounded by well-wishers as he
attempts to blow out the candles on his birthday cake during a
surprise party held in his honor last Wednesday in the Campus
Center. The attempt failed but the party didn't, as 150 students,
faculty and other school personnel gathered to pay tribute to
the dean.
the breathers of the state.” Those
who have the power to change
the course in which our environ¬
ment is going will not do so.
Koupal is convinced that air
and water officials have been too
timid or too lenient in their deal¬
ings with polluters. This is the
result of industrialists being al¬
lowed to sit on these boards. “Pol¬
luters are allowed to sit on boards
which are supposed to be regu¬
lating pollution,” Koupal con¬
tends.
“We’ve had air pollution boards
for years and years and people
are still dying from smog,” Kou¬
pal asserts. “The boards tell us
to be patient and go slow. Politi¬
cians tell us to go through the
legislature. We’ve tried these tac¬
tics for years and have gotten
nowhere. We have decided to by¬
pass all this nonsense and go to
the people to get things done.”
Koupal’s group, People’s Lobby,
is going to the people with the
Clean Environment Act. This is
a 23-section initiative measure,
which if passed, will put an end
to offshore oil drilling in the
state, provide for the phasing out
of lead in gasoline, ban the use of
persistent chlorinated hydrocar¬
bons, and ban the construction of
new nuclear power plants for a
five-year period of investigation.
People’s Lobby drafted, printed,
circulated and publicized the
measure as a petition last year.
They collected over 500,000 signa¬
tures of registered voters in order
to qualify the Clean Environment
Act for the 1972 California pri¬
mary ballot. The bill needs the
approval of 50 per cent of the
voters in June for it to become
law.
Koupal will go into the details
of the act tomorrow. He will tell
students how they can help. He
will also answer many of the
questions that we may have about
what plain, ordinary people can
do through political activism.
Koupal admits that the Clean
Environment Act will not solve
all of our environmental prob¬
lems, but he feels, “It’s the first
step in the right direction.”
Koupal used to make a good
living selling used cars. He gave
it up a few years ago. Now he is
a man devoted to a cause. His
cause is the right of everyone to
breathe.
He spends quite a bit of his
time nowadays jetting up and
down the state talking to people.
He speaks to students, environ¬
mental groups, or any other in¬
terested body of people.
Koupal and his wife, Joyce,
formed People’s Lobby in 1968.
The organization is staffed 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
Other offices are located in Santa
Cruz and San Francisco. There
are campus chapters at colleges
throughout the state.
Toys for Tots;
Help Is Needed
By FRANK CUOMO
As Christmas creeps around
the corner, there will be many
children who won’t have a merry
one, because their parents won’t
be able to produce like Santa
Claus.
So what’s going to happen to
make their Christmas a happy
one? The U. S. Marine Corps Re¬
serve will start its annual drive to
collect toys for the underprivil¬
eged children.
Here at PCC, the marketing
work study class, with adviser
Leonard Dionisio, will collect new
and good used toys.
There will be barrels in front of
the Campus Center. Other barrels
will be in front of the C Building
and the campus radio station.
A display with the collected
toys will be in the window next
to 108R.
On December 9, the toys will
be turned over to the Marines for
distribution.
Today we hear of brotherly love
quite a bit, but I wonder if this
includes children. With all the so-
called organizations for the bet¬
terment of something or other
here on campus, I feel sure that
we will fill the barrels to the
brim.
PCC seems to be filled with
people who complain about al¬
most everything, and I think it is
time for them to help do some¬
thing constructive for a change.
Graduation Scholarships
Students who plan to graduate
in January or June may apply
for a graduation scholarship if
GPA is 3.0 or better. Apply in
112C.
Christmas Library
PCC’s library announces the
following hours for Christmas
vacation: Dec. 20, 21, and 29 —
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 27 and 28 —
9 a.m. to 4 pan., and 6 p.m. to
9 p.m. Dec. 22 — 9 a.m. to 3 pan.