— Courier Photo by Alan Zanger
cummings colloquium
The English Department an¬
nounces its next colloquium
as “The Poetry of e. e. cum¬
mings,” tomorrow at 9 a.m. in
Harbeson Hall, with Ben Bude
as the speaker. For several
decades e. e. cummings has
been a favorite of both young
and old. Although much of
what he wrote is set in an
earlier era, his poetry is as
timely as ever. In this colloqui¬
um, Bude, while exploring sev¬
eral facets of cummings’ poetry,
will present, with slides and
tapes, some of the poetry of
this remarkable man.
KATHY CHILDS and Paul Root admire Toys for Tots window dis¬
play in Robbins Building. Toys for the Christmas drive may be
brought- to 1 08 R daily between 8 a.m. and noon. A box is also
located in C Building in front of the KPCS office.
TOTAL NUDITY! SEE PAGE THREE
Changes Needed Says
People's Lobby Leader
Edwin Koupal began his talk
Thursday by telling the assembly
of students and faculty how they
can make changes in environmen¬
tal laws.
“Radical, militant, but consti¬
tutional.”
Koupal, executive director of
People’s Lobby, Inc., stated that
these changes can be made
through the initiative process.
The Clean Environment Act,
which will be on the ballot next
June, was drawn up and circu¬
lated as an initiative measure by
People’s Lobby.
They collected over 500,000 sig¬
natures of registered voters in
order to qualify it for the ballot.
In his talk in the Free Speech
Area, Koupal discussed several
of the 23 sections of the Clean
Environment Act. If passed, it
will put an end to offshore drill¬
ing on the California coast, pro¬
vide for the phasing out of lead
in gasoline by January 1, 1976,
ban the use of persistent pesti¬
cides, and place a five-year mora¬
torium on the construction of
nuclear power plants.
Koupal indicated the optimism
he feels when he stated that “the
changes made by this bill will be
so permanent, the pollution estab¬
lishment of this state will not be
able to change it, unless they go
to court — and that’s where we will
end up in the battle.”
It is an automatic felony for
anyone to fool with the law after
it has been passed.
Another thing the Clean Envi¬
ronment Act will do is eliminate
the conflicts of interest on the ■
various control agencies. Koupal
contends that allowing the very
polluters themselves to sit on air
and resource quality boards is
like “asking rats to guard the
cheese.”
This will all change, according
to Koupal, with the passage of
the Clean Environment Act. The
measure needs the approval of
50 per cent of the voters on June
6. Koupal is confident that it will
receive that, and asserted, “June
6, 1972, will be D Day for pollu¬
tion in the state of California.”
Koupal was brought here by the
PCC chapter of People’s Lobby,
which meets every Thursday at
noon in 230C. Any student or fac¬
ulty member is welcome to at¬
tend the meetings.
Vol. 34, No. 10
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
December 8, 1 971
ASB Board Meets; Members
Vote New Construction Funds
By SALLY HANDFOBTH
The Campus Center provided
a spectacle November 18 when
the ASB Board vacated the board
room of comfy slumbering stu¬
dents to hold its weekly fiasco.
From the Editor's Chair . • •
— Courier Photo by Alan “Ty-D-Bol" Zanger
Welcome to the first (and
probably last) Obscenity and De¬
pravity issue of the Courier! This
issue is our answer to the age-old
question, “Is sex rampant at
PCC?”
Many people have wondered
(and some of them have won¬
dered quite actively) what made
us decide to produce such an atro¬
cious issue.
Well, our noble colleagues
across the hall who produce
ASPECT felt that it was time for
them to recognize sex, so, with
that fine, fine, superfine sense of
timing and appropriateness for
which we are famous, we have
decided to do the same, although
from a different point of view, to
be sure.
ASPECT will probably put out
an issue just jam-packed with
good taste and literacy, but you
wouldn’t expect that from the
Courier, would you?
A survey we saw recently re¬
ported that the average American
male thinks about sex on the ave¬
rage of once every 10 minutes.
Assuming that this applies to
sleep as well, this works out to
about 144 sexy thoughts per day.
Our issue this week is dedicated
to those 144 happy interludes in
the daily grind.
In case you’re wondering, there
is some “normal” news in this
week’s Courier. We know that life
marches on, even when one stops
for a little recreation. Next week
we’ll be back to the old grind,
just putting out a newspaper like
all other newspapers, full of the
events that affect and illuminate
men’s lives.
So, join us for one last cheap
thrill on the way to oblivion as
we voice a rousing affirmative to
that other age-old question, “Sex,
sex, sex! Is that all you people
ever think about?”
The domino players, however,
were not to be disturbed by this
intrusion by the board, and con¬
tinued their games while the
meeting began.
There were two motions to cor¬
rect the previous week’s minutes,
and then for just a few moments
the meeting melted into the
sounds of clattering dominoes, a
baby demanding food, and a piano
improvisation.
Someone from the audience ap¬
propriately stated, “This place is
a zoo!” An effort to increase the
volume of the board’s sound sys¬
tem brought the meeting out of
oblivion and again up to the level
of competition.
There was an announcement
that the football team would be
unable to receive their certificates
of merit until the following week.
The next motion is and has
been of great political and social
importance to the students of
PCC. Marshall announced the
availability of a fund containing
$55,000 to furnish or build onto
the Campus Center in any way
the board chose to use the money.
Whisk Away $40,000
There has been inter-board
member discussion about this
money and its uses, but, for the
first time, the board whisked
away $40,000 in 10 minutes with
little official discussion or com¬
ment. No doubt the extension of
a ramp from the corner of the R
Building to the Campus Center is
a good idea and worthy of $40,000
or $40,095 or $55,000.
After all, who would want to
quibble over a measly $95 or even
$15,000.
The board was glad to assert
the power it has to move and
vote for the sake of progress. Just
as so many ruling bodies today,
our own ASB members didn’t feel
the need to question the figures
given by one of their more promi¬
nent members.
The California Association for
Health submitted its petition to
be a club here on campus.
Plunio Tuta asked for more
ping-pong tables. “How about
just one table? A paddle?” The
table was voted down.
Marshall called for another mo¬
tion to reopen the commission
for the “Dialogue.” It is a weekly
sheet publication put out by the
students with no official editing
or code as to content. The board
passed the motion and an editor
and staff are being pursued.
Draft Counselor
Also participating in the meet¬
ing was a Mr. Hall from the Ecu¬
menical Council of Churches and
Howard Stewart from the Calvary
Baptist Church across the street.
They had come to discuss with
the board the subject of ex-draft
counselor and campus minister,
Steve Crowell, his dismissal, and
what to do about our existing
need for a draft counselor on
campus.
Hall explained how Crowell
came to us in the first place: The
Ecumenical Council of Churches
has received some income on in¬
vestments and voted that this
fund support some work at PCC.
The stock market fell not too
long ago, and the dividends that
were paying Crowell’s salary de¬
creased to almost nothing. The
Council of Churches went in the
hole to finish up his salary last
year, and they then had to dis¬
miss him.
The council even went to nine
foundations to ask for help, but
there was no response.
Hall said the council would do
what it could to help appropriate
funds and a counselor, but that
there must also be a concurrent
student search for funds.
Rumors that Crowell had some¬
how been dismissed because of his
political views were denied. When
asked if the council felt the gov¬
ernment had the right to draft,
Hall replied that he could make
no stand for the council except
that it had done much in the past
to offer draft counseling and will
attempt to do more.
Chuck Wilson called the meet¬
ing to a close at 12:20.
— “T,” the Sensuous Editor