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PCC Courier, December 14, 1979
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Demonstration Draws Protesters
Students Object to 'Corporate P.R.'
By Tricia Chryst
Contributing Writer
Protest greeted the “drive for con¬
servation” caravan presented by At¬
lantic Richfield Company in the Free
Speech Area last week. Individual stu¬
dents carried signs expressing their
objection to the Arco-sponsored pro¬
gram which demonstrated fuel con¬
servation techniques for motorists.
Protesting students stated that Arco
did not belong on campus and had no
right to use education to “cloak over”
a public relations campaign.
Although the speakers at the demon¬
stration did not recommend the use of
Arco products, available literature did.
As Arco representatives presented
their program, protesting students
walked among the audience and around
the Free Speech Area carrying signs
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reading: “Who profits???,” “Arco is a
four letter word,” “Public Relations is
not Education,” among others.
Campus sponsorship was another
controversial aspect of the demonstra¬
tion. The Alliance for Survival was
originally scheduled to sponsor the
program but withdrew when a majori¬
ty of members expressed opposition.
The ASB was eventually named as
sponsor but several members of the
ASB Board said they were not aware of
a decision to sponsor the demonstra¬
tion.
Alvar Kauti and Phyllis Jackson,
Deans of Student Activities, indicated
that they understood there had been a
consensus, by the Board to sponsor the
project. Asked which Board members
had supported the decision, Kauti said,
“Derek (Coleman) was one, but I don’t
recall the names of the others.”
At first ASB President Derek Col¬
eman denied knowing anything about it
and said the signature on the permit
was not his. He later said, “I forgot I
agreed to sponsor them.” Asked if he
knew that Arco was presenting the
program, he replied, “I don’t re¬
member.”
“I never heard about it, said Susan
Limmer, Associated Women Student
President. “I think he (Derek) should
have said something to us. It really
aggravates me that he didn’t inform
us.”
ASB Vice President Charlotte
Hutchins said, “I never would have
supported that oil company’s coming
on campus, and as far as I know no
general consensus (of the Board) was
taken.”
However, the ASB Constitution does
not require the president to ask for the
Board’s consensus in this matter.
Attendance by PCC students at the
demonstration was light. The Free
Speech Area was crowded early in the
morning when approximately 80 stu¬
dents arrived from Baldwin Park High
School.
Official representation from Arco
and the City of Pasadena, including
Vice Mayor Jo Heckman and City
Manager Donald McIntyre, also at¬
tended the demonstration in the morn¬
ing. They made no comment on the
presence of the protesters.
Many of the high school students said
they did not understand why students
were protesting; others indicated their
approval of the protest.
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VOL. 48. NO. 16 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 1 4, 1 979
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Trustees Move To Hire Law Firm
To Suggest Action on Courier Policy
By Dan Hutson
Editor-in-Chief
In a step to reappraise the Courier’s
governing policy, the Board of
Trustees voted 5-1 to hire a law firm to
suggest possible action in the matter.
Agreeing that there were certain
“grey areas” in the present policy, the
Board requested the firm of Latham
and Watkins of Los Angeles to examine
the policy and past Board action on the
subject at a cost of $85 per hour, not to
exceed $5,000.
New trustees Gary B. Adams and
John Martin joined Roger Gertmenian,
David S. Hannah and Warren Weber in
passing the motion, with Walter T.
Shatford casting the sole dissenting
vote. Dr. Richard Green was absent.
Both Adams and Weber stressed
they did not anticipate any litigation
resulting from the decision. Weber
expressed concern about writing a poli¬
cy “that meets the needs of both
students and the Board,” stating he felt
the present policy doesn’t meet that
Bidding Open 'til Jan. 1 6
Solar House For Sale
Sealed bids for PCC’s three bedroom
solar house will be accepted until Jan.
16. This is the second time the house
has been put up for sale.
The house was first sold in the
summer of 1978. The buyer, Kirsten
Finlay, was forced to withdraw her bid
due to a series of financial misun¬
derstandings.
Director of Purchasing Robert
Burns urged prospective buyers to
“figure all costs” before making a bid
on the house.
“The buyer is going to have to
arrange for someone to dig trenches,
pour concrete for the foundation, move
the house, lower the house onto the
foundation, hook up the utilities, and
plaster any breaks that may have
occurred during the move,” said
Burns.
The buyer would incur the additional
expenses of building a garage, a drive¬
way and landscaping. “A general con¬
tractor can handle all of the arrange¬
ments for an additional charge,” said
Burns.
He also pointed out that the house
will not fit under freeway overpasses.
“The buyer will have to figure a route
over obstacles such as the freeway,
not, under them,” he said.
“The house should face south for
maximum solar exposure,” said
Burns. “That eliminates three-fourths
of the lot properties. The buyer could
take the panels off the house, but that
would be another cost to consider.”
Mrs. Finlay’s major difficulties
stemmed from the fact that she not
' only had to take out a loan to buy the
house but also had to buy a lot for the
house. The current bid form states that
any bid may be rejected if the bidder
cannot provide “proof of ownership or
availability of adequate real property
on which to relocate the house.”
Burns told the Courier in a Septem¬
ber 1978 interview that “Mrs. Finlay
had too many things to arrange in too
short a time. First, she had to arrange
a home loan after she found out her bid
had been accepted. Then she had to
arrange financing' for the lot, the foun¬
dation, and moving, all within a few
months.”
Correction
In an article in last week’s
issue concerning negotiations
between the California Teachers
Association and the Pasadena
Area Community College Dis¬
trict, Dr. Stanley Hutchinson
was incorrectly identified as
СТА
president. Dr. Hutchinson
is a former
СТА
President. Dr.
Gary Woods is the current presi¬
dent. The Courier apologizes for
any confusion caused by the
error.
The home is available for public
inspection on an appointment basis
only. When a bid is accepted, the
purchaser must place a $10,000 deposit
on the house. Full payment is required
by Feb. 22, and the house must be
moved from the campus by May 10.
Another model home currently under
construction will be put up for sale next
May.
need.
Gertmenian, however, said he was
confident the Board would win if a case
was taken to court.
Shatford argued that the move is
“something we can’t afford,” especial¬
ly if litigation arose. He also cited two
previous legal opinions the Board had
received earlier this semester that
declared an earlier policy revision to
be unconstitutional.
Gertmenian replied that cost wasn’t
an overriding factor, and if it was, the
Board could probably save “$30,000 or
maybe $130,000” by shutting down the
Courier.
Faculty Senate President Kay
Dabelow said she thought it struck
faculty as “pathetic to spend money
this way” in light of the current finan¬
cial situation facing community col¬
leges. .
The decision was the latest in a
series of Board moves concerning
Courier policy. The issue came up last
May when the Courier ran an editorial
critical of Gertmenian’s position on the
issue of student trustee.
Gertmenian asked the Board in Sep¬
tember to revise the policy to force the
paper to run rebuttals submitted in
response to any “political editorial.”
After receiving legal opinions from
County Counsel and a private attorney
that viewed the change as “too restric¬
tive,” the Board reversed its decision
in October.
— Courier photo by Judith Gordon
PROTEST — One of the dozen or so sign-carrying students takes advan¬
tage of a handy bench during protest against Arco's presence on campus.
Spare and Briscoe End Service
As Board of Trustees Members
By Laura Carlos
Staff Writer
Charles F. Briscoe and Robert
Spare, retiring Board of Trustee mem¬
bers, were presented with honorary
plaques in recognition of outstanding
services to the college and community
at the Dec. 6 Board meeting.
Spare Cites Accomplishments
“There are a number of things I
carried the ball on,” said Robert
Spare. We set up a curriculum commit¬
tee where the public was heavily repre¬
sented. “The committee is a commit-
No Longer Able To Meet on Campus
Club Charters Revoked by ICC
By Gary Klein
Contributing Writer
The Inter-Club Council has revoked
the charters of between 35 and 40
campus clubs and organizations for
failing to send representatives to ICC
meetings at its Dec. 6 meeting.
This is the first time the ICC has
exercised such authority in PCC’s his¬
tory.
' ICC meets, about every two weeks to
discuss what the various clubs and
organizations have planned for the
future. When a club is granted a chart¬
er, it automatically becomes a mem¬
ber of the ICC and is required to send at
least one representative to each meet¬
ing.
“We need more support in the ICC,”
said President Shannon Nishi. “The
group is not getting the respect it
deserves.”
All clubs that have not sent at least
one member to any ICC meetings had
their charters revoked.
Those clubs will have an opportunity
to reapply for active status which takes
two weeks. Until then, the groups are
forbidden to use the campus facilities
or to hold any meetings on campus.
“This type of action is perfectly
legal,” said Miss Nishi. “It’s a power
given to the ICC, and this is the first,
and hopefully the last, time we will
have to exercise it.”
Advisers of clubs that have seldom
participated in ICC functions will re¬
ceive letters of warning.
At this time, however, it is not
known what action is forthcoming for
charterless clubs with events already
scheduled in the near future.
tee of citizens and a very good cross-
section of people the college is sup¬
posed to be serving .”’
The drop date change was another of
Spare’s initial actions on the Board.
“It’s something I had been trying to
accomplish since the beginning of the
Board. It’s incredible to me that stu¬
dents were able to drop the course just
before finals.”
One of Spare’s recent actions was
initiating a move to hire legal council
for the Board to give advice on the
Courier Policy. “I felt the need to hire
someone who is not associated with the
field of education and has expertise in
the field of law. I think we hired
excellent attorneys.”
Another of his accomplishments was
the introduction of soccer to PCC.
Spare was elected to the Board in
1975 and served as Board president in
1977-78.
Briscoe Reviews Term
“These last years have been the
most rewarding period of my career,”
Briscoe told the audience. “I don’t
intend to lose contacts that I’ve made
here, and any time you think I can do
anything to help the school I’ll come
running.”
Briscoe has served on the Board for
five years. He was elected to serve as
president of the Board in April 1978 and
has made numerous contributions to
the college during his term in office.
Reviewing the accomplishments
during his term in office, Briscoe cited
the creation of smaller parking stalls
to provide space for more vehicles on
campus and the establishment of a “No
Smoking” area in the cafeteria.
“People who smoke should have
regard for the second-hand smokers.
That is why I took a strong stand on a
“No Smoking” area in the cafeteria,”
said Briscoe. “I don’t see why there
should be smoking in an eating area.”
Briscoe also cited his participation
in the investigation of complaints by
students and teachers of vibrations in
the upper floor of U Building.
“We have at least made a good start
and can see daylight on this alleged
vibration in U Building. It wasn’t a
vibration. It was an acoustical sound
which galve a very low frequency but
with considerable energy,” said
Briscoe.
“We’ve mitigated the situation, and
if there is still some residue it can be
accomplished now with reasonable ex¬
penditure.”
One major accomplishment which
both Briscoe and Spare seem agreed on
was the selection of Superintendent-
President Richard S. Meyers.
“He is an outstanding young man
who will serve the college admirably,”
said Briscoe. “He will be one they will
want to keep around as long as they
can.”
Briscoe also spoke about one prac¬
tice he would like to see changed in
coming years. He strongly opposed the
endorsement of trustee candidates by
special interest groups on campus.
“It’s pre-paid bribery,” Briscoe
said. “Teachers and employees should
realize that trustee areas elect repre¬
sentatives. Those representatives
should be free to run the school in the
way that their constituents would want
them to run it and not as any special
interest group would like them to.”
Briscoe plans to keep busy after
retiring. His plans include traveling all
over eastern Europe, visiting the Holy
Land and devoting more time to the
ham radio he operates in his home.
Folklorico de las Rosas Gets
ASB Loan for Dance Program
FLOOD DAMAGE— Water soaked library books dry
out after faulty heating and air conditioning pipes
flooded main floor bookshelves.
-Courier photo by Gwen Johnson
A $340 loan for the Folklorico de las
Rosas was approved by the ASB Ex¬
ecutive Board at its Dec. 6 meeting.
The Folklorico, a Mexican dance
troupe, will use the funds to sponsor a
dance program featuring the group on
Friday, Dec. 14 in Sexson Auditorium.
Members of the dance group’s board
of directors originally approached the
ASB Board asking for a grant rather
than a loan. ‘What I am proposing is
sort of psychological,” said Rafael
Sorcini, spokesman for the group. “No¬
body likes the idea of a loan hanging
over his head.”
However, this proposal met opposi¬
tion from the ASB Board. “We present¬
ly have approximately $3,624, and up¬
coming expenses that we know about
add up to $3,400,” said Michael Fis¬
cher, finance commissioner. “To be
quite honest with you, we can’t afford
it.”
“If they need this money right now,
we should give them a loan,” said Inter
Club Council President Shannon Nishi.
“Depending on how much money we
have, maybe we can give them a
certain portion of the money. I think
we should support them, but we really
aren’t in that good a financial state
right now,” she added.
“I’m all for a loan,” said Fischer.
“As for a grant or half a grant, I’m a
little concerned.”
Associated Women Students Presi¬
dent Susan Limmer made a motion to
loan $340 to the Folklorico and to have
the group report on the profits from the
show at the Dec. 20 meeting. Based on
the report, the Board will make a
decision on how much money the Folk¬
lorico will receive as a grant.
In other business, Assemblies Com¬
missioner Richard Franklin told the
Board that he is working on plans to
sponsor a concert featuring the band
Hiroshima. The concert would be held
sometime next semester.