VOL. 32, NO. 12 _ PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 17, 1969
Two Head Football Coathes Demoted
By LEWIS TROUT
The Pasadena City College
Board of Trustees accepted the
resignations of Harvey Hyde and
Myron Tarkanian as head foot¬
ball coaches at a special meeting
in the board room of the Campus
Center last Friday.
The letter of resignation from
Hyde and Tarkanian read, “In
view of the recent ineligibility
case, we feel it is in the best in¬
terest of Pasadena City College
for us to submit our resignations
as head football coaches.
“We would be grateful if we
could be reassigned as assistant
football coaches.”
In two separate actions, the
trustees voted 6-0 to promote Wil¬
liam H. Sandstrom to head coach,
By RANDALL KIRSCHMAN
Students in need of financial
assistance in order to continue
their education at PCC or else¬
where should visit the Financial
Aids Office, 160C. A number of
loans, scholarships, and grants
are available.
These aids are awarded on the
basis of need — outstanding schol¬
arship is not a prerequisite. Since
the number of students needing
assistance surpasses the funds
available, students having the
greatest need are given assistance
first.
Funds for this aid comes from
the federal government, the state
of California, the faculty and staff
of PCC, and private donors. The
aids office is asking the federal
government for a substantial in¬
crease in funds.
Various types of loans are avail¬
able. The National Defense Stu¬
dent Loan, federally funded, gives
the student up to $500 per year.
Payments are deferred until nine
months after graduation and part
or all of the loan may be forgot¬
ten if the recipient becomes a
teacher. Twenty-one such loans
were made last year.
The Federally Insured Student
Loan is a similar program, funded
by banks and other agencies and
insured by the federal govern¬
ment. FISL loans may be up to
$1500. Last year 50 loans were
made, mostly of $1000.
Special Loans
Special loans are available for
students in law enforcement and
nursing.
and to retain Hyde and Tarkanian
as assistant coaches. The seventh
trustee, Carl Ludlow, was absent.
In a detailed statement follow¬
ed later by an interview, Dr.
Armen Sarafian, president of PCC
explained the reasons for the ac¬
tion.
Two members of this year’s
championship Lancer football
team were ruled ineligible to play
after the regular season had been
completed. Because of the ineligi¬
bility, the Lancers were required
to forfeit seven games by the
Metropolitan Conference.
The two players were ruled in¬
eligible because they had played
freshman football at the Univers¬
ity of Hawaii. John Eikenbery,
dean of student activities, noted
Short-term loans of up to $35
are available from the PCC Emer¬
gency Loan Fund. The loans are
interest-free. The main contribu¬
tors to this program are the PTA,
the faculty and staff, which con¬
tributed over $1100 last year, and
private donors.
PCC’s faculty and staff are
asked to contribute $1 per month
to help support this program.
Grants are available from the
Educational Opportunity Grant
Program and the Nursing Schol¬
arship Program. Both are federal¬
ly supported and award up to
$1000 per year.
College Opportunity Grants of
up to $1000 per year are available
from the State of California. Stu¬
dents must apply while still in
high school. The aids office hopes
to receive additional state assist¬
ance next semester under SB 164.
Honors-at-Entrance Scholarships
of $50 to $75 are provided by the
PTA and Faculty Scholarship
Fund Association. The most re¬
cent awards totalled $2800.
Grants-in-Aid of $50 may be
earned by students in exchange
for 30 hours of work done at PCC.
PCC Fund
The PCC Scholarship Fund As¬
sociation administers about 40
scholarships. Information may be
obtained from Lloyd Leslie, direc¬
tor of the association, in 160C.
The College Work Study Pro¬
gram provides an opportunity for
needy students to earn money by
working on campus part-time.
Most of the jobs are clerical. Stu-
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that neither player had participa¬
ted in any intercollegiate games.
Both had played only against two
local private teams. “Private clubs
are typical of Hawaii,” said
Eikenbery, “because there are no
other college teams.”
Despite the unusual Hawaiian
situation, the players were still
considered to have played a year
of regular college football and to
have been ineligible to play for
PCC this year.
Hyde and Tarkanian both coach¬
ed varsity football at Hawaii be¬
fore coming to PCC. They were
hired in April, 1968, for PCC. At
least one of the two players left
the university over 10 weeks be¬
fore any coaching jobs were of¬
fered the two instructors.
Further, according to a PCC
Courier story dated October 9,
1968, both the coaches and players
were surprised to meet each other
later in the year at PCC. Neither
had previous knowledge of the
others’ coming.
Evaluation
Results Ready
By ANITA SOHUS
At last! The long-awaited PCC
faculty evaluation results will be
distributed tomorrow and Friday,
according to project chairman
Pete Kuretski.
Selling for 15 cents per copy at
various locations on campus from
11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the results
are published in a 40-page booklet.
Every teacher on campus who was
reviewed by enough students to
give a valid evaluation is covered
in the survey.
Purpose was to help students in
planning what courses and what
instructors to select for next se¬
mester.
At the December 9 Senate meet¬
ing, steps were taken to insure
another and more complete evalu¬
ation next semester. Resolutions
to ask the ASB Board for $300 to
start and maintain a fund for the
evaluation, and to charge 15 cents
per copy for this semester’s re¬
sults were passed.
The ASB Board allotted the re-
quested money last Thursday.
Pi'oceeds from the sale of the
booklets will be added to the
special fund after costs for this
semester’s evaluation have been
covered.
Results of the Senate elections
were announced to the Courier
yesterday.
Bruce Malter was elected first
vice-president and Terry Calopedis
second vice-president. Both will
take office next semester.
Oral fireworks exploded over a
resolution proposed by Dave La-
tour, stating, “A Senate member
running for Senate office cannot
run for secondary offices,” mean¬
ing other ASB offices.
Reportedly, several students
were doing just that.
President Oscar Rodriguez ruled
the proposal impractical, and
asked Latour why he had formu¬
lated the resolution. Latour re¬
plied that his 9 a.m. MWF class
had requested it.
At this, Rodriguez shouted that
he didn’t believe the statement.
When questioned later, Rodriguez
told this reporter he had been told
before the meeting that the pro¬
posal had been devised Monday
night, and not Monday morning
or earlier (Senate meetings take
place Tuesdays).
Following this outburst, second
vice-preesident Kuretski objected,
claiming the president was using
his personal opinion. It was mov¬
ed, seconded, and unanimously
approved by floor vote to appeal
the chair’s decision, thus overrul¬
ing it.
The original resolution prohib¬
iting a senator fi'om running for
two ASB offices was then approv¬
ed by vote.
This year, however, coaches
Hyde and Tarkanian “slipped up
very badly,” said Dr. Sarafian, by
covering for the two ineligible
players when questions about eli¬
gibility first arose early in the
season. “Both coaches regret their
error in judgment, and will not
make the same mistake again,”
Dr. Sai'afian continued.
The trustees took their action
after carefully weighing both
sides of the coaches’ records. Typi¬
cal of the plusses achieved by
Hyde and Tarkanian is the place¬
ment record of last year’s team.
Nineteen out of 20 players receiv¬
ed scholarships to four-year
schools.
Included was one player drop¬
ped for insubordination, but
By LEWIS W. TROUT
Rumors of plans to sit-in at
Bob’s Restaurant, 1616 E. Colo¬
rado, to pi-otest alleged inferior
sei-vice to PCC students have
proven to be false — so far.
Efforts to boycott Bob’s on an
organized basis have not yet been
formulated according to usually
reliable sources, but consideration
is being given to the idea, a Coui--
ier editor learned last Friday.
A recent complaint about serv¬
ice at Bob’s is typical of the opin¬
ions voiced by numerous PCC stu¬
dents. Gloria Fleming, a sopho¬
more, reported that she and sev¬
eral friends went to Bob’s early
last week for lunch.
After having waited for 45
minutes, Mi-s. Fleming asked a
friend at a table if he was finished
eating. She explained that she had
a class at 1, and wished to eat as
soon as possible. Her friend said
he was finished and left the table
as the Fleming party sat down.
According to Gloria, a hostess
approached the table and said
that no one could sit down until
the dirty dishes from the preced¬
ing customer had been removed.
At the same time, an elderly lady
was seated at an uncleared table
without any trouble at all.
Was Mrs. Fleming’s experience
an isolated instance? Aspect edit¬
or Steven Lantz said no, and add¬
ed that such incidents are veiy
common. Freshmen Tony Bleeker
and Bill Platte also agreed that
service given them had been poor.
Mrs. Fleming did point out one
good thing about Bob’s. "Waitress-
whom Hyde and Tarkanian as¬
sisted anyway. The player receiv¬
ed a scholarship and is playing
football.
Anthony Linehan, director of
athletics, felt that the many plus¬
ses of Hyde and Tarkanian’s
record must be kept in mind. He
further explained that he believes
the coaches are displaying char¬
acter and guts by remaining on
the PCC football staff. He said
that by facing the distasteful sit¬
uation head-on, they are setting
an example for present and fu¬
ture students and players to fol¬
low.
Finally, Linehan asked everyone
to remember the advice given by
Christ in a similar case: “Let he
who is without sin cast the first
stone.”
es as individuals,” she commented,
“are coux-teous, perhaps because
many are students or student-age
themselves.”
“However,” she continued, “I
will try to take my business else¬
where and will urge others to do
the same.”
Game Invented by
PCC Professor
As the holiday season draws
near, many new game ideas ap¬
pear on the market. One of the
most ingenious of these is a dart
game called Touchdown, invented
by PCC professor Robert Taylor.
For the past two years, Taylor,
an avid sports fan, has developed
an idea that combines the analy¬
sis of football and basketball with
skill in dai'ts.
According to Taylor, the two
games, which are on opposite
sides of the same game board,
require knowledge of the game
itself, as the competition results
from each player’s prediction of
what the next play will be.
Taylor also has a golf game
with baseball on the x-everse side
ready for sale in 1970.
The game came out in time for
the local mar-kets, but was too late
for national sales, at Christmas
time.
The Junior Executives, a serv¬
ice club at PCC, will sell the
games on campus this week in an
effort to raise money to finance
their many activities.
DR. ARMEN SARAFIAN
PCC President
Scholarships, Loans
Open to Students
ANTHONY LINEHAN
Director of Athletics
Poor Service Rapped
at Bob's Restaurant
