Vol. 34, No. 11 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California January 6, 1972
800,000 Spectators Line
Streets To See Rose Parade
By DENISE de VINES
and BICK ERMSHAR
Thank God New Year’s only
comes once a year in Pasadena!
Famed for our great and wor¬
thy Rose Parade — the events of
the evening and early morning
tend to repeat themselves each
year. All in fun, of course.
The sidewalks were crowded
with sleeping bags, old sofas with
broken legs, bottles broken and
half empty, and people — some out
of it and others wondering why
they were there in the first place.
Somehow, it’s all worth it. Even
though that’s an overused cliche,
the splendor and gaiety of the
parade justify the long, cold night
on the curb. This year the parade
drew over 800,000 spectators, and
a total of 1300 law enforcement
officers.
This year’s tournament theme
was “The Joy of Music.” One of
the floats that offered tribute to
the younger generation was
RTD’s floral rendition of “Aquari¬
us,” with Three Dog Night. This
float was followed by several
oohing and aahing teenage girls.
The floats were all beautiful
and offered their special message.
But the one that should be given
special attention over the others
is the Cal Poly float, “Swamp
Rhythm.” The float was designed,
built, and decorated entirely by
students.
Saved $35,000
Most of the rest were commer¬
cially built. The students saved
Student Senate
The Student Senate set two
records at its last meeting be¬
fore vacation: shortest meeting
(seven minutes) and smallest
attendance (19 persons, still far
better than the average of three
persons who watch the ASB
Board). The meeting was called
to order by Kitty Wilkins,
Parking Committee chairman,
in the conspicuous absence of
the Senate president and his
two vice presidents. There was
no new business, or old busi¬
ness. A few announcements
were made, and the meeting
was adjourned. All concerned
students are urged to attend.
themselves upwards of $35,000 by
doing it themselves.
To add to the color was the tra¬
ditional drunk in the front row
who knew everybody by name
and would beg flowers from the
pretty ladies on the floats — only
to be chased by one of the tour¬
nament officials masterly maneu¬
vering a Honda mini-trail.
The demonstration which
brought great fear into tourna¬
ment officials somehow wasn’t all
that fearful. About 100 protesters
AFSC Sets
Schools Meet
Usually, education conferences
are for administrators and teach¬
ers. Not so the community-wide
conference organized by the
American Friends Service Com¬
mittee. It will be for parents and
students, though all interested
people will be welcome.
Parents and students have defi¬
nite rights and responsibilities
toward making learning and
schools more exciting and rele¬
vant. Without active participation
of parents and students, schools
become just places to go and not
experiences worth having.
The conference is set for Satur¬
day, at the Pasadena Presbyterian
Church, 585 E. Colorado Blvd. It
starts at 9 a.m. and runs until 4
p.m. and is free.
Bring a bag lunch; coffee and
tea will be served. Students from
Pacific Oaks College will supply
child care.
There is parking behind the
church.
In the morning there will be
workshops on a student bill of
rights, what students should learn
in elementary, junior, and senior
high schools; chicano, Asian, and
black awareness, and other topics.
Herb Kohl, a best-selling author
and director of an experimental
school in Berkeley, will tell of his
views on education.
In the afternoon the conference
will investigate some alternative
ways of learning and new models
for schools.
stood at the corner of Orange
Grove and Colorado holding ban¬
ners reading “Peace to Vietnam,
Not Bombs” and “Free Angela.”
They also booed as Grand Mar¬
shal Lawrence Welk and televis¬
ion newscaster George Putnam
and the Marine Corps Band pass¬
ed by. Their booing was drowned
out, however, by the cheering and
clapping of the crowd around
them.
Tournament officials were some¬
what disappointed by the small
turnout of the live crowd (as op¬
posed to the television audience),
which they estimated at 800,000 —
well below the anticipated figure
of 1.5 million.
Thousands of parade-goers beat
the traffic by staying along the
route two whole days in advance.
This reporter saw several hun¬
dred persons camped out along
Sierra Madre Blvd. at 8 a.m. on
Thursday, Dec. 30 — over 48 hours
in advance!
It Was Typical Parade
The parade itself was typical —
pretty girls, marching bands,
equestrian units, and, of course,
the floats.
The “pretty girls” included the
Rose Queen and her court, all of
whom were PCC coeds, namely
Margo Lynn Johnson, Lynda
Highley, Traci Stevens, Sharon
Sheveland, Becky Bennett, Vicky
Sanchez, and Julie Fleetwood.
There were 23 bands with a
total of 3500 musicians, all deck¬
ed out (and all pooped out) in
their colorful uniforms. The PCC
Band, under the direction of Dr.
Coy and supplemented by others
from surrounding high schools,
led the parade.
“Oh, those poor horses!” was a
common murmur among the
crowd. 180 richly costumed riders
with silver trappings on their
horses were interspersed among
the 59 floats. Several floats broke
down and had to be towed by
“clean air” automobiles. One float
was also propelled by natural gas.
The parade lasted a touch more
than two hours, after which
Tournament officials headed back
to their Orange Grove headquar¬
ters to spend the next 364 days
planning the next two-hour pa¬
rade.
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—Photos by Alan Zanger
Elevator Plans Proposed
for Handicapped Students
Last December the Board of
Trustees, which had accepted an
offer made by two building firms
to build a ramp for handicapped
students, were told that according
to building codes, the ramp could
not be built.
The ramp, as originally planned,
would extend from the northwest
corner on the second floor of the
Robbins Building to the northeast
corner of the balcony on the
Campus Center building.
Senate President John Marshall
and new construction adviser Art
Scalpers Swindle
Rose Bowl Fans
Pasadena penny-pinchers came
through again in 1972.
The scalpers at the Rose Bowl
game were selling tickets reason¬
ably inexpensive in comparison
to the parking opportunists in the
area. Some people were success¬
fully swindled into paying three
and five dollar parking fees.
After an experience like that,
who wants to pay 50 cents for a
degenerate hot dog? Hunger
forced this swindle on many inno¬
cent victims.
Pasadena can be proud of the
opportunists in the area because
the scavenger talents shone. Af¬
ter working your way through
the scalpers it was a good game.
At least Stanford fans seemed
pleased.
Garr have now proposed an ele¬
vator to be built near the north¬
east corner of the Campus Cen¬
ter. Construction engineers will
be brought in to ascertain if the
proposed elevator can be built
safely.
If given a permit to build, the
elevator would be far less ex¬
pensive than the proposed ramp.
The cost of the ramp would be
approximately $40,000. This mon¬
ey would have come from a capi¬
tal investment account.
The money for the elevator
would come from funds available
to students from the ASB.
The ramps were banned be¬
cause of a discrepancy in building
heights. The problem is that the
second floor of the Campus Cen¬
ter is 7’6” higher than the second
floor of the Robbins Building.
Ramps designed for handicap¬
ped students require a one-foot
rise for every 12 feet of the ramp.
This makes construction of the
ramp impossible.
Most of the buildings on cam¬
pus were built during the 1940s
before the American Standards
Association issued building stan¬
dards that must be put into effect
in any project receiving federal
funds.
Consequently, most handicap¬
ped students are unable to take
part in many student activities.
They are unable to participate in
student government, they cannot
attend meetings, and they cannot
utilize the rest area provided in
the Campus Center.