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PCC Courier, January 11, 1974
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Committee Reveals Discrepancies
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By Dave Bust
Assistant Managing Editor
Preliminary findings of the Student
Senate Committee investigating ASB
financial practices may totally change
future funding procedures of student
government at PCC.
The committee disclosed its
preliminary findings Tuesday.
The committee was created after
several senators questioned funding
procedures used by Gene Vasquez,
ASB president; Joe Chavez, finance
commissioner; and several other
officers on the ASB Board. Committee
members include Stuart Silver, Senate
second vice president; Bill Collier,
senator; Steve Radmall, Senate
treasurer; and Tania Horton, public
relations director for the Senate.
Three specific areas were studied by
the committee, including a student
government convention at Newport,
the PCC Extravaganza which lost over
$5000, and an eight-week film festival
that lost almost $300.
The student government convention
at Newport drew the most criticism
from the committee. Although the
committee members conducted a
substantial investigation, many
questions were still left unanswered.
The committee report, combined
with interviews of each of the govern¬
ment officials involved, and an inquiry
at the College Bank revealed the
following sequence of events;
Newport Convention
Nov. 15, 1973— The ASB Board
passed a motion, placed on the agenda
by Vasquez, to allot $100 to send repre¬
sentatives to the California Com¬
munity College Student Government
Association Convention in Newport on
Nov. 19, 20, and 21. The board mem¬
bers put no limitation or restriction on
the $100 amount except that it had to be
spent at the convention. The number of
students attending and who should
attend was left open.
Nov. 16— Chavez requisitioned $100
from ASB funds to be used at the
CCCSGA Convention.
Nov. 19— The convention began. Joe
Chavez went to Newport with the
money while Vasquez, Carol Daniels,
his girlfriend; Tim Johnson,
Sophomore Class President; and Joe
Chaveria, MECHA representative,
remained at PCC. Vasquez and his
group drew criticism for not attending
the convention Monday, but, according
to the ASB president, he had an over¬
abundance of work on Monday, such as
a Parking Committee meeting and
planning for the Extravaganza. The
rest of the group had to wait for
Vasquez because of transportation
arrangements.
Borrow ed Money
Nov. 20— Tuesday, Vasquez realized
that Chavez had all the allotted ASB
funds. Needing money, Vasquez’ group
decided to borrow it from Johnson’s
grandmother, Irene McRenolds, with
the expectation that the ASB Board
would reimburse the funds. They
borrowed $100 from Mrs. McRenolds
and $15 from Johnson for their ex¬
penses.
At noon, the four attended the
Student Senate meeting where
Vasquez and Johnson both made short
presentations. At 1 p.m. the group left
for Newport where they arrived at
approximately 2 p.m. At that point the
committee started to speculate about
what took place.
Collier called the convention site and
discovered that the convention was
scheduled to end at 3 p.m., indicating
to some senators that the second group
never attended the convention.
Vasquez, however, contends that his
delegation went to two student
caucuses that lasted until 6 p.m. The
ASB president said he gave a 15 to 20-
minute presentation at one caucus on
the topic of education, unity and in¬
volvement.
Informal Caucus
Between the sessions around 4:30
p.m., the student group went to dinner
where they spent approximately $10
per person. “I ate like a president,”
quipped Vasquez.
After the caucus Johnson and
Vasquez both said the group attended
“informal student groups” held in
various hotel rooms at the Newporter
Inn. From 6 p.m. Tuesday to 3 a.m.
Wednesday, the Vasquez contingent
spent $35 on socializing and enter¬
tainment, including some alcoholic
beverages. The committee report
failed to mention that consumption of
alcoholic beverages while on school
business, such as a convention, is
prohibited by state law.
Chavez allegedly spent the night in a
suite at the Newporter. However, he
did not register with the Newporter
office.
Musical Fable
Features PCC
Entertainers
“The Unicorn,” a madrigal fable for
singers and dancers, will be presented
Friday, Jan. 18, at 8:15 p.m. i Sexson
Auditorium.
The concert will be paesented jointly
by the PCC Chamber Singers, under
the direction of William Hatcher of the
Music Department, and the Modern
Dance Production Class, directed by
Adele Tingey of the Women's Physical
Education Department.
Lead dancers include Jonita
Chapman, Deborah McFarland,
Eugenia Totten and Jill Barnes.
In addition, the Chamber Singers
will present madrigals and motets by
such composers as Palestrina, Gib¬
bons, Vecchi and Hindemith. The
dance class will also present “Alma,”
choreographed by Bonnie Ulf;
“Evolution," choreographed by
Debbie McFarland; “Stasis.” choreo¬
graphed by Alice Sarkissian, and “In
the Presence of,” choreographed by
Gail Neal.
Tickets are available at the door, tor
adults $2. and for students $1.
Chavez stayed at Newport Wed
nesday and finished his trip by at¬
tending the concluding sessions of the
convention. The other four students
left Newport at 3 a.m. Wednesday and
returned to Pasadena, having break¬
fast, costing approximately $20 for the
group.
Total Expenses
“The reason we didn’t stay for the
closing sessions," said Vasquez, “was
because I had several important
meetings to attend back at PCC.” He
had meetings concerning the Ex¬
travaganza and a biology test on the
same day.
The round trip gas bill totaled ap¬
proximately $15, bringing total ex¬
penditures for the trip to $115 for four
persons, for one day, all without
receipts.
Chavez did not volunteer in¬
formation regarding expenditures as
freely as Vasquez. When questioned by
the committee, Chavez could account
for $65 to $70 without receipts and
attributed the additional $30 to $35 to
miscellaneous expenses. Collier said
the committee was “reasonably satis¬
fied" with Chavez’ explanation.
The committee’s two main com¬
plaints were the manner in which the
Vasquez group spent money and' the
fact that both Chavez and the group of
four spent money without getting
receipts. Instructions on the
requisition form, which Chavez had to
fill out. required receipts to ac¬
company the cash reimbursement
forms.
Credit Account
"The question is whether or not the
individuals involved spent the money
as appropriated,” Vasquez com¬
mented. "The money was allotted for
participation at the conference with
how it should be spent left to the
discretion of the representatives who
went.
“I think the money was well spent.”
continued the ASB president. "In fact,
in the future. I’m going to recommend
the ASB president have an open credit
account when attending conventions—
the president's integrity should not be
questioned."
The Extravaganza financing also
received Senate probing. Silver did the
investigating and raised questions in
three areas.
First of all. the committee report
stated that Vasquez “spent
irresponsibly and without regard to
previous commitments." This
statement was in reference to publicity
Vasquez had promised the Senate.
On the original budget, the Senate
was allotted $100 for publicity.
Vasquez convinced the senators to
place the money in a total Extrava¬
ganza publicity fund, promising the
senators he would take care of their
needs.
According to Vasquez. Andre
Latreille. Senate president, asked him
to print fliers for the Senate publicity
Friday, three days before the ac¬
tivities were to begin. Vasquez
claimed that he told Latreille he would
print the posters if Latreille would give
him help with the lettering. Vasquez
said he never got the help so he didn’t
make the fliers.
On Monday, Lynn Calamia, Senate
first vice president, again asked
Vasquez for the fliers, at which time he
told her to make out a requisition for
$38.50 and she would get the fliers. At
that point, an apparent misunder¬
standing developed between Ms.
Calamia, Vasquez and the in¬
vestigating committee.
The committee claimed that
Vasquez had apparently spent the $100
in publicity allotted to the Senate and
was asking for additional money
because "Gene did not have enough
money left."
Vasquez denied the allegation saying
that he had money in the bank but he
wanted Ms. Calamia to fill out the
-■requisition for it so when the event was
over, the records would show the
money went to the Senate for publicity
and not to him.
Without Receipts
While investigating the incident.
Silver checked the banking procedures
to try to evaluate where money had
been spent. Silver discovered that
money had been allotted without
receipts and alleged that funds were
not being spent as budgeted.
Continued on Page Three
PCC CoubieSi
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
January 11 , 1974
JOE CHAVEZ
TIM JOHNSON
RAFAEL MARTINEZ
WILLIAM SCHNEIDER
STUART SILVER
ASB Spring
Lancers To
Election Scheduled Next Week
Vote on Revised Constitution
By Pam Beerer
News Editor
An attack on apathy and the need for
better ways of conducting student
government is again underway as
candidates file for student body offices
to be filled in a general election
Thursday and Friday, Jan. 17-18.
Voting booths will be located outside
the Campus Center and on the Quad
side of the C Building. Polls are open
from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Thurs¬
day evening, says Election Com¬
missioner Susan McCoy.
Offices being contested are ASB
president and vice president. Senate
president, AMS and AWS presidents,
Freshman and Sophomore Class presi¬
dents, and athletic commissioner.
Six Vie for President
More interest is being demonstrated
in the election this semester, at least
for the office of ASB president. Six
men are in the running.
Joe Chavez, an accounting major,
and now finance commissioner, in¬
stituted a simpler means of controlling
ASB purse strings. As chairman of the
Transportation Committee, he
organized the Share-a-Ride campaign
to match up potential car poolers. He is
also the student member of the
Faculty Parking Committee.
Chavez feels that student disinterest
can be dissipated. “Student participa¬
tion in school activities that are worth¬
while and in student government has
been increasing this semester. I’m
looking forward to a bigger turnout of
voters this semester than we’ve had
recently.”
Premed student William Schneider
is another ASB presidential candidate.
He has attended all the Senate
meetings this semester, and is active
in the Medical Science Club, and has
served as finance and projects officer
of the Inter -Club Council.
Schneider says, “The power should
be given back to the student body
rather than having it in the hands of
just one person or a few like it hap¬
pened last semester. Any program or
policy should be publicized so the
student body will at least be aware of
what is happening.”
Schneider cited the December
Extravaganza as a misuse of power.
“It was a complete flop and a great
financial loss. Money was paid out for
things that were never received.”
The lack of knowledge of
parliamentary procedure at the ASB
meetings appalls Schneider. “Too
much time is wasted,” he says. “The
agenda should be prepared and
distributed the day before the meeting.
Each person should be well pepared
when it is his turn to speak. We only
have an hour.”
Schneider promises “to do my ut¬
most to improve conditions and
honesty within our government.”
Presidential Hopefuls
The third presidential hopeful is
Stuart Silver, now ASB second vice
president. Majoring in bio-geography,
he has attended PCC for three
semesters.
Silver is one of the co-authors of the
revised ASB Constitution, which will
also be up for approval in this election.
“The major changes of the new consti¬
tution deal with making the govern¬
ment more open and responsive to the
students as a whole. I feel the changes,
such as giving the Senate legislative
power, giving the Supreme Council the
ability to review all the present bylaws
and making the board more represen¬
tative, will put a system of checks and
balances on the government so nobody
can spend ASB money irresponsibly.
“I plan to make this government
more responsive to the students, to
promote faculty-student relationships,
and see to the revision of the financial
code, the Senate and the ASB bylaws,”
says Silver.
Tim Johnson, a third semester
psychology major and current Sopho¬
more Class president, has been public
relations commissioner and a senator.
If elected to the ASB presidency, he
hopes to reimburse the financial
resources of the ASB. “This ad¬
ministration lost $5000,” states
Johnson.
“I also want to initiate an inter¬
collegiate community college com¬
munication central committee to get
representatives from all the com¬
munity colleges together to discuss
mutual problems.”
Regarding the revised constitution,
Johnson says, “I’m not in favor of it. I
think the power should be with the ASB
board. The Senate's representation is
its three votes on the board."
Rafael Martinez rounds out the list
of candidates for the most powerful
student governmental office. He is a
third semester student majoring in
political science.
As an active member of MECHA,
Martinez has held the offices of
treasurer and vice chairman and is the
MECHA representative on the
Supreme Council. He is a security aide
here in the cooperative education
program .
Martinez hopes to “restore student
government to its proper level of in¬
tegrity and leadership that is required
of true leaders in our democratic
system of government.”
At the last minute, incumbent Gene
Vasquez joined the race, hoping to
remain in office for the second con¬
secutive semester.
ASB Vice President
Vice presidential candidates include
Betty Lou Curtis. Chris Champion and
John Palmer.
Ms. Curtis is the current AWS
president and Ms. Champion is a
former Senate vice president.
Palmer, a premed student, is one of
the organizers of the peer counseling
concept and is founder and president of
the Medical Science Club. He is also
working on the establishment of a two-
unit seminar including both students
and teachers in an attempt to improve
relations and communication betwenn
groups.
Palmer wants to expand the
responsibilities of the vice president as
a vehicle of communication among
students. “I have circulated a
questionnaire to determine student
priorities. I want to keep in touch with
the people and get as much feedback
as possible.”
As a peer counselor. Palmer wants a
rap center on campus to provide
constant communication.
Senate President
Senate President Andre Latreille is
the only candidate at presstime to file
again for this office. As a co-author of
the new constitution, he feels if it
passes, “our Senate will become the
legislative arm of government, with
the full authority that it deserves.”
New areas that concern Latreille are
curriculum and the revision of the ASB
financial code.
Freshman President
Joe Fisbeck. the only candidate for
Freshman Class president, is a
printing major and has attended the
ASB Board meetings. He would like to
instigate business and social activities
and "bring the class together."
No applications were filed for the
offices of Sophomore Class president,
AMS president and athletic com¬
missioner.
All candidates agree student
government should be more respon¬
sive to student needs. They urge
students to take an interest in the
election and the constitutional
revisions.
Parking Permits Up for
Grabs Monday Morn
The semiannual rush for parking
permits begins Monday, Jan. 14 at 9
a.m. in the Campus Security Office,
room 108A, Campus Center. Evening
permits will also be sold Monday, Feb.
4 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Daytime permits for faculty, stall
and students sell for $20. Evening
permits for students attending after 2
p.m. are only $5.
A car pool program is ottered for the
first time in hopes of reducing the
number of cars coming to campus. Car
pooling will save members money on
their parking permits, as well as
reducing gas consumption.
A minimum of two and a maximum
of four may register as a car pool. The
$20 fee can then be divided among the
riders.
One of the drivers must claim
himself as the principal registrant.
Only one permit will be issued to the
group. Information contained on the
permit includes the name, make of car
and license number of each driver.
This permit must be displayed in the
lower right corner of the driver’s wind¬
shield at all times. If the driver
changes from one day to another the
permit has to be transferred to the
different driver's car. Security guards
can check to see if the regulations have
been violated by the license numbers
listed on the permit.
It is hoped that those persons signing
up for the Share-a-Ride campaign last
month can take advantage of these
new permits. Joe Chavez, originator of
Share-a-Ride, and several student
senators are contacting those who
signed the lists to match up potential
car poolers.
Paramedical
To Be Housing
Life Sciences
Most of the Life Science Department
now located in the D Building will soon
begin moving to the fourth floor of U
(Paramedical) Building.
The move begins Jan. 14 but classes
will not start there until the opening of
the spring semester. Instructors
Edward Hart and Akira Kawai of
Dental Laboratory Technology, and
Prof. Dorothy Reynolds of home
economics will' continue to hold classes
in the D Building temporarily.
The D Building will be used by the
Physical Science Department while its
old facility (E Building) is being
remodeled.
Eventually the D Building will be
converted into a curriculum guidance
center for students, said Dr. John
Babel, chairman of the Life Sciences
Department.
OMD TAPS NEW MEMBERS— From left, OMD
President Margaret Duncan taps Mildred M. War-
dlow, dean of personnel services, while tappee Alan
Zanger expresses his congratulations, and Lee
Heins, immediate past president of OMD, taps
Tricia Meyers. An initiation ceremony was followed
by a reception at the Campus Center, honoring the
new members of PCC’s Order of Distinguished
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—Courier Photo by Rosemary Weiner
Salisbury, chairman of the Communication Depart¬
ment; Winifred A. Burke, intermediate clerk in the
Communication Department; John H. Snyder,
counselor; and Dr. John L. Bolenbaugh, team
physician. Student tappees were Kathy Anson,
Steve Cardwell, Mark Clark, Lynn Calamia, Bernie
Horner, Wayne Nakano, Brad Mohr, Aiex Patalano,
Roberta Riese, Anita Ullman, Vicki Strong, Linda
Tajima, and Vincent Ybarra.