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PCC Courier, January 14, 1977
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Students Begin Campaigns
for ASB Spring Positions
—Courier Photo by Michael Joncich
NO CONTEST— ASB President-elect Brad Baldwin is running un¬
contested for the office and he thinks it’s a joke.
By Blake Sell
Managing Editor
Students will be voting for only one
of the ten elected positions on the
Associated Student Body Board in next
week's general election due to ap¬
parent student disinterest in assuming
student government offices.
Seven students filed to run for office
before the Monday, noon deadline; two
were found ineligible upon a check of
their academic status.
The only office for which more than
one candidate filed and was eligible
was ASB vice-president. The two
candidates are David Dean and
Charlee Stauffer.
Three offices, ASB president, Fresh¬
man Class president and Senate
president will be filled automatically
as there was only one candidate for
each. Brad Baldwin, Phillip Van Etten
and Thomas Whiting respectively will
win these posts by default.
There were no candidates for six
other offices. Offices lacking can¬
didates are Associated Men Students
and Associated Women Students
presidents, Sophomore Class
president, Athletics president and first
and second Senate vice-presidents.
The empty ASB Board offices will be
filled by appointment by the incoming
ASB president. All appointments must
be approved by the Board and the
Student Senate. The two Senate vice-
president positions will be selected
from within the Senate.
Phyllis Jackson, dean of student
activities, said that such a candidate
turnout was not uncommon at PCC and
in fact, the situation had been con¬
tinuing this way for a number of years.
“It just makes me sick that people
aren’t interested enough,” she said.
Among the responsibilities of the
ASB is the distribution of funds to
campus clubs. Dean Jackson said that
if these clubs come to the Board ex¬
pecting funds, they should at least be
interested in offering candidates for
student government.
Dean Jackson feels that student
government has a lot to offer students.
“Students involved in studying
government. . should be involved.
This is a learning situation,” she said.
Polling will be held Tuesday and
Wednesday in the Quad from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. Students must present their
student ID card in order to vote.
Baldwin, new student body presi¬
dent-elect by default, reported his dis¬
gust over the apparent stature of ASB
government in the eyes of most
students.
“ASB government, at the moment, is
a big joke,” he said. “The present ASB
Board joke is now over with the
election of new officers. But the joke
now lies in the fact that I’m running
unopposed.”
He said the farce is continued when
faculty and administration ignore the
responsibilities of ASB government
and when clubs continually complain
about student body affairs but do not
participate in student government.
“Students who gripe about parking,
faculty, drop dates, anything— are just
telling another joke every time they
bitch without actually doing anything
about it,” he said.
“I’m running unopposed. If no one
votes, then you can look at me as a
fool. But at least I’m trying,” Baldwin
said.
VA Regulations
Said y Unclear '
VOL. 42, N0.17
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 14, 1977
By Tom Ritchie
Special To The Courier
The Veterans Administration (VA)
recently imposed new regulations on
what they call IHL’s (institutes of
higher learning ) throughout the entire
nation.
The exact purpose of these
regulations is unclear, according to
veteran officials and administration
heads here on campus. From what the
PCC officials can make of tlje new law
it seems the VA is. cracking down on
many institutes that abuse the
educational assistance program.
But while these regulations may
curtail some misapropriations of funds
at lesser known institutions, they may
end the education of veterans at PCC
and elsewhere PCC veterans officials
Forensics Squad Takes
Second Place Nationally
ARTSY ANIMAL— Barbara Byers’ drawing of a rhinoceros recently
won first place in the English Council’s Art and Photography Con¬
test. Second prize honors were shared by students Dan Sweet,
Debora Rivera, Edwin Allen King and Bruce Archie. Archie’s work will
appear on the cover of Poet magazine.
By Sarah Lawrence
Staff Writer
The varsity forensics debate team
was boosted to a second place national
rating among colleges and universities
last weekend during speech com¬
petition at the University of Texas at
El Paso. The entire PCC team took the
top four places in their respective
categories, winning the sweepstakes
award at the four day national tour¬
nament.
The two debate teams of Matt
Brandstetter and Matt Megaro, and
Gina Iovine and Michael Schultz
captured first place in the Cross
Examination Debate Association
(CEDA) division giving them the
national position.
In other individual events, Brand¬
stetter took second place in the ex¬
temporaneous category. He also was
awarded a special outstanding speaker
award.
Miss Iovine took two third places in
persuasive speaking and Schultz
earned a third place in ex¬
temporaneous speaking.
In the El Paso “Sun Carnival Swing”
tournament, the school winning the
accumulation of highest total points in
two separate tournaments, won the
grand sweepstakes prize.
Masumi Hirowasu and Whyne Stam
took second place in the debating
division. Their debate dealt with the
topic of laws restricting the freedom of
speech.
Stam holds previous championships
in the individual events of oral in¬
terpretation, impromptu and ex¬
temporaneous speaking. “ This type
of competition teaches him to adapt to
all speaking situations,” said Crystal
Watson, forensics coach.
Both speaking coaches Joe Probst
and Miss Watson said the tournament
victories did not surprise them
because of their team's hard work and
conpilation of high tournament ratings
during the semester.
say. Colleges may not be able to
comply with, these new rules at this
time.
The most stringent regulation calls
for the college to verify that no course
will have more than 85 per cent of its
students receiving grants from the VA,
or basic or supplemental grant
programs.
If an 85 plus percentage should arise
veterans would be denied benefits.
Veterans who were certified by the
VA last fall for both the fall and spring
semesters will continue to be eligible
for benefits. Veterans who have been
certified for both semesters but have
dropped below six units, and veterans
certified only for the Fall 76 semester
(including all with 60 or more units)
may reapply for the spring semester.
In addition to this regulation, a new
drop policy has been implemented.
Effective December 1, 1976, veterans
will not receive benefits if the grade
assigned for any course at semester’s
end is not used in computing
graduation requirements. For in¬
stance, if a veteran enrolled in 12
semester units receives for a grade a
“W” (withdrawal), an “E” (in¬
complete), or an “NC” (no-credit) in
one or more classes, he will be
required to pay back benefits received
from December 1, for the monetary
difference in units.
Beginning next semester, he will
have to pay back benefits received
from the beginning of the semester if
grades of “E” or “NC” are received.
However, there will be no retroactive
penalty if the veteran drops a course
within the first thirty days of the
semester.
Millions Prepare for New Years Celebration
By Vivian Parker
Staff Writer
What are you doing New Years
Eve. . .no, not the New Years Eve that
just passed or the one 12 months away.
How about the one that’s coming up
tonight?
Students of Christian history find
this curious holiday repeat no surprise,
that is if studying the daily calendar
and evolution of faiths is part of their
scope of knowledge and interests.
In fact, a little more research into
the matter reveals that these same
people also celebrate Christmas,
replete with their own festivities, two
weeks after most Americans.
Who are these people? They are
members of the Eastern Orthodox re¬
ligious rite, a major religious group
that comprises at least one-third of
today’s Christian peoples. The faith,
which has a following of millions, is
entrenched throughout the Mideast,
Eastern Europe and, to a lesser
degree, in scattered areas throughout
the United States.
Orthodox Rite
Rather than celebrate Christmas on
December 25 as most Christians do in
this nation, people who are of the
Eastern Orthodox rite follow a dif¬
ferent calendar and, in doing so, find
themselves two weeks behind, or
Orthodox Rites Follow Ancient Calendar
celebrating Christmas on January 6 or
7. The same goes for New Year’s
festivities. That occurs on January 13
or 14.
Two Christmases
Why the confusion? It’s a matter of
which calendar you follow. Under the
Julian calendar— which happens to be
the- first calendar introduced by Julius
Caesar 46 BC— people in the Eastern
Orthodox rite are quite comfortable
with the idea of Christmas in January.
The rest of the world follows the
Gregorian calendar. Luigi Ghiraldi, an
astronmer who lived in the 16th cen¬
tury, surmised the Julian calendar
year was too long by 11 minutes and 14
seconds. Apparently the notion caught
the ruling powers’ fancy and Pope
Gregory XIII corrected the situation in
1582 with an edict to no longer follow
the Julian calendar. From that day on
the date was really October 18, 1582;
the new calendar in line with the
astronomer’s mathematical com¬
putations. For much of the western
world it’s been that way ever since.
But in parts of Eastern Europe and
the Mid-East somebody didn’t get the
message. To this day they still follow
the old calendar.
Obviously, in this nation the idea of
having two Christmases has its merits.
To the more enterprising it suggests
getting presents twice; to the religious
its a double celebration of an already
glorious event.
For that reason and many others a
trend in recent years has been to
combine the holidays in this nation.
The Greek Orthodox sect now
celebrates Christmas on the 25th;
Serbian and Russian Orthodox
peoples, however, still hold to old-line
traditions.
But regardless of the day it’s held,
the spirit of the event calls for ac¬
tivities steeped with tradition.
Russians and Ukranians generally
begin the holidays well in advance,
fasting for 40 days.
But on Christmas Eve day the
celebrations begin. The family
housewife prepares hearty meals. The
night before, • straw representing
Christ's birthplace is spread on the
grounds of the church in honor of the
blessed event.
Russian Customs
Typically on Christmas Eve families
will gather at the table and savor
“kutya” a pudding delight made of
Riser Assumes New Post in Spring
New Courier Editor-in-Chief Selected
JOSEPH RISER
Joseph Riser, current city editor will
assume the post of PCC Courier editor-
in-chief with the first edition of the
spring semester, February 18. Riser
was selected from a field of five
candidates by members of the jour¬
nalism faculty. •
Riser's qualifications include a
semester as associate sports editor for
the courier and editorship of the
“Hilltop,” a bi-weekly newspaper at
Pacific Christian High School in
Highland Park.
He was also a staff writer for the 1976
“Prism” magazine publication. He
currently is responsible for the layout
and production of the Courier’s page
one and is a member of paper's
editorial board.
Riser also participates in PCC-TV
productions. He hosts the monday
afternoon news; co-hosts the campus
talk show “Perspectives,” and is a
panelist on “Profiles," a celebrity
interview program.
He plans to pursue higher education
at California State University at
Northridge in the fall of 1977. His
journalism education at PCC and work
on a journalism major at Northridge
will prepare him for an eventual
career with newspapers.
Riser's other interests include
photography, sports and American
History. He is a member of Beta Phi
Gamma, the journalism honorary.
Named as page editors by Riser are
Susan Andrews, news editor; Kathy
Prohs, opinion editor; Vivian Parker,
fine arts editor; and John Mazzacano,
sports editor.
Blake Sell will serve as managing
editor and Bonnie MacKinnon as
feature editor.
ALIEN REGISTRATION
By federal law, the 1000 or more
alien (noncitizen) students at PCC
must report their current address to
the Immigration and Naturalization
Service during the month of
January. Forms from this purpose
are available al the Foreign Student
Office. 021, and at all post offices.
poppy seeds, honey and whole wheat.
In classic Russian spirit some of the
members would toss portions of the
meal toward the ceiling as a symbolic
gesture to the glory of the coming of
Christ. If the kutya stuck to the ceiling
it was interpreted as a sign for a
properous New Year. Nobody said
whose job it was to clean the pudding
off once the festivities had been
completed.
For children in Russia, the largest
single population that follows the
Orthodox faith, Santa Claus is their
grandmother.
The legend says that Grandma
repented for unkindness and has tried
to make up for this by giving children
gifts on January 6. Another legend
reports that she was asked to ac¬
company the Three Kings and refused.
She regretted this and on Christmas
Eve she goes about searching for the
Christ child whom she has never found
bestowing gifts on the children she
meets.
“Very Religious Day
Many Armenians celebrate
Christmas Jan. 6. But to them
Christmas reflects the day in which all
members of the family can get
together for Church services. PCC
student, Shake Alberian, an Armenian
and Greek Orthodox, observes New
Year’s Eve (Dec. 31) as a day for
exchanging presents with the family.
“Many people do not know our
customs because they were never in
their part of the world,” she said. “We
were always the minority of the
majority. For us, Christmas is a very
religious day for our family.”
PCC journalism instructor, Steve
Milakov, sees Christmas in yet another
way.
"“As child having two Christmases
and two New Years roll around once a
year was a bit confusing. But I got
used to it,” he said. “Nobody that I
knew ever complained when they saw
presents under the tree on December
25 and January 7. That, coupled with
my own birthday on January 8 made
the whole two weeks something to look
forward to."
Milakov, a Serbian Orthodox by
faith, still participates in events at his
church.
“It's really tradition and a chance to
survey my own cultural heritage,” he
said. “Christ came for all of' us and I
guess I'm just lucky enough to see
this twice."
BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE— Jim Clark, Business Department
chairman, and Jean Gallardo, president of the Junior Executives
Club, present Superintendent-President Dr. E. Howard Floyd with the
first tickets to All-San Gabriel Valley Night at the Forum in Ingle¬
wood. The club is selling tickets to the event which will feature
exhibitions by the Harlem Globetrotters, -courier Photo by Michael Joncich
Talent Scouts Looking
for 'High School' Extras
By Jeanne Kelley
Staff Writer
If you’ve ever wanted to be in the
movies, here’s your chance.
Universal Studios will film a full-
length feature movie using Pasadena
school students as extras during the
filming of “High School,” a film along
the lines of “American Grafitti” but
with a more modern setting.
“High School" will star young actors
Lee Purcell and John Freedrick.
Filming will take place on the
Pasadena High School campus. Many
of the other location scenes which will
be shot at the Biltmore Hotel in Los
Angeles, include a prom scene, a food
fight, election assembly, basketball
game and football game.
Universal talent scouts say they are
looking for young, fresh, high school-
age-looking students.
The men must know their tuxedo
measurements at the time of the in¬
terview.
Those hired will work eight to 10
hours a day from one to four days.
Extras will be paid $20 for the first
eight hours and time-and a-half for
overtime.
Sign-ups for interview appointments
SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE
Jim Right, the lll-year-old PCC
student who recently announced his
candidacy for Seat No. 1 of the
Pasadena Unified School District
Board, plans to speak on his views on
education in the Free Speach Area
November 18, at noon.
begin today in the Placement Office,
D216. Universal Studios interviewer
Pam Cohen will conduct interviews on
campus Thursday from 10:30 a.m.
Candidates File
Petitions for
Trustee Seats
Ten persons have filed petitions of
candidacy for the March 8 election for
four seats on the Pasadena Com¬
munity College board of trustees.
Dr. Richard R. Green, incumbent
trustee in Area 1 will run unopposed
unless a write-in candidate declares
himself at least 40 days before the
election.
Charles Eckels, incumbent in Area
5, and Robert Considine, Area 7 in¬
cumbent, have both decided not seek
re-election.
Candidates for Area 5 include Eric
Olson, attorney, Pasadena ; William E.
Lloyd, college administrator. South
Pasadena; Gregory M. Post, attorney,
Sari Marino: Edward L. Rada,
professor-economist, Pasadena, and
Warren L. Weber, manufacturer, San
Marino.
Those who filed for the college’s
Area 7 include Harry F. Scolinos,
attorney, Arcadia and David S.
Hannah, businessman, Arcadia.
Area 3 candidates are: Walter
Shatford II, incumbent, Pasadena, and
Chales E. Clay, professor, Pasadena.