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PCC Courier, January 18, 1974
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the positions of Asian, American In¬
dians, and International Students
representatives would be eliminated.
These groups would be represented by
Inter-Club Council.
The board would retain executive
power, but legislation would be han¬
dled by the Student Senate.
A financial section is also included in
the new governmental document. It
would require the ASB president to
submit a budget to the Senate for its
approval. All ASB funds would be
frozen until the budget was approved.
Also, all financial transactions
would be regulated by a financial code.
The code was written in 1962, but
hasn’t been used for several years.
Student reaction to the proposed
constitutional changes are mixed.
“Many of the proposed changes are,
without question, biased and cater to
self-interest of only a handful of
students,” commented Joe Chavez,
finance commissioner and a candidate
for ASB president.
Chavez particularly objected to the
elimination of the positions held by the
Asian, Indian and International
Student representatives, while
retaining the BSU and MECHA repre¬
sentatives on the executive board.
PCC CousUe/i
FOR “THE EXORCIST”?— No, these students were
lining up for next semester’s parking permit, some
waited for as long as three hours to pay the college
$20 for a day parking permit. Of the 22,050 permits
available, 15,050 were sold on the first day; 44 were
special car pool parking permits. Limited number of
permits are still available at the campus security
office.
By Dave Rust
Assistant Managing Editor
After five months of revision,
rewriting and compromising, a new
ASB constitution and a new form of
government are being offered to
students of PCC.
A special election, to be held early
next semester, will determine whether
or not the new document will go into
effect.
Ratification of the proposed con¬
stitution requires the approval of a
simple majority of the students voting
in the election. If passed, the new plan
will take immediate effect.
Now, student government is divided
into three branches. The divisions
include the ASB Board, the Student
Senate, and the Supreme Council.
The ASB Board has both executive
and legislative powers. It controls the
budget and authorizes all legislation.
The board has 16 members including
three representatives from the Senate.
Except for the three senators on the
ASB Board, the Senate is merely an
advisory body. It can propose
legislation through its members on the
board, but the Senate cannot pass
legislation by itself.
Under the new constitution, a major
shift of power within student govern¬
ment would occur.
The ASB Board would be replaced
with a smaller executive board,
membership of the Senate would
remain the same, and a new five-
member supreme council would be
created, appointed by the board and
approved by the Senate.
On the new executive board, all
senatorial seats would be removed and
Special Election
for Constitution
Vol. 36, No. 12
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
January 18, 1974
Litton Shares History,
Grandeur of Colorado
NO SHOW— Senate officers listen as Joe Chavez,
ASB finance commissioner, discusses progress of
student car pool program during a Senate meeting
earlier this month. Last week, a Senate committee
investigating ASB financial practices invited Chavez
—Courier Photo by David Rust
to appear before the entire Senate to answer
questions, but Chavez did not show. Senate officers
are, left to right, Lynn Calamia, first vice president;
Kathi Manley, secretary; Andre Latreille, president:
and Stuart Silver, second vice president.
Vasquez Denies Any Wrongdoing,
Calls Investigation 'Witch Hunt'
By Dan Sonimerville
Staff Writer
By Sergio Caponi
Assistant Fine Arts Editor
A documentary on the history of the
Colorado Plateau, the formation of the
Grand Canyon and its exploration and
exploitation will be presented at the
Tuesday Evening Forum, Tuesday,
Jan. 22, at 7:30 in Sexson Auditorium.
Guest speaker will be Martin Litton,
ecologist, photographer and writer.
The film also analyzes the geology
and climate of the Colorado region, its
vegitation and its wildlife. A historical
documentation on the early pioneers
and settlers of the Grand Canyon area
is included.
Considered a foremost authority on
the canyon and the Colorado Rapids,
Litton retraces the first American
expedition of the river, which was led
by Maj. John Wesley Powell in 1896.
Under his command were 10 men, who
traveled the Colorado in wooden boats,
enduring incredible hardships. At the
end, only seven of them survived.
Litton launched “his” specially
designed boats at Lee’s Ferry, just
below the Glen Canyon Dam. The first
encounter with the whitewater rapids
didn’t present any particular problem.
Complications, however, arose at the
so-called “House Rock” rapid, where
crashing waves upset two boats. It was
a close call, but everyone came
through all right.
The spectacular filming of the rapids
MARTIN LITTON
PCC students will receive a com¬
puterized car pool match-up form with
either their registration card or final
program card at the end of this
semester.
Those who are interested have to fill
in their name, address, telephone
number, class schedule, arrival and
departure time from campus. They
turn in the cards to the office of Phyllis
Jackson, dean of student activities, at
the Campus Center.
The college computer center will
then collect all these cards and
compile a list of potential car poolers.
Students with similar address and
class schedule will be put into different
groups of about four.
The first name on each group will
receive mailing with data on other
persons in his group. He will then be
responsible for contacting them and
initiate final arrangements among
themselves.
The car pool program was started
this semester, on a smaller scale. Next
semester will be the first time the
computer will be involved in the
program.
Robert Berger, director of computer
services, urged all students to mail in
the card as soon as possible. “We have
to wait until all the cards are in to do
the keypunch in one bunch, so the
sooner we get the cards back, the
sooner match-ups can be made.
“This program costs us only about
was done from shore, from other
boats, and from specially mounted,
waterproof cameras on board wooden
dories. Stop-action techniques were
used in the most significant scenes, so
that none of the different thrills would
be missed.
Litton adds beauty to his
documentary with scenes of all the
natural wonders he admired during
the expedition. They include the
famous Inner Gorge, and the brilliance
of its color; the Vishnu Schist, the
oldest rocks visible to man; the Deer
Creek and its 125-foot waterfall, and
the explosive Lava Falls Rapid, the
most dangerous of them all.
Wildlife camera shots include
cougars, wild burros, bighorn sheep,
deer, lizards, and kangaroo rats.
Nationally known for his activities in
conservation and preservation of the
wilderness, Litton was born in Los
Angeles in 1917.
After graduating from UCLA, he
joined the Air Force, where he served
as a pilot in Europe during World War
II. With peace, he became a feature
writer for the Los Angeles Times. In
1954, he shifted to Sunset Magazine as
travel editor.
In 1969, he resigned to concentrate
on writing, freelance photography,
producing documentary films, and to
found Grnad Canyon Dories, which
schedules rowing trips through the
Grnad Canyon for the general public.
Litton became more and more in¬
terested in the canyon after a rowing
trip he and his wife made in 1955 down
the Colorado River. Since then, he has
repeated the feat nearly 30 times,
becoming a major expert on the
rapiss.
When plans were announced to build
additional dams in the canyon, Litton
was one of the leaders to marshal
opposition against the scheme.
Through his efforts and those of others,
the dams were not built.
His name has appeared on hundreds
of articles published in national
magazines. His photographs are
featured in many books dealing with
parks, wilderness and natural wonders
of the West. Consultant to the Time-
Life Wilderness series, Litton was a
major contributor to the series’ book
on the Grand Canyon.
For nine years he has been a
member of the Board of Directors of
the Sierra Club.
$20 for the paper; the biggest ex¬
penditure will be in keypunch,” Berger
estimated. “The cost is very cheap,
considering the benefits the students
are going to get.
“Students should try to make it
work, even if it means going to school
an hour earlier,” he said. “What’s an
hour compared to all the advantages
they will get?”
Berger maintained there is no way
he can estimate how many students
will participate in the program.
However, according to Gil Robinson,
chief of campus security, the number
of cars coming on campus can be
reduced by at least 25 per cent if
students would cooperate and make
use of the program.
“This is a fantastic thing for the
students,” commented Robinson. “It
will save them a lot in gas, car upkeep
and parking permits. 5And of course it
will help to reduce overcrowding
parking problems here on campus,
since there will be four people coming
in one car instead of four in four cars.
“Whether this car pool program will
succeed depends solely on the efforts
of the students,” said Robinson, “and
they should really try to make it
work.”
One thing Berger would like to
emphasize is, do not call up the
computer center for information
concerning car pools. All students who
have sent in their match-up form will
be contacted sooner or later.
ASB President Gene Vasquez and
Sophomore President Tim Johnson
appeared before the Student Senate
Tuesday, defending themselves
against charges of impropriety.
Vasquez and Johnson, along with
Carol Daniels and Joe Chaveria, were
charged by the Senate committee
investigating ASB financial practices
of irresponsible and extravagant
spending of ASB funds while attending
the California Community College
Student Government Association
Convention at Newport Beach last
November.
Joe Chavez was also requested to
appear before the Senate for
questioning about his participation in
the convention but did not show up.
Vasquez, Johnson, Daniels and
Chaveria spent $100 of ASB funds while
attending the three-day convention for
half a day.
Vasquez explained he couldn’t at¬
tend the convention on its starting date
Monday because he had to attend a
Parking Committee meeting and other
business.
He decided the following day to try to
make the convention. Having no
transportation, he asked Johnson if he
would like to go using his car along
with Daniels and Chaveria. The group
borrowed $i00 from Johnson’s grand¬
mother with the expectation of being
reimbursed by the ASB.
Vasquez contends that his delegation
went to two caucuses that lasted until 6
p.m. Vasquez said he gave a 20-minute
speech at one caucus.
The ASB president said that his
ON AMERICAN INDIANS
The Office of Chicano Affairs, the
Social Science Department and the
Native American Club present
David Ridenour on campus from
10:30 a. m. to noon in C301 to help in
educating students and staff on the
“Native Americans in Modern
Society.” Ridenour will also be
speaking at the noon hour on the
American Indian and their culture in
the Free Speech Area.
party ate dinner after the caucuses at
approximately $10 a head. He said he
and his party went to a restaurant at
Fashion Island after driving around 20
minutes looking for one.
They later came back to the hotel
and socialized with various students
from other colleges at the Newporter
Inn where the convention was being
held. Vasquez cites that he did not
violate any state laws drinking alcohol
at the restaurant or the hotel.
According to Vasquez, they left the
hotel at 3 a.m. and arrived in
Pasadena around noon to have break¬
fast. He did not elaborate on what they
did for nine hours or how much ASB
money was spent on gas driving
around.
Vasquez declared the money spent
on Miss Daniels, who is not an elected
ASB official, was not illegal as one
senator claimed. (It was later found
out to be true.)
Vasquez admitted he could have
been more conservative with the
funds. “If I had known that I would
receive this kind of response. I most
certpinly would have,” he added.
“I still believe all the money was
well spent,” he said, “and I think some
are trying to make a witch hunt out of
this.”
Several times order broke down
while Vasquez and Johnson had the
tloor. Several rash statements and
sharp remarks were exchanged bet¬
ween senators and the two ASB of¬
ficers.
Senator Steve Radmill accused
Vasquez and Johnson of going on a
drunk spree that night at the hotel.
Johnson made a remark to Radmill
referring to him as “the little boy with
white hair.”
Johnson said he had three drinks
that night and bought two pitchers of
beer for other students.
The sophomore president said he
can’t remember exactly how he spent
his share of the funds. “Would you
remember what you exactly spent on a
given date two months ago?” he asked.
Johnson said he had spent his share of
the funds before arriving in Pasadena
and used his own money for breakfast
that morning.
Johnson said it was his first time at
any convention and cited his innocence
in the matter of spending the money.
“It’s not very hard to spend money at
those kinds of meetings,” he said.
Johnson said he held all the funds
until after dinner, where he divided it
up equally among the other three.
The Sophomore president said it was
a mistake not getting receipts. “I just
never thought at the time that this
whole affair would come under such
scrutiny,” he added.
Stuart Silver, co-author of the
constitution and also a candidate for
ASB president, defended the cuts,
maintaining that the eliminated
groups were “minor minorities” and
didn’t represent enough students to
remain on the board.
Ander Latreille, the other co-author,
and candidate for Senate president,
said, “All the recommended changes
were needed to establish a system of
checks and balances in student
government. The old constitution has
absolutely no checks and balances.”
According to Gene Vasquez, ASB
president, “too many changes were
made. Only a couple of items needed
changing,” elaborated Vasquez.
"These could have been made through
amendments.”
Students may obtain a copy of the
proposed changes upstairs in the
Campus Center.
ASB ELECTIONS
Vote today for the candidate of
your choice. Polls open from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Polls are located in front of
the Campus Center and C Building
by the Mirror Pools.
Two Classes
To Be Aired
on Television
College credits are available by TV
this coming semester. Two programs,
Family Risk Management with non-
transferrable units, and Physical
Geography with three transferrable
units, will be aired this spring
semester.
To sign up for the classes, enroll
’with a counselor. Any questions per¬
taining to the credit classes and fur¬
ther information needed will be sup¬
plied by David Ledbetter.
Physical Geography, three units,
will air from 7 to 7:30 a.m. Monday,
Wednesday and Friday beginning Feb.
4 on Channel ,7.
It will also be shown on Channel 50, 3
to 3:30 p.m., and 7 to 7:30 p.m. Mon¬
day, Wednesday and Friday beginning
Feb. 18, with repeats 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Sundays. At7to7:30a.m. Tuesday and
Thursday beginning Feb. 5, Family
Risk Management airs. Channel 50 will
also carry it at 6 to 6:30 p.m. and 7:30
to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Friday
beginning Feb. 20 with repeats 5 to 6
p.m. Sundays.
The programming, which is being
funded by the 30 community colleges
that are participating in the courses is
open to all students. The grading will
be based only on a midterm and final,
which will be conducted on the campus
where the student is enrolled.
EARLY FINAL GRADES
The student who needs early final
grades may purchase the postal
cards (printed) at the College Book¬
store, address them to himself or to
the institution to which he wishes to
transfer, and give one to each of his
teachers. The teacher should record
the grade, sign his name, and mail
the card (or return to the student in
person).
William Brackenridge Memorial Fund Helps
Handicapped Students
A year ago, the William A. Brackenridge Memorial
Fund was established for handicapped students at PCC.
Since that time, it has proved itself as a consistent, source of
revenue in emergencies, enabling handicapped students to
carry on with their education even under the most critical
circumstances.
Fran Baldwin, coordinator for PCC’s Handicapped
Student Program, administers the money at her own
discretion for use toward emergency expenses and assisting
students in the purchasing of books, materials, and tran¬
sportation. The fund was set up in her father’s name after
his death in December. 1972.
“Recently the Faculty Senate approved the inclusion of
regular deductions for the fund. All faculty donations for the
fund are now tax deductible," says Mrs. Baldwin.
“I am particularly grateful for this, because actually we
have no other source of money-giving. It has been extremely
helpful in all different types of cases. We do have aid to the
Carry On Education
totally disabled, but many needy handicapped students do
not qualify for this."
Both directly and indirectly, the fund has added to the
program’s efficiency in helping handicapped students. One
successful student tutor, who wants to attend school and
take courses in advanced manual communication for the
deaf, is now able to do so because of money from the fund.
“With the increase this fund has provided, we can do
things like this. Before we had to carefully meter out pennies
and dimes,” Mrs. Baldwin says.
William Brackenridge, who was a Pasadena resident
and worked with William Wilson Real Estate, was interested
in and proud of the PCC program, and knew many of the
students personally.
“Of course we are pleased and grateful for the donations
from William Wilson Real Estate and all the others who
have contributed,” Mrs. Baldwin adds.
Donations can be sent care of Fran Baldwin and made
out to the William A. Brackenridge Memorial Fund.
Computerized Car Pool
Needs Student Support