PCC Courier, January 18, 1980

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The turnout was a significant drop from last June’s ASB election in which 407 or 3.4 per cent of the student body voted. In other ASB races, all candidates ran unopposed. Joan Hermann was elected ASB vice president with 105 votes. Jeff Zucker is the new senate president with 102 votes, and Mark Bogdancick was elected senate vice president with 32 votes. Terry Swan is the new sophomore class president with 103 votes, and Alan Large was re-elected to the post of athletics commissioner with 96 votes. Earlier in the day Hutson charged there were some election irregularities, saying that one candidate was campaign¬ ing too close to the polls and that posters were placed less than 30 feet from the polls. Phyllis Jackson, dean of student ac¬ tivities, had to pull several posters down because they were in violation of election rules. However, at press time no can¬ didate had contested the election. All the new ASB officers are currently involved in activities on the campus. Hut¬ son is the editor-in-chief of the Courier, Hermann serves as president of Adelphians Club, Zucker is the senate recording secretary, Bogdancik is a stu¬ dent senator and Ms. Swan is a member of the Adelphians. Hutson said his first priority as the new ASB president is to “examine the election code and see how we can en¬ courage more students to get out and vote.” The new officers will assume their posts' at the beginning of next semester. Smile, Hi Fi Perform at Circle Ks Successful Rock W Roll Concert BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 18,389 STUDENTS? This week’s ASB General Elections attracted the slim¬ mest voter turnout in recent years. Only .87 per cent of the students eligible to vote cast their ballots, perhaps due in part to yesterday’s rainy weather. Courier photo by Dave Clarke Winner One of Two From So. Cal. Radio, TV Scholarship Awarded By Kit Ladwig News Editor American Women in Radio and Tele¬ vision has awarded a scholarship to 19- year-old PCC student Debbie Eugenio. Ms. Eugenio was one of two winners named from Southern California. “I was really surprised,” she said. “I am a foreign student here and I asked if I would be eligible. They said ‘Yes, as long as you’re in broadcasting, why not?’ ” Ms. Eugenio indicated that she would use the $250 award to help pay her foreign student tuition at PCC. A native of the Philippines, Ms. Eugenio is completing her third semester at the college. In addition to obtaining an AA degree, she plans to earn tele¬ communications certificates in radio and TV. With the additional work re¬ quired for the certificates, she expects to be at PCC for three more semesters. Named to the Dean’s Honor List for the past two semesters, Ms. Eugenio was the recipient last year of the International Student Scholarship. She has served as Freshman Class Presi¬ dent and is active in numerous or¬ ganizations both on and off campus. Audio engineering and the technical aspects of broadcasting are her spe¬ cialty. However, she also works as a volunteer announcer on KROQ’s “For Immediate Release,” a public service announcement show. Although she was a member of a dramatics guild in high school and college in the Philippines, she switched to the technical side of broadcasting because “I figured out that if I get the technical skills I can get a more stable job than in the talent end.” After she completes her studies, Ms. Eugenio would like to work in this country, but she faces the problem of obtaining an FCC license. “I should be a citizen to get one,” she explained. Eventually she plans to return to the Philippines. Writing of her future plans in her scholarship application, Ms. Eugenio stated, “I would like to go back to the Philippines and apply all the techniques and methods that I have learned through my studies and ex¬ periences in the United States. Since I speak both Tagalog and English, I would like to aid in the devlopment of rural areas in my country as far as this area (communications) is concerned.” By Elly Mixsell Contributing Writer Smile’s high-energy rock ’n’ roll electrified Sexson Auditorium^last Friday as part of a Circle К fund-raiser. Close to 1000 people attended the show, and Smile got the entire audience out of their seats and moving/to the music. Smile, Hi Fi and the Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour movie comprised the show which, according to Circle К sponsor Manuel Perez, was a “very big success.” The club took in approximately $3,300 and expects a profit of more than $1000. Part of the profit will be donated to the Debe Pabon scholarship, established in memory of the 1979 Homecoming Queen who died in a moped accident this fall. There were a couple of minor incidents at the concert but overall Perez said, “There was much better behavior than at past PCC concerts.” According to Ralph Riddle, director of security, “There were several persons under the influence of alcohol and a couple of skirmishes and heated arguments.” There were no arrests or serious injuries but Riddle said, “The officers were kept pretty busy.” Both Smile and Hi Fi were enthusiastic about the audience. Dave Grammer, Smile bassist and PCC student said, “The crowd was great, I was very impressed.” Hi Fi lead singer and PCC student Joe Ramsey said, “I’m glad people are coming out and supporting us ... I loved the concert and the crowd was real nice.” The response to the movie was low key. Many said it was too bizarre and boring. However, the Beatles’ music made it bearable. Hi Fi’s music leaned toward New Wave with a ’60s influence, not very original but pretty lively. The band has only been playing together for six months and should be putting out some good music when they get a few more original, high-energy songs. Smile’s audience contact and hard-rocking music was like being plugged into a 2000-volt socket. At one point lead singer Scott Waller picked a girl from the audience and danced and romanced her through the entire song, “Nasty Lady.” The group did “Helter Skelter” so well it seemed better than the Beatles’ original rendition. The audience called the band back for an encore. • — Courier photo by Sam Chilingerian HI FI — Joe Ramsey and Gary Putnam from Hi Fi performed at Circle K’s successful fund-raiser last weekend, which netted the club more than $1 000. i, Says Hurt Report By Tom Pfeiffer Contributing Writer If you ride a motorcycle or moped, any helmet can save your life, ac¬ cording to Hugh Hurt, a USC pro¬ fessor and author of the latest report on motorcycle safety for the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis¬ tration and the Department of Trans¬ portation. “The Status Report of Accident Investigative Data : Motorcycle Acci¬ dent Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures” (the “Hurt Re¬ port” for short) was submitted to NHTSA last January and is due for release soon. Hurt, however, has made public a number of the findings from the 174-page report. One finding that surprised Hurt, a long-time motorcyclist, was that even an inexpensive $3 helmet can save a cyclist’s life. According to Hurt, the average speed of a motorcycle at the time of a typical collision is about 20 mph. Although this may seem slow, it is fast enough to smash a cyclist’s skull. Hurt emphasized that a good helmet is more effective than a cheap one. The full face models are most effective, but any helmet is better than no helmet at all. Many motorcyclists complain that a helmet obstructs view and in fact may cause more severe injuries due to its tendency to “bounce” on hard asphalt highways. According to the “Hurt Report,” neither of these be¬ liefs is valid. , Hurt’s evidence indicated that a vast majority of motorcycle acci¬ dents, 77.1 percent, occur from the front of cycle. This means that the normal 105 degree visibility af¬ forded by helmets is adequate for almost every situation. Furthermore, no evidence was un¬ covered to indicate that helmets lim¬ ited a rider’s ability to hear traffic sounds. Helmets were also found to significantly reduce the amount of injuries to the head and neck rather than increase them. In the survey, only four injuries were attributed to the helmet, and all four of those injuries were considered minor. Two of those cases involved an excessively large helmet which ro- Legislation Unlikely in California After the tragic death this fall of Homecoming Queen Debe Pabon, who died of head injuries sustained in a traffic accident while riding her moped, Circle К announced plans to push for passage of a state law requiring the wearing of helmets. Several months later, Circle К President Michael Tiberi reports that chances of passing a helmet law in California are very slim. “I met with Assemblyman (Wil¬ liam) Ivers and the bottom line is no way,” Tiberi told the Courier. However, Tiberi said he is drafting a proposal to present to Ivers requir¬ ing that schools teach moped safety to students. “My point all along has been to make people aware;” Tiberi said. tated on the rider's head and thus injured nasal soft tissue after contac¬ ting eyeglass frames. A third injury occurred when ah overtightened re¬ tention strap caused abrasions on the side of the jaw, and the fourth injury was caused by the impingement of the helmet on the soft tissues of the neck. Of the two latter cases, the helmets were also credited with saving the riders' lives by minimizing the im¬ pact sustained in the accidents. Head injuries sustained by helmeted riders were usually con¬ fined to exposed facial areas. When head impact occurred to umhelmeted riders, some degree of injury re¬ sulted. Despite these findings, and similar findings over the years, helmet laws are on the decline. At one point, 48 states had man¬ datory helmet laws. This widespread enforcement of laws was partly due to NHTSA’s authority to withhold all federal highway safety funds from states without such laws. In 1976, however, Congress rescinded NHTSA’s authority over these funds. Today, 29 states do not have helmet laws. Of these states, California nev¬ er had such a law. Furthermore, such laws are be¬ coming harder and harder to legis¬ late. Many times over the past years such laws have been proposed in California. All of these bills were heavily opposed by strong motorcycle association lobbies. Because of the thousands of dollars involved just to introduce a state¬ wide measure, legislators are reluc¬ tant to propose a bill which holds no hope for passage.