Stephen Scott Wins ASB Presidency
PCC CouSiieb
VOL. 23, NO. 17 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 19, 1966
— Courier photo by Larry White
HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY— ASB President-elect
Steve Scott discusses plans for the upcoming semester with fellow
candidates Mike Lama and Ken Stokes. Scott hopes to put an end
to the misconduct in the student government offices in the Campus
Center.
David Laidig Wins Post
As New Courier Editor
Linderman Named Senate Prexy;
Fors Tabbed as Vhe-President
David Laidig will be the new ed¬
itor of the PCC Courier for the
spring semester of 1966.
In his fourth semester at PCC,
Laidig previously served as city
editor for the paper. Currently
he works on the editorial staff of
the San Gabriel Sun, doing such
things as reporting, headline writ¬
ing, and front page mage-up. He
also is chairman of the PCC chap¬
ter of Model United Nations, but
states that “if any conflict arises
between the jobs as editor and
chairman, MUN will have to go.”
LAIDIG feels he would like to
have a paper that will really inter¬
est the students, and this would
involve what he terms “showman¬
ship.” He states: “I would like
to see the paper provide an
opportunity to give students at
PCC something in common. I
also hope to work for the benefit
of the entire college community.”
In more concrete terminology,
he plans, with the consent of
William P. Buttler, Courier ad¬
viser, to institute a box of local
attractions each week which could
possibly include such features as
announcements of art shows, acts
Soph Council Positions
Available States Prexy
Applications for Sophomore
Council are now available in 111C
or the Campus Center. Prerequi¬
sites for membership are 30 units
and an ASB card.
Emphasis next semester will be
on warmth and friendship to ef¬
fectively represent the sopho¬
mores at PCC, according to Dan
LuKensow, newly-elected Sopho¬
more Class president. “We’re
looking for new people with spir¬
it, enthusiasm, and originality.”
LuKensow hopes to form the
largest Sophomore Council ever
to infuse new blood into the stu¬
dent government.
being presented at the Ice House,
location of best conditions for ski¬
ing in the winter, and for surfing
in warmer weather.
HE ALSO would like to consoli¬
date the smaller news stories and
club meetings into another box,
somewhat on the lines of what the
Campus Crier does. A guest edi¬
torial each weeks could also be
a possible addition.
Laidig plans to operate with a
well organized staff next semes¬
ter. This would involve placing
more emphasis on the staff as a
place to learn all facets of jour¬
nalism including writing headlines
and reading galleys, as well as re¬
porting. He hopes to keep the
new staff even busier than the
present one, and would like to
generate more reader interest by
attempting some interpretive
writing.
The first edition of the paper
to be published under the new edi¬
tor will appear Monday, Feb. 7.
“Student government must be
run like a business in order to
work effectively.” That is the
theme of ASB President-elect
Steve Scott.
When he takes the reins of the
ASB in February, his first efforts
SDS Defeated
by Board Vote
The controversy over the ultra¬
liberal Students for a Democratic
Society came to a momentary
end, January 13, with the Asso¬
ciated Student Body defeating the
proposed SDS constitution by an
8-2 vote, thereby denying their
request to be an on-campus or¬
ganization.
After the vote was taken, an
informal discussion ensued be¬
tween ASB president Dennis
Thompson and SDS leader Doug
Layfield over the legality of ASB’s
right to deny recognition of the
group.
Layfield cited the California Ed¬
ucation Code as guaranteeing
their right to be an on-campus
student organization. His inter¬
pretation was challenged by S.
Luke Curtis, dean of student ac¬
tivities. At this point the leaders
of SDS and many followers left
the meeting.
SDS members contend that they
were discriminated against, and
that the student government at
PCC has been negligent in its
duty. On January 14 a meeting
was held in Dr. Armen Sarafian’s
office to clarify the administra¬
tion’s policy in this matter.
SDS has stated that the protest
may be used and that the Ameri¬
can Civil Liberties Union had been
informed and they will help SDS.
Filing a brief with the Pasadena
Board of Education will be used
as a last recourse by the ACLU
according to the SDS.
Final approval on the proposed
Pasadena Junior College District
has been obtained from the coun¬
ty committee on school district
organization.
Next test for the district will
be a public hearing in San Fran¬
cisco on February 10. The pro¬
posal has already been submit¬
ted to the State Board of Educa-
will be directed at changing the
environment from the social tea
party it has been in the past to
one directing its whole effort
towards the “promotion” of Pasa¬
dena City College.
The election results, announced
by elections commissioner Lee
Rosen at last Friday’s Turnabout
Dance, showed a total of 467 bal¬
lots cast. The count from the PCC
Computing Center indicated a
close race only between Scott and
Richard Wheeler. The final re¬
sults for the presidential seat
were: Scott, 137; Wheeler, 124;
Mike Wrona, 68; Bill McLinn, 53;
and Dave Philipson, 38.
The vice-presidential contest
was very close, with Ray Fors
winning by just two votes over
Mike Lama, 198 to 196.
“The district will receive the
new five-story classroom building
from the contractor on March 2,
and at that time we can start mov¬
ing equipment into the building.”
John Twomey, administrative
dean, reported this statement in
reference to the completion date
mentioned by Dr. Edgar C. Eg-
ley, assistant superintendent for
business, in a December meeting
of the Board of Education.
The new building was named
the Catherine J. Robbins Building
last summer, but PCC will refer
to it as N Building in class sched¬
ules and the like.
The entire Business Depart¬
ment will be housed there, along
with cosmetology, medical and
dental assisting, and nursing.
When the school district receives
title from the construction com¬
pany, a chain of classroom moves
will begin.
tion and it will be the board that
conducts the hearing. The board’s
acceptance would set up a prob¬
able April date for a general vote
to approve the new JCD.
EACH of the seven districts
will elect a member of the govern¬
ing board. Time of the elections
is expected to be in the fall.
The tax rate agreed upon over
a three year period will be 58
cents.
Several hearings were held on
the proposed district to acquaint
voters with the terms for estab¬
lishment of the new district which
had been worked out by represen¬
tatives of the six cities com¬
prising the JCD and by the county
committee.
Comprising the district are the
cities of Pasadena, South Pasa¬
dena, San Marino, Arcadia, Tem¬
ple City, and La Canada.
VICE CHAIRMAN of the com
mittee, Harold D. Tredway, pre¬
sided at the final meeting which
took place at Pasadena High
School and followed one of the
numerous public hearings in
member cities.
If approval is obtained at the
San Francisco hearing, the plan
will go to the State Board of Edu¬
cation meeting in Los Angeles,
March 10 and 11.
Because of new state legisla¬
tion, all unaffiliated School dis¬
tricts must join a junior college
district or establish one by Sept.
15, 1967.
The battle to take over Rich
Cacioppo’s Senate presidency was
hard fought but the results do not
show it. Shelley Linderman won
handily over Tom Harter, 277 to
112.
Running unopposed for Asso¬
ciated Women Students president,
Nancy Jane Urban gathered 182
votes. Her male counterpart
(AMS) will be Bill Myers, who
accumulated 96 punches in his
IBM ballot space, nine over David
Barberree’s 87.
For Sophomore Class president
the race was close. Write-in can¬
didate Tim Overlock pulled 46
votes, but that wasn’t enough to
counter Dan LuKensow’s 55 or
ever Ken Stokes’ 48.
Dick Longobardo won handily
over Bruce Wardlaw in the Frosh
presidential race, 143 to 112.
The Business Department will
move from
В
Building into N
Building, and the Foreign Lan¬
guage Department classes that
meet in A Building will move to
В
Building. When A Building is
cleared, it will be torn down to
make way for the second half of
the Robbins structure, which is
scheduled for completion in
March 1968.
Wolf Will Head
Panel Discussion
PCC social science instructor
Dr. Jerome Wolf will speak Fri¬
day night in a panel discussion
on prejudice for the Pasadena
chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union.
The discussion begins at 8 p.m.
in the McKinley Junior High
School Auditorium, 325 S. Oak
Knoll, Pasadena.
Moderated by Caltech professor
Dr. Norman H. Brooks, the pan¬
el’s four members will examine
prejudice in historical and socio¬
logical contexts and will attempt
to judge its impact in the Pasa¬
dena area.
Speaking with Dr. Wolf will be
Dr. Isidore Ziferstein, Los An¬
geles psychiatrist and author; Lee
Browne, Blair High School chem¬
istry instructor and adviser to the
Pasadena CORE; and John P.
Lyons, assistant executive direc-
DR. JEROME WOLF
. . . panel speaker
tor of the Los Angeles County
Human Relations Commission.
Dr. Brooks is on the board of
directors of the Pasadena-Alta-
dena Human Relations Commit¬
tee.
An audience question period
will follow the panel’s presenta¬
tion.
Boskin Will Present
PCC Forum Tuesday
Dr. Joseph Boskin, professor of history and educational television
consultant, will discuss “American Humor, American Character,” at
the Pasadena City College Tuesday Evening Forum January 25 at
8 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium.
Dr. Boskin delineates the major changes in the American charac¬
ter during the last two centuries by analyzing the kind of humor that
has prevailed. He will emphasize the rapidly changing character of
Negro humor.
He received his PhD degree in history from the University of
Minnesota in 1959. He has served as professor of history at the Uni¬
versity of Minnesota, State University of Iowa, and at present, at the
University of Southern California where he is co-director of the
American Studies Program and coordinator of the Honors Program.
Dr. Boskin has written articles in American history for various
professional journals and for the Encyclopedia Britannica. In addition,
he has participated in various educational television programs. He
prepared the “Odyssey” series, “From Appomattox to Hiroshima,” for
CBS and is currently serving as the official judge and the question
source for “Scholarquiz,” which is a high school quiz show broadcast
on CBS-TV on Saturday afternoons.
He won the Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching in 1962,
and has won various grants for research and publication in American
history.
Committee Approves
New College District
New Robbins Building
Will Open in March