PCC Courier, January 19, 1979

ми шйшш; VOL. 46, NO. 16 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 19, 1979 ■ч ' > # <. x *■ - seat 1 Coleman, Albanese Win Landslide ASB Victory pii ■ /ж /J Derek Coleman was elected yesterday as ASB president. **1 By Tom Trepiak Editor Derek Coleman and Lisa Albanese won a landslide victory yesterday in an election that produced one of the largest voter turnouts ever. Coleman and Ms. Albanese will retain their current positions as ASB president and vice president. This is the first time an incumbent has won. The comparatively large turnout, 579, was the direct result of heavy campaigning by all three presidential candidates. Coleman and Ms. Albanese ran together, as did Dana Richards and Ross Thompson. Charlotte Hutchins ran as an in¬ dependent candidate. Coleman won with 266 votes, Ms. Hutchins received 155, and Richards 114. Ms. Albanese, who clinched the victory after slightly more than 400 votes were tabulated, won with 349 votes while Thompson, her only op¬ position, received 171. Ms. Albanese had the largest vote total of all can¬ didates. even those running unop¬ posed. “I think we won because we got out there and pushed and even sat in the rain,” said Ms. Albanese. “We cam¬ paigned person to person.” Another factor was Coleman's recognizable face. He was on the cover of the fall programming booklet ana in the student handbook. He posted hundreds of fliers with his name and picture throughout campus, a cam¬ paigning method he started last year when he ran for ASB freshman class president. Coleman and developed a flier silhouetted the two ticket, Albanese.” was the reply. Richards and Thompson had pin-on signs with their silhouettes as their main cam- piagning device, along with their large posters. “It was a psychological thing,” Coleman said, explaining his use of the silhouettes on his fliers. “A lot ot people had gotten used to seeing those all around. What we tried to do was I’d lose by 15-30 votes,” he said. When campaigning, Ms. Albanese told potential voters that she desperately needed their votes. “Last semester I didn’t say I was desperate, but this semester I felt we were desperate,” she said after the polls had closed. The reason for the pre-election uneasiness was that their opponents had strong followings. Ms. Hutchins COURIER POLL— Heavy canvassing by candidates was the secret to who voters selected during yesterday’s ASB election. That is, only if the voter did not already have a friend in mind to vote for. A poll of 10 percent of the voters showed that more students voted for a friend or a friend of a friend ( 44 percent ) . Of those who were confronted by candidates or a confederate, 40 percent voted for that candidate. The final 16 percent voted to have a voice in campus politics. Many students said they had no previous knowledge of the election or the ASB, except they “just happened by,” and were influenced by one of the can¬ didate’s canvassing. The group that wanted a voice said they had a personal interest in one or another candidate and their platform. Others said their interest lay in direct dealings with the ASB (like special interest clubs on campus or the student senate.) One student told of his own particular style of voting, “I know two of the candidates personally. The rest, I just vote for the women.” —Steve Franklin capitalize on their publicity.” Both Coleman and Ms. Albanese said they campaigned harder than usual because of the well-organized op¬ position. In fact, Coleman thought he was going to lose after 430 votes had been counted, even though he was already 100 ahead. “I estimated that campaigned hard with her experience spearheading her platform. There was talk before and during the election of a bloc Mormon vote, since both Richards and Thompson are Mor¬ mons. That bloc vote either didn’t materialize or wasn't strong enough. “I think we won because of luck,” Coleman said. “I’d also like to think that the voters thought I’d do a good job." Coleman agreed that the large turnout was in his favor. “I figured it might give me more of a chance,” he said. “I think we made a good impression, we were willing to talk to the voters,” said Ms. Albanese. “You see, we knew the answers, too. We could explain what we do. How can you explain what a vice president does if you haven’t done it before?” Next semester, Coleman is going to try to overcome the bickerings that plagued ASB this semester. “I want to build up student government to where it’s more workable,” he said. ASB election results: ASB president— Derek Coleman-266, Charlotte Hutchins-155, Dana Richards-114; ASB vice president — Lisa Albanese-349, Ross Thompson- 171, sophomore class president— John Locke-316 (unopposed); freshman class president- Divinia Corazon M. Eugenio-221, Don Vecchione-165; athletics president— Patricia Rouse- 320 (unopposed); senate president— Carolyn Brennan-305 (unop¬ posed) ; senate first vice president — Michael Tiberi-320 (unopposed); senpte second vice president— Terry Swan-313 (unopposed); AMS president— David Dean-303 (unop¬ posed). opposing Thompson, asked one Ms. Albanese yesterday that members of the Richards and “Who are you voting for?” silhouette. “Coleman and Trustees Delay Verdict Sabbatical Decision Put Off Last Night; Board Wants to Hear More Budget info By Steve McManus Staff Writer The board of trustees has decided to postpone the issue of sabbatical leaves indefinitely. After more than an hour of discussion at last night’s meeting during which various alternatives were loosely talked over, the board opted to follow an amended recom¬ mendation by Superintendent- President Richard Meyers. The original Meyers proposal for a one-year moratorium on sabbatical leave was based on input he had received that a decision on sabbatical leave policy had to be made by last night because of the time necessary for sabbatical grantees to make proper plans. That belief was supplanted by the applicants’ expressed willingness to wait on a final decision pending a further knowledge of the state budget. Geologist Bruce Carter acted as spokesman for this year’s sabbatical applicants. “Let us know who is eligible for sabbaticals,” Carter said, “but make it very clear that it is subject to availability of funds. We can live with that uncertainty and hope we get the funds.” Meyers responded by saying, “Based on the fact that people who are closest to it say they can wait in¬ definitely, then I’m willing to change my recommendation to wait in¬ definitely until we have a better budget picture.” The board had asked for faculty input on the sabbatical issue several weeks ago. The first step was taken by Dr. Gordon Brown, chairman of the professional growth and program committee. Brown distributed a poll before the winter vacation to determine how important sabbaticals were to the faculty and if they were content to share the cost of the program. Though only 30 percent of the faculty responded, almost all of them felt that sabbatical leaves contributed significantly to keeping the faculty prepared and that sabbaticals should be retained. They also strongly sup¬ ported the present “joint” funding plan in which the college district pays 75 percent of the sabbatical salary, while the employee pays for all sab¬ batical expenses and takes a 25 per¬ cent salary reduction. With all the supportive data correlated, the FSB met on January 8 to discuss the results and formulate a proper recommendation to present to the board. However, the action was delayed by the administration proposal, presented to the FSB on very short notice by Dr. Meyers. The FSB was unsure of which direction it should go. They wanted to support their new president as a gesture of solidarity, yet the issqe at hand was one which they had strong personal feelings about. They elected to wait and re-poll the faculty, presenting the Meyers’ moratorium proposal alongside the choice to retain sabbaticals, subject to availability of funds. The task of re-polling the faculty on such short notice fell again to Brown. The FSB convened a special meeting a week later to review the results. The response level was approximately the same as the first poll. The results clearly showed a majority of those voting favored retention (70 percent) of the program to the moratorium alternative (30 percent). The FSB voted unanimously on a faculty policy to recommend to the board that sabbatical leaves be retained by the college. HAVE BALLOT, WILL VOTE— The voting table in the quad was a major avenue of travel yesterday and Wednesday. According to a Courier poll, people mostly voted for either a friend or someone who had asked for their vote within an hour. Only 16 percent of those who voted actually voted for someone that they believed would be the best for the job. Student Government Alert to Its Lack of Semester Achievements Lack of Participants May End Sandpipers By Mark Blocker Feature Editor The Sandpipers, campus Music- Comedy ensemble, face the financial ax due to a lack of student par¬ ticipation, says Gary Castillo, director. “The program was started eight years ago to give the students a chance to study and work with contemporary music than what was previously given to them,” Castillo said. “When the program was introduced, there were students lining up to try¬ out, but this semester there was only one,” he added. Castillo says the main reason for the dwindling participation in the program is “lack of publicity, and a lack of awareness of what we’re all about.” He says another reason is the high turnover in the program which gives the students a feeling of instability. Castillo took over this semester when the previous director left for a more lucrative career in show business. This has been the pattern since the Sand¬ pipers were initiated. Castillo says he receives about 25-30 invitations per year for the Sandpipers to perform, “but I only have the equipment, not the personnel.” Last year the group was the featured performers for the Downtown Los Angeles “Dickens Christmas Program.” All through its history, Castillo says, “the group has enjoyed success in the community.” Plans this spring are for the group to perform “Scenes from the Musical Theater.” It will include scenes from “My Fair Lady,” “West Side Story,” and “Hair.” If Castillo can’t generate the group above its present 15 student count, there won’t be any spring for the Sandpipers. Kathy Braidhill News Editor They’ve bickered and quarreled, ■ argued and snubbed each other until harsh political rumors flew about each group. Fighting among the ASB senate and board may be nothing new, but con¬ tinuous battling has left student government awkwardly aware of its lack of concrete accomplishments this semester. A theme of inactivity characterized the responses of ASB officers. “I didn’t accomplish much of what I wanted to. But I learned how to type.” “Don’t know that we accomplished anything.” “What did we do last year . . . nothing I” “It was a semester of learning . . .” “This semester we got off on the wrong foot.” “That’s a good one.” ASB officers queried had difficulty recalling the past semester’s major feats. Fall ’78 was a semester of "mistakes, unfortunate mishaps, and apathy among (ASB) board mem¬ bers," according to Derek Coleman, ASB president. “One of our biggest problems is that most were new, and had a lack of experience.” Coleman mentioned ASB attendance of the Board of Trustees meetings had improved, many committees were formed, voter turnout in homecoming elections increased, and said he hopes voter turnout in the next election will increase also. “Mario did good work on health fees. 1 did work on it too. Where (people) needed help the most, that's where I’d go” He credited the board’s lack of ex¬ perience, poor publicity, and apathy among board members as contributing to the situation. Projects ASB was working towards —the student trustee, health fees and foreign students’ insurance— remain unresolved. On homecoming: “It would have worked out. Homecoming was probably one of the most organized things this year, we had a lot of weird things happening. We lost a lot of money.” The discos ASB had planned as money makers never materialized. “They fell through. At the last dance we had very low turnout. “It takes time to build these things up’. You need a month, month and a half to work on something. Between that you have breaks. It’s hard to keep consistency, keep people interested.” The relations between the ASB board and senate were described as “strained,” “could have been better,” and a “power play.” Tyrone Patrick, senate president, felt responsible. “It’s what they call a power play,” said Coleman. “It happens every semester. You can almost predict it, wonder what the issue is this time.” “Failing at student unity” is how Patrick terms the senate’s semester. "It was one of my campaign promises. I’d like to start the whole semester all over again.” Patrick was critical of his officers. “I was very dissatisfied with most of my officers as student represen¬ tatives. They let me down in the department of getting student in¬ volvement." His big success, said Patrick, was his student questionnaire, “Time to be Heard.” He distributed about 1,000 copies of a survey aimed at learning what student gripes are. The grievance committee, and an amendment on impeachment proceedings are other achievements he lists. Patrick feels responsible for the senate-board squabbles, but is not sure of how they will end up. “Maybe it will lead to more togetherness and listening to each other, or it may lead to stabbing each other in the back. I feel if I would have been stronger in my leadership, it wouldn’t have caused . . . the semester to get off on a bad foot.” “It's been one heckuva year. I hope the next person will take off from where I left off. If they keep up in¬ terest, the senate can be good. We failed in a lot of ways, but have also succeeded in a lot of ways. The reason is because I didn’t enforce things.” “I’m going to come out of this looking like a nerdo,” said Lisa Albanese, ASB vice-president, of her inability to recall ASB’s fall per¬ formance. Ms. Albanese could not recall any ASB board ac¬ complishments. "Oh, what did we accomplish,” said Charlotte Hutchins, senate vice- president. “I don’t know that we ac¬ complished anything. We got the student trustee thing out in the open. All we did was fight all semester.” Ms. Hutchins said the senate meetings were poorly handled, and they “needed a little bit of parlimentary procedure to be kept Continued on Page Six FALL SEMESTER 1978-1979 FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE 8 a.m. 10 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 3:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Monday, January 32 7 Daily 10 MWF 10 Daily 1-4 M 2 MWF 2 Daily 3-5 M 2-5 M 3-6 M 4-7 M Tuesday, January 23 8-9:30 TTh 8-10:30 TTh 9 TTh 9:10:30 TTh 9:30-11 TTh 10 TTh 10-12 TTh 1-4 T 2 TTh 2:30-4 TTh 2-5 T 3-6 T 4 TTh 4-7 T Wednesday, January 24 8 MWF 8 Daily Unscheduled Make-up Exams 1 MWF 1 Daily 1-2:30 MW 1-4 W 2-5 W 3-G W 4-7 W 4 MWF 4 Daily Thursday, January 25 7:30-9 TTh 8 TTh 10:30-12 TTh 11 TTh 11-12:30 TTh 1 TTh 1-2:30 TTh 1-3:30 TTh 1-4 Th 3 TTh 3-6 Th 4-7 Th 2-5 Th Friday, January 26 9 MWF 9 Daily 11 MWF 11 Daily 1-4 F 2-5 F 3-6 F 4-7 F 3 MWF 3 Daily Monday, January 20 7 MWF 12 MWF Unscheduled Make-up Exams Unscheduled Make-up Exams ------ _ .. _ _ _ пг pr Z. Late afternoon and evening classes meeting more than once a week and beginning after 4:30 p.m. hold two hour examination on the first scheduled meeting in the last full week of the semester (January 23-27). 3. Saturday classes and evening classes meeting only once weekly — hold two hour examination on the first regularly scheduled day during the last full week of semester (January 22-27). 1 bfock-o" " ’ ’ ' * - 4. For bfock-of-time classes not name<l in the schedule use the box most nearly paralleling the starting time of the class. 5. Classes meeting in time slots not shown in the schedule or footnotes — final examination during last week of semester at ; "pproved by the Department Chairman and the Office of Student Personnel Services. tudents having more than two examinations scheduled in one day may consult their professors with regard to suitable alternatives. time