Kelts
Dawson
Eikenbery
Fordham
Frier
Horn
Hueftle
Wiegand
Willis
Wilson
i Cowrie*
Vol. 32, No. 14
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
January 21, 1970
Medina, Dodson , To Guide
MSB Government in Spring
OMD Honors 16
in Annual Tappings
By DUFFY JOHANSING
I have no idea what reaction
PCC students had toward the re¬
cent Motor Trend Riverside 500,
but I do know what their response
toward a much closer race vitally
concerning them as students
was — very disappointing.
Last Thursday and Friday after
two weeks of a campaign that
consumed enough paper to sup¬
ply the Internal Revenue Service
with scratch paper for a year, a
mere 594 students showed an in¬
terest in next semester’s ASB
president by electing Robert Me¬
dina over Ian McIntyre with a
slim eight votes.
Fortunately, despite the poor
turnout of votes, all vacancies
in the ASB were filled with a
spray of members from each op¬
posing slate. Ray Dodson filled
the vice-presidency 22 votes over
ICC president Oscar Rodriquez,
while Pete Kuretski of the same
slate, received the most votes of
any candidate, to give him the of¬
fice of Senate President over Mike
Karpiel.
Rudy Fordham, who for the
past semester has brought AMS
out of the doldrums into an en¬
thusiastic men’s organization, was
reelected as the club’s president.
He was victorious over present
finance commissioner Dave
Marks.
The greatest margin of Victory
came with the election of Sherry
Campbell to AWS president. The
cause could be attributed to the
fine job Sherry did as the club’s
vice-president, but the fact that
she was unopposed must also be
reasoned in.
Ed Powell and Dave Nicholson
were voted Sophomore and Fresh¬
man Class president respectively.
Fourteen students and two fac¬
ulty members were tapped into
membership in OMD, PCC’s
highest honorary organization last
Wednesday.
The new members and alumni
members were honored at a ban¬
quet in the student dining room
Sunday evening.
The traditional tapping cere¬
monies are held during morning
class hours. Membership is offer¬
ed for two or more semesters of
outstanding and unselfish service
to the college.
These newest tappees join
more than 900 on a list that dates
back more than 40 years.
There follows the list of the new
honorees and their service:
Judy Barbour: Women’s PE
Department, president of WAA,
Sportsnight, and team sports
manager.
Herbert Bowerman: photo¬
graphy, college catalog.
Laurel Dawson: Spartans, Adel-
phians, Circle -K sweetheart, Fac¬
ulty Fund.
Rudolph Fordham: AMS pres¬
ident, track team, Financial Aids
Policy Committee.
Sister Marjorie Frier: nursing
program, SNAP, HEW, demon¬
strations, tutoring.
Mildred Horn: Art Depart¬
ment, Student Curriculum Com¬
mittee, recipient of department
service award.
Daniel Hueftle: photography,
stockman, clerk.
Malcolm Lumby: Communica¬
tions Department, forensics squad
Phi Rho Pi, national speech
winner.
James Olson: Tutorial Center.
Larry Rollins: president of Jun¬
ior Executives.
Polly Watchler: Adelphians,
much volunteer service to
college.
Katherine Wiegand: president
of Adelphians, Mayor’s Commit¬
tee on Foreign Cities, Junior Ex¬
ecutive secretary.
Teryl Willis: Theater Arts, fo¬
rensics, Student Curriculum
Committee, Speech Arts Council.
Marilyn Wilson: Madrigals,
Chamber Choir, Music Council,
accompanist.
John Eikenbery: dean of stud¬
ent activities.
Dorothy Kolts: adviser to As¬
pect magazine, and before that,
of the Pageant, college yearbook.
Nation Commemorates
Dr. King's Philosophy
Soghomonian Appointed To Be
Foreman of County Grand Jury
By MacAUTHOR MOORE
January 15 marked the 42nd
birthday of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., who was slain by the
hand of an assassin.
Dr. King, a man of non-violence,
was noted among the many greats
to ever exist on the earth. The
philosophy of Dr. King was that
of non-violence.
However, his non-violent philos¬
ophy led to an act of violence
which took his life. Dr. King, a
man of God, who believed in hu¬
man rights for all mankind, was
surely confronted with many dis¬
appointments from the white race.
As a leader Dr. King, with his
followers, participated in many
civil rights movements.
Because of Dr. King’s concept
of peace, he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize, which is one
of the greatest honors a man can
be awarded. It was a cold January
15, yet the memory of the late
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was
recognized across the nation.
There were mass rallies held
on Los Angeles streets; the doors
of the churches were open and
large crowds gathered to pay
their respects together. There
were TV and radio specials, cover¬
ing the life of Dr. King. One, for
instance, was when a young black
girl was repeating the words of
one of Dr. King’s greatest speech¬
es, “I have a dream.”
Nonetheless, it seems a bit un¬
fair that for a man as great as
Dr. King, his birthday was not
legalized as a holiday this year.
I hope next year it will be.
By LEWIS W. TROUT
“I think one of the problems
with teachers is that we haven’t
had the opportunity to do those
things we teach the students. Of
course, no one could.
“But how exciting and impor¬
tant for a teacher to be able to
talk about those he has done, ra¬
ther than those things about
which he has only read,” explained
PCC political science professor,
Sam Soghomonian as he assessed
the personal value of his recent
appointment as foreman of the
Los Angeles County Grand Jury.
“I know that when I return to
my classes next year,” he contin¬
ued, “I will be 1000 per cent more
effective and realistic as a teach¬
er of our political institutions be¬
cause the Grand Jury has the key
that opens all the doors of gov¬
ernment.”
The Los Angeles County Grand
Jury is a judicial body with dual
constitutional responsibilities un¬
der both the California and the
United States’ constitutions. The
jury is composed of citizens who
investigate and examine felony
prosecutions and issue indict¬
ments. In addition, the Grand
Jury requires an audit of the
county’s books and sees that all
officers perform their jobs.
The duties and responsibilities
of Soghomonian’s new office as
jury foreman are many and var¬
ied. He is the spokesman for the
jury and appears before criminal
courts to officially hand indict¬
ments to the judge. The foreman
also appoints all committee chair¬
men of the body.
The selection process for Sog¬
homonian was long and involved.
A total of 159 candidates for jury
membership were nominated by
the county’s superior court jud¬
ges. An FBI background check
followed, reducing the number to
144. The clerk of the Superior
Court then drew 34 names at ran¬
dom to form the final selection
group for the 23-man jury.
All 34 were subpoenaed to ap¬
pear in court on January 6. A
second drawing was made in
court, filling the 23 positions. Sog-
By DUFFY JOHANSING
Air and land pollution is a prob¬
lem that has been knocked about
continuously for the past 15 years
by politicians and government
officials.
Some astonish the people with
unbelievable statistics, while oth¬
ers offer promises of reform in
the automobile industry and in
those factories whose pollutants
are spoiling the nation’s vast
water systems and now precious
are we breathe.
All the angry words and fist¬
banging are great for exciting the
voters and gaining their support,
but when it is time for dedicated
action to take the place of the
arm-waving oratory, no concern¬
ed effort is evident.
Fortunately there are people
who are concerned with their
brothers’ survival, such as the
hundreds of scientists who grind
hour after hour in their unglorif¬
ied world, producing facts and try¬
ing to prepare man for the esti¬
mated 400 million human beings
in the United States by 2003.
homonian was among the first 10
drawn.
The judge, Joseph A. Wapner,
then interviewed all male mem¬
bers in order to select a foreman.
After an hour, he announced the
selection of Soghomonian.
The PCC prof is tentatively
scheduled to teach a reduced load
next semester in the early morn¬
ing and late evening.
There is also a group that acts
under the name of the American
Cetacean Society. Recently this
organization held an essay con¬
test in cooperation with the PCC
English Department and asked
for students to submit prose or
verse dealing with the broad topic
of conservation.
The winners were notified re¬
cently and while James Harter
hopped aboard the Goodyear
blimp for a jaunt above Catalina
Channel, the other 13 winners en¬
joyed a day of yacht sailing in the
channel.
Harter, first place winner with
his poem, “A Plea to the Think¬
ing Man,” also received a week¬
end yacht trip to Catalina Island
Purpose of sending the writers
out of LA harbor was to let
them observe the southward mi¬
gration of the gray whale.
According to Woodrow Ohlsen,
chairman of the English Depart¬
ment, who joined the first place
winner on his joy ride, the trip
was great but the oil slicks vis-
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FIRST SEMESTER 1969-70
FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
5:15 p.m.
Wednesday,
January 21
7 MWF
7 Daily
12 MWF
2-5 W
2:30-5:30 W
3-6 W
3 MWF
3 Dally
Thursday,
January 22
9 TTh
9-10:30 TTh
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1-2:30 TTh
1-4 Th
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3-6 Th
5 TTh
Friday,
January 23
8 MWF
8 Daily
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2:30-5:30 F
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4 Daily
Monday,
January 26
10 MWF
10 Daily
12-3 M
2 MWF
1-4 M
2-5 M
2:30-5 M
3-5 M
3-6 M
Tuesday,
January 37
7 TTh
10 TTh
2:30-4 TTh
2 Daily
1-4 T
2:30-5:30 T
3-6 T
3 TTh
Wednesday,
January 28
9 MWF
9 Daily
11 MWF
11 Daily
4-5:30 MW
4-6:30 MW
Thursday,
January 29
7:30-9 TTh
8 TTh
10:30-12 TTh
11 TTh
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4 TTh
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Friday,
January 30
Reserved for
Unscheduled
Examinations
Engl. 401*
Reserved for Unscheduled
Examinations
Awards Given for
Essays on Pollution