Martin Green's the One
Overwhelming Vote
to Winning Slate
ester, 1969, Guzman will be of¬
fering Sociology 31, “Sociology of
the Mexican-American.”
The Bulletin description reads:
“Cultural background of the Mex¬
ican-American; major differences
between Anglo and Mexican-
American values and attitudes;
past and present intcrcultural pro¬
blems: economic, educational, pol¬
itical, language and family; Mex¬
ican-American contributions to
the United States.”
Cooperating with the Pasadena
Public Library, PCC’s Extended
Day program is offering “Under¬
standing Latin America,” which
is a non-credit course for adults,
given by Mrs. Elizabeth Sperling,
once a week, at the Pasadena
Public Library.
Bulletin Description
The Bulletin description reads:
“History and culture from ancient
Indian civilization to the present
day. Art, architecture, crafts, lit¬
erature and music. Illstrated with
slides films. Particular emphasis
on Mexico.” This course will be
given again in spring 1969. Ex¬
tended Day will also offer “His¬
tory of California” and six cours¬
es in Spanish in spring 1969.
Mrs. Mothershead, director of
the Community Liaison Center
for Foreign Students and Ameri¬
can Abroad, advises that The Ex¬
periment in International Living
will grant a PCC student a schol¬
arship for a summer 1969 stay in
Mexico with a Mexican family.
The Experiment will also make
two runner-up awards. Winners
will be announced here in Feb¬
ruary.
In association with the Institute
of International Education, PCC
is exploring participation in the
California Junior College Latin
American Program. Through the
project, California two-year coll¬
eges and the Peruvian business
community would combine their
efforts to help Peruvian students
acquire technical training in line
Latin American Works
those departments have a look at
the candidates on the slate.
The inauguration of the newly
elected president was held yester¬
day. During this ceremony, all of
the officers were sworn in and
given the oath of office.
One of the first things Green
plans on doing when he takes over
the office is to choose a good cab¬
inet and student board. “We want
to work with the students, not as
a separate power organization.”
After the cabinet is chosen,
Green plans to get down to work
on the slate platform. It includes
such activities as completion of
the faculty evaluation booklet — ■
“the teachers will evaluate them¬
selves according to their grading
procedures, homework assign¬
ment procedures, etc.” according
to Green, a greater involvement
with the Black Student Union in
student government, and ending
the school parking problem.
One of the things the govern¬
ment will be glad to see during
the second semester, according to
Green, will be “a new editor tak¬
ing over the production of the
Courier. This administration is
extremely happy to see that Bry¬
an Cuthill has resigned. We hope
that the new editor will assume a
more interested and realistic atti¬
tude toward government and its
officials.”
Dr. Sarafian
Considered
for U.S. Post
PCC president Dr. Armen Sa¬
rafian is being considered for the
post of U.S. commissioner of
education, according to Robert H.
Finch, secretary-designate of the
Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare.
Finch, under whom Dr. Sarafian
would serve if appointed, said
that the PCC president is one of
10 candidates being considered
throughout the United States. In
the release made last Thursday
to a local newspaper, Finch said
that the appointment will not be
made for another 10 days.
Dr. Sarafian was first notified
of the possible appointment on
January 11, when the offices of
the president-elect in Washington
D.C. contacted him at his home
asking him for references.
Dr. Sarafian was in Washington
last Thursday at a nursing asso¬
ciation advisory meeting when he
was informed of the release by
Finch.
The Library has a number of
works on Latin America — most in
English, but some in Spanish and
Portuguese — and acquires more
regularly. Of note is the recent
acquisition of 28 rolls of microfilm
of the U.S. State Department cor¬
respondence and from Mexico dur¬
ing critical years before the Mexi¬
can War.
To assure balance, the library
is also buying published Mexican
documents of the above period.
Students may thus examine for
themselves both sides of the re¬
cord.
Dr. Hallman, Social Sciences De¬
partment chairmen, advises that
beginning with the spring sem¬
I'M NOT HYPNOTIZED — is what an unidentified jects. Mike repeatedly told Miss Collins, du-
PCC student known only as Mike was saying as ing last week's ASB assembly, that he was not
he lay as rigid as steel between two other sub- under hypnosis.
The election slate headed by
Martin Green won a big margin
over all opposition in the Associ¬
ated Student Body election held
last Thursday and Friday. All five
candidates held a large margin in
their own races, according to pres¬
ident-elect Green.
Taking over the second spot in
the student government will be
Bharat Persad. The position of Se¬
nate president will be held by Bob
Serrano. Sophomore president for
the second semester will be Jim
Goodwin, who also held this posi¬
tion during the first semester. The
president of the freshman class
will be Jim Bowler, who ran on the
SABCA (Students for a Better
Campus Atmosphere) slate, but
who was also the only candidate
running for that office. The final
member of the Green slate was
Valerie Lewis, who was elected
president of the Associated Wo¬
men Students.
The office of Associated Men
Student president was without a
candidate, but a write-in vote of
two or three won the election for
Bob Medina, according to Phillip
Santellan, elections commissioner.
According to Green, the major
factor which brought about the
victory was that “the candidates
on this slate went out to the vo¬
ters — they talked to them person¬
ally, and handed out over 6,000
leaflets.” It was this “personal
pitch,” as Green put it, that over¬
came the influence of SABCA.
Besides going to the students,
the Green slate also was in con¬
tact with the athletic department,
the music department, and the dra¬
ma department explaining the
slate’s position on many of the is¬
sues, reporting the advantages of
electing this slate, and just let¬
ting the students and faculty in
VOL. 30, NO. 15
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
JANUARY 22, 1969
There is excitement in the So¬
cial Sciences Department at Pasa¬
dena City College over the project¬
ed 1969 Latin American American
Studies agenda.
With the encouragement of the
PCC administration, several peo¬
ple have joined forces to coordi¬
nate and strengthen PCC’s offer¬
ings in Latin American Studies.
Those most directly involved have
been Miss Margarita Fastabend,
Henry Guzman, Dr. Ralph Hall¬
man, David Leary, Mrs. Alice
Mothershead, Mrs. Phyllis Nelson
and Miss Jo Nissley.
PCC’s 1969-70 Bulletin lists 19
courses having to do with Latin
America. Not all are new. PCC
offered work in Spanish during its
first academic year: 1924-25, and
“History of the Americas” was
added to the curriculum in the
academic year 1927-28.
There are now 13 courses in
Spanish. The wide range includes
two civilization courses — one deal¬
ing with Spain and Portugal, the
other with Spanish-America and
Brazil. There is also a course in
Spanish pronunciation.
PCC is one of the few colleges
that offers Portuguese 1 and 2,
“Elementary Brazilian Portu¬
guese.”
with their country’s business and
economic needs.
See Mrs. Mothershead
Those students who wish infor¬
mation on study in Latin America
should contact Mrs. Mothershead.
PCC has accepted the invitation
of the Latin American Studies
Association to join in the forma¬
tion of a national consortium of
colleges and universities to fur¬
ther the study of Latin America
in The United States. According
to Leary, assistant professor in
the Social Sciences Department,
a variety of services will be avail¬
able to participating colleges
through the consortium and
LASA.
Ample employment opportuni¬
ties await the student who majors
in Latin American Studies. The
Peace Corps regularly recruits
from the nation’s campuses; the
State Department, and Agency for
International Development also
seek out the well-grounded stu¬
dent. People who know the region
and are fluent in Spanish and
Portuguese are sought by the
teaching and social service pro¬
fessions. Private firms are an¬
other source of employment.
STUDENTS "EMOTE" — Student volunteers from
the audience at Thursday's assembly were told
by Miss Pat Collins, the hip hypnotist, that they
were great emotional actors and actresses. Here,
under her instructions, the "entranced" students
display their ability as emotional thespians.
CowUeb
Social Science Department Excited About
Many Latin American Studies Offerings
