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- PCC Courier, January 24, 1975
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PCC Courier, January 24, 1975
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Nick Martinez Elected
ASB Positions Filled
By David Gero
Staff Writer
The final results of last week’s ASB
election are now in, with the 10 open
positions being filled for next
semester.
Nick Martinez was elected ASB
president, receiving 184 votes. He was
opposed by three write-in candidates,
Janet Peters, who received six votes,
and Ernest Hanson and Joe Chavira,
each receiving one vote.
Martinez is a psychology major at
PCC and is described as being in¬
terested in social science.
The outgoing president of MECHA,
Martinez will remain active in the
program next semester. He is also
active in community affairs and,
according to Phyllis Jackson, dean of
women, Martinez is “student-
oriented.”
The new ASB president entered PCC
in the Spring of 1973, and plans to
graduate this June. He plans to attend
a university following his graduation
here.
The new vice president is Larry
Jennings, who captured 179 votes. Alan
Foley received two write-in votes.
Gary Kvisler became the new
Sophomore Class president, with 92
votes. Laura Lesperance received one
write-in vote.
Joanne Nakayama defeated Julie
Byers for the position of Freshman
Class president, 57 to 37. The two write-
in candidates were Mike Marino and
Rich Orozco, who received three votes
and one vote; respectively.
Tony Smith, running unopposed, has
become the new Associated Men
Students (AMS) president, while
Galinda Velasco was elected the new
Associated Women Students (AWS)
president, with 117 votes. Her sole
opponent was Lupe Vela, who received
a single write-in vote.
Alan Mozee was elected Athletics
president, receiving 170 votes. Joe
Cooper and Ann Espinosa received one
write-in vote each.
The new Senate president is Ralph
Champion, receiving 168 votes.
Thomas Pepitone, who dropped out of
hte race, received 29 votes and Rob
Long two write-ins.
Kenneth Bernard narrowly defeated
John Lehman for Senate vice presi¬
dent, 110 votes to 108.
Dennis Sugasawara, running
unopposed, becomes the new Senate
second vice president.
NICK MARTINEZ
. . . new ASB president
About 200 of the more than 19,000
PCC students cast ballots in the
election. Outgoing ASB president
Stuart Silver cited a mixture of student
apathy and a lack of pre-election
publicity as the reasons behind the low
voter turnout.
“Students don’t respond to good,
positive student government,” said
Silver, noting that some students are
often quick to complain about poor
representation.
By Am Demessie
Staff Writer
An opportunity for sophomore
students to compete for scholarships
ranging from $150 to $2000 is being
offered by the Bank of America
through the PCC Financial Aids office.
According to Gene Miller, financial
aids coordinator, the annual Bank of
America scholarship program offers
competition on various levels for PCC
sophomores and students from other
community colleges.
To compete for the scholarship, a
student must be a sophomore at PCC,
and be carrying at least 12 units and
have completed at least 36 units, but
not more than 70 units, by the end of
this semester.
Also, a minimum of 12 units per
semester with a grade point average
(GPA) of at least 3.0 or better must
have been completed. In addition to
One reason for student apathy is the
size of enrollment, noted Silver.
“There are too many students to have
close interaction and get to know each
other.”
He said he feels the outgoing student
government has been efficient in
improving conditions for PCC
students, noting the new bookstore
management committee, new food
services and new Senate codes as some
of its accomplishments.
that, the candidate must have a record
of participation in different activities
on or off campus. Work experience will
also be considered.
PCC will select one final candidate
from each of the following fields:
Business, Science-Engineering, Social
Science-Humanities and Technical-
Vocational. Later, these candidates
will compete in open discussion with
winners from other community college
sophomores for the final showdown.
Each qualified finalist will get at least
$150.
The top winners will receive $2000,
followed by those in second place
receiving $1000. Third place winners
get $500 awards.
The application deadline for the
scholarship is Jan. 30. Further in¬
formation is available in the Office of
Scholarships and Financial Aids in
C236.
Sophomore Scholarship
Sponsored by
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of A
—Courier Photo by Richard Andersen
QUEUEING UP— They came in droves this week, braving morning
chili in the hope of obtaining parking permits for next semester.
Vocational Program
Topic of Women's Day
By Debbie Burns
Staff Writer
The year 1975 has been declared
International Women’s Year by the
United Nations. Thursday, Feb. 6 has
been declared Women’s Day for
returning women students at PCC.
The program is designed primarily
for the woman who has had an “in¬
terruption in her education,” said
Ernestine Moore, guidance counselor
and coordinator of the program. “It
will actually be an introduction to
PCC, mainly for the woman on campus
who’s not familiar with what we have
here.”
Women’s Day is a half-day devoted
to acquainting the returning woman
with the opportunities and services
available at PCC. The short day, from
9:30 a.m. to noon at the Campus
Center, will present various workshops
and speakers who will introduce PCC
to any past, present or future student
who wants to be aware of alternatives
ALIEN STUDENTS
All aliens in the United States must
report their addresses during Janu¬
ary of each year. The penalty for not
doing so is deportation. For further
information contact the Foreign
Student office. Cl 21 .
in academic and career programs on
campus.
Speakers for the various workshops
include women who are active
professionals on campus. Information
on the various departments and career
offerings will be discussed by Gene
Miller, coordinator of scholarships and
financial aids, and Pauline Anderson,
chairman of Allied Health Services,
with other vocational and guidance
counselors.
Phyllis Jackson, dean of women
students, said, “We want to help
women come back into the education
atmosphere . . . for many women it’s a
traumatic experience. They’re afraid
they can’t compete.”
Women’s Day is coordinated by Mrs.
Jackson. Mrs. Moore and interested
women who helped to set up the
Women’s Center, a room in the
Campus Center last November.
Provided by Student Personnel
Services, the room serves as a drop-in
center where women students can talk
to each other and get information
about the school.
This program gives women a chance
to discuss their feelings and problems
concerning personal, academic and
career goals, child care and family
and peer reaction to their returning to
college.
PCC CoufU&i
VOL. 38, NO. 15
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 24, 1975
ASB
Student Leaders Meet Many
Goals Set for Semester's Work
By Steve Ripley
City Editor
In a semester fraught with changes
in the outside world, the Associated
Student Body government has tried to
retain a degree of rationality and has
racked up several accomplishments.
Although some major goals were not
attained, others were reached,
among them formation of the
Bookstore Committee and helping in
the formation of the Alumni Com¬
mittee.
Nursing Department Praised for Its
Faculty, Curriculum, New Facilities
By Belinda Busteed
Staff Writer
The recent accreditation report on
the associate degree nursing program
at PCC praised faculty, curriculum,
students, administration and called
the physical facilities “the most
modern and sophisticated" surveyed
to date.
The report, from the continuing
accreditation program by the National
League for Nursing (NLN), was based
in part on a visit to the campus in mid-
October by a team of nursing
specialists.
They lauded the strong ad¬
ministrative support and leadership in
the department and expressed hope
that it would continue through the
change in directors. Joan Davidson,
department chairman, is retiring in
September.
The college administration and the
Nursing Department are “rightfully
proud" of the new nursing facility,
they said. “It will enable the depart¬
ment to do many innovative things for
many students." (The Paramedical
Sciences building in which it is housed
was completed in 1973).
Of the Forum, a large tiered lecture
hall with a revolving stage, they said,
“It is impossible to describe its full
potential."
They also approved open curriculum
which they said allows greater faculty
mobility. The nursing program uses a
modular system of programming in
which a student can enter at his own
level and pace. Teachers, are free to
move between the course modules to
instruct students at all levels.
The report encouraged continued
efforts in improving course content
and keeping in focus the needs of a
community college student as well as a
successful nursing program.
The registered nursing program was
first accredited in 1959. It was the first
such program to be accredited by
NLN. The last accreditation was in
1971.
Early in the semester the Student
Senate completed and voted in a new
constitution which clarified election
procedures and more clearly defined
the roles of the executive officers.
The Senate also put into action
several committees to study pertinent
campus problems and to come up with
solutions, if possible. The Tran¬
sportation Committee, told to search
out answers to the burgeoning parking
problem, came up with a set of plans
which would provide for shuttle bus
service from outlying areas to PCC.
The plan called for participation of
the Southern California Rapid Transit
District, with alternative plans for the
use of private bus lines or purchase of
buses by the ASB for the shuttles. No
concrete action came of the plan this
semester; however, the Tran¬
sportation Committee plans to con¬
tinue work next semester.
ASB government was instrumental
in the formation of the PCC Alumni
Committee, which particpated in the
halftime activities at the Homecoming
game and threw a gala reception for
former PCC students. The ASB con¬
tributed funds to the fledgling com¬
mittee, and ASB President Stuart
Silver was particularly active in the
founding of the organization.
Much of the ASB activity was
focused on the finances this semester.
Apparently due to contract amendents
made last May with R & R Foods, the
ASB finally reaped revenue from R &
R’s profits. However, the food service
company went bankrupt during
Christmas vacation.
A major goal which was attained
was the formation of a Bookstore
Committee to control price changes
and operating policies. The committee
had been provided for by the Board of
Trustees in 1972, but had remained
unfilled until Oct. 15 when the
Senate voted to offer a proposed
committee composition to the Board of
Trustees. The committee, as approved
by the board, is composed of four
STUART SILVER
outgoing president
student representatives and five
managerial or administrative
representatives. The ASB government
hopes to have more of a voice in
“determining fiscal policy in what is
essentially a student service
operation,” according to the formal
proposition presented to the Board.
In an effort to pump up flagging
government finances, the ASB em¬
barked on new business' ventures.
Early in the semester pinball
machines were installed upstairs in
the Campus Center, and proved to be a
success from the start. The machines
brought hundreds of dollars weekly
into the ASB bankroll and have now
become more or less permanent fix¬
tures. This month an enclosure has
been built to shield sleepers and chess
players from the constant sound of
flippers, bells and machinery from the
well-used pinball games.
Another source of new monies was
the decision to rent camper spaces on
New Year’s Day instead of the
traditional grandstand seats for the
Rose Parade. Grandstand seat sales
had suffered the previous year, and the
ASB would surely have taken a loss
had it sold seats again last year. The
ASB handled the R & R bankruptcy
emergency smoothly, interviewing
possible replacement food service
companies and choosing Vencoa
Cafeteria in time for the reopening of
school, and at the same time formed a
new Food Service Committee to help in
fiscal and managerial policies.
NEW SIGN— Gracing the northwest corner of Del Robbins, T and C buildings, and the Paramedical
Mar Blvd. and Bonnie Ave. is a new sculptured Sciences building.
concrete sign. Framed under it can be seen the -Courier Photo by Richard Andersen
Average Daily Attendance a Mainstay
in PCC Growth, Educational Quality
PCC is fighting to get the most
financial support possible for every
student who attends the school. The
amount of money which can be
granted the school from state and local
OMD, the society which honors those
students and teachers on campus who
have given outstanding service to
PCC, recently “tapped” its newest
members.
Those students who were tapped
carry at least 12 units and have a grade
point average of 2.0 or above. Two
semesters of outstanding service is a
primary requirement.
Faculty members tapped nave at
least five years of teaching behind
them at PCX’ in order to be considered
lor the honor.
The fall semester tappees were
presented at a recent banquet given by
OMD.
The student tappees are: Debra
Andersen, Catherine Beedle, Sergio
funds is dependent upon the ADA, or
the average daily attendance.
This figure is. based on the total
attendance of those students who are
enrolled in classes on the fourth
Caponi. Lucia Certoma, Robert
Champion, Sheryl Dicks, John
Donaldson, Richard Downer, Cynthia
Enriquez, Marilyn Fisher, Tonita
Fernandez, Lori Jepson, Eric Johnson.
Elizabeth Karl. Steven Kosch, Jimmy
LeJay, Laura Lyman, Mark Mar-
derness, Nicholas Martinez, Wendy
Minton. Elizabeth Plyer. Joyce Reinig,
Stuart Silver, Karen Vier.
Four faculty members tapped for
their services were Carmen Brunol of
the Foreign Language Department,
Sally Gordon, office services
assistant; Alice Oliver. Dr. Sarafian's
secretary; and Richard Peirce,
biology instructor. The tapping is done
once at the end of each semester. The
honor is recorded on the records of
both students and teachers.
Monday of the semester.
It is estimated that each student,
who is either under 21 or over that age
and carrying more than 10 units, is
worth roughly $1100 in state aid.
W'here PCC is losing out is with those
who are over 21 and who carry less
than 10 units. Officially, these students
are referred to as "defined adults,”
and cost as much to educate as full
time students, but may only bring in
half the funding.
The ADA funds are important to the
college in that it is from these monies
that facilities are updated and new
equipment is purchased. Without
them, growth and quality teaching is
impeded.
In an attempt to spur students into
taking more than 10 units, class
availability is an important mainstay.
For example, night classes allow those
who must work part-time during the
day to pick up the necessary units later
in the evening.
Televised class sessions, focusing,
for example, on art history or
astronomy, are also available. This,
too, counts toward the school’s overall
ADA.
Students are now being urged to
carry an extra class to push their
overall programs to over 10 units.
Students and Teachers Honored
for Exceptional Service to PCC