PCC Courier, January 25, 1974

Election A similar clinic existed in Clll 20 years ago. Dr. Irvin G. Lewis, dean of student personnel services, was the therapist from 1952 to 1957. He worked with students in individual booths on a one-to-one basis. Ben Marshall, a retired speech teacher, took over from 1957 until 1962. When he left, the clinic was abandoned due to the lack of a teacher with the necessary special teaching credential. The new clinic is offered as an ad¬ ditional service to handicapped students. Those with stuttering problems, cerebral palsy, cleft palate or any other problems of articulation are welcome. CRAMMING— The library is filled with students cramming mind-boggling facts and philosophies into their shattered skulls. Bob Elsaesser digs for Orange 'Share the Ride' Card Goes Into Mail: Will Aid Car Crunch Early next week all credit students attending PCC should check their mailbox for their ID card, program and a new enclosure, an orange “Share the Ride Information” card. Prompt completion of the “Share the Ride” card and its return to Dean Jackson’s office in the Campus Center will assure the earliest distribution of information to potential car poolers. It is important to fill out all portions of the card, especially the signature authorizing the release of in¬ formation to fellow students. Without this signature, a card cannot be considered. A center for reviewing the cards will be set up in the B2 bungalow, and several student assistants will be hired to go over them. With the aid of a Los Angeles Thomas Guide, the students will code all cards according to an organized grid system. Students will be matched according to location and schedule. If few matches are made, schedule time tolerances will be widened. Because this is the first this program has been tried, every step is an experiment. PCC Following the matchup, a lead student will be identified and sent information to contact other students with whom his schedule and location coincides. It is entirely up to this student to contact the others. The car pool cannot work without the cooperation of everyone involved. Robert Berger, director of computer services, en¬ courages students to participate in the car pool program for several reasons. The cost of operating an automobile con¬ tinues to rise. The growth of the student body is unlimited, while there are only 1650 parking spaces to accommodate them on campus. Also, residents south of Del Mar have filed a petition with the Pasadena City Council to reduce parking on their streets to a one-hour limit between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. or else to eliminate parking altogether. The hearing has been post¬ poned for two weeks. Repercussions from this request could result in a desperate situation for students here. If a student has already purchased a parking permit and wants to join a car pool, he may turn his permit in for a refund and exchange for a car pool pass, said Gil Robinson, chief of security. SHARE THE RIDE INFORMATION Please complete if you want to participate in a car pool to and from school Student ID No. Mid. Init. Last Name Address (Number and Street) Phone Number I authorize PCC to release my name and phone number to prospective car pool members . Times at school (Spring '74 semester) (Check a.m. or p.m. for each day) Student Signature Deliver completed form to Campus Center, Dean Jackson's office CAR POOL INFO— A new addition to registration enclosures for spring semester students will be mailed next week. Taking their place next to the semester programs and ID cards, completed “Share the Ride” cards will allow efficient distribution of data to potential car poolers. Robert Berger, director of computer services, encourages students to fill out the forms and turn them in as quickly as possible to Dean Phyllis Jackson, Campus Center. Students will be matched according to schedules. LIBRARY HOURS BETWEEN SEMESTERS PCC’s Library will be open only for clearing library records, not for general service, from February 4 through 8. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The library will reopen on Feb. 11, the first day of the semester, for regular service. PCC Journalists Get Ridder, Elks Awards —Courier Photo by Eric Epllng the answers in a stack of psychology books, praying he can remember tomorrow what the in¬ structor told him last October. Pam Beerer, Courier news editor; and Bernie Horner, assistant news editor, received awards for their outstanding achievement in jour¬ nalism. A third semester student with a 4.0 GPA, Ms. Beerer is the recipient of the Pasadena Star-News Bernard Ridder Award. She will represent PCC at the California Newspaper Publishers’ Association annual convention in March. A member of the PCC chapter of Beta Phi Gamma, national honorary junior college journalism fraternity, Ms. Beerer will be the Courier’s business manager next semester. She will also be working two days a week at the Star-News’ internship program. Ms. Beerer is a freelance writer and photographer. She has been published City Board of Directors Debate Restricting More Street Parking Some of PCC’s neighbors have ap¬ pealed to the Pasadena Board of Directors for new parking limits on city streets. One hundred and thirty residents of the area between Del Mar, San Pasqual, Allen, and Hill, have signed a petition requesting a new parking regulation. The request calls for a one-hour parking limit on one side and no parking on the other side for all streets in the area. These residents complain that students parking on these streets are noisy, and litter the streets. They also contend that the main reason for the petition is their children’s safety, which is endangered by excessive student use of their streets. A meeting was held at Pasadena City Hall last Thursday to discuss the situation. PCC, opposing the petition, was represented by Dr. Armen Sarafian, college president; Phyllis Jackson, dean of student activities; Stuart Silver, ASB president-elect; Lynn Calamia, Student Senate first vice president; and other concerned students. Dr. Sarafian and Silver both spoke out at the meeting, expressing disapproval of the petition. Dr. Sarafian said PCC had enough parking headaches without the new parking limit. He also stated the parking situation is a community problem and all parking regulations, when made, should take everybody into consideration. “There are around 5000 students who have to park on surrounding streets,” he stated. He said the reason for this is that the school has inadequate parking facilities and the community provides little alternative transportation. He also said if this parking limit comes into effect, he will consider withdrawing some college tax funds being used to build the new Pasadena conference center, and redirect them to build a parking structure on cam¬ pus. ASB president-Elect Silver said the parking regulation, if imposed, would have disastrous consequences for students. He suggested that viable systems of alternate transportation should be created before such parking regulations come into effect. Silver stressed the need for bikeways and more extensive bus systems. The Board of Directors was undecided and postponed the question until the next meeting, February 5. The Parking Committee at PCC will meet Monday to discuss the problem. Silver said he is confident a com¬ promise between PCC and the residents will be reached before the city hall meeting. in Westways magazine, Swimming World, and the Montrose Ledger. She hopes to eventually work in public relations or for a magazine. Graduated from the California State University at Northridge with a B.A. in geography, Ms. Beerer has two daughters. Her husband is an engineer at JPL. Mrs. Horner received the annual Emer D. Bates Memorial Journalism Scholarship at the Pasadena Elks Lodge 672 last week. The late Mr. Bates was founder- publisher of the Pasadena Independent and a longtime member of the Elks Lodge. Tommy Keyser, the lodge’s chairman for newspaper and journal¬ ism honors, made the presentation. Besides being assistant news editor, Mrs. Horner is also one of the Courier’s political columnists. She will be its editor-in-chief next semester. Serving as student chairman of the annual Journalism Day, Mrs. Horner is also a member of Beta Phi Gamma. She was selected for membership in OMD, the order of distinguished service, the college’s highest honorary organization. Also an A student, Mrs. Horner plans to transfer to the University of Southern California after graduating from PCC. Ford Gives Scholarship to Martinez Rafael Martinez is the recipient of a Ford Foundation upper division grant which covers 30 to 80 per cent of all costs estimated for the next year and is renewable. Martinez, 44 years old, is a third semester student at PCC with a major in political science. He never saw the inside of a high school classroom, but his GPA of 3.261 proves he has come a long way from the seventh grade drop¬ out Martinez remembers himself as. Martinez recalls clearly an incident in 1971. He was waiting in his truck at a stop sign, watching a young man with books cross the street. “All of a sudden I realized I could do better if I had a formal education.” A visit to the East Los Angeles Occupational Center was the direct result of that incident. School has been a part of his life ever since. RESULTS RATIFIED The ASB Board ratified last week’s election results in its board meeting yesterday. The vote was unanimous, with Joe Chaveria, MECHA repre¬ sentative; and Stuart Silver, Senate second vice president and president¬ elect, abstaining. Trustees Sturt ASB Heurings By David Rust Assistant Managing Editor Questionable ASB financial prac¬ tices and a lack of school spirit may cause the Board of Trustees to abolish student government at PCC. An investigation into both matters will be conducted by the trustees at their next regular meeting, Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the board chambers. Calling for the investigation, Roger Gertmenian, board president, said, “The trustees should not act as faculty or administration, but when we see unwise spending and possible fraud in our student government, we feel it is our duty to offer constructive criticism.” Gertmenian maintained that a direct link exists between the lack of school spirit and the financial troubles that have plagued the ASB. “Disorganiza¬ tion and lack of leadership within student government caused both problems,” said the board president. Gertmenian requested both deans of student activities and any students interested in the functions of student government to attend the meeting and offer any suggestions or ideas. “School spirit has been dormant for a decade at PCC,” charged Gertmenian. He placed part of the blame on the Pep Commission, but most of the fault with student government. “It is the ASB government’s responsibility to control the Pep Commission.” The Pep Commission is supposed to coordinate the band, song girls, and cheerleaders during football games. Speech Clinic Offers New Treatment A speech clinic is being inaugurated here this coming semester. Interested people with speech problems of any kind are invited to attend the first meeting Monday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. in A110. The class offers individual speech therapy at a time convenient to both the teacher and the student. It can be taken for one unit of credit under Speech 120 or without credit. Rita Chavez, a speech therapist from East Los Angeles City College, will set up the clinic. At the first meeting schedules will be arranged and individual needs will be deter¬ mined. If desired, students may work in groups of two or three. Mrs. Chavez will have the aid of a Canon Phonic Mirror, a tape recorder that repeats immediately without rewinding after the speaker has finished, and other audio material. This machinery was donated by the Pasadena Lions Club. JOSEPH FISBECK Prexy; Results The ASB president also charged that there wasn’t any program or project coming out of the Student Senate this semester except for the investigating committee which, he said, “is an excuse the Senate tries to use to put the blame of its inactivity on others.” Special Election Another issue of conflict between the ASB president and the Senate president is the revised constitution, co-authored by Latreille and Silver. Vasquez opposed to the change in the constitution because it eliminates representatives from minority groups such as the Asian and international students from the ASB Board. He believes more time should be given these representatives to present their case and for students to think about it before it is put to a vote. The constitution was taken off the ballot in last week’s election because it had not been made public 10 days before the election. A motion to call for a special election was tabled by the ASB Board at last week’s meeting Political Maneuvering Then Latreille circulated a proxy last Monday and managed to obtain a majority vote from board members for a special election to be held Wed¬ nesday and Thursday. “I told him he cannot do that,” said Vasquez, “and this is a typical example of the kind of political maneu¬ vering he employs.” Other ASB officers elected are Chris Champion, ASB vice president; and Joseph Fisbeck, Freshman Class president. According to Larry O’Brien, a three- semester veteran of the Pep Com¬ mission, the group has not directly co¬ ordinated the activities of the spirit groups for the past few years. Phyllis Jackson, dean of student activities, said tradition has delegated the responsibility of the Pep Com¬ mission to the Music Department. “Philip Simon, professor in the Life Sciences Department, acts as adviser, donating his free time to developing school spirit,” added Dean Jackson. Earlier this semester, Pep Com¬ missioner Ron Boswell resigned, and, according to O’Brien, the commission is now defunct. The ASB government is also responsible for managing a budget which, this semester, totaled over $10,000. Because of a student investigation committee and subsequent publicity regarding ASB spending procedures, the board will look into the financial procedures used by the student government. “We (the Board of Trustees) give student government a percentage of the profits from the bookstore and the cafeteria, and if the ASB Board spent money without getting receipts,” commented Gertmenian, “it is ridiculous and changes in financial policy must be made.” “I’m afraid,” lamented Dean Jackson, “that what has happened at other schools is going to happen here. Namely, student government is going to be abolished. I think this would be very unfortunate.” STUART SILVER CHRIS CHAMPION ANDRE LATREILLE Silver Voted Spring ASB Vasquez Contests By Agnes Leung Editor-in-Chief Stuart Silver, Senate second vice president, was elected ASB president with 202 votes in last week’s election. However, present ASB President Gene Vasquez threatened to contest election results which have to be ratified by the ASB Board. Vasquez cited illegal publicity campaigns as grounds for the protest. He contended the recent coverage of the Senate investigation committee by the PCC Courier gave other presidential candidates like Joe Chavez, who received 107 votes, and Tim Johnson, with 87 votes, extremely damaging publicity. Vasquez himself was under investigation and he was a last-minute write-in candidate for the office of ASB president. At this week’s board meeting, Vasquez is prepared to recommend that ratification of election results be postponed until the Supreme Council decides on its legality. If voted down, he said he would then “declare a state of emergency, recess the meeting immediately until the Supreme Council convenes to hold hearings on the matter.” Defunct President Silver denied any illegality in his campaign and is confident he will be ratified. “I followed all the campaign rules and regulations as closely as I could and there are absolutely no grounds for Vasquez’ charges,” he said. Senate President Andre Latreille, who was re-elected with 31 votes for a second term, agrees with Silver and is certain that election results will be ratified. “At this time Vasquez has absolutely no power, influence or voice,” com¬ mented Latreille on the ASB president. “Nobody would even listen to him; he is a defunct president.” Latreille maintained that power and influence in student government have been shifted from the ASB president to the Student Senate in the last few weeks, and he will have his way in whatever issues might come up for a vote on the board. Vol. 36, No. 13 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California January 25, 1974 Power Block “The Senate has a power block on the ASB Board that would vote for any¬ thing the Senate recommends regardless of the feelings of individual Board members,” said Latreille, “so there’s really nothing Vasquez can do.” Vasquez admits there is presently a Senate power block and he has not been able to push through any programs due to its opposition. And he believed that is the reason for the present disorderly state of student government. “This block evolved from disagree¬ ment between me and the Student Senate on the Extravaganza,” said Vasquez. “It’s a shame the other board members just follow a leader without doing their own independent thinking; it’s really pitiful.” Cornier MON | a.m. p.m. TUES I a.m. p.m. WED | a.m. p.m. THURS a.m. p.m. FRI a.m. p.m. ARRIVE | I I LEAVE I I I