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PCC Courier, January 25, 1974
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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.”
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