Women's Center Budget Approved
By Kathy Prohs
Managing Editor
PCC Board of Trustees member
Roger Gertmenian failed in an
attempt to cut $9000 from the
funding of the Women’s Center.
Gertmenian attempted to slash
the Women's Center budget at the
June 16 Board of Trustees
meeting.
The Board voted 5-2 to keep the
$9000 in the budget. Gertmenian
j and Board President Robert
Spare voted “no.”
The controversial $9000 is in
| addition to $1750 already in the
j tentative 1977-78 PCC budget. The
j $9000 was requested to hire two
I part-time employees, each at
j $4500 per year.
Plans are to have one new
’ employee work in the center and
| the other in an outreach program
I designed to bring more new
women students into the “main¬
stream of PCC campus life,”
according to Dr. Irvin G. Lewis,
vice-president for student per¬
sonnel services. He also said he
projected that the Women’s
Discovery Program, a group of
classes taught by teachers who
are particularly interested in the
advancement of women, would
probably bring in about $79,100 in
ADA, average daily attendance
money.
He said that since the center is
asking for only $1750, it is asking
for a "very limited” program.
Trustee Walter Shatford agreed
and stated that the Illinois
Community College Board ap¬
propriated $750,000 for a public
service program for women.
Shatford said the money that PCC
will receive from ADA will more
than pay for the PCC program.
Shatford said he thought the
center was a worthwhile program
“which emphasizes the fine
teaching at PCC.” He said he feels
that the newsletter and center are
“supportive programs’’ which
help to “give people a niche, a
sense of belonging, which is very
useful in a constructive way." He
said he feels that “wherever we
can see a need in the community,
we should make the expenditure*
Wherever we can perform a
worthwhile function at a reason-
Gertmenian Protest Fails To Sway
Board of Trustees Affirmation
able cost for a worthwhile pur¬
pose," we should perform it.
Countering, Gertmenian said he
felt the center was "superfluous”
and "if it (the center) were the
most conservative organization in
the world, I would vote against
it.” He said he disagrees with the
“radical socialist" aspect of it.
He stated that he considers the
Women’s Center News a waste of
time and money and asked
whether the newsletter was what
the taxpayers wanted PCC to do.
Some of the Board members
spoke against running any an¬
nouncements about off-campus
events. Some trustees spoke
against any announcements about
lesbians.
Trustee Charles Briscoe said he
would not support the center if it
would encourage people to get into
“political causes such as
lesbianism and alcoholism.”
He said, "I can go along with it
if they will just keep their nose
clean. I’m suggesting that you just
watch your step.” He said he does
not believe that his constituents
would support advertisements
about lesbians.
Phyllis Jackson, dean of student
activities and adviser to the
Women's Center, said she is
responsible for what goes in the
newsletter. She saidthe informa¬
tion comes mainly from an¬
nouncements in the Los Angeles
Times. She said the newsletter
neither disavows or promotes The
Women’s Building activities but
that PCC on-campus events take
first priority in decisions con¬
cerning what to publish.
Dr. Phyllis Mael, English in¬
structor. commented that the
Women's Center had chosen to
serve a broad audience— all
women— whether single, married,
widowed, women with or without
children, senior citizens, teen¬
agers, career women and women
who only work in their homes.
She said the center's, and there¬
fore the newsletter’s, “focus is
always on women, everything that
is addressed to women in the
community.”
Trustee Walter Shatford said he
felt that “having a little discretion
in the news and having the
Women’s Center is better than
having no Women's Center.”
Board President Robert Spare
said he realized that the Women’s
Center funding is an extremely
sensitive and delicate question.
He said he thought it was a
legitimate program but it should
be broadened or PCC should not
have it. He said he thinks
programs for women. Blacks,
Chieanos, etc., polarize the
campus. He said he thought
reaching out just to women is too
narrow.
Phyllis Jackson said the
Women's Center is to serve all
students and is directed toward
women, but men are welcome.
She said the Women's Center is
involved in the Women’s
Discovery Program, which is
“primarily concerned with
returning women, women who are
fearful that they cannot compete
with the younger students.”
Karen Norris, English
Department assistant professor
and one of the women who set up
the discovery program, said it
helps a woman “find a more
rewarding place for herself within
the community.” She said in order
to do that, “we need not less
money, but more money for the
Women's Center.”
COIRiE?
VOL. 44, NO. 1
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JULY 1, 1977
Reason for New Election
President Cites Ignorance
“Total ignorance” was the
reasorr for the controversy con¬
cerning last month's student body
election, according to Ron
Weekley, newly elected ASB
president.
Weekley was declared the
winner after the second ASB
election, held June 8 and 9. The
first election was nullified
because of numerous violations of
ASB election codes.
T rustees Approve 7%
Salary Increasefor 77
By Todd Axtell
Associate News Editor
All certificated and classified
employees have been granted a
seven per cent pay increase for
the 1977-78 school year by the
Board of Trustees.
The hike, which was approved
with the board's adoption of the
tentative 1977-78 budget at
$33,740,953, also calls for an in¬
crease of fringe benefit coverage.
PCC employees are entitled to a
fringe benefit package which
includes a health plan, dental
plan, income protection and life
insurance. The premiums are
paid, in total by the college. Over
the last year the cost of the
package has increased from $1302
to over $1600. As a part of the pay
hike the trustees have agreed to
pick-up the $300-plus increase.
According to John Madden,
dean of Personnel Services, the
value of the pay hike is over eight
per cent taking into consideration
the increased premiums.
With the increase, certificated
pay ranges from $11,739 for
teachers who have a vocational
arts degree in their first year of
teaching, up to $27,352 for those
with more than 18 years teaching
experience and a Ph.d. Teaching
salaries are on a 10 month basis.
Classified salaries range from
$627 to $2777 a month.
“PCC salaries are in a com¬
petitive position with the rest of
the schools in the state, better
than half way up the list on all
categories, ” said Madden. He
added though, that such com¬
parisons are subject to in¬
terpretation as to which salary-
figures are used and on which side
of the issue a person stands.
“Everybody was totally
ignorant,” Weekley said, of the
rules governing the election. He
said the deans of student ac¬
tivities, election commissioner,
candidates, campaigners and
everyone else involved in the first
election were not organized and
candidates did not know how to
conduct the election until it had
already started.
Without specific election
guidelines, enthusiasm became
the dominant force, Weekley said.
He feels it was because of this
enthusiasm that many of the
illegalities took place and the
reason why violations were
“spotted so quickly.”
He added that some of the en¬
thusiasm was lost because of the
cancellation of the first election.
“It's wrong to stomp on en¬
thusiasm,” Weekley said.
Although the ballots were not
counted, Weekley is confident he
won the first election.
"I felt that me winning was the
beginning of a new day at PCC,”
he said. His victory indicated the
willingness of minority students to
become involved in the affairs of
PCC for the first time, he added.
Weekley said he will attempt to
increase the involvement of all
students in PCC affairs, em¬
phasizing that his “total focus is
not on minorities.”
Weekley, with 141 votes, won by
a comfortable margin over five
other presidential candidates. In
addition, two other candidates
running on a slate with Weekley
also won. Elena Rodrigues
narrowly won the office of ASB
vice-president after a close race
with Ron Grant, 137-135.
Moses Jones, running unop¬
posed will be Senate president in
the fall. He received 231 votes.
Weekley said the many votes
Jones received is an indication of
student’s trust in him.
Also running unopposed were
Michael Leonard and Anita Cosey
for the offices of Associated Men
Students president and Associated
Women Students president,
respectively. Leonard received 73
votes.
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RON WEEKLEY
. ASB president
Students Seeking Aid
Application Due Today
By Mike Phillips
Features Editor
Today is the deadline for
students wishing to receive
financial aid at the beginning of
fall semester.
Gene S. Miller, coordinator for
the offices of Financial Aids and
Scholarships, said that students
must submit their completed 1977-
78 Financial Aids forms, as well as
the PCC Financial Aids Ap¬
plication, by today if they are to be
eligible to receive funds when
school starts in September.
She stressed, however, that
applications would still be ac¬
cepted after today.
“We ll process students as long
as we have any money
remaining," she said. However,
Graduating Class Briefed on
Social Control of Technology
The largest graduating class in PCC history, consisting of 1505
candidates for the Associate in Arts degree, were presented with
their diplomas two weeks ago in an outdoor ceremony in front of
the mirror pools.
The fifty-second graduating class in PCC history was ad¬
dressed by Dr. William D. McElroy. chancellor of the University
of California at San Diego.
Dr. McElroy, a 1937 graduate of Pasadena Junior College,
urged the graduates to accept responsibility for the “care, feeding
and control of technology."
Society has the ability to control technology, making it the
servant rather than the master of humanity, Dr. McElroy said.
“Science and technology promise a saner future if we are wise
enough to choose the best options," he said.
But, technology should not be feared. Dr. McElroy said, for it
has been the most positive factor in raising the standard of living
across the globe.
Two of the six co-valedictorians, Jeanne Ellen Burns and Esta'
Irene Jackson, addressed the graduates and guests. Miss Burns
spoke as a continuing college student, while Mrs. Jackson
represented the re-entering student.
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—Courier Photo by Ron Kustos
IT’S ALMOST OVER— Graduates who survived exam week
applaud final speaker just before receiving their diplomas at
ceremonies held near the mirror pools.
funding for the first month of
school can not be guaranteed.
Mrs. Miller said that one of the
biggest problems in the Financial
Aids office is the failure of
students seeking financial aids to
read and act upon given in¬
formation. Many students who
could be eligible might not receive
aid until October or November
because of this.
But since most of the money
that is available to students comes
from federal sources, ac¬
countability requirements, and,
consequently, paperwork is high,
Mrs. Miller said. But, she added,
“the paperwork is not difficult.”
Students may seek assistance in
the Financial Aids office in D216.
Enrollment
for Summer
Tops 5800
Each year waiting in line for
scheduling classes seems like
waiting for eternity to come. And
this year was no exception.
Approximately 5871 students
were enrolled one week before
school versus • 5786 who were
enrolled last year at that same
time.
Last Friday the final total
enrollment reached 6845 ac-
' cording to E. Erdley Beauchamp,
dean of registration and extended
day student services.
A predicted 20 per cent (last
year’s percentage) will drop but it
will “keep the mark which has not
levelled since 1975 plateaued.”
That year 6922 were enrolled, but
more than 20 per cent withdrew.