PCC Courier, July 08, 1975

761117 roceaures Uuestione ASB Positions Selected Final tally of the ASB elections j has been made and the winners have been announced, hut the elections lor the nine offices were not without controversy. Newly elected ASB Kxecutive Board I “resident Larry .Jennings charged that the elections were held in a 'very undemocratic way." During the last day of elections and before the vote count. ASB presidential candidate Jennings' wrote a letter protesting election procedures. He stated that two incidents occurred that made the (-lection illegal. The . first was an incident in¬ volving Ralph Champion, elections, commissioner. Jennings' letter said. "1 was confronted, by the elections commissioner ... He asked me not to run for said office and wanted me to support him for1 this office. He asked me not to mention this to anyone because it would be bad for him." champion refuted this statement. "He knew I was leaving next year. I was just joking around and other people can testify to that 1 had no intention ol i-unning." Jennings also said that the election dates and times were changed without advance notice. "II changing dates were not enough, they changed the time from 2 to I p.m. Wednesday afternoon to '•* a. in. to 2 p.m. without prior notice." champion explained that the dates were changed in order to give more time for the candidates to prepare campaign platforms and turn in the necessary candidacy material. The date changes were given at the first mandatory can-’ didates' meeting that was held. "What happened next is the PCC CouAieSi VOL. 2, NO. 1 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA JULY 8, 1975 Board Okays Raise for College Personae 1 A atorgate "in ' our student govern¬ ment." Jennings' letter said. "While in the Campus Center on June II. I noticed Joe Fisbeck 'candidate for ASB president running against Jennings), Tony sibert (pep commissioner ) and Walter Butler 'campus relations liaison) enter Doan John Kiken- bery's office. I thought there was some kind of meeting, so I went to the door and started to knock. 1 heard the words. 'He hasn't won yet.' so I stood without knocking and listened. They were discussing the fact that if Joe lost, they were going to appoint a judicial com- . mittee and file that the elections "•'■re not legal and that certain candidates did not meet certain qualifications. "The final decision was if Fisbeck did not win. they were going to try to disqualify me." "That's not true about disqualify¬ ing Jennings." said champion. "It was an informal meeting. The only reason the door was closed was because there were other meetings going on at the same time in' ad¬ jacent rooms." Champion said that he and Butler were discussing harassments leveled against him by candidates. “If Larry Jennings had just come in. he would have heard all the conversation in its correct context Among these harassments champion discussed was an accu¬ sation that he was a racist. "1 handled them as fairly as possible and as you can see the best man won and I wanted the best man in office. I didn't look at any candidate as black or w hite, nor did I consider religion. I only hoped the best qualified would win. "Ill had been stricter on election procedures, only five or six would have been eligible out of the 17 candidates." said Champion. “A lot of the problems might not have arisen if the procedures had been enforced a lot more. I tried to be very fair to the candidates, but after a while they took advantage of me. I hope in the future the election commissioner enforces rules to the letter. " Dean Kikenbery said that he was at another meeting at the time of the meeting held in his office. "Many groups use my office for meetings." i )ther winners include Galinda Velasco. Sophomore Class presi¬ dent: Geoffrey J. Kliel, AMS presi¬ dent: Anna Huizar, AWS president: Yolanda Brooks. Athletic Activities president: Jerome Spears. ASB Senate president; Bob Komoto, Senate first vice-president; and Kevin Fvans. Senate second vice- president. Certificated and classified em¬ ployees at I’CC received approval of a salary hike in recent action by the Board of Trustees. Members approved an overall $1.45 million pay and fringe benefit increase that, according to Robert Con- sidine. president of the board, can be paid w ithout digging into district reserve funds. Starting pay for regular, con¬ tractual and hourly certificated i teaching ) employees will be raised from $1)2(10 to $10,350 annually while lowering automatic pay index in¬ creases regarding amount of education and experience from 7.5 to 7 per cent a step. Hourly salaries will remain on the same scale for instructors of continuing and adult education classes. Officials of FCC's Certificated employees Council were disturbed by the structure of the salary scale for continuing and adult education instructors, which offers the same- starting base pay for a person with a masters degree or doctorate as the beginning teacher with a bachelor's degree would receive. Nino Yalmassoi. chairman of the С КС. expressed disappointment w ith the salary and benefit package and said that certificated em¬ ployees may ask for the ap¬ pointment of a fact-finding com¬ mittee to further negotiate w ith the I’asadena Area Community College I 'istrict. Trustee's also voted the con- Conklin Gets Local Award With over BO occupational programs and curricula offered at I’CC. liaison with the community is essential. Dr. Conklin believes. His involvement with the chamber provides an outlet for students to lind a market for their job skills. As dean of institutional research. Dr. Conklin is responsible for deter¬ mining community needs and helping meet those needs with programs such as the Pasadena Community Adult Training Center. A current concern of Conklin's office is also the day care for the children of attending students. Dr. Conklin, who has also been active in the Rotary Club. Salvation \rm> and his local church, joined the chamber in 19(18. the same year he assumed his duties as dean at I’CC. and has participated as a member of the Board of Directors since 1972. He has been in¬ strumental in membership drives lor the chamber and tried to enhance cooperation between business. community and educational groups. tinUation of the 1974-75 fringe benefit plan, with cost increase's for classified personnel. Dr. Armen Sarafian. college president and superintendent of the community college district, was given a salary increase with board •approval, raising his annual income Irom $33.000 to $42.000. and will continue to be allotted a $150 a month allowance for travel ex¬ pense's. Contract Awards for Remodeling Made By Patricia Francis Managing Krlitor Contract awards concerning renovation of I). К and К buildings and a portion of the Robbins' Building was a main topic of discussion at the most recent" meeting of the college Board of 'Trustees. The Willard-Brent Co. of Ix>s Angeles has been chosen for the R Building work, which involves remodeling of rooms 505 and 507 for the benefit of medical assisting students. The bid given by the company. $82.969. is $7000 under the original cost estimate. Two other companies also submitted final bids on the work, but the Willard-Brent 1 o. bid was the lowest. A recommendation was made to the board by Dr. Charles F. Miller, vice-president for Business Ser¬ vices. that a Pasadena company. Shirley Bros.. Inc., be contracted for the renovation of D. К and К buildings, as well as for the in¬ stallation of a chiller system. 'Three bids were also made for this project with the lowest. $2.918 million, coming from the local firm. Ac¬ ceptance of a final contract and the beginning of the work, however, is contingent upon a decision pending in Sacramento that may award $200.000 toward the project. 'The programming policy of PCC- TV, and. the reorganization of the К PCS radio staff and curriculum were also discussed at the June 26 session. Better use of available space and provision of greater opportunities for students were the basis of the proposal made by Dr. Harold Salisbury, chairman of the ( ommunication Department. Dr John F. Gregory, current" radio station manager, would BICENTENNIAL SPIRITED LIBRARY The PCC Library is stocking its shelves with Bicentennial in¬ formation. More than 30 new books have, been listed in the card catalogs recently. Many of these books are featured m the Bicentennial display currently being shown in the east and west display cases adjacent to the PCC Library circulation desk. assume the general managership if the proposal is accepted. A new "radio teacher, a full-time chief engineer and several more station attendants (engineers) would be added to the staff as the station expands its operation. RALPH CHAMPION elections commissioner" LARRY JENNINGS . . questions policy Non-Credit Music Classes Offered for Summer Nights I nder the direction of Dr. Robert Floury, the PCC Music Department is offering a comprehensive summer evening program for the com m unity. Non-credit classes are offered in ' oncert Band. Summer Chorale and Jazz Rock. No auditions are needed, and registration is still open. Ronald Hoar instructs the Con¬ cert Band on Tuesday and Thurs¬ day. 7 to Id p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. Members of the PCC winter band, members of high school bands who are juniors or seniors, adults in the community -ho play band instruments and young people who are juniors or seniors in high school are welcome. There is no pressure for per- lormances. The emphasis is on improving skill in sight-reading music, broadening the knowledge of music literature and keeping in practice over the summer months. William Hatcher directs the Summer Chorale, which is open to all I’CC students and all adults in the community who like to sing. The purpose of Summer Chorale is to gain, experience in sight¬ reading. to learn or renew acquaintance with different kinds ol choral music strictly for the pleasure and experience of doing it. Gary Foster's jazz-rock group meets Wednesday night from 7-10. ' It is officially listed as Com¬ mercial Dance Band.) It is open to high school juniors and senior?, as well as anyone in the college and community who is interested. Foster also has a similar class meeting on Monday night for members of the regular school-year jazz-rock class. For the youngsters in the area, age nine- and up. the After School Music Conservatory, under the direction of Max Cramer, offers instrumental instruction from Y-lementary through advanced Iqy, els lor a large variety of in¬ struments including band in¬ struments. strings, piano, guitar 'both folk and classical), reed making, and a master piano class lor advanced adults. TOOTING THEIR HORNS— Music students blow their horns during a comprehensive non-credit evening class. This com¬ munity involvement program is underthe direction of Dr. Robert Fleury.