PCC Courier, June 02, 1978

'So Many Ideas' for Fall Term New AS В Leaders Speak Out They call themselves the “babies.” Derek Coleman, Lisa Albanese and Carolyn Brennan will stand next semester at the top of the ASB government. Coleman, Miss Brennan and Ms. Albanese— who apparently originated the term “babies” — are all relative newcomers to the campus political scene, all 19 years old, all primarily concerned with setting up a scholar¬ ship fund for students next year, and hardly activists. “It’s really scary to be involved in off-campus political activity,” said vice president-elect Albanese. Coleman, the new ASB president, echoed her laissez-faire view on ASB political involvement. Emphasizing his main “campaign” theme, “Make more money available to students,” he shied away from issues such as the administration-favored due process procedures, Sacramento’s con¬ sideration of a community college student activity tuition and the child care center. They all scored resounding victories (for ASB elections) in last week’s balloting. Coleman won 213 votes to Ron Grant, incumbent ASB president’s and Ramiro Rodriguez’ 355 and 411 votes, respectively. Albanese handed a 165 to 125 vote loss to Senate President Hutchins, while new Senate President Brennan swept by Lawrence Bergman 165 votes to 60. Ms. Hutchins and Grant were two top leaders this semester, both relying on the more established ASB ap¬ proach. They have both promoted the ASB’s involvement in the year’s most publicized political issues— the “No on 13” campaign and the child care center drive. The focus in the fall will be a bit different. Coleman commented, “What we want to do is bring ASB government to where people can identify with it.” First items on the agenda for the electees will be development of a teacher analysis brochure and establishing ASB scholarships. A brochure is planned by both Ms. Albanese and Miss Brennan, though they seem to disagree on what it should contain. The hew vice president Albanese will push for student evaluation of teachers after the midterm. She proposes rating professors and instructors on a scale of one to five on a variety of “objective” criteria such as how well each teacher “sticks” to the course outline presented at the beginning of each semester. Ms. Albanese. is confident she can get the evaluation project moving in time for the 1979 spring semester. “I’ve already talked to some people in the Sociology Department and they’re willing to help,” she said. Senate president-elect Brennan’s brochure would focus on information as opposed to quality. “Something to tell students the type of teacher they are getting, not if they’re good or bad,” she said. Whether a teacher em¬ phasizes lectures or discussions, gives frequent or occasional exams, etc., would be questions hopefully answered in the brochure. The common ground between Ms. Albanese and Miss Brennan is their opinion that students need to be more informed about what they are getting into before they take a class. Both propose having their brochures available for use when students program . Coleman and Ms. Albanese are also plahning to set up two ASB scholar¬ ships, one given for academic achievement and another for par¬ ticipation in service to the school. Amidst declining interest in ASB government, the electees are ex¬ panding government so it will, they hope, better meet the needs of the student body. Low voter turnout and lack of par¬ ticipation by the general student body (the senate has been unable to pull a quorum of 15 in five of its last six meetings) have put student govern¬ ment on the verge of collapse for quite some time. But will the ASB government collapse? The officials offer their views: “At the rate the ASB is going, not taking into consideration the new officers, with everyone fighting with each other, we could easily go down the hole,” said Miss Brennan. Ms. Albanese. on the other hand, sheds a more optimistic light on the subject. She described the current situation as “sad," but is involved in Accusations Abound As the Dust Settles efforts to reverse it. “I go out every Wednesday to talk at the high schools to get incoming freshmen interested,” she said. President-elect Coleman states: “It all centers around apathy— if a person is not interested in something, why force them to be. I am not going to drag them in by the ears.” Whie Miss Brennan will try to “build up” the Senate, like most of her predecessors, she is faced with a problem she explains herself: “People aren’t willing to put something in without getting something tangible back; this is a hideous society.” The “babies,” along with the remaining new government officers, Mario Saracco, sophomore president; Darrell Grover, athletics com¬ missioner; Jeannie Schultz, Associated Women Students president; and Shahid Hamid, Associated Men Students president, who all ran unopposed, will bring their new approach to the people next fall. While they might not be activists, these “babies” are hardly pacifists. As Ms. Albanese puts it, “I have so many ideas.” Courier Photos by Vivlanne-Marie Parker /Cynette Ker SUMMER FUN?— Future summer school students were warmed by this week's heat spell as they stood in line on Wednesday to register for summer school classes. Registration, which’was later than usual this year, will continue through the first day of summer session, June 20. There is a question concerning the validity of the spending limit itself. Elections Commissioner Darlene Nelson said there was no such “law.” That procedure is followed every time someone is unable to present the ID card, she said. Once the name is checked with the school records to assure the student’s eligibility as a voter, his ballot counts, she added. All irregularities must be reported to the elections commissioner prior to the counting of the ballots, if they are to be acted upon or even taken seriously. As Ms. Nelson put it “They should have said something before the ballot elections were over.” While no formal complaints have been filed, several people are accusing others of violations in last week’s ASB elections. Debbie Bowles of the New Pasadena Club, Charlotte Hutchins, who lost her bid for ' ASB vice president, and Michael Tiberi, a candidate for ASB president before he was disqualified from the elections, have charged that numerous violations occurred at the polls last week. Mario Sarraco, the new sophomore class president, seems to have been singled out. Ms. Bowles and Ms. Hutchins both claim he was cam¬ paigning within 20 feet of the ballot area. “He was told several times to move back,” Ms. Bowles said. Sarraco ran unopposed; however, Ms. Hutchins said he was handing out literature bearing his name as well as the names of two other candidates. Those two were Lisa Albanese, who beat Ms. Hutchins for ASB vice president, and Derek Coleman, who edged out Ms. Hutchins’ favored candidate for ASB president, Ramiro Rodriguez. Rodriguez was also sup¬ ported by New Pasadena. Sarraco could not be reached for comment, but Alvar Kauti dean of student activities said he told Sarraco to move back only once. “That was on Wednesday right after the polls had first opened up,” Kauti said. Ms. Hutchins, this semester’s Senate president, charged at one time that Ms. Albanese was tearing down her posters. She further charged Coleman was stuffing the ballot box. Ms. Albanese said that at most, she may have put up some posters which had fallen, but she never once tore anything down. “We entered it (the There is no written school rule for spending limits but Phyllis Jackson, dean of student activities, told can¬ didates before the election about the spending limit as well as the 30-foot, no-campaigning zone around the polls. She also said neither rule is mentioned in the elections code. Tiberi claims at least four people voted without presenting their school identification cards. He said he saw one girl in particular do that. Ms. Nelson admitted she allowed one “very well-known student vote without his ID card” because she knew who he was and had him sign his name. KEY TO THE SUN— Dr. E. Howard Floyd, superintendent-president, holds the key to PCC’s model home. Builders began an open house Tuesday. The open house will continue through June 9. The house is fully powered by solar energy. -Courier photo by Joseph El-Chemaly Even if a complaint is filed, Dean Jackson said she would need several signatures on it and would -have to consider the timing of the complaints before deciding whether or not to cancel the elections. Holding another one would be an “exercise in futility,” she said. elections ) just for fun and some people just turned it into a war.” One of the ballot counters, Senate First Vice President Alice Sarkisian said the charges against Coleman “sound really fabricated.” As for Ms. Hutchins, she cam¬ paigned several times during Senate meetings, Ms. Sarkisian said. “One time, out of nowhere, she said, 'Hey, everyone. I’m running for office .” Ms. Sarkisian added. "We broke our backs to run a clean campaign,” Coleman said. “We stayed at least 30 feet away and sometimes we wouldn’t even go into the square ( where the polls were set up ) . The ones who think we played dirty are the. ones who did.” Further accused of spending more than the $35 limit placed on presidential candidates, Coleman presented a receipt for less than $20 from a local printing company. He said he also spent approximately $6 on 25 wooden stakes at 25 cents a piece, putting him well under the $35 limit. To Approve Amendments ASB Waits for Senate By Glenda Cade Assistant News Editor The ASB Board and the Student Senate seem to have reached some compromise on their proposed con¬ stitutional amendments. Most concessions, however, seem to nave been made by the Student Senate, which introduced the amendments. There will now be a non-voting representative from the Student Senate sitting on the ASB Executive Board. Earlier, the Senate wanted its representative to have a vote, but Board members ruled that out en¬ tirely. A non-voting member of the Board is currently allowed to sit in on special meetings (closed to the public), but has no say or vote. The amendments, co-authored by Alice Sarkisian, Senate first vice president, and Charlotte Hutchins, Senate president, also would have added Elections and Publicity Com¬ missioners, both appointive positions, to the Board as voting members. The Board vetoed the proposal, so the Finance Commissioner is still the only voting member of the three commissioners. Recall, or impeachment, proceedings now may be initiated with a written petition signed by a quorum of the voting members of the ASB Board and Student Senate. Previously, only the student body could begin impeachment by submitting petitions to the Supreme Council. Once such action is taken, a recall election shall be called within 15 days. The last change requires all clubs to send a representative to one Senate meeting per month. With the Senate unable to pull quorum more than once in the last six weeks, this amendment is understandable. Student March Urges Proposition 1 3 Defeat By Kathy Braidhill Associate News Editor Protesting the “out and out attack against the working class," opposers of the Jarvis-Gann initiative will march down Colorado Blvd. June 4, urging a “no” vote on Proposition 13. “It really has a good chance at passing.” "Africo,” an African jazz-rock band, will perform at the rally. Refresh¬ ments will also be served. As soon as the Senate can pull a quorum, it will vote to ratify the amendments and any changes the ASB Board makes in them. Once both branches of student government okay the amendments, they must go to the entire student body for approval. Since there is not enough time left in this semester to hold an election (it must be publicized 15 days in ad¬ vance), the amendments will be proposed to the student body next fall during the freshman elections. Organized by members of New Pasadena, PASA and unaffiliated students, the march will start in front, of PCC at 2 p.m. The picketers and' sign-carrying students will walk west on Colorado Blvd., then south on Fair Oaks Ave. to Central Park to form a rally at 3 p.m. “We’re asking for student support,” said Debbie Bowles, spokeswoman for New Pasadena. “We wanted to do something to show that we do care.” Bowles is hoping for five hundred participants in the march, but “we expect about 200," The organizers have received support from the League of Women Voters and labor unions. Students planning the march are acting in¬ dependently of ASB, Bowles said. To raise money for the march, both clubs have sponsored bake sales and have entered participants in tomorrow’s jog-a-thon. Flyers publicizing the march have been posted in the community and on campus to get as many participants as possible. “We feel so strongly,” said Bowles. Officials Urge Classified Staff's Enrolling in Class By LeeAnne Schwartz Assistant News Editor Operation Outreach has expanded to include the classified employees in the college’s campaign to draw in new enrollment from the community. According to Dr. Irvin Lewis, a member of the outreach advisery committee, the program will now go to the student body for additional help in reaching potential students. “We can’t afford to be out of business when for 54 years we have operated an outstanding program." said Dr. Lewis. The 1978 fiscal year revealed to the administration that enrollment had dropped 7.5 percent. The school loses a proportionate amount of Average Daily Attendance (ADA) funds from the state. The college loses $130,000 in ADA funds every time there is a one per cent drop in enrollment, Dr. Lewis said.. The college has set an ADA goal of 16,689 for the 1979 fiscal year and to reverse the trend of declining enrollment. “We have two goals,” said Dr. Lewis. “We have to reach into the community and we have to try to keep the students we already have," To draw in more ADA money, Dr. Lewis urged classified employees to take both credit and non-credit classes. “It could bring a lot of ADA funds,” said Charles Harrington, marketing instructor. Harrington also added that the outreach program would be expanded to the "customers," the students, in an effort to make them aware of what steps could be taken to stop the decline in PCC enrollment.