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PCC Courier, June 03, 1977
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Two Candidates Dropped
From ASB President Race
Predictions for a comparatively
heavy voter turnout for the ASB
elections proved true early Thursday
morning as approximately 60 students
voted during the first hour the polling
booth was open. ASB advisers
predicted the heavy turnout because of
the number of candidates running for
the various offices.
Some candidates now fear, however,
that their campaigns will suffer from
lack of exposure since traditional pre¬
election campaign speeches scheduled
for earlier this week were canceled.
Polling places will remain open until
2 p.m. today.
1'wo of the eight students originally
running for the office of fall semester
ASB president on today’s ballot were
forced to withdraw from the race
because they failed to meet course¬
load requirements.
Greg Devereaux and Gary
Lookabaugh, currently holding ASB
Board positions, were not carrying the
minimum 10 1 - units as specified in
ASB regulations and were disqualified,
according to Phyllis Jackson, dean of
student activities.
In addition to seeking the office of
ASB president, Devereaux and
Lookabaugh were both also running
for seven other offices. Because of
their withdrawal, no candidates are
running for the offices of Inter-Club
Council president, Senate first vice-
president. Sophomore Class president
and Athletics president.
Devereaux and Lookabaugh filed for
the offices of Senate president and
Associated Men Students president as
well, but there is one other candidate
for each of these positions. Moses
Jones, current Senate vice-president,
and Michael Leonard, current AMS
president, have automatically won
these offices, respectively, due to the
elimination of any opposition.
There is still a race for the office of
ASB vice-president between Ron
Grant and Elena Rodrigues though
Devereaux and Lookabaugh were
eliminated from this competition also.
Another contest on the ballot is for
the office of Associated Women
Students president, being sought by
Anita Cosey, Sue Griffin and Jenny
Hardwick.
Dean Jackson said there would have
been complications if Devereaux and
Lookabaugh were still in the running
because they could only have held one
position even though they might have
been elected to more.
When questioned about the rules
concerning running for multiple of¬
fices, Dean Jackson replied, “There
isn’t anything that says you can’t.”
Devereaux and Lookabaugh wanted to
make sure there was someone running
for all of che offices, Dean Jackson
surmised from a discussion she had
with them
She feels they wanted to stimulate
interest in the election.
Devereaux presently holds the office
of Athletics president and Lookabaugh
is finishing his term as Inter-Club
Council president.
Dean Jackson said that the number
of candidates running for ASB
president is the highest in many years.
“I’m very pleased we’ve got six
candidates for president,” she said.
“At least we’ve had six people that
were interested enough. We’ve got
some very good people running,” she
added.
Last semester, there was only one
candidate for ASB president.
“I think it’s terrific, just terrific,”
she said.
The four offices for which there were
no candidates will be offered again in
the fall when the general election
normally held only to elect the in¬
coming Freshman Class president will
take place. _ i$iake Sell
OUT TO VOTE— An unusually high number of students are
responding to the opportunity to vote for fall semester ASB offices.
Polls opened yesterday and will remain open until 2 p.m. today.
'Factory' Denied
Alcohol License
By Joseph Riser
Editor-in-Chief
Owners of the Pizza Factory, a
restaurant across from PCC, have
been denied a license to sell alcoholic
beverages on the premises following
protests from area groups in a hearing
held last month.
The denial of the license followed
protests by the Pasadena Police
Department, Pasadena Department of
Human Services, Pasadena Area
Community College District and the
Pasadena Institute of Religion of the
Church of Latter Day Saints of Jesus
Christ.
The denial only applies to the
present application turned in by the
restaurant's co-owners, Herbert Mann
and Linda Weisl, according to a cer¬
tificate of decision sent to the
restaurant and protesting groups.
The certificate specifies that if the
applicant requests the license again
and, by that time, has brought the
establishment up to city ordinances,
the existing protests would be
overruled.
At present the restaurant does not
conform to guidelines set by the
Department of Human Services for
establishments which sell alcohol for
consumption on the premises.
The decision of the Alcohol Beverage
Control Board (ABC) shows that only
the protests by the Department of
Human Services influenced the
decision.
The ABC determined that the license
would not create a law enforcement
problem or interfere with the normal
operations of schools and religious
institutions in the area.
VOL. 43, N0.15
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JUNE3, 1977
—Courier Photo by Blake Sell
WORTH SMILING ABOUT— The largest number of valedictorians in
one year are a part of the biggest graduating class in PCC’s history.
All six students have maintained a 4.0 grade-point average in their
studies to earn themselves this honor. Pictured from left are Esta
Jackson, Judith Myers, Pamela Myers, Marina Leslie and Jeanne
Burns. Not pictured is Toni Dennis.
Senate Plans To Alter
Representation System
By Dana Pedersen
Staff Writer
Senate President Tom Whiting
expressed hope that his student book
coop project would be successful in
saving students time and money in
reselling their textbooks as the
semester comes to a close.
“The book coop’s function is fairly
self-explanatory,” said Whiting.
A student who wishes to sell his
textbook, but wants more than the
refund of the 55 per cent initial cost of
the books provided by the Bookstore,
may fill out an index card and place it
in the coop file. Located in the Campus
Center, the file will be available when
a student needs to buy a textbook. The
index card provides the author of the
book, the subject, the owner’s name
and the method of reaching the owner
(telephone number, address).
The Bookstore currently provides
the ASB with a major portion of its
funds.
Whiting’s book coop would take
funds that would normally filter into
the ASB budget through the Bookstore
profits.
However, Whiting does not see it as
going around the bookstore. “The ASB
funds are the student’s money one way
or another. If students can save
(money), it would seem that the ASB
would approve the plan. Right now,
most of the ASB money affects only a
small number of students. I would like
to see ASB funds come from fund
raisers alone. In essence, the
Bookstore profits are similar to a tax
on students that reverts to the ASB.”
The book coop is still in the testing
stage to see if students will use it.
Whiting said his sucessor will have to
evaluate the effectiveness of the
project and it will be up to the suc¬
cessor to carry on the coop or to scrap
it.
Plan Seen as Assist
to Student Book Buys
I’he Student Senate has proposed a
m to change the regular procedure
student representation as a means
getting more students interested in
mpus government. The proposal
is made last week at the regular
nate meeting.
Planned reforms in Senate
'islation would make it possible for
l campus classes to elect a Senate
presentative, not just the 9 a.m.
asses as it is at the present time,
ich class would elect one person to
present it in the Student Senate.
T rustee Gertmanian Opposes Women's Center
By Brad Haugaard
Staff Writer
Roger Gertmenian, member of the
PCC Board of Trustees, hopes to
eliminate the Women’s Center from
the college budget.
At the Board meeting last week,
Gertmenian raised his objections to
the center and called for the college to
supply more information on its
operation and financing. The in¬
formation was discussed last night at
the Bodrd meeting, but results were
not known at presstime.
In a telephone interview held earlier
this week, Gertmenian expressed his
opinion about the center.
He said he opposes the use of the
center as a political tool for “liberal
Democrat” philosophy. He added,
however, that he would be equally
opposed if they were expounding a
conservative Republican philosophy.
Board Member Calls for Information on
Financing, Operations at Recent Meeting
The bi-weekly Women’s Center
newsletter has an extreme left wing
bias, which, in addition to the left-wing
speakers, has given no balanced point
of view, according to Gertmenian, and
is “a conflict of interest, if not illegal.”
He feels that the current speakers
are so leftist that it would take
“General Franco's widow” to balance
them out.
“I am opposed to taxpayers’ money
financing political ideas. I resent it as
a taxpayer. I don’t think the taxpayers
will stand for it.”
Asked what the cost of the center
was, Gertmenian replied that he did
not have the figures immediately
available, so he did not know, but that
he did not think the administration
knows how much it is spending on the
center either.
Gertmenian voted against the
Women’s Center when it was instituted
and hopes that it can be eliminated. He
said he saw no problem for women
with the counseling before the center
existed and could see no reason for its
existence.
He does not know how the vote (held
last night) will go at the Trustee’s
meeting, but said it would depend on
how the two new members, David
Hannah and Warren Weber, vote.
He said, “I’ve won many votes and
lost many votes. It is possible the
Board members will say, ‘Roger,
where do you get off?’ ”
If the Board does not eliminate the
program, he expects that strict
guidelines will be imposed. “Perhaps
it should be put on probation,” he said.
"Maybe if they shape up, they won’t
have to ship out.”
Although Gertmenian does not
positively know, he supposes the
reaction to elimination or curtailment
of the center by women involved with it
will be much like that of a spoiled child
who has finally been deprived of the
things that have spoiled it.
Despite the expected reaction, he
does not think the issue will draw a
crowd at Board meetings.
If he loses the vote, he hopes that the
center will shape up so that he can give
it his approval next year.
Hard Work, Encouragement, Will To Achieve
Reasons for Valedictorians' Accomplishments
By Maria Leon
Staff Writer
Six students, all women, have been
chosen as valedictorians from the
graduating class of 1977.
“This is the first time we have had
such a large number of valedictorians
in one year,” said Lillian Castagna,
secretary for the deans of student
activities. She added that this is also
the first time that two of the
valedictorians are twins.
Two of the valedictorians, Esta
Irene Jackson, a returning student,
and Jeanne Ellen Burns, will deliver
the speeches for the commencement
ceremony.
The other valedictorians are Toni
Gail Dennis, Marina Ann Leslie, and
twin sisters Judith Elizabeth and
Pamela Lee Myers.
Miss Burns, an Arcadia resident and
a history major, explained that her
outstanding performance at school is
the outcome of good study habits, hard
work and the teachers she has had.
Miss Burns will attend the
University of Southern California in
the fall helped by a scholarship she
earned.
Miss Dennis, an art student, is a high
school graduate of the Community
Adult Training Center. Since this is the
first graduation she has attended, she
said that being a valedictorian is quite
an experience.
Miss Dennis describes herself as a
perfectionist. “I know I can get four
(grade) points from my classes and I
do my best,” she said.
In the fall, Miss Dennis plans, to
attend Long Beach State. She wants to
be an independent artist, working in
drawing and painting.
Mrs. Jackson, a business student, is
a resident of Sierra Madre and mother
of three college-age children.
She described her college experience
as a positive one. “The counselors and
professors have been very helpful and
encouraging," Mrs. Jackson said.
After graduation she plans to work
as a secretary and dedicate more time
to her favorite activities such as
sewing, gardening, golf and reading.
Miss Leslie is a resident of Altadena
and student of English literature. She
said her experience at school has been
a very happy one. “I was not prepared
to decide my future when I graduated
from high school. The two years here
have prepared me to define what I
want and I feel confident,” she said.
Miss Leslie will be attending the
University of California at Santa Cruz
in the fall.
Judith and Pamela Myers are sisters
of an earlier valedictorian, Tricia
Myers, from the 1975 graduating class.
Judith is a communications major
with emphasis in public relations. She
plans to transfer to California State
University at Fullerton in the fall.
“I enjoy studying. I think I should do
my best, not just work for the grades,”
she said. “It just happened that I got
four points on my courses.”
Pamela is a home economics
student. She plans to transfer to
California Polytechnic in Pomona and
apply her knowledge in the business
field. “It is important to learn to do
your best,” she said. “I care how hard
I try.”
Both have been active members of
the Adelphians and Spartans, and were
chosen for membership in Omicron Mu
Delta, the highest honorary service
organization at PCC.
1032 Students Graduate
in Largest Class Ever
Student Senate Seeks
Fund Approval Change
Part of the plan includes a student
commission consisting of a
representative from each department.
From this commission, a chairman
would be elected as a representative
and would meet with other college
committees.
The new proposal also provides
students with a more powerful forum.
This would allow representatives to
vote for college officials currently
appointed by ASB members.
The proposal is being written to go
into effect next fall.
The ASB Board will have to get the
“okay” for all expenditures next
semester if a resolution passed this
week by the Student Senate finds its
way through the proper channels.
A move to amend the present Senate
policy has been passed by an ll-0-l
vote at an emergency meeting of the
Senate called by Senate President
Thomas Whiting last Tuesday. The
resolution now’goes to the ASB Board
for approval.
The change would mean that all
expenditures from student body funds
would need to be approved. The
current policy requires that the ASB
Board gain approval of the Senate for
expenditures over 10 per cent of the
budget for that semester.
At the meeting, Whiting said that the
change is needed because the ASB
Board only sought approval for funds
twice during the last semester.
The need for this approval would
bring the two branches of government
closer together, according to Whiting.
The Senate president pointed out
that if the resolution was not approved
by the Board the Senate still has the
power to override the veto with a two-
thirds majority vote.
Whiting said that the ASB Board had
been notified of his intention to present
the measure but had “ignored it.”
Student Moves
Outside District
Not True— Ruiz
Misleading information regarding
interdistrict attendance was printed in
the May 20 issue of the Courier.
The article appeared to say that PCC
handicapped students were tran¬
sferring to the Los Angeles Com¬
munity College District because the
facilities were better there than at
PCC.
According to Erlinda Ruiz, in charge
of interdistrict attendance in the PCC
Attendance Office, the opposite is true.
She has never had a handicapped
student at this college request in¬
terdistrict attendance, but she said
that several handicapped students at
PCC are from the Los Angeles district
and are here because PCC offers
majors they can not find in the other
district.
The Mirror Pool area will be the site
of the largest graduation class in
PCC’s history. There are 1032
graduation candidates that will
receive their diplomas with ap¬
proximately 494 students participating
in the 52nd Commencement
ceremonies June 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Keynote speaker, Dr. William D.
McElroy, a graduate of PCC and now
chancellor at the University of
California, San Diego, will speak on
“The Care, Feeding and Control of
Technology.”
This year’s honored co¬
valedictorians, all of whom are
women, are Jeanne Ellen Burns of
Arcadia, Toni Gail Dennis of
i Pasadena, Esta Irene Jackson of
Sierra Madre, Marina Ann Leslie of
Altadena, and twin sisters Judith
Elizabeth and Pamela Lee Myers of
Pasadena. Two of the valedictorians,
Ms. Burns and Ms. Jackson, will ad¬
dress the graduates and guests.
Dr. E. Howard Floyd, superin¬
tendent-president, will introduce the
graduating class and permanent
members of Alpha Gamma Sigma, the
highest scholarship organization.
Music will be provided by the Lancer
Band, directed by Ronald Hoar, and
the Concert Choir.
The recessional will lead to the Quad
after the conclusion of the ceremonies.
Refreshments will be served at the
reception to be held for graduates and
their guests, providing an opportunity
to visit with friends, instructors and
administrators.
All graduates should park in the west
lots while spectators should park in the
east lots using Colorado Boulevard to
walk to the seating area. Sidewalks
through the campus will be blockaded.
All graduating students are invited
to participate in the ceremonies, which
3000 people are expected to attend.
Secretary Denies Approval
of Supreme Council Meet
The secretary of the adviser to the
Supreme Council has said that she did
not approve the May 13 Council
meeting or suggest in any way that the
adviser would approve.
Nancy Difley denied she said the
meeting was acceptable or that Dr.
Harry Sarkisian, adviser for the
Supreme Council would be pleased the
Council was again active as Ron
Weekley, Council chairman, said.
Miss Difley said that during a phone
call placed two hours before the
meeting, she said that Dr. Sarkisian
would not be able to attend and that
she was glad to see that the group was
active.
At that meeting, the Council decided
that Albert Bevans, PASA steering
committee chairman, would not have
to apologize to the ASB Board for a
disturbance created by his actions at a
Board meeting May 5.
Miss Difley said that, since she is a
student, she does not have power to
approve meetings or to speak for Dr.
Sarkisian in his absence.
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