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' Senate Passes
Revised Constitution
By Sergio Caponi
News Editor
In a meeting reported as having one
of the lowest attendance of representa¬
tives ever, five officers and seven
senators Tuesday unanimously ap¬
proved the revised Senate Constitu¬
tion, after weeks of discussion and
several voting postponements.
Commenting on the renewed docu¬
ment, to go into effect next semester,
former Senate first vice president
Kathi Manley said that there is no
guarantee that the constitution is going
to work. “It sounds great on paper,”
she stated, “but sometimes reality is a
little bit different.” -
Miss Manley was referring to cer¬
tain new • constitutional provisions,
whose enforcement is still in doubt.
"We'll have to try and see how it
goes,” she said.
Voting Eligibility
great deal of discussion
was
originated by Article IV, Section 1,
Clause 6, which states that the Senate
sergeant-at-arms “shall ensure that
only qualified senators are allowed to
vote." The provision is contingent on
the new rule that each representative
senator or his alternate attend two
consecutive Senate meetings, to be
eligible to vote.
The constitution does not specify
how the sergeant-at-arms is to ensure
the voting eligibility of the senators.
Among the suggested methods, are
the issuance of “senator cards,”
checking marks on an attendance list
with all the senators' names in alpha¬
betical order, or the simple signature
of each senator on a paper at each
meeting.
Re-elected ASB President Stuart
Silver argued that most of the systems
suggested would take a great deal of
time out of the already short hour de¬
voted to the Senate meetings.
Senate members also noted that the
entire procedure shows lack of trust
between officers and senators, a
situation which would undoubtedly
create problems in future Senate
activities.
Miss Manley responded saying that
all the Senate is trying to do is to im¬
prove the quality of its voting
procedures, and create better
organization.
Before the final decision on the
revised constitution was reached, the
few senators present at the meeting
asked if it was wise for them to vote on
such an important document, with the
majority of the Senate members not
attending. They pointed out that they
had not reached a voting quorum, set
by the constitution at 15.
Miss Manley again answered that
the quorum rule was abolished last
semester, and that since the new
constitution won’t go into effect until
next September, their vote was legal.
“Everybody knew weeks in advance
that a decision had to be made on the
PCC CcmAieSi
Vol. 37, No. 14
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
June 7, 1974
Honors Announced
Awards, Scholarships Recognize
Student Academic Achievements
The end of the semester is
synonymous with awards, and
numerous PCC students earned
recognition recently for their
scholastic achievements.
Eight students were awarded the
Upper Division Scholarships for
minority students sponsored by the
Ford Foundation.
The winners are Gary Bryant,
political science and history major;
Rosedo Chacon, illustration major;
Jimmie Cry, pre-law major; Manuel
Lopez, business major; Lorraine
Hooper, special education major;
Rafael Martinez, political science
major; Thomas May, business ad¬
ministration major; and Linda
Rillorta, sociology major.
With 10 more students receiving
honorable mentions, PCC placed
second in the nation, for a total number
of honors earned in the Upper Division
Scholarship contest. Essex County
College in Newark, N.J., came out on
top with nine official winners.
Social Science
Fifty-seven students were given
certificates of achievement for their
work in the Social Science Depart¬
ment.
Students receiving Honors Extra¬
ordinary in the social sciences were
Eric V. Anderson, Douglas V. Arm¬
strong. Maryetta Ayers. William M.
THenowith, John B. Dilworth III, Judi
E. Greening, Susan C. Hedlund, Steven
G. Hepburn, Gerald E. Hunt, Gregory
P. King, Margaret Kirr, Richard W.
Meaglia, Patricia L. Moore, Charles
E. Osberger, Mark V. Riley, Linda C.
Rillorta, and David R. Ward.
The Dr. Harold A. Hansen Memorial
Scholarship award went to Hunt.
William Horn received the Dr. Leo R.
Facto Scholarship award. Darwin Huff
also received an award for his superior
service to the department.
Judi Greening, Patricia Meyers, and
Lorraine Hooper also received social
science awards.
Engineering and Technology
The Engineering and Technology
Department held its annual Awards
Assembly in Harbeson Hall Monday at
noon.
The ceremony, engineered by
Martha Martinez and Rachel Golde of
the Student Personnel Office, saw the
$50 Administration of Justice Scholar¬
ship Award given to Michael A. Hearn
by John L. Sullivan and the Stanley E.
Decker Memorial Award of $50 given
by Vincent W. Hughes to Brian W.
Swinney.
Two students, Mary S. Oshima and
Thomas H. Skidmore, received cash
awards of $10 each and had their
names added to a plaque. Herbert
Gernandt, from JPL, presented the
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Faculty Senate, CEC Discuss
6.2 Per Cent Salary Increase
By Stephen Wright
Assistant Sports Editor
The 6.2 per cent across-the-board
salary increase offer by the Board of
Trustees was being discussed last
week by both the Faculty Senate and
the Certificated Employees Council
(CEC).
Both groups have separate salary
proposals, now being studied by PCC’s
Board of Trustees, and both groups are
verbal in their disappointment of the
proposed increase.
Because the cost of living from
March 31, 1973 to March 31, 1974 has
risen 8.9 per cent in this area, while
salaries have remained the same, the
two groups were hoping for an in¬
crease closer to nine per cent.
The Board of Trustees' representa¬
tive to the faculty on salary matters,
Dr. E. Howard Floyd, said, “As far as
the 6.2 per cent increase is concerned,
we're continuing to negotiate with the
faculty group representatives.”
Dr. Floyd continued, “The Board of
Trustees is trying to look at all the data
and information available, and, of
course, at the budget.
“It is a reasonable figure based on
statistics from the Consumer Price
Index, the Bureau of Labor statistics,
and the amount of increases given
employees over the last four years.”
A 6.2 per cent basic increase would
amount to about $930,000 that would
have to be added to the present salary
schedule.
CEC Chairman Joe Muha feels that
“anything less than a cost of living
increase would be asking teachers to
take a pay cut.”
Faculty Senate Board President
Leonard Perry commended the Board
of Trustees for the "... excellent
progress it has made to date, toward
setting the 1974-75 salary budget.”
Perry also pointed out in a letter to
the faculty that while veteran
teachers' salaries were near
maximum, with comparable com¬
munity college districts at the 75th
percentile, PCC has fallen far
behind" in beginning salaries.
The Board of Trustees also ex¬
pressed concern over the differences
between beginning teachers’ salaries
and veteran teachers’ salaries.
The CEC, which represents the PCC-
California Teachers Association and
the Faculty Association, is deciding
possible legal moves, in hopes of at¬
taining a higher salary increase.
Meanwhile, the Faculty Senate, of
which all teachers are members, is
asking that the Board of Trustees
move on with the other steps included
in their proposal.
The Faculty Senate Board’s next
priority item is Step Two, which asks
for “an automatic salary adjustment
each year by a per cent equivalent to
the increase in the cost of living, ef¬
fective July l." The CEC also has a
step similar to Step Two in its
proposal.
awards, which were donated by the
Advisory Committee.
Steven S. Sowles received the $50
Fire Science Advisory Committee
Award, donated by the Pasadena Fire
Fighters, Local 809.
Printing
Printing students reaped a bountiful
harvest, with 14 students sharing six
awards. Four students, Harold Baker,
Phil Miller, Roger Ellenson, and
Yasmin Hashim each wer6 presented
with books valued at $25 each by
Robert van der Veen, and Ralph
Balogh received the $25 Printing
Advisory Award from the Coast Valley
Typographical Union.
Robert Montgomery, associate
irofessor of printing, presented the
Angeles Litho Club Award to
Robert Eggert. Louis Momberg, Dana
Kern and Larry Strand. They had
already been given cash awards of $125
by the PCC Chapter of the club in
January.
Robert van der Veen presented
James Graden with the Fred Ham¬
mond Memorial Scholarship of $25.
The Michael Leach Memorial Award
of a $25 value printer’s magnifying
lens was received by Michael Alessi
and Manuel Duran.
Other awards at the assembly in¬
cluded a $100 check for Cheryl A.
Caprita, presented by Harold Lum-
mus, and a $111 tool kit given to
Kenneth Anami for the Howard E.
Marvin Memorial Award, presented
by Terry LaCroix.
A generous award of $400 was won by
Joseph Y. Tang for the Alice B.
Mothershead Scholarship Award.
The Joe Morgan Memorial Award
went to Bruce W. Posthumous, with
Alec Ball presenting the $100 check,
donated by Mrs. Roger C. Deming.
The Rotary Club of Altadena gave
service awards and a free lunch to Ken
Anami, Gary Carmichael, Jeff Cim-
marusti, Tom Ellis, Michael A. Hearn,
James N. Kirin, Jaqueline Knowles,
Phil Miller, John Pennebaker, Russel
Sullivan and Joseph Y. Tang. They
were guests of the Rotary Club for
lunch with their instructors at noon
yesterday. .
The Walter Putnam Memorial
Award of $235 was presented by Mrs.
John Carrington to Bruce W.
Posthumous.
constitution before the semester was
over, and that today was voting day,”
she commented. “It was the respon¬
sibility of each senator to be here
today.”
Unknown Constitution
The Senate Constitution was
analyzed and revised by the Senate
Constitution Revision Committee,
headed by Mark Dodge, newly elected
Senate first vice president.
Dodge explained that most people,
including several senators, did not
know of the existence of the con¬
stitution.
According to the ASB rules, the three
branches of the student government,
the Executive Board, the Senate, and
the Supreme Council, are all regulated
by the ASB Constitution.
The document specifies the func¬
tions. the privileges and the limits of
each of the three branches and their
respective officers.
However, each of the three branches
is entitled to have its own specific
constitution, which is to explain in
more detail the different procedures
and regulations in that particular
governmental branch.
Dodge said the previous Senate
Constitution was totally ignored and
forgotten. He expressed the hope that
the new constitution will generate
better attention and organization
among Senate' members.
In other business, the Senate ap¬
proved the allotment of $300 to the
women's swim team for the purchase
of jackets and letters. The fund is
insufficient for the entire purchase,
but the swim team plans to raise the
rest of the money.
The Senate and the ASB Board are
also working on the possible grant of
$100 for the printing of 24 copies of a
notebook to be written by ASB
President Stuart Silver. In the note¬
book, he would explain how the entire
ASB government functions, according
to his own experience. He explained
that the book is necessary “so the new
officers would have something written
to look at and would not come in cold,”
he said.
A final decision on the matter is
expected next week.
The last meeting of the Senate is to
be held next Tuesday at noon in C301. A
party is planned with food and refresh¬
ments. All students and faculty
members are invited to attend.
‘ACKIE ROBINSON
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REMEMBERING JACKIE— Rachel Robinson attended the
inauguration of the Neighborhood Center, a $622,000 civic facility
dedicated by the City of Pasadena to the memory of Jackie Robinson.
With the construction of the center, Pasadena hopes to bring City
Hall to the people, making city government more accessible. Mrs.
Robinson said, “A name for a building is really nothing, just an
edifice. What this building needs is Jackie’s spirit.
Neighborhood Center
Honors Baseball Hero
It started on Pepper Street in
Pasadena. A little boy with the desire
and determination to play ball would
find himself rewriting record after
record in his illustrious sports career.
Jackie Robinson was the first man
ever to letter in all four sports at PCC
and UCLA. He took his talent and went
to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He
suffered the humiliation of trying to
break into professional baseball as the
first black man in the game.
Now Pasadena has done something
for him. It comes in the shape of a
$622,000 Neighborhood Center,
dedicated after Robinson, one of
Pasadena's fondest memories.
Farr Talks to Students
About a Free Press
“There is no one to watch the
government but the press,” stated Los
Angeles Times reporter Bill Farr.
Farr spoke to a group of interested
faculty and students at PCC about his
contempt of court charges, stemming
from the Charles Manson trial of 1970.
“Reporters are different, in the
sense that people will often talk to
them, rather than a judge or police¬
man, so they should have ample laws
to protect them and their sources.”
To date, Farr has spent over $20,000
of his own money on lawyers and in
securing witnesses for his hearings
which followed his refusal to declare
his sources on a story that appeared in
the October 9, 1970 issue of the Los
Angeles Herald Examiner. %
The story related information
gathered by Farr from July 28, 1970
about a Charles Manson family master
murder plan, in which Farr reported
that besides the Tate-LaBianca
murders, the Manson clan had plans to
do away with such stars as Elizabeth
Taylor, Richard Burton, Tom Jones,
and Steve McQueen among others, in
ritual type slayings.
Because the story was printed
during the actual Manson trial, against
a “gag order” imposed by presiding
judge Charles Older, Farr was asked if
he would voluntarily testify as to who
gave him the information. Farr
replied, "No.”
Farr did, however, admit to one
tactical error on his part. “When I
admitted that it was two of the six
attorneys who gave me the in¬
formation, that was my big mistake. I
shouldn't have told them that much.”
After the first encounter with Judge
Older, Farr thought the matter was
done with. However, on November 28,
1972, Farr was cited for contempt of
court.
The apellate court was asked to rule
on whether the Shield Law applied to
former newsmen. The court said it was
not proper to rule on the question of
absolute privilege, but ruled instead
that the legislature cannot legislate
any laws that could, in- any way,
restrict the court from insuring a fair
trial.
Farr has since spent 46 days in jail.
Because he was charged with breaking
a civil law, not a criminal one, he was
separated from the rest of the
prisoners.
Reporter Farr commented that the
confinement allowed him to catch up
on “a lot of reading I hadn’t had time
for previously.”
Since his release from jail, Farr has
been fighting, saying that “no amount
of time in jail would make me disclose
my sources.”
Farr’s best argument against Judge
Older, his contempt charge, is his
open-ended sentence. If Farr loses in
court, he could virtually spend the rest
of his life in jail.
Said Farr, “An open-end sentence is
cruel and unusual punishment, and
that’s what my lawyer is trying to
establish in court.
“I intend to keep my professional
and personal promise to the lawyers
, who gave me that information. If they
don’t want to disclose themselves, then
I’ll abide by their decision and my
promise. There is no other honorable
way out."
Farr has had such news per¬
sonalities as Walter Cronkite and Tom
Brokaw testify in his defense in
keeping sources confidential.
NEW CLASS
He turned his cheeks to insult after
insult, went on to become “Rookie of
the Year.”
He was a crusader for people and
their rights, an attentive ear to a
troubled youngster, and an avid fund¬
raiser for the NAACP. After losing a
son in a car wreck, he immersed
himself even deeper into his work with
kids.
The Center, located at 1020 N. Fair
Oaks Ave., was officially opened
Sunday, June 2, amidst an overflow
crowd of spectators and dignitaries.
With the construction of the center,
Pasadena hopes to bring City Hall to
the people, making city government
more accessible. The building en¬
compasses meeting rooms, a training
kitchen, multipurpose room, stage,
and offices for organizations such as
Planned Parenthood, Legal Aid,
Health Department and other com¬
munity-oriented services.
Rachel Robinson said, "A name for a
building is really nothing, just an
edifice. What this building needs is
Jackie's spirit.”
ASB Government
Announces New
Student Officers
With only five candidates running
for five different offices in the ASB
elections last week, the results were
known even before the election was
actually held.
Stuart Silver remains ASB president
for the fall semester. When he first
came into office last February, Silver
said that he ran for president not be¬
cause he liked it but bec'ause he felt
“someone had to do it.”
Now he says he feels confident, he
has acquired considerable experience
in governmental matters, and
promises to achieve effective results
next fall.
The other newly elected officers are :
Bill Kupferer, ASB vice president;
Robert Champion, Senate president;
Mark Dodge, Senate first vice
president; and Barbara Clay, AWS
president.
The positions of Senate second vice
president, AMS president, athletics
president, Sophomore Class president
and finance commissioner are still
vacant, and applications for these
offices are being accepted in Silver’s
office in the Campus Center.
SUMMER LIBRARY HOURS
First session — 7:30 a.m. to I p.m.
and 5:30 to 0 p.m. Monday through
Friday: Second session — 7:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. and 5:30 to 0 p.m. Monday
through Thursday. Also, 7:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. Friday.
Course Focuses on Energy
FIBER JUNGLE— The campus quad was suddenly
entangled in a jungle of ropes, strings and twines
Monday as students added fiber all day long. The
idea originated in the Craft with Fiber class, under
the direction of Art Department instructors Pam
Schader and Lillian Donald. Art students and any¬
one else who wanted to join in started to toss
strings at 7 a.m. to create what Ms. Schader
referred to as “a woven world separate from the
outside." She collected the material for two years,
storing it in Newport Beach where she lives. The
ropes and strings were all recovered.
Solving current energy problems
and special research projects will be
the focus of a new class offered by the
Department of Engineering and
Technology. “Contemporary
Technology" is offered for the first
time at PCC next fall.
Dr. Lawrence Johannsen. chairman
of the department, will teach the
course and guide students in areas of
solar energy, solar power, and hydro¬
ponics, a self-contained type of gar¬
dening. "She class is limited to 10. and
is open to all students, not just tech¬
nology majors. The class, which offers
10 units of credit, will meet two hours a
week with 10 hours to be arranged.
During the first semester, the course
focuses on research projects and the
building of a resource center. Most
students will be doing library research
and by the end of the semester will
have designed projects to attempt for
the second semester. They will collect
data and publish the latest findings in
their areas of interest. Each student
will be self-directed.
One student may be interested in
gardening, another solar energy, and
yet another in dome-buildings.
Dr. Johannsen is personally in¬
terested in hydroponics and hopes to
build a self-contained system through
the use of solar power on the roof of the
engineering and technology building.
Students will visit commercial
hydroponic systems which have
recently been developed.
"With rising food costs and the
energy crunch, this is a relevant
course to modern society." Johannsen
said. He hopes to attract students who
are interested in solving today's
problems and will invent new tech¬
nology. Progress reports will be
published for the benefit of the com¬
munity and findings on solutions that
are applicable to the average urban
home owner.
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