PCC Courier, March 12, 1969

Trapp Leads Lancers to State 1C Title PCC CouSiiesi SPECIAL EDITION VOL. 31, NO. 4 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 12, 1969 — Courier photo by Don De Groat STUDENT GOVERNMENT representatives to the Area 9 Conference held here last week spent several hours discussing various aspects of the government in workshops. Here, delegates of the human relations workshop are exchanging ideas. The conference was at¬ tended by 127 delegates plus their advisers and workshop chairmen. PCC Welcomes 127 to Govt. Conference Cagers Rip Imperial Valley for Second Crown in Three Years PCC acted as host fox- the Cal¬ ifornia Junior College Student Government Association Area IX Conference Thursday. Seven Sou¬ thern California junior colleges were represented at the noon till 9 p.m. program. The 127 delegates were intro¬ duced and welcomed at the first genei-al assembly at which Dr. Sarafian gave the keynote ad¬ dress. Delegates next went into workshop gx-oups to discuss the various aspects of student gov¬ ernment and campus problems. The workshops lasted two and one-quarter hours and were de¬ signed to elicit ideas from the delegations to be taken before the general assembly and from there, if they passed, on to the state conference. PCC's delegation made up a large part of the entire assem¬ blage; therefore, the influence of the PCC government leaders was felt in all of the conference activities. In the student rights-responsi- bilities-responses workshop, PCC x-epresentatives introduced many of the proposals to be taken be¬ fore the general assembly. One was that the college student groups be enable to unite in or¬ der to confront the administra¬ tion. A union-like structure fox- collective bargaining would be formed. The wording of this resolution was: “Be it l-esolved that organi¬ zations with legitimate demands for improvement of acadernic conditions should unite behind their legally elected student gov¬ ernments for the presentation of demands under conditions of col¬ lective bargaining with school ad¬ ministrators.” , Next the workshop considered the definition of student rights which rights junior college stu¬ dents have, which ones they do not have, and which ones they want. Another of the important reso¬ lutions made was to have a stu¬ dent liaison working with the State Board of Education to give junior colleges a voice in and an awareness of what is going on in that body. At the resolutions and recom¬ mendations workshop, a resolu¬ tion was made to have more di¬ rect communication between students and the State Board of Education. The idea was to have a student advisory board com¬ prised of a student from each junior college working with the State Board about student and state conflicts. Geneial theme of this work¬ shop was to have teh generation gap shortened. In line with this theme was the resolution sug¬ gesting that junior college ASB presidents be allowed to sit at the same table with the board and be able to ask questions and make suggestions. All of the workshops centered around the idea of getting the students more interested in their schools, having more to say a- bout the l-unning of the schools in California, and finding a way to get along with the administra¬ tion, the faculty, and the state education officials. After the workshops, the dele- •gates caucused with other dele¬ gates from their own schools, to discuss the issues brought up in the workshops and make deci¬ sions for the voting in the final geneial assembly. After the caucuses, the dele¬ gates were served dinner and en¬ tertained with skits from each school depicting in a satirical way, the government workings of the school. Then came the final general assembly at which the entire de¬ legation voted on all of the reso¬ lutions made in the workshops. The resolutions which passed the vote of the body were then on their way to the state conference. Overseas Librarians PCC’s library services class features three international stu¬ dents, according to Robert Car¬ ter, instructor. The three are Wendy Tsang, Hong Kong; Claudine Rieger, Paris, France; and Muriel Hyman, Johannes¬ burg, South Africa. By MIKE McFADDEN Led by the tournament’s most valuable player, George Trapp, Pasadena City College rolled over Imperial Valley College, 58- 52, to gain the California Junior College state championship. To gain the finals, PCC had fiirst to defeat Merced College, 82-56, and break Fullerton’s 23- game win streak, 67-59. Mean¬ while, IVC had a much easier path as they whipped the College of the Siskiyous, 82-58, and then upset number-two seeded City Col¬ lege of San Francisco, 68-59, in the semi-finals. Earlier this season PCC played Imperial Valley in the Palomar Tournament and blew them off the coui't by a 24-point margin, 70-46. The game started like it was going to be a rout as the Lan- cex-s scored the first seven points of the game. Trapp tossed in all seven points, including a spectac¬ ular stuff shot on which he was fouled and then converted the free throw to complete the three- point play. At this point the Arabs of IVC finally came to life and reeled off eight straight points to take a nari-ow one-point lead with less than six minutes gone in the first half. PCC Catches Fire PCC caught fire again and ran up another seven point lead am. remained in command until A1 Pettes, 5T0” guard for IVC, started hitting on 25-foot jump shots and brought the Arabs to within striking distance at 25-24 Joe Lavender hit on a driving Eikenbery Named Dean of Activities John Eikenbery, counselor here since 1962, has been appointed act¬ ing dean of student activities. He says more student participa¬ tion is needed on this campus. “Student government as a whole should be represented by students and every on> must be involved.” Boi'n in Pasadena, he has a master’s degree from USC and a bachelor’s degree from Occident¬ al. He started teaching at Wash¬ ington Junior High School, where he taught math, science, and phy¬ sical education. He wants to involve students in more activities, because, as he says, student involvement is now at a fairly low ebb. He will be working through the Student Senate and the ASB Boai'd to develop a promotional campaign for ASB cai'ds and to revitalize the club program on campus. The Ai-ea Nine Confex-ence host¬ ed by PCC last week and the Circle К blood drive are recent student-involved activities. Also a joint student and faculty com¬ mittee have begun graduation commencement exercises and prom plans. Eikenbery thought the first Senate meeting was very success¬ ful because of the new president, a good agenda, and a roomful of representatives from the 9 a.m. classes. “Considering all the appoint¬ ments that have had to be made in student government, because of grade ineligibility, the people appointed seem anxious to get in and do a good job,” Eikenbery noted. Eikenbery will fill the position vacated by S. Luke Curtis, who was granted personal -leave of absence by the board of Trustees. lay-up to bring IVC even with the Lancers at 26, and then James Watson hit on a driving six-foot jumper to put Imperial Valley into the lead, 28-26. IVC managed to put in four more points and the Lancers only two as the Ai-abs carried a four- point lead into half time, 32-28. Coach Danny Ayala did it again, as his intermission speech seemed to inspire the Lancers to greater heights; then ran off the first nine points of the second half and never looked back. Trapp and Howard Nicholson dumped in two buckets in less than 30 seconds to bring the Lan¬ cers into a 32-32 tie with the Arabs and then little more than a minute later Eric McWilliams hit on an eight-foot jumper to put PCC into the lead for good. No Momentimx From this point neither team seemed to be able to gain much momentum as they more or less just traded baskets. The Lancers finally managed to build up a nine-point lead and then went into a delay game as the seconds tick¬ ed away. Imperial Valley was x'eally des- perate by now, and was forced to go after the ball and give up a foul if necessary to gain posses¬ sion. This maneuver proved to be rather costly to the Arabs. Al- College Program Assistance Given The National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo¬ ple has established a new depart¬ ment in its Youth and College Division dealing with college pro¬ gramming. The NAACP is interested in all problems of the black collegiate and are offei'ing their help in Afro-American curriculum, facul¬ ty recruitment, cooperative pro- gramming with Black Student Unions, job placement, and hous¬ ing. They have established a speak¬ ing bureau that is willing to send someone on campus to speak. For further information, con¬ tact Kenneth R. Brown, director of the program at 5142 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, Md., or phone him at (301) 367-1153. though Imperial Valley managed to climb to within two points of the front-running Lancers, the Arabs lost John Mills and Joe • Continued on Page Six ASB Starts Newspaper “This campus needs a paper that will stir up controversy a- mong students,” said Jim Bow¬ ler president of the Freshmen Class. Bowler is one of many seeking to establish a second newspaper on campus that will focus only on controversy. Why does he deem it neces¬ sary to start a second paper? “It is necessary to introduce an at- mosphere of competition, to im¬ pose controversy.” Bowler was asked why he felt that the Cour¬ ier did not supply controversy. He felt that the Courier was “busy” with too many types of stoi-ies, such as feature and sports. The second paper will not focus on those subjects. The idea or goal of the stu¬ dents in support of the new pa¬ per is “to try to create an atmos¬ phere of interest on the cam¬ pus,” accoi’ding to Bowler. It is the feeling of Bowler and his supporters that the campus is united in apathy. “To gain in¬ terest on issued, one must create issues," he said. By creating is¬ sues, Bowler hopes to erase the apathetic stats which seems to enshroud the campus. More polarization, more taking of sides will create an atmos¬ phere of awareness of one’s self, the campus, and the students. The staff of the new paper is not to be regular. The paper will consist of writings of students who feel a particular way about a subject, and wish to express themselves. Consequently, there can be no grade or class credit given for participation. According to Bowler, “T h e word ‘class’ implies an instruc- tor, and we want to be free of any restrictions whatsoever.” The new paper is to be financed by the ASB, and it is hoped that publication will begin this semes¬ ter. — Courier photo by Steve Tom JOHN EIKENBERY has been appointed acting dean of student activities while Luke Curtis takes a one-year leave of absence. Eikenbery has been a counselor at PCC since 1962.