PCC Courier, March 23, 1979

ШЖ ч VOL. 47, NO. 7 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 23, 1979 Carolyn Brennan Resigns Student Senate Ousts Its President By Terry Robertson Staff Writer As several earthquakes rattled the Southland Thursday afternoon, PCC’s student senate created one of its own, forcing academically unqualified Carolyn Brennan to resign as senate president. Approximately one hour before the senate convened, Miss Brennan was sworn into office by PCC President- Superintendent Richard S. Meyers. Her tenure is the shortest in the history of the school. Before the meeting began, in¬ formation was obtained by a select few that Miss Brennan is on academic probation. In the final minutes of the session, Senator .Bruce Diffey stunned the senate when he asked Miss Brennan, “Are you on academic probation?” Her reply was, “Yes.” Diffey then demanded Miss Brennan’s resignation. She immediately resigned. The ASB constitution states, “To hold office, a student must not be on academic probation.” Senate vice president Mike Tiberi replaces Miss Brennan. Ironically, Miss Brennan stated in an interview the day before, that the one, person she did not want in the senate was Tiberi. She said, “Right now he is counter productive. He is not only hurting me but he’s also hurting the rest of the board and the senate.” Student grade records are con¬ fidential information. The leak on Miss Brennan's academic status occurred when she informed senate member Charlotte Hutchins of her situation. It then circuitously circulated to Diffey. In earlier action, the senate focused on Derek Coleman’s budget presen¬ tation and voted to release half of the proposed funds while freezing the remainder until an itemized statement is presented. In his presentation, Coleman was a changed person. He was no longer on the defense as he had been in past meetings. He was aggressive. "There's nothing wrong with this budget. It’s the lowest budget I’ve ever seen,” he said. Coleman informed the senate that statements about the Bakke luncheons made by Tiberi at the last session were not true. Tiberi had stated $600 was spent. Coleman said, $600 was not spent on the Bakke luncheon. In fact $23.04 was spent on that luncheon. He stated he checked the figures at the student services bank. Coleman added that an additional $150 was spent for publicity and promotion of the two debates. “The actual debate was sponsored by New Pasadena and a grant was given to them from us to put on their program.” Tiberi, in an attempt to prevent the budget from being approved, said, “We do not have a democratic system. The executive, legislative and judicial are the three branches of government and are the foundations of govern¬ ment. When one falls, the fun- m. ! Щ £ ■ •iSeiSv ты is Яшт ■м , ШШ SPRING IS HERE— or is it? As spring rolled around on Tuesday clouds covered the skies and the rain came down. By the end of the week, though, hopes of a sunny weekend were in the ■ is? iii minds of everyone. The weather for spring break is still uncertain. Will everyone head for the snow to go skiing or to the beach for some sun? —Courier photo by Marcus Wilk English Department to Hold Writing and Essay Contest The English Department is spon¬ soring a literary contest offering two prizes for each of three sections. The prizes are $25 book gift cer¬ tificates from Vroman’s and the college bookstore and $25 in cash and $10 cash second prizes from the English Council. Awards will be given, in poetry, short story and essay sec¬ tions. Literary entries are limited. Each entrant may submit two works in each section. Entrants must be PCC students who attend Spring Session or Extended Day classes. 'Authors must submit their work anonymously. The pieces will be identified by a pen name, typed in the upper right hand corner of the first Life Science Teacher Philip Simon Dies “He was a good citizen, a good soldier, a good professor and he was loved by his students,” eulogized Philip Simon’s cousin, undoubtedly ;? . Philip Simon speaking for anyone fortunate enough to have known PCC’s Life Science Professor. Philip Simon died March 17, 1979 at a time a bit earlier than most men and yet his contribution to this world equaled at least two men’s lifetimes. A transplanted West Virginian, he began his career at John Muir High School in Pasadena in the fall of ’57. Four years later he joined the PCC staff teaching microbiology to life science majors and students in the health professions. A demanding teacher, “he took a sincere interest in his students and really was excited by their achievements,” declared Dr. John Babel, Dean of the Life Sciences department. His absence will be felt by the school in general for his active representation on the Faculty-Senate, has advisory position on the Pep Commission for a number of years affected school spirit and the respect and love he generated from his students is irreplaceable. Three teachers are now filling the role he had generated on campus. damentals of democracy fall. Our government is no longer for the people, by the people, of the people, but for a selected few. Right now we are operating without a supreme council.” The supreme council is the judicial branch of ASB government. Tiberi urged senators not to approve the budget until ASB has a supreme council. Tiberi stated that students of PCC have trusted us with their money. "Before we spend any of their money we should abide by the ASB con¬ stitution. Obey it or abolish it,” said Tiberi. The senate then shifted its attention to the supreme council issue. One senator said, “The supreme council has nothing to do with the budget; we seem to be getting on the wrong track." Senators began arguing over whether the supreme council per¬ tained to the budget. Miss Brennan made a ruling stating, "I am the president and it’s not appropriate to the budget and that’s it." Senator Lambert questioned Coleman about having $1,000 allocated to the assemblies commission, a position that is vacant. "Whether we have anybody for the job or not doesn’t really matter, they need the money and there will be somebody," replied Coleman. “Do you think we’re going to put a $1.000 in the budget and nobody's going to be there to use it?" asked Coleman. "It will all even out in the end,” he added. Although the budget was slated for the entire meeting, a motion to curtail debate by Ms. Hutchins provoked a heated discussion on parliamentary procedures between Coleman and herself. “I would like to limit this discussion to 10 minutes and the debate after the motion to 10 minutes, if there is a motion,” stated Ms. Hutchins. Miss Brennan asked for discussion on the motion. Ms. Hutchins raised a point of order informing Miss Brennan that discussion was not allowed on her motion. Coleman immediately raised a point of order of his own stating, “As a parliamentarian you are aware you should be impartial. As a parliamentarian you are to rule on the rules of parliamentary procedures, not draw conclusions. You are out of or¬ der. You are using parliamentary procedures" ... he never finished the sentence as Miss Brennan interrupted, calling for a vote on the motion. While asking Ms. Hutchins to restate the motion for clarification Miss Brennan commented, “I’ve never seen so many people act like monkeys in my life.” The motion passed. Coleman and Ms. Hutchins argued over an interpretation of the financial code. They were arguing about a clause in the code that states, “itemization of budget within a budget." Tiberi. giving his opinion on the matter said, “For interpretation of this issue it should be brought to the supreme council for final judification.” Coleman and Ms. Hutchins con¬ tinued arguing until he put a stop to it, stating, “I think we should put this argument off until later and answer more important questions.” Coleman continued answering questions until Ms. Hutchins made a motion to release half of ASB's proposed funds and freeze the remainder. Senator Steve Lambert said, “The motion is absurd and should be voted down.” Ms. Hutchins then stated that the main reason for freezing half of the funds is so ASB can get its programs started. “They (ASB) can come back and get the other half. If they don’t like the rules they can change them,” said Ms. Hutchins. “That’s your rules,” replied Coleman. The motion passed 10 to 5 with five abstentions. Coleman threw his hands into the air and stormed from the senate in complete disgust. Coleman said after the meeting, "I’m tired of people using the senate as a tool for their personal grudges.” Coleman and Tiberi later met in the Campus Center in an attempt to try to iron out a peace between the ASB and senate. ш»? a Mike Tiberi PCC Sends Eight to State Speech Competition page of each manuscript. For later identification, a sealed envelope should be paper-clipped to all the pieces by one author. The writer’s pen name, number of pieces submitted, real name, address and phone number should be included in the envelope. In addition, individual manuscripts having more than one page should be stapled. How should an author’s material be presented? Everything must be typewritten on blank 8 1 1 1 paper. The piece's category should be typed in the upper right hand corner over the pen name. Essays and short stories must be double-spaced. Writers are recommended to keep a carbon copy of all submittals. The deadline for everything is 4:30 p.m., April 19. The department will provide a box in their office, C217, for entries. Dr. Rae G. Ballard and Jerome Hewitt if Inscape, a literary anthology of PCC students’ work produced by creative writing classes, will be the judges for the contest. The announcement of the victors will occur on May 23. Their names will be displayed in the writer's display cabinet. Also, Inscape may publish the top pieces in next year's edition. The awards will be presented at the English Department’s Honors Tea around June 1. Those who fall short of the thrill of victory may pick up their copies in C217 after May 23. The purpose of the contest is "to encourage students to write," said Mrs. Hewitt. “We’d like to see entries from all the different departments of the college." For more information contact the English Department office or Jerene Hewitt in C229B. PCC won three major awards at the Pacific Southwestern Collegiate Forensic Association (PSCFA) tournament held on campus on March 9, 10, and 11. Judith Dinneen received first prize for Oral Interpretation of literature, Mark Watney placed second in the Impromptu event and Beth Fernandez placed third in the Expository Speaking event. Next on the Forensics schedule is the State Championship tournament held at Bakersfield College in March 23, 24 and 25. "It is the second most important tournament we participate in,” said Joseph Probst, speech instructor. “The most important is the National Championship tournament coming up in April.” The State Championship tournament is organized by the California Com¬ munity College Forensics Association, a loose association made up of speech teachers and coaches from the com¬ munity colleges. “There is no separate professional staff," explained Probst, "it is strictly various colleges joining together.” PCC has chosen eight students for the tournament: Don Vecchione, Leslie Paddock, Marji Dolnic, Beth Fernandez, Laura Horton, Erin Stevens, Judith Dinneen and Paul Roberts. They will be competing in the areas of Oral Interpretation of literature. Informative Speech, En¬ tertainment Speech, Oratory, Per¬ suasive Speech, Communication Analysis, Impromptu Speech, Duet Acting and Reader's Theater. In the areas pf Oratory, Informative Speech, Oral Interpretation, Com¬ munication Analysis, and En¬ tertainment Speech, speeches and programs have to be the work of the student. The material in the speeches and programs must not be identical to that used in other competitions prior to the preceding September. The maximum time limit is 10 minutes-12 minutes for Duet Acting— with no minimum time limit. PROMOTION— The Board of Trustees recently approved Harvey Hyde to be the new football coach at PCC. Hyde replaces Erik Widmark who accepted an assistant coaching position at the University of Oregon. See related story on Page 6. —Courier photo by Marcus Wilk The Duet Acting event consists of a team of two persons from the same college who perform a cutting or a complete scene from any kind of literature. Material used in the event must not be the same as the one used in Reader's Theater and all scenes are played without scripts. The general topic area for the Im¬ promptu Speech is drawn from a variety of slogans, maxims, objects or lyrics. The maximum time limit in this event is seven minutes and starts as soon as the speaker receives his topics. “We have the strongest squad in years," said Probst, “but we lack a strong debate team. All the strong debators transferred by mid-year.” Probst estimates the strongest competition in the tournament will be coming from Santa Rosa, Bakersfield, Moore Park, Orange Coast, El Camino and Cypress colleges. Approximately 400 community college students take part in the State Championship tournament. Dr. Meyers Welcomed By ASB The ASB executive board announced Thursday it will conduct an open house to officially welcome PCC President- Superintendent Dr. Richard S. Meyers Tuesday, Mar. 27 at noon in the Campus Center Another purpose of the open house is for students and faculty to get to know their representatives. Senate and supreme council members will also be present. “It helps us get better acquainted," said ASB President Derek Coleman. “It's better to get to know each other. It really helps when you ask for a favor and they (faculty) recognize you." he added. After finishing other calendar items, the board focused its attention on the summer school issue. “1 support a summer session as long as it doesn't hurt the quality of education in the regular session," stated Coleman. Phyllis Jackson, dean of student activities, urged students to attend the trustee's meetings. The trustee's meetings are held each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the board chambers located at the front entrance of C Building.