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PCC Courier, March 23, 1979
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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-
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the rain came down. By the end of the week,
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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
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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.
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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.