PCC Courier, March 26, 1969

DR. JULIAN NAVA will speak at the convocation at 1 p.m. today in Sexson Auditorium. Nava is a professor of history at San Fer¬ nando Valley State. He is active in the fight for Mexican-American studies. Dr. Julian Nava, Others Probe Urban Problems in PCC Talks “Crisis in the Cities,” theme of the 1969 Convo¬ cation, is again being probed, this week by such notable figures as Daniel Watts, Dr. Julian Nava, and Prof. Joseph Lyford. Watts spoke last night as “A Voice from the Ghetto.” Beginning the programs this morning was a presentation by Lyford, a professor of jour¬ nalism at the University of California at Berkeley. Lyford is the author of the highly praised book, “The Airtight Case,” which delves into the social problems in America. “The Talk In Vandalia” in another of his literary accomplishments. The book deals with the problems and decline of the rural community. The topic of Lyford’s speech was “The Des¬ perate City.” Two faculty-student discussion panels are being held today at 11 a.m. The first is being held in 200C. ft will discuss “The Impact of Man on His Environment.” Panelists will be Dr. John Babel, William Cotton, Dr. Stanley G unstream, John Mad¬ den, and three student biology majors. The second faculty-student panel will attempt to answer the question “What Does the Student Want from a Community College?” Panelists will be Dr. Delmas Bugelli, Jim Bowler, Burt Clemons, Robert Corral, Alicia Floyd, Dr. Irvin Lewis, Rich¬ ard Peirce, and Dr. John Tulley. Dr. Nava Here Dr. Julian Nava will speak at 1 p.m. in Sexson Auditorium. He is a member of the Los Angeles City Board of Education, Office Number Three, and is now serving as a professor of history at San Fer¬ nando Valley State College. Dr. Nava has had teaching experience through¬ out the world. He has been assigned to such places as Spain, Colombia, and Puerto Rico. He has also been involved in many professional civic activities during his career. He was a member of Mayor Yorty’s Committee to Preserve the History of Los Angeles, was the founding director of the Great Lakes College Association Center in Bogota, Colombia, was president of the Pacific Coast Coun¬ cil on Latin American Studies, was a member of the governing board of the Inter-America Institute for the California State Colleges, and is a member of the Community Advisory Committee at UCLA. Future Sessions Future sessions of the convocation will fea¬ ture Franklin H. Williams, Dr. Harlan Hatcher, and two other faculty-student discussion panels on Tuesday, April 8. Williams is a former ambassador to Ghana, and is now serving as director for the Urban Center at Columbia University. A member of the bar of both New York and California, Williams has appeared before the United States Supreme Court in numerous cases in which fundamental questions of constitutional rights were resolved. Dr. Hatcher will appear at the Tuesday Eve¬ ning Forum on April 7, and he will speak at the convocation the following day. The first faculty-student discussion group will consider the topic “The American Value System: Can We Resolve Our Problems With Our Values?” The second will probe “Urban Deviant Behavior.” Vol. 31, No. 6 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California March 26, 1969 Student Unrest, Involvement Are Topics of Speaker Monagan Student Store Deficit Blamed For ASB Financial Problems By MARY JO YOUNG Robert T. Monagan, Speaker of the Assembly for the state of Cali¬ fornia, spoke on “The State Legis¬ lature and Student Unrest” in 200C last Thursday at 9 a.m. He began by giving a reason for the campus unrest. According to Monagan, “The problem is that middle class kids are trying to fight the affluent society of their parents. “Seventy-five bills have been introduced to the legislature to counter the ‘revolution’.” They are all major legislation concerning current problems. The legislature is having difficulty be¬ cause there are no precedents for the actions which must be taken. “The legislators and adminis¬ trators are aware that they can¬ not stop the campus dissent, but, according to Monagan, “they should channel dissent into bene¬ ficial force which could im¬ prove society.” Things do not improve when destruction and violence are used. According to Monagan, “Dissent is healthy and necessary. Man¬ kind is gambling with the future of the species not only by jug¬ gling bombs, but by ruining our Colloquium on Greece H. Woodrow Ohlsen, chairman of the English Department, will present a slide lecture, “A Tour of Classical Greece” at the Eng¬ lish colloquium Friday at noon in Harbeson Hall. Athens was his home base for more than three months while he was on sabbatical leave last year. Ohl- sen will cover contemporary Athens to the classical period of the fifth and sixth centuries B.C. and to the Byzantine ar¬ chitecture, paintings, and mosa¬ ics of the middle ages, accord¬ ing to Ben Rude, colloquium series chairman. natural resources — pollution of air and water. “In finding a solution to the campus dissorders, we must turn to the young people, states Mona¬ gan. “The power of the young minds is essential. The establish¬ ment does not have all of the an¬ swers, although it is aware of the problems.” In the ghetto, present in every major American city, the govern¬ ment needs the help of the citi¬ zens in order to act. “We need the citizen commitment.” Another massive commitment is required in the state colleges and universities. They must be saved from destruction, emphasizes Monagan. Violence Incompatible The educational system is in¬ compatible with the violence now occurring on many college, univer¬ sities, and even high school cam¬ puses. The legislature and admini¬ stration have been forced to grapple with these problems ; they have received not one iota of help from the various campus groups. "The problem is presented to the legislature from two strong opposing forces — the militant fac¬ tion, versus the taxpayers. A mid¬ dle group is needed to direct the dissent into the proper channels.” The theory of dissent was ex¬ plained by Monagan as a series of concentric circles. The largest out¬ er circle represents the concerned students who want better teachers and courses, the next circle is embittered students, the next is the militant teachers and students who advocate power. The black militant follows a theory of neo- fascism, and the final circle is termed the “wreckers” by Mona¬ gan. These wreckers are those who tear apart and destroy uni¬ versities. In order to halt the violence, and find a solution to the prob¬ lems, we must combine with wis¬ dom to treat the root causes of the dissent as well as the symp¬ toms. According to Monagan, many absurb and ridiculous bills have been presented. One of the more ridiculous calls for the construc¬ tion of a steel fence around the universities and armed guards en¬ forcing the rules. Extreme Measures Instead of these extreme mea¬ sures, Monagan insists that the campuses be kept open, that the legislators make open decisions, and that the students, faculty, and administration reason together. Monagan wants to expand the level and quality of higher educa¬ tion, but to do this, legislative and governmental action are not enough. There must be a com¬ mitment on the part of the stu¬ dents, teachers, and businessmen also. The speech came to an end, and a question and answer session was staged. One of the questions asked concerned the right of teachers to submit ideas to the ad¬ ministration about what should be taught in the classes. Monagan answered by saying that the teachers already had the right, but that they did not exercise it. According to Monagan, the teachers have a lot of control over what is taught in the classes, but the administrations were the groups which were more recep¬ tive to change than the faculties were. After the question and answers, Monagan took a moment to give a pitch to the students to get in¬ volved with government, especial¬ ly at the state level, where he said, “the governing procedures are the most workable.” Spring Concert PCC’s Music Department an¬ nounces its “Spring Concert” in Sexson Auditorium, tomorrow night at 8:20. Music offered will include Gounod, Kirk, Mo¬ zart, Tschaikovsky, and Barber. Admission is free. By MARY JO YOUNG The Associated Student Body is in financially poor position right now. According to Raoul Gagne, finance commissioner, “We are struggling along now, but are working on a plan to alleviate the problem next semester.” The Finance Commission is hoping that the book store sales will bring in more of the badly needed funds, but that occurrence seems unlikely at this time, since the books for this semester have already been purchased. The income from the book store was previously predicted at a total of $35,000. This amount was to have made up over half of the total funds for the budget alloca¬ tions. The amount which was act¬ ually taken in from the book store totaled only $20,000, missing the estimated mark by $15,000. The estimated total income was set at $56,179 and an expenditure list was formulated at the same amount. Many of the approved ASB grants failed to come to the estimated marks when it came to distributing the funds. The plan to alleviate this press¬ ing problem for this semester is to reappropriate funds from areas which have an overabundance of funds to those areas which have a deficit. Some of the areas operating with very low funds are the As¬ semblies Commission, which was promised $4000 and has gotten $1150; the Elections Commission, which was promised $40 and is $19 in the hole; the Pep Commiss¬ ion which was to have $1520, but has only $4, and women’s sports which was promised $1600 but has only $830. According to Gagne, “This re¬ distribution of funds should take care of the problem for this semester, anyway. Of course, we will have to have the approval of the board before we begin the pro¬ cess.” • Continued on Page Four DR. HARLAN HATCHER, world authority on the growing problems of the emerging megalopolis, will speak on an aspect of the crisis in our cities at Convocation '69 on Tuesday, April 8 from 10 a.m. till noon in Sexson Auditorium.