PCC Courier, May 01, 1981

n vs once Lewis issumed the >e absence of jssor. Rude, /ith the pro- g other roles currently on lavia under a lgly felt that Ited on any Calvert em- icample of a turned from hat his posi- and subse- college. similar situ- lsidering the yed in bring- sent stature. Students Elected; Hold State Posts COMMITMENT RESTATED — Barry McGowan, Stu¬ dent Senate president, and Bob Carroll, student trustee, were recently elected to represent area nine in the California Community College Student Government Association. Carroll was elected to the CCCSGA's State Board, while McGowan was picked as vice president of the area. — Courier photo by Marge Wood By Lorna Moore Associate Opinion Editor As newly elected officials of the California Community College Student Government Association, Barry McGowan, Student Senate president, and Bob Carroll, Student Trustee, plan to “restate” PCC’s commitment to the association. At the association’s spring con¬ ference in Sacramento last weekend, Carroll was elected to the CCCSGA’s State Board representing area nine. McGowan was elected vice president of area nine. Although the CCCSGA was founded at PCC in 1945, the organization has seen a lack of interest and partici¬ pation from PCC and Southern Califor¬ nia in general, McGowan said. Carroll reasoned that “the north” has been more active because they are closer to Sacramento, its legislators and the CCCSGA’s central office. Since 1945, 108 community colleges have joined CCCSGA. Area nine, one of 10 geographic areas that make up the CCCSGA, has been “notoriously inconsistent,” said Car- roll. “For the last four years, one or both of our (State Board) represent¬ atives have dropped out. Our area was the laughing stock of the CCCSGA.” Area nine includes 11 community col¬ leges. Carroll, McGowan and other PCC ASB officers were “very inspired” by the conference and realized the need to take an active stance in the organiza¬ tion so that the important issues facing students would be dealt with effec¬ tively. . Tuition-free education, state funding for community colleges, student finan¬ cial aid and student rights are in danger, according to Carroll and McGowan. Because of these urgent issues, they felt active participation from the south, namely PCC, would be helpful in unifying the organization, thus enabling the CCCSGA to deal with the legislature more efficiently. McGowan will reside over area nine’s monthly meetings, the next one is scheduled May 12 at PCC. As area nine’s representative to the State Board, Carroll will be responsible for keeping abreast of upcoming legisla¬ tion in Sacramento and relaying it to his area. Carroll is also considering a position on the California Post Secondary Education Committee or the Student Aid Committee. some of the >f line, even iriiamentary ] th issue of lg on Senate las been set er of ethics, rliamentary •d members ieriod,” said class presi- y when you s, you’ve got students in feel. You’ve ■d, the ASB s completely e Senate to rd members this body,” esident. a supreme ;he Constitu- . meeting, and Senate) n on a ques- Constitution, to decide,” MAY 1. 1981 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA, CALIFORNIA VOL. 51, NO. 12 3BS teachers to iceptionists, >. keypunch choose the jck and ex- ГОР hourly 4RY slEL adena NOW College Related Subjects Addressed At Conference By Lorna Moore Associate Opinion Editor Tuition, student trustee advisory vote, and community college funding were issues of top priority at the California Community College Student Government Association’s Spring Con¬ ference in Sacramento last weekend. Associated Student Body officers from PCC participated in the three-day event, lobbying on student-related is¬ sues and meeting legislators. Bob Carroll, student trustee, Dana Hobart, ASB president, Larry Conover, Students Unlimited president and Barry McGowan, Student Senate presi¬ dent were among approximately 500 students from 79 of the 108 California community colleges that are members of the organization. The CCCSGA, founded in 1945 at PCC, holds a conference each fall and spring in Sacramento to discuss and vote on “position papers” submitted by students from the various colleges throughout the state. Position papers are proposals or stands on issues which are intended to influence legislative decisions in Sacramento. Spring Elections The main event at every spring conference is the election of the presi¬ dent and treasurer of the CCCSGA. Students from each of the 10 “areas” throughout the state also elect two representatives from their area to re¬ side on the CCCSGA’s State Board. This was a “land mark” year for the organization, according to Carroll, be¬ cause the Ethnic Minority, Women’s Aid Cuts, War Denounced InCAR Confronts Meyers By Mary E. Jones Staff Writer International Committee Against Racism (InCAR) representatives met with Superintendent-President Dr. Richard S. Meyers Tuesday to demand that he join forces with them to de¬ nounce government educational budget cutbacks and push for increased gov¬ ernment funding of aid to minority and low-income students. In an opening statement to Meyers, InCAR spokesman Neil Lester talked about students’ pressing financial prob¬ lems and the effects of President Rea¬ gan’s cutbacks on those students. “We’ve come to you because you’re responsible for carrying out those poli¬ cies . . . and we demand that you denounce them,” he said. Meyers, however, refused to reply to their demands saying, “I’ve never re¬ sponded to a demand in my life and I’m not going to start today.” After much discussion, the three-member commit¬ tee agreed to issue requests, not de¬ mands. “I’ve already denounced such cut¬ backs,” Meyers then replied, adding that he’s fought Washington in every way he knows how to get more money for programs. Budget Cutbacks InCAR representatives stated their belief that budget cutbacks are actual¬ ly attacks on minorities and poor whites. They feel that shortages are being developed by the U.S. govern¬ ment to force students into the military for combat in El Salvador. As a result, they asked Meyers to denounce U.S. plans for war in that country. “I denounce war in any form. I don’t know, however, that the U.S. has plans for war in El Salvador and I don’t have enough information to tie federal cuts to such a war,” Meyers said. Will you at least ban from campus all military recruiters and immigra¬ tion authorities? asked Laura Brown, head of PCC’s InCAR movement. “I believe in freedom of choice. Students can listen to you or a military re¬ cruiter. I’m not a judge to decide who they can or can’t listen to,” Meyers answered. However, according to Dr. Irvin G. Lewis, vice president of Stu¬ dent Personnel Services, military per¬ sonnel can not come on campus in a recruiting capacity, only in an informa¬ tional one. Another InCAR complaint dealt with the use of PCC’s year-end budget sur¬ plus which they feel should be used to help support students with financial problems. Meyers pointed out that all surplus money automatically becomes a part of next year’s budget and is now badly needed for all areas of the college. When asked to lower class size in all basic skills courses and hire more teachers for those classes, Meyers said, “It’s a good suggestion, if we had a larger budget, but since Proposition 13 we haven’t had the funds.” He added later that the Board of Trustees did agree to hire six additional English teachers for next semester because of the growing lack of reading skills at the college level. Meyers told the InCAR members (Continued on Page 6) Concerns and Physically Limited caucuses gained strong influence due to the election of Kathryn Clarke as president of the CCCSGA. Ms. Clarke, a student at Oakland Community Col¬ lege, is a black woman and is blind. Ms. Clar..e has been active as a represent¬ ative for the Physically Limited United Students Caucus. A big issue at the conference was a bill now before the Assembly that proposes a $25 college tuition fee per quarter for all students regardless of the number of units taken. The CCCSGA is lobbying against the bill. Albert S. Rodda, former Senator and “student savior” in the eyes of the CCCSGA, spoke to students at the conference on the issue. “Rodda pointed out that England, Germany and several Middle Eastern countries are patterning their college system after California’s tuition-free system while California is destroying theirs,” said McGowan. Rodda noted that one out of every 10 Californians are educated in community colleges. The education code stating that a student member to the Board of Trustees cannot have a vote is another important issue to the CCCSGA. The organization is behind Assembly Bill 1369 proposing that student trustees have an advisory vote and shall also be entitled to a prescribed compensation. The bill introduced by As¬ semblywoman Hughes, was coauthored by Assemblyman Vasconcellos who, according to Carroll, “has been just fantastic for students,” and “is the only one that will listen to student concerns.” Vasconcellos, who also spoke at the conference, is chairman of the As¬ sembly Committee on Ways and Means and is on the Assembly Education Committee. His speech emphasized that students not simply write their congressmen but rather see them in person and “not let them give you the runaround.” He advocated that stu¬ dents display “ ’60s type involvement” such as protests and rallies to get their voice heard. Conference Workshops There were several workshops at the conference urging students to run in (Continued on Page 6) ■ MEYERS ADMIRES — Superintendent- President Dr. Richard S. Meyers recently helped dedicate a room in the Campus Center to Omicron Mu Delta, PCC's highest honorary service organization. The room is set aside for OMD functions and meetings. — Courier photo by Bob Gano OMD Members Salute Tappees By Mike Mendez Contributing Writer Omicron Mu Delta, PCC’s highest honorary service organization, tapped 11 students for membership last Thurs¬ day at noon in the Free Speech Area. The tapping ceremony was held in conjunction with the christening of a room in the Campus Center set aside for OMD functions and meetings. OMD President Wynona Majied- Muhammad announced the tappees while Dr. Richard S. Meyers, super¬ intendent-president and honorary OMD president, presented students with their OMD membership cards. The tappees were Elizabeth Arvalo, Margaret Harris, Martha Kaiser, Tracey Lazzarino, Susan Limmer, Monica Lindrum, Monique Meindl, Ann Moore, Kathryn Shoetlin, Alexandra Smith, and Christopher Williams. PCC alumnus and OMD’s first presi¬ dent Nobu Kawai was on hand to dedicate the new meeting room. “Our original goals were to inspire com¬ munity service,” he said, speaking of OMD’s beginnings in 1927. “The con¬ cept of service is as old as civilization. The poor guy who gets out there and does the dirty work needs to be recog¬ nized.” Tapped in a similar ceremony in 1970, Dorothy Kolts, OMD faculty ad¬ viser, has worked with OMD members for many years. “Being a faculty ad¬ viser to a group of young people who really believe in sharing their time and talent with the campus and community is very exciting. These kids are ter¬ rific, very unselfish, sharing, and hap¬ py kinds of people.” Margaret Harris, a volunteer in the communications department, was sur¬ prised at her nomination. “It means a lot to me. I never understood what OMD was until I got tapped. It gives me a lot more confidence in myself and makes me feel that what I’m doing is worthwhile.” “It’s an honor. I’m really glad I made it,” said Elizabeth Arvalo. “I give 10 hours a week as a student assistant for the business department and I don’t think it’s that much work.” Alexandra Smith, College Students in Broadcasting president, wants to share her award. “It’s satisfying to be recognized for my efforts, but my award belongs in a large part to other members (of College Students in Broadcasting) that have been so ac¬ tive.” Several scholarships are available and will be awarded at that time. “We will be entertaining recommendations from the faculty and applications from students for tapping into OMD. They can get applications from the Campus Center receptionist and the informa¬ tion office in C Building,” Child Care Report The Child Care Information Report which was to be pre¬ sented to the Board of Trustees on Thursday, May 7, has been postponed. The presentation of the report will be scheduled for a future meeting. Second Annual Jog/Wheel-a-Thon Community Event Starts Tomorrow — Courier photo by Marge Wood InCAR DENOUNCES — International Committee Against Racism met Tuesday with Superintendent-President Dr. Richard S Meyers, demanding his support in their movement. Three committee representatives discussed issues with Meyers, while several others, displaying posters, looked on. By Betty Kossick Staff Writer The second annual Jog/Wheel-A- Thon Festival will be held tomorrow, May 2, at PCC’s Horrell Field, as a community event in cooperation with the goals of the International Year of the Handicapped. Roy Campanella, former Dodger’s baseball catcher, paralyzed from the waist down, will be one of the partici¬ pants in the event which features both the handicapped and the ablebodied. Community residents who want to entered the festival should arrive in time to begin with the early joggers, runners, walkers, crutchers and wheelers who will begin the laps at 9 a.m., to earn sponsors donations. An¬ other race at 10 a.m. will accomodate the late comers. Donors are asked to pledge a min¬ imum of 25 cents per lap, with a total minimum of $4. Pledge forms are available at the Handicapped Services department or at the site. In case of rain, the festival will be held Sunday, May 3. Pasadena Awareness, a community effort with the disabled (PACED), is the sponsoring organization. Proceeds will be used by PACED to further services to the disabled in the greater Pasadena area. Resources information about the 30 agencies which form PACED will be available at the all day festival, in addition to entertainment, crafts, dem¬ onstrations and food. The objective of the festival is to foster communication and interaction between the disabled and the ablebodied. The event will alfow in¬ terested persons to become familiar with the services available to the dis¬ abled and to show how individuals and organizations can adapt to accomodate the handicapped person’s needs.