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PCC Courier, May 17, 1974
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OMD Celebrates
Annual Carnival
STUART SILVER
BILL KUPFERER
ROBERT CHAMPION
MARK DODGE
Four Seats Unclaimed
ASB Slates Election
By Sergio Caponi
News Editor
Only five candidates are running for
ASB and Student Senate offices this
semester. They have started their
electoral campaigns to let the students
know who they are, why they are
running, and what their objectives
would be if elected in the May 23, 24
ASB elections.
Stuart Silver, ASB president, is
running for a second term. He cited
some of the goals the ASB was able to
reach under his administration, with
special emphasis on the new ASB
Constitution, the creation of new, ef¬
fective committees working in dif¬
ferent areas, and a general improve¬
ment in the communication between
the ASB government and the students.
Silver pointed out that “responsible
and hard-working people” in the ASB
Cabinet made this semester a success,
and is looking forward to extending
such “teamwork” into the fall.
“It took me 12 weeks to learn this
job, and now that I’m getting a good
grasp on it, I feel that I should be able
to serve the student body of PCC even
more efficiently than this past
semester.” Silver is the only candidate
running for the ASB presidency so far.
Running for ASB vice president on
Silver’s same ticket is Bill Kupferer,
Freshman Class president. Calling
the year “very productive,” he is also
hoping to carry on his “good job” next
fall.
Kupferer was pleased with the many
committees and organizations that
were started by the ASB to help the
students. He mentioned among others,
the Child Care Committee, the
Transportation Committee and the
Peer Counseling Committee.
He is particularly excited about the
entertainment program in the Free
Speech area, which he considers an
overwhelming success. “Next
semester will be even better,” said
Kupferer. “More entertainment is
planned, and student organization will
become even stronger and more ef¬
ficient.” Kupferer is also the only
student running for his office.
Meanwhile, Senate Second Vice
President Robert Champion, who is
running for Senate president, com¬
mented on some of the reasons for the
apparent inefficiency of the Senate this
year.
He said there are about 350 nine
o'clock classes at PCC, which sup¬
posedly should have a representative
attending Senate meetings. According
to Champion, 35 was the maximum
attendance ever reached, with the
average attendance being even lower,
at 30.
“You are talking about Senate’s
inefficiency? Of course. If people do
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not participate, there is very little we
can do,” said Champion. “Students do
not realize how powerful the Senate
could be in making decisions and
controlling the ASB Board under the
check and balance system, if more of
them would show up at the meetings.”
Champion was also unhappy with the
low turnout of candidates for the
elections. He declared he would prefer
to see some responsible students
running against him for the Senate
presidency, rather than aiming at the
office “all alone.”
Once elected, Champion’s main
concern would be to present a series of
bills dealing primarily with the
parking facilities and car pools. He
suggested as an example, the idea that
car poolers should have what he ter¬
med “priority parking space.” More
simply, parking spots closest to the
buildings should be reserved to them.
Sharing Champion’s views but
running for Senate first vice president,
is Mark Dodge, chairman of the Senate
Constitution Revision Committee.
Noting that “this semester the
Senate hasn’t been doing so great,”
Dodge would reorganize the ad¬
ministration and make it more ef¬
ficient.
“Lack of efficiency has been our
problem all year long,” he said. “The
officers originally elected and ap¬
pointed resigned and the new ones did
not know what to do or where to start,
because there was nothing written
down about procedures to be
followed.”
Dodge’s main objective is to write
down these procedures in cooperation
with the Senate Board. He is the only
candidate for Senate first vice
president.
The lone candidate running for the
Associated Women Student president
is Barbara Jean Clay. Miss Clay took
part in many activities and received
her highest honors last fall when she
was elected Homecoming Queen. She
was not available for comment on her
candidacy.
Four vacant offices have no can¬
didates. They are AMS president,
Sophomore Class president, Athletics
president, and Senate second vice
president. The ASB government is
expected to fill the gap, by appointing
students to cover the positions.
OMD, the campus' highest order of
distinguished service, is holding its
annual carnival in the quad tomorrow
from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Various clubs and organizations are
sponsoring food booths, cake walks,
baseball throws and a dunk tank.
The festivities will be highlighted by
the crowning of the OMD Queen at 8
p.m.
An arts and crafts fair is also going
to be part of the event' It will run today
and tomorrow from 9 a.m. until dusk.
All the activity to be in the quad or
Free Speech area, continues from 10
a.m. until 10 p.m. tomorrow.
Selection of the carnival queen is
based on the amount of money
collected by the candidates for that
position. The girl collecting the most
money is the OMD Queen.
All monies go into a fund which
provides six scholarships annually.
Two of the scholarships are given to
incoming freshmen who have given
outstanding service to their school and
community as well as maintaining a
good scholastic record.
The Harbeson scholarships to go to
two PCC freshmen who are continuing
their education here, have given
outstanding service to the college and
maintained good grade averages.
Outgoing graduates who have given
service to PCC will receive the
remaining two OMD scholarships.
The funds raised for last year’s
scholarships was $1100 and this year’s
totals are expected to exceed that
amount.
OMD’s carnival has been a tradition
on campus since 1929. The club’s
purpose has always been to recognize
those members of the faculty and the
student body who have given out¬
standing service to the school.
Originally, the initials stood for
“Order of Mast and Dagger,” in
keeping with the school mascot
symbol, which was then a pirate.
After the mascot symbol was
changed to a lancer, the initials were
revised to denote the Greek letters
Omicron Mu Delta, an order of
distinguished service.
Each semester new members are
selected by the organization and all
funds from club-sponsored activities
are set aside for scholarships.
The carnival is open to all members
of the PCC community and their
guests.
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VOL. 37, NO. 12
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MAY 17, 1974
Black Culture Week Plans Include
Music, Displays, and 'Jane Pittman7
By Jean Johnson
and Charles Winston
Staff Writers
In commemoration of Malcolm X’s
birthday and in recognition of the
contributions given by blacks in the
making of this nation, PCC has
scheduled the Black Culture Week to
run May 20 to 24.
The event was started about five
years ago by Dean of Student Ac¬
tivities Phyllis Jackson and by Joe
Barnes, chemistry instructor. Similar
celebrations are held in campuses all
over the United States at this period of
the year.
Among the many activities
scheduled is a series of displays show¬
casing various art exhibits of black
heritage, which can be seen in the
Library. A Roto-Viewer also in the
Library will feature a slide program,
“We Are One People,” created by Jim
Crayton, PCC’s librarian.
TV monitors, located throughout
campus will show the film, “The Auto¬
biography of Miss Jane Pittman” from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. next Monday. The
film can be seen again on Wednesday,
from 2 to 4 p.m.
Jazz enthusiasts may look forward
to Tuesday, May 21, when the Fred
Clark Band is scheduled to perform in
Sexson Auditorium starting at noon.
Featured in the same show is im¬
pressionist Richard Powe.
On the same day, African headdress
designer Ruth Phillips is to display her
“wrap-in” series from 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. in the campus quad. She also will
demonstrate head-tie wrapping,
dashiki cutting and tie haltering.
The band “Utopian” brings music to
the Free Speech area from noon to 1
p.m. Thursday. Rod McGrew, disc
.jockey for radio station KJLH, is also
expected to appear.
Closing out the week’s activities on
Friday, the cosmetology section is
sponsoring a dance at 9 p.m. in the
Campus Center. Admission is 99 cents.
—Courier Photo by Rosemary G. Weiner
CLOWN FOR A DAY— OMD member Anita Ullman entertaining little
Shannon Asbury (left) and Neil Nelson (right) in the clown outfit she
will wear tomorrow for the OMD Carnival. Celebrations are scheduled
to run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Proceeds from the festival go to the
OMD Scholarship Fund.
Annual Literary Contest Winners
Revealed; Awards Given to Victors
Police Academy Graduates Students
The PCC Police Academy graduated
its 28th class yesterday. Forty-one
men and two women received cer¬
tificates from Dr. Armen Sarafian,
president of the college.
Charles Cherniss, Star-News editor;
Robert McGowan, chief of the
Pasadena Police Department; and
Capt. Millard Edwards, from the L.A.
County Marshal’s Department took
part in the ceremony-
The graduates have completed 13
weeks of training, most of it at the Civil
Defense Training Center in Eaton
Canyon.
They have spent four days a week,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the center. On
the fifth day the trainees put into
practice what they have learned by
working in the law enforcement
departments which have hired them.
Police departments from Pasadena,
South Pasadena, Arcadia, Sierra
Madre, San Marino, San Gabriel,
Burbank, Monrovia, Claremont and
the L.A. County Marshals send their
newly hired trainees to PCC. The
training is approved and certified by
the California Commission on* Peace
Officer Standards and Training
(POST).
John L. Sullivan, associate professor
in the police science division, served as
master of ceremonies. Sullivan is
retiring at the end of this semester.
READY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY-From left,
Donald C. Holman, Yolanda A. Loya, Marilyn D.
Diaz and Gary S. DeMille were among 43 students
who graduated from the PCC Police Academy in
ceremonies yesterday in Harbeson Hall. Ms. Loya
and Ms. Diaz were the only two women in the
class. Graduates completed 13 weeks of training
and are now full-time police officers and deputy
marshals. They will serve in the police department*
in Pasadena, South Pasadena, Arcadia, Sierra
Madre, San Marino, San Gabriel, Burbank,
Monrovia and Claremont.
The annual English Department
Literary Contest climaxes today with
the announcement of the winners.
Dennis Cooper won first place in the
poetry category with his entry of
“Moment in Accident.” In the essay
division, Virginia Dvorak won first
place for her work titled, “A Trip to the
Kitchen.” The first place winner in the
short story section is Steve King, with
“Night in Cut-Time” as his effort.
Second place and honorable mention
winners in the poetry category were
Charles Limmer for “Horse Auction,”
and honorable mentions to Samantha
Cochran, “The Sign Says Mill Valley;”
Dennis Cooper, “Some Children Play
Ball;” and Limmer again for “Sunday
Huntington Blues.” Jean Burden, a
well-known poet, was judge for the
poetry division.
Among the essay, entries, second
prize has been awarded to Trudy Jonas
for “Loneliness.” Honorable mentions
Pro Model Gives
Beauty Secrets
Away Wednesday
A professional model and former
actress, Maurine Dawson will speak to
interested students on grooming,
appearance and modeling on Wed¬
nesday, May 22 at noon in R122.
Next fall Miss Dawson will teach two
classes on modeling at PCC. “Fashion
Modeling, Self-Analysis” and
“Fashion Modeling, Commercial” are
the two classes and are the subject of
her lecture next week.
Miss Dawson has been acting for
over 20 years and has worked in tele¬
vision commercials. She has also
taught modeling and once was the
director of a John Robert Powers
modeling school.
With her varied background and
experience, she has come in contact
with many celebrities and plans to
bring them to talk to PCC students.
Vidal Sassoon, the famous hair¬
dresser, may be a guest lecturer on
campus next semester.
Miss Dawson will discuss self-
improvement and evaluation of one’s
appearance. She will also reveal
aspects of professional modeling. Her
students next semester will have the
opportunity to gain experience in
modeling for fashion shows.
A modeling agent as well as
professional models will be on hand to
speak and to demonstrate principles of
commercial modeling.
went to Margaret Poynter for
“Growing Up” and Kathy McManus,
“You Wouldn’t Understand.” Dr.
Charles Richter, Caltech seismologist,
judged the essay entries.
In the category of short stories,
second prize was awarded to Linda
Caputo, for “The Glass Roff.”
Honorable mention was given to Kent
Black, for “The Gallery.” John
Weston, a Cal State L.A. professor,
judged the short story entries.
First prize in each category is a $25
gift certificate donated by Vroman’s,
The Pasadena Book Co., and the
College Bookstore.
Second prize consists of $10 in each
category, provided by the English
Council, a student service organization
of the English Department.
The awards are scheduled to be
presented at the English Department
Awards Tea June 4, from 3 to 4 p.m. in
Harbeson Hall.
Jerene Cline is the faculty adviser
for the contest.
Senate Studies Constitution;
Peterson Leaves Presidency
The official resignation of ASB
Senate President C. Scott Peterson, a
discussion of the new Senate con¬
stitution and a report on the veterans’
situation at PCC highlighted the
Student Senate’s meeting this week.
Peterson’s resignation was because
of what he termed “academic
reasons.” He turned his position over
to the Senate first vice president, Kathi
Manley, who will remain in office the
rest of the semester.
Peterson’s move follows a series of
previous resignations of several of¬
ficers from both the ASB Board and
the Student Senate this year.
The chairman of the Senate Con¬
stitution Revision Committee, Mark
Dodge, presented the new Senate
Constitution which is now to be studied
for a week before senators take a final
stand on it next Tuesday.
Among the innovations introduced
by Dodge are four new offices which
are to be included by appointment in
the Senate’s cabinet next year.
The positions are the third vice
president, whose main purpose is to
take care of the Senate’s ad¬
ministration along with the president
and the vice president; the sergeant-
at-arms, designed, among other
things, to help the third vice president
in dealing with Senate committees;
and the recording and corresponding
secretaries, whose functions are to let
the students know about the Senate’s
activities.
Particular attention was given also
to a new constitutional provision
asking for mandatory senators’
participation in at least one committee
each semester.
According to Article IV, Section 1,
Clause 2, in the proposed Senate
constitution, “Each senator shall be
required to serve on at least one
committee each semester, or he may
be dropped from the Student Senate at
the discretion of the Senate officers.”
The clause would supposedly
“force” each senator to take more
active participation in the legislative
process, since, as the Senate first vice
president pointed out, the real bulk of
the Senate work is handled primarily
by its committees.
A third proposed clause demanding
that senators attend at least half the
meetings was rejected. Controversy
also arose on a totally new article in
the Senate Constitution specifying that
“A quorum shall exist when one-third
or more of those senators at a meeting
are representative senators.”
Representative senators are those
students representing their 9 o’clock
classes voluntarily.
The provision was disputed, and a
committee is now to work on the
percentage of those who must attend in
order for important business to be
voted on. It was suggested also that a
one-unit class be arranged to give
credit to senators and to solve the
attendance problem.
Discussion on the subject will con¬
tinue next week.
Meanwhile, Steve Cardwell,
member of the Veterans’ Committee,
reported on the veterans’ conditions on
campus.
Cardwell cited nationwide statistics
on veteran assistance, and said that
World War II veterans received more
benefits at that time than Vietnam
veterans are receiving now. He called
for the appointment of a special ad¬
ministrator on campus for coor¬
dinating veterans’ benefits, and asked
for the Senate’s endorsement and
moral support.
Cardwell is circulating a petition
that anybody can sign demanding that
a special coordiantor be instituted to
help the 1723 veterans now attending
PCC.