PCC Courier, May 19, 1971

MAY 19, 1971 PC C CotViie Л, VOL. 33, NO. 26 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA Courier Photo, by Alan Zanger a street corner outside the Los Angeles Hall of MANSON GIRLS are interviewed by PCC law major, John Marshall. The girls are stationed on Justice in downtown LA. Courier Reporter Interviews Munson Ciris ut Courthouse Senate Prognosis: Patient Has Expired By SALLY HANDFORTH Our Senate is lying in a state of enrotunda in 208C. All mourn¬ ers are invited to raise the dead or perhaps just view it. The corpse makes an occasional motion or proposal, but the facul¬ ties that decayed sometime after the first two meetings are ob¬ structing any lifelike progress. A Frankenstein rebirth is being planned for this summer and any¬ one who would like to join in this raising of the dead is certainly in¬ vited. The Senate moved last Tuesday to try to get a Senate moving this spring for a giant takeoff next fall, but that won’t happen unless someone cares enough to help make some decisions about how and what PCC functions will be. It is up to some of the gross idealists to realize that student government, however immovable it may seem, has some affecting decisions on the rest of the stu¬ dent body. Perhaps the best way to put it to some of you would be to explain that the Senate could be a body of student movement, opinion or revolution by meeting the Faculty Senate eye to eye. A vote, in the Senate to be car¬ ried as a motion of the entire body must have the participation of 95 senators. Our Senate has close to 20 people oatmealing their way through decisions that won’t really be recognized. Last week the Senate tried to decide on a book exchange and a store audit. They also tried un¬ successfully to enact a fair way of selecting a “Teacher of the Year.” Victor Amick proposed a “class description manual,” in which the teacher would give a “statement of policy,” but the idea was quick¬ ly put into a committee of one — Amick — to research the possibili¬ ties of his own idea. So much more is possible from a school of this size. Perhaps the officers are responsible for their poor progress. Perhaps the lunch hour spent in the Senate is too laborious for our hungered students, but the Senate is hungry for new people and a few new systems. Come to 208C to feed in your ideas and your help, Thursday at noon. Ecology Action To Hold Bike Raffle The Ecology Action meeting held yesterday at 12 noon in 108E announced a new project that will soon get underway. The committee voted in favor of raffling off a bicycle, which hopefully will be donated. Objec¬ tive of the project is to motivate students toward the idea of bi¬ cycles and away from the idea of automobiles. Bicycles are sane, safe, and smogless, which accounts for the 80 per cent rise in bicycle sales in the last year. Mrs. Dorothy Kolts’ journalism classes recently went on a field trip to the LA County Hall of Justice. Several students found different sources for interviews; among those were the “Manson girls,” who are stationed outside the courthouse on a street corner. The following interview was made by John Marshall, a PCC law major who is also a Courier reporter: Q. Could I have your names? A. Sandy, Kitty, Kathy, and Sue. Q. How old are you? A. We’ve been ageless since we first got together. We get younger every day. Q. How do you eat and sleep? A. People bring us fruits and vegetables to eat. We sleep in the truck that is parked over on the other corner. Q. Have you received much ha¬ rassment ? A. Constantly, from a million different sources, also a thousand parking tickets. Q. Why have you all cut X’s into your foreheads? A. It stands for the fact that we have X’ed ourselves out of so¬ ciety, as we see it, as it is. Q. Do you believe Charles Man- son is innocent? A. Yes. The murders were com¬ mitted out of love for Bobby Beausoleil. When he was arrested for a murder he did not commit, DRAMA REVIEW Doubts Are Dispelled; 'David, Lisa' Is Praised By DAVID PLEHN I admit to having my doubts when I was told that PCC drama students were presenting “David and Lisa,” a tender story about life in a clinic-school that deals with emotionally disturbed young¬ sters. The last play that PCC pre¬ sented was “As You Like It,” which featured some fine per- Black Culture Brothers and sisters: This is Black Culture Week. As we join together in this celebration we join cooperatively. Brothers and sisters are moving together today in preparation for Black Culture Week so that we can be entertained and given insight into today’s happenings. All of us should be a part of the reac¬ tion to the chain of coming to¬ gether to benefit from the re¬ sources we have drawn to cele¬ brate this week. Co-op Village Development salutes Black Cul¬ ture Week and you, the people. Cooperation is what Co-op Vil¬ lage is all about — 798-0873. formances, but was pretty much standard fare as far as college productions go. I am happy to report that my doubts were dispelled last Thurs¬ day night when I witnessed a truly outstanding performance of “David and Lisa.” The entire drama section should be commended for its handling of the story, which reveals the weak¬ nesses of “Love Story” and the other “heart-rendering” cornball stories. The production of the play was quite imaginative, including the effective handling of flashback sequences which were necessary to tie the complex plot together, and an ambitionus, to say the least, dream sequence, which is on film. The performances of the cast were superb. Pat Wilson, as Lisa, plays the part of a young schizo¬ phrenic who is the most disturbed of the teenagers at the clinic. She is fantastic, playing the part with childlike abandon and avoiding the stiffness that many young actors and actresses display. Christian Stance, as David, is • Continued on Page Four Linda Kasabian suggested that the girls go out and commit copy¬ cat killings to make it look as though Bobby wasn’t the guilty one, which he wasn’t. Q. Have you ever mentioned any of this to the district attor¬ ney? A. The district attorney would¬ n’t want to hear that. Q. How about the news media? A. They’re just a mouthpiece for the district attorney’s office. They feed the public on fear of the criminal, so they can put more people into jail. The public wants to hear sensational insanity. They have used Charlie and this trial as public entertainment. Q. How long are you prepared to stay here? A. We’re here until all our brothers are out of jail, until Charles Manson gets out. Char¬ lie’s innocent; he doesn’t belong there. Q. What about the girls? A. They’re guilty; they confess¬ ed to the murders. We’re here un¬ til all of the brothers are out of jail. Q. Do you believe he will get out? A. Yes. The opinions above belong only to the girls who participated in the interview. The Courier, in re¬ producing this interview, does not mean that it is in any way taking a stand on the Manson trial. Lincoln High Ballet Folklorico To Give Benefit Performance The Ballet Folklorico of Lincoln! High School in Los Angeles willl give a benefit performance Fri¬ day, June 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Sex- son Auditorium, according to a representative of the Mexican- American Steering Committee. The performance will provide funds for scholarships to be given to deserving students. The cast is made up of 75 Lin¬ coln High School students who will perform regional dances of exico and the Mexican- American community. Tickets will be sold at the door. Prices are $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12. Tickets may also be purchased at the head¬ quarters of the Mexican-American Steering Committee, located at 118 S. Oak Knoll. Anyone wishing further infor¬ mation is urged to contact Miss Moretoni at the Mexican-Ameri¬ can Steering Committee office. Folk, Jazz Concert To Aid Free Clinic Caltech students will stage a benefit folk and jazz concert and rock dance for the Foothill Free Clinic Saturday night, May 22. The concert will be held on the second floor of Caltech’s new Bax¬ ter Hall (on San Pasqual between Michigan and Chester avenues), and the dance following will be in Dabney Hall and gardens. Both events are being sponsored by the Caltech YMCA. Although there is no admission fee, voluntary contributions will be solicited at the concert and the dance. Those who donate $10 or more in advance will be benefit patrons. Performers at the concert will be Jackson Browne, Kate Wallace, Symbia, and Ancient Clay. Browne was recently on the bill at the Troubadour in Hollywood and at the Bitter End West. Kate Hiking Club To Spend 3 Days in Death. Valley Members of the Highlanders Hiking Club will meet in the Sierra Bonita parking lot Saturday, May 29, at 8 a.m. to begin their three- day trip to the Death Valley area. High point of the trip will be an ascent of 11,000-foot Telescope Peak. On a clear day, the view from the summit is said to be one of the best in America. Death Valley is visible to the east, with the lowest point in the contiguous U. S. The group will backpack part way up Telescope to Arcane Meadow, making a dry camp for which each participant must carry at least two quarts of water, then continue the ascent the next day. The return trip will be through Death Valey, with as much side trip sightseeing as time will allow. Cost of the trip will be $12 per person ($4 for central commis¬ sary, $8 for transportation). Signup deadline is Tuesday, May 25, in 138C, and those under 21 must have a parent’s consent slip on file. Counselor Russell Mohn and his wife will be in charge. Wallace recently appeared at the Pasadena Ice House. Symbia and Ancient Clay are Caltech student groups. Symbia is composed of two men and two girls who sing and play their orig¬ inal songs. Ancient Clay just re¬ turned from participating in the Pacific Coast Jazz Festival Com¬ petition. The rock dance will feature films, a light show, and free re¬ freshments. The Foothill Free Clinic, a treatment center specializing in problems of teenagers and young adults, has seen more than 8000 people, mostly teenagers, since its incorporation in 1968. Those who wish to contribute to the clinic’s benefit fund may send checks to the Caltech Y, 1201 E. California Blvd., Pasadena 91109.