Holder Elected in Record Low Vote
Lama, McKee Fill
Back-up Positions
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Vol. 24, No. 16
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
May 31, 1966
By Russ Pooler
With an all-time low of student
participation, last week’s ASB
governmental elections proved the
lack of concern inhabiting the
great majority at PCC.
John Holder was elected pres¬
ident by a big margin over David
Punctured Pipe Peril
Problem Pondered
By Herb Hemming' and
David Laidig
A Caterpillar tractor cleai'ing
the foundation of the old Technol¬
ogy Building ruptured one of the
main gas lines into the Pasadena
City College campus last Thurs¬
day afternoon, sending dense gas
fumes throughout the campus
and causing the dismissal of aft¬
ernoon classes.
Richard Grene, operator of the
tractor for the National House
Wrecking Co., was ripping out
the cement foundation at 12:30
p.m. at the southwest corner of
the building, when one of the
teeth on the bucket of his trac¬
tor rammed the four-inch pipe.
“According to the plans (circa
1926), the pipe was supposed to
be six feet from the wall, but it
was actually only two,” Grene
said.
“I was just lucky there weren't
any sparks when the bucket hit
the pipe. If there had been, it’d
been all over,” Grene related.
Firemen and policemen even¬
tually evacuated the campus,
while the Southern California Gas
Co. workmen studied maps to
find the turnoff for the pipe. The
gas was finally turned off at ap¬
proximately 1:50 p.m., an hour
and a half after the puncture. The
valve was found in the middle of
Del Mar Boulevard.
Honor Grads
to Head Class
Nancy Lee Mangum, the Cali¬
fornia Junior College Woman of
the Year, was named valedicto¬
rian of the 1966 June graduating
class. Maria Acker was named as
the class salutatorian.
Administrative honors for ex¬
cellence in scholarship went to
seven top graduates selected from
1419 graduating sophomores, stat¬
ed Dr. Irvin Lewis, dean of stu¬
dent personnel services. They are
Miss Acker, Miss Mangum, Maur¬
een McKelvey, Joanne Marie
Mongold, Elizabeth Roberto, Jo-
Ann Smith, Richard Allen Sugita,
Terry Weir, and Patricia Wells.
Miss Mangum, who entered
PCC with honors as a gold seal
graduate from PHS, has copped
many honors for outstanding
scholarship and service. She is
a member of Alpha Gamma Sig¬
ma, Alpha Mu Gamma, Spartans,
the Senate, International Rela¬
tions Club, and the Model United
Nations delegation. Her interest
in international relations led her
to become the international stu¬
dent commissioner in the spring
of 1965. She plans to continue her
education at Stanford University
in the fall, where she will work
toward a PhD in history.
Salutatorian Miss Acker also
a gold seal graduate of PHS, re¬
cently was awarded the Altrusa
International Scholarship Award
and the California state scholar¬
ship, and was given honors extra¬
ordinary by the Social Science
Department. In preparing for a
career as an elementary school
teacher, Miss Acker has worked
as a teacher’s aide for the hu¬
manities team teaching program
for the gifted at PHS for two
years. After graduation this June
she plans to marry and to attend
Cal State LA.
The reason for the long delay
in shutting off the gas was due
partially to the fact that Del Mar
Boulevard was widened 10 years
ago and the gas company did not
realize that the valve was now
in the middle of the street.
“We usually try to repair the
pipe while the gas is still on,”
said Paul Bentz of the gas com¬
pany. “Due to the weather con¬
ditions, the gas was rising quite
rapidly and there wasn't that
much danger — people were just
scared.”
The gas shutoff left the Sexson
Auditorium stage, the Bookstore,
College Bank, coffee shop, Rob¬
bins Building, and the Women’s
Gym without gas.
After the valve was shut off,
the classrooms were aired and de¬
clared safe by the Fire Depart¬
ment. Dr. Armen Sarafian de¬
cided that because of the late
hour, because many students had
gone home, and because the smell
was still strong in several build¬
ings, classes should be dismissed
until 5 p.m.
Ten workmen from the gas
company repaired the pipe by 4
p.m. and destruction continued on
schedule. There was only one
drawback — wreckers did not
know whether the pipe ran
straight down the 110-foot build¬
ing or varied inside and outside
the wall. So man your gas masks!
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—Courier photo by David Laidig
JOHN HOLDER, ASB president-elect, sees a rosy outlook pinned
to the lapel of VP-elect Mike Lama. Holder plans to direct ASB
action toward what a majority of the students want.
Women's High Honor
Croup Taps 13*2
Amid shrieks and tears, 11 co¬
eds were tapped into Spartans
last Friday. The highest honor¬
ary women’s organization on cam¬
pus, Spartans selects women stu¬
dents for membership based on
— Courier photo by David Laidig and Larry WatTini
AFTER ALL THE SHOUTING the Courier was allowed to take a
picture of the scene of commotion that upset classes Thursday
afternoon. The Courier editor and a photographer were refused
admittance to the immediate area because they were students,
while outside press people were admitted without question.
New Pepsters Posted
Song gii'ls are singing and
cheerleaders are cheering. That is
to say, the winning song girls
and cheerleaders are, anyway.
Newly selected song girls and
the schools they last attended are
Susan Bevens, PCC; Sharon Can-
field, Temple City; Joyce Graw-
under, Temple City; Susie Milli-
can, PCC (head song girl) ; Carol
Schumacher, San Gabriel; and
Cheryl Thompson, La Canada.
Cheerleaders are Lynette Mer-
mi jo, Hawaii; Lynda Frame, Rose¬
mead; Nancy Gaines, Rosemead;
Marsha Geiger, PCC; Judy Mar¬
tin, PCC (head cheerleader) ; Gary
Simmons, Rosemead; and Sandy
Vanga, PCC.
Tryouts for song girls and
cheerleaders were held twice this
year. The nominations are com¬
pleted in May so that the girls
can perfect their routines in the
summer and be prepared for foot¬
ball season.
outstanding service and scholar¬
ship.
Each tappee was presented with
the Spartan sweater and a letter-
of congratulation by her Spartan
big sister.
The tappees are Diane Alpert,
Pam Cooper, Anastasia Dcovas,
Beth Jackson, Karen Patterson,
Cheri Richmond, Kay Riordan, Di¬
ane Sisco, Linda Stewart, Emily
Vezerian, and Judy Williams.
Two honorary members, Mrs.
Mary Lou Maxson and Mrs. Nor¬
ma Sullivan, were also tapped for
membership. Known as the
“Campus Center Mom,” Mrs.
Maxson is the Campus Center re¬
ceptionist. Mrs. Sullivan, a mem¬
ber of the English Department,
has given outstanding service in
her department and is chairman
of this year’s English colloquium
series.
For the first time in Spartan
history, two male students were
chosen for honorary membership.
Rich Cacioppo and Gerald Tambe
were honored for “perserverenee
extraordinary” for having tried
to become Spartan members.
The 13 tappees will be honored
at the semi-annual Spartan break¬
fast tomorrow morning at 7, in
the faculty dining room. The
Spartan scholarship and the Out¬
standing Spartan Award will be
presented by Cheryle Cale, Spar¬
tan president.
KPCS Extends
Broadcast Year
KPCS maintains its “Total Ra¬
dio” pledge by expanding the
broadcast year six weeks into the
first summer session. With the
help of the staff, it has been pos¬
sible to bring to listeners a fine
variety of excellent programs.
This summer workshop will be
entirely a student effort with all
work being done by the students
with a minimum of faculty super¬
vision.
The new staff for the summer
session is Richard Moore, pro¬
gram director; Julian Bender,
chief engineer; Tim Price, news
director; James Mason, director
of special events; Gary Galvin,
station liaison; and Steven Ber-
drow, public relations.
totaled 237 votes, while Laidig
got 59 and Zirbel polled 54.
A grand total of 361 students
cast their votes out of over 2900
ASB card holders on campus.
This is a 12 per cent turnout.
Named vice-president was
Michael Lama with 184 votes.
Runners-up were Nancy Jane Ur¬
ban, 64, and Beth Jackson, the
write-in candidate, 94.
The office of Senate president
went to Kent McKee, who sound¬
ly beat Greg Hicks, 266 to 54.
Sophomore Class president for
next semester is Richard Longo-
bardo. He easily defeated his op¬
ponent, Willie Loman, by a dis¬
tance of 150 votes, 211 to 61.
Steve Ito is the new AMS pres¬
ident with 121 ballots to 77 for
Bill Myers.
Anastasia Doovas tallied 100
votes to out-score her opposition,
Lynn Donaldson-Butler with 32,
to become AWS president for the
fall semester.
Others taking office in the fall
are Emily Vezerian, new Inter-
Club Council president, and Paul
Masamoto, elected International
Student Commission president.
Miss Vezerian was chosen at
the ICC meeting held last Thurs¬
day. Both she and Masamoto will
be on the ASB Board along with
all the others elected during last
week's balloting.
Two Senate vice-presidents, also
to be on the Board, will be elected
at the next Senate meeting.
All incoming officers will be in¬
stalled in the ASB Installation
and Recognition Banquet to be
held in the faculty dining room,
Friday evening, June 10.
The steady slip of student vot¬
ing throughout the years reached
the bottom this semester as the
previous low of 393 votes cast in
January, 1965, was beaten.
Last semester 468 voters storm¬
ed the polling booths at election
time. This is a far cry from the
record 1035 ballots totaled in Jan¬
uary of 1958.
In the past the Courier has
complained about the consistent
apathy of the students at the
polls. In June, 1955, the paper
said, “A scant 678 students out
of 2000 ASB card holders went
to the polls . .
As our student body grows, it
looks as if the concerned partici¬
pation in school affairs drops pro¬
portionately. This semester’s 12
per cent turnout displays accu¬
rately the mood of most every¬
one at the college— “Who cares?”
Association
Comes Back
Along come The Association to¬
day at noon in Sexson Auditori¬
um to unload its repertoire of
unusual musical arrangements
ranging from jazz to classically
oriented ballads.
Former PCC student, Russ
Guiguere brings the group back
to campus for this special awards
assembly to encore its current hit
record, “Along Comes Mary,” as
well as the soon to be released
album for Valiant Records.
Led by elf-like Gary Alexander,
the group includes Ted Bluechel,
drums; Brian Cole, bass; Terry
Kirkman, recorder and other in¬
struments; Jim Yester and Gui¬
guere, rhythm guitar.
Dick and DeeDee will be fea¬
tured at the OMD assembly,
Thursday at noon. The duo will
bring to the stage their road
show plus their top-selling songs,
“The Mountain’s High” and “Tell
Me.”
The assemblies are free to stu¬
dents with an ASB card and 75
cents for those without. Tick¬
ets will be on sale at the window
across the hall from the audito¬
rium.