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PCC Courier, November 02, 1973
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Vasquez Plans
Extravaganza
MAKING IT WORK— ASB President Gene Vasquez
consults Dr. Armen Sarafian, president of the
college, on plans of the four-day extravaganza
scheduled for Dec. 12 through 15. A concert by the
—Courier Photo by David Rust
Ike and Tina Turner Revue and other activities are
designed to cover the entire campus and include
participation from students, faculty, and the
community as well.
By David Rust
Assistant Managing Editor
If the ASB Board approves it, and
the student government can pull it off,
the biggest celebration in PCC’s
history will take place on this campus
Dec. 12 through 15.
Scheduled activities will include a
concert by the Ike and Tina Turner
Revue, booths and displays by all clubs
and organizations on campus, a car¬
nival, a dance, athletic events, battle
of the bands, an art show, plays, and a
special Toys for Tots program.
The four -day extravaganza planned
and coordinated by Gene Vasquez,
ASB president, is designed to cover the
entire campus and include par¬
ticipation from students, faculty, and
the community as well.
The festivities will center around
PCC CouAieA
VOL. 36, NO. 5
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 2, 1973
five major campus areas, including
Horrell Field, the Quad, the Campus
Center, Harbeson Hall and parking lot
No. 1.
Ike and Tina Turner, the main at¬
traction, will perform on a specially
constructed stage in the middle of
Horrell Field. The concert contract
has already been confirmed contingent
upon the authorization of funds by the
ASB Board.
Other activities planned for the
athletic field are a car exhibition
featuring dragsters, funny cars, and
custom cars, and a vaquero demon¬
stration or rodeo.
Athletic events slated for Horrell
include a Junior Olympics for junior
high school students and a powder puff
football game between all interested
female student body members.
The female football teams will be
chosen by the AWS president and
coached by members of the Lancer
football squad.
On the Quad, 68 campus clubs and
organizations will sponsor more than
30 booths and another 30 to 40 exhibits
under the direction of the Interclub
Council.
The booths and displays will consist
of food and games with crafts and
ceramics demonstrations in the center
of the Quad.
An art and photo show will be
Latreille Proposes ASB
Separation of Powers
By Pam Beerer
News Editor
“If student government goes on as it
is now it will become extinct,” says
Andre Latreille, newly elected ASB
Senate president.
“There has been a breakdown of
communication, everyone is working
against each other, and a couple of
officers are off on their own power
trips.
“The ASB Board is not informed of
what’s happening. Gene Vasquez (ASB
president) gets his own clique together
to make decisions. For instance, all 10
committees were formed and chair¬
men appointed without the approval of
the ASB Board,” continues Latreille.
Board members include ASB
president and vice president, Senate
president and two vice presidents,
presidents of AMS, AWS, ICC, Fresh¬
man and Sophomore classes, Athletics
and International Student com¬
missions, and representatives from
BSU, MECHA, United Natives and
Asian Students.
Latreille wants to strengthen student
government by breaking down ASB
Board power. “It’s a one-man show.
The dictatorship won’t last,” says
Latreille.
“Vasquez basically has good ideas,
but I’m against his ramrodding. He
won’t listen to others. His way is the
only way. As a result, he’s alienated a
lot of people.”
Latreille’s intention is to pattern
PCC’s government after USC, UCLA
and the U.S.
The executive would be an executive
board, similar to the present ASB
Board, but without Senate representa¬
tion. The executive would have a veto
power over Senate legislation.
The second branch would be the
Senate. This body would have the
power to appropriate funds and initiate
legislation.
The Supreme Council would be the
judicial branch. Latreille wants an
elected chairman. This group would
act as a mediator and would also be a
court, to administer penalties to
student offenders of college rules and
regulations.
Manuel Lopez, new ASB vice
president, agrees government
shouldn’t be a one-man show. “It’s up
to the students to get involved to
remedy the situation.”
Lopez likes Vasquez’ ideas, but
doesn’t agree with sweeping impeach¬
ment of class officers and club repre-
Musical Revue
Remembers Old
Days, Bands
A nostalgic look at the first six
decades of the century will fill the
minds and hearts of those attending
“Remember Yesterday?” in Sexson
Auditorium tomorrow night at 8.
A great variety of entertainers will
present the musical revue, which is a
benefit for the Pasadena Senior Center
and the Retired Senior Volunteer
Program.
PCC’s Sandpipers, under the
direction • of Stennis Waldon, are
presenting “You’re a Good Man,
Charlie Brown.”
The Ambassadors from the Boys’
Club of Pasadena is an instrumental
group that will play swing and jazz
music from the first half of this cen¬
tury.
Other entertainers are the Sunshine
Company, a barbershop quartet, and
the Starlite Kitchen Band, a group of
Covina senior citizens who use kitchen
utensils and instruments for their
music-making.
Interspersed with the musical
groups, volunteer actors and
musicians will present a story and
theme music illustrating the years 1900
to 1950.
Admission for students is $1.50 and
general admission is $3. Tickets may
be purchased at the door.
sentatives. “The ASB Board should
function as one big family. Vasquez
should tell them in detail what their job
is and help them accomplish their
goals.”
The new Freshman Class president,
Steve Kosch, sets his goals toward
social activities.
“So few people on campus really
know each other. I would like to have a
‘Hi’ Week to encourage everyone to get
acquainted.”
Kosch will appoint a Freshman
Council from applications. Any fresh¬
man is eligible.
All student body officers can be
contacted upstairs in the Campus
Center where they maintain offices.
800 Bananas
Used in the
Biggest Split
A foot-long banana split costs 25
cents in Collegeville, Pa. on Nov. 7.
Ursinus College students plan to
build the world’s largest banana split
on the hockey field.
The enormous U-shaped confection
will be 600 feet long. It will consist of
800 bananas, 150 gallons of vanilla ice
cream, and 12 gallons of chocolate,
pineapple apple and butterscotch
syrup. A sea of whipped cream and two
million cherries will be the crowning
glory.
The purpose of this architectural
delight is to raise money for the newly
opened student union.
Cafeteria
Decreases
Food Cost
Mel Jackson, cafeteria manager, is
keeping his promise, and some
cafeteria food prices are going down.
Starting Monday, Nov. 5, prices on
eggs, bacon, sausage and hamburger
will be lower.
Hamburgers formerly costing 80
cents will now cost 75. The 60-cent
hamburgers will drop to 55 cents, while
eggs, bacon and sausage will come
down five cents in price, from 20 to 15
cents.
The price cuts are the result of a
promise made by Jackson and R & R
Foods when they were given a price
increase at the beginning of the
semester.
Because of high wholesale prices,
the cafeteria needed a price increase
to make a profit. At that time, Jackson
said, “If the wholesale prices go down,
we’ll voluntarily lower our prices.”
Now that the price index has
decreased on several food items, R & R
Foods is lowering its prices ac¬
cordingly.
“We are keeping our word,” said
Jackson. “If the wholesale prices
continue to drop, we can ask for more
decreases in the future.”
Rooter Bus
Available for
Bakersfield
For those interested in leaving the
driving to someone else, a rooter bus
will be departing for the Bakersfield
game Saturday at 3 p.m. The fare for
the trip up and back is $4.25 and, the bus
will leave from the Colorado and Hill
parking lot.
The Lancer Club is also planning to
send two buses to the game. Their
price is $8 which includes a meal and
other goodies.
I A WOMAN— Although Shannon isn’t quite old
enough to go to college, other women students of
PCC are invited to attend Women’s Week, Nov. 5 to
11. Activities scheduled include a special seminar
—Courier Photo by James Douglas, Jr.
for women dealing with vocational interests,
conducted by LaVera Garcia, counselor. Students
who are interested in other activities planned
should contact Betty Lou Curtis, AWS president.
Tranquility, Fruit, Rum
Provide Key to Youth
The Tuesday Evening Forum will
present “The People of Vilcabamba—
The Shangri-la Where People Live to
Be Over 130 Years Old,” Tuesday,
Nov. 6, at 7:30 in Sexson Auditorium.
Guest speaker will be Dr. David
Davies, an anthropologist and lecturer
at London’s University College.
The lecture includes color slides and
a film showing an idyllic valley in
Equador where being well over 100
years old is considered normal.
People of Vilcabamba (an Indian
name meaning sacred valley) survive
on a remarkable diet of fruit and
vegetables with very little meat. They
drink herbal tea and four or five
glasses of homemade rum a day. They
also smoke 40 to 60 cigarettes a day
made from the tobacco grown in their
gardens.
Dr. Davies has studied primitive
people in many parts of the world. He
first heard about Vilcabamba two
years ago, during an expedition to the
Galapagos Islands, off the South
American west coast.
He decided to go to Equador and find
the valley. It was a rough journey over
dangerous mountain roads and under a
torrential rain.
“Then, suddenly, we turned a corner
and the sun was shining. There was a
gentle breeze and a beautiful, tranquil
valley opened before us,” says Dr.
Davies.
Vilcabamba is 4500 feet above sea
level. Its climate is ideal, with a steady
temperature of 63 degrees and a
constant cool breeze blowing from the
mountains. The valley has been
peaceful for four centuries. There have
been no earthquakes.
Between 4000 and 5000 people live in
Computerized Car Pool
Suggested By Chavez
A computerized car pool service
may be available to PCC students in
the near future. In a meeting of the
Faculty Parking Committee, a
proposal calling for computerized car
pool services for student drivers and
riders, was submitted by Joe Chavez,
chairman of the Student Tran¬
sportation Committee.
The proposal calls for the creation of
a car pool office staffed by paid
student personnel to organize and
monitor a student car sharing
program.
It also seeks the help of the campus
computer center to match and syn¬
chronize students’ schedules.
The purpose of the plan is to ease
campus parking problems, fight air
pollution, and help students
economically, by cutting gas and car
maintenance costs.
The Faculty Parking Committee will
meet next week to review the car
pool’s budget and decide whether to
allot the money to finance it.
The computer car pool service will
be modeled after the Burroughs’
Corporation of California plan which
has worked successfully for its em¬
ployees.
Many car pool services have been
started in various colleges across the
country, although several have failed.
Chavez says the success of the
program depends on the interest of the
students and the continuity of their
interest.
Three years ago there was a similar
program started at PCC, but when the
semester ended the students lost in¬
terest and the program failed.
To remedy this situation, Chavez
described plans to carry over the work
of the student committee from
semester to semester. This, according
to him, would help maintain student
interest and keep the program intact.
ACT APPLICATIONS
A student who wishes to take the
Dec. 8 ACT must apply to the
American College Testing program
on or before Nov. 12. Applications
may be obtained in C216.
the valley. They are pure descendants
of the Spaniards who came to conquer
South America 400 years ago. Ac¬
cording to Dr. Davies, they have
retained their pure Spanish blood
because there has been no cross
breeding with the Indians.
They are Roman Catholics, and the
two oldest men, Miguel Carpio and
Jose David, aging respectively 123 and
142, have baptismal certificates to
prove their age. The Russians have
also claimed to have the world’s oldest
men and women, but they don’t have
records to prove their claim. Dr.
Davies says that the presence of such
records in Vilcabamba, makes this
group much more likely to be
authentic.
What, then, is the secret of these
people’s eternal youth?
It is Dr. Davies’ opinion that more
research is needed. Some Equador
doctors think it is the tranquility' of
their life. They don’t comprehend the
outside world of cities and bustle. They
are entirely free of stress; heart
disease and cancer are comparatively
uncommon.
“Most people die from falling over
mountains or catching Hu from out¬
siders,” says Dr. Davies.
“There are intriguing puzzles in
their diet. They only eat about half a
ounce of meat a week. Yet meat is
supposed to be good for you. They
smoke all those cigarettes which are
supposed to be killers. And they take
rum regularly, although over-
indulgence in alcohol is bad for you.
But the things they consume are
unrefined, which may be the vital clue.
Another factor may be their tea, which
is made from a type of quinine bark. I
don’t think they have some magic
elixir.
“I have studied primitive people in
many places, from cannibals in New
Guinea to Eskimos in the Arctic, but
these are the most extraordinary
people I ever met. They are noble,
extremely cultured and quite
literate.”
According to Dr. Davies, there is no
sign of senility even in the oldest of the
Vilcabambans. They seem to keep all
their faculties up to the time they die.
exhibited in the Campus Center, with
paintings, drawings and sculpture by
PCC students.
A dance in the Campus Center,
featuring the winner of the battle of the
bands, is scheduled for the third day of
activities.
The Free Speech Area will spotlight
special acts such as the Ballet Folk-
lorico and other entertainment to be
arranged.
Rides and games of all types and
descriptions are planned for parking
lot No. 1.
A commercial carnival will come to
campus, at no cost to the ASB, and not
only provide entertainment, but give
the student government a percentage
of the gate.
In Harbeson Hall, the celebration
will range from a magic show to
several one-act plays. There will be
clowns, special guest celebrities and a
battle of the bands. The bands, from
northeast Los Angeles, will battle for
the right to be the warmup act of the
Ike and Tina Turner program.
Christmas spirit will be present in
Harbeson Hall, as the members of the
Student Senate have donated a 30-foot
Christmas tree for all students to
decorate.
Although Vasquez said that “all
plans are confirmed; it’s going to
happen,” the ASB president faces
many major obstacles before the
December spectacular can become a
reality.
Financial problems are the biggest
concern.
“The financial aspect scares me,”
said Dr. E. Howard Floyd, vice
president of the college.
The concert will cost $9000, while
security, clean up and all operational
costs have not yet been determined.
Vasquez estimated the total cost of
festivities at just over $10,000.
John Eikenbery, dean of student
activities, estimates the cost a lot
higher. “Security alone will cost from
$500 to $700.” The ASB now has ap¬
proximately $10,000 in its unap¬
propriated reserve fund. This money is
supposed to be divided between
student government both this semester
and the next.
Dean Eikenbery said that he is
willing to let members of the ASB
Board appropriate the money, but they
will have to do it on a unanimous roll
call vote.
Vasquez will also run into problems
when trying to reserve cartain areas
for the fair. Horrell Field is an in¬
structional area during the day and
arrangements will have to be made to
rectify this situation.
Continued on Page Three
Local Pair
Vies for
Vacancy
People living in the Pasadena Area
Community College District have an
additional choice to make on the Nov. 6
ballot besides the tax limitation
initiative.
Two Pasadena men, Melvin Burt
and Steve Kirschner, are competing to
fill the unexpired Board of Trustees
term of William Cheek, who resigned
his post in August.
Neither candidate has held public
office, although Kirschner ran for a
San Marino City Council seat two
years ago.
Burt is the executive vice president
of the Southern California Aviation
Council, Inc., a quasi-public cor¬
poration. He was a bank officer and
worked 20 years with Transamerica
Financial Corp. His business back¬
ground is primarily in sales and ad¬
ministration. He has lived in Pasadena
27 years.
Both candidates admit thier cam¬
paigns are low key; they have no
major differences except age. Kir¬
schner is 20. Burt declines to specify
his age, but admits to being at the
other end of the spectrum from Kir¬
schner.
Both men support the current board
in its business and fiscal policies.
500 Signatures
Needed in RTD
Bus Petition
A petition is being circulated on
campus by students Robin Wipson and
Jana Helton on student passes for RTD
buses.
The present bus pass, which entitles
students to half-price bus fares, states
that a student must be under 21 years
old and enrolled for full-time classes.
“The majority of the students feel
they are being discriminated against,
as they feel any student should be able
to buy a pass, regardless of age,” said
Ms. Wipson.
The petition states: “All of the un¬
dersigned are students of PCC and use
the Southern California Rapid Transit.
All of the undersigned feel they are
being discriminated against by the
requirements that a pass-holder be
under twenty -one.”
Ms. Wipson and Ms. Helton were on
campus last Monday and had collected
276 signatures so far. “But we need at
least 500 from PCC,” said Ms. Wipson,
“and then we will go to other colleges
within the RTD route.”
Students who are interested can sign
up at the Free Speech Area Tuesday
and Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m.