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PCC Courier, November 04, 1977
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VOL. 44, N0.11
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 4, 1977
Senate Board Votes
Faculty Approves Film
By Steve Johnston
and Kathy Prohs
The Faculty Senate Board Monday
overwhelmingly approved a recom¬
mendation that the November 15
Tuesday Evening Forum on South
Africa be presented as scheduled.
The program, a film-lecture
presented by Allen Hubbard, titled
“The Beauty of a Jewel Under the
Southern Cross— South Africa,” has
drawn criticism from some students,
faculty and members of the com¬
munity who feel it is a misrepresenta¬
tion of life in that country.
By a 13-1 vote, the Faculty Senate
Board approved a motion, submitted
by communication instructor Joseph
Probst, which stated “Be it resolved,
that the Faculty Senate Board
recommends to the administration and
the Board of Trustees that the Tuesday
Evening Forum presentation on South
Africa remain on the program. The
feeling of the Faculty Senate Board is
that a change in program would be a
violation of the First Amendment of
the Constitution and would constitute
prior restraint.”
A letter presenting the Faculty
Senate Board’s position on the film
was sent Wednesday to Manuel Perez,
chairman of the Forum Advisory
Committee and dean of Extended
Campus Programs. Fay Chandler,
vice-president of the Faculty Senate
Board, presented the recommendation
to the PCC Board of Trustees last
night.
Single Opposing Vote
The single opposing vote at the
Faculty Senate Board meeting on
Monday came from James Clayton,
The Board of Trustees decided last
night to present Allen Hubbard’s film
“The Beauty of a Jewel Under the
Southern Cross — South Africa” on
November 15. They also voted 5 to 2 to
add to the program a second film “The
Last Grave of Dimbaza.”
librarian and assistant professor of
library service, who is the only Black
member of the Faculty Senate Board.
Two members abstained from voting.
Crayton said his objection to the
motion had to do with the film not
presenting a true picture of South
Africa. “My concern is that as
educators we have a responsibility to
truth,” he said. Crayton also suggested
that the Faculty Senate Board had a
duty to “support committees who have
responsibilities to make decisions,”
referring to the Forum Advisory
Committee which last month
unanimously recommended that the
program be withdrawn.
Infringement of Freedom
In defending his motion, Probst
suggested that changing the Forum
program would set a precedent of
infringing on freedom of speech. “Do
we stop with the film on Poland, or the
film about Sweden because they have
sexy pictures?” he asked, referring to
future programs in the Forum series.
Manuel Perez, dean of Extended
Campus Programs and director of the
Tuesday Evening Forum, said earlier
that several students and faculty
members came to him with concerns
about the South African film when the
1977-78 Forum schedule was first
published, months before the most
recent wave of political activity in that
country. That concern led late last
month to the unanimaous recom¬
mendation by the Forum Advisory
Committee to withdraw the film.
Community representatives presented
their objections to the film to the Board
of Trustees.
Alternate Film Prepared
If the Board of Trustees decides not
to show the film on South Africa,
Hubbard will present another film, “A
Saga of the Incredible Incas of Peru.”
Responding to reports during the
Faculty Senate Board meeting that
there is community pressure to with¬
draw the film, physical sciences in¬
structor Richard MeKee said he did
not think such pressures should have
anything to do with the decision. “I
think the issue is free speech,” he said.
Robert Carter, associate professor
of library service, referred to a section
in the PCC Faculty Handbook covering
academic freedom and controversial
issues, then noted that the Board of
Trustees would have to reverse itself if
it withdrew the film.
Controversy an Educational Tool
The section of the handbook which
deals with controversial issues (page
40), approved by the Board of Trustees
in 1971, states, in part, “Higher
education flourishes in settings where
conflicting points of view can be ex¬
pressed. Intellectual competency
emerges out of such circumstances.
Thus, controversy becomes a major
educational tool. It need not be
eliminated or avoided,”
Chrystal Watson, Faculty Senate
president, commented later that “the
Senate felt overwhelmingly that page
40 of the Faculty Handbook should be
taken seriously. Education must train
the student to handle controversial
ideas. That cannot be accomplished
unless the student is exposed to con¬
troversy.”
Campus Figures React
By Kathy Prohs
Managing Editor
The recent recommendation of the
Faculty Senate Board concerning the
presentation of the controversial film,
“The Beauty of a Jewel Under the
Southern Cross— South Africa,” has
provoked faculty and staff reaction.
When asked earlier this week why a
representative from the Pan Afrikan
Students Alliance (PAS A) was not
asked to present PASA’s viewpoint
before the Faculty Senate Board voted
Joseph Probst, communication in¬
structor, commented, “The Faculty
Senate does not represent students. We
represent the faculty.
“Also, the motion was an emergency
type of thing. We didn’t have time to
think about contacting them. It
probably would have been nice if we
had, but they didn’t invite us to their
meeting when they decided to protest
the showing of the film.”
He also said that “the Faculty
Senate has the same right that PASA
has to present its feelings to the Board
of Trustees.
“The vast majority of faculty
members whom I have spoken to
support the motion. It’s not an issue of
what the man (Hubbard) is saying, but
conforming to the rules of bringing a
speaker to the campus.
Decision Not “Objective”
Isaac Richard, one of the members
of PASA’s steering committee, said
that the first time anyone from PASA
heard about the motion was after it
was passed. He asked, “How can they
make an objective decision?
Richard said that PASA was
“thoroughly offended” that it was not
invited to discuss its point of view
before the Faculty Senate Board and
that the decision to support the film
was made “behind our backs. We
weren’t even called. We, of course,
denounce the resolution.”
Hubbard Comments
Hubbard, in a letter to Perez, says:
“This (South Africa) truly is a
magnificent country. Its Blacks are an
underlying reason why it is magnifi¬
cent, but the film does not take issue as
regards the political aspect. It
presents, in pictures and words, as
honest a profile as it can, showing the
country primarily as a desirable place
for the tourist to go as would a
presentation on Spain, France, etc.
“What the film does, I think, is to
awaken an awareness in the minds of
Americans — Black and White — that
South Africa has, as it is true with most
countries in the world, problems to
solve which they are facing. The film
shows the beauty of the cities and the
countryside, the strikingly strong and
capable Bantu (Blacks) and how they
live as the tourist would find them. No
one, Black or White, viewing the film
without prejudice, will find that any
attempt has been made to influence an
opinion. It will, however, allow him to
learn much more about a country
Continued on Page Six
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1 —Courier Photo by Blake Sell
BARGAIN CORNER— Salesman Glendon Ingman of PCC’s Jr. Execu¬
tives Club manages to read the morning paper while keeping an eye
on the merchandise during a slack period at Saturday’s Flea Market.
Turnout of vendors and customers was low throughout the day.
Senate Checks Accounts
Proposed Budget OK'd
Still exercising its power of checking
the spendings of the accounts within
the budget, the Senate voted to ap¬
prove the original ASB Board proposed
budget. The move was made with the
stipulation that five committees
present the Senate with an itemized
list of expected spendings.
Inter Club Council (ICC), Pep
A career workshop on entertainment
and broadcast journalism will take
place next Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Campus Center lounge. The event is
sponsored by PCC’s Asian-American
Affairs Office and is free to all
students.
Attending the workshop will be
KNBC news reporter Tritia Toyota,
television journalist Mario Machado
and actor Jesse Dizon who appears on
the television series “Operation
Petticoat.”
Todd Mizuki, student assistant in the
Asian-American Affairs office, saicL,
the purpose of the workshop is to get
students to think in terms of a career.
“Students can get lost in books and
examinations. We hope the workshop
will provide some direction through
the academic maze,” he said.
Vickey Furuya, acting adviser to
Asian-American Affairs, said the
professionals attending the event
represent minority ethnic groups, “So
that students from such backgrounds
will realize that opportunities are
available to them.”
“But the main purpose of the
workshop is to give all students first¬
hand information on careers,” she
said. “Most people get started in
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
ELECTIONS
PCC certificated employees, in¬
cluding instructors and counselors,
failed Wednesday by two votes to
avert a runoff election in voting for a
collective bargaining representa¬
tive. The vote count ran as follows:
PCC-PTA, 152; Faculty Senate
Association, 29; no representation,
125. In a simultaneous election,
classified employees opted for no
representation in voting for a
collective bargaining agent. The no
representation category received 95
votes, to 80 votes for the Association
of Classified Employees.
Commission, Associated Men
Students, Publicity, and Associated
Women Students were required to
present their budgeted plans yester¬
day.
“We finally brought the board to
terms with what the rules are,” said
Senate President Steve Lambert.
According to Finance Commissioner
careers through personal contact with
people already in the career. We want
to facilitate that ‘personal’ element,”
she added.
The Asian-American Affairs office
plans to sponsor other career
workshops later this semester. Ms.
Furuya mentioned business, com¬
puters and health as possible topics.
Next Monday marks the beginning of
PCC’s annual International Aware¬
ness Week. A variety of activities has
been scheduled, including slide pre¬
sentations and talks by faculty
members, exhibitions of traditional
dances and displays of cultural ar¬
tifacts in showcases situated through¬
out the campus.
The Foreign Student Office, which
coordinates many of the week’s activi¬
ties, hopes to encourage awareness of
foreign nations and cultures by spot¬
lighting PCC’s foreign students as well
as faculty members who have traveled
abroad.
On Monday, Dr. John Risser, PCC
psychologist, will give a slide and
lecture presentation on New Zealand.
The show, “New Zealand: A
Photographer’s Paradise,” features
material gathered while Dr. Risser
was on a sabbatical leave. “The
presentation depicts a quality of life
which I think is the finest in the
world,” Dr. Risser said.
Dick Peirce, life science instructor,
will present a slide-lecture show, “The
Grenadine Islands: A Far Away
Place,” Monday at noon in R108.
Peirce will talk about the “human
geography” of this group of islands in
the Caribbean Sea and will show
Stephen Skordiles, confusion over the
budget could have been avoided if the
budget was explained in full when it
was first presented to the Senate.
Skordiles was unable to attend the first
Senate meeting and ASB President
Elena Rodriguez presented the budget
at the meeting.
“There was a lot of misun¬
derstanding in the beginning about
where the money went in the budget.
Now things are straight. The Senate is
moving in a positive direction,” said
Rodriguez.
A special election to amend the ASB
Constitution will take place on
November 29 and if approved by the
student body, it will allow a member of
Students Unlimited to be represented
on the ASB Executive Board. Students
Unlimited is a new organization on
campus for the handicapped students.
At the October 27 Senate meeting
Chung Jin Yoon’s letter of resignation
was read by Lambert. She stated in
writing, “I do not feel capable of
fulfilling my responsibilities simply
because I do not like them.”
pictures taken last year while he was
on a research project.
Also on Tuesday at noon, the
husband-wife team of Sujata and
Asoka will perform historical dances
of India in Harbeson Hall. The couple
has given performances throughout
the world.
“Rio de Janeiro: Sound and Sight” is
the title of a slide, music and lecture
presentation to be given by Phyllis
Jackson, dean of student activities,
Wednesday at 11 a.m. in C301. Ms.
Jackson will talk about her ex¬
periences in Brazil and will play
recorded music of that country.
On Thursday at noon, Margarita
Fastabend von Brockdorff, associate
professor of foreign languages, will be
in R122 to show slides about “mini¬
safaris,” photographed last January
while she was on sabbatical leave in
leave in Kenya and Tanzania.
Films on France will be. featured
Tuesday, 11 a.m. to noon, in C301 and
also on Thursday, noon to 1 p.m.. in
R102.
Throughout the week, the flagpoles
in the quad will display flags from 14
foreign countries, illustrating just
some of the nationalities represented
by PCC’s foreign students.
Asian-American Affairs
Holds Career Workshop
International Awareness
Spotlights Foreign Students
Parade of Floats , Homecoming Court
To Use ' Future of Education' Theme
Homecoming kicks off this year at 7
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, hostessed by
the queen and her six princesses who
are to be selected a week from today.
A parade of floats presented by 12
participating PCC clubs and a
procession of the court and campus
dignitaries will precede the football
game between the nationally ranked
Lancers and L A. Pierce College. The
floats will be judged in categories for
creativity, pertinence to the theme
“The Future of Education,” and
humor.
Winners will receive trophies and
participate in halftime activities,
which will feature the PCC and Pierce
marching bands.
Homecoming Week on campus will
include consecutively Hush Day for
women, Hat Day, The Fifties Day,
Red, Gold and White Day and Spirit
Award Day. Special pep rallies and
assemblies are in planning.
Senate sources expect a flying lion to
climb a rope attached to the top of R
Building to announce Homecoming
activities.
A rooting section will be reserved for
alumni and their guests for the football
game. All PCC alumni are invited to a
get-together at the Pasadena Hilton
Hotel after the game. For further
information call the Pasadena Alumni
Association at 578-7384.
The ASB will sponsor a Homecoming
Dance also after the game.
Influence, Suggestions Main Job
For Chancellor of City Colleges
The newly appointed Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges,
Dr. William G. Craig, spoke before
several members of the faculty
Tuesday afternoon in the Forum.
Dr. Craig, who oversees 104 com¬
munity colleges in California, said that
his job is a political one and affords
him virtually no power.
His main responsibility as chan¬
cellor is to influence and suggest ideas
to the state legislature to the viewpoint
of the community colleges.
Currently, the chancellor’s office is
trying to sort out its priorities. Dr.
Craig helped set up a five-year plan for
the state’s community colleges. The
plan covers a variety of college con¬
cerns.
He said the most important point to
emphasize is the need for long range
financial legialation that will respond
to the changes in community colleges.
“We need a strong government
affairs policy to make sure we are
represented by strong legislature
procedures through bills and legisla¬
tion.
“Board members must be kept out of
administration and deal only with
policy matters.”
Dr. Craig believes institutions must
maintain diversity, to provide students
with a variety of programs and
vocational options.
EXPLORING OPPORTUNITY — Looking toward
their next campus, PCC students Terry Reed and
Denise Mukai investigate the program and facilities
offered at Fresno State, as explained by the
school’s representative, Dick Giese. Tuesday's
College Awareness Day presented a broad choice
of approximately 50 advanced educational
systems. —Courier Photo by Mari* Dowdy