Student
Strike
Rejected
One of the most controversial
issues raised at last week’s ASB
Board meeting, was when Vice-
President Larry Cluff moved that
a student strike take place on
campus protesting the national
election.
The motion was defeated seven
to one with Cluff the only one
voting in support of it.
Another issue discussed was the
adoption of a quarter system in¬
stead of the semester system used
now. President Ron Firestone
acted on this issue by asking that
a detailed study of the advan¬
tages and disadvantages of this
change be made.
The problem of government fi¬
nances was raised again, and
a list of the advantages of a stu¬
dent body card was submitted to
the board by Sophomore Class
President Jim Goodwin.
Under the heading of new busi¬
ness, Firestone made a motion
that all student activities be listed
on the transcripts of transfer stu¬
dents.
A resolution was made by Cour¬
ier Editor Bryan Cuthill that off-
campus newspapers be made
available to students of PCC.
Action was taken on the motion
by Firestone when he authorized
a committee to look into the prob¬
lem of financing such a venture
and how the newspapers would be
made available.
The problem of resubmitting the
constitution to the students for a
vote was brought up. It was mov¬
ed that copies of the constitution
be mailed to all students of PCC,
but this move was defeated be¬
cause of the lack of money for
the mailing fees. It was then
moved that copies be made avail¬
able to students, that the docu¬
ment be discussed by the board
members for the three weeks be¬
tween November 7-21, and then
be submitted to the student body
for a vote.
There was also a discussion on
the effects of the Area 9 Con¬
ference. Firestone appointed a
committee to analyze the resolu¬
tions made at the conference.
Vol. 30, No. 8 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California November 6, 1968
— Courier photo by Ron LeGrand
RON FIRESTONE — ASB President discusses an issue in last week's
ASB board meeting in the Campus Center. The meeting ended
with the rejection of a proposal by Larry Cluff, ASB vice-president,
for the board to favor a student strike scheduled for yesterday.
The strike was to include a "free university" in front of C building.
Lantz, Powell Share Title
of 'King Can ' in Food Drive
The honor of “King Can” was
shared by Steve Lantz and Ed
Powell last Friday night as they
came in from their area of the
Adelphian Canned Food Drive
with the most canned goods
gathered.
Lantz and Powell, both Adel¬
phian mascots, won the title of
“King Can” by bringing in 180
pounds of canned foods from the
Hastings Ranch area.
The drive, sponsored twice each
year by Adelphian’s, women’s
service club, started at the home
of Jan Klingerman at 7 p.m.
Members of the four service
clubs, Junior Executives, Circle
K, Adelphians, Spartans, and
members of OMD, divided into 15
groups of five, and were assigned
two streets each to canvas be¬
tween then and 9 p.m.
At 9 p.m. the groups started
arriving back with boxed of can¬
ned foods that they had gathered.
The boxes were weighed and a
tally was kept of the different
groups.
As groups finished, a party
awaited them with refreshments,
Circle
К
Dance
Upsets Security
The Mudd had the police on the
run Saturday night when they
played at a Circle
К
dance held
on campus.
The tones from the band at the
beginning of the dance set off the
burglar alarm at the College
Bank, across from the Campus
Center where the band was play¬
ing. This sent campus security
scurrying to find that there was
no one around the bank.
The dance had an attendance of
430 people, with the profits going
to the Circle
К
scholarship fund.
The Mudd, a trio that played
at the dance, provided good enter¬
tainment. The performance in¬
cluded a 25 minute long dance
including a 15 minute drum solo.
Circle
К
is an active service club
on campus.
music, and dancing. Lantz and
Powell beat the runners-up by
three pounds.
A total of 1695 pounds of cann¬
ed goods were gathered, to go to
the Pasadena Welfare Depart¬
ment, where they will be distri¬
buted to needy families for
Thanksgiving.
This year’s drive was more suc¬
cessful than the one in 1967, when
1300 pounds were netted.
The Adelphians sponsor a simi¬
lar drive at Easter time for needy
families.
Lomax 'Raceless'
Student Asserts
“I really dug him because he
seemed like he was raceless. He
brought points against the both
the blacks and the whites,” said
Terry Turney in a poll taken of
random persons on their ideas of
Louis Lomax. Of the approxi¬
mately 15 persons interviewed,
five saw Lomax and gave their
opinions.
Sandy Curtiss said, “I like him
and agreed with most of his ideas.
I thought most of the people were
impressed with him.”
Steve Yoder: “Although I ag¬
reed with most of his points, I
didn’t agree with his point of
changing history. It just doesn’t
jive with what I’ve learned. I did¬
n’t think he was nearly as effec¬
tive as Ray Bradbury was three
years ago.”
Mona Armstrong said, “I did¬
n’t like him on television, but now
I like him. He makes more sense
than both the black militants and
Uncle Toms.”
Maureen Abbott did not like
him because "I disagreed with his
idas that history is wrong and we
should take the romanticism out.
How does he know it is wrong?”
Most of the individuals who did
not see Lomax regretted it. They
were told by friends what an en¬
lightening experience it was.
Those who did see him anticipate
seeing him again.
Mandatory ASB Fee
Favored by JC leaders
Many of the resolutions passed
at the recent Area Nine Confer¬
ence of the California Junior
College Student Government As¬
sociation directly concern the
junior college student.
Santa Barbara City College
authored a resolution stating that
Area Nine of the CJCSGA go on
record as favoring the establish¬
ment of mandatory student body
fees at the junior college level.
This would allow the ASB to
charge a fee to all students as is
done in the four-year institutions.
This resolution has been brought
for the last few years in an at¬
tempt to underwrite successful
financing of student activities.
A Pasadena authored bill plac¬
ed Area Nine on record as urging
attendance be no longer a part of
college policy but that the individ¬
ual professor establish his own
policy.
Under such a policy the pro¬
fessor would not have to require
students to attend all classes if
he felt it was irrelevant to the
purpose of the class.
Pasadena also authored a bill
recommending that the Inter-
Club Council chairman be a vot¬
ing members of the ASB Board,
a policy already established at
PCC.
A Santa Barbara-authored bill
passed the conference on the re¬
cord as favoring a law or laws
governing the actions of individ¬
uals in regal’d to ASB business.
The bill was based on the idea
that no individual or group of
individuals has the right to inter¬
fere with ASB business, according
to the “whereas” clause in the re¬
solution. The bill barely passed
with a four to three vote.
A follow-up committee was
formed at a recent ASB Board
meeting to go over all the resol¬
utions and see which ones the
PCC board should go over, and
how our own board stands on
them.
The resolutions from the Area
Nine Conference go to the state
conference in December in Sac¬
ramento, where 82 junior colleges
will be represented. Pasadena is
now selecting its four delegates.
Students interested in getting
full details on all of the resolu¬
tions passed at the Area Nine
Conference should contact ASB
President Ron Firestone.
Quarter System
Not Necessary
By MAUREEN ABBOTT
Again this year, as last, there
is more discussion and considera¬
tion concerning the quarter sys¬
tem, which has been and is con¬
tinually bemg examined and ob¬
served on Other campuses and by
the Calendar Committee at PCC.
Articulation of Quarter and
Semester Plans
The University of California is
now operating on the quarter
plan; however, there does not ap¬
pear to be a problem of trans¬
ferring semester units to the quar
ter plan at UCLA. As noted in
a X’eport, “The maximum of 70
semester units will continue to be
transferrable as was true under
the UCLA semester plan. A stud-
dent remaining at PCC for two
years will likely have no more
transfer problems than if both col¬
leges were on a semester plan.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Following are advantages and
disadvantages as claimed by a
sub-committee of the Calendar
Committee:
Shorter terms give the “unde¬
cided” student an opportunity for
exploration and try-out.
Students forced to withdraw
temporarily have a shortened
waiting period for re-entry.
Assuming the same class hours
per quarter as per semester now,
each student will take fewer
courses per quarter and will be
able to concentrate more on each
subject with less diversity of due
dates and exam dates. The short¬
ed term may permit more con¬
centrated study and, hopefully, a
higher degree of motivation.
Summer sessions may be con¬
verted to equal quarters without
disruption, thus making transi¬
tion to full yeai’-round operation
comparatively easy.
Articulation with the University
of California and the State Col¬
leges of California, which insti¬
tutions are or will be on the quar-
• Continued on Page Two
J.E. Coronation
Open to All
— Courier photo by Tom Andersen
RACELESS — was a term used by one student who attended the
Louis Lomax assembly last Tuesday in Harbeson Hall. A packed
house attended the one hour lecture that was followed by a half
hour question and answer period.
For the first time at PCC the
Junior Excutives “Miss Junior
Executive Coronation Dance” will
be open to the student body at
large.
The dance being held in the
Campus Center, runs from 8 p.m.
to 1 a.m. Friday, featuring “the
fantastic sounds of the Young
Bachelors.” The highlights of the
evening will be when one of sev¬
en finalists will be crowned Miss
Junior Executive.
Finalists are Pamela Anicich,
Penny Ball, Lillina Escude, Gail
Hilker, Debbie Richter, Carol
Rombaugh, and Kate Wiegand.
They were selected from 25 appli¬
cants by a JE committee.
Finalists have been taking part
in various activities of the JE’s in
the past week. JE members de¬
cided who the queen will be in a
secret ballot, but the results will
not be known until the crowning
Friday.
Contestants will be chauffeured
to college Friday night, where
they will be met by their escorts
at the steps of the Campus Center.
They will also be greeted by the
membership of the JE’s, who will
be in a traditional line to greet
them.
Before the crowning, the final¬
ists, dressed in long formals, will
be seated with school dignitaries
and their escorts.
The queen will be crowned by
Janie Kuhnmueneh, last year’s
Miss JE Alumni of the club have
also been invited.
Not only is this the first time
the coronation has been open to
the student body, but also it is the
first time JE’s have had such a
large court.
Dress is coat and tie for men
and date dress for women. Tickets
are §2.75 per couple without an
ASB card and $2.25 per couple
with ASB card, $1 .75 without ASB
card stag, and $1.25 with an ASB
card stag.
Tickets may be bought at the
College Bank or from any JE
member.
Proceeds go in the JE’s fund.
JE’s is a service organization on
campus.
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