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PCC Courier, November 16, 1973
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Journalism Day
Features Busch
Vol. 36, No. 7
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
November 16, 1973
Disputed Football Ruling
Causes Criticism, Anger
By David Rust
Assistant Managing Editor
Charges of favoritism in officiating
football games have set rule change
procedures into motion.
Criticism of play calling in the
recent Bakersfield vs. PCC contest has
forced John Eikenbery, dean of
student activities, to ask Metropolitan
Conference administrators to ban
Kern County officials from working at
Metro football games. Eikenbery is
PCC’s Metropolitan Conference repre¬
sentative.
“One disputed call by a Kern County
referee made the difference between
winning and losing the game,” said
Eikenbery, “and if we had won that
game, we would be the Metro champs
again.”
The play in question was a pass
interference call against PCC late in
the fourth quarter.
The play, which set up the winning
Renegade field goal in the closing
seconds of the contest, was against
Lancer defensive back Jim Slaughter.
Questionable Call
With more than a minute left to play,
David Nash, the Bakersfield quar¬
terback, threw a long pass to Chris
Craven, deep in Pasadena territory.
Slaughter, the PCC defender, made
contact with Craven and the ball
bounced off both men.
Two Southern California officials
nearest the action ruled the pass in¬
complete. The head line judge,
however, from the Kern County Of¬
ficials Association, ran from near the
Bakersfield bench, 20 yards downfield,
and charged Slaughter with making
contact with Craven while the pass
was still in the air.
“It could have been an honest call,”
commented Eikenbery, “but I
question its accuracy.
“It’s not just sour grapes,” he said,
“it’s more than just losing a ball game.
This is the third time in six years that
Pasadena has lost to Bakersfield on a
disputed call by a Kern official.”
Eikenbery continued, “I will not
subject our men to this kind of treat¬
ment anymore.”
Kern Officials
The rule Eikenbery wants to change
was established three years ago at
Bakersfield’s suggestion.
It said that at all Bakersfield home
games, three of the five officials would
be from the Kern County Officials
Association. At away games,
Bakersfield would be permitted two
Kern County officials ; the other three
would be from the Southland.
Bakersfield is the only team in the
Metro that uses officials from outside
the Southern California Officials
Association.
Eikenbery contends that there
should be only . one official
organization, the Southern California
association.
“We want referees who are not
regionally tainted,” Eikenbery added.
“The Kern officials work exclusively
with the Bakersfield boys from high
school and follow them throughout
their careers.”
SoCal Officials
On the other hand, the Southern
California Officials Association is
substabtially larger and officials work
over a wider geographical area.
This, according to Eikenbery, makes
it difficult for the referees to establish
personal relationships with the
players.
Eikenbery is not the only person
upset with the rule. Myron Tarkanian,
Lancer head coach, knew of the
situation in advance. Before the game,
he told members of the team not to
worry about close calls in the
WOULD YOU BELIEVE?— John Eikenbery, dean of student activities,
and Myron Tarkanian, head football coach, express concern as they
view a questionable call by a Kern County official during the PCC-
Bakersfield game, Nov. 3. Procedures have been instituted to change
a ruling as to who will officiate at the Metro Conference games.
Chavez Cuts Red Tape
from 'Chaotic System'
The ASB approved Joe Chavez’
financial reforms for operating
student governmental expenditures.
The reforms will cut red tape and
give the ASB a stronger financial
organization.
Chavez, who is also an accounting
major, said the old finance system was
chaotic. The former finance com¬
missioners had no sense of
bookkeeping,
“They never kept files or records of
where or how the money went, just
knew what money they had left.
Bookkeeping consisted of a pile of
receipts and other odd scraps of paper
stuck in a desk drawer,” added
Chavez.
Chavez has also closed down several
ASB bank accounts and funneled the
money into one central account. He
found the labyrinth of bank accounts
ridiculous.
Chaves says he found several
hundred dollars in these accounts that
no one knew existed.
In the past, when campus
organizatiins received ASB funds, they
would sometimes not spend the full
amount. Instead of reporting the
leftover funds, the organization
members would finish school and just
leave the funds sitting in the bank.
Bakersfield match. “They will all go in
favor of Bakersfield,” Tarkanian said.
Eikenbery said, “If Bakersfield
wants to play in our conference they
will have to conform to the overall
wishes of the league.
“If they want the northern officials
they can play in a northern league.”
To get a change in the conference
code, Eikenbery needs a majority vote
from league members. Each team in
the Metro has two votes— the athletic
director and a league representative.
Eikenbery said that he is confident
he can get the votes necessary to make
the change.
By Bernie Horner
Assistant News Editor
Journalism Day brings Joseph P.
Busch, Los Angeles County district
attorney, to the campus Nov. 29. Ac¬
cepting an invitation by the journalism
division of the Communications
Department, Busch agreed to hold a
press conference for PCC journalism
students, following a short speech on
“Free Press, Fair Trial.”
The interview is scheduled to begin
at 3:30 p.m. in R122. It will be
videotaped in color. The event is open
to all students and faculty. A separate
audiotaping is also planned for
possible later use by KPCS, the
campus radio station.
Invitations for this yearly event have
been extended to area high school
journalism students and advisers.
These students will participate in
competitive writing contests.
Writing Contest
The material for the news, feature
and editorial stories will come from
the press conference and a question-
and-answer period open to everyone. A
film segment showing the Lancers in
one of their recent games will provide
the story for the sports writers.
The judges, all professional jour¬
nalists, will also determine which
ASB Board Approves Chavez'
Budget Reform, Makes Payment
By Pam Beerer
News Editor
ASB President Gene Vasquez called
his meeting to order last week with the
slash of a machete.
An attempt was made to amplify the
proceedings throughout the Campus
Center, the cafeteria and the Quad.
Microphone trouble interrupted the
first half of the meeting and even the 30
students in attendance had difficulty
hearing.
Twenty-three committee reports
took 45 minutes.
Harry Anderson, part of a husband-
wife traveling medieval magic show,
requested compensation for his
inability to present his show last
Thursday.
Booked by Assemblies Com¬
missioner Phil Capobianco, Anderson
was unable to set up his tent and
equipment on the lawn in front of C
Building. Not only was the grass being
reseeded, but proper procedure had
not been followed to get permission to
use this area.
Capobianco has full control over the
Free Speech Area only, but must
follow the same channels as anyone
else in reserving a part of campus for a
performance.
Anderson was to be informed of the
situation at a meeting with Capobianco
and John Eikenbery, dean of student
activities, the day proor to his per¬
formance. Because he missed this
meeting, he showed up Thursday
expecting to present his en¬
tertainment. , .
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Anderson had previously refused to
use the football field because of its out-
of-the-way location.
Because the ASB Board had ap¬
proved Anderson’s performance and a
$75 payment, his request for the money
was granted.
Joe Chavez, finance commissioner,
took the floor with only 10 minutes to
present his revised ASB budget and his
new form for the requisition of funds.
Instead of allowing Chavez to make
his presentation without interruption,
Vasquez broke in numerous times. An
attempt by Vasquez to table budget
considerations precipitated an out¬
burst from Andre Latreille, Senate
president.
“We’ve got to go -into executive
session. The budget must not be tabled
Acupuncturist Details
Old Chinese Science
Chavez’ plan will also cut red tape
with financial allotments for campus
organizations.
Before his plan was accepted, a
campus club or organization which
received ASB approval of funds had to
wait two weeks before receiving the
allotment.
Under the new plan, clubs and
organizations can receive their money
immediately after ASB approval.
Sums of less than $250 can be
received from one of the three ac¬
counts Chavez has set up for the ASB
president, the dean of student ac¬
tivities and the ASB finance com¬
missioner.
The designated allotment will need
only two signatures where previously
it needed five.
Campus organizations that ask for
over $250 will have to give a week’s
notice to the finance commissioner and
outline what the money will be spent
on.
Chavez hopes this cutting of red tape
will encourage the many campus clubs
and organizations to use the ASB grant
and loan program.
“There are some 60 clubs and
organizations on campus, but only a
handful have taken advantage of the
finance program,” said Chavez.
By Sergio Caponi
Assistant Fine Arts Editor
British professor, Dr. J. R. Worsley,
will lecture on acupuncture and its
uses at the Tuesday Evening Forum
Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 in Sexson
Auditorium.
This program also includes an ex¬
planation of acupuncture as a science
and as a philosophy.
Dr. Worsley is the only occidental
acupuncturist in the world who is
practicing the full traditional Chinese
system of medicine. He holds both
master and doctor of acupuncture
degrees from the colleges of Hong
Kong and Taiwan. Founder of the
British College of Chinese Acupunc¬
ture, his school has been training
doctors for the past 12 years.
Dr. Worsley is also president of the
American Society for the Advance¬
ment of Traditional Chinese
Acupuncture. His book, “Is Acupunc¬
ture for You?”, has recently been
published here.
Oldest Medicine
Acupuncture, one of the oldest forms
of medicine known to man, has been
the subject of great interest and ex¬
citement throughout the United States
in recent months. Its ideal purpose,
according to Dr. Worsley, is not to heal
the sick, but rather to help people live
in a life that will bring health to the
whole person: body, mind, and spirit.
“Acupuncture is not a miracle cure-
all, as many think, and it does not
require faith.” Dr. Worsley also warns
the public against any form of ad¬
vertising that indicates an un¬
professional approach to medicine,
such as door-to-door delivery of
literature.
“There are commercial under¬
takings and clinics with staffs that
have not received recognized or
adequate training. Acupuncture
treatment is capable of doing great
good, but if wrongly applied it can do
great harm,” he says.
What exactly is acupuncture?
Ch’i Energy
Dr. Worsley explains, “Traditional
Chinese medicine states that a vital
force, or life force, controls the
working of the main organs and
systems of the human body. This vital
force, or Ch’i energy as it is called,
circulates freely from one organ to
another along" pathways termed
meridians, always following a set
route.
“This energy,” he continues, “must
flow freely in the correct strength and
quality, if each organ is to function
correctly. In all illness, the flow of
vital energy is impaired. Whatever
system of medicine is used to heal a
patient, its success depends on the
restoration of this vital force.
“Acupuncture directly controls this
energy at special points located on the
energy pathways. When needles are
gently inserted into these points, they
produce various effects. According to
their manipulation, the energy is
either drawn to an organ, or dispersed
from it, or drained, until an energy-
balance is restored.”
Painless Operation
The insertion of such needles in the
body is a painless operation, since
their thickness does not exceed that of
a human hair.
According to Dr. Worsley, the
medical profession in the United States
is showing great interest in acupunc¬
ture, and the main reason the method
is not yet more widely used here, is due
to lack of reliable information and
fully trained doctors to teach it, rather
than to resistance by the profession.
He adds that many American
universities and medical schools are
trying to arrange courses in
acupuncture, and there is a possibility
that a college of Chinese acupuncture
will be established here, if legal
problems can be resolved.
again. We’re talking about $11,000.
This is more important than the
committee reports. We’re in the
middle of the semester and still don’t
have a budget. I’m tired of this.”
Margaret Duncan, parliamentarian,
added “The board meeting is not the
place for reports. They should be
written out by the commissioners and
turned in to the board.”
Subsequently the meeting was
continued in Vasquez’ office.
Chavez presented his streamlined
budget procedures for bill-paying. He
has also combined many separate ASB
accounts into one general fund. As
finance commissioner, he will act as
treasurer and can pay the bill for any
loan or grant immediately.
The budget was finally passed and
the requisition form approved.
Benefit Show
Aids Study
of Sickle Cell
The Black Student Union and the
Black Media Club are doing their
share in alleviating one of the
problems that stand in the way of the
sickle cell fighters.
The groups are giving a benefit
dance and show on Wednesday, Nov.
21. Tickets may be purchased at the
door and the donation is $1.50. En¬
tertainment will be provided by the
“Black Cross,” a soul-rock band, and
the Black Dramatists, who will per¬
form excerpts from two one-act plays.
Sickle ceil anemia, the “neglected
disease,” now affects some two and a
half million black Americans in one
form or another. This means that one
out of every 10 blacks is affected by
this hereditary blood disorder.
Medical science has discovered no
cure for sickle cell anemia, and the
lack of financial support to the clinics
and research foundations has not been
sufficient to enable scientists to con¬
duct testing and research.
The benefit begins at 9 p.m. in the
Campus Center. There will be an in¬
formation table available with pam¬
phlets and fact sheets on sickle cell
anemia.
All are invited to come out and start
the holiday season right— by helping
others.
school has published the best high
school paper. Dr. Armen Sarafian,
college president, is to present plaques
and award certificates to the three top
students in each category as well as
the adviser of the high school with the
best paper.
The winning news story with a byline
is to be printed in the next issue of the
Courier. Another award will be given
for the best news story about Jour¬
nalism Day appearing in print in a
high school paper.
As guests of the journalism division,
the high school students and faculty
will have dinner in the cafeteria to
conclude the day.
D.A. Busch
As Los Angeles County district at¬
torney, Busch heads the largest
prosecuting agency in the world,
supervising more than 450 attorneys
and nearly 1400 employees.
He has been on the staff at the Los
Angeles County District Attorney’s
office continuously since February
1952 and was appointed to his present
position on Dec. 1, 1970, by a
unanimous vote of the Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors. Voters
confirmed the appointment on Nov. 7,
1972.
When he took office, District At¬
torney Busch said, “I am determined
to uphold the rule of law and to work
for safety in our community.”
With these goals in mind he has
created a new consumer and en¬
vironmental protection unit, a new
narcotics unit, initiated a crackdown
on welfare crime, a legislative
program in Sacramento to improve
criminal justice, and new programs to
educate youth in law and justice. He is
now concentrating on problems of
juvenile violence and juvenile justice.
Local Musicians
and Students
Play in Recital
The Music Department will present
the College-Community Symphony
Orchestra in concert tonight at 8:15 in
Sexson Auditorium.
P’rank Van Der Maten, associate
professor of music at PCC, will be the
director, as he has been for the past 14
years.
The program opens with an
“Evening Prayer and Dream Pan¬
tomime,” from the opera “Hansel and
Gretel,” by E. Humperdinck. A
menuetto, from "L’Arlesienne Suite
No. 2,” by G. Bizet will follow.
Violinist Marian J. Van Der Maten
and pianist Nancy Mitchell will be
featured in “Concerto for Violin,
Piano, and String Quartet, in D major,
Opus 21,” by E. Chausson.
The intermission will precede the
“Symphony No. 2, in D major, Opus
73,” by J. Brahms.
The 75 members of the College-
Community Orchestra have been
practicing for this concert since
September. They are PCC music
majors, and independent musicians
from the Pasadena community.
Director Van Der Maten explains,
“Our people practice every Wed¬
nesday from 7 to 10 p.m. They need
concert experience if they plan to
major in music and go on to higher
education, just like a PE major needs
experience in football, basketball and
so on.”
Van Der Maten points out that the
concert, worth one unit of credit, also
gives a chance to community people to
keep up with their musical skills.
“Some of these musicians have been
playing for the past 15 years,” he says.
Admission for tonight’s concert is
free.
I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING-
Stennis Waldon and his singing group, the Sand¬
pipers, will entertain football fans tomorrow night
when PCC meets El Camino here. The same night
—Courier Photo by W. J. Fox
they will also perform in Sexson Auditorium with
Rudy Vallee and Sue Ann Langdon in a Round Table
International benefit. The Sandpipers is a musical
theater group, combining singing, acting, dancing.
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