2 PCC Comtek EDITORIALS
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Long Hair: Subject
of Wasted Breath
There are few teenage problems in this country that have
received as much attention as the long hair so many young
men are now wearing.
I don’t want to go into the usual bit about school adminis¬
trators refusing to let “beatles” attend class, but I do fail to
see anything really wrong with young men who wish to sport
long hair.
Some older people claim that the men look messy and
unkempt. It is true that boys with greasy, matted, or varying
degrees of dirty hair are a pain to look at (among other
things). But how many are like that? Most of them keep the
hair combed and clean, so what is there to complain about?
Other adults feel that long hair makes the young men
look more like young women. But just as a book should not
be judged by its cover. All long-locked males should not be
judged as effeminate. Clothes do not make the man — and
neither does his hair.
Besides, history is full of examples to prove that long hair
can be a definite sign of masculinity. Samson was one of the
strongest men on earth until his hair was cut by Delilah.
George Washington would have felt positively naked without
his, and Jesus Christ, symbol of the perfect man, had long
hair also.
Why then waste so much time and breath extolling the
virtues of short hair? The rising number of college suicides,
for example, should be of far more concern to the adult genera¬
tion. Perhaps adults are afraid they will find themselves partly
to blame for the high death rate, and so they hope to divert
some attention from the real problem by making an issue
of another smaller one.
I don’t want to start a big campaign for long hair. But
the whole thing is hardly as important as some people would
like to make it seem.
— D. K. G.
c/i Word to the Wue
BY DUSTY GREENE
I think I’ll get out my old “Ban
the Bomb” sign and go down to
the Sunset Strip and protest a
while.
Granted the slogan doesn’t quite
fit the occasion, but who will no¬
tice what it says anyway? Surely
not Sheriff Peter Pitchess or the
police department. They insist on
enforcing an out-moded 10 p.m.
curfew — but not in all areas, just
around the Sunset Strip.
Technically, kids returning
from a football game could be
arrested since most games don’t
end until 10:30. And what movie
gets out before 11?
The curfew law needs to be re¬
vised, but if it isn’t then it should
not be applied in a discriminatory
manner.
Since no one would listen to the
suggestion of a curfew revision,
the teen-agers finally found a
more forceful way to make them¬
selves heard.
I’m not in favor of bus burnings
or beatings, but I do think that
civic leaders ought to get over the
old stereotype that all teens are
monsters and rebels in disguise
just waiting for an opportunity to
bust out.
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Buckpasser was named Horse
of the Year for the second straight
year. I hope we don’t have an¬
other Kelso on our hands. As you
may know, he was The Horse four
times running. His racing records
do not rate him as one of the all-
time greats (he absolutely bomb¬
ed out in California), and when no
other horse can come near a horse
who barely rates a near-great,
then that isn’t saying much for
the sport of kings.
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Isn’t it strange that, close on
the heels of a student body gov¬
ernment open forum to find out
why students are so apathetic, a
pep rally to honor PCC’s invita¬
tion to the Junior Rose Bowl was
attended by 600 highly enthusias¬
tic fans?
Could it be that the ASB govern¬
ment just doesn’t know what the
students are interested in? Now
that they are finding out, however,
it’s a little late — this year’s JRB
is the last one.
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Christmas time is here again.
Saying that is supposed to make
snow fall and bells ring. But it
doesn’t. The earlier all the street
and store decorations go up, the
later I get into the season’s
spirit.
It’s hard to reconcile all the
commercialism that goes on in the
stores with the original concept
of the birth of Christ. It’s sort of
a tin can birthday celebration.
Shiny on the outside, but quite
empty on the inside.
PCC Coufiiesi
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Courier Accepted with Mixed
Emotions by ASB Government
By William D. Haupt III
This year’s Courier has been ac¬
cepted with varied and mixed
emotions. There have been many
criticisms of the paper, some
very sound and well supported,
others not so substantial or en¬
couraging.
One of the worst faults, accord¬
ing to certain members of the
student body, is that the Courier
is not printing the whole news,
or most important — newsworthy
material in and about our cam¬
pus. Another criticism is that the
Courier lacks communication
with many organizations and the
the student body.
Probably the biggest complaint
comes from the ASB govern¬
ment. Evidently, the Courier and
the ASB have a rough time get¬
ting together. Whether it is the
lack of proper transmission of in¬
formation, or just not knowing
Officers Seek
Promised Land;
Go Down, Moses
Dear Editor:
The recent Open Forum proved
one thing — ASB president John
Holder and his staff of officers
are not going to be able to lead
the students of PCC to the Prom¬
ised Land. The main reason is
that the students just don’t want
to go.
The board members mistakenly
thought that they were going to
find out what the students wanted
them to do and what their criti¬
cisms of the government were.
But, man, the officers weren’t
really ready to listen. And I don’t
think many people at PCC care
if they do or not.
When Ed Guerrero stood up and
started to knock the very exist¬
ence of any student government
here at the college, you could feel
the vibrations in the audience.
Everybody was laughing and
clapping and having a good time,
and many people agreed with
some of the things he said.
I hope Holder and the board
aren’t really trying to take PCC
students to the Promised Land,
because, if they are, they are go¬
ing to be traveling in that hot
desert for a long time — all by
themselves.
— John Poole
what is happening, we must get
together.
We of the Courier can only
print what we know about. The
only ways we have of knowing
are from the master calendar,
from various representatives of
campus groups, and similar
sources. We will hear of an activi¬
ty just once, with little or no im¬
portance placed on it. Naturally,
if the organization doesn’t follow
it up, we can’t do much more
about it.
There are many activities that
are happening right now on the
campus that we haven’t heard
about. So it is probably true that
we haven’t given enough space to
Greek Theater
Faces Crisis
The Greek Theater seems to be
facing a crisis. There may be no
1967 summer season if immediate
aid is not forthcoming.
Like a number of other theaters
in Los Angeles, the Greek Theater
has been feeling the squeeze of
the higher cost of living and the
pressure of competition from the
municipally supported Music
Center.
Despite the fact that it has pre¬
sented many seasons of impres¬
sive entertainment, the non-profit
Greek Theater Association has
suffered operational losses of over
$300,000 in the last three years.
The City Council and the Recre¬
ation and Parks Commission,
aware of the condition of the
theater, are trying to work out a
means of collecting the money
needed to preserve this landmark
of the City of Los Angeles.
In the past 12 years, the Holly¬
wood Bowl has received approxi¬
mately $6 million from the county
and city toward modernizing and
landscaping, while the Greek
Theater has received only $350,000
from 1952 through 1960, and since
that time has received nothing.
Library Hours
From Thursday, Dec. 7, through
Thursday, Dec. 29, the PCC Li¬
brary will be open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., and from 6 to 9 p.m.
It will be open from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30. The
library will be closed all other
days of Christmas vacation.
many events on campus, but if
we can’t find the right people to
talk to, we can’t get the proper
information, and therefore we
can’t give the article the atten¬
tion it might warrant.
A very simple answer to this
problem is, if all organizations
with activities coming up would
send representatives to the Cour¬
ier, or at least make some type
of appointment with someone
connected with the paper, we
might be able to give them the
coverage they need.
Ed. Note: This article reflects
only the opinions of Mr. Haupt
and not necessarily those of other
members of the Courier staff.
What Do PCC
Students Ask
of Officers?
Dear Editor:
I think your editorial on the
ASB Open Forum was fair in its
analysis of the event. Nothing
very exciting happened.
However, I would like to raise
a question. You said in your arti¬
cle that you would hate to see
the student government degener¬
ate into one big “in” party when
it could accomplish some “posi¬
tive” things. My question is this:
could the student government
really accomplish anything worth¬
while, even if it wanted to? And
do students at PCC really expect
the officers to do anything any¬
way?
There is so much red tape in¬
volved in running the govern¬
ment, that by the time a group of
officers finally gets around to do¬
ing anything, the semester is al¬
ready over, and the new officers
are ready to take over.
As far as the second question
is concerned, I personally do not
expect much from the officers.
I have always thought that being
an officer gave a person a good
opportunity to practice for the
real thing — politics in state and
national governments. But other
than that, they can run the PCC
government any way they want.
The forum did present an inter¬
esting diversion from the usual
things that the ASB president
usually presents, though.
— Tom Russell
A CRITIC SPEAKS— PCC student Edward Guer¬
rero offers his opinion of student government at
the ASB Open Forum held recently. He drew
quite a crowd with his caustic comments on the
function of PCC student body leaders, and raised
the question, “What has the government done
thus far this year to justify its existence?" The
forum was held in front of the Robbins Building.