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PCC Courier, October 07, 1977
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Concern Sparks Student Activity
Bakke Decision Challenges Court
By Steve Johnston
Staff Writer
The Bakke case, considered by some
to be one of the most important issues
of the century to face the United States
Supreme Court, has sparked activity
among members of PCC’s campus
community.
PCC student Jim Hjght, 20, is one of
the organizers of the Pasadena
Committee to Overturn the Bakke
Decision (PCOBD), whose members in
recent weeks have spoken before the
League of Women Voters, the
Pasadena Education Association and
Head Start.
Hight may be remembered for his
Pasadena School Board candidacy last
spring.
Elena Rodriguez, 20, PCC’s ASB
president and former chairperson of
MEChA, said she has been working on
programs to inform the campus
community of implications of the
Bakke case. “Most students don’t
seem to understand how the case
might affect them,” she said.
Bakke vs. the University of
California Board of Regents is
scheduled to be heard October 12 by
the U.S. Supreme Court.
The case has created enormous
controversy since Allan Bakke, a
white, 37-year-old former marine, sued
the University of California in 1973,
claiming he had been denied ad¬
mission to the UC Davis medical
school in favor of less-qualified
minorities who had been admitted
under the school’s special admission
program.
The Supreme Court’s decision is
expected to affect special admission
programs throughout the country.
Hight said his efforts with PCOBD
are intended to create a climate
favorable to rejection of the Bakke
argument. “The Supreme Court’s
interpretations on civil rights have
varied depending on the political
climate of the country,” he said.
“If the Bakke argument is upheld, I
expect an almost immediate end to
minority admission programs,” he
added. The use of quotas to bring about
desirable social changes will be
eliminated.”
The California Supreme Court held
in favor of Bakke in September, 1976.
The University appealed that decision
to the federal court.
The state court struck down the UC
Davis special admission program on
the grounds that it violated the equal
protection clause of the 14th amend¬
ment. The court held that special
admission programs would be con¬
stitutional if they applied to all races—
not only minorities.
In presenting the case before the
California bench, University of
California attorneys argued: “There
is, literally, no substitute for the use of
race as a factor in admissions if
professional schools are to admit more
than an isolated few applicants from
minority groups long subject to hostile
and pervasive discrimination.”
Opponents of that argument counter
that such a use of race continues a
pattern of discrimination.
Hight said he viewed the case as a
divisive ploy. “As it is now, people are
pitted on one side or the other of the
‘reverse discrimination’ issue. I think
all our energies would be better
channeled toward creating more
medical school slots, rather than
fighting over the few that exist,” he
said.
Ms. Rodriguez said she expected the
U.S. court’s decision to have a strong
impact on the Chicano movement.
“There is a sense of frustration,” she
said. “It seems we’re given a little bit
to appease us, then it's taken away.”
Those hoping to overturn the Bakke
case are not particularly optimistic
about the outcome of the federal
court’s hearing. The California court,
considered one of the most liberal state
courts, upheld the Bakke case by a 6-1
decision.
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VOL. 44, NO. 7
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 7, 1977
Bob's Big Boy May Be
Added to PCC Property
JIM HIGHT
ELENA RODRIGUEZ
By Kathy Prohs
Managing Editor
Pasadena City College should buy
the Bob’s Big Bey Restaurant adjacent
to PCC in order to prevent a traffic
accident which could result in a
student fatality, Dr.-E. Howard Floyd,
PCC superintendent-president, told the
Board of Trustees at its September 20
meeting.
Floyd said there were many positive
factors for buying the property but the
“biggest factor is the safety factor.”
He said he fears that there will be a
student fatality at the Francisca Street
and Sierra Bonita Avenue crosswalk
near the E and U buildings.
He stated that people using the
crosswalk had difficulty seeing drivers
approaching from behind them on
Attack on Dean Go lira Prompts Action
Campus Security Increases
By Kathy Prohs
Managing Editor
Campus security has increased at
PCC since the September 21 attack of
Dr. Raylene Goltra, dean of extended
day and summer sessions, said Ralph
Riddle, director of Security and
Parking Services.
Riddle said that the security office
has added one new full-time person,
asked officers to work overtime,
shifted personnel around and in¬
creased the number of student
assistants.
He said, “I can’t exactly divulge
what we’re doing because it might
threaten the operation.”
Riddle said he thought the attack on
Dr. Goltra was “a serious situation
because it could have been worse.”
Dr. Goltra was attacked from behind
in a stairWell between the C Building
second and third floors.
The male assailant grabbed her
around the neck and said, “I’m going
to cut your throat.”
He used a 5” straight-edged razor to
cut a 3” scratch on her forehead and a
5” scratch on her neck.
Dr. Goltra said she believed her
attacker was sincere in his threats. “If
I had just stood there and screamed,
I'm sure I would have been dead. I
have been in this same type of
situation before. Anyone who doesn’t
take it seriously, is either a fool or
dead," she said.
She explained that “when anyone
calls you all kinds of names and
threatens you, you had better believe
him."
Dr. Goltra stated that she has had
many physical confrontations in the
past. "That's why they hired me for
this type of job. I worked for a school
where things were very tough.”
She said there were drug problems
on campus and she had to be able to
take care of herself. She said she has
even had to haul students out of
classes.
Dr. Goltra said that she survived the
razor blade attack by “never
panicking and waiting for him to make
a crucial mistake— they always do.”
She said she was going to C Building
third floor to check why some
classrooms were not being used.
Women Hope Image
Improves Functions
The Associated Women Students
AWS) plan to modify the group’s
nage and stereotype. This year the
oard members hope to do more
leaningful things rather than just
ishion shows and teas as in the past.
These additional fund-raisers will
nable the group to award more Child
iare Scholarships for students.
Requirements for the scholarship
re that recipients be registered to
ttend PCC the following semester
pon receiving the award. Some single
parents who have two children or
more, or a handicapped child, may
apply.
Those who donate 15 hours of time
toward fundraising activities stand a
good chance of receiving the awards.
The student must be referred to the
selection committee by any faculty or
staff member by the last week of
January.
Tuesday the AWS will sponsor a
bake sale in the Quad for the scholar¬
ship
She credited her self-defense
training and nightly workouts with
helping her escape the attacker.
Dr. Goltra freed herself by striking
him in the stomach, fled and called the
campus security. She praised them,
saying they “performed very, very
we’ll. They did just a splendid job,
really professional. I even have a
letter of commendation for them.”
Dr. Goltra said police paramedics
looked at the scratches and "patched
me up and I saw the school doctor and
my personal doctor, who checked for
damage to my spleen,” she added.
She said she has no spleen damage
and is "sore but all right.” She said the
man hit her with his fist and almost
gave her a fractured rib but she only
has contusions of the rib cage and a
small line on her throat from the razor
blade.
She was not hospitalized and was
back at work the next day.
Dr. Goltra told security personnel
that her attacker was a black male,
approximately 6’ tall, weighing about
175 pounds and wearing a faded red
shirt and denims.
The attacker disappeared, uncaught
by campus security, and no arrests
have been made yet.
HOW DO I GET THERE?
FCC's football squad, looking for¬
ward to one of its best seasons in
years, will take on Cerritos College
Saturday at 7:30 p.nt. in a. non-
conference game at Cerritos. Fans
can get to Cerritos College by taking
the 210 freeway to the 605 freeway
and head south. Get off the 605 at
Alondra Boulevard and drive east.
The stadium will be visible from the
freeway.
Security director Riddle also
dispelled a few of the rumors which
have been circulating on campus about
attacks on people:
No one besides Dr. Goltra was
reported to have had his throat cut.
Dr. Floyd, PCC superintendent-
president. was not mugged and his
wallet was not stolen.
Dr. Goltra s attacker did not rape
her and Riddle said there have been no
reported rapes of any women con¬
nected with PCC since he came here
three years ago.
He said there was "one rape on
campus about a month ago but that it
was not a campus incident." Ap¬
parently, said Riddle, the couple knew
each other and he was possibly her
boyfriend. They got off a bus at ap¬
proximately 2:30 a.m. and walked on
Colorado toward PCC. Campus
security personnel found them in the
bushes, where he had "apparently
forced himself on her,” Riddle said.
He added that the “only other rape
(that he knew of I was before I came
here."
Francisca Street and that often cars
using the streets were speeding.
Efforts so far have failed to stop the
speeding. The City of Pasadena will
not leave a policeman at the crosswalk
all day to give tickets, nor will it put in
traffic “bumps” to slow down cars
since Francisca and Sierra Bonita are
city streets, said Floyd.
He said that if PCC purchased the
Bob's property, then the City of
Pasadena would close off Francisca
Street and Sierra Bonita Avenue. This
would reduce speeding in this area and
give PCC more parking spaces and
allow Bonnie Avenue to be widened
from Colorado Boulevard to Francisca
Street, according to Floyd.
He estimates that the purchase of
the two properties would allow PCC to
add about 125 more parking spaces for
regular-sized cars or approximately
145 more spots for compact cars.
Floyd stated that with the purchase
of the two properties, PCC could also
square off its borders, reduce the
number of non-students who cruise the
campus and provide better safety.
Negotiations are underway to buy
both properties but they will not
become parking lots immediately.
There is no agreement between PCC
and the sellers concerning the method
of acquiring the properties— either
through eminent domain or a
negotiated contract.
Nor have they agreed whether the
Copp property will be bought with an
option binder agreement or delayed
escrow. There . are leases on the
property which are not up yet and
which PCC cannot pay off and acquire
immediately, according to Dr. Charles
Miller, vice-president for business
services,
This means that the projected close
of escrow would be 1979 but the
property would go off the market
during PCC’s 1977-78 budget year.
The owner wants a $25,000 option
binder to hold the property for PCC but
the County Counsel turned down an
escrow fee and PCC is now considering
some other kind of payment to the
owner.
PCC also cannot immediately turn
the Bob's Restaurant property into a
parking lot because Bob’s will need
time to relocate.
THE FINAL SCORE— PCC met Grossmont last
Saturday night and the scoreboard tells the story.
For further details, see Page Six.
' What's Happening to the Family ?'
Forum Lecture Asks Question
The Social Science Department will
explore the question, “What’s Hap¬
pening to the Family?” in a Social
Science Forum on Thursday, Oct. 20 at
9 a.m. in C301. This is the first in a
series of four lectures to be presented
for students with student participants.
“One goal of the Forum is to
spotlight the wide range of talent in the
Social Science Department,” said
moderator John Snyder.
The speakers include Barbara Miller
of the Sociology Department and
Enrique Orozco, a historian by
training. They each will speak briefly
and then discuss the topic together,
followed by audience questions.
"Questions from the floor are what
make the Forum fun. I’m always
amazed at what comes up,” said Mrs.
Miller. She plans to present her
research of the major changes in the
family unit over the last 12 years.
Basically, the Social Science Forum
will discuss the impact of rapid
technological change on the family and
what effect it has. Slides and visual
effects will be presented to aid in the
exploration of what changes the family
unit is going through.
The Forum can be viewed by closed
circuit TV in the cafeteria and student
lounge. All seats are reserved for the
event.
Astronomers Prepare for Eclipse
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ASTRONOMERS ARE EXCITED— Doug Anzai is
focusing the solar telescope on the roof of the
Observatory in preparation to view the partial solar
eclipse. The eclipse will be seen from a corridor
less than 70 miles wide overwater in the North
Pacific Ocean. Partial eclipses can occur once or
twice in this area every 10 years.
A solar eclipse (when the moon
blocks the sun) will occur on Wed¬
nesday, Oct. 12 between noon and 2:30
p.m. In this area, it will be viewed in
partial phases although inhabitants of
the southwestern states will see the
moon cover more of the sun than
elsewhere.
The astronomy classes, headed by
Clyde Eaton, plan to observe and
photograph the eclipse as part of the
class experience. The department has
special equipment for filming the
eclipse and hopes their temporarily
out-of-order tools will be functioning in
time. Last year, the advanced students
took films that were used in a TV
broadcast.
The first contact of the eclipse in the
Pasadena area will be at 11:58 a.m.,
reaching its maximum at 1:14 p.m.
and ending at 2:40.
There are safe ways of looking at the
sun during an eclipse, including the
use of an arc-welder’s glass or filters
with metallic coatings. It is unsafe and
unwise to look at an eclipse through
smoked glass, color film or sun
glasses. 'Of course, the best bet, if you
are not prepared with special equip¬
ment, is not to look directly at the sun
at all and just enjoy the effects of the
eclipse.
GETTING READY— Astronomy student, Ann Neiderer is taking a
reading on the altitude of the sun in preparation for the solar eclipse
that will occur Wednesday, Oct. 12. courier Phoios
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