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COURIER
Mr. T Says:
Pick Up Trash,
FOOL!
VOL. 61, NO. 7
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 11, 1985
Mares Wins AS Presidential Election by a
Landslide
By Joe Holman
Editor in Chief
Jim Mares and his entire ticket
made a clean sweep in last week’s
campaign election.
Mares, elected the new A.S. presi¬
dent, accounted for 485 votes in the
victory, defeating opponents Angela
Toft (327 votes) and Joseph Serrato
(190). In all, 1113 votes were cast in one
of the most heated campaigns in recent
years.
However, following the election
Mike Titlon, spokesman for Toft’s
ticket on this matter said, “This elec¬
tion was a sham. With 1113 votes cast,
there was a discrepancy in the total
number of votes counted. The official
results indicated that 1130 votes were
cast for the office of Coodinator of
Campus Affairs. This is a discrepancy
of 17 votes.”
A1 Kauti, dean of student activities
said, “There was an error of 17 votes
for this office, but it had no effect on
the the outcome (Lisa Hybsha had 280
more votes than the closest candidate).
In viewing past elections, I would say
that this was a successful election.
There wasn’t any animosity among the
candidates and there wasn’t any name
calling,” Kauti said.
Said Tilton, “We feel that we were
unjustly persecuted during the the
whole campaigning period and that
rules were formed to prevent us from
winning.”
The other candidaes elected were
Steve Amezola, executive vice presi¬
dent; Lance Oberholtzer, vice presi¬
dent of academic affairs; Karen Vargo,
vice president of business affairs; Beth
Schindler, vice president of student
services; Hybsha, coordinator of cam¬
pus activities; Jose Novo, coordinator
of cultural affairs; Dana Asta, coordi¬
nator of external affairs; and Irma
Hernandez, coordinator of special pro¬
grams.
“We ran a clean campaign,” said
Mares. “We overcame a lot of
adversity during the campaign. We had
posters torn down and were told by
everyone while the campaign was still
in progress that we had no chance of
winning.”
Mares accounted for 48.4 percent of
the votes cast in the presidential elec¬
tion. However, the elections are de¬
cided by a plurality vote rather than a
majority vote, according to Jennifer
McKinney, student activities adviser.
Toft finished close behind with 32.6
percent, while Serrato settled for 19
percent of the vote.
“My main goal is to reach the stu¬
dents,” said Mares on Monday. “I want
to do this by conducting surveys on
important topics, such as the Student
Services fee. I also want to look into the
parking situation. My final goal is
о
investigate the semester system at
PCC. I want to find out if we could start
school in August and finish by Christ¬
mas vaction. Many students want to
transfer to other colleges after the Fall
semester, but can’t becuase our
semester doesn’t end until January.”
Mares’ experience in AS government
includes positions as coordinator of
cultural affairs and vice president of
academic affairs. He also served as
treasurer on the interim AS Board this
Summer. “Last year I played a sup¬
portive role to then AS President Chris
Cofer. I want to play the role of a
leader this semester. Watching Chris
last year, I think I can do as good a job
as president and maybe even a better
job for the students.”
JIM MARES — Newly elected AS President, celebrates his victory Monday with members of his ticket
and the MEChA Club. — Courier photo by Don Plummer
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Pasadena Aids in Mexican Disaster
ENJOYING A BREAK— Carmelo Nieves, electronics student, is
caught off guard while visiting with friends between classes in
front of the cafeteria. —Courier photo by Pat
Мопсе
Health Center Has Many Advantages
Each club must send a representa¬
tive to every meeting if it is to be
acknowledged as an official PCC club
and remain on active status. The meet¬
ings will be held at noon in CC202 every
first and third Wednesday of each
month. The next meeting is slated for
October 16, and there there will be an
extra meeting October 30.
“Membership in ICC sparks in¬
itiative as students develop talents, and
it helps them learn to work together to
organize events and activities,”
McKinney said.
Plans for one of the big events of the
year are currently underway with
“Homecoming,” slated for November
9. The theme for this year is “Fantasy
Celebration.” McKinney said that
clubs will participate in some way.
PCC Lancers will play in Horrell Field
facing El Camino College in a PAC-9
contest. Different clubs will construct
and decorate floats, while other mem¬
bers will sell homemade sweets,
cookies, cakes and candies.
“ICC gets students involved in stu¬
dent government,” McKinney said. The
young people gain a sense of responsi¬
bility for the financial aspects of ac¬
tivities and learn to see things through
to the end.
“ICC is an important organization on
campus,” McKinney continued, “be¬
cause ICC helps club members share
ideas, disseminate information as well
as give clubs an impetus for becoming
By Kyra Bowling
Staff Writer
Janice Roman, 18-year nursing vet¬
eran, is now stationed in the campus
health center, replacing retired nurse
Barbara Haisch.
Roman received her BS in nursing
from Cal State L.A. “We average about
70 patients a day, and the mornings are
fairly busy. But after a while it slows
down, and then there are always other
things to do,” said Roman.
Roman’s daily duties include: log¬
ging the patients in, refilling supplies
and stocks, and assisting the physician.
Aside from this, there are about three
emergencies a week. Roman said,
“They are usually injuries, falls, or
complications with the handicapped.
Just recently we had a fractured nose
and had to call the paramedics , when
someone calls, we have to decide
whether they can take care of it and
come to the center themselves, or
whether we need to go get them.”
Athletes are the only exception. They
are taken care of by the trainers.
Should a medical emergency arise, it is
the physician who makes all decisions
regarding the administering of anti¬
biotics or other drugs.
According to Roman, there are many
other services provided by the center.
These include: vision and hearing
screening, health counseling, and even
lab work for certain health and medical
classes. Discounts on rubella tests, pap
smears, and urine and blood specimens
as well as immunization tests are also
available to all students.
ICC Members
By Sister Mary Scully
Staff Writer
ICC membership gives student club
members practice in leadership and
teamwork, helps them to plan their
activities and offers them the op¬
portunity to participate in campus¬
wide events, according to Jennifer
McKinney, student activities adviser.
Mexico City sustained the most dam¬
age during the recent earthquake, fol¬
lowed closely by Ciudad Guzman. In a
city the size of Pasadena, 5,000 were
injured and more than 20,000 left home¬
less. The city of Pasadena has adopted
Ciudad Guzman as its emergency sister
city in a community-wide effort called
Programa Amigos.
Programa Amigos hopes to raise
funds and collect supplies during the
next few weeks. The drive which began
involved in activities sponsored by the
student government. In order to spon¬
sor activities such as a car wash1 or a
bake sale on or off campus, to utilize
clubroom mailboxes and participate in
the Flea Market, clubs have to main¬
tain active status.
Each club must file a copy of its
constitutions, in the Student Activities
Office. If a club does not have a
constitution, members should compose
one. The constitution expresses the
purpose of the organization and the
reason for its existence.
Last year, Angela Parker, elected as
the executive vice president of the
Associated Student Government, and
chairman of ICC, organized an all club
on Oct. 4 concludes Oct. 18.
Approximately 70 percent of the
homes in Ciudad Guzman were dam¬
aged and about 30 percent destroyed.
Hundreds of people are still living in
city shelters and an estimated 4,000 are
making their home in the streets. The
city’s less hazardous one and two story
buildings lowered the possible death
rate. The city suffered 79 deaths.
Twelve of the thirteen churches were
destroyed or damaged beyond use.
Christmas tea in the campus center.
She also coordinated an all club picnic
which was held in the spring. Both
events were very successful and in¬
volved large numbers of club mem¬
bers.” Different groups want to con¬
tinue these two activities,” McKinney
said.
McKinney and Sandra Tipton, stu¬
dent activity assistant, encourage ICC
and club members to be independent in
planning events, scheduling the avail¬
able facilities and developing the
budget to cover events. They also make
them responsible for publicizing and
running the events, as well as for
preparing a written or verbal post¬
event critique.
The Salvation Army in the United
States has committed over $200,000
thus far for earthquake relief efforts in
Mexico City.
Contributions from students and em¬
ployees of the college will be donated to
the Red Cross to aide Ciudad Guzman.
“We certainly have the potential for
a $1,000 contribution,” said Dr. Henry
P. Kirk, program coordinator. Fun¬
draising efforts will consist of collec¬
tions at tomorrow’s football game, and
soliciting contributions from students,
faculty and staff. Dr. Kirk also said “I
am sure the PCC family will respond.”
Suggestions from the Oct.l meeting
of Programa Amigos included PCC
serving as a drop off point for dona¬
tions, and the nursing department con¬
tacting the nursing school in Guzman to
inquire about possible damage to facil¬
ities and assistance needed which could
be given through the department.
Programa Amigos is coordinated by
various members of the Pasadena
Community which including the City of
Pasadena, the Chamber of Commerce,
Huntington and St. Luke hospitals, the
Salvation Army, and numerous
churches, businesses, organizations
and individuals.
The funds will also support rebuild¬
ing the city. Modern building standards
will be met to minimize destruction
should a similiar event occur again.
Get Experience in Leadership
— News Briefs —
The Festival of Animation will
present 16 international animated
short films in Sexson Auditorium
Oct. 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. and an
additional show at 4 p.m., Oct. 20.
Among the films representing
Canada, Europe and Japan will be
Canada’s academy award winner
“Charade.” Advanced tickets are
$4.50 at the student bank and various
ticketron locations.
The Art Gallery has recently
added evening hours, 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. It is continuning daytime
hours, noon to 4 p.m.
Currently on display is a show
titled “Downtown L.A. Artists” a
series of 10 abstract pieces that will
remain on display until Oct. 13.
Several other shows are scheduled
throughout the year including such
things as art work by faculty mem¬
bers and a possible pottery show.
Admission is free.
The library has extended its hours
and is now open on Saturdays. The
library now closes at 9 p.m. instead
of 8 p.m. and is open on Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Rita Walters, evening card super¬
visor said the administrative de¬
cision was prompted by student
requests submitted in the Sugges¬
tion Box located at the circulation
desk.
A film series dealing with learn¬
ing disabilities is currently being
offered on campus. The series,
which started last week will con¬
tinue every Thursday until Nov. 21
in C131 at noon and 4:30 p.m.
The presentations last approx¬
imately one hour and topics range
from hyperactivity in children to
dyplexia in adults. The series will
close with a film emphasizing the
possibilities of success for students
afflicted with a learning disability.
Additional information concerning
film topics and dates is available at
(818) 578-7127.
Psychological counseling is avail¬
able on campus to help students
through their personal problems at
no charge. Students need only to be
currently enrolled to take advantage
of the service. Dr. John Tulley and
Dr. Kent Yamauchi are available in
C232 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Brief interviews on a
walk-in basis are available
Tuesdays 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. and 9
a.m. to 10:15 a.m. on Fridays. Lim¬
ited evening hours are available
Tuesday evenings.
The Spirit of Recreation 5K and
10K runs will be held Sunday, Oct.
13, at Cal State University North-
ridge. The fee is $10.00 and proceeds
will benefit student scholarships.
Awards will be given to the top
three finishers in all age divisions.
Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. and
the races begin at 8 a.m. and 8:30
a.m.