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COURIER
VOL. 67, NO. 8 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 20, 1988
AS Elections Set After
Questions Bring Delay
By Gigi Hanna
Staff Writer
The AS elections, originally set for
Tuesday and Wednesday Oct. 25 and 26
and then postponed until Wednesday
and Thursday, Nov. 3 and 4, now will be
held on Oct. 25, 26 and 27.
The original rescheduling, decided
upon on Monday by the Election com¬
mittee, was opposed by candidates
protesting that it contradicted Article
5, Section 4 of the AS Constitution
which states, “General elections for
the Coordinators of Publicity, External
Affairs, Campus Activities, and Cul¬
tural Affairs, shall be held at the
beginning of the Fall Semester, within
40 days after the start of the Fall
Semester.”
The consitution is not clear whether
the 40 days meant 40 school days or 40
calender days.
Opponents argued that if the drafters
of the Constitution meant 40 school
days, they would have stated it that
way, and thus the postponment was
unconstitutional. However, it was ruled
that the wording referred to school
days.
Connie Hurston, AS advisor, felt that
the original rescheduling would, ‘ ‘bene¬
fit all of the candidates, but especially
the independents and students running
for the first time.” Independents and
first-time candidates were thought less
likely to know all of the campaign
strategies available to them.
One of the two tickets in this elec¬
tion, the ticket with Henry Hernendez
for Coordinator of External Affairs,
Leilani Imai for Publicity, Claudine
Alfano for Campus Activities and Char-
mayne Camp for Cultural Affairs, now
face possible disciplinary action be¬
cause of an ad they bought in the
Courier.
The committee consists of Connie
Hurston, Alvar Kauti, Dean of Student
Activities, Greg McLemore, AS presi¬
dent, and four appointees.
Before the Spring elections, the
spending limit for all candidates was
raised from $50 to $70. This limit did
not include any funds raised as part of
any cooperative ads sold as a package
to the The Courier for advertisments
placed in this paper. This strategy was
first utilized by the Greg McLemore
ticket last year, with the Jose Rodri¬
quez slate of candidates objecting to
the ad.
An election committee set up after
the election found that the co-opting of
ads was legal under the AS Constitu¬
tion. The candidates therefore, were,
and are constitutionally allowed to sell
ads in this manner.
This week the election committee
voted to raise the maximum amount of
money spent by individuals and tickets
to $600 per ticket or $150 per candidate.
Besides the changes in the spending
limit allowed for campaigns, the com¬
mittee also has implimented a point-
demerit system to be used when can¬
didates violate the election code. A
breakdown of violations, and the points
that each are worth, had not been
drawn up as of Tuesday. The demerit
system replaces the current system
which issued warnings to candidates
who broke Election Code rules. The
rules called for a candidate’s dis¬
qualification when he or she received
three warnings.
In response to the committee’s rul¬
ing, Hurston commented, “It was a
great compromise. Everyone had to
lose a little, but in the end everyone
will win from this decision.”
John Quintanilla and Nelson Green
/
The Courier
Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis spoke to an audience of more than 2,500 in Sexson Auditorium last Friday evening.
See story below.
Substance Abuse Task Force Being Formed
By Margie Goodhart
Feature Editor
A substance abuse task force is being
formed on campus to take a com¬
prehensive look at the problem of
alcohol and drug abuse at PCC. Kent
Yamauchi, PCC staff psychologist, is
spearheading this project whose mem¬
bers will include faculty, staff, admin¬
istrators and students. This committee,
still in the formative stages, will be
meeting regularly by early December
and will have hammered out a definite
statement of purpose.
“What the task force will do now,”
said Yamauchi, “is gather information
so we can see what comparable col¬
leges are doing and what will be ideal
The 1989 Rose Parade
PCC Students Selected for Court
By Meta McCullough
Special Correspondent
Two Pasadena City College students
have been selected to reign as Rose
Princesses in the 1989 Tournament of
Roses Court.
Raquel Anne Black and Carolyn
Beach accepted the traditional bouquet
of roses from 1987 court members
along with the other princesses. Their
excitementand surprise was apparent
on the crisp fall morning as the pep
band, cameras and reporters
heightened the excitement. Family and
friends were present as well, to cheer
on their favorite princesses as the
names were announced.
Princess Raquel said she was
“humbled and honored” to be chosen.
She is a native New Yorker who has
traveled extensively throughout the
world. Her future plans include study¬
ing medicine and specializing in
pediatrics.
The third time was the charm for
Princess Carolyn, who was “over¬
whelmed and ecstatic at being chosen
for this honor”. She is majoring in
business management, and enjoys
camping, sports and cooking as her
hobbies.
Princesses Carolyn and Raquel were
chosen from a field of 847 contestants.
The princesses would like to en¬
courage all those who are interested to
try out for the Tournament next year.
“It has been a wonderful, fantastic
experience, and, “we have made sev¬
eral new friends throughout the
tryouts.”
“The theme this year is “America’s
New Year’s Celebration — Celebration
100,” honoring the Tournament’s 100th
year anniversary. The centennial is off
and running,” according to John H.
Biggar III, president of the 1989 Tour¬
nament of Roses. “This year’s will be
the most visible and celebrated Court
in the history of the parade. These
seven young women will be experienc¬
ing the event of a lifetime, said Biggar.
The parade will be held Monday, Jan.
2, 1989 because New Year’s Day is on a
Sunday — the parade is never held on a
Sunday. As Biggar announced the seven
members of the Royal Court, the Pasa¬
dena City College Tournament of Roses
Honor Band performed with a spirited
fanfare befitting the ceremonies. The
group was accompanied by a high-
stepping major. The Grand Marshall
will be announced Wednesday, Oct. 19,
Biggar said, with the lucky lady
selected for the 71st Rose Queen being
announced that following Tuesday, Oct.
25, at the Tournament House.
The other members of the 1989 Royal
Court are: Lacy Endo, Kristin Hansen,
Tomorrow Leigh, Heidi Marsh and
Charmaine Shryock.
‘Prevention doesn’t happen just in the quad. It
needs to happen in the classrooms — in
sociology, psychology and even music. The
lifestyle of a musician may have been influenced
by substance abuse.’
for us.”
The first goal will be to get an
assessment of the impact or extent of
the substance abuse problems among
students and staff, Yamauchi said.
Hard data, such as disciplinary ac¬
tions against students and staff, is
necessary to have in order to convince
the administrators that PCC needs this
program.
Campus-wide surveys will be taken
to gain insight into the perceptions of
students and staff toward the problem
of substance abuse. If there is a dis¬
crepancy between the hard data of
actual incidences and the soft data of
the surveys, this information can be
shown to the administration as a
barometer gauging the depth of the
problem in the campus communtiy.
Yamauchi stresses that all informa¬
tion will be gathered in a way respect¬
ful of rights of privacy.
“We want numbers, not names,” he
said.
Yamauchi spent the summer study¬
ing what the college offers in the realm
of substance abuse:
• Some education through health and
general psychology classes is avail¬
able.
• Information on community-based
programs can be accessed through the
Student Health Center.
• Student health insurance offers a
hospitalization plan for substance
abuse.
• Psychological Services has offered
workshops in this area in the past.
• Alcoholics Anonymous holds a meet¬
ing once a week on campus.
What the college doesn’t have is a
formal plan for treatment or preven¬
tion.
“We need to integrate these things
that students can have access to in
order to be able to facilitate the com¬
munity resources,” Yamauchi said.
He sees the issue of prevention
through awareness and education as
the beginning aim for the task force’s
efforts.
“Prevention doesn’t happen just in
the quad,” Yamauchi said. “It needs to
happen in the classrooms — in soci¬
ology, psychology, gym and even mu¬
sic. The lifestyle of a musician may
have been influenced by substance
abuse.”
Another necessary action by the task
force will be to formulate a formal
statement of policy or philosophy
toward substance abuse at PCC.
“The statement must be carefully
written because it is dealing with a
subject highly sensative to people’s
lives,” Yamauchi said.
In the formulation of this philosophy,
the task force will be contacting other
community colleges to see what data
and experience they can provide.
“We do not have to reinvent the
wheel,” said Yamauchi. “We can
adopt, modify, and individualize the
information.”
The task force’s immediate job is to
examine the problem in detail and
make strong recommendations to the
administration. While story after story
in college newspapers point to the
problem, Yamauchi feels details and
facts must be gathered and delivered to
the administration for appropriate ac¬
tion to be taken for this campus.
“The ideal impact will be to make
substance abuse education part of the
curriculum, especially in the nursing
and medical technology fields. But if
we can heighten people’s awareness —
whether or not they’ve been personally
touched, we’ll be doing a pretty good
job. The least we can do is prevention
and education.”
Dukakis Addresses Community
Groups During Stop at Sexson
By Gigi Hanna
Opinion Editor
John Quintanilla
/
The Courier
The 1989 Rose Parade Princesses, from left, Lacy Endo, Kristin Hansen, PCC’s Carolyn Beach, Tomorrow
Leigh, PCC’s Raquel Black, Heidi Marsh, and Charmaine Shryock.
Democratic presidential candidate
Michael Dukakis addressed a crowd of
more than 2,500 predominately black
and Hispanic leaders of the Industrial
Areas Foundation (IAF) Network of
Southern California at Sexson
Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 14.
The Massachusetts governor spoke
for one half hour on topics of concern to
those grass-roots organizations. He ad¬
dressed the issues of “safe harbors”
for children and his wish of more
compassion from the Immigration and
Naturalization Service for immigrants.
He feels the INS is tearing families
apart. He also spoke of the role of drugs
in today’s America.
“We are going to do something about
the cancer that has been gnawing away
a , us — the cancer that is drugs and the
crime they bring with them.”
UNO (United Neighborhoods Or¬
ganization,) SCOC (South Central Or¬
ganizing Committee,) and EVO (East
Valleys Organization,) comprise IAF,
the sponsor of the event. The three non¬
partisan groups are assembled to bring
power to people who would be unable to
fight legislation as individuals. United,
the groups have fought to change condi¬
tions that adversely affect them and
their families. One such change was
the raise in California’s minimum
wage from $3.35 an hour to $4.25 an
hour.
Dukakis praised the coalition on
their work. “Next year in Washington
we are going to have a national min¬
imum wage,” the candidate said. He
also promised, “to get this nation back
into the business of building and re¬
habilitating decent, affordable housing
for its citizens.” At this, the crowd
gave the governor a standing ovation,
one of several during the evening.
IAF’s current campaign is to en¬
courage registered voters to actually
vote on Election Day, Nov. 8, “to make
democracy come alive.”
The assembly was not a campaign
rally for Dukakis, but rather a pep-
rally of sorts for IAF. The agenda for
the assembly included short speeches
from Dr. Armand Hammer, L.A. city
councilman Zev Yaroslavsky and other
political heavy-weights pledging their
support to IAF.
The speakers brought the crowd to
its feet a number of times, shouting
“Sign-up, Take Charge,” the IAF bat¬
tle-cry.
The presidential candidate was inter¬
rupted twice when Lyndon LaRouche
supporters hurled questions at an un¬
prepared Dukakis. Yelling between the
audience and the two LaRouche sup¬
porters ensued while Dukakis stood
quietly at the podium. The disturbance
was calmed after five Secret Service
agents escorted the pair out of Sexson
Auditorium.
Security was tight for the event.
Those without press passes or invita¬
tions to the rally were not allowed into
the auditorium.
The organizations represent more
than 217,000 families and almost 80
churches throughout Los Angeles
County. Both UNO and SCOC are based
in South Central Los Angeles while
EVO represents churches in the
Pomona and San Gabriel Valleys.
The IAF states that its business is,
“organizing for power — our leaders
want to change conditions that
adversely affect them and their fami¬
lies.”
Dukakis ended his speech with the
promise of a giant celebration after
election.