PCC Courier, October 24, 1980

1 ALL SMILES AND ROSES — Expressions of surprise and joy light up the faces of this year's Rose Court princesses PCC students Leslie Kim Kawai. right and left, and Rebecca Ann Miller, above, are presented with bouquets Of red roses from last year's court —Courier photos by Larry Goren VOL. 50. NO. 10 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA. CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 24, 1980 Late Postmarks Mean Some Will Not Vote By Monique Meindl Staff Writer An apparent mix-up caused three PCC students registered by the Young Republicans to miss the Oct. 6 voter registration deadline. Up to 45 other students may also have missed the deadline, making them ineligible to vote Nov 4. Nothing, however, can be done in time for this election, accord¬ ing to a spokesman from the Los SEWERS GET DEBUGGED— Cockroaches take to the high ground after being driven from sewers beneath the campus by a rising slime tide. PCC plumber Rich¬ ard Delepine battles the bugs ad nauseum in the aftermath of sani¬ tary napkins, paper towels and other unspecified items carelessly flushed down school toilets. The overflow happens about twice a year, which gives the bugs a little sun and the building services staff an unwanted workout. — Courier photos by Zach Harmon Angeles County Registrar of Voters. Julie Hood, Lynn Black and Lisa Ervin were registered to vote the week before the midnight deadline by mem¬ bers of the Young Republican group on campus, who were registering people on a voluntary basis. Ms. Black, a Young Republican . member, also helped register people. On Oct. 18, the three students re¬ ceived notice from the Registrar-Re¬ corder that their registration forms were invalid because they were late. “I registered in good faith, and I am not pointing the blame on anyone, but I want to vote, and I will take the matter to court if I can’t,” said Ms. Ervin; ‘‘The registration forms were mailed Oct. 6 at 10:30 p.m. at the Arroyo Annex,” said Bob Carroll, Young Republicans’ president. ‘‘The information service at the Annex con¬ firmed that mail received before mid¬ night would be marked Oct. 6,” he said. However, the forms were marked Oct. 7, making them invalid for the November General Election. Carroll said he was responsible for turning in the registration forms Oct. 6. However, he received the forms at 4:30 p.m. that day from Carol Conover, a Young Republican member in charge of the registration service. “I was unaware until that time that the forms had not been turned in earlier,” said Carroll, who had no transportation and was unable to take the registration forms to the Annex until 10:30 p.m. According to Ms. Con¬ over, she was waiting to give the forms to Carroll for mailing before the dead¬ line. ■ ЩШ тшшшш тжштж ngggpr • v Prior to the delivery at 10:30 p.m.. Dorothy Byles, activities assistant in the Campus Center had been mailing registration forms via campus mail. According to Mrs. Byles. she mailed the last group the morning of Oct. 6. The Pasadena Annex could not ac¬ count for the problem, but Phil Dennis, director of Customer Services at the main post office said that in general, mail is postmarked the same date if received before midnight, although pick-ups vary with different mail box¬ es. A Customer Services spokeswoman at the main post office said there was a mix-up in area post offices’ time sched¬ ules. Additional pick-ups from mail boxes were not made. They reported receiving approximately 100 other complaints from people who were not registered due to the late postmark. However, Dennis said, "We were never informed of the importance of this date,” in order to make extra pick¬ ups. Post offices in Los Angeles ap¬ parently were informed, he said. The PCC registration forms were “placed in a mail box in front of the Annex that is picked up every hour,” said Carroll. According to an employee of the Registration Division of the Registrar of Voters Office, who did not wish to be identified, the registration forms are self-executed affidavits, and the people who fill them out are responsible to mail them in. “The executors in this case were volunteers serving a public affidavit, which means they have no responsibility.” Since the names of all those who registered by the Young Republicans are not known, there is no way to account for how many were late. The deadline was established so that those voting would be registered 29 days before the election in order to establish residency and give the county enough time to deliver election materi¬ al. according to a League of Women Voters' spokeswoman. - VUUIICI [lliutu uy S “ I i launuii A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME — The seven Rose Princesses picked Monday are (front row from left): Julie Anne Allen. Polytechnic: Leslie Kim Kawai. PCC: Lourdes Jeanette Vita, Alverno: and in the back row. Julie Anne Vogel. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy: Rebecca Ann Miller, PCC, Monica Yvonne Lichter, Arcadia High and Janet Lynn Park, South Pasadena High School. The cfueen will be announced Tuesday. Two PCC Students Grace Rose Court By Cheryl Robinson Staff Writer Two PCC students were among the seven Rose Court Princesses selected at Tournament House Monday. Tournament officals earlier had nar¬ rowed the field of 894 hopefuls to 34 finalists. The month-long judging proc¬ ess, by an eight-member panel, picked the Rose Court on the basis of person¬ ality. charm, poise, appearance, com¬ munication and academic achieve¬ ment. Six area schools and five dif¬ ferent cities are represented on the new court. The Rose Queen and Princesses will preside over the 62nd annual Rose Parade. From now until New Year’s day, they will take part in more than 80 official Tournament functions. Rebecca Ann Miller, 18, the oldest court member, is a PCC freshman and Senate Finally OKs AS В Budget By Cheryl Robinson Staff Writer The ASB fall budget was finally passed Tuesday by the Student Senate, which had been unable to meet a quorum in three previous attempts. The $12,404 budget, encompassing 18 different funding areas, was passed except for three student organization budgets which were deferred until a later date. The amount of funds to be appropriated to Associated Mens Stu¬ dents. Associated Womens Students and the Student Senate is still under deliberation. Jennifer McKinney. Student Ac¬ tivities adviser, explained that the position of the Student Senate in the past hasn't been much to admire. This is the reason so few students are interested in the Senate, she said. Chris Williams. Student Senate pres¬ ident, cited faculty for not encouraging interest in Senate activities. Dr. Gordon Brown. Faculty Senate president, does not care about the Student Senate, according to Williams. “If the Faculty Senate won’t help us, we ll help ourselves.” Williams said. Last week, Richard Kim, Student Senate second vice president, initiated the distribution of 100 letters to faculty, encouraging them to elect Senate rep¬ resentatives from their 9 a m. classes. Twenty Student Senators showed up to voice opinions and discuss Senate plans at Tuesday’s meeting. Kim feels that attendance in this meeting was up due to the letters and because some Student Senators personally “dragged people in.” “I’m sure we will be the most active group on campus,” said Kim. There has been concern voiced by ASB and the Homecoming Committee because some plans for Homecoming activities have been delayed. No one could have access to the $750 in the Homecoming Fund until the budget was passed. Correction In the Courier’s story on the Reclamation Center last week an error was made. According to Jorge Caamano, ASB president, the location of the center has not yet been approved. It has only been proposed that the center be open to students and community during Anti-Litter Week, he said. resident of San Marino. As 'a business major, she is preparing to be a fashion merchandise buyer. Ms. Miller has two brothers and three sisters. She enjoys sailing, skiing and sewing. “I'm so excited,” she said. “I think riding on the float will be the most exciting part.” Also interested in the field of fash¬ ion, Princess Leslie Kim Kawai. 17, also attends PCC as a freshman. Her study emphasis is in English, philosophy and Japanese. She has been a member of Pasadena Dance Theatre for 10 years and has worked with the American Red Cross for three years at the Special Olympics for mentally re¬ tarded and handicapped persons. The youngest in her family, she has two brothers and one sister. The five other princesses named are Julie Anne Allen, 17, Polytechnic School; Monica Yvonne Lichter. 16. Arcadia High School; Janet Lvn Park, 17, South Pasadena High School; Lourdes Janette Vita, 17, Alverno High School and Julie Anne Vogel, 17, of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. In front of waiting family and friends, each member of the new court stepped forward as their names were called by Millard Davidson, Tour¬ nament of Roses Association president. Each received a bouquet of red roses from mejnbers of the retiring 1980 court. The 1981 Tournament theme is “The Great Outdoors.” All the newly picked princesses agreed that riding in the parade would be their most exciting Rose Court experience. The court will join Grand Marshal Lome Greene, Davidson and his wife. Jeanett, as the official “family” of the parade. There were tears shed among 1980 Rose Court members, as they com¬ pleted their reign and congratulated the 1981 princesses-. The Rose Queen, chosen from the seven court members, will be named on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., with a Coronation Luncheon following in the Tournament House, North Gardens.