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Pasadena City College
Pasadena, California
Vol. 74 No. 6
COURIER
Thursday
October 29, 1992
Clinton wins in survey
□ First-time voters
choose Arkansas
Gov. Bill Clinton as
the next president.
By AL SANTANA
News Editor
Heading into the upcoming presi¬
dential election Tuesday, Democrat
Bill Clinton holds a wide lead over
President George Bush among cam¬
pus students, wh ile Ross Perot draws
even less support, a poll conducted
by the Courier has found.
With the general election less than
a week away, 56 percent of those
interviewed said they would vote
forClinton, 17percentfor Bush and
16 percent for Perot. Ten percent of
students likely to vote said they are
still undecided.
Above all, the poll attests to the
continuing power of economic dis¬
satisfaction as the driving force in
this election.
Two-thirds of those polled said
the economy and job opportunities
for the youth are the most important
issues of the campaign.
Of those polled, 26 percent said
the environment and education are
most important to them.
Only 4 percent of students surveyed
said character and budget issues would
influence their voting decisions.
The campus survey was conducted
in a four-day period. It polled 107
college students who said they are
registered voters and are likely to
vote in the Nov. 3 election.
Those supporting Clinton’s can¬
didacy are mostly students who are
going to cast their ballots for the first
time. Seventy -nine percent of those
polled said that they have never voted
before, while 1 1 percent of the stu¬
dents said they voted in the 1988
general election.
Clinton is receiving support from
61 percent of the new voters. Bush
and Perot are in a virtual tie, draw¬
ing about 1 5 percent of college stu¬
dents who are going to vote for the
first time on Election Day.
The remaining voters said they
have not made up their minds about
whether they are going to vote for
any of the three official presidential
candidates.
Clinton’s aggressive campaign
aimed at college-age students across
the nation is giving him the edge
with youth between the ages of 1 8
and 22. Of those students, 80 percent
said they will vote for the Demo¬
cratic nominee.
The survey also shows a signifi¬
cant percentage of students who are
still undecided. One in 1 1 students
have said that they still don’t know
for whom they would vote for. The
survey found that 84 percent of un-
comitted voters are women.
Contrary to what recent national
poll results have been showing in the
last week, Clinton’s support seems
to remain steady.
Last Saturday , an ABC News poll
suggested that Clinton’s lead in the
presidential race had been cut to 10
percentage points, compared to some
surveys taken prior to the presiden¬
tial debates.
The Democratic candidate had
the backing of 44 percent of the
likely voters, compared to 34 per¬
cent for Bush. Lagging behind was
Perot, with only 17 percent.
Another poll conducted between
last Thursday and Saturday by the
New York Times/CBS News revealed
that last week was a shaky period for
Clinton, at least nationally.
The Arkansas governor’s com¬
mand in that national survey shrunk
to five percentage points between
him and his closest rival, President
Bush.
Clinton had 41 percent of the
votes backing his candidacy for presi¬
dent, while Bush’s supporters gave
him 36 percent of the possible votes.
In the same poll, Perot had a voter
approval of 15 points.
Surveys taken after Ross Perot’s
September comeback into the presi¬
dential race have shown Clinton
with a steady 10-point-advantage over
his GOP adversary.
The Texan billionaire’s figures
in the polls have indicated that he
has drawn support from 7 and 8 per¬
cent of those polled.
Presidential Election
WHO WAS POLLED
The Courier polled 107 stu¬
dents, 54 men and 53 women,
who are registered voters.
THE TRENDS
Of the 27 students who voted
for President George Bush in 1988,
14 said they have changed their
minds and will vote for Gov. Bill
Clinton this year.
First-time voters also tended
to favor the Democratic candi¬
date. The majority of respondents
cited the economy, the environ¬
ment and education as the three
most important issues facing
college-age voters today.
Gov. Bill Clinton
THE RESULTS
If elections were held tomorrow, who would you vote for?
56.2%
Clinton
Bush
Perot
Undecided
10.2%
Poll conducted Al Santana and Brian T. Gaughan
Infographic by Anissa C. Vicente
IT’S A DEAD
MAN’S PARTY:
A festive altar
celebrates Mexico’s
“Dia de los Muertos.”
Carolyn Potter’s
work highlighting
Day of the Dead is
displayed with other
holiday art at The
Folk Tree in 217 S.
Fair Oaks Ave. in
Pasadena through
Nov. 8.
Photo by LUPE MONTALVO/ The COURIER
Day of the Dead activities set
By KATRINA P. TEN
Staff Writer
Pasadena Mayor Rick Cole and Dr.
Jack A. Scott, superintendent-president,
next Thursday will help kick off PCC’s
second annual celebration of “Dia de los
Muertos,” a daylong event observed
worldwide in honor of the dead.
With the help of instructor Denise
Lugo-Saavedra, students in Art 8, a
Mexican art history class, have put to¬
gether a special program involving art,
cultural lectures and ethnic foods.
More than 140 PCC students will be
working with art students from Cal State
Los Angeles in organizing this one-day
event.
Lugo-Saavedra noted the importance
of motivating students in learning.
“Education should not only be books and
slides, but a learning experience where you
can relate the material through applied par¬
ticipation,” Lugo-Saavedra said.
A graduate student from CSULA will
construct Oaxacan sand murals in the Quad.
Students will shape sand into various scenes
and images as the day progresses and the
murals will be completed by noon.
Students also will be able to view a con¬
temporary installation of mock Mexican
cemetery commemorating dead Mexican
artists. Diego Rivera, Frieda Kahlo and
Clemente are just a few of the artists who
will be honored. Among the grave sites,
memorabilia from the families of the art
students will be included.
There also will be an hour-long lecture, a
film presentation, and Azteca and Mayan
tribal dancers at noon.
A procession will begin in the Quad
and end in Sexson Auditorium.
Mayor Cole and Scott will inaugurate
the program, which includes two speak¬
ers who will discuss their views on life
and death in Mexican culture.
Dr. Robert Cantu, a Chicano studies
professor at CSULA and a specialist in
Mexican literature, will speak on the
“Colonial Mexico’s View of Life and
Death.”
Lugo-Saavedra will present an over¬
view of life and death in ancient Mexico.
In addition to the discussions, a con¬
temporary video on the votive offering
by artist Sam Mithani will be shown. In
tribute to the memory of his father, Mithani
documented the creation of a Oaxacan
Please see “ARTISTS,” page 3
Ballot measure issues vary
By AL SANTANA
News Editor
California voters, along with voters in
23 other states, get to decide on Nov. 3, not
only the fate of the candidates, but the out¬
come of propositions and amendments to
the state constitution. Since 1911, 1,074
propositions have been attempted. Fewer
than one-third have made it to the ballot.
To help student voters understand the
pros and cons of the 13 new measures on
next week’s ballot, the League of Women
Voters in Pasad¬
ena will hold a
presentation in the
Quad today from
noon to 1 p.m.
To win a spot
on the ballot, pe¬
titions must be
signed by five
percent of those voting in the last gubernato¬
rial election. Petitions for constitutional
amendments must be signed by eight per¬
cent. In the 1 990 elections, voters in Califor¬
nia rejected all but six of 28 ballot measures.
Here is a glimpse of the propositions that
appear on the Nov. 3 ballot, which include
funding for school repairs, welfare reform,
health care and even death and taxes.
□ PROPOSITION 155: SCHOOL BONDS
ACT
This is a $900 million bond issue to
finance school construction, rehabilitation
and modernization. The total principal in¬
terest for the bonds is expected to be $1.6
billion, which would expand for a 20-year-
period. Taxpayers will pay for the interest of
this bond.
See “PROPOSITIONS,” page 6
GOP candidates
rally on campus
By ANISSA VICENTE
Editor in Chief
The College Republicans are sponsoring
a campaign rally today to bolster the morale
of student members and persuade the unde¬
cided to vote for the Republican ticket.
The rally will be held from noon to 1 p.m .
in the Forum.
A five-member panel will speak on the
state of the GOP campaign. Rep. Carlos J.
Moorhead, 22nd district, Sophie Wong,
candidate for the 49th district, Reuben Franco,
candidate for the 31st district, and Bill Cra-
nham, chief of staff for Rep. John Seymour
will make up the panel. Steven Lee will rep¬
resent the Bush-Quay le campaign and Susan
Carpenter-McMillan will represent senato¬
rial candidate Bruce Herschenson.
The rally is the first project sponsored by
the College Republicans on campus, a new
club chartered by the Inter-Club Council last
month.
“I feel there is a need to fill the void of
what people think the Republican party is,”
Dylan Littlefield, president of the College
Republicans, said. “There’s a big spectrum
of politicians in the GOP. For example,
there’s Sophie Wong and Bruce Herschen¬
son. Wong is a middle of the road liberal and
Herschenson is ultra-conservative.”
Littlefield said the rally may sway some
voters who aren’t sure for whom to vote.
College campuses have a tendency to swing
back and forth during presidential elections.
The current lead Go v.
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ill Clinton enjoy s in
the polls may still change, said Littlefield,
an English major who is also the GOP’s
community college student representative.
Littlefield said the diversity of the presi¬
dential ticket has created confusion among
student voters, now the largest voting bloc
and also the largest undecided group of
voters in the nation.
The College Republicans plan to hold
other rallies after the presidential elections,
for the county and city elections in March.
The group will also assist in fundraisers. The
national chapter of the club is the second
largest student lobbying group in California,
Littlefield said. The PCC chapter of the
College Republicans meets every Tuesday
in C333 from noon to 1 p.m.
Fleeing suspect hurt
By EDWIN FOLVEN
Special Correspondent
A youth was injured when he fell from a
railing near the campus police office last
week, shortly after he and two other juve¬
niles allegedly assaulted a student and a
campus police dispatcher.
The boy fell and injured his head about
9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, as he ran
after assaulting the dispatcher, said Sgt. Vince
Palermo, campus police. The two others fled
when officers arrived, but the boy was taken
to Huntington Memorial Hospital with minor
head injuries, he said.
“It’s an interesting situation when the
crooks come running back for help after
they’ve assaulted you,” Palermo said. “It’s
hard to believe the boldness of some of these
hoodlums.”
The incident began when a male student
was allegedly knocked unconscious by the
suspects near the tennis courts. The student
went to the campus police office to report
the crime, but was confronted by the sus¬
pects a second time.
As dispatcher Kat Welniak wrote down
their description, one boy reached through
the small hole in the safely window, grabbed
her arm and snatched the paper with the
description, Palermo said.
Campus police are looking for the origi¬
nal victim, who ran away when the suspects
confronted him and the dispatcher. The
juvenile suspect was injured immediately
after the incident when he ran south and
jumped over a railing that lines a utility
ramp. One accomplice ran back to the office
to ask for help, but later fled.
Although the youth was not charged in
the incident, an investigation is pending and
he could be charged with robbery and bat¬
tery on a student, Palermo added.
The two suspects who ran have not been
identified, but Palermo said the three oper¬
ated in the same way as the group that
assaulted a student in lot five, four days ear¬
lier.
In that incident a student was struck in the
head with a blunt object by one of three
black males who asked for money.
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