PCC Courier, September 24, 1982

Meyers Outlines New Strategy By Alex Spada Editor-in-Chief In an appeal for “friendship”, Super¬ intendent-President. Dr. Richard S. Meyers outlined a plan during a speech to the faculty Tuesday to “try out new ideas of leadership.” Meyers said he would visit classrooms and departments, start a new series of diversified faculty meet¬ ings and institute a new advisory group made up of the 13 senior faculty mem¬ bers. He said he would work “shoulder to shoulder” with the classified staff and hopes to teach one regular transfer level class during spring semester. Meyers said these recommendations “are not etched in concrete,” would seek suggestions from the faculty and staff, and “be sensitive to the needs of the faculty.” The Board of Trustees failed to renew Meyers’ original contract last month and instead awarded him a shorter contract extending from July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1983. The action put off the Board’s decision whether to retain the college president until Dec. 31, when by law, the contract would be renewed automatically for another year if no action is taken. Faculty Senate President Dr. Frederick Holland said, “It’s too bad that he waited until the fifth year. He would have had a better relationship with the faculty if he had done this earlier.” Meyers has been criticized for lack of leadership by the Faculty Senate and was the subject of a negative evaluation by the faculty last year. Holland said some faculty members belive Meyers' purpose in this speech is “to save his job," but he said it may be “a contributing reason but not the sole reason.” Meyers later told the Courier he “spoke from the heart” and the sugges¬ tions go “farther than my job or the faculty's job and any conclusion less than that is wrong." Meyers added he felt it is “time to get down to basics and the major issues,” and work to make the college “survive and flourish.” During the noon hour meeting, Meyers told the faculty he “would like to trynew ideas of leadership and gov¬ ernance” and urged them to “partici¬ pate or contribute in college gov¬ ernance” and “help PCC” with ideas or financially. He said “community col¬ leges are under attack,” and those at PCC “must band together if we are to survive.” He promised the administration “will be sensitive to every issue” and “will do everything within reason to resolve requests.” He later told the Courier, “No matter what issue comes up, it will receive a fair hearing.” Meyers said he would continue meet¬ ing with the Faculty Senate implemen¬ tation committee, but would like to meet monthly. He also said he would continue his weekly meetings with Holland and his monthly meetings with the Faculty Senate board. With approval from the Board of Trustees, Meyers said he would start a “Century Club” to award contributions and ideas from the staff and faculty. “One hundred dollars an idea will be presented to the staff or faculty mem¬ ber presenting the best cost savings idea to the institution.” He later told the Courier he may set up a committee to help review the ideas presented. According to Meyers, the College Council’s success “has been a tremen¬ dous” after it was reorganized two years ago to include representation from the faculty, staff and student segments of the college. He said the Council would take on “new responsi¬ bilities" and would meet “on a more regular basis than the once a month" meetings it now holds. He said he looks “at the classified staff as part of the PCC family" and would seek ways to work “side by side” with them in meaningful ways. Meyers later told the Courier he has already commited to work with the registration computers during spring. Meyers said the purpose of this plan is to make “every attempt to jointly and creatively develop a better educa¬ tional system for our students." He said the faculty and administra¬ tion has "fought too much with one another over issues both petty and major. This year. I hope that we can signal a new era of understanding, communication and operation." "It's time to get down to basics and major issues. " VOL. 54, NO. 5 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE. PASADENA. CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 24. 1982 Rally Protests Massacre AFFECTED INDIRECTLY— InCAR member Rob¬ ert Oventile speaks during a noon demonstration Tuesday to protest the recent Lebanese massacre. — Courier photo by Barrett Stinson By Mark Blocker Staff Writer The PCC chapter of the Interna¬ tional Committee Against Racism held a rally Tuesday protesting the recent mass killings of Palestinians by Lebanese Phalangists. “We held this demonstration for two reasons,” InCAR member Robert Oventile said after the noon five minute rally held on the sidewalk in front of the mirror pools. “First, to raise awareness of stu¬ dents on this campus about events in the Middle East, especially the U.S. role in those events.” “We also want to start early this year to build InCAR on campus as part of our multi-racial, international campaign to militantly oppose racism and attacks on workers,” said Oven¬ tile. In his address to students seated on the grass in front of C Building, or waiting for rides on the sidewalk, Oventile claimed the only promise President Reagan has kept since tak¬ ing office is increasing the military budget. “We at InCAR believe that as the U.S. promotes and arms facists abroad to maintain profits in our economically dying system, it will have no qualms about instituting gen¬ ocide here,” Oventile told the crowd. “We feel the events in Lebanon are important to students at PCC, be¬ cause while they are not affected directly, they are affected indirectly, by having classes cut, financial aid curtailed and the money is being diverted into the military,” he said. Oventile said the demonstration was not held in the traditional spot, the free speech area south of the cafeteria because “we are ex¬ perimenting with other areas to reach more people,” and that the free speech area “probably had a band booked in it.” Search for Rose Queen Launched Hunt for Queen Coming Up Roses By Sheryl Mee News Editor The Pasadena Tournament of Roses launches its month-long search for the 65th Rose Queen and Court beginning tomorrow. The Tournament House, located at 391 S. Orange Grove Blvd., is the site for all four rounds of the queen selec¬ tion process. The newly selected queen and her court will reign over the 1983 Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. This years’ theme is “Rejoice.” On Wednesday, the Queen and Court Committee members and represent¬ atives from last year’s Royal Court visited PCC to inform all interested young women about the upcoming tryouts. According to Robert H. Kawashima, chairman of the Queen and Court Com¬ mittee, “The Tournament of Roses is looking for a Royal Court possessing a wide range of regal qualities, including appearance, poise, personality and speaking ability. “The queen and court tryouts are not just a beauty contest; other attributes receive equal emphasis in the judg¬ ing,” said Kawashima. “Our Rose queens embody a continuing tradition of beauty combined with a natural, responsive personality that makes them such wonderful representatives of Tournament of Roses activities.” A nine-member Queen and Court " The tryouts aren't just a beauty contest ..." committee will interview participants in all four elimination rounds, with the highest scoring contestants in each round invited to return. Rose Court participants must be legal residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District and enrolled full-time in any of the dis¬ trict’s accredited schools or colleges. They must hold a 2.0 (“C”) grade point average for both the current and previous year’s course work. In addition, the contestants must be 17-years-old by Dec. 1, 1982 and not more than 21 before Jan. 2, 1983; unmarried, not previously married and agree not to marry before Jan. 2, 1983. “Any young woman who meets the eligibility requirements is strongly en¬ couraged to enter the Rose Queen and Court competition. Previous tryout ex¬ perience can even be a plus, so girls not selected in previous years are welcome again,” Kawashima said. According to the 1982 Rose Queen, Katy Potthast, “If you have tried out before for the court, it is to your benefit, because you know what the judges expect.” Before reigning over the 94th Rose Parade and 69th Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1, 1983, the queen and her Royal Court will represent the Tournament of Roses at some 80 receptions, lunch¬ eons, meetings and events in the weeks leading up to the famous parade and football classic. Lisa Beltrami, a princess on the 1982 Rose Court, said “If you are picked to be on the court, you will be very busy, but it’s all very fulfilling.” All young women wishing to vie for the Rose Queen and Court should report to the Tournament House tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m., and on Monday, Sept. 27, from 3 to 5 p.m. Dress should be conservative, no pant¬ suits allowed. Restructure Update Constitution Revised By Doug Brown Staff Writer The ASB released 500 copies of the proposed constitution Tuesday that will be voted on by the students Wednesday, Oct. 6. “The two week interim is for stu¬ dents to have a change to read the constitution and give us any ideas on how the constitution might affect them,” said Paul Kelly, ASB president. The proposed constitution calls for a complete restructure of the ASB gov¬ ernment. Four elected officers, as¬ sociated men’s president, associated women’s president as well as sophomore and freshman class presi¬ dents will be discontinued. The previous constitution specifically outlined these positions, while the new constitution eliminates them com¬ pletely. “The responsibilities for these posi¬ tions can be taken over by other of¬ ficers,” said Kelly. “There really is not need for these positions.” In addition to eliminating positions, the proposed constitution calls for the introduction of seven new positions. These offices are vice president of academic affairs, vice president of business affairs, vice president of stu¬ dent services, coordinator of campus activities, coordinator of cultural af¬ fairs, coordinator of external affairs and coordinator of special programs. These offices will assume the respon¬ sibilities of the discontinued positions. The proposed constitution also calls for the abolition of the student senate. Commissioners will be appointed by each instructional department chair¬ man to replace the senate. To qualify, a student would have to petition the department chairman requesting his name be submitted for possible nomi¬ nation. According to the constitution, the commissioners would “have ex officio status . . . including the right to make and second motions. (They) Shall not haveJhe right to vote.” “I hope interested people will try to become commissioners,” said Kelly. “In this way, we can get a motivated and interested group in ASB.” Qualifications for ASB officers will also be changed. All candidates must be enrolled in at least nine units throughout the term of office, and maintain a 2.0 grade point average. The president, in addition to these requirements, must have completed 18 units before assuming office. The units have to be “completed at Pasadena City College,” according to the con¬ stitution. A major addition to the ASB would be a summer ASB. The constitution calls for “(an) executive board . . . composed of five members of the spring executive board.” The constitu¬ tion also states that the summer ASB must meet once a month, and is limited to “the disbursement of funds” set by the ASB. Impeachment procedures would also be changed. Any member of the ex¬ ecutive board may initiate an impeach¬ ment, and make the motion with a second by two other members of the executive board. The board will then take a vote on the impeachment, and if approved by two thirds of the board, the Supreme Council will begin in¬ vestigation of the impeachment. The investigation will take one week. This is done to allow the defendant time to prepare a defense. A recall election will then be held to allow the students to decide if they want to replace the officer. The officer would be considered recalled if a ma¬ jority of the votes cast call for his recall. “This entire new setup for the ASB .should work fine,” said Kelly. “ We have streamlined the ASB and made it a better and smoother running unit.” Two First Year Nursing Students To Receive New Scholarships By Sheryl Mee and Linda Mulligan Two first year nursing students will have the opportunity to receive $500 scholarships from the Allstate Founda¬ tion on Tuesday, Oct. 5. This new scholarship, the only nurs¬ ing scholarship offered to first-year students, was intended to “encourage high potential students and assist those students without personal resources,” said Dr. William Appelgate, executive director of the PCC Foundation. The reviewing committee of the PCC scholarhip fund association, who ad¬ ministers the fund, considers the appli¬ cants according to their previous academics, generally their high school acheivements. Special attention is placed on grades received in the area of science studies. The funds will not cover the high expenses of the nursing program, but will aid the students with financial difficulties. “I anticipate that this will be a continuous scholarship and am looking forward to having it serve larger numbers of students in future years,” said Appelgate. The recipients, who have already been selected, will be awarded the scholarships at a special presentation at the PCC Forum on Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. Two other scholarships are now available to PCC nursing students. These are the American Legion Aux¬ iliary Scholarship and the PTA Nursery School and Nursing Scholarships. The American Legion Award is being of¬ fered to a veteran or member of a veterans family enrolled in the regis¬ tered nursing program with financial need. You must be a full-time sophomore enrolled in the nursing pro¬ gram to be eligible for the PTA schol¬ arship. Both of these awards are de¬ signed for students completing the nursing program. SMILE FOR THE CAMERA — A Rose Queen hopeful with PCC students and gives recommendations on how speaks while 1982 Rose Queen Katy Potthast visits ■ to enter the contest. —Courier photo by Kent Zachary