Proposed revisions will eliminate cheerleaders
Elimination of cheerleaders
and substitution of an elected
booster squad was one of the
constitutional revisions
proposed by BOC during the
April 23 and 25 meetings.
The function of the traditional
cheerleader would be changed
to involve the promotion of
school spirit, and student
enthusiasm through
advertisement. The booster
squad would be composed of
three elected members who
would be responsible for the
organization of a complete
booster club to carry out these
duties.
Another change was a more
explicit definition of
membership qualifications of
ASB. The section was changed
from “All students formally
enrolled at Peninsula College
… ” to “All students formally
entrolled as full-time students
at Peninsula College.”
The duties of the president
were expanded to include the
power to make all Associated
Students appointments, and shall serve as the official
delegate of BOC at meetings of
institutional and statewide
governing bodies.
Presidential appointments
will be subject to the advice and
consent of at least two-thirds of
the BOC members voting on
such appointments, according
to the revision of Article Five
concerning appointive officers.
The constitution now reads
that the ASB president will call
all meetings. This section was
changed to read: “The BOC
shall meet at least twice
monthly at the call of the ASB
president; or by the call of a
majority of the voting members
ofthe BOC, providing that there
shall be three days public notice
of such meetings.”
The quota of signatures
required of election petitions
was raised by ten. A
prospective candidate will have
to get no fewer than 35 nor more
than 45 signatures of student
body members to validate a
petition for office.
Once someone is elected to an
office, that person must Maintain a 2.0 grade average on
a 12 credit per quarter
minimum load, according to
another revision.
These proposed constitutional
changes will be voted on by the
student body during the general
election May 10.
2 bands set for tonight
May 10 will be the last dance
of the current school year. The
bands who will play at the dance
are Desiderata and Fred
Schwartz. The dance will be
held in the PUB from 9 p.m. to 1
a.m., and admission will be $2
per person.
BOC reviewed its budget and
as of March 31, had over $17,000
left. Most of the original monies
went to basketball, with a
budget over $8,500.
John Nestorek reported that
the Management Club would
sell popcorn and refreshments
at the Sequim Irrigation
Festival starting May 5.
John reported that three
scholarships will be given to
graduating seniors of high
schools.
The Management Club meets
in Room 11 at 10 a.m. every
Tuesday and invites everyone to
attend.
Two faculty members not rehired for 1974-75
The Board of Trustees rehired
all PC faculty for the 1974-75
school year with two
exceptions.
Those leaving are PE
instructor Rosemary
Moorhead, who has been on
leave of absence and resigned,
and psychology instruction
Sherry Perry who plans to teach
in another city.
The board decided that
because of the few students
interested in psychology, it will
be offered in the spring quarter
if possible.
Lemmon, Sellers featured in films May 24
The films “The Out of
Towners” and “There’s a Girl
in my Soup” will be shown Friday, May 24 in the Little Theatre “The Out of Towners” stars Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. “There’s a Girl in my soup” stars Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn.
Seven in running for ASB
Filing week for ASB
candidates has ended, with
seven people running for office.
Kate Warren and
(tentatively) Tim Fryer are in
the race for president. Vice
presidential candidates are Jeff
Pope, Shelly Bauer and William
M. Hebert.
Kathy Feakes and John Fors
are running unopposed for
secretary and treasurer
respectively.
Students will be voting on
these candidates and proposed
constitutional revisions
throughout the day today.
Editorial
Men Only
Nobody else seems to worry about it, but I do. The
fact that the Atomic Energy Commission is run by a
woman, that is. The very idea that a lady is in charge
of all that power is frightening and sobering; there’s
just so much that can go wrong. It’s the same thing as
contemplating a lady President. Women accidentally
burn dinner; think of what they could do with a
government.
At Peninsula, we have been fortunate to see just
what they can do with government—student
government—and based on that we support Tim Fryer
for ASB President, and urge you vote for him in
today’s election.
Tim’s qualifications are as good as anyone’s, but
most important, he’s a guy. He can handle it under
pressure. He will not be preoccupied with “opening
lines of communication” between students and
officers, nor is he so hung up on tradition that he will
be insenitive to change when change is needed.
But above all he is male.
Unfortunately our dreams of a complete coalition of
men will not come to pass, since only Kathy Feakes
filed for secretary. But that is only a minor setback.
Please elect a majority of men, they will do a majority
of good for a majority of students.
—Rich Olson
Library Corner
“My Life in the Mafia” is a
book no one thought would ever
be written—the actual, firstperson memoir of a top Mafia
figure.
Vincent Theresa was not only
the No. 3 man in his Mafia
crime family and its top moneymaker, he was also an intimate
of many of America’s leading
Mafiosi.
Furious because the mob
betrayed him while he was in
jail, Theresa decided to break
the Mafia code of silence. In his
own words, Theresa gives us an
unprecedented view from the
inside of a secret, sinister
world. He introduces us to
doctors who invest their hidden
cash with the mob, priests who
minister to it, and police on its
payroll.
He tells how he befriended
and cheated famous
entertainers; how various
Mafia rackets work; what it
takes to be a good assassin; and
what the Mafia thought of “The
Godfather.” In revealing his
own life, he has given us the
most authentic book ever
published on organized crime in
America.
Ask virtually any American
city-dweller what crime he
most fears, and feels himself
most apt to be the victim of
some day; in all likelihood he
will answer: A mugging.
“The Mugging” is an account
of one such archetypal urban
tragedy, from its underlying
causes to its ultimate effect
upon all the persons connected
with it: The elderly victim and
his acquaintances, the young
ghetto-reared accused and their
families, the detectives,
prosecutor, defenders, judges,
jurors, and the people who lived
in the Bronx, N.Y.,
neighborhood where the attack
took place.
The author, Morton Hunt,
shows the effect of violent crime
upon our attitudes toward the
democratic system of justice:
Out of fear and anger, many of
us have become hostile toward
the ideal of due process, and
willing to limit or diminish the
civil rights guaranteed to all by
the Constitution.
Get Out of My Light
Tilting at windmills
By STEVE KIMBALL
The hue and cry for public financing of elections is on the
increase; the latest bills proposed in Congress being only
narrowly defeated. There have been virtually no steadfast
opponents to the concept, most doubters being satisfied with
some sort of compromise. .
The essence of the argument for campaign financing is that
money spent in elections is not representative of the will of
the people,” because special interest groups and large
corporations with their tremendous resources supply the
bulk of the revenue. As the argument runs, this 8lve^
large contributors de facto control over a good deal of the
lawmaking process. The conclusion drawn from the above
premise is that what is necessary is publicly financed
elections, that is that candidates for elected office should
receive all or part of their campaign money from the
government coffers. This would, say the proponents, reduce
special interest and give the power back to the people.
The result of public financing of elections will be,
unfortunately, to concentrate power in the hands of the status
quo. The lawmakers have for various reasons decided to
allocate most of the money to the two major parties, and
much smaller amounts to the minor parties. Such a
distribution in effect dooms the minor parties to limbo, for
without new finances, they cannot get the additional votes,
necessary under the proposed new laws to receive additional
monies. When one observes the lack of difference between
the two major parties, the thought of giving them a legal lock
on the electoral process becomes disconcerting.
Another effect of the public financing laws will be to force
the public to support economically, candidates that it might
not support ideologically. Because the resources to be
distributed through the program are expropriated from the
public through taxes, to that degree the citizens will lose
control of their rulers.
Rather than give people increased control over their own
destinies, (a task which government because of its very
nature is incapable of doing) public financing of elections will
increase taxes and close off any avenues where fresh input
can enter the politicalsystem. And asis readily apparent, the
presentsystem is in dire need of fresh input.
The problem with the election system is not that
individuals and groups can support candidates of their
choice; indeed as long as we have an elective system all
citizens, whether separately or as groups should be free to
participate in it.The problem lies in the fact that special
interest groups can derive benefits from the political
process. The special interest groups exercise their influence
because they know that in so doing they can gain the benefits
of political patronage.
If one wishes to remove the power of the special interests
and the rich industries than he should concentrate on
removing the power of the bureaucrat to grant favors to
those whom he favors, and to punish those whom he does not.
If it were not for political power most of the interest groups
would not be aslarge and influential asthey are.
Restricting the power of the bureaucrat to grant favors will
do a great deal to end abuse of the political process. Very few
if any interest groups would be willing to spend millions on a
campaign if they knew that they could not receive any
legislative benefit as a result. If they did choose to contribute
it would be no problem because they could receive no
political plums in return.
The chance of limiting the power of politicians to legislate
favors is extremely slim, for those people who favor public
campaign financing often do so only because they also want
political privileges and figure that they have a better chance
of getting some of the spoils if they open things up. But, we
“common folk” are the ones who are going to pay and that’s
certainly something to think about.
Inside ASB
By SUE SPILLANE
Before going into our April 26
meeting, I discussed possible
revisions in tlie Associated
Students’ Constitution with one
of its original authors—Jim
Lunt, not actually
understanding what he meant
by saying: “It always hurts a
little to change it.”
But a majority of BOC
members showed up for the 3
p.m. meeting and we ripped into
the mighty word quite
strenuously—increasing the
number of signatures needed by
petitioning candidates,
radically altering the function
of cheerleaders (henceforth to
be called “boosters”),
clarifying a lengthy article on
BOC standing committees and
tightening the criteria of ASB
membership.
Still, Mr. Lunt’s comment did
not seem realistic. Weren’t
these changes to be the product
of a democratic commitment
toward progress? From here
they would be posted for
members to read and consider.
II passed, they will make, for
significant changes—we think
improvements—in the function
of ASB and the work of students.
From this perspective change
seemed, at that time, merely
impersonal readjustment of a
system to simplify progressive
action.
But the remark came back to
me many times this week. In
listening to the campaign
speeches of potential ASB
officers for next year, I have
realized valid criticisms of the
past and present, such as every
election must bring forth.
Another stressed the
importance of expanding
communication of ideas
between students and their
representatives.
No more than Mr. Lunt would
apologize for the outdated
portions of his BOC’s
constitution, effective in their
time, will 1 attempt to justify
the uncalculated shortcomings
of this year’s office. Many
students reasoned, and are still
reasoning, to make them as few
as possible. Rather, thank God
that some people have seen
faults, and that these will
assume the responsibility to
rectify and advance new
policies from the point of the
present system’s inadequacies.
Maybe when I think later, I
may agree with Mr. Lunt.
Campus Briefs
In opposition to the traditional
picture of the big dumb athlete,
the ’73-’74 Grays Harbor College
basketball team held a 2.85 GPA
over an average of 14 credit
hows.
Resident housing rates at
WSU will go up $50 for the 1974-
75 season.
Election returns at Highline
Community College showed
overwhelming support for each
of the candidates running
unopposed for ASB offices. But
of the entire student body, less
than one per cent voted.
Reflections on Expo
The opening day of Expo 74
was an outrage. Lines were so
long that people were let in an
hour prior to the scheduled 10
a.m. gate opening.
There were about 75,000
people there for the opening
day. I toured about six different
pavilions in a four-hour period.
Most of tlie exhibits didn’t open
till noon due to the ceremonies.
Tlie Soviet pavilion was the
most impressive with a great
emphasis on environment. The
theme of Expo 74 is
environemtnt and ecology of
our planet.
I liked what I saw, but I didn’t
have the time to absorb each
exhibit completely. The U.S.
pavilion is the largest
structurally. It can be seen
from any spot on the
fairgrounds.
I will be going back to see
each exhibit thoroughly and to
enjoy it much more.
Expo is worth seeing. Plan to
take your time (a couple of
days) to really enjoy and
appreciate the themes of each
country.
It costs $4 for adult admission
tor one day. A season ticket
costs $45. Good luck on making
accommodations in Spokane.
—Tom Cole
Pirates drop 2 to Olympic
The Pirates lost a
doubleheader Saturday
afternoon to Olympic College by
scores of 6-1 and 12-0. Mr. Estes
was coach for the team as
Coach Sofie had a softball game
to attend.
The Pirates also lost a
doubleheader to Centralia in
Centralia last Tuesday. The
Pirates might have won the
second game if their star player
Guy Madison had not been
injured.
There is only one home game
left thisseason at Civic Field at
1:30 p.m. Saturday, against
Lower Columbia.
The Pirates will close their
season against Clark College at
Vancouver.
Table tennis set for Shoreline
Shoreline Community College
is looking for teams to play in
the first annual community
college table tennis tournament
May 25 and 26.
Individuals and teams will
compete in the college physical
education facility. A team
should consist of a maximum of
six singles, three open doubles
teams and may also have two
mixed double teams, but teams
with fewer members may still
participate.
All Washington state
community colleges plus Mt.
Hood Community College
(Oregon) have been invited to
participate.
Entry fee is $2 per person for
singles and $3 per team for
doubles and mixed doubles.
Entry form deadline is Friday,
May 17.
All entries are guaranteed
three matches. The round-robin
system will be used for the
qualifying round, and after that
the single elimination will be
used.
Brinkton and Detroiter tables
and Nittaku table tennis balls
will be used. Paddles and
practice balls will not be
provided.
PC golfers
PC golfers outplayed Highline
on its own course to win the
match 295-319 May 3.
Medalist for the match was
Robin Bramlette with a score of
71 over the 18 hole course.
Pot of Gold
By BIL KETTEL
As predicted, Jack Estes won
the men’s I.M. badminton title
while Nancy Lingvall surprised
and won the women’s title.
Nancy had to come out of the
loser’s bracket and win four of
six games from Michael Foley.
Other title winners were Mark
Murray and John Ralston in
men’s doubles, Nancy Lingvall
and Michael Foley in women’s
doubles, and Mark Murry and
Sharon Van Horn in mixed
doubles. Congratulations to one
and all!
The varsity baseball team is
following its usual path of non
winning. If you enjoy the brand
of ball played by the N.Y. Mets
during their first couple of
years in the league, you would
enjoy watching our guys kick
the ball around and stumble
over the bases.
Scuba diver speaks at Studium Generale
Larry Bourne, scuba diving
expert, spoke to students at the
May 2 Studium Generale on
many aspects of scuba diving
and underwater photography.
After a brief introduction, he
finished out the lecture with a
slide presentation. The slides
began by showing preparations
for becoming a diver. This
includes classroom study,
practice with a mask and
snorkel in a pool, further
practice in the pool with the full
scuba gear, and finally going
out into the ocean.
During training in the pool,
such life-preserving measures
as “buddy breathing” and
recovery of breathing
apparatus underwater are
practiced to perfection.
Upon arrival at the ocean,
beginnersfirst go into the water
without all their scuba gear on,
to get used to being in the cold
water. Then they don their gear
and begin to dive.
When one has mastered all
this, he is presented with an
identification card showing that
he is a registered diver and is
eligible to buy and rent scuba
equipment almost anywhere in
the world.
The slide presentation then
showed some of the favorite
diving spots for scuba divers.
These included the Caribbean,
the Gulf of Mexico, cave diving
in Florida, diving from boats in
California, and exploring
shipwrecks along the
Washington coast.
Mr. Bourne concluded his
slide show with some pictures
that he had taken underwater
showing the beauty and variety
of marine life in local waters.
The lecture was opened for
questions from the audience at
the conclusion of the slides. The
first question to arise was,
“How much does it cost?”
Mr. Bourne said he didn’t
want to answer in actual dollars
and cents, but did say that most
people would be surprised at
how inexpensive scuba diving
can be.
And it came to pass. . .
And it came to pass early in
the morning of the day of the
semester there arose a
multitude smiting their books
and wailing. And there was
much weeping and gnashing of
teeth, for the day of judgment
was at hand, and they were so
afraid. For they had left undone
those things they ought not to
have left undone and there was
no help for them.
And there were many abiding
in their rooms who had kept
watch over their books all night,
but it availeth naught. But there
were those who arose
peacefully, for they had
prepared for themselves the
way, and made straight the
path of knowledge. And these
were the wise, who were known
to some as the burners of the
midnight oil, but to many others
they were called the curve
lousers.
And the multitude arose and
ate a hearty breakfast; and
they came into the appointed
place, and their hearts were
heavy within them, and they
had come to pass, but some had
come to pass out.
And some of them repented of
their riotous living and
bemoaned their fate, but they
had not a prayer. And at last
there came among them one
known as the instructor, he of
the diabolical smile, and passed
paper among them and went on
his way. And many and varied
were the asnwers which were
given, for some of his teachings
had fallen among fertile minds,
others had fallen among the
fallow, and still others had
fallen flat.
And some there were who
wrote for an hour and others for
two, but some turned away
sorrowful. And many of these
offered up bull in hopes of
pacifying the instructor, for
these were the ones who had not
a prayer. And when they had
finished, they gathered up their
belongings and quietly went
away, each in his own direction,
and vowing to himself in this
manner: “I shall not pass this
way again.”
—From Timberline
Grays Harbor College
Victoria:The awesomeness of smog and pub crawling
By BLLCOPPO
On a warm Saturday
morning, the ferry MV Coho left
its pier with 80 PC students,
their guests and faculty, for
Victoria.
Arriving in Victoria at 9 a.m.
we went through customs and
boarded two charter buses that
were waiting dockside for us.
The tour really started at the
world famous Butchart
Gardens where most of the
flowers are in bloom. The driver
of our bus gave us the standard
tour through the old limestone
quarry, the rose garden, Italian
garden and the Japanese
garden before letting us loose
for 20 minutes.
After reboarding our bus, we
drove onto Route 17, an old
stagecoach road from early
Victoria times. Our driver
Gary, told us a real true to life
fish story that got applause
from the passengers.
The tour went up to Mt.
Tolmie Park to see a panorama
view of Victoria, San Juan
Islands, Mt. Baker, the Strait,
Olympic Mountains and the
smog pollutants bellowing into
the air from the Port Townsend
and Port Angeles mills. After
this awesome view (of the
smog) we were driven to the
uplands residential district,
along the waterfront, and
finally to the Empress Hotel.
At noon we were on our own
time to tour the city. The
Provincial Museum was the
main attraction, although the
inside of the musuem is still
incomplete. The province of
British Columbia is full of
history, which is what the
museum is all about.
It was a nice warm day in
Victoria as people were lying on
the grass and pub crawling. Pub
crawling is usually the reason
for going to Victoria since the
age is only 19 for drinking.
Anyway, it wasfun for all who
went.
Tom Cole Photo exhibit
Tom Cole, 24, a sophomore at
PC, will have a photo exhibition
in the foyer to be held during the
first week of June.
Tom, who was born in Martinsburg, W. Va., and attended
school in Pennsylvania, joined
the Air Force shortly after high
school graduation. Stationed in
Thailand Tom soon became
interested in photography since
famous brand cameras could be
had cheap there.
Included in the photo
exhibition will be color, black
and white and oiled prints of
Asia (Khmer Republic,
Thailand, Vietnam and Japan),
the United States, closeups of
flowers and animals, and a few
portraits.
Next year Tom plans to go to
the University of Washington to
get a degree in building
construction trades. His plans
include either to work for the U
of W Daily or go freelance.
Tom has had many of his
photos published in The
Buccaneer, Port Angeles Daily
News and The Chronicle, as
well as Hunting and Fishing
News and others. He says his
most famous photograph is of
Peninsula College steakers.
Pope, bukowski entertain
Jeff Pope and Tom Bukowski
performed with their guitars at
the April 30 poetry reading.
They played selections from
works by John Denver, Gordon
Lightfoot, and Neil Young for an
estimated audience of 40 people.
Spring dance is tonight
Spring quarter’s only dance
will be held tonight, May 10, in
the PUB.
This dance will feature two
bands, adding up to non-stop
music for four hours. The bands
are Desiderata, and making a
return appearance, Fred
Schwartz.
Due to the presence of two
bands, dance hours will be from
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Cost will be $2
per person.