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Nixon Visit Nets Arrest of CC Pair I Their tape recorder was taken by the polke.
By PAUL OGREN Two City College ' broadcasting students were arraigned Monday on charges of malicious mischief and resisting arrest arising from an incident during the President's visit here on Oct. 29.
They were taken to County Jail, booked
on charges of disturbing the peace, and . released on baiL
resisting arrest and malicious mischief w~r~ added. At the arraignment, the ongmal charge or disturbing the peace A week later, additional charges of was not pressed.
The two students , Ron Cosetti, 29, and Randy Prodanovich, 20, were on a broadcasting class assignment to cover the visit of Richard Nixon that night. The trial has been set for Jan. 6, at 9 at.m. They have entered a plea of not guilty, and as yet are still trying to find a lawyer. J ohn Buck, the arresting officer, · was not available for comment.
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Cosetti and Prodanovich had originally intended to record the President from the main floor of the auditorium , and had tickets for this purpose. After a few interviews with the people outside the auditorium, the two went to the door on the San Carlos side of the building. There they found a group of "High School Republicans for Nixon" banging on the Times editor Steve Brummel was doors. They showed their tickets to the recalled by the newspaper's staff in a 9- 3 attendants and found that they could only vote Friday afternoon. get into one of the smaller halls in the auditorium to see Nixon on closed circuit The motion for recall was made.by staff TV. They then decided to return to in- writer Duncan Reed , who accused "mismanagement, of terviewing the audi~nce outside the Brummel generally shoddy journalism•. and using auditorium.
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Times Staff Recalls Editor
Princess Lea Theresa Ventura <right) joyfully helps herself to sweets
distributed by clown Dennis De Lorenzo <left) and Dan Loughery (middle).
R oemmich Censors Sale ofc-Lewd' Art By PAUL OGREN
controversy evolved on campus after peech Instructor Laura Baptiste equestioned a poster as instructional 1aterial for a Communications course.
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'he poster is a line drawing by Eleanor lickinson, a well - known San Francisco rtist, whose works are displayed in the .ud Sawyer Gallery. The poster is resently being sold at the San Francisco [useum of Art and the DeYoung [useum.
~vera! days after the poster was !Quisitioned, Miss Baptiste went to the SB Bookstore to discover the poster was Jt being stocked, Mr. Ryman, bookstore .anager, had agreed "to handle the JSter. Upon confronting him, Miss
Nocha de Ronda Dance Tomorrow MECHA (Movemento Estudiatil Chicano de Azlund) will hold a fund raising dance ·tomorrow 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the San Jose City College Women's Gym. Admission is $1 per person.
Theme of the dance is Nocha de Ronda (night of gathering) . It is the hope of MECHA that all who wish to find out what MECHA is all about will attend the dance. Music will be provided by Los Royal Tones, Frank Comacho and his Originals, and Natures Brew. Soft drinks and Mexican food will be served. Speakers on hand will give short talks at intermission.
Baptist was informed that Mr. Ryman had " received instructions" from Dr. Repashy, dean of instruction, not to stock this instructional material. It is important to note that the administrative decision to censor the poster was made without prior consultation with Miss Baptiste. Miss Baptiste then sought out Dr. Repashy to discuss the issue of censorship of instruc tional materials. Two major points came out of this meeting: 1) Whether the instructor was being denied the academic freedom to utilize instructional materials in the classroom; and 2) Whether instructional materails were being censored from the bookstore. Dr. Repashy informed Miss Baptiste that "in , his professional judgment" the poster would not b~ stocked in the books tore . nor be utilized in the classroom. Dr. Repashy did not ask Miss Baptiste what her rationale for using the poster was, nor did he offer a reason for his discussion. To exhaust administrative channels, Miss Baptiste and Mr. Graham, speech and drama department chairman, met with SJCC President Otto Roemmich to delineate a clear position on the two issues. Roemmich felt that since the Communications class in que stion is required, that people had no choice in the instructional materials to be used, that he must make a "judgmental decision" to not allow the use of the poster. He termed the poster "InaPpropriate," and said "I don't think it would be wise to use the poster -in that class. If Miss Baptiste does not like my decision, then she can appeal it to the Board of Trustees." He did not say this to the teachers while they were in his office. Roemmich agreed that an instructor has the right of academic freedom, including the right to make choices about materials to be used in their instruction. Miss Baptiste then took her grievance to both the Faculty Senate and the Student Council. The Faculty Senate voted to send the ,question to the Instructional Policies Committee (IPC) to determine the basis of censorship. The Student Council passed a resolution giving support to Miss Baptiste. What each person must ask himself, is what is Academic Freedom? What is censorship? Does either Dr. Repashy or· Dr. Roemmich have the right to use their "Judgmental" powers to decide what will be sold at SJ CC's only bookstore? Or does the responsibility entrusted to the Administration by the Board of Trustees over-ride these?
Ecology Club Forms
Two SJ CC stud ents experience soaring over the Calaveras Reservoir area while pilot Dave Williams ' maneuvers towards a distant ridge.
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Any person : who witnessed the arrests of Ron Cosetti and/ or Randy Prodonovich, please contact ' the Times Office.
the newspaper to further personal ambitions. "
assistant editor Chuck Edwards into full editorship.
Arguments for and against recall lasted an hour, and at times, became heated.
During the debate, Edwards claimed .neutrality and, when ballots were cast abstained. Brummel accepted an d marked a ballot.
The final vote ousted Brummel from the top editorial position and promoted
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They were standing on the bumper of a car, in a small crowd of people. Cosetti recalls, " There were people on the hood, people on the roof, people all over that car !" They had their recording equipment conspicuously displayed, and were not told to get off. They were in back of the auditorium and had a clear view of the Presidential limousine. They could not see the crowd, because a bus was blocking their view. They did see Nixon stand on the trunk of his car and wave his "V for victory" symbQls at the crowd, and get back into his car. At this time, approximately 8:05, the police charged the crowd, a nd pushed them back, knocking many to the ground with riot clubs, including the two City College student who were subsequently arrested.
.Geary Locks-Up Sheriff Slot By JOHN VAN GUNDY In a hotly contested race for the top position in Santa Clara County, Undersheriff James M. Geary upset the hopes of comeback political pundit Sam Della Maggiore for the county sheriff slot. poli~ical
When the final tallies were in, Geary had 196,255 votes (64.17 per cent> while Della Maggiore collected 109,557 votes (35.82 per cent>. Geary, a law enforcement officer for the past 22 years, said he was going to keep two vows he ma de at the beginning of the campaign by appointing Capt. Tom Rosa as undersheriff and by running an efficient, honest and clean operation in the Santa Clara County Sheriff's office. Outgoing Sheriff Charles Prelsnik stated, " .. .it's a vindication of the type of administration that was in effect during my tenure as sheriff." During the campaign, County Executive .Howard Campen broke a 13 - year habit of neutrality when he endorsed Geary saying that Della Maggiore was not qualified for the sheriff's job. This brought up the question of whether the sheriff's department should be managed by a professional law enforcement officer or a politician. Geary's campaign focused on his experience with the department a nd was highlighted by the fact that he had served in every division and every level of command, had been second - in - command to the sheriff for four years.
The newly formed yet still unrecognized Ecology Club is conducting a mem- . bership .drive "to make the crucial issue of preservation of the environment a strong campus force," according to club spokesman Nelson Romero.
Geary, an Air Force veteran and former instructor at San Jose State College police school, was endorsed by the former Sheriffs Jack Gibbons, Melvin Hawley and Col. Walter Gaspar, as well as Prelsnik.
Romero told the Times that acting president Salvatore La Rosa will chair club meetings until such time as the club is formally recognized by the board of activities.
Geary also had the backing of three of the four cadidates defeated in the primaries. The fo urth primary candidate and 93 of the 433 deputies threw their s upport behind Della Maggiore.
The club, which meets Thursdays in room B-205, is looking for "commercial In a post - election statement Gea.r y said sponsors whose policies and manufac- of the 93 of the department who supturing practices are sympathetic to the ported Della Maggiore, " ...If they do their work they have nothing to worry environment, " according to Romero. about." Activities of the Ecology Club will include the scheduling of speakers, clean - Della Maggiore stated he has "no imup projects in the community, and mediate plans, but I'll certainly watch coordination with ecology groups on the government of Santa Clara County larger ecology actions, because it needs watching."
upcoming production of the Black Theater's "Day of Absence" .
Lynn Hall, Winston Persons . Shirley Bordeau x re hearse fur
By DUNCAN REED City College's Black Theater Workshop, producers of last semester's highly successful production of " In White America", will present Douglas Turner Ward's humorous "Day of Absence" in the college theater at 3 p.m. on Nov . 17 and 19, and a t 8:30 on the evening of Nov. 21.
Buddy Hendrix, student producer of "In White America" and "Day of Absence", described the current production as "a reverse minstrel show . . .with black actors donning whiteface makeup." "With the return of' veteran performe rs
Winston Person, Grant and Shirley Bordeaux, 'Helen Norman, Lynn Hill, Curtis Johnson, George Mercer, Black Gilbert, Travis -Rastus, Gwen Norman and Sharon Lyons, we fully expect the current production to be even more successful than last semester's," Hendrix told the Times. Hendrix also la uded new actors in the workshop, a nd stated his opinion jocularly that AI Jolson would certainly attend if he were in the area . " With the r eturning vets , promising newcomers , and an inherently funny play, we've really got it together on this one", Hendrix said.
Proceeds from ticket sales ($1 general admission a nd 75 cents with an ASB or BSU card) will go into a scholarship fund for black actors and production personnel. The first 20 children at the box office will receive "free haircuts at the Style Right and Lyon's Barber Shop . Also included in the two hours of entertainment will be music in the Afro style· by Wyenye and his Black Messengers (formerly known as the Afro Brotherhood). The Black Messengers include Black history and literature as a part of their musical presentation.
Late Returns:
Gays Reject Alpine; Dueling Illega l The Berkeley Gay Liberation Front had its own election day, Nov. 3, about moving in mass to Alpine County in the Sierras. When the dust settled, the Gay Liberation Front had rejected a proposa l to take Alpine County as their seat or operations by wresting political power from the 384 registered voters in the county. The GLF, which boasts the la rgest membership of homosexuals in the bay area, rejected the plan as
" impractical, racist and sexist. "
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When Judge E.S. Wattawa, 69, who had been serving on the justice court in Coronado for 25 years, was defeated, he promptly announced "I thought 1 could handle another term, but this may be even better."
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Voters have endorsed Proposition 15 to delete obsolete provisions or the California constitution. So It's no longer unconstitutional to fight a duel .. . but dueling remains lllegal under the state penal code.
Jack F. Kemp, former quarterback with Buffalo and San Diego, was elected to New York State's House of Representatives on Nov. 3 with the help of downfield blocking by former Whittiei· COllege bench warmer Dick Nixon. This was Kemp's first try to score on the political gridiron . He replaces Democrat Richard McCarthy who was benched by voters in the third quarter of the campaign when he failed to catch the imagination of the fans.