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Vol. III, No. 2 COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS Oct. 3, 1972

STUDENTS VIE

FOR OFFICES

Only two of six student gov-
ernment offices will be contested
in campus elections set for Wed-
nesday, Thursday, and Friday,
Oct. 4-5-6 ..
Peter Berson and Chip Chavez
will battle it out for Freshman
class president, and Julie Bed-
ford and Chuck Cesena are com-
peting for the office of night sen-
ator-at-large.
Donna Cooksey is running un-
opposed for Sophomore class pres-
ident : ; Tom Zwart for AMS rep-
resentative; Cheryl Me ramble for
AWS representative I and Rick Sig-
noretti for day senator-at-large.
The two senator-at-large posts
are new, having been created by
the new Associated Student Body
(ASE) constitution ratified last
year.
Competing candidates are
currently conducting their cam-
If two bond elections, one state and one local, are successful in the near future, College of the Can-
yons will relatively soon acquire permanent buildings and facilities that master planners have been dream- paigns. Several polling booths
will be stationed in the area and
ing about for many, many months. This photo of the architect's model shows only a portion (the south and
east) of the future campus. The Bone II i Center, now under construct ion, appears at upper left. will be open on Wednesday from
5 :30 to. 9 p.m., on Thursday from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 :30
District lo Vote sions to discuss inter-personal to 9 p.m., and on Friday from
COC 's first group rap ses-
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
relations will meet at 12 noon
All ASE card holders are el-
Friday, Oct. 6, in the Board igible to vote.
On COC Bonds Room. Dale Hight, election commit-
The weekly meetings have
been organized by Mrs. Nancy - tee chairman, hoped and planned
for a large student turnout.
The Board of Trustees has . Nov. 7 act is approved. Smith, counselor. ''We set an enviable voting
given the green light to COC The local bonds also will pro- The group counseling ses- record on this campus last year,"
administrators to take steps to vide $4. 7 million required to con- sions provide a place for stu- he said. ''The voter turnout here
dents to find people who care
hold a district bond election on struct projects on campus which and who listen and where they was about 30 per cent of enroll-
Feb. 6, 1973. are not eligible for state funds can listen to opinions and . pro- ment. This can be compared to a
Success ofthis local election, such as parking lots, portions blems of others. 7 per cent turnout at a San Fer-
coupled with approval of a state- of the student center, and a book- If you can't make the Fri- nando Valley State University
wide community ;;college ri' con- store, for example. day noon meetings but wish and a 3 per cent turnout at Los
struction bond act in the Nov. 7 The remainder of the $8 mil- to, come in and talk it over Angeles Valley College."
general election, will assure lion will go into a contingency with Mrs. Smith. Assisting Hight on the elec-
steady progress of COC 's per- reserve building fund. tion committee are Herb Barker,
manent building program. Only a majority vote is re- temporary buildings on the cam- Ginni Bowen, Teresa Calzia,
Failure could stall COC's quired to pass the state bond pus. Henry Crowell, Debi Ellis, Jerry
growth for an indefinite period of act, but a two-third majority is With passage of the bonds, the Ethridge, Ed Gallager, Margie
time. · necessary to win the local bond property tax rate will remain vir- Getman, Allan Hoeltje,Antoinette
It is expected that local voters election. tually the same, but the taxes Johnson, Steve Knaggs, Marie
will be asked to approve $8 mil- The local bond election, if will be paying for permanent 1=,ongpye, Neil McAuliffe, Jolene
lion in bonds next February, al- successful, will not raise prop- facilities. Moore, Kevin Shibuya, Larry bil-
though the exact amount remains erty taxes, currently pegged at The $11.2 million the dis- va, Pat Smart, and Melinda Wood.
under study. 20 cents per hundred dollars of trict will receive from the state
Part of this money, an esti- assessed evaluation, according if the November election is suc- Students are urged to check
mated $2.6 million, will be used to proponents. cessful will come from corporate, with the Student Personnel of-
to match $11.2 million in state Part of this current district sales, income, tobacco, anq al- fice for details on the voluntary
support funds due COC if the tax levy is paying for lease of (Cont 'd. on Page 4) 24-hour insurance policy program •.