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THE CANYON CALL

vol. II, No, 10 COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS April 14, 1972

COC STUDENTS VO TE SOON

0 N NEW A SB CON STI TUTI ON

By Bill Leach
After months of work and dis- of a fellow officer, show suf-
cussion, the Student council ficient grounds for such action,
has almost completed the writ- and ratify impeachment by a
ing of a new Associated Stu- three-fourths majority vote.
dent Body constitution. Under the new procedure,
Although a few details are t he c o u n c i l must present a
still to be de bated, the new statement of probable cause for
document was tentatively ap- impeachment to the judiciary
nroved and forwarded to the council. This judicial body must
Stud en t Judicial Council for then approve the reasons for
review and advice. impeachment before the coun-
Many student officers be- cil may remove a fellow officer
lieve that the new document from his office.
is written in an objective and Proponents ass·ert that this
logical form. They state that restriction on impeachment . will
its main emphasis is on the insure that an officer will not
equality of all students and 'be arbitrarily removed from of-
cite some of its variations fice simply because his views
from the old constitution as (Cont'd on Page 4)
proof.
First, proponents of the new
constitution maintain it is un- All HAIL TO
just to grant one committee, COUGAR FROGI
Pitcher Pete Calzia throws a curve {how can you tell?) In recent base- such · as the Rally committee,
ball game played here. Catcher is Wayne Foglesong. At ,Press time, legislative powers, while ano- College of the Canyons has
Cougars ,stand 6-5 wlth the league, one game out of first place in the ther, such as the Social com- entered a · frog in the second
tight race. mittee, is deprived of a vote annual Intercollegiate Frog
in student government. Jumping Championships spon-
NAT'L EARTH WEEK SPEAKERS To remedy this, a new office sored by Antelope Valley com-
entitled Representative of Stu- munity College.
COMING TO COC APRIL·· 17-21 dent Activities, was created. Numerous state colleges and
This officer will be charged universities have entered the
By Neil McAuliffe
with responsibility for most stu-
Students United for a Res- unteer organization which suc- dent activities and under his
pectable Environment (SURE~. ceeded in collecting more than authority will fall committees
the ecology club. is planning a half million petition signatures such as the Athletic commis-
full spring quarter of action. to place Proposition 9 on the sion, the Social committee, and
In addition to the monthly re- June 6 ballot. The group pro- the Instruction committee.
cycling drives, the club will motes environmental causes Furthermore, a statement of
sponsor a program of films and through public education, legal rights has been incorporated
speakers in the Student Lounge (Cont'd on Page 4) into the new constitution. Some
for National Earth Week, April of these rights, such as the
17-21. COC STUDENTS guarantee of freedom of the
National and state ecology press, are by-laws under the
organizations sending represen- IN B/A FINALS present system and are subject
tatives are the American Cancer to change merely by a vote of
Society, Environmental Quality 'In the recent Bank of Amer- the Student Council. ·
Mag a z in e, Z e r o P o pulation ica Area V semi-finals for the Article I of the new proposal. Cougar Frog
Growth, Sierra Club, and the $85,000 California Community entitled Rights of Members, en- contest scheduled for 6 p.m.,
People's Lobby, the group pro- College Awards program, Susan sures that student rights to Friday, April 21. This is such
moting Proposition 9 (Clean Hoffman and David Knapp of freedom of the press, freedom a big event that some of the
Environn_1ental Act) which will College of the Canyons won of assembly, redress of grie- northern state universities are
appear on the June 6 ballot. $250 and the opportunity to com- vance, and universal and secret flying their students and frogs
The People's Lobby spokes- pete in the Southern California voting, will not be abridged by to the "frogathon".
man will be Mrs. Joyce Kou pal. finals April 28 at the Los An- the student government. · COC's Inter-Club Council
wife of Ed Koupal. The Koupals geles Hilton Hotel. It also protects the rights has authorized an expenditure
are co-founders of the ecology At the recent competition of initiative, referendum, and re- of $4 to hire a jumpmaster to
organization. held at the Holiday Inn in Van call. train and jump our frog.
Mrs Koupal has appeared on Nuys. four students from each One major change centers on COC 's entry has been ten-
numerous television and radio of the eight participating com- the impeachment powers of the tatively named "Kitten".
programs throughout the state. munity colleges appeared before government. Why not "Geronimo"?
The People's Lobby is a a panel of business and civic Presently, the council needs Or "Thor"?
grassroots, non-profit. all-vol- (Cont 'd on Page 4) only to motion for impeachment Or even ''Horny"?