Rock Concerts Banned Center Board Sets Fire With'no Smoking'rule

“ THE VOICE j a y o z OF DE ANZA" FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1977 CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA VOL. 10 NO. 11 Rock concerts banned A new administration policy excluding rock “SMOKE WAS NOT a problem,” claims concerts from De Anza has resulted from the alleged Weiner, “ at least not as big as some people make it. mismanagement of the New Year’s Eve concert in Marajuana is not a problem. Alcohol, however, is the gym. the biggest problem there is for concert promoters.” “We won’t be having any more,” said Dean of Abrego said smoke was one of the biggest Students Tom Clements in reference to rock concerts problems. “There was no way to control the on campus. no-smoking rule. There were several people who ‘‘WE’VE HAD CONCERTS in Flint Center, the got sick due to too much smoke in the gym.” He gym and on the athletic field and had problems with also was informed only five days prior to the concert every one. It isn’t right to subject our students and that Campus Security officers would be needed to our staff to this abuse.” supervise the concert. “I was ‘teed’ because 1 had The decision stemmed from the concert on to force people to work who already had parties to go Dec. 31, 1976 that featured Pablo Cruise and Elvin to .” Bishop. The ticket sales limit of 3,000 was reached “It was a bad experience and the athletic and the concert declared sold out. Prior to the department may have lost money.” said Dean concert, a Santa Clara Deputy Fire Marshal Clements. The Student Activities Office is just estimated that the capacity of the gym was only beginning to get the bills now.” 2,800 people. Previous estimates, such as for the “ YES,WE MAY HAVE lost money,” said Tony Papa Du Run Run concert held in the gym last July, Nunes, who heads fund raising activities for the ran as high as 3,500. athletic department. “ We aren’t going to have any CAROL WEINER,who managed the concert, more concerts, the athletic department is out of the estimated the size of the New Year’s Eve crowd at concert business.” 2,650. Several hundred people had their ticket Opinions about the amounts of smoke, alcohol, money refunded at the door and were turned away. arrests, injuries, damage and expenses are varied. "There were no bad problems at the concert, but "NOT ALL CONCERTS are as bad as this one we had difficulty controlling the masses of people,” was. No one is passing judgements on taste,” said said Richard Abrego, Campus Security supervisor. DAC President A. Robert De Hart. “We are a “Three forths of the people came drunk, and 1 would campus of diversity and we encourage all kinds of say that 80 per cent of the people had some drink.” diverse events. If the San Francisco Symphony Photo by David Troxall Weiner contends that “ everyone was searched at came and people brought their bottles in and La Voz sta ff members left to right, Dave Palmer, the door,” and that there were no problems inside insisted on smoking, we wouldn’t have the San Howard Lipin and Jan Barker, are In Washington D.C. this week the concert. Francisco Symphony!” covering the Inauguration of President Elect Jimmy Carter. r Center Board sets fire Inauguration to with'no smoking’rule be ‘less formal’ WASHINGTON-(DAC)- CBS correspon The Campus Center Board decided Jan. 12 to Near the end of the meeting, some smokers dent Roger Mudd told La Voz reporters ban smoking on a trial basis from the El Camino zealously expressed their views. President Plymale Tuesday that he believes this inauguration Room, popularly known as the fireside lounge. moved to keep order so that the council’s members will be “ particularily interesting” because THE DECISION was a surprise to many students and the many guests could be heard. it represents a compromise between who brought their objections to the Student Council RUSS BOURKE,ONE OF THE guests, protested meeting last Friday. emphatically saying that he would not follow the rule informal and formal administrations. and challenged the board’s “right” to impose a The three-time veteran of inaugural When the "No Smoking” sign first appeared at. decision on Bourke’s personal habits. Amy Ryder events in Washington, D.C. elaborated by 8 a.m. last Thursday morning, some smokers agreed and added, “I paid a fee, and I will do saying that the Nixon ceremony in 1968 became indignant and demonstrated by defacing anything I please,” a remark which drew general was “ stiff” whereas the Carter inaugura and eventually removing the sign. At least three applause. petitions were circulated and signed by some Kristie Lythgoe, representative-at-large, pointed tion will be “ less formal.” non-smokers as well as smokers who protested the out that there was a natural draft that carries smoke Mudd said that the free coffee and the lack of student input in making the decision. out of the lounge, and that there were minimal free services provided by the 1977 ASDAC President Phil Plymale quickly moved to complaints against smokers in the first place. inaugural committee is helping to carry out restore order in the lounge by contacting all the Student observer Cassandra Vickers questioned Carter’s theme of “the people’s inaugura Campus Center Board members, who then agreed to where smokers could go and be comfortable after 3 postpone ruling on smoking restrictions to Monday, p.m. while the cafeteria is closed for cleaning, tion.” Jan. 24. pointing out that the Cellar was poor for studying “This is the first time that southerner PLYMALE WAS ONE of the three non-smoking and had no restroom facilities. Guest Ken Norman hasn’t meant devil,” Mudd said. board members who approved the original decision, said he would like to see the issue on the ballot in the “ To the rest of the country southern ana ASDAC Vice President Barbara Grant was one upcoming election, adding that this was an means ‘evil’ but I think Carter’s inaugura °f the two smoking board members who voted opportunity to provide student input in decision against the move. Both said that no specific date making. tion is changing that.” Was mentioned by the Campus Center Board for A MOTION WAS passed recommending the Despite the five degree temperature, implementation of the no-smoking decision. Campus Center Board postpone decision until its Washington, D.C. and the 400,000 guests However, when no date is m entioned, a decision by next regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 9. “at visiting this city seem to be enjoying the the board is assumed to be effective immediately. which time the decision made will reflect that of the events leading up to the swearing in of Friday’s Student Council meeting became a student election poll.” It will be held Feb. 7-8, sounding board for both sides of the issue. "No concurrently with the election of ASDAC House of Jimmy Carter. Smoking” was imm ediately placed on the agenda by Representative members. Amy Ryder, representative-at-large. see related story page 5 2--La Voz, Friday, Jan. 21, 1977 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinilllllllllllllMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIHHIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIMHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllHlllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiu • letters • letters • HBIHHBHlWllllllllltialllllllllll»»llll|MMMI»l»»l|l|IUIUIIIUIIIHHmiHIIHIItlllHIIIIHIIMHIIIHIIIHIIHIIHIIIIIIIIIIII|milHIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIIIIHmiIMi Last week La Voz didn’t receive any letters to the Dear Editor: W e pay our fees to attend De editor. Week before last none of the three-hundred Anza, we have student body cards signers of the petition demanding another ASDAC Last night the process of which entitle us to a vote in the Presidential election be held, stood up to be counted at democratic legislation was sus issues that concern us. What the council meeting. pended at a meeting of the gives these people the right to make our decisions for us? Last week, only a handful of tobacco addicts and Campus Center Committee. In this meeting a decision was made non-addicts, oft heard grumbling around the campus, that affects the rights of all John Leroy Smith showed up at the Student Council meeting to defend or students. Editor: condemn “the habit.” The issue was the adoption of I’m disappointed in the sports Last New Year’s Eve, the Office of Athletics a non-smoking area in the Cam coverage for women. It seems like sponsored a rock concert which drew an over-capacity pus Center. In a 3-2 vote, three the men get more coverage- no matter what the situation. Even crowd of drunken, puffin’, trashin’ pleasure-seekers. non-smokers decided that the El Camino Room (commonly known when the men arc doing worse It is somewhat un-nerving to contemplate what this as the fireside lounge), would be than the women- everyone knows particular data could indicate. set aside as a non-smoking area. that the men arc doing miserably, At one time, and possibly still today, if a newspaper My objection to this act is that but not that the women arc doing didn’t reap a minimal number of letters, attacking it or the student body was not inform well- In last week’s paper the bestowing praise, (it matters little which), that paper ed. This decision to set an area men, it seemed, not only had aside, to segregate students by more coverage, but TWO photos would seriously consider the possibility that it was the arbitrary decisions of three also. Whereas, the women had a somewhat failing in its duty to the community. people is not in keeping with the seemingly shorter article, and no There was a time when, if no one showed up at the ideals that arc supposscd to be picture.

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