Students Occupy Cusack House; Eleven Arrested
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-------------------------S o VOL. 13 NO. XS- FOOTHILL COLLEGE, LOS ALTOS HILLS, CALIF. 94022 Friday, April 30, 1971 The old Griffin-Cusack house located near the district offices on the Foothill Campus. Students occupy Cusack house; Student occupation of the Cusack house Tuesday morning Eleven arrested Mitch Carter, now known as No.5, poses for arrest mug shots Rocky Tripodi emphasizes student demands LATE BULLETIN: At press time not vacated. to abandon it when warned by (late Wed. afternoon) Eleven students remained in Campus Police and Dean of Administration members were the house, while most moved to Instruction and Acting still meeting to determine what to the porch. Two detectives and Superintendent Kenneth Griffin do about students who re-entered 14 Santa Clara County Sheriff’s that occupancy was illegal and the house after a noon rally in tac squad officers entered the force would be used, if necessary Hyde Park. ASFC President building and the arrests ensued. to remove them. Carlos Rios and Rocky Tripodi Over 50 people occupied the “We intend on holding the represented students at some of porch, shouting, singing, Cusack House until the t h e meetings. Additional chanting and stomping as they administration gives us a ‘yes’ on administrators’ meetings were watched the activities through our using it as a student center,” scheduled for Wednesday the front windows of the house. Rocky Tripodi, a leader of the evening. By 10 p.m. the officers had occupants, told the Campus lead the arrested students from Council. Council passed a the building in several small Eleven Foothill students were motion on Tuesday morning arrested following Tuesday’s groups. Those arrested were: supporting The “ student confrontation at the Dan Ybarra, Cindy Karp, Rocco occupation of the Cusack House Tripodi, Mitch Carter, Bahman Grif fin-Cusack house. The and urging the administration to Tajbakhsh, Marc Stegner, Steve students occupied the house, come to terms with occupying O’Brien, Doug Nunes, Art part of the original Griffin estate students without the use of Johnson, John Hinckley and on which the college was built, police force.” Nick Cavelti. in hopes of establishing a Students flocked to the house student center there. They were booked at the following the passing of the At approximately 8 p.m. Santa Clara County jail and bail m otion. District Superintendent Calvin was set at $445 each, $125 for A notice dated Apr. 26 was Flint, members of the Board of trespassing and $315 for failure published by the District Board Trustees and administrators to disperse. of Trustees and circulated to entered the house and officially The arrests climaxed a day o f those who were in and around Student Body President Carlos informed the students that they conferences and confrontations. the Griffin-Cusack House. “ In Rios approaches occupying w ere trespassing and arrests Students took over the house addition to structural students. would be made if the house was early Tuesday morning, refusing (continued on page 6) Page 2 FOOTHILL SENTINEL Friday, April 30, 1071 Nader backs individual Covering environmental three lawyers trying to toilet the full-time citizen, declared problems, consumer problems, train Union Carbide from Nader. and corporate responsibilities, polluting water. He assessed that Ralph Nader spoke before an the real crime in the streets is “ Citizenship is taking some of those billions of hours slopped enthusiastic crowd of over 3,000 done by hydrocarbons and in front of television soap in th e Foothill gym last carbon dioxide, not by rioters. Saturday evening. operas, bowling, playing bridge “It is kind if strange that it or poker and applying them to Nader was notably upset by took the federal government 70 th e improvement of the th e laws which trap the years to discover the 1899 community or society,” Nader individual, but not the anti-pollution laws. They found said. corporations. “Permissiveness, a solution to their discovery — anarchy, the breaddown of law just give pollution permits to the “ The country was not and order are charges not used corporations. founded by the silent majority,” against the corporations. It is a he added. “ Anyone today who is 1 A proud to belong to something crime for an individual to relieve “ Water is one o f our most Jennifer John Stewart himself in the local river, but it important resources and it is called the silent majority has is not a crime for corporations being contaminated every day. resigned from democracy. He’s a to relieve themselves in the local On one of the slums, a tenant c o g .” Folk singers Stewart, river,” noted Nader. complained of worms coming out of the faucet, but he was One of the basic lessons of “ Students are form ing their told that the worms were tested democracy is to look on Jennifer to serenade own ‘action arms,’ staffed by and found to be harmless. citizenship as something you can engineers, scientists, and lawyers do by exervising the Bill o f Folk singers John Stewart lyricism and melody that to fight environmental hazards,” “The public has a right to Rights in a career roll. It is an and Jennifer will be in concert transfuses the state of this he continued. “They don’t have know, but what do we know obligation. How good a citizen during College Hour at 1 p.m. in country and codifies the hurts much to sacrifice, if the more about breakfast cereal except are you? What standards have Foothill’s gym on Tuesday, May an d belly-laughs that are than 700,000 community that it is palatable, easy to you? 4. General admission is $3, while wrapped up in life and love.” college students in California prepare, and shot from guns? A students get in for $1. Jennifer, who came to assessed themselves $2 of $3 a study disclosed that slum “Instead of finding boredom Stewart, a former Kingston prominence in the L.A. year, they could but the most children from the South were in college, students can find Trio member, is noted for his production of “ Hair,” has been a powerful and effective lobbying getting more nutrients from the excitem ent and com m itm ent in story songs, which, according to frequent guest on the Smothers force in the state.” grits they ate for breakfast than getting facts, involving Gary Von Tersch in ROLLING Brothers Show, and is working the other kids who were eating themselves in problems which STONE, are “a combination of on a new album for Reprise. Nader noted that he now has prepared breakfast cereals,” can be solved,” he mentioned. mentioned Nader. More and more colleges are letting their student take a “ Who lobbies for the average semester off for such projects, citizen, the student, the he said. Student needs assessed housewife?” questioned Nader, “ N o b o d y !” “ Theories and hypotheses mean something only if rooted BY MAGGIE WILLIAMS These selected names were sent interpersonal and intrapersonal in a letter to introduce them to needs. Americans should return to in fact and work in the field,” Student needs at Foothill are the program, and then contacted the ancient Athenian concept of Nader concluded. always being talked about. These by the student interviewers to T h e instrument includes needs are now being assessed by arrange an interview. space for additional comments the counseling department in that may reflect on any area of hopes of finding some suitable T h e acutal method o f the department or campus. Protest over firing solutions. Members of the interviewing — the instrument — department have said that the was devised by many members The program has elicited a purpose of the assessment is to English professor Harold T h e Professional Ethics of the counseling department, great deal of response from both get feedback to create ways of Booton’s contract is not being Committee has investigated the including Mai Maxwell, Dr. Brian students and student improving the Guidance 50 and renewed after two years at charges, and that group of Jones, Earl Kirk, Bob Mizel, Dr. interviewers, according to Kay Foothill. The Administration has teachers found him not guilty, 51 classes, as well as the entire Nereson, Clarence Hutchinson, Blick, a student devoting her charged Booton with neglecting and submitted a recommenda counseling department. Jackie Carr and Kay Blick, who time to the program. his teaching duties because he tion to College president Dr. T h e method for this are also now working on the At the May 15 conclusion of failed to meet with his classes in H.H. Semans that the charges be assessment involves 32 student program. the interviews, the task force the classroom during the student dropped. This recommendation interviewers. These students, will begin to evaluate the b oy cott o f classes last spring. was not acted upon. The A.F.T. chosen by various counselors, The interview itself, which material they have compiled, Local 1676 will provide legal will interview 500 students to takes' 45 minutes to an hour, Booton was on campus every and during the month of June assistance to Booton if needed. assess their feelings about consists o f 85 cards in four areas day during the strike over the the counseling department will The President of the union, programs, classes, themselves, which the student respons to in Indo-China war, and many use the gleaned information to Denos Marvin, feels that Booton and needs in all areas. accordance with his own students feel that his advice and make improvements and changes is a true professional who is To accomplish this, the De personal needs. These areas are, participation in their strike for next fall.