Voting for student body officers will take place Tuesday, Oct. 3. Elections will be held from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. in polling booths set up in front of the Library and between the main gym and the auxiliary gym.
Students will be requested to present their student body cards at the time they cast their ballots. Voting results will be known within an hour after the polls close.
Students will be given the opportunity to meet the candidates during College Hour on Monday, Oct. 2. The three candidates for president, Marshall Mitzman, Bill de la Barriere and Larry Evans, will speak in the area between the main gym and the auxiliary.
Three contenders battle for presidency
Larry Evans
Running for the office of president is freshman Larry Evans.
Evans, a 1967 graduate of Fremont High School, held the office of Commissioner of Student Activities his senior year. He plans to become a surgeon and will begin his pre-med studies at Brigham Young University next fall.
Of the dress code, he says, “I’ll abide by the dress code because of my standards, but I think the way students dress should be up to the individual student, not a group policy. He would like to see De Anza have an election on the dress code as Foothill is doing.
Evans lists the three major points on which his campaign is based as organization, a pace set by the students, and student, not mediator, representation.
“We’ll need a strongly organized group to get student government off the ground,” he says. “And I believe that student government and the administration should be two completely separate bodies, although they will work together for the good of the school.”
Evans’ primary goal is total representation of the students, their ideas and needs.
Marshall Mitzman
Fine Arts major Marshall Mitzman is seeking the presidency with a wealth of experience in student government to guide him.
At Foothill College, Mitzman was president of the band, Commissioner of Activities, and chairman of three state junior college government conventions.
The candidate’s 11-point platform stresses the individuality of students. “Students come first,” he emphasized. If elected, Mitzman will have an idea box for student ideas or complaints. “I want to be their servant,” he explained.
Major planks of the candidate’s platform are a permanent Hyde Park podium installed by the library mall, a barbecue area for club activities, and coffee hours for informal student-faculty get-togethers.
Although he concedes there is a great deal of red tape involved, Mitzman promises to push through the erection of De Anza College signs on thruways in the general area.
Another one of Mitzman’s ideas is one that will need state approval — pass-fail courses in a student’s non-major. He is confident he can get that approval.
The only sophomore presidential candidate is in favor of a “moderate change” in the dress code. “I’m watching the election at our sister college, and what the outcome is and the administration feeling will determine how I will present it to the administration.”
Bill de la Barriere
Bill de la Barriere hopes to bring his experience from extensive travel abroad to the De Anza campus as president.
Bill has traveled throughout 25 countries and has resided in Australia, France, Tahiti, Thailand, Japan, Canada, Germany and Cuba. These travels “have given me a wider scope and insight into the situations arising abroad.”
He was office manager of the largest construction company in Vietnam, and served as liaison between the Korean government and the company. “Since I speak French fluently, it was of great value to me to absorb the people’s thinking in Vietnam.”
The Air Force veteran has been responsible for establishing the International Club, the French Club, Shalom Club, Skiing and Water Skiing Club, and the Drama Club.
Bill would like De Anza to bring controversial speakers to campus, people such as H. Rap Brown, Bishop Pike, John Welch, and others.
The candidate advocates a liberalization of the dress code. “In conjunction with the vote, I will take whatever measures necessary to provide pressure from the De Anza campus.”
If elected, Bill promises support to those seeking fundamental changes on campus, establishing a grievance committee for students, and “discuss all aspects of the Vietnam war.”
Angelo sole seeker of vice-president job
“I don’t want to be a rebel, but now that we’ve shown Foothill that we can beat them on the athletic field, we should show them that we can beat them as far as participation in student government,” asserts Jim Angelo, the sole candidate for the student body vice-presidency.
Jim is very concerned about the development of student interest in government and other facets in the development of De Anza. He found that he was “very frustrated by the general student apathy exhibited at Foothill College.” He feels that the student government there couldn’t accomplish enough with the lack of interest from the student body. Jim is running for vice president in hopes that he can improve upon student unity which he feels is so important in a new college.
Jim stated that he is concerned over the number of students who will take an interest in the upcoming elections. “I feel that the students should take an active part in the election Oct. 3 to show the administration we’re willing to take responsibility for governing ourselves.”
Jim, who graduated from Fremont High School and attended two semesters at Foothill, has had various experience in the fields of student government and activities. In high school he was commissioner of games and at Foothill he was treasurer of the Young Democrats.
The political science major plans to enter the army for two years before completing his education by attending law school.
No contest for DAC scribe
“One of the best ways I can best contribute to De Anza College is by doing the type of work I am interested in,” explained Christine Hansen, who is running unopposed for the office of ASDAC secretary.
Miss Hansen’s greatest interest lies in the area of business, in which she is majoring. After graduation she plans to become a secretary. Her past experience includes secretary of her junior achievement unit, 4-H Club and a member of the Future Business Leaders of America (F.B.L.A.).
If elected, Christine plans to take accurate minutes at meetings and to present constructive suggestions and ideas.
The job of secretary entails taking minutes at Student and Executive Council meetings and having them available for all De Anza students.
Thomas, Miller promise strong frosh representation
Mark Miller
Running for the position of freshman class representative is Mark Miller, a graduate of Homestead High School.
While attending Homestead, Mark became active in numerous clubs and student affairs. In his senior year he was also a member of the California Association od Student Councils, took part in a Model United Nations, and culminated his career in high school activities by being elected senior class president.
When asked what his goals are if elected, Mark replied, “I have two main concerns. First, to see that the students’ interests are maintained, that their opinions are voiced on all matters, and their rights upheld. Secondly, I plan to make sure that whatever constructive ideas the students might have for the betterment of De Anza are properly presented to the Student Council. These two things I consider to be the duties of a class representative, and I intend to accomplish them to the best of my ability.”
Mark plans to transfer to the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he will be majoring in law, and then go on to law school. Eventually he plans to enter politics.
John Thomas
“I feel that as students we do have to respect the views of the administration since we do have a very liberal system here at De Anza,” comments John Thomas, candidate for freshman representative.
“People have been talking to me about the idea of an underground newspaper and about their objections to the dress code. As long as the wishes of the students do not go beyond the boundaries of the code of conduct which the administration set up, I would support them,” adds Thomas. “But I don’t see why students should rebel just for the sake of rebellion.”
“However, if a situation did occur where the majority of the class disagreed with an administration policy, I’d want to sit down and discuss it with the administration and try to work out a compromise,” he stated.
“I think the two class representatives should work together to keep in contact with the students, covering class opinion through class meetings and by setting up a way for students to get in touch with them.”
Thomas attended Cupertino High School in his sophomore and senior years where he served as a class representative.
“People who know me can vouch for the fact that I’m not afraid of hard work and that when I believe in something I support it.
Soph rep unopposed
Bill Steffen is the sole candidate running for the office of sophomore representative. When interviewed, Bill expressed his disappointment concerning the lack of opposition. In his opinion, anyone interested enough to criticize dress codes, or any of De Anza’s other governing policies, should also be willing to actively take part in having them changed.
Bill partly attributed this lack of interest in student government to the fact that the students, with studies, dances and athletics, don’t have the time needed to devote their interests to student government. But, Bill says, “there are still those students who just don’t care at all.”
Last year at Foothill College, Bill took part in the Associated Organized Council and was a member of the Religious Emphasis Board for two semesters.
Bill also saw the element of apathy evident at De Anza’s first football fally, and hopes to see an improvement in the future. He would also like to see a training table in the student lounge for the football platers. This would give the team members a little extra time to meet more of the students and a discount lunch in order to compensate for the many long hours spent in practice.
De Anza’s first sophomore representative concluded by saying, “If anyone has a gripe, I wish he would come see me to start the ball rolling.”
Archived from Volume 1, Issue 2.