Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

EDITORS "'-----------' ' MGAP ONE E H 00000 Henry! By Charles Clayton radua tes of Los Angeles Trade-' Technical College motorcycle repair courses fill the top factory a nd dealer jobs in sout hern Ca li fornia . Pa t Owens has fo ug ht for ma ny years to keep th e mo to rcycle repair classes go ing at L.A . Trade-Tech, first as a n ins tr uc tor a nd cu rre ntly as a pub licly elec ted T rus tee. Now he is en gaged in th e biggest ba ttl e yet, a nd Pa t cou ld use so me rein Io rcernen t. Now ag ain , still, th e majority o f the Commun ity Co lleges Boar d o f T rustees, o fw hi ch Pa t is o n ly o ne of seven, wants to ca ncel th e motorcycle rep ai r classes because of " lac k o f funding." T he ma jori ty o f the Boar d " wa nt to drop a ll the trad e a nd tech n ica l classes a nd turn L. A. Tra de-Tech into a transfer co llege." says Owen s - o ne th at sends stude n ts o n to un iversity, rather th a n gradua ting wit h a trade or ski ll. " T hey want to cha nge th e name o f T rad e-Tech to L. A. M u n icipal Co llege," Owens la men ts. I wo u ld hat e to see tha t happen , beca use I participated in the begin ni ng of th e motorcycle repair courses a t L.A . T ech , a nd watched them beco me the best p ubl ic ed ucation o f its type in Ameri ca. All . th e major motorcycle bra n ds a re in vo lved. Classes are ta ugh t i n th e eve n i n gs so th at work i n g stud en ts ca n a tte nd. Tu iti on is free. Good jobs a re vin ua lly g uara nteed o n co m p letio n, a lt ho ugh so me stude nts o n ly wa n t to en ha nce th eir hobby. At a tim e wh en th e American educatio n system is' seriously lacking , th is is o ne pa n tha t works very wel l. T here a re eig h t transfer co lleges in th e co m m u ni ty a nd o n ly o ne T ra deT ech n ica l. It wo uld be a sh a me to turn it in to j us t ano ther junio r co llege turn in g o u t wo u ld- be la wyers a nd scientists. But that is what the Boa rd is aimi ng at. Appare nt ly a trade school is m ore cos tly a n d ca rries less pr estige a mo ng " ed uca to rs" tha n a libera l a rts co llege. Yet the Board has en o ug h mo ney for a new 85 m ill ion adrn in istra tion bu ild in g - but o f cou rse, th a t is br ick s a n d m orta r . and m ea ns lucrat ive co n trac ts a ll arou nd. If o u r " Ed uca tio n President" rea lly wanted to ra ise th e qua lity of U.S. educa tion, he should look a t wh ere th e money goes. Follo w th e ed ucation fun din g , Mr. Bush . Pa t Owen s ca n show yo u, but he can not do much about it un less he gets a friendly vote o n the Boa rd. T hat is why we a re tryin g to get Pete Ire la n d voted o n to th e Bo ard o f T ru st ees o f t he L.A. Community Colleges in th e e lect io n th is April 9. Pete a nd Pa t agree o n th e ma in issu es - th e importa nce o f vocational classes and th e future via bi li ty o f L.A . T rad eTech. T h is is o ne electio n wh ere yo ur vote CO U Ill' a lot. If you vote in L.A. County, ple ase ma ke su re a n d do so th is T uesday . And vote fo r Pete Irela nd (R ) Trustee, Distri ct 5, Comm unity Co lleges Board. G Charles " Ch uc k" Clayton and h is wife, S haron, founded Cycle Ne ws in 1965. N ow re ti red and li vin g in Cambria, Californ ia, Chuck served as this p ublication 's edi tor from 1965 to 1975 . . . Edit or. Dynamometer tests IndIcate: Wiseco's corrputerteed machined ' anti-detonation grooves create a turbulent flow of combustible gases sealing the ring to the cylinder wall virtually eliminating ring blowby while providing maximum power and performance. Corrputerized high-speed diamond tooled turning centers hold exact toleranceswith no size variations. 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