Quintet Drops State Tourney; Rally Late Vol. XV
by Tom Saxe SACRAMENTO-The season ended on a sour note for the Palomar College basketball team last week, but the Comets have no reason to be ashamed. San Marcos, California, March 11, 1963
No. 17
Cause For Celebration?
Judicial Committee Rules On Traffic Court Complaint --------------------------Acting in response to an irate student's claim that the student traffic court is a "mockery of justice," the Judicial Committee adopted a proposal last week that will prohibit its members serving on traffic court to smoke or eat during court sessions. The decision climaxed a written complaint by student Barry A. Thompson who questioned the traffic court members' conduct and ability to make decisions. Thompson, who was fined by the court several weeks ago for two minor traffic violations, sent his complaint to the ASB office. It was turned over to the Judicial Committee by Dean Catherine M. Jones. Thompson had been cited by campus police for not having a parking permit and not having a registration certificate visible. In traffic court he contended that he had borrowed the auto while his own was in a repair shop. According to Thompson, the registration in the borrowed car was in the glove compartment and he didn't have the authority to change it. Thompson, who was fined $5, said in his letter that jury members ate their lunches and smoked during the trial after saluting the flag. "I feel that this is not the proper conduct found in the courtroom," wrote Thompson. "They make it more like a lunchroom than a courtroom," he continued. "One cannot hold the proper dignity of his position while talking with his mouth full of food. This is a mockery of justice." Thompson, who is appealing the court decision to the Judicial Committee, also wrote that he thought persons should not serve on both the traffic court and Judicial Committee because they probably wouldn't change their minds during committee appeals on cases they had previously decided in traffic court. The three members of traffic court who had served during Thompson's case defended their eating in court. Steve Hinthorne said that they hadn't volunteered for court duty, but had been assigned to it. John Linneman thought that he and the others should be allowed to eat because they were giving up their time to serve, and had no other time in which to eat. Joe Lee said Thompson "got salty with us" after the court session. Several members of the Judicial Committee objected to the propriety of eating in court. One said that it was a privilege, not a job, to serve. Committee chairman Ted Repa thought there should be no eating or smoking "because neither
are done in a court oflaw." The four newly elected traffic court jurors also indicated disapproval of the practice. The committee then unanimously passed the resolution against courtroom smoking and eating. A time was set aside for court jurors to eat their lunches before actual court sessions.
Careers Conference Scheduled Students interested in the fields of advertising, technical writing, telephone work, journalism, law, public relations, radio and television are invited to attend the annual College Communications Carreers Conference. The conference will take place March 23 at the Balboa Park Conference Building. From 9:00 a.m. until12:30 p.m., a team of specialists from various communications fields will meet with San Diego County students to discuss career opportunities. The conference is one of a series sponsored by the Department of Education, San Diego County, and the San Diego Unified School District. Its purpose is to permit students to meet personally with successful business people who are in careers students might wish to enter. The program will be managed by the Advertising and Sales Club of San Diego; the Public Relations Club of San Diego; the San Diego County Bar Association; The San Diego Evening Tribune, the Pacific Telephone Company, KOGO-TV, and General Dynamics/Astronautics. Registration is conducted by the counseling offices at Palomar.
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Dr. Maybury Humanities Speaker Dr. Robert H. Maybury will be the guest speaker at the fifth Humanities Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 13, at 10 a.m. in the student union. The topic for the speech will be Freedom Is A Search: Liberty and Novelty in the Humanities and the Scjences. Dr. Maybury ·presently is a professor of chemistry at the University of Redlands. He received his Bachelor of Science degree at Eastern Nazarene College and his PhD at Boston University. He worked on many research projects, the most recent for the American Heart Association, the California Institute of Technology, and several re-
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APPLICATIONS FOR DEFENSE LOANS DUE
Students applying for loans under the National Defense Student Loan Program must submit applications now. The board of directors will meet in three weeks to decide who will receive loans. Applications may be obtained from Mrs. Brenda Cooper at the Student Personnel Office or from Mr. Porter.
Vienna, Germany, France Admission Dates Changed
WRA PRESENTS SECOND CO-REC NIGHT
WRA, Women's Recreational Association of Palomar, has scheduled its second co-recreational night for Wednesday, March 13, from 7 - 9 p.m. in the dome. Badmitton, volley ball, basketball, and gymnastics are the scheduled activities. All Palomar students are invited to attend this "fun-loving" event.
search publications. Professor Maybury, having completed 12 years of research in protein chemistry and nine years of classroom teaching in physical chemistry, is accepting a position in June with the Basic Science Teaching Division of the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization. There he is being asked to give attention to problems of science teaching, especially in planning assistance programs in science for the newly developing nations of Africa, Asia, and South America. To this assignment he brings a background in research and teaching and the experience of the last two or three years with National Science Foundation programs in science teaching.
Coach Joe Brennan's battlers compiled a very creditable 23-4 regular season win-lose record, then entered into the 12th annual California State Junior College basketball tournament here, where they were eliminated in two consecutive games. But with a few key breaks and one of their normal comethrough performances, in their first outing the Comets could easily have won either or both of their tourney contests. On Thursday, Palomar lost to the 1962 champion, City College of San Francisco, 73-60, after holding an early but seemingly insurmountable 20-8 advantage. The Comets played spectacularly in the opening moments, making seven of their first eight shots, but then suddenly fell to pieces as the steady Rams took advantage of every PC error to win it. Trailing the entire first half, City College finally tied it, 3535, on a key bucket just 30 seconds before intermission. The second 20 minutes was touch and go for a while, but then the Rams just broke the game wide open behind the clutch play of Elton McGriff, Everett Adams and Bob Scalmanini. Poor passing and defensive play by the Comets contributed heavily to the big Ram surge. Only the 25-footjump shooting of guard Ed Vitale saved the tight Comest from falling in a rout. The next afternoon Palomar got off to a bitterly cold start in a consolation bracket battle with Allan Hancock of Santa· Maria, catching fire midway through the opening half but still losing, 69-64. The Comets lost Ted Repa with a sprained ankle with 4:25 left to play, and, as Repa was helped from the court, also forfeited almost any chance they entertained of winning it. Palomar had one final vic-
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The Institute of European Studies has announced new admissions procedures and application deadlines for its academic year programs in Vienna, Paris, and Freiburg, West Germany. Deadlines for applications have been moved from June 15 to June 5 for the prograr.ns, beginning next August and September. Institute officials said the changes were made because applications from qualified students have climbed beyond the capacities of the program. To continue accepting qualified students as applications are received would entail rejecting some better qualified students who applied closer to the deadline date. However, Students with good reasons for seeking advance no· tice may petition the admissions committee for a decision before June 15. The Institute's program at the University of Vienna combines English-taught liberal arts and general studies courses, German language instruction, regular German-taught university courses for those competent in German, and supplementary lectures and seminars. It is open to juniors and sophomores. There is no language requirement. The "Das Deutsche Jahr" program is conducted for juniors only at the University of Freiburg. It stresses political science, philosophy, literature, history and German. All courses are taught in German. Tutors have been added to aid U.S. students in preparing for classes and examinations. The Paris Honors program admits outstanding juniors and a few sophomores. It emphasizes contemporary European studies and offers qualified students opportunities for study at the University of Paris and other Paris schools. All classes are taught in French. Each program includes two field-study trips in Western Europe with Institute Lecturers. A folder describing the programs, and listing requirements is available from the Institute of European Studies, 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago 1, Ill.