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Lloyd Walker elected to spring ASB presidency Vaught, Smith, Eicher .. . JOin m new reg1me
Lloyd Walker
Jim Vaught
Pat Smith
Karen Schmidt
ASB subsidized
but still sound says Kim Clark !News at a glance I MOUTHPEACE
Palomar College · Volume 22 Number 26 · A Publication of the Associated Students
Yesterday at the brink of bankruptcy, today fiscally sound. What a difference a word makes. Just before the holidays, the ASB council dropped the bombshell which sent almost every campus club and ASB financed organization into a state of near panic: the ASB was near bankruptcy with a $60,000 deficit for the year. There were rumors of drastic cuts in activity accounts and finally, when the council seemed less determined to pursue the matter, everyone concerned gave a sigh of at least temporary relief. Last Friday, however, a communique wa3 received by the TELESCOPE from Dr. John Schettler, assistant superintendent for business services, in which he declared that "No deficit exists or is expected to exist." Accompanying the message was a breakdown of income and expenditures of the ASB through Nov. 3 0 and the figures for the same period last year. This breakdown shows the ASB with a net worth of $72,311 as compared with $66,395 for the same period in 1967. ASB president Kim Clark defended his position by pointing out that the only error was one of terminology. The figures arrived at by the council encompassed only the actual earnings and expenditures of the ASB itself, without taking into consideration any additional funding by the district. Instead of saying that the organization was under a deficit, said Clark, the proper phrase would be to say that it is operating under district •subsidy" of approximately $60, 000. Both Dr. Schettler and Clark emphasized that this was more or les1> standard procedure and that there was no immediate cause for alarm over the student bank account.
This is the final TELESCOPE for the fall semester. Publication will resume following finals and the mid-term break.
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Mr. E. H. Stroot will be instructing a new course, Small Business Management, Business 62, during the upcoming semester on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 noon to 1 p. rn. The course is designed to involve sales and credit, control, financing, personnel, selection of location, self analysis, and guest speakers. The latter will be from the bankingbusiness, visitors from the Small Business Administration, and from the business world. Anyone who wishes fu rther details on this new, two unit course, may contact Mr. Stroot in his office B-15.
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Selection of two students to represent Palomar College in the fourth annual Man and Woman of the Year Awards P;rogram will be held February 13. Any Palomar student who has completed thirty or more college credits with a G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher is eligible to enter the competition. Other criteria which will be used to select the winners is as follows: college activities, community service, and a statement of purpose. The man and woman student who are selected will receive a fifty dollars cash award from the Bank of America and will represent Palomar College in the area finals to be held here on March 7. Students wishing to enter this competition should see Dean Bowman in the Student Activ1ties Office, not later than February 7.
Jan. 21, 1969
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Things have to •1m prove
By Steve Schneider The fall semester of the school yea r ably the aforementioned activities will 1968-69 is nearly over and students continue. But the students behind these are already preparing for their final activities should neve r again count onr. exams which begin Wednesday. brilliant successes. On February 3, the spring semester This past semester was rather a dull classes begin. Wi.th the spring sernesone as far as political activity is conter, there will be new ASB officers cerned. In a presidential election year and a new editor of THE TELESCOPE. campus political organizations usually But the majority of things remain the bulge with activity and participate in same. There may be fewer students the national campaigns. At Palomar, on campus, but those students will probthis was not evident. In fact, political ably be doing the same things that clubs were less active this semester, students did last semester. than they were last year. Some things may change, however, Political activity may get a shot in due to the fact that students witnessed the arm next semester because of rumors tradition getting a hard knock on campus. that a chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) will be inClub Week when first initiated last stalled on campus. spring was expected to continue and Perhaps the major story of the semesone day be a tradition on campus. Howter occurred last week when the chapter ever, after this semester's flop it may of the Palomar American Federation of never be tried again. teachers (AFT) voted to go on a one The Christmas formal was another day work stoppage if the striking teachers traditional extravaganza which did not at San Jose State College are fired. come off well as expected. The HorneThis may be among the signs that next corn ing festivities were another effort semester will be much more exciting. which did not interest the majority of At any rate next semester will have students. to be better than last semester, but Tradition seldom dies and most probthat's not saying much.
By Steven A. Krueger Lloyd Walker swept into office on the power of one of the biggest landslides in Palomar election history yesterday as he handily defeated Jim Strain for the ASB president of the spring term. Walker captured 152 votes to Strain's 64 in the election which was unmarked by any election rules violations_. Taken into office with Walker was Jim Vaught who defeated Ken Bowers for the vice-presidential task. Vaught compiled 123 votes to Bowers 79. Treasurer of the student body for next semester will be Patricia Smith who edged D. Jess Ashcraft, son of a former State Assemblyman, 121 to 83. Ruth Ann Eicher defeated Judy Andrykowski for the post of secretary, totalling 111 votes to Miss Andrykowski's 87. In the races for eight vacant representative seats , Karen Schmidt led all competitors with 175 votes, highest total for any candidate for any office. Following, in descending order of votes, were Cathy Smuck with 173, Cindy Morris with 170, Janet Glasgow with 151, Cathy Widrig with 144, JeffCharnberlain wi.th 137, Nick Ashcraft with 133, and Gil Hain with 131. Roger Scalice failed to win, tallying 126 votes. According to Bill White, judicial chairman, 221 valid ballots were cast, out of a total day enrollment of over 2800 students, or less than eight precent of day students. Only one ballot was invalidated. This election lacked the burning issue of past elections, plus the usual voter apathy at Palomar, combined to hold down the voter turnout.
AFT votes piclceting, worlc stoppage later BULLETIN Final examinations at Palomar will begin as scheduled tomorrow as a result of an AFT vote held yesterday afternoon. "It is our feeling that strike action on that day would work undue hardship and inconvenience on the Palomar students and create a disruptive condition on original motion to take work stoppage action,N said Leo Ward, local Teachers Guild president. "Therefore, we will begin work stoppage warning and informational picketing on Wednesday to continue through the following Friday, and will establish a date beyond that point for work stoppage if the teachers at San Jose remain automatically resigned."
SAVES MONEY TOO
Head gardener raises lpot(s)' to beautify campus Not all the "pot" at Palomar is the property of the hippies and the long hairs. Most of it belongs to T.M. Jennings who is the head gardener of the school. Mr. Jennings "pot" is in the form of plants, flowers, shrubs and trees that he cultivates in a special "pot farm" at the fringes of the college. Moreover, much of the grown "pot" can be seen in abundance around the college in the many plantings and trees his crew has begun. And, because no one smokes it, his •pot" is legal and money saving. Mr. Jennings is in charge of a special nursery located just beyond the back road toward the "P" mountain. In his nursery, Mr. Jennings raises, from slips and seedlings, the trees and shrubs now seen on campus . From meager beginnings 12 years ago, Mr. Jennings' farm now takes takes in a green house, lathe house, and field plants. He carne to Palomar as its first full time gardener, and soon after the idea struck him to begin a seedling farm to grow the plants needed to beautify Palomar.
FOCUS is out! The 30 page sernesterly magazine hit the Student Union during the college hour, meeting with an enthusiastic rainy-day-shut-in crowd in the cafeteria. In this staff photo are (front, 1 to r) Linda Shaw, (partially obscurred) Vicki Hinthorne, Karen Bonnet, and Le Ann
White. Standing are editor CeCe McPherson, Chris Read, and Ed Means. The magazine features a tri-color cover with variation of an American flag in red, white, blue, and black. Extra copies of the "pot" game and cover are available in limited numbers in the TELESCOPE office, R-1,
The gardener has saved district taxpayers a great amount of money by growing plants himself, at little cost, and then transferring them to permanent places on campus. Many of the plants he has grown would cost a great deal from commercial nurseries. But, many agree, his work should be appreciated from the aspect of what it has done for the college in beauty, rather than in the strictly monetary view. Mr. Jennings' growing collection of plants encompasses most varieties of flora found in this area. Many of his plants were donated by area residents, though the majority comes from seedlings and cuttings. "We start with seeds in flats, then transfer them to cans," he explains. "First, into tiny cans, then quart, gallon, and five gallon cans, then finally into big tubs as they grow." Mr. Jenni ngs can't estimate the number of plants he has grown, the number he and his staff have placed around earnpus, or the money he has saved the district.
Head gardener T.M. Jennings is the manager of Palomar's pottedplantfarrn.
His plants have cut the costs of lanascaping the college.