ETELESCOPE
Palo.mar College · Volume 22 Number 40 · A Publication of the Associated Students
Aprilll, 1969
San Marcos , Calif.
92069
Board elections set Tuesday; paper endorses incumbents TELESCOPE Editorial By Steven A. Krueger Tuesday, voters will go to the polls to elect two me n to sit on the Palomar College District Board of Governors. They will be faced with four names, two belonging to incumbents, two to challe ngers . The names of the incumbents are Milo Shadle and Richard Kornhauser. Their challengers are J. T. Hawthorne and Byron Peterson. THE TELESCOPE urges the re-election of the two incumbents, Mr. Shad le a nd Mr. Kornhauser.
ACCESS met MAYA Wednesday. Members of MAYA, Mexican-American Youth
Association, confer with Mrs. Dorothy McElhiney of ACCESS in Escond ido.
ACCESS seeks volunteers to aid in war on poverty By Christopher Read Perhaps you have never thought about it, but for some youngsters , ki nd ergarten can be a very traumatic expe rience. Cutting the apron s trings so abruptly and being sent off into a c ornpletely...diffe r ent world often causes more than a damp cheek. In the Escondido area, AC CESS, an agency of the county's Economic Opportunity Commission, has been formed to aid low-income families in combating the nation's "war on poverty". One of its phases helps pre-school children from these low income families arrive at kindergarten with a smile rather than a tear. During this past week, Mrs. Dorothy Me Elhiney has been soliciting Palomar students to act as volunteers in this program. It was Mrs. McElhiney's idea t hat s tudents would make good voluntee rs---letting. as she puts it, "youth assume the responsibility for youth." She has been successful. Normally the volunteers are adults. More students are needed, however, and those interested should contact her at the ACCESS office at 250 E. Grand Avenue. But ·what really is ACCESS? It's not a welfare agency and does not give monies to low- income families. The initials tell the story-- Areawide Com munity Centers- - Employment, Self-improvement Services- -a service provid ing agency that receives funds from the EOC to serve the needs of low income fa milies. The Escondido area ACCESS office which also serves San Marcos, and Ramona is one of five in the county and
is headed by Mr. Ralph Inzunza. Currently the services are concentrated in the areas of helping find employme nt, social services , early childhood development a nd health education. ACCESS is a self-help program in that its workers try to make the poor aware of c ommunity programs through which they can help themselves. One of the proble ms, however, seems to be maki ng the affl uent community aware of the poor. National standards set up by the Office of Economic Opportun ity defi ne a low income family as one that has four members and has less than $3,200 annual income. A fa mily in this caliber is considered to have i nadequa te incom e to meet its basic needs and is e ligible for ACCESS programs. This income level is increased or decreased by about $500 per each additional family member. F amily income consists of the total of all income of all persons living in a corn rnon household . T his includes welfare and s ocial security payments. T he exact percentage of persons in this low- income br acket living within the Escondido, San Marcos- arnona area is not known, but in September alone the local office counseled 108 persons, provided social services for 198, provided transportation fo r 50 persons, early childhood development instruction for 104 children, counse led 3 7 persons about jobs and actually placed 16 in jobs. Certainly this is an indication that there is a need for this type of program. Since ACCESS is a community- wide p rogram, its aim is to involve as much of the community as possible in the program development.
Chicano group organizes; MAYA plans active future T he s hort but powerful shape of the Mayan Indian seems likel y to become a well known figure on Palomar's campus as the new group of which he is the symbol becomes active here. In tune with the growing activism of ethnic minorities, the Palomar Chapter of the Mexican American Youth Association (MAYA) presented its constitution to the Inter Club Council yesterday . Essentially a community and social service organization, the new club has several purposes. These include encouraging Mexican Americans to further t heir education, promoting the heritage of Mexican Americans, and striving for educational, economic and important political status for the Mexican American. Among the activities which the Chicano- oriented group has in the planning stage are a drive by the members to contact Mexican American students in area high schools to explain the advantages and opportunities of continuing their education and participation by t he club in the ACCESS Child Development
Program . Torn Castaneda, president of the club, said that the Palomar organization was the first chapter of the state- wide as sociation to be established in northern San Diego County. According to Castaneda, the club expects to maintain a rather close affiliation with the MAYA chapters at San Diego State and Grossmont College, as well as other area organizations with similar aims. Marcos Abrego, treasurer of the club, p ointed out that members may attend t he bi- mont hly MAYA area conferences held at San Diego State College. "These conferences can help to establish lines of communication in the Chicano community and offer a chance for an exchange of ideas," said Abrego. Other activities which have been suggested for the club in the future are the sponsoring of guest speakers and possibly the publication of a newsletter. The immediate business at hand, though, according to Abrego, is the recruitment of additional membership for t he club (continued on page 2)
Both of the e men pos sess vital fore sight and progres sive ideas. Their past l eadership has lead Palomar to its present standing as one of the finest junior colleges in the entire state. They have fostered an easy relationship with the students, faculty, and admi ni stration of the college, not an easy feat for any body. The enti re board , but especially the
The Associated Men Students of Palomar are holding a dance tomorrow night from 7 p.m . to midnight in the dome. Advance tickets are $1.50 with an ASB card or $1.75 without. Ad mission at the door will be $2. Four local bands will be featured. They are Jello's Gas Band, White Lighte ning, Freedom, and Corduroy Cloud. Tickets may be purchased today from Ke n Bowers, presid ent of AMS or any member of the group.
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Gamma Sigma Chi is looking for interested girls who would like to participate in a "Friendship Day" to be held this month at the New Haven Girls Ho rne in Vista. A planning meeting for the project will be held today in F -23 at 11 a.m . The girls at New Haven are all of junior high age, and most of them either come from e xtremely unhappy homes o r are orphaned. The GSC group is sponsoring the "Friendship Day" in hopes that they can e as e a little of the girls' loneliness duri ng a stage of life that is hard even for those from happy horne si tuations. P lanned activities for the visit are a body dynamics and ge t-acquainted session, a workshop on dress, which will emphasize how to flatter personal figures, a picnic lunc h, a workshop on make-up, featuring Mrs. Jan Myers of Edith Rehnborg Cosmetics, a Vista resident. A jam session with punch a nd cookies will c omplete the day.
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Two faculty me mbers we re among 12 speakers who presented a four-session symposium on me rchandis ing and publicrelations this past week in Escondido. Graphic Arts instructor James McNutt and Commercial Art instructor James C. Hulbert both spoke at the Escondido Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. The purpose of the symposium was to described aspects of successful business promotion and was designed to help North County businessmen.
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two incumbents, have proven responsive to changes in student mood and have always done what is in keeping with that mood . On the other hand, the two challengers have NEVER BEEN TO A BOARD MEETING! They cannot have any idea of what is required of them on the Board . The work of the Board has traditionally been above the stain of partisan politics. Yet both Mr . Peterson and Mr. Hawthorne are quite ready to proc laim their party a lle giance. They both are Republicans. T he office of the Board of Governors is not the Presidency or the governors hip of the state. The political background of a cand idate is immaterial. The candidate should and must be judged on the basis of "What can he do for the college?• The two incumbents have done much fo r the college already. They have proven their worth. The two challengers have not proven any contention. For that matter, they haven't made any contentions in the entire campaign. The two incumbents are very much in tune with students. They are not a rubber stamp for student requests. But they listen with an open mind and make fair, non-partisan decisions. The two incumbents have done a very fine job. They deserve to be retained. Palomar College is e nte ring a difficult time in our history. We need the stronges t possible leadership fror1l our Board. We strongly urge the re-election of Milo Shadle and Richard Kornhauser to the Palomar Board of Governors. Today the four candidates for the Paloma r College Board of Gove rnors will take part in a panel discussion ljefore those they will serve : the Palomar students. The panel discussion is being sponsored by Sheridan Hegland as part of his political science 10 clas s. The four men accepted the invitation to attend this meeti ng at very short notice. Their willingness to take part and to meet the students they hope to govern must be commended.
Richard J . Kornhauser, above, an incumbent, lists hi s occupation as an avocad o grower in Escondido. Milo Shadle, below, is presently pres.ident of the Board of Governors and an attorney in Vista. He is also an incumbent in the race.
Candidates to answer questions in open classroom discussion Today at 11 a. rn., the four candidates running for two openings on the Palomar College Board of Gove rnors will answer questions from s tude nts and faculty in room P-32. Incumbents seeking re- election Tuesday are Milo Shadle and Richard Kornhauser. Hoping to unseat them are J. T. Hawthorne and Byron Peterson. Questions will be directed to the panel of candidates by political science instructor Sheridan Hegland and students from his political science 10 class. The presentation is part of Mr. Hegland's regular policy of presenting outside speakers each Friday to hi s political science classes. All such programs are open to Palomar students and fac ulty as well as the public . "This should be an interesting and enlightening demonstration of our political system in action," Hegland said. Credit for the idea of bringing the
four candidates together on campus befo re the election should go to THE TELESCOPE editor Steve Krueger, Hegland said . Incu mbent Shadle is the pres ident of the Board of Governors. He is an attorney in Vista. Kornhauser is also an incumbent. He lists his occupation as that of an avocado grower in Escondido. Challenger Hawthorne is president of a Caterpillar tractor dealership in San Diego. Peter son is president of a mortgage company in Escondido. Following the panel discussion, a press conference will be held in R- 5 duri ng which members of Palomar' s student press will question t he candidates. The press conference is sponsored by THE TELESCOPE and is open to any student or faculty member who wis hes to atte nd. It is scheduled to begin at noon.
Mrs. Chick Sills, a me mber of Alcoholics Anonymous , spoke r ecently to nursing students here . Mrs. Sill s is t he founder of Serenity ·House in Poway. Both she and her husband are members of A.A. and actively support the work. The talk helped students to a greater understanding of the psychological problems encountered by alcoholics.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has establ ished a new department in i ts youth and college division dealing exclusive ly with college programming. "We are interested in dealing with all the problems concerning the black collegiate," said Kennith R. Brown, newly appointed director of the program . "We are offering our help in the areas of Afro - American curriculum, faculty r e c ruitment, cooperative programming and job placement and housing. "We have established a speaking bureau that is willing to s e nd someone to you r campus to speak." Any group desiring further information should contact Mr. Brown at 5142 Park He ights Ave . , Baltimor e, Maryland.
Palomar College District voters will be faced with an election for two places on the Board of Governors. T he present Board me mbe rs are, ( L toR) Richard Kornhauser(incurnbent seeking reelection), Dr. Frederick Huber, president of P alomar College and district superintendent, Milo Shadle(president of the Board and incumbent seeking ree lection), Dr. John Schettler, assistant
superintendent in charge of business , Bruce Jaques, and Morse Olmstead. Not present at the meeting was Board member Dr. Richard Loomis. Pictures of the two other candidates for t he position of Board of Governor s wer e not available as they we r e not at the meeting. THE TELESCOP E end orses incumbents Shadle and Kornhauser for reelection in the editorial above.