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E TELESCOPE.

Volume 22 Number 45 · A Publication of the Associated Students

Western tour offers credit •• •

April 29, 1969

San Marcos, Calif.

92069

Senate proposes body for student dialog

1n sc1ences

An estimated 34 Palomar students will be given a chance to "put it all together" this summer during an Interdepartmental Tour Class of the Southwest.

"Man and His Environment" is the title of the two unit course which will be c onduct~d in the field of the Southwest United States next August by members of the Behaviorial Science, Earth Science, and Biology departments.

The two week tour which will last from August 18 to August 31 will include study of contemporary and primitive cultures, archaeological sites such as Walnut Canyon ana Mesa Verde, important geological and geographical features like Sunset Crater and Grand Canyon, as well as the flora and fauna of each area visited.

Instructors from each of the departments will provide informatiOil in the field of their specialization-- anthropology, biology, and geology.

Stress of the course will be helping the student to gain an appreciation ofthe inter-relationships between the various disciplines. This will be attempted by way of direct encounters with peoples, cultures, earth formations, and plants and animals of the different regions. It is hoped that these will provide the student with new insight into the ways in which the components of the environment have influenced and are influencing one another.

The two units of credit offered are transferable to other institutions as a lower division elective in either anthropology, life science , or earth science.

There are no prerequisites and students will not be required to complete any sort of project for the course.

Estimated cost of the trip is set at about $150 for the two weeks. Registration for the class is in progress now and closes June 13 and is on a "first come, first served" basis.

Interested students should contact either Abraham Gruber or Richard Noble.

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Instructors Byron Gibbs (above) and William Bedford recently proposed a

new committee to deal with student questions, ideas and problems at Palomar.

Health class ldresses out' "Dressing out" is a little unusual for a lecture class, but Mr. Michael Curran, health instructor, believes in more student participation.

Tomorrow the topic will be "Physical Fitness and Dynamic Health". Students will meet on the field to go through their paces.

The class will practice and discuss newly developed exercise techniques of Dr. Thomas K. Cureton Jr., director of the Physical Fitness Ce nter at the University of Illinois.

These techniques e mphasize over 40 minutes per day of continuous ac tivity above the normal pulse rate. The ex-

ercises may include running, skipping, jogging or any number of activities, but variety is encouraged to avoid monotony.

Most importantly, it is necessary to have some form of endurance exercise every day as a regular program.

Also to be covered by the class, were new respiratory techniques and emotional health, the need for balance of work and play.

At the e nd of the session, students may feel more emotionally stable, but they will also be breathing a little harder.

Student offers tour of country Alice Yamaguchi a Palomar student, is looking for interested and adventurous students with $100 to make a cross-continent trip this summer.

Mrs. Yamaguchi is looking for a limited number of people who would like to travel from June 14 to about August 14 for a mere $100. She will use the funds to rent a van for the trip. Housing will be provided in private homes most of the time, and camping will be used if no suitable homes can be obtained. The . initial fee includes all gas, oil, tolls, and miscellaneous costs.

A resolution to consider the feasibility of establishing a body whose function would be to broaden faculty and student participation in government has been submitted to theFaculty Senate.

Bill Bedford and Byron Gibbs, Faculty Senators, submitted the proposal, which outlines a committee to consist of one member of the governing board, two members of the administrative staff, four members of the teaching faculty and five members of the student body who would be e lected. The committee is tentative ly named the "Communication Liason Committee. " According to the proposal submitted to the Faculty Senate, the objectives of of the committee would be to: 1) To establish a unique media of faculty-student communication oriented toward interpersonal relations rather than the more forma lized appointment procedure, The proposal recommends that a small group seminar be used as a vehicle of communication.

2) To study the concept of government in order to create new opportunities for participation in areas of decision making that affect all groups ·who must experience the academic, living and working conditions here.

3) To originate ground rules that will guarantee as fully as possible the access to and application of constitutional

pledges pertinent to freedom of speech, , freedom of assembly, and the right to petition.

4) To affect and maintain sound, reasonable internal corrective measures that will assure the continuing operation of this college as an orderly and progressive institution of higher learning.

The -ad hoc committee recommended that operational guidelines be adopted fro m the model provided by De Anza College's "Group Approaches to Alienation". It was also recommended that the committee examine the practicality of adopting group techniques as its own mode of operation.

The group at De Anza College established weekly dialog sessions. These sessions are designed to give students faculty and administrators an active part in discussing their feelings with and questions of minority groups. _ A book study program was established which is designed to educate the community about Third World Groups. Minority students discuss each book assigned after the audience breaks into small groups. A Black History group was established which was designed to share with all people the historical and cultural background and development of black people. This program features outside speakers, panel discussions and reading in black poetry.

'Contagious motivation' topic of assembly sponsored by MAYA Contagious motivation was the topic of an assembly held Friday at Orange Glen High School in Escondido by members of Palomar's Mexican American Youth Association (MAYA).

Accompanied by Byron Gibbs, Palomar counselor, the three MAYA students talked with about 20 prospective students of the college.

The assembly was arranged by Mr. Gibbs and Don Pusker, counselor at the high school.

The three, Marcos Abrego, Junior Silvas, and Tom Castaneda, spoke to the assembled juniors and seniors concerning the merits of staying in school.

They strongly emphasized that the Chicano young people should finish high school and go on to college.

"The general theme that emerged from the assembly was that the educational development for the Mexican American youngsters would hopefully be contagious," said Mr. Gibbs. "This means that high school students would enthusiastically influence the elementary child-

ren to finish high school and the college students in the same manner, would encourage the high school students on to higher education."

Mr. Pusker, working with the counseling department at Palomar, set up the meeting. In a telephone interview, he · stated, "We had about 18 to 20 kids taking part in the program. They(MAYA) encouraged the kids to stay in school, to go on to some kind of college level work. They encouraged them to come to Palomar, saying that Palomar offers possibly the best opportunity they can get."

Conclusions reached at the meeting included making Economic Opportunity Programs available at the junior college level, stressing j.c. 's as a meaningful and accessible institution to serve as the first step in Mexican American youth beginning their higher education.

"All parties seemed to be very pleased with the outcome of this meeting," concluded Mr. Gibbs.

Henry Bliss and James Hulbert (L toR) art instructors, display a poster advertising the Mexico art tour for students.

The tour will take art and photography students through Mexico and will include classroom instruction.

Mrs. Yamaguchi will be able to take only a limited number of students.

Therefore, she asks that interested people contact her as soon as possible. Her deadline has been set at May 14. The $100 is payable at that time and is non-refundable. Her phone number is 748-2121.

Linda Welch (left) and Diane Sheckle pose in one of the Pink Elephant Sale's

prized offerings - a vintage bathtub. The sale will take place Friday and Saturday.

The members of the tour will visit many places in the United States and Canada.

Educational program faces cuts Palomar's educational program faces extensive cutbacks in expenditures next fall, according to Frank Martinie, chairman of the budgetary committee.

The expenditures may be cut due to the lack of state funds and the rising rate of inflation.

Among the proposed cutbacks will be slashes in spending for new equipment and the hiring of new teachers. It is proposed by the committee that those teachers resigning from certain teaching posts not be rehired.

"The major problem is maintaining the present quality of education," Mr. Martinie said, "Costs in the areas of salaries are rising markedly this year. The present budget does not provide for these increases to raise the RA laries.."

The cutbacks in faculty hiring could result in one less counselor next fall and one less English teacher. There will be a shortage of 3lb of one teacher in the Physics department.

The only additions to the staff will be

· " decrease is equal to the increase in one new librarian. district wealth.

"We have scoured the woods for every One pay raise has been recommended conceivable federal or NEDA grant Y'e by the committee. Student employees are could possibly use. There will be no to be granted a 10% pay raise upon left unused," Mr. Martinie funds · adoption of the budget. The raise will emphasized. affect all students who have worked A Special Reserve Fund is used for for the school more than three months. long term purchases such as equipment For most student gardeners, cafeteria and desks. It cannot be used for opera· help lab assistants, and bookstore help, tional funds such as salaries. A small it will mean an average increase of 15 reserve fund surplus will be left at the to 20 cents each per hour. end of the year for any emergency matA proposal now in the state legisters that may arise," said Mr. Martini e. lature would aid junior colleges by an These figures, he stressed, are preadditional $39 million. liminary figures only. They will be "If passed, it would be of benefit to passed on to the administration someall junior colleges, including Palomar," time this week following a final meeting Mr. Martinie continued. "Ours is not an of the committee today. The board of unusual situation, but rather it is rather governors must approve the figures by universal with all the junior colleges.

July 1.

Even the districts usually considered wealthy are now having problems with The funds are not available for next money." year due to the cutbacks in state aid.

Students are invited to attend the meetThe scale that the state works with ing today at 1 p.m. in the Conference provides less state money if the assessed Room. valuation of a district is increased. The

Germans, Americans share common problems; Dialog Day revived Mr. Norlin tells of turmoil on German campus

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE

By Steven A. Krueger

Last week, Dr. Frederick Huber, president of the college, presented areport to the board of governors concerning the Dialog Day, Open Hours or whatever you wish to call it. (See last Friday's TELESCOPE.) The report covered fully the events leading up to and including the day and the events that transpired therein. From the report, it would seem that everyone is quite delighted that it happened.

The logic escapes me. Dialog Day was less than an even partial success.

A group of supposedly progressive students and teachers suddenly had a brainstorm and decided to have an informal dialog. Unfortunately, they made it too informal and everyone came away disappointed.

Future dialogs should not be held sitting hunch-backed and cramped on rather odoriferous P.E. mats, but should involve oeoole either standing or seated in chairs, where people are meant to sit.

There is a great fallacy going the rounds that it is not a "real" experience to converse with someone while seated in a chair. Perhaps someone should inform the American delegation in Paris of this so that the next session of the peace talks could be held sitting cross legged on the floor.

Future dialog sessions should be more structured than the first one. Two hours should be set aside on a Wednesday, say, in room R-5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Members of the board of governors, administration, and faculty should be represented. They should not all attempt to squeeze in, however. A member of any group, faculty, administration, or stu-

dent should act as moderator of the dialog.

The main characters in the dialog, the board member, the facultype r sonnel and the administrators should be seated in the front of the room . Students or other faculty members or community citizens s hould be in the chairs where they belong, QOt on the floor.

This format provided a very good atmosphere at the press conference held prior to the board of governors election. No one could mistake the discussion for a love-in, as did one faculty member in the case of the first dialog session.

Along the lines of pre-event publicity, all effort should be made on the part of the administration and Scott Boyles, public relations manager for the school, to publicize the favorable aspects of the event prior to the day it happens. It should be made very clear to our frothing-at-the-mouth community that the dialog is open to the public as well as to the students and faculty.

An unwritten oath should be followed by every faculty member and student in the college: We shall not leak any accusations to the area press. Leave that to the proper people.

THE TEL ESC 0 P E guarantees preevent publicity to help insure a good crowd at the dialog.

It is the hope of this columnist that such a program as outlined above will soon be put into action, hopefully in time for this semester, but definitely for next fall. It doesn't matter who sponsors the program, as long as it happens.

The silent majority ASB elections are nearer than anyone thinks. The deadline for filing for the offices is May 7. Elections will be two weeks later on May 21.

In the past, students haven't exactly flocked to the polls to exercise their right of free election. This year, hopefully, that will not be the case.

The most successful election in Palomar's history was a year and a half ago when four slates of candidates ran: Young Republican, Young Democrat, Peace and Freedom, and Independent.

The YR's won easily, but the biggest plus in the election was that an incredible 35 percent of the students voted.

It isn't too late for the same sort of thing to happen again. We have an active Mexican American Youth Association on campus, a semi- active Students for a Democratic Society, an active Young Americans for Freedom, and an independent group of ASB incumbents.

THE TELESCOPE suggests that these groups plan to run as slates as they did last year. SDS and MAYA should consider

JOmmg forc es , perhaps, due to the parallelism of many of their goals. YAF and YR's should consider joining forces to oppose the liberal group. The incumbents now in ASB office could join either side or form a moderate, middle-of-the-road slate of their own. The spirit generated by such an arrangement would motivate voters to the polls in numbers.

The election that elected our present slate of people drew only eight per cent of the students. Many of the offices were unopposed until the very last moment.

This is ridiculous . If only eight per cent of the students want an effective student government, then student government should be abolished.

Students are r evolting across the country to gain student power. Palomar has more student control than any other junior college in the state. Let us have more than a handful of students vote in the next election.

Let us hear the voice of the people.

(SAK)

mountPeAce

'I hate your guts'

By Jim One of the most exciting things happening in our culture right now is the concern that more and more people are developing toward their relationships with their fellow men. I'm not talking about the nebulous generalizations of such things as racial brotherhood or social awareness but of the personal interchange between ourselves and the people who fill our every day lives.

"Communication" has become one of the catch words of the time. Everyone is trying to achieve "Meaningful Communication" or "Relevant Dialog" to the point that these words are losing a lot of their original mystifying impact; and that's good.

Once the phrases are exposed as a meaningless defense behind which we are able to hide our own fears, we are forced at last to a recognition of the inadequacy of our dealings with others .

The popularity of sensitivity training is indicative of this. Far from being, as some would have us believe, a mere -exerCise in mutual stimulation, sensitivity training is, I think, an honest attempt by concerned individuals to divest themselves of the phoniness and bull which make up so much of our life in"normal polite society." We are finally becoming aware of the fear, the suppression, the outright deception which tyrannically govern so much of our existence.

What kind of a society is it .• we are asking, that has taught us to say "excuse me" if we so much as touch another person in a crowd?

What kind of a society is it that

Strain smiles knowingly at "I hate your guts" but raises its eyebrows in shock at "I love you; you're beautiful"?'

Our antiseptic American Culture has robbed us of our senses of touch and of smell.

We are only three-fifths human beings.

We spend millions every year on deodorant, soap and mouthwash but we never get close enough to one another for it to make any difference.

But now, with the aid of such things as encounter groups and sensitivity training these until r ecently i mpregnable hang-ups are starting to crack a bit and almost imperceptibly fade away.

We are beginning to face the fact of our animal nature, while no longer being afraid of what is best in our humanity or ashamed of the highest form of human communication of which we are capable--of love.

Of course any fundamental change in the ethos of a people cannot be accomplished overnight and Americans are no exception. But we have always been a pragmatic people, willing to try new ways of behavior, accepting those we found useful. It is this pragmatism which has brought us kicking and screaming with all of our imperfections as well as ideals to the point of collective introspection we have reached today.

Perhaps this same pragmatism can be the tool by which we overhaul our view of man as an isolated entity and remold it into one of a force of closely interacting individuals working for the good of each other.

PEACE

By Jackie Easley "Schoolwork in the German school system is more intensive and demanding than in the U.S. system . The Germans have a different philosophy of education than we do. They don't think of mass education as we do--although they do a good job of educating the people," English instructor Richard Norlin said.

Mr. Norlin was one of ¡17 American instructors who spent 1967 teaching in secondary schools in Germany. He and the other teachers were members of the Fullbright Grant program, which sends exchange teachers abroad, The year Mr. Norlin spent in Germany was the fifth trip he has made there.

During 1955-56 he studied under the GI Bill at a university in Gottingen, Germany, and has made several trips since. During his travels, he has observed many differences between the American and German systems.

"In the German high school, the curriculum is less flexible, and there are fewer electives. The work is more demanding, because the German people don't think of mass education as we do," he said.

"On the college level the German university is comparable only to the graduate school here. By the time a German student gets to the university, it is assumed that he has finished his liberal arts education and is going on to graduate work.

"Unlike the United States, the university assumes no responsibility for extracurricular student life. There are no deans of activities or clubs. The students organize it all on their own.

"The German university has no directive counseling. It provides you a catalog and that's that--you're on your own!

"In most courses grades are not given, and no attendence is taken. A student may see a class in the catalog, sign up for it, and never attend it until the last class session for the final exam.

However, everything depends on the big exam at the end of four or five years.

It is a very tough exam."

Mr. Norlin explained that the German student actually has more freedom than the college student in America.

"In fact, they have toomuchfreedom," he said . "In high school, the student is less free. For 19 years he is highly supervised and structured, and then there is no supervision at all."

Does the German student become more anxiety-ridden because of the responsibility put on him? "Not true. The students who are enrolled in a university are fairly high in intellectual capability, and have had a number of years of competitive work. They are under pressure, but have learned to cope with it, partly due to the preparation they have had in high school. By the time they enter a unive rsity, they have had five or six years of Latin, German, French, and English. "They would be expected to sit down and write something in each of these languages and speak at least one of them."

While in Germany, he had a chance to observe some of the student demonstrations going on. He noted that the German students are as violent as some American college students if not more so, but do not have the added issue of race involved. He compared the German student demonstrations to those at Columbia University, and cited the following similarities between the German American student movements.

"Both the German and the American students protesting the anonymity of the big university--a university that fails to come to terms with the issues of modern life. They seek a greater voice in their own destiny.

"The fact that the German Student is so active is in a large part due to the political background of his country. He . has the double burden of coming to terms . with the Nazi idea of World War II. To be a German means to bear the burden of German history.

"The German youth, like Americans, must also deal with the draft. For the young German man, facing the situation is even more difficult than it is for the American.

"Many students, most of them, have relatives in East Germany and many theoretically face the draft. The problem of being a soldier-patriot is rende red more difficult for the German than for our young people. The German must answer the question, 'What past can I identify with as a soldier?' He has been told to reject the Nazi idea of WW II, and the German NATO army of today is only 13 years old. The German youth shares these concerns in much more

"Both the German and the American students are protesting the anonymity of the big university," according to Richard

Norlin, English instructor and recent Fullbright exchange teacher to Germany.

--Photo by Casey Cook

exaggerated form because of his position.

"As it is, there is a strong pacifistic move ment in Germany, and the German youth is told to reject any violent means to gain anything. The German SDS is a strong movement in Germany. Their object is to make the function of the military difficult, and to prevent further denial of the integrity of the individual."

Another common problem to German and American students is that ofpatriotism. Neither group of students can define what patriotism is or how it can be executed.

Germany and discussed the bisected Germany. "Since you're not directly participating in the wall or anything, curiosity is the main feeling. You just go there, buy five East German marks, and look at the fine museums.

"The common problem young people have is what is patriotism? Pride in country, background, national destiny?

In its best form it is desirable--but what is its best form ?" Mr. Norlin queried.

"Since Germany has no writtenconstitution or democratic history, it is even harder for the German youth. The German youth says loyalty to what? What country? What people ? It is difficult for the older people to talk to the young, because they were responsible for what happened in the past. Talk about a generation gap, we don't know what the word means!!"

"The majority of East Germans merely tolerate their government. They're not whole-heartedly sold on it. They have had no Marshall Plan to build up their country, but they are very definitely coming back. No one is starving. They have television, and are again becoming a major industrial power. The youth, ¡ however, tend to feel locked in.

"Many East Germans are not favor ably disposed toward the West Germans.

It is possible to be convinced that Communism is the right way--yet be disturbed about some aspects of it, such as the way Communism works in some countries . Communism is an all-embracing world view."

While in Germany on his last trip, Mr. Norlin had a chance to visit East

Mr. Norlin concluded by saying that his travels to a foreign country have "added a new dimension to life and added a window on reality. " He quoted the German poet Goethe, who said: "There's nothing better. You see more about yourself and your country, and gain a new perspective you wouldn't do on your own."

First let me state, I have no arguem e nt (sic) with your abhorrence of the death of the janitor at UCSB. I think you adequately expressed the same feeling most of us had on learning of his death and the manner in which it was brought about.

However, Mr. Krueger , I very strongly resent your references and comparisons to Vietnam; both the real one in Southeast Asia, and your imaginary one in America.

Vietnam has been used as the public sounding board for all of our present social ills, by both our radical right and radical left. How easy it is Mr. Krueger, to sit back and m ake invalid comparisons on a very controversial topic. For the most part, Mr. Krueger, you will continue to come out smelling of the proverbial rose due to the inforced (sic) ignorance of the majority of your readers. Ignorance brought about through the antics of your more professional colleagues, through biased and editorialized reporting, through inforced (sic) censorship by the military and editors on the home front, and by the need to write "stories", news, that sells. Perhaps we are witnessing a re-birth of yellow journalism. Certainly responsible journalism for one reason or another, is being way-layed somewhere along the line to final copy.

Mr. Krueger, the following is an idea presented to me three years ago and when I was one of the editors of THE TELESCOPE, Why not go there yourself friend? Find out what is really going on first hand: make up your on (sic) mind

through actual experience.

Mr. Krueger, there are no innocents either in this war or any war. We, all of us, are both persecutor and persecuted. The suffering is born equally by all involved; be it from physical pain or the anguish of mental conflict within ourselves. Mr. Krueger, you are as guilty or as blameless as any soldier over there pulling a trigger right now.

I would defy you to enter a local Vietnameese (sic) village with me and point out the innocent from the guilty. I would defy you also Mr. Krueger, to walk among the members of my former platoon telling me which was innocent and which was guilty. You couldn't do it, nor could anyone. We are all Homo-sapiens, subject to the same fears, anxieties, social mores, and responses that our own particular cultures have socialized us to respond to.

Go there friend! Then, write your editorials. The fact that you would even attempt to compare the social change in America with what is happening in Vietnam, is proof of your ignorance.

Become educated , Steven A. Krueger.

Though, should you elect not to do so, have the moral integrity of a responsible journalist and keep quiet about things you know nothing about. Do this not so much for yourself, or me, but rather for your readers. The tragedy is; they believe in you.

Arthur Gross D 2424 (Ed . Note : One needn't be knifed in the back to know that murder is a crime.

-SAK)