ETELESC
Palomar College
Volume 23 Number 31
· A Publication of the Associated Students
March 6, 1970
San Marcos , Calif.
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ASB delegates attend confab
'Community Day' gives area view of facilities
Attending the Area 1 Conference, seven delegates from Palomar's ASB council spent two days at Imperial Valley College discussing campus problems. Held once a semester, the conference takes in Grossmo:Jt College, Imperial Valley, MiraCosta College, San Diego City College, San Diego Evening College, San Diego Mesa College, Southwestern College and Palomar. Seven delegates from Palomar attended the conference. They included: Jon Engle, John Donnelly, Bob Olson, Pat Smith, Linda Causey , Pauline Woody, and Lynda Buendel. Delegate Pat Smith outlined the conference saying, "The purpose of this conference was to get as much varied opinion about pertinent issues of today in the college community. "The conference was educational but was not productive in that we will be taking no constructive action to improve the lot of the students.~ Eight discussion groups were held discussing topics of student alienation, racial issues and environment. Delegate Linda Buendel said, "I feel that it (the conference ) was very eye opening on issues of minority problems. Delegate Linda Causey commented "In the past we've gone to try to get legislation enacted. It's been a frustrating experience . Nothing has come out of it. I felt that the purpose of this meeting was to get action started from the bottom up, to excite people on campus to take action, to make them aware of the problems other campuses have. I think it was fabulous.~
"I am personally hopeful that many will said Mr. Virgil L. Bergman, acting president of the college, in reference to Sunday's "Community Day. • The Patrons of Palomar, assisted by the faculty and the ASB, are sponsoring the program here from 1 to 5 p.m. come,~
~n this first of a kind event, Bergman sa1d the community will have a view of what a "comprehensive junior college looks like first hand.~ Bergman sees the "Community Day" as a positive influence for the whole community. He
Health career award offered Photographs by John Eden
Crafts exhibit opens March 31 Now on display, the exhibit, "Walls" by artist William Childress will be continued thro11gh March 12 in the Boehm Gallery, and a crafts exhibit will be displayed beginning March 31, the gallery announced recently . Mr. Harry Bliss, art department instructor and gallery director, said an exhibit titled, "Punk, Funk and Wonderful Junk," earl ier scheduled for the first half of the month, has been cancelled. The gallery is to be closed for alterations between March 30 and 31. The crafts display opening March 31 will include a traveling exhibit of tapestries and weavings in contemporary designs, provided by the California Arts Commission. Bliss said other works in the show will include recent creations by a number of Southern California craftsmen in the areas of furniture making, glass blowing, ceramics, jewelry, and enamelling.
Openings remain in European tour
CAMPUS CALENDAR MONDAY, March 9: ASB Council, ll a.m., R-3 Circle 1..;, ll a.m., 11-5 Christian Science, 11:05 a.m., C- 7 Newman Club, ll a.m., F-22
When "Of Mice and Men" opens next Thursday night, it will mark the culmination of a lot of talent and a lot of hard work. During rehearsals this week David Fennessy (George) and Jim Southers (Lennie) make plans for their
future, while Mel Schuster (Candy) shows concern over Lennie's killing of Curley's wife. The play will have two weekend runs, March 12, 13, and 14 and March 19,20, and 21. Curtain time is 8 p.m. for both weekends in the drama lab.
TUESD.-\ Y, March 10: WRA, ll a.m., 0-13 WEDNESD ,\ Y, l\larch ll: AWS, ll a.m., F-23 Gamma Sigma Chi, II a.m., F-23 I.c.c., ll:l5 a.m., R-3 Varsity Club, 12 a.m., 0-12 Vets Club, 11 a.m . , f-9 Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, ll a.m., R-1 Students International Meditation Society, 7:30 p.m., R-5 THURSD.-\ Y, March 12: "Of Mice and 1\Jen", 8 p.m., Drama Lab Basketball--State J.C. Tourney March 12, 13, 14 Long Beach City Arena FHIDAY, March 13: "Of Mice and Men," 8 p.m., Drama Lab International Club, ll a.m., B- 1 Young Democrats, ll a.m., P-13 College Republicans, ll a.m., F-22 Young Americans for Freedom, II a.m., B-5 SATURDAY, March 14: CONCERT--Freshman Class presents Neil Young, 8:30p.m., Dome
Four awards of $500 each will be given to students interested in preparing for certain health careers by the San Diego County Chapter of the National Foundation of the March of Dimes. Applicants will be judged on scholastic achievement, personal qualifications, professional promise and financial need. A Selection Committee will review the credentials of all applicants. To be eligible a person must be a United States citizen, be attending an accredited college or university, and must be planning to complete baccalaureate degree requirements in a professionally approved program in nursing, medicine, physical therapy or occupational therapy. The sole obligation of each recipient of a March of Dimes Health Careers Award is ·to have the serious intention of completing his education in the profession of his choice and of serving the health field as a member of that profession. The deadline for submitting applications is April 15. They may be obtained from the San Diego County Chapter of The National Foundation, Health Careers Awards, 6156 Mission Gorge Road, Room H, San Diego, Calif. 92120, 284-ll66.
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Ray Larsen was elected president of the Young Democ rats at a meeting held last Friday. Other officers are: vice-president, Steve DeNordis; secretary, Barbara McKenzie: treasurer, Roger Smith: ICC representative, Gary Young. The club is sponsored by Mr. Pat Archer.
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"The Afro American--His Life and History,~ a bibliography of works written about the Afro American, has just been published by the library. Compiled by Bonnie L. Smith, of the reference department, the bibliography includes books, periodicals, and a list of subject headings for locating additional material.
Visitors will register in the Student Union, where refreshments will be served, and then depart for various parts of the campus in student-conducted tours. Mrs. John Cosh, president of the Patrons, said the event "affords a wonderful opportunity for the district public to see how the many college departments function, and to have a look at the modern educational facilities in our community college." Mrs. Wilson Tucker, chairman of the "Community Day" committee for Patrons, said the sponsoring organization "especially invites and urges the attendance of representatives from civic and service clubs in the area, and from the high schools, chambers of commerce, and city officials of the district, and particularly by parents of Palomar students. Mrs. Tucker said the guests may come at any time between the I and 5 p.m. open house hours "and stay as long as they like--it's all informal." Among the many things to see will be a continuous program in the ceramics area, including pottery throwing, glass blowing, and kaku glazing. Experiments with Acrylics, a glass display, a commercial art display, may be seen along with current kiln construction and student works. The Dwight Boehm Gallery will also be open. The Behavioral Science Department will have a demonstration of the Listening Center in psychology in P-24, Students will be performing chemistry experiments in CH-7,8, and 17. All members of the counseling staff will be available to meet with visitors in A-63. The Foreign Language Department will show a filmstrip and tape on Spain at 3:50p.m. in F-12. The Industrial Technology students will exhibit a race car in N-4. A special publication of THE TELESCOPE will be seen in R-5. Student photography work will be on display in F-24, and the press will be run in the Graphic Arts Lab, R-1. The Music Department will feature an organ recital at 1:30 p.m. and the Chamber singers at 2 p.m., both in C-5. Periodically throughout the afternoon the Physical Education Department will demonstrate modern dance in the dance studio, gymnastics in the Dome. Weight lifting win also be demonstrated. The planetarium will have shows at 2, 3, and 4 p.m. Telescopes will also be available for observing sun spots. The Speech Department will give a presentation of oratorical, expository, and oral interpretation in F-25 from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. There will be a rehearsal for "Of Mice and Men~ in P-33 from 4p.m. until 5 p.m. This is the current play being presented by the Theatre Arts Department at the college.
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News Briefs A tape by Dr. Paul Ehrlich on the "Population Bomb~ will be run today in P-32 at II a.m. The tape will begin promptly at ll:05 a.m. to assure completion by 12 noon.
Openings for five more enrollments remain in a students' photography-study tour of Europe, departing July 12 under auspices of the Photography Instructors Association in cooperation with the Foreign Study League. Mr. Justus Ahrend, photography instructor here, has been named as instructor for the tour which will take 20 students to principal cities in five countries. Countries to be visited are Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium and England. The jet flight from Los Angeles · will take the group directly to Rome, where Ahrend lived for a year when he was a photographer-correspondent in World War II. The class will be housed in university dormitories in each country to be visited.
went on to say that this is simply an attempt by the Patrons to get the community on campus to view the departments and find out what is going on.
All students interested in helping out Dick Peacock in his campaign for Assemblyman meet in Room P-ll on Monday atlla.m. "There will be a musical happening at Kairos on Sunday afternoon March 15. We'd like to get things organized,~ Peacock said.
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Terry Geiger was elected president of Alpha Gamma Sigma at a recent meeting. Other officers elected are: John Kealy, vice-president; Marry Sathrum, treasurer; Lee Ann Wilson, recording secretary; Rosemary Kaiser , corresponding secretary; Carolyn Purvis, ICC representative; Joyce Brittain, tutorial chairman; and Ray Daugherty, publicity chairman .
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The United Indian Students of Palomar will sponsor the viewing of a documentary on Alcatraz Monday night at 7:30p.m. in P-32.
Details of how and why a college is accredited will be explained by Virgil L. Bergman, dean of instruction and acting president of the college, and Mrs. Rita White, chairman of the faculty accreditation committee, in talks March 9 before the North County Council of
Community Colleges. The two Palo..: mar representatives will speak on "The Purpose and Function of an Accreditation Team" at the council session beginning at 7:30 p.m. in room C-6 . Council officers said the public is invited. Photo by D. R. Anderson