Palomar College
Volume
27
Number 17
A Publication of the As sociated Students
Another plus for this year's project, he added , was the improved fo rmat of t he s urvey, which this time was on 5 x 8 cards . When comple ted, the r esults will be given in pe rce ntages . "Ideally." he said, "we would have li ked 100 pe rc e nt participation , but we are ce rtainl y pleased with the cooperation we had this year. We hope the quality of the book we produce wi ll interest even more in taking pa rt next yea r ."
Legal assistance free to students Free legal advice is now ava ilable to Palomar s tudents through a program r ecently begun by the Associated Stude nt Government. Fifteen minute consultations with attorneys a r e provid ed which cover a wide variety of topi cs, including criminal and civil litigatio n. domestic relationships, l andlord a nd tenant r espons ibilities and rights, a nd bankruptcy. In a nswer to s pec ific questions, the attorneys will advise the s tud ent if he needs furth er legal assistance. If he does, the legal clin ic provides a referral service to e ither the Defenders Assoc iation , for c riminal m atters, or the Legal Aid Society for civil m atte rs . William F . Gavin is directing the program with the assistance of Harley J. Earwicker. vice-president of the board of the North County Bar Assoc iation. The clinic is conducted Wednesday evenings between 7 and 9 p .m. For further information make an appointm ent with the secretary in R-3 or call 744- 1150 , Ext. 300.
Richard Leakey. noted archeologist and director of the 1\'ational 1\Iuseums of Kenya. wi ll lecture on "Man -- The Afri can Heritage" Monday night at 8 p. m. in the Dome. Leakey's talk. illustrated by 50 minutes of 16 mm color film. will deal with recent finds in Eastern Africa . with emphas is on the East Rudolfdiscoveries since 19 68. Covered in the film are a series of expeditions with which Leakey has been invol ved, including the exploration of the western shores of Lake Natron. Tanzania in 1963-64; Lake Baringo. Kenya
Practical benefits of meditationtold Justus Ahrend, photography instructor talks with Gretchen Robirds and Carl Pietramtonio about the F ifth Annual
in 'handicapped' zones Students who use "Handicapped Only" parking s paces and do not have s pec ial handicapped parking pe rmits (in addition to regu lar pe rmits) will be cited by the county sheriff's office . Permits are available upon verification of the student's handicap at the "Physically Limited" office, E- 16, Monday through Friday 10- 12 and 1-3. E-1 6 is located on the north side of the engineering building.
European Photography tour this summer. Ahre nd is now taking applications for the five week trip. (Photo by Don Bartletti)
Bank of America awards deadline approaching Four second- year Palomar students will . be named this month to compete for cash awards r anging from $150 to $2, 000 in the 1974 Bank of America Community College Awards program. The students, selecte d by a faculty committee, will represent academic fields of Bus iness, Science- Engineering, Social Sc ie nce-Humanities and Technical-Vocational. Local selectees will compete in an area selection against s tud ents from e ight other local community colleges
Big-band arrangement presented noon today Big-band arrangements in the s tyle of Don Ellis or Buddy Rich can be heard today at noon in the Fine Arts Patio (be tween the Music and Art build ings ). Director Robert Gilson said the Stage Band, as he prefers to call it , "has made fantastic progress and it's a very exc iting group to work with." He thinks the r e has never been a group of this size he r e before as a s tage band. The musicians mus t r ead mus ic for there is very little improvisation . Most of the ir music is profess iona lly ar ranged, although Gibson said he would be "happy to look at charts of expe r ienced arrangers, whether or not they are music majors . " Rehearsals for the band are on Monday nights in room C- 6 from 7 to 10 p.m.
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April 2. All area winners will advance to a final selection where the top prize in each field is $2, 000. Candidates selec ted from Palomar must be full-time students carrying a minimum of 12 units who have earned not less than 36 ·or more than 70 units l eading to an AA degree. Career ambitions and a r ea of academic efforts s hould coincide with the field in which the award is to be give n. Additionally, they must have an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 and a r ecord of active participation and l eade rship in scholastic and community activities . Employment during college will also be given consideration. Persons to contact for additional information concerning loc al selections are Dean Brubeck, Humanities; Dean Coutts, Business and Science; Dean Brown, Vocational Education; or Mr. Frank Hank in, Financial Aid Director. Deadline for submiss ion of possible candidates is February 20.
Organic planting slated for Gardening group Students with little or no pl ace to e xperiment with the ir botanic al creativity are invited to attend the Palomar Gardening Group meeting at 11 a .m . February 22 in E - 3. Actual planting of organic green vegetables, root vege tables and annual fruits from seed will give s tud ents the opportunity to learn and follow the principles of organic gardening.
News at a Glance/
Due to Washington's birthday, the r e· · will be no school Monday .
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Man's African past subiect of lecture
Fall students to be issued new 'Insight' Future students will be able to benefit from the experiences of curre nt students through a new teacher evaluation project s ponso r ed by the ASG. Last semester, 81 of the college's 175 instructors allowed the ir classes t o be polled. Now, the results of this poll a r e being compiled for use in "Insight" , the teacher evaluation publi cation to be distributed in the fall. Questio ns in the poll were divided into five parts. The first section dealt w ith the teacher's presentati on, while sections two and three were concerned wi th the class forma t. including the number of tests and books. In section four , the teachers were able to add their own questions which did not appear on the survey, and in section five students were asked to make addit ional comments concern ing the c ourse . The idea of "Insight" is not a new one. In fact. last year the ASG made plans for such a publication. Howeve r , du e to a late start and an ineffic ient polling procedu r e, the project got off to a s low start and eventually d ied. The experie nce did prove useful, though, as the ASG agai n considered the p roj ect th is sc hool year. "I feel our biggest improvement in this year's effort is the organization a nd administration." sa id J e rry Broeckert, ASG president and coordinator of "Insight." Instead of depending on students to poll the c l asses, the ASG thi s time asked the teachers themselves to ad mini ster the survey. "With the teacher giving up c lassroom time," Broeckert noted, "we were ab le to make sur e it was n't a rus h through p rocess."
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English Dep artment Section 1850 (1A), "The Research Paper," m eets again in P - 1 at 8 a.m . Wednesday.
*** Me mbers of the California College of Arts and Crafts will be visiting the campus February 22, from 9 to 10 a . m. in room C- 4 6 for interested art students, te achers and counselors.
*** Music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and early Baroque was presented by the San Diego Early Music Quartet in a concert Wednesday in room C- 5. Included in the concert were pieces from 14th century Italy, Spain and France along with music from 15th century England and 16th century France.
All ve te rans and dependents rece iving VA benefits are we lcome to attend the Veteran's Club meeting at ll a.m. February 21 in ES- 14. Signs will be posted throughout the campus announcing each c lub meeting. Dues are $1 pe r semester.
*** Student Citizens for the Integrity of the Democratic System will meet at ll a.m. Tuesday in S- 5.
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Mrs. Jean F. Landmesse r, an instructor in the Dental Assisting De partment, was honored as San Diego radio station KFMB's "Sweetheart of the Day" February 12. Ho nored with flowers from Galle ry F lorists, she will also receive a sweetheart picture from Paul Oxley Photographers.
Transcendental Meditation (TM) and its practical benefits in daily life will be discussed at a lecture Thursday at 11 a.m. in ES- 19. The lecture will be given by Steve Boggs, a psychology graduate of University of Californi a at Santa Cruz, teacher of TM and North San Diego County coordinator for the Students' International Meditation Society, sponsor of the lecture . "TM is a simple . systematic technique for expand ing the mind and giving the body a profound rest," says Boggs . As a result of meditating twice a day for 20 minutes, meditators re port benefits ranging from less te ns ion and fatigue to increased clear thinking and efficiency in doing any kind of work. The growth of consciousness experienced through TM produces a joy and fasci nation with life which seems to accoun t for the r educed use of drugs among meditators. These effects, Boggs emphasizes, come about naturally and don't depend on adopting any new beliefs or unusual s tyle of living. Scientific research on TM conducted at some 40 institutions and unive rsities around the world has s hown that during TM, metabolic rate is reduced to a level which is deeper than the deepes t point of deep s leep and ye t the mind remains alert. Along with thi s deep rest researchers a r e find ing reductions in blood pres s ure, heart and breath r ates and low blood l ac tate level s which sc ie nti s ts believe is assoc iated with reduced a nxie ty .
Financial aid funds nearing exhaustion 320 Palomar s tud ents a r e presently r ece iving aid from the Financial Aids office. "With the eve r-increas ing numbe r of students, it is becoming more d iffi cu lt to he lp thos e in need, " said Frank Hankin, Financial Aids Offi ce r. "Presentl y the re a r e 60 applicants for spring se mes te r. It will be difficult to locate fund s for these applicants . but every effort is be ing made." There is one program which has not yet been exhaus ted of fund s. It is a special program for all high sc hool gradua tes who are in their first sem ester of s tudy. If you a r e interes ted , ask for a Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (B EOG) appli cation in the Financ ial Aid s Office.
in 1966; the Omo River Basin. Ethiopia , 19 67 ; Allia Bay on the eastern s ide of Lake Rudolf . 1--:enya in 19 68: and Koobi Fora in 1969 - 70. Son of Drs. L.S.B. and Mary Leakey. whose famous archeological work placed the birth of ea rl y man in ,\fri ca at about two million ye<~rs ago . 29 - year- o ld Lea key has a lw<tys been drawn to ind epen dence and the bush country. At l G he helped recapture I ions that had escaped from a Kenya national game park. Later he set up a successful photographic safari busi ness. T hen. lured by prehistory. but lacking academ ic credenti als. he studied in Great Br ita in . Rest less agai n. he took a job with the Nairobi Nationall\luseum. where his father had been director. and soon became director himself. Hi s work in the field of pa leontol ogy for the past nine years has made it possible to document the existence of toolmaking man at an even earli er age than previously beli ev d. It does not bother Leakey he is a white man in a country that is essentiall y black. "People say that the white man has no future in Kenya. " he says. "That's rubbish. But if he has a whi te face, he must have a black mind." He has spoken Swahili from chi ldhood and is surrou nded by black assistants both at the Na tional Museum a nd on th tra il. Adm ission to the lecture is free.
Aim series focuses on noted directors Marlon Branda. Or son We ll es and John Cassavettes are among the directors of selections in this se m es ter ' s "The American F ilm" film series. F ilm s remaining cover a time period from 19 34 to 19 71. One movie will be shown each Wednesday at 7 p. m . in P - 32. "Murder at the Vanities." directed by Mitchell Leisen in 19 34. will he s hown February 20. Leisen's film i s "a brilliant li ve ly pre - code mu s ical tour- de-force. This fi lm ha s been unava il ab le for decades and is a bonafide r ed iscovery . " Fu ry , " the sto r y of a young man falsely accu ed of kidn apping . who is threatened by a lync h mob. will he s hown February 27. Welles di r ects "The Magni ficc nt Ambe r sons ." schedu led for March 6. Also in March are "The Thing," a sc ie nce fiction thriller directed by Howard Hawkes. March 13: "East of Ede n." James Dean's las t film. Ma r ch 20; and Branda' s "One Eyed Jacks." March 27. April' s se lect ions inc lud e "L ilith." s t a rring Warren Beatty and Jean Sebe rg, April 3: "Faces. " Cassavettes ' 19 GR f ilm . April 17; and "Medium Cool." a soc ia l commenta r y dep ic ting the "horror and contr adic tion" of Chicago in 19 68. Ap r il 24. Burt Lancaster sta r s in "The Swimm er," sc hedu led for May 1. Clos ing the ser ies are "Sweet Sweetb ack, " one of the fir s t black adventure s tori es set in urban Ame ri ca, May 8 and "Glen and Randa," the s tory of two youths who se t ou t in sea r c h of "the city." May 15. All film s a r e open to the publ ic free of c harge.
Class affected by gasoline crisis To prevent the gasoline s hortage from handicapping education . a s pec ial class schedule has been set up for s tud e nts wishing to take "Introduction to P sychology." PSI. Only one hour a week attendance will be r equired with a tes t over the current assignment being taken every week. Stude nts may attend any one of 18 identical class sessions he ld throughout the week. The three unit course was originally designed around the use of audio-cassettes to be used at home o r in the lea rning center. But due to the num be r of s tud ents who are unab le to get to the learning center. all tes ts have been r evised to e liminate the cassette r e quire m e nt .
Stud e nts who e nroll through February 22 will begin assignments the week of February 25 with the first weekly test the week of 1\larc h 4. Arr an ge me nts have been made fo r suc h late enrolling stud e nts to comple te the course by the e nd of the semes te r without difficulty. Although the use of cassettes are not required, they will be ava il ab le for thos e who care to us e the m. Specially designed study manual s cover all the cou rs e mater ial. PSI carries three hours of tr ansfer c r edit. If s tud ents who have had PSI at another campus wish to take th is course for c r edit. they may do so by e nrolling in PSlO. "Special Studies in P sychology."