Palomar College
Volume 30
Number 2
A Publication of the Associated Students
Oct. 1, 1976
San Marcos, CA 92069
London theater troupe will
perform four famous plays London's Mountview Theater will perform Wednesday and Thursday in P33. Abelard and Heloise, a love story, will be performed Wednesday at 3 p.m. and George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House at 8 p.m. Hay Fever, Noel Coward's frothy comedy, can be seen Thursday at 3 p.m. and The Ruling Class at 8 p.m. If possible, two late shows may be performed - Mixed Doubles, an entertainment on marriage and Letters, a new play by Robert Bogue. Abelard and Heloise is based on the famous love story of Abelard, the
renowned teacher and Heloise, a girl half his age. He had a child by her, married her, was punished in the most cruel manner possible, and then eventually received into the church. Heloise became an Abbess, but the love between them never died. Throughout looms the presence of the church, monasteries and convents ofthe times. It is a play that packed Wyndhams Theater in the West End of London for several years. Heartbreak House, one of Shaw's major works, was written and set in 1916 during the Great War. The play questions the accelerating folly of all
levels of society which led to the conflict by following with Shaw's usual scathing wit and richly detailed characterization, the courageous struggles - and failures - of life's eccentricities and innocents caught up in Captain Showwer's country house. Hay Fever, a comedy concerning Judith Bliss, a zany actress with the grown-up family who invites grown-up friends for childish escapades at "open house" weekends and then pouts because the "games" backfire. It is considered one of the most hilarious and entertaining plays of the twentieth century.
Satire on aristocracy
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State scholarships now available for students Undergraduate college students who examinations completed in prior years will require financial assistance to will be accepted. continue college in 1977-78 are invited to file for a California State Scholarship (Cal Grant A). Approximately 14,900 new state scholarships will be awarded in April, 1977, for use in 1977-78. Although a majority of the new scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors, it is Where do you go if you have a problem anticipated that some 3,700 awards will you can't work through alone or if you be available for currently enrolled college students who are not already in just need to talk to someone? The Student Help Center may be the the State Scholarship Program. State scholarships may be used at any answer for you. It is located in R-3 next to four-year or two-year college which is the Student Union and is offering eligible to participate in the Basic services to help students in numerous Educational Opportunity Grant areas. Bulletin boards are available to Program or which is a candidate for locate or to advertize housing and rides accreditation with the Western Associa- for students. Peer counselors will be in the Student tion of Schools and Colleges. The new awards will range from $600 Union between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 to $2,700 at independent colleges, $300 to p.m., and 6 p.m. to 8:30p.m. to help with $6b0 at the University ofCalifornia, and tutoring, finding legal and medical aid, are in the amount of fees charged to personal counseling and locating instudents at the California State Univer- structors and classrooms. The Help Center is also looking for sity and Colleges (approximately $190). Students planning to attend a com- concerned people who are willing to do munity college during the 1977-78 volunteer work with the Center or who academic year may have their can offer low cost housing or rides to and scholarships held in reserve for them from Palomar. Call 744-3610. until such time as they attend a four-year college. Applicants are not required to be below a specific age to apply. Applications are available in the Financial Aid Office of every California college or directly from the Student Aid Commission, 1410 Fifth Street, Sacramento, California 95814. EOPS is in the process of hiring tutors Applications must be mailed to the for the fall semester. Student Aid Commission by midnight, Students who have a strong academic December 4, 1976, and a 1977-78 Finan- background in the areas of English, cial Aid Form must be mailed to the math, accounting, and sciences are College Scholarship Service by mid- needed. Rate of pay will be $2.57 an hour. night, December 4, 1976. All interested persons should see Ms. All applicants must complete the Brenna Pratt, tutoring coordinator, or Scholastic Aptitude Test no later than Ben Lucero, director of EOPS, in the December 4, 1976 to be considered. EOPS Office, Room U-12, or call 744Scores from the Scholastic Aptitude Test 1150, Ext. 398/ 364.
Student problems aided at center
Author and naturalist Robert relationship to nature Monday Gray will discuss Western and at 8 p.m. in P-32. Eastern views on man's
Man's nature role theme of discussion by author "Zen and Natural Man" is the title of a discussion by Robert Gray 8 p.m. , Monday in P-32. "Why we are a part of nature rathPr than apart from it" will be discusseJ, along with a comparison of the traditional Western and Eastern views
New class focuses on young children Understanding young children is the theme of Dr. Jack L. Mahan's new class. Outdoor learning environments is the title of Dr. Mahan's fall semester class, which still has openings for interested parents and educators. The class meets Saturday mornings from H to noon, at the college Children's Center. The class is a workshop during which students will actually organize and build playl{round equipment. utilizing free matt•rials. Environments will be created both at the college Children's Center and at selected sites in the community. The three-unit class. listed as Child Development -t 1. will focus on providing the skills and knowledge necessary to desil{n and build playgrounds. both at home and in a school setting. During the semester. students will study play (with an emphasis on the preschool child). design concepts and construction. and will learn how and where to obtain materials. Dr. Mahan's objective is to create play environments which free children to discover and develop their own abilities - and selves - while refining self· awareness and creativity needed to meet the challenges of future environments. In the class, Dr. Mahan has used his background in human behavior and psychology together with his interest in chidlren to pursue ways to make playgrounds become effective learning environments. The model playground he developed at the college Child Development Laboratory was visited by more than 500 persons during 1975. Interested persons should contact the Child Development office, or may register during class.
of man and nature. A slide show played over a background of music and readings of haiku poetry will be presented in which the pictures are one person's attempt to use the camera as a Japanese sumi artist uses his ink and brush - selectively focusing on one aspect of the natural process. Gray was born and raised in the mountains of Butte, Montana, where he came to appreciate the natural processes of the earth by "being part of them" through hiking, exploring, and observing. "Mistaking geography for happiness," , Gray moved around after serving in the Navy during World War II. Gray, husband and father, author of books on nature for young people and writer of magazine articles, "now takes solace in the deeply held belief that we are all inexorably bound to everything that exists, that has ever existed and will ever come to be."
EOPS tutors needed during fall semester
BETTER COMMUNICATION
ASG president proiects goals By Erin Thien Working toward better communication and starting something "new" are the goals of this year's Associated Student Government president, G "Sweed" Swanson. "In trying to fulfill my campaign promise. we have worked hard to better the communication between students. facult .v. and administrators... stated Swanson. "Some of the areas where improvements have been made are the student information booth. our answering sen;ce and establishing a larger presidential cabinet." The nearly-completed information booth will be a portable center in the Student Union. Manned bv a worker from Student Help Center. the booth y,;ll have information on ASG meetings. club events and other general information pertaining to students. "We have also allied the ASG with state and national organizations deal· ing with college student governments. By doing this we hope to gain input and experience to this office," Swanson said.
Some of the groups the ASG has joined include the California Community College Student Government Association, the National Student Association and the California Community and Junior College Association. "The CCCSGA is concerned with bringing the community colleges together. Voting representatives to these meetings are the ASG president and advisor. In the NSA delegates are chosen by the local ASG. Jim Lepanto(a student legislator) was elected as an area coordinator to this organization. The CCJCA is the only state organization which includes representatives from governing boards, administration, faculty and students on a equal basis," explained Swanson . In his plans to start something "new," Swanson cites the ASG budget, night student participation and changes in the Student Help Center as examples. A change in the emphasis of where the money is going is the major difference in this year's ASG budget, according to Swanson. The budget will go to the
The Ruling Class, by Peter Barnes, is a satire on the English aristocracy. The fourteenth Earl of Gurney, a part time religious maniac as the God of Love, meets the Electrical Christ, resulting in a change to a vengeful Jehovah, casting out sin and dispensing punishment, thus so judged to be a perfectly normal aristocrat, ready to be mummified in the House of Lords. Late night shows will be performed, if possible. Mixed Doubles is a collection of eight short plays in which marriage is looked at through the eyes of the bride and groom unti the final play - the old man and woman in their resting place. The plays are each written by a different author, the most well known being Harold Pinter, James Saunders, John Bowen and Alan Ayckbourne. Most of these plays, or all, can be played, depending on the length of time for late night performance. Presidential letters Also a late night show, Letters, Robert Bogue's new play, is based on the imagined letters sent between American presidents and their wives at the most crucial moments in their lives. The treatment is satirical as well as moving. Press quotes from Mountview's 1970 and 1972 United States tour include: Dartmouth University - "Mountview Troupe entertain," Wisconsin University-" ... the audience demanded to see the play a second time. The curtain came down on the second performance at 2 a.m. to a similar ovation: a truly memorable night," and Evansville University - "When Mountview kids are taking the spotlight they are grand." The Mountview Theater School was founded by the principal, PeterCoxhead, in 1945. During the past 30 years the School has become one of the leading English training establishments for professional actors and technicians.
Renowned school The school possesses two theaters the Mountview Theater and the Judy Dench Theater. Ms. Dench, a patron of the school, is one of England's great actresses and is at present playing Lady Macbeth at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, England. Recognition of the School has been awarded by the Department of Education and Science, Great Britain, and also by the Bureau of Post-Secondary Education in Washington, D.C. This latter recognition makes it possible for American students to apply for government loans in order to attend. The main acting course is of three years duration. There is a one year postgraduate course and a two year Stage ManagemenVTechnical course. Within the program, actors are trained for film, television and stage. All the actors and technicians on tour graduated from the School in June. This is their first professional assignment.
governing board for final approval this month. "I feel we were very successful in changing the emphasis of the ASG budget. We wanted to allocate more money to benefit more people," Swanson said. The Student Help Center, which is funded by the ASG, has added to its peer counseling services and is open to benefit night students. "I believe we'll have a productive year in ASG and will work for complete communication. We want to inform the students of ASG's role and value to the A new policy has been established school. Part of this we hope to ac- concerning withdrawals this semester. complish at the student assembly," Basically, if a student withdraws from stated Swanson. 5<Yfo or more of his classes after the third October 28 and 29 are the dates set for week of a semester, he or she will be the student assembly. On the program placed on probation. Two semesters of will be a speaker, entertainment and probation constitute grounds for disclub information. qualification. Students who are dis"Informing the students is our main qualified must sit out one semester, or goal now. The ASG can be a real and may attend summer session. contributing part ofthis campus, but we Full details are available on pages 37 need the input of all the students," and 38 of the catalog, and pages 14 and Swanson said. 15 of the handbook.
Excess withdrawals resu It in probation