THE TELESCOPE Highway barrier is approved Palomar College
Volume 31 No. 6
A Publication for the Associated Students
Oct. 28, 1977
Student efforts will eliminate driving hazard
First English • • reg1strat1on ends today Priority registration for English 1 and 2 Modules ends today. This registration is for students currently taking English modules who wish to continue taking English in a different module but at the same time as their old module. Instructors will have handed out "add" slips to their students now in class who have first choice of English classes for the second eight weeks of the semester. Students not now taking English and those who wish to register for modules other than the one that follows their current one will be given the chance to register at open registration Monday in P-32 at 3 p.m. Open registration will be on a first come, first serve, space available basis. All the above information may be of no use if students arrive at registration without an "Authorization to Register in English" card. This card can be procured by: 1. test scores for T.S.W.E. - Test for Standard Written English, the English section of the SAT test. (Students who have enrolled in Palomar during the 1976-77 school year may still obtain an English eligibility card using their old SAT scores)or 2. Successful completion of the English Placement Tests which were held October 24 and 25. Duplicates of lost cards may be obtained in the Records Office or the English Department. Classes will begin November 7 until the end of the semester, January 18 and will last eight weeks. English 1 modules offered on Monday, Wednesday and Friday are: College Essay, Quintero, 7 a.m.; Norlin, 10 a.m.; Edelstein, 11 a.m.; McCormick, noon; Carlton, 1 p.m.; Modem Magazine Prose, Wozniak, 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.; Jackson, rioon; Study of English Grammar, Norlin, noon; Language and Linguistics, Webb, 8 a.m.; The Journal, Carlton, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.; The Research Paper, Gibson, 11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday day classes for English 1 are: Study of English Grammar, Quintero, 9:30-11 a.m.; The Research Paper, Gibson 9:30-11 a. m.; and College Essay, Carlton, 12:30 a.m.-2 p.m. One English 2 module- The Poem taught by Wozniak will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon.
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GIMME FIVE - The horrifying appearance of this masked student is perfect for supplying a Halloween scare. Actually the mask is a product of the Two Dimensional Design class taught by Jim Saw. (Photo by Derald Leggitt)
WESTERN DANCE TONIGHT
Wild West Weekends Activities for the last two days of Wild West Week are varied. Today at lla.m. there will be an Aikido Selfdefense class set up on the lawn under the Bell Tower. Robert Pater member of the Aikido club, invite~ anyone interested to come and watch or participate in the class. At noon "El Gusto", a Mariachi group, will perform their cultural music in the Student Union patio. Then from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. there will be a Country-Western dance in the Student Union featuring Donnie Rohrs and Sam and the Country Blue. Rohrs will be combining his talents -imitating, singing, piano and guitar playing -to present a show including a tribute to Elvis. Appearing with Rohrs will be a Country Western group- Sam and the Country Blue. The group performs country and contemporary rock music. They have been added to
the entertainment for dancing convenience. Admission will be sold at the door with a charge set at $2 without an ASG card and $1.25 with an ASG card. A digital clock will be the prize for the person best dressed. Steve Chappell says to, "wear your best Western attire." Tomorrow will be the final day of Wild West Week. Featured will be 'Ricardo' Ornelas who will be performing with the group New Country. Ornelas is a past student of Palomar and has also been in the entertainment field for 22 years as a musician. Now he is making the break from musician to a guest vocalist in hopes of appearing as a feature to groups and shows. Tomorrow Ornelas and New Country will provide a show full of "easy listening country music and humor with a country flair."
By Karen Ossenfort Jim Cason and Patricia Bailey died July 12 as the result of a five car accident that claimed three lives on Highway 78 while they were enroute to the college to attend 8 a.m. classes. Their deaths spurred immediate efforts of the Associated Students to have a barrier erected on Highway 78 between Escondido and Vista in hopes of preventing similar accidents. According to Steve Chappell, ASG president and initiat or of the campaign, all the efforts: phoning, letters, petitions, surveys, and meetings with Cal Trans (California Department of Transportation) officials, have finally paid off. Exactly 100 days from when the initial efforts began, Chappell was informed by CalTrans officials William Dotson (Deputy District Engineer) and Robert Findley (Deputy District Director) last Friday morning that the barrier had been approved by the Department. The concrete New Jersey barrier (like the one between Oceanside and Vista) will be constructed in the median of Highway 78 from Interstate 15 to Twin Oaks Valley Road after construction plans are approved by the State Highway Commission in Sacramento. "The Commission will decide in January or February whether or not to approve the plans, an d construction will begin in June or July of1978. We aren't anticipating any problems since CalTrans has already approved it," says Chappell. According to CalTrans' traffic flow survey taken in September, 41,000 vehicles travel the strip of highway between Escondido and Twin Oaks Valley Road daily. This was another deciding factor in approving the barrier project. Estimated costs for construction of the barrier are set at $350,000, with the money being taken from minor projects throughout San Diego county that would not necessarily save lives, said Findley. In the meantime, the section of highway between Twin Oaks Valley Road and Vista will be under surveillance periodically. As soon as the traffic flow counts rise from 38,000 vehicles to 40,000 vehicles traveling that section of highway a barrier will be constructed. Many people are pleased at the (Continued on Page 3)