Instructor Jane Jackson dies "Jane Jackson was such a lively person, that it was only fitting that she die dancing," Ann Haney, head of the Behavioral Sciences Department, said of her colleague, who died December 21 while at a dance in San Marcos. She was 45. Jackson , survived by four children, taught at Palomar for five years. After originally graduating from Palomar, she attended UCSD and received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. While then Behavioral Science Department chairman, Harry Mahan was on sabbatical, she took over his classes.
Soon after, she was hired full-time. "She was a real go-getter, active in many things, always trying new things ," Haney said, "One of the things she did was team teach with other instructors. " Something that hadn't been done before, was team teaching Psychology I with instructor Mark Vernoy. "We each taught our specialities," Vernoy said, "Mine were perception and psysiological psychology and hers were learning and memory." Prior to her death she was studying memory processes for work on
her master's degree. Haney spoke of Jackson as being committed to the students. The feelings were apparently mutual as Jackson was named ''teacher of the year" a few years ago . "She was one of the most popular teachers here," Haney .said. "Jane considered herself a 'retread,' someone who decides after many years to come back to school for more education," Haney said. It was for the older woman who has (Continued on page 2)
THE TELESCOPE Volume 31 No. 11
A Publication for the Associated Students
Jan.&, 1978
San Marcos, CA
BUCKMINISTER FULLER FEATURED
Prominent speakers on tap this month Pioneer architect R Buckminister Fuller, artist Joyce Cutler Shaw and Professor of Education Dr. Mark Krug are among lecturers scheduled during January by the campus office of continuing education. The first lecture by Dr. Krug will be held in P-32 January 13, on
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LASALLE QUARTET- Members ofthe LaSalle Quartet are (Lto R) Henry Meyer, violin, Lee Fiser, cello , Peter Kamnitzer, viola, and
Walter Levin, violin. See related story below.
LaSalle musical quartet performs concert Sunday Having performed fo r nearly 30 years, The LaSalle Quartet will play here again Sunday, at 7 p.m. in room C-6. Three members of th e quartet met atJulliard in 1946. After graduation from there, La Salle became the quartet-in-residence at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, and later accepted an appointment to the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincina tti, its headquarters today.
The Quartet's special interest in the so-called " n ew Viennese" school of composers has grown throughout the years. " I think it is terribly important to play contemporary music," commented violinist Walter Levin, "if only because it makes such a difference in your understanding of the classic repertoire. "In fact, musicians should learn from all kinds of music," Levin added. "Too many, I am afraid, keep to a narrow view of their own little world."
"Multi-Cultural Education in American Society : Then to Now." Currently with the University of Chicago , Dr. Krug will trace the history of multicultural education and outline ethnic factors in American politics. The author of a number of important books and textbooks in history and the social sciences , he is also a frequent contributor to many professional journals and magazines on education , as well as history and the social sciences . Palomar's Geodesic Dome is only one of Buckminister Fuller's many inventions and ideas that have pushed mankind into the future. His lecture "Remapping Our World," will be held at 8 p.m. January 20 in the Student Union. Dr. Fuller holds World Patents in 55 countries and 20 U.S. Patents for his futuristic designs. Dr. Fuller's "Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth" in 1968 demonstrates his popularly accepted stature as a global architect and consciousness designer . His awards, honorary degrees and accomplishments seem endless. An exhibition of Fuller's at the Dymaxion House at Harvard in 1929 was the first pivotal exhibition in his long career of innovative design. In 1959 he designed the 200 foot diameter geodesic dome for the U.S. Pavillion in Moscow, and introduced the geodesic skybreak bubble of steel and plexiglas at Expo '67 in Canada. On Wednesday, January 11, Joyce Cutler Shaw will speak in the Art and Artists lecture series, which accompanies a three unit course taught by her since September on campus.
Recognized for her put.lic art works "Namewall" and the "We The People" sculpture project for the U.S. Capital, Ms. Shaw's multilevel works combine texts , images a nd objects.
Martin Luther King commemoration set for January 17 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be commemorated in a progra m presented by the Muntu Players and the Black Production Workshop January 17 at 11:15 a.m . in P -32. The program includes a biographical sketch of Dr. King's life and the performance of a portion of "Earth and Stars," a play by Randolph Edmonds. "Earth and Stars" explores the problems of southern leadership during the civil rights struggle of the 1960's. The play has been staged more widely in Afro-American southern educational and community theaters than any other play by an Afro-American. The cast for the play is Darnell Lathan as Reverend Joshua M. Judson, Portia Geeter as Anna Judson and Rosalyn Agre as Wallis Judson. Also included in the cast are Joseph Wells as Curtis Winfield, Milton Johnson as Jacob Washington, Jacqueline Smith as Cora Wilkins and Bruce Cartwright as Reverend Junius Johnson. Shiela Daniels is assistant director.