The Telescope 32.01

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Palomar College

ETELESCOPE

Volume 32 No. 1

A Publication for the Associated Students

Friday, Sept. 22, 1978

San Marcos, CA

Film classes present unique variety Cinema series shows human • exper1ence

'Film Classics' features 13

musicals Thirteen movie musical classics will be presented this year to the students in the Speech/Theatre Arts Department's "Film Classics" class. They will also be open to the public. The films will be shown Wednesdays in P-32, from 4 to 7 p.m. There is a $1 admission charge for those not registered in the class. The cinema students will study the films in-depth, but others can relax and enjoy them. Top Hat, with music by Irving Berlin, will be shown on September 27. Considered by many to be the best of the nine Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals, it is a light-hearted story involving mistaken identities. Music by Rodgers and Hart is featured in the October 4 showing of Evergreen. This rare British musical has only lately been redisco'{:ered by American audiences. The star, Jessie Matthews, was a number one box office attraction in Britain for years and the film gives us the reason. Rose Marie will be shown on October 11. The operetta is no longer a popular form, but this film and others by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald still summon an emotional resoonse not entirely based on nostalgia. It is from MGM in its heyda:y. Yankee Doodle Dandy, the greatest musical biography of all, saw James Cagney singing and dancing his way through the life of the fabulous George M. Cohan. Cagney's talent as an actor has been well recognized, but he showed here his complete ability as an entertainer. This film will be presented on October 18. Meet Me in St. Louis, produced by Arthur. Freed and directed by Vincent Minneli, will be featured October 25. The MGM classic could claim to be the all-time musical favorite. Judy Garland is the show here, and her unique talents are evident. Another Freed-Minneli film , An American in Paris, will be shown on' November 1. Musicals take a tum with this Gene Kelly-Leslie Caron film. It features a 20-minute ballet to George Gershwin's theme. The settings and color brought musicals into new focus . Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, set for November 8, is a Stanley Donen film. It is marked by the outstanding choreography of Michael Kidd and matching score of Johnny Mercer. Pure fantasy, it bases its story on the ancient Roman myth of "The Rape of the Sabine Women." Starring in this film are Howard Keel and Jane Powell. Guys and Dolls, based on Damon Runyon's characters, is pure New York During his heyday, the name (Continued on page 5)

Heart attack victim improves Mildred Nydegger, music instructor, has been moved from the acute care ward at Tri-City Hospital in Oceanside. Nydegger suffered a heart attack on September 5, while teaching here at Palomar. Letters or cards can be sent to TriCity Hospital, 4002 Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92054, Room 228. · Dorothy Roberts has taken over N ydegger's classes for the rest of the semester.

STRANGE GROWTH? - As a plasterer continues work on the staff building (one of several construction sites on campus), a strange

new form of plant life appears to be flowering in the background.

(Photo by Kevin Folan)

STATE FUNDING SUFFERS

Attendance units decline Declining attendance units here have brought a corresponding drop in state funding for the school, according to registrar Herman Lee. Attendance units are "a measure, just like inches," explained Lee, used to calculate the number of hours students spend in class. One attendance unit equals 15 hours per week of class time. State funding is based on attendance units. A decline in those units brings about a corresponding drop in monies fom the state. While the actual number of enrolled students has not declined significantly since 1975, the average units per student has dropped from 9.3 in thatyearto8.2in 1977, and the downward trend seems to be continuing. Lee blames the decline on employment factors that are forcing more

students to work during the day, and take fewer classes in the evening than they would otherwise. Many students are shifting from full-time day students status to parttime evening positions. During the school year 1974-75, almost 45% of the total enrolled students were fulltime. In the fall 1977 semester only 32% were carrying 15 or more hours a week, and in spring 1978, a mere 30% were enrolled full-time. "In 1975, 14,000 students brought more income than the same number does today," Lee said. The present enrollment at Palomar is 13,499, including those registered in Continuing Education classes, but those students are taking fewer courses than in the past. A change in the funding system

brought about by Proposition13has aggravated the school's financial womes. Continuing Education courses are now self-supporting, funded by the $1 per class hour fee that is presently charged. In the past, the state funded those courses according to the attendance unit formula, but Proposition 13 has forced them to discontinue the policy. "This is going to be a very interesting year," Lee said worriedly. The whole funding system is going through Proposition 13-based modifications, and he is unsure of the outcome at the present. He also worries that the $1 per class hour fee for Continuing Education courses may discourage students from participating in that program.

PARADE, -DANCE PLANNED

World life Day festival sl ated P.E.A.C.E., Palomar's ecology festival will be to show some new club, is sponsoring a festival called methods of material use and to "World life Day'78" Saturday. demonstrate positive alternate The festival, which begins at 10 energy sources. A group sculpturing exhibit, a.m. with a parade from Palomar Airport and Rancho Santa Fe featuring novel ways to use scrap Roads, will continue throughout the lumber and other re-cyclable day on the Palomar campus. It will material for the creation of sculpconclude with a Peace Dance in the tures, will take place near the golf Student Union Building that will driving range on campus. Included in the exhibit will be various feature an earth light show. Representing P.E.A.C.E., Rob driftwood sculpture works, as well Montgomery said, "The purpose of · as instruction in the techniques of this event is to share alternatives their construction. Re-cycling bins throughout the and tools to help our 'Space Ship Earth'. Due to the accelerating use of campus will have a new look after materials that maintain our stan- the "Paint-in" that is scheduled to dard of living much of life as we begin around 11 a.m . and any know it on Earth is in danger of person at the festival who wishes to extinction. The Ecology Club urges is welcome to help. Highlighting the day 's activities students and their friends to ride bicycles or walk to the parade and to will be a tree planting ceremony that take part in it and in the festivities will take place just as the sun crosses over the equator at approximately 2 later in the day at the college." The goal of the events at the p.m. Trees specially chosen to repr.e-

sent each of the four seasons will be planted, again near the golf driving range. Other daytime events include demonstrations of new and different earth games, magic shows, live music, and special arboretum tours throughout the day. At 9:30 p.m., a dance in the Student Union Building will take place that is expected to be a duplicate of th e dan ce h eld last week at which over 200 students participated. Also featured at th e dance will be a earth light show. Information concerning availability of exhibit space at the festival as well as reservations for space in the parade can be received by contacting the Student Help Center at the college or by calling 744-1150 Ext. 461.

"That which makes the cinema," said the great French filmmaker, Rene Clair, over fifty years ago, "is not to be discussed." And therein lies the intrigue. The power and mystery of film challenges investigation and definition. The variety is as endless as the human experience. Palomar is offering a unique group of films in its course "Art of the Cinema," taught by instructor Richard Peacock. Students have a choice of either the day class which meets from 2 to 5 p.m. on Thursdays or the evening class which meets from 7 to 10, also on Thursdays. The public (those not registered in the class) is welcome to attend any of the films, which will be shown in room P-32 on the campus, for a $1 charg-e. The Gillo Pontecorvo film, The Battle of Algiers, set for September 28, is an uncommon movie in its style and approach to the subject. The reality created by the director is possibly the most convincing ever put on film. It has become almost a handbook for the urban guerilla. Interlude, a blatantly romantic yet boldly honest film by Kevin Billington, is filled with the stuff that makes film so attractive; beautiful images, compelling music, and sensitive performances by Oskar Werner, Barbara Ferris and Donald Sutherland. This film will be shown October 5. In McArthur Park by Bruce Schwartz is a stark film about an American Indian off an Arizona reservation who comes to Los Angeles to seek work and ends up committing a murder. The writer/ director will be in attendance and speak after the October 12 showing. H.G. Wells' Things to Come, by William Menzies, will be shown October 10. The epic morality tale of the future is still visually stunning and exciting. The production standards set a style imitated in science fiction films that followed. The Confrontation by Miklos Jansco, Hungary's most celebrated filmmaker, is certainly one of the world's most unusual films. J ansco' s approach to filmmaking is as revolutionary as are his politics. His use of color is extraordinary. This film will be shown on October 26. On November 2, Britian's The Internecine Project by Ken Hughes, an excellent and revealing thriller that was never releaased in the United States despite good reviews and a major cast of James Co bum and Lee Grant, will be shown. The story of murder by government may have been too close to truth at the time to allow it success. The Daryush Mehrjui film The Cow, winner of the Venice Film Festival tells a compassionate story of a farmer who loses his most valuable possession. The rhythm and beauty of the film to be shown on November 9 are exquisite, say critics. Wanda by Barbara Loden, creates a Bonnie and Clyde statement for the woman's movement. The story deals with not only the consequences of a bank robbery, but the sexual politics that motivate a woman to be involved. This film will be shown on November 16. On November 30 How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman by Nelson dos Santos, will be shown. This film is a (Continued on page 5)


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