Budget cuts hurt community colleges Handicapped Dr. Scheidt GiD TilE TElEscopE predicts come .home undefeated "Definitely undefeated and truly number one." That's Palomar's Undefeated Club, says Ruth Tait, Enabler Services Technician of Handicapped Student Services. Through their "enthusiasm, skill, and persistence," the Club came home with the first place trophy for being the "number one team" at the Fifth Annual Physically Limited Sports Day. The event was held at Southwestem College in Chula Vista April 9. The Undefeated Clubbers were also awarded a $700 Total Gym Set to be mounted in the Film Room located in the Dome. "Only handicapped students will have access to it," according to Coach Tait. She added that "All participants certainly deserve a special award for disproving the fallacy that disabled people are unable. They are able people with a disability." Contestants entered a wide range of sports that included table tennis, wheelchair slalom, weightlifting, darts, and wheelchair relays. Divisions for the events included paraplegic, quadriplegic, hemiplegic, blind, and open. Winning students for individual events are as follows: Mike Lesher, first place in the basketball free throw, basketball time shoot, and horseshoes; James Ventura, first in basketball free throw, second in swimming, basketball time shoot, and softball throw; Elmer Hendrickson, first in golf and horseshoes. Emmie Shannon, first in the shotput and arm wrestling; Mark Gooding, f'rrst in the frisbee throw and shuffleboard; Bob Crocker, second in basketball free throw; Chris Bulow, second in swimming; Terry Terral, second in checkers. Dave Kerckhove, first in chess; Yvonne Hawkins, second in chess; Bob Jinks, second in the frisbee throw; Steve Lavoie, second in the frisbee throw, first in the basketball throw; Norma Hamlin, second in the shotput; Archie Salazar, second in horseshoes; and Tom Frangie, first in the basketball time shoot. Other participants were Valerie Scott, Joan Clark, Susan McLain, Jodie Lekvold, Don Bale, Marc Moore, Kathy Lux, Jerry Staples, and Rhonda Staples. "Each person put great effort into making this day a real success," Tait said. "The special talents and good sportsmanship put forth were a real joy to see."
Plolomar College
Volume 38 No. 15
A Publication for the A ..oclated Students
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April 22, 1 883
San Marcos, CA
"If the budget cuts that are on the drawing board now in Sacramento are pas!!ed, the future here at Palomar will undergo a drastic change," according to Dr. Omar Scheidt, president of Palomar College and district superintendent.
YEAH TEAM! - falomar's Undefeated Club took the first place trophy at the Fifth Annual Physically Limited Sports Day April 9. The
Undefeated traveled to Southwestern College in Chula Vista just to prove they are number one. (Photo by Polly Filanc)
Poet-performer appears in theatre Ric Masten, one of the few poet performers who carries on the oral tradition in America, will appear in concert aj 7:30 p.m., April 29 in the Palom~JZ" College Theatre. Although he has eight books of poetry to his credit (Stark Naked, The Voice of the Hive, among them), Masten's is primarily written to be heard "live", either spoken or sung. In fact, he says his favorite audience is made up of people who would normally regard an hour with a poet as "cruel and unusual punishment." Since 1968 Masten has traveled across the country giving readings, concerts and workshops in hundreds of colleges, churches, prisons and hospitals. He's been called a "roving humorist", a "street philosopher," a "stand-up poet" and likened to such notables as Will Rogers, Ogden Nash and Pete Seeger. Masten's poems, stories and songs speak to the human condition, the loneliness and the joy that everyone shares in common. His readings are funny and poignant by tums and always improvised, which make!!
every program different and gives the audience the sense of being engaged in conversation rather than watching a one-man show. "Poems composed for the ear are like music," says Masten, "and people should listen, moving along with, them as such, without pausing to reflect as you would with the printed word. What! do is more song than manuscript."
General admission is $3.50 and $3 for senior citzens and students. Advance tickets can be ordered by calling the box office at 744-1156 from 2 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. For more information, contact the Speech and Theatre Arts Department at 744-1150 or 727-7529, extension 2405.
Ryan sworn in as cabinet member Shannon Ryan, was swom in as Palomar's newest cabinet member at the April 20 meeting of the Associated Student Govemment. The newcomer will have a little more than a month to occupy the position before having to defend it in elections, slated to be held May 9, 10 and 11. The elections usually held in March, were postponed so that the new constitution could be voted on. Ratification of the new constitution would have permantly moved elections to October.
The proposed constitution, which was actually put into effect prior to student ratification was defeated, lacking the necessary support of three-fifths of the voting students. 282 students voted in the election. Action taken by the ASG in the April 13 meeting eliminated the possibility of write-in candidates in the upcoming eection. The reason given was that in the past students tried to run write-in campaigns, instead of gaining the necessary number of signatures in order to get on the ballot.
Miss Poway competes for Fairest of the Fair By Polly Filanc Fashion student Shannon Bulman was recently named Miss Poway at the Mt. Carmel Center of Performing Arts atMt. Carmel High School. She is the second Palomar student to be chosen to vie for the titles of Fairest of the Fair and Miss San Diego County. Michelle Kinley, sophomore, was previously named Miss Carlsbad. Bulman and Kinley will next compete against 24 other local pageant winners. The June 3 contest at the East County Performing Arts Center will determine which contestant will accompany Don Diego as official hosts of the .103rd Del Mar Fair, June 17 through July 4. Miss San Diego County is a preliminary event for the Miss Califomia/ USA Pageant. Bulman, 19, is a freshman taking general education courses with an emphasis on fashion in preparation for a Bachelor of Arts degree at San
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Diego State University. The five-foot-five blue-eyed brunette says that she is "really honored and excited" at being crowned Miss Poway. "It really hasn't sunk in yet ... but I am adjusting very well." She has had to adjust her schedule as "being Miss Poway comes before everything else. "I was a full-time student and changed to part-time; I also had to cut my hours at the Fashion Fair (where I work) because of my commitments." Her new duties are numerous. They include attending Chamber of Commerce luncheons and meetings, grand openings, and basically being a "goodwill ambassador for the City of Poway." She hopes that "This experience will\ help me fulfill part of my dream which is to be a successful commercial model. "But I am also considering having a career in other areas of fashion. "I am going to do my very best as
Shannon Bulman
Miss Poway, and I hope this will enable me to find out what I want for myself." A native of Florida, Bulmam is a 1982 Mt. Carmel High School graduate. She has lived in Germany and Nebraska before moving to Poway seven years ago. She has played piano since she was 10 years old and enjoys baking. "I like to cook beef stroganoff, but I love to bake sweets, especially chocolate." Other Palomar students were runners-up in the pageant. First runner-up was Darla Garrison, 19, a freshman. Second runner-up was Cynthia Schillaci, 19, also a freshman. Bulman received several prizes, including a crown and trophy; two season tickets to the Del Mar Fair; a swimsuit; passes to Sea World and the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theatre; and scholarships from John Robert Powers School of Finishing and Modeling and the American Business College of San Diego.
Action from the last board of trustees meeting April 12 revealed no new information about possible staff layoffs. The only hope for the future of community colleges is SB-851 which would provide $123 million in new money for the system, but as Dr Scheidt pointed out, "There is no companion bill in the Assembly, and unless we see a bill introduced into the Assembly real soon, we are in for some hard times." Although SB 851 is backed by an unusual coalition of community college groups, from teachers union to the trustees' association there are other who believe the money that is envisioned by SB 851 will be by student charges, whether they are called tuition or fees. Govemor George Deukmejian is quick to point out that only California, among the 46 states with public financed community colleges fails to charge tuition. He also points out that the propos¡ ed fee is substantially smaller than ¡ similar charges in other states with large community college systems. According to Patrick Callan, director of California PostSecondary Education Commission, "All but a few community colleges are cutting back faculty members. Some are cutting back as much as 20 percent. "As a result of the projected cutbacks, some community colleges have eliminated courses, increased class size and eliminated the regular summer session." Callun told a state Senate subcommittee recently that state funding for community colleges has declined by 20 percent, measured in constant dollars, since 1977. "The projected cutbacks have forced some community colleges to try to bypass increased tuition charges by limiting enrollment," said Dr. Scheidt. "One of the colleges is San Diego City College. "SDCC will try to limit enrollment and still maintain the same income. One of the main drawbacks is in enrollment. It would work on a first come, first served concept. That means that everyone is starting at the same gate at the same time," said Dr. Scheidt. "In theory this sounds very equal, but you have to look at different groups. Do poverty students possess the same knowledge, the same motivation as a person who comes from a family that has an education and position? Does the minority student make the same effort and apply for entrance? These are questions that the SDCC plan has not taken into consideration," said Dr. Scheidt ''We are actually making an effort through Regonal Occupational Programs and others to recruit people who should have access to education. "But when you put a cap on the program and eliminate our advertising program, there is no way that this information can reach the people who need the education offered at community colleges. "I do not believe that equal access is really accurate as explained by SDCC. "Our budget people are buming the "midnight oil" trying to figure how we can maintain the service of Palomar without cutting any classes, but in order to do this we will have to have relief from somewhere," concluded Dr. Scheidt.