Palomar College
Volume 37 No . 9
A Publication for the Associated Students
Aspiring journalists needed novv Clark Kent and Lois Lan e live' Cleverly disguised as Telescope rep orte rs, th ey a re purs uing th eir new careers by taking J o urnalis m courses at Palomar. However, t h ey need help in produ cing th e s prin g sem este r news paper. Write rs, photograph ers, adve rtis ing manage rs, cartoo nis ts and copyreade rs are need ed . Fo r those wi t ho ut e xpe rience, bu t inte rest ed in a journalis m caree r, classes are available a t t he beginning and advanced levels. "Subject areas stress reporting, newswriting, layo ut, make up, headlin e writ ing and all th e components necessary in t h e productio n of a publicatio n ," said Fred Wilhelm, newsp a p e r advisor. Courses are d esigned to introdu ce studen ts t o the world of mass com munications. Th e c urric ulum aids individuals in pre-professional career ex perien ces leading t o the Associate in Arts degree a nd transfe r to th e four year level. Classes offered include: Survey of Jo urnalism - For three units this survey class e mphasizes th e history and develo pment of t h e news pape r. Copyediting skills and a study of libel laws are also stressed . The class is h eld Monday, Wedn esday and Friday fro m 10-11 a .m. Editing and Copy Writing - This three unit class s tresses basic n ews pape r practices. Newswriting, feature writing, editing, layout and h eadline writing are emphasized . The class is offered MWF from 9-10 a .m. and Thursday at a time to be anno unced . Ne wspaper Production - For three units s tuden ts produce the campus n ewspape r, THE TELESCOPE. They plan , write, edit a nd layout t he award winning publicatio n. The class m eets fr om 1-3 p.m. Tuesday. St ate-of-the art equipment is used, including a videodisplay compute r t erminal. "Jo urn a lis m is an exciting and rewarding occupa tion," s aid Wilh elm. "News p a pe rs n eed cr eative repo rte rs, editorial and s ports wrtie rs." Additio n al information o n course offe rin gs may be obtain ed by calling 744 -11 50, Ext. 2451 or by seeing a counselor.
Tuesday,
January 17, 1984
San Marcos, CA
Tuition issue still in limbo
MEMORIAL- Dean em erit us Charles A. Co utts, a resp ected and dedi-
cated edu cator, died over th e h olidays at th e age of 72.
Dean emeritus buried with m iIita ry honors Ch a rles A. Coutts, dean em erit us at Pa lo m a r College, was buried wi t h full military ho nors J a nuary 5 in El Camino Me morial Park. Co utts died Dece mbe r 3 1 at his home in Julia n at the age of 72. He retired in Jun e, 1979, culmin ating a career at t he college t hat sp a nned three decades. Coutts ha d begun teac hing at Palom a r in 1946, t h e year t he college was fo unded . He was o ne of t he o rigin a ll 5 instructors wh o taugh t 150 s tude n ts whe n classes we re held at Vist a High School. A native Califo rnia n , Co utts was bo rn a nd reared in South Pasade n a. He gradu a ted from Occide ntal College in 1934 a nd t he n atte nded gr aduate sch oo ls at both t he Unive rs ity of Co lor a do a nd t he University of So ut h ern California. In 1935, Co utts began teac hin g as a scie nce ins tructor a t Fallbroo k Unio n High Sch ool. He re ma ined at Fallbrook until1 942, when h e join ed t he Navy as a n aviat io n navigat o r. When th e wa r e nd ed , Co utts return ed to Sout he rn Califo rnia a nd became Pa lomar's fi rst chemistry teac he r. He w as called bac k in to service by t he
Navy wit h t he ou tbreak of t he Ko rean Wa r . Coutts again returned to Palo mar in 1958 a nd was na med dean of sc ience, tec hn ology, a nd bus in ess a year late r. Coutts is s urvived by his wife Celia; d a ugh te r Pam ela Stewart of Ago ura; s ister Eliza beth Pa rme n te r of Los Angeles; a nd tw o grandchildren . The fa mily h as r equested t hat if desired , do natio ns be m ad e to th e Ch a rles A. Coutts Scholarship Fund a t Pa lom a r.
By Polly Filanc Will Pa lom a r's fin a ncial s hip ever com e in? Palomar preside nt Dr. Om a r Sc heidt is "less pessimistic" a bo ut receivi ng sta te fund s t ha n he was earlie r in th e sem est er. Scheidt is referrin g to th e s ta le ma te in Sac r a m ento ove r co mmunity co llege fundin g a nd tuitio n, whic h has plagued the secondary sc hools fo r th e last seven mo nt hs. Since the legislat ure h as reconvened , the t uit ion iss ue is back in full swing, giving community colleges additio na l h op e that a compromise will be reac hed between asse mbly De moc ra ts a nd t h e govern o r. According to Scheidt, who recently m et with representatives in Sacra m ento, "It looks like progress is being ma de, but the l!:!gislature is s till delayi ng th e iss ue." ¡ Th e figh t over inst ituting tuitio n at the community colleges began last s umme r whe n Gove rnor George De ukmejian refu sed to approve additio nal funding for the colleges unless t h e legis lature approved his pro posal t hat studen ts pay a $50-a year fee. The resulting impasse has left t he two year ins titutions about $96 million sho rt in funding, caus ing seve re c uts in courses offe red , s alaries, and certificated arvi classified st affs. Not only that, enrollment h as drop p ed abo ut 100,000 from 1.3 million to 1.2 million during t he fa ll sem est er. When assembly Dem ocrats in Sep -
Registration deadline set J a nu a ry 24 is the deadlin e fo r filin g a pplicatio ns a nd in ten t cards fo r con tinuing a n d ne w stu dents for t he s pring semeste r. Priori ty registr atio n a ppoin t ment a re iss ued on a fi rstcome, fi rst-se rved basis. Registration will begin o n J a nu a ry 25 a nd run t hro ugh t he beginnin g of sprin g classes Febru ary 7. Class sched ules a re now avail ab le at t he college or at most pu blic libra ries wi t hin t he Pa lo ma r district.
Testing sch edules fo r m a th em a tics, Englis h , bus in ess writ ing, a nd reading a re lis ted in t he s pring schedule o r inform ation o n date a nd times m ay be obtained from t h e Co unseling Ce.nte r. Students must pic k up a reservation tic ket fo r math ematics a nd Englis h testing which must be presented at the d oor in o rde r to be a dmi tted in to t he examinat io n room . Early reserva tions a re e ncouraged as space is limited.
te mbe r bloc ked De ukm ejia n's t ui t io n pla n , t he govern o r vetoed a bill to provide $108 millio n in additio nal ope ratin g fund s fo r th e seco ndary in s titu t io ns. Wh e n a n inc rease in reve nu e from loc al prope rty taxes was fo und , t h e $108 million was reduced to $96.5 million . Scheidt feels th a t t he govern o r "is s uppo rt ive at this m oment, if he gets his fees." He also said th a t th e governo r is in "a compro mis ing m ood" ove r th e latest prop osal of elimin a ting p ermiss ive fees ( i.e. s uppl y fees) if t uitio n is approved. If tuition we re to go into effec t, und er t h e lates t pro posal fo r t he fall , som e p ermissive fees wo uld be eliminated , acco rding t o Scheidt, in o rd e r to "jus tify tuition ." 10 o ut of 18 permissive fees th a t are in t he edu cational cod e would be elim inated . Sc h eidt said th a t parkin g and health fees may be excluded . "Th ey ( th e asse mbly Republicans) a r e saying the parking fees s ho uld not be delet ed , but they are uns ure abo ut the health fee." Sc heid t says he is "a little Jess pessimistic" because th e legis lat ive confe re nce co mmittee whic h is dealing wit h t he tui tio n/ fundin g dile mm a feels "the co mmuni ty colleges d o have a (fundin g) pro ble m a nd we do need assist a nce." If th e funding is restored , Palom a r will r eceive $1.3 millio n. If resto red , according to Scheidt, the to p priority is t o reins tate th e certificated s alaries, whic h were reduced 2.5 p e rcen t last Novembe r. Also unde r cons id eration in Sac ram ento is th e prop osed $.5 pe r unit for s ix units and unde r , and ¡ a flat $50 tuition fo r a nythin g above. A three and a half year s unset is being disc ussed , alo ng with the finan cial aids to offs et enrollment loss t h at may be c reated if tuition is enforced. On th e o th e r hand , if a compromise is not met and funding is no t resto red , Sch eidt p ointed out t hat the college faces a $1.3 million deficit fo r th e next school year.
Collegial model fosters communication By Polly Filanc
Wha t comes to mind whe n one h ears the te rm "collegia l model?" The "collegia l model" is n ot so meon e parading d own a runway displayin g the latest in preppy wear. But ra the r it is "the t r adit io na l method of gove rn a nce a t a co llege" whe re the various segments o n campus, including fac ult y, class ified staff a nd administra tion , s h a re in the process of d ec is io n-makin g, according to newly elected board of trustee preside n t Leon Bara dat . While Baradat believes t hat t his process h as "misfir ed a t Palo m a r ," others feel that collegiality exists he re. During last Tuesday nigh t 's board m eeting, Baradat prop osed a reso lu tion fo r t he board to ado pt t he "collegia l model." Having do ne "cons ider a ble researc h" prio r to Novembe r's board electio ns, he said th a t "Pa lo mar s uffe red fr o m a serio us m orale proble m a nd t h a t th e collegial m ethod of gove rnance was not fun ctio ning prope rly on campus. "Th e m o ra le problem c ut ac ross t he s t aff, affecting classified fac ulty, a n d adminis tration . "The so urce of th e mo rale proble m s tems fr om t wo basic facto rs. First, t he fin a ncial pligh t of t he district is see n
by m a ny as a majo r con tribu to r." The seco nd so urce, h e says, is muc h m o re s ubject to o ur con t rol. "Alt ho ugh some people believe t hat t he dec is io nm a kin g process o n camp us h as fe w fla ws, a s urpris ingly la rge a nd broad based gro up feels t h at it is not wo rking well. Those who feel t he system is m alfun ctio ning a re fou nd at every station . "Th ose wh o fa ul t th e d ec is io n m a kin g process a re not agreed as to th e na ture of its diffic ul t ies, but almost all agree t h at t h e proble m is a tt itudinal r a th er t ha n systemic. "Som e people conte nd t h at t here is a tiny cadre of r adical fac ulty a nd classified p eople who refu se to take 'no' fo r an a nswe r. "Othe rs co mpla in t h at t heir views are not re presented by t he leade rs hip of t heir p a tic ular segme nt. A t hird gro up believes t h a t a s m a ll bu t highly placed po rt ion of th e administratio n s imply refu ses to listen to po ints of view wi t h whic h it disagrees." While Ba ra d at fee ls t h at mo ra le is "Pa lom a r's greatest s in gle d iffic ul ty, he a dds t h at t he fi n a ncial cris is has in c reased stress a n d ex ace rbated fru stra tio ns which o rigin ate fr om . . . t he absence of t rust a nd mu t ua l respect." Ba r ad at's goal is to foc us t he board's a t t en t ion on t he "need to listen to t he
professio n als in t h eir fields a nd have th e profession als listen to o ne a nothe r." He goes o n to say t h at, "While eac h e mployee has a d iffere nt fun ctio n in t he co mmunity co llege system, eac h also h as a kn o wled ge a nd e xpe rt ise to cont ribu te to t he dec is io n-m a kin g. The d ecisio n-m a kin g process s ho uld be a gro up o r collective ph en om en on , not individu alistic." Eve n t ho ugh Ba ra d at says t he decis io n -m a kin g process "h as not been a sh a red one," he p oin ts o ut th at t his p roble m exists in all community colleges. Bara d at goes o n to expla in th e reaso ns co mmuni ty co lleges have s tee red away fr om t he collegial mod el. "Co mmuni ty co lleges h ave gotten away from t he collegia l model fo r t hree reasons. "On e, we have evolved from th e high sc hools so t hat t he method of govern a nce is closer to t he ele me ntary a nd high sc hoo ls. "Two, communi ty colleges te nd to p rodu ce p rofessio nal administr ato rs who a re schooled in ma nagem ent tec hniques, rat her t ha n in collegiate govern a nce. "And t hree, fac ul t ies have not bee n a ll t hat a n x io us to accept t he respo n-
s ibility to part icipate in decis ion making." Baradat says it is t im e community colleges fun ction like colleges, r ather t h a n high sc hoo ls. "Th ere is no t im e in th e his to ry of co mmunity colleges in whic h t he co llegial model is needed m o re. "We a re facing a ve ry se rio us fin a n cial c ris is which necess itates a rest ructuring with the college. Dec is io ns that we're facing have to be a product of co llective t hinking. We can't affo rd to s hut a nybody o ut." Palom a r presiden t Dr. Omar Scheidt sees t he pro blem diffe re nt ly, "the college uses p a rticipato ry gove rnan ce m odel. The collegia l m odel whic h is being proposed by Mr. Ba r a d at is closely assoc iated to th e prese nt m a n ageme nt system." But Sc heidt add s, "We need som.e expla nation fr om t he board o n wh a t c ha nges a re needed to improve th e gove rn a nce system." He a lso p oints o u t th at, "In o rd e r t o solve a proble m, s uc h as campu s m orale, yo u have to ide nt ify s pecifically wh a t is caus in g t he low mo r a le. This m ay vary fro m individu a l to in d ividual." Th e present system, Sc heidt says, is set up so t hat "everybod y has inpu t in to t he system.
"Fo r ex a mple, o n policy ma tte rs, e(lch segment of th e campus h as an o ppo rtunity to h ave a voice in that p olicy d evelopme nt procedure. "So whe n we d evelo p a p olicy, fo r instance, t he earl y star t calendar, the fac ulty sen ate pro posed that we con s ider changin g t he beginning date of o ur fa ll semeste r, so t hat classes wo uld end befo re Christm as holid ays. "That ( p olicy) was originated by the fac ul ty sen ate. It was p resented to th e stude nts, whic h t hen we nt back to t he fac ulty senate, fac ulty assoc iat io n, class ified and adminis tratio n . "All t his input fil te rs thro ugh t he r epresen a tives wh o s it o n the administra tive co un cil, whic h includes two stude nts, t wo fac ulty m embe rs, two classified a nd nin e administrato rs. "Th e co uncil ma kes its recomme ndat ion t o me. Th e n it goes to th e board with my reco mm end a tion ." Sc heidt feels t hat the a dministrat io n d oes listen to all segm e nts. "We're ve ry se ns it ive a bo ut providing oppo rt uni ty fo r a ll segm e nts to ha ve a vo ice in t he dec is ion -ma kin g process ." Al t ho ugh he's not s ure wh a t Bara d a t means s pec ifically, Sc heidt is hop in g t h a t , "We'll h ave mo re disc ussio ns to clarify c h a nges whic h a re need ed in th e college gove rnan ce syste m."