The Telescope 38.15

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Palomar College

Volume 38 No. 15

A Publication for the Associated Students

Friday, April 12, 1985

Marcos, CA

Interim president expl ains objectives

By Chris Reynolds When former President/ Superintendent ur. Omar Scheidt announced he would be using his accrued vacation time before his contract time expired, the Board of Trustees was compelled by circumstances to search for an interim president.

Their selection of Dr. Kenneth Broman, former Vice President of Instruction at MiraCosta College, seems to be the right choice.

Although Dr. Broman will only serve as president/ superintendent until July I, he speaks candidly about community colleges and his objectives for Palomar.

Dr. Broman said that as a result of the financial stress community colleges have experienced, other factors have emerged which contribute to that stress.

"When you talk about which programs to cut, you're not talking in the abstract. You're talking about people.

In recent months, I think, there's been a political upheaval. I'm not criticizing anyone ... turmoil is not 'all bad.' It's expected behavior in times of crisis.

"With a new president coming aboard, I think it's incumbent upon us to say, 'Let's get our house in order.

Let's see what we can get accomplished.' " he said.

Dr. Broman also intimated that, as a result of stress, groups or factions had emerged which fragmented college personnel, making it more difficult to acheive 'collegiality.'

Collegiality is a method of collecting input from all available sources or parties and reaching a consensus on an issue.

"My whole philosophy simplyis ...you

have to be open and you can't feel threatened. You have to communicate. It's just simple recognition of the fact that if you are going to mix together in a sphere, you have to agree on rules and regulations."

He referred to different segments on campus, such as faculty, admimistrators and classified staff, as having their "own concerns on any given issue.

"The big task seems to be to get all those elements together and agree on some course of action," Dr. Broman said.

Dr. Broman acknowledged his term as interim president was, relatively speaking, a short one. But he seemed to feel he could lay the groundwork for Palomar's next permanent president/ superintendent.

Referring to the position of presi-

dent/ superintendent metaphorically, he likened Palomar to an automobile.

He said the machinery is in place and the Board of Trustees provides the steering. The one "vital element" he said he believed the president/ superindendent provided was "fuel" to keep the machinery running.

"The thing I think is interesting is that the president of the college works for the Board of Trustees ... when that works well, then you build up trust.

The president has to be the one who can engender that trust," Dr. Broman said.

He called the post a "vital link" between the Board of Trustees and the college. He indicated that he thought it was important in his short term of office to open lines of communication and begin dealing with the problems Palomar faces.

Dr. Broman also pointed out the importance of opening lines of communication and solving problems when a college is involved in a presidential search.

"The most important thing is to attract a person who wants to come here," Dr. Broman said. "If we don't

give them that view, they'll have second thoughts about stepping into a difficult situation."

On a larger scale, Dr. Broman gave his viewpoint on the community college system.

He said the state's posture toward communtiy colleges is ambivalent ar\d that the institutions may be suffering from public opinion.

He believes that the roles of the community colleges have "never been clearly defined," and because the courses they offer are "so diversified," students may choose to enter fouryear institutions.

Regardless of those observations, he called Palomar "a good school," adding "we ought to be proud of the staff and the student body."

As for the current declines in enrollment and the future role of community colleges, Dr. Broman points to a changing society for an explanation.

He pointed out that in an improved economy, people are more likely to enter the job market. He said he believed that in good times, when jobs are plentiful, enrollment will normally drop and that the $50 tuition was not the cause for this decline.

Mu¡sic series continues

LEARNING "PATIENCE" - Lesley Torresen (Center) plays the title role in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "Patience. " She is flanked by George Karo.ff as Bunthorn, and Paul Grasham as Archibald.

Following the successful music class for young people inaugurated in February, the Music Department will present an afternoon concert of music and theater for young people April13 at 2 p.m. in the Palomar College Theatre.

The program will consist of three short segments of approximately 20 minutes each, The first will be a series of short scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta, "Patience," a prelude to the fully staged upcoming production by the Palomar Chorale, directed by Joe Stanford, on April 26, 27 and 28. These short exceprts will be staged with piano accompaniment, though the full-length production will be staged with orchestra, conducted

by David Chase.

The second part of the program will be ragtime and roaring twenties selections played by the Palomar Brass Quintet, directed by Billy Hawkins.

The third part consists of Benjamin Britten's classic master piece for young people, the "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra." This will be performed by the Palomar Community Orchestra. conducted by Robert Gilson, in the more unusual narrated version made popular by Leonard Bernstein. The narrator will be David Chase, who will aslo act as MC of the complete presentation.

Tickets will be $2. For more information, please call the Palomar College Music Department at 744-1150, Ext. 2316 or 2317.

High school pregnancy issue not unique

By Sabrina Messenger At first glance, students at San Marcos High School appear to be typical teenagers. During lunch hour, the students laugh and talk with friends, while others sit in the counseling office reading career literature.

The March 7 edition of the San Marcos Courier revealed some statistics about the teenage pregnancy rate at SMHS. According to the Courier, counselors spoke with 151 girls who became pregnant last year. Most of their parents were unaware of their children's sexual activity.

More than a month has passed since the article was published, but the initial shock has not. Counselor Lois Richmond has received much response from parents and students, and her phone is constantly ringing with calls from local and national media.

"They (parents) were really shocked. They now realize the need to talk with young people," Richmond says Some students were not surprised by the findings, but most are worried about the school's reputation.

Assistant principal Susan Macki feels that getting out the information was good, but "it has not been easy for our students. The world can be cruel."

Some of this cruelty has been felt acutely by several SMHS students. At a girls' softball game, spectators shouted jeering remarks to the team, and several radio stations have been

airing jokes.

Cris Keeley, a 16-year-old junior, expressed anger about the way she felt the situation was being handled by the media. "I think the press blew it way out of proportion." said Keeley "Other schools have this problem. We want to help our students." Other students echoed her opinion. They feel people are singling out their school unfairly.

Is SMHS an isolated case? Richmond doesn't think so. "I would say it is a nationwide problem. California does have the highest teenage pregnancy rate and southern California's rate is twice as high as the rest of the state."

Despite those high statistics, Richmond does not believe that the teen pregnancy at SMHS is any higher than that at other North County or San Diego high schools.

"The difference between college women and high school girls is that college women are more realistic about sexuality. They have made the decision to become sexually active and will seek birth control. High school girls are the opposite. The girls are usually 13 or 14 and the boys are 17. or 18, and they are swept off their feet: They are very romantic. 14-year-olds don't have it together enough to decide if they're ready for a sexual relationship.

A few of these pregnant girls she counsels were contemplating suicide, but many of them opt for an abortion.

According to the findings, Ol1ty nine of the 151 girls gave birth. The rest

either miscarried or had abortions.

"The girls tell me that the reaction of their boyfriends is that the child is not his. In most cases, the girl feels rejected. She wants to get rid of it so she can get on with her life."

The girl feels she has no one to turn to, according to Richmond, so she does not tell her parents.

By law, Richmond is prohibited from telling parents whether or not their daughter is pregnant or has had an abortion.

"A lot of people don't know that in California any pregnant girl12 or over is considered an emancipated minor," she said.

This, according to Richmond, means that the girl is considered an adult in making the decision to have an abortion or to keep her baby, and her records are kept confidential.

Abortions are not cheap, and if girls are not confiding in their parents, where are they getting the money to have the procedure?

"They can go to the welfare office and fill out some forms," explained Richmond. "It usually takes a week to get approval and the abortion is paid for by the state."

According to Channel 39's John Britton, 25,000 abortions in this state are paid for at taxpayers' expense.

While Richmond supports abortion in cases of rape or incest, she feels that using abortion as a form of birth control is wrong. There have been some girls who have had at least three

abortions, according to their findings.

Richmond does consider that the lack of adult supervision, and the negative influence of some movies contributes to the problem of increased sexual activity, but she stresses that the primary problem is a lack of communication in the home.

In spite of the availability of birth control information, Richmond says these girls are not using any means of protection.

A counselor for 18 years, she sees the problem growing worse. "Unless the parents offset this with morality teaching in the home, sexual activity among teenagers will continue to happen.

"I think it is too bad that so many parents and children are not open with each other. I wish the girls would realize that while parents may not approve of your actions, they are still your parents and they still love you."

Some girls flnd this hard to believe.

One girl who Richmond encouraged to tell her parents found herself sleeping in a laundromat. Her mother packed her belongings and evicted her from her home, telling her she was no longer her daughter.

When people discuss sexual activity among teenagers, the emphasis is usually on the girl. Richmond says that boys are concerned, too.

"I hear a lot from boys lately," says Richmond. "All this makes them feel like a villain. Boys feel just as pressured into sex as girls do."

Some boys say that girls expect it, according to Richmond. "The girls will ask, 'What's wrong, are you gay?"' They aren't typical, but the boys say aggressive girls are out there.

There are now efforts by parents, administrators and students to combat this problem. Parent groups plan to discuss parenting tips in their newsletter and meet in parents' homes, and there are plans by the administration to incorporate decisionmaking skills courses at the junior high school level.

"We need instructions for our students at the lower grade levels." said Macki.

The seniors in a "Living in Style" cc;m rse plan to speak at the junior high school about teenage sexuality, as well as other aspects in the transition from junior to senior high.

"We want them to know you don't have to have sex to be popular, keep a boyfriend or get love," said 17-yearold Kim Johnson. There will be roleplaying sessions at these talks, and they will answer students' questions.

Other students are planning to write an awareness paper which will explain birth control methods and answer questions students may have about their options.

"We want to stay positive about this," said 17-year-old junior Tom Bedillo. "People are tired of the bad publicity."

_0_P-iNiON Writer cites ways to curtail pollution

By Deneise Dennington In these days of increasing need for energy and transportation we have found ourselves confronted with the problem of pollution.

What kinds of pollutants do exist? What threat do they pose to the environment and human health? And what can be done about this problem?

Smog: the pollution every Californian knows about. Smog is the result of our constant sun, seashore breezes and pollutants from cars, industries and homes. It especially threatens the health of children, the elderly and those with respiratory problems. In Los Angeles people are encouraged to stay home approximately 120 days out of the year because of smog alerts.

Acid rain has grown from the concern of · some to a worldwide epidemic. It is caused by sulphur and nitrogen acids primarily released from electric power generation, industrial processes, cars and trucks, and other human and natural activities. Acid rain jeopardizes our aquatic life, crops, historical monuments, and even human health.

There are radioactive wastes dumped into the oceans. These wastes take thousands of years to decay, while the drums that hold it may take only fifty years (or less) to rust through. Radiation is deadly and hardly any form of life can survive it.

Tons of wastes, produced by the military and corporations like Union Carbide, are disposed of into our rivers and lakes. Many of these wastes are heavy metals such as chromium and mercury which remain toxic forever.

The federal government has sought ways to reduce these problems, but has found the action required to be economically and socially unfeasible.

Energy plants could be hurt by restrictions, resulting in job losses for large fractions of the American public.

Congress is deciding whether to wait five to ten years to develop control programs or to take immediate action. If action is delayed, more environmental damage may be the result. Immediate programs could prove less cost efficient.

All of these facts can be discouraging for the average person, but there are measures that can be taken on every individual's part.

1) Study the products you consume. Do they contain substances that are harmful to the environment? Can they be recycled? Are they biodegradable?

2) Think twice before jumping into your car to drive one block and buy your favorite candy bar. Walk to the store. You may not bum enough calories to make up for the candy bar, but you will know that you have not contributed to the unwanted hydrocarbons in the air.

Carpool whenever possible.

3) Ask yourself, is it really necessary to use every light in the house simultaneously?

4) You can write letters of concern to your Congressmen, environmentally destructive corporations and private industries, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and even President Reagan.

5) Educate yourself by reading about issues of pollution and use your resources in protecting the environment.

These may seem like insignificant and uncomfortable alterations in your lifestyle, but there are numerous measures you can take if you develop a concern for this world in which we live.

After all, and you've heard this before, we will not inhabit this world forever. Soon, our children will have to find their places here.

Let us leave them the beauty we have known and an example of how they can preserve that beauty·

Cinema lures 99¢ viewers

By Marilyne Mancino Other than drinking copious amounts of black coffee, I haven't any other minor vices.

At least not until lately I haven't. But with the advent of the 99¢ day at the movies, my daughter re-introduced me to a whole new world.

Not only that, she taught me the disreputable technique of skulking from one theater to another to see even more for the paltry tab -- wicked creatures that we are.

Not that it's worth much more. There's a dearth of good cinema these days. I was even disappointed in "Passage to India." To me, outside the fantastic shots of moonlight on the Ganges and the towering Himalayas, it seemed, in the words of the starring English actors, "a crashing bore." Imagine casting Alec Guiness as a Brahmin! Shades of Obi-WanKenobi!

At least it was better than the plethora of flicks directed to today's party animal.

Have you seen "Revenge of the Nerds?"

How about "Breakin' II, Electric Boogaloo?"

Well, at least we moved out of the "Gidget" or "beach bunny" phase that was popular a few years back.

I guess every movie can't be "Of Human Bondage."

At any rate, it beats playing Trivial Pursuit on Mondays.

Maybe even Monopoly.

Pseudo-financier floored by two-digit cash balance

By Marilyne Mancino Perusing the daily newspaper is a mild source of entertainment for me. However, there's one section I invariably bypass, and that is the financial pages. Not that I have anything against money - on the contrary, I just don't understand all that spiel about the Dow, Standard & Poors, and the like. In fact, even when a friend mentions his IRA account, my eyes glaze over.

Being of modest circumstances, the only contact I have with dinero is my monthly trip to deposit it in the checking account.

By the way, have you noticed that banks and savings and loan institutions are striving to shed that stodgy, impersonal feeling they once had? Seems like they're trying to make it a home away from home, you might say, with carpeting, serving coffee in the conference room and so on.

I'm really amazed, though, that anyone would want to dilly-dally at the bank. Maybe it's because the idea of visiting my two-digit

account leaves me cold. On second thought, perhaps they've provided a lounge so you can rest while the computer is down, which incidentally it usually is when you want your balance confirmed.

Speaking of the computer, have you noticed the tellers get borderline hysteria if you ask them to figure anything out by themselves?

Time was, they added and subtracted, then wrote the balance in your bank book. Now they have to get everything confirmed by IBM to enter $10 in the credit column.

I know, sour grapes.

Ah, to be rich and hang out in the back room of Home Federal with my feet up, watching the ticker tape (do they still have those?) and keeping an ear open for the counsel of E. F. Hutton!

But while whoever offered this gem of philosophy, "He who steals my purse, steals trash," was himself probably well-heeled, with me it's no joke.

Thanks for nothing, Paine-Webber.

The Telescope, Friday, April 12 1985

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VOUTW I=OR

RANDOM THOUGHTS

~car liberation~

plot uncovered by victim

by Jerry Reyes I know that in the last isssue I said I was going to write about house training your buffalo for fun and profit, but a more pressing matter has brought itself to my attention so the buffalo business will have to wait.

I would like to say a few words about cars and why they have it in for us. Cars are an important part of our everyday lives. We use them to get to school, to work, and to the beach (not necessarily in that order). We all know that the wheel was invented so that the car could get around more efficiently. For some reason, though, the car is not happy with its lot.

There could be reasons for this, but I believe I know the answer. Car Liberation. In recent years we have had Women's Liberation, Sexual Liberation, Gay Liberation, even Men's Liberation. Now the cars want liberating. Cars are refusing to be taken advantage of anymore.

My car is a case in point.

I drive a 1974 Ford Pinto (save the pity for those who want it) . His name is Bogart, the Wonder Car. I have known for quite awhile that Bogart was, and still is, a sentient being.

He can feel, he can experience pain, joy, sorrow, and indigestion. At the moment, though, he is fed up with me and the way I drive.

My father accuses me of owning a car just to have something td drive around in until it breaks down. He accuses me of never looking under the hood or taking care of it in any way. Bogart feels the same way, although I'm sure they're both exaggerating.

Why just this morning I checked his oil (Bogart's, not my father's). Okay, I'll admit he was four quarts low, but I replaced it as soon as I could. Apparently, Bogart is not grateful for the care that I lavish upon him.

Bogart shows his ire in his own inimitable fashion. A few days ago, I was returning from Oceanside where I had attended a buffalotraining clinic (fascinating stuff) and, as usual, I took the Rancho Santa Fe exit. After stopping at the light, as usual, I made a left turn just in time to miss the next light, as usual. At this point, Bogart's engine died, which is sort of usual. I suddenly noticed smoke coming from under the hood, and that is definitely not usual.

Calmly leaping free of the car into the flow of traffic, I quickly found a place where the shrapnel wouldn't hit me. After a few minutes, I realized that Bogart wasn't going to that Big Junkyard in the Sky, so I sheepishly released the old woman I had been using as a shield, who promptly turned on me with as fine a display of purse-swinging as I have seen in many a year.

Approaching Bogart with caution, I raised the hood and was relieved to see that it was only a minor rupture in the radiator seal. A piece of chewing gum fixed that problem in a jiffy along with some water from a jug I carry

for emergencies such as these. Bogart did not like juicyfruit, apparently, and refused to start up again. Well, if he wanted to play a waiting game, I ce,Rainly could too.

Two hours later, Bogart having won the point, set, and match, I decided to try to bump start him. This was especially tricky as we were facing uphill at the time. I tried to get up enough speed, but it was impossible. Setting the parking brake, I attempted to come up with an alternate solution.

The answer I came up with was relatively simple. Let Bogart coast backwards until we had built up enough speed to turn around.

From there, it would be easy to bump start him going downhill. This solution sort of worked. We rolled backward, I turned the wheel, and found that we had only enough speed to make a quarter turn. This caused us to effectively block two lanes of traffic instead of just one.

Other people's anger, I can deal with. I usually ignore it. As I braced myself for the barbs and imprecations that were sure to be hurled my way, I kept struggling to move the car, but only succeeded in creating a rocking effect. Something was wrong. I suddenly realized that these people weren't angry at me. I looked around and saw that they were laughing at my predicament! How humiliating.

Bogart must have sensed that my subjugation was complete, for he rocked just the right distance and turned the wheel on his own to send him rolling down the street with me in hot pursuit. I jumped in, put in the clutch, and slammed him into gear. With a smug roar, the engine cut back in and we turned and made our way back to the college with no further incidents.

I have learned my lesson well. Bogart gets daily checks from me now and is washed whenever I have a few spare moments. Don't think he is unique, though. Bogart is merely the spearhead of the Car Liberation movement. He told me so. He also told me that the moon is made of green cheese. And the Earth is flat. And that pizza causes cancer in laboratory rats. Really.

NEXT WEEK . . . . . House training your buffalo for fun and profit. (Really)

The Telescope Chris Reynolds Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor . ...... Melanie J. Anderson Sports Editor ................. Paul Taylor Reporters ................. Jeannie Carter, Cyndie Claypool, Deneice Dennington, Sean Grady, Ted Gray, Robin Koleszar, Linda Laws, Fred Lyle, Marilyne Mancino, Sabrina Messenger, James Molinar, Chris Ray, Jerry Reyes Advertising Editor ............ Carrie Miller

FEATURES

The Telescope, Friday, April 12, 1985

Distraught teen

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EDITOR's NOTE: This is the story of Jamie. She could be anyone. She is anonymous. For that reason the fictions name of Jamie is used here for confidentiality.

In the space of one week, Jamie closed the door on an earlier chapter of her life. Perhaps now the worst of times are over and the best of times can begin.

"If I would have kept walking I wonder where I would have been? Everybody says,'Your walking across campus was just meant to be.' "

Since Jamie should be a high school junior and was unable to graduate, she took the proficiency exam, a graduation equivilency test, which she feels she did well on.

"I had to leave my teen-age life behind. I've been forced to live an adult life now," Jamie said with a twinge of desire to be back playing sports with her old friends.

By Cyndle Claypool

Wandering through a life of loneliness and despair, Jamie (whose name has been changed), with back-pack in hand, decided to head for anywhere - or nowhere.

The 17 year-old blonde, once an allleague girls' soccer player at a local highschool, lost the drive that had kept her going.

Sleeping in an old car by night and walking through Palomar's quiet mountains consisted of her day.

Eating was not in her schedule.

Jamie had been embroiled in family problems since age 14 when one of her mother's husbands, there was a procession of five, was "making passes" at her and she was being physically abused.

At one time, she was staying at her Uncle's, causing her to miss a semester of her sophomore year. For the past year she has been living on her own, with no knowledge of her mother's whereabouts.

Jamie lived with her friend's family for a while, paying rent and attending high school until her grades started sliding and her job at Jack-In-The-Box fell through.

"My friend's parents couldn't afford to keep me," she said without resentment.

"I had no place to live. I'd hop-skip around from friends' house to house," she added.

Her friends would often ask their parents if Jamie could spend the night.

However, the parents quickly discovered that she had no place to live and would not want her to stay there

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lest she would become a permanent resident.

That's when Jamie asked if she could at least sleep in her friend's car.

After four days she was "getting really bummed out" and decided to start walking.

As she started on her aimless journey, the young girl stumbled across Palomar's track field.

The inviting bleachers in front of her offered a moment of rest.

Jamie, who had previously attempted suicide twice, sat, head in hand, contemplating life; When, "Bam - I ran into Wally!"

"Wally (Rounsifer Ill) was out running track. The first time around he asked how I was and what my name is. The second time he came around he asked if I went to school here; I said 'No.' The third time he asked where I lived. I said, 'In a car.' He looked at me and said This is malarkey!'"

As Jamie related the succession of events that began with that morning

on March 13, a contagious smile spread across her excited face.

If she had any emotional scars, they were nowhere to be seen.

"Wally fed me lunch and t hen introduced me to Bob." Bob Klug, the director of the Food Bank and new Associated Student Body president, gave her some passes for breakfast and lunch in the cafeteria and some bus passes which would take her from her new school, Palomar, to her temporary housing.

The passes are available for the needy because of donations to the Food Bank.

Klug then introduced her to Cherie Barker from the Women's Center. They began working on her class schedule for Palomar.

They also checked into the availablity of an emergency loan for Jamie and help from Financial Aids.

Leo Lampro also helped set her up with financial aid that will enable her to receive a monthly check.

Inter-Faith Crisis was next on the

agenda The crisis center interviewed her and managed to work out food and housing for Jamie for ten days at the Escondido Youth Center (EYE).

"Everything worked real quick. It just went Bam-bam-bam," the amazed girl recalled.

The ten days she will be spending at the EYE will enable her to find a job, preferably on campus, according to Jamie and Klug, and a small apartment.

Inter-Faith Crisis Center plans to pay the first month on Jamie's living quarters, allowing her to get settled in. The Food Banks at the crisis center and at Palomar will help support her with the necessary staples, according to Klug.

She is currently enrolled in three physical education classes, career search, job hunting, high duty diesel mechanics and "Quest for Identity".

The latter course she is really enjoying.

"I was amazed," she said, explaining how everything was coming together.

Although Palomar's services helped Jamie tremendously, it did take some effort.

Klug said that Jamie received the "Palomar shuffe."

"Bob would call ahead and tell them that I was coming, but when I got down there, they didn't know who I was and didn't have the papers ready,"she recalled.

Her confusion and distress returned as she was sent to various places that she had never heard of.

Jamie wound up in Klug's office again with a tear stained face.

"Everything is straightened out now," said Klug. "I'm glad I could help her. All of us were working together to meet her needs."

'The last three nights have been the best in a while. At least now I'll really have something to wake up for."

'The only thing that really kept me going before was my best friend Suzy, but my drive had just kind of left me.

Lately, I've had that drive again and Bob and Cherie put it there."

"I never thought that all this wa.<~ possible. At first I thought I was dreaming," Jamie beamed gratefully.

"But I'm still kind of bummed because there are those girls that are in worse situations than myself. I just wish that this (her situation and how Palomar's services have helped her) could be broadcasted."

Gershwin solo developed his musical skills

By Fred Lyle In today's society it often becomes difficult to tell if individual skills a person may display are directly the result of some God-given ability, or if that special person had actually developed his skills by sheer rote.

True genius, on the other hand, has been proven to be related to a personal desire to do or perform a most unusual skill.

A story of such drive and rise to excellence was demonstrated in the early 1930's by the late American popular music composer, George Gershwin. The strange part is this story lies in the fact that there was very little in Gershwin's early life to indicate that here was a budding musical genius. In fact, his first musical experience occurred while he was playing sandlot baseball with his brother Ira and he happened to hear the sounds of a violin drifting across the baseball diamond when the artist was playing Dvorak's composition "Humoresque".

George's brother Ira had previously tried his hand at playing the piano. He had never attained any success. Because the Gershwin family had always considered Ira to be the skilled musican, it was for Ira's benefit that Papa Gershwin had saved enough money to purchase a rather battered upright piano. This instrument papa Gershwin hoped to install in the family's upstair flat above Papa's Cigar store.

On the very day that the prized piano was being delivered, George and Ira were returning home from the afternoon session of public school. In a great flurry of excitement both boys ran up the stairway leading to the family apartment. It was then discovered by the family that brother George had pushed Ira out

of the way and had firmly seated himself before the piano keyboard. He began to experiment with tunes that seemed automatically to enter his head. From that point on, it became evident to family members that George was the possessor of the basic attributes of a skilled pianist. His first piano teacher, Miss Green, quickly discovered that George surpassed her teaching capability.

Mr. Charles Hambitzer was his most inspiring teacher. His fee per lesson in those days was $1.50. George soon tired of his life as a student and at age 19 he talked his way into a song-plugger's job at Jerome Remick's Music Publishing House located in lower Manhattan in New York City.

It was while in the employ of the Remick organization where he earned $15.00 per week. His big break came on a particular day when the famous jazz director, Paul Whiteman, came to Remick's to have someone play two unpublished musical numbers. George drew the assignment. After playing Mr. Whiteman's numbers, he waited for a response. Mr. Whiteman gave none. It was then that George advised him that he had also composed two musical numbers and inquired if Mr. Whiteman would like to hear them.

Mr. Whiteman sensed that something was about to happen that ha.d extreme merit and asked George to play his two pieces. What followed was that George played his now famous Preludes #2 and #3. Mr. Whiteman was amazed. He then inquired if George was working on other compositions. George stated that he was working on a rhapsody. Mr. Whiteman asked to see the score and he was so impressed that he inquired if he might be of assistance in completing the work. Gersh-

win agreed and this resulted in the now famous "Rhapsody in Blue".

Since George Gershwin had no prior experience as an orchestrator, Paul Whiteman enlisted the help of his friend, Ferde Grofe, and "Rhapsody in Blue" was presented by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra in concert at the Aeolian Hall in New York City on the evening of February 12, 192'4.

The rest of the Gershwin story is now history, but people are constantly amazed in the way his music has lasted over the years.

Musical compositions such as "Porgy and Bess", "Our Love Is Here To Stay", "Do, Do, Do", will probably continue in American listener's minds forever - to say nothing of his "Concerto in F," "American in Paris" and many others.

MOVIE R E V I E W - - - - - - - - - - - ~Night'

is one to sleep through

By Lou Verret Although the ads for "Into the Night" say "Ed Okin can't sleep ... " Jeff Goldblum certainly appears to be sleeping in his role as Ed in this chase thriller.

Meeting up with beautiful Michele Pfeiffer and being pursued by international hit men doesn't seem to get Ed perked up much. He just kinda grins, or wrinkles his brow, or looking downward moves his eyes right and left every now and then.

For some reason never made clear, Ed can't remove himself from Pfeiffer's world of nonstop danger and intrigue. Well, she does kiss him once. On the mouth, too. Besides being burned-out with his job and having a dull marriage with his unfaithful wife, we keep wondering just what does tagging along with Pfeiffer do for Ed? Jeff Goldblum has talent. We've seen his excellent performance in character roles such as the one in "The Big Chill" and other films.

He has the ability to convey warmth and

sensitivity very well. In this role he seems to be ill at ease. We never see his special talent.

Famous film celebrities pop into the movie throughout and disapear just as quickly. The Hal Needham-Burt Reynolds formula as used here by Landis is just about as interesting and cute. It distracts for the most part, as in one scene when we leave DaVJd Bowie in mortal hand to hand combat with a bodyguard type (who seconds earlier pulled an eight inch knife from his own heart, a mere flesh wound). We wonder why the scene is in the movie. There's other fluff and filler that serve little except to give the friends of John Landis a chance to be seen.

The comic and grotesque imitations aren't effective either. Landis' efforts do not match his creative abilities. And as if to top off the plot's previous flaws, we have the big confrontation scene at the airport: the unexplained appearance of the Feds into the story and their incredulous use of weapons and tactics in a crowded airport corridor.

Well, it works on TV, I suppose.

FEATURES

The Telescope, Friday, April 12, 1985

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Disabled students develop social skills

By Sean Grady

You may not notice them in the cafeteria. You may have given them a passing glance in the student lounge.

You may even be acquainted with a few members of their group, and you might be classtime friends.

David Hall would be pleased with any one of the above situations.

"They" are a group of 12 developmentally disabled students from Sierra Vista High School, a Vista school run especially for the benefit of disabled students.

Ever since November, 1984, David Hall, a teacher at Sierra Vista, has been bringing his students here for social and vocational training as part of a desegregation program at the high school.

"One of the reasons we wanted to desegregate our campus," said Hall, "was that a lot of studies show, pretty conclusively, that it is very hard for our students to learn proper social skills if they are (constantly) around people who are disabled themselves.

"And on the flip side of that, it's very hard for people without disabilities ... to learn about people with disabilities - without a lot of prejudice - if they aren't exposed to them either.

"That's basically, in a nutshell, our motivation."

This motivation is the drivi.ng force behind the goal of Hall's program to enable his students to face life more or less on their own.

Socially speaking, one factor for meeting this goal is Hall's policy of working in as small a group as he can.

"I don't want to come in here and have us really noticed," said Hall.

"My . .. (intent) is to come in here and have us noticed as least as possible."

During the school day, Hall has his students split up into an umber of subgroups, numbering as few as one student each in some of the classes they attend at Palomar. These classes, it must be noted, are not set up just for Hall's students. They are the same classes that "normal" Palomar students take.

"We've done it on a small scale so we don't 'take over' a class. We have a maximum of three students taking a class at a time - even fewer in some cases."

During lunch, the students pair up and eat in different parts of the Student Union. They are free, in the most part, to do what they wish, as long as they check with Hall if they want to leave the area.

By keeping his students "spread out" this way, Hall hopes to avoid having his group identified as the "developmentally disabled group."

This way, he figures, his students

will be able to interact better with "normal" students.

Hall stated that having his students observe how non-disabled people behave has helped his students learn proper social skills.

"After a month here, my students pick up real fast on how the other Palomar students act.

"They (his students) will go into the TV lounge now and, instead of telling somebody their life story (for example), they're nice and quiet and very appropriate ... (and) they're more careful about grooming.

"All these things I didn't have to teach them - they just picked them up from being around here."

One of the things that Hall is involved with teaching them is vocational training.

According to Hall, the program has "a student bussing tables, and also washing dishes and cleaning trays. I have a student working in the child development center, and we're also working (in) the library."

Off campus, Hall has students who work in antique shops, in a newlyopened San Diego State University print shop, and other similar jobs.

Currently, he is negotiating for jobs "washing cars and things like that" at the Escondido Police Department.

Vocationally speaking, Hall said his "main goal with these students, because of their age (most of them are at or above high school age), is to get them employable."

As a matter of fact, vocational training is one of the reasons that the program got started.

"When I was at Sierra Vista, I had work crews on campus here who came over to practice vocational skills at actual job-training sites (at Palomar).

"The students worked with the maintenance people . . . who were setting up classrooms and also ... in the library, doing work that other students do.

"That was our 'in'."

Hall sent a proposal to Palomar president Omar Scheidt "to put a selfcontained classroom of our students on campus" for integration with the community and vocational training.

As a result of six months of negotiations, Palomar agreed to rent a room (R-31) to the Vista Unified School District, which includes Sierra Vista, through the Summer semester of 1985.

Hall uses the room as a base of operations, but doesn't retreat into it during the day. Rather, he prefers to have his students out in the Palomar community.

Hall said that the room is used mostly as a meeting place and to take care of paperwork, although some classes are taught there.

HALL'S KIDS - Instructor David Hall (center) is shown here with Elias Contreras (left) and Frank Sullivan, two of the students in his program. Hall's group has been on campus since the fall of 1984.

To keep his students from becoming involved with just their own group, Hall has what he calls a "Peer Friends" program set up in which Palomar students can help tutor and develop "positive relationships" with the developmentally disabled students. This program is run in conjunction with Alma Armistead's "Foundations for Tutoring" program in room R-10.

"Our purpose (with "Peer Friends") is to give Palomar students come work with people who have disabilities and also for our students to develop friendships with non-handicapped

Musicians', young persons' concert set for tomorrow Two performances entitled "English, French and the Italian" will be presented as the Palomar Community Orchestra continues it season of symphony concerts.

The concerts will be held April 13 at 8 p.m. and April 14 at 3 p.m. in the Palomar College Theater.

The English on the program is Benjamin Britten's classic masterpiece the "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," performed in the narrated version with David Chase as narrator.

The "French" is Ravel's "Piano Concerto in G major" with Gary Davenport joining the orchestra as soloist in this work. The Italian part of the concert is Mendelssohn's "Symphony no. 4," called the Italian Symphony because it had as its inspiration in a visit to Italy in 1831 by the composer.

Gary Davenport, pianist, is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music.

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

Lou Verrett, Cinema major: "They do as good a job as they can under the pressures they have. Generally, they are accurate. I can't count on them for depth. For that, I read a book."

Curtis Ziegler, Political Science major: "TV media slants it, although, there are few good sources. (Zielger only reads the Christian Science Monitor)."

people.

"That's really an important part, too."

To ensure that the program is functioning as well as it should, Hall works very closely with his supervisor at the VUSD, the students' parents, and even with the California Department of Education.

"They (the Department of Education) have a program specifically for people who are severely handicapped. .. I'm going to be a demonstration site teacher for them so that I can train other teachers in the field to. . .do

By Sabrina Messenger

Nancy Cipriano, Education major: "Yes, they slant the news. They make it so people will read it."

He studied there with Rosina Lhevinne and Martin Canin. He had studied previously with Alice Shapiro. He is currently preparing the complete works of Maurice Ravel which he will perform at several locations on the West Coast in the fall of 1985.

Robert Gilson, conductor of the Palomar Community Orchestra, recently completed a study tour of Europe where he spent time studying with the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavaria State Opera and the Munich Philharmonic.

Tickets to the concerts are $5 and $4 general admission; $4.50 and $3.50 Senior Citizens, available from the Palomar College Box Office, telephone 744-1156, or at the door. For more information, please call the Palomar College Music Department at 7441150, ext. 2316 or 2317.

community based, function based training."

"We'd like to make this a continuous program. It won't grow - we1l only have one class of twelve students. But .. our purpose isn't to make this into a special ed. center. We wouldn't put more than twelve students at any one time on the campus."

Hall stressed that the function of his program was not to train his students to be Palomar students.

"It is a transition program," Hall said. "They're not going to be here forever."

New reading classes set Want to brush up on your spelling or vocabulary?

The Reading Program will begin a new section of Reading 111 April15.

This eight-week course meets every Monday and Wednesday from 12 to 1 p.m. in RC-3. It is designed to improve basic skills by instructing the students in English phonetics and regular spelling/ proofreading rules.

One unit college credit is offered.

Reading 015 "Vocabulary'' begins April16. This is an eight-week course which meets every Tuesday and Th ursday from 11 to 12 Noon in RC-3. It is designed to widen the student's vocabulary range and provides a greater understanding and usage of words.

Those with questions should contact Melinda Dixon or Stan Levy at the Reading office, Ext. 2568.

Do you feel that media news is accurate or does the media slant the news?

Ben Sweeney, Business Management major: " I think it's slanted with the reporter's opinion or the newspaper's.

Jon Cnossen, P.E. Instructor: "I hope it's not slanted. I expect to believe everything I read. Maybe I'm gullible, but I feel a paper that doesn't print the truth isn't going to last."