Palomar College
Volume 39 No. 18
A Publication for the Associated Students
Friday, April 25, 1986
San Marcos, CA
Crimes decrease Campus patrolled more By Cyndie Claypool Burglaries on campus decreased from 27 reported between Jan. 10 and March 10 to one reported since that date. Acting campus patrol supervisor Kathy Dominguez attributes the major reason for the decline in burglaries to more visiblity of both the campus patrol and the sheriff department. She explained that the 15 campus patrol officers, who double as criminal justice students, have been enforcing the laws more consistently now and can frequently be seen around the parking lots as well as in the interior of campus.
Kathy Dominguez, acting Campus Patrol super¡ visor, works with the two student supervisors Brett Bandick (left), Ken Burris and 13 other student patrol persons to help decrease the crime
rate on campus. According to Dominguez, the Campus Patrol has increased its visibility and consistency. (Photo by Mike Goodman)
A GS gambles on Casino Night go toward meals at these restaurants: Eddie's Deli, The International House of Pancakes, Godfather's Pizza, RoundLegalized gambling will be featured here as Alpha Gamma Sigma sponsors table Pizza, Fuddrucker's, Taste of "Casino Night" May 2 in the Student Chicago and Windy City. Those game enough to lay their Union. AGS has scheduled blacl\jack tables, money down may also win a two crap tables, and a roulette table and month membership at Health Time in wheel for this four-hour gala event ¡ San Marcos, or a quality putter from Rodger Dunn's Golf Shop, or a $25 gift that begins at 7 p.m. There will be a free drawing. A $10 certificate from Michael's Men's Wear, tax-deductible donation is required or books from Books and More. and all proceeds will go toward the Winners may be able to celebrate AGS scholarship fund. with the many bottles of champagne Anyone can play. All prizes from the to be given away. A fish tank will also games of chance will be in the form be thrown in, along with candy, cards, of free trips, hotel stays, dinners, free time in a tanning booth and a hair brunches and gift certificates. No cut. monetary prizes will be awarded. Music will be provided by KKSM Among the prizes will be a Las Vegas radio which will set up a table off the trip for two; a one night stay for two main stage, while members of the Jazz at the Stratford Inn, Del Mar; dinner Ensemble will also be there. A magifor two at the Acapulco, San Marcos; cian will also be on hand for Sunday brunch for two at Pea Soup entertainment. Andersen's; $15 towards a meal at the "We're just going to have fun and Good Earth restaurant. make money," said Michelle Prunty, Separate $10 certificate prizes will entertainment chairperson. "Anyone by Robert Rowsey
Kim Scanlan reinstated in due process hearing By Anne Husk Kim Scanlan's disqualification as ASB president has been declared unconstitutional during an academic due process hearing requested by the ousted president. A college staff member, acting as omsbudperson, met with Scanlan and chief judicial advocate Andres Leon,
Candidate leads race in field of one Stephen Greenlee is the only student running for Associated Student Body president for the 1986 - '87 school year. He is required to get a simple majority of the votes cast. There are no candidates for vice president and no candidates for treasurer in the May 5, 6 and 7 election. Marilyn Lunde, ASB secretary, says the vice presidential position will then be open to nomination and appointment by the ASG senators. If a vice president is appointed, the judicial advocate can accept the appointment or call for a special election in October or March.
April 17 and ruled on the matter. According to Elizabeth Gambrel, who is ASB vice president and who took over the reins of office during the controversy, the decision meant "Kim Scanlan was never not president." On April16, Scanlan received a vote of confidence from the ASB board when she was reaffirmed as the president by a written ballot. The legality of that move was questioned by Leon who was given one week to rule on its constitutionality. The academic due process action caps several weeks of controversy surrounding Scanlan who was disqualified as ASB president by Leon for not logging the office hours required by her position. The issue was over the office hours policy, not Scanlan's commitment to student government. She maintained, although the policy has been in use since last October, it had never been voted legally into th~ constitution. Leon claimed that policies did not necessarily need to be written in the constitution to make them legal and valid. The ASB has formed an office hours policy committee to clarify and/ or revise the current policy.
that likes to gamble should come." "I just went to the state-wide meeting (for AGS)," said AGS student representative Pat Gualtieri. "What we found out is that we have one of the largest, strongest AGS chapters (statewide)." Gualtieri protested when asked about AGS's penchant for large and elaborate fundraisers. "All people see is those. We're a service club too; we do student counseling, whether it's about services on campus, tutoring. What most of the other chapters do is just bake sales. We go all out." Gualtieri pointed out that, among their peers, the AGS club at Palomar has high standards. "At MiraCosta college, one way that their students can earn service points is by paying $20 for them," she said. The points, usually awarded on the basis of service hours spent by an individual, are used to help determine (along with grades) who gets what scholarships at the end of the year. Members of other clubs will be on hand to play and to help deal cards, and all are invited to participate. For more information call Ext. 2606.
Because of the amount of students on patrol, the students, mostly clad in red-shirts, are more consistent in policing the area and ticketing vehicles not displaying the correct parking sticker. Dominguez said that at the beginning of the semester there had been a "rash" of automoble robberies, most of which occured in lot 12. At that time the campus patrol, which often helps students and staff with a variety of problems, began increasing its visibility and the sheriff department became aware of the problems and started working with the campus. Now, periodically one of the officers assigned to San Marcos will drive through the parking lots to make sure everything is in order. The visiblity of the police car has also helped in diminishing the amount of break-ins, according to Dominguez. Along with increasing its' visibility around the parking lots, campus patrol can also be seen in the interior of campus, patrolling the areas around various departments and the library. This has a couple positive effects, according to one of the two student supervisors, Brett Bandick. First, when people see the red-shirted patrol persons, they are less likely to steal anything. Secondly, campus patrol can talk to the staff and students and can see that they are real people and do more than just ticket cars. He added that now people will come
No, Lester Knapp, life Sciences instructor, has not just finished lunch. He caught this 300 lb. bass in the Sea of Cortez during Easter week,
to the campus patrol building, located at the end of the track, if they have a problem. And people will ask more questions, such as when does a registered student need a visitors permit. Dominguez said that because campus patrol is more consistent, people are starting to comply with the rules even more. Among other reasons for the decrease of campus crimes, and to continue to have a low crime rate, Dominguez also attributes it to the help of the sheriff department's crime prevention unit and to the education of the students in the future. In order to help keep the crime rate low, Dominguez met with two members of the crime prevention unit and some members of the administration. Kathy Kolar, crime prevention specialist, began the meeting by saying, "There is going to be some type of auto burglaries on campus. . . . Where there are cars, there is an inherent problem of auto burglaries." Kolar said the unit's goal was "to help you help yourself." She offered several points to help decrease the amount of burglaries on campus: "The public needs to be aware of the problem." To insure safety, students should: lock car doors; park in lighted areas ; not lock valuables with a padlock. Also, the administration needs to admit that a potential for a problem exists and to educate students/ staff on how to prevent crimes and what to do if one should occur. Kolar also noted that everyone should be on the look out for potential problems, such as a suspicious looking person lurking around campus, and notify the campus patrol at ext. 2289. In the event that a crime should occur, the victim should first report it to the campus patrol and then file another report with the sheriff department, according to Dominguez. If the report is not filed with the sheriff department, a stolen item, for instance, will not be in their computers and may never be returned to the proper owner.
and brought it to school for classroom dissection. It was the biggest sea bass caught in that area in80years. ( Photo by Lesley Murphy)