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Board OKs improvement plan

By Joanna Demiter StaffWriter

new satellite educational centers in Poway and Fallbrook.

Funding for the $42 million improvements depends on the success of the Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 1990

ToaccommodatePalomar'sfastgrowing student population, a fiveyear improvement plan was approved by the Palomar Community College District Governing Board in late January.

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If SB147 is passed by the voters, Palomar will then compete with other California public colleges for its expansion funding.

Superintendent/President of Palomar College, Dr. George Boggs, said that the size of the district and the rate of its enroll-

considerations when funding is distributed among the state's community colleges. Palomar's district is one of the largest in the state.

"Palomar College plans to continue to serve all of the people in its district," said Boggs. "In order to do that successfully in an area with a population that will grow more than 50 percent in the next 10 years, we m•Jst build now."

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Signet unveils cleanup project

Altered states

By Larry Boisjolie News Editor

lionoftheestimatedcost will be spent over the next two years to retool the existing machinery and replace the Local toxic emitter Signet gasket material used in the assembly Armorlite revealed a $1.5 million process. The remaining $500,000 cleanup project on Feb. 7 to sig- will be used to install machinery nificantly reduce emissions from which will modify the manufacturing their San Marcos plant by 92 process in ways that will eliminate the percent over a four-year period. need for chemicals.

The eyeglass lens manufac"The project will reduce or elimiturer, located about a quarter- nate the emissions of three chemimile from Palomar, was cited last cals," said Carter.

April in a report by the EnvironThe chemicals targeted are methmental Protection Agency as the ylene chloride, a solvent found to top toxic emitter in San Diego cause cancer in laboratory animals, County. and the ozone-depleting chlorofloro"We have implemented an carbon, Freon 113 and acetone. emissions reduction program Diane Takvorian, executive direcwhich reduces emissions by more tor of the non-profit Environmental than 90 percent," said Richard . Health Coalition, said the reduction Carter, president of Signet Ar- plan, if implemented properly, is a morlite. (see CLEANUP- page 2) According to Carter, $1 mil-

Financial Aid Office lacks needed data

By Mark Hopkins Editor-in-Chief

(Photo by Eric Jordan)

Brandy Sacks, third grade teacher at Hamilton Elementary School, floats in a sensory-deprivation chamber at The Floating Station in Solana Beach. In the chamber, Sacks says he sees visions and has experiences unhampered by his senses. The st;nsory-deprivation chambers are available to students taking Psychology 20A, HAltered States of Consciousness." See story on page 6. _

Recent changes to laws administered by the Federal Department of Education have caught the campus's Financial Aid Office without all of the data the government demands.

"We have complied, but only to satisfy the requirement. A savvy lawyer could say we are not in compliance," said Dean of Student Support Programs, Dr. Kent Backart.

Lauro F. Cavazos, secretary of eduction, published in the June 5,

1989 Federa/Registerchanges to the rules that call for student financial aid. Included are the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) and PLUS programs. GSLs are loans taken out by students and PLUSes are loans taken out by the parents of students.

Among the new changes is a requirement for colleges which do not grant the bachelor's degree to report to students what the graduation and job placement rates are in a specific vocational program before they enroll in that program. These colleges are also now required to track voca-

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"If the main ingredients of the plan are reduction and containment, then that would be perfect," said Takvorian.

The action coincides with therelease of the results of a health risk assessment test which evaluated possible effects of the plant's emissions on the public. The test, conducted by En virologic Data of San Diego at a cost of $100,000, revealed that no significant health risk to the public was posed by the firm's emissions.

In September, Palomar officials asked the county's Air Pollution Control District to run a computer assessmentofSignet'semissions to determine possible effects on students. Signet opted for the more costly health assessment, which SOURCE: Signet Armorlite. Inc utilized actual air samples. years; ''I'm happy itcameoutsuch that • The maximum plausible expoexperts believe that there is no sig- sure by living at the point of maxi. nificant risk," said Carter of the test mumimpact24hoursperdayfor30 results. years; But Takvorian is skeptical of the · • The non-occurring hypothetical risk assessment results. exposure by living at the point of "I haven't seen a risk assessment maximum impact 24 hours per day yet that said a company was going for a lifetime of 70 years. to harm the community," she said.

Based on emissions for 1989, For the assessment, Envirologic Envirologic Data determined the Data evaluated three potential ex- cancer risk in all three scenarios to be less than one person in 100,000. posure scenarios for individuals: • The most likely exposure by liv- According to Dr. Michael Sullivan, ingatthepointofmaximum impact principal scientist/director of the 17 hours per day every day for nine company's risk assessment divi-

GOVERNMENT Associated Student Government: ASG meets Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. in room SU-22.

Inter-Club Council: ICC meets on Feb. 20 at 12:30 p.m. in room SU-19.

CAMPUS CLUBS Campus Advance: Meets Feb. 23 at noon under the clock tower.

Black Student Alliance: Meets Feb. 23 at 12:30 p.m. in room SU-20.

Radio and TV Student Organization: Meets Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. in room Q-1.

Asian Pacific Student Union: Meets Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. in room SU-22.

MEChA: Meets Mondays at 1 p.m. under the clock tower.

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sion, these figures are far below EPA and state health standards.

The test results are currently in the hands of the APCD for review and verification. According to Paul Goggins, director of public relations for the APCD, the department will release its evaluations of the data next month.

Carter said that the implementation of Signet's reduction plan will continue regardless of the risk assessment results.

"We're doing this for our neighbors as well as our employees and families," said Carter.

CLASSES Food service course: A manager training course for food services will be offered March 2 and 3 at the main campus. The class fulfills training requirements mandated by the county for restaurant and bar managers. The one-unit course will meet in room A-12 from 8 a.m. to4:30 p.m. The course is offered at a cost of $5,

plus a $7.50 health insurance fee.

Interested persons must register on or before March 1. For more information call Ext. 2349.

SPECIAL EVENTS Distinguished Faculty Award: Nominations are now open for this year's Distinguished Faculty Award. The purpose of the award is to honor an exceptional member of the faculty. All students, faculty, administrators, staffandcommunitymembersare encouraged to nominate their choice for this prestigious award.

Ballots are located in the library, Student Services Center, Student Union and the Faculty Lounge.

Book contest: The library will be sponsoring its first annual Student Book Contest. Winners of the contest will have his/her collection exhibited in the library during National Library Week, April22-28. For more details call Ext. 2616.

Lip-synch concert: Palomar's radio station, Neo-99 is sponsoring a lip-synch contest March 7, 11:00 - 1:00 in the student union.

Grand prize is over $200.00 in ski equipment or cash. For sign-up info. call744-1150 ext. 5576.

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(continued from page 1) Existing San Marcos campus facilities are expected to reach maximum capacity by 1993-94, and new instructional spaces will be essential to good service, says Facility Planner Cherrie Deuel.

Among the major steps in the college's plan to serve its growing student population will be a $15 million educational center in Poway, adjacent to Rancho Bernardo High School.

The plan includes construction.of a $14.2 million, 88,000-square-foot instructional building on the main campus. The new three-story building will house 10 instructional departments and will replace 10 of the 13 temporary portable buildings that have provided the campus with office and classroom space for more than 15 years.

The building will be built at the present location of Staff Parking Lot 11, near the Student Health Services Building.

Among the subjects that will be taught in the new building are behavioral sciences, speech, reading and nursing, says Dean of Humanities, Dr. Gene Jackson.

"Maintenance problems and costs have increased as each of these temporary buildings has approached the end of its serviceable life," said Deuel. "Not only will the new building replace the outdated temporary facilities, but it will also help accommodate projected enrollment growth."

Renovations and improvements costing $7.8 million are planned in six other buildings (Buildings C, D, E, P, Q and S) on the main campus.

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tiona! students' progress toward graduation and finding a job in the vocation for which the students trained.

The changes are a result of an increase in former vocational students not paying back their loans, a large number of whom took out the loans while enrolled at private, or proprietary, colleges such as beauty or truck-driving schools. A number of these proprietary schools have encouraged students to apply for the federal loans.

The Chronicle ofHigher Education reported that these proprietary schools encourage students to signup for the loans, the students then become discouraged and drop-out, and the schools then pocket the money. The schools enroll new groups of students and the cycle starts again.

According to Mike Flanagan, dir~tor of financial aid, campus · officials were unaware of the new regulations until a Palomar financial aid official attended a conference in December. Flanagan said that official notification did not come until Jan. 3, two days after the start of the mandatory compliance date.

A letter was sent by Backart to Cavazos immediately after the conference expressing concern that Palomar would be unable to comply due to a shortage of funds, manpower, and at-hand data.

"It is going to cost between $100,000 and $150,000 to comply and the benefits are nil," said Backart, "It is not my number-one priority."

Backart also sent a letter to Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., echoing what was written in the letter to Cavazos.

In each case Backart said, "I got a nice form letter back" which told that while they understand the bureaucratic undertaking the new law demands, they see the benefits derived being greater.

Cavazos' office commented in the Federal Register that, " ... the secretary believes that adequate and accurate information is of critical importance to prospective students evaluating the quality of programs."

Backart said that the general idea of letting students know, for example, what the graduation rate is, "has merit ... but it was stupid on the part of the Department of Education to enact the changes without listening to us at the ground level."

Backart said there are over 100 vocational programs at Palomar and his department doesn't have the capability to track all of them.

According to Backart, the information that was disclosed to the Department of Education was "horribly inaccurate ... it is like I copied the alphabet. It was a huge waste of postage and time."

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Photography program snaps up top awards

By Karen Troxell Staff Writer

Students from Palomar's photography program snapped up first place last month at the national "BESELER/AGFA Awards for Excellence on Photographic Education" competition.

The winning photographs will be displayed on a tour in March, starting in Chicago at the Professional Photographers of America convention. From there the exhibit will travel to either museums or other photographic institutions.

Works were submitted from three classes, two beginning and one advanced, to the competition.

The photographs were turned in at the end oflast semester, and judged in January.

One of the entries, submitted by the Elementary Photography and Special Projects classes, was awarded first prize in the college category. This is the first time that BESELER/AGFA has held a contest that judges the work of an entire class.

"What makes this unique among most competitions is that most contests judge an individual contestant, not on a class as a whole," said Tom

Young, head of the photography program.

Not only are the students judged, but the teacher is judged on how well the students' work is done.

"BESELER/AGFA is a sort of marriage between a manufacturer ofequipmentandamanufacturerof light-sensitive materials that came路 together to sponsor a competition which was geared to judge a portfolio of an entire class, from an educational standpoint," he explained.

Young helped his students pick out their two best negatives from last semester, then they printed them on AGFA paper and submitted them by the end oflast semester.

No photographs were taken specifically for the contest. All the photographs entered in the contest were required to be black and white. The BESELER/AGFA contest was held nationwide.

The judges were Norman Rothschild, former senior editor of the magazine Popular Photography, Marge Neikrug, of Neikrug Photographics Ltd., and Jackie Augustine, publisher of Petersons Photographic Magazine.

The contest had two categories, a high school photography category

and a college category. Advanced students and beginners were judged together. There was no cost to the students or the teachers to enter the contest.

The winning c~ss receives $100 worth of material for each student, and the instructor receives $1,500 worth of equipment and supplies for personal use.

"The equipment that I'm trying to negotiate costs more than $1,500. It would be a larger enlarger than the one we have, that would belong to me and I would put it here for the advance classes to use," said Young.

Young says he doesn't know if this is going to be a yearly contest, but said he feels that if it is, the other photography instructors will also enter.

"I feel that any of our classes with any one of our instructors could win," he said.

Some of Young's students enter individual contests. He has had a student that won $1,000 in a magazine competition. The same week that the class found out about winning the BESELER/AGFA contest, one of his students found out that they had won the Rancho Bernardo News contest.

(Photo by Eric Jordan)

Tom Young, head of the photography program, was the recent recipient of a $1,500 award through a national photography contest.

Young's students each were awarded $100 in materials for their contest entries.

No AI OS cases reported; campus evades statistics

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Hankins also said that she feels that if students suspect the least bit that they may have contracted the AIDS virus, then getting tested for AIDS would be a good idea.

Hankins says there are ways to limit exposure to the virus.

"All students should reassess their sexual and drug behavior. Women in particular should develop self-esteem, and not be persuaded into sexual activity they do not choose," she said.

Palomar College has adopted a policy on AIDS which protects the rights of students and staff who are HIV positive. This policy states that students or staff with AIDS will not be discriminated against in terms of ad.mission to the college, student status, participation in educational programs and related campus activities, or in decisions of employee

Even though there are no reported cases of Palomar students who are infected with the AIDS virus, statstically, there should be 1,000 snidents on the Palomar campus who are HIV positive.

Citing recent figures, Director of Student Health Services, Clarice Hankins, said college students,(because of their general age group), are at a great risk of getting the AIDS virus.

"This age group is more prevalent to drug abuse, and unprotected sexual activity. All who are sexually active, (except in a mutual monogamous relationship), should use a condom," said Hankins.

This week is National condom week. Free condoms will be available until supplies last. 路status.

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A possible "second phase" of Palomar college's new transit center is in the worksthe addition of a railroad station.

The station, if it is built, would not begin service until sometime between 1995 and the tum of the century. The train would run from Oceanside to San Diego running adjacent to Highway78.

According to Betty Laurs, manager of marketing at North County Transit District, "the railway system would have approximately 13 stops between Oceanside and San Diego."

Currently, the stop locations haven't been determined yet and there may be a few more than 13.

According to Laurs, when the stop locations are chosen, "each community will have a chance to voice their opinion upon the environmental impact of the train running through their town."

The train would use existing track with some rail realignment from San Marcos to Vista. 'The railroad would cover 22.3 miles and cost an estimated $60 million.

"The money would come from Proposition A (which was passed in 1987 and increased the sales tax by .5 percent)," said Laurs. "A portion of that money from the tax increase has been set aside for the railroad system."

Over a 20 year span, that tax increase comes to an estimated $7.25 billion.

Bids pave not gone out for the railroad station and no date has been set for when they would begin.

Arts~Entertainment Friday, February 16, 1990

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Artists show multi-dimensionality

By Dee Dee Emde Staff Writer This semester the Boehm Gallery is starting off with two new exhibits by artists Miriam Antler Sievers, a sculpter, and Gail Roberts a local painter.

The show, which started Feb. 8, is a combination of oil paintings on canvas, by Roberts, and sculptures made of various types of woods and metals twisted together into abstract formations by Sievers.

"Both artists use what we call an assemblage technique. That is, ifs not just taking one sculptural material and making sculptures, or not just using canvas and paints," said Louise Kirtland Director of the Boehm Gallery.

Robert's half of the exhibition is titled "Game Series". Roberts takes what she sees in nature, like rocks and sticks, and compares them with childhood games, like tic-tac-toe, marbles, and hopscotch.

Roberts uses dark colors to accentuate the feeling of a stormy environment. Joined to the bottoms of her paintings Roberts has games or toys, giving you the feeling that the red rocks that were scattered carelessly around the ground slowly become checkers on a checker board, or the shiny round droplets of rain that fall into a lake become little marbles rolling across a glass surface. ¡ Toy Barbies, little cupie dolls, old hardbacked books and paintedover plastic alphabet pieces are the

various things that Roberts uses as molds on her canvases.

Roberts paintings make a simple statement that just says, look, explore what you think you're seeing and what you're really seeing.

-The other side of the gallery is occupied by the works of Sievers.

She uses different types of woods, such as birch, maple, bendable poplar and combines them with long thin metal wires and musical instruments.

"Her works are inspired by music and sound and they are intuitive expressions. She uses both a soft look with felt and bendable woods and a slightly harder look with metal instruments and wires," said Kirtland.

According to Kirtland these

sculptures range in scale from intimate to larger than life-size, and are exhibited as an installation.

Sievers sculptures give off impressions of sound waves and comparative lines. The sculptures are filled with alot of space, which is an important part of Sievers exhibit.

Some of the sculptures are left dangling from the ceiling while others are jutted straight upward.

Sievers works are left with an unfinished look that allows the observer to complete the thought.

Both Roberts and Sievers art works will be on display in the gallery until March 14. The gallery hours are Tues. 10-4, Wed. and Thurs. 10-7, Fri. 10-2, and Sat. 124.

DJs spin for world harmony

By Kathy Hines Staff Writer Until now, we could only catch the best of reggae, soca and calypso Sunday nights with Makeda Dread and Damaja Le, on 91X Reggae Makossa. No longer do we have to wait until Sunday night to skank to the beat. JusttuneintoNeo 99,98.9 on cable FM on Friday nights, from 7-11 p.m and join Dan Lammers, DJ of the new reggae show.

Lammers is the first to have a reggae show at Palomar College, and Makeda Dread, (teamed with Damaja Le) is the first to have a reggae show on major radio airwaves.

Dan credits the idea for the new reggae show to Tim Harmon, Music Director for Neo 99, "It was his brainchild; the pos.ition was offered to Lammers because of his experience, know-how, and ambition," Reggae DJ, Makeda Dread, plays a world message oflove, peace, said Harmon. and harmony.

Makeda Dread started her spin on XHRM 92.5 about 10 years ago. music played on Reggae Makossa will continue his show at least until The power station, 92.5 said the is carefully selected, and "because the end of the semester, or until he reggae show was "too cultural", so _music and art are the weapons ofthe transfers to San Jose or Long Beach they took Reggae Makossa to 91X. future; we must use them to edu- State College. "While on the They have been quite successful cate, abolish racism, and to pro- air" ,Lammers said, "I will just be there for about six years. Not only is mote peace and love," said Dread. natural... no phony Jamaican Lammers has been attending accent. ..it won'twork" Some of his she a station spinner, but a club DJ Palomar for four semesters now, favorite artists are "Bob Marley and as well. Through the radio, Makeda and earns credit for his reggae show the Wailers, and especially Sly & speaks for Worldbeat Production, through advanced radio production Robbie," who are reggae rappers .. as the artistic director "Love and Dread also likes rap reggae when class.

His goals for the-show are unity, betterment of humankind, there is a message in the music. "It also to educate, learn, help others, and peace ... it's important to have a (see DREAD- page 8) and have fun doing it.

Lammers message," adds Dread. All of the

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"Joggle" (L) and "Wood, Copper, Felt" are two pieces now on display at the Palomar College Boehm Gallery.

THEATER

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Turandot: Presented by Opera Diva: a complex story of tough Pacific at the Orange County Per- realism complete with races forming Arts Center, is a tale of through Paris. Playing in room Pthe far East wherein Prince Calaf 32 Feb. 22 at 7p.m risks his life to win princess Monterey Pop: One of the very Turandot. Performances are Feb. first rock documentarys. Playing 16, 22, 24, and March 4. (714) in room P-32 Feb. 26 at 1 p.m.

979-7000.

Don Giovanni: An Opera Pacific presentation Feb. 2 through Lip-synch concert: Palomar's March 3. Opera by Wolfgang Mozart, a scandelous story of se- radio station, Neo-99 is sponsorduction and intrugue (714) 979- ing a lip-synch contest March 7, 11 t lp.m. in the student union.

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Lovers Leap: Presented at The For sign-up info. call 744-1150 Patio Playhouse, this comedy ext. 5576.

Beethoven Series: Feb. 24 the opens Feb. 16 and runs through March 16. For reservations call Palomar Community Orchestra will perform at 7:30p.m. and on 746-6669.

Feb 25 at 3 p.m. Instructor Peter Jake's Women: A Neil Simon Gach will be the guest pianist. play about how a writer's mental senario spills over into his real 744-1150 ext. 2453.

Metropolitan Brass Quintet: life. The result is women At the At the East County Performing Old Globe Theatre March 8 Arts Center on Feb. 19 and 20. through April 15. For tickets call 440-2277.

239-2255.

MUSIC

CLUBS The Bacchanal: The Hooters Feb. 21. NRBQ on Feb. 23 5608022.

The Belly Up Tavern: Delaney Bramlett Band Feb 17. The Paladins Feb. 18. SharkskinsFeb.19.

International Reggae Stars Feb. 20. 'Call481-9022.

SPECIAL EVENTS E.T.s or are we alone?: Mar. 7, the debate concerning the existance of other life forms will be addressed. Begins at 7 p.m. at the Palomar planetarium and is free to the public.

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True hues of captive breeding muddied Activists have been painting a picture. Their work of art is dark with blues, blacks, purples, and reds. This piece is probably painted with a synthetic fiber brush that is not made ofhair, because these activists deal with animals' rights not to be held captive.

This portrait of animal theme parks is not at all pretty, with recent accusations made against the San Diego Zoo for selling extra animals to hunting facilities and the death of the killer whale Kandu at Sea World soiling the canvas. The beating of Dunda, an African elephant at the Wild Animal Park, can also be added to the canvas.

But this shows only one side of the picture.

What this picture does not show is the need for zoos and animal parks; it does not show the vibrant successes.

Picture this, if you will. When the Wild Animal Park opened, it acquired seven of the remaining nine oryx. This white antelope is believed to be the originator of the unicorn myth. In the last 16 years, the Park has bred over 180 oryx, bringing them off the endangered species list. These animals have also been introduced back into the wild where their population is still growing.

Now the painting is a little brighter.

Picture this. Sea World has taken hundreds of lost, hurt, or beached sea animals into their care. With their help, these animals have been nursed back to good health and released back into the ocean.

Locally, the list of animals brought off the endangered and threatened lists, or saving injured animals, is long. It is humans who put the animals at the verge of extinction and it is their responsibility to save them. The oryx 's story is only one example; there is also the white rhino, the cheetah, the lowland gorilla, and the California condor to name a few more.

There is hope; there is only one hope-zoos and animal parks.

Although the breeding of these animals is the main purpose, zoos also serve in other capacities.

Education is another big goal. Instructing people about how animals live and survive, and how they are now threatened, will help stop the problem at its source. Education also teaches people to learn about animals that are not native to their region.

Animal parks have been given several black splotches on their own canvas, but the painting under the splatters is quite beautiful.

Hopefully, the finished picture is a little brighter with yellows, whites, oranges, and greens. If not for the captivity and breeding of these animals, there will be only one thing to remember what these animals looks like ... pictures.

Jonathan Young Staff Writer

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This publication welcomes letters from readers concerning campus issues, articles written or college activities.

We reserve the right to edit for space considerations and not to publish if The Telescope deems the letter to contain lewd or libelous comments or implications. Letters will not be published if their purpose is to advertise.

Letters must be typewritten and signed by the author; letters from organizations must have the signature of the president/chair.

Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of The Telescope's editorial board and staff. Other editorials written by staff members are the opinion of that individual writer and do not reflect the views of The Telescope.

Editorials do not necessarily reflect the view of any agent of the Palomar Community College District.

Questions, as well as letters to the editor maybe sent to: The Telescope 1140 W. Mission Rd. San Marcos, CA 92083 or dropped off at our office, TCB-1.

Senate bill addresses need for more classrooms Crowded classrooms. It is probably all too apparent to you that colleges, such as Palomar, are bursting at the seams, given the ever increasing record enrollments being set. Little wonder, the word is out that a quality education can be had for less money here than at a four-year school; indeed, a study conducted by the California State University System showed that transfers from Palomar did better than students who started at a CSU campus. What's a governing board to do when the campus they oversee is too success.ful and they do not have the money to construct more classrooms?

One thing that you can do is support the passage of California Senate Bill147. The bill would put before the voters either in June or November a $900 million bond issue to finance new classrooms for the UC, CSU, and California Community College Systems.

Officials here hope to receive approx. $42 million, according to Facility Planner, Charrie Deuel. The $42 million will be used to construct a $14.2 million instructional building to be located in the parking lot between the business/computer science and mathematics buildings. The money would also be used to start construction of a $15 million regional campus at Poway, another $11 million regional campus at Fallbrook and six remodels of existing main campus structures.

Assemblyman John Vasconcellos, who is chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means committee started discussion of the bill last Wednesday. Passage of SB 147 outofthecommitteeandonto t~eAssembly floor is uncertain, given voter sentiment for reducing government spending and "no new taxes."

I urge you, along with Palomar's Superintendent/

Editor's Commentary Mark Hopkins President, George Boggs, Faculty Senate President, Pat Schwerdtfeger, President of the CCE/AFT, Ruth Tait, and Chair of the Administrative Association, Lynda Halttunen, to write to Chairman Vasconcellos, as well as our local representatives, Assemblyman Robert Frazee and Senator William Craven, and tell them of your support for Senate Bill147. I also ask that you support lobbying efforts that are being made in behalf of the bill by making a contribution to California for Community Colleges.

Assemblyman John Vasconcellos Room6026 Sacramento, CA 95815 Assemblyman Robert Frazee 3088 Pio Pico Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 Senator William Craven 2121 Palomar Airport Road Carlsbad, CA 92008 Contributions for California for Community Colleges may be sent through college President George Boggs' office.

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Campus has rich archaeological history

By Cris Fraser Staff Writer While scurrying to class, students pass relics of a 3,000-year-old Native American village. According to Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Anthropology Dennis O'Neil, there are 13 known archaeological sites on the campus. All13 have been investigated; two have been excavated.

Steve Crouthamel, American Indian studies associate professor, describes the entire campus as "an ancient site." An ongoing debate concerns which particular Native American tribe once inhabited this region.

Crouthamel thinks they were probably predecessors of the San Luis Rey Luseiios.

"It was probably a seasonal camping area.

On their way to and from the coast, they stopped here and camped out on the terraces on the side of the hills along what was once the San Marcos Creek," Crouthamel explains.

Some archaeological sites were destroyed during the 1940s, he says. Back then, there were no laws to protect such places. Then, in 1975, bulldozers destroyed three layers of what was a potentially good archaeological dig site located in the Arboretum. ''I'm sure we lost a lot of artifacts there," says O'Neil.

In 1985, the college' s Environmental Project Committee was formed. Since then, no bulldozing or construction work was done on the campus's surrounding area without first consulting the committee.

"We can do work near or on an archaeological site but only if a committee member has inspected and approved the proposed work site," says Mike Ellis, DirectorofBuildingsand Grounds.

O'Neil does not want to disclose the exact locations of previous and future archaeological sites for fear of looters. He explains that they usually take items and sell them at swap meets.

Several years ago, two former archaeology students were caught looting a site. According to Crouthamel, the looters may be archaeology students who know the location of the sites curious passers-by, or even professional archaeologists.

In O'Neil's words. looters commit an act of "desecration and total disregard and disrespect of Native American history and culture."

O'Neil says that whenever human remains are found, the Native American community is informed about it. The American Indian Studies department is also notified.

Crouthamel adds, "We try to act as a liaison between theAnthropology Department and the Indian community."

"We share a common interest," says O'Neil.

A major archaeological dig took place from 1977-80 at a location near the campus's back parking lots. Radio-carbon dating indicated the site was between 1565-1665 years old. However, obsidian hydration dating placed the site to be from 1100 B.C. O'Neil explains that the site was inhabited earlier at around 1100 B.C., and then abandoned for a long period of time. Then, at around

(Photo by Eric Jordan)

Dennis O'Neil, associate professor of behavioral sciences, has lead many archaeological expeditions on the Palomar College campus.

2,600 years later, it was used again. Over 65,000 artifacts were unearthed from this dig, including grinding implements, fragments of stone bowls and potteries, spear and arrow points, scraping and hammering tools, beads, pendants, and various ornaments.

Crouthamel says that one of the most fascinating items found was a medicinal pipe. "It was used for both smoking tobacco and as a 'sucking pipe,' or curing pipe," explains Crouthamel.

O'Neil says that American Indian tribes believed that some illnesses were the result of an object intruding into the body.

Through a lengthy ceremony, the shaman would "suck" the object out with the pipe, and present it to the ill person' s family.

All recovered artifacts are cataloged and reports are written about them.

"We have been trying to get some sort of small museum built and perhaps a bigger lab built," says Crouthamel. "But it' s still on the line."

Crouthamel believes there could still be several untouched archaeological sites on the campus. 0 'Neil plans to conduct another dig with the Anthropology 5 class this fall. The site will be at a location approximately 10 minutes from the campus.

Students seek 'new realities' in Psych class

By Traci Rossman Staff Writer Do you seek escape through addiction? If so, says Sally Hill, professor of a new psychology course at Palomar entitled "Altered States of Consciousness," you are seeking to escape from attachment to life.

"There are addictive and non-addictive ways of doing anything," Hill explains.

In addition to studying of the addictive personality, her class explores various states of consciousness. Dreams, hypnosis, meditation, drug-induced mental states, and neardeath experiences are food for thought.

"It is very natural for all life forms to seek out altered forms of consciousness," says Hill. "We should explore various ways to do this, and none of them should be used in such a way that they become addictive."

Hill's students are encouraged to participate in a complete departure from the realm of the senses by way of a flotation tank.

Known as "sensory deprivation," the process involves floating in a saline-saturated, antigravity water tank where the temperature matches normal body temperature. This frees

Altered States of consciousness the brain from all sensory input, allowing the subject to experience visual hallucinations and startling psychological and emotional insight, adds Hill.

Students in the class can experience sensory deprivation at a discount rate at the Floating Station in Solana Beach.

Through hypnosis, students actually create

their own positive and negative hallucinations, which can be auditory, visual, or tactile. One of the course objectives is for each student to apply hypnotic technique to make positive behavioral changes in their life, such as quitting smoking, stress reduction, weight reduction, or athletic achievement.

Student Clay Clift is enthusiastic about the course. "There's a lot of (information) that comes out of this class that you can apply to your life, and Sally is really open. She makes you feel like you can talk (in class)."

"And it's so interesting," Debbie Bullen adds. "You never get bored in here" She describes the course content as "everything you've ever wanted to understand about yourself." ¡ A video was recently shown to the class that examined the content of dreams in relation to the age of the dreamer. It explained that the dreams of children under age 10 usually involve some threatening force, like a monster. Adolescent dreams, on the other hand, tend to involve some embarrassing social situation, such as appearing naked in the school corridor.

Afterwards, Hill shared her own know!-

edge of dream theory with the class. "I am among the school of psychologists who believe that dreams do have meaning, but I don't agree with Freud's theory of universal symbols of sexual repression in dreams."

In discussing the general characteristics of an altered state of consciousness, Hill remarked that ordinary incidents seem to take on a striking importance, especially while in a drug-induced state." Artists under the influence of LSD have created works which they thought were incredibly significant, but when evaluated by objective, unaltered critics, were found to be lacking in artistic value."

In addition, students examine the meditative methods of Buddists and Hindus by actually meditating. Hill describes the lesson: "We do a candlelight meditation exercise using a mantra (an auditory focus).We also concentrate on a yantra (a visual focus)."

Films, videos, and guest lecturers are among the instructional techniques employed in studying states of consciousness.

Three guest lecturers are scheduled to speak

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Friday, February, 16, 1990

Disabled skiiers came, saw and carved so-me turns at Lake Tahoe

By Ken Baurmeister Sports Editor

So, what did you do over the semester break? Eat some good food, unwrap a present or two, go party a little over New Year's Eve, send a transcript here or there, and maybe even read a book. Whatever it was, was probably less taxing than what Ruth Tait, Ron Haynes, and Tony Lynds did over a few days in January.

They took 23 physically and mentally handicapped students in two groups for four days each to Alpine Meadows ski resort on Lake Tahoe to do some skiing. The destination was not chosen because of its scenic location or having one of the best snow condition in this state at the time; the reason was much simpler than that. "It is the only ski school for handicapped individuals in California," said Lynds.

The itinerary for the two trips was rigorous enough to upset even the most seasoned traveller. "The first group left Palomar by van at 2:30 in the morning," said Lynds now smiling at the unusual departure time "and we got up there at 4 p.m. the same day, unpacked, ate dinner, and were on the slopes at 8:30a.m. the next day."

The students had three full days of skiing, two hours in the morning and two in the afternoon.

Mter the trip was over for the first group they were driven to the Sacramento Airport, were Lynds and Tait put them on a flight back to San Diego. One day later they picked up the second troop which they then . drove to Lake Tahoe.

For accommodation a four bedroom two bath house was rented that also had a big recreational room. Since one student had a private aid and one father joined his son, the population of the house soared up to 16 persons, "making things a little crowded," as Lynds added.

Enough firsts were achieved by the students to write their own book. "Some of the students have never been away from home," said Lynds, "Most have never flown or been in the snow, and none had ever skied."

The motto for the ski school is 'If! can do this, I can do anything.'

Every skier has at least one instructor with them at all times to help them use their equipment. The students used gear that accommodated for their handicaps. The gambit ranged from sit-skiand tethered skis for the athletes with mobility problems to normal skis for the blind skiers.

The rewards for Tait and Lynds made getting two to three hours of sleep per night worth it. "Tony and I are trying in three days to at least give them a taste of independence in learning to make their own decisions." Living in close quarters forced the students interact and learn from each other. As Lynds said "More independent students were setting a good example for others that were not as self-sufficient."

"The benefits of the independent living skill that they learned," said Tait, "the self esteem that was built, just learning to live away from home and around other

(Photo by Ruth Tait)

Blind skiier Marilyn Kirchner (right) is being kept on track by verbal instructions from two guides.

people, I think were of equal value to the lessons learned in the ski classes." The students needed very little time to apply some of the lessons learned on those trips to the real world. Tait spoke of one woman that when caught in a awkward situation with her wheel chair was using some of the same moves that she learned on the slopes to

Faces and places in the news • There is a good chance that John McEnroe will behave like an angel at the French Open. After getting fined $6,500 at the Australian Open, all he needs is $1,000 more in fines before getting disqualified from the next Grand Slam Tournament, Wimbledon.

• Scott Barrick, Palomar's quarterback for the championship winning football team has signed with a little known school, Stephen F. A us tin University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

• The only lucky break that the Clippers had so far was that point guard Gary Grant broke only a nonweight bearing bone in his leg. The team deserves more respect because with all their misfortunes they are just a tad below 500.

• Joe Montana vs. John Elway. There is nothing more to say.

• Steve Garvey was fired from his job as a sports talk show host from XTRA, but has found a new one at Prime Ticket cable network where he will be hosting a series of charity events called The Steve Garvey Pro Celebrity Series. (I wonder how they came up with that name). He will be moving to L.A. soon since nothing is keeping him in San Diego. Alimony checks can always be mailed.

• Willie Shoemaker, 58, the most winningest jockey, finally retired. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1958. In his 40,350th and fmal race he placed fourth on Patchy Groundfog. That the other jockeys didn't let him win proves that friendship and respect stop when money comes into the picture.

There is no other way to run a racetrack.

• Unless Michael Jordan starts to pass instead of

help her out of predicaments.

"And we had one young lady who is head injured,"said Tait, "who felt so good about what was accomplished on the trip that she is looking for a job now. That is a big step."

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• The title fight between Tyson and Douglas smells like one of the biggest scandal to disgrace professional sports. Thanks to Don King it is proven that money does stink. At the end of the tenth round when Douglas knocked Tyson into reality one of the Japanese judges had Tyson ahead, while the other had him tied with Douglas. Only the American had Douglas in the lead.

Had Tyson not been knocked down he would have kept his belts despite providing Douglas with nothing more than a swelling target. The two judges were either bribed, incompetent or scared; possibly a combination of the aforementioned.

And according to Lynds "physically they were really challenged and most people don't realize that to get up at six in the morning, get yourself dressed, get breakfast, load the van when it's 15 degrees outside, unload the van, walk through the snow to the ski school is a major test right there without even skiing."

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Dread (continued from page 4) provides a bridge between them and gets more people involved."

Some of her favorite music beats are reggae, calypso, soka, salsa, African, juju beat, sokous (a new African beat), and fela.

Dread likes the upbeat stuff, as Lammers does, but also devotes radio space to the slower "conscience music" as well.

Makeda Dred believes the secret to life is meditation.

"Everyone should spend 15 minutes in the morning for positive affirmation, and 15 minutes every night for review of the day ... pick a spot to do this, and call it your own space, to go in time of trouble ... center yourself as the center of the universe

everyday" adds Dread.

When "recharging yourself' in your space, Dread recommends using incense, crystals, a picture of your hero, favorite book, or anything else of great value to you.

According to Dread, "The longer you live in the city, the more aggressive you become,you need to be able to getaway."

Dan Lammers said he met Makeda Dread and Damaja Le down in Tijuana at Club '0' , where they introduced Palo Ban Tan. They just might meet again next semester. Makeda said she planned to take radio and TV classes at Palomar.

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Altered (continued from page 6) this semester on the topics of sensory deprivation, meditation, and co-dependency.

The class is currently studying the sleep stages of rapid eye movement (known as R.E.M., or dreamtime), as well as sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, a condition characterized by sudden, uncontrollable attacks of R.E.M. sleep.

With her master's in psychology, Hill has been teaching classes such as Altered States at

Bakersfield Community College for the past 20 years. This year, Hill is teaching at Palomar as part of the Faculty Exchange Program.

Students Clift and Bullen agree that if 'Tiore students knew about Psycho · '"~gy 20A, the class would be 'acked. They hope that, further ·wn the road, all Palomar students will have sweet dreams about "Altered States of Consciousness."

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