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ASG takes Telescope to publication board Senator not content with letter
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By Amy Alexander Entertainment Editor
Discontent over the handling of a letter, presented to the Palomar College Student Publications Board last week, was brought to the attention of the Associated Student Government on Wednesday by Senator David Whitemarsh. According to Whitemarsh, who attended last week's publications board meeting, not all of the senators were asked for their input concerning the contents of the letter, which dealt with a recent article published about the ASG in the Telescope. "I feel -that we, as senators, were not represented correctly (at the meeting)," Whitemarsh told government members at the ASG's March 21 meeting. He pointed, in particular, to five questions addressed in the letter concerning journalistic ethics. ASG President John Weber and senators Lisa Hatch and Sean Nix gave their views on Whitemarsh's presentation in an interview after the meeting. Weber said he partially agreed
After reading a March 2 article in The Telescope entitled "ASG charged with by-law violations," Associated Student Government officials last week charged The Telescope with printing "sensationalized fiction" and called for a Student Publications Board meeting to discuss the article. At the meeting however, the ASG made a plea for harmony between the student government and the newspaper. No official action was taken at the March 15 meeting which was attended by members of the ASG, The Telescope staff, and the publications board. At the meeting, ASG President John Weber said he felt the article "focused on a narrow aspect of student government." He added, "We hope to move on to areflection of a broader scope of student representation." The article dealt with a student'scharge, at a Feb. 28 meeting; that the student government was holding an illegal meeting because an agenda for the meeting had not been provided in accordance with the ASG constitution and the state's public meeting laws. The student, Rebecca Zimmerman, wanted the meeting nullified to block a proposed relocation of the Student Information Center by the ASG. A letter, written by the ASG to Assistant Superintendent/Vice President Dr. Jan Moser, stated, "to someone in attendance at the student government meeting on Feb. 28, the article in question would appear to be sensationalized fiction." The meeting convened to reconcile five questions posed by the ASG, including: "Is yellow journalism appropriate for a college newspaper?" and "What is the mission of The Telescope?" During the meeting, the author of the article, The Telescope's News Editor Larry Boisjolie, explained the processes he went through to get the information for the story and stated, "there was no malice involved whatsoever in regards to the ASG." Telescope staff members addressed the five questions posed by the ASG by saying that yellow journal-
(see CONFLICT- page 3)
(see MEETING - page 3)
By Roman Koenig Feature Editor
(Photo by Roman Koenig)
Karen Boyer, a student teacher in the child development program, s!Jares the joy of discovery when 3-year-old Mitchel Cracker finds a branch for a collection of nature items on an outing last week. The group hiked to the campus's Arboretum.
Bengalis learn from Palomar By Mark Hopkins Editor-in-Chief Seeking ideas to improve their campuses, six professors from Bangladesh are literally going around the world to meet with college administrators, professors, and students in the United States. This week Palomar College was one of their stops. Meeting with Superintendent/ President, Dr. George Boggs and his executive staff on March 21, the visiting faculty discussed the differences between the Bengali and the American public college/ university systems.
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Associate Professor of Islamic History and Culture, Dr. Abu Yusaf, emphasized the different roles of administrators and professors in Bangladesh and the United States. "In Bangladesh professors are teachers and administrators and sometimes researchers, in your country administration and faculty are quite distinct entities, " said Yusaf. He went on to say that the Bengali education system is based upon the English model, left over from the time when Bangladesh was a British colony. Higher education, according to
Yusaf, is broken up into two parts - college and . university. The division is somewhat parallel to going to Palomar to earn an associate's degree and then going on to San Diego State University to earn a bachelor's degree. In a meeting with Student Services officials, a member of the delegation asked Vice President of Student Services, Dr. David Chappie, about the role students play in administrative affairs. Chappie said that student organizations, such as the Telescope and the Associated Student
(see BENGALIS- page 2)
Freedom expressed • 1n student artwork By Rikki Org StaffWriter Where the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe. Thomas Jefferson, 1816. This is one of 14 quotes etched on a sculpture entitled "America" that now resides in front of the Palomar College library. The sculpture is the brainchild of Paul Weber, an arts major at Palomar. It took nearly six months for Weber to construct, design, and assemble the pieces for the artwork, which is made up of seven polished aluminum letters
that spell out the word "America." The quotes that embellish the piece were chosen came from a list of about 100. Weber researched and pulled quotes of famous sayings. He then organized them into a notebook and distributed them among his ¡ friends. Together they chose the ones that they felt were the best. "I made the final decision. Each quote on the sculpture represents my personality and reflects the way I feel. It represents me," said
(see AMERICA- page 2)