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The Telesco Friday, October 26, 1990
Palomar College, 1 140 West Mission Road. San Marcos CA 92069-1 487
Volume 44. Number 7
Candidates debate teacher evaluations By Fred Tracey News Editor Candidates running for two seats on Palomar's Governing Board agreed that major issues facing the college in coming years are dealing with increasing ('nroll-
ment and more parking spaces. The four candidates vying for the seats participated in a forum Wednesday night on campus. Incumbent Dr. Robert Dougherty and newcomers Darrell Gentry, Ron Hellestad and Harold Scofield fielded questions submit-
ted to a screening panel. Two of the questions answered were submitted from the Associated Student Government. The ASG submitted questions relating to instructor evaluations and the candidates making themselves accessible to students.
The ASG is currently working on a plan in which students will evaluate their instructors. These evaluations would be compiled in a booklet and be made available to students. All candidates felt that while evaluations are important, the job of evaluating should be left to department heads. "This could cause a lot of difficulty and a lot of problems," Ron Helestad said. Regarding accessability, can-
dictates said they would strive to be available to the students. "I think we need to seek out more avenues of communication from the students," Robert Daughtery, Jr. said. Candidate Harold Scofield said communication between students and the board needs to be "more cordial." He said he would favor placing suggestion boxes on the campus and at the satellite centers to receive input from the students.
Student government reviews candidates for vice president By Laura Woolfrey Campus Beat Editor The decision of who would proceed former Associated Student Government Vice President Jason Van Foeken was postponed due to a tie between candidates nominated last week by the ASG Senate. Van Foeken resigned last week because his position as vice president conflicted with his studies. Candidates for vice president, Angela Snedeker, Rob Aikens and Timothy Platt, presented their
arguments to the student government last Wednesday. Aikens received the largest amount of votes in the first round of voting while Platt and Snedeker tied for second place. Because of the tie, a second vote was taken to decide who would run against Aikens in the final round of elections, but again the two candidates tied 5 to 5. It wasn't until the third round of voting that Platt was nominated to run against Aikens one on one.
(see CANDIDATES- page 3)
Administrator urges ASG to 'get the ball rolling' By Fred Tracey News Editor
Out on a limb These children from the Child Development Center happened upon this pumpkin made out of a plastic garbage bag filled with leaves, which was hanging from a tree on the playground. Just as these pictures were taken, they began to tear it open to see what was inside. Kathy Hines/Staff Photos
Palomar's Associated Student Government was asked Wednesday by a campus administrator if they would get the ball rolling again on the construction of a new student center. The California State Senate passed a bill last year allowing students to vote on voluntarily paying a fee which would go towards the construction of new student facilities. Bryant Guy, Palomar's contracts director, asked the ASG senate if they would get the support of the students to build a student center. Students voted on the proposed fee last spring, but the proposal failed. Student senator Rob Aikens said the ASG didn't have enough time to disseminate information about the proposed student center. Another speculation of why the proposal failed is that
students don't want to pay for something that is going to be built down the road. "The college isn't going to give us the money, so we're going to have to get out there and get it," Aikens said. Guy countered Aikens' statement by saying that it's not that the college won't give them (the ASG) the money for the student center, but that the college doesn't have the money for such a facility. The fees, as allowed by the State Senate, would be $1 per unit up to a maximum of$10each year. Aikens said there isn't room in existing facilities to hold special activities, and that some students might be displaced when the Student Union is full on rainy days. Guy said that plans were drawn up for a center to be located between the Student Union and the Student Services Center.
(see CENTER- page 3)