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Vietnamese restaurant offers a wide selection of Oriental cuisine. Lifestyle I Page 10
Palomar's solfball team, the number one team in the state, triumphed over the second place team Tuesday. Sports I Page 13
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Volume 46, Number 18
Five-point plan resolves diversity protest By Paul Raineri
Staff Writer An 11-day student demonstration protesting Palomar's inadequate minority faculty hiring practice came to an end April 2, when Palomar officials and student leaders signed an agreement. The document consisted of five points: the formation of a task force, a recommendation for Palomar Governing Board members and employees to take cultural awareness courses by May 15, a recommendation that the student Board member have an advisory vote, that dialogue remain open between students and administrators and, finally, that the demonstration be stopped. According to Robert Jenkins, president of the Afrikan-American Student Alliance, the key to the agreement was the formation of the task force which will be composed of minority students as well as faculty members. "We still have a list of demands that needs to be worked on," said Jenkins. ''The forming of the task force was the most important demand because it can work on • See PLAN, page 3
~-~:....:.-.....;.......::i::~Mike Ul,llii<I~IUJJ '?!~~~ Students marched and camped out in protest over Palomar's poor minority faculty hiring record the end ofMarch. The protest ended April2 after a plan was introduced to increse minority faculty members and educate staff about cultural diversity.
New task force created to monitor faculty diversity By Michael Barder
News Editor Minority groups have stood up to be recognized in their quest to put more minorities on staff and in faculty positions on campus. AccordingtoDr.GeorgeBoggs, president/superintendent of PalomarCollege,STANDUP(Students Teachers Actively Nurturing Diversity and Understanding in Palomar) was formed as a task force that would help raise the number of minorities on staff and faculty positions on campus. ''The STANDUP was a task
force that was formed out of the agreement that we made with the protesters," said Boggs. Student minority groups such as MEChA and AASA were protesting thelackofminoritieson the faculty, and they vowed to remain camped out until their demands were met, said Ana PradoVerduzco, president of MEChA. Although the protest was started by MEChA and AASA, other groups are welcome to participate as long as the main goal and objectives are adhered to, said Conrado Alvarez, a member of MECbA. "All of these organizations are
welcome to support us, but (they have to remember) what our original focus was," he said. With STANDUP to help them, minorities are working with the Governing Board and the Faculty Senate to help them, said Boggs. Candice Frances, associate professor of life science, said that by allowing more groups to be involved, MEChA is actually gaining more power. "The way to achieve what you want is to be more inclusive, not exclusive," she said. "The minute I give up the power, is the minute I have that power."
Candidates sought for ASG election By Roger Fregoso
Staff Writer
FOUR OF A KIND ••• From left te·rigbt: Singers Don Royer, Di~k Stern, Jim Boler, and Randy Conner, also known as the Headline Barbershop Four sang in four-partbarmonf at the Spring F~,Athree-~yevent~lebrating~e be~ning of spring.
Spring elections for Associated Student Government officers are in two weeks and according to the election committee chairman, students have shown a lot of interest. ''There is a good response from people taking out packets," said ASGElectioncommitteechairman Jackie Sopp. However, she added that by Wednesday evening only
four students had returned their packets and obtained eligibility to begin campaigning. The deadline to return packets is Tuesday, April 20. Candidates must live in the Palomar College District, have a 2.0 grade point averageand200studentsignatures. Theelectionsare slated for April 27-28 in the Student Union. Polls will be open from 8 am.-2 p.m. both days and 6 p.m.-9 p.m. so that evening stUdents may vote. The
committee is still negotiating setting up a polling booth at the Escondido satellite center. Candidates will vie for the president's seat, the three vicepresident's seats, and three senatorial seats. Sopp said more senatorial seats may become vacant before and after the elections as current ASG members, who are transfering to other schools, resign. Student apathy in voting is an• Please see ASG, page 12