Physical Therapy
Spirit of Co1npetition
New developments in the Physical Therapy field are explored. Lifestyle I Page 10
The physically challeng~d compete in Palomar's 15th Annual Physically Limited Sports Day. Sports I Page 13
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Volume 46, Number 20
DC march unites gays By Christine Doan Staff Writer ''We're queer and we're here to stay," was the cry raised at the national Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual march April25, according to Palomar students who traveled to Washington to participate. Four members of Palomar's Gay and Lesbian Association, including GALA founder and ASG senator Jon Bazan, represented the college at the largest Gay pride event since the first gay rights march in 1968, he said. Theprotestconsist¢ofnumerous seminars, speeches, and activities. Petitions were circulated asking for support against the military's ban on gays. Protestors were also able to "adopt a senator" to lobby for homosexual rights, Bazan said. He said the issues brought before a mostly absent Congress Friday were homosexual health issues, civil disobedience against gays, legalizing of gay marriages and other civil rights issues. At one instance, the movement was met with opposition during the march on Sunday, Bazan said. He said a conservative group
tried to provoke the marchers by carrying signs that read "Fags Burn in Hell" and other negative comments aimed at the homosexual marchers. "They then threw a box (that was) on frre into the street in front of the marchers, but we continued to march and chant 'Shame, shame,' to them," Bazan said. Even before GALA went to the march, they were faced with opposition from students who were protesting the ASG decision to provide matching funds for the trip of upto$1,500from the Student Representation Fund. Despite the obstacles, Bazan said the gay community viewed · the march as a success and compared it with Martin Luther King's civil rights march 30 years ago. "We are hoping that an event as big as this will make the next generation of gay people grow up inabealthierenvironment,"besaid. Palomar student and protestor Tony Rubalcava said be enjoyed being with people who believed in the issues be does and were not hostile to the gay rights cause. "It was nice to be a majority instead of a mintority," be said. '"'h:re was !0 nnh ca:naabie."
The communal atmosphere was reflected throughout the whole event, said Rubalcava. ''The choir chorus at the Capitol was such an emotional high," he said. Emotions ran high when participants saw the nationally compiled AIDS quilt and AIDS art work, according to Bazan. There was also a canvas on which protestors wrote the names of people who died of AIDS, said Bazan. "I must have searched for 20 minutes to fmd a tiny space to write the name of someone I knew," he said Air Force veteran Donald Scott, who also participated in the event, marched with gay soldiers to the Vietnam Memorial. "Seargent Ben Shalom lead us past the police who tried to block our way to the Wall. We left rainbow flags all up and down the memoriaL" Scott said. Dorthy Shindler, mother of gay sailor Alan Shindler, gave a moving speech in honor of all the gay servicemen and women, Bazan said. Shindlerwasreportedlymurdered after disclosing his homosexuality. • See MARCH, page 3
Palomar says yes to Ngo By Roger Fregoso Staff Writer In the only Associated StudentGovernmentposition being contested, Denny Ngo was announced the new ASG President Wednesday night after the twoday student elections. With over 363 students voting Apri127-28, Ngo was victorious over Presidential candidate Robert Jenkins by a difference of92 votes. "This is just the beginning. There is a lot of work ahead of us," said Ngo after the ballots were counted. The six senatorial seats up for grabs were filled by new and current senators who ran unopposed. Sue Martin, 32, moved her way into the the executive vice presidential seat, Joseph Coyle, 30, was promoted to vice president of social affairsand brother Jim Coyle, 22, is new vice president of state affairs. The three new ASG Senators are Sharon Hubbard, 42, Jenika Whitehead, 19, and Jennifer Naegele,18. The new panel will be sworn in at the May 5 ASG meeting.
Jenkins said he will continue to be involved with ASG. ''They're not going to get me out that easily," said Jenkins. "I'm going to be working my way back in there. I'll apply for a senatorial seat." Ngo, a 23-year-old international business major, said one of his flrst duties will be to continue the fight against the proposed enrollment fee hikes. "I will fight to make sure that our legislatures don't take advantage ofour college students," Ngo said. "I will make sure that education remains successful, affordable and accessible for everyone." With two years experience in ASG and one year as chairman of the Inter-Club Council, Ngo succeeds his friend and current ASG President Lowell Kepics. "I definitely have big shoes to fill," said Ngo. "Although I will look to (Kepics) for advice, mostly I'll focus on the issues as they come along." According to ASG Election Committee Chair Jackie Sopp, "I thought there was a lot of support with only one position being contested. The turnout by
Denny Ngo voters was great" She added that the other committee members who helped make this year's election successful were Shawn Gill, Garrett Collins and Jon Bazan. Although the top executive seats were filled, the student panel is without a replacement treasurer. The treasurer' s position and more senatorial seats will become vacant at the end of the semester as transferring ASG members resign from the panel.
HEALTH FAIR Student Sally Fields gets her cholesteral checked in the Student Union by an attendant at the North County Health Services booth at the Health Fair on April28.
Chancellor's team calls for hiring policy reforms By Paul Raineri Staff Writer Staff members involved with faculty hiring at Palomar have been challenged to change a system that has failed to produce a diverse faculty, according to Margie Ruzich, faculty senate president . On April22, a state chancellor's technical assistance team told school leaders that Palomar's current faculty hiring policy would not pass a state compliance board and would need to undergo a complete overhaul. Ruzich, who bad previously begun work on revising the hiring policy, said that some suggestions made by the team would be adopted and others would not A few key suggestions that Ruzich agreed with include raising the initial amount of candidates for a position, using subjective criteria such as teaching ability rather than years of experience, creating diverse selection committees, including community members if necessary, and finally, improving communications between selection committees and the aff111lliltive action officer. John Dice, associate professor of counseling, thought the April22 presentation made by team coordi-
nator J obn Madden sounded diplomatic but didn't address the question of existing racism on campus. "If people wanted to hire minorities, we wouldn't have this problem in the flrst place," Dice said. "Itwouldn'tmatterwhatpolicies we used." In Madden's presentation, he praised the people in attendance and commented that the people not present were part of the problem. He went on to salute students, staff andcommunitymembers who protested and became involved with the issue of minority hiring. "It has to be the people who are affected by the problem who stand up and make sure that people are doing they're jobs," Madden said. Governing Board member Dr. Rita White, who attended the team's presentation, wrote a memo to her colleagues urging them to take a stronger role in solving the hiring problem. After noting that the Board exhibited a lack of responsibility in its policy-making,White wrote that she is making "a plea from me to you to take the bull by the horns and begin acting like a Governing Board should act. " Some suggestions she offered her co-members were to take part
• See lllRING, page 3