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Student Is Suspended Following Complaints • 3 Women Allege Sexual Harassment Kelley Brewer Staff Writer
•Complaints of sexual harassment flood Campus Patrol office. See page 3. College officials have suspended for two
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Palomar students explored the rain forest and marine biology of the Caribbean island of Dominica in a field studies class offered by the Life Sciences Department durin& semester break. For more see page 6.
years a student who allegedly sexually harassed three women on campus. The student, Joe Jones, has been notified of the disciplinary action by Jim Bowen, director of student activities. "He can request a hearing if he wants to but he has got to get some treatment before we let him back (on campus)," Bowen said. Jones, who has been in the disabled student services program, has a history of sexually harassing females, according to campus security officials at both Miracosta and Palomar colleges. In three ~te complaints filed whh Palomar's campus patrol in the past two weeks, the women charged that Jones verbally sexually harassed them, and in one incidenttouched one of them on the buttocks. He has not been charged or arrested by law enforcement in connection with any of the incidents. Jones was previously suspended last June for allegedly harassing two staff members according to Bowen. He was permitted back on campus for the spring semester through an agreement with Ron Haines, the director of Disabled Student Programs and Services. The suspension expired at the beginning of this semester, but the first week of school, Jones allegedly harassed one female student on three separate occasions: following her around, meeting her at the bus stop, asking her sexually oriented questions and at one point
putting his hands on her buttocks, according to a Campus Patrol report. On Feb. 3, when Jones met the victim for the second day in a row, she contacted Campus Patrol officials. On Feb. 4, Jones was reported harassing two other female students. One of the victims, who asked to remain anonymous, was taking a break from her art class when Jones approached her. "He came over and introduced himself as Joe, and sat closely next to me on the bench. He was looking me up and down - leering at me. I felt violated and scared when he was talking to me," she said. A classmate of the victim also approached by Jones asked her questions such as "Do you feel pain?'' and ''What makes you happy?" according to the Campus Patrol report. Another report was filed by a witness who observed Jones allegedly harassing a woman on her way to her car in parking lot 9. Jones' history of harassing females goes back to 1991,according to the District Supervisor of Campus Security for Miracosta College in Oceanside, Robert Norcross. "He harassed females- put his arms around them- hung around in certain areas," Norcross said. See STUDENT, page 3
Controversial Nation of Islam Days Are Rough For Transplanted Shop Speaker Packs Board Room •Education is Focus of Speech By Islamic Minister Alex Ebel Staff Writer
Rahim Muhammad, the local representative of Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, told Palomar students last Wednesday night that he was there to "re-educate" them. "You haven't been educated, you've been indoctrinated," he told a standing-room only crowd in the Governing Board Room Feb. 9. Often surrounded by controversy, the organization was invited to campus by the African American Student Alliance. AASA representative Cecilio Des use formally introduced Minister Rahim Muhammad to the audience. Desuse asked the audience to "Open your mind and open your heart," and ''To listen to what the brother has to say." The focus of the evening's message was education. Often light-hearted and animated, Muhammad spoke for
•Palomar College celebrates Black History Month. See page 4. over two hours. Targeting the students in the crowd, he joked that, "Some of you are here for the girls!" He stressed that people need to be "critical" in their thinking. "You can have the truth but without understanding you have no knowledge," he said. "You must have an understanding of what an education is for. Can your educators be using your education against you to keep rich people in power and have poor people with meaningless jobs?" he asked the audience. "We're going to re-educate you tonight," he said with a smile. "Education has got to go deep in your soul." See SPEECH, page 4
•lava Daze Finds Sales Sleepy at New Locale Daniel Kwan Staff Writer
Despite efforts from Java Daze owner Wyatt Loo to keep his espresso-coffee stand on campus, the Palomar College Governing Board decided in November to not renew Java Daze's contract Since the start of the Spring semester, Food Services has operated its own gourmet-coffee stand, Cafe Fronco, in the Student Union, while Java Daze has moved to the Mobil Gas Station directl;y west of campus. Java Daze's contract was not renewed because Loo would not meet the school's minimum bid requirement of 28 percent See JAVA, page 5