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LESC . Palomar Community College San Marcos, CA
Friday, September 16, 1994
Volume 48, Number 3
ASG candidates discuss their concerns • Lack of applicants leaves seats open for senator positions Jeff Vize Staff Writer
While the ASG stands for Associated Student Government, only 10 students attended the fall election press conference Sept 14. The press conference, conducted in front of the clock tower at noon, was intended to give students an opportunity to question ASG candidates. Elections will be held Tuesday, Sept. 20 and Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Student Union. In order to vote, students must present picture IDs. First semester student Ellen O'Connor, who attended the press conference, expressed her dissatisfaction about the event' s low attendance. "This is sad. No one around here even knows what's going on. Why don't you guys advertise [the press conference]?'' asked O'Connor. According to ASG advisor Jim Bowen, interest in the elections has been weak. In his address at the Sept. 7 ASG meeting, Bowen expressed concern for finding enough people to fill the seats. Although Bowen had stated a week earlier that he would like for the current ASG members to go
recruit new candidates, he recieved few responses. At the press conference, the list of final candidates for the election was announced by ASG Senator Christian Butler, who serving as the election committee chairman. Open positions this fall include executive vice president, vice president ofstate affairs, treasurer and seven senator seats. Running for the vacant executive vice president positions this fall are Kim Neeley and Roderic Wadds. Neither candidates have served as ASG officers before. In his address, Wadds emphasised, "I've gone to every meeting since I' ve gotten interested inASG...I'msomeoneyou can count on." In his candidate questionnaire, Wadds echoed these sentiments by stressing reliability as his best qualification. "I feel as though I am a qualified candidate for the ASG because I am dependable," he stated. According to Neeley's address, which was delivered by ASG Senator Steve Hough due to her absence, shebelievesthatherexperiencefixmn being the Inter-Oub Council representative for Alpha Gamma Sigma will help her serve on the ASG.
ASG candidates for the fall election spoke to a crowd of ten students Sept. 14. Elections will be held Sept. 20 and 21 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Student Union. Contending for the vacant vice president of state affairs position are David Mathis and Matthew McNamara. Because of the shortfall of candidates, the other positions are certain winners for their respective positions. "'This is the only race on campus as far as I'm concerned...the students will win no matter who they vote for," said McNamara. A student now in his 13th semester at Palomar, McNamara is currently
serving as an ASG senator. In his candidate questionnaire, McNamara stated, "I feel that I am qualified to be a candidate because I collected 200 signatures." His opponent, Mathis cited experience as the ICC representative for the African American Student Alliance. In his speech, Mathis said he has a ''natural love for politics and a desire to represent the students with dignity." The vice president of state af-
fairs race drew attention from ASG Treasurer Sharon Hubbard, who publicly criticized The Telescope at the press conference. As part of her response to a question concerning quorum, she drew attention to the fact that the Sept 7 ASG meeting was adjourned when Senator McNamara walked out after a motion was made to extend the the meeting. See CANDIDATES, Page 3
U.N. population conference plans for the future • Agreements highlight the final days of meeting to draw blueprint for population Charles Fagan Contibuting Writer
We're multiplying World population is projected to rise steadily for the greater part of the 21st century. Here is the population growth in developed and developing countries, 1750-2100. 12 billion 10
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Daniel Kwan I The Telescope
The world community came together these past two weeks in Cairo, Egypt to address a critical issue facing humanity, the population explosion. Meeting from Sept 5 to 13, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) assembled delagations from some 180 countries and over 1,200 nongovernmental organizations to hammer out language for a voluntary ''Program of Action" intending to stabilize global population at approximately 8 billion people by the middle of the 21st Century. According to an Associated Press report, what emerged out of the deliberations was a "20-year blueprint'' for slowing world population growth. The ICPD' s "comprehensive approach to controlling rapid population growth" even won partial endorsement from the Catholic Church which, in keeping with its longstanding objections to artificial birth control, had completely rejected the flnal documents of previous UnitedNationspopu-
lation conferences in 1974 and 1984. Chief U.S. delegate Timothy Wirth was quoted as saying, "I think it was a remarkable agreement and an extrordinary consensus." Going into Cairo, ICPD Secretary General Dr. Nafis Sadik characterized the sentimentsofthe gathering inhispreamblespeecb. ''This conference .. .is about choices and responsibilities-for the individual, the community, the nation and the world. Its aim is to widen our freedom of cboice--eboice in the matter of family size, choice in population policy and programs. Choice in developmentphilosophy and practice," saidSadik. "If we wish for a wider range of choice, we must also recognize and accept responsibility. Men must take responsibility for contraception and fatherhood, communities for the weaker and most vulnerable members, nations for the well-being of their people, and the global community for the future of the environment on which all else depends," added Sadik. · See POPULATION, Page 5