Palomar zoology student works to educate the public about bats
Jeff Goldblum stars with Alicia Silverstone in Dean R. Koontz's latest thriller "Hideaway"
Comets come back to beat Grossmont 8-5 in extra innings
FEATURES PAGE 5
SPORTS PAGE 12
THE
LESC Friday, March 10, 1995
Palomar Community Co llege
San Marcos, CA
Volume 48, Number 15
Student: faculty ignored fire alarm .• Alarm turns out to be prank Brian Wallace Man i1ging Editor
Admin istrators at the Palomar College Escondido Center received a complaint from a student who claimed that some instructors were not evacuating their c lassrooms when the fire alarm went off at the campus March I. The alarm ,, tripped at about 8:30 p .m., turned o ut to be a prank, but not escorting the students out of the classrooms is in violation of the school ' s safety procedures , said June Rady. assistant director of the Center. She explained that perhaps the instructors assumed that it was a false alarm, since many of them have been there several years, and with the exception of two preplanned fire drills, every time that an alarm has gone off, it has been a prank. 'That's the kind of thinking we don't want to have here,"Rady said . She also said that the number of fa lse alarms is disturbing and possibly harmful. "It's a very dangerous problem because it's like crying wolf, and then when you do have a problem, you're not prepared ," said Rady. In the five years of the Center' s existence, there have been about a dozen false alarms, Rady said. Prior to the false alarm on March I, the last one occurred Nov. 21 , 1994 and ¡ happened at the same alarm box as this last one. Rady doesn ' t believe the two
were re lated, however, because they happened duri ng different semesters. Rex Harrison, who stud ies Construction Inspection at the Center, was the student who made the report. He said he was appalled at the reactions of both students and instructors when the alarm sounded. "As we were leaving our class, there were people standing in the hallways loitering and talking on the phone and blocking the fire exits. "And the most shocking example I've ever seen in my 20 years of education was an instructor who c losed the door to her class because of the noise so her c lass could watch a movie, and this was with a fire truck sitting in the parking lot and everything. Down the hall another teacher did the same thing," Harrison said. Rady said that while she doesn't know for sure which faculty members were not following the proper evacuation procedures , a ll faculty wi ll be reminded of the importance of following the school ' s fire alarm procedures. " What we ' re going to do is stress the proper procedure at our faculty orientations each semester and each instructor has a handbook with all the information about the fire alarms and the escape routes . We ' re also going to put out a reminder memo to get their attention and let them know
See FIRE, Page 3
Michelle Clary, vice president of the Pan Afrikan Student Movement, dances during PASM's Fashion Show March 3 in the Student Union. She is modeling an article of clothing from the Skilz clothing line, designed by PASM President Cecilio lmhotep Desuse.
From hip hop to high fashion, club showcases varied styles Steven Zivanic Staff Writer
The Pan Afrikan Student Movement fashion show, held March 3 in the Student Union, showcased various aspects of African-American inspired clothing from the hip hop street scene, to the corporate office. "The fashion show allowed us
to express African-American music, fashion and art in an uplifting way," said Cecilia Imhotep Des use, P ASM president. Desuse had performers act out some scenes to showcase his own line ofSkilz hip hop related clothing and apparel. Desusedescribed the Skilz clothing line for '95 as rugged and having a street feel to it. He has been selling his Ski lz
clothing line in several states for over two years and plans to go international soon. The overall concept of the show revolved around specifically dressed performers dancing to corresponding musical grooves, or acting out a particular scene. O ne scene featured a
See FASHION , Page 3
ASG visits D.C. for lobbying, convention Jeff Vize SwffWriter
Greg Armstrong I The Telescope
(L-R) ASG Vice President of State Affairs Matthew McNamara, ASG President Merrill Tyler and Daniel Zwelling, policy assistant to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), discuss potential cuts in education during a legislative conference sponsored by the American Student Association of Community Colleges in Washington, D.C.
After lobbying the positions nf California Community Colleges to fec.eral legislators last weekend, Palomar's Associated Student Government returned from Washington, D.C. March 7 with news of substantial budget cuts looming for higher education. The legislative conference, which was sponsored by the American Student Assoc iation of Community Colleges (ASACC), included workshops and lectures, but was designed to allow for student representatives to lobby their respective legis lators on a pre-
determined issue chosen by ASACC. "In effect, ASACC is just a lobbying vehicle for comm unity colleges," said ASG Senator G reg Arms trong. "The schools don' t have a di rect say in what iss ues we lobby when we' re there. Instead we pay the AS ACC fees and, in turn, they select the issue." This year's conference focused on lobbying agai nst the possibility of cuts to federa ll y fu nded, educational assistance programs, such as the Pell Grant. In attendance at the confe re n ~e for Palomar were President Merrill Ty ler, Executi ve Vice
See TRIP, Page 3