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LESC Palomar Community College
Ftiday, March 17, 1995
San Marcos, CA
Volume 48, Number 16
ICC vice chairperson resigns over disputes • Ackerman calls chairperson a 'dictator' Steven Zivanic Staff Writer
Citing"irreconcilabledifferences" and leveling charges of power politics against the Inter-Club Council chairperson, ICC Vice Chairperson Jim Ackerman has resigned. Ackerman, who has served as vice chairperson for the ICC since last semester, chose to resign rather than be impeached in ICC courtstyle proceedings, he said. He attributes the reason for his resignation to two things. He said, his main reason is what he calls ICC Chairperson Robert Jenkins' obsessive need for power and control. "Robert Jenkins is a dictator. He wants to control everything himself and not let anybody assist him," Ackerman said. Ackerman also claimed that he couldn't accomplish anything, due to the communication barrier between Jenkins and himself.
Ackerman said that Jenkins never wanted totalktohim, and constantly avoided him whenever he tried to help or come up with a new idea. "It seemed like the guy (Jenkins) Jim Ackerman, former hated me, and always ICC Vice Chairperson tried to get rid of me. He was very uncooperative, especially when I tried to get involved," said Ackerman. Ackerman added that during ICC meetings, Jenkins would attempt to address him as being negligent. "He would degrade me in front of all of the
See ICC, Page 3
Two-day concerts planned for SpringFest activities Daniel Kwan Editor-in-Chief
It may not be Woodstock, but Palomar wi II hold its own concert event Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 22 with SpringFest '95. Sponsored by the Associated Student Government, the first day of SpringFest consists of a contemporary jazz theme while the second day features alternative rock music. All performances are free and will be held in the lawn area across from the Student Union. Headlining the event Tuesday is saxophonist Hollis Gentry and his band Neon who
will perform with jazz singer Marguerita Page. Their performance begins at 12:30p.m. Reggie Smith's Press for Time will open the show and take the stage from 10 a.m. to noon. The ASG is also negotiating with San Diego jazz station KiFM to have them come on campus. Day Two of SpringFest will most likely appeal to the typical college crowd, said Carla Mays, event coordinator and ASG vice president of social affairs. Palomar radio station KKSM will host the event Tuesday. Black Smith Union, who performs at 10 a.m., will be followed by Voodoo at 12:30 p.m
CuUural • weavtng ABOVE: Professor James Barker holds one of the many valuable Native American baskets, which will be on display at Palomar's Boehm Gallery until April 26. RIGHT: Many of the baskets are on loan from various local museums and Native American tribes. Story on Page 10.
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Students march in D.C. to protest cuts in aid Justin Bergman College Press Service
WASHINGTON-About 200 Washington-area college students attended a rally on Capitol Hill in early March to protest Republicanproposed cuts in student financial aid programs. Four Democratic members of Congress addressed the students, most of whom were from Georgetown University. The demonstration came at a time when Republicans have outlined deep budget and tax cuts aimed at reducing the deficit. Up for consideration are significant cuts to stu-
dent aid, including the elimination of interest subsidies for student loans while students are attending college. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) said students must organize on every campus across the nation to protest financial aid cuts. "Student loans are an investment in the country," Lowey said. ''The Republican majority is showing their extremism, and you have to fight them at the ballot box." Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) told the students she wanted to take the energy and the intelligence of the crowd and "pass it out in the House." She said reducing cuts to
financial aid is her top priority be- young people by vowing to take cause more than I ,000 students in their financial aid and funding for her district will lose their loans if school lunches. She said students the legislation passes. can fight back by using their power In response to the speeches, stu- to vote. dents chanted, "Students vote, too," "They are about to take away and "Boot the Newt," referring to from you the opportunity to run this House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R- country; she explained. ''They think Ga.) you're not going to vote ... Yes, you Woolsey said if students are not ·can vote." able to attend college because they Sen. Clairborne Pell (D-R. I.), the cannot afford it after their loans are fqunder of the Pell grant, also adtaken away, "we won't have people dressed the crowd. He told the stuready to walk the halls of govern- dents he believes "deeply" in the ment when we get rid of Newt." need to invest in education because Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D- the strength of the nation depends Colo.) said the Republican majority upon the character and education of in Congress is fighting a war against the American people.
The rally also featured four area students, who gave their personal accounts of how cuts would effect them. George Washington University freshman Jenny-Brooke Condon said two of her sisters and her mother are all attending college, and "financial assistance has been a lifeline." She said there is no logic to explain why hard working Americans should be denied an education if financial aid is cut. Trelwany Thompson, a Georgetown University junior, said she has a dream of being the first
See PROTEST, Page 4