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LESC PE Palomar Community College
Friday, May 12, 1995
San Marcos, CA
Volume 48, Number 22
Student accused of sexual harassment
The dance of life
• Male suspect follows female to classes while making sexual suggestions Steven Zivanic S/aff Wriler
A female student reported to Campus Patrol May 5 and reported that a male student had been sexually harassing her since the beginning of the semester. According to the 18-year-old student, the man first approached her as she was leaving a classroom on Jan. 24, and immediately initiated a conversation with her. The student said the man seemed very strange, especially since he knew so many things about her-and the two had never met. "He asked me why do I choose to work out at the Wellness Center on Tuesday afternoons. He kept inquiring why don't I work out in the morning instead. I had never seen the guy before, and he already knew my schedule-now that's scary," the student said.
The student added that since then, the suspect has followed her from class to class, continuing to harass her and ask inappropriate questions. "He asked me if my boyfriend was the first person I was intimate with, and if so, how far did we go," she said. "He told me that I looked like Madonna-and that I remmded him of her." The student said the man would follow her to her car, in an atlempt to "keep her safe." The student said the man would always remind her "there's a lot of wemios walking around Palomar-you need a man to protect you-let me walk you to your car." She added the man would try to com-mce her to read The Telescope so she could be aware of all the "crazy people."
See HARASSMENT, Page 3
Social security numbers removed from ID cards Daniel Kwan Edilur-in-Chief
Carla Van Wagontr I Tlu Telescope
Felipe Rangel from Danza Oceolotl, an Azteca-Xicano dance group, performed in the Student Union during Cinco de Mayo. The group presented four dances, including one performance which called for the audience to form a circle to honor friends and relatives.
Taking precautionary action against potential misuse of stolen Palomar identification cards, the Admissions Office has stopped printing students' social s~c urity numbers on the front of PIC cards. The change was implemented at the start of spring 1995, with the Admissions Office formally announcing the change in a recent memo sent to all faculty. ''It was felt the combination of the social secunty number, the picture and a signature was sufficient for the possibility of fraud if a card gets into the wrong hands," said PIC coordinator John Love in his memo. The front of the new PIC card only dis-
plays a name, picture and signature. Appearing on the back of the card is a student's soc1al security number encoded into a magnetic strip, which also exists in previous cards. "I don't think people realize how easy it IS for someone to pickup the telephone and access information on you if you have asocial security number," added Love, who said that at some organizations or agencies. only the last four digits of a social security number are asked for verification. According to Herman Lee, director of Enrollment Services, the change was prompted by a few students' concerns. but he said the college has not received any student reports of major incidents. Lee, however,
See PRIVACY, Page 3
Cultural course may be required for degree Jeff Vize Swf!Wriler
In an attempt to promote "i ntercultural understanding," Palomar's Curriculum Committee announced plans May 8 to add a cultural diversity requirement for its Associate of Arts degree. The proposed requirement calls for Palomar students pursuing an A.A. to take a class that includes focus on one of the larger U.S. minority groups and their culture. "Palomar was sort of unique in that it
• Students survey views on ethnic clubs. See page 3. didn ' t have an arena to promote this, other than isolated programs," said Anne Hohman , committee co-chairperson. "The [aspect] of multicultural awareness is very much a part of California's education system." According to the committee, a new class requirement category will be created, but the number of of required units for the A.A. will
not be increased. Palomar plans to do this by infusing multicultural perspective into existing courses. As a result, some classes may also meet requirements other than cultural diversity. A major goal of the committee is to "equip students to live and work in the multi-faceted, contemporary American society." Subject areas of qualifying courses will be required to include gender and culture or ethnicity. Acceptable studies of culture for the category will be African-Americans, Asian Americans and/or Pacific Islanders, Native
Americans and Latinos. Also required is the focus on one or more of the following areas: age, socioeconomic class, different abilities, an sexual orientation. For consideration as a Multicultural Course, each department is required to submit a Course Outline of Record to the committee for review. Tentatively scheduled for committee approval in fall 1995, the board hopes to have the requirement in place for the 1996-97 catalog. Transfer students' course requirements will not be affected by the change.