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Area 1 delegates rap proposed tuition idea; resolutions forwarded for state conference To resist the proposed higher education tuition and to adopt a policy of a free press from administrative censorship were two major decisions by the Area I student. government delegates Friday. The Area I California Junior College Student Government Association conference was held at Palomar Friday afternoon and evening. CJCSGA State President Bruce Reumont from Cerritos College welcomed the students on behalf of the state organization. Other state officers attending the conference were Mike Hertica, Executive Vice President, from BTC Long Beach, Gary Craig, Executive Vice President, from AC Long Beach, and Vicki Parton, Secretary, from Cerritos. Steve Wozniak served as President of Area I; with Nancy Hicks acting as official secretary.

Following the opening session in P-32, and Dr. Frederick Huber's welcome address, the delegates adjourned to their workshops. Topics for these discussion groups were "The Role of Faculty and Administration to Student Government," "The Role of Campus Organizations," "The Changing Student," and "College Tuitions." Each workshop had two sections which, following dinner in the student union, merged into a joint workshop. At this time resolutions were presented to the floor for discussion and voting. All resolutions and recommendations were submitted to the resolutions committtee headed by Pat McArdle. An additional workshop, President's, was not split into two groups . This section was chaired by Steve Wozniak. Another student, Bill Mason, was in charge of the College Tuitions (B) workshop.

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After a thi rty minute school-caucus, the gene11al assembly reconviened where dittoed oopies of all the resolutions and recommendations were distributed. This session was the business meeting when the proposals were brought up, discussed with two pro arguments and two con arguments, and then brought to a vote. The general assembly adjourned 45 minutes ahead of schedule, a contrast to the fall Area I conference at MiraCosta where all recommendations were not covered in the time limit. Other resolutions passing dealt with the establishment of a committee to determine the adequate composition of committees which are delegated by the CJCSGA and a committee to study the feasibility of hiring and Executive Secretary. The only other resolution which succeeded was a repeat of the Fall

Short stories and poetry are being accepted for Palomar's literary magazine which will be published toward the end of the semester. The magazine features student work and is a production of the English department. Leo Ward, English instructor, requests that all manuscripts be typed when submitted. Students may give their contributions to Ward or Barbara Corcoran in their offices in P-8. Ward and other English instructors have expressed hopes that the title,

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Strong, ICC Chairman . He also stated that "The Fine Arts Guild can however be reinstated if and when they follow the appropriate channels for readmittance, and follow further directives of the Inter-Club Council." "Earlier this semester the Student Body Council voted to appropriate $250 for sculptures and as an organ of the Art Department, I feel that having given them the funds, they should at the very least send a representative to the ICC meetings every Thursday," commented Strong. Last Fall, four clubs were suspended from the ICC: Baptist Stud ent Union, Ixthus, Wesley, and the Young Democrats which reorganized at the beginning of this semester. ASB Vice President Jim Strong refutes Wednesday's Forum meeting.

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student publications failed 1 pro, six con, and 1 abstention; and an endorsement of student privileges moved by Palomar failed. Palomar's only successful resolution concerned the free press and was drated by delegate Penny Hill. The resolutions if they are of state wide interest, will be drafted to the CJCSGA State Conference in Los Angeles. The resolutions will be discussed in the President's workshop and if they s uceed, will be forwardep to the general assembly. If the entire assembly approves them, they are sent to the California Junior College Association for committee consideration, then to the CJCA assembly floor, they along with other resolutions, are entrusted to a lobbyist who presents them to the legislature for committee consideration.

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"Bravura," will be changed this year to something more "appropriate." Any student suggestions will be appreciated.

No one would disagree that a play has one unchanging necessity: players. This obvious fact is being flaunted to the upcoming production of Shakespeare's "King Lear." The production, opening March 30, s till needs 12 men. Principal charactor roles have already been cast and the number of actors is now 20, says drama instructor Frank N. White. White also stresses that there are a full dozen roles still unfilled that are very important. Persons interested in one of these roles can contact White at his office in P-8 or in the drama lab, P - 33. Most of these roles are non-speaking ones, and some will not require reporting for rehearsals until March 27, following Easter vacation. Early contact is urgently requested, however, since costume fitting must be done as soon as possible to allow the costumes to be sewn. White reports that the other aspects of the production are progressing very we 11. The stage and stage properties are ne aring the final steps of preparation. The touches are near enough that posted warnings in the drama lab now remind stagecraft students to fulfill their required hours without delay or expect to soon find that there is not enough work left for the requirements. The scaled down replica of the 17th century Old Globe Theater's wooden, two story, multi-roomed stage is a blonde curiosity of plywood and beams. It will soon be ready for its camera portrait, and then for the public audiences March 30 . 31, April 1, 6, 7, and 8. The evening performances will be at eight. On Saturdays a five p.m. matinee will prece ed the later performance.

Two proposals for condeming tuition were withdrawn after the first tuition amendment succeeded; one resolution concerning governing board meetings was changed to a recommendation; a proposal to initiate ASB editing of

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ICC suspends f'ine Art Guild for lack of representation The Fine Arts Guild was formally dropped from the roster of the InterClub Council Thursday after failing to send a representative to the last three meetings. "This is not a precedence setting thing, as it has been the policy of ICC to remove from the panel any club that has missed three or more meetings in the course of the semester," said Jim

Area I decision t~ exclude junior colleges from section 8453 of the State Education Code. The code states, "No publication of a sectarian, partisan, or demoninational purposes in any school, except that nothing herin shall restrict the development and use of school library collections... '' It was pointed out that section 8454 is closely r elated to this section and was amended in 1963 to exclude junior colleges. Since the two sections were dependent on one another, the assembly voted unanimously to endorse the proposed amendment.

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Yesterday the Faculty Senate gave unanimous approval to a resolution supporting the students• 11:00 free hour. Because of dissention in some departments, the Senate appointed an Ad Hoc committee to investigate the problems created by the free hour. The committee spent three weeks hearing cases from the administration, faculty and students before formulating its suggestions. The underlying reasons for the desire to c hange the "no classes at 11:00" policy were scheduling of classes, cafeteria traffic at 11 a .m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and building usage. Kirby Cox, chairman of the committee, stated in his presentation to the Senate yesterday that "the committee feels that at the present time the utilization of plant is not a justification for changing the activities period." The committee felt that there were certain problems in some departments, but these problems did have possible solutions. The resolution states that the committee strongly recommends an increase in the number of Tuesday and Thursday, one and one-half hour classes, an increase in the humber of afternoon classes, a decrease in the number of 12: 00 classes on MWF , and a master schedule constructed by one individual with computer assistance. By following these suggestions, the departments would not have an overload of morning classes, be encouraging stu-

dents to s t ay on campus longer, and encourage more of a 5- day campus . Other suggestions we re to increase utilization of the extended day p r ogram and to limit in s ome way the number of continuous classes for both students and instructors . The resolved clauses read: That the Palomar College Faculty Senate affirms its support of the student activities program. Be it Further Resolved: That the Faculty Senate of Palomar College recommend to the Administrative Council a policy in which the 11 a.m. hour on MWF be maintained as a student activities period with absolutely no classes scheduled for this time, and that the T- Th 11 a.m. hour be maintained as present with classes scheduled if necessary. Members of the Ad Hoc committee were Kirby Cox, Richard Norlin, Everett Robertson, and student Penny Hill. Additional legislation passed by the Senate included an approval of the California Junior College Association resolution expressing its support of the tuition- free philosophy of public education in California. The resolution carries the same feeling, although stated in stronger terms , as a resolution passed Friday by the California Junior College Student Government Association Area 1 delegates here at Palomar.

Forum discusses Reagan politics; to be continued tomorrow ...

David Harame enthusiastically explains his ideas on tuition and its consequences to the 50 students attending., photos by Mike Christy

Disneyland trip the substitution for Annual Spring Formal Disneyland's March 18 Spring Fling will replace the annual spring formal this year. Glen Sak, ASB Social Chairman blamed the lack of planning time for the change. He stated that he "couldn't get a hotel in April or May'' and that since the El Cortez was the only alternative during vacation, "it would have given us only 13 days to plan'' for such a gala event. Tickets will be on sale today and tomorrow in the student union from Glenn Sak for $5.00 a person. All students (day, evening, and limited) may purchase a ticket and they are not limited to boy-girl couples. Assorted color balloons are also on sale which advertise

the event. The tickets include admission to the park, dancing, and unlimited use of the rides. Big name bands are billed playing a variety of music from the " watusi to Lawrence Welk Style ." $13,000 in prizes including a new red cougar, steroes, and motorcycles are offered. The Fling begins at 8 pm and lasts until 1 pm. Bus transportation is provided for those who bought their tickets by Monday. New Crown Coach buses recently purchased by the school will be used for the trip. The buses will leave in time to arrive for the beginning of the Fling. Students may drive if they wish.

The "rebirth" of the Student For um was witnessed by representatives from the San Diego UNION and San Diego EVENING TRIBUNE and Byron Peterson of the Republican State Centr al Committee. The topic was "The New Governor," which the students took liberty to · interpret as an opportunity to say anything they wished about Ronald Reagan. The Forum was remarkably different from last semester's; the participants numbered in excess of 50 (rather than in excess of 5,) almost all of whom had some opinion to express (although many opinions were expressed simultaneously,) and the students did .not fall into the trap of only covering one issue or one side of the issue as they had done in past meetings. There were so many issues brought up that each was discussed quickly in order to get to the next subject. Chairman Ted Konoposis attempted to direct the audience's collective thought to one subject toward the termination of the session. Some of the numerous topics discussed concerned budget cuts , property tax cuts, other ways of raising monies for the state, the handicap or advantage of tuition, the Governor's attitude toward public as compared to private education, admissions freeze, transfer of monies from one state fund to another, loans and scholarships, and even the proper pronuniciation of the Governor's name. Unanious consent was given to a suggestion that called for students to use the form the governor used, Ray-gan (as opposed to Ree-gan.)

The discussion was lively although sometimes without order. ASB President Ed Johnston open the meeting with a short reading of part of his statements in last week's TELESCOPE. He called for student responses to his statements, and, receiving no voiced objections, proposed that his s tatement be the official Forum resolution. Immediately differences of opinions were expressed. The floor see mea most t requently held by an "on- the- defensive" Ed Johnston, ASB Vice President Jim Strong, and a "highly excitable" David Harame who even had to slow down his speech for the audience to understand him. Many t imes it was all three at once, giving the impression of a three ring circus. The meeting was highlighted by the concluding, researched statement of Marc Kester that it was interesting to note that in this issue, as .in student government, the ASB President and the ASB Vice President were not in agreement. Apparently the students thought the Forum has adequate justification for continuance, for they were in agreement (on this matter at least) that "The New Governor" topic should be extended and further dis ucced in more detail tomorrow. Part of this success may be attributed to a large percentage of new Forum participants not familiar with the past semester's Forum participation codes and by- laws. The guests must have very much enjoyed the political Forum; they left smiling.


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