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ETELESCOPE
Volume 22 Number 10 · A Publication of the Associated Students ·
Oct. 25. 1968
San Marcos, Calif.
92069
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Student Court P-lanned; open meeting Tuesday Tuesday, in a semi- secret meeting of the ASB council, a proposition was discussed for the establishment of a Student Court. Sheridan Hegland, of the political science department, spoke on behalf of the motion, and assured the council that they would have the whole-hearted backing of the administration in the establishment of the court. Final action was deferred for the time being by Kim Clark, president of the student body. A committee was established under the direction of Bill White in order to investigate the plan for student court. Of the plan, White said that jurisdiction would have to be specifically spelled out. "We aren't sure of the jurisdiction yet, " he said. "However, student disciplinary matters would come under it." He declined to state what those matters would be. As for penalties, White, Clark and vice-president Ron Simecka all agreed that the final power would be expuk!itory. That is to say, that the court could suspend a student for a period of time
varying from a week to semester for breaking a rule falling under the jurisdiction of the court. Other penalties may include the revoking ofparkingpermits and ASB cards. No method has been agreed upon for the selection of justices for the courts. The plan backed by the president, vice president and judicial chairman would call for two courts, an inferior court and supreme court. Students would be brought before the inferior court and triP-d. If acquitted, the case is dropped. If convicted , a student has the right of appeal to the supreme court. If the verdict is upheld and suspension is the sentence, the student is left to appeal to the Board of Governors. Asked how students would be forced to attend the court, White said, though it was impractical, "Strong arm methods would have to be used . " A system of fines and penalties is also under discussion. The committee headed by White will meet Tuesday at 11 a.m. in R-3 for discussion. Any interested member of the student body is urged to attend.
Proposed Student Cour1 discussed by Hegland (Ed. Note: One of the major figures in the possible instigation of a Student Court on this campus is political science instructor, Mr. Sheridan Hegland. In an effort to gain insight into the reasons behind the move The Telescope conducted a "question and answer" type interview with Mr. Hegland. Following are Mr. Hegland's answers to questions posed by The Telescope.) TELESCOPE-What will be the initial jurisdiction of the student court? HEGLAND- This will be an outgrowth of dialogue, study, discussion. As thecourt deserves to grow in prestige, it will. Initially, jurisdiction might be limited to matters of discipline. TELESCOPE-What avenues of appeal will be open to defendants? HEGLAND-There would necessarily be a court of appeals. Action by the appeals court would be subject to being overridden, say, by a four to one vote by the Board of Trustees. TELESCOPE-Since the final decision will be made by the Board of Governors, exactly what power will the Student Court have? HEGLAND-A man has the right to be tried by his peers. If the Student Court said the student was not guilty, the matter could not be appealed. Only the defense may appeal. TELESCOPE-How will cases be brought before the Student Court? HEGLAND- By a complaining party--presumably often the administration. TELESCOPE- For what purpose do you feel that a Student Court would be beneficial to the student body of this campus? HEGLAND-Provide experience in real-life procedures, enhance an appreciation of democracy, broaden opportunity for involvement in governmental processes. TELESCOPE-Do you feel students are really qualified to sit in judgment of their peers? HEGLAND-Of course. TELESCOPE-How will the Student
Student nurses hold workshop Palomar student nurses will hold a workshop on Curriclum Development, Saturday October 26, at International Hotel, Century Blvd. in Los Angeles 9 a.m. to 4:30p.m. The program will include a skit entitled "Why---Why?---Why?" presented by the members of Student Nurses Association of California. Shirley S. Chater, R.N., Ph.D associate professor, School of Nursing, U,C.S.F ., will speak on "Knowledge Keeps No Better Than Fish." "From Objective to Learning Experience " will be the topic discussed by Fay 0. Wilson, R.N., M.S. , professor and chairman, Nursing Department, L.A. City College. Group discussions will follow both the morning and afternoon presentations. The International Hotel is locatednear the Los Angeles International Airport and free limousine service is available from the airport.
Court be set up? HEGLAND-The judges would be appointed by appointing authorities. These appointing authorities would be selected as a result of discussion and listed in the plan which would be brought before the Board. TELESCOPE-What penalties will be used? HEGLAND-Those the court feels are appropriate. Implementation would be by the Board of Trustees action. TELESCOPE-Why do you want a Student Court? HEGLAND-Government can't fly on one wing--the student legislative body. Effective government requires a dedicated, independent judicial branch. The chairman on the Palomar Board has expressed support for the formation of a Student Court. Palomar students must accept the obligations incumbent on every American citizen--participation in, involvement with democracy.
ASB Council deciding on student poll Student opmwn may soon be knownby the student leaders, if the plan now in committee for an opinion poll of school matters is approved. The poll, in its present stages, was assigned to committee at a semi- secret meeting of the ASB council Tuesday. Consisting of six pages, the questionaire investigates seven areas . The first interest area to be tested is intended to see how students react to athletic events, lectures, speech team travels, etc. Secondly, the students will be asked opinions of the ASB government and its various programs. The third area of question is that of curriculum. Students are asked for an affirmative or negative reply on the mer- . it of the curriculum of the school. Com- · plaints will be accepted in a space allocated for the purpose. Fourth, students will be asked about their feelings concerning the ASB budget. .Also, students will be asked what they would like to see built if the funds were available. Choices range from a new bookstore to stadium lights for the field. Also, here students may express an opmwn on ASB card prices and whether or not they should be mandatory. A brief question of stance on three local school funding issues conpletes the fifth area of the poll. Committee interest will be guaged by the sixth question. Also, on the final page of the poll, club participation is questioned. The question of whether the poll will be held will be discussed again at the weekly meeting of the ASB council at 11 a.m. Monday in R-3.
English satirist Peter Dickinson is shown answering questions after his
lecture. The lecture was on the value of satire. Dickenson is assistant ed-
itor for the famous British magazine "Punch".
ANTI-WAR PARODIES OUT
Dickinson discusses satire By Lois Cavalier
"Stalking around all of our highest ideals and noblest political theories should be a satirist saying 'if your look at it from over here, the thing is ridiculous'." This was the highlight of Peter Dickinson's speech to an audience of about 400 Wednesday night in the second of the 1968-69 Palomar College and Community Service lecture series. Dickinson is the assistant editor of "Punch", Britain's leading magazine of humor and satire for over a century. He regularly contributes articles and poetry, and has published several books. "An effective satirist must make people laugh, be very knowledgable of his subject, and attack the weakest part of the adversary·," he said. "Much too much satire fails because a man has a good idea but doesn't think about it enough, like having a juicy steak and cooking it all wrong." What you really want to do, and this is very difficult, is to persuade little armies of people marching past your 'door' , most of whom would rather be watching 'Hogan's Heroes', to join in and march behind you," Dickinson said in expfaining how effectual wording in satire can be persuasive. Laughter, that "extraordinarybarking
'Jon Hazelton' sought letter policy changed Will the real Jon Hazelton step froward? It has been brought to the attention of the Telescope that the name , Jon Hazelton, writer of a recent letter to the editor does not belong to a student at this college. Members of the English Department researched Hazelton's name through school files and found that the . name does not belong to any student on campus . Last spring, the Telescope also received and printed a letter from "Jon Hazelton" concerning the editorial content of the paper. No investigation was undertaken at that time and the name of "Jon Hazelton" was forgotten until last week when the editor of the Telescope, Steve Schneider, found a letter, typewritten on lined notebook paper, in his mail. Upon reading it, he and several other editors decided to publish it. Upon investigation between the two letters, it is the opinion of the Telescope that both letters were written by the same person. The question now is, who is Jon Hazelton? Due to this unforseen problem, the Telescope hereby changes it's editorial policy as follows: Any letter turned into the staff for publication must be signed by a real name. with accompaning ASB identficationcard number. Names wil 1 be withheld upon request. The Telescope regrets any inconvenience caused by the letter.
sound we all make", orginated among the primitive ape packs in the African desert, according to Dickinson. "When the apes fought and one finally conquered another, the loser gave in with a nervous 'tee hee• sound. The victor gave forth with a significant 'ha ha' and as the tension relaxed and the air cleared all the other apes standing around went 'yuk yuk'."
"And so, in the same way today we use satire to slay our enemy, to relieve tension and to renew our world-weary minds," he said. "The attempt to degrade or destroy a man or a group of men or ideas may seem primitive but it is still in use." As an example of what satire can do to a personality, Dickinson told of England's ex-prime minister Harold MacMillan, who headed a conservative government at a time when the economy was good and was given most of the credit for a thriving situation, "as near to an all-powerful politician as could be produced by a democratic process". At this time, as MacMillan rode the crest of his career, a series of cartoons satirized him as "Super Mac", a takeoff on Superman. When suddenl y MacMillan became ill, the "fizz went out of the economy," and DeGaulle determined that he did not want Britain in the Common Market, the "SuperMac" image was adversely remembered by the people and in the next election a new prime minister was elected by a few votes. Dickinson read the last few sentences of "Gulliver's Travels" as a sample of what he considers useless satire. 'This part of Swift is, he says, "but useless acid poured on our remaining bestiality. Satire must hold water on its own terms, or it is of no more use than the beating and howling of hermits in the desert.'' Asked during the question and answer period which followed the lecture whether he considers all of "Gulliver's Travels" to be wasted satire, he said that he had not meant to be unfair to Swift
25 Viet veterans invited to game Approximately 25 Vietnam veterans from the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital will attend tomorrow night's football game, thanks to efforts by the cheerleaders. Kathy Taff, instigator of the marine visit, invited 100 wounded Marines but was told by Camp Pendleton that there were not that many men who could attend. "They told us that the men well enough to attend the game would rather go home," Miss Taff said. "And that those who weren't well enough to go home couldn't come to the game anyway. But they have promised us about 25 men." Each marine will be assigned a female escort for the game and will be treated to refreshments by the cheerleading squad.
as a writer and referred to the early part of the book as a "beautifully managed attack on the courts of his time". "Since everyone is aware today that war is useless and disgusting and not glorious, the humorist can no longer do much with a nti-war satire," he said. "It is very difficult to produce good satire on the Viet Nam war."
Dickinson read two of his own works. The first was a "love poem" re-phrasing Elizabeth Barrett Browning in a parody of the sexual response of human beings under laboratory conditions as stated in the controversial best-seller "Human Sexual Response" published in 1966. His second work concerned "Heart transplants and that kind of caper" about a fellow named Smith who from childhood gradually replaced all of his organs with transplants. Dissatisfied with anything but the brain of a genius, he finally received one in an operation and: "Alas! poor Smith! when he awoke He found he was some other bloke." Dickinson also quoted from "The Monolithic View of Mirrors", a satire on the views of the Roman Catholic church on "the Pill". The writer used another form of satire by taking a position "so extreme as to be self-parody". Shock can also be used in satire. "Shock numbs the mind, but the more clever you are, the more you have to say, the more shock value you can use." Referring to "obituaries" on stillliving people which have been published in "Punch" recently, he said that there is no adverse response to the shock value unless the satire is not well done. "Then we get some corking complaints", he said. This was to illustrate his often-repeated point that well-done satire is well received, but "a small, silly joke defeats itself 15 times over". During the question and answer period, Dickinson was asked what editorial position "Punch" takes. He said it is "vaguely left-wing, since England is basically socialistic, but still fairly schizophrenic about it". He said he accepts good humor of almost any political leaning when he can find it, since "not many papers in the world give encouragement to funny writers". "The greatest goal of satire is in altering society and relaxing the mind with the tool of humor", he said.
Tickets go on sale for upcoming 'Shrike' Tickets are now on sale for the Theatre Art's Department's first production of the semester. The play, "The Shrike" by Joseph Kramm, concerns a man in a mental hospital following an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Tickets will be on sale every day in the Student Union, or reservations may be made by contacting Mr. Gaskins' office. The price of tickets is 50¢ for ASB card holders and Staff, and $1.50 for the general public.