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THE TELESCOPE Palomar College · Volume 22 Number 29 · A Publication of the Associated Students .

FEB 11, 1969

· San Marcos , Calif.

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'Credit-no-credit' grading system is approved by curriculum committee A long hoped- for 'credit-no-credit' grading system appears to be on its way to becoming a reality here. In a measure passed by the curriculum committee and now pending approval by the Board of Governors1 full time students here would be allowed to take one course per semester on a credit-no credit basis. The only stipulation for this permission would be that the student not be on probation and that the course be outside his major. The proposal further states that anyone taking a course on the non-graded basis must elect to do so at the time of registration and that he must indicate it

on his program at that time. If the student should decide to switch to a graded basis he must do so within the first six weeks of the course. Instructors' class rosters will indicate by some kind of symbol those students who are enrolled on the credit-no credit plan. The proposal of the curriculum committee goes on to state that none of its provisions will be in conflict with any state law concernin'gthe taking of college level courses on a credit-no credit basis. Cindy Morris, ASB representative to the committee, very much favors the proposal as she says it will all6w stu:..

Krueger, Moore become editors of publications

Rick Cole studies a model now on display in the Boehm Gallery. The mod-

els were constructed from 15th century drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci.

Photography course useful • to soldier 1n S. Vietnam Don't let it ever be said that knowledge gained at Palomar is of no use in the service. Terry Moon, now on duty with the First Air Cavalry in South Vietnam would have to disagree rather vehemently. Terry took photography 50B some time back for credit. He later repeated the course by audit for the experience. He is now base photographer at Phouc Vinh, about 40 miles north of Saigon. The ten other photographers ilit. his unit are assigned to the field andiwar zones, while Terry is assigned the ljSS hazardous duty of base cameraman. Terry takes pictures 'mainly of award ceremonies and visiting dignitaries for the base newspaper, which he says is similar to THE TELESCOPE. He is in great demand and he often is able to choose the assignment he wishes. Among his accomplishments he lists several pictures of President Thieu of South Vietnam. He has flown to several

locations in Vietnam, and has logged about 25 hours in the air in less than two months. The chief photographer of the unit is due to be rotated home soon, and Terry, though he lacks seniority, is going to replace him. He says cameras only last four to six months 1!!.__ Vietnam due to the high heat and humidity. Each camera has ·it's own filter to protect the Takumar lens from the elements. Cameras used ar~ Asahi Pentax Spotmatics. Terry says that the base paper, though similar to "the good old Telescope", is censored by the Army brass. "We put out a weekly paper from the officehere. very similar to the good old Telescope, but Army publications are all so limited (as) everything has to be cleared by several agencies - so the finished product isn't what it started out to be. It's frustrating, but nothing much can be done to change the 'Army Way'."

Walker hopes to bridge generation gap by providing needed leadership By Chris Read When Lloyd Walker graduatep from Manteo High School on Roenoke Island, No:r:th Carolina..most of us were getting our firs taste of public edcuation. That was in 1955. Today at 32, Walker hopes to bridge the generation gap by providing the leadership required of an Associated Student Body president. He hopes to give the rapidly decaying student government a shot in the arm. A native of the Tarheel state, Walker was born in Shiloh and later mmred to Manteo where his father was lattach.edl to the Coast Guard. While at Manteo high school he was active in football, basketball as well as in student government. His baseball prowess earned him a full ride to Chowan College, a two year school in Murfreesboro, N.C. Walker played football his freshman year but lasted only one semester. In January of 1956 he joined the Marine Corp and attended boot camp at Paris Island, South Carolina. Soon after boot ~amp he served in a Marine honor guard aboard the aircraft carrier Intrepid for 18 months, enabling him to see much of of the world. In December of 1957 Walker was married to a registered nurse and a graduate of the University of Connecticut. After sea duty, he joined the 2nd Marine Division. Assigned to the air wing, he was in Marlne intelligence. May of 1962 took Walker to Southeast Asia for the first time. Stationed in Thailand for one month, Sergeant Walker was quickly transfered to Da Nang where he continued his work _in Marine intelligence. One year later he returned to Camp

Pendleton, near Oceanside. Liking California, he brought his family, which now was growing, to the local base but was quickly sent to Maryland to an Army intelligence school for about five months. In July of 1964 he went on temporary duty to Viet Nam where in December he adopted a Vietnamese girl. In May of 1965 Walker was sent to Viet Nam for the third time. But this was to be his last visit. After a year of duty Walker was sent back to Camp Pendleton where he was honorably discharged in Mav of 1966. He had served Uncle Sam for ten years and four months. Using his Marine background Walker became a special investigator for a number of civilian companies but soon decided that if he was going to advance in the business world he would have to get a degree. In September of 1967, Walker enrolled at Palomar College majoring in Political Science. Being a sports enthusiast he joined Jim Clayton as an assistant baseball coach and was planning on playing football this season. One hundred fifty-eight votes put Walker into office. Less than eight percent of the eligible voters at Palomar cast a ballot in the recent election. His margin of victory was 94 votes. But the ex-marine has decided to declare war on the apathetic student boqy. His most notable achievement to date must be the cleaning out of theASB offices which served as a student lounge for those involved with student government. "It's no longer a book drop", commented Walker. Even his office is (Continued on page 2)

Steven A. Krueger and Philip Moore have been appointed editors of Palomar's two student publications for the spring semester. Krueger will edit THE TELESCOPE, while Moore will be editing FOCUS magazine. Krueger has been on THE TELESOOPE staff for three semesters. In the fall, he was page one editor of the Tuesday paper. He wrote a standing column called "From The Right Side" for the same paper. Prior to that, he was an assistant page editor in the previous spring. In high school, he was the editor of the school yearbook, news editor of the school paper, and student body photographer. He plans to work for a small daily newspaper after leaving Palomar this summer. Phil Moore is a noted graphic arts expert on campus. He designed the much heralded poster for the film series and has done other work for the community services department and Dean Theodore Kilman, head of that department. Next month, he will present a one man photographic show in the library. In high school, Phil was also editor of his yearbook. He has also done a great deal of work in photography. Rounding out THE TELESCOPE staff are Jim Strain, news editor, Tom Anderson, page one editor, Chr!s Read, page two editor, Jackie Easley, page one Friday, editor, and Phil Fellows and AI Stover, co-sports editors. Lois Cavalier is continuing as exchange editor. Strain was an unsuccessful candidate for ASB president against current president Lloyd Walker. He will be writing a weekly column called Mouthpeace, taking the column from retired editor Steve Schneider, now a sports publicist with the school. In the past semester, he was acclaimed for articles on student court and the "Bucks for Ben" drive. Tom Anderson will be moving from the Friday paper, of which he was front page e ditor to first page on Tuesday.

Lois Cavalier was persuaded to remain with the staff this semester by the pleas of fellow staffers. Mrs. Cavalier is reknown for her coverage of speeches and other in depth stories. She officially is acting in the post of exchange editor. Two new faces and bylines will appear on the sports page. They are those of Phil Fellows and AI Stover, co-sports editors. Fellows has done extensive work in photography and general assignment reporting. This is his first venture into sports writing and page editing. Stover was a reporter for Focus magazine last semester. He will be doing extensive work in both publications. In addition to sports, he will be taking general assignment stories for the paper. Ad manager Starr Bennett will have an assistant to help with the ads this semester. She is Sandy Beamsderfer, who helped Starr with the ad work last fall. TELESCOPE editor Krueger said his goals are "Better, more diversified coverage of stories of relevance to the general student body. We hope to bring more off-campus student news into the paper and to be able to interest more areas of the school. "It is for this reason we are going to be publishing announcements of art exhibits in various museums as well as in our gallery. We also have the printing rights to broadcasts of two radio programs, "Science Editor" and "The University Explorer". These broadcasts, we hope, will extend coverage to areas of science that interest too many students."

dents to take enjoyable classes outside of their major fields without fear of wrecking a good grade point average. If the student does well and passes, Miss Morris goes on, he gets full credit for the course. If he fails he receives neither credit nor penalty. "His GPA remains the same either way," Miss Morris said. "I feel this program will be to the advantage of the students and I hope they will support it." Expansion of present programs in various department is the major request of students responding to the curriculum section of the recent Program Evaluation. More and varied classes were asked for in the fine arts, foreign language, English, business, life science, humanities and physical education departments. Three hundred sixty-four students indicated they were satisfied with the curriculum while 137 answered "no". There were 26 comments from this "no" group, and 58 students said they had "no opinion". "I am confident that the Board of Governors is making every effort to meet the educational needs of our students," said Robert Burton, dean of student personnel services. The Palomar College Master Planning Committee, under the chairmanship of Dr. John D. Schettler, assistant superintendent in charge of business, is in the process of studying the needs of the college and projecting changes which will need to be implemented during the next ten years, he said. All members of the Board and committee have been provided with copies of the Program Evaluation. Student comments on the curriculum ran from general statements such as "too limited" to a more specific "English 45 is worthless" . "More night classes" were requested, as well as the addition of home economics classes and a dental assistants program. One said that "police science should be in the day". Several students said that the curriculum is fine, but more attention should be paid to the quality of teaching. "Since the beginning of Colleges, students have been evaluating both instructors and curricula in one way or another," Burton said. "They will continue these evaluations either by more traditional informal methods or by some formalized technique such as the one recently used. "I think much can be learned by having students prepare evaluations of the various segments of our total educational program."

Chris Read was the sports editor of THE TELESCOPE last semester. He is now doing the editorial page and general assignment and in depth reporting. Jackie Easley, one of the two female r eporters on the staff, is moving from the editorial page to front page on F riday. Last semester, she covered the student government beat and other general assignment work.

Speed limit -now watched The pace at .Palomar is about to come to an abrupt crawl, accordingtoDr. JMn Schettler, assistant superintendent in charge of business. He has been notified by the sheriff's department that an officer will begin enforcement of the 15 mile per hour speed limit on roads in and around the campus. Further, Dr. Schettler says that the deputy will be issuing citations for illegal and dangerous parking on campus. The offenses likely to earn tickets include blocking driveways, sidewalks, roads, and parking without proper parking permit for the school. In honor of Lincoln's birthday, school will be closed tomorrow. Due to the holiday, THE TELESCOPE will not be published on Friday but will return on Feb. 18.

Earl May of Palomar gets ready to let one loose against Southwestern. Gary Koeth and two unidentified Apache play-

ers come up for the rebound. Palomar won the game.


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