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Palomar College · Volume 23 Number 40 · A Publication of the Associated Students
April 21, 1970
San Marcos , Calif.
92069
Adams makes plea for ecological action
Ansel Adams, noted photographer and conservationist, spoke to some 300 stu-
EARTH WEEK SCHEDULE TUESDAY; In room ES-19 at ll:OO Mr. Getty, chief naturalist from the State Parks system will present a slide talk concerning the dangers our deserts and parks as well as general land management. WEDNESDAY: A panel discussion will be held from ll:OO until 1:00 in ES-19. Dr. Thomas of the Fish and Wildlife Control Department of La Jolla will speak on water and land pollution and product recycling. Mr. Fannon, senior sanitary engineer of San Diego, will speak on water pollution and waste recycling. Mr. E. Groschwitz, instructor at Palomar, will speak on chemical pollution. THURSDAY: Mr. Bob Olinghouse, Carlsbad City Planning Director, will present a talk entitled "Preserving the Municipal Environment.'' FRIDAY: Dr. William D. Boyce, Escondido surgeon, will present a talk entitled, "Population vs. Morality."
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Tuesday and Friday at 12:00 Dale Wood, a well known naturalist from Vista will present a slide talk and corresponding poem based on ecology extracted from the First Book of Genesis and the Bible as well as a talk on the pollution of the Bird Islands. At 12:00 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday two excellent films entitled Bulldozed America and Standing RoomOlify will be presented in room ES-19. Dr. Ehrlich's tape of population problems will be made available. This presentation will also be made atl p.m.wednesday.
dents and members of the community in the Student Union yesterday on the
theme, "Creative Photography and Conservation.'' ---George Anderson photo
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EDITORIAL
With ASB elections coming up next month it is essential that students wishing to run for office be informed so that they can meet the qualifications stated in the ASB's Election Code. It is urged that all qualified, interested students, who are dissatisfied with the ASB government, seriously consider running for office. Don't sit and complain for another semester. If you make the effort, we just might have more than one person running for each office. Section 3. Elections a. Qualifications 1) All candidates for office shall be a member of the Associated Student Body. 2) All candidates seeking office on the Associated Student Body Council shall have a grade point average of 2.5 in not less than 12 units of work for the semester preceding nomination, with the exception of the Freshman Class President. 3) No candidate shall be a graduate of college or junior college, nor shall he have completed more than 70 units of college work. 4) In order to qualify to assume office, each candidate shall file a signed statement with the dean of Student Activities stating that he or she has read the Constitution, By-Laws, and Codes within a period of two (2) weeks previous thereto, and is familiar with the contents thereof. 5) All candidates for Associated Student Body office shall present, upon presentation of statement as provided for in Section 3, Part A, subpart 4, leadership technique qualifications through one (1) of the following: a) Shall have attended a leadership technique class. b) Shall be attending a leadership technique class during the term of office. c) Shall be certified in leadership technique by the Dean of Student Activities. (This requirement may be fulfilled by attending a leadership technique class on Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) 6) No candidate may hold two (2) major positions in the Student Government or organization simultaneously. These are to be the positions of: a) President b) Vice-President c) Secretary d) Treasurer b. Nominations 1) All candidates for elective office shall attend two (2) meetings of the Associated Student Body Council prior to registration in order to familiarize themselves with its procedures. 2) All candidates must register with the secretary of the Dean of Student Activities two (2) weeks prior to elections.
Famed photographer and conservationist Ansel Adams made his own personal plea for ecology yesterday when he addressed some 300 Palomar students and members of the community in the Student Union. Adams' speech , which was titled "Creative Photography and Conservation," kicked off Earth Week activities at Palomar and dealt with the association of photography with the present situation of the world. "We are on the threshold of a great experience," Adams told the crowd. ''What can the photographer do in the face· of the present earth situation? Our main statement should be to preserve the beautiful in the world. The only home we shall have is Earth, and we can make it a true hell or a heaven. We must begin sacrificing now for the greater sacrifices to come. Time is running out. We all have the responsibility of saving the earth for mankind." Adams went on to explain that in our present precarious situation, the role of the ·photographer is a tremendous one. "The photographer must analyze his world and direct the lens and the camera to that analysis. There is a great distance between shape and form, and it is the perceptive ability of the photographer that brings configurations out of all these forms.'' ''The problem most of us face is, 'What do we really see? What does the lens see?' It is between the retina and the cortex that we experience. You must visualize the image within the format. What is known as the external event is the situation out
in the world. The internal event is what happens when the external is turned into a creative event." In explaining his association with the Sierra Club Adams said, ''Ten years ago Sierra Club did a show called "This Is Earth." Copies were sent over the world, and after the club overcame internal resistance, they adopted the purpose of ecology. They are now devoted to true ecological values." "Photography is the most lucid art to dip into problems. The photographer has two levels to work from: 1) Fact and 2) Revelation. We have outgrown the factual approach and are rising to the occasion of survival. It has taken on religious significance. "Two hundred years ago artists turned to nature. Nature became more important to them than established religion. . Today, artists create non-objective compositions that do not effect the world but create a new one. ''I think my pictures of rocks are potentially great contributing forces in that they reaffirm the beauty of the world around us. I have a choice of photographing the bad things and · scaring you, or photographing the good things and making you feel like a participant against destruction. I offer a different kind of propaganda." Adams answered questions from the audience concerning the Sierra Club's stand on a number of issues, and gave his advice to young photographers who want to become professional. He then invited students with further questions to a discussion in F-26, the Photo Lab. Adams' lecture was one in the Community Services Lecture Series.
'Slave Sale' is huge success; bidding frenzy ends at $l85 Using the style of an Arabian flesh , merchant, instructor Chris Pagakis auc-' tioned off 20 people at Wednesday's "Slave Sale." Sponsored by Phi Ro Pi and Circle K, the "Slave Sale" was a "huge success," with one squeamish slave going for $33, the highest price paid in the sale. Roger Scalice , president of Phi Ro Pi, noted that for a while "slaves" were going for an average bid of $15, with females commanding the greater prices.
Pagakis danced over the stage in the Student Union enticing higher bids. He wore an Arabian style sheet adding flavor to the sale.
Mr; Chris Pagakis served as auctioneer for the "Slave Sale" last week spon-
sored oy Circle K and Phi Ro Pi. The sale grossed $185 from 20 slaves.
Scalice commented on the auctioneer saying , "I think he missed his calling as a P. E. teacher . . . we owe him a lot of credit." The sale grossed $185 giving each of the sponsoring clubs $92.50. Scalice said that another "Slave Sale" and dance is being planned in the near future.
TELESCOPE QUESTIONED
Publications Board airs charges By Jan Gustina and Willie Parks
nothing but create dissension, " Engle replied.
Charges brought against THE TELESCOPE by ASB President Jon Engle were discussed at a Publications Board meeting held last Friday, but final action has been delayed .
Getting down to specific instances. Engle referred to an editorial printed at the beginning of this semester in which it was stated that in order to accomplish anything he must have the backing of both the paper and his council. The editorial went on to imply that Engle did not have the backing of his council.
Those attending the meeting were Board members Mr. Virgil S. Bergman, acting president; Mr. Robert E. Bowman, dean of student activities; Mr. Fred Wilhelm, journalism adviser; Mr. Justus Ahrend, photography adviser; Mr. Richard Peacock, English instructor; Jackie Easley, TELESCOPE editor; Jon Engle, ASB President; and Pat Smith and Bob Olson, ASB Council members. Present in the audience were members of THE TELESCOPE staff, members of the ASB Council, and other interested students and members of the faculty. Engle began by saying that "THE TELESCOPE has not published any constructive criticism of the ASB for the last two semesters." He went on to say that THE TELESCOPE writers "severely cut anyone who came to their attention without offering any way to improve. It's time to do away with this negative criticism." After furtner discussion Mr. Peacock asked Engle if he could be more specific in that all he could tell was that Engle "didn't like THE TELESCOPE." "Their attitude toward the ASB has been completely negative and has done
Mr. Wilhelm then statea that "a division of the council was evidenced by letters to the editor written by dissatisfied council members." Engle also stated that "Nothing has been said about what the ASB has done. e Miss Easley replied, "We h.. ve a very limited staff, and we feel we are putting out the best possible paper that a staff our size can. I realize that the proportion of inches given to the ASB has been smaller in comparison to those given to other campus news," The editorial policy of TliE TELESCOPE was then brought up. Engle stated that the editorials so far have been "emotional and childish," with "very little sound reasoning," and that "editorials end up as news." When Engle kept continually referring to one specific editorial Wilhelm asked, "Is one editorial the showing of a whole semester?" Bergman then asked Engle if he was speaking for the whole ASB Council.
Engle stated that he did have the backing of his council and implied that he had taken a poll of the council regarding their opinion of THE TELESCOPE. Miss Easley, a council memher. then replied that she had not been contacted. Miss Smith then said that Engle did not take a poll of the council, but that he did personally contact certain council members. Bergman asked for comments from the audience. John Donnelly, freshman class president, brought up a letter-to-theeditor published in the April 10 edition of THE TELE SCOPE. The letter was written by two council members. Donnelly said that the information in the letter was "untrue and false" and that the letter should not have been printed. It was then brought up that letters- tothe-editor are opinion and are published as such. Miss Easley then extended an invitation to any council member to write a letter-to-the-editor in reply. Peacock then stated that over the years there has always been arguing about connotations and styles of writers. He then went on to say that the individuals who work on THE TELESCOPE are chosen and can't come to Board meetings every week and hash over every story written. "If the ASB is that distraught, they should stop supporting THE TELESCOPE." Bergman adjourned the meeting by saying that the issues should be taken back to the ASB Council and discussed . If a compromise cannot be reached, a new policy will have to be adapted.
Special Edition Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, On this campus, there exists a number of organizations and c lubs where students can work together outside their classrooms. One of the most active clubs is the Inte rnational Club. The main aim of this c lub is to bring understanding between the for eign students and the Americans. Unfortunately, the American s tudents haven't shown much inter est in the c lub; they have left it upon the fo r eign students. I feel that as many American students as possible, should get involved so that they may help us learn their country. Thus, I am extending an open invitation to all the students who are interested in international affairs to come together and learn more about the globe, thereby expanding our thinking. This way we can help each other to think beyond the beaches and beyond Vietnam. Some of the activities of the c lub include speakers from within and without the college, trips to various interesting places, and numerous get-togethers. The club meets every Friday, when school is in session, in B- 1 at ll a.m. Karanja Mungai President of International Club
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Dear Editor, In reply to our Big Brother's opinions in the April 10 issue ofthe TELESCOPE. He would lead one to believe that he has been taking lessons from 1984 in the way he wants the paper written. Also in his views of his fellow s tudents. It would be best to remind the leader that the paper has the right to print any and all information it considers news. No matter how bias it might be. T hat the paper is compelled to inform the students of all events and / or opinions of people on campus. If the leader does decide to withdraw ASB funds from the paper, he would be violating our Constitutional right of the press . Unless he feels that we as students have no constitutional rights . So, therefore, I contend that the paper has the right to print any or all news no matter how bias or negative it might be. Carl Ebert 34013
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Dear Editor, Having sworn an oath of Allegiance and defense of our Constitution four times in my life, I have no desire to take over this campus. Who would want it? There is little freedom here. I've seen bigotry, stupidity, ignorance, but darn little freedom. I've seen classes cut in half because the professor s aid some work was required. When one-third of a class fails to come to take a test, does this show intelligence ? But then it's freedom to deny others the right to come to college by filling up classes and wasting money and the most valuable thing on earth, a professor's time. I didn't come here to change anything, but it is obvious that parents, schools, and life up to now have not taught some of our students their responsibility to those around them. They want a ll the rights and privileges of an adult but none of the responsibilities. Psychology has a name for this type of action, but I can't think of it ri ght now. When I was selected to come here I agreed with myself not to comment about long hair, so I won't. The fact that some don't know how, and aren't trying to learn how, to take care of their long hair and that this is a health hazard to all students, I won't repeat. There is only one way to get rid of lice and whatnot when a group gets i~ and that is to shave all body hair and fumigate all clothes or get new c lothes. I also said I wouldn't speak out about abnormal conduct such as going barefoot in densely populated areas. The fact that this spreads Athlete' s Foot, which I have scars showing I didn't listen and learned the hard way, I also won't repeat. I won't comment on the adult habit of some "men" of putting their bare, cruddy, feet on top of library tables that I have to use. What is worse, the library administration isn't doing anything about it. Then there is an editor that hasn't looked up the word "editorial " nor does he even know the damage that confused words can do. Add a lack of knowled ge of the effects a published word can have and we have a not so nice situation developing. People get hassled even in San Marcos. This is not a lab where inexperience is compensated for, it is life where inexperience kills and destroys. I don't have any views on Art, but when good material is mangled beyond recognition or use, and this is done in the
GIVE EARTH A CHANCE We are demonstrating against the war in Vietnam. But we are demonstrating also against all war. Against the war of man against man everywhere, and of man against nature. We are demonstrating against systems that hurt people, as the American system hurts people in our ghettos and in Latin America and Asia, and as the Russian system hurts its own people by jailing poets, and by invading Czechoslovakia. It is good fo r us to try to love one another, but it is not good enough. We must also change the systems that tax us, put us in uniform and send us off to kill one another.
name of Art then t he word "Art" should be redefined. When a person that works here, not for a few hours a week fo r two years, but makes this their life work can' t have a say in the make up of this campus something else needs redefining! The difference of freedom and slave r y is the quantity of Responsibi lity plus Knowledge plus an awful lot of an impurity called Experience . The above are my own opinions and I didn't say them. # 38167
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Editor, Although not all of the recent thefts on the Palomar College campus can definitely be associated with the use of drugs, a number of them can , and it is m y opinion that this fact s hould be made known to every student. I am referring specifically to heroin addiction, for the only way in which the addict can support his habit is by stealing. His favorite items are came ras and tape record ers as these can be disposed of very easily. In the present instance, one addict is known to have taken at least four tape recorders from the campus, one of which was recovered, and one which cost the college $169.00 was sold to a "fence" in Tijuana for $15 .00. Once stolen merchandise crosses the border to the south, it is almost impossible to recover. In a related case , another addict was known to have had no funds whatever early in Easter week, but by Friday he had taken an overdose of heroin which, had he not been hospitalized immediately, would no doubt have proven fatal. Whether Palomar College equipment went to pay for this overdose we have no way of knowing. Both of these individuals (non-students) are now in custody on other charges, facing long terms if convicted. During recent years, students have been inclined to develop a very tolerant attitude toward drug abuse, due largely to the confusion relating to the various aspects of the use of marijuana. Actually, marijuana should not be classed with heroin at all, for, although its use may not be good, heroin is completely destructive of the use r. At the least, it will destroy his future and his character, and those addicts who die from an overdose are perhaps the lucky ones. As a psychologist who has worked in all types of situations, including mental hospitals and prisons, I can say that I know of no tragedy which can befall a young person as great as that of heroin addiction. To save a person from addiction is an even greater service than it is to save his life , but to entice a person to use heroin is tantamount to murder. If you know of anyone who uses it, please urge him to seek help, and if you are ever offered even just a little bit, refuse, no matter what the circumstances. Harry C. Mahan Behavioral Science Dept.
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We are out on the streets today to ask that we look at one another without labels. We are against putting labels on people- like "capitalist," "commie," "hippie," "pig. " Before anything else, men and women are alive, separate, individual. All of us can be hurt, can die, get angry, want to be loved, and all of us on this planet, this life raft we call Earth, will make it together or we won't make it at all.
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Dear Editor, Every waking minute of each day, TV, radio, newspape rs, and, in fact, any other means of communication, are screaming POLLUTION-CAUSE AND PREVENTION OF--but there is one gross oversight. Maybe some of those soapbox preachers, campaign fund - raisers, and committee go- getters are among the individual offenders of pollution. If many of them took a look right in their own backyard--they might be surprised !! Little is realized that if folks cleaned up their backyards, there'd be that much less contribution to the cause of pollution of one kind or another. Each "i ndividual" contribution towards prevention--could be qui te a big drop in the national bucket for the "cause." You don't have to go very far to see some pretty disrupted backyards that look more like ''junk heaps.'' Unused buildings that looked like once animal s helters are now dirty broken lean-to's and even a heap of cans and what-nots have been seen. All these contribute to br eeding germ- carrying insects during the hotter months of the year. Oh yes ! Although this doesn't have to come under the heading of ''beautify America'' it has been noted that the surroundings of a thriving business c an look more like a "junk dealer" at a quick glance. Unused machinery scattered all over, gathe r ing rust, and here and there a rusty heap of parts. This, also is one form of pollution which doesn 't bother the owners or public officials or soapbox preachers. People are more prone to see air and water pollution but not untidiness which can be right under their noses and which little is done about. Someone has to be the "stinker" to write about something so evident --at least hoping it might help to the "prevention of" and not the "cause" of this ghastly word POLLUTION. Name Withheld
Time is running out for all of us on Earth and we have nowhere else to go. No nation has the right to build atom bombs, or use napalm, or pollute the air we all breathe, or the water we all drink. We are saying today, all across America, that the war in Vietnam is our number one problem, and it must be ended now, by total, immediate American withdrawal from Vietnam. But once that war is over, our real job will begin. The job of disarming all nations, and of nursing our cities, our forests, our rivers, our air, our peoples and our children back to health. Give earth a chance. There will be no second chance.
Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those Palomar students who gave blood on April 9 when the San Diego Blood Mobile was on campus. I would especially like to thank all of those people that went around recruiting donors. For four hours Palomar's students were going in and out of the ASB office where the donations were being taken. It was a wonderful , warm feeling to watch everyone smilingand reminiscing about past donating experiences while they waited in line. It was as though everyone were long-lost friends; but the best feature of the day was the proof that people do care for others. I am sorry that many of you were turned away because of anemia or colds. However, this territory was quite limited . Oh yes. By 1:30 p.m. over ll8 donors were taken. Thank you all for having one thing in common--to help others. Respectfully, Darlene C. Laskowski ICC Sec r etary
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Dearest Jackie, Monday, March 16, the student body council once again demonstrated its ability to put the screws to the student body. The ASB Council approved a yearlong contract with Dex Allen Associates to produce all the open dances. That means this semester's council is binding for next semester's council. This means that no club or organization can hire its own band and light show, do its own publicity and produce its own open dance.
Are any of you students interested in which ones of your "representatives" voted in favor of the contract? I doubt it, but here they are anyway: John Kealy Steve Meyers Linda Causey Lynda Buendel Bob Rickman Pat Smith Terry Geiger John Donnelly What kind of "representative" turn the constituents' rights and privileges over to some outside organization ? What is the next step, remove Patti Rickman and appoint Dex Allen as Social Commissioner? Terry Meyer Tom Dietz Terry Green Patti Rickman John S. Giaquinta
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Dear Editor, People crying out peace, crying out let me do my own thing. Crying out against the establishment, crying out against the ASB and against the members of the military on our campus. I would just like to speak on each of these briefly. Crying out peace , I don't know of any person which is not seeking peace in some way or another. Let me do my own This here is a kind of peace, t hing. and most people are seeking it. Not saying that it is or will come about easy, or quickly but nothing such, or great worth comes about easy or fast. As for the establishment, they are trying especially here at Palomar. Now comes a subject close to my mind . The ASB. A lot of people don't know how the ASB is working and don't really care, but they just accept it as a bad thing. T he ASB is a group of some 20 people working as hard as possible to make Palomar as free , fair and friendly for all students as possible. If you go to a meeting and don't understand something ask! And the people in that room with the unmarked door will open their minds, hearts and souls if necessary to help you understand. These people believe in themselves and in the best ever possible for there fellow students. The ASB is not trying to put anhone down ASB is not trying to put anyone down, they're just trying to get it together and make Palomar and the peopl e here come togethe r . Military people at Palomar. What a few of you people are not seeing or reading is the word people. A military student he re at Palomar is a person just as you, or anyone. He has feelings, beliefs, and wants and if his feeli ngs or beliefs, or wants don't agree with yours, you' r e out to put him down, because he wears a uniform. Some people don't even stop to ask that military man his side of the story or picture, they just see that uniform once a week and brand him. Tell me1 is that being fair, and letting the military man do his own thing in peace, or within peace, or within peac~ among his fellow students??? Ask me about it! In c losing I only want to say if anyone wants to rap about it, I'm free and willing to get it together with you, whoever you are . John Donnelly #35846
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