ETELESC Palomar College · Volume 23 Number 43 · A Publication of the Associa.ted Students
May 5, 1970
92069
San Marcos, Calif.
SEVEN ORIGINAL DANCES
Dance concert slated here Twenty- six dancers under the direction of Miss Billie Hutchings will perform in concert Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings in the Dance Studio at 8 p.m. General admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for students and children, with tickets being available at the door. The program will consist of seven dances choreographed by Miss Hutchings as well as some student works. Three of the choreographies, "Mod Cliche," "Joie de Vivre," and "A Chair Is A Chair Is A Chair" were pre-
miered at the college in December. They will be performed again with different groups of dancers.
creating moving sculptural mases which constantly change.
The new dances on the program are varied in style, content, and musical accompaniment. They include a folk dance suite arranged from Israeli and Yugoslavian dances; "Meeting and Partings," two simultaneous duets danced to a contemporary flute and piano duet by Frank Martin; ''Iphigenia in BrooklynHow She Got There Nobody Knows," a comic story dance based, very loosely, on ideas and characters from the Orestrian trilogy sung as a cantata; and "A Sculpture Garden," a dance design
The costumes for the production were designed by Miss Hutchings. Staging assistant is Lee Settle. Students dancing in the concert are Barbara Hulbert, Ann Johnston, Jim Manley, Jane Schlag, Kathy Seidel, Carol Wicklund, Judy Zornes, Maura Peterson, Richard Little, Janet Myers, Kim Smith, Gloria Pennington, Mike Boyer Barbara Aptaker, Susan Montalvo , Mary Neuru, Anne Bedford, Kirk McClure, MaryVollmer, Jo Ann Watkins, John Herrera, Robert Wells, Katie Klies, Jill Snow, Dan White and Lee Settle.
Dance students Jim Manley and Jill Snow rehearse a dance for the upcom-
ing dance concert to be held Thursday through Saturday in the Dance Studio.
BULLETIN Discrepancies in the wording of the Election Code have led to the rescheduling of spring ASB elections, originally slated for May 11 and 12. Polls will now open at 9 a.m . May 25 and remain open until 3 p.m. May 26. According to Article I, Section 3, Part b of the Election Code, "2) All candidates must register with the secretary of the Dean of Student Activities two (2) weeks prior to elections." As originally scheduled, the election date would be only one week following the opening of registration. Registration opened yesterday at 8 a.m. and will close at noon on Friday for 16 elective posts.
Eight one-act plays featured at festival
Palomar campus employees aided area firemen Saturday in extinguishing a brush fire that came within 200 yards of the campus. The fire, which burned over 2,500 acres of land, started Friday at 11 a.m. and was not controlled until late Saturday. The blaze claimed three lives.
A woman and her two children were killed from smoke inhalation . They apparently wandered away from a parked vehicle and were trapped by flames. A campfire at the base of a hill off Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos was the cause of the fire.
Eight one-act plays, most of them o_riginals, will be produced beginning May ll, during Palomar's One Ac t Play Festival. All of the plays are being student directed, produced by members of Mr. Buddy Ashbrook's stage direction and playwrighting classes. The student directors are each assigned a technical assistant from one of Mr. Norman E. Gaskin's stagecraft classes. The plays are free and will be held in the drama lab, P -3 3. Beginning next Monday, a different play will be seen every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at ll:l5 a.m. until all eight have been produced.
HEGLAND SUBMITS RESIGNATION
Educator analyzes student lethargy By Jackie Easley "Too much of education concerns itself with facts and knowledge. The job of the school is not to transmit knowledge, but to develop understanding," according to Mr. Sheridan N. Hegland, political and social science instructor at Palomar. Hegland, who has become well known on campus for his student-submitted test questions, his four two- yea r terms as 77th District assemblyman, and his staunch "old fashion Jeffersonian Democrat' • views, will not return to Palomar nex t year. His resignation has bee n accepted "with regret" by trustees on campus, and will become effective at the close of this semester. Since he began teaching here in 1963, Hegland has been active in junior college legislation, and this activity has given him an insight into the role of the modern day educator. "One of the saddest things about contemporary education is that so many teachers are proud of their scholarship in one field . However, that field in isolation is meaningless. We have segmented education. One cannot discuss political science without reference to economics, sociology and social science. Hegland feels that the basic reason s ocieties and legislatures vote money for education is to "preserve and transmit traditional values", but he feels a weakness of the educational system is that it denies students an opportunity to participate in meaningful decisions . ''Student government is harmful unless it participates in every decision made on campus," the educator said. "Palomar's student government has never been provided meaningful options of significance. This accounts for the lethargy of student concern for student government. If the students were convinced that it has a voice, there would be a solid turnout.
"The test of a college is not how many graduates can read Latin. The basic test should be: 'How active are the students ?' What is the percentage turnout in student body elections? Does the faculty and establishment refer all decisions to the student body government before action? Hegland feels that student militancy has roots in frustration, and that this frustration can be reduced if the students feel their desires are one factor in determining decisions. In his own classroom, he seeks to allow the students a voice in the course by permitting them to submit test questions for exams.' From these questions he makes up his open book tests. "I am the author of a scholarship plan that has paid expenses for over 30,000 students . Schools are close to my heart. I am dismayed that as far as the national scholarship program has gone, California is receiving a smaller proportion of gifted high school seniors than it would have a few yea rs ago. This is telling us something about the state of higher education in California," Hegland commented. As the former editor of the Stanford University "Daily" and editor and publisher of three weekly newspapers, Hegland has had a concerned and advisory interest in the student press at Palomar. Of the obligations of the student newspaper, he has said, "The newspaper has traditional obligations. They are not committed to the government or a slave of any institution. They stand apart and evaluate. "Any effort to censor, control, or throttle the press means that our one impartial arbitrator is no longer available to society." The problem of student lethargy at Palomar has been a problem that Heg-
land has fu lly realized. As a final comment on the present student government situation he said, "During my few years at Palomar student body government has been delinquent. Its leaders have not
insisted effectively on student perogatives. The result has been that Palomar students have boycotted the elections on the supposition that student (Continued on page 2)
News Briefs Various North County stores will offer discounts to students purchasing ASB cards for the 1970-71 year. Businesses participating in the discount program include: auto centers, cleaners , clothing stores, jewelers, photographers, restaurants, theatres. These stores will offer up to 20% off on merchandise. During fall registration packets will be distributed to ASB card purchasers including lists of stores giving steady discounts and coupons from stores giving one-time discounts. This new measure was initiated by members of the ASB Council along with faculty members involved in ASB fundin g.
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Mr. Justus Town, Southern California regional representative for the Bureau of Indian affairs, will address the California Indian Culture Class tomorrow at 12 noon in Q- 4. Mr. Town, a Choctow Indian from Oklahoma will speak on current issues which affect contemporary Indian problems.
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Roger Jones was presented one of the new dramatically redesigned Palomar College rings in a drawing held last Thursday in the Student Union. The Palomar ring, now highlypersonalized, is on display in the ASB Bookstore . The ring is now accepted for trade-in toward a ring at any fouryear college or university.
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Political and social science instructor Sheridan N. Hegland has resigned his
post at Palomar and will be devoting more of his time to political science writing.
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Friday will be the last day to buy bids for the Spring Formal to be held Price of the bids Saturday, May 9. is $4 with an ASB card and $6 without. It is being held at the Escondido Country Club from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The band will be the Woody Williams Quintet, a professional group from San Diego.
EDITORIAL
Letters to the Editor Dear Editor: I was reading in the San Diego Union the other day and I came across the headlines: "Democrats Assail Reagan's Remark on a Bloodbath". Reagan's demagogue personality has been appa~nt to intellectuals, students, and minority students for alongtime;butnowEVERYBODY knows what kind of actor our leader is . He has let his insensitive attitude come from inside his mouth without even trying to understand what the roots of some of the problems are. I do not want a governor who is not willing to use his GOD-GIVEN BRAIN to understand the problems of eradicating war, eradicating poverty, and the necessity of equal education in order to form a more perfect and liveable world. The first line of the Union's article, (which incidentally is stuck way back on page A-6) reads .. . "A Democratic legislator suggested yesterday that Gov. Reagan be prosecuted for saying 'if it takes a bloodbath' to silence militant demonstrators 'let's get it over with.' " I mean even Reagan is not outside the law. What is this country coming to if a Governor of the great state of California can advocate violence and get away with it? Assemblyman Bill Greene, a Los Angeles Democrat, said he has asked the legislative counsel for a legal opinion on whether Reagan had violated the state's incitement-to-riot laws. He contended Reagan's statement "makes the governor liable for charges." Not a bad idea! Mr. Reagan is succumbing to the ideologies and tactics of the NEW LEFT by calling for violence. I do not understand how Assembly Speaker Robert T. Monagan, a Tracy Republican, can let Mr. Reagan dupe him into believing that · he was "attempting" to call "for strong administrative leadership on our campuses.' • Somebody's foolin' somebody! I am positive that our Tracy Republican friend is more intelligent than he puts up to be. The best part of Mr. Reagan's sneaky attack, is his groovey colloqualism , straight from Badwatch in his Death Valley Days heritage, "THERE MUST COME A MOMENT WHEN WE BITE THE BULLET, SO TO SPEAK•.• " I sure am relieved to know that you have the la,w enforcement agencies at your disposal Mr. Reagan. What we need around here is more leaders like Mr. Reagan so they can rule without having their hands tied to their feet so to speak. Ronnie, baby, you have shattered my dreams for a perfect society, and I no longer have any respect for you. Jack Buchans
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The Editor Sir: As the editor many years ago of a college newspaper daily, as the one time publisher of three paid-subscription suburban weeklies and as one totally committed to the Bill of Rights, I wish to commend "The Telescope" for resisting pressure from some elements in stude~t body government. Thomas Jefferson made the statement that if he were given the choice between living in a country with government but with no newspapers and a coutry without government but with newspapeJ;'S, he would live in the country with newspapers. Sheridan Hegland
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Dear Editor, * "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, OR OF THE PRESS; or the right of the people peaceable to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances .~ What gives our ASB president the right to ignore the laws of the land and threaten the discontinuation of all ASB funds to the Telescope because he is "tired of seeing this crap in every issue." Our dearly beloved president was referring to "negative" criticism appearing in our paper. I'm afraid we may have a miniture Mr. Agnew saying, "I don't care what you print, just do it my way." It seems to me in many cases, people must be made aware of problems by "negative" criticism before "constructive" criticism can begin. I would now like to offer our almighty president some "constructive" criticism. Since he feels the caliber of students at Palomar is so low we can't distinguish between opinion and news or an editorial and the sports page, why doesn't he lift us from the depths of ignorance to the pedestal of knowldege by using some of his power to have a course added to the present curricula which would help us distinguish between opinion and news, and editorials and sports. Here's a hint which may be helpful to someone, if you see Earl May's picture, it's the sports page. Mark Griener #31993
What's the difference if we don't wake up?
Court esy Dan· Dowling
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York Herald Tribun e, Inc.
"You Better Put In a Bigger Landing Strip for Me"
Dear Reader: Did you know that one-third of the voting members of the student council were not even elected or approved in a popular election? That means .there are eight members on the council over whom the electorate has no direct say. These are people who can vote on things that screw you, student, and you can't even decide who they are. The council members in question are appointed by the president and approved by the council. They are each then given a vote on the council, owing no particular loyalty to the student body or the school. I don't personally feel that I can be represented by someone I didn't vote for. Therefore, being an elected member of the council, trusty, loyal, efficient and all that, I proposed a change in the bylaws to change all this horse-spit. But guess what! It's too late! I couldn't even get the council to put this change before · the voters as a by-law amendment and let them decide what is best for them. These so-called "representatives" are so well entrenched that they can now add more and more non-elected members into their ranks, until the student council is truly the farce it is reputed to be. Terry Meyer 32360 554-86-8151 NG28310710 4141502176 R832020
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Dear Editor, As a "representative" of the students who has supposedly helped to "put the screws to the student body," I would like to ask something of two authors involve d in a five man letter to the editor (April 21, 1970). Miss Rickman, if you were so concerned about the possibility of the .passing of the dance contract which had been discussed at the previous ASB meeting, why didn't you bother attending the March 16th meeting at which the contract was passed? Miss Green, if you were so interested in helping and working for the students, why did you leave the meeting duringthe discussion of the dance contract before the vote was taken? It seems that if you were so opposed to the passage of this contract, you could have stayed an extra ten minutes to vote. By the way, when you are listing names, it would be a little more appropriate if you listed them all . It seems your letter listed only eight names as voting yes, the vote was 9 yes, 6 no, 1 abstention.
By the way, authors 5, the ASB has just approved a year long budget for the spending of ASB money. That means that this semester's council is binding for next semester's council. (It seems to me I've heard that line somewhere.) If anyone is interested in my reasons for voting yes on the passage of the contract, please contact me and I will be happy to explain. In the April 14th issue of the Telescope, they announced that next year's ASB cards would be reduced to $15. I would like to ,congratulate the Telescope on their prompt report of this hot item that was passed by the ASB council at a meeting on February 9th. I also must state that I feel that the Telescope has every right to print anything that they wish to print. I also feel that when they do criticize that the students or people criticized would greatly appreciate a solution to whatever it is that they are doing wrong. Sincerely, Linda Buendel ASB Secretary #33701
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Change. That's what the May 25-26 ASB election will be all about. A lot of people have spent a great deal of time writing and talking about the short comings of this semester's student council . . . but now its time to stop talking and start doing some serious thinking, some planning, and some decision making. We can _no longer deny that we are part of this college and consequently part of the crisis that Palomar's student government is going through right now. The spring 1970 ASB elections will revolve around the premise of change, and will be successful only if each and every one of us have the guts to realize that premise and take some positive action towards it. No longer can we sit idly by and watch a roomful of people playing at government with the decision-making organ uf this college. No longer can we accept the infringement of student rights--and constitutional rights--that are guaranteed us. No longer can we sit like school children and listen to an ASB president who has the audacity to say that students on this campus have "no rights-- just privileges. •' We mustwake up now. Not tomorrow. Not next semester. But NOW, Our ideas must become realities. Already on this campus 15 have listened and watched what has been going on-- and are ready now to do something about it, They have the facts; they have the evidence; and they have the solution. "Students for Change" is not just another political gathering on this campus. Tom Pohle, Jaimie Castenada, Steve Hughes, Terry Meyer, Jerrie Cheung, Willabert Parks, Jan Gustina, Gary Young, Ray Larson, Steve Esquibel, David Gruenbaum, and Carl Ebert represent the last chance that student government on this campus will have to reform. Each one of them has the courage to realize the weaknesses in our system and seek to change them. But they can't do it alone. They can lay the foundation of ideas, but each one of us must be the impetus for the change the suggest to be a meaningful one. When the "Student for Change" candidates campaign these eoming weeks, they will set the stage for - change, but it will be up to every one of us to make their proposals work. Listen
to them speak. To the interaction of ideas that they seek. Wake up and realize the validity of what they are saying. If you are an ASB cardholder you paid $20 to vote in this election . . . are you going to waste it? If you're not a cardholder, you're still a source of through your support of the ''Students for Change" slate. Channel that power. Show the leader in R-3 who says you have no rights, that his kind can be replaced and that there in no room for anachronism in a democratic society. It will be up to each and every student on this campus . . . if we do, or if we don't CHANGE. COME TOGETHER j.e.
THE TELESCOPE Published Tuesday and Friday of each school week, except during final examinations or holidays, by the Commu_nications Department of Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif., 92069. Phone: 744ll50, Ext. ll9. Advertising rates are $1.50 per column inch. Opinions expressed in signed editorials and articles are the views of the writers and do not necessarily represent opinions of the staff, views of the Associated Student Body Council, college administration, or the Board of Governors. The TELESCOPE invites responsible "guest editorials" or letters to the editor. All communications must be signed by the author, including I.D, number. Names will be withheld upon request. Letters may be submitted to the TELESCOPE editorial office, R-4. Editor-in-Chief. . . . . . Jackie Easley Page l, Tuesday. . . . , Tom Anderson Page 2, Tuesday.. .. . Willabert Parks Page 1, Friday. . . . , . Jan Gustina Sports Editor. . . . . . . . . Ken Carr Staff Artists . . . . . . . . . . . • Bill Grote Randy Robinson Reporters. . . .David Bengston, Betsy Alvine, Jim Brown, Carolyn Stedd Photographers . . . . . . , .. John Eden, Ted Karounos, Bill Anthony Journalism Advisor. . . Fred Wilhelm Photography Advisor. . . Justus Ahrend Graphic Arts Advisor . . . . . Jim McNutt
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(Continued from page 1) body government at Palomar has been a facade. "However, students who boycott the elections are partly responsible--these are the social dropouts. Faculties at most colleges are extraordinarily conservative in their own daily work. Insecure, they do not trust students to take a significant role in school government. The result has been that the students have largely retreated from assuming their proper role. "We have heard a lot about the threat of student militancy, and this is a genuine threat. We have not heard enough about the equal jeopardy imposed by student lethargy. ''Students need an insistent, forthright, moderate leadership.''
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