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Palomar College · Volume 24 Number 33 · A Publication of the Associated Students
March 12, 1971
San Marcos , Calif.
92069
Chicanos voted new teachers Demonstration held to support MECHA demands
Budget group provides funds for expansion
By Stephen Schneider
Dean Bergman gives statement on controversy Virgil Bergman, dean of student Instruction, issued the following statement late Wednesday about the recent Multi-Cultural Program controversy: "Dean J..:ilman, who is administratively responsible for the Mullt-Cultural Program at Palomar College, recommended to me that two new positions in the program he filled in the Fall: one, a bilingual counse lor; the other a multicultu ral instructor. Mr Kilman indicated that hi s request for an instructor was based on the fact that Mr. Jacques had estimated a possible increase of 300 multi-cultural students for the Fall and had stated that if that increase did materialize, there would be need for a second inst ruc tor in the Program. "l1ecause of what we felt to be an urgent need in this area, I secured a fulltime multi-cultural instructor at mid - year , six months ahead of schedule. I was assured that Mr. Lucero would meetour cu rre nt needs. "Mr. Jacques had indicated to me that he may not know the positive r esu lts of his stude nt r ec ruitme nt program until late in the summer. I have indicated to Mr. Jacques that we are full y comm itted to the Program. a nd that, if e nrollme nt in the Multi- Cultural Program warrants further additions of fa culty, I would, even at that la te date, have no hes itancy in recommending to the Pres ident a nd t he Board of Governors that we seek a qualified person. If s uffi cient evidence is ava ilable at this time that the estimated numbe r of new s tud e nts wi !1, in fact, be on campus in the Fall, I will now, without question, recommend to the Presid e nt and the Board that we seek qualified personnel to meet the needs of the Program in the Fa ll. "It must be understood that employment of additional staff in all academic areas of the College is based on, not only the projected enrollm e nt, but also the projected weekly student contact hours . The College su pports the 1\IultiCultural Program. If it Is s hown that projected weekly s tudent contact hours demand additional personnel, I will recommend that additional staff be sought'.'
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the Scientist' lecture series begins Lt. Winsor Letton III, USN , will be the next speaker !\larch 18 in the Palomar College "Meet the Scienti st" lecture series.
Lt. Letton is cu rrently on duty with the Target Discrimination Study at the Naval Electronic Lab Center in San Diego. A p aper by him was presented at the meeting of the Society of International Geophysicists in Calgary, Canada. He received his doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. The program is scheduled for 8 p.m. in room P-32, and the public is invited to attend without charge.
"Viva la Haza" was the cry as students demonstrati ng for an expanded Multi- Cu ltural Program held a peace-
ful march which e nd ed by a meeting in the cafete ri a Wednesday. (Photos by George Elgin)
Through shouts of "Viva la Raza!" and "Chicano Power!" about 400 demonstrators marched on campus in support of demands to hire additional instructors in multi-cultural studiesWednesday. Students from San Diego State, UCSD, Mesa, Grossrnont, and Southweste rn colleges joined local MECHA supporters in a lenghthy march through campus corridors to a rally in the student union. Administration officials were at first not available .to discuss the demands with the students but Theodore Kilman, assistant dean of instruction, later came before the assembly to accept the grievances with the promise that he would present them to the proper channels. The disturbance was brought about because of the failure of Virgil Bergman, dean of instruction, to request any additional teachers for the multicultural studies department at a recent budgetary committee .meeting.
Measure to lower flag passed by ASG Executive Council A resolution to lower the flag to half mas t until the e nd of the Indochina war was s peed ily p assed by the ASG•s Executive Council Monday and will be on the agenda of today's Student Assembly meeting. Proponents expect opposition from the administration over the proposed lowe ring of the Ame ri can Flag located west of the Student Union patio in r e spect for "those dying every day" in the war. "Many colleges a nd universities have done so in the last few years," according to one cou nc il member. Torn Pohle resigned fron the student government to ''do things that I think must be done that my position on the counc il won't a llow me to do." Pohle said he plans to join with other students to form an activist group tentatively called "Organization for Cam pus and Community Improvement." The council approved a plan to shift financial responsibility for the athletic program to the district and the funding of many sponsored groups from bookstore profits. Other ASG expenses would come from activity card sales and any other sources of income. Campus publications, forensics, the-
ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE Because of today's music assemb ly, classes will be conducted on a n Assembly Schedule. Time c hanges will be as fo llows: Classes beginning at 8 a.m . 9 a.m. Assembly 10 a.m. 12 noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p. m.
will meet at 8:00 to 8:50 8:55 to 9:45 9:50 to 10:50 11:00 to 11:50 12:30 to 1:20 1: 25 to 2:15 2:20 to 3:1 0 3:15 to 4:04
ater arts, music, art and dance projects would be paid from the book store net profits. Surplus monies would be diverted to the gene r a l fu nd of the ASG. No activity card s hall be required for participation in any ASG activities or sports. Admission charges a r e to be lowered for ac tivity card holders and athletic eve nts would be free to all students. The counc il also decided to give the Inter- Clu b Council authority over dances.
Multi- cultural studies now has a total of 11 classes possible for the fall semester but only two instructors. Approximately two months ago, Paul Jacques , instructor for the multi-cultural department, along with members of the localMECHAorganization succeeded in adding seven new c lasses to the program . "These classes don't mean a damn thing if we don't have the instructors to teach them," stated Steve Esquibel, last semester's president of MECHA and organizer for Wednesday's activities. The demands presented to the administration stated: "We the Chicano and Native American c iti ze ns and students of San Diego County demand that this institution, Palomar College, hire for the Fall Semester: ( 1) One fulltime certified Chicano Studies instructor (2) One part-time or hourly Native American instructor. (3)These positions are to be above and beyond the pos itions now held by Mr. Lucero and Mr. Jacques and /o r any extra hourly instructor that we may need . ''
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reg 1st ration held Voter registration is s till being held on campus . Students between the ages of 18 and 21 may register to vote in federal elections , while thos e over 21 may register for all e lections. Mrs . Eileen O'Connor wi ll be acce pting registrations in the cafeteria on Monday from 9 a . rn. - 2 p.m.
Resulting from a meeting between three members of the administration and MECHA yesterday, an additional full - time instructor and a half-time instructor in the multi-cultural studies will be sought for the fall semester. The request for the added teachers was put before the budget committee yesterday afte rnoon and was approved. The additional instructors to the department will open the way for approximately five of the seven new classes which were approved two months ago by the curriculum committee for the department to begin next fall, according to Dr. Frederick Huber, preside nt of the college. Dr. Huber stated that he felt that the problems which culminated with the Chicano demonstration Wednesday were due l argely to a breakdown in communication between the parties involved . "When the multi- cultural prograrnm began two years ago, we committed ourselves to meet the needs of the students in this area," Hube r stated . Huber added t hat the commitment to provide e nough instructors had been upheld due to the fact that the MECHA members had not provided the administration with numerical facts that an additional ins tructor was need ed . That information was provided when the results of a canvassing of local high schools showing a substantial increase in Chicano students was presented by MECHA to the admini stration in the meeting yesterday morning.
1000 Voice Choir to sing Thursday Over 1000 singers from 14 county high schools will present the an nu al "1000 Voice Choir" in the Dome, Thursday at 8 p. m. The s ingers have been practicing since Christmas vacation at their separate high schools, but have not yet had the opportunity to practice as a single group. The entire choir will practice together a ll day Thursday for the first time. The choir is to be conducted by Dr. William Hall, director of Chor al Organizations at Chapman College . He is also associate professor of music at Chapman College. The p articipating high school s are : Borrego, Carlsbad , Coronado, El Capitan, Escondido, Fallbrook, Julian, Monte Vista, Orange Glen, Ramona, San Dieguito, San Marcos and Vista. It is recommended t hat s tudents not use the visitors' pa rking lot Thursday to accommodate the influx of visitors. Admission is $1. 25.
Jacques tells Chicano needs By Jerry Nicholas Paul Jacques believes education is the a nswer to Chi cano and Native Ame rican problems. Jacques, advisor to the campusMEC HA and director of multi - cu ltural studies, was involved in the demonstration he ld here Wednesday. "\\"e' re conce rned that children a re going to bed hungry in ' orth County a nd we think we can solve the problem t hrough education of our people . " 1\IECHA demonstrated Wednesday to demand the hiring of another full - time teacher to i rnplement seven new c lasses on campus . "\\'e came together today in the spirit of 'carnalismo' (brotherhood) to show the people of Palomar that we are not a small isolated group but rather an organized representation of Chicano fee lings." Dean of Continuing Education Theodore Kilman stated that the administration did not know of personnel qual-
ified to teach the c lasses . Kilman asked , when he s poke before the demonstrators Wednesday in the Stud e nt Union, that if they had knowledge of people who were qualified that they should forward this information to the administration. Jacques said he had a long list of qualified individuals but "we've left the destiny of our people up to the white man for 130 years a nd now we have to r ealize our own needs and meet them ." Jacques is optimistic about the results of the demonstration and thinks that Dean of Instruction Virgil Bergman will bend to the s how of mass support of multi-cultural stud ies and recommend a new teacher be hired. "We must expand our program to fill the gap not being taught by traditional education. We're interested in lifting our people out of the dregs of society that they have been placed." Jacques said that the administration should not assume that the courses
wou ld be attended only by C hicano students. He reported that enrollment in pre sent courses is half white, and that all but one of the new c lasses are actually for the better understanding of the Chicano cu lture by white students. Classes in translated Mexican literature, Mexican and Chicano art, Chicano history in the U. S., Chicano history in Californi a , sociology, and field training in soc iology would be offered. A class titled '•Spanish for Bi-Cultural Students '' wou ld a lso be offered to meet specific needs of Chicano students. The class would strengthen a student's usage of Spani s h.
Bostic offers lecture "New Horizons in Marine Biolog1r" will be the topic of a lecture to be given by Mr. Dennis Bostic tonight at 7:30p.m. in ES-19 . Bostic's lecture is third in the series of the fifth annual Operation Up-Date Program.