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Palomar College · Volume 25 Number 10 · A Publication of the Associated Students

Eleventh hour classes cause controversy

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Sun' seen through November

"The Midnight Sun: Pageant of Light" is the new planetarium show to be seen during the month of November.

Beginning Wednesday night at 7:15 and 8:30, the program will feature a trip to the North Pole to view the Aurora Borealis and a trip to the South Pole to view the Southern Cross.

"The program seems appropriate because we have just passed the maximum of sunspot activity and a great amount of study has been undertaken in the last decade to correlate the northern lights, solar cycle, and the earth's weather," stated Joe Willis, planetarium director.

The show is seen on each Wednesday of the month, ·except school holidays. Admission is tree and open to the general public.

The 7:15 performance is usually crowded. Reservations, which may be made by calling 744- 1150 or 727-7550, are desirable, particularly for large groups.

News Briefs There is a hotline now available to the community. Counseling, referral, and information concerning drugs or other youth related problems is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by dialing 747-0833.

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Two draft counselors will man a table in the Student Union today to answer questions and provide information from 10 a.m. until 3 p.~ .

*** ICC, the Inter Club Council, will hold its regular meeting tomorrow in R-3 at ll a.m.

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Fantasy films reached an all-time high in 1933 with the production of ''King Kong. '' In this original, uncensored version, Kong eats several people and rips off a girl's dress.

First showing is tonight in P-32 at 7 p .m., to be repeated tomorrow at 1 p.m .

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Application forms for admission to any of the colleges in the state college system for the 1972-73 term are now available in the Counselipg Office.

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'Dark of the Moon' to shine Thursday

Members of the Administrative council met last week to act on a motion concerning the use of the ll a. rn. hour as free time for students and faculty.

Several students and faculty members were on hand to voice their opinions before the council.

All those who spoke at the meeting supported the proposition that the 11 o'clock hour be kept free of classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in order to give students a time to participate in various activities.

In the past the hour was designated as the "college hour" and remained relatively free of classes.

After all statements and opinions had been recognized by the council, the motion was passed for use of the hour to remain as presently established for the spring semester and for the council to form a joint student-faculty committee to study the situation and make recommendations for the fall of 1972.

Dr. Huber, college president and chairman of the Administrative council, suggested that the committee be comprised of approximately three students, three faculty members and three administrative representatives.

Actual members of the committee to be selected by each group .

The council, in closing the discussion, ruled that the report by the committee would be due on or about February 1, 1972.

November 2, 1971

ishing touches to the "Dark of the Moon" set.

(Photo by Nora Cochrane)

Cathy Bronson, (L to R) Shelley Smith Obie O'Brien and Paul Peeve add fin-

Jobs available There are thousands of paying student jobs available in Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain for interested students. Previous work experience or knowledge of a foreign language is not required.

There are immediate openings in resort hotels, restaurants, hospitals, farms, and sales work. These jobs al-

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"Dark of the l\loon" is set to cast its shadow this Thursday at 7:30p.m. in room P-33.

Other performance dates are November 5-6 and 11-13. Tickets for adults are :$1.50and students, $.50.

An allegorical folk drama, the tale is of a Witchboy who falls in love with a human mountain girl and wishes to become human so that he can marry her. The Witchboy's wish is granted on the condition that Barbara Allen remain faithful to him for a year after their marriage.

When signs indicate to the community that the "stranger' whom Barbara has wed is not a "natural" man an effort is made to destroy their love.

"The cast is right where I want them at," Buddy Ashbrook, director commented.

"They've been working exceptionally well for such a large cast (37). This might be the best show since I've been here."

Many special effects are being used to create moods and atmospheres. A fog-machine, strobe lighting, music, singing and dancing will all be used in the play. An unusual witches' ballet will also be performed .

"We're being purely theatrical in creating the special effects. There is no attempt being made to show realism," Norm Gaskins, technical director said.

"The play includes lots of spectacle and special effects. There is also a lot of dancing. Besides a witches' ballet there is also a square dance scene with musicians," Ashbrook added.

"I feel this will be one of the more interesting and appealing plays because it's an American play with a fantasy theme imposed," Gaskins concluded.

Leading the play are Steve Phelps and Rosemary Powers. The supporting cast includes: John Higdon, Dolly Laskowski, Cher Woodward, Mary Vollmer Vic Machanis, Clauida Keithley, Bob Kendrick, Cher Kunz, Kim Eckert, Bill

Elliott describes Australian venture By.Guy Kennedy "Some of the worst drivers in the world .. . " and the shortest mini skirts possible ... " were a couple of standout impressions garnered during Fred Elliott's trip to Australia this past spring.

"Of course, it was fall there. The wettest fall in 72 years, according to the old-timers," Elliott said.

both individuals and organizations. The NATS, a group of amateur naturalists, and the University of Queensland were especially helpful.

"Oh yes, the Governor of Queensland took time out of his busy schedule to chat with us. I was very impressed

with the ceremony, the Governors rnili tary aide and all."

Did the visiting Americans provoke much attention or reaction from the local natives?

"Oh yes! Everyplace we went to the Australians were curious about us as (Continued on page 2)

Board authorizes salary increase Palomar's board of governors, in session last week, authorized a three per cent increase in salary for faculty members and non-teaching employees .

The raise, adopted by a four to one vote, is to become effective only when permitted by federal price- wage controls.

The action included authorization for transfer of funds from tJ;le undistributed reserve to meet the inCrease, when and if it becomes effective under future federal controls.

In the original 1971-72 budget, the faculty had asked for a six per cent increase.

The board voted a four and a half per cent increase at Its meeting September 28 but the action lacked the necessary two-thirds majority vote required to make the corresponding fund transfer. That action also had been contingent on any future relaxation in federal controls.

A spokesman for the administration said that assuming the increase is permitted by December 1, the t hree per cent raise for the remainder of the 1971-72 college year would amount to a total of about $70, 000 .

'To draft or not'

topic for panel Whether or not the draft should be continued will be the topic of a panel discussion Friday at ll a. rn. in P-32, to be sponsored by the Palomar Young Democrats.

Speaki ng in favor of continuance will be two Palomar instructors, Palmer Kremer and John D. Tanner, and Sergeant Ray Danie l f r om the ADCOP program.

"We flew Australia's flag airline, Quantas, from San Francisco to Sydney, via Hawaii and the Fiji Islands . From Sydney we went up to Brisbane and stayed in a 'Caravah' (glorified camping trailer), camping on the beach for six days.

We didn't spend any time at all in Australia's largest city, Sydney, only changing plane there, going and corning. The great majority of our time was spent in Queensland, Australia's northeastern state.

The opposing viewpoint will be expressed by two other instructors, Dr. Harry C. Maha n and Duncan D. McGilvray, along with Reverend Augus tine, pastor of the United Methodist Church of San Marcos. Mr. Roy Archer, YD's sponsor, will moderate.

Format for the debate will open with a five minute presentation from each panelist after which the floor will be open to questions from the audience .

All interested persons are invited to attend.

"The seventeen students were a mixed group of juniors and seniors from the College of Idaho, (Elliott's alma-mater), and were carrying 17 units of instruction, divided between the sciences and humanities. The venture was a field trip for them. I had made five previous trips with Dr. Stanford, the expedition leader from the College of Idaho, into Baja. So that's how I got my invitation."

Elliott lectured on botany and ecology during the research trip.

Isaac to lecture

'We did most of our work out on the Great Barrier Reef, as planned. spending many weeks at isolated research stations. We never ventured too far inland. But we did spend some time in Cana Gorge, which is very wild. But we failed to catch an example of the spiny anteater. At Mundubbra, a small town in the butback', we tried, but failed to get either a duckbilled platypus or a lung fish. We were forced to depend a great deal upon road kills for most of our specimens."

"It was my first trip down there and I greatly appreciated the help from

Powers, Ellen Hexorn, John Macomber, Francie Welsh, John Airnon, Perry Sites, Don O:Rourke, Ahva Rana.

Others are; Lawrence Walters, Mel Schuster, Darlene Booker, Glenna Smith, Carol Chandler, Kim Sturdevan, Cass Smith, Holly McCone, 1-.:risten Warmoth, Margaret Bailey, l\Iargie Austin, Cathy Garvin, Robert Shipman, and DeLynn Ketcherside.

Among the people working on the technical crew are Cathy Bronson, Ann Hamilton, Obie O'Brien, Garth Warner, Ed Null, Laurie Tanner, Paul Peevey, Shelley Smith and John Higdon.

Fred Elliott, life science instructor, displays a seed pod he brought back

from his sabbatical leave in Australia.

(Photo by Allen Simmons)

"Personality Types and Learning Styles" will be the subject of a lecture

by Dr. Stephe n Isaac, guidance coordinator for the county Department of Education, here November 4.

The lecture is scheduled for 7:30 p. rn. in room C- 5, and the public is invited to attend.

Isaac is the author of the "Handbook in Research and Evaluation.''

He has a long background of experience in assisting both adults and young people in the learning process through his work as a counselor, clinical psychologist and lecturer.

The program is one in a series being presented in the Educational Forurn introduced this year at Palomar, primarily concerning the educational processes in America.

SCALES TIPPED IN FAVOR OF STATE

Reflections

Writer discusses personal privacy Stephen Gillers is author of "Getting Justice: The Rights of People."

He is an attorney and the director of the Committee for Public Justice.

Copyright 1971 by Stephen Gillers

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Your plane York's Ke nnedy Airport. You're home after nine weeks of hitchhiking and camping out a ll over Europe . You suffer culture s hock as you trudge, with your sleeping bag and knapsack, toward customs.

The two well-dressed couples ahead of you move quickly. The inspector barel y blinks at their many pieces of costly luggage. Then he reaches you.

"Okay," he says," empty the knapsack and undo the sleeping bag." You are dazed, tired and bewildered. You are also insulted. Why did he pick on you? But mecanically you follow his instructions until you are stopped by his next order.

"Now, go into that room over there and take off all your clothes."

Can he do that?

T he answer depends on the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Usually, that Amendment for bids any search unless ''probable cause'' is present. This means that for most searches- -including wiretaps and ellectronic eavesdrops-- a police officer must first have proof that he will probably fi nd something illegal. Suspic ion is not enough. But neither is certainty required. The balance tips in favor of the state and the search if t he officer has enough facts to make it probable that he will find something.

Restrictions placed

But the Fourth Amendment works differently when a person enters this country. Indeed, for a long time courts assumed that the Fourth Ame ndment simply did not apply at all in these situations; that customs officers, in order to catch smugglers, needed power to search as thoroughly as they wished unhandcuffed by the Fourth.

Recently, however, some courts have placed restrictions on this power, at least where the search involves a person's body or body cavities. Three cases one of which is now before the Supreme Court, illustrate this trend.

In 1961, in Witt vs . United States , a federal appellate court in Californi a said it was legal for customs officers to require a female traveller to disrobe even though they had no cause to believe she was breaking the law.

A search of an entering traveller was legal, said the court, "by reason of such entry alone.'' ' Clear indication '

By 1967 , the same court developed greater sensitivity. In Henderson vs.

United States, a female traveller was forced, under protest, to let a doc tor exami ne her vaginal area. She c l aim ed the search was illegal. The court reaffirmed its belief that merely by crossing the border one subjects himself to a searc h of his baggage, purse, pockets and wallet . But a body cavity was a different story. Said the court: '' . if in the course of the search, of a woman there is to be a requirement that she manually open her vagina for visual inspection to see if she has something concealed there, we think that we should require something more than mere suspicion. Surely, to require such a pe rformance is a seri ous invasion of privacy and dignity .. " The court said that before such an invasion could occur, the r e has to be a "clear indication" that something would be found. The court did not say exactly what this meant.

Hopefully, thi s year the Supreme Court will tell us just how free customs officers are to search the baggage, the c lothing and the body cavities of travellers.

Personal privacy devalued

In a case called United States vs.

Johnson, a customs inspector became s us pwwus of two young women crossing from Mexico to California. He

Letters to the Editor I would like to convey my thanks to the student who found a bracelet of mine, whic h means a great deal to me, a nd turned it into the bookstore. The bracelet has two charms brought to me from Scotland, as well as one for my little grandson, so you can understand the sentiment attac hed to it. Although I do not know the name of the s tudent who found it, I wish to express my appreciation.

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had a female inspector conduct a strip sear ch and she found he roin hidd e n in the panties of one of the women.

The same federa l appellate court that decided Witt and He nde r son said the search was ill egal. In order to justify a strip search, said the court, even if it does not involve inspecting the person's body cavities, the cus toms officer had to have a "subjective suspicion supported by objective, articulable facts . ' ' Suspicion without facts was not enough.

By Ge ne Sager The r e is much to be said for packing a few belongings in a Volks bug and rambling down through Baja California. Somewhe r e along the dusty, rocky 400 miles fr om San Qui nten to Santa Rosalia there is a certain inner movement. One can c ome to yearn for the aloneness of the vast silent landscape , to see things that are norm ally masked.

One must be purged of loneliness before one can fully face one's aloneness .

Lone liness is conflict; it is wanting the s ituation to be other than it is. It is often a desire to excape from aloneness .

Certain e nvironm e nts can bring upon us a feeling of bei ng alone. In Baja the stark scar city of human and anima l life makes loneliness seem futile.

We come to see that our understanding of the hum an condition and the problem of salvation is a matter for each of us to work out a lone , finally. Ulti mately, aloneness is standing naked before what is , without desire or pursuit. Our habit is to let ourselves suppose that the many voices and noises of our 'normal' surroundings reveal the fu ll truth about ou rse lves.

So many maski ngs. The silent vastness of Baja lets you be .

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Even if the Burger Cour t upholds the lower court's ruling, a traveller's personal privacy will mean little at the border. A customs officer may still be able to satisfy the requirement of "objective, articulable facts" simply by saying that the traveller acted strange, that he seemed to be hiding somethi ng.

Unless the Supreme Court really surprises us, the only practical advice is clear: Stay away from borders if you're carrying anything you wouldn't want to be found with -- no matter how well you think it's concealed. Cus toms inspectors are not shy about looking just about any place.

Elliott describes Australian visit (Continued from page 1) Americans and as to what we were trying to accomplish. They were very friendly, however, and were constantly offering us suggestions and help. H Did Elliott meet any other officials?

"Several Educators and such. Also, the United States Ambassador to Australia was out on the Reef for awhile and he dropped in to see us. H Impressions of the land and people?

"As I mentioned previously, the mini skirts. I thought they had gotten s hort here at Palomar. But the Australian girls .. . " and he shook his head at the thought. "And the Australian drivers are something to see. In the country, which they call the outback, everyone drives in the center of the road and only move over to the left when meeting oncoming traffic. I makes thi ngs interesting in a r eas with rolling hills or curves .

"Of course, the left-hand driving, steering from the right hand side of the car threw us at first. I t was quite a n experience picki ng up rental cars at the airport and then getting out into that wild left-handed traffic ! Quite a few times we fou nd ourselves trying to bear right at the wrong time!H "The unreserved friendli ness of the pe ople was outstanding. For example , we had two s tud e nts after vacillating between getting married before or after the fie ld trip, in best tradition, decided to get married while we were down there.

Some people we had met on the beach arranged the ceremony for them with the local minister officiating, and the small town we were staying in at the time gave the couple a r eception. And as I was driving the newlyweds into Brisbane for a few days of honeymoon, the pickup truck all arrayed with signs and decorations, we felt the need for a cup of coffee. We stopped in the s mall town at the 'milk bar ' and took out food in with us, expecting some sort of adverse reaction. But instead, as we were leaving, the staff brought a box of gift wrapped candy for the newlyweds!

"We were surprised many tim es by s uch outpourings of fri endliness from the Australians . I was even offered a loan by a lady whom couldn' t cas h my check due to some tec hnic ality. H The Australian e ducation system?

"Very rigid," he said tersely. "Very rigid and non-compromising, American teac he rs going to Aus tralia on contract have been surprised with the lack of freedom built into the system. Especially one couple I know that received their education at Berkely! Some of the younger Austr a lian would like a change, but the way th~ system is run, they will have to wait until the older teachers die off.'

Immigration?

Elliott sm iled softly. "It's not what a lot of people in the US make it out to be. One fourth of all the English immigrants to Aus trali a r e turn hom e ,

(70 per cent of the Americans) . If you are young, and wish to work hard, be a real pionee r in the outback, it might be all right. Otherwise , you had better be rich. The wages are much lower and the cost of living as high or higher than in · the US. A fellow I talked to figured out that the bran6 new Holden, which woul d be roughly equivalent; to a smaller Chevrolet, cost him the equivalence of $9,000. As a side to this, I don't understand how the Australians dress as well as they do on their wages. And they do dress well, better than Americans on average. Maybe a lot of Australian girls are handy with the needle and thread.

big machines to just scoop up large quantities of sand from the beac h and then it's refined and the mi nerals rendered. We toured one operation. They are very publicity conscious, just like the big US companies. H Population control?

"Yes. The big fight is between those that would like to see Australia grow and those that think it is heavily populated enough now. It is a big country, almost the size of the US, with a population of about 13 million. But of course if it does grow, that will magnify the water problems and other ecological considerations .

"Good jobs seem to be in short supply, especially for younger people. And they have the apprentice thing there, (pay is scaled to age, not to skill or experience ). The s heep ranchers are in big trouble, synthetics taki ng ove r. I spoke with one big rancher t hat wis hed he had shot a ll his sheep three years ago instead of borrowing and trying to make a go of it. Now he is in too deep to get out . The only r eal concern seem s to be mining and mineral expoitation."

Which brought us to ecology.

Is there an ecological movement in Australia?

"They have problems too: Wholesale kangaroo slaughteri ng, bad smog in the city, water pollution abd scarcity, population control, and strip mining on the islands. H Strip mining? Islands ?

He sat back in his c hair. "They use

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"Yes, somewhat. We visited an area on the coast where the native scrub eucalyptus was bei ng cleared away to make room for the tree farms. They were planting American Southern Slas h Pines. It was very neat and tidy, looked very promising. But now they are sweating out the big American and International companies moving in. Thi s project was being conducted by the government forestry service . H How did the students perform so far away from home?

"Very well. We didn't have any probl ems at all. Of course they have been c hosen with compatibili ty in mind from the beginning."

Has he given <J.ny though to returning to Austr alia?

"Yes as a tourist. I would like to have my family see all the things I e njoyed. But I'm a bit too stettled to consider immigration. H

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MacDonald's hamburgers can provide only symptomatic relief. It may very well be that children who grow up among drive-ins, shiny gas s tations and freeways do not know, in the marrow of their bones that is, that they are dependent on forces beyond all human control and that they a r e going to die.

(Do we atte mpt to mask death with makeup when we fix up the corpse for a funeral ?) The irony of the s ituation is, of course, that we can come to be secretl y hau nted by the idea of death.

We know we will die, but our surroundings are conduci ve to masking dependence and death from us.

We know we will die, but our surroundings are unprepared for death and deeply haunted by it. Baja, virgin as she still is, can put things in perspective.

The r e is little 'help' to be found here. There is a dry sense of finitude. If I sit here on the ridge for very long, I will dry up.

Normally, food and doctors can pump me up for s om e years, but it is a matter of postponement.

What lies behind the pe rvasive fee li ng that something is wrong with ' the quality of life' must be in part our frust rating ourselves with comfort and convenience. The good life is thought of in terms of more comfort and convenience, and yet it is these very things which mask the realities of our situation from us. We are secretly haunted by alone ness, dependence, and death.

But we are engaged daily in masking these from ourselves and each other, a nd so frustrating our need for enlightenment. We find it impossible to get ourselves together.

One can get symptomatic relief by 'havi ng fu n' or 'having a nice day. ' Dis neyland is fun; Baja is joy. Disneyland's "Small World" is delightful; but to come down into a valley of dry trees wi th delicate pink and white blossoms a nd flowering cacti, all of this so vast, silent and alone ... Joy is an experience of the whole person.

Preparation for life and death is not merely a matter of learning facts to be e nte rtained from a disinterested point of view. It is a matter of bec oming a whole person, aware of oneself and unafraid.

Until one c an be still and let destiny move, the re is no revolution.

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