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THE TELESC@PE Palomar College . Volume 25 Number 33 · A Publication of the Associated Students ·
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Everest conquerer retells climb story
By Richard Sola Metaphysics and meditation. These two words conjure up images of the mystical, the occult, and the deep philosophi es of the Far East. Although much has been said about the two topics, little Information has been available to the general public. Until now. The two subjects are being discussed in a night extension course at Palomar called "Meditation and Metaphysics ." Meeting every Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m., the eight week course is conducted by Elaine Peick, program director of the Escondido Philosophical and Religious Library. Conducted in room C- 7, the class begins with yoga exercises by the students. On the first night of the class, the idea of exercising was greeted with some r eluctance by many of the class, but all excePt a handfull joined in. CASUAL ATMOSPHERE
By Dave Fetzer "It was very pleasant in the evening."
Simple yoga positions are assumed at first, then the class begins slow, rocking motions with a recording of a flutist at the Taj Mahal playing in the background. The atmosphere of the class rapidl y became casual, with the more experienced me mbe r s sugges ting the next yoga posture to be practiced. The purpose of the brief exercise period is to relax the mind and body, thus preparing a person for meditation. The discussions begin after everyone straightens up, realizes how out of shape he is, and settles back to a more conventional sitting position in a chair. Each week the topics of discussion vary, with consideration during thi s eight-week session given to the physical aspects of meditation, ESP, Atlantis, black and white magic, the Great Pyramid of Giseh, color, and how animals evolve. FAR EAST DISCUSSED The class, according to Mrs. P e ick, is a combination of various philosophies and teachings, with heavy emphasis on Hinduism and other Far Eastern philosophies. Also included are the teachings of the Rosicrucians and the "hierarchy," a small group of highly-developed minds, of which Christ and Bhudda are considered among the higher members. The hierarchy are also referred to as masters. The first session was about the interrelations between metaphysics and meditation. Since one of the goals ofthe class is ''to make contact with your higher self through mediation toward guidance in you r life," gre at emphasis is put on the abilities of the mind ans spirit. Mrs. Peick explains that "Meditation and service to others are two basic principals of metaphysics." She goes on to tell of the different dimensions in our life. The obvious are the physical and the mental. These can be observed easily. However, said Mrs. Peick, there is a third major dimension which is often less obvious, the Astra Body. The Astra Body concept is linked to various theories of meditation, r ei nvarnation, and· numerous other aspects of metaphysics. Briefly, the Astra Body is the pary of everyone which contains the spiritual portion of your being. METAPHYSICS EXPLAINED Through Astra projec tion, a phenomenon which is used by many students of metaphysics to explain such common things as types of dreams, the Astra Body leaves the physical and mental bodies and travels elsewhere. Or more simply, "You leave the body and are having out-of-the-body experiences." Another important facet of the class is the consideration of "chakras" or energy centers located basically in the spinal region. Chakras, says Mrs. Peick, are where energy from the higher world comes into the body. In most people, these chakras are poorly developed and are of little constructive use. However, through meditation, they can be highly developed. After one chakra has been developed, the next one is triggered into action. In the masters of the hierarchy, all the chakras are totally developed. This Is used to explain the presence of circles of light or halos around the heads of religious figures in many paintings. Mrs. Peick also told that the highly-developed chakra is represented in statues of Bhudda by coils on his head. The lecture went on to discuss the fundamentals of meditation, and soon, the whole class was practicing. The group first formed a circle on the floor in modified lotus positions. Then, led by Mrs. Peick, the class began chanting in the now-darkened room. Different chants were used, and soon a relaxing sense of well-being came over the class. One's sense of time rapidly became lost in the tranquility of the droning sounds. (Continued next page)
April14, 1972
Pictured is one of the exhibitions currently being shown at Boehm Art Gal-
lery. This
display ends April 17. (Photo by Chris Czech)
This is how Tenzing Nor gay described climbing Mt. Everest and so it was for the large crowd that came to hear the famed Sherpa guide and explorer Wednesday night in the Student Union. The lecture , as Dr. Theodore Kilman, director of continuing education and community services, described it was "a true community project." Norgay was introduced by Mr. Larry Pugsley, a fellow explorer from Escondido. Pugsley's introduction was rather hypesuch praise. Opening by saying that he was "honored'' to have been selected as a guide for the Everest mission, Norgay proceed to describe the "many things" they had to face. At one point, Norgay said, "For three months we (the explorers) never (saw) green, always the snow". Throughout his description of the great hardships Norgay retained a charming sense of humor. He humorously described a fellow explorer who tried to scale Mt. Everest alone as "illiterate,'' combining it with pointing at his brain. Norgay proved to be a very animated speaker as well, gesticulating colorfully as he described crossing bridges and glaciers ·and the lesser problems of communicating with men who "could not speak English, but could French" and vice versa. The explorer's favorite story was of reaching the spot known as the "Mountain Desert." Norgay claimed he "had never seen anything like this place, such wind ." He described the crew at this point as "very exhausted" when they refreshed themselves with
Microfilmed newspapers made available Care to read a contemporary account of the Battle of the Little Big Horn (1876), the assassination of Lincoln (1865) or the Lindbergh kidnapping (1932)? The Phil H. Putnam Memorial Library has a source to answer these questions and many more, in the form of the complete New York Times newspaper on microfilm back to the paper's beginning in September of 1851. The microfilmed newspaper was acquired in the fall and made available to the student in the library. The New York Times index lists all the articles printed in the newspaper
under the general subject the article is about. _. Between September, 1851 and December, 1862, the index just tells the issue number of the story. But from January, 1863 to the present, the index lists the date, page number, and column number of each article. "Palomar is one of 50 colleges in the state to own the complete collection of the New York Times. It is one of the few libraries in the nation to purchase the complete set at one time,'' &lad Mrs. Bonnie Smith, reference librarian. "The collection will be updated as papers of the current years are filmed." Library staff members are available to
help students with the indexes and with the machines. "The microfilm copy of the newspaper contains the complete paper, classified ads, book review magazine, New York Times magazine, stock market reports, obituaties, etc. Advertisement in the paper show the ehanging styles of fashions, price changes and advertising methods," Mrs. Smith explained. "Remember that as you read theN. Y. Times, you are reading a report of the event soon after it occurred, its impact on the nation and people at that time. The microfilm and viewer are in the library reading room.
"some coffee and (some) tea." This, Norgay said was part of his job, "cooking ... to keep it warm." Eventually, like Sir Edmund Hillary and crew, Norgay made it to the summit in his talk. His final description was a poignant "very tricky, but very nice.'' The lectu1:e was lollowed by some excellent slides of Nepal and the surrounding area near Everest. The slides captured such diversities as the people of the land, their customs, ways of worship, and modes of dress and transportation. One of the more interesting was a shot of a wooden bridge leading to Everest built by Hillary himself. A surprisingly brief question-and-answer period followed, the most interesting answer being Norgay's claim that scaling the peak entirely without oxygen "might be possible "
Woman's award being offered A $250 scholarship is being offered by the Escondido City Panhellenic Association to a Palomar woman student. The award will be granted to a student who plans to continue her education next year at a four year college or university. Application forms are available in the Financial Aid office. Freshman and Sophomores who are r esidents of the Palomar College District are eligible to apply. This scholarship, which is nonrenewable, may be used to pay for tuition, fees, and books. It will be presented at the end of this semester. Applications should be submitted directly to the Dean of Women by the May 1 deadline. Entries will be screened and candidates may be personally interviewed. Sincerity of purpose, grade quality, social and community activities will be considered in the awarding of the scholarship. An alumna organization, the Panhellenic Association is composed offormer members of college sororities.
Students sponsor bloodmobile drive As part of a blood drive being sponsored by the Business Club, the Bloodmobile will be on campus Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in R-3 (ASG Office). Anyone who contributes to Palomar's Blood Bank may then withdraw blood for himself or for any member of his immediate family. He may even withdraw blood for himself (but not for his fam ily) after he has left Palomar. A person may give blood once in an eight week period, and can have eaten immediately before giving blood. Coffee tea, juice and donuts will be fed free to donors. The Business Club is striving for a goal of 100 pints of blood, and urges Palomar students to volunteer.
News Briefs
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A citizen's group attempting to construct a master plan for badly-needed bicycle paths in the city of Escondido is inviting all concerned persons to attend their upcoming meetings and become involved in the bicycle path plans. The next meeting is to be he ld today at 10 a.m. in the Escondido City Council Chambers. After this, a meeting will be held at 3 p .m. Thursday, April 20, in the same location. Questions or suggestions may be directed c / o Bob Garr, City Hall, 100 Valley Blvd., Escondido, Ca., 92025.
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Metaphysics and Meditation students observe as instructor Elaine Peick
asumes one of the various yoga positions taught in her Wednesday night class
which meets from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. in room C- 7. (Photo by Jim Nance)
"Are Decisions Your Hang-up?" This will be the subject of a lecture given by Mr. Andrew Kenneth Cline C.S.B., a teacher of Christian Science in the San Diego area. The lecture will be presented April 19 at ll a.m. in room CH-2, sponsored by the Christian Science Organization at Palomar College.
STACY TAKES THE MOUND
Comets meet Griffins today By Leeayn Chapman
Comet netters Dave !louse and Rick Bass are shown in rece nt action against
Chaffev. The Comets face Riverside next. (Photos by Chri s Czech and Roy Tyler)
Swimmers in league championships today With their dual meet competition behind them, the Comet swimmers will compete today and tomorrow in the league Championships at Chaffey after defeating Southwes tern, 76-41, las t week. The swim team, under Coach Don Hubbard, upped its overall season r ecord to 7-3 with the win over the Apaches . Palomar took ten first places out of foorteen events in the non-conference dual meet. Although the Southwestern swimmers took the winning places in the first two events, t he 400 medley relay and the 1650 freestyle, the locals came back with a one - two win in the third event, the 200 yard freestyle. The winning tim e of 2:07.9 was brought in by Glen Thomas, while the 2: II. 3 effort by Russ Satte rli was good enough for second. After this initial win, the Comets went on to wi n their next five events Mark Couglar finished the 50 yard freestyle in 24:3 for a first, onl y one tenth of a second fas ter than the second place Southwestern contestant. Buck Webster took t hird in the 50 with a 24:5 time. T he first-third combination gave the Comets a lead of 17-1 6. Paloma r ace Dave Bender captured first in the 400 yard individual medley with a time of 4:53.9, upping the Comet lead to 28-19. With the lead beginning to grow, the Palomar divers went into action. Ken Pa lm er totalled 128.75 points in the one meter diving event. Ike Eichschlig, the Comet' s 44 year old team member, captured second with a poi nt total of ll6.1. Dave Bender, fresh from hi s 400 yard victory, then took command of the 100 yard butterfly with a winning time of 0:58. Mike Dosek swam the distance in 1:03.1, to bring in third place honors fo r the locals. Couglar and Webster seized the first and second places, respectively in the 100 yard freestyle. Couglar wo n with 54:3 with Webster close behi nd at 54:7. The Comets then led the Southwestern Apaches with the score 44- 24. Whi le taking third in the 100 yard backstroke, the Palomar e nt ries in the 500 ya rd freestyle were given first and
Females fall to UCSD; hand Cal Western loss Although Palomar's wome n netters weren't strong e nough to take UCSD, they bounced right back and served Cal Western a loss April 5. In both matches, Debbie Forbis h, Kathy Bylin, and Prem Anklesaria took victories for the Comets in the singles rounds. The loss to UCSD recently was caused by both Comet doubles teams losing, but the team of Gretchen Strobl and Beth Purvis came around to beat Cal Western.
second positions. Thomas and Mike Silvestri finished in 6:0 6.2. Bill Laird, with a 1:13.4 time, captured first place while Kevin Cloney, with 1:14. 1, took second in thelOOyardbreaststroke. The Comets then went on to wi n the 400 yard freestyle relay to give the team 61- 34 s ituation. The Palomar divers swept the three meter diving event. The 800 yard freestyle relay team placed second, but the Apac he win was not enough to effect the outcome of the meet.
Second place aim for local netteiS Expecting to clinch second place, coach Andy Gilmour's tennis team will travel to Riverside Tuesday in their final loop match. Southwestern may be rescheduled and yeste rday's meeti ng against San Bernardino was too late for the TELESCOPE deadline. The squad closes the dual match season Thursday and Friday at Mt. San Jacinto and College of the Desert, respectively, in non-conference outings. T he previous week saw the squad win two of three contest, with each one a 5- 4 score. The Comets lost the first Tuesday at Citrl.ls . The home meeting the ne tters beat Chaffey on T hursday a nd San Diego Mesa on Friday.
MmiTATION (Continued from page 1) Mr s. Peick , a tall, slender woman who has a constant smile, is well- qualified to be an instructor in meditation and metaphysic s. She has studied the subjects for over thirty years, studying under Swami Pranavada and Sri Ram Sukul a nd other Indian teac hers. At the present time, she is studyi ng the works of master Djwahl Ku hl, which are written by Alice Bailey. The works we re given by the master through telepathy. In addition to her training in metaphys ics, Mrs. Peick atte nded Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. In keeping with the idea of servi ng others, Mrs . Peick is in the planning stages for a center to he lp young people with their problems through meditation. She is looking for a building to establish such a ce nter. It would em phasi ze help for youthfu l drug users. When the meditation e nds, the class members slowly rise and begin to leave one by one , e ach exlaiming their thoughts about the class. Everyone has a different interest in the sessions, but the purpose of the class can be gotten from one of the many charts used . Surrounding a diagram of the various chakras of man are the word s , "Man, know thyself.''
Dave Stacy will be on the mound today as the Comets take on Grossmont. The game was originally to be played yesterday, but was rained out. Then Tuesday Dennis Thornbury will be throwing for Palomar as the Comet nine hosts the Citrus Owls. Citrus, which lost to San Berdoo last week , is in a three-way tie for first with Berdoo and Southwestern. Palomar is a half-game behind in second place. Last Thursday the Comets , with ace Dave Stacy, clawed the Riverside Tigers in a 6-1 victory. Stacy, who is now 3- 3 for the year, allowed only three walks and struck out 12. The Comets were first to score as Dewey Huff doubled in the second. One out later, Jeff Brown singled to bring Huff home. Riverside's only run came in the third inning as an earned run. There were Tiger runners on first and third when Palomar blew an attempt to stop a double steal. Three runs were scored for the Comets in the fifth without havi ng the ball l eave the infield. Rick Whyte walked, then proceeded to third on a bunt from Stacy and an RCC error. Whyte was out at hom e as Jim Cameron hit a grounder to third. The bases were loaded when Chip Ufier singled on a bunt. Stacy scored on a fielder's choice by Don Johnson, Cameron scored on a fielder's choice by Huff, and Ufier came in on a passed ball. Run number five came in the sixth when Brown tripled, then scored on a sacrifice fly from Steve Schmidt. Greg Price brought in the last run of . the game as he singled, s tole second, and raced home on a Tiger error. Then last Tuesday, the Com ets had to accept a tie with Saddl eback as the 14-inning game was called because of
Gaffers undefeated in conference play On any golf course the Comets are a threat, but on their hom e course, they're unbeatable. In fact, this season they're unbeatable on any course. The Palomar swingers, still undefeated in conference season will be playing the "big" match Monday when they t ake on first place San Bernardi no. Last Thursday, in a non-league match, San Diego Mesa's Olympians fell to Palomar 31 - 23. John McDonald shot the low score for the Comets with a 71. Pete Moren took second with a 76; while Jim Kronus shot a 77; Milt Galik, a 79; John Morris, an 80; and Mike Wildman, an 81. Back in conference play last Monday, Palomar trounced Chaffey 50 - 4. Scott Dunbar and Moren took medal honors with 70's. T hi s was Moren' s fifth time as medalist this season. The win was set up by McDonald's 72; Kronus' 73; Galik's 76; and Ron Wiedeman's 86. Today, the Comets are taking on Southwestern. Tee off time is 1 p.m.
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darkness. The score was 2- 2. Coming into this game, the Gauchos were 0-6 in the conference , holding the cellar s pot. The Comets were riding on a two game winning str eak. Thornbury went the fu ll route for Palomar fa nning 15 Saddleback batters. (He struck out the Gaucho first basem an all six times he was at bat.) The Comets muffed two c hances toturn the 14-inning fiasco into a victory. Those two happened in the e leve nth and thirteenth inni ngs. First, a description of the four runs scored is needed . Palomar was fir s t on the board again as they scored in the second . Brown singled, then scored on another single from Schmidt. Saddleback took the lead in the sixth with their two runs . Thornbur y walked the first two batters up that inning. The first Gaucho- runner advanced to third on a right fly and the other runner stol e second . Both came hom e on a single , though the second runner was allowed to score on an interfere nce ruling as he ran into third baseman Brown. Price tied it up for the Comets as
he blasted the ball out over the center fi e ld fence for a hom erun in the eighth. Sadd le back threatened only once more, but they were foil ed by the Comet defense. The Comets' first c hance to take the gam e in the extra innings came in the eleventh. The bases were loaded from Price taking fir st on an e rror, Brown walking, and Whyte r eceivi ng an intentional walk. Greg Sherman was instructed to go for a "suicide squeeze" but he mi ssed the bunt and Price was put out in a rundown between third and home and Brown was caught in the same s ituation between s icond and third. Whyte did make it to second but She rm an came back to the plate only to stri ke out to e nd the inning. Palomar's last c hance at wi nning cam e in the thirteenth with two out. Price s ingled and Brown doubled to left. Price came racing home but stumbled as he rounded third. He was signall ed in a s the ball was on its way in too . The Saddl eback catcher miss ed Price as he slid, and P rice mi ssed the plate. The catche r chased Price to tag him out.
Trackmen out-do Citrus; travel to undefeated Grossmont today When the Citrus Owls came to Palomar last F rid ay they were looking for not only thei r fourt h win of the season, but also their chance for the second place notch in the Mission Confe r ence standings. However, coach Doc Marrin's Comet spikers were seeking revenge from the disasterous Chaffey defeat and handed the Owls a 90-55 defeat, making the locals record 8-1 overall and 4-1 for the conference. Today the loc al trackmen will be facing one of the biggest track powers in the conference's three year his tory, Grossmont. The Griffins, who haven't lost a single conference track meet, will host Marrin's squad at 3:30 p. m. Grossmont is slightly favored in today's meeting. Grossmont's Ed Mendoza, c ros s - country "Co-Athelete of the Year," is the Griffins' distance ace. Ian Cumming, Ron Palcic, and Ernie Castro are the heart of the local's distance team. For instance, Cumming in the Citrus meet won the mile in a fast
4:1 7. 6, and then turned around just three events later and cruised the 880 yard run with a 1:58. 2. Castro and Palcic took second and third consecutively in the three mile during the same meet. Barry Houchin, the Palomar field event ace, is a big threat to the Griffins. Agai nst Citrus, Houchin outdid himself by flying past the Owls in the triple jump by setting a new school r ecord of 47', 01/2 ". He then proved the Owl s are no good during the day by setting another record, winning the long jump springing 23' , 8 1 1 2 '', breaking his own r ecord by21 12''. In the Citrus meet, Rich Hun t won the 100 ya rd dash in 10 flat, took second in the 220 yard dash, and anchored the 440 relay t eam , which won in 43 flat. Other winners for the local s pikes t ers include Ben Bakerink in the 120 yard high hurdles with a 15.4; Ken Parrott in the 440 intermediate hurdles, with a 57.0; Haynes in the pole vault, claring 13', 6"; and Mike Outlaw in the discus, throwing the four pound, six a nd one half ounce disc 134' ,8".
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