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Volume 25 Number 42 · A Publication of the Associated Students
Career Fair shows vocational displays A "Career Fair" at the Escondido Village Mall will display wide varieties of vocational and occupational employment opportunities made possible by more than 45 career courses offered at Palomar will be on display in a "Career Fair" at the Escondido Village Mall. Seventee n departmental booths and nine' other displays to be installed by cooperating organizations will feature the twoday event June 2 and 3. The exhibits will be located in the mall in front of the Walker Scott Co. Exhibits will include presentations by these college departments : police science, counseling, mathematics, automotive technology, medical technician, dental assisting, registered nurse, child development, journalism, graphic arts, creative design, work experience program, continuing education, recreation, physical education, computer technology, and a display by the United Native Americans. In addition, exhibits will be manned by cooperating organizations, including the San Diego Department of Education, Pacific Telephone Company Flight Trails.
NEWS BRIEFS Students interested in a summer job may apply at Alcoa Cutco Division. The job entails deliverfng advertising gifts. You must ·have a car and be 18 years old. For interview, call 282-2402. For more summer job information, see Miss Louise Diener in A-32.
*** A new course, "Creativity: A pe:r:_: _ sonal Renaissance! Will be offered during summer session. It was designed for those who are desirous of being more creative in teaching, or business, or their professi on. Given the benefit of prove n methods and principles for solving personnel and collective problems, the students will work on projects related to their lives. The course offers three units college credit.
*** Escondido Citizens Ecology Committee (ECEC) has announced plans to launch a spring membership drive in order to obtain a larger membership and generate more citizen inte rest in the group. Membership fees are $2 for students and those over 60 years of age, and $5 for any other individual. Family memberships are $8 . Applications are available in the Telescope office, Room R- 4.
*** Do you have a question about any of your c l asses, or the curriculum you a re taking? On requirements for graduation? Any other questions ? If so, the Counseling Department will have a representative in the Cafeteria every day except Monday, between ll-12. This is mainly to answer individual ques tions. If you wish extensive counseling, make an appointment to see a counselor in the Counseling Center.
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Disciples of Sat Guru Maharaj Jr., 14 year old perfect s piritual master , will speak today in S- 3 at ll a .m. and Tuesday at 7 p.m. in F-ll. Acco rding to this philosophy, "There is an energy which makes you alive. It is not vour mind. It is not vour body. It is that mysterious force that stirs deep within you when you love. A Perfect Master can show you this perfect energy. Guru Maharaj is that Perfect Master."
*** San Diego State has discontinued accepting applications for the fa ll semester at all levels. Applications will be considered on a hardship basis only. Processing fall applications has begun and most freshmen should now have been notified of their status . Graduate applications are being processed now. Undergraduate transfer applications will be processed beginning in June after final spring transcripts have been received. All eligible applicants will rec eive complete information about admiss ion and registration procedures for fall in August.
Despite an extension of the filing deadline, things are still status quo for the upcoming Executive Council e lections. The elctions will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in the Student Union area. Briefly looking at the races, he one that should hold the most interest is that for ASG president. Vying for the office are vice-president Steve Miller and representative Stan Flores. Miller previously failed in an attempt to be e lected vice-president, but was appointed by president Bob Garvin when Susan Nelson resigned the post. Miller is also chairman of the ICC (Inter-Clul.> Council) and was instrumental in the planning and holding of the recent ''Fair for all Seasons. " Flores, on the other hand, has been a very successful vote-getter this past year, having been twice e lected as a He considers himself r epresentative. one of the more active assemblymen and points to his list of committee appointments. The other race of interest is for Miller's current post of vice-president. Here, two assembly members, Terri Serrato and Mike O'Connell, are attempting to move up the ASG ladder. In the three other contests, the only other real race is for men's select where r epresentative Dave Edgar is trying to unseat incumbent Gilbert Hermosillo. The remaining offices have Theresa Suarez and Mark Sherman each running unopposed for women's select and treasurer, respectively.
Student counseling offered next year Community services, a r eferral bank and drop-in counse ling will be offered in a propos ed program of pee r counseling now being organized on campus. The propos ed service would be available to all members of the community. Students interested in working for this service as student counselo rs should contact John Glenn, Stan Flores or leave a message at the Student Activities Office. The student counseling program is tentatively set to begin next Septem ber. Plans include $1. 80 per hour wages for student counselors.
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journalism awards Two separate journalism competitions have gained further honors for the TELESCOPE newspaper in state and national judging. Nick Petrosino won first in ed itorial cartooning at the annual California Journalism Association of Junior Colleges Conference he ld recently. Honorable mentions were won by George Salinas in sportswriting and by Jerry Nicholas in newswriting. Winning a first piace rating in the University of Minnesota Associated Collegiate Press national competition, the TELESCOPE accumulated 3630 points, only 70 points below all- Ame rican newspaper. Writing and editing, physical appearance and photography were cited for "marks of distinction" by ACP judges. They also praised the TELESCOPE's headline composition, sports page , and editorial page feature stories.
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San Diego County Sheriff's Department, City of Escondido Department of Parks and Recreation, Escondido Fire Department, and Miramar and MiraCosta Colleges. "The project is a way of informing the North County public that Palomar as a community college, provides an educational program and services to meet the expanding r equirements of the region for competent employees in many occupational and vocational fields," said Byr on Gibbs, chairman of the fair arrangeme nts .
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New FOCUS appears today FOCUS magazine will be distributed free today in the cafeteria. The theme of this semester's edition is "change," with a series of articles reflecting an awareness of on-campus as well as national issues. FOCUS magazine is produced each semester by the Journalism 7 (magazine production) class for which there is no prerequisite. Included in the spring semester issue is an in-depth article on Deer Park, the experimental methadone maintenance center located just outside Escondido. Also featured are stories concerning the current changes in radical activity on college campuses, the role of Palomar College in the '70s, new attitudes toward marijuana and a new concept in musical productions.
Notice of intent needed to enroll All students now enrolled at Palomar who are planning to attend day classes in the fa ll semester, 1972, are requested to file a Notice of Intent to Enroll by June 9. The notification is to be returned to the Admissions Office. Registration priority for the fall semester will be given those returning stude nts who file. Priority will again be based on the total number of semester units earned by the student at the c lose of the s pring semester.
Commencement exercises will be held in the Dome June 10 at 2 p. rn. with the honorable Robert H. Finch, counselor to the President, delivering the commencement address. Finch's background also includes the cabinet post of Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare prior to being appointed to his present office by President Nixon in 1970. The ceremonies will include a processional performed by the Palomar College Brass Ensemble, a salute to the flag by ASG president Bob Garvin, and the presentation of spec ial awards by Charles A. Coutts, acting Dean of Instruction. Conferring of degrees will be conducted by membe rs of the Board of Governors . Special recognition to outstanding individuals will be handled by Dr. Robert Coleman, vice president of the faculty. Certificates of achievement will be presented in the fields of accounting, clerical, data processing, library science, machine calculation, real estate, secretarial, electronics technology, supervision, legal secretarial and fire science.
Piano recitals next 2 Sundays Noted pianist Larry Walz, former soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra, will be presented in a recital s.t Palomar Sunday in Room C- 5 at 3 p. rn. Currently on the piano faculty at North Texas State University, Denton, the artist has appeared in many concerts throughout this country and Mexico. The recital is sponsored by the music department and the c ollege Community Services Division. Dr. Richard Stang, pianist from Vista, will perform the Liszt " Hungarian Fantasy" with the Palomar Symphony Orchestr a. The concert will be Sunday, June 4 at 3 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in ~scondido at Second and Hickory. Buxtehude's "Chaconne in E minor," "Tango Lullaby" by Gillis and a string selecting "Adagio" by Barber are the orchestral selec tions. The orchestra personnel is comprised of college students and adults of the community. Lois Miers of Escondido is the director.
Multi-cultural studies program integrated in departments Multi-cultural studies isn't something new. But it is a new concept within the r ealms of math and science. Instructors Ernest Shiwanov and Ed win Groschwitz in the sciences and Stephen Hinthorne of the Math Department, originated an idea to institute a multicultural science and math program. And the idea is becoming a reality. Whe n Hinthorne heard of the Science Department's idea to start a multi - cultural class, he felt the math department also needed to offer such a course, and both departments set up a course structure. This summer Chemistry 30 and Math 105 will offer new avenues of learning for the bi-lingual student and the culturally handicapped. "My idea," Shiwanov said, "was to find that individual who is having difficulty in understanding chemistry through language barriers, and use this class as a means to tearing down these barriers.' ' Together with the administration, Paul Jacques , director of multi- cultural stud ies, strongly e ndorses the concept. ''The Chicano students has been directed away from studies in these fields," he said. "Instead, they have been herded into s hop and horne economics cour ses because of their cultural handicap. This program will open new doors for the Chicano student. The Chemistry course is transferrable along with fulfilling state requirements for general education. "The c lasses," states Shiwanov, "will pro-
vide the background for further s tudies in these areas. The material will be more expansive , descriptive a nd more fully expla natory. In doing this we will provid e more demonstrations and more time for expe rim entation.' • "English nomenclature," Shiwanov added, "will be presented simultaneously . wi th Spanis h so students can fully understand the transition. ' ' Although the classes are aimed primarily at the culturally handicapped, they a r e open to all students. ''T he general student," Jacques said, "should also investigate the multi - cultura l s tudies . It can be a learning process for all s tudents."
Student day held today by MECHA Chicano Student Day will be he ld today under the sponsors hip of MECHA. To fam ili arize Chicano se niors from North County schools of the opportunities for higher education is the purpose of this symposium . A general assembly will begin at 9 a.m. in the dome. Lectures, a film, and a guest speaker will be included. Four workshops will also be offered. They include the Chicano in college , Pintos and MECHA and recruitment. Workshops will offer films, speakers and rap sessions.
Immediately following the commencement exercises there will be a reception in honor of graduates, parents, guests a nd faculty in the Student Union.
1-Act Festival plays judged tonight in P-33 Final performances in the Will Geer Original One- Act Play Festival will be staged tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m . in P-33. Ticke ts for the Saturday performance are $.5 0 students and $1.50 adults. Students will be presenting four plays whic h includes the best day pl ay , "The Valliant Villain," selected from a series of plays presented throughout May. "Passage into summer," the first to be seen, was written by Estella McDill and directed by Bob Kendricks. Don Hain , Dan Sigura and nosela Del Castillo appear in the tale of three teenagers who through an afternoon expe rie nce and hum an interaction mature sudde nly. Sherri Sternberg's ''Rufflefea thers,'' has Mel Schuster, Estella McDill , Glenna Sm ith, Don Gray and Steve Phelps in a story involving the life of a president. The play s hows an actual US president and his eventual trip to a mental institution. The play is directed by Darlene Booker. "Brothers in Treason," written by Charles Senge and directed by Pat O'Rourke, deals with a modern day civil war, pointing out the injstices and the futility of all war. The cast includ es Steve Schmidt, Steve Phe lps, Don Gray, Nick Petrosino, Karl Shie lds, Don Hain, Tim Messer, Jimmy Steward, John Vinson and Dr. Rollin Coleman. "The Valliant Villain" puts the spotlight on the heroi ne instead of the hero. Directed by Jan Bourgoin, the cas t includes Charles Senge , Ell.en Hexom, Beth Kant, Don Gray, Pat O'Rourke, Eleanor She lburne, Tony Atkinson and Jill Moore.
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coordinator active organizer by Rosela Del Castillo "An active organizer" is the term pe ople c lose to Alejandro Gonzalez have used to describe him . A Vietnam veteran, Alejandro's most noted e nd eavo r is now the annual Chris tmas toy drive for und erprivileged children. Instrumental in origi nating and organi zing t he children' s toydrive, Alejandro has conti nued to be the chief contributor eac h yea r. His involvement in this proj ect ranges from collecting toys to distributing them as Santa Claus . "When I was little I didn't have the opportunity to celebrate and e njoy C hri s tmas the way most kids did. My family was poor and we lived in the Barrio . We couldn't afford Christmas . This is why I decided to begin this project," Alejandro reminisced. As a MECHA member, Alex has been ac tive by holding many offices, recruiting Chicano stud ents to school and organizing the first Chicano conference in 1970 at Palomar. Presently Ale jandro is student coordinator for La Raza Consortium . This tutors and counselors to aid minority students . The program is federally sponsored under HEW a nd involves many other problems besides hiring and firing. Through thi s position, Alex has attended many nationwide conferences pertaining to his job. With the information he obtains he implements the results here on campus. Such as coordinating with the counseling department to offer a class for peer counselors· and tutors. Active in the Chicano movement, Alex fee ls that Chicanos can best attain political and soci al reforms onl y through education.
Pro, con views stated on capital punishment By Aleta Dirdo
By Liz Thornton
Even as the U.S. Supreme Court sat on the decision to outlaw capital punishment, crime continued to claim lives with no regard to age, sex , social position or innoce nce.
The question of capital punishme nt has long been one of controve r sy, but with the Californi a Supreme Court's decision to declare it unconstitutional, it has become a much more heated one. Capital puni shment has bee n throu gh the ages, propone nts say, used as a de terrent to crime . Many abolitionists contest, through r esearc h, that the same p e r ce ntage who comm it crim es , wlll also comm it the same c rim e r ega r dless of the penalty. Proponents a lso say that in using the death pe na lty, the state saved money in pri son costs. But the opponents r eject this by saying it may cost the state even more to execute a man because of the extra car e courts must take in capital cases. And the a rgum ents can go on and on , both s id es findi ng discrepancies in the other's jus tifications. What we must look at now is the trend the Ame ric a n penal sys tem has taken over the past few decades. We have seen individual states outlaw the death penalty, declaring it unc ons titutiona l. When we witness the mental and physical torm e nt of the executed, we can begin to see justifica tion in this reve rsing tre nd. It is a lso fair to say tha t the judges and the states mus t have r e m em be red the provision in the Constitution guara nteeing Americans against "cruel and unusual punishment." And in the same frame, they, in all probability, witnessed the discrimination carried within thi s penalty--the penalty being basically pra cticed on the "outcast few"- -the poor and e thnic minority. We can also note the worldwide abandonment of the de a th penalty by our contemporary society, it being an act of "barbaric savagery." But these assertions can generally be prove n conjectures. The que stion we must ultimately settle is within ourselves . Are we condemni ng a m a n in the name of the state as an act of justice and as a deterrent to crime, or a r e we acting pure ly out of animosity or vengeance? Great questions a r e quite often settled by prejudices, sentiments and emotion, as is the question of capital punishment. But the und e rlying de bate is within every man--the conflict between desire for vengeance and a wish to honor life. When Great Britain outlawed capital punishment a statesman commented: "We did not abolish that punishment because we sympathized with traitors, but because we took the view that it was a punishm e nt no longe r consistent with our self r espect. " We, as a n advancing nation, technologically and socially, a r e now asked the question: Are we totally limited hum anistically by our animal origins, or is it conceivable that we m ay grow gentler and more hum ane?
Sheltered a nd fed with tax dollars, the guilty continue to live, a nd we question the morality of the punis hment which bes t fits the crimes of r ape and murder. Has our society advanced so far as to divinely forgive he who has taken another life? Are we now s o just as to retain the life of one who has give n no s uch consideration to hi s victim ? Propone nts of the Supreme Court de cision claim that insanity is inhere nt in all kill e rs, and that a man should not be put to death if he was mentally unaware of his act. Therefore, it is the duty of the soci e ty to see to the rehabilitation of such an individua l. We must feed him, shelter him, and see to his health a nd it mus t be done with the aid of our money. But how successful has r e habilitation been in the past? Try to r ecall how often one hears of rehabilitated criminals again committing the same sort of act for which they once spent time . Should we then be sure that there is no chance of this happening again? Keep him locked up with no chance for parole . How many millions are spent each year on the penal system in this country? Money which could be us ed for ne w hospitals, medical rese a rch or the like. And how much protection will the prison guards have with ope n season now being declared? "Thou shalt not kill." It's one of the ten rul es upon which we claim our society is founded. But the desire for r e venge a nd retribution is unive rsal. Ever since biblical days and before, capital punishme nt has been a common part of the gove rnmental system in almost all cultures. Now it is tim e for us to dec ide whether or not is is just. But is it our decision tosaythat a man who has take n another's life, himself have the right to live? Idealized-minded people say capital punishm e nt is not just, but ne ither is it just to outlaw it. The Bible also states , "He tha t smiteth a man so that he die, shall surely be put to death." As with a ny other conte mpora ry problem, (m a rijuana, etc.) this decision is only decided by individual morality, put into ac tion by a majority vote. Not the majority of nine men, r a ther a majority of the e ntire country.
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*** Dear Editor , POISONED POWER, the case agains t nuclear power pla nts, should m ake r e wardi ng r eadi ng as it is r e lated to Propos ition 9, to be voted on June 6. Senator Mike Grave l from Alaska states: " I don't happe n to like the title of this book. As for the book itself, I hope that millions of people will read it, because nuclea r pollution is certainly a serious threat to life .' ' "The problem with nuclear e lec tricity is that as much long-lived radioactivity is produced ins id e one l arge nuclear power pla nt eve r y yea r as there is in the explosion of about 1,000 Hiroshima bombs." "Unprotected, above ground nuc lear power plants, loaded with r adioactivity in their cores , wou ld ce rtai nl y be large li ab iliti es if this country were und er attack. They would seem to make the country virtually indefensible.'' "I can not deny that the government should be preventing thi s ext r aord ina ry possibility. But when we obse rve that the government a llowed harm ful conditions to deve lop in our air and water from other pollutants, then it is c lear that citizens had bette r not count on the government to prevent nuclear pollution for them either." "I believe that citizens should get very active , very loudly, very fast ." POISONED POWER by John W. Gofman & Arthur R. Tamplin (Rod ale Press Inc ., Emmaus Pa., 18049 , June , 1971) will be ava ilable a t the Palomar College li brar y for c ircul ation. Ap r yl Sc haue r
Library forgives "Forgiveness Day," a day when overdue books and periodicals can be returned to the Phil H. Putnam Library free of a ny fi ne, will be May 31. Transcripts are being he ld until all r eco rds are cleared .
By Tony Borders Kil l another person and it's only fair that you s hould forfeit your own life in return . Right. So has been the traditional method of society to punish thos e who have taken the life of another. But tradition is not always the best way to accomplish som e things, a nd in the case of capital puni s hm e nt, it c ould very we ll be the wors t. There are several obvious faults in the capital punishment theo ry, faults which, whe n explained, make abolis hm ent necessar v. Capital punishm e nt i s outmoded, obsole te and adm its tha t though all of the progress of mankind's socie ty we have ~'e t to rais e ourselves above doing to the c riminal the very thing we condemn him for doing. No longe r effective In our modern soc iety, capita l punishment is no longer a n e ffec tive me thod of dea ling with c riminals because our courts and judi cial syste m have grown too la rge and bulky to ha ndle the li fe or death dec ision tha t invoking capital puni s hm e nt e ntails . Cases may, through our own built- in safeg-ua rd~. take yea r s to ge t through the cou rts. Facts become distorted and witnesses for ge t. Therefore, to sentence a man to dea th under suc h conditions is illogi cal. Secondl y, and probab ly mos t important, capital puni s hme nt has ne ve r been prove n to be a deterre nt to crime a nd the r e fore cannot eve n jus tify its own existe nce . Psychologi s ts co~ c lud e that mos t m e n whe n committing mu r der s uffer a type of temporary insanity and are not able to comprehend the e ffec ts of the i r actions. He nce a poss ible killer wou ld never c onside r, or at leas t in a majority of cases, ha rdly eve r give any weight to death as a possible consequence of his actions . Finall y, death as a punishm e nt is ve ry unfair to society a nd une quitable as a form of punishm e nt. What is the logic be hind giving the s a me punishm e nt to a man who ki lls another in the c rime of passion as compared to the psyc hotic who kills three or four persons in a n unstable condition. Therefore , t he system allows no flexibility in sentencing. Fit punishm e nt to c rim e It would be more equitable to fit the punishm e nt to the crime . As an example the sente nce of 10 to 15 yea r s for pass ion murd e rs and life without pos s ibility of parol e for multiple murders. Pro-capital puni s hm e nt pe opl e point to the costs of s upporting a man in pris on as a reason for thei r form of punis hm e nt. However, this argume nt ignores the fact that killing a ma n creates more welfare cases for a longer pe riod of time than the cost of keeping the one man in prison. Al so, the ma n who is kept in pri s on has the poss ibility of becom ing a func tioning m e mber of soc ie ty again, whereas the other (dead crim inal) has not. Murder in soc ie ty has always been a problem a nd man should s trive to devise a better form of punishme nt for s uc h c rimes . It is obvlous that capital punis hm e nt is not the answe r, a nd we would be moving toward a bette r society if we abo! is-hed the form now.
Students debate death sentence Last February the California Supre m e Court ru led that capital punishm e nt violates a section of the Californi a Cons titution that prohibits " c ru el and unusual puni shment.' ' A sampling of the s tud ent body opinion produced the following comme nts on tha t decision: Ken You ngblood-- Exec utions und e r the law should not be legali zed. In other countri es where capital punis hm e nt has been abo lis hed the r e has bee n no increase in crime . Because of this e vidence I'm against capital punishm e nt. Nobody has the right to act as God and be able to say that somebod y's life s hould be taken. Don Bishop--The California Supre me Court has no right to te ll people what' s right or wrong. P eople should be able to decide this issue by a vote. Ric h Stowe--I'm for capital puni s hment. The majority of the people should decide by a refe r e ndum whether this issue is constitutional or not. The state has a right to incarcer a te a person if he is a menace to society. And if he is a threat to soc iety the state should have the right to execute that person. Johnny He rnand ez-- Since society is continuous ly labeling an individual throughout his life, there exists a possibility that a person might be labeled e rroneous ly as a candidate for execution. For this re a son I agree with the California Supreme Court decision that capital punishment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.