New Help Center to aid students Counseling, information among planned services
Theatre ofDeaf presents show here Sunday "Gilgamesh," the National Theatre of the Deaf's (NTD) seventeenth major production, will be presented in the dome Sunday at 8 p.m. The NTD was founded on a grant from the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and continues under grants from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare . These grants established the NTD as the first permanent professional companv of deaf actors. The company Is now on its eleventh national tour and has been on five European tours and had two Broadway engagements. The Theater of the Deaf is not just for the deaf. Their performance includes sign language with mime. dance, music, movement, and simultaneous narration and song. The performance of "Gilgamesh" recounts a Sumerian legend that predates Homer by 1500 years. The story is concerned with the mangod Gilgamesh, ruler of Uruk, who seeks to inscribe his name forever in the great books of heroes with his friend Enkidu. a wild man from the mountains. He then seeks everlasting life in a haunting voyage to the underworld to find Utnapishtim, the only person ever to conquer death. The legend was found inscribed on tablets discovered in Assyria in the 1850s. Rehearsals for "Gilgamesh" commenced last June when NTD members returned from three weeks of intensive workshop shared with Peter Brooks's International Center for Theatre Research in Paris. Judith Crist on the NBC "Today Show" described NTD as "one of the most exciting kinds of theater that I have encountered. A startling new theatrical form." Tickets for the performance are $.50 for students and $1 for nonstudents. Tickets are available in the Bookstore.
Culinary delights offered students Some students eat while studying. Others study while eating. And some, it appears. would rather just eat. If eating is the cake of your life, the campus cafeteria and snack bar will add the frosting. Open daily. except Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m . , the snack bar offers pizza. pastries. sandwiches, hot and cold beverages. shrimp, chicken, hamburger. desserts, plus many more selections from which to choose. For health food enthusiasts, yogurt, pure juices. cookies, sunflower seeds, and candy are available. If you are a night person, the snack bar will cater to your dinner needs four nights a week from 5 p.m. to 6:45p.m . For hot food lovers, the cafeteria offers a cuisine not unlike that found in the average home. Open daily from 10:50 a.m. to 1:10 p .m., it offers meat entrees. casseroles, vegetables, as well as salads, soups and desserts. If you are an eater and studier, or studier and eater, or just plain eater, the campus cafeteria and snack bar is a good .place to earn a 4.0 in culinary delights.
Films scheduled Two nonfiction films will be shown in room P-32, February 28, 7 p.m., and March 1. 1 p.m. "Salt of the Earth" is a 52-minute early classic which blatantly heralds the workers' cause in a strike situation. The film shows the power of propaganda done well. "Junior Prom" is a 20-minute grade "B" documentary. This film is a "howto" production for teenagers.
By Glae Thien taken counseling courses, are currentPlans have been made for the estably being interviewed by a special screenlishment of a campus Student Help Cening committee. ter, designed to provide both counselPersonal counseling will be just one ing and student information services. of a variety of tasks performed by the "The whole concept of student counstudent helpers as the new center opens. selors is a rapidly developing trend. They will also be co-ordinating a numAnd. preliminary indications have shown ber of student activities and information it has been meeting with a considerable services, all aimed at helping the coldegree of success and acceptance.~ said lege student. Palomar counselor David H. Chittock. "We will be in the process of developwho has been serving as faculty advisor ing a 'drop- in' center this semester,~ for the new center that will utilize stuChittock saia. "We would like to have dent helpers . a place where students can easily obtain "It has been demonstrated that students information that may be pertinent to are in touch with what's happening,~ their concerns. such as student housing he added. "With a little help and trainor economic problems. •l ing, they can function effectively in aidData hank available ing others with problems related to Besides organizing this information. school activities . " the student counselors hope to maintain This semester, about four to six stuan extensive data bank of referral agendents will serve in the Help Center, cies to use in instances when students whose headquarters will be located in need information or special help, such yet-to-be constructed offices in R-3. as in crisis situations. These students, who have previously A special phone line will also be available in the center so that students can call in and gain information. Other activities scheduled for the center this semester include discussion sessions and workshoos. "We want to give the students the opportunity to talk about matters that they are concerned with, whether in a rap session situation or individually," Chittock explained. ''We can have either a topic-orientated discussion about vocational information, for instance, or we can have a general rap session.'' Palomar has been designated as a "Servicemen's Opportunity College" by Satellite offices planned the American Association of Community To promote these various sessions and and Junior Colleges. provide their other services, the student The association, in advising Dr. Fredcounselors plan to establish satE'llite oferick R. Huber, president, of the recogfices at certain times in place~ such as nition for Palomar, referred to the Colthe Student Union, so that they -::an be in lege's commitment to a basic goal of the closer contact with the students. association, "to assist in extending edu"Ultimately, we would like to coordincational opportunity to all citizens of this ate the center between the co!Ilmunity nation." and the students,~ Chittock exlJlained. Currently, students enrolled in varAngelo Caril is coordinator of veterious counseling classes have been assistans' education . The current emphasis ing in the community in activities such as in that field is to make available to Project Share and Operation Big Broactive-duty servicemen of the area ther, Big Sister. In a similar way, the "the broadest opportunities to achieve Help Center will be looking for resoura college education.~ he said. ces within the community to serve in the The association's inclusion of Palocenter, possibly as guest speakers or tumar as a "Servicemen's Opportunity Coltors . lege~ will include listing in a special Volunteers requested catalog being made widely abailable to As the center grows, the student workeducational counselors and servicemen ers will also be looking for creative stuat military bases. dents who would like to volunteer and The commendation addressed to Dr. help as student aides. It is hoped that Huber said, "In cooperation with many a wide variety of age and interest groups other institutions you are forming an will be represented in the center. unprecedented world-wide educational "I really feel the long range success team that will be creatively responof this program will depend on a wide sive to the educational needs of our base of support,~ Chittock commented. nation's two million servicemen.' Already, the Counseling Department has been helping in establishing the center. And when it opens, the professional counselors will be meeting with the student helpers weekly. The counseling staff will also serve as one of the referral agencies of the new center. "We would also like to try to develope an advisory group from the faculty,~ Chittock said. "Their perceptions of what is happening on campus would be valuable for the center.~ Financing for the new project is being provided by the ASG. The student counselors will donate one half of their hours worked and be oaid for the other half. Any student interested in participating in the program as a volunteer may contact Mr. Chittock in A-65B for further information.
Palomar designated opportunity college for area servicemen
Patrick Graybill is shown in a scene from the National Theatre of the Deaf's
production of "Gilgameshn which will be performed here Sunday in the Dome.
Evolution of modern dance topic of 'Dances We Dance' Physical expressions by Betty Jones and Fritz Ludin will create artistic illusions in the "Dances We Dance" program in the Dance Studio on March 2 at 8 p.m. Striving to change the moods of imagination through their movements, Miss Jones and Ludin will use works by some of the finest choreographers in the field of modern dance. Emphasis of the program is the evolution of modern dance. Miss Jones and Ludin have been performing their program throughout the US since they became partners in 1964. Both dancers have been on the faculties of the Julliard School, Connecticut College School of Dance, and Artistsin-Residence at the University of Hawaii. They were also instructors at the Long Beach Summer School of Dance. "She performs with a radiance of spirit,'' said Walter Terry of Miss Jones at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Starting her training at an early age with teachers such as Alicia Markova and Ted Shawn, the major influenc es in her career were her associations with Jose Limon and Doris Humphrey. Fritz Ludin, born in Switzerland, received training in Paris and Vienna. Making his debut as a soloist in Stockholm, he appeared in musicals and television there. He joined the Limon Company on its 1963 tour of the Far East. He also appeared on the NET Program "One Hour with Jose Limon.'' He was a
member of the American Dance Theater at Lincoln Center. A Master's class for advanced students of modern dance will be held March 3 in the Dance Studio at 10 a.m. It will be taught by Miss Jones and Ludin. Admission to the "Dances We Dance" program will be $1.
News Briefs Opening in the Dwight Boehm Gallery Tuesday is a display of ceramic sculpture by Les Lawrence. this replaces the display of cartoon faces by Richard Allen Morris that closes today. The new display will be in room B in the gallery. A showing of prints by Walter Askins is in room A. The sculptures will be on display until March 20, while the print show will close March
Norman Gaskins honored for theater achievements Norman E. Gaskins, technical director of the Theater Arts Department, has been listed in the new edition of "International Biographies,'' published in Cambridge, England. The publication contains background data on persons achieving outstanding accomplishments in various nations. In addition to inclusion in the book, Gaskins is being awarded a certificate by the Cambridge publishers for his research work in theater history. He plans to take a sabbatical leave next year to complete work on his doctorate degree in theater history at Western Colorado University.
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There will be a meeting of the Black Students Alliance at 2 p.m. today and 12 noon tomorrow in room S-7. All interested persons are invited.
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Betty Jones and Fritz Ludin rehearse Marlha Wittman's "Jol!rney to a Clear
Place~ for the "Dances We Dance''program March 2 in the dance studio 8 p.m.
New members will be welcomed by the Palomar Business Club, according to a club spokesman. Meetings and announcements are posted on bulletin boards throughout the business area. Anyone enrolled in a business class or any business major is eligible for membership. The subscription is $1 a semester.