Controversy continues over hiring of Garcia by Mike La Bonne Controversy surrounding the full-time hiring of Multi-Cultural Studies teacher Richard Garcia, appears headed for a grand jury investigation. In an interview, A,J, "Pal" Anderson, a member of Palomar's BoardofGovernors, said that he will request grand jury proceedings in an attempt to resolve the issue, "by getting people to testify under oath." Events leading to the dispute began at a Board of Governors' meeting September ll. At that meeting the college
administration put a resolution on the agenda calling for haiT-tlme instructor Garcia to be given full-time status. In an unusual move , the Board deferred their vote. Anderson stated that a vote should not be taken as the resolution was not on the printed agenda, and Garcia's qualifications should be subject to further investigation. Following that meeting, Palomar President Frederick Huber informed Garcia that he should begin working a full schedule, as he could foresee no major problem in hiring him full-time
despite board actions. Garcia's fulltime duties include Chicano co-ordinator, student recruitment, developing curriculum and working with the community. An unprecedented move startled the administration at the September 25 meeting, when Anderson asked Garcia questions which ranged from classroom policies on attendance and grading, to his political beliefs, that of Marxist Socialism. Garcia waived executive session to answer the inquiries. Again the vote was deferred-, Hits time
to await the results at an administration investigation into Garcia's teaching policies. "The administration was supposed to investigate Garcia's teaching policies," said Anderson. "But, the investigation amounted to nothing more then a request by the administration to some of Garcia's students for letters of opinion regarding his qualifications." At the October 23 board meeting, attended by over 100 people, the Garcia resolution was deliberated by board members in executive session for over
four hours. Witnesses for and against Garcia were heard. In what was described by President Huber as a second unprecedented action, the board turned down the recommendation by a 4-1 vote. Mrs. Lucy Bayne was in favor of the hiring. In response to this decision, a committee to hire Garcia full-time was formed consisting of students, some faculty, and community members. The committee took Garcia's case to the public via a press conference last (Continued on page 2)
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Active singer, folklorist will give concert Nationally known folklorist Guy Carawan will give a concert tonight at 7:30 in the Student Union. Carawan is best known as the folksinger who brought •we Shall Overcome" to the civil rights movement. Over the past thirteen years he has appeared at several hundred colleges , concert halls, and most of the major folk festivals in the country. He has travelled outside the United States to do concert festivals , TV appearances, recordings , and has authored three books and a dozen documentary records. Currently, Carawan is Folklorist-inResidence at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. Besides teaching American folk music and folk life studies, he has a field study course in which his students live and work in Appalachian communi ties. Carawan became interested in folk music while studying the life and music of the Gullah people of John's Island, located near Charleston, off the South Carolina Coast which is populated by descendants of plantation slaves. The Carawans, Guy, wife Candie, and their young son lived for two years on the island, organizing folk festivals of sea island music and recording material for "Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?", selected as one of the notable books of 1969 by the American Library Association. Carawan received a BA degree from Occidental College and an MA from the University of California in Los Angeles. In 1959 as mini-director of the Highlands Folk School in Tennessee, he was instrumental in the revival and adaption of many songs that became the anthems of the folk movement. His songs have been recorded under the Folkway and Presting labels, and in Germany by Plane Records. "A Guy Called Carawan" was r e leased by ColuJ:!lbia Records of England . Carawan's constantly evolving repertoire draws on several hundred songs he has learned over the past fifteen years , and new songs are added continually. His songs from the civil rights movement are based on the older spirituals. Very often he uses contemporary songs written by Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie, Pete Saze, Marina Reynolds, Leonard Cohan and Richard Farina.
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Impeachment signatures for Nixon sought
Guy Carawan
Center film explores awareness, stability Emotional self-awareness and stability will be explored in "Cry Help," a film presentation sponsored by the Student Help Center Monday at 11 a.m. in 0-13 . Produced by the Columbia Broadcasting System, the film concerns the story of three youths and the methods they use to gain insight and awareness into their own emotional growth. The characters will participate in such activities as self-analysis, body awareness, psycho-drama and video-tape selfstudy.
Bahai club meets Election of new officers, and discussion of the principles of the faith are on the agenda when the Bahai club has its first meeting Wednesday at I p.m. in room R-4b. All members and inte r ested students are invited to attend.
Discussion held "Women's studies and Women's Services" proposals will be discussed today in P-32 at 3 p.m. All concerned students are invited to attend and participate.
Petitions supporting Congressman Jerome Waldie's (D-Calif.) attempt to intiate impeachment proceedings against President Nixon will be available for signature today at a display in the Student Union patio from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition to backing Waldie, the petition also urges Pete Rodino, chairman of the House judiciary committee, to support impeachment efforts. Other information concerning impeachment will be available at the display, which is sponsored by the Students for the Integrity of the Democratic System. "We have had a pretty good response so far, but there is still apathy noticeable on campus," noted Jerry Calhoun, spokesman for the group. "On this issue , though, it is our hope to unite people." All interested students are invited to attend the organization's meetings. The next one is scheduled Wednesday at 11 a.m. in F-llA. ''We hope everyone brings their ideas, and we will share ours," Calhoun noted. "Everyone counts."
Early applications advised for spring Want to avoid the frustration of closed classes? If you do, then fill out your applications for the spring semester as soon as possible. Applications will be distributed November 5 through December 31. As Herman Lee, r egistrar, points out, • If you wait until the last moment you'll receive a low priority. I strongly r ecommend that students turn their applications in quickly. "All students, new and continuing, should complete applications , the first choice of classes going to those filling them out the earliest." Students who have applied for graduation in June, 1974, and have submitted early registration applications will have a high priority. Applications may be obtained from the Admissions Office, the library, and the book store . All forms must be completed and turned into the Admissions Office.
Richard Garcia is interviewed by Channel 10 News following a press conference
in the MECHA Office on October 29. (Photo by Diane Marland)
Proposition 1 is crucial issue, voters to decide One of the most crucial issues in state history will face California voters Tuesday when they go to the polls to ballot on Proposition I. Officially entitled the Revenue Control and Tax Reduction Initiative, the ultimate fate of Proposition I will be decided in the special election called by Governor Reagan. The controversial proposal was sponsored by Reagan and rejected by the State legislature , thus the special election. Reagan has brought the propos al to the people for their decision. At best it is felt by many that Proposition 1 is too long and complex. Opponents feel it is full of outrageous assumptions, unworkable formulas and backward priorities. A st14dy of the proposal's ,;_ffect reveals that the University of California will lose $35-40 million in operating revenue in the first year with the result that every student will have to pay .an additional $100 per quarter for tuition. In a contrary explanation, Governor Reagan contends thatamongotherthings, the proposition will prevent the state from shifting costs to local government and school districts and impose limitation on local property tax. The Governor also states that the propos a I will eventually aid lower income families and the elderly through a less ening in the tax burden. At this point, opponents shout the loudest. They conte nd that the proposition
would not lessen the tax burden, but only shift it from income tax--which is based on the ability to pay--to local property and sales tax--which affect low income families and the elderly on fixed incomes. Another opposing viewpoint reflects that as two-thirds of the state budget represents local assistance, the passing of Proposition 1 will cause public school systems to lose state and federal funds. This inevitably would result in local taxpayers having to be taxed more heavily to recoup losses. Recoupment taxes would be in the form of increased sales and property taxes . If recoupment could not be effected in this manner, Californians would suffer the alternative, the loss of vital community services. While increasing the tax burden on low income families and the elderly, strong contention is also made that the initiative favors the wealthy by reducing the amounts they will pay in income tax. Current reports indicate that organizational opposition to Proposition I is running approximately 6-1 against passage. Dr. Frederick Huber, Palomar president, opposed Proposition 1 on four premises, which included having tax programs as part of the state cons titution ; a shift in the taxing authority; the desire to maintain Palomar's low tax r ate; and the prospect of increased tuition.
'The Hasty Heart' stage drama continues performance tonight
The five finalists chosen for the Homecoming Queen title are (L to R) Marcia Glass, Susan Ducy, Janet Taylor, Tracy
Jefferies and Hope Thomas. The queen will be announced at Saturday's game during halftime ceremonies. Elections
for the queen were held Monday and Tuesday by the student body. (Photo by Ron Jones)
With one performance down and five to go, the Palomar dramatists are continuing their showing of John Patrick's "The Hasty Heart" tonight and Saturday and next weekend, November 8-10, at 7:30p.m. Opening last night in the Drama Lab, P-33, the production is being produced without Norman Gaskins, technical director, since he is on sabbatical this semester. Therefore, there are no stage crew classes to assist and the drama cast and classes worked on the entire set. One challenge they are facing technically Is the lighting in creating the illusion of nightime. Playing the lead romantic roles are Don Krout as the Scott, Lachlen, and Dawn Sheppard as the British field nurse, Margeret. Set in a British field-hospital somewhere within the Southeast Asia Com-
mand , Lachlen is a soldier with only weeks to live, who stubbornly refuses to respond to the sympathetic treatment bestowed upon him by well-meaning friends. However , before the morale of his friends is destroyed, he learns the great lesson of love for his neighbor, as well as for Margeret, and the play ends happily, if tearfully. Completing the cast of nine are Pat O'Rourke as the stuttering Yank, Vic Cornelio as Digger the Australian, Malcolm Pullman as Kiwi from New Zealand, Phil Golden as Blossom, the African Basuto, Joe Biscone as the orderly, David Herrin as the Cockney cook Tommy, and Alex Swart as the British c oloneL Tickets are $2 for non-students and $1 for students. Reservations can be made by going to the Drama Lab or by calling the college.