R-building petition ruled invalid Controversy still exists over the Rbuilding renovation as the Associated Student Government's judicial advocates ruled Ed Estes' and Mary Sue Rafalko's petition invalid last week. This petition was to put the floor plan accepted by the student legislature and submitted by the American Indian Organization, Black Student Alliance and Chicano students (MECHA) , and one submitted by Estes and Rafalko up to a student vote. "All portions of the petition in question were examined in terms of constitutionality, factuality and believability," said the statement of the judicial advocates, headed by Amiel Jaramillo. The statement went on to say, "In terms of factuality and believability, we discovered two statements in the Estes-Rafalko plan that were not in front factual. In paragraph two ofthe petition in question, it is specified that 43 percent of the R-building was allocated to AIO, BSA and MECHA. This
statement is not true. We realize that this three organizations. "Again we do not depict that Rafalko error is perhaps only an oversight on the part of Estes and Rafalko, but it is mis- acted with intentions of deception, but we do leading and the possibility exists that this feel that because of the power in the statement could have influenced students to statement, Rafalko should have checked to see that the memberships lists were up-tosign this petition." It was pointed out that the three date," said Jaramillo . On the basis of these two errors the organizations were allocated 43 percent of the student space, not 43 percent of the total petition was declared invalid by the R-building. R-2 will be expanded restrooms judiciary. "They are saying we misrepresented the and the Student Activities Office will amount of members in those organizations. remain in its present location. "In the last paragraph of the Rafalko- I got those figures from Dean Jackson's Estes petition, it is again stated that 43 (dean of student affairs) file cabinet. If you percent of the building was allocated to can't get facts from him, where can you get AIO, BSA and MECHA. This is again a them?" stated Rafalko. "As for saying 43 percent of the Rmisstatement. It further states that this space was allocated to three clubs (AIO, building and not the allocated space of the BSA, and MECHA) which have less than 70 R-building, people knew we weren't talking members. This last statement was found to about the men's and women's restrooms," be nonfactual by the judiciary," said she added. Estes and Rafalko have already started Jaramillo. A judiciary investigation dis.covered that another petition with corrections, but hopes there were 137 members combined in the to get it validated are uncertain.
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Band finishes with top marks Mter capturing superior ratings in their first major festival of the semester, the Palomar College Stage Band has returned from the Reno International Jazz Festival held recently in Reno, Nevada. Hosting more than 200 high school and 25 college bands, the festival is the largest educational jazz festival in the world. The college stage band, directed by Robert Gilson , has attended the festival for several years. This is the first year that it has returned with the highest possible ratings from every judge, said Gilson. While the high school division is judged competitively, the colleges are given performance rating and critical remarks by a panel of judges who are recognized authorities in the field of jazz performance and jazz education. "The stage band's performance in the festival prepares the group for major competition festivals later in the semester and gives them an indication of their performance quality early in the year," said Gilson. Upcoming events include the spring tour and performance at the Wichita Jazz Festival in Wichita,Kansas. The festival is competitive and the band will prepare for it with performances at high schools in the North County before its April 17 departure. Enroute to and returning from Wichita, the band will tour college campuses throughout the Southwest. The final event of the year will be the May 14 jazz concert featuring world reknowned trumpeteer Clark Terry, at 8 p.m. in the Dome.
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Students will no longer be able to park in the front lots starting April 11. See story below.
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Play ends run tomorrow night Wait Until Dark, the suspense thriller by Frederick Knott, finishes its two weekend run at the Palomar Drama Lab (P-33) tonight and tomorrow night. Curtain time for both performances is 7:30 p.m. Set in a basement apartment in Greenwich Village, the play is about a blind woman terrorized by three men who are after a doll filled with drugs. The woman 's husband innocently brought the doll across the border from Canada as a favor to a woman he encountered a t the airport. Nancy Titus plays the blind girl, Susy Hendrix, in the Palomar production. Sam Hendrix, Susy's husband, is played by David Mousseau. Rounding out the cast are Jonathan D. Chase as Mike Talman; Dave Rethoret plays Harry Road, Jr., the villian. Roy Anthony L>pez is Sergeant Carlino, Rod light and Todd Capen portray the two policemen, Deanna Jennings the youngest member of the cast is Gloria, the little girl who lives upstairs. Tickets may be reserved by calling Palomar at 744-1150 or 727-7529. Tickets are $1.50 for students and Gold Card holders and $2.50 for the general public.
Parking changes alleviate congestion Changes in the parking situation at Palomar should decrease traffic congestion on Mission Road, particularly during peak periods. Beginning Monday, April 11 the parking lots in front of the college (lots No. 1 and 2) will be open for staff and visitors only. Motorcycle parking will still be permitted in the front visitor lot in
designated areas. Student parking will be permitted in all lots outside the campus perimeter road. Additonal parking spaces will be provided for students in lots No. 3, 4, 7 and 11 inside the campus perimeter road. Facilities will be enlarged in student lots No.5, 9 and 12. Shifting students out of the park-
ing lots in front of the campus to other designated areas should relieve the periodic congestion by providing a free flow of traffic exiting onto Mission Road. "This change is being made to ease the traffic flow on Mission Road and provide more parking facilities for visitors," said Palomar president Dr. Frederick R. Huber.