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OP/ED Opinions - Editorials

Holiday spirit infects writers "It was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well." - from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

By Mary Dickinson Christmas and good food and gifts, mostly the gifts can give people a distasteful feeling in their pockets. For some Christmas is getting the tree decorated- quick, quick.

Baking cookies, got to get them out of the way. Buying presents, what to get Aunt Martha?

The Christmas spirit just sort of gets filed away between turkey dinner and sending out cards. For some the Christmas spirit comes in a bottle after the whole mess is over.

For those lucky few , of whom I'm part, Christmas means one of the most beautiful and meaningful times of the year - the celebrating of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Although a few cynics point to all the "commercialism" abounding with the season and accuse us of exploiting His birthday, I see the commercialism as part of the natural course of events. I can choose to see the seamy side or I can pick the best and be happy with the joyous side.

I choose joy. Going with the family to pick a tree. Singing Christmas carols with fri ends. Pi cking out gifts for friends and family , thinking what each person would truly like. And best of all thanking God that I'm here to enjoy.

From the Telescope staff and me - Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!

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By Mike Johnson Drag, drag, drag. This campus is a drag.

Maybe it's the time of the year, after plodding through 15 weeks of school, that s nuffs out all ambition and interest.

Especially towards the end of a school da y , or even the beginning, when one co ntemplates the choice of attending class or skipping.

It's not the cold brick walls that cast a shadow over this campus. Perhaps the students are to blame, or their committments to make the most of community college life. It doesn't matter that many consider Palomar an extension of high school. But must it be more bland that a golf marathon?

At least there is only a shadow over Palomar, though, because that means the sun still shines above. Just the other day I saw some rays oflight that cornered me, in a smile from a student walking by. Nothing more than a smile showing some body cared, that totally made my morning.

I think it's time for me to reform my dreary, lightless days . In fact, you might see me some day between classes, smiling away as if I was on some sort of high.

You never know, though, but it's Christmas time and I'm loolqng for the spirit.

Capote play succeeds

By Rachel Meltzer The Grass Harp is a haunting, lyrical play by Truman Capote. Palomar's current production of this play nicely captures those qualities.

The play is a story of two sisters. One, Verena (Claudia Keithley), works all of her life for money, power, and recognition. She uses her gains to protect her sister Dolly (Dawn Sheppard) from the harsh realities of life. Dolly goes timidly through her life, allowing everyone else to make decisions for her.

The only thing that is totally Dolly's is the recipe for a dropsy cure which was given to her by some gypsies when she was a girl.

Dolly, with her lifelong friend , Catherine (Theresa flao) , and her adopted nephew, Collin (Dan Bennett) gather the herb to make and bottle the dropsy cure. They sell it for one dollar a bottle through the mail.

Only Dolly knows the whole recipe.

Verena teams up with a pharmacist and con man named Dr. Ritz (Skip Lasher), and they decide to mass produce the cure and sell it to pharmaceutical companies.

However, Dolly refuses to give them this one thing that is totally hers , and she runs away to the forest with Catherine and Collin.

Keithley gives a strong performance as Verena. She is a bitter woman , turned inside herself by what she feels has been a life filled with betrayal.

Sheppard 's Dolly is desperately in need of love, acceptance , and a sense of self worth.

Although Sheppard tends to get a bit too lyrical , she gives a warm performance that

brings the audience close to her.

There are some very intense moments in the play. But the actors usually rush these moments by without allowing the audience to savor them. If there is one overall difficulty in an otherwise excellent production , it is that not enough time is allowed for these lovely moments to fully develop.

The whole cast is polished, well rehearsed, and enthusiastic. There is an awareness of time , space and situation . Actors listen to one another and feel the various currents.

The music and lighting are well designed to add to the mood of the play . The lighting, especially , helps to emphasize the feelings of isolation experienced by the characters One scene is lit by flashlights held by actors on the stage. It gives an intense focus to the scene.

The complicated sets are well executed.

Set changes tend to be slow, but this is because of the massive nature of the sets .

The changes are done as quietly and quickly as possible under those circumstances.

The play was directed by Buddy Ashbrook, with David Boyd as technical director.

In addition to the above mentioned people, the cast list includes: Mike NcNally as the judge; John Mensching as the sheriff; Cynthia Sjogren as Maude; and in cameo roles (alphabetical order) Buck Allen, Barry Brent, Barb Lâ‚Źal, Pat Newton, Kathi Rodgers, and Bill Sulick.

The play, which opened last week, will continue with performances this weekend, December 15, 16, and 17 at 7:30p.m. in the Drama Lab (P-33). Tickets, which can be purchased at the door , are $1.50 for students and $2.50 for nonstudents.

Irate student admonishes • anonymous wrzter, ASG Editor: While I remain more than a bit skeptical about the worth of student government, I have become exhaustively disgusted that vendettas are carried to such extremes that "involved" students lack the courage and equitability to sign their names to a letter stating their opinions.

I agree to a point with the writer of the November 18 Telescope's "letter to the editor," that the four clubs' special interest ties make a mockery of representative student government. These members of the legislature take the Nixonesque approach of condemning those who fight for nothing but their own interests, while proceeding to commit the very acts they claim to deplore.

Being vaguely acquainted with those who make up the "majority" of the legislature, I feel that they are good idealistic people. It is simply unfortunate that they are naively impotent to contribute to the educational welfare of all Palomar students.

The other members of the legislature have not grouped themselves in a block to the extent as have those referred to above. Yet, I feel that both sides could try to be more cooperative. The recent spectacle of one legislator losing on a vote, jumping up, and stalking out of the room, displays a

phenomenal immaturity. With this puerile behavior nothing could ever be accomplished.

Finally, I'd like to state that while November 18 Telescope's letter had valid, if exaggerated points, its lack of a signature displayed a gutless attitude that has no place in respectable, workable government.

John Theobald

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'WE'RE ROLLIN' NOW'

Martin gets biiiigg applause

By Rick Hoff

Watching and listening to the stomping crowd voice its approval as the li ghts grew dim gave one the feeling of an upcoming rock concert. And though the performance would include song, dance and banjoplaying, the crowd was there for one reason.

Because Steve Martin is "a wild and crazy guy."

Not since George Carlin has a comedian split the sides of contemporary America like this "Ramblin' Man." And ramblin ' is what Martin is doing these days.

Strong appearances on Saturday Night Live and Johnny Carson have paved the way for Martin, who had shared his off-thewall gags in small nightclubs years past.

Having just completed a 50-city tour in 60 days last Saturday at Anaheim, this new king of clowndom can finally sit back and soak it all in.

It was impossible to sit back at Martin's San Diego appearance before an SRO crowd of over 4,000 at Golden Hall December 1.

From the very beginning, when the audience hooted and hollered as if a favorite group was to appear; to the end, when the encore of "Excuuuuuse MMMeeeeeee" sent

the fans rolling once m ore, Martin h ad 'em gomg.

And what a fan following this genius has acquired. They were there, decked out in balloon hats , rabbit ears, arrows-thru-theheads and "Excuuuse Meee" tee-shirts . All t his for a man who has a candle named Bernie, talks of hi s girlfriend's really nice cat, and walks into microphones. That is, in between wailing on the banjo , performing magic or juggling .

But the fo lks did pay $7.50 to see a "professional s h ow." And what a better start than t h e Martin-written film sh ort, "The Absent-Minded Waiter," co-starring Buck Henry and Teri Garr (O h, God!).

Serving up such entrees as lard omelets and h amburgers (" Hold the onions," says Martin , placing the food in Henry's hand) , the waiter makes things worse and worse for the customers until h e returns with the change for the check . "That's one-two-threefour-five-ten thousand dollars. Thank yo u and please come back (After a 360 degree turn): Oh, table for two?"

And then to the stage for another hour of work , talking about his new hobby (taking hostages) or why h e doesn't get small anymore. (" I TS'd. Too smalled.") But that's

okay. Small or not, Martin continues to please those who witness his extravaganzas or the millions who have heard his first a lbum , "Let's Get Small."

Past writer for many acts , including the Smothers Brothers and Sonny and Cher, Martin has now come to realize that the best performer for his offbeat, sometimes tacky lines is himself. The deliveries come from a man with that debonair, continental look, but instead of flying around in a lear jet, he's sh aring good times with capacity crowds.

And he sings, too. "Grandmother's Song" contained such sing-along verses as: " Ladies only: 'Be tasteless, rude and offensive;' and now the men: 'Live in a swamp and be three-demensional."'

Instead of making fun of the world, Steve Martin makes fun with it. And the world, so far, has loved every bit of it.

The Hall crowd also loved John Sebastian, who opened the to ur " probably because this song, which I wrote in five minutes." And " Welcome Back " came from TV to stage. Sebastian's voice sounded as good as it ever did with Lovin' Spoonful , especially on "Daydream. " The composersongwriter received a deserved length y standing ovation.

Food server leaves salads, students, stew CLIMB THE TO

Tucked away in a corner table in the ca mpus cafeteria, Olive O'Donnell rests, blissfully recalling times past.

"The apples , " she quips, flicking her cigarette over an ashtray, "I remember those good New York apples you can't get out here."

Olive's desire for quality shines right through her sensitive features.

She's retiring Friday after 22 years of quality work in the cafeteria. "My Christmas vacation is going to be a long one," she smiles, watching students zoom in and out of the lunch lines.

She says she'll take it easy for awhile, but "taking it easy" for Olive doesn 't mean resting all day. "I'll get a little rest, then clean out my closets , change the house around, sew, crochet, so I'd better get on my bicycle," she adds enthusiastically.

Born in 1920 in Lansing, Michigan , Olive moved to a farm community in New York. She came to California in 1950, and five years later took a job preparing food· for the football team at Palomar.

"The cafeteria was an old, cold barracks building," she recalls, almost shivering,"The cafeteria, dining room and preparing room were all in one small building." She recalls many interesting events that have taken place over the past two decades, the most vivid being when the college was affected by its first bomb scare. "We just grabbed the money and ran ," she laughs.

Times have changed for Olive though. Her children have grown,

she has five grandchildren , and she finds herself ready to retire.

"One reason I know I'm ready to retire is because I'm falling asleep earlier," she judges jokingly, "I don't want to sleep my life away."

An outdoorsy person, she says she's ready to do more hiking and fishing than she's been doing. "In the summer my husband Thomas and I usually head up to Bishop and do some hiking, camping, fishing ... that type of thing.

"I'd rather do that than cook."

Another hobby of Olive and her husband, who are now living in a mobile home park in Escondido, is gardening. "I enjoy puttering around in the garden," she says, "for awhile now we've been growing organic. We fight the bugs, but we do get something out of it."

Olive likes the thought of retiring, but nevertheless she knows she'll treasure the memories.

"I'm afraid I'm going to miss it.

We always called it our second home." Regardless, she says, "It's time to hang it up. " Olive's friend and associate in the kitchen, Dorothy Willey, said she feels terrible abo ut Olive leaving.

"We've really got along beautifully," she observed, "she's always been so pleasant and dependable- you can always depend on Olive."

"It was a privilege to work for Palomar," remarked Olive, ready to head back to work after a lunch break, ''I'm going to miss it. I'm going to miss Palomar."

More than likely, Palomar will miss her, too.

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LAST SHOWING SATURDAY NIGHT

Capote's 'Grass Harp' concludes this week years, she played the female lead in Dylan and has appeared in many other plays there. She was also the music director for the summer musical theatre workshop for five years. In addition , she has done technical work for the Patio Playhouse in Escondido and the Mission Playhouse in San Diego.

Michael McNally plays Judge Cool. New to the theatre department, he has appeared in productions of The Odd Couple and You Can't Take It With You at other theaters.

Daniel Bennett, who plays Collin, has appeared in many productions in high school, but this is his first play at Palomar. He wrote two children's theater shows at the high

Truman Capote's first dramatic vant; Collin, a teen-aged cousin work, The Grass Harp, will conclude whom the sisters raised after his its two week run in the drama lab parents' deaths; Charlie Cool, a Decem her 15-17. Curtain time for all retired judge who becomes part of Dolly's attempt to gain her own performances is 7:30p.m .

The play, set somewhere in the identity; and Morris Ritz, a con man South in the early 1950's, is a who tries to obtain the secret forcomedy-fantasy. The prin._cipal mula for the dropsy cure Dolly characters are two middle-aged makes.

Dawn L Sheppard plays Dolly. sisters, Dolly and Verena Talbo.

Verena , who runs the family Sheppard played the female lead in business, has devoted her life to Palomar's production of The Hasty looking after Dolly, protecting her Heart and has appeared in other fom the harsh realities of life that Palomar shows as well. At the Old she cannot cope with. Dolly may be Globe Theatre in San Diego, she patterned after the aunt who was the played Georgette in Moliere's School central figure in Capote's famous for Wives.

Claudia Keithley appears as story, A Christmas Memory.

Oth er main characters are Verena. Active in the theatre acCatherine, the family 's black ser- tivities at Palomar for several

Overpass to provide shortcut F or those living in Fallbrook, Bonsall and .Northwest Escondido, Twin Oa ks Valley Road will eventually provide an easy shortcut wh en the Twin Oaks Overpass is completed next April.

Twin Oaks will connect I-15 to both Mission Road and Highway 78, as well as north and south Twin Oaks Valley Roads.

Cost of the overpass is nearly $1.3 million, with the City of San Marcos payin g $10,000, the County supplying $65,000 and the state footing the remaining 80% of the costs.

With the largest percentage of college traffic coming from the east, an extension of Borden Road could link Twin Oaks to the northeast portion of campus, by the upper parking lot.

The City Council recently requested a complete study on the possibilities of extending the road from Mulberry to the college, according to a city spokesperson. But as of yet, no municipal funds are av a il able , although various businesses and a subdivision have indicated an interest in developing along the proposed road.

Bearing the strain of college and business traffic, Mission Road will get its first improvements next year.

Although there are no city funds allocated this year; theroad will first be widened from the San Marcos city limits to Bougher Road, and then from Bougher past Palomar in the end of next year.

City spokesman Hank Ford concluded that Mission Road could get "tremendously expensive." Future plans would widen Mission to four lanes, with possibly a bike path between Vista and Escondido.

Between the San Marcos Boulevard and Rancho Santa Fe offramps on Highway 78, Las Posas could connect the freeway to the west side of Palomar.

According to secretary-director Chet Ballard, the Chamber was told that an on-off ramp going east was feasible along the freeway, but one going west would be more difficult.

school and is enrolled in a playwriting class at Palomar.

Skip Lasher is Morris Ritz, the con man. He has worked with the Fallbrook Players in speech choir presentations, but this is his first appearance in a play.

Other cast members include Barbara Leal, Kathleen Rodgers, Cynthis Sjogren, John Mensching, Patricia Newton, Barry Brent, Bill Sulick, Buck Allen, Michael Johnson and Julie King.

Buddy Ashbrook directs the play, and David Boyd is the technical director. Tickets are $1.50 for students and Gold Card holders and $2.50 general admission. Reservations can be made by calling the college.

Traffic signals due for parking lot Beware those of you who cruise through the stop signs on campus!

Trouble may be coming your way after Christmas vacation.

Traffic lights are going to be installed during the break, and traffic officers from San Marcos will soon be enforcing them. The lights are enforceable because they comply with CalTrans (California Department of Transportation) specifications.

Sodi urn lights are also going to be installed. According to John Kratt, coordinator of Traffic Control on campus, this type of lighting casts off a bluish hue that cuts through the fog and aids in visibility.

"The sodium lights will be installed on the perimeter road at strategic positions to illuminate the crosswalks and intersections for pedestrian safety."

Regarding the need for traffic

lights, Kratt commented that the campus patrol receives numerous complaints each week from people claiming that driver courtesy for pedestrians is minimal and there have been a few close calls .

As a result, "Red and yellow flashing lights will be posted as warning devices to decrease excessive speeds by motorists as they approach the crosswalks and intersections."

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Feature Section

Valdez urges ethnic recognition

By Guadalupe Ruelas "American culture is self centered.

Americans don't express interest in other cultures."

These are possible reasons expressed by instructor John Valdez, concerning the low enrollment in his "Mexican literature in Translation" class.

"Americans historically and generally have not had a wide appreciation of ethnic people and the contributions of their culture," adds Valdez. "Ethnic studies are not encouraged at the high school level and students are counseled not to take these classes."

One more possible reason for low enrollment is that "most students are traditional minded and take traditional English and literature classes, and fail to examine other literature courses available."

Students enrolled in the "Mexican literature in Translation" class will read and discuss four Mexican novels written in the twentieth century. The novels are translated from Spanish to English. "One of the novels, considered the classic novel of the revolution, is "The Underdogs" (Los de Abajo). It is used universally and is translated into many languages."

Valdez speaks of the novel as being "a window for people who want to understand this period of the revolution. The novel is written in the colloquial language of the day, the language of the common man."

Author Mariano Azuela was a

participant of the Mexican revolution. He joined the army of Pancho Villa and served as a doctor.

"The novels are fascinating, unique, beautiful and powerful." Valdez feels the authors show a sense of anguish and pride in their novels. lectures will include slide presentations developed by Valdez.

Students will also view several films. One important film is "Mexico, The Frozen Revolution." Valdez calls it the ''most powerful and critical.': It contains rare film clips of actual battle scenes. Also, there is a rare look at revolutionary leaders Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa after they took Mexico City. The film shows Mexico during historical times and contemporary times.

Valdez has been teaching this class since 1974.

Born in lemon Grove, Valdez smiles as he recalls that his family home was once a Catholic Church.

His father worked for the church.

Valde~ attended Catholic school during his fifth and sixth grades and also worked there.

Valdez thinks of his high school years as "a waste of time, with a record of high absenteeism and tardies."

Valdez says, "!felt frustrated and didn't understand who I was. My cultural identity was a big question mark."

He transferred to a continuation school and dropped out without graduating. He later graduated from night school, and shortly thereafter, he entered a religious seminary.

"My first aspiration was to be a

John Valdez priest. I studied for the priesthood four years and then made the difficult decision to leave." He remembers, "It was hard to leave; they were like family."

After completing a degree in history and philosophy at the University of San Diego, he received a secondary teaching credential, continuing his education as a Mexican literature major in the graduate program at U.C.S.D. He remembers meeting his wife, Chris, "during my second week of school on October 2, 1970. She is a lively, sensitive and intelligent person."

Valdez became part ofthe group of

twelve literature majors appointed to teach as part of their graduate work. They taught communications classes such as freshman composition and "Dialects of the Chicano."

The group also published "Chicano Journal." It was published as "a tribute to Vietnam, to the farm workers, in celebration of the Cinco de Mayo, and to all people fighting for justice."

Valdez took a leave of absence after he and Chris were married. He taught a summer session ofhistory, the first Chicano Studies class offered at Memorial High in Logan Heights. Valdez began teaching at Palomar in 1972.

He and Chris live in Escondido.

They now have two children , a son Joaquin, 3, and a daughter, Mieke, 21 months. · He says of Chris, "She has been instrumental in my career. She is supportive of my involvement with MEChA and the Multi-Cultural Studies program, and has contributed many ideas. Chris is planning to continue her education in counseling soon."

Valdez believes it is "important for American society to thaw out and realize the importance of our culture, for the improvement of all of society."

He thinks ethnic classes can be of help and says, "Part of the MultiCultural Studies Department philosophy is not only to affect change in Ethnic groups, but to try and reach all mem hers of society. We feel very dedicated to educating non· ethnic people."

Levy reveals reading problems

By Elaine Collins Are you feeling the crunch of a heavy additional eight million words of assigned reading in your first year of college?

Would you like to comprehend, recall, and remember them? Stan levy can show you how.

"An easy 35% of college students read below the eleventh and twelfth grade level, and most of the textbooks written on this campus are at the twelfth grade level or above," said Levy, Palomar Reading Specialist.

"Many more people have the educational opportunity today as opposed to fifty or sixty years ago.

"I believe this is because education in the United States is for everyone. There are far more communication services, newspapers, magazines, radios, and television sets. We are rapidly becoming a visual society . . . an audio visual society."

"Then why are there so many poor readers coming out of the public

schools today?" levy said, "I don't think poor reading is entirely the schools' fault. Schools are a reflection of society and society has changed rapidly.

"There is a decline of general education requirements and an emphasizing of electives that are academically less demanding.

"Grades are becoming easier to attain. Consequently, students now are not only able to get through schol and college more easily, but with higher grades than ever before.

"The breakdown of families has risen since World War II. There are more single parents, and families with both parents working causing less parental attention to schoolwork and academic discipline.

"We have become the passive society. We want it done for us and right now.

"I feel the key to improve or enhance one's reading ability is exercising ... just like a musician or athlete. You can't put a band-aid on to solve a reading problem. It's a

developmental process. You have to practice and exercise it. Maybe six to eight hours a week."

Stan levy is an enthusiastic and energetic believer in his work. He first saw the need for reading improvement while student teaching at both the elementary and high school level.

"I thought, my gosh, there are too many people here who can't read ... who can't function with their basic study skills.

"I myself was a product of TV and I found out in my second year of undergraduate school that I had some terrible reading deficiencies.

So, I got books on reading improvement and self taught myself." levy received his Bachelor's Degree in Social Science and History, and an Elementary Teaching Degree from San Diego State, and a Master's Degree in Reading with a Specialization with Adults.

Stan Levy and his wife Susan have built a new home in Escondido.

They both grew up in the Los Angeles area.

They are excitedly awaiting their first baby in February.

"In our spare time we collect antiques, go to cinemas, see plays, and travel in the west coast area."

Now in his third year at Palomar, Stan levy has built a much needed Power Reading and Reading Improvement program.

"You don't pay $300 like you would for some private courses. It's free and I feel it's a better course.

"I noted that there was no reading program on this campus four years ago. Where as all 104 community colleges in California have reading programs.

"I wrote up a proposal and plan and submitted it for the embryonic stage on this campus. This included the Power Reading for speed and proficiency and the Reading Development for reading improvement. "let's define reading. My definition of reading is getting meaning plus feeling from print. Most people in our society define reading as (Continued on page 8)

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Photographer captures emotion Young teaches students to see beauty, nature

By Christopher Harding On the way to interview photography instructor Thomas Young, visitors notice an air of relaxation in and about the photography lab.

Once in Young's office a new world of visual enchantment is depicted upon the walls in color portraits of family, friends, and feelings.

Young's photographic abilities reflect things of beauty and nature that people often take for granted.

He shoflt.s more fM the emotional self-being th at : ,P R at that particular n10Pt 路 r. ~ .

"I cant ke my work a nd give it to someone beca Re it is 路1 actual part of my emotion ."

Young's work not only captures his emotion, but also displays his love for creation which he directly links with his love for people.

"I want to be able to share my ideas with other people."

Young's photographic career started in a very round-about way.

Interested in astronomy in junior high school, he saved for a telescope, and began to view the stars.

Then, one day his mother gave him a gift which was to change the course of his life. A camera.

Young began enjoying taking pictures of friends, and eventually began to photograph the stars. His film upon being sent in for developing was constantly returned marked "no good, no charge." This was a problem simply solved, and he purchased his first enlarger and produced prints of his own.

The interest in photography continued to grow until the telescope was sold to purchase bigger and better equipment. High school soon followed and Young was launched into his first business under the watchful eye of his photography instructor. A partnership was formed between Young and two companions soon to be titled "Crown Photographic Enterprizes."

After high school Young served time in the Coast Guard, retuming to continue his education at I...ong Beach State as an industrial technology major. He transferred to LA State, following the same major with a high concentration in photography. leaving school Young began experimenting with various studios and camera shops, only to retum once more to l..ong Beach State to receive a master's degree in instructional media.

Young does not see photography as a formal subject.

"I find rather than lecture; that students derive more out of the course just discussing it."

A few years ago his work, which centers mainly around portraiture (Continued on pag~ 7)

SELF-PORTRAIT -

When the Telescope asked photography instructor Tom Young for a

self portrait he gathered his star and sun and reached for his own telescope to find the truth!

Manson film set today Nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Documentary Feature, the film Manson will be presented in Room P-32 路 at 4 p.m. today.

Filmmaker Robert Hendrickson lived with the Manson family at Spahn Rancho for several months while making this incredible, indepth study of the collective mind of the Manson family. Hendrickson was recently murdered for his effort on the film, which was shot in 1970 while Charles Manson was on trial for the Tate-LaBianca murders.

Not released until1975 because of legal entanglements, the film includes interviews with Manson himself, and such notorious family

members as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sandra Goode.

Louie Lawless, the producer and director of photography for the movie, will talk to Dick Peacock's non-fiction film class and any others in attendance after the showing.

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This issue of Focus was written and produced by the following Journalism 7 students: Elaine Collins Christopher Harding Dian Haase Guadalupe Ruelas

DAV children aid 路 deadline tomorrow Children of disabled American veterans may be eligible for scholarship assistance from the DA V (Disabled American Veterans).

Deadline for the aid applications is December 15. Palomar students should inquire at the campus Financial Aids Office (ext. 253) for applications.

Amounts ranging from $200 to $2,000, depending on need, will be granted to 59 students nationwide.

Eligibility is based on the students' parents having service-connected disabilities. The disabled parent need not be a member of the DAV.

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CPR program promotes life sustaining treatment

By Elaine Collins A man has cried out! He clutches his chest gasping for breath and lurches to the ground vomiting. He is now sprawled out on the campus patio, unconscious, his heart has stopped beating.

What do YOU do?

Volunteer CPR instructor, Steve Griffin says that, "A victim who is totally deprived of oxygenated blood for more than a period of four to six minutes will suffer irreversible brain dam&ge or death."

And according to the American National Red Cross, "Heart attack is a major cause of death in the United States. The greatest risk of death from heart attack lies in the first hour or two after onset. HEART ATTACKS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. Young, old, and even without physical or emotional stress.

However, it is possible for anyone over 13 years of age to be trained in a life sustaining measure called Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, or CPR" What is CPR? "CPR," explains Griffin, "is a combination of artificial respiration and artificial circulation. CPR is needed for many cardiac arrest occurrences.

"Common causes of cardiac arrest are heart attack, electric shock (usually low voltage), hemorrhage, and - as a final phase of drowning - suffocation and other forms of respiratory arrest.

"Successful application of CPR is considered a temporary method of treatment to sustain life. A person, untrained in CPR can easily cause severe heart, liver, and lung damage. Even with training, multiple rib fractures occur 50% of the time and some times with internal bleeding."

Griffin is a Navy Corpsman

PHOTOGRAPHER (Continued from page 6) and people, was quite successfully entered in competition.

"I found I got more out of actually doing the work and concentrating on the technical aspects of it."

He soon left competition as it had little to offer aside from ribbons and awards, subsequently returning to work for himself.

Young came to Palomar as a retreat of sorts, moving away from his old home in Huntington Beach as a result of the ever-present smog creeping down the California coastline.

The father of two children, a son of ten and a daughter of nine, in addition to pursuing his teaching career, he occupies his spare time restoring their home in Escondido.

In class Young conveys that photography is a subject by which one may expand himself; using the media as a way to express a feeling or mood and preserving it as a memory.

"Photography should represent you as a photographer and the way you are.'

teaching CPR as volunteer work. He holds classes at Palomar and Camp Pendleton. Griffin recalls that he once found himself in the situation of using CPR in a real emergency at a U.S. Naval Hospital. He administered CPR successfully until advanced equipment could be connected, and the patient was saved.

Griffin's personal experience in an emergency, life saving situation was of short duration. He told of another effort of Herculean dimension.

"Four men were isolated in the desert, miles from civilization. One of them suffered cardiac arrest. CPR was started immediately, and while one man drove their motor coach over primitive roads, dry river beds and broken desert trails, the other two took turns, switching place, administering CPR continuously for over nine hours, until an emergency hospital was reached.

"Their efforts were successful because they were able to keep blood coursing through the veins and oxygen to the brain . . . artificially . . . manually . . . without machines . . . for over nine hours ... because they knew CPR," said Griffin.

"I encourage and want as many people possible to be trained in CPR. You cannot learn CPR from a book or movie, and CPR done wrong could oe just as fatal as doing nothing."

Palomar has a CPR program free of charge to anyone wishing to learn. Students interested in attending CPR classes should call 7441150, extension 460 or 464 and preregister or stop by Health Services (HH building).

Training programs are also offered through the American National Red Cross, San Diego Heart Association and local fire departments.

HELP Center aids in finding rentals

LIFE SAVING - Instructor Chris Pagakis (top photo) explains correct cardio-pulmonary resuscitation techniques to Becky Richardson and Arlene Gallego. Both women (bottom) them demonstrate their mastery of the CPR method.

(Photos by Charlie Stevenson)

Exhibit set through December

"You and Me ," an art exhibit by Housing is still a problem among internationally famed artist James many students looking for inexpen- Collins, will be on display in the sive studio apartments, rooms or Boehm Gallery through December anything at a reasonable rate.

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Collins, originally from England, The help center, which is a branch has exhi hi ted his artwork extensiveof the student affairs office, keeps ly throughout Europe and the U.S. information posted in the ASG office He uses photography as the medium at Room R-3 on rents available and to convey his ideas, calling his style people looking for rentals, Monday "post, conceptual Romanticism." through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

His work over the years has and 6 p.m . to 8:30 p.m. Center undergone significant structural coordinator Georgianne Mace said, changes. During 1968 and 1969 he "If you are an owner who is willing to rent to students, please call the student help center at 744-1150 or 727-7529."

North County Transit bus passes With a staff of four and twice as are being sold in the Student Affairs many volunteers, the center helps office (R-2).

Three types of passes are being students a variety of ways through private tutoring, peer counseling, offered. They are: the Student pass book swaps each fall and spring, a - $6, for all campus students, the referral service of professionals for Helper pass - $3, for the hanlegal problems and personal crises, dicapped and the Econopass-$8, for as well as by sponsoring workshops. the general public.

began to abandon painting to concentrate on the introduction of photography into his work.

In a 1977 video interview with Peggy Gale at the Art Metropole in Toronto, Collins commented on what he is trying to do with his a rt.

"I'm trying to break away from the idea that art has to be a series of intellectual moves, and the thing that interests me at the moment is the idea of putting much more stress on emotion, on myth, on feeling , on fantasy."

Sus passes are being sold These passes are good for one month with unlimitedridesinNorth Count:y: for that month.

Route schedules are also available in the Student Affairs office. Office hours are Monday-Thursday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m . and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Comedian thrives on laughter Blabac works showplaces; noted for impersonations

By Dian Haase

TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE! - Comic-impressionist Paul Blabac gestures during a recent routine. He was featured at the December 7 Student Help Center campus presentation.

(Photo by Fred Herrera)

Specialist sees thinking

as reading program key (Continued from page 5) being able to word call.

"The thinking process is the key to the reading process, and that's the major thrust of our program.

"I'm basically a reading strategist and use about 113 of my program with visual aids.

"The strategies are how to get something out of your reading.

There are thinking strategies, concentration or memory strategies and reading proficiency strategies, depending on the type of reading one must do.

"You could skim a textbook, preread ahead of time to see what you are going to do with the assigned chapter. There are strategies to reading technical material you know nothing about - looking at the different styles of authors, un!lerlining, note taking and marking systems.

"No body can state how fast you read. No body reads any two items at the same speed.

"The key is to have a purpose for reading.

"I say, to read without understanding or attaining meaning plus feeling, is like eating without savoring or digesting.

"Last semester we tumed away over 134 students. My classes are limited to 25 students. They are

Aids Office open evenings The Financial Aids Office is now open evenings from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday. This is in addition to the Monday through Friday daytime hours.

totally individualized for each student.

"This need for more space should change with the new building we shall be moving into this semester."

Stan levy's staff consisting of Ann Agresta, Lois Gaines, and Tanya l.ofink. On completion of construction the staff will be increased to meet the demand for service.

Levy also heads a reading program at Camp Pendleton which has its own staff.

"It's just super in what I'm doing.

I can see all kinds of changes in a short period of time. I am facilitating students, not directing them. Helping them in their overall studies. It's a neat place to be. I never left school, I just switched sides."

Paul David Blabac, 18. A freshman student by day, a comic impressionist by night. Thriving on humor and laughter, he walks off the stage but he never comes down.

Verbally agile and mentally quick, he's the center of attention wherever he goes.

Paul has appeared before audiences at UCSD, the Comedy Store in Hollywood and many hotels in the San Diego area. Working without an agent, he moves into the limelight driven by his own determination. He admits in a refreshingly candid manner, "I guess I'm in the right place at the right time, and I have :onfidence in what I do. Because ifl don't, no one else will."

A perfect example of determination, he struggled through six months of distress while trying to regain the loss of his voice. With a sense of relief he recalls, "It was like a bad dream. The first time my voice left me I was right in the middle of a show. There was no way out. So I started doing Marcel Marceau's act." He continues, "I had to go to a speech therapist and releam how to talk. Now I talk more than ever.

People get hoarse just listening to me."

His ability to borrow the voices from others and rework them as though they were his own has come from long hours of vocal training and self-assertiveness. He relaxes deeply into his chair, reaches across the table for a prop cigar and gains complete control over his facial expressions.

Forehead creases, eyebrows lift and his voice alters to display the uncanny likeness of George Bums: "I was sitting across from a woman on the plane who was wearing a seethrough blouse. After looking at it for about five minutes I got the feeling it was staring back at me."

In addition to Bums, Paul is capable of assuming such characters as Truman Capote, Carol Channing, all Three Stooges, Jack Benny, Groucho Marx, Hubert Humphrey, Leo Sayer, Red Skelton, W.C. Fields and Redd Foxx. Although some of his works include lines spoken by the comedians he impersonates, most of his humor is original and inspired by his everyday occurrences. He spontaneously admits, "I base most of my routines on truth. If it doesn't get a laugh, I try lying."

What is good humor? Quickly Paul admits, "Spontaneity is the key to good humor. Some people dissect humor and it dies in the process like a frog. You pull it apart and analyze the parts and all you've got left are the pieces."

But putting the pieces together to solve the puzzle to make people ¡ laugh is the key to a well prepared show. The time, the agony, the pressure of writing and re-writing to perfection to meet the demands of a

disceming audience. The toil of line after line, over and over again. Paul observes that "There's more to the world of comedy than meets the eye, and most people are surprised to leam of the pressure involved in making people laugh.

"There's a notion that comedians are always laughing, cracking jokes, having a ball and taking life as lightly as possible." However, his hands move nervously to reinforce his statement: " It' s a sort of stereotype that we get thrown into."

Depicting a sense of irritation, he continues, "When people find out that I'm a comic they expect me to make them laugh. And if I'm not in the right mood, they think I'm a putz. There has to be a certain balance to life."In order to even out the scales and escape the role of laughter, Paul diverts his energieq to art in the form of drawing and acrylic painting. He is also a serious collector of historic 16mm movies, a hobby which has also broadened his knowledge in the art of performing.

He admits in his crisply articulate manner, "I've tried yoga, tai chi, hypnosis, meditation . . . everything. None of it really worked.

While I was meditating, all I did was think about how many pairs of socks I've wom out."

When the show is over and the curtain goes down, the house clears out and the people go home. And the star of the show? If all goes well, you may find him in some out of the way cafe devouring bagels and eggs between nostalgic lines of laughter, never tasting what was eaten.

Several hours later, after treating nervous stomach, physically exhausted and mentally kaput, he surrenders to his room for the remainder of the night.

The sounds of laughter drown out the cries of pressure and make the fiercely determined comedian return to the stage that he never really left.

And he does it all, for the love of laughter.

Art students''work shown in Illinois The works of three Palomar art students and their instructor were accepted in a recent national art exhibition at Illinois State University in Normal, lllinois.

The competition featured an exhibition of hip-pocket weaving.

Weaving was created through the use of interlacing, knotting, looping, felting, plaiting or twining.

Students Mary Jacobson, Phyllis Kelley and Dorothy Kostas entered the competition as an . extracurricular activity of a Palomar course, "the woven structure as an artmaking process." Instructor Susan Long- Durrant also had work included in the juried exhibition, held in the center for visual arts gallery at lllinois State.

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STATE CC FINALIST

Debbie Keagy: poet on the run

By Louise Webber She cares for people: "When I see somebody out there in the middle of a race, I just want to help them along¡ or say something."

She knows what she wants: "I'm not saying I'll be the greatest coach, but I think I'll be good because of what I have gone through."

She has a loud, happy laugh. She's sometimes uncoordinated, but she's a fast, graceful runner. She had to be to make it to the junior college state cross country finals.

She had to be even stronger to make it alone.

"It took me a while to get the fact into my head that I was going by myself. I was really hurt when no one else made it. It was very lonely."

Palomar coach Mike Curran and Debbie Keagy left for Sacramento on a Friday morning. "We laughed the whole time," said Debbie. As a routine, she ran the course when they got there, to get the feel ofthings.

They had a nice dinner and then went to the movies to relax.

"I was even calm in my sleep. It was nothing like the week before (at the Southern California finals) when I had to really go for something to go on again to the next race. But this was the end. I had made it."

Debbie missed an award at state finals by three places, finishing 18th over the threemile course in 18:50. "I did the best I could at that time."

Keagy seems very definite about running.

"I'm going to run until I die," she laughed, but she wasn't joking. Debbie plans to

return to Palomar next fall to compete again. "So I'll be running until then. I just decided this a couple of weeks ago. Coach thought I was going to stop running. He said to me, 'You shouldn't give it up.' But I don't want to give it up. I just had to think things out.''

Even though Debbie doesn't like to look too far into the future, she does have definite goals to head her in the right direction.

"I want to coach cross country. I think I could do it because I have competed before. I learned a lot doing this and Ijustliketrying to help people. Like, I try to help members on the team; but I just can't say 'Don't think while you're out there' just because that's the way I do it. I know they let things bother them during a race. A lot of things bother me, too. I could have had the whole season shot if I would have let things bother me.

Apparently, I didn't let it affect my running.

"You're the only one out there, so you listen to yourself," she said with determination. "Who gives a heck what the other people say? Even when they pass you, oh wow, they pass you. Well then, that's great.

You're gonna try and go for it, and you're not going to die over if they pass you.

"I like to run. Coach says that I'm the most competitive on the team, but I don't see myself that way. Yet, I guess I must be.

When you're out there, you don't know what place you're in. I didn't know I was fourth place at Southern California finals, all I wanted to be was 15th." After a pause, Debbie related, "I finally excelled in something. My times improved, and I never got injured. I feel this is very fortunate."

Debbie says that she doesn't have any

hobbies, but she did admit to being a poet. A fellow team member admits Keagy's objectivity. "Before one of our races, Debbie brought this poem for all of us to read before we ran. It's something she believes in very strongly. Well, that day I ran the fastest time I had ever run in my life. I still thank her for that poem and her positive outlook which picked me up so high.''

You Can If you think you are beaten, you are, If you think you dare not, you don't.

If you like to win, but think you can't It's almost a cinch you won't. ' If you think you'll lose, you're lost, For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will It's all in the state of mind.

Full many a race is lost Ere even a step is run And many a coward fails, Ere even his work his begun.

Th~nk big and your deeds will grow, Thmk small and you'll fall behind.

Think that you can and you will It's all in the state of mind. ' If you think you are outclassed, you are, You've got to think high to rise.

You've got to be sure of yourself Before you can win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man.

But sooner or later the man who wins Is the man who thinks he can.

Debbie Keagy, 1977

Wrestlers host tournament after taking another crown

Cagers land consolation title at AVC; USC JV next at Arena

Coach John Woods keeps saying that his wrestling team is young.

The Comets keep proving their experience. Their latest victory was a first-place finish in the Southwestern Tournament on December 3.

The Comets host the Palomar Toumament this Saturday. Following this, their next contest won't be until December 31 when they entertain Cypress.

Chris Cain and Rick Worel remained undefeated for the locals in the toumament. Worel, the state champion at 158 pounds last year, won four matches at 180 pounds after receiving a first-round bye.

Cain, a graduate from Santa Fe High, won five straight (at 139 pounds) matches enroute to his title.

The Comets held a slim 23f.t point lead entering the final round over Cerritos. Worel decisioned Cerritos' Mike Couch 7-4 to give the Comets a 73% total points, compared to Cerritos 67%. "We wrestled well," said Woods. "The same way we did against El Camino."

Jeff Gianni was handed his first loss of the year when he was pinned

by El Camino's Jim Thorton in the 170 division. Heavyweight Alan Tanner was edged out by

After falling in the opening game, Palomar's basketball squad won three straight games to take the consolation championship at the recent Antelope Valley Toumament.

The Comets will travel to the San Diego Sports Arena Saturday to take on the USC junior varsity in a game scheduled to begin at 5:45 p.m.. Palomar, which was competing in the Cuesta Toumament at press time, will return home for Mesa Decem her 23 before hosting the Comet Classic December 27-30.

Guard Marcus Hays was named to the All-Antelope Tournament squad after the Comets posted a 65-57 victory over West Los Angeles for the consolation title. Hays averaged 12.1 points in the four games and had his best outing in a 101-75 victory over West Hills, scoring 23 points.

Grossmont's Scott Moore, 6-3.

In the 153-pound division, the Comets' John Davis recorded a 4-3 decision over Rio Hondo's Robert Saul to take third place.

Ed Dilbeck, 121-pound division, Joe Thurmond, 145-pound division, and Lonnie Harris, in 190-pound division, all won their first three matches before falling in their fourth.

Both John Lombard, 161-pound division, and Jim Hamiltion, 129pound division, were eliminated after two rounds.

The Comets were scheduled to meet Mt. San Antonio last Tuesday, but a conflict on scheduling cancelled the match.

Racquetball courts open for vacation During Christmas vacation (December 12 through January 2) the racquetball courts will be open to all students.

Monday through Friday the courts will be open from 10 a.rr{, to 10 p.m. The courts will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The regular court hours will resume on Tuesday, January 3.

"I was happy to see Marcus make the tourney team," said head coach Andy Gilmour. "But (center Anthony) Crane should have been named, too. He did a good job of shooting and rebounding the entire tournament."

Crane scored 16 in Palomar's opening 86-77 loss to Mt. San Jacinto, and then added 13 against West Hills. The 6-5 center tallied 16 points to lead Palomar to a 45-43 win over Porterville in the consolation semis, a game in which Ronnie Hicks came off the bench to hit a short jumper with two seconds remaining for the win.

Hicks' best game was a 15-point effort against West L.A., while Bill Doremus had 16 against West Hills.

The Comets took a 4-2 record into the Cuesta Tournament.

A PHOTISH FALL, !977 (All photos

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the sports staffJ

FOOTBALL

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Four straight easy victories completed a 7-3 football season in 1977. Emotions ran high as the year ended with a37-3rompover Citrus, making Mario Mendez' head coaching debut a successful one.

As the final gun sounded, the sophomores had that feeling of accomplishment, while the freshmen vowed of an even better year in 1978.

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VOLLEYBALL

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The Dome has had to soak the tears from many a sports heartbreaker. Another one came when ninth-ranked Palomar met second-ranked Saddleback in a top-notch volleyball show.

Saddle back, which advanced to the state finals before losing to top-ranked Santa Ana, would end up victorious against the Comets, but not after an Olympic-type exhibition.

Palomar won the first game, 16-14, butfellin the next three, 1315 9-15 14-16, giving the Comets a final12-2 Mission Conference record and an overall mark of 19-7.

Sue Machamer and Joy Stafford knocked home spike after spike, and Julie Smiley and Lori Schwalbach provided more digs than a shovel.

Head coach Teri McFarland, late of the Intemational Volleyball Association, Ied a team that commanded every Mission squad except the champion Gauchos.

SOCCER

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Palomar's soccer squad, running second to Southwestem in the Mission Conference race, defeated the unbeaten Apaches, 20, with a strong defensive effort in the final home game of the year. But Palomar fell in the final game on a penalty kick, and the playoffs moved out of reach, despite a final 9-3-3 overall record. Joe Emidy, who scored both goals against Southwestem, and Ben Ortiz were expert ball-handlers on offense. Martin Barrera and Scooter McDaniel led a defense that posted four shutouts and allowed 24 goals in 15 games (1.6 per game).

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FIELD R OCKEY Defense highlighted the season for the Comet field hockey team, which battled league champion Mt. San Antonio to a 1-1 tie, but fell short of the playoffs.

A 2-1 victory over UCSD in the final game capped a 6-7-3 season for Vi Jeffery's squad. Audrey Miller, Sheila Lemmons and Pam Gibbons excelled on offense, and Julie Jordan and goalie Erin Laird were outstanding on defense.

CROSS COUNTRY .....

Debbie Keagy's performance at the Southern California finals (fourth place) highlighted the cross country season, which saw Mike Curran return as the Palomar head coach.

Kai Ritvala, Jim Jelley , Mark Favella and Thorn Hauser led the men to a 5-5 Mission Conference season, while Louise Webber and Diana Miranda joined Keagy at the SoCal finals for the women, who were 3-2 in their first year of competition in Mission dual-meets.

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Theobald, Payne aid speech team victory John Theobald and Evie Payne led the Palomar Speech team to a first place sweepstakes victory at Cal State Los Angeles.

Forty colleges and universities ··participated in the fall championships held December 3.

Evie Payne captured first place in analysis, senior class, with Joyce Harris coming in third. John Theobald won first place analysis, junior class, with Mary Sue Rafalko taking third.

In the persuasive speaking Payne took fifth in the senior class and

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Theobald took third in the junior class. Palomar placed five in the impromptu category: Theobald, first; Steve Jess, second; Chris Hummel, fourth; Mark Mowrey, fifth; and Carol Hoskins, sixth.

Ed Estes captured first in the Lincoln-Douglas debate with Chuck Kinze and Mark Mowrey tied for third.

Two Palomar duos were tied for first in the cross-examination debate; Mary Sue Rafalko and Dave Sherman tied Carol Hoskins and Chris Hummel.

Other a wards were given to Russ Harvey for fifth place in extemporaneous, while Payne, Dennis Bash, and Shirley Pagan received expository awards in third, fourth, and fifth places, respectively.

Christmas Joys to be found at:

'The Frenchman's Den' 520 W. Mission Road San Marcos Telephone: 7 44-9622 • Exquisite Antiques and Nostalgic Collectables • Quality Leather Goods and Exciting Macrame • Dazzling Statuettes and Fine Pottery • Unique Gift Specialties and Sundries • Also, Concrete Displays hand painted by Sam Bulat

Come in and browse. You will like what you see, and you'll love our prices and friendly service.

Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday thru Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday & Sunday Mastercharge and VISA Credit Cards Accepted.

Applications for the Fall 1978 semester nursing program will be accepted from January 3 to March 1, the deadline for completed files.

According to staff spokesperson Cherie Barker, it is the students' responsibility to request that their transcripts, including those at the admissions office on campus, be sent to her. In addition, information on admission to the nursing program is available from her, as Counselor Assistant of Allied Health, in Staff Bldg. 3, Room 55 at extension 521.

The deadline for all applications to take the ACT test on February 11, must be mailed in by January 13.

Application packets are available at th e counseling office.

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Sponsoring a preview of Black Cultural Week, the Black Student Alliance will feature a disco dance and fashion show tomorrow from 8 p.m. to 1 a .m. A donation of $1.50 will be taken at the door.

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Applications are now available at the Financial Aids Office for California ·state scholarships and grants for the 1978-79 school year.

These applications must be sent in between January 2, 1978 and February 1, 1978. ~ or further information students should go to the Financial Aids Office, Staff Building 4, Room 59, hours 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, plus 6 - 9 p.m.

Monday through Thursday evenings.

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The next issue of the Telescope will be available January 6.

A special edition will be out on January 18. For those wanting to contribute to this edition, deadline is January 9 in R-4.

Gift Certificates Available Mini Car and Truck Specialties 512 W. Mission Road San Marcos, CA 92069 744-1243 '

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