MULTI-MEDIA artist Doug McKechnie (above) kicks off CMR week today with two concerts in P-32.
Los Angeles disc jockeys Al Lohman and Roger Barkley (above right) will appear April28. .
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PARTICIPATE IN ANNUAL FLIGHT CON FERENCE
Pilots learn through competition Jim Petranoff and Gil Lahlum scored points as five members of the aviation club, the Pi Alpha chapter of Alpha Eta Rho, flew competitively in the recent Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Flying Association (PCIFA) annual flight conference. Competition in the Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (Safecon) held at the San Jose Municipal Airport included 10 flying teams from California and Arizona colleges. Petranoff took fourth place in the message drop competition, while club president Lahlum took sixth in the power on landing event. The message drop event is the only competition permitting nonpilots' participation. Flying not lower than 200 feet, Lahlum maneuvered the aircraft into position so that Petranoff could drop the message container (a hollowed-out
piece of balsa wood) onto the target. "We had only two drops, one at each end of the runway," says Petranoff. In the short field landing approach event, Lahlum competed with over 40 other pilots to win a sixth place in the precision landing event. Each pilot flew a pattern and then reduced power opposite the spot of intended landing. He then continued his pattern and flew at a normal gliding speed to the point of landing. The pilot then made touchdown in a full stall attitude. Lahlum, together with fellow student and pilot Ray Causey, flying a Cessna 150 competition plane, enteted both the precision landing and navigation events. Palomar flying enthusiast, part-time travel agent Kathy Woodbury participated in the message drop with Causey at the controls. Top awards of the flying event
went to San Jose State with a first, Cypress with a second, and Arizona State University and the College of San Mateo tying for third. These four winning teams will compete in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association's Safecon to be held in Tennessee in May. "Besides competing, the conferences give us the opportunity to meet and learn from other pilots," says Lahlum, a pilot of 14 months. The yearly flight conference provides college flying teams and college flying enthusiasts with a chance to become accomplished in competition through a variety of flying activities. PCIF A fosters the growth of college flying and the advancement of aviation education. Pilots and non-pilots at Palomar College are sharing their interest in (Continued on Page 8)
Campus archeological excavation yields seasonal dwelling of Luiseno Indian By Rachel Meltzer If you had been hanging around the San Marcos Valley 2000 years ago, would you have had any company? Most definitely, according to recent findings by the Archeology Department at Palomar. Last semester an archeological excavation class taught by Dr. Dennis O'Neil excavated a site on campus which yielded evidence that there was a seasonal dwelling place belonging to the Luiseno Indians in this area. Although no positive dating process has yet been used to determine the age of the site, Dr. O'Neil believes the site to be a pproximately 2000 years old, though it may have been repeatedly inhabited up until the 19th century. The area that has been excavated so far was a habitation site for approximately two to four families. Dr. O'Niel stated that this small dwelling area is probably part of a larger diffused community. He says that there are at least 14 similar small dwelling sites in the campus area of the San Marcos Valley. The class, Archeological Excavation (Anthropology 5), which is offered on Saturdays during the fall semester, had excavated sites along the coast and in southwest Escondido in the past. but Dr. O'Neil felt
that "it was time to investigate the sites in our own backyard. "These sites were unrecorded until last year. All of the sites will give us information on the cultures of the local Indians. "The San Marcos area is being developed rapidly. It will soon be filled up. We need to salvage all the information we can before the sites are destroyed. "Before he left Palomar, Dr. (Frederick R) Huber assured me that he would do all in his power to preserve the sites here on campus. And I'm grateful to the present administration for the support they have given to the project. "However, I realize that some of these sites on campus are less important than others, and that they will be destroyed. One such site was recently bulldozed." The site that is presently being excavated still has much work to be done on it. So far, the site has yielded tools and other evidence of human habitation. Dr. O'Neil explains the finds, and the conclusions he has drawn from them. "We have found abundant evidence of female activity. Many food preparing tools and cooking tools. Also , some hunting tools and other meat processing tools, which probably indicate male activities. Also , evidence of tool making, such as stone chips from arrowheads.
"The reason I tentatively dated the site at less than 2000 years is that we found a type of Luiseno pottery that has been found at other Luiseno sites. These other sites where the pottery was found have been dated at 2000 years or less. "The local Indians were technologically simple. This is not to say that they were culturally simple. They had a rich cultural tradition. But they primarily lived by hunting and gathering. "The Luiseno Indians migrated seasonally. They went to the Palomar Mountain area in the fall to gather acorns, which were a basic staple in their diet. They also migrated, probably in the winter, to the coast to gather fish and shellfish. They did have simple boats. All of this migration made seasonal homes necessary. "By examining the soil in our site area, we discovered abundant evidence of acorn remains. This would tentatively indicate fall and winter habitation. "So far, we have found no human remains. If, however, we do find any skeletal remains or evidence of cremation, we will contact local Indian communities for ceremonial reburial of the remains." When asked how the site on (Continued on Page 3)
Media Week 5 t a rt 5 t 0 da y "If you're alive and breathing, it's to your benefit to know how the media affects you." So says Richard Peacock, head of Palomar's Communicatons Media Region. In announcing CMR week on most popular department in the campus, beginning today and exten- school, business being first. In speaking of the media's inding through April 28, Peacock further noted, "The week officially fluence, Peacock pointed out, "It is begins with two concerts by Doug not necessarily negative. While it McKechnie. He is the perfect symbol does condition us , it also teaches. It of what we are trying to achieve. is important to be able to discern Utilizing synthesizers and all what it is doing at any given time. It manner of electronic equipment, he is important, for example, to know presents a multi-media concert that how a news department gets its stimulates the imagination to fan- stories, and how to recognize political bias. tasy." "Many young people don't know McKechnie will perform today at how to get into a career in com12 noon and again at 7:30p.m. The munications . During CMR week, noon performance will be free, while they will have an opportunity to a $1 admission will be charged at the learn from such people as Bonnie evening performance. With him will Burns, who came to Hollywood at be juggler Ray Jason, dancer the age of twenty-two with little Lenwood Sloan and laser artist more than a desire to produce music Harv Warnke. for television. She is now a music producer for Don Kirshner's Rock McKechnie's film Spaceborn was nominated this year for an academy Concert. She will discuss the resistance she met as a woman in award. "CMR is designed to assist Hollywood. "CMR week will provide students students and faculty in seeing the with first-hand experience from larger sphere of communications as people they can identify with. For a whole, rather than as individual and unrelated fields," Peacock said. example, Kevin Brophy,starofTV's "Students just entering college Lucan series and a graduate of San Dieguito High School." might fail tc, see the world of Finally, Peacock observed, "We communications as integrated. That is one of the primary purposes of think the week will be interesting as well as entertaining, with a balancCMR" In a recent student poll, com- ed mix of alumni and professionals working in the field." munications emerged as the second
ARCHEOLOGY- Dr. Dennis O'Neil (left) discusses observations with students at an excavation site.