ETELESCOPE
Palomar College
Volume 32 No. 11
A Publication for the Associated Students
Friday, Feb. 23, 1979
Campus Patrol, sheriffs enforce traffic safety
First mystery solved; 'Hol mes' drama cast Director Buddy Ashbrook has solved the first mystery in the Theatre Arts' final production of the year, Sherlock Holmes. The mystery was wh o would portray the roles of Holm es, Watson , Moriarty and the rest of characters on stage in the revived pl ay written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a nd William Gillette. Perennial Palomar Col lege players, Mi chael J . Frederiksen a nd John Mensching, took th e parts of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson , respectively. Frederiksen h as been acting h ere for four years and Mensching, eleven. Also cast in th e play were Dr. Rollin Coleman , Gerald J. Reyes , Mike Jurich , Kirk Webb , Steven D'Ingee, Larry Borgen , Ross Miyashiro , Mark Wellhouser, Fitz Fitzgerald .
Search for new dean continues Out of 150 a pplications for the Dean of In struction job, two co mmittees have n arrowed the fi eld down to four candid a tes. The positi on was vacated in midJanuary when long-time coll ege administrator Virgil L. Bergman retired . Bergman took the presiden t spot on the U.S. Internationa l U niversity campus in N a irobi , Kenya . " The two committees too k the selection task seriously," states co llege preside nt Omar Scheidt, who will intervi ew th e fou r h opeful s a n d recommend one of th em to the Board of Trustees on their February 27 meeting. Th e Dean of Instruction's responsibilities are the recruitin g a nd evalu a ting of staff, setting up curriculum , and scheduling a nd budgeting cer tain areas of the college. Sch eidt has high hopes that the new Dean will be on campus by March 1.
Speech team wins awards Following a sweepstakes victory at Centra l Arizon a College, the forensics squad won 13 ch a mpionship awa rds in competition against 25 coll eges and universities throughout Ca liforni a. Arizona , and Washington at Cal Po ly Universtiy , Pomona. In dramatic-duo in te rpretati on the Palomar spea kers placed first, third, and fifth, respectively . The teams included John Mensching and Marc Newman, Karen a nd Sharon Stults, and John Lombard and Lorna Maxwell . In expository speaking Karen Stults, John Lombard , Sharon Stults, and Gayle Galyean placed second through fifth, res pectively. Arne Alsin placed fourth an d fifth in the ch a mpionship rounds of impromptu and extemporaneous speaking. Karen Stults won h er third championship trophy placing third in oral interpretation of literature, with Newman winning the fifth place trophy. In original oratory Sheri Visser and Beda Farrell placed fourth and fifth in the final round . Coaches Ray Dahlin, Bruce Bishop and Pat Schwerdtfeger are preparing the squad for the national qualifier at the University of California at Riverside.
De nnis Wisely , Jim McKeown , Joel Hood, Eddie Lopez. L.T. Fenton , Carl Thom as. Doug Salewsky, and Bruce P enman a ll were cas t as L o ndon t o wn s men . London townswom e n are Sha ron Mensc hin g, Beth Orr. a nd Susan Waiter. Rounding out t he cast are Valerie Bree Pruitt, Tanya Lockh a rt, Rosita Garcia, Culli Stanton. Ma rs h a Kenn edy , P.J . Seymo ur a nd Darnell Lathan as the evil Mori arty. Th e show is sch ed ul ed for six performan ces, Ma rch 29, 30, 3 1 a nd April 5, 6 a nd 7. Sherlock Holm es will be th e final production of th e year, beca us E> of the in co mplete new education a l th ea tre a nd th e refurbi s hing of the present theatre, P-33, into a televi s ion studio before funds are lost.
By Derace Orput In coo peration with th e San Diego Co unty S heriff s Departm ent, th e Ca mpus Patrol a t Pa lomar h as begun an enforceme nt program impl em enting the laws of th e perim ete r ro a d. According to Campus Patrol Director John Kratt, th e primary purpose of the program is to "decrease th e number of violations committed on the perim eter road." Several complaints have been fil ed co nce rning this problem , in whi ch the violati ons are broken down into the a reas of fl as hing lights and signs, speed laws and wrong way viol a tion s. Th ere h a ve bee n in cide nts wh ere ma inten a nce men h a ve been hit by vehicles a nd a uto co llis ions have occurrpd because of fa ilure to obey t hese laws.
Soviets to visit Thi rty yo ung vis itors from the Soviet Uni on will b!' touring the ca m pu s as pa rt of a cult ura l exch a nge on Thursday Ma rch 1 at 1 p.m. Th e vi sito r s a re primari ly engin ep rs who will be spend ing three hours on ca m pus. Their visit is being s ponsored by the National Co un cil for Ame ri ca n -Soviet Fri ends hip . The visitors. from th e ages of :2:2:35, will mee t briefly with Palomar Presid ent Dr. Omar Schiedt in the patio in fro nt of t hE> Student Union and from there vi sit the science build ing and see a planetarium show .
As to the first of th ese, the main co ncern is for th e safety of the pedes tri a ns who cross the perim eter road . who a re pl aced in eminent danger by drivers who fail to co mply with thE> fl as hing red and orange lights a nd stop s ign s. S in ce a large number of vi olation s a re committed at these poi nts . Kratt feels that " if we ca n decreas e the number of violations he re, we a re lessening a safety h azard on th e perimeter road th a t could resu lt in persona l in ju ry, death. or property damage."
MARK MANRIQUEZ - !Jirecls mornin f.{ tra ffic in the staff parkin!{ lot . ThPsc eflo rts . combined with those of other Campus Patrol mPmbprs and the San !Jiel{o County Sheriff's Department. Secondly, th e program is co ncern are e:tpPcted tu cut down on uehicle uiulations through the new irnpLem en! at ion pro!{ ram. (l'hoto h.v .Jarwt S<·hulz J·:verhardi ed with speeding viol atio ns. Th e 1fJ
SET ON FEBRUARY 28
Leadership workshop offered "Developin g Leadershi p Ski ll s" for people in the helping profession s is the topic o f a workshop s lated in th e San Marcos Gra n ge. The ali-day session begins a t 8:30 a .m. and wi ll close at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28. According to Se lm a Zarakov, coordinator for the college pro fessio n a l education in a lli ed health progra m , the program will focus on leadership theory with practical small-group experi enf'e
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duri n g the day. J<.:ach participant will exam 1n e a nd receive feedback on hi s or her own leadership s tyl e. Tec hniq ues to increase motivation a nd develop subordinates will be includ ed. Leading the workshop will be Dr. Marjorie Bla nch ard. a management cons ultant wh o co ndu cts similiar workshops nationally and internationally in the areas of family relations, group interaction and business management.
The Palomar workshop has been approved for seven continuing education hours by the Bureau of Registered Nurses and seven hours have been app lied for under BEN HA, the board of Denta l Examin ers and the AmE>rican Dental Assistants Association. Fee for the day is $30 which includes lun cheon . Advance registration is urged. Contact Zarakov at 744-1150 or 727-7.')29.
m ph s peed limit was establish ed by board action to decrease speed that cou ld cause traffic co llisi ons a nd auto-pedestri a n accidents .
Thirdly, wrong way violations a re being considered. Th ese a re committed by s tudents who park nea r parking lois three, fou r a nd five a nd who ex it at the ingress to the perimeter road. " This becomes e xtr e m e ly dangerous whe n s tudents in th e evening classes a re coming on to camp us and those in the late a fte rnoo n cl asses don 't wa nt to go a round the perimeter road a nd th ey ex it in that portion which is the ingress. " Kra tt s tresses that th e main co ncern is for th e sa fety a nd welfa re of the stud ents a nd th at "traffic la ws will be stri ctl y enforced on this campu s." Road engin ee ring co nstitutes a nother factor , a nd it is obse rved that the engin ee ring at Pa lomar is not th e best for handling th e number of s tude nts a nd vehicl es which grace its as phalt. In this case, "we just ha ve to live with wh at we' ve got. "
Reporter vanishes
NEW THEATRE- Construction continues on th e 2.1 million structure located near the main entrance to the campus. An intended victim of Proposition 13. th e educational facilit y fortunat ely was started befor e the plans were cut from the budget. Th e floor plans resem ble th e layout of San Diego :::itate University's theat re, and w ill comfo rtably seat 400 people and accommodate a box office, lobby, foy er and restrooms. r l 'hoto by .Jeffn·.v Simmo n s!
Ace Telescope re porter, Jim Duffy, h as disappeared. Th e hi-speckl ed newspaper man has n 't been heard from since February 1:3. Editor ofthe Telescope, Ri ch a rd Medugno , believes foul play must be involved. Duffy' s newsbeat was that of the A.S.G. He prided himself on t urning in complete co verage of th e school h a ppenings. And ra rely , if ever, missed a deadlin e. Medugno fears he may have met the final dea dline or run a way to join the circus. Anyon e knowing the wherea bouts of this dedi cated reporter please repo rt it to th e Telescope Offi ce, GJ6. There's a $2.97 rewa rd for any information leading to the reco very of our dear writer, James Earl Duffy.
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