Palomar College
ETELESCOPE
Volume 32 No. 20
A Publication for the Associated Students
SHOOTING EVIDENCE - Telescope Editor, Richard Medugno examines a bottle cap, six .22 caliber shells and two beer bottles in the hills behind the college. (Paloma r, in left picture, is in
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the extreme background.) Earlier in the day Medugno and three students were running through the hills when a young man with a .22 caliber rifle fired upon them. (Photos by W. John Earner)
NONE INJURED; SUSPECT ESCAPES
Shots fired at students
Former PACE advisor
to speak at Book Party Susan Isaacs, former Child Development staff member at Palomar College, will be the guest at a Book Party on Wednesday, June 6 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the college board conference room. The book party will be combined with a recognition ceremony for students receiving certificates in Child Development and Instructional Aide. The public is invited to attend. Isaacs will be discussing her new book, The Inner Parent, that she coauthored with Marti Keller, a columnist for the Berkeley Independent Gazette.
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Part of the research for the book took place at Palomar College with many of the students and faculty members' children involved. Isaacs was faculty advisor for Palomar's Association for Children's Education (PACE). Over the past fifteen years , Isaacs has worked as a director of and consultant to education programs in Hawaii, California, Alaska and Arizona. She teaches a human development class at John F. Kennedy University and is currently working at the Institution for Family and Personal Dynamics in Walnut Creek.
NewsScope
June's Planetarium show is entitled "Space Ship Earth," June 6 and 20 in the Planetarium. The show will feature facts and figures on our planet Earth and its relation with the rest of our galaxy.
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Samples of the speech team's award-winning presentations this year will be held in "An Evening of Reading" scheduled for June 7 at 7:30p.m. in room P-32. Tickets may be purchased for $1.50 with an ASG or Gold card, or $2 without at the door, from a speech team member, or by calling ext. 434.
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Submissions are still being accepted for the Bravura cover. $25 is being offered for a selected design. The deadline is June 8.
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Music by two Russian composers will be featured at the seventh annual President's Concert June 3 at 3 p.m. in the Student Union. The Palomar College Community Orchestra will be providing the
Four Palomar students, who were running through the hills behind the college on Tuesday, were shot at by a suspect with a .22 caliber semiautomatic rifle. The students, Bill Soqui, Ian MacGregor, Richard Medugno and Ralph Sanchez, weren't injured after the suspect fired eight or nine rounds from the top of a hill. The suspect was described as 5'6" tall, 20-22 years old, with blonde hair, a small blonde moustache, wearing a brown floppy hat, yellowstriped shirt and brown pants, drove off in what is believed to be a white VW Bug. The Vista Sheriffs office was called and checked out the hill but found no evidence. MacGregor, Medugno and Sanchez, all members of John Wood's Health 21 class, were on a five mile jaunt when around 12:15 p.m. they came running down a hill towards the college and passed the suspect. Sanchez and MacGregor acknowledged the young man as they continued down into the valley.
Bill Soqui, who was running alone, was headed up the side of the hill perpendicular to the course the three other runners were taking. Soqui came within a hundred feet of the suspect when he noticed the rifle aimed at him. "At first, I thought he was shooting at a bird," recalled Soqui. "Then when I saw the barrel pointed at me , I said, 'Hey, man, watch out.' Then he pulled the trigger and I dived into the bushes." Soqui stated that four shots were discharged towards him. When he dived into the bushes his glasses came off and he had to scramble on "all-fours " until he got back to the trail and then began running. Meanwhile, MacGregor, Medugno and Sanchez were reaching the bottom of the hill when they heard the shots. MacGregor looked back and said, "That guy's shooting." They continued to run and about 20 seconds later three or four more shots were heard. This time the bullets were aimed at the group of three. And then a couple of more rounds were fired back in Soqui's direction.
IASG appoints 3 legislators
music under the direction of Robert Gilson. The overture Russland and Ludmilla by Glinka, the Lieutenant Kije Suite by Prokoviev, a Woodwind Quartet by Mozart and Bassoon Concerto by Vivaldi will all be part of the program. The concert is free to graduating students and their families and $1.50 for the general public. Tickets are available at the Bookstore, the Student Affairs Office, the Music Department and at the door. For further information, contact Gilson at 744-1150 or 727 7529.
*** "Faculty in Print" is the theme of the exhibit being sponsored by the library May 30 from 1 to 4 p.m . in the main meeting room. Books, articles and audio visual material which have been published by Palomar faculty members will be on display. Refreshments will be served and everyone is invited to attend.
In its first action , the new ASG has appointed Neil Pedersen, Craig Peterson and Dale Heffernan to the ASG legislature. The legislative body now has seven of its ten positions filled. Only four legislators were elected because other candidates failed to receive the required 25% of the ballots cast. Anyone interested in participating in student government,
carrying twelve units with a 2.00 GPA, is advised to contact the ASG advisor, Noelia Vela in R-2. Three seats are still unoccupied. The second action taken by the student government was to raise the parking fees from $3.50 to $5. The increase will go toward parking lot improvement and the implementation of Noche Road.
'Ugliest Professor' contest being held For those who have always wanted to get back at their "favorite professors" the Palomar Speech Team is sponsoring the first annual "Ugliest Professor on Campus" contest June 4-8. The winner will be the teacher who can make the ugliest face. The contest will be held outside the student union from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday though Friday. Judges will be comprised of any students,
The three Health students continued running through the valley towards the college when they met up with So qui several hundred yards down the trail. Soqui asked them, "Did you see that guy shooting at me?" The three agreed saying they thought they were shot at too. The four raced back to the college. Upon their return to the college, Medugno and MacGregor notified coach Woods as Soqui called the sheriffs office. The hill, accessible by dirt roads from either Palomarcos Street or Currycomb Drive, was checked out by Deputy Sheriff J.J. Patton. Medugno, editor of The Telescope, following up the incident, called the sheriffs office that afternoon. Patton informed him that he didn't find anyone up in the hills. Medugno then asked if the sheriff had found any shells and he said "no." Then he inquired on what could be done in the future and the officer said, "We can't post guards. It's all private property out there." Dissatisfied with the sheriffs findings , Medugno and staff photographer W. John Earner returned to the hill. There they found six gun shells in the bushes and not far away were two wwenbrau beer bottles. The bottles looked as if they had been set up for target practice. Upon closer examination, they found that one of the bottles was still standing upright with a considerable amount of beer still in it.
This finding indicates that the suspect had probably been drinking. Medugno then proceeded to interview residents of homes not far from the scene of the shooting.
faculty, and staff who wish to vote. Pictures of the contestants will be One resident, Mario Delbene of attached to ten 1-gallon bottles into Currycomb Drive, was home at the which voters may' drop money. One penny equals one vote and there time of the shooting. Although he is no limit as to how many votes may didn't hear the shots fired, he did remember seeing a white vehicle on be cast. Professors are now being recruited the dirt road that runs atop the hill. for the contest. Money collected will Delbene stated that there have be used to cover the expenses of the been problems with people hunting Speech Squad at the national tour- in the hills before, but no one was nament in Minnesota last month . ever shot at.