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Dean Charles Coutts retires, plans to travel Palomar'sfirst science teacher winds up career

By Richard Medugno Charles Co utts, Dean of Science, Technology and Business, will retire at the end of this semester after 25 years of service to the college.

Coutts, 68, came to Palomar the year the college began inl946. He was one of the original 15 instructors that taught the 150 students when they first held class at Vista High School.

"We use to think if we could get a thousand students together we'd have a big school. I remember in 1959, we had 800 daytime students and we all thought that was a real advance," reminisces the educator.

The dean plans to spend his retirement traveling. His first stops will probably be New Zealand and Australia where he has friends.

A native of California, Coutts was born and raised in South Pasadena.

He attended Occidental College, majoring in Chemistry and Mathematics. He attended the graduate schools of University of Colorado and USC. He came to Fallbrook in 1935 to teach high school after a stint with Tidewater Associated Oil Company as a petroleum engineer.

In 1941, Coutts joined theN avy as an aviation navigator. During the Second World War, he was an exchange officer with Britain's Royal Air Force. "It was kind offun.

I was the only American in the whole organization," comments Coutts.

After the war, Coutts returned to Southern California and became Palomar's first chemistry teacher.

Coutts and long-time friend Godfreid Mortimer, now retired, for many years were the Math and Science Department here.

In 1950 with the break out of the Korean Conflict, Coutts was called back into the service. His military career is most impressive as he is a full Captain Reserved (Ret.) After the conflict he spent some time in Colorado.

In 1958, the college asked Coutts to return. He did so and in 1959 he was named to the Dean position.

As Dean of Science, Technology and Business, Coutts' "main job is to see that things go smoothly" with the Business, Chemistry, Earth Science, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Physics & Engineering Departments.

Fellow educator and close friend, Dr. John Schettler says of Coutts, "He knows how to run a good program. He knows you need good teachers and you have to treat them well and also he knows you have to equip and maintain the departments."

Schettler continues, "Charlie

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The Theatre Arts Department will sponsor two plays over the summer.

The Summer Theatre Workshop will produce Cole Porter's Can-Can. Auditions are June 25 and 26, 7-10 p.m. in the cafeteria. Performance dates are August 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18.

The Junior Theatre Musical Play will be Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I. Youngsters ages 8-

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ASG President Mcfadden

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DEAN RETlRES- Charles Coutts, !Jean of Science, Technology and Research will end his long term association with the college at the end of the semester. Coutts joined the staff in 1946. deals with people well." Describing the Dean's character he states, "He's a Scot. Friendly. Thoughtful.

Frank. No beating around the bush.

Even tempered. Hard working, that's no doubt and an impressive teacher."

Schettler states, "He's been the key man in the Science Department and getting them equipped. The fact that we have a Planetarium and all the other science facilities is solely due to Dean Coutts."

Coutts has traveled extensively through Europe and the USA. His other hobbies besides traveling are collecting old science textbooks, photography and gardening in Julian where he lives.

Coutts states about his retirement, "I think 43 years (of working) is just about enough. I'm sure I'll be able to find enough to do."

College President, Omar Scheidt speaks of Coutts' departure, "He's been very active in the college's growth. We hate to see people of his caliber leave."

Schettler concurs, stating "You just don't find men with all the knowledge he contains." Coutts' expertise runs from the fields of Chemistry, Math, Physics to Geology, Navigation and Engineering.

Dean Coutts predicts for _?alomar's future, "It will continue to

NewsScope Commencement ceremonies will be held on June 16 at 10 a.m. in the Dome.

Guest speaker will be U .S. Congressman Clair Burgener.

Graduates will be presented diplomas from college president Omar Scheidt. The college will also give out faculty awards and honorary degrees . •Graduates can pick up caps and gowns at the bookstore.

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grow, though not as fast as in recent years. Academically, it's in good shape and I see no reason why it shouldn't continue to do so. As far as the science departments go I think our labortories compare with anywhere you could go."

The Dean concludes, "I'll miss associations (of Palomar College). I certainly will miss being around young people which I think is good for anybody."

By Mike Johnson "Organized" and " friendly" are two words by which the new ASG president describes herself. A beautiful blonde with a passion for challenge, Donna McFadden wants to change the Associated Student Government.

"I want to turn around a feeling that ASG is unorganized and made up of uncaring people," she said. "I see a lot of student apathy."

The nineteen-year-old Vista resident was elected last month by the slim margin of one vote, receiving 51 o/o or 122 of the 242 ballots cast.

Only 2% of Palomar's 15,000 students voted in the election, which failed to yield a complete legislature.

McFadden was the only official candidate running for president.

Regardless, Palomar's first female president wants to make students more aware of what ASG can do for them , "so that students can depend on us to give them the information they need ." She believes that ASG is necessary as an information and leadership center.

McFadden sees student apathy caused by a lack of publicity. "I don't think the past ASG and the legislative body made an all-out effort to let students know what issues they were handling. I think they were keeping it behind closed doors ."

She wants to change that impression with a more casual , comfortable, yet professional atmosphere.

"I don't want it to be like an official

office," she said. "I want it to be more like the Student Help Center."

A business major in her second semester at Palomar, McFadden became interested in student government as tutorial coordinator for the Student Help Center. She served on a committee that helped the center acquire additional funds to remain open until the end of this semester. (Without the extra funds , the Student Help Center would have shut down in early April.)

Originally a tutor of English, Spanish, and algebra, she volunteered on the staff until a position was available. "It's the kind of job where you work more hours than you get paid for."

A former two-mile runner in high school track, McFadden is one who accepts the responsibilities that go along with her challenges. Although her position on ASG is voluntary, she stated that she would not hold a job while in office. "In the current condition it is in, I will have to donate a lot of time and a lot of effort to get ASG back on its feet."

To increase student awareness, she wants to see weekly articles in The Telescope about what student government is doing. She also plans to have all legislative members write out progress reports. As far as student activities, she feels that more programs are n eeded from campus departments, such as music, drama, and art.

"We need more coordination," she explained. "I'd like this to be a

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16 can audition June 25, 1-4 p.m. in the cafeteria.

Both plays will be directed by instructor Buddy Ashbrook and they will be performed in the cafeteria in a cabaret style.

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Justus Ahrend, associate professor of Photography here, will present a photographic seminar in cooperation with North County Travel Service this summer.

The seminar will be held whil~ on tour in Mexico. Three units may be obtained by registering for the summer course, Comparative Foreign Culture and Photography Tour, offered by the Photography Department.

Information concerning the tour can be obtained by calling Peggy Helgrsen at North County Travel Service, 436-4911, or Justus Ahrend at Palomar, 744-1150 extension 308.

REDFORD LOOK-ALIKES? - These six professo rs , known affectionately as Palomar's "Handsome Sixsome," are using their classic fa ces for a good ca use. They are entries in the speech team's "URliest Professor on Campus"

contest. Pictures of these handsome devils are pasted on one-gallon bottles in front of the Student Union and students are asked to vote for the most hideo us teacher by dropping money into the jars .

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS RECALLED

School year reviewed

By Derace Orput As the '78-'79 school year draws to a close, students find themselves caught up in the usual jumbled cataclysm of year end confusion.

Agitation over finals, grades and graduation, and sighs of relief over the pending summer vacation are felt by staff and students alike.

Amid this happy mess, significant events in the past academic year may have been missed or forgotten.

In the beginning, for instance, there was created a certain amount of apprehension over state funds for

Apprehension over state funds because of the declining enrollment.

Palomar because of declining enrollment. It was found that the average units per student had dropped from 9.3 in 1975 to 8.2 in 1977. And since the college receives so many dollars for so many units a student is enrolled in, there was naturally a cause for concern.

One factor attributing to the problem was thought to be employment, where more students were working during the day and taking fewer night classes.

Another turned out to be the redundant Proposition 13, which forced Palomar to discontinue the policy offunding Continuing Education courses according to the attendance unit formula. Instead, the courses became self-supporting and had to charge a $1 per hour class fee.

One of the more bizzare crimes ever accomplished at Palomar occurred last October. All of the old fishy whale jokes managed to break out of their watery closets when two young men decided to remove a sculpted whale's tail from its resting place in front of the flag pole. The tail was sculpted by P.E.A.C.E. (ecology) club and Greenpeace member Russel Wray, who donated the marvel to environmental group Greenpeace. It was displayed at the Leucadia flea market and the Del Mar Fair before making its lucky way to Palomar for World Life Day. Then on its fateful night, two accomplices hefted the approximate 400 pound object into their truck and deposited it in front of Orange Glen High's library.

Leaving it duly decorated with notes explaining its presence, they returned to Palomar.

This adventure brought several chuckles, including one from the Orange Glen High vice-principal. It

also brought a rather perturbed protest from the P.E.A.C.E. club coordinator and a sigh of satisfaction from the pranksters.

Last semester's ASG legislature took one of its first actions by relaxing student loan requirements last November.

Until that time, if a student obtaining a loan didn't have an ASG card, the cost of the card ($6) was tacked onto the loan. The additional cost was paid back with the loan.

The legislature ruled after some debate that ASG cards were not necessary and the additional cost could burden a student's already heavy financial affairs.

In addition to this ruling, theASG formed a committee to consider ways to improve the pedestrian crossing on Mission Road in front of the school. Since that time, the bus stops have been relocated to safer positions and have alleviated some of the danger.

On a less energetic note, the Theatre Arts Department suffered sad consequences and shattered egos when a vast audience of two appeared for their production of Slow Dance on the Killing Ground in December.

Several reasons were given for this phenomena, which occurred on no other than the play's opening night. Publicity was ruled out, which left the play itself, the community, and the cold weather. While the editor of The Telescope (who comprised one of the two people present and was supposed to write a review) ruminated on the event, the showing for that night was cancelled. Succeeding presentations proved to have better results.

Dean Bergman bade farewell to Palomar College after 24 years.

After 24 years as Dean of Instruction, Virgil Bergman bade farewell to Palomar College.

Bergman ended his career here in January at age 66 after joining the staff in 1955. Then the considerably smaller college held less than 300 students and only 24 teachers.

Bergman was partly responsible for hiring the 250 staff members now employed.

His next stop after Palomar was Nairobi, Kenya, where U .S. International University requested him for the top job there. Fred Huber, whom he replaced and was former

president of Palomar, transferred to the London campus of U.S.I.U. Dr. Theodore Kilman has since taken Bergman's place as Dean of Instruction.

To start off the second semester of the year with a scare, rumor had it that Palomar would be charging tuition next year.

Thanks to college president Omar Scheidt however, the rumor was soon quelled by the development of a "block grant bail-out." By the '80-'81 school year, though, the grant will be out of existence and it is possible that tuition will be a long-range plan then.

At that time the school's productivity will be the basis for allocated funds, while right now enrollment is the basis for the productivity. Once again inflation is believed to be affecting this, causing more and more students to work rather than go to school.

School year passed without many anticipated Proposition 13 cutbacks.

Congratulations to something that finally jumped out of Jarvis' grasp.

Not far from the Music Department steadily rises the new educational theatre, which just managed to escape Proposition 13's jaws and get started before the bite came.

Begun last summer, the theatre greatly resembles the one at San Diego State University. It will comfortably hold 400 people and house an open-proscenium stage 40 feet wide and 20 feet high. In addition, a retractable orchestra pit will be installed and will be accessible by an under-stage tunnel.

Because of scheduling problems due to the weather, an estimated time of completion cannot be accurately made.

After some timely Channel 10 news coverage and 15 long months of staring at 7:00, the previously stopped clocks in the mobile buildings are now working.

A stolen control box was the culprit, causing court threats between the college and the company who installed the box.

Apologies have since been made, and the company installed a new box, putting into operation again the clocks and fire alarm system.

All's well that ticks well.

Japanese youths Multi~ltural Studies offers¡ best-sel1er as prize in drawing The Seven of Swords, El Siete de Donations are fifty cents each, seek lodging Espadas, the English and Spanish and are being sold by faculty

Escondido and Vista families are sought to host Japanese students from July 30 to August 27.

The program, sponsored by Interstudy, a U.S. organization headquartered in San Francisco, promotes international understanding and goodwill through cultural exchanges for both American and foreign students.

About 30 Japanese students, ages 18-22, will live with the families .

Most of the young visitors are college students and have studied English for several years.

For more information call Jane Larsen, 758-2769 or Mary Hawkins, 743-7990.

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versions of the best-selling suspense novel by R. E. Harrington, are being awarded as prizes by the Multicultural Studies Department Scholarship Fund.

The copies have been personally autographed by the author and donated by him for the scholarships.

The Spanish version is not sold in the United States and was sent from Argentina.

Composer lectures Alice Parker, musical composer, conductor and choral arranger is in residence in C-5, giving lectures, conducting rehearsals and talking with students about musical performance and composition.

A concert at the Mount Carmel Center for Performing Arts, June 8 at 8 p.m. will conclude Parker's visit.

The concert will feature many of the arrangements Parker has written for the Robert Shaw Chorale as well as more recent compositions.

The finale of the concert will be the performance by the 150-voice chorus ofParker'sMelodious Accord, a 1974 composition based on American sharp-note hymns, accompanied by a harp and brass ensemble.

The public is invited to attend the lecture demonstration and seminar free of charge. Admission to the June 8 concert is $1.50.

members of the MCS Department and members of MEChA, the Chicano students organization at Palomar.

The students and faculty of the Multicultural Studies Department raise funds each year to give scholarships to a student entering Palomar and to a student continuing his or her education at the college.

The drawing will be held June 15 at 12 p.m. in MEChA. room R-5.

Dominguez teaching blind student to type

By Donna Roberts

Elmer Hendrickson, 70, and Gloria Dominguez, 18, meet at the Handicapped Service Department in the afternoon, and Gloria walks with Elmer, who is blind, on the way to their classroom.

Gloria Dominguez began working since last February.

She is involved with the handicapped services, "mainly for a job, not necessarily for the handicapped.

I saw on the list there was an assistant typist needed. Since I could type I went to the Student Placement Center, and she told me it was for handicapped."

Her job is assisting a student in typing three hours a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 2 p.m.

It's amazing to Gloria that Elmer learned the keyboard alphabetically, rather than the standard keyboard, a, s, d, ek.

"I saw how much he knew on the keyboard, and since we only have three days a week, we aren't caught up with the beginning typing class.

We began with word drills and gradually into sentences and paragraphs."

The lesson involves a typing packet, and that's what Elmer needs Gloria for, to read to him.

When she teachs him they are both pretty much on their own.

At the Handicapped Services Department, "They have students that need assistance. They have some students that either cannot write, and need note takers, or students who want to type and need someone to read to them and teach them how to type. If you decide to take the job, then they introduce you to the person that you are going to be helping."

In teaching Elmer, "what we had to do on the typewriter was to put tape on the letters f andj. And that's how he found his row. Then he decided one day (I had suggested it a couple weeks before) to go without the tape. So finally he's gotten to where he doesn't need the tape anymore. He knows the keyboard."

Gloria describes the weekly lessons and adds, "Just like everyone else he has to concentrate.

In the past her work has involved close contact with people. She has done some volunteer office work for a Christian school in Escondido, and has worked in registration here at Palomar.

Dominguez has worked with the handicapped before. In high school she was enrolled in a remedial art class where she helped a paraplegic a great deal, getting her supplies for her.

From experience Gloria knows that in some instances a handicapped person can take advantage of someone who is trying to help.

She admires Hendrickson because he is a very self-sufficient man.

"He's always saying that he can walk back by himself. Of course I won't let him. He's really great!"

Gloria searches for words to describe him and speaks warmly, "He's just jolly and happy."

He wants to be good at typing and is learning the skill for his personal satisfaction. He is also enrolled in a swimming class here. When he finishes his classes Hendrickson, who is retired, returns home with his wife to Oceanside.

"He hasn't been blind all of his life," she observes, "because there are times when he will say, 'I remember this from when I could see.'" Gloria believes he still has partial sight, because he knows when it is sunny.

Dominguez's classes include German 2, Intermediate Typing, and Introduction to Psychology. Not only will her classes end in June, but also her job.

Herplansforthissummer? After a short vacation, she plans to attend Office Procedures in summer school, if the class is available.

This summer Gloria plans to get into work study at Palomar and work in her mother's department.

Her mother, Kathy Dominguez, is the Child Development secretary, and has worked there for five years.

She enjoys working on campus, because it does give her the chance to know everyone.

Gloria loves to read and is a great fan of Supertramp. As far as school, she plans on taking as much time as she feels she needs to.

She will graduate from Palomar and then go on to a four year college.

"I'm not sure which one, and I'm certainly not going to worry about it now."

Her job is quite an accomplishment. "People, a lot of times, are really afraid of handicapped people.

And to be perfectly honest, I was too.

But, in a lot of ways, they are very special people."

Mcfadden enjoys ASG challenge (Continued from page 1) unified campus, where everybody is working together and not separately.

"But I don't want dances every week," she added.

McFadden looks upon the ASG presidency as the greatest challenge of her life. "It proves something to me," she said, "that I have confidence in myself. I'm an achieveralways going for something."

Pursuing an Associate of Arts degree in Business Management, McFadden plans to continue her

education towa rd a Bachelors and then a Masters degree. Economics is her favorite subject because, "I want to know why things work the way they do."

Behind her aggressive, ambitious nature, she enjoys traveling, dancing, hiking and classical literature, such as mysteries and romance.

Although she considers herself a liberated female, she admits that someday she would like to get married and have a family. But she added, "After my career is established."

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Editor recaps semester Dear Readers, Well, here it is the end of the semester and appropriately this is the last Telescope of the semester.

Now, I've got Good N ews and Bad News or to some it may be just GoodNews and Good News. First, the Good News; The Telescope will return in the fall. Now, the questionable news: I will not return as Editor-in-Chief. (Hold the cheers down to a roar, please!)

It's quite difficult to write a bon-voyage letter even though every editor of a newspaper does when he puts out his last issue. Most of these good-byes are sweet and cheery and teary with hundreds of acknowledgements. I will not delve into that boring ritual.

The people whom I'm grateful to and to whom I owe much, know who they are and know how much I've appreciated their guidance, encouragement and friendship.

I can't say being editor of The Telescope has been a pleasant experience. It's been a struggle but it's been a learning experience and that's why I'm here at Palomar.

In looking back over the semester, I'm disappointed in some ways yet extremely proud of what The Telescope has been able to accomplish with all the hinderances.

This semester The Telescope put up 12 wooden newspaper holders around cam-

pus giving the students and staff a spot to go every time they want a paper.

This semester The Telescope has been more consistent in coming out on Fridays and six times the paper was in the holders on Thursday nights.

"It's boring" and "Nobody reads it" were two comments I heard said about The Telescope when I came toPalomarin the Fall of 1977 and quite frankly I agreed.

Well, this semester I can honestly say that The Telescope was not boring and judging by all the nice letters I got, somebody was reading the paper.

You know, it's very easy to put out a ~pineless newspaper. It's easy to side-step Issues, not to make waves or step on any toes but this semester The Telescope has had the courage to be unconventional and express opinions even though they might be unpopular and not written in the normal, dull and marshmellow way.

So now I will quietly slip off to a fouryear college, majoring in (you guessed it) journalism.

The first draft of this letter was rejected by my advisor and staff as being egocentric and negative. If you'd like copies of that version, please write, "Editor's Obituary" P.O. Box 21790 Escondido, California 92027 Richard A. Medugno

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Wisdom &Witticisms

By Richard Medugno Some final thoughts while on the Palomar campus: Death is just graduation to a new class and hopefully there, the ca ps and gowns are cheaper.

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An idea for a play: A man marries a 6' 5", 200 pound woman only because she can bear him a bruising, big son who will be a star football player some day. The son is born and twenty years later the son's only desire is to be an interior decorator.

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Recently I turned twenty. Now that I'm two decades old and decaying more and more each day I've come to the conclusion that the definition of teenager is a young, pimply person with a constant desire to make an utter ass of him or herself. Or should I say an utter cow.

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A French Insult: Ta mere est une jam bon.

American Insult: Your mother is a ham.

An Eye Story:

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A young woman gave birth to an eight pound eye. The father, an optometrist, immediately claimed he was not the child's father and ran off with a gypsy to Cincinnati.

The mother named the crybaby I van.

Childhood was not easy for I van. When he got his first spanking it was called an eye lash. And when he went off to school he was the only real pupil in his class.

Ivan had a terrible time when he went to his first prom. While all the other kids were dancing all I van could do was dilate.

And puberty was a terrible time for Ivan.

When all the other kids were getting pimples he was getting sties.

It wasn't easy for I van's mother, either.

Whenever a friend came over for a drink and would toast "Here's mud in your eye" she would become very upset and it would put a damper on the evening. At times like these she had to lock I van in the closet and he would become a private eye.

Finally, I van grew up but people would still take advantage of him. Neighbors use to ask him over just so he could keep an eye on their kids.

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I van became depressed. He tried to commit suicide by peeling himself. Doctors revived him and diagnosed. his problem as eye strain. They recommended that Ivan take a long vacation.

I van decided to take a Carribean cruise.

So he made a reservat.on on an eye-liner.

While on the cruise, I van was attacked by a deranged passenger. They caught the stoveless passenger and booked him for eye-grabbing.

More trouble was in store when Ivan met Iris. Iris was a black eye and she didn't think that Ivan and she could ever be happy so she got off the boat at the nearest island and left I van in tears.

Well , needless to say I van had an optic nerve breakdown. He needed visual aids badly. Ivan was put into an asylum and· for years showed no visible improvement until one day a monocual named Monica entered his room. She was a vision of loveliness. It was love at first sight. They had a blind passion. Soon they were married and now they are a sight for sore eyes.

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Writer chooses not to turn 20

By Dan Bennett

It's four months until the day of reckoning. While the editor of this newspaper recently turned age twenty and pretends to reminisce on days gone by he is actually in terror and dread of the days ahead.

But I have four months - and maybe longe~ Youse~ I don't plan on turning twenty. How will I get out of it, you ask?

With simple American logic, I answer.

Throughout all my years of schooling teachers have always emphasized my constitutional right to Freedom of Choice.

Well I would like to utilize that freedom by choosing not to turn twenty.

In order to do this I am starting a campaign. I plan to write and send petitions to EVERY elected official I can find in the phonebook.

I will explain to them that for my psychological well being, I would rather not go past the age of nineteen and stay there the rest of my life, and would they please do everything in their power to insure against my being forced to advance.

My simple reasoning is this: I do not want to pretend to be reading a newspaper while in actuality I am watching The Flintstones out of the corner of my eye. I mean, who needs the discomfort of trying to watch T.V. out of the ~orner of their eye?

Now, I know some of you are thinking that you don't need to pretend. You say that it is perfectly acceptable to watch The Flintstones after you're twenty. But I'm afraid that is just not so.

ILoyalist reply READERS' Reply to " Draft Violates Constitution": My dear Kim Laurila, from the general statements you made in your recent editorial I could easily assume you are very young at thought, never really seeing the realities of this world.

My dear, this world could turn into chaos so fast it would leave you in tears. I have seen in my few years of life that what is rational to one human may be totally irrational to another human. (A very simplistic example is that to a cannible (sic) it may be totally rational to consume another human while to a "civilized" person this may be totally irrational.) There exists in this world a large group of very powerful humans whom (sic) do not believe in huma n rights (irrational to us but rational to them.)

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A tragic example: Last week, after our editor had turned twenty he was sitting in his office watching T.V. A few of us decided to go in and talk to him. But we stopped abruptly when we got to the door and noticed how intently he was looking at the set.

Then very slowly, without taking an eye off the set his lips began to move, "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-0----" At this point we began to laugh uncontrollably. Richard, or Mr. Medugno as we have been bribed to call him, sprung from his seat panic stricken.

"Nyahh, Nyahh, Nyahh," we taunted unmercifully as only nineteen-year-olds can do. "You're watching The Mickey Mouse Club, " we accused.

"No, I'm not!" he screamed.

"Yes, you are" we replied cleverly. At this point he began to weep so we left him there and went outside to play.

You see my point, I don't want to have to endure this trauma. So please, help me out. Start petitions and have your friends write the governor. Then please send all inquires and completed petitions to "Save Dan Bennett from Turning 20" P.O. Box 21790 Escondido , Calif. 92027 Act now! I don't have much time. Soon my voice will change and no one will believe I'm a teenager. Have mercy.

Also, I am a starting another club called "The Club of People who want Skylab to Fall on Idi Amin's Head." For more information write to: "Smash Idi" P.O. Box 21790 Escondido, Calif. 92027.

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some of the young generation of today are just not willing or loyal enough to put forth a simple 4 years to protect the Constitution they so dearly love. The leaders see it fit (in order that the overall Constitution will survive) to adapt to the reality of survival (if were not ready to defend ourselves we will be taken over, a simple historical fact.)

In order to do this the only solution that has proven to . work is the draft.

(Remember our leaders we human and they did give the volunteer enlistment program a chance.) .

I could probably estimate that the only reason the draft is being mentioned at this time is because our military is below or going to be below the "ready level" because of lack of sunnort by this present generation.

God Bless the Loyalist.

Ricardo J. Malagon

Paper criticized Dear Editor: We are disturbed by the insensitivity of numerous items in recent issues of The Telescope, items which have flippantly

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treated such topics as rape, wife beatmg and castration. An editorial not long ago managed to be offensive even while ostensibly criticizing racial prejudice.

The most recent example is the publication, in your issue of April 27, of a letter from the Arab Club. Instead of silently correcting trivial errors in English (e.g. "alot" for" a lot", "ot'' for "or") the editor chose to express his apparent contempt for these foreign students (trying- with considerable success to express themselves in a difficult language) by conspicuously labelling each mistake with "sic".

The editorial staff of The Telescope has every right to include in its newspaper all items (short of libel or other illegalities) which it deems appropriate. Indeed it is far better that the paper should be irresponsible and insulting than that it should be subject to any censorship. But the staff members of The Telescope should know that in the long run such unprofessional behavior can only lose them the respect of the Palomar community.

The Faculty Senate ofPalomar College.

WOMEN'S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Jeffery quits after 18 years

By Kurt Loe

By Charlie Hall

After 18 years of teaching and 13 as a physical education teacher here Vi Jeffery will retire at the end of this month.

She will vacate her position as women's athletic director and will be succeeded by swim coach Patti Bruce.

Jeffery came to Palomar in 1966 and wound up staying.

During those fledglin g years Jeffery recalls, "We competed in just four sports volleyball, field hockey , softball and basketball and had to play against the four year schools." Those were the days when Jeffery achieved one of h er most successful seasons.

She remembers it well. " We were still in the old San Diego League and we went 8-0 in field hockey while managing to hold our opponents scoreless." Jeffery went on to coach two more titles in hockey having at one time or another coached softball, volleyball , field hockey, and basketball. Vi went on to win four basketball championships, including two consecutive titles in the last two years.

However, sh e hasn 't had any real favorites. As she puts it,"Each year RETIRING- Wom en's Athletic Director Vi J effery reflects on the you think that this is the high point, past as she anticipates her retirem ent at the end of the month. but something better comes along."

Jeffery feels that the program will continue to be strong provided it isn't hit too hard by a lack of funding. She has initiated plans to add a women's track team as well as a soccer team.

However, Jeffery fears that field hockey may be in jeopardy within the next couple of years . This is Lisa Pistilli was honored with the Sara Jane's selection as the primarily due to a lack of interest Woman Athlete of the Year MVP award in swimming. Pistilli and participation. highlighted the annual spring then gave her trophy to Patti RobinShe h as always been proud of sports award banquet held May 22. son, who underwent surgery after what she calls a "good" program. Jane, who was a member of the the Saddleback meet. Leah Miller Defining that, she indicated that a women 's championship basketball was voted Most Improved while good program is one that offers squad, also received the Most Patrice Krische a nd Cathy Bizzack sports with the most interest.

Valuable Player Award from her received the Most Reliable and Most She will be packing her bags and teammates.

Inspirational awards respectively. moving to Kingman, Arizona, this Softball presentations were summer with her husba nd. Jeffery awarded to Mya Sanders as the Scholar Athlete of the Year was has two children, a daughter Tracy Most Valuable Player, Pam Boyle, presented to volleyball player who runs the Adaptive PE program Most Improved, Katie Guerrieri, Louise Sweig and the and a son. Her plans after that are Most Inspirational a nd Kathy Sportsmanship award went to indefinite.

Sherry Christian.

McAleer as team captain .

Top athletes honored; Jane takes MVP award

Sports season summarized

By Charlie Hall As the school year co mes quietly to an end, all the scores and records of the 1978-79 sports season are in the books. And if one was to reflect on this past year in sports, h e would find that Palomar teams surprised a few people.

Without a doubt the most outstanding performance of the year was the men's archery team 's first place effort at the United States archery championships at Texas A&M last month. The squad rebounded from a 38 point deficit to take the coveted title.

Mark Williams was crown ed the J C individual champion , while teammates Larry Thompson and Brian Clague placed fifth and eighth, respectively.

Swart unsung hero as Comets' trainer

Joyce Hagen finished seventh in the women 's individual competition and coach Mildred Ayers was named the United States "Coach of the year."

Another fine spring season performance was the men 's swim team's sixth place finish at the state meet.

Paul Farley broke two school records at the meet a nd registered the third best national JC time in the 500 yard freestyle.

The women's swim team h ad an equally successful season by winning the Mission Conference. N amed to the All-Conference team were Cathy Bizzack a nd Lisa Pistilli..

Led by Sara Jane, a first team allconference selection, the women's basketball team competed i.n the state tourney where they reached the quarterfinals.

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Mya Sanders was named softball " Player of the Year," for her conference leading .492 batting average a nd 9-2 pitching record with 72 strike outs in 74 innings.

The highlight of the '78-79 winter season had to be the wrestling team's second place finish at the state tournament. The team was trying for its second consecutive title. Chris Cain successfully defended his individua l title and finished this season with a 36-0 record. Jim Hamilton and Ernie Yelton were a lso crowned state ch amps.

Behind a ll-leaguer Duane Gaston, the Com et cagers made it to the playoffs.

Farley, who stole the show for the swim team , did eq ua lly well for the water polo team in the fall. Farley led the 23-6 team to a fifth place finish at th e Southern California Tournament.

The soccer team 's season was highlighted with a win over defending state champion Golden West.

The women's volleyball team .finished second with a 12-2 record.

Mark Fiehler led the Cornet football team in total offense as they finished the year in fourth place. Ed Rhodes was selected to the a ll-state second team.

While most stud ents a nticipate a rel axing summer vacation , the Palomar athletes of the fall teams start the year-round cycle once again as they prepare for the upcoming season.

Bruce Swart. like most other people in his profession. is an un s ung hero in the realm of sports.

Bruce is a trainer at Palomar and if not for his talents man y injured Co met athletes would not receive the recommended treatment .

Swart came to Palomar during the middle of the fa ll sports season. Bill (Gunny) Dedic, a long-term trainer for the Comets, was on a medical leave of absence , so Swart was contacted.

"Last year I was working for the California Surf (of the NASL) and when the season was over I had a lot of free time ," recalls Bruce.

"Palomar contacted a friend of mine wh o was th e trainer at Fullerton College and asked if they knew anyo ne who co uld come and fill in for Gunny. " I said sure. I'd fill in for two to five months or however long it takes for him to decide to co me back. He decided not to return to training and so I got hired full time. " Like some athletes are born to be in their profession , Swart claims he was meant to be a train er. As a sophomore at his high school in Brea, California, the assistant football coach grabbed him around the neck and asked Bruce if he wanted to do some taping for him. One thing led to a nother and four years later he graduated from Fullerton Junior College with a n A.A. degree in prephysical therapy.

Swart transfered to Ma ryville College in Tennesseee, near Knoxville, where he received a Bachelor's Degree in biology. As one might suspect, Swart worked his way through college as a trainer. He continued his education at Chapman College trying to attain a Master's Degree in biology and education. His education ca me to an end when opportunity came knocking on his training room door.

"I like sports ," Swart admitted . " I like to be involved with sports and I wan ted to find a way to get involved.

I found that being a trainer is a good way to get involved. " Swart left Chapman College to be the assistant trainer with the Californi a Sun of the old dis banned World Football League. The following year he moved up to the head position. While working with the Sun, Bruce met a very influential figure. " When I was with the Sun the first year, he was the head train er," said Bruce abo ut Jack Rockwell, who was the trainer for the St.Louis Cardinals football team for 13 years and one of the best trainers in the nation. "I probably learned more from him in that one year than anybody else in two years ."

Once the WFL folded , Swart was hired as an assistant trainer for the California Angels for the '76-'77 seasons. The following year he switched to the California Surf prior to coming to Palomar.

"On the professional level, basically the only difference in athletes is they're getting paid for what they 're doing ," explained Swart about the difference between pro and amateur roles. "College athletes are still enjoying what they are doing or else they wouldn 't be out there. I like working with the college age athletes a little bit better.

They're easier to get along with.

They except what you recommend for them as far as treatment and things like that go.''

"I think they are in a lot better shape than professional athletes," continued Swart. "Particularly in baseball. Baseball has been very slow to change as far as conditioning and strength training. The pros do not see themselves as needing to be in real good shape to play the game."

Except for leaving a few friends behind, Bruce was not all that disappointed in leaving the pro ranks.

"There's less pressure, said Swart about working at Palomar.

" You don 't have to worry about taking care of some $100,000 or $200,000 player . I don 't want to seem demeaning to these athletes because the athletes at Palomar are super."

Bruce doesn 't work a regular shift like most people. It varies from season to season, some days are longer and harder than others. " In the spring we have baseball and track and all the others, so it can get pretty busy in here with a ll the baseball pitchers getting their arms worked on," he said.

"This is suppose to be the slowest season. During football season, the days get even longer. I get here around 9 a .m. and treatments go from 9 to 11 :30 a.m. and you can get pretty busy. Then you have to tape everybody for practice and take care of them afterward."

Whenever it gets busy in the training room, Bruce can always rely on Margo Coffer, the women 's trainer and two student trainers , Bill Soq ui and Joe Meek.

"It's definitely a team effort with me and Margo," reveals Bruce. "We have a real good working relationship. If Margo has problems she'll send the girls up here and if I'm gone, she's willing¡ to take care of the guys."

In the four years Bruce has been involved with professional sports, he has met some interesting people and been to some "different" places .

One such place is New York City.

"I think the fans in New York are crazy," laughs Swart. "They're a little bit off the wall. They're weird, but they back their team to the hilt and if they don 't like the way one of their players is playing, they'll let him know about it."

While with the Angels , Bruce came across a humorous incident at the training camp in Palm Springs.

"The first year I was with the Angels I was massaging Frank Tanana's right arm and I was working him pretty good when he said to me , "Bruce that really feels good but I'm left-handed. " Bruce is really more than a trainer. As well as dealing with all the medical aspects of sports, Bruce is also a fan.

"I like to feel like I'm part of the team," said Swart. "A team wins a game, I feel h appy for them. I realize all the work they put into it. When they lose I feel almost as bad as they do. I don't like to lose either. That's the thing with team spirit and team unity, everybody can go through the game with emotions, some high points and some low points. " I can go out and do my job to the best of my abilities," concluded Bruce . "I do it the best way I can, just like the players and the coaches."