Architectural problems force changes By Pauline Repard
Reprinted from the San Marcos Courier If you're in charge of someone who makes a mistake , s hould you be held responsible for the correction? More specifical ly, if you were the architect who plan¡ned every building at Pa lo m ar, and severa l construction errors were found . including the collapse of part of a ceilingwou ld you consider yourse lf at fault? Who wou ld you blam e if you were let go after an air condi ti oning sys tem was incorrect ly installed so tbat it was too nois y? If interior doors were wrong ly put on the outside of a buildin g, and ruined in bad weather; if solar heating connectors blew up and buildings flooded? That, essentia ll y, was the dilemma facing the college board of tru stees when they decided to pull their architect off a ll future jobs, including a $5 million library well
advanced in th e design s ta ge. The arch itect in question, the San Diego firm o f Paderewski , Dean, Albrecht and Stevenson , doesn 't think it was fair. After alL firm president Richard Albrecht pointed out, it was the subcontractors whi h mad e the mistakes , not him . For 25 years, Albrecht said, his company has had a good relationship with Palomar College, havin g been in on the very first master play. Tak in g one point, the theater ceiling coll apse, Albrecht sa id he re li ed on the contractor (M.H . Go lden) for engineering and selecting subcon tractors. It was a plasterer who mixed th e wrong material that led to two five-foot by six-foot chunks of ce ili ng falling five months ago. " Golden is paying for it, under protes t, because there had been students up there walking on th e cei ling (in the attic)," Albrecht said , adding that the subcontractor went bankrupt after the job.
"The co ll ege is losing out on that - they can't use the theater until it 's fixed. But to blame us for it is to miss the point. " But college President Omar Scheidt doesn't see it that way. " For them to say it was the subcontractor, well, we don't care. They ' re responsible, as our agent, as construction managers ," Scheidt said. " If a subcontractor isn ' t doing the right job, the architect has a duty to do it right." He added, " We hire the arc hit ect a t a fair rate of dollars , and rely on their expertise." Albrecht clarifi es that his firm was not fired; the decision to part company was mutual he said. "The board was aware of our difficulties, and asked us if we would be comfortable continuing with the job . It's not pleasant to be in an adversarial position," Albrecht sa id. "We wou ld have finished the (library) job to save the college some money. " College officia ls wanted some changes
Campus crime reports THE show steady increase Palomar College
By Marilou Genereaux "The first step in dealing with crime is reportjng that crime with reportable information," said John Kratt, head of the Campus Patrol and criminal justice instructor. Kratt estimates that "only ten percent of actual incidents are reported in the community-at-large and on the campus." On a wall in the patrol office is a map with various colored pins showing what kind of crime violations have occurred and where. So far this year there have been two felonious assaults and one simple assault.. over a dozen petty thefts and auto burglaries and many cases of disturbances and malicious mischief. Also reported have been traffic collisions and reckless driving. Incidences that are reported or observed by patrol members are first recorded in the student patrol member's log as to time and place. Also recorded in the log are the rounds that the patrol member makes, accounting for his full time on duty. Various members are on duty from 7 a .m . to 10 p.m. To assist in investigating reports the patrol uses the uniform standard report form i.n order to quickly, concisely and accurately record all pertinent information that has been received. These forms are the same as used by most law enforcement agencies. They are used on campus so that necessary information can be turned over to the proper authorities. All crime reports are then turned over to the Sheri-ffs Department. Those involving campus violations are given to Dean J . Frank Hankins for disposition of the cases. Superinten-
Interview and informational programs aired Focus, an interview program , can be seen on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10-10:30 a.m. and 99:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1-1:30 p.m . and Fridays at 1010:30 a.m. Panorama, a weekly informational program for San Diego County's Spanish speaking community members, is aired Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10-11 p.m. Showcase, displaying one hour classes of varied interests, is televised on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 9:30-10:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 :302:30 p.m. and Fridays at 10:30-11:30
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dent Omar Scheidt a lso receives a duplicate of all reports. Supplementing the Ca mpus Patrol is the uniform ed security guard on contract from Wells Fargo. He works under thP Superintendent of Building a nd Grounds , Bill Eddy. Nights, weekends a nd holidays he checks the campus to make sure doors are locked . proper lights are on and is on the lookout for any unauthorized activity . Other campuse:;; s u ch as Saddleback. Grossmont, Southwestern and the San Diego City School System maintain security with a UniformPdCampusPolice. The police are partoftheschool staff who meet police offi.cprs standard of training. They can do anything that an officer on the street can do with the full authority that a municipal police force providPs. Kratt says. " I would recommend a college Campus Safpty Officer who was principally concerned with the preservation of public safety on the campus. The safety officer should perform related safety programs and enforce laws on campus without requiring the servicps and resources of the Sheriffs DPpartment." Recently a sub-committee under the direction of Bob Jackson , coordinator of public services, was formed to study the approach Palomar should t.akP in dealing with public safety on thP campus. One recommendation Jackson has made is that until the committee completes its study, "students should use the Campus Patrol Office as a central office for reporting all illegal activity." Incidences involving crimes against persons or property, or acts of public disturbance are reportablP crimes. The green building at the end of the track, toward the fr ont of the campus is the Campus Patrol office. Members of the patrol on duty are available to investigate complaints and assist where needed. Involvement with crime procedure is not the patrol's only function. As uniformed perÂŤonnPl they represent an authority on campus that a lso serves the campus community by giving aid. This is most obvious in the late afternoon when there h as been a foggy morning and headlights have bPPn left on . Both students' and staffs dead batteries are jumped. as many as 25 to 30 in one day. Parking violation:;; citations are also given. "ThP value system behind permit parking is to train violators in rPsponsibl e citizenship," explains Kratt. Kratt sees the need at Palomar for students to "know where to report incidents, and be instilled with an attitude of reporting comparably to a neighborhood watch program ." As a beginning. "the Patrol office accepts reportablP incidents as a central place for reporting. "
mad e in the library plans, suc h as adding or taking out wa ll s, and Sc heidt said the arc hitect wanted $10,000 more to make the ch anges. On November 12, tru stees voted to terminate the 1977 contract with Albrecht. At Scheidt's recommendation, they later hired Blu Rock and Partners o f Newport Beach. Scheidt said Blu Rock built Cypress Co ll ege in Los Angeles County, where he worked for seven years. " I h ave confidence in them , and I didn ' t have time for a bi g searc h (for a ny other firm)," Scheidt said, noting Blue Rock was hired just for the librar y co ntra t. Where the college would hav e paid Albrecht about $150,000 to finish the job, Scheidt said Blue Rock may cost abo ut $140,000.
It has fal len to contractor Go ld en to pay (Continued on page 6)
TELESCOPE
Volume 34 No. 11
A Publication for the Associated Students
IN A LATHER - Workers install a patch of galvanized /at h fort he new ceilingofthe college's
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1981
San Marcos, CA
theatre. Repair work is continuing toward a midsemester completion. <Ph oto by C harliP Neum an; co urtesy of the Vista Press)
Five arrests end auto burglary spree A car theft ring rPsponsible for $250,000 in h eists targeting parked cars at Palomar has been broken up by detectives with fivp arrests. Sheriffs detectives Donn Witt and Russ Oliver said thP arrests, which were aided by Escondido Police, ended a spree of auto burglaries and car thefts that bega n last Jun e. Witt said the five suspects are all egedly responsi hlP for some 30 car thefts a lone plus dozPns ofbreak-ins and thefts of car radios and various a uto parts. Witt said detectives are going over four high-performance cars that
were seized sin cp the first a rrest December 22. HP sa id the cars were put together ent.irPly with stolen parts and are worth collPctively as much as $40.000. Witt said authoritip:;; also have five other cars th at arp :;;tripped a nd know th e locations of 10 others and four motorcycles. All five of thosP arrested were from Escondido. He said two are 19 years old , two are 18 and one is 17. Witt said the four cars now h eld by the sheriffs detectives are a Corvette, a Plymouth Roadrunner, a Datsun sport.scar and a "superstock" pickup truck.
The arrests came after the detectives armed with a search warrant raided a storage locker in San Marcos last week. Information developed by the detectives after the seizure of auto parts at the storage shed led to the arrests of the remaining four suspects who are charged with several counts of grand theft, burglary, auto theft, possession of stolen property. criminal conspiracy and one count of battery, Witt said. Witt asked that anyone who may have been the victim of a theft at Palomar parking lot contact either him or Oliver at. thP Vista sheriffs substation.
Student reports early morning assault A feloniou s assault against a senior student. Frances Wood, occ urr ed th e day before th e Thanksgiving WPPkPnd. This has been one of a n urn bPr of occurrences during the lattPr part of the semester. While Ms. Wood was in the ladies restroom in the sciPnce building around 6:30 a.m .. a man entered. Thinking he was a custodian she spoke to him . Without saying anything he approachpd Wood who started to scream . The assai lant. placed his hand over her mouth and struck heron the side of th e body with a sharp
metallic object which Wood thought to be a type of disPcting instrument. S he then pushPd him off balance. Wood said. "HP probably didn ' t think a tough old bird would fight back. I think he wa:;; :;;cared. The last I saw of him. h ewasrunningtoward LS -16." Wood de:;;cribed h er assailant as five-foot eight, 145\bs., with curl y. long dark hair. According to John Kratt, head of the Campus Patrol. a man of t!1is similar description has been implicated in anot.hPr felonious assault and one simplP assault against women on campus.
Wood called the Sheriffs Department from the Nurse's Station where she was t.reatPd for superficial bruises . She h opes h er own traumatic experiencp will be a warning to other womPn who arrive on campus early in thP morning when only custodians are on duty . She said , "I won'tcome again that early in the morning , custodians can't keep track of everybody on cam pus." Wood said that she would like to see security stepped up in the early morning and late evening hours, when women are most vulnerable to attack.