ETELESCOPE Palomar College
A Publication for the Associated Students
Volume 34 No. 19
Thursday, April 9, 1981
San Marcos, CA
Pianist Robbins plays concerts this weekend
Speech team prepares for u~ s. championships
Internationally acclaimed pianist Gerald Robbins will appear in two concerts this weekend with the Palomar College Community Orchestra, conducted by Robert Gilson, on April 11 at 8 p.m. and April 12 at 3 p.m.
Fourteen members of the speech team are now preparing for the U.S. National Championships to be held in Sacramento April14-20. The 14 member squad was selected on the basisofparticipation during the school year. Most recently the team won the third place trophy at the Biola Eagle Classic and fourth place sweepstakes at the conference championships held recently at UCLA. The Biola victory was led by Michelle Backer who advanced to the championship rounds of dramatic, poetry, and speech analysis, winning the third place trophies in all three events and placing fifth in prose interpretation.
The two concerts will be held in the Palomar Coll~ge Theatre. Admission is $4.50 general and $2.50 for students and senior citizens. The program for both concerts will be "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Modeste Moussorgsky and "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninov. California-born pianist Gerald Robbins, whose imagination, spectacular technique and delicate sensitivity have captivated audiences wherever he has appeared, received unanimous critical acclaim on his recent European and Middle Eastern tours. For further information please call the Palomar College music department at 744-1150 or 727-7529.
GERALD ROBBINS
Deadline nears for scholarships; 60 are available
Generous and interested private sources have for many years contributed to the scholarship program at Palomar. Over 60 scholarships are available ranging from $50 to $500. The special course of study scholarships cover most of the education spectrum. There are "Shortages of engineers has general and specific scholarships created a demand for the graduate," for incoming, continuing and said Bill Bedford, head of the transferring stud~nts. There are Physics and Engineering Departalso scholarships available to ment. veterans and dependents' of the "However, I am also surprised · armed forces. Some scholarships that the number of women wanting will be awarded based on financial to be engineers has not increased. need. The concept of an engineer working Current women graduates of in the dirt and oil just is not the true Palomar are eligible for the . I vie picture. Today's engineers work in Frances Wickam scholarship. the lab or on the drawing board to Funds may be available up to full solve the problem," said Bedford. scholarship dependent upon the In a campus survey taken by institution selected for further Bedford, 400 students said that they education. Awards for the Wickam were thinking about taking a course scholarship range from $1500 to in engineering, yet his sophomore $5000. class consists of.only 18 students. Of Applications are now available in these students only a few know what the Financial Aid Office. Deadline field they will enter. for applications is April 17. For information call 744-1150 or 727A graduate engineer earns $17,000 7529. to $30,000 a year.
Shortages create engineering jobs
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NewsScope
Contemporary photographs by six well-known artists are on display in the Boehm Gallery through April 16. Forty-five prints from the Susan Spiritus Gallery in Newport Beach comprise the exhibit and represent a wide spectrum of techniques. The contemporary photography exhibit may be viewed by the public during the following hours: Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m . to 4 p.m .; Saturday 10 a .m. to 2 p.m .
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Earth Day will be celebrated here April 22 with environmental displays, food, music and speakers presented by the Ecology Club and the American Indian Organization. The Earth Day celebration will take place in the area around the flagpole from 8 a.m. to 4:30p.m.
*** The Telescope staff regrets that the statement of Frank Trujillo, vice president candidate for ASG office was omitted from last week's paper. This and the smaller edition was partly due to mechanical breakdowns.
Deadline for Spring application for the A A. degree and certificates is April15. Only a few minutes are required to fill out these forms at the Records Office.
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The drawing for the gasoline raffle sponsored by the speech team will be held in the Student Union at 12 on Friday, April 10th. Four $100 winners will be selected.
*** Craig A. Earley, a Palomar business major, was one ofthe semifinal winners in Bank of America's $117,000 annual California Community College Awards program. Craig will now advance to the Southern California final competition April 23. ·
*** KSM-FM will present an interview with Epic recording artist Gary Myrick and the Figures Friday night at 8 p.m. KSM is located at 98.9 on the FM band of the T-M Cable system.
Laurie Strong placed seventh in speech analysis and Barry Sherman teamed with Cathy Bach to win the second-place trophy in dramatic duo. Competing against 40 colleges
Fashion class takes field trip When the train leaves Oceanside April 24 it will be taking 60 Palomar students from the Fashion Merchandising and Retailing classes on a field trip to the California Apparel Mart. Students will be given the opportunity to visit selected showrooms and talk with sales representatives of various lines of clothing. 800 wholesalers are located in the Mart which is the center of fashion activity on the West Coast. . "Getting a first hand view will enable students to experience the rapid pace created by the everchanging fashion industry," said instructor, Nancy Galli.
Catalog emphasizes quality photographs Photos are urgently needed for the 1981-1982 Palomar catalog. Dr. Kenneth Bums, vice president of student personnel services and chair of the Catalog Committee, has set a deadline of April 15 for p,hoto submissions. Photographs should be 8 by 10, black and white glossy, and should be unposed.This year's catalog will emphasize the lifelong learning process at Palomar, so photogaphers should concentrate on students of all ages. Photos selected for theca talog will earn bylines for the winning photographers and a payment of $7.50 per photo.
Food classes begin A new series of classes for the food handlers managers course will begin April 11 on the Palomar College campus. The four four-hour sessions will be held on April 11, 25, May 2 and 9. The classes will meet from 8 a.m. to 12 noon in room E&19. A fee of $32 will be charged for the course and the textbook is $27.50. For reservations, call the family and consumer sciences program at 744-7529.
and universities at the conference championships, the Palomar speakers won 13 finalist awards. In speech analysis Ginny Kansas, Michelle Backer and Karen Ivey placed first, second and third, respectively. In persuasive speaking Backer and Kansas placed first and fifth. Palomar swept lincoln-Douglas debate as Ross Miyashiro and Pat Baez tied for first. Baez also placed
fourth and fifth in extemporaneous speaking. Debra Bach won the fifth place trophy in oral interpretation and Barry Sherman ~earned with Yasuo Kondo in duo-interpretation. Coaches Bruce Bishop, Ray Dahlin and Pat Mills hope to finish in the top ten schools at the National Tournament, which will include 80 colleges and over 500 contestants. The Comet speakers have won the national championships four times to date.
Library services offer art exhibits, programs By Nancy Angelo Libraries aren't what they used to be and Palomar's library is a good example that the changes are for the better. With special exhibits, audio and visual ~ides and programs, plus the latest in computerized research equipment, the library is a busy place. Natalie Robinson Cole, artist and author is exhibiting both her own and her student's work in the Library in a show ending April10. Author of "The Arts in the Classroom ," and "Children's Arts from Deep Down Inside," Cole works extensively with children. Another aspect of the library is the production of educational programs.These programs include three credited classes that are aired over cable channel 7. In the learning resources section
of the library students can find such aides as cassettes, film strips, movies and slides. Recently on loan here was The Magazine Index, the most up-todate thing in periodical indexes. Connected to a computer,The Magazine Index can assist a· student in his research with the touch of a button. The index holds information · on periodical articles published in the last five years. Each month current information is put into the unit and the oldest information is removed, keeping this equipment as cup-ent as possible .. "Knowing how to use the library is definitely a part of college," says Phil Puzzo, one ·of Palomar's six librarians. They invite students to take full ,adyantage of their varied facilities.
'INSANE, BIZARRE PEOPLE'
Chess wiz 'Masters • tense, seriou~ hobby By Lois Humphreys Many students have activities outside of their schoolwork, but probably few of them take their hobby as seriously as Cy · Lakdawala. Lakdawala. 20, a full time photography major, plays chess. Playing chess is somewhat of an understatement. Cy is a "master" chess player. who attends two to three tournaments per month. Cy started his interest in chess at the age of eleven, and has been participating in tournaments for eight years. which means he was somewhat of a child prodigy. His "master" rating is earned by accumulating · 2200 points, sometimes gained one or two points at a time. "Ifi play someone equal to myself or better, then I'll win eight to ten points," he explained. For those who know little, if anything. about the ratings in chess, the ''master rating is rather rare. There are only around twentyfive ''masters" in all of California, only three in San Diego, and quite unusually. two here on campus. The other master at Palomar is Ken Fitzgerald. Cy has not played Fitzgerald . but considers him a "serious rival." What's the average serious chess player like? According to Cy, they are people of all ages (he's among
the youngest). and "they are insane, bi:?arre people. Chess is a super ego game. The "masters" are treated like kings by those who have not yet reached the same status." Chess is more competitive · than any sport. People dedicate their lives to it, and there's really not much money in it." Are there any tournaments that stand out in his mind as unusually exciting or amusing? "No, they're all pretty much a blur. The tournaments are extremely tense and there's a lot of rivalry, unless !lose a tournament. and then I'm miserable." It is evident that the game means a great deal to Cy, even though he jokes about the game. At the mention of Bobby Fisher, Cy states almost reverently that Fisher is. of course a "legend." The next highest rating is a "senior master," which takes 2400 points to reach. Cy presently has 2310 points . and estimated that it would take him "a long time, maybe two years" to reach the "senior" level, ''if I keep progressing and "m urderin g" my opponents." He is planning to travel through Spain this summer, playing chess along the way. Anyone interested in a "friendly" game with Cy can find him in the vicinity ofthe photography building any day of the week. Any takers?