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Curse or coincidence? Will Reagan be next- see pg. 2
What is she looking at?-
Thanksgiving-
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the beginnings - see pg. 2
Food Bank continues aid to hungry students By Michelle Flores It's at that time of the year when visions of turkey drumsticks, mashed potatoes smothered in gravy, and cranberrysauce dance in our heads. Until a year ago, for a seemingly invisible but surprisingly high number of students, Thanksgiving dinner would have consisted of little more than peanut butter sandwiches. For some students, this dismal picture exists no longer, thanks to the Food Bank November marks the one year anniversary of the Food Bank, located in R-21A. Run by the ASB, the program has successfully answered a direct need on campus - that of the fulltime student with little or no income, perhaps on food stamps, often a single parent with two children, who is trying to make it but is going hungry in the process. By now, everyone is familiar with the incident that started it all. On the last day of his 1983 summer diesel technology class, ASB legislator Bob Klug witnessed two classmates devour two packages of hot dog buns left over from the class picnic, held the day before. "If those guys hadn't eaten those hot dog buns right on the spot, the thought never would have crossed my mind (that students were going hungry)," says Klug. He teamed up with fellow student and tutor Carol Hanley, while former ASB president Leonard Flagg contacted Dean Norman Price. According to Klug, "We went to Dean Price and said, 'We're aware of this problem.' He gave us all the support we needed and a lot of good ideas. He was just super." To start the Bank, ASB presented their cause to community service clubs and met with some success, netting about $1,200 in cash donations in two months. However, the program really gained momentum as a result of publicity generated by news reports on local radio stations. Channel 10, The Tribune, and the LA Times also featured articles on the project. On October 24 Klug, also known as "Diesel Bob" (which could have something to do with the blue cap he wears that has the word "Diesel" patched
upon it), left on one of his monthly shopping trips. In a borrowed Palomar van, he headed to the Canned Food Store in Oceanside. On the way, Klug talked about recent happenings at the Bank Criteria for elegibility to receive food has remained unchanged since the beginning of the program. Each person is referred to the Bank by any of the following departments: EOPS, Financial Aids, Student Help Center, Women's Center, or the Counseling Center. Full-time students or single parents with nine or more units may claim one food item for each unit of coursework they are carrying. In addition, single parents may receive three more units of food for each child they support. "I tell every recipient, if you need food please see me. If you don't, please don't. And you'd be surprised how honest everyone is." Arriving at the Canned Food Store, he realized that in his haste, he had forgotten the ASB purchase order that
makes it possible for him to buy over $200 worth of non-perishable goods. Klug doesn't sweat it. He sweet-talks the store manager into letting him buy on credit, promising to have the purchase order in the next day. "By the way," Klug adds, "can I get that spiffy little cart that I got last time?" After briefly checking the "Specials" board to see what is on sale, Klug gets down to the serious business of buying food. In the first aisle, he selects cases of canned string beans, corn, and carrots. Canned asparagus tips are briefly considered, but are exchanged in favor of less expensive lima beans. Klug is no luxury shopper. He is always aware that he must get the most amount of nutritious food for the least amount of money. "I try to keep my average student in mind when I buy, a 29-year-old single parent with two kids." Fruit cocktail, sliced pineapple, and Top Ramen-stylesoup are added to his "shopping cart," actually, a dolly.
GiD TltE TElEscopE Palomar College
Volume 38 No . 7
A Publication for the Associated Students
By T. Pat Stubbs
Old time rock is the subject of the Honest-to-Goodness Rock-N-Roll Show on Saturdays from 9 a.m. until noon, with Johnny Z. The Metal Shop is the last of the specialty shows. Hosted by Rive T. Head and Buzzy, this show plays heavy metal on Mondays from 6-11 p.m. ''We play a wide variety of music," says Program Director Terry Conway. "We're proud to be ahead of the times."
Friday. November 16, 1984
San Marcos. CA
food stamps." Most students he sees only once. "Most people come in and only select a few things to get them through the end of the month until they get paid. "The way I make my decision (on who receives food) is asking myself, 'Would the people who donated this money want me to give food to this person?' Invariably, the answer is yes." Although presented with the ASB's 1984 Recognition of Exceptional Leadership award, Klugnevertheless maintains that just knowing if it hadn't been for his efforts, someone would have gone hungry is the prime motivation for his continuing involvement in the project. He cites a particularly rewarding experience: "One mother about 26 years old would take a bus to get her kids to a babysitter. Then she would take a bus to school, where she was carrying 17 or 18 units. After classes she worked until8 p.m. All to get off welfare, to get an education. "Well, she graduated and got an entry level job. Since she was a couple of dollars ahead that month, she wanted to give something back to the Bank I told her to keep the money until she was fmancially stable, but she replied, 'You helped me when I needed it. I know where these two dollars are going.'" (continued on page 3)
Services ~healthy' despite fee elimination
Specialty shows spin on KSM 99 "We are college radio! We will be as current and diverse as possible!" says music director Sean O'Neil. "We are not a punk/ funk / new wave/ psychedelic/ or-any-other-convenient-labled station." Six different specialty shows are being offered by KSM 99: On Tuesdays from 3:30 to 7 p.m., Echo Chambers is the hostess for "Mohawks and Dread Locks." This is a mix of punk reggae and calypso. Two jazz shows are offered. Progressive jazz, with "Wild Warren B." on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon, features music comparable to Jonn Abercrombie and Keith Jarrett. The Jane Morton Jazz show airs Wednesdays from 9 a.m. and noon and plays scores from Spyro Gyra, Tom Scott and other soft jazz composers. From 7-11 p.m. Friday nights, Rocksy Stone plays host to Social Noise, spinning discs from groups like AN6ST, U.K., Subs, and The Cramps.
Hot cereal is the only food item that he buys without worrying about the price because "the kids need it." Tuna fish and macaroni and cheese are also favorite food items, but most popular of all is peanut butter, which according to Klug, "beats tuna fish two-to-one." At the checkout counter, the bill comes to $181.44, which surprises Klug, for his usual food bill runs an average of $220. Last year, an anonymous Point Lorna couple donated twenty Thanksgiving turkeys. Klug hopes to receive another twenty this year. "A little bit here, a little bit there," shrugs Klug. He also receives donations of women's and children's clothing. Klug keeps precise records of all food transactions for his own protection, but stresses that his number one rule is that names of recipients be kept strictly confidential. "It's funny, but if I gave out $20 worth offood, the Welfare Department would then cut off $20 in
THIS WON'T HURT A BIT - One of th e many donors who supported the recent drive by th e San Diego Blood Bank watch es the withdrawal. ( Photo by Lar ry Meyer )
$500 AEE scholarships awarded; financial aid deadlines slated Engineering students Dana LeMoine, Paul Curtis and Timothy Shell have each been awarded $500 scholarships by the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) in a ceremony held at San Diego's Admiral Kidd Club on Harbor Drive October 18. LeMoine and Curtis are recipients of the AEE sponsored George Parker Memorial Fund scholarships. Begun in 1982 in memory of the second president of the AEE, these scholarships are awarded on the basis of field of study, relationship to and interest in either energy engineering or energy conservation, grade-point average, course spectrum and extra-curricular activites. Timothy Shell, winner of the 1983 George Parker award, has received a renewed scholarship from the AEE Foundation's National Fund. Shell is now a civil engineering student at SDSU. Applications are now being accepted at the Financial Aids Office for the following scholarJhips and grants:
National University is offering all certificated instructors one full-time and one half-time scholarship, worth $6,000 and $3,000 respectively. Selection will be based among persons already having an A.A. degree, along with having demonstrated leadership and academic scholarship. The deadline for submitting applications is November 30. Application deadline for the 1985 Vocational Grant Program is also November 30. This grant is open to any prospective student who plans to pursue a vocational or technical course above and supplemental to high school or preparatory school level; however a high school diploma is not required. Provided by the Elks National Foundation , the grant will be in the amount of $1 ,000 per year to persons in a twoyear vocational program. Anyone needing application forms a nd additional information should see J udi Fisher in the Financial Aids Office, ST-68, or call Ext. 2213.
By Chris Reynolds Returning students may have noticed that they are no longer paying a $5 health fee this semester. Assembly bill ABl:XX eliminated that cost to students when tuition was instituted. But the legislation also provided for a "maintenance of effort," making it mandatory for community colleges to continue the service for at least three years. According to Director of Health Services Clarice Hankins, the purpose of Health Services is, "to benefit the health of the student," and the program has "a commitment to lessen attrition and absenteeism due to illness or psychological problems." In Hankin's opinion, after the three years have passed, "No one knows what will happen, but I feel confident that the need is so great that it (the program) will continue." She also said that indications from political contacts and the community seem to support that confident feeling. Presently housed on the east side of the old library, Health Services is one of t he few services that is student oriented, student funded and geared specifically to their needs, according to Hankins. "Health Services is a cost effective program for students (which means it pays for itself). They get their money's worth in one visit." Although the fee has been eliminated, current funding for the project comes from tuition funneled through the general fund. The variety of benefits to students seems extensive. Seven different doctors devote their time to Health Services. ''We employ local doctors who enjoy working with students," says Hankins. "We pay them a minimum standard, so they aren't doing it for the money. With seven doctors we can have specialists. "They come in on their days off or on their free time and we stagger their time so we can make them more available to students." The doctors see an average of 10 to 20 students daily. A registered nurse is always in attendance, however, and the office is open while there are enough students on
campus to warrant it staying open. The Health Services office caters to an average of 800 to 1,000 students per month and 10,000 per year. Hankins was hard pressed to come up with one particular health problem that plagues students more than any other. "We see such a variety, there isn't any one thing. There are short term psychological problems students encounter, because of stress due to working and attending school or because of family problems." To deal with that dilemma, Palomar has a psychology intern program. Candidates for the psychologist's position are screened in conjunction with the Counseling Department. People with a Masters Degree or a Doctorate and experience receive supervision as they hold individual and group therapy sessions. "Starting in December we'll be offering an eight hour program with group and individual counseling. We don't turn anyone away," said Hankins. "It's usually just short term counseling that they (the participants) can benefit from." Accidents on campus are another area Hankins said bring students to Health Services. "Serious injuries are far and few between," said Hankins. But minor accidents do occur. "Particularly sports injuries and those, and other accidents, are covered by student insurance. ''We do have some epileptic students on campus also, and if they have a seizure we go to their aid," said Hankins. Being more mobile and being able to respond to the needs of students across campus became a reality when the Health Center received a motorized cart that enables the staff to function more effectively in those situations. Previously, they had shared one with the Handicapped Services, but in August, Health Services received their own. The third area that Hankins sees most students about is acute short term illness: colds, earaches, bladder infections and the like. (continued on page 6)