Campus art in Focus Page 3
Runaway causes examined Page 6
Moscow Circus comes to area . Page 4
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Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
Volume 42 No. 10
Bleacher restoration project delayed Rising renovation costs halt refurbishing efforts By Justine Tanzman Contributing Writer
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Broken boards are but one of the many problems afflicting the bleachers at the football field. Until their repair, football games will continue to be played at San Marcos High School.
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Facing mounting pressure from students, faculty, and alumni, Palomar officials have finally taken the bleacher project off of the back burner. But now those officials are expressing dismay over bids the college has received to refurbish the This is the first in a series about condemned bleachers. Patricia Farris, direc- campus deterioration. tor of purchasing services, learned last week that a majority of the contractors bidding for the job will not certify the safety of the stands after the seats are replaced. The builders' unwillingness to guarantee the work stems from the fact that the school cannot afford to replace the bleachers' foundation as well as the actual seats. "Two out of three contractors took exception to stating 'Yes, they're safe' ," said Farris. Besides the safety issue, the cost of refurbishing the stands may quickly be rising out of reach. Last year the purchasing department received an estimate of $35,000 for the job. Last week the lowest bid received, according to Farris, was $46,000. Rising aluminum costs are blamed for the increase. Since the latest figures are over budget, the college is considering having the work done over a three-year period, one section at a time. This would be more expensive in the long run, but at least the job would be done, officials say. Currently the bleachers are surrounded by a fence. Several "Danger-Keep off' signs are posted along it. There are several broken steps, and most of the underlying supports have deteriorated. (see BLEACHERS - page
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Deficit forces ASG budget revision By Jonathan Young Staff Writer/Production Manager
The senate feels this way they as an emergency fund as long as would become more visible and the it didn't open. Once the center thus sell more cards. Recognizing opened, the remaining funds Prices for student ID cards are ¡ the students who have already would be available for it. one thing that will be changing in purchased ID cards for $10, the With the cuts, the proposed the new budget to be approved ASG will validate those for the budget will balance itself. That's by the Associated Student entire year. still with the anticipation of the Government at the next ASG ID card sales being successful. meeting on Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. in ''The price for the ID cards is "We need to sell those ID cards," room SU-18. $10 a year and $5 a semester," said Harding. "We need to meet clarifies Harding. The budget has been revised our budget." The five cuts made in the probecause the ASG is short $13,514 The proposed budget was made of the projected $16,000 in ID posed budget include $1,500 from by a budget review committee card sales. With the additional facility improvements. The money established by Harding. The comloss of the vending machines, low was used to improve the offices . mittee was careful with what they turnout in locker rentals and and rooms within the ASG area. deleted. smaller than expected interest The ASG's secretary's salary "The only thing we're cutting is capital, the monies fell short was decreased by $9,000 from what's not being used," said Kathy $67,406. Money owed by the Book- $14,000. The original budget was Hagan, senator and member of store totalling $30,000 is expected made for tWo secretaries with the committee. "The only thing to help alleviate the deficit. more hours than the one. we're taking away from the stuDue to losses m the projected The entire Student Improve- dents is the All School Picnic." income, the ASG will change the ment Involvement Council fund ID card prices to $5 per semester, was cut. The $3,050 was to be used At the end of the year, the ASG cutting the original cost in half. for the All School Picnic which is only allowed to carry over At the new price and with other was cancelled this year. $5,000 to the next year. If there budget cuts, "We have to sell150 The Women's Center, which is a surplus of money, the ASG ID cards to meet this budget that's didn't open this semester, lost half then has the option to host an All proposed," said Michelle Harding, of its funding leaving that balance School Picnic. Members of the ASG president. at $1,000. At the beginning of the budget review committee, howThe ASG plans to sell the ID year, the ASG senators voted to ever, are skeptical if the ASG will cards during spring registration. use the Women's Center funding even reach the $5,000.
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Faculty leaders recognized enhance the skills that participants require to succeed in major decision-making roles at two-year institutions. The program includes instruction and practice in supervisory and human relations skills, planning and budgeting, and organizational transformation. It also includes discussion with national experts on the issues expected to confront two-year colleges during the next 15 years. As part of her year-long work with "Leaders," Graham has chosen to develop a marketing program proposal for Palomar. Graham was selected for the "Leaders" program based on her proven interest in advancement of women in two-year college administration. Graham has more than 18 years of professional experience in the area of interior design and merchandising. During the past eight years, she has been instrumental in the development of the interior design program at Palomar.
Two Palomar faculty members have been chosen this year to participate in a prestigious national leadership program for women administrators at twoyear colleges. The selectees were Lori Graham, an associate professor and chairperson of the Family and Consumer Sciences department, and Judy Eberhart, associate professor and counselor in the Counseling department. Graham is currently enrolled in the program. Eberhart completed the program earlier this year. The program, "Leaders," is cosponsored by the League for Innovation in Community Colleges (a North American community college consortium), and the American Association of Women in Community and Junior Colleges. The program is conducted by the National Institute for Leadership Development at Rio Salada Community College in Phoenix, Arizona. "Leaders" is designed to
Graham earned her bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees at San Diego University, and is currently enrolled in the M.B.A. program at National University in San Diego. Judy Eberhart was instrumental in the formation of the "Wellness Program" at Palomar three years ago. The program gives employees the opportunity to participate in comprehensive health and fitness programs. Eberhart evaluated Palomar's Wellness Program as a part of her project in the "Leaders" program. She spent one week last March in Kansas City participating in a series of workshops. "I think it's important to grow professionally," Eberhart said. "I just wanted to keep learning about new things in education." Dr. E. Jan Moser, assistant superintendent and vice president of instruction at Palomar, served as Graham's and Eberhart's mentor in the "Leaders" program.
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CLUB MEETINGS
CLASSES AND SEMINARS
GOVERNMENT
Foodhandlers: A class is being offered for anyone working in the food industry in San Diego County. An English speaking class will be held in room SC-5 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p .m. The next classes will be held on Dec. 5 and againg on Dec. 12. A Spanish speaking class will be held in room A-1 at Palomar's Vista Center, 538 Olive Ave. The class meets form 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and the next class will meet on Dec. 12. Contact Sunny Yates at Ext.
Faculty Senate: To meet Dec. 5 at 2:00 p.m. in room SU-30. Associated Student Government: ASG to meet Dec. 7 at 1:00
p.m. in room SU-18. Inter-Club Council: ICC to meet on Dec. 6 in room SU-22 at 12:30 p.m.
SERVICE Koinoina: To meet Dec. 7 at 11:00 a.m. at the clock tower. MEChA: To meet Dec. 8 at 1:00 p.m. in room SU-16B. MEChA is also hosting a Bake Sale i the Student Union on Dec. 5, 6, and 8 at 5:00 p.m. Campus Advance: To meet Dec. 7 at noon by the clock tower. Palomar CKI: To meet Dec. 9 at 1:00 p.m. in room SU-22. The Connection : To meet Dec. 9 at 2:00 p.m. in room SU22. PC International: To meet Dec 8 at 12:30 p.m. in room SU 16. Campus Advance: To meet Dec. 7 at 12:00 p.m by the clock tower.
2346 Career Seminar: The Career Center is continuing its "Guest
Career Speaker Program" with a presentation on Dec. 8. Bill Bedford will discussing the career of an Engineer. He will be speaking in room S-3 at 11:00 a.m.
SPECIAL EVENTS Photo day: Phokus on Form hosts a Photo Day, Model Shoot in the Arboretum area of the campus on Dec. 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Both photographers and models of any experience are welcome. Photographers registration is $15. There is no fee for models. For more information, cantact Allen Bailey at 4765205 or Eric Sigerman at 457-
ORGANIZATIONS Phi Rho Pi: To meet in the SC building on Dec. 6 at 1:00 p.m. Alpha Gamma Sigma: To meet in room SU-22 on Dec. 8 at 12:30 p.m. Bible Study: College Hour Bible Study to meet on Dec. 8 in room A-5 at 12:05 p.m. and at 1:05 p.m.
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Campus art Artworks of various shapes and si3es can Ge found throughout the campus. Some of the works which were donated to the college in the 1960s are in a state of disrepair. A day relief sculpture ( aGove) adorns the wall of a wood shed near the So Building. An untitled metal sculpture ( aGove right) Gy Michael Pickens can Ge found adjacent to the Student Services Center. oilework artistry depicting musical instruments (right) is the work of creator ~olin Barlow and can Ge found in the music quadrant. Near the main entrance a metal sculpture (Gelow right) depicts electrons around an atom. A mask ( Gelow) is part of a student works display in the art area.
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MOSCOW CIRCUS
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Music, nature both in harmony
'Cry of Players' opens ''To be or not to to be ..." This is the question William Shakespeare will ask himself in "A Cry of Players" which opens tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Palomar Community Theatre. "A Cry of Players," written by William Gibson, is the story of Shakespeare's early life in Stratford, England and depicts how he was drawn to the world of the theatre. The play looks at a difficult turning point in Shakespeare's life, when he was forced to choose between his wife and family in Stratford and his desire for the theatre. The production, directed by David Boyd, features Richard Pallaziol as Shakespeare; Guy Cook as Willie Kemp, who serves as an inspiration to Shakespeare's theatre career; Anne,
Shakespeare's wife, is played by Sharon Vermeulen. Other cast members include Bruce Blackwell, John Rand, W.R. Bob White, Jennifer Drossell, Kris Oliver, Dan Gee, Scott Griffm, Michelle Taylor, Gregory Eric Gisonno, Mike Witt, Travis Larson, Tracy Scott Kuykendall, Sally Stockton, Kevin Bogstad and Richard Whey.. Rounding out the cast are Ingrid A. Chilberg, Timothy Lyons and Christian Whatley. "A Cry of Players" will continue on Dec. 3, 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m .. with 2 p.m. matinees on Dec. 4 and 11. Tickets are $6 general admission and $5 for senior citizens and students. For more information or reservations, call Ext. 2453, Monday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m.
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas .. ." Once again, it's time for Santa Claus and Nintendo. The entire month of December is occupied with four opportunities to hear "The Messiah," and four opportunities to see the "Nutcracker." The Palomar Music Department gives us a less traditional holiday offering this year. December also means the annual migration of the whales from Alaska (at least the ones who don't get stuck in the ice). Out of the four offerings of Handel's masterpiece, ''The Messiah," the San Diego Symphony is the best bet for professionalism. Guest conductor Thomas Fulton with the San Diego Master Chorale perform with a 40-member ensemble of the symphony. Fulton debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1980 and has returned each season since to conduct. His American appearances also include the San Diego Opera and the opera companies of Pittsburgh, New Orleans and Fort Worth. Performances of ''The Messiah" are scheduled for Friday, Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. in Symphony Hall, 1245 Seventh Ave. in San Diego. In between Handel is Bach and Beethoven when guest conductor Ja}\ia Ling and the symphony perform J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos No. 2 and 5. The concert concludes with Beethoven's lesser-known symphony, the Fourth. This concert is set for Saturday, Dec. 17 in Symphony Hall. Half-
Fred Tracey Managing Editor price student discounts are available one-hour before all performances. Call 699-4205 for more infromation. The San Francisco Ballet Company just completed its run of the "Nutcracker." Now, it's the California Ballet Company's turn as they set Tchaikovsky's lively score to life in two seperate locations in December. The CBC opens Dec. 8 at the East County Performing Arts Center in El Cajon (where's El Cajon?). The music is recorded for performances at ECPAC, but when the CBC moves to the San Diego Civic Theater on Dec. 16, they'll be accompanied by members of the San Diego Symphony. ¡ The story, as is the music, is familiar. It begins (see HARMONY- page 5)
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orchestra, conducted by Robert Gilson, performs Baroque music and features members of the Palomar Dance Department. The Chorale, directed by David Chase, performs Respighi's "Laud to the Nativity." Concerts held in the College Theatre. Ext. 2453. San Diego Symphony: Dec. 2 and 3, the sing-along king Mitch Miller leads the symphony and the San Diego Master Chorale in a salute to Irving Berling. Dec. 3 at 2:00 p.m., guest conductor Murry Sidlin leads the symphony in the first family series which asks the musical question, "What Makes Music American?" Dec. 8 and 9, Kees Bakels is guest conductor with soloists Heidi Lehwalder, harp, and Robert Plimpton, organ. Program includes Falla's Three Dances, Suite No. 2 from "Three Cornered Hat," Ginastera's Concerto for Harp and Orchestra and Saint-Saens' Syphony No. 3 (the organ symphony).
Jahja Ling Jahja Ling conducts J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and 5 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 on Dec. 17. 699-4205 Student Discounts available one hour before concert (except for the Family Series concert). TM Concert Hour: The Palomar Chamber Singers and Concert Choir offers holiday music and a sing-along on Dec. 8. Dec. 15 features Palomar student in recital. Concerts are free and held in room D-10. Ext. 2317.
CLUBS Bacchanal: Let's Active on Dec. 9; Johnny Winter on Dec. 10; Dream Syndicate on Dec. 12; Night Ranger on Dec. 13; Lee Greenwood on Dec. 14; Jeffrey Osborne on Dec. 15; Dave Madson on Dec. 17. Bacchanal is at 8022 Clairmont Mesa Dr., San Diego. 21 and over only ID is required. 560-8000 and TM
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FILMS The Planetarium: Dec. 7, a "Christmas Show" will give different theories to explain what the Christmas star might have been. The observation domes, with their telescopes, will be open and available after the film. Doors open for those with reservations at 6:30 p.m. and at 6:45 p.m. for those without. The show starts at 7:00 p.m. with a second showing at' 8:15 p.m. 744-1150 or727-7529, Ext. 2512 or 2514 Film Series: Palomar continues it's film series with Citizen Kane on Dec. 8 and with The ' Dead on Dec. 15. Admission is free with showings at 7:00p.m. in room P-32.
THEATRE A Cry of Players: The early life of William Shakespeare is staged on campus in the Palomar Community Theatre Dec. 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 11. David Boyd has directed. Ext. 2453 Moments to Remember, Part II: Lawrence Welk Village Dinner Theatre will host this
musical performance through Jan. 1. 749-3448 Blood Wedding: Federico Garcia Lorca's story of love and revenge to be performed at Old Globe Theatre through Dec. 4. 239-2255 The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940: At North
Coast Rep in Solana Beach. The production features a wacky cast of characters who assemble at a snowbound suburban estate, ostensibly to audition for a big-time Broadway musical. But there's an un-wanted guest ... the infamous Stage Door Slasher ... who wants to get into the act. Performances through Dec. 31. 481-1055 She Loves Me: Two coworkers, who hate eachother, are sending anonymous notes to each other without knowing who the letter is going to. But a meeting between the two might change everything. This musical is staged at the Lawrence Welk Village Dinner Theatre through Dec. 31 749-3448
SPECIAL EVENTS IN SAN DIEGO David Copperfield: The master illusionist performs at the Civic Theatre Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2 and 3 at 6 and 9 p.m. The performances will highlight "The Amazing Death Saw". Tickets are $19-$10 and are available at the Civic Theater box office or through Ticketmaster. 236-6510 for more information. Moscow Circus: Tickets are going fast for the finest circus performers in the Soviet Union at the San Diego Sports Arena Dec. 7 through 11. Tickets range from $12.50 to $20. 2444176 TM
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Two principal dancers rehearse for California Ballet Company's production of the "Nutcracker", opening Dec. 8 in El Cajon. The production moves to the Civic Theater onDec.16.
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with young Clara at a Christmas party where she is given a nutcracker doll by one of the party goers. In the night, Clara awakens to fmd her house and everything in it (including the Christmas tree) growing. The nutcracker doll has now become a handsome prince, the toy soldiers have become life-size and the mice are now giant and menacing. Tickets for the California Ballet Company's "Nutcracker" are available at all Ticketmaster locations or by calling 278-TIXS. "Christmas in Music and Dance" is the theme for this year's holiday
offering by the Palomar Music Department. The Community Orchestra plays baroque music and they are joined by members of the Dance department. Finishing the concert is the Palomar Chorale with Respighi's "Laud to the Nativity." Concerts are Dec.16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 18 at 2:30 p.m. in the theatre. The theatre box office is open Monday-Friday noon to 5 p.m. Get closer to nature and away from your holiday shopping with the San Diego Natural History Museum as they go off in search of migrating whales. According to
the museum's public relations department, viewers on the trips can see the whales from as close as 50-yards away. The two-hour whale-watching trips begin on Friday, Dec. 23 and continue on weekends through Feb. 19. Trips leave Mission Bay at 11:30 a.m. and return to dock at 1:30 p.m. Reservations are required and need to be made by mail. Call the museum at 232-3821, Ext. 203 for a trip brochure which includes a reservation form. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children under 12. And don't forget the sea-sickness pills.
IScrooged' gets Bah Humbug Well, the holiday season has rolled around again. Seems to come quicker every year doesn't it? For most people this is a happy time of year. For them the approach of Christmas means decorations, shopping, seeing old friends and relatives, and generally feeling happy to be alive. But this is not the case for us dear reader. We are college students. For us the rapid encroachment of the yuletide season means frantically preparing for a battery of finals, soul-stealing term papers, and facing up to the four-hundred unread pages in your Man and His Religion textbook Makes it kinda hard to get caught all up in the "Christmas Spirit" right? What could be done to relieve this burden? I know, let's go see a movie! There are so many good ones this time of year. I'm sorry to say, "Scrooged" isn't one of them. For those of you who haven't been assailed by the media blitzkrieg behind this picture, "Scrooged" is Richard Donner's retelling of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray as Dick Cross, a network executive and modern day Ebenezer. This is one of the major problems with the movie. It is a retelling and that's all. "Scrooged" follows the plot of Dicken's work to the letter all the way through. Once the novelty of seeing how this story is played out in modern Manhattan on a trillion dollar budget has worn off, we are left rather flat, waiting for the inevitable tear-jerker ending when Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas. "Scrooged" didn't jerk any tears from my eyes (and this is from a jaded materialist who's quite ripe for a good jerking in the name of Christmas). But I would never fault a comedy for making me cry. All a comedy needs to do is make me laugh. Beyond that, the rest is gravy. "Scrooged" only gave me a couple of really good laughs and perhaps an assortment of snickers. That's just not enough to compensate for the fact that you know exactly how this movie is going to end and what route it's going to take to get there. While most of the blame for the lack of laughs in "Scrooged" must fall on the writers, Mitch Glazer and Micheal O'Donghue (both veterans of the heyday of "Saturday Night Live"), Donner should also take a fair share. The director of enormously successful action pictures such as "Lethal Weapon" and "Superman" would probably want us to forget
Jeff Tuttle Film Critic his last attempt at comedy, a dreadful Richard Pryor comeback vehicle entitled "The Toy." Donner's grand style and use of tremendous special effects tends to obscure what witty lines the script has. Most modern comedies are dialogue intensive and work best when we can concentrate on what the characters are saying and how they react to each other. It's hard to get a feeling for the more subtle nuances of humor when the characters are being dangled from skyscrapers and cast into pits of fue. If you're standing next to a twelve-foot tall being who is the embodiment of death and misery, and who's chest houses several horribly contorted ghouls, you're gonna have to tell some pretty bigjokes to get anyone's attention. Even the comic presence of Bill Murray is overrun by these huge images. Donner's film is also a bit too gruesome to be very funny. At least in the warm, humanistic way we expect a Christmas movie to be. This is not a film to which you would want to take young children. John Forsythe plays a golfmg zombie whose skull is home to a few flesh-eating rats, Frarik Cross has a long monologue with a frozen corpse in the sewer, and the aforementioned death creature, while truly impressive from a technical standpoint, does not elicit big laughs. The most disturbing scene, however, comes when Cross is trapped in a casket and cremated alive. A scene which even raised the hair of this dedicated (see SCROOGED - page 8)
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What happens when Billy leaves home By Jonathan Young Staff Writer/Production Manager
It's late Friday night when a parent comes home from work She's tired and ready for the weekend ahead. She kicks off her shoes and with a sigh plumps into her favorite chair and relaxes. This was a normal Friday night after a regular week at the office. But still, in the midst of the parent's rest, something was different - something out of the ordinary. There was something missing. Then it hit. Where are the children? The said parent stops relaxing to travel through the house in search of Billy or Sally, Sue, Joe, Greg or Mary. They're not in the kitchen, the bathroom or the den. They're not in the bedrooms and not outside. They are not home. The parent walks into the dinning room to check the table. The kids always leave a note telling them if they're down the street and when they would be home. However, the note was different this time. It said that the children were on the street and that they would never be home. They had become runaways. A cry comes from the parent's mouth. A cry of pain and sorrow. A cry for help. This parent would soon be crying on the phone with the police. "If there was a missing child case, I would be assigned to it," said Mary Helmen, a detective for the Vista Sheriff's Department. A part of the Juvenile Service Division, Helmen has been with the department since November of 1987 and has handled the majority of all runaways. She said every case, including
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one like the scenario above, receives immediate response. "The patrol's function is to respond first," Helmen said. The patrol officers make a complete report including the time of disappearence, what the child was wearing, who might their friends be and possible reasons for leaving. "I get the report the next day." A runaway does not have the same priority as a missing child (one who is lost or has been abducted). Helmen says that a missing child's life could be in danger. A runaway's is not. "A runaway runs away on purpose," she said. "They have a place to go. That's why they run away." Helmen calls the parents the same day she receives the report to encourage them to look for their child and to talk to friends in hope that the word would get out that, 'mom and dad still love
you.' "Most often the parent finds the children or they come home on their own," Helmen said. Also unlike a missing child, a runaway usually stays out just a day or two. The children who are gone longer than a day and up to several weeks are usually between 13 and 18 years-old. "When they're 18 they are adults, and there's no laws to keep an adult from coming and going," said Helmen. As of press time, Helmen had three runaways not located. Once the child is found, Helmen reviews the reasons why he/ she ran away. "If it was for physical or sexual abuse reasons, I would take the child into custody and not return him to the parent," she said. "Emotional abuse, however, is more hard to prove." Helmen then prepares an investigation report and turns it
into the District Attorney's office. If the DA feels there is enough evidence, he prosecutes. "If I ever felt the kid's safety was in danger, I would prosecute," Helmen said. If the DA does not feel there is enough evidence, the child is then released to his parents. Organizations like the Child Protective Agency check up on the family and the child's safety. "If the kid wasn't in danger, I would work with the family through counseling ... through me or other community-based agencies." Helmen said that if the problem is found and corrected, the child is less likely to become a repeat offender. "The repeat offenders become a serious problem," she said. "They drop out of school, there's drug use, sex, burglaries, theft, it just goes on and on. "Being a runaway is not an offense, but vandalism, theft and
drugs are offenses," said Helmen. With runaways that break the law, Helmen gives them an option for rehabilitation. "If they are first time offenders, if the family is cooperative and if the child is cooperative, I'll refer them (the runaways) to a diversion program," said Helmen. "I tell them, 'If you break the law, you hurt the community.' They pay back the community through the diversion program." Most diversion programs include community work, writing research papers or a formal apology. Out of all the kids, 95% take the diversion program. The remaining choose the other option- Juvenile Hall. "A lot of things seem so simple once I get the family in here," said Helmen. Sometimes, a child calls her after counseling and thanks her.
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A child would run away from home for several reasons. As a part of the Juvenile Service Division, discovering the
reasons are the specialty of Vista Sheriff's Detective Mary Helmen. "Drug problems with one or both of the parents will cause kids to run away," Helmen said. "Abuse, physical or mental abuse; even sexual abuse would be a reason." Helmen said other factors could include problems with step-siblings, or possibly a low self-esteem. "Poverty also plays a role," Helmen said. If a child feels that he is a financial burden, he might run away to make the family's money matters better. The main reason, Helmen says, is that children, "do not agree with certain ground rules." Discipline is the item in discussion. "When kids are younger, it is easier to discipline them," said Helmen. "When they are older, they can reason and the tactics we use to discipline them must change." Helmen brings up the fact that practically anyone can be a parent. "There needs to be some type of criteria to being a parent," she states. "Our parents need to be educated." Back in Control: How to Get Your Child To Behave, by
Gregory Budenhaimer, is a text book used by Helmen. "We don't want parents to rule with an iron fist," said Helmen using the book as a reference. "What we need is mutual understanding." Parents need to learn not to tolerate negative behavior and to be consistent in their punishment. "Kids want a clear message," Helmen says. "Mandatory" she explains as parents telling the children, "you will do this." "Optional" does not mean a choice of doing the told task or not, but a choice of when to do it. Helmen helps runaways and their families with the discipline. "If the kid wasn't in any danger, I would work with the family through counseling ... through me or other city-based family agencies. I try to get the family put in the right direction." She helps revamp their discipline systems. They go back to the basics. "A lot of things seem so simple once I get the family in here," Helmen said. She says that it is important for the first-time runaways to get counseling to fix the family problems before the child runs away again. Helmen says that it comes down to one thing. "The kids just feel that they want someone to care about them."
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Alu··m na recalls early years By Fred Tracey Managing Editor
Slip up or slip off?
In the May 27, 1955 issue, 'Lois Foster returned to the girls' lounge in a mighty big hurry the other day.' It seems she stepped out the door and lost her crenoline skirt.
"I am so impressed," said Tencha Avila-Friedenberg as she surveyed the campus from the second floor of the library. She has reason to be impressed, since the last time she saw Palomar's campus was in 1960. As a student of Palomar College from 1958 to 1960, AvilaFriedenberg had classes in Army barracks that used to sit where the two-story ST building is now located. "The barracks were cold in the winter, there was no heating," Avila-Friedenberg remembers. Her recent visit to the campus was to pay homage to Palomar after being named "Distinguished Alumna of the Year" by the California Association of Community Colleges at their state convention in Los Angeles on Nov. 13. Currently a communications consultant in Washington, D.C., Avila-Friedenberg nearly dropped out of Palomar to get a job. Her speech teacher at that time, Virgil Bergman, convinced her to stay in school and seek an education. · Now, Avila-Friedenberg encourages others to do the same. "I didn't expect to come to Palomar," she said. "I was living in Escondido just for the summer and had a job as a carhop in Vista. "Everyday to and from work I would drive by Palomar College and I wondered what Palomar was. One day I drove in and I fell in love with the simplicity and
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Chickens in the making
Hypnotist Dr. Michael Dean performed in the Palomar Dome October 31, 1969. His act included hypnotizing several students and getting them to act like chickens on stage. * * *
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On October 3, 1975 the Palomar football team prepares for a game against Grossmont. Comets' starters include Bob Hope at running back and Steve Martin at right end. * * *
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"Four in the kitty," "Slow down now," "That's kicks," "This is killing me," "I pass," "Aw, shucks"-these were some of the common phrases used in the student lounge in 1947, unlike today when phrases like "Totally," "That's awesome," "Rad," "Cool, man," and "Dude" are spoken in every other sentence.
* •· * Playing together 'more exciting'
In the April14, 1948 issue, Gym classes turn co-ed; enrollment increases. Girls' and boys' gym classes were put together to avoid controversy over who would have the gym. They all agreed that co-education is more exciting. * * *
Campus overpopulated
A news release in the February 21, 1967 issue stated that "existing buildings will be filled to capacity in '69-'70 with 2,783 students." Today there are 22,000.
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humbleness of the campus. Everyone was so friendly. "The next thing I knew I was writing mom telling her I wasn't coming home." Avila-Friedenberg's mother was not happy with the news. "My mother got op. the next bus from Colorado and was destined to take me home," she said. "But I promised my mother that I was going to make her proud. Once I
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said that I was going to try my very hardest." Try hard she did. In her freshman year she persuaded the speech team coach to let her on the team. "It was rough," she said. Avila-Friedenberg was named oratory champion in 1959 and speaker of the year in 1960. She also served as secretary/ treasurer of the student council and received a citizenship award upon her graduation. ,. Avila-Friedenberg, a native of Las Animas, Colorado, grew up in a family of twelve children, eight sisters and three brothers. All of the children now have college degrees. "I am very proud of them," said Avila-Friedenberg. "I was the first in the family to go away to college. I only had to set an example for them, and they followed." She had received a full scholarship to Colorado Women's College after graduating from high school. But her summer in Escondido and her eventual enrollment at Palomar would change everything. After her 1960 graduation from Palomar, Avila-Friedenberg returned to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. She also minored in education and Spanish. After a stint as a junior high teacher, Avila-Friedenberg joined the United States Information Service in 1963 and served in administrative positions at the Vietnamese-American Binational Center in Vietnam. While there until 1965, she met her husband, Walter Friedenberg, who now is chief foreign correspondent for Scripps-Howard News Service. Until 1986, Avila-Friedenberg was press/ legislative aide for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Washington, D.C. Her involvement with Hispanic issues grew from discrimination as a child, she said. "I had to fight for everything that I got." "But when I came to Palomar in 1958 it was the first time in my life since I entered the first grade that I didn't have to fight discrimination against Mexicans," Avila-Friedenberg said. She spends time encouraging Hispanic students to acquire an education. "I just think that today in order to have viability, you have to get a higher education. I just didn't graduate from Palomar College, I was shot from a cannon."
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Scrooged (continued f rom page 5)
A danger sign warns people of bleacher use.
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Bleachers (continued from page 1 I
Among those anxious to see the project underway is Director of Athletics John Woods, who feels that "the improved bleachers are the flrst step in bringing football (games back) to the Palomar campus." Woods, who serves on the "Bring Football To Palomar" committee, feels that playing on campus will bring additional support to the team and will also be a .great morale booster. He hopes the fleld will be ready by the year 1990. "The athletics staff is taking things one step at a time," says Woods, "but planned next is the scoreboard and visiting team bleachers." Some staff members express concern over whether the proposed visiting team bleachers, which would face the home bleachers, will expand out into the parking lot. Woods assures that the committee "has consi. detect the effect on parking and
it will be minimal." It seems to be more a question of what effect, if any, the visitor bleachers would have on the track. Also a source of concern is the construction of the North County Transit Center. The building site, approved two years ago, will be located at the south end of the track.
gorehound. I think Bill Murray fans will be disappointed by "Scrooged." This movie is definitely what some would call a Bill Murray vehicle. But it's more of a burden than a vehicle. Murray has the huge share of the lines and almost all the jokes. This results in a certain degree of overexposure of "Murrayfatigue." Murray seems to be at his best when he's the outsider who comes into a somewhat tame situation and wreaks havoc, sort of a wild card which the audience can't wait to see played. In "Scrooged," the havoc is wreaked on him, and the results aren't nearly as funny. Also detracting from Murray's impact was the fact that he shared the stage with so many other celebrities, both in central roles and cameos. While sometimes this star-studded effect
Athletics instructor Judy Mazzarella worries whether or not the increase in noise and pollution from the bus traffic will have a negative effect on athletes when the team plays at home.
creates excitement in a rum, it usually leaves one feeling like they're watching an elongated segment of "Entertainment Tonight." While I liked Bob Goulet and Lee Majors' self-effacing appearances in the opening scenes, the film soon lost the feel of a clever reworking of a classic tale and became "Bill Murray's Night of A Hundred Stars." So if you want to relieve 'Late December Scholastic Stress Syndrome' with a solid dose of Bill Murray laughs, I would suggest renting "Where the Buffalo Roam" (a very funny rum where Murray actually pulls off a screen portrayal of Hunter S. Thompson which does him justice). If you need an injection of classic Christmas fare, you might want to watch the CBS version of Dicken's tale, starring George C. Scott as Scrooge; it airs on Dec. 22.
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