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Judge orders return of artifacts By Larry Boisjolie News Editor With a ruling by aS uperior Court judge, college officials won a decisive victory Wednesday in the battle over a collection of Indian artifacts taken from Palomar by a former instructor. Judge Raymond Zvetina ruled in a preliminary injunction hearing that the artifacts, estimated by college officials to be worth $100,000, be returned to the campus within 10

days. Zvetina also will allow former part-time instructor, Leslie Quintero, access to the artifacts on a supervised basis. "We are very happy and relieved about the judge's decision," said Palomar Superintendent/President Dr. George Boggs. "It's too bad we had to spend money to get them back." The injunction "ruling does not settle the issue of where the artifacts will ultimately rest, only where they will be held during a civil law-

suit between Palomar's Governing Board, Quintero and landowner Donald Sullins. The outcome of the litigation will determine where the artifacts will be held for scientific study. But Sharon Seay, the attorney representing the college in the suit, said she thinks the decision is a good indicator of the case's final outcome. "The decision shows the college has been vindicated," said Seay. "One factor in the preliminary in-

junction decision is whether or not the (plaintiff) will prevail."

cataloging the artifacts, and the expense of dating the relics. "It's the college's viewpoint that The collection, which consists of they are stolen," said Boggs. "We 600-year-oldremnantsofaLuiseno didn't want to take legal action but Indian tribe, was acquired over an were forced to do it." eight-year period by Quintero and Quintero said, in a previous interher students from a site north of view with The Los Angeles Times, Escondido. that the owner of the site where the According to Boggs, the esti- excavation occurred, gave her permated value placed on the artifacts mission to remove the artifacts and by the college includes about use them in her research. $56,000 in salary paid to Quintero, (see ARTIFACTS- page 9) the cost of cleaning, marking and

Nightclub owner blames campus for 'shut-down' By Roman Koenig Feature Editor

people." He went on to say that the community college serves "two masters: the community and the students." He stated that he "grew up in a very genteel area of the South- the deep south of Chicago" and that he avoided getting into trouble by being involved with the Boy Scouts. Board member Robert Dougherty commented that maybe Roseen's concern of transmitting ethical values to the next generation is borne from his involvement with the Boy Scouts. Dougherty also asked Roseen if he thinks there is weakness in the education system. Roseen responded that he is unaware of any at Palomar but stated weakness exists in the California school system, primarily at the secondary level. He said that he is puzzled by the decline because California was one of the vanguard states during the time he was pursuing his doctoral work, which was during the 1950s. Roseen said that he meets a large number of young people and he is impressed by what he calls their lack of communication skills, to the point where "they are almost inarticulate."

Last dance has been called at the After Dark nightclub. Escondido City Council members voted to revoke the club's conditional use permit on Jan. 24 after a longfought battle to save the business by owner Stony Mitich. Mitich has charged that the city and Palomar College collaborated together to push the club out of the Mission Village shopping plaza, the site of Palomar's new Escondido satellite campus. "It looks like the city and Palomar were trying tocutmeout," said Mitich. "I promoted the place for six years and I've lost a lot. After Dark was the number-one club that started it all. It was a big loss to my family and my community." The decision was based on alleged occurrences of serious problems with security and violence at the establishment. Mitich said that June Rady, assistant director of the Escondido campus and Chairwoman of the Escondido Planning Commission, used her influence to get After Dark out of the shopping center. He says that Rady had a conflict of interest with the case, and should have abstained from hearing it. The Escondido Police Department initially made the request to have the conditional use permit revoked. A conditional use permit is a set of guidelines that a business must follow in order to operate in the community. That request is first reviewed by the Planning Commission, which

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(Photo by Roman Koenig)

"Just follow the directions on how to get there and you'll run right into it." Danny Patrick, a new student at Palomar, followed this advice and ended up running into the college's sign at the main entrance. Patrick hangs his head in astonishment as the sign sustained no damage; his car received a badly-damaged front end. The accident occurred on Jan. 31 around 4 p.m. when Patrick attempted to make a fast left turn into the campus to complete his late registration. Patrick suspects that the gas pedal stuck to the floor, sending the car straight in to the sign. No one was injured in the incident.

Ex-pilot joins Palomar Board By Mark Hopkins Editor-in-Chief Robert E. Roseen, a retired Air Force colonel and 12-yearresidentofFallbrook, has been appointed and sworn-in as a trustee to the Palomar Community College District Board. Roseen, 59, was selected from a field of eight other finalist on Jan. 11; a total of 27 people applied for the position left vacant by the Dec. 31 resignation ofRalph Forquera. Forquera, who Robert Roseen was serving as executive director of the San Diego New Board Trustee American Indian Health Center, left to fill a similar position with the Seattle Urban Indian Health Board. Roseen said during his interview on Jan. 11 that, "the most important function of a community college is to transfer our beliefs, attitudes, and morals to young

Escondido center opens By Roman Koenig Feature Editor Palomar College's new Escondido Satellite Center opened to over 2,000 students on Jan. 22., helping to alleviate overcrowded conditions here at the main campus. Palomar Superintendent/ President Dr. George Boggs regards the opening as "probably the boldest thing (the college) has ever done. We are involved in the most active year in the college's history." According to the center's Assistant Director, June Rady, the new satellite center is also the first step in bringing college education to the communities it serves. "It was really the decision of the board to take our community college out into the community for better service to the students," she said. "We are bulging at the seems at there (in San Marcos)." Already, Palomar's San Marcos enrollment exceeds 23,000. The Escondido center is handling 2,384 students. "It is relieving some of the congestion here at the main campus," confirmed Boggs. He pointed out that there were fewer room conflicts at the

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