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Friday, May 13, 1994
San Marcos, CA
Volume 47, Number 22
Students Protest in Sacramento Daniel Kwan News Editor
Shouting "No more fee hikes" and chanting "No Re-Pete," about 800 students from across the state rallied at the steps of the state capitol Monday to protest impending fee hikes. As part of the Community College Lobby Day, sponsored by the California Student Association of Community Colleges (CalSACC), 29 Palomar students participated in the days events. Beside giving speeches, signing petitions and writing postcards to Gov. Pete Wilson, some students arranged appointments to meet with state senators and as-
semblymen. Merrill Tyler, new ASG President, said hehismeetingwithAssemblymanJanGoldsmith was informative. "He said that there are a lot of areas that they could cut before they cut funding for community colleges," said Tyler. "We're really going to push for that." According to Jim Coyle, ASG vice-president of state affairs, the state-wide turn out of about 800 students was much lower than last year's event "I was disappointed with the turnout, but anytime we get up there it proves to the legislatures that we have strength, that we have numbers, that there' sa certain percentage of us that are not going to back down,"
said Coyle. Coyle said he felt the rail ying outside the Capitol made an impact on legislators even though most of them were still in session and never came outside to greet the students "They knew we were out there," said Coyle. He also added that the trip was beneficial to the students who attended. "They listened, they learned a lot and I think most of them enjoyed the experience and right there to me was the purpose," said Coyle, who organized Palomar's participation. "I was able to help another group of students understand the process of how student lobbying works." Daniel Kwan!News Editor
See LOBBY, page 5
Students lobby on steps of state Capitol.
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of Grievance Kelley Brewer Staff Writer
Several student activists have filed a grievance against the Student Activities Office (SAO) claiming, in part, that the office is failing to meet the needs of the students. The office, which is responsible for all student activities on campus, is run by Director Jim Bowen and Senior Secretary Marilyn Lunde. The grievance was filed with President/Superintendent Dr. George Boggs' office. "I see students come to the SAO and get very intimidated - they get turned away easily- therefore stopping their learning success and sense of empowerment'' said Robert Jenkins, president of the African American Student Alliance and a cosponsor of the grievance. "Marilyn is very valuable-shehasalot of knowledge- it's just that you have to ask her the right questions ... because she is so bombarded with things she has to do that she can't give out the extra help" Jenkins said. The student leader, who will be presi-
•Finances Up in Air for Next Year Daniel Kwan News Editor
With only two weeks left in the semester, the Associated Student Government has yet to approve a balanced budget for the 1994-95 school year. At last Wednesday's ASG meeting, the body voted to approve a budget for next year's ASG, but ASG President Denny Ngo nullified the vote with an executive veto. Ngo's rationale for vetoing the budget are based on the fact that the proposed budgetof$86,000 in expenditures went $1,000 over the projected ASG income of $85,000. ASG Treasurer Amy Curtis refutes See ASG, page4
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In Hustle of Campus Life, Digby Leads Way Alex Ebel Staff Writer
Brian Wallace/Campus BeaJ Editor
Kathy Myers and pup in training, Digby.
Walking her dog around campus is more than just a pleasant experience for Kathy Myers. She is helping to train a young black lab to be a service dog for people confined to wheelchairs. ''Digby" accompanies Myers just about everywhere she goes, including class. Myers is an instructor in the psychology department and Digby keeps her company in class, office hours, borne and everywhere else in
between. Myers and Digby are part of an organization called Support Teams for Independence. STI provides specially trained dogs to-people with disabilities other than blindness. Digby is being trained to pull a wheelchair, push elevator buttons, open the refrigerator and hand money to cash register operators. According to Myers, only certain dogs are trained to perform these duties. She says all dogs entering the program must be screened for health, intelligence and temperament. She says hip displaysia is a condi-
tion that can disqualify a candidate from becoming a service dog. However, a well trained dog with displaysia can become what she describes as therapy dogs. These animals are used to provide companionship to a variety of people, including homeless teenagers or hospital shut-ins. Myers says obtaining dogs for the STI is not a real problem. "We take puppies donated by breeders. Usually one puppy out of a litter." See DOG, page 9