Monday, M arch G, 2000
Palornar Colleg e -
Volurne 53, Nurnber 15
San Marcos, Calif.
Brubeck's latest
Governor pushes community service Proposal would require service for college degrees
civic obligation. Palomar student Jessica Hood thinks students benefit from the practice. "It helps them to become more wellrounded individuals," she said. "I think it would be good," agrees Laurence Meyerowitz, another Palomar College student, "but at the same time, college students don't have as much time as they did in high school. There's a lot more work at college than there is at high school." In February of 1999, State Senator John Vasconcellos introduced Senate Bill 919. Called the Master Plan for Service Learning, the bill would require the California Postsecondary Education Commission to work with California colleges "to make service learning a more rigorous component of higher education and to determine whether or not service learning should be a requirement for
Kevan K. Wynn Staff Writer
If you plan to graduate from a California college two years from now, you may have to work for it. Last April, Governor Gray Davis annou nced his support for mandatory "service learning," a plan that would make community service a graduation requirement for California college students. Davis said students have no sense of obligation to the future or appreciation for what they have inherited. An argument in favor of service learning is students are potentially given the opportunity to gain experience in their chosen fields of study while fulfilling a
see SERVICE, page 9
New speech policy goes to Governing Board of the Education Code, student government asked for a change. Not a level of administration was not consulted." Echeverria is the legal council for the district. Calls to him were not returned. Bishop also said he referred to several free speech Web sites and more than a dozen polices and procedures from Californ ia universities and community colleges for assistance. "Mr. Bishop's symbolic expression policy is 1,924 words of bureaucratic nonsene, whereas the First Amendment is only 45 words and is part of one of the most respected documents ever created," said Bridgette Roncone, vice president of state affairs for the Associated Student Government. The student government passed a resolution introduced by Ronconc in October that removed the designation of a free
Rebecca Snow Staff Writer
Tom Chambers Editor in Chief
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The performing arts departments puts on •Pippin.' See how the play measures up on page 6.
PBS teleconference on campus Sean J. O'Connor Feat11re Editor
· The educational television department (ETV) of Palomar· College with the PBS Adult Learning Service conducted a live satellite broadcast on "Emerging Issues in Accreditation, Moving toward a Culture of Evidence" Thursday, Feb. 24. Experts on accreditation who took part in the satellite broadcast were: Constance Carroll, president of Mesa College and member of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges; David Wolf, member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges; Peter Ewell of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems; Ira Lechner of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Judith Eaton, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation made presentations for each of the five major topics on tape. William Flynn, dean of community learning resources at Palomar College, moderated the panel. The panel discussed the traditional accreditation methods, the movement 'toward competency-based education, how growing assessment practices will affect traditional teaching, how 'accreditation practices will deal with distance education and the Internet ·and other forms of education "outside of the college," and the future of alternative accreditation systems.
Palomar College will have new rules regulating student and visitor expression if the Governing Board passes a policy at its March 14 meeting. The new Student and Visitor Symbolic Expression Policy and Procedures, written by Bruce Bishop, interim director of student activities, were unanimously approved by the President's Advisory Council (PAC) on Feb. 15. "People should feel free to express their opinions," said Dr. George Boggs, president/superintendent of Palomar College. "I think our past guidelines were too restricted, I feel pretty good about (the new policy)." "Everyone gave input," Bishop said. "Ben Echeverria pulled relevant sections
see POLICY , page 9
Proposed policy on s tudent and visitor expression Approval for the Policy is subject to a vote scheduled to take place on March 14 at 7 p.m. at the Escondido Center. This is an open meeting and anyone can attend.
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Accreditation, then and now... Analysis Sean J. o•connor Feature Editor
The times, they are a changing. And so is the way colleges are receiving accreditation. College administrators really don't know what to do except talk about the twists and turns of a new way of accrediting colleges. They are stymied by the changes taking place both in academia and society.
Traditionally, accreditation takes place every ten years. In the accrediting process, the college redefines or sharpens its goals based on its philosophy. The accrediting agency then supplies the college with a set of norms for their programs, courses and their resources. The college throws itself into a massive selfstudy, department by department, facility by facility, course by course. It counts the number see ACCREDITATION, page 3
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Fliers
Fliers
• 30 copie s can be posted. • A copy and the name , phone num ber and address of sponsor must be filed with Student Activities Office. • No regu lation concerning cars. • Sponsor's name not required to be printed on fl ier. • Fliers must be approved and star:n ped by Student Activities Office.
• 100 copies can be posted. • A copy and the name, phone number and address of sponsor must be f iled with Student Activities Office . • Can not be placed on cars. • Sponsor's name required to be printed on flier. • Fliers must be approved and stamped by Student Activities Office.
Banners
Banners
• Maximum of seven per grou p. • Can be hung only in Student Union.
• No limit per group. • Can be hung anywhere except on wood glass or painted surfaces, limit one per wal l.
Free Speech Area • Established by Student Council • Available 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday- Friday • Area in front of Men 's Locker Room, around t he Clock Towe r • No area designated at Escondido Center. • Removed by student government in October 1999.
Expr ession Area • Established in new procedure. • Available 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday- Saturday. • Area in front of the clock tower to the Student Union and Dome. • At the Escondido campu s, t he area in front of the main lobby . '