The Telescope
Palomar College Volume 29 Number 24 May 21 . 1 976 San Marcos 92069
Photogs win awards at Focus '76 exhibit Donna Consentino won first award in black and white, and Susan Coppock third, in the college division of Focus '76. Jon Velken gained second award in color in the current photographic show a t The Pasadena Cent er. Twenty-six of the 60 prints hung were submitted by Palomar College students enrolled in the photographic department. Of 20
TODAY Student Art Show will be on display through June 15 at the Main Library. Christian Science meeting, 2 p.m., P-18. SUNDAY Big "E" Country C.B . Radio Club meets at 2 p.m. in the Student Union. Americana Concert, an afternoon of music featuring the college Communit y Orchestra, Palomar Chorale, Chamber Singers, Jazz Vocal Ensemble, Stage Band, Concert Choir and Concert Band, will be presented at 2 p.m. in the Dome. General a dmission is $1. TUESDAY John Black, an associate of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, will give a lecture Tuesday at 11 a .m . in E-1. The lecture on Transcendental Meditation is sponsored by the Student's International Meditation Society. SIMS meets at 11 a .m. in E-1. Governing Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room. Environmental Management in California, Charles McElroy, 2 p.m. in room P-18. WEDNESDAY Young Democrats meet at 11 a.m. in ES-9. The Concert Hour Student Recital to be held at 11 a .m . in C-5. The Indian Myth: Its Place in History, Robert Grider, 7:30 p.m. in C-5. Black Holes, astronomy program is shown at 7:15 and 8:30 p.m. in the Planetarium. THURSDAY Movie of the week is Pete Seeger: A Song and a Stone and is shown at 2 and 7 p.m . in P-32. ASG will hold a Budget meeting at 2 p.m . in the Faculty Dining Room.
honorable mentions awarded, 12 were garnered by Palomar. The exhibit of outstanding high school and college photographic work is presented annually by the Photographic Instructors Association which is now nationwide. The following were awarded honorable mentions: Donna Consentino of Oceanside, Karen Clagett of Vista, Janet Kucera of Encinitas, Susan Coppock of Poway with two awards, Susan Maljan of Cardiff, Tom Szalay of Encinitas, two awards, Jim Skovmand of Vista, Pat Downs of Solana Beach, Fumio Okita of Escondido and Jim Graf of Vista. The following also had entries accepted for the exhibit: Marta Ada ms, Bruce Pope, Encinitas; Steve Smith, Karen Martin, and Dave Hightower, Cardiff; Susan Baker, Oceanside; Vern Luna, San Marcos; Waymen Askey, Vista; Gabe Sakakeeny, and Jim McManus, DeLuz. This is the fourth year in a row in which Palomar has placed first in black and white in the western states competition and of nine color entries , four were hung. The exhibit runs through June 26 at The P asadena Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena.
Elephant bazaar nets record profit The Patrons of Palomar's traditional Pink Elephant and Bazaar sale held recently on campus was financially more successful than previous years' sales, said genera l sale chairman Melva Belzer of Vista. "Tabulations of the proceeds from our annual harvest of bargains exceeded $4,100," s aid Belzer. Co- chairmen, Cecelia Roe, Margery Cosh and Virginia Sher(Cont. on page 3)
PHOTOGRAPHERS 'FOCUS' ON AWARDS- Donna Consentino and Susan Coppock placed first and third respectively in the Focus '76 photography contest, college division. Twenty-six Palor~ar prints were submitted, which explains the nearly blank walls of the Photo Lab behind the women. (Photo by Wa ymen Askey)
Democrats hold debate
Gun control evokes audience response Gun control pros and cons aroused much audience reaction at a debate sponsored by the Young Democrats last Wednesday. "Although there weren't many people there (approximately 30), they really reacted to the speakers' comments," remarked Kathy Turner, president of the Young Democrats. "It was a successful debate and evoked so much response." Speaking in opposition of gun control was Ron Bittner, a gun shop owner in Escondido. "My appearance here cannot be construed to defend the ownership of guns ... the ownership of guns need not be defended," Bittner said. To support his views, Bittner stated that there was a relationship
Communication leads proiects Current concerns of the student legislature include communication to the students, a blood drive, library facilities and activity card sales for next semester. "One of the main goals of the student government is to make the students more aware of what's going on," stated John Couture, chairman of the student legislature. "We hope to have an information center during registration to help the students all we can." The Associated Student Government is also sponsoring a blood drive on Wednesday, June 2. The question of adequate facilities
for studying is being looked into by the student legislature. "We've heard complaints about the library being too small and too noisy. Perhaps what we need is an area like the student union, large and informal, but not so noisy," Couture said. Identification and activity card sales for the fall semester are now being planned. New benefits for both cards are hoped to increase sales. "We would like to make the cards a more vital tool and useful to the student," said Laura Spellman, student legislator.
between the number of gun laws in the state and the rate of murders and robberies. According to Bittner, when Philadelphia enacted gun laws and denied guns to mental incompetents, the murder and robbery rates rose far out of proportion to that of the nation. He also mentioned that Ohio has few gun laws, but has much lower murder and robbery rates than other states. "Murders are committed by humans, not guns," Bittner said. Richard Peacock, a teacher in the English Department, spoke in favor of the issue. "Over the last 10 to 15 years, we have seen the Kennedys die, Malcolm X die, and Martin Luther King, Jr. die. We've seen President Ford attacked twice in a month and and George Wallace wounded," Peacock pointed out. There are 40 million hand guns in America and this figure increases by 2.5 million each year. "We license cars, why not guns?" Peacock said. "Guns represent, to men in our culture, masculinity. When one has a gun, he feels adequate, as good or better than other people." Peacock also cited an incident where a man, who was recently released from a mental instition in Tennessee, lied on the gun application and later killed three people. "There were more people killed in Detroit in one year than in the Irish war between 1968 and 1973." (Cont. on page 3)