The Telescope
Palomar College Volume 29 Number 25 May 28, 1976 San Marcos 92069
Show features work by blind students
ART FOR THE BLIND- Dee Lewbel and Jane Opiat (L to R) examine one of the displays in the Art History show currently on view in the library. The show is unique in that blind students are participating. (Photo by Waymen Askey)
TODAY Christian Science meeting at 2 p.m. in P-18. MONDAY Memorial Day holiday. TUESDAY SIMS meets at 11 a.m. in E-1. Administrative Council meets at 11 a.m. in the Conference Room. PSI Energetics information table will be set up at 11 a .m. in the Student Union area. Title IX will be the subject of an Administration Faculty meeting at 3 p.m. in the Student Union. The Women's Spring Sports Award Banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the San Marcos Barn. Call Student Activities Office, Ext. 301 for reservations. Cost is $4 per person. WEDNESDAY Are theMartians Coming? is a program being offered at the Planetarium at 7:15 and 8:30 p.m. Young Democrats will meet at 11 a.m. in ES-9. lnterclub Council meets at 1 p.m. in P-30. Concert Hour Recital will be held at 11 a.m. in C-5. San Diego Blood Bank Bloodmobile will accept donations from qualified persons from 9:30a.m. to 1 :30 p.m. at the Student Union. Contributions go to a fund reserved
for college students, faculty and staff members and their families, and when needed is provided at no cost. THURSDAY ASGwillcontinueits Budget meeting at 2 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room. A cancer clinic providing pap smear and breast check for female students will be held between 9 and 10 a.m. in Health Services. There will be a $3.50 charge, which is half the usual lab fee.
Each semester the History of Art class (Art 20 and 21), put on, as their term project, a student art show. This semester's show will be unique in that it will be the first time blind students will be participating. The students, Gladys Whall, Donnis Krebs and Elmer Hendrickson, together with their instructor, Dee Lewbel are redesigning the existing History of Art course to suit the needs of the previously sighted student. "This is a totally new concept for a new course," Lewbel said, "It's a great thing that's happening for many people." Lew bel met the three as they were . entering a music appreciation course held in the same room as the History of Art class. She has helped them ever since. "They asked me what I did, and when I told them, Donnis said she wished there was such a course for the blind. The others readily agreed, and that's how we got started," Lewbel explained. Lewbel then went to Rita White with the proposal. White is the originator and instructor for the course, and she is also the chairperson for the Art Department. With White's enthusiastic support, Lewbel talked the idea over with Eugene Zevin, Special Projects Coordinator. "He was very enthusiastic and offered all kinds of support which he and his staff have given me. "They make me feel I'm doing something worthwhile." The going is sometimes slow, as all areas of the course have to be reorganized to suit the special needs of the blind. The established course consists of packets which deal with certain periods in art history. In addition to the packets, tapes, slide trays and lectures are also used.
Appointments scheduled
Priority registration appointments for the fall semester are now being scheduled based on current students' intent to re-enroll. Continuing students have received postcards in the mail requesting their intention to enroll in the fall. To receive priority appointments for a provocative afternoon of discus- fall registration, the cards must be sion. returned by July 30. Topics will include, but not The procedure in the past required necessarily be limited to, sexual all students to submit applications discrimination in admission policy, for admission and registration vocational program, P.E., employ- before they could receive a priority ment on and off campus, and card," said college registrar Herman anything else anyone can think of c. Lee. that relates. Registration priority will be based Input from students (male and on the number of units completed. female) is especially desired, as that Computer equipment makes this usually makes the output more procedure possible and eases the interesting. Particulars you'll want updating of student information in to remember are: Tuesday,June 1, at the college records section. Because 3 p.m., in the Student Union. If you of this, students will no longer have don't come, don't hum- or ho-hum to stand in long lines to submit either. If you do come, bring your applications for enrollment. memories. For further information on As a reward for attendance, you'll procedures stop by the registration get to find out what Title IX and all office here or call 744-1150 or 7277529. the fuss are all about.
Title IX debates on tap If the last thing you think about before you go to sleep at night is sexual discrimination (close?), here is your chance. On the other hand, if you are firmly convinced that no such thing exists at Palomar, come shout it out. It's time to open your mouth for Title IX. This somewhat obscure Federal regulation will be the subject of an in-depth study at Palomar, adding life to busy people's already hectic schedules. Since the remedy for any problem found in this area at Palomar is something other than plop-plop fizzfizz, Dean Gene Jackson and committee cordially invite students to join them and other faculty and staff members, as well as the vocal minority and the silent majority for
"All four of these areas have to be reorganized for the particular needs,'' Lew bel said, "We take them apart line by line." While the class, which meets three times a week in the HH building, is in progress, Lewbel works with her eyes closed. "It puts us on an even keel. 'If I can see them, I can see their reaction. With my eyes closed, if I ask if something seems reasonable, I get a verbal response." The three students are doing everything the original course requires. They went on a field trip to Gray's gallery in Escondido. They were seated and certain art objects w¡ere brought to them to perceive and comment on. Afterward they wrote a review of what they had experienced. Each student has completed a project for the art show which will be held in the main library. It began Monday and will run through June 14. "What's exciting about it (the projects), is that they have only been working (with the class), two months," said Lewbel. Krebs, who lives in Vista, has made a three-dimensional plywood map of the campus. All the buildings have been identified in Braille. "I really wanted Gladys (Whall) to see the campus as I remember it," she said. (Cont. on page 5, col. 4)