Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE WINTER TERM, 1972 THERE WAS A FIRE ON CAMPUS NOW THIS WAS NOT A THREE ALARM BLAZE SWEEPING THE LIBRARY, NOR WAS THE SAC LOUNGE DESTROYED, JUST A PROTEST. NOW THIS PROTEST WASN ' T AGAINST THE ' VIET-NAM ' WAR, OR ABOUT THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTAL ELECTION, JUST THE BURNING OF A FEW YEARBOOKS. WHY? WELL IT SEEMS THAT DUE TO A LATE START, FEW STUDENTS TO DO A HELL OF A LOT OF WORK, AND A BAD PRINTING JOB, SOME STUDENTS WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE YEARBOOK. IF YOU PICKED UP A COPY IN THE CAFETERIA YOU MIGHT HAVE FELT LIKE FEEDING THE FIRE . . . OR YOU MIGHT HAVE ACCEPTED THE CHANGE FROM THE TRADITIONAL COLLEGE YEARBOOK, OVERLOOKING A FEW DISCREPENCIES ... IN EITHER CASE IT DOESN ' T MATTER NOW. SOME OF THOSE ' PROTESTORS ' LODGED VERBAL COMPLAINTS WITH THE ADVISOR, MR. ARANT; AFTERWARDS OFFERING THEIR SERVICES FOR THE NEXT YEARS YEARBOOK, UNFORTUNATELY THIS HELP NEVER MATERIALIZED SUGGESTION BOXES WERE PLACED AROUND CAMPUS BUT OUT OF THE SMALL NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS RECEIVED MOST WERE OBSCENE. THIS YEAR THERE WERE AGAIN PROBLEMS BUT ALOT WAS LEARNED, THE GALLEON HAS COME A LONG WAY CONSUMING A LOT OF MAN HOURS; AND PLENTY OF CRITICISM BUT LITTLE HELP