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

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ITRATDON Worried schedule-seeking stu- dents crowded the administration building in confusion, fearing course-section cutbacks would pre- vent them from getting desired schedules. JC ' s campus became a battlefield in the fight for survival of pre-registration as early as Sun- day night when some students reportedly camped out in front of the registrar ' s office. Some others had been waiting in line since 3 A.M., Monday morning. The explanation as to why this unexpected panic occurred is that course sections for winter term were reduced, due to cutback in state funds, while at the same time enrollment was accelerating. The students anticipated diffi- culty in arranging their schedules because of the cutbacks, the class- es they wanted and needed were not offered in as many different time slots as in the past. Everything that needs to be offered is offered, according to the Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Paul Graham. However, where there were once maybe two or three sections in a subject there may now be only one. The method of handling registra- tion caused much grief to the students who described it as an ordeal , free-for-all , and a few other choice descriptions. The school employed its open door policy , a first-come-first- served method of registration. This was a serious mistake as ' everybody tried to come the first day. The barrage of sever- al thousand students attempting to register had been influenced by rumors that they might not get in. Some classes were cancelled and some students skipped scheduled classes and missed work. In an attempt to thin down the lines, college office workers attempted to hand out numbers so that the students could return later in the day with their place in the order of registration still preserved. People didn ' t trust the num- bers, the spokesman conceded. They stayed in line anyway. BRANDY ZASKEY 30

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A good many things go around in tlie dark besides Santa Claus. Herbert Hoover photo: David Southard On a rainy Sunday evening, Elvin Bishop and another qroup, fc the Arthur Hurley Band, gave a P concert for JC students in the gymnasium. The Elvin Bishop Group, a dynamic rock and soul band, tends to get the audience invol- ved with their jumping songs and crazy antics on stage. The reaction to the concert here at JC was no exception as the crowd responded with wild hand-clapping and foot-stomping as Bishop belted out his get- down songs punctuated with appropriate wails and shrieks from his guitar and did a shuf- fle around stage that has be- come his trademark. The SG- sponsored concert was a memorable one for those who were there and was one of the outstanding events of the year, thanks to a group who is dedicated to giving the best performance possible. It can be all summed up with a quote 0, from Bishop, If you ever see a Bishop concert that ' s down, you let me know. BRANDY ZASKEY 32