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

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Voters ' Registration M ' Mobile registration makes it easy to register. Candidates mingle JC is interested in getting the students actively involved in county politics. This past fall JC held a Meet the Can- didates Day , the first of its type. Out of the 120 candidates running for county of- fices, 79 candidates came to JC for the e- vent. They brought pamphlets, speeches, buttons, smiles and signs that were all dif- ferent shapes and sizes. Dean Glynn who originated the idea said that the purpose was to get the stu- dents involved in politics. It was also A chance for the candidates to present them- selves to the students and to pick up some volunteers for their campaigns. The concept was actually a three-phase operation. First, all candidates were invit- ed to come out and campaign. The second phase was when the winners from the prim- ary came out to gather additional support. The third part of the concept was a tent- tative luncheon which was to be held for the winners from the general election. All together, the three phases created a total involvement for JC. Dean Glynn com- mented that the ' Meet the Candidates Day ' was a great sucess and that the college hopes to do it again in the future, ji LINDA DINGMAN ' Raise your right hand and repeat after me.. 24

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Data Processing Do not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate If pride is a good motivational force, the Data Processing (DP) Center of JC is certainly well inspired, and with good reason. Dale Washburn, director of DP, told of the seemingly ' unknown ' advances that have taken place since 1964. We have 13 sections covering both majors and non-majors, totalHng some 250 students, Washburn noted. He said that about half the students are DP majors. There is no active club or organization that is affiliated with DP. Washburn feels that another club on campus, just wouldn ' t function. Because we are not a ' living campus ' with dorms and all, many students don ' t have the time to organize. he noted. He instituted the ' learning by doing ' theory in the department. The students have their own computer which is not used by faculty or staff. Washburn feels that the individuality of DP for the student is pre- valent more than any other program avail- able here. Jeff Hunter, Manager of Programs and Systems, noted some of the things DP does outside the classroom. We like to look at ourselves as a service center. We help both students outside DP and the comm- unity. Some of the work DP gives outside the JC campus includes road inventory for Palm Beach County, statistical reports for the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, the Veterans Administration and others. But perhaps more importantly, the DP is one of the most vital work forces on cam- pus. The employees of the DP center are all JC graduates, thus actually helping Wash- burn to better educate his present students. Our registration is a model idea, Wash- burn stated. We receive letters daily con- cerning how we ' ve implemented this system at JC ' i DENNY GLAVIN 23

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Beachcomber editor meets with the American Party Candidate Ed Mealey Meet The Candidates ' I want you... i i Bill James presenting his platform 25