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

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Clubology 101 The Science Club has been one of the longest existing clubs here at J.C. and why not? For the past 14 years they have done almost everything you could imagine to do in the outdoors and this year will not be different. They plan to go canoeing down the Loxahatchee, starting at Indiantown, and at O ' leno State Park in the north- ern part of Florida and other places that are available and interesting. In one trip, the Science Club plans to go tubing down the Ichetucknee, then to a plantetarium, and finally to Seaworld in Orlando. On another trip towards the end of the year the Science Club has planned to go cave exploring and down the white water rapids in North Carolina and Tennessee, then on the way back from there they will be slop- ing at the Florida State Museum in Gainesville, just outside the University. The main goal of the Science Club is to try to involve as many students as possible with the outdoors life according to the advisor, Glen Mar- steller. The club which has about 70 members keep all activities open to all. About one-third of the people going on the canoe trips and other activities are not members; although it does not take much to be a member - only about $2.00 dues and participate in the meetings, activities and fund rai- sing events. If you are interested in an adventuresome study of science contact Mr. Marsteller. The campus radio station, WPBC, is back in the swing of things after it was shut down because of some com- plaints from students and lack of staff members near the end of the winter term last year. Mrs. Mathews, the station ' s advisor and Ms. Toni Ann Mistretta, program- ming director started the radio station up again in hopes they could have a broadcasting course here at the Junior College. It will be up to the students to prove it will be worth while to the staff , says Mrs. Mathews, who gradu- ated from the National Academy of Broadcasting in Washington. The radio station, which can be heard between 8:30 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. in the cafeteria, SAC lounge and on the patio, plays mainly rock and has

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Do you find yourself financially in trouble because of tutition, books, food and rent? Well, how would you like to go to school and have the gov- ernment pay for it? That ' s what I did I get paid $311 per month for going to school under the old GI bill. You say you like the idea and you ' re thinking of joining the military for the GI ben- efits? Well, before you go down and sign up, you should know that the ben- efits for veterans are no longer the same under the revised GI bill. Also there are many rules which civilans do not have to worry about. While attending school, you can not miss the same class twice in a row, you can ' t the same class twice in a row, you can ' t miss more than four days a sem- ester, and you must mantain a C average. Interview with Mr. Davis Ward who is working for the Veteran Adminis- tration in West Palm Beach. Q: Mr. Ward, what do you think of the revised GI bill? A: I do not believe that the re- vised bill will be as good as the old bill oecause under the old GI bill, if the veteran wanted to go to school, he could simply apply and recieve up to $311 per month. The amount he re- cieved depended on his schedule load. Now, under the revised bill, the vete- ran must pay approximately 1 3 of his schooling costs. That is to say, for every one dollar that he pays towards his schooling, the government will pay two dollars. However, there is a $225 • per month limit. r — ft P| - g V 1 ' a 1 i H r m ■ V After interviewing several people under both the old and revised GI bills, it seems that the old GI bill is more practical for today. But, since it is not in effect, if you are thinking about joining the military just for the ben- efits, be sure that you save enough money while you are in the service. That way, when you are discharged, you can start back to school without any delay. Barry Underwood

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29 — When K athi Irish and Lori Burn- ham went to Dr. Miles office to see if there was an Art Club at Junior Coll- ege they didn ' t know they would be starting the Art Club, under the dir- ection of Kathi and Lori the art club was started again with Dr. Miles acting as advisor. We wanted to get all the people together who are good at painting and drawing because there is lot of talent here at J.C. and it would be a shame to waste it, says Kathi who is a stu- dent here along with Lori. The Art Club this year plans to have films, attend lectures, and go on field trips to what ever galleries they can. They also plan to have a fund rai- sing program by having an art exhibi- tion and art sales where the students would get a small commission as well as to maybe do a few murals around the school. The Art Club is an advisory type club and is always open, so if you are interested contact Kathi Irish, Lori Burnham or Dr. Miles in the Human- ities Building. included specialized shows, more news and sports, restaurant and club reviews, concert listings, and a free classified ad service for students. Right now it has a staff of about 15, but the more members it has the bet- ter the chances of it becoming a broad- casting course and possibly becoming an FM station in the future. After being absent for one year the Junior College Amateur Radio Club is back in operation. It is under the dir- ection of Mr. Joseph Macy, who teach- es the law of operating an amateur, or ham radio, and Mr. Jack Carlos, who teaches the electronics and technical application. The transmitter and re- ceiver at J.C. is a Drake and puts out 200 watts, it is in the radio room, sec- ond floor of the tech building, just below the antenna. The radio club hopes to have a number of students and teachers to join and participate in the radio club and soon hope to be experts in ham operation. Ham radios are different than citizen band radios (CB) because they are alot more powerful. One can talk all over the world depending upon the power, but with a CB you can only talk up to 150 miles. Because ham radios are much more powerful a license is required. In order to get a license, one has to pass tests involving morse code, electron- ics, radio theory, rules and regulations. There are five different classes of li- cense: novice, technician, general, ad- vance, and extra. The higher the license, the more privileges. Gary Sprague