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A meeting was held in Rm 600 on May 10 to allow presentation of· alternative plans, but attendance at that meeting was almost non­ existent. The Advisory Board, a few S.B. Eleutions This Week faculty people, and your reporter were the only people present. Dave Stockbridge The three choices offered for next It was decided by a general elec­ Pending the outcome of this Elections will be held this week to year's Student Government are tion last year to set aside this rigid week's election, an election to fill decide fhe future of Student Govern­ retention of the current Advisory form in favor of a more streamlined any elective offices will be held on ment at C.J.C. On the ballot will Board system, reversion to the more type of government. The system in May 30 and 31. This will be preceded appear three choices for the form complex and for_mal Student Council use currently is almost entirely by an ·assembly of candidates in Rm Student Government will take at system, or abolition of Student staffed by volunteers. The Presi­ 600 on May 29. Columbia next year. Government altogether. dency is the only position filled by an Any students who wish to seek Ballots will be available to the The Student Council system elected candidate. An Advisory office are advised to register- with Student Body in front of the consists of an elected President and Board, consisting of interested Linda Dunn or one of the Advisory cafeteria from eight until about elected secretary and an elected students, sits regularly to decide Board members in the Student three during the day on Tuesday and Student Council of approximately matters of finance and support for Activities office. Wednesday and from six-thirty to ten people, depending on the. Student Student initiated projects. Ad-Hoc A candidate must be a full time seven-thirty at night. All registered population. In addition, there are committees formed to fill a specific student, carrying 12 or more units, students of Columbia Junior College several formal committees with need and then dissolved have taken and must be maintaining an ...... are eligible to vote. appointed chairman. the place of standing committees. acedemic average of 2.0 or better.

May 14, 1973 Col~nnhia Q:>llege Vol. III, No. III

DONATIONS.... ) It's .A Gas In Stockton ACCEPTED -•.. By Mike Lombardini IN A RECENT Bullfrog staff meeting, the idea of selling each paper at a nickel or dime apiece was brought up. This brought various reactions from different people·.some said the paper should remain free, while others supported this proposistion of selling the paper. _ After a brief discussion it was di:>,.ided that the paper would remain photo by Cindy FREE, but that DONATIONS.of any amount, even a penny, would be the Bullfrog comes out. POLICE: ARE THEY FOR PROTECTING OR PROVOKING'? accepted. Containers for these So, jf you ve got any spare change donations will be supplied by the loose coill$, or cluttering pennies Bullfrog. This money will go jingling in your pocket, think abeut Last Sunday, April 29, Stockton in line for ·some time. Although the towards helping pay for production donating them to a worthy cause. was a place with a beautiful sunny restrooms were a hassel, the people costs of the paper. Presentl)S it costs The Bullfrog will continue to croak day and abput twenty thousand all took it lightly and made the best us about $140 each time an issue of for all to hear. people who came to Billy Hebert of what they had. Field for a day of fun and music. Then things began to happen. As Good vibrations were felt by every­ people . boogied to the last band, 1 one. The · police weren't searching Fleetwood Mac, some strange ~y for any drugs or weapons-they let things were happening outside the 1~'iW:t~t}-·.J-~ people bring in anything they ball park and a policeman stood on ~Af wanted. At this time, I wouldn't stage talking to the M.C. The police­ 1~ r:Jv'rj~~ . ~ ~f"''{ have thought myself that anything man soon after that song turned off bad could possibly happen. the electricity so that nobody could · °'~·A ~GY-v)~v(J Then the music started and people use the public address system to were drinking, smoking, laughing, inform the crowd that the concert {{5o. iv:r.., ~:.J'P t:;,p ~;"'·\,· r and dancing for this beautiful day was over. Apparently some police­ ;;~1:-r~ ir!>'('fr<) 11;;,:..,tr ,- J .}( was one to remember. Everyone man tried to warn the crowd to was a friend and the music only got leave, but nobody could hear what ~,L~V;,;~A~: . tC~7 you higher. The concert was put on he had said. I was close to the band 7 Iµ (Y by Gold Rush Productions, and even and everyone around there was still ' ~ If: P':' 1!_,L ~ "''-> · y) though there were a few loose ends, waiting for Fleetwood Mac to come 1~ it was organized well. back for an encore. Then it hap­ r.0- ~?00,{ 'j ~} t }"~, ,1-­ One of the loose ends was the bath­ pened without warning: Tear gas room accommodations and they was thrown into the crowd inside the y i.)P·jY ~~r-' f P-, IP/ 1• ~ were pretty bad. People had -to wait ball park. People ran to get out be- Cont. on Page 2 Page2 Bull Frog May 14, 1973 Stockton WE CAN In Brief' from page one cause no one knew what in the hell was going on. At lhis point 1 ask lhe LIVE OFF THE LAND. Elmer F. Bennett, Assistant Di­ Stockton Police Departm~t "Why rector of the Office of Emergency in heU did you gas the peopl~ inside Elaine Squaglia Preparedness, recently stated that Lhe concert when the trouble was How would you like to live off the edible and useful plants of the Sierra he hoped the American public would ou tside the concert?" Well, that's land? !f this interests you, you have Nevada and particularly, Tuolumne voluntarily adopt the use of lower beside the point now , the is two thmgs going for you right off the horsepower engines and restraints done. · County. The student will learn the bat: 1) Those elevations between use of plant identification keys and on the use of other petroleum The people panickeil because they 2,000 and 4,000 feet offer the most methods of collecting, preservtng products, but he added: didn't k-now ~hal to da but run to get abundant wild materials (man, this and preparing material for domesuc "There are real doubts whether .'ome fresh air. They got infuriated is where we live!> and 2) a course use. Field trips will be take·n to the American peo_pJe are going to and a lot of passive pe9Ple turned entitled Wild Edible and Useful different parts of the County. accept such changes in their life­ angr_ and hostile. Police shot people Plants of the Sierra is being pro­ Peggy Edwards, a graduate of style ... The alternative would be ,..in lhe back with rubber bullets and posed for the late summer at Col­ U.C. Berkeley with a degree in to send an expeditionary force to the kept gassing-they had gas .masks. umbia Junior College. Conservation of Natural Resources Middle East that would make Viet­ Bo~lles were thrown by persons ~·o_.uJd you like to I~ to make a is proposed lo instruct the course. nam seem like a picnic." lrym~ to stop the cops, but this ~ehaous. salad of m1ner's lettuce, Peggy has long displayed an interest One can only assume now that the wasn t a good soJution. People were Jam from iJanzanit.a berry blossoms in this particular area of natural re­ present draft law will not expire on beating on youlqs left and right. ar~d useful, beautiful baskets from sources and her artful use of wild June 30th of this year, but rather Then the "~IGS" began walking in 1; 1gg4;r pine need.Jes? If so, this materials can be attested to by Ross young men will once' again the g!·oup of six lo t~n wavfag lheir cou:5e can . le.11 you how. It is Carkeet, who is spearheading the unfair choice of being drafted for an hilly club and saying, ·'Hey. freak, ~es.1_~ned .to make the student proposal to the Curriculum Com­ unj~st war, or leaving the country get out of here before ou gel beat lam1har with the diversity of wild mittee for adoption. agam. up!"' T don't understand this kind of And as we move into the Middle treatment for anyone; not even the East War, there are going to be .o caned "hippie." many who will oppose our being My hair may be longer than any of there. Informed people who·are not the COJ:>S who were fighting but is Tutoring: afraid to speak out will be very Lhal reason enough? I didn.o..._harm lo embarrassing to the Executive a~yone and the only illegal thing J branch _of the Government. · did~ day '»as to smoke marijuana. Even now our Government is During the. chaos o{ the gassing l For . All Who Need It. planning sedition trials to put those ·cut my foot when I stopped · to who opp-os~ these actions into prev~nt. a rp-0ther a no her child concentration camps for the dura­ A question for all you readers who some of these people because the from being lram pJ~d by the scared staff just isn't that good at tutoring tion of th~ w~r. The U.S. Army has m_obr~ ~ngior air . The pain of five would like to do better in school than you did last quarter~did you know calculus and physics. (But we're ~ceotly _1:DS;ti~t-ed a highly classi­ stitches m my foot isn't anythi,Qg fied special umt designated as ''The that the Learning Skills Center has a working on the problem. For all compared lo wha t lba t young 300th Military Police Prisoner of tutoring program which can give other courses we have excellent n,other felt during the melee. War Command" which has its head­ _you your own individual teacher for tutors.) ~r collrs~ this is the way I saw quarters in Livonia, Michigan. three hours a week for any class? It I would like to invite any of you ~at happened, but l myself wouJd people who are heading for a B- or Its~ ~tch is g~n~and gold in liKe to hear some pretty good an­ is absolQ.t.ely free. All you have to do color WJtb a kev embroidei:ed on it is come le room 104 9nd sign up. lower in a class ( or two.or- three) to sweys ~eca use my attituae towards come in. This program is for you, all the mission df Slis secret unit wbil; the police de.P{lrtrnenl now is tha t i'L Up until now, most people who under the ~rect control of Heinz have come in asking to be tutored you need is to want to do it. Along isn't worth the paper I write on. with one-to-one meetinw; with tutors Alfred Kissinger, will be to opera te · 'Signed, are already gQO

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Forced out of the Forum by a Night's " rehearses in the Community Services Program guest Student Lounge. photo by Dave speaker, the cast of "Midsummer The Play 1s The Thing

by dave Stockbridge weave several tales of love that is With less than three weeks to go timeless, before opening night, the cast and The cast has undergone some crew of this Spring's production of changes since the original casting. "Midsummer Night's Dream" move­ Charlie Walker, originally cast as into high gear. Theseus:-Oberon, has left the cast to Nightly rehearsals are scheduled devote full time to his studies. to bring to perfection the C.J.C. Robert Montgomery, originally cast Drama Department's presentation as Peter Quince, has taken over of Shakespea.r's lively, lighthearted Charlie's part. Greg Bennett, under­ comedy. The emphasis js on action study for Jhe role of " Demetrius," in this complex play about the will play the role of 'Pe-ter Quince." foibles of love. Set in ancient Athens, The play is scheduled to open the play uses traditional mythology Friday, June I, in the Forum, don't and the customs of a different era to miss it.

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pnoto by Cindy B.C.R.C. THE NIGHT PEOPLE Once,as I went out into the world ..• The_ stillness of the surroundings, the silence of standing trees, the I saw many people dancing,singing,and compa~able m_otion pf the flowing having fun. water, its magical syrtlfphony is the Once,as I went out in the city late at night, essence of the river. I saw many peonle crying. Standing near a quiet pool with the They each had somethung to cry about .•. fresh buds of buckeye and blossoms I suppose. o~ red bud~ close enough to touch, As the sun came up over the city,it vanished. gives a feelmg of inner peace. It's a peace that flows from the inner soul All that was left was the tears that the outward to encompass the green, night people had cried. y~Ilow and red flowers ; blending As I went home,I found a letter from my Mother, with th_e .gentle lines of rolling hills. She had written to say "Hello". Reahzmg that all these visions are mixed with the music of moving M.T. water, from the distance is heard a light and d~licate sound; a single droplet that 1s part of the thunderous ' . .. Trt.t.c.k,n_, cascade of the entire river. One can feel_ vibrations of the pounding Zap •••••. Your'e on! Ht!"- or Lo~: rapids. The tremendous roar is Zap ., alway~ in your ears, you begin to You freeze for a moment arid just Zap Th'f! Sac.kw-.,tl ~ wo11. wonder about sanity as you m:op gaze. A thousand thoughts are Zap.... Flit.s w;fl..o"'-t tL.e floc.Js· that _sem:mingly small raft to the racing through your brain. edge of the water. A tug sends white caps rushing Are you on or off???? over the edge of the boat. Your Walk slowly towards the wind •• Ooo1Mt.c.J. 'ft, po.ss The river begins to tug at your tiny craft as you dip your paddle into the decent through the first rapid en­ Sing into the fire.~.. Or foll be iA; ''"I 1 crystal clear water. The river slowly velopes your breath into stillness. A Go on,if you can 161 ,. • · ·/ pulls you toward the dancing white unique and overwhelming feeling Go higher. ,.,,.,,,.,., Ok ()t. o""e. foam and fear grips your muscles. overcomes you; you survived it. MARK - David /lries - ··-continued················································~ from last issue. AFTH'- TH£ ~o.- Prpe THt PIPe TA-st.£ ,t. J't>S~ TAl P~OCE.EDS TIJ ~/1J£DY THE. SlrrMTION ...

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by Mike Lewis Dear Ann Landers: I recently I went to the Elvin Bishop, Buddy read · your inadequate response to Miles, Canned Heat and Fleetwood the reader who asked, "Is there apy Mac extravaganza in Stockton. I scientific evidence lha t marijuana is was expecting to have a nice day of harmful?" As a professor of medical music. sun, wine, etc. Instead, I had physics and physiology at the _to use much .of the training I University of California at Berkeley, received in Viet Nam to get back to may I respond to that question? Five my truck without getting tear­ years ago. there was an absence of gassed. valid information. Today we have I was lucky. I had to use the facili­ the results of studies and clinical ties in a gas station while Fleetwood evaluation. Mac was finishing up. When I came We now know that the active back, I saw the police and some ingredient in cannabis (marijuana) bikers hassling on the edge of the affects . Frequent users of park. I picked up a couple of whiffs cannabis show a limited attention of gas. This surprised me, becuse span and the ability to concentrate is the crowd had been really mellow as sharply reduced. Many cannabis far as I could tell. The police began users become lethargic toward their pumping tear gas on the upwind side studies., slip to a low level of of the stands. F'leetwood Mac was motivation and the inclination to still playing. Then somebody came perform foolish acts rises sharply. 11ver the P.A. and said to disperse. It is not true that marijuana I left the scene out of · discretion smoking invariably leads to harder learned in another .war zone. What drugs. But heavy and frequent followed was a tragic mele of bottle cannabis users DO go on to heroin th rowing and cursing, pig-against­ more often than was previously streetpeople. The Bull Frog. would believed.' The number of heroin like to hand the Stockton police the addicts is approximately 2 million :Vickie Finger of Funk Award for and most of them graduated from their complete lack of tact and pot. I conducted 454 interviews with eagerness to resort to tactics. heroin addicts and my findings are "The Man" has a hard job, being a based on these interviews. policeman is not given the respect it Cannabis users do riot understand deserves. It makes a person a social what has happened to them. In the outcast with many segments of the· Journal of the American Medical population. The pay isn't enough to Association, October 2, 1972, compensate for the amount of static Professors of Psychiatry Kolansky .a policeman has to endure. But he and· Moore report on 13 consecutive does have to endure. There is no cases of adult cannabis toxicity. All place in a free society for a police­ were previously well-adjusted, man without restrair:it. It's a tough Letters to the Editor productive, responsible people. job ;rnd many of us make it After daily use, all quit work, tougher-but it's a job that has to be deserted families and became in­ done right. Where is law and order A movement against the dolent. None could explain why. Half when the law has no order? Trish Enloe established order is slowly gaining of these subjects recovered aftet . The police came prepared in full Today our country is in a state of momentum. Oppressed people are total abstinence. riot gear. The third floor of the jail great unrest. People are no longer jQining together in their struggle Those who smoke cannabis three · had been cleared in anticipation. If contented with the status quo. A new against the policies of the years or longer show a poor the police would have just told the generation is coming into power, Democrats and Republicans who recovery rate. After three years, crowd. to leave, there would have :rnd the.y are questioning the fogefher really make up one class, daily use of cannabis in heavy doses been some grumbling, but that is all. establis'hed order. the Capitalists. The Raza Unida leads to brain atrophy. The bikers have to share some of The majority of our citizens are Party of the Chicanos is oecoming Approximately 50 percent of the the blame for starting the hassle. It being oppressed and exploited by quite popular, and the Blacks are "weekend" cannabis users progre~ is never right to throw bottles at the the wealthy ruling class. We have struggling to form their own party. to daily use in three or four years. police, but the police must shoulder the technology to feed, clothe and Among the youth and the intel­ The daily user rarely perceives any most of"the blame for their storm shelter the multitudes; yet there are lectuals, there is a shift to the left change in h~mself .- Those I C: per­ trooper tactics. Americans of any people among us who are starving.

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In view of the fact that Veneral Disease has reached near epidemic proportions on all California college Ruth Hagstrom (School Nurse): campuses, why do you feel this has One of the main causes of veneral occured, or what conditions' do you disease is the lack of proper think would have prevented education on the subject. On the this? Photos by Johri Watson other hand, the best source for protection, prevention, and treat­ ment is a combination of clinical treatment and education, which this country now has. Free information and free clinical help. ur,"3. : Unawareness of true facts about veneral disease is .--=gesi:..--r-8EU-E.ll.;] Greg Bennett one of the problems. Also~I feel that treatment should be free, without being obligated to give even y9ur 0 fnd ,an Jewe.lrr name. o Us&d e-J

True or False: "Marijuana leads ence, seeking escape from an in-· to harder drugs." tolerable reality. He may try mari­ Unfortunately, the answer is true. juana looking for that escape, but he But not for the reasons implied by soon finds that the Noble Weed does those who would treat marijuana not provide it and goes on to some­ users as criminals. thing else. It is not accurate to say Opponents of Proposition 19, the that the heroin addict starts with California Marijuana Initiative marijuana and "progresses" to cited a survey which showed that~­ heroin. The truth is that he tries very large f)ercentage of heroin marijuana and, disappointed, then addicts had used marijuana prior to tries heroin or one of the pharma­ using heroin. They presented these ceutical "downers." figures as "proof" that marijuana The main connection between led t_o heroin addiction. This-logic is marijuana and narcotic drugs lies in not Just faulty, it is insane. It can the laws that place them tog~ther. easily be said that 100 percent of all Pharmacologically and psycho­ heroin addicts were given oral doses logically, heroin and the like are far of milk in infancy, thereby estab- more closely akin to alcohol than to 1ishing absolute proof that milk marijuana. Yet marijuana is more leads to. heroin addiction. This likely to "lead" to heroin than beer. conclusion is further supported by Why? Because marijuana and nar­ the fact that heroin prepared for cotics are both driven underground injection is milkv in color and that by the same laws. The sources that the syringe itself-strongly resembles must be sought out to obtain mari­ a baby bottle.