Moffat Leads Baja Trip

^ SENTINEL Volume 20, Number'l l Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 January 13,1978 Moffat leads Baja trip By MICHAEL KEARNS a proboscis. This proboscis’ purpose looks ferocious, a Almost like clockwork thi territorial tool in fact, that time of year, a series of event actually hinders more than it take place that only a small per helps. He is an awewome, but centage of people ever get to see beautiful sight in any case. It’s up close. From late December tc sad to think these great creatures late March, wildlife activity a were formerly abundant as long the coast is at its peak far as Point Reyes, but were Elephant seals pup and hunted so extensively for their breed, gray whales bear their fine quality oil that they were young, sea lions swim and nearly exterminated. They are bask among the volcanic rocks easily aggravated during the and cliffs. In addition, migratory breeding season. Approaching shorebirds and waterfowl a- them at this time frigirtens them bound, plant life is often in and may result in crushing their bloom from the winter rains own pups. and killer whales and dolphins Oozing into San Ignacio Instructor Glen Moffat leads students on Baja marine wildlife tour. may be seen. Lagoon created a tremendous Recently, this writer had excitement among the passen the good fortune of joining gers. This is an outstanding Glenn Moffat (professor of biol breeding habitat for the gray ogy and ecology at Foothill), whale. These creatures are grace Student Sanchez wins and another Foothill student, ful giants, outsmarting us at Cathy Nau, for a trip that took every turn. us down along the coast of Baja, How small and unimportant Doug Herman award California. Moffat was one of everyone seemed to feel among the leaders of the expedition, By FLO PALLAKOFF organization which raises funds last year in a tragic accident. our hosts and surroundings, our sponsored by Nature Expedi for and operates KFJC, the Herman, a victim of muscular eyes wide open, listening and tions I international (N.E.L). The The first winner of the campus radio station. dystrophy, died by strangulation looking for a whale to sound, main interest focused on the Douglas Herman Memorial “My field is T.V. journalism when he became entangled in a followed by those magnificent migration of the gray whale and Scholarship is 22 year old Bar and broadcast news,” says San pully device which he used to flukes dripping and gliding, the elephant seals, both species bara Sanchez, according to Foot chez. She plans to enter San get from his bed to a wheel sinking below. The whales put populations were at one time or hill College Assistant Scholarship Jose State University as a junior chair. A trust fund benefiting off a primitive atmosphere, yet another, dangerously low. Chairman, Sidnee Leong. next fall and hopes eventually disabled students was also at the same time, there is an The San Benitos islands lie Sanchez, a second year to receive a Masters degree in established in his honor. The unquestionable intelligence. approximately half-way down Broadcasting major, is the first broadcasting. Douglas Herman Memorial There are around 15-18 the coast of Baja, California. recipient of the $100 grant The scholarship honors the Scholarship is separately funded thousand gray whales left. They, They are among the most established last year by the memory of Douglas Herman, a by the Dead Air Club and is along with the other sea lions, beautiful and interesting islands “Dead Air Club,” a student KFJC disc jockey, who died open to all broadcasting majors. seals and dolphins have fortun in Baja, and have served as ately been in less danger since breeding grounds for California the 1972 “Mammal Act,” but sea lions and the elephant seals then there is the blue whale, for hundreds of years. From a who numbers less than a thou distance, they seem to give one a sand. Unfortunately its value has Transit Center Proposed vision of the fog shrouded Skull been responsible for its near Island from the original “King extinction. Kong” movie. Costello Island, southeast directed to request a study of ters and would “provide a The ignorance of man is quadrant 0f the Moody Rd. and the traffic flow around the Cos sheltered bus stop for Foothill A bull elephant seal reaches well known. All these facts come Foothill Expressway intersec tello Island area, and discuss Students.” a length of 15—16 feet and into play when you are actual tion, may soon be purchased by purchase of the land with the If and when the transfer weighs about 4,000 to 5,000 ly there. The killing here, has the Town of Los Altos for use property owner. Rezoning at center is completed, parking pounds. It’s quite fascinating to stopped to a degree, Mexico was as a proposed transit center. that time will be reconsidered. could be available to Foothill watch these creatures undulate the first to take a hand in this,, A request for possible re The transit center would be commuters at Costello Island. across a beach and lumber into then the U.S., then Canada. zoning of the parcel from the the Los Altos central Santa Those who are tired of driving the ocean. It looks somewhat If you talk to Moffat about current xh acre single family Clara County Transit transfer the back area of the parking lot like a monster inch-worm. The whales, gray whales especially, dwelling use to Public and location. Dave Donahue, Town by 280 and being forced to park male develops a bulbous enlarge you can be prepared to learn Community Facilities (CF) use Engineer, claims the location illegally regardless, may have the ment of the snout (thus his (continued on page 4) was denied. The staff was would be ideal for area commu bus as an eventual alternative. name), that is commonly called Page 2, January 13, 1978, Foothill SENTINEL The SENTINEL welcomes letters to the Editor. Please submit by 10 a.m. Mondays, Foothill weathers in M-24, the SENTINEL office. Names may be On the Spot withheld from print by the request of the storm writer, but no letter will be printed without the By DAVID COLLINS AND PETER BLISS By FLO PALLAKOFF shades of greens ana author’s identity being known to the Editor. “Sometimes little browns. Rain is sensuous.” RAIN COMES IN MANY FORMS. WHICH DO problems can run into big Because of building problems,” said Walt Editor: YOU LIKE? design, Foothill College operating to respond to Zander, the Facility Super The December 2nd roofs catch an enormous women’s needs, it appears visor of Foothill College. SENTINEL article on amount of water during a that-with a little shop No pun intended, even “Women in Continuing Sigrid Hanson, Liberal storm. ping around—whatever wo Arts: though he was talking Education” indicated that men want, women will “The misty kind of about the storm drain The design does not there are two women’s get.” system. include the usual down rain at the beach.” centers on campus. At Foothill one third This visit to Zander’s spouts, Zander explains. “Wow!’, we thought, “ two of the student enrollment Instead, there is a gutter office (officially, Physical women’s centers on cam this year is women contin system that collects roof Plant Administration) was pus!” so off we went to uing their education. Many prompted by the first run-off and directs it along investigate Room 7A in of these women are trying significant rains in two selected beams. The water the administration build to obtain skills to be Scott Pierce, English: years. than pours off the beam ing. What we found out self-supporting. Many have onto rock aggregate splash “I like hail; to hail and what we would like families and jobs as well as From Zander’s office pads and then into pea- with it.” to clarify for the student classes. These diverse wo window in the Adminis rock drainage paths along body is as follows: men need the diversity of tration Building, one could the walkways. 1) Room 7A in ad women’s programs at see the long-awaited wa The drainage paths ministration is Georgia Foothill. Each program ters cascading down the flow into the underground Meredith’s office out of meets a need; there are no campus’ steep pitched storm drain system, a which comes the Contin duplications. Dennis Cartwright roofs, transforming heavy series of pipes 24 to 32 beams into modern day uing Education for Women We would like to ap Science: inches in diamater, that gargoyles. program. This program plaud the SENTINEL for “Snow is one of the empty into the creeks or Students hugged provides entrichment doing a feature article on nicer forms. I like es sewage systems downhill. building walls as they courses, community short women’s studies oppor pecially the crystaline The biggest storm-re scampered from class to courses and other flexi tunities but we found the crystals.” lated probelm on the hill class, gingerly avoiding the ble projects that serve article misleading at points top campus, according to mini-waterfalls from above women. and sometimes patronizing Zander, is erosion. and quick-forming rivulets 2) Foothill also offers in tone. Women’s studies Zander keeps tabs on and ponds on the ground. a women’s studies pro still has a very small bud potential and actual pro Hans Mooyman, undeci Overnight, the dry creek gram. This sprogram, co get. The women’s center blems (clogged drains, ded: bed between the campus ordinated by Peggy Moore, and peer counseling for leaks, pooling, sidewalk “Snow.

Load more