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the telescope Monday, Nov. 28, 2011

Vol. 65, No. 8

Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif.

NOT AGAIN: TUITION GOING UP $10 4 3 shaun kahmann the telescope

What can you do with $10?

Another $10-per-unit fee hike is likely on the horizon if the state doesn’t find more money before Dec. 15.

When California legislators decided to raise community college tuition fees from $26 to $36-per-unit last January, they implemented a trigger that would cut the system’s budget by $30 million and bump up tuition in Summer 2012 if state coffers remained empty.

The $30 million cut will take effect f state revenue falls more than a $1 billion below projections. If the shortfall is more than $2 billion, a $102 million cut will be implemented in addition to the tuition increase, according to a report from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office.

One silver lining is that the Board of Governors (BOG) fee waiver will not be affected by the increase, according to Palomar Director of Financial Aid Mary San Agustin, allowing low-income students to dodge a financial bullet.

The Legislative Analyst Office released a projection on California’s revenue on Nov.15. Now, it is up to the Department of Finance to decide whether to pull the trigger and raise fees in December, according to Joseph Newmyer, interim Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services.

If implemented, the new tuition hikes will have students paying 27 percent more than they do now.

That’s a 65 percent increase since last spring. Mark Evilsizer, presiturn to tuItioN, PAGE 7

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Professor to teach students about Occupy

Federal agents discuss dangers of trafficking

Protesters demonstrate on Nov. 21 at an Occupy UC Davis in Davis, California.

(Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee/MCT)

The average age of entry into prostitution is 12, according to an FBI agent who spoke at Palomar in early November. (Courtesy LibyaFreePress)

SHOULD SERVICE ANIMALS BE ALLOWED IN THE CLASSROOM? FIND OUT ON PAGE 4

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LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GEEK OUT ABOUT GOOD MOVIES? WE’VE GOT IT ON PAGE 5 PLUS: A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE ON TUITION HIKES ON PAGE 3 AND DEEP BACKGROUND ON A COOL COACH ON PAGE 8

Palomar may soon be offering an opportunity to learn about the Occupy movement and collaborate with fellow San Diego protestors.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has been taking the world by storm since Sept.

17.

What started as a small protest against corporate greed camped in downtown Manhattan has now spread to over 100 cities nationwide, in-

cluding San Diego.

Dr. Phillip Debarros, professor of anthropology, has taken a particular interest in the Occupy movement.

Before the protests began, Debarros had already been dealing with his own frustrations about the dysfunctional aspects of American government. He wanted to organize a demonstration at Palomar for CNN, but once Occupy Wall Street started he decided to throw his weight behind turn to occupY, PAGE 11

KAITY BERGQUIST the telescope

One out of three runaway teens on the street will be lured toward prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home, according to FBI officials who came to Palomar recently.

Palomar’s Phi Theta Kappa club hosted a presentation on human trafficking on Nov. 15 to a standing-room-only audience of more than 100 people.

It was co-hosted by the Child Development Club and Palo-

mar 4 People.

Two FBI agents and a sergeant from the San Diego Police Department gave presentations. An FBI Supervising Special Agent also attended.

The names of the agents who presented are not being used because of security reasons.

The first agent who presented, a San Diego FBI agent who works in the crimes against children unit, talked about the risk of children being sexually exploited. She turn to human, PAGE 7

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Students walk in front of the Student Services Center on Sept. 20. Many students flocked there on Nov. 8 at the start of open enrollment for the Spring 2012 semester. (Kent Whitney/The Telescope)

Palomar’s budgetary future unclear IAN HANNER THE TELESCOPE

Palomar administrators held an All College Forum earlier this month and told the audience it was fortunate the school has $20 million saved because they need it now.

The administration announced earlier this year that they had an ending fund balance in excess of $20 million, drawing criticism from professors and students in light of the recent class cuts.

On Nov. 9, several administrative chairs as well as College President Robert Deegan gave their budget reports to the governing board in a public presentation.

Joe Newmyer, the vice president of finance, started the forum with an update on the state of the budget. Newmyer showed a brief PowerPoint that broke down the way money has been spent for this fiscal year.

“A lot of people criticized the ending fund balance, but thank goodness it was there because it got us through this year,” Newmyer said. “Next year we’re going to see a problem.”

Newmyer backed up his sentiment for the coming year with some math, showing that as of June 30, 2012, the administration expects an ending fund balance of $4.1 million. He said though this number

Available transfer resources QUANG PHAM THE TELESCOPE

From counselors to websites, there are multiple resources to help students transfer from Palomar College, school officials said recently.

One new way is to log onto the assist.org website. From there, students can go to the CSUMentor. edu site, the UC Admissions site, or the SDSU site.

Palomar also offers workshops that help students fill out applicationsforCSUorUCschools,throughout the semester. The website www.palomar.edu/counseling/ transfercenter gives the latest dates and times.

“Students need to be proactive and make sure they see a counselor at least once a semester to develop a transfer education plan,” said Elvia Nunez, director of the Transfer Center. “It is important that students complete a general education pattern and major prep before transfer.”

There is also money to help with transfers for those in certain fields.

A $1.9 million grant is coming to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs of Palomar and Cal State San Marcos. This grant will occur over five years to increase the number of transfers from Palomar to Cal State San Marcos.

The Student Transfer Achievement Act will streamline the transfer process by permitting students to transfer without repeating many courses, especially in the psychology and sociology fields.

Accreditation of Palomar by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges helps affirm students’ degrees and credits and able to transfer to other colleges.

With the budget cuts and recession, it is getting harder to transfer.

“The CSU’s and UC’s have had to reduce the number of students they accept, so we’ve been asked to prepare students for transfer, but there aren’t enough seats available,” President Deegan said.

Contact Quang Pham, staff writer, at qpham@the-telescope.com

seems large, it is insufficient to run a school of Palomar’s size.

Palomar’s president has routinely insisted that with roughly 33,000 students, a cash cushion is necessary to the continued well-being of the institution.

“If adjustments need to be made, it is better to have a soft landing than a crash,” Deegan said.

Deegan, tasked with the issue of Palomar’s sustained success, has asked Newmyer to provide the information to the strategic planning council so that a plan for a “softlanding” may be drafted.

“Virtually all the computers we’ve got in the last few years have come from the Prop. M money,” Deegan said of a voter-approved bond. “A day will come in the future when it will cost about $3 million a year to repair and replace our equipment and we won’t be able to use Prop. M money a second time.”

If funds continue to dwindle,

Deegan said that the school will need to reduce the number of students they can serve to 18,150 full time equivalent students, or essentially, 15 credits per student.

This number is further subdivided among part-time students, who share an FTES slot.

It was also highlighted that with the troops coming home from deployments in the Middle East, the administration is expecting a surge of military students attending Palomar soon.

“Palomar has served more veterans, with veteran benefits, than any other college or university in the state,” Deegan said.

Stepping away from budgetary issues for the remainder of the forum, the president talked about the improvements that have been made to the campus.

“In just six years, we’ve built the new Natural Sciences building and the planetarium is nearing comple-

tion,” Deegan said. “The Industrial Technologies building is supposed to be finished this Fall and opening up in the Spring.”

A hot topic on many students and professor’s minds is the issue of parking, a concern Deegan said he was happy to alleviate with the announcement that an extra 210 parking spaces. They will be completed by the start of the next fall semester, with a temporary parking zone for construction workers being built to leave the lot open for the students.

Also slated for completion by fall of 2012 is the Palomar Arboretum, a long-anticipated botanical endeavor.

“I am proud that this is a large and comprehensive college, and we want to maintain that,” Deegan said.

Contact Ian Hanner, staff writer, at ihanner@the-telescope.com

Palomar shows pride at homecoming rally AUBREE PICKARD THE TELESCOPE

Palomar held its first Comet Homecoming Nov. 2, and invited Palomar students and alumni to visit with past and present college friends and faculty while engaging in multiple activities before watching a football game.

According to Jesse Lyn Clark, board member of the Palomar College Alumni & Friends group, Palomar college athletics and Alumni & Friends have wanted the school to have homecoming events for some time.

“Our hope is to have homecoming as a part of the regular Palomar Campus Activities calendar from now on,” Clark said.

Alumni & Friends had a booth at the homecoming game where

the group was able to talk to students and other community members about Palomar College.

There were games, dancers, the Palomar cheerleaders and even a DJ. There was not an official count of attendees. Clark said she wants to make it bigger.

“It is very important that we reach out to the students at these events,” she added. “A fulfilling Palomar College community experience is inclusive of students, faculty, staff, administration, alumni, as well as friends and family throughout the district.”

The group has been trying to put together events on campus to connect Palomar students and alumni.

Alumni & Friends is not only for students who have graduated

from Palomar, but it is also for students who currently attend Palomar as well as supporters of Palomar College.

According to Clark the event is important because it is harder to make friends at a two-year school because people often aren’t as invested as at a four-year school.

The group hopes to show students that their time at Palomar is not limited to the classes they attend, but they are also able to have fun and stay connected as they move forward.

“I hope that they [Palomar students] feel that it is a worthwhile event which will keep on growing,” Clark said.

Contact Aubree Pickard, staff writer, at apickard@the-telescope.com

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THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE

Witty, insightful commentary on Palomar ‘s population

BY COLLEEN PETERS & KAITY BERGQUIST

WHEN COMPARED TO UNIVERSITIES, TUITION INCREASE COULD BE WORSE In the spirit of the recent Thanksgiving holiday, we’ve made a list of things we are thankful for here at Palomar.

1. We’re thankful that we have cheap tuition.

2. We’re thankful that we have crappy parking. It’s giving us the opportunity to learn patience.

3. We’re thankful that we have bathrooms on campus. It is nice that they thought of that.

4. …?

We honestly couldn’t think of any more.

What we do know is that we’re grateful that we are still able to afford to attend college.

Tuition is going to increase by $10 next summer, making units $46 each.

Big whoop.

Coming to Palomar was probably the best choice any of us have ever made, because we have it easy here. The biggest downfall is that the parking sucks; in reality, we have no reason to be angry about this fee increase.

Palomar is a community college, and community college equals cheap. In comparison to the four-year schools, we have it great. Tuition at CSUSM is $5,472 per year. That is before books, parking and other expenses throughout the year.

If you take 14 units here at Palomar, that $46 per unit will total $644 per semester, and $1,288 per year. So our $46, it is a walk in the park. Plus, next year, it was

just announced that CSUs are increasing tuition by 9 percent.

That’s going to hurt. We are only going up by $10.

With all the money that we save by not going to a university, we can buy all sorts of essentials.

Like a pizza cutter shaped like the U.S.S. Enterprise, a pair of umbrella shoes, or a Big Foot garden Yeti sculpture. We really want that Big Foot sculpture.

The only thing you should be angry about (if you need to be angry about anything) is why you are at Palomar in the first place.

If you think all the way back to your senior year in high school (a very long time ago, we know), think about why you made the decision to come to Palomar instead of one of the major fouryear schools clamoring for your attention.

That reason, for most of us, was money. Probably the lack of it.

If you are angry about the fee increase, then by all means, complain about it. Let the administration know what you think. If you don’t voice your concerns, nobody will.That is why they are your concerns; only you know them until you speak up.

The state of California will deem fit to continue to raise the prices, but next time, it might be more than just a $10 increase.

If you don’t really care, that’s fine, too. Continue on your apathetic way.

And then there are the park-

ing permits.

We’ve got that easy, too.

Here at Palomar; it’s $40 per car. SDSU charges $135 per semester. CSUSM charges $338 for a semester, or $643 for the entire school year.

A paltry $40 sounds nice right about now, doesn’t it?

Sure, parking is a nightmare, but if you get here around 4 a.m., you might be able to find a good spot. The key to not getting frustrated with parking is to get here at a decent time.

Palomar is a good school, really (sometimes). We’ve got good classes and professors, a bunch of new buildings, pretty nice bathrooms (sometimes), nice plants, nice sidewalks, nice rocks (the blue ones around the MD Building).

You know, it could be worse.

Letter to the editor: Yes to positive thinking I’m writing a rebuttal to Shaun Kahmann’s article where he bashes positive thinking.

Shaun sarcastically asserts that happy people are happy because of their good fortune and ends the article saying our outcomes in life are influenced by us to a small degree. WOW! Why even try? Why go to college and try to better our life? This would mean people who have not had good fortune are unlikely to turn it around and create a happy life.

It also means we can’t influence our state of mind much because our environment or whatever else basically shapes our happiness.

What Shaun doesn’t obviously know is the amount of research that is clear on why the lives of optimists are much happier than pessimists. The research states optimists are more successful in life, happier, healthier, less stressed and depressed than pessimists.

And the reason comes from this one word: CHOICE. The positive choice to choose therapy to heal past trauma, the positive choice to choose to work hard in college to get the degree and career desired, the positive choice to choose whether you let negative events strengthen you or cripple you. Research shows that when bad things happen, optimists make a plan or get professional help. Pessimists hope a miracle will happen or wish it will go

away. The difference; POSITIVE CHOICE. I’ve worked with hundreds of people who have had a disturbing amount of damaging trauma from their childhoods. Because these people chose to get help as well as learning the value of reframing negative events, forgiveness, releasing emotion, and moving on to a more productive life, they became happier as a result of their positive choices. These choices have their roots in positive thinking; the ability to believe I can largely control a good part of my life.

Shaun actually takes a success story from “Pursuit of Happyness” and claims the philosophy is a joke. Not a good example to make your point.

You ask any celebrity, athlete, professor, or anyone who has experienced success in their life and they’ll tell you they took responsibility to create the results in their life. They’ll tell you their path was fraught with traps, rejection, questioning their own abilities, etc., yet they chose to be persistent to achieve the success they have and that contributes to their happiness.

Raw talent or good fortune does not make it so.

It doesn’t mean that luck isn’t ever involved. It also doesn’t mean all you need to be is a “pollyanna” and not take action. What

is does mean is that if one chooses to be realistic, work hard, get help, model the successful, and think in a positive direction, one can change one’s state of mind and life. People with depression are often successfully taught cognitive behavioral therapy (a positive, realistic way of thinking) along with positive behaviors to change their state of mind.

One can choose healthy choices or unproductive ones. The choice to sacrifice stimulation for meditation, higher pay for choosing college, the choice to sacrifice the ego and risk more job interviews when you’ve been beaten to the ground with rejection, the choice to sacrifice short-term pleasure and risk failure in big life decisions like a partner, kids, house, despite rejection along the way is the pathway of the happy and successful.

I ask Shaun and anyone else who doubts my words, please just interview anybody who has achieved success and is relatively happy and you will find that many of these people did not have good fortune growing up into their adult lives. It was each person’s choice that made it so, not good fortune. On to my halffull glass of wine.

Tom Ventimiglia Professor/ Counselor at Palomar College for 20 years

OUR VIEWPOINT

Tuition hike hurts Palomar students It is becoming increasingly expensive to attend college in California.

Tuition is slated to increase by $10 per unit at Palomar starting in Summer 2012. This would make the cost of tuition increase to $46 per unit.

College students are typically among the most impoverished group of people in the United States. This increase will only add to our financial stress, and possibly negatively affect Palomar’s transfer rates. As we pay more for attending a junior college, more students will be forced to enroll in fewer classes, meaning it will take longer to finish the classes necessary for transfer.

As the state is starting to put more pressure on community colleges to increase their transfer rates, it is illogical to simultaneously expect the same students to pay significantly larger sums of money for each class required.

Cal State schools are also facing a 9 percent increase in their tuition. Most of us attend community college because we are low-income. Our compromise is the lower-priced community college. With these incessant tuition hikes, the purpose of our attending community college is defeated.

If the state enacted a specific tax that would go directly toward the budget for all state colleges, they could effectively decrease the necessity for rate increases each year. By keeping tuition at the same rate, more students will be able to afford college throughout the state. This would also make it affordable to complete transfer requirements, and increase the transfer rates, not only at Palomar, but at all community colleges in California.

First Amendment protects The Koala A group of CSU San Marcos students seeking to shutter the campus’s satirical newspaper are forgetting an essential rule about protected speech: taste is irrelevant.

The students have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education asking that The Koala, a crude and obscene publication printed irregularly that pokes fun at CSUSM life, be shut down because it creates a “hostile learning environment,” according to a Nov. 11 North County Times write-up.

It is true that the Koala is deeply offensive and offers little respectable information to its readers. But, however unnecessary and off-putting the content of its pages, the paper’s publishers and writers have a concrete and established right to continue producing their drivel.

Freedom of speech and of the press form the bedrock of America’s system of justice and equality. Again and again, the Supreme Court and other dockets have decided that personal sensibilities should not be the basis for censorship.

Vulgarity —and utility— are entirely in the eye of the beholder.

The Koala shouldn’t blink in the eye of this challenge, and the federal government should respect its right to continue to piss people off every single day.

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Monday, Nov. 28, 2011

Tobie, a registered therapy dog, walks in the crowded hallways of a school between classes to help out his owner Jayme Eslick in Everett, Wash., on Oct. 20, 2004. (Ellen M. Banner/MCTCampus)

POINT OF CONTENTION Whose rights prevail when it comes to service animals?

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PRO danielle Taylor The Telescope

Suppose someone is allergic to dogs, and a blind person who needs a service animal happens to be in the same classroom. Who should be required to leave?

It is not a matter of debate, the rights of the person with the service dog are protected legally.

Although dog allergies are not usually life threatening, it can still be distracting to have someone in the classroom coughing and sneezing while everyone around them is trying to learn.

Guide animals are allowed to go anywhere that people are allowed to go. The ADA takes precedence over local and state laws and regulations, according to ada.gov If a business or individual breaks these regulations and denies the rights of the person who needs the assistance of a service animal, the business or individual can and will be faced with monetary penalties, according to ada.gov.

Some local and state regulations are equally as strict regarding the protection of people with disabilities.

According to carolinalive.com, a restaurant owner was arrested after denying service to a woman requiring a service dog.

She is one of the many who does not outwardly appear to be disabled, but her service dog had all the proper credentials.

It takes a lot of courage to go out into the public with a disability in the first place, so for these people, the protection of their service animals is crucial.

People with allergies are able to take certain precautionary measures, blind people do not have a simple fix. Someone with allergies can take medication to stop or prevent allergic reactions, someone who is blind cannot take any medication to make them see. There is no EpiPen for blindness. If the student is one of the few who has a life-threatening allergy to dogs, then the student should already know to call ahead of time, and he or she will be able confirm that no one in need of a service dog is enrolled in the class.

There are approximately 10,000 blind adults across the United States who have

to use guide dogs for service, according to guidedogs.com.

The ADA’s federal law allows guide animals to go into public places such as restaurants, taxis, theaters, zoos and hospitals.

These businesses are allowed to ask whether the animal is a service animal, however they are not permitted to ask any questions about the person’s specific disability.

Not asking about a disability should be common courtesy, but since it has become so controversial over the years, the ADA has been forced to include it in their regulations.

The only exception to the law is that a service animal may be removed from the business or public place if the animal is out of control and posing a direct threat to the health or safety of others.

This is reasonable and morally sound.

In December of 2009, Jetstar Airlines was forced to apologize after the company denied a flight to a couple who needed to fly with a guide dog.The couple called the company to book the flight, and they were instantly denied by clerks, managers and other various staff members. After the couple filed a formal complaint with the Human Rights Commission, Jetstar then issued a public apology for their “break down of communication,” according to news.com.au.The company even provided the couple with compensation.

The bottom line is that, if someone’s allergies are so severe that he or she cannot be in the same room as someone who needs the assistance of a service dog, then perhaps he or she should not be enrolled in a public school.

Private locations such as churches are allowed to make up their own regulations regarding service animals, so perhaps those who have serious concerns would be better served if they step inside the safety of these private locations.

Whatever a person decides to do, he or she should make sure that he or she does not interfere with the rights of a disabled person who is in need of the assistance of a service animal.

Contact Danielle Taylor, staff writer, at dtaylor@the-telescope.com

Cyndi Lundeberg The Telescope

Sometimes people with disabilities may, unintentionally, cause harm to others. Service animals in classrooms can cause others to have allergic reactions, and other debilitating problems.

A person requiring a service animal has rights, but sometimes this makes his or her rights more important than the rights of others.

What’s worse is that service animals are not required to wear any form of identification, therefore people in the classroom won’t always know if the animal is legitimately a service animal or not.

Service animals in close proximity to students can be problematic to students with allergies. When a person is severely allergic to animals, it makes them unable to function normally. A disability is “anything that disables or puts one at a disadvantage,” according to Webster’s Dictionary. An allergic reaction is a physical condition that causes a student a disadvantage, yet their rights are over-looked for the betterment of another student.

On March 15, the U.S. government changed the definition of a service animal to “dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities,” according to ada.gov.

The changes also allow miniature horses.

For some, animals aren’t a physical impediment. Sometimes a person has a genuine fear of dogs.

A 20-year study, from 1978 to 1998, done by The Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that there are around 500,000 dog bite-related injuries per year. Of those injuries, pit bulls and rottweilers were responsible for over half of these injuries.

The fear of dogs is known as cynophobia, and it is the fifth most prominent phobia in the world. Cynophobia “can be devastating,” according to about.com.

It can create the inability to perform normal activities, which could obviously include school. About.com notes that other symptoms of cynophobia include dizziness, nausea, heart palpitations, full blown anxiety attacks, breathlessness, and the inability to speak or think clearly.

Imagine suffering from cynophobia, and being unable to think clearly while taking an exam. What about having an anxiety attack while trying to give a presentation in class. This class might not just be any class, it could be a class you need for your career or to advance to a different school and the need for a service animal should not trump your ability to succeed in school.

Disabled people have a right to have an animal, but we have rights as students to not be fearful, or negatively affected, when we are in class.

Under Palomar’s Standards of Conduct, students are forbidden to obstruct or distract from the educational process; nowhere does it specify any exempt forms of disruptions or obstructions to this bylaw. So an animal hindering the learning experience is violating our own school’s code of conduct period.

When students step on campus, they enter into a contract with the school where the school agrees to protect its students.

In an emergency situation an instructor should be worrying about students, not dealing with an animal who is unfamiliar with the present situation.

According to California law under Civil Code Section 54.1 it is not discriminatory to exclude a service animal from a public place if it poses a threat to the health or safety of others, or fundamentally alters the nature of the public place.

Anxiety attacks, or any of the other ailments caused by cynophobia, pose a threat to the safety of others. An animal in a place of education definitely alters the nature of the public place. We are not at a dog park; we’re trying to learn.

I understand the plight of disabled students and truly wish there was an easy fix that could satisfy everybody, but there isn’t. Every person should be treated equally, and those without service animals are not treated fairly in this case.

Every person’s rights should be equal, handicapped or not. Allowing a student to bring an animal, despite the problems it may cause other students, is wrong.

Contact Cyndi Lundeberg, staff writer, at clundeberg@the-telescope.com

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Monday, Nov. 28

- Freako Suave @ Soda Bar, City Heights - Timothy B. Schmit @ Belly Up, Solana Beach - Authentic Sellout @ the Casbah, Little Italy

Tuesday, Nov. 29

- Russian Circles @ the Casbah, Little Italy - Brown Shoe @ Tin Can Ale House, Bankers Hill

Wednesday, Nov. 30

- The Entrance Band @ Soda Bar, City Heights - B.B. King @ Belly Up, Solana Beach - Borgore @ HoB, Downtown - Supersuckers @ the Casbah, Little Italy

Thursday, Dec. 1

Palomar Film Club President Juan Aguirre goes through agenda items for the meeting on Nov. 3. (Johnny Nguyen/The Telescope)

Lights, Camera, Action Palomar’s Film Club offers a venue for student filmmakers to get help with potential projects Gio Nieto The Telescope

Coordinated, motivated and well directed, the Film Club at Palomar is an organized union that is collaborating with more than a dozen students to create films.

The goal of the Film Club is to support filmmakers, playwrights, performers and film fundamentalists.

Film is a form of art. Films have an extensive collection of ideas that can influence people. Capturing a motion picture on a camera is not all the Film Club does.

According to their Facebook page the Film Club explores all aspects of film during meeting sessions and by doing so, the members develop a appreciation for old and new movies.

“Films affect people with an emotion that the directors project,” club member Jonathan Orozco said. “People can really identify themselves to protagonists in movies.”

During meetings, the students come in to share their ideas, share their favorite films and share their film aspirations. Club members talk in depth about films from different backgrounds to fellow film fans. Any Palomar student can come join in on the 2 p.m. meetings every Thursday in SU-204.

During the meetings club President Juan Aguirre informs members about what is going on at Palomar, and how the club can be more involved in campus-wide activities.

“We want to be able to share general news about events about what other clubs are doing at school,” Aguirre said. “There is a lot of exciting events occurring at Palomar, that go unrecognized, unfortunately.”

Aguirre said he also informs the club members about what other clubs from Palomar are doing to see if they can interact with those clubs.

During meetings, Aguirre updates members about current projects. He also addresses everyone to brainstorm film proj-

- Nick Warehouse and The Tarots @ Soda Bar, City Heights - Donald Glaude @ Fluxx, Downtown - Dream Theater @ Balboa Theatre, Downtown - Palomar Electronic Music Ensemble: Listen to student compositions brought to life through the use of pioneering electronic music composition technologies @ Palomar’s Performance Lab, San Marcos. Tickets are $5.

Friday, Dec. 2

- The Deep Dark Woods @ Soda Bar, City Heights - The Black Heart Procession @ the Casbah, Little Italy - Season’s Beatings @ Brick by Brick, Linda Vista - Tower of Power @ Sycuan Casino, El Cajon - Winter Dance 2011: Watch Palomar dance students perform jazz, hip hop, ballet, jazz and modern dances all with original choreography through Dec. 4 @ Palomar’s Performance Studio (02), San Marcos. Tickets are $8 for students, $10 for seniors and staff and $12 for general admission.

Saturday, Dec. 3

- Still Ill @ Soda Bar, City Heights - Boyz Noize @ 4th & B, Downtown - Unset @ Brick by Brick, Linda Vista - Comedian Jo Koy @ Spreckles Theatre, Downtown

The Palomar Film Club meets at 2 p.m everyThursday in room SU-204 to discuss film project ideas and help students build a film portfolio. (Johnny Nguyen/The Telescope) ect ideas. Members bring their ideas to the table to discuss film concepts before they move on to creating movies.

“The club offers special opportunities for filmmakers to discuss what they are producing, what kind of talents they are looking for,” Aguirre said. “As a group we’ll try to counsel each other about each other’s films.”

The club members try to help each other by putting together film crews for projects they are creating.

Being an organized union requires help from everybody. The club is ideal for students who want to develop a film portfolio and learn about the film industry. The members are helpful and they are really encouraged to make films.

“Some of us in this room are going to head out in the film industry and become producers, writers, directors or something else,” club member Kyle Frie said. “We come together...to exchange ideas about films. We make sure we are trying to generate

some sort of work.”

The club is here so that aspiring filmmakers, writers or producers are able to show their work to their peers, hear constructive criticism and get help putting their productions together.

“Sometime the things said in this room are life-changing statements,” Orozco said. “This combination of students has become so open. When we have troubles we ask each other for help, if there are things that need to be corrected we add on to an idea already invented so it becomes better.”

Right now the club is trying to find sponsors. Part of having a strong foundation is having the right equipment that will be necessary for filmmakers.

For more information, visit palomar.edu/studentactivities/html/ clubs/PalomarCollegeFilmClub. html Contact Gio Nieto, staff writer, at gnieto@the-telescope.com

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Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 LIFE, LOVE & LIP GLOSS

BY KELLI MILLER

The humanitarian club, Palomar 4 People’s members pose around their new banner during their second club meeting on Oct. 3 in room SU-204. (Allyson Chaney/The Telescope)

New club promotes global change Kelli Miller The Telescope

The holidays usually bring people closer together and make them more willing to go the extra mile to help someone in need. Palomar College is no different.

The new club, Palomar 4 People joined together to try and make the world a better place, one student at a time.

“Educate, inspire and involve,” is Palomar 4 People’s club motto, said Club President Mary Grigsby.

Palomar 4 People is a newly formed humanitarian club founded by Grigsby to make students aware of social injustices and promote human rights.

“What we intend to do is educate the student body and faculty here at Palomar about horrible issues going on in the world,” Vice President Justin Hobgood said.

“We need to educate students, our society doesn’t focus enough on international problems and how bad it is over there,” Hobgood said. “And we think there needs to be a stronger awareness of all problems going around the globe and even in our own backyards.”

Some of the issues the club wishes to tackle are human trafficking, hunger, humanitarian aid, refugees and displaced citizens, sustainable building, disaster relief and poverty.

“I joined the club to learn how to make a difference in the world,” student and club member Travis

Williamson said. “We need to feel out as many different opportunities to help as possible.”

Although the club is still new members have big things planned for Palomar.

According to Hobgood, the club members hope to organize a disaster relief simulation game on campus, where students, faculty and staff can take part in emulating the monstrous effects and chaos of a natural disaster.

The club is also planning on having guest speakers come to meetings and to talk about some of the harsh realities of the world.

Lastly, club members plan to volunteer for local causes.

“We want people to get involved with the activities that we’re doing and maybe foster a stronger sense of volunteerism on campus,” Hobgood said. “Instead of living for yourself, help somebody else; you’ll get something out of it, too. It may not be something materialistic, but you’ll get rewarded.”

Palomar 4 People is also planning on getting involved with other popular humanitarian groups such as Oxfam, an organization working to find a way to end world hunger and social injustices and UNICEF, a relief organization that provides thousands of children with health care, clean water, education, food safety, disaster relief and more.

According to Hobgood, Grigsby founded the club because she is a true humanitarian and has a passion for helping people. Both Grigsby and Hobgood are no

strangers to international volunteering. Grigsby volunteered in Central and South America and Hobgood built a hospital in Northern Kenya at age 18.

“I would love to see this club be a lot more involved, quite a bit larger, able to have the funding and ability to do big things, we have the desire to go to these third world countries and help underprivileged people,” Hobgood said. “The biggest thing overall we would love to do is spread the idea of these issues, how people can help and what can be done to fix them.”

Palomar 4 People has club meetings at 3 p.m. every first and third Monday in Room SU-204, and is advised by Professor Peter Bowman.

“This club is really great for the student body at Palomar, if they pay attention to it. Not only because it raises awareness of social injustice, hunger and poverty that is occurring on our planet, it might also give students some perspective,” Bowman said. “While they’re complaining about their social life or what they saw on Facebook, they might get a more heightened sense of reality beyond their bubble and beyond our borders; this could sober them up to some of the horrific realities harbored by social inequality.”

For more information about the club, email palomar4people@ gmail.com.

Contact Kelli Miller, focus editor at kmiller@the-telescope.com

SIP OF THE WEEK

Treat yourself to a non-alcoholic, low-cal pumpkin smoothie Dariel Walker The Telescope

(Photo illustration by Deb Hellman/The Telescope)

Winter holidays mean turkey, mashed potatoes and gaining a few extra pounds.

Don’t fear, sugar-lovers. If you love pumpkin pie but want to avoid the guilt that comes after devouring a slice, a pumpkin pie smoothie is the perfect way to satisfy your craving.

Forget the calorie-packed pie crust and sip on a smooth, creamy treat, guilt-free.

First combine the pumpkin, evaporated milk, crushed ice, yogurt, sugar, and pumpkin pie spice in a blender. Cover and mix until smooth.

If the drink is a little too thick for your taste, add in some water until it’s just the right consistency.

Next is the fun part. Once

you pour your smoothie into a glass, top it off with some whipped cream. Sprinkle a little more pumpkin pie spice on top and, voila!

You’ve got yourself a beautiful and delicious snack with 180 calories. There’s around 320 in a single piece of pumpkin pie.

If you want to get creative, substitute the pumpkin pie spice for your favorite toppings. You could try sprinkles, chocolate syrup, or caramel. Also, try adding in a cinnamon stick or two to add a little extra flavor.

If you prefer a richer, creamier version of this recipe, try switching the evaporated fat free milk with evaporated 2 percent milk.

Just remember that changing the recipe changes the calorie count as well.

This recipe can serve five

people. So this season, invite a few friends over, curl up by the fire, and enjoy this savory treat to make your night a little bit sweeter.

Contact Dariel Walker, staff writer at dwalker@the-telescope.com

Ingredients:

1 can of LIBBY’S® 100% Pure Pumpkin 1 can of evaporated fat free milk 1 cup crushed ice 2/3 cup light vanilla, nonfat yogurt 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice Light whipped cream

This girl is counting her blessings As excited as I am that we can finally begin the Christmas countdown, I’m a little sad Thanksgiving is over. Not only do you get to gorge yourself on turkey and mashed potatoes, it’s a special day where family and friends get together to celebrate and give thanks for all the blessings in our lives. (Look at me being all sentimental.)

I know Thanksgiving just passed, but this got me to thinking.

Here are a few things I am very thankful for:

1. An “adventurous” sister that makes me look like the “good girl” in the family.

2. Two of the best parents a girl could ask for and the rest of my crazy family.

3. A rough-around-the-edges-butsweet-on-the-insideboyfriend.But if I get dumped, I’ll be pissed, I didn’t put in all of this hard work for some other girl.

4. Good health and even better hair.

5. Ballet teachers, for teaching us gals how to suck it in.

6. Industrial strength concealer.

You truly are a girl’s secret weapon.

7. Spanx. Enough said.

8. Tim Tebow. You and those tight football pants of yours make all of us girl’s Sundays much more enjoyable.

9. A guilty conscience. I may not always want to listen to you. But you, my friend are always right there beside me making me do the right thing.

10. Good tippers, for supporting a costly cosmetic addiction.

11. My third grade teacher. I know I may have overreacted when you took my chair away from me for leaning back in it and then making me stand for the rest of the semester.

(Which I might not be completely over) But you were just teaching me a lesson, and I haven’t done it since.

12. Men in uniform. Preferably, Wrangler jeans, cowboy boots and southern charm.

A few things, that didn’t quite make the cut:

1. To still not completely grasp the concept of maintaining a savings account.

2. Pinterest. Yes, we all love you, but you are easily becoming an unnecessary addiction in my life and the reason to why I can’t seem to get anything done.

3. Tony Romo, not only is he stealing my boyfriend away, but he’s cutting me short on fantasy points.

4. Target, you are everyone’s favorite store, but when I go in there needing to only buy chapstick and toilet paper, and come out two hours later and $100 poorer, I am not always a happy girl.

5. This so called “Girl Time” we’re seemed to be cursed with. I own how many clocks and still can’t get anywhere on time? It’s almost as if I’m fighting fate.

Share some of the things you’re thankful for.

Email me at kmiller@the-telescope.com

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dent of the Palomar Governing Board, said he understood why the fee hikes were necessary, but thought the state was asking too much of community college students.

“We thought fee increases were too much, too soon,” Evilsizer said. “It will further close the door to a lot of students who simply can’t afford to pay higher fees.”

According to Newmyer, when Palomar’s Department of Finance and Administrative Services brought its budget to the Governing Board in September, the revenue the state was receiving was roughly a half-billion dollars below projections. Since then, he has been anticipating bad news.

“In our budget, we projected the trigger will be pulled,” Newmyer said. “We assume the worst is going to happen in the budget.”

Newmyer said some of California’s methods for balancing the budget are partially to blame. Expenditures that are paid after June 30 are considered a part of next year’s budget, even if they occurred this year.

This allows the state to pay this year’s bills with next year’s paycheck, creating future problems.

“Of the money community colleges get from the state this year, almost a billion of it will be paid next year,” Newmyer said.

“But we’ll set it up as a payroll like we got it this year.”

Newmyer added that thinking would hurt Palomar.

This semester’s tuition in-

crease went directly into the school system to compensate the scarcity of funds created by the cuts. Deegan said this will happen again if tuition is increased next year, but he wasn’t optimistic that it would help students much.

“It will be increased revenue, but offset against what cuts?”

Deegan said.

Deegan said that Palomar is assigned an enrollment target and is only funded for the students who fall within the target number. Palomar is funded $4,500 per student, according to Deegan. He said he expects the FTE enrollment target to drop to 18,000, but said Palomar will continue to serve 19,000 students by using revenue generated by increased tuition.

“We’re stretching things this year,” Deegan said.

Every January, the college’s student government travels with the Governing Board, President Deegan and representatives from other local community colleges to lobby for legislation that will benefit community college students.

Associated Student Government President Evelyn Lucero said the ASG will continue to try to appeal to legislators on behalf of students.

“We bring the data to them and tell them that if they increase tuition,” Lucero said.

“How that’s going to affect our students.”

Contact Shaun Kahmann, staff writer, at skahmann@the-telescope.com

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the movement.

“I was very happy to see a spontaneous, mass movement against the economic inequities and lack of true democracy in this country,” Debarros said.

Debarros read about the Occupy SD march and jumped at the opportunity to participate.

He drove down to San Diego and exchanged names and numbers with demonstrators whom he hoped might collaborate with him in the future. Soon, Debarros was brainstorming ways to hold a similar protest at Palomar College, but his planning was quickly put on hold.

“What I had originally wanted to do was have some kind of larger demonstration, but after talking to Palomar students, I’ve realized that they don’t really know what it is all about,” Debarros said.

After discovering that students lack a proper understanding of the Occupy movement, Debarros has decided to plan an informational forum instead.

He wishes to educate students about specific goals of the movement and teach them how to get involved.

He recognizes that many young protestors seem to participate simply to be a part of a riot and express “a generalized anger about what Americans are upset about,” instead of understanding the true purpose of the protest.

Debarros has a green light from the school.

“Any group can request to set up a forum,” Director of Student Affairs Sherry Titus said in an email.

Debarros hopes to have a variety of people participate, including Sean Rowland, one of the or-

ganizers of Occupy North County.

Debarros has been trying to collaborate with ASG and get the forum started as soon as possible, but he hasn’t received any definite answers yet.

“I can tell you that the ASG decided to make a plan on how to educate students about the Occupy San Diego/Occupy North County San Diego movement.

The ASG decided to not take any stands on favor or against the movement,” ASG President Evelyn Lucero said in an email.

Whether ASG partners with Debarros or not, he said he will still progress toward taking action.

“One of my first goals is to move forward more aggressively.

I’m not letting go of this thing. I think it’s a significant movement that reflects changes in American society,” Debarros said.

The forum date hasn’t been set yet. As more details are finalized, information will be posted around campus as well as on TheTelescope.com.

Contact Dariel Walker, staff writer, at dwalker@the-telescope.com

said that the Internet is a open door for predators.

“You never really know who you’re talking to on the Internet,” she said. “It’s so easy to trick young kids into that.”

She said that 1 percent of online sexual solicitation is reported.

Looking at six photos, she asked the audience to pick out which one was a sex offender. After audience members guessed, she said that every one of them was a sex offender. She then told the audience details about each of those offenders. At the time of their offenses, some were schoolteachers; some were employees at places like Home Depot, or other typical jobs. None of them had a previous criminal history, but each one was involved in child pornography or prostitution.

The second person who presented was a sergeant from the San Diego Police Department working in the narcotics department. He talked about domestic human trafficking and pimping in San Diego, specifically the sexual exploitation of children. He said that the average age of children entering prostitution is 12. The most at risk age is 14-16 year old females.

Phi Theta Kappa members Amira Shelby and Shanie Akobunda were the co-project leaders who organized the event. They said that the event had been held for the past two years, and they wanted to carry on the tradition. “The main purpose was to educate the community,” Shelby said.

“More people need to know about this issue.”

Shelby said the thing that stood out to her the most was the fact that anyone could be a predator.

“It’s terrifying,” she said.

“This makes me want to never have kids.”

Akobunda agreed.

“It made me nervous that it could be anyone,” she said.

The Supervising Special Agent said that the most important thing is awareness and looking for things that don’t feel right.

“Be aware that people are doing a lot of cra-

zy things,” he said.

He said that it can be difficult to tell who is a victim of sexual exploitation.

“Is it happening? Yes,” he said. “Are we seeing it? No.” Contact Kaity Bergquist, sports editor, at kbergquist@thetelescope.com

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DEEP ROOTS: Kaity Bergquist & Colleen peters the telescope

Palomar head wrestling coach Brody Barrios grew up at Palomar.

His parents both worked at Palomar, and he remembers running around the very same Dome where his team holds its practices and matches.

Athletic from the very start, Barrios also played Pop Warner football on the field across from the Dome.

“I’ve always had a special place in my heart for Palomar,” Barrios said.

Barrios played football, baseball and wrestled as a child. His father wrestled at Palomar, so he instilled a love for the sport in Barrios at a young age.

“Not as many kids grow up wrestling,” Barrios said. “I had a really big advantage coming into high school having all that experience, so I saw a lot of success right away. I think that made me want to pursue it more. That was what I stuck with, and it made me who I am today.”

Barrios and his family moved from San Marcos to Poway when he was in middle school. He attended Poway High School, and won state titles with the wrestling team in his junior and senior years. The team won the state championship in his junior year.

“They have a rich wrestling tradition,” he said. “That’s where I really sparked the interest in wrestling.”

Barrios holds multiple individual records at Poway High, including Most Matches, Most Wins, and Most Tournament Titles in a season. He also has the Most Tournament Titles career record.

He is also tied for Most Master’s Titles, Most State Places, Most State Titles, and National Placers.

Last year, Barrios was inducted into the CIF San Diego Section Hall of Fame. During CIF’s 50th anniversary, the top 50 athletes in the past 50 years were chosen to be inducted, and Barrios chosen.

After high school, Barrios attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo on a wrestling scholarship. During his time there, he wrestled in the NCAA championships.

After graduating, Barrios moved back to San Diego, and enrolled in Palomar’s fire academy program. What he really wanted to do was be

Head wrestling coach dedicates time and resources to hometown wrestling programs

a teacher, but he decided to stick with the fire academy, because the education system was not doing well at the time.

“I always knew I wanted to get into the profession of helping people,” he said. “I went here and did fire academy, but it wasn’t really the kind of help I wanted to provide.”

Barrios teaches PE at San Marcos High School, and coaches wrestling there. On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, he drives to Palomar from his house in Carlsbad. There, he oversees the wrestling team’s morning workouts from 6:30 to 7:30, then rides his bike to San Marcos High until it’s time for Palomar’s late afternoon practice. He rides his bike back for that, and then he heads back to San Marcos High for one more wrestling practice.

“Our seasons have about a three-week overlap, so it’s pretty crazy right now,” he said.

He has been coaching at San Marcos High for four years. Before becoming the head coach at Palomar this season, Barrios was the assistant coach for five years. He said that getting the head coaching job here has been one of his biggest accomplishments.

“It’s the only college wrestling team in San Diego County, of any college level,” he said. “We are San Diego wrestling at the college level. So it’s a privilege to be the coach.”

Barrios is only the fourth head wrestling coach in Palomar history.

“It’s a rich tradition here in San Diego for wrestling, and it’s fun to be able to be the guy to carry it on,” he said.

Barrios patterns his coaching style on life.

“A lot of what we preach and teach is trying to prepare them to be successful in life,” he said.

“A lot of skills that are necessary to be successful in wrestling are the same skills you’re going to need to be successful in life. Hard work pays off and there’s no away around that so it comes down to ultimately, how hard are you willing to work?”

This philosophy earns Barrios respect from his wrestlers, both on and off the mats.

“He’s the best coach I’ve had,” wrestler Matt Lewallen said. “I love being coached by him ‘cause he’s not only my coach, but one of my better friends; he’s like a best friend of mine.”

Jarrod McGehee wrestled for Barrios at San Marcos High, and now wrestles for him

at Palomar.

“Brody’s just carried the tradition on of having a hard working team,” he said.

Because he’s coaching at the high school level, Barrios has an advantage because he sees a lot of athletes.

This allows him to recruit them to Palomar in the next few years.

“I haven’t really had the opportunity to recruit yet, but I’m really looking forward to that opportunity (to) get out and meet kids, and direct them this way,” he said.

McGehee said that he sees the Palomar program developing the same way Barrios developed the program at San Marcos High.

“We’re starting to integrate the practices and mentality that we had there,” he said. “Over there he built a program from nothing to a solid program that’s one of the tops in the county now.”

The Comets finished the season with a record of 8-3, 3-1 conference and are heading to the Southern Regionals. The team is ranked 7th in the state.

“It’s been a fun group. I know quite a few of the guys... it’s been an easy transition,” Barrios said.

Contact Kaity Bergquist, sports editor, at kbergquist@ the-telescope.com, and Colleen Peters, opinion editor, at cpeters@the-telescope.com

Top right: Brody Barrios is Palomar’s newest head wrestling coach. (David Leonard/The Telescope) Above: Barrios offers sideline coaching to his wrestlers during a match Nov. 16. Palomar won 21-17. (Jenny Veloz/The Telescope)

Palomar Playoffs

Football

The team lost in the first round of the Southern California playoffs 45-28 to Cerritos.

The final record was 7-4.

Women’s Golf

The team won the CCCAA state championship, coming from behind to win the event.

The total score was 646.

Cross Country

The women’s team placed eighth in the CCCAA State Championships with 302 points.

Wrestling

The team will host the CCCAA SoCal Regional Meet at the Dome on Dec. 3. They are ranked 7th in the state.