The Telescope 72.08

Vol. 72, No. 8

Monday, April 8, 2019

Athletics Complex set to be last big project for Prop M the new complex.

“It’s not like we’re going to put another bond out for athletics, so we have to get it right the first time,” Early said. “Hopefully, we can do that.”

Palomar serves approximately 400 to 600 studentathletes that require upto-date facilities. This new complex will work to provide these athletes with the best possible equipment so they can perform to the best of their ability.

Coach Early believes every student, not just athletes will benefit from the new athletics complex.

With a new pool, weight room, and locker room area, the new complex will provide the campus community with clean and new facilities.

Hayley Lawson STAFF WRITER

Concept drawings for the brand new athletics complex were presented by the facilities department to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee on March 1.

The athletics complex will be located on the south side of campus, and is expected to cost nearly $100 million, with the funds coming out of the Prop M bond, voted on by voters in 2006.

The new Athletics complex will include a new gymnasium, coach offices that overlook designated fields, a new football stadium, softball field, tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, and an aquatics complex.

Head football coach, Joe Early, is one of the members on the committee for

CULTURA COMETA

¡Nueva seccion en Español!

SEE PAGE 14

Estamos muy emocionados de agregar una sección en español a nuestro periódico. Estaremos traduciendo artículos ya escritos, así como escribiendo nuevos artículos que hablen sobre cosas que son importantes para nuestros lectores hispanos.

Palomar administrators and Governing Board Trustees at ceremonial groundbreaking event for the Edwin and Frances Hunter Arboretum, March 22. From left to right: Star Rivera-Lacey, Mark Evilsizer, Joi Lin Blake, Nina Deerfield, Jack Kahn. Photo by Ana Acosta / The Telescope

Palomar Arboretum undergoes renovation for trail improvements

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STAFF EDITOR

After six years apart, three Nick Jonas solo albums, two Jonas daughters and one DNCE album later the Jonas Brothers are finally back together.

It has been over a month since the trio announced their return with a new single, “Sucker.”

The band has proved to be popular for many generations bringing back

joy to those who idolized them in their Disney days to the teens discovering them for the first time.

2005-2006 The trio was originally discovered through Nick, the youngest brother, who was overheard singing in a barbershop that lead to a record deal.

“Please Be Mine” was the first record put out by the band that earned them a group deal with Colum-

bia Records and on Feb. 27, 2005 the band released “Mandy.”

They also toured with a variety of artists including Kelly Clarkson and Jesse McCartney. The release of their first album, “It’s About Time,“ was originally set to be released early 2006 put got pushed back due to changing executives at the label.

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Game of Thrones, Jaime’s end game Linus Smith STAFF EDITOR

With less than a week to go before the first episode of the final season of Game of Thrones airs at 9 p.m. on April 14, anticipation to see how every plotline get tied up is growing to a peak.

The most critical question for fan theorist, however, is who is “The Prince that was Promised,” Azor Ahai?

Spoilers ahead.

For those not engulfed in Game of Thrones lore, Azor Ahai is a famed historical figure who lived some 6,000 - 8,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones. He was responsible for stopping the White Walker invasion, and putting an end to an era known as “The Long Night.” An era that Old Nan, the wise

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and yet paranoid lady who took care of Bran Stark in the first season, described as: “a night that lasted a generation. Kings froze to death in their castles, same as the shepherds in their huts; and women smothered their babies rather than see them starve, and wept, and felt the tears freeze on their cheeks.”

This is the type of Winter taking place in Westeros the series now.

Religious texts from R’hllor, better known as the Lord of Light, suggests that Azor Ahai will be reborn after a long summer, when cold and darkness fall upon the world once more.

Exactly as the events are unfolding right now in the television series.

SEE GAME OF THRONES PAGE 12

An interview with a sugar daddy that talks about his reasoning behind seeking a woman through “Seeking Arangments” and his views on dating a college student while running his own company.

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Violet Stewart and Madalyn Johnson are returning members of the 800 meter championship team from last season.

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April 8, 2019

t BRIEFLY t UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. ASG Springfest SU-Quad 5 p.m. Governing Board Meeting SSC-1

Wednesday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. ASG Springfest SU-Quad 6 p.m. Men’s Volleyball v Miramar

Thursday 2 p.m. Baseball v San Diego Community College

KKSM RADIO STATION WINS AWARDS AT BROADCASTING CONFERENCE NEW YORK --- Students from KKSM Radio, Palomar’s broadcasting and media production department, received 16 finialist trophies and two winning awards when attending the annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference on March 1 held in New York City.

Every year, the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) holds a massive media conference and award ceremony that honors high school and college students from across the nation.

The conference extended over three days at Hotel Pennsylvania located in Midtown Manhattan just across from Madison Square Garden.

Zeb Navarro, Palomar’s radio station manager took eight other students along with him on the trip.

During the conference, students had the opportunity to attend multiple workshops and lectures. These workshops provided information that expanded their comprehension and perspective of real life me-

dia facets in the broadcasting realm.

Over 100 schools were present at the conference. The awards received were for Best Public Affairs Event/ Promotion and Best TV Talk Program.

If you’d like to tune into Palomar’s independent, student operated radio station, listen live on www.palomarcollegeradio.com or download the TuneIn app on your smart device and follow KKSM Radio.

— Nicole Villanueva

Friday 1 p.m. Softball v Southwestern 2 p.m. Maintenance and Operations Grand Opening 6 p.m. Men’s Volleyball v Grossmont

Wednesday

MOVIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SAN MARCOS --- The Student Health Center and the Student Wellness Advocacy Group will be hosting a “Movies for Mental Health” event.

The two-hour long event will be free and takes place from 1 - 3 p.m. on April 17 in Room D-6 at the San Marcos campus.

This event is an interactive workshop that is aimed

to demonstrate how short films can open up the discussion about mental health and its importance.

Three short films will play by the international nonprofit, “Art With Impact.”

The event will also include a peer-to-peer discussion, food, and a resource panel with campus and community services.

— Jordan Spurgeon

MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS BUILDING GRAND OPENING SAN MARCOS --- The grand opening for Palomar College’s awardwinning Maintenance and Operations building is to be held at 2 p.m. on April 12. The new facility is located in the southwest corner of the San Marcos campus.

The nationally-acclaimed M&O building is a “Net Zero” project. These are structures that utilize

renewable energy to produce no carbon emissions and eliminate the consumption of utility-scale sources.

The M&O building has also won several awards for its environmentallyfriendly design, including the Engineering News-Record Magazine’s national “Best of the Best” decoration.

— Summer Aguirre

1 - 3 p.m. Movies for Mental Health Room D-6

FREE SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES OFFERED AT RANCHO BERNARDO RANCHO BERNARDO --- The Palomar College Police Department will offer its self-defense program R.A.D. (Rape Aggression Defense System).

Four sessions will be held from 4 - 9 p.m. on April 8 - 11 on the Ranch Bernardo campus Room SEC-111.

The classes are free and open to the public, but only women aged 14 and up may

Thursday 2 p.m. Baseball v Mt. San Jacinto

Friday 1 p.m. Softball v Grossmont

Monday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Earth Day Club event

Certificate illustration provided by SR Education Group.

SU-Quad

PALOMAR COLLEGE RANKS NINTH IN ONLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGES Tuesday

register.

Walk-ins will be accepted if space is available, but those interested are encouraged to register early.

Registration is on a firstcome, first-serve basis.

Contact Officer Monika Forest at mforest@palomar. edu or call (760) 744-1150 x 2289 to register.

— Kiera Colarusso

COMMENCEMENT CAPS AND GOWNS BOOKSTORE EVENT

10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Annual Job Expo SU-Quad

Wednesday 2 p.m. Baseball v San Diego Mesa

Friday 2 p.m. Baseball v. College of the

SAN MARCOS --Palomar placed ninth in the 2019 Best Online Community College Rankings by State published by SR Education Group. This is the first time the group has presented these awards.

A press release from the SR Education group

detailed the criteria that was considered when presenting the awards.

The award was given based on the school’s retention rate, graduation rate and percentage of online enrollment.

Other ranking factors considered services offered by Palomar, such

as online tutoring services, ask-a-librarian chat functions, and 24/7 tech support.

Palomar College currently offers one associate degree and four certificate programs that can be completed entirely online.

— Kiral Lepard

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PALOMAR LAUNCHES JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAM

THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1975

The 90s crime drama “Twin Peaks” was released

SAN MARCOS --Palomar College now offers a Job Placement program that allows students and recent graduates to get assistance in job placement for their field.

Palomar staff will help students find jobs, create a life path for that job including building resumes, preparing for job interviews.

To apply for this pro-

gram, visit the Palomar College Job Assistance website and fill out the job placement of interest form.

The program currently offers help for careers such as Advanced Manufacturing, Agricultural Technologies, Healthcare, and more.

For more information on the Job Placement Program visit www2. palomar.edu/pages/

wcce/job-placement-assistance/ or call the Job Placement Coordinator at 760 744 1150 ext.

2257.

Students can also visit the Palomar College Career Center (SU17) their spring semester hours are Monday – Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

— Ripp Friesen

SAN MARCOS --- Students can purchase commencement ceremony gear at 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on April 9 and 10 in the Bookstore.

As the students of Palomar College approach graduation festivities, the Bookstore is gearing up with their “Cap & Gown Countdown” days.

This is the location to receive help for the com-

mencement ceremony items necessary for participation in the celebration.

The flyer for the event notes that there will be “giveaways and discounts available.”

For more information, contact the Palomar College Bookstore at palomar@ bkstr.com.

— Kena Haun

ASG ELECTIONS SAN MARCOS --- The Associated Student Government Elections will be taking place from April 15 - 19.

Presently, the plan is to hold Candidate forum at 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. on April 9 in the SU-Quad area.

The forum will provide a platform for candidates to respond to questions and

concerns provided by the public.

Students will be able to vote for candidates through an electronic voting software.

For more information regarding the event, contact hnorth4370@student.palomar.edu.

— Ana Acosta

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Student Wellness and Advocacy Group assists mental health Ideth Sanchez STAFF WRITER

Top: Samual Azab, who teach Arabic as a foreign language, was awarded a Distinguished Faculty Award after his fifth year of teaching at Palomar. Richard Cwontreras/The Telescope Bottom: Leanne Maunu was a finialist for the Distinguished Faculty award eight times and received the award with honor. Richard Contreras/The Telescope

Palomar faculty recognized for excellence in teaching Richard Contreras STAFF WRITER

Part-time faculty member, Samuel Azab, and full-time faculty member, Dr. Leanne Maunu were awarded as 2019 Distinguished Faculty.

The announcement was made on March 4 by Candace Rose.

The annual award, founded in 1987, is given based on nominations from students and faculty members that wish to recognize outstanding teaching, dedication, and enthusiasm on behalf of faculty members at Palomar College.

Faculty members, who can only receive an award once in their lifetime, must accept their nomination before the award committee interviews them and selects the winners and finalists.

“This is very important to me because teaching is not just a job, it’s a calling,” Azab said.

Professor Azab teaches Arabic as a foreign language and won his award on his first nomination after five years of teaching at Paloma. Azab has been teaching Arabic for 16 years.

His experience includes teaching at the Defense Language Institute for the U.S. Military in Monterey, Calif., Naval Special Warfare

Command for SEALs in Coronado, Calif., and for students at the University of San Diego.

Azab said he tries to build connections with his students by learning about who they are, their families, and their hobbies. He says he tries to help students apply what they’ve learned outside of the classroom by planning trips to MiddleEastern restaurants so they can order food in Arabic.

“It’s very important for my students to know that as soon as they come into my class, there’s no stress, that it is going to be fun,” Azab said.

Having grown up in Cairo, he also stresses to his students the importance of acceptance and understanding of Arabic culture to promote nonethnocentric viewpoints.

Azab dedicates his award to his daughter, Sophia, who has always encouraged him.

Maunu, a 17-year professor at Palomar, said she has been a finalist eight times. She sees the award as feedback that her students appreciate the work she’s doing.

Maunu has been teaching English for 25 years and claims she has taught 13 different classes.

“Palomar College and this department have so many great teachers, so

it feels very much like an honor to represent the department in this way,” Maunu said.

In May, the winners will receive a plaque at the Faculty Achievement Ceremony of Excellence.

They will also receive a $1,000 honorarium, and a designated parking spot for the following year.

As this year’s full-time faculty winner, Maunu will also give a speech at next year’s commencement ceremony.

This year’s award also included ten finalists: Sarah Beck from Earth Sciences, Jasibe Carslake from World Languages, Amy Caterina from Photography, Andrew Cooper from Biology, Sean Figg from Earth Sciences, J Martin Leyva from Behavioral Sciences, Scott Nelson from World Languages, Matt O’Brien from Behavioral Sciences, Lakshmi Paranthaman from Business, and Barbara Springer-Hammons from Child Development.

Amy Caterina, a finalist this year, said it means a lot when students nominate professors who have made a difference in their life. “I encourage them (students) to recognize someone who has helped them recognize a lifelong dream project or a new path at work.”

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The Student Wellness Advocacy Group (SWAG) is an on-campus support group that allows students to to speak to peers and create a sense of relief.

The support group launched in Fall 2017, and was inspired by MiraCosta College and California State University San Marcos.

The program was implemented by the Health Services department.

“SWAG promotes mental health and wellness education on campus,” according to the Health Services website.

Every Wednesday a workshop is held in room MD-104 from 2:00 p.m to 3:00 p.m. with a new topic each week.

Topics such as, stress management, depression, healthy relationships, and domestic violence are presented and students are able to participate and talk about these topics.

Students at the support group are also exposed to resources that are available to them here on campus.

Students can also seek therapists on campus if needed.

Behavioral Health Counseling Services (BHCS) are available at

Palomar.

BHCS is a safe place to talk with a licensed therapist privately about any concerns a student may have. BHCS provides individual, couples, and group counseling services, consultation, outreach, and psychological services to support Palomar students.

Students who are enrolled are entitled to request an appointment with a therapist through the health fee paid by students at the beginning of each semester.

BHCS is located in the NB Building at the north end of the San Marcos campus and is also in the Student Health Clinics at both Escondido and Rancho Bernardo Centers.

The program also hosts activities in the Student Union such as art therapy, stress globes, hug therapy, meditation, vision boards, and journaling every week.

Students are welcome to participate.

It is significant that the support group is ran by students in order to help other students reach out when needed.

This creates more of a comforting space to students. Students are more likely to reach to their peers when they are in need for help.

Mentors from SWAG have realized that peers provide a different level of empathy and understanding.

According to their website, “Students are more likely to utilize the resources available to them when they are recommended by a peer.”

Alexis Garcia is the support group mentor/trainee and is also a state certified counselor.

Garcia believes that SWAG should continue at Palomar College because it is “raising student success.”

“After every workshop students are handed surveys, the ratings range from good to excellent,” said Garcia.

Garcia aims to reach out to more students so that the support group becomes larger.

She says that awareness of the support group is slowly growing.

Emails and flyers are sent out and posted in hopes of more students showing up each time.

From Student Services, “Our mission [with SWAG] is to raise awareness about mental health, and other related issues, and to create a culture of support on campus.”

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Performing Arts hosts free concerts featuring professional musicians Ripp Friesen STAFF WRITER

Concert Hour, a free hour-long concert, provides the Palomar campus community with artistic performances year-round.

The performances are held from 1 - 2 p.m. most Thursdays throughout the semester.

These events feature musical talents from local artists and students. At the end of the semester, Concert Hour hosts a special ceremony to honor students in Palomar Performing Arts.

The performances are normally held in the Howard Brubeck Theatre or in the Performance Lab (Room D10).

Those who attend the performance are allowed to enter 10 minutes prior to the concert starting and any late arrivals will be admitted during the first perfor-

mance pause.

Seating is on a first come first serve basis so arriving early is recommended.

For those who come from off campus, campus police provide guest parking passes along with directions to designated parking areas for the event.

According to box office and house manager, Heather Murray, Concert Hour originated in the mid-seventies as a way for students to attend full concerts with professional musicians.

“Not all students have the resources to go out and see professional musicians,” Murray said. “If we can bring professional musicians to them, all the better, right?”

For music lovers or people looking for something to do, Concert Hour is here for students the community.

“They have no excuse not to see a jazz quartet as well

as a solo violinist,” Murray said. “We’ve had everything from classical pianists to folk jug bands and everything in-between.”

One Concert Hour goer was music major Weston Scrivner, a three year Palomar student who has been going to the performances since his first semester.

“I think it’s fantastic and I think it should be continued” Scrivner said. “Music is such a universal communication.”

Concert Hour will end the semester with an Honors Recital put on by the top Applied Music students.

After the recital, the Annual Scholarship Awards will be held honoring all Palomar Arts students.

For more information on future Concert Hour performances visit www. palomarperforms.com or call (760) 214-9109.

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April 8, 2019

A student looking into the telescope viewing the Orion Nebula while other students wait their turn. Blake Northington/The Telescope.

Astronomy Club president, Stephanie Marquez speaking about this semester’s first Star Party on Wednesday, March 13th. Blake Northington/The Telescope.

Students gather in line to take turns looking at the Orion Nebula in front of the Palomar Planetarium. Blake Northington/The Telescope.

Astronomy Club hosts annual party under starlit sky Kiana Teixeira STAFF WRITER

Palomar’s planetarium hosted the Astronomy Club’s annual star party on March 13.

At this event, the Astronomy Club set up the planetarium’s high powered telescopes and show students and their family and friends different celestial objects such as nebulae and star clusters.

Kira Flager was one of the many students that attended the event.

“I think it’s great,” Flager said. “It’s nice to see all the telescopes around. I brought my friends because I thought this would be a really nice event to show them.”

Students who attended the event were able to learn about astrophotography

from the planetarium’s telescope expert Shaun Haynie.

During the event, Haynie spoke to students about the different types of telescopes and how to track different star clusters as the sky moves throughout the night.

“The fun part of Astronomy is getting to look through telescopes and look at different things,” Haynie said.

To share his love of astronomy with the students in attendance Haynie described how to use the telescopes and explained astrophotography.

“It’s a good way for us to share our love of astronomy with the people,” Haynie said.

President of Astronomy club, Stephanie Marquez was also in attendance at

the event.

“Astronomy Club’s main purpose is to have an outreach for the community to get them to learn more about astronomy and more about the sky,” Marquez said. “There are a lot of misconceptions between astronomy and astrology we would like to clear up.”

“The event is just to get the students excited about space,” Marquez said.

If you wish to learn more about astronomy, Marquez encourages student to attend an Astronomy Club meeting.

Astronomy club meeting days vary. To find more information about Astronomy Club and when they meet next, visit palomarastronomyclub.wixsite. com/palomarastro.

A student looks through a telescope viewing the Orion Nebula as other students chat and wait their turn. Blake Northington/The Telescope.

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Palomar Arboretum undergoes renovation for trail improvements Ana Acosta STAFF EDITOR

Palomar officials held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of a construction project to make upgrades and renovations to the Edwin and Frances Hunter Arboretum, on March 22. As a result, the arboretum will be closed until either Fall 2019, or Spring 2020.

The trails improvement project will include a new entrance, located near Parking Lot 5, as well as irrigation updates and ADA compliant trail improvements in the lower gardens of the arboretum.

The arboretum has been recognized by AbNet, a community of professionals that recognize tree-focused gardens, as

a Level Two Arboretum.

This recognition is only granted to arboretums that provide a collection with more than 100 botanical species, and also have designated arboretum-focused employees and educational programs for the public.

Palomar College along with UC Davis’, have been the only two California college campuses to receive this recognition.

At the ceremony, President/Superintendent Joi Lin Blake noted the importance of the arboretum’s presence on campus, marking it as a serene place for students to relax. She also touted the arboretum as an educational space where students can conduct field studies for their classes.

“We are so fortunate to have a corner of the cam-

It is a museum filled with trees and living plants - Tony Rangel pus dedicated to preserving nature,” Blake said.

“Through the upcoming upgrades, even more students and visitors will have access to the beauty offered in this unique environment.”

Anthony White, Vice President of Shared Governance for the Associated Student Government, acknowledged during the groundbreaking how the arboretum helps to preserve the natural beauty of Southern California, especially for those surrounded by urban environments.

“We have an opportu-

nity to enjoy the beauty that was,” White said.

“The beauty that was lost in this area of Southern California as it continues to be developed. We now have something in our own backyard that the student body can truly appreciate.”

Tony Rangel, Grounds Supervisor and President of “Friends of the Arboretum,” was the keynote speaker at the event.

During his speech, Rangel noted that an arboretum is a place where the campus community can come to learn and gather.

“It means house, home or place of trees,” Rangel said, “It is a museum filled with trees and living plants.”

Beth Pearson, Botany professor and Friends of the Arboretum member, noted that the new accessibility for ADA students will help professors with creating lab activities in the arboretum.

Pearson also noted that the updated irrigation system is no small feat for the arboretum.

“The ability to be able to irrigate these plants is going to help us,” Pearson said. “It will allow them to thrive and probably add to the collection as well.”

Once the renovations are completed, Pearson hopes that students will take the opportunity to utilize the Arboretum

more. “[I hope] that we make it more welcoming for them,” Pearson said.

“So that they realize it’s a space for them to relax and maybe study and hang out with friends.”

Before the ceremony ended, Manager of Facilities Planning, Denis Astl, announced that the arboretum’s Cactus Garden was selected by USPS to be the focus of a new stamp design. The design will be revealed at the Cactus Garden on April 15 at 11:30 a.m.

The arboretum trail improvements is one of the remaining projects under Prop M funds.

These projects are scheduled for completion over the course of the next two years.

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ATHLETIC COMPLEX CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

“We have a lot of coaches on campus in different sports that have gone to school here and competed on the athletic teams and had an opportunity to get their education paid for.”

Early said, “This is a great stepping stone...it’s going to benefit not only the students...it’s gonna benefit the student-athletes, and it’s also gonna benefit the community.”

Freshman quarterback, Shea Morales, commented on his excitement for the upcoming changes.

“I think it’s going to attract more people, cause we already got a really nice, big campus,” Morales said, “A lot of people come here, so upgrading all of our sports stuff should definitely attract more people.”

Early mentioned that the athletics department has seldom changed since he was a student at Palomar.

“When you’re trying to recruit a student-athlete from a high school to here, and their facilities are better than ours, it makes it difficult,” Early said, “they’re upgrading facilities that we’ve never even had, so it’s really important that we have good athletic facilities here.”

Coach Early mentioned that “being brought into the 21st century” is something the coaches and athletes are very excited about.

Johnny Armentrout, a freshman wide receiver for the Palomar football team, looks forward to seeing the overall design and is excited to see how it will benefit everyone.

“I think it’s gonna offer more improvement, and just the overall facilities are gonna allow more room and just give people more opportunities, a different venue, it’s a good upgrade,” Armentrout said.

Although the construction isn’t expected to be complete until 2022, the word of the new complex is spreading fast leaving Palomar coaches, teachers, and athletes eager to see what Prop M has in store for the athletics department.

Due to funding and phasing reasons, the new soccer and baseball fields were treated as separate projects and were completed in 2015.

The new baseball field gave everyone a sneak peek on what the campus community is to expect with the rest of the upgraded sports complex. An entirely new field, stadium seating, dugouts, restrooms, and lighted batting cages with bullpens.

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Concerns surrounded about air quality in the Student Services building. Surveys took place regarding air quality in the building on Feb. 19. Sonny Cavarlez/The Telescope

Air quality concerns arise in Student Services building, assessment shows building is up to safety standards Richard Contreras STAFF WRITER

Letty Aguirre, a counselor at Palomar College, expressed concerns about the health of employees working in the student services building to the members of the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee (ICOC) at a meeting on March 1.

Vice President of Student Services, Star RiveraLacey, scheduled indoor air quality assessments and an electromagnetic field (EMF) survey from a third-party company, Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical & Environmental Survey Consultants.

The survey took place on Feb 19. where Ninyo & Moore provided a detailed report to Palomar College employees on March 6.

The report claims to

have performed the survey in response to concerns from individuals and general concern over EMF exposure from a large transformer in the Electrical Room near the northwest corner of the structure.

Aguirre claimed at the ICOC meeting that several employees in the SSC have died of cancer, have been out sick because of respiratory issues, or have requested to relocate their offices because they are less than ten feet from an electrical transformer.

Additionally, Aguirre claimed the SSC had mold and air quality concerns which has displaced at least five counselors.

“I’m asking that if we are able to relocate any funding, that we please get a safe student service building,” Aguirre said at

the meeting.

The consultants performed visual inspections, air quality samples, and EMF surveys throughout the SSC. The report concluded that “Real-time readings throughout the building indicated that the building is efficiently removing indoor air and properly mixing fresh, outdoor air.”

Further, the report said that the presence of chemicals in the air commonly associated with cleaning products were at normal levels for a commercial building and are not a cause for concern.

No toxic and carcinogenic compounds were identified.

The consultants found mold on the SSC roof near an air handling unit which may have caused “slightly elevated” mold spore

counts in certain offices.

Immediate action was taken to clean the roof and install a better filter. Follow-up surveys indicated a “normal indoor fungal ecology.”

At the time of the report, some biological growth was still present on the roof. College officials have reportedly scheduled further cleaning.

The electromagnetic field survey concluded that the areas inspected were orders of magnitude below the guidelines established by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.

The consultants added that levels above the guidelines had not been

conclusively shown to cause cancer or unexpected health effects.

Ninyo & Moore recommended installing a rain gutter on the roof near the affected areas for the installement of better filters in the air handling units.

It was also suggested that the college conduct frequent inspections for biological growth on the roof and continuing to pay attention to indoor air quality concerns from building occupants.

Laura Gropen, Palomar College’s Director of Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs, said that Rivera-Lacey spoke to the SSC employees about the results of the consultation and an email was sent out to Palomar College employees.

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California’s new college funding formula will require Palomar’s financial team to adapt Kiral Lepard STAFF WRITER

A new funding formula established by the State will put Palomar in a $3 million deficit if it cannot adapt to the change within the three year hold harmless stage.

During the three year hold harmless stage, Palomar will not recieve less funding than it did during the 2017-2018 fiscal year plus cost of living adjustment.

After this period, the full SCFF will be fully implemented--and without a hold-harmless agreement-the college could have to contend with more than $3 million in reduced funding.

The new Student-Centered Funding Formula steadily moves all Califor-

nia Community Colleges away from the old funding formula. The formula was originally drafted in 1988 and is based solely on the amount Full-Time Equivalent Students that have been enrolled.

Palomar College will fully implement the new formula after the 2020-2021 fiscal year.

Consisting of three parts, the funding formula will apportion funds to facilitate student success. According to Palomar College’s 20182019 Adopted Budget SCFF allotments are based on enrollment, low income students and student success measurements.

The final SCFF will split the distribution of each component: 60 percent based on enrollment, 20

percent based on low income students, 20 percent based on student success.

Ron Ballesteros-Perez, Vice President of Finance & Administrative Services, said the new formula will “build long-term capacity for community colleges to advance access, equity, and success for all students.”

Ballesteros-Perez outlined how Palomar College has been working with “shared governance committees” to establish a solid fiscal foundation to stand on when the hold-harmless provision ends.

Outreach and in-reach efforts and proposals for alternative funding are helping to maintain the current and future student population. These alternative funding formulas will

also help the college to not rely fully on the state for funding.

The Palomar District has considered four sources of alternative funding throughout San Diego County. All four proposals are intended to create a net zero cost to the college.

Two proposals would use land available at the North Education Center in Fallbrook for retail space and a digital advertising marquee--similar to those found at Westfield North County. Other community colleges in California have entered similar deals to build commercial real estate on school owned land.

Another proposal would be to consider a Public, Private Partnership between the college and a private

builder to supply student housing. This would be contingent on the results of a feasibility study deeming student housing necessary.

In forming this partnership, the district will not have an out of pocket cost.

The cost of construction will be on the builder, but they would be set to recoup their investment through the collection of rent.

The fourth proposal involves land that a donor left the college land in Borrego Springs that cannot be sold. A solar farm built on the land could offset energy costs district wide by entering into San Diego Gas & Electric’s Electric Rule 21 Utility Credit Program.

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April 8, 2019

A Green New Deal for the people Justin Enriquez Cheyenne Cyr STAFF

H.RES 109 also known as the Green New Deal(GND) proposed by Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez and other Democrats is simplified as a mere proposal to reduce the stain of mankind.

It attempts to kill two birds with one stone by creating higher paying jobs as well as tackling climate change.

And yet our Republican counterparts refuse to side with GND, claiming it is like a “watermelon, Green on the outside but red communist in the inside” according to Sebastian Gorka former Deputy Assistant to the President. If we cant pass a simple proposal in Congress because it only wants the best for the American people then why have a government?

Why have political system that is folly to the core of its values. GND is no political chip to win votes, it is a proposition for a better life socially and economically.

Mainstream media warns that it will cause the moderate voters to “flee” to the other side of the

political aisle and further cement Donald Trump’s re-election.

On the contrary, we are giving the disenfranchised, the discouraged voter an opportunity to rebuild a decaying society riddled with pessimism and cynics. The GND is a realistic proposal spearheaded by a progressives in Congress with a fierce attitude.

There are important aspects of GND that we should be keen on pressuring our politicians to pass onto the president’s desk or overriding the president’s veto.

The proposal on page five and eight from the proposal regarding efficient spending, climate change and rebuilding domestic infrastructure: (A) “to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers.”

(B) “to create millions of good, high-wage jobs and ensure prosperity and economic security for all people of the United States.”

(C) “to invest in the infrastructure and industry of the United States to sustainably meet the challenges of the 21st century.”

(D) “building or upgrading to energy efficient, distributed, and ‘smart’ power grids, and ensuring affordable access to electricity.”

(E) “upgrading all existing buildings in the United States and building new buildings to achieve maximum energy efficiency, water efficiency, safety, affordability, comfort, and durability, including through electrification.”

(F) “spurring massive growth in clean manufacturing in the United States and removing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing and industry as much as is technologically feasible, including by expanding renewable energy manufacturing and investing in existing manufacturing and industry.”

(G) “working collaboratively with farmers and ranchers in the United States to remove pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector as much as is technologically feasible, including: (i) by supporting family farming; (ii) by investing in sustainable farming and land use practices that increase soil health;

(iii) by building a more sustainable food system that ensures universal access to healthy food.”

As GND begins to gain favor with our voters, GND paves the way promotes the welfare of our workers and strengthens our unions, (I) “strengthening and protecting the right of all workers to organize, unionize, and collectively bargain free of coercion, intimidation, and harassment” GND is something that should be debated and discussed. Some good things that most people could agree on.

If we accomplish this proposal we can put aside our darkest moment in U.S. history and reap the fruits of our labor. For if we don’t put aside our differences we can’t accomplish a sustainable environment with our future children.

It is our duty as moral citizens to leave a better future for our children and our grand-children for decades to come.

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The political idiots Seji Gaerlan STAFF WRITER

The growing trend of distrust in our minds has become more prevalent in American politics.

The term “intellectual elite” morphed into a strategic form of rhetoric by politicians to attack those who are educated or the so called intellectuals to criticize the imperfections of our nation.

In the book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, writer Richard Hofstadter stated “As a consequence, the heartland of America, filled with people who are often fundamentalist in religion, nativist in prejudice, isolationist in foreign policy, and conservative in economics, has constantly rumbled with an underground revolt against all these tormenting manifestations of our modern predicament.”

Seemingly, anti-intellectualism stems from religious fundamentalism and irrational patriotism. Each of which created communities of echo chambers that has concluded that universities have turned into bastions of liberal elitism, a metaphorical factory that produces Communist

spawns of Satan that are out to destroy the foundations of our country.

Religious fundamentalism in the United States has been a big influence in American history. Despite the constitutional mandate on the separation of church and state, ubiquitous therein are religious laws. Not withstanding the moral values brought by religious zealots, which paved way for ignorance over scientific fact or human liberty as a way to preserve their religious values. This is evident in their views on abortion, same sex marriage, religious diversity, and for some, the shape of the Earth.

Another thing that Americans love other than God and guns is the concept of ‘murica, the borderline extreme nationalism in the United States. There is an abundance of individuals who believe that “the United States is the best country there is and ever will be, and if you don’t believe it, then get out.”

This rhetoric neglects the predicament the nation is faced with, problems include: crony capitalism, racism, systematic oppression, imperialism, climate change,

vaccination, etc.

These flawed notions of anti-intellectualism are the sources of our society’s problems. Adding insult to injury, anti-intellectualism is commonly used to control the citizens of the nation.

Education has become a pariah, and used as a weapon to go against the injustices of the political norm. It opposes subservience to an undignified system in society, and the best way to counter that, is to play with human nature: create political polarization, antagonize the other party and its intellectual elites and say that they are against the country’s best interests. These politicians manipulate their followers by feeding disinformation, creating an alternative reality where the nation, apparently is doing great under their control.

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been.

The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant threat winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” American writer and biochemist professor Isaac

Asimov stated.

So how do we combat this?

The main thing that we need to do is to get you and your loved ones to stop getting information from Facebook. The internet is a wonderful platform, but it has problems with siding with fact or fiction and its openness to extreme tribalism. Due to algorithms, an average internet user is fed disinformation produced by potential bias media sources daily.

For example, if someone looks up Social Justice Warrior owned videos on the internet, a plethora of “Ben Shapiro owns leftist college students” will appear on their Facebook timeline or YouTube’s recommended page. Another is to watch less television, avoid getting your information from TV shows or celebrities; practice your critical thinking, get actual facts from real sources like books, journals, studies, etc.

There is a myriad of ways to combat anti-intellectualism, but we need to first acknowledge that this is a prevalent problem in our nation.

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From land mines of the battlefield to land mines of college and civilian transition Courtney Davis STAFF WRITER

Moving from veteran to civilian life is difficult and if not given the proper knowledge, harsh mistakes will be made. Veterans should capitalize services at Palomar to aid in the transition process.

With many different VA Education Benefits available, each benefit comes with its own list of restrictions. These restrictive benefits make it difficult for veteran students to thrive in an already highly priced area.

A vast majority of veteran students are using the Post-9/11 GI Bill which provides educational benefits for veterans who served on active duty for 90 days or more since September 10, 2001.

Using this benefit, veterans can receive fully paid tuition and fees at school, up to $1000 a year for books and supplies, and a monthly housing allowance while the veteran is going to school. While this is no doubt a very helpful way to transition a servicemember to civilian life, this is a flawed benefit.

According to Sperling’s Best Places, San Marcos, has an overall cost of living index of 172.8 on a US av-

erage index of 100. Included in the overall calculation is grocery, health, housing, utilities, transportation and miscellaneous.

A single veteran in San Marcos on average will pay $1,480 on rent. If that veteran has a family to house, they could be paying in excess of $4,000 in rent for a 4-bedroom home. Keep in mind, this does not include the cost of groceries, healthcare, utilities, transportation or any other miscellaneous expenses.

What are students supposed to do when they hit a restriction roadblock in their benefits? Palomar veteran student, Alex Kozor, said that when classes aren’t offered for his major during a traditional break he can’t use his VA Education benefits to take classes and forfeits his education benefits for that period of time.

As a full-time student, Kozor found himself needing to find a temporary job after the Fall 2018 semester to supplement his income while he waited for classes for his major to be offered the following month when the Spring 2019 semester started.

“You just have to plan for the breaks, either through savings or have another job set up to sup-

plement your income,” said Kozor.

Additionally, he finds that the housing allowance he receives at 100 percent of the benefit is only enough to survive off of as a single person. If you have a family, the benefit is not enough to survive off of alone.

He has found ways to be creative with the benefits he receives, having to resort to buying used books on Amazon because the book stipend he receives isn’t enough.

Veteran students using VA education benefits are eligible for non-taxable work study benefits. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs webpage, “If you’re a fulltime or 3/4-time student in a college degree, vocational, or professional program, you can ‘earn while you learn’ with a VA workstudy allowance.”

This program is available to students using Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33), Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty (Chapter 30), Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve (Chapter 1606), Post-Vietnam Era Veterans’ Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 32), Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program (Chapter 35), National Call

to Service Participants, and Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Program (Chapter 31).

This benefit may help a veteran student struggling to survive the financial challenges of transitioning from boots to books.

Veteran students need to be offered a sense of stability. Coming from a structured service with uninterrupted pay, veteran students find themselves struggling financially and are at a higher risk of dropping out due to their financial struggle. Kozor believes veterans should

Veteran students need to be offered a sense of stability.

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familiarize themselves with the VA benefits they will be using prior to using them.

This would help them prepare for any breaks in pay that could pose a financial hardship.

Kozor also encourages Veterans to take advantage of disability benefits.

“There’s a lot of myths out

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there and TRS (Transition Readiness Seminar) doesn’t do a good job of educating veterans on the process,” said Kozor. “It’s something veterans are entitled to and it’s a great way to supplement your income while going to school.”

While VA Education benefits do help veteran students transition, there needs to be more done to help students prepare for the financial struggle of being a student.

Many veteran students are unaware that their pay will be interrupted during traditional breaks if they are unable to take classes toward their degree program.

Veteran students need to be educated on their benefits while informing them of the restrictions and roadblocks they may face while teaching them how to prepare and plan for the interruptions in pay.

If you are a veteran student, I highly recommend you visit the Palomar College Veterans Resource Center to discuss your benefits and plan accordingly to eliminate the stress of encountering a financial crisis during periods of interrupted pay.

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Make California 420 again Katy Lynn STAFF WRITER

Recreational sales of marijuana officially became legal on Jan. 1, 2018. Since then, businesses, jobs, and income for the economy have boomed significantly.

Over the first three months of California’s new law, the state had brought in around a $74.2 million in dispensary tax revenues.

Although recreational marijuana has given the economy a big hand in making more profit, there has been a recent increase in black marketed dispensaries (illegal cannabis trade), causing the legal ones to lose profit day by day.

The reason for this is because the state’s illicit market offers marijuana free of tax, because they are not licensed.

A survey by a marijuana deliverer had suggested that one in five California consumers had regularly purchased their weed from an illegal dis-

pensary; 84 percent of those customers had said that they would return to shop again, as mentioned in an article on Investors.

Consumers may think it’s convenient to purchase through these because it’s cheaper and saves money, but in reality it harms our state’s income.

In addition, since legalization, there has been debates over regulation and businesses refusing to be placed next to dispensaries, because of a lack customers.

A c c o r d i n g t o Greenedge, a sales tracking company, about $2.5 billion worth of marijuana was sold in California.

In 2018, which is around half a billion less than the year before, when only medical cannabis was legal, it was easy to gain votes for the new law, but now dispensaries are facing the difficult part of taking customers away from the black market.

A huge difference that California has compared

to other states, is our surplus of cannabis. We produce more marijuana than we are able to consume. A report from last year by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, suggested that we produced as much as 15.5 million pounds of cannabis a year, and only consume about 2.5 million pounds of it.

Imagine all of that left over flower! This is where black markets come into place, and where they take much of our profit.

In a 2016 interview, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom had guessed that around 85 to 90 percent of our cannabis and CBD products produced are exported to another state.

He had said that it was a very serious issue, and that “it’s going to create a dynamic where the black market will likely persist in a very stubborn way.”

A big idea that producers have for this surplus is to wait until it’s federally legal (hopefully within the next 10 years), and start selling to other

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states.

California’s atmosphere is rapidly changing as cannabis is starting to be more accepted within society. There hasn’t been an instance when a political official has faced negative consequences for supporting marijuana legalization, and this shows that there has been an increased uptick in support from the community. A result that could occur from this is flower

becoming federally legal quicker than we have expected it to.

Overall, the legalization of recreational marijuana has been a great addition to California, although it has some downsides and issues that need to be addressed, such as an overload of black markets.

If this problem isn’t handled within the next few years, there could be a high chance of the black

markets taking over legal dispensaries and stealing California’s tax revenue and profit.

This could cause us to lose the jobs we’ve created, and it could possibly burn down the tall skyscraper of business we have built up these past few years.

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The new voters of GenZ must engage in political activism Kena Haun STAFF WRITER

Reformation and improvement of our democracy is solely dependent on the willingness of the citizen to actively engage in it.

We as students, especially have the capability of representing our interests and the power to influence our political leaders with such representation.

In the 2014 midterms, only 20 percent of people aged 18-29 showed up to vote according to NPR. This was the lowest rate in years. The aftermath: two years later, we elected Donald Trump into office accompanied by a Republican majority House and Senate.

The Center for American Progress said, “31 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 29 participated in the 2018 midterm elections, amounting to a nearly 10 percentage points increase in turnout compared with the 2014 midterms.”

In the 2018 midterm, the majority party of the house flipped overnight.

Students are uniquely positioned to represent the multitude of diverse perspectives that this nation must attend to.

A student can often

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reflect the issues of all persons. A student carries the role of employee, family, race, gender, wealth or lack thereof, citizenship in such a way to redefine the questions that are necessary for sake of betterment for society through the intersection of all of these roles.

This outlook is evident in the students of Park-

land, speaking up and out about the need for gun law reform.

Whether or not one agrees with their views is irrelevant, the point of the matter is that some of the most powerful, informative speeches on this issue came from their voice.

Yes, marching in protests, running political events, and speaking/

writing discourse are all sources of civic activism.

All of these activities provide the platform for language that stimulates change. Millennials have learned the hard way, that activism without voter participation, does this significant job of changing the public’s mind, but not the minds of the politician

The Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, in a memo, stated that, “young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 has strongly tracked a renewed interest and a growing level of dissatisfaction with Washington -- and in the 2018 midterm elections, as we projected, they clearly made their voices

heard through the ballot boxes in House and Senate races from coast to coast.”

The politician’s employment depends on who votes. Gen Z’ers have been watching the failures of millennial political engagement, and from this find themselves with knowledge of those failed experiences.

“Almost half of Gen Z says that voting is important and only 23 percent feel that the country is going in the right direction,” According to a study by the Center Generational Kinetics.

Interestingly enough, the same study stated “that despite the seemingly pessimistic outlook of this generation, 78 percent of Gen Z still believe in the American Dream.”

This is the voice that has the power to do what needs to be done. The knowledge of past experience and their own experience imbued with the need to pursue change.

It is our time, as students, to attend to the political discourse and enact change that directly affects us and our outcomes.

No one else is going to do it for us.

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April 8, 2019

“Legally Blonde”encourages students to “rethink pink” Kiera Colarusso STAFF WRITER

Palomar’s performing arts department produced “Legally Blonde: The Musical” as its biggest show in a season dedicated to works created by women.

Director Michael Mufson believes the show has “a misperception of being kind of frivolous,” and it’s exactly that perception of women’s stories that Mufson intended to make audiences reevaluate.

Backstage during a pickup rehearsal, the cast emanated enthusiastic motivation to tell the story of Elle Woods: the UCLA-sororitygirl-turned-Harvard-graduate heroine of the show.

As backing tracks for the show’s bright, high-energy score were heard faintly from the nearby stage, actors danced and harmonized through the hallway behind it.

Matthew Javier, who played Emmett Forrest, said the show was “a great choice, because it sends the message that ‘girly’ does not equal ‘inferior’ in

a really fun and easy-todigest way.”

Javier’s comment aligns with the story of his character, who helps Elle see that she shouldn’t have to change her feminine wardrobe and bubbly personality to be taken seriously as a competent law student.

In other words, Harvard should learn how to “rethink pink”: a phrase coined

by Mufson in the program.

Elle Woods is known for a closet made almost exclusively out of the shade and she spends most of the show having her lawyer instincts, strong value system, and hard work dismissed by the rest of Harvard because of it.

Inspired by the “Me Too” movement, as well as as what he describes as “a national focus and movement on women’s voices,” Mufson’s directorial vision was to shift the paradigm which tells us that being masculine is inherently better than being feminine.

Dance Captain Janelle Thomas reflected on the camaraderie of the company.

In a bright dressing room,

surrounded by a huddle of nodding and cheering cast mates, she said “The men in this cast are so supportive of the women in this cast, they’re so protective of the women in this cast...honestly they might want to be a woman of this cast. We’re not sure about that yet.”

Legally Blonde is “driven by women, telling a woman’s story, centering women’s voices,” said Mufson.

Thomas noted that she didn’t think male cast members were intimidated or embarrassed by that at all.

“It’s a great theme,” she said, “I just wish we would have done it sooner.”

As for the seasons to come, Mufson said the department hasn’t set a theme for its productions next year.

What he does know is that the Performing Arts department is now committing to do a musical every year - a change from its history of only putting one on every few years.

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Poster for “Legally Blonde”, a musical production presented by Palomar College Performing Arts program. Shown March 8 through 17, at Palomar College Howard Brubeck Theatre. Anna Gabriele/The Telescope.

The many sounds of Palomar College’s music department

The inside of the Brubeck Theatre ready for a musical performance. Elvin Diego/The Telescope.

Raisa Mursalin STAFF WRITER

The semi-filled auditorium of the Howard Brubeck Theatre was treated to the melodious sounds of the Palomar Brass Ensemble, Palomar Saxophone Ensemble and the Palomar/ Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (YPO) Percussion Ensemble on Sunday, March 10.

The eager audience comprised of other students, family members and music lovers alike who listened intently to every sound.

The Palomar Saxophone Ensemble was directed by Paul Kurokawa and comprised of four members.

The first performance was a lively rendition of “Two Cuban Dances” by Ignacio Cervantes and Arr. R. Denwood which was accompanied at the end with a mix of Argentinian influences.

The quartet also performed “‘Round Midnight” by Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Arr. R Muller and Irion and “Ulla in Africa” by Heiner Wiberny which provided a playful, party transition to the percussion ensemble, drawing on African Highlife as a major influence.

The Palomar/YPO Percussion Ensemble formed six years ago and is directed by Heather Barclay, comprised of 11 members.

The audience was delighted by the beginning act entitled “Sacks Appeal”

by Alan Black which consisted of the group making music using plastic bags.

Rhythmic clapping and feet stomping accompanied them as they ended with a familiar statement, “Paper or Plastic.” Former Palomar College President George R. Boggs and his wife Ann, both remarked that the performance was “impressive, enjoyable and the performers were very talented.”

Amidst the rearranging of instruments, Heather Barclay educated the audience about the uses of instruments and the different influences of styles that were in their performance pieces.

“Sofapilla” by Chuck Ricotta, the closing performance for the percussion ensemble was not only a favorite among members of the audience, but also one of the performers Ash Baek, as well.

Along with Lindsay Sackin, the two expressed that they thought the show went very well. The two high school students encouraged everyone to attend the next event.

Not only was it a treat for the audi-

ences’ ears but also a delight for the eyes as some instruments made unexpected sounds. The percussion VibraTone is a metal cylinder that when hit emits a tone that can be manipulated by pressing a hole in the middle.

The Palomar College Brass Ensemble directed by Paul Kurokawa comprised of nine members who enchanted the audience with a series of songs from as far back as the seventeenth century.

Wendy and John Murphy encouraged others to attend, pointing out that the theatre itself was nice and intimate and remarking that watching a professional group of performers was a worthwhile way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Their daughter Hope Murphy plays the French Horn in the brass ensemble.

Of course, no rendition would be complete without playing, “Canon,”

by Johann Pachelbel and arranged by W. Barnes arguably one of the greatest hits of classical music.

Even if you aren’t a music connoisseur, this event provides something for everyone.

RMURSALIN@THE-TELESCOPE.COM

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Aviator Stash stole the show on Saturday March 9 at The Pour House featuring bands nominated for The San Diego Music Awards (left to right) Sal Russo,Greg Kellogg,Disraeli Odalys. Mariesa Randow/ The Telescope

Local band Aviator Stash rocks The Pour House Ripp Friesen STAFF WRITER

Loud music, a bar packed to the brim with a crowd people and the band whose music packed the room.

The Pour House in Oceanside had all on Saturday, March 9 as the San Diego Music Awards (SDMA) showcased nominated local artists.

One of these nominated artists was local alternative band Aviator

Stash, nominated for best indie/alternative act.

Made up of vocalist Greg Kellogg, keyboardist Frank Inglis, drummer Tyler Pinto, guitarist Sal Russo, and bassist Disraeli Odalys, Aviator Stash is a local alternative band who are influenced by each of their own individual takes on music, giving them a creative and unique sound.

“Each individual person has a different musical background and different taste” Odalys said,

“we’re able to work together where we can put different elements of that into what we do” Being the last performance after Nina Francis and The Oxen, two other nominees, Aviator Stash packed the house with both newcomers and long-time fans who danced, drank, and sang along as the band played songs from their album “Prescribed.”

The people in the audience would frequently shout out, some occa-

sionally saying how much they love the band, one man even got up and sang with them for a minute.

Each member of the band had an opinion on where they wanted to take it but the main consensus was to grow and start being able to play for larger audiences.

“We’d like to get into playing festivals and always bigger and better venues.” Odalys said Mainly, they just want to keep making music and keep playing for those

who enjoy what they do.

“Playing shows, you enjoy and having people respond to your music, I think that’s more important to most musicians than other things” Inglis said Mixed emotions came over the bands faces when asked about being nominated for the best indie/alternative act, even causing Odalys to let out a long sigh.

To most of the band, being nominated for the award was a great thing,

but they don’t make music for the awards, they do it because they enjoy it and because other people enjoy it.

“You really care more about, like, you know, how much people like your songs” Frank says Aviator Stash, along with many others were featured in the San Diego Music Awards which was held Monday, March 11 at the House of Blues in downtown San Diego.

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Photo Gallery: A night out at the San Diego Music Awards ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY AUBREE WEIDMAIER

Casey Hensley performing at the San Diego Music Awards, March 11, 2019.

Java Joe’s All Stars performing at the San Diego Music Awards, March 11, 2019.

The Redwoods performing at the San Diego Music Awards, March 11, 2019.

Vokab Kompany performing at the San Diego Music Awards, March 11, 2019.

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April 8, 2019

The Act “La Maison du Bon Reve” Episode 101. Doting mother Dee Dee Blanchard and her sweet daughter Gypsy arrive in a new neighborhood, where Gypsy feels lonely due to a barrage of medical issues and eager to make friends. But their new neighbors can be nosy, and Dee Dee and Gypsy have secrets to hide. Dee Dee Blanchard (Patricia Arquette) and Gypsy Rose Blanchard (Joey King), shown. (CZ Post/Hulu/TNS)

Hulu’s new series documents a true crime horror story Marcella Preciado STAFF WRITER

“The Act”, Hulu’s new television series, speaks upon true events about a young girl named Gypsy Rose and her mother, who lied to keep her daughter “safe.”

Many call this crime series a “profound psychological horror story,” and here’s why.

For most of Gypsy Rose’s early life, she was manipulated by her own mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who was di-

agnosed with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, leading her to control her daughter to get her way.

The syndrome is defined as a “a mental health problem in which a caregiver makes up, or causes an illness or injury in a person under his or her care,” as explained by the University of Michigan School of Medicine.

Dee Dee would speak in an authoritative tone to manipulate not only to her daughter but everyone around them.

She told people that

her daughter was suffering from epilepsy, paraplegia, anemia, sleep apnea, muscular dystrophy, chromosomal defects, among many others.

The pair had gone through Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and survived, causing them to get help while they were homeless.

Not only that, but they were able to receive charity trips and donations, a new house in Springfield, Mo., and as well as other things, all because of how “sick” Gypsy Rose was.

Dee Dee had worked as

a nurse and was familiar with enough medical terms to convince people and frequently switch doctors in order to leave behind a messy trail of Gypsy’s hospital files that would make it difficult to piece together.

Furthermore, doctors wouldn’t even question about Gypsy’s conditions and would perform surgery on her even if that’s not what she needed at all.

The episodes that are available at the moment have been accurately mirrored to the real life events.

In “The Act,” the first 3 episodes talk about the ways Gypsy Rose would act according to her mother’s rules or else she would get punished.

Not knowing that Gypsy herself wasn’t really sick, she ends up finding out with different clues once she starts to associate with friends and becoming curious about life.

Dee Dee had been lying to Gypsy, telling her that she was 15 and was born in 1995 when in reality she was actually born in 1991 and was 19 years old.

Her mother also mentioned that the father was never involved in their life, making it seem like he was the bad guy; he actually would try to contact Gypsy as much as he could.

Gypsy had signed up for online dating which is where she meets a guy named Nick Godejohn.

Although the show is just getting started, its real life story counterpart will keep viewers on their toes.

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The Prince that was Promised Many believe the promised prince will be either Jon Snow, or Daenarys Targaryan, however, there are several who are contenders to be the reincarnation of the legendary warrior. One such person might come as a great surprise to many, the Kingslayer, Jaime Lannister.

To make sense of this theory, we’ll delve into Jaime’s character, as it coincides with what we know

of the story of Azor Ahai.

In the prophecies, Azor Ahai used the sword “Lightbringer” to defeat the Wight invasion. It took three attempts for him to create the legendary sword, in a similar manner, Jaime has undergone three “forgings” of his own character to shed his villain Kingslayer persona, which we were originally introduced to at the beginning of the series, to become Lightbringer himself.

He begins the path to

Jaime Lannister during the episode “Spoils of War,” Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Inc.

reforging his character after he loses his swordhand while he was a hostage of the Boltons. Later, when we see Qyburn treating the wound, he says “we’ve stymied the corruption,” which Jaime then repeats, emphasizing its importance. This is where the Kingslayer persona begins to fade, and Azor Ahai reborn begins to rise.

The First Forging The second book in the Song of Ice and Fire series “Clash of Kings,” had this passage in it to describe the story of Azor Ahai, “To fight the darkness, Azor Ahai needed to forge a hero’s sword. He labored for thirty days and thirty nights until it was done.

However, when he went to temper it in water, the sword broke. He was not one to give up easily, so he started over…”

We see the first forging of Jaime’s character when he is in the hot baths with Brienne at Harrenhal, he’s telling for the first time the story of how he stabbed the Mad King Aerys. He tells her of how he saved the entire city, including his father from the Mad King by stabbing him in the back, because the king commanded him

Qyburn putting on Jaime Lannister’s iconic Golden Hand. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Inc.

to set the city ablaze with wildfire.

After he tells this story, he collapses in the bath, his character broken, just as in the legend of Azor Ahai’s first attempt at forging Lightbringer. Brienne calls for someone to help the “Kingslayer,” to which he replies “my name is Jaime,” rebuking his Kingslayer persona.

The Second Forging “The second time [Azor Ahai] took fifty days and fifty nights to make the sword, even better than the first. To temper it this time, he captured a lion and drove the sword into

its heart, but once more the steel shattered.”

The second reforging we see comes after he sets his brother, Tyrion Lannister free, before he can be executed for the false accusation of murdering the king. When Tyrion is nearly free, he turns back and goes to the tower of the Hand of the King, to kill his father Tywin Lannister.

As he walks through the tower, we see the sigil of House Lannister emblazoned everywhere, a golden lion. He finds his father and kills him by shooting a crossbow bolt into his heart. Tyrion then escapes in the night.

At his father’s funeral, we once again see Jaime broken. His sister and lover, Cersei tells him “Tyrion may be a monster, but at least he killed our father on purpose. You killed him by mistake with stupidity.”

This statement in the minds of many, including likely Jaime himself, rings true. He killed the Lion Tywin by disobeying his orders, and freeing Tyrion.

Full story can be found on our website at TheTelescope.com, as well as a link to the original poster of the fan thoery.

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(Top) Jonas Brothers in 2008. Courtesy of Jonas Brothers/Flickr.

(Bottom) Jonas Brothers performing in 2010. Courtesy of Jonas Brothers/Flickr.

Jonas Brothers in 2019 promoting the new single “Sucker” (Star Tribune/TNS).

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The album had a limited release with 50,000 copies in August 2006. The album sold 23,000 copies and peaked at number 91 on the Billboard charts.

2007-2008 A music video for the Jonas Brothers single “Year 3000” was released on Disney Channel that skyrocketed the band while they simultaneously were getting dropped from Columbia Records.

After a short time without a label the brothers were picked up by Holly-

wood Records in February 2007.

Aug. 7 of the same year their self titled album dropped, featuring two successful singles, “Hold On” and “S.O.S.” The album peaked at number five on Billboard’s Top 200 chart in its first week.

The Jonas Brothers continued to grow in popularity appearing on hit tv shows such as “Hannah Montana” and performing at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

In 2008 they released their third studio album

A Little Bit Longer on Aug. 12, just over a year after their second album.

It peaked at number one on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

2009-2013 In June of 2009 the brothers released their fourth album entitled Lines, Vines, and Trying Times that debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.

In an interview with The Rolling Stones the band said “Lines are something that someone feeds

you, vines are the things that get in the way, and trying times, well, that’s obvious.”

They also told Billboard, “We’re trying to learn as much as we can, continuing to grow.”

The trio continued creating music and appearing in their Disney Channel show titled Jonas along with the Disney Channel original movies “Camp Rock” and “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.” After a series of live performances the Jonas announced their separation Oct. 29, 2013.

2019 After years of pleas from fans for the brothers to get back together the band released Sucker.

Co written with Ryan Tedder and Frank Dukes, Sucker debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and US Hot Digital Charts selling 88,000 copies in the first week.

The song has a catchy beat with a vibrant music video to match it, staring Danielle Jonas, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and Sophie Turner, the significant oth-

ers of the brothers.

Their reunitement comes on the heels of the announcement of a Jonas Brothers Amazon Documentary where they explained that they did a lot of healing and reconnecting working through the problems that drove them apart.

There hasn’t been a release date set for the documentary but it is just one more thing along with an abundance of new music Jonas Brothers fans have to look forward to.

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Post-Warped Tour blues? These festivals have you covered ALTERNATIVE NOTES Victoria Price STAFF EDITOR

Last year, the alternative community was hit with the shocking news that Van’s Warped Tour would be no more.

Shortly after, founder Kevin Lyman hinted at a celebration for the 25th anniversary of the fesitval, occuring this year.

In January, Lyman confirmed multiple Vans Warped Tour anniversary dates, taking place this summer in Cleveland, Ohio on June 8, Atlantic City, N.J. on June 29 and 30, and Mountain View, Calif. on July 20 and 21.

However, these festivals will be done differently compared to the previous 24 years of festivals.

The two flagship festivals will take place over a two day period, instead of one day and the lineup varies by city.

That being said, the ticket prices have nearly doubled, with the tickets for last year’s festival costing around $50, while the tickets for this year

sit at a high $140.

Since Warped was known as a huge, easily accessible festival, this came as a huge hit for people who don’t have the means to travel to the anniversary shows.

Now organizers and promoters have taken matters into their own hands, with the announcement of two cross country festivals to act as a spiritual successor to the iconic festival.

The first of the two festivals is Sad Summer Festival, spearheaded by 8123 (the bandowned record label housing Arizona band The Maine), and Alternative Press Magazine.

The headliners include all Warped Tour alumni State Champs, The Maine, Mayday Parade, and The Wonder Years playing all 19 dates, with some smaller bands playing various shows along the month long stretch.

The tickets for Sad Summer Fest retail for about $40, and will be available this month.

The second festival is Disrupt Festival, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink.

This festival caters to the heavier side of Warped, with more metal and hard rock acts like The Used, Thrice, Circa Survive, Sum 41, and The Story So Far, among many more.

This two month trek covers 25 stops all across the country.

Tickets to attend Disrupt will run you about $40, but if you wanted the VIP experience, those coveted tickets are going for about $160, with prices varying for each date as well as fees from individual ticket sellers.

It’s clear that although Kevin Lyman has called it quits on the much loved cross country Vans Warped Tour, its legacy is far from over.

Promoters and agencies have gotten the inspiration from the iconic fest to create their own, more specific festivals for the genres that Warped included in their 24 year run, still creating a perfect summer experience for any fan who’s missing those good old days of punk rock summer camp.

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Derek DiScanio performing with State Champs at Vans Warped Tour in San Diego on June 22, 2018. Victoria Price/The Telescope.

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April 8, 2018

Cultura Cometa Palomar Arboretum se remodela para mejorar el sendero Ana Acosta EDITORA

NOTICIAS Los funcionarios de Palomar celebraron una ceremonia innovadora para marcar el inicio de un proyecto de construcción para realizar mejoras y renovaciones en el Arboretum de Edwin y Frances Hunter, el 22 de marzo. Como resultado, el arboreto se cerrará hasta el otoño de 2019 o la primavera de 2020.

El proyecto de mejora de senderos incluirá una nueva entrada, ubicada cerca del estacionamiento cinco, así como actualizaciones de riesgo y mejoras de senderos compatibles con ADA en los jardines inferiores del arboreto.

El arboreto ha sido reconocido por AbNet, una comunidad de profesionales que reconocen los jardines centrados en los árboles, como Arboreto del Nivel Dos. Este reconocimiento solo se otorga a los arboretos que proporcionan una colección con más de cien especies botánicas, y también tienen empleados enfocados en el arboreto y programas educativos para el público.

Palomar College junto con UC Davis, han sido los únicos dos campus universitarios de California que han recibido este reconocimiento.

En la ceremonia, el presidente y superintendente Joi Lin Blake notó la importancia de la presencia del arboreto en el campus, lo que lo marca como un lugar tranquilo para que los estudiantes se relajen. También promocionó el arboreto como un espacio educativo donde los estudiantes pueden realizar estudios de campo para sus clases.

“Somos muy afortunados de tener un rincón del campus dedicado a preservar la naturaleza”, dijo Blake. “A través de las próximas actualizaciones, incluso más estudiantes y visitantes tendrán acceso a la belleza que ofrece este entorno único”.

Anthony White, vice presidente de Gobernanza compartida para el gobierno estudiantil asociado, reconoció durante la innovadora forma en que el arboretum ayuda a preservar la belleza natural del sur de California, especialmente para aquellos rodeados de entornos urbanos.

“Tenemos la oportunidad de disfrutar de la belleza que era”, dijo White.

“La belleza que se perdió en esta zona del sur de California a medida que se desarrolla. Ahora tenemos algo en nuestro propio patio trasero que el cuerpo estudiantil realmente puede apreciar. “ agrego White.

Tony Rangel, Supervisor de Terrenos y Presidente de Friends of the Arboretum fue el orador principal del evento.

Durante su discurso, Rangel notó que un arboreto es un lugar donde la comunidad del campus puede venir a aprender y reunirse.

“Significa casa, casa o lugar de árboles”, dijo Rangel. “Es un museo lleno de árboles y plantas vivas”.

Beth Pearson, profesora de Botánica y miembro de Friends of the Arboretum, señaló que la nueva accesibilidad para estudiantes de ADA ayudará a los profesores a crear actividades de laboratorio en el arboretum.

Pearson también señaló que el sistema de riesgo actualizado no es una hazaña pequeña para el arboreto.

“La capacidad de poder regar estas plantas nos

ayudará”, dijo Pearson.

“Les permitirá prosperar y probablemente también agregarse a la colección”.

Una vez que se completen las renovaciones, Pearson espera que los estudiantes aprovechen la oportunidad para utilizar más el Arboretum. “[Espero] que lo hagamos más acogedor para ellos”, dijo Pearson. “Para que se den cuenta de que es un espacio para que se relajen y tal vez estudien y salgan con amigos”.

Antes de que terminara la ceremonia, el Gerente de Planificación de Instalaciones, Denis Astl, anunció que el Jardín de Cactus del arboretum fue seleccionado por USPS para ser el centro de un nuevo diseño de sellos.

El diseño será revelado en el Jardín de Cactus el 15 de abril a las 11:30 a.m.

Las mejoras en el sendero del arboreto es uno de los proyectos restantes dentro de los fondos de la Proposición M. Estos proyectos están programados para completarse en el transcurso de los próximos dos años.

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Arriba: Administradores de Palomar y miembros de la Junta de Gobierno en el ceremonial evento innovador para el Arboretum Edwin y Frances Hunter. De izquierda a derecha: Star Rivera-Lacey, Mark Evilsizer, Joi Lin Blake, Nina Deerfield, Jack Kahn. Foto por Ana Acosta / The Telescope Medio: Tony Rangel, Supervisor de terrenos y Presidente de “Amigos del Arboretum” dirigiéndose a la multitud durante el evento ceremonial de inauguración para el Arboretum Edwin y Frances Hunter. Foto por Ana Acosta / The Telescope

La nueva serie de Hulu documenta una verdadera historia de horror criminal.

Marcella Preciado ESCRITORA

ARTES Y CULTURA “The Act,” la nueva serie de televisión de Hulu, habla sobre los hechos reales sobre una niña llamada Gypsy Rose y su madre, que mintió para mantener a su hija “a salvo.”

Muchos llaman a esta serie de television una “profunda historia de horror psicológico”, y es aqui durante la mayor parte de la vida temprana de Gypsy Rose, fue manipulada por su propia madre, Dee Dee Blanchard, a

quien le diagnosticó el síndrome de Munchausen, lo que la llevó a controlar a su hija para que se saliera con la suya.

El síndrome se define como “un problema de salud mental en el que un cuidador se recupera o causa una enfermedad o lesión en una persona bajo su cuidado”, como lo explica la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Michigan.

Dee Dee hablaría en un tono autoritario para manipular no solo a su hija sino a todos a su alrededor.

Ella le dijo a la gente

que su hija sufría de epilepsia, paraplejia, anemia, apnea del sueño, distrofia muscular, defectos cromosómicos, entre muchos otros.

Las dos habían pasado por el huracán Katrina en 2005 y sobrevivieron , lo que provocó que obtuvieran ayuda mientras estaban sin hogar.

No solo eso, sino que también pudieron recibir viajes de caridad y donaciones, una nueva casa en Springfield, MO, y otras cosas, todo debido a las “enfermedades” que estaba Gypsy Rose.

Dee Dee había traba-

jado como enfermera y estaba familiarizada con los términos médicos suficientes para convencer a las personas y con frecuencia a los médicos para dejar atrás un rastro desordenado de los archivos hospitalarios de Gypsy que dificultarían su reconstrucción.

Además, los médicos ni siquiera cuestionaaron las condiciones de Gypsy y le realizan una cirugía, incluso eso no era lo que ella necesitaba.

Los episodios que están disponibles en este momento se han reflejado con precisión en sus even-

tos de la vida real.

En “The Act”, los primeros tres episodios hablan de las formas en que Gypsy Rose actuaría de acuerdo con las reglas de su madre o de lo contrario sería castigada.

Al no saber que Gypsy no estaba realmente enferma, termina descubriendo diferentes pistas una vez que comienza a relacionarse con amigos y siente curiosidad por la vida.

Dee Dee le había mentido a Gypsy, diciéndole que tenía 15 años y nació en 1995, cuando en realidad nació en 1991 y tenía

Imágenes en la parte superior de la página: Izquierda, cortesía de Wikipedia Commons. Centro, cortesía de Peta_de_Aztlan / Flickr Commons. Bien, Cortesía de Max Pixel.

19 años.

Su madre también mencionó que el padre nunca estuvo involucrado en su vida, por lo que parece que él era el tipo malo; en realidad intentaría contactar a Gypsy tanto como pudiera.

Gypsy se había inscrito para citas en línea, que es donde conoce a un tipo llamado Nick Godejohn.

Aunque el espectáculo apenas está comenzando, su contraparte de la historia de la vida real mantendrá a los espectadores alerta.

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Keto: Does it work or is it just another dangerous diet?

Katy Lynn STAFF WRITER Over the past few years, there has been a rise in popularity with the Keto diet and concerns on whether it is safe or not.

Keto is a diet that consists of eating foods with low carbohydrates, therefore the diet as a whole is higher in fat content.

This action of consuming an extreme amount of fat, and little to no carbohydrates produces ketosis (when your body’s energy supply is absorbed from ketones), which occurs when a fat is being metabolized at a high rate.

The result of this is burning body fat much more quickly than usual, causing rapid weight loss.

Although many have succeeded with the Keto diet and losing pounds, experts, including nutritionists and dietitians have concerns about maintaining the right nutrients that the body needs.

In addition, even though there are many positive outcomes during the diet, there are some negative side effects that people experience as well.

This includes fatigue, decrease in performance, or

Keto, the new, popular diet of the now and the foods allowed to eat while participating in it. / Mariesa Randow• The Telescope

appetite suppression.

“Keto is not for everyone, and it affects everyone differently,” Miguel Luque, a current Keto diet user explained, “it has taught me self-control, which has helped with a lot.”

Miguel had started Keto on January 2 of this year, weighing 240 pounds. As of March 12, he had lost a whopping 25 pounds.

“My wife had convinced me to do it with her, and

since then it’s helped our relationship, and I can think better and clearer,” he said. “I take supplements including collagen, and daily vitamins to fulfill the things that my body needs.”

Many people have accomplished their weight goals by following the Keto diet, but there are many nutritionists, doctors and dietitians who are skeptical.

Mainly because they have concerns about those missing out on what the body works best with to function.

Carbohydrates give the body energy, which can cause problems for those who are depriving themselves of them. This can cause fatigue and even weight gain, in some cases.

Palomar Nutrition Professor, Solange Wasef had explained that “true keto is very difficult to maintain

long-term.”

Which means results will also more than likely not be maintained long-term when on the diet. ”They have the possibility of returning to old eating habits, and gaining back the weight plus more than before,” she had added, “Every time someone goes through that cycle it can be a little bit harder to lose the weight.”

“Supplements don’t re-

place food to the full extent, and the human body responds better to food,” Professor Wasef added.

Even though a large amount of research has been done on the Keto diet, she also said that “these diets are extreme, and there isn’t enough data on the Keto diet to actually know if the results are healthy over a long period of time.

If you’re on the diet for an extended amount of time (years), you may be the one providing long term data on how the diet affects people.”

The Keto diet is a quick way to lose weight if those who are on it have self-control and are able to maintain supplements.

However, there are, and always will be concerns of side effects and other problems such as sustainability and maintaining the right nutrients especially when the diet is something that is new, and not one that many people have tried before.

It is best to talk to your primary care doctor before changing your diet in any way to make sure that it is going to be a good fit for you.

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Riverside food market reigns supreme in Inland Empire Cheyenne Cyr STAFF WRITER

REVIEW Have you ever heard of the Riverside Food Lab? It’s not a laboratory where experiments are conducted on food. It is a food hall where you can conduct experiments on your own taste buds!

With a grand total of 14 restaurants and food varieties ranging from honeycomb waffles on a stick to stuffed grape leaves, there’s more than plenty of room for trial and error.

Located at 3605 Market Street in Riverside, this collection of restaurants contains more options for foodies than you can shake a fork at.

The food hall opened in September of last year and has been a roaring success due to their abundance of options for different dietary needs.

Fufu’s Grill is a place that offers a menu of traditional Lebanese recipes with an “American flair.”

Their menu contains items such as stuffed grape leaves, beef or chicken shwarma plate, and Baklava for dessert.

The average review for Fufu’s is around 4.6 out of 5 stars, with many commenting on great service and even greater food.

Another restaurant, Monty’s Good Burger, prides themselves on their Impossible Burger as their main menu choice. All of the food items offered are 100 percent plant based, and all ingredients are locally sourced.

Along with their vegan burger, Monty’s Good Burger offers french fries and tater tots with a variety of dipping sauces, their own recipe of craft cream soda, and grilled cheese sandwiches for the kiddies.

A typical rating for Monty’s consists of 4.5 stars, and many talk about the great vegan options for those who feel limited by what Riverside otherwise provides.

No matter which restaurant you dine at, you will certainly end up at Sweet Combforts, a honeycomb Belgian waffle company that provides waffles on a stick with a variety of toppings.

Their most famous waffle pops include “Strawberry Babe,” which consists of strawberries,

cream cheese and graham crackers, “Churro Crunch,” covered in brown sugar and cinnamon with Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, and “Plain Jane,” which is a plain waffle with powdered sugar.

They also offer milkshakes and ice cream, so you can dip your waffles in if you so please.

The average rating for Sweet Combforts is a solid 4 stars out of 5.

Other than the places mentioned, there are still 11 other places to try.

Some serving coffee, boba, ramen, and much more.

The Riverside food market is something that needs to be experienced by oneself in order to understand the hype.

Whether you are vegan, vegetarian, or simply looking for good food, there is no doubt you will find something that caters to your needs.

All in all, Riverside Food Lab provides more options than you would think at first glance.

With so many different eateries, you can expect to see a lot of variety and to leave with a full and satisfied stomach.

The Riverside Food Lab is located at 3605 Market St., Riverside, Dia De Los Puercos. California 92501. The Inland Empire’s very first food hall that opened in Sept 2018 / Anna Gabriele • The Telescope

Banana nutella waffle pop from Sweet Combforts in the food lab / Ana Gabriele • The Telescope

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April 8, 2018

Sabrina’s Apartment , Matt pays rent for.

Rosa(left), Sabrina(center) and Matt Doyle (right)

Rosa(left) and Sugar baby(right).

Photos courtesy of Matt Doyle

“I’m 50, I own a company and I have a sugar baby” INTERVIEW BY STAFF EDITOR MONICA NAVARRETE On October 22, 2018 the Palomar Telescope released an article that spoke about the difficulties that college students endure financially, the high number of student debt and ultimately the result of thousands of college students seeking a sugar daddy. Although every sugar baby relationship differs, some willing to marry their sugar daddy and others wanting a chunk of compensation for their time, each understand that it’s a mutual agreement. Here we interviewed a sugar daddy that talks about his reasoning behind seeking a woman through Seeking Arrangement and his views on dating a college student while running his own company.

The interview with this sugar daddy reflects his personal point of view on his individual experience within this lifestyle and doesn’t necesarily reflect the views of The Telescope Staff.

Q. A.

Let’s start off by you telling me a bit about yourself?

Well my name is Matt Doyle, I’m 50, own a global medical device company and my net worth is about $60 million.

I believe in morals, respect and a strong foundation with every individual I encounter. I am such a jokester though! I’ve always said I’m like a genie, old but if you rub me enough you might get lucky. I don’t live in San Diego, I am based in the Bay area but I travel quite a bit. I was engaged about five years ago with a woman my age however I found her cheating on me and realized that my life was too far developed to establish myself with someone that wasn’t ready for that. That is what allowed me to begin to search within the “sugar bowl.”I knew that this type of lifestyle will allow me to be my own person while having someone beside me when I please. And I mean I have two at that!

Q.

What type of women did you meet on these sites?

Tell me a bit about them.

A.

I will begin to say that these sites isn’t for everyone although some women may believe so. I had the misfortune of meeting women that believed that all I was, was a bank account. Now don’t get me wrong I worked for where I am and if I want to spend my money on precious things I have no issue. But, I’m also a human and a good-looking one at that! I crave chemistry,real physical chemistry and a connection. So after having a couple hiccups with a couple women I met one girl that rocked my world. That’s Sabrina, she allowed herself to get to know me and have that physical intimacy at the same time. She’s the ideal girl, she’s got beautiful breasts and she could walk in a room and change the whole entire temperature. Now the other girl Rosa well she is just the cherry on top. She is 36 and physically is quite the opposite from Sabrina.

She’s got long dark hair, gorgeous hourglass figure and is quite independent. I have to say I have the best of both worlds.

Q.

That’s a great intro to my next question, What is it that you give in exchange for these women’s company? I understand that one is in college still and the other far more independent with her own career.

A.

Yes, and I have to say that’s the perfect scenario I was looking for. I mean,I wasn’t intending to have two women, but the situation presented themselves and I just couldn’t resist.

Sabrina is a bright girl, I can tell she will go far and have her own career in the near future. She is studying communications and is a very well spoken young lady, just like yourself. She is young though and just like anyone else at her age she lacks the experience and degree.

She’s opened up to me and told me a bit more on why she is so in need of financial assistance. She is on her own in college, and although I benefit from that, I can’t help from wondering what it is like for her. So far I pay her monthly rent and surprise her every once in a while with special gifts, MK bags, makeup, clothes, you know what girls like. I am planning on buying her a car, preferably a Tesla as her birthday gift as it is coming closer. Rosa, I don’t have to worry about her, she does and gets whatever she pleases on her own but it is always nice to surprise her as well with her favorite perfume or flowers. She’s quite the woman all on her own. I’ll always pamper them, us three are partiers, we like to enjoy life.

Q.

I can tell when you talk about both these women you seem to like different things about them, Do you see yourself having a monogamous relationship with either of these women?

A.

I don’t expect anything monogamous and frankly I’m not sure I’m ready for that. But to answer your question yes either of these women would be a dream to be loyal to. I could say though I would prefer to date older women, simply because I believe them to be more ready for something long term.

Q.

Didn’t you say your ex- fiance cheated on you and was your age?

A.

Hahaha, yes you’re right but when I look at the other younger women I spent money and time speaking with on these sites I can see why older women specifically my age aren’t willing to put up with bullcrap like that. I spent a lot of money on women that just took it and ran, had zero interest in meeting me. Apart from regretting allowing myself to be used it gave me a certain feel of respect towards the women my age that were seeking a stay at home type husband.

Q.

On to the next question, Where are you now with your current relationships?

A.

Right now, I am still seeing both women and we are in our two year mark. Sabrina will be graduating within a year and I continue to see both her and Rosa. My arrangement with Sabrina is rent ($3,500 to $4,000) and gifts in exchange of seeing me twice when I am here in San Diego. I also send her extra cash if she asks for it. Rosa is purely just gifts and night outs. She travels so sometimes I’ll pay for her ticket to visit me or we go on a vacation.

Q.

What is it like to go out with either or both of them? Do you feel judged whatsoever?

A.

I mean a lot of people have the perception of older men seeming more predatory than anything else. When I’m with Sabrina I feel honored to have her by my side.

Obviously people always have a certain way of thinking but I do what makes me happy. With Rosa there is evidently no issue other than she is gorgeous and has every man turning their head.

Q.

How does dating a sugar baby affect your personal life managing your company?

A.

It doesn’t, I’m my own boss.

I do have my responsibilities and my meetings to attend, but I believe I deserve to explore options in my own time. I found this as an option and I’m content with it.

Q.

Now asking from a different point of view why do you think younger women seek older men?

A.

I think that first and foremost, living in a city like San Diego at age 19 and being expected to pay everything in full is foolish. College is expensive, and I’m happy to help her live in a clean and safe enviornment if she can continue to see me. Older men just have the means to offer younger women what they need at this point of their life and it just works perfectly. Win-Win situaton!

Q.

So to wrap this up I’d love to know why you agreed to be interviewd on such a delicate topic like this and giving our readers an insight on what it is like to be in your shoes.

A.

Man, I can not stress enough how people are so hypocritcal and claim to be so tradtional in a world that is showing us that we can truly be our own selves.

We fight and fight to have liberty of experssion yet here we are digging out noses in stuff that isn’t our business. I work hard, I didn’t just start a company over night, it was years of dedication of me putting my personal life aside so that I can be successful and help those in need. I’m 50 now and I am finally giving myself the opportunity to treat myself and at the same time help someone that needs the help financially. People also might not understand that doing this IS NOT EASY! It is trial by error, if people would just see the thousands of dollars spent on women that simply ran away with it, would be shocked. I’m seeking for what makes me happy. This lifestyle does that for me.

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Championship swimmers look to repeat success Sundae Velasco STAFF WRITER

Spring has sprung and there’s hard work to be done for two returning swimmers who raced to an 800-yard relay championship last season and have high hopes for competing this semester.

Madalyn Johnson and Violet Stewart are steadfast swimmers when it comes to training for conference that occurs middle of April every year. They broke the record during spring 2018, eventually moving on to state championships and winning first place.

They were nonchalant pre-competition, unaware of the big moment to come. “I was just expecting to race really fast roles and we ended up forming a team between us two and another two other girls that have already transferred over,” shared Stewart, “Super gratifying.”

Of course it’s not all butterflies. The girls face challenges, from the practical to the personal. Johnson had to adjust going from sprinter to distance; Stewart is recovering from a back injury due to a car accident in high school and faced an emotional challenge last year as her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. “Swimming was my escape. I would

(top) : Violet Stewart (left) and Madalyn Johnson (right)are returning members of the Palomar College 800 meter relay championship team.

(Bottom Left): Violet Stewart is 20 -years- old Public Health major student and a 100 & 200 freestyle meter specialist. (Bottom Right): Madalyn Johnson also known as “Maddy” is 20 - years- old. She swims the backstroke and distance freestyle. Sonny Cavarlez / The Telescope

come to practice and that’s how I would let my emotions out.” Both girls continue to compete to the best of their ability despite discomfort and disability.

It’s also not all about success but also the process, “How did we even get there? That’s the story,” Head Coach Jem McAdams said.

In preparing for state last year, they cut their yardage a week before to rest their muscles. It’s an exhausting experience having to get back into

shape in a short period of time to swim faster. “It’s really grueling on the body but it’s also really mental,” Stewart expressed. For the upcoming season Johnson

and Stewart started training four months before everybody else. Swimming with Coach Scott’s club team got their yardage and endurance up to feel a lot stronger at the start of the season.

Swim is not just competition but also a lifestyle for them, going from pool deck to pool deck. Johnson enjoys swimming in the mornings and is a lifeguard for Palomar while Stewart coaches little kids.

“I’m ready to be old and join the masters team,” Johnson said with a laugh, “That’s the first thing I’m doing after summer, I just love it. I can’t imagine not swimming.”

With this year’s swim team being the smallest it has ever been, it’s enjoyable for the swimmers in both training and social aspects. Teammates get to know each other on a personal level with more integration and interaction. Coaches get to better focus on building upon their strengths.

There have been two state championship relay teams within his 27 years of coaching. “They are both really hard workers, very focused, very determined. Another thing is they really both enjoy swimming and are conscientious as students,” shared McAdams.

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ESPN reporting commits costly error Ryan Davis STAFF EDITOR

SPORTS OPINION A lifelong baseball fan died after succumbing to a head injury caused by a foul ball during a game at Dodger Stadium Aug. 29, 2018.

This tragic event has fostered many forms of controversy including calls for the netting to be extended further to claims that the Los Angeles Dodgers covered up the death due to the report coming out almost half a year later.

Although the death occurred in late August, no reports came out about it until early February when ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” brought them to light.

I personally do not have a dog in either fight and I believe the baseball world should be grateful that ESPN was able to find and report on the truth. I do however take great issue with the way this tragic event was reported and I believe it creates major issues in regards to basic journalism ethics.

In the original report, there were multiple inaccuracies that were corrected at a later date. Although they were eventually corrected, they never should have been published in the first place.

Originally, the foul ball was described as a “screaming liner.” In baseball, the batter’s goal is to hit the ball hard

to center field on a line, as is taught by hitting coaches at every level of baseball. A hit like this is referred to as a line drive and someone being hit in the head by something like that would very likely lead to irreparable damage.

It turns out the victim was actually hit by a high fly ball that made its way into the stands. When a ball like that finds its way into the stands it’s because the batter swung late on a pitch and foul balls like those are very common in baseball games. This isn’t an important fact to misreport but there is a very large difference between the two types of foul balls.

Saying that someone was hit with a screaming

liner paints a very different picture than a lazy fly ball. This isn’t to argue that ESPN had ulterior motives when compiling this report but it is very important to get the facts right the first time around especially as it pertains to terminology like this.

The biggest issue in this article was the naming of the players who contributed to the fly ball. The original article named both the pitcher and hitter that were battling back and forth when the foul ball went up. It turns out the original batter named might not even be correct as ESPN tacked on an update at the end of their article that states, “...new information has raised uncer-

tainty about the identity of the batter.”

This raises the question: did the names even need to be included in the report? In what way do the identities of the pitcher and hitter add to the overall story of a tragic event?

In journalism, the goal is to report the truth with minimal damage to those being reported on.

ESPN is doing a great service to the family of the victim as their story and message are now being shared where before it was all under wraps.

That doesn’t mean the players should be singled out.

Those reporting on the story have every right to include the players’ names in the article

as the events took place in a public space. But the harm that it could bring to the players does not outweigh the benefits of including them in the story to begin with. No one reading the article will think “Wow I’m so glad I know that players X and Y were the ones that attributed to this very unfortunate death,” as it is not relevant information.

ESPN is a juggernaut in the world of sports journalism and that won’t end any time soon but they really shouldn’t be making these mistakes in the name of timeliness. Maybe they need a refresher on basic journalism ethics.

RDAVIS@THE-TELESCOPE.COM

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April 8, 2018

Women’s basketball receives All-Conference honors lenzuela, earned a second all conference team honor with a 29.4 percent three throw average and a 58.5 free throw average in 26 games. Valenzuela scored a total of 234 for the Comets this season.

Jahaida RamirezSantiago Krista Moore STAFF

Palomar athletics continue to leave a mark on the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference with four athletes from the women’s basketball team being named to the first all-conference team and two more receiving second team awards.

This was a first time honor for all of the players.

Along with the team honors Head Coach Leigh Marshall, who has been coaching for eight seasons at Palomar College has had the honor of taking the coach of the year title for the fourth time now.

Clarissa Taite The sophomore guard who was awarded first team played in all games this season starting in 13 of them.

She averaged 27.5 three pointers this season and had a 64.7 free throw per-

Morgan Heise The sophomore guard out of San Marcos appeared in all 29 games this season earning a second team honor with a 25.5 percent three point average and a 52.9 free throw percentage. In her Palomar career she has scored a total of 233 points.

Palomar attempts a shot against San Jacinto on February 15. Sukhi Heumann / The Telescope

centage this season. In her Palomar career Taite has scored a total of 484 points.

Julie Saelee The freshman guard from Elk Grove Calif., appeared in all 29 games this season with a 32.6 three point percentage and a 81.5

Christina Stoll of the San Diego Rebellion. Photo courtesy of KDKC Photos

free throw percentage. In her first year as a comet she scored 331 points earning her a first team honors.

Tylor Williams Another freshman guard, out of Mira Mesa, earned her first team honor with a 20.5 percent three

point average and 63.9 percent free throw percentage. Williams appeared in 25 games this season and scored a total of 189 points scored.

Imari Cooly Freshman for the Comets had a 48.3 free throw

percentage. Cooly earned her first team honor with a 51 percent field goal average and having a total of 239 points in her first season with Palomar.

Dee Dee Valenzuela

The young team pulled out 28 wins and with ten freshman on the team Coach Marshall says that she is hoping to come back strong with those girls next season.

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Freshman guard out of San Marcos, Dee Dee Va-

Kengi Martin of the San Diego Rebellion. Photo courtesy of KDKC Photos

Rebellion football player Christina Stoll: Technical assistant by day, pro football player by night Jordan Spurgeon STAFF WRITER

It’s the NFL offseason and football fans everywhere are waiting for football to return.

The wait is over.

The San Diego Rebellion of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC) is here to fill the void left by the NFL One player in particular for the Rebellion is Christina Stoll, a technical assistant in the Palo-

mar College Media Studies Department, entering her second season playing in the WNFC. Stoll discovered the Rebellion when she was doing a photoshoot for Tido Smith, who at the time was the head coach of the Rebellion and a varsity coach at Orange Glen High School in Escondido. He invited her out to a practice and she really enjoyed it.

Stoll said, “I love football. I always wanted to play since I was a little

girl.” She never had the opportunity to play in high school, so she jumped at this opportunity.

The Rebellion formed in 2017 and played their first games in 2018. Stoll was one of the first rookie players to join. Her third practice in, she broke her elbow. Most of the team thought she wouldn’t return, but she returned in plenty of time for the 2018 season.

The team is co-owned

by Knengi Martin and

Katie Ott. This year, Martin is also the coach and quarterback of the team.

Martin described Stoll, nicknamed Stolli, as “Someone who has gone above and beyond what anyone could ask of her both on and off the field.”

In her first season, Stoll mainly impacted the defensive side of the ball.

She’s been working hard all offseason to become a threat at the wide receiver position. She’s spent countless hours outside of practice working on

routes and running hills with Martin.

Martin said, “She is what every coach wants because of her desire to learn and always improve… she is a team player and is always trying to help others.”

Stoll’s goal for this season is to score a touchdown. After all her hard work in the offseason she is ready to help the Rebellion produce wins.

Stoll and her husband, Peter Stoll, have organized all of the Rebellion

photo shoots, practice footage, and Facebook Live Streams for all the games.

Martin said, “They’re a major part in growing the brand of the Rebellion and women’s football as a whole.”

The season is now underway. You can watch Stoll and the Rebellion on the San Diego Rebellion Facebook page on Saturday nights.

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10 tips and tricks to getting an athletic scholarship Raisa Mursalin STAFF WRITER

There is an average of over four hundred and fifty student athletes at Palomar College. Here are ten tips that Athletes need to know about getting an athletic scholarship.

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BE AWARE OF THE SCHOLORSHIPS AVAILABLE Keep in touch with your school’s financial aid office and regularly check their website for updated lists of scholarships, grants and other opportunities for financial help. The Jan Wessel and the Judy Mazzarella scholarships both offer a $500 award and the Ward “Rusty” Myers scholarship offers a $1,000 award for a student athlete intending to transfer.

BE AWARE OF DATES

While the deadline for filing in house scholarships has passed, the financial aid office has a list of outside scholarships for which the application is still open like the fourth annual Apex Hosting Minecraft Scholarship.

ATHETIC DIRECTOR REMINDER KEEP YOUR GRADES UP

Scott Cathcart reminds student athletes to attend the annual eligibility orientation.

While Palomar College’s scholarship programs require at least a minimum GPA of 2.5, all the athletic scholarships offered by Palomar require a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

ASK FOR HELP

COMPLETE THE ATHLETICS AND COMPETITIVE SPORTS COURSE Palomar College student athletes are also required to pass the ACS-50, “Introduction to Intercollegiate Athletics” course.

Talk to your coaches, and counselors as they may be aware of scholarships that you don’t know about and they can even help with filling some of them out. Scott Cathcart recommends meeting with an academic athletic counselor once a semester and following their directions.

DEVELOP A PLAN DON’T LIMIT YOURSELF

Aside from athletic scholarships, there are many scholarships available for students of specific majors like the Culinary and Hospitality program and the Bill Opie and Selma Zarakov-Opie Scholarship.

CHECK OUT THE NATINAL COLLEGIATE ATHETIC ASSOCIATION WEBSITE Scott Cathcart, Director of Athletics at Palomar College suggested that students check out the website as it lists scholarships and provides rules, regulations and requirements for NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) eligibility standards.

Research the schools you want to attend, create a student educational plan with your counselor and Scott Cathcart recommends reading Section V of Palomar College Student Athlete Handbook regarding four-year college transfers.

GET ADVICE FROM FELLOW ATHLETES Talk to student athletes at your school and the school you want to attend as they have inside information that can be useful.

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April 8, 2019

Comets Athletics enter last month of game play RECORDS AS OF APRIL 1.

BY KRISTA MOORE

SOFTBALL OVERALL: 21-5 CONFERENCE: 8-1 Comets Softball continues to roll through the season winning 11 of their last 14 matchups. Starting pitchers continue to receive run support from all nine spots in the lineup including its key leadoff hitter Kylie Pignone who is currently holds a .353 batting average and 17 RBI. Other contributors include sophomore Sarah Fisher who has a .488 batting average and 28 RBIs, freshman Antionette Robison who is holding a .395 batting average and sophomore Meghan Wachholtz who went 2-4 with two RBIs and one run scored in Palomar’s latest game against San Diego Mesa.

She currently has a .474 batting average with 21 RBIs on the season.

Outstanding pitching from sophomore Aubrey Braun and Catalina Aguilar have helped the Comets this season. Braun has an ERA of 2.57 with 34 strikeouts in 16 appearances on the season while Aguilar has a 1.91 ERA with 73 strikeouts through 19 appearances this season.

As a team the Comets have a .382 batting average and an on base percentage of .446. Palomar softball will be taking on Southwestern April 12 with first pitch at 1 p.m.

Catcher Kendall Kates tries to catch a foul ball on March 15.

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BASEBALL OVERALL: 16-8-1 CONFERENCE: 8-1 As of the first of April the Comets are sitting third in the conference standings behind San Diego Mesa and Southwestern college. Palomar bats were hot going into spring break sweeping the College of the Desert scoring a total of 36 runs to the Roadrunners 3. Production at the plate continued into the Comets series against San Bernardino as the Comets took the first two games .15-2 and 4-3. Mitchell Hayes and Braden Olthoff both had stand out performances in their respective games. Hayes went six innings with five strikeouts and Olthoff pitched six innings with 10 strikeouts.

Right handed pitch-

er Everhett Hazelwood earned the SoCal Player of the Week honor by the California Community College Baseball Coaches Association the week of March 24. He has 35 strikeouts through six appearances on the season. The sophomore from Norco High School in Corona. Ca currently holds a 3.41 ERA averaging almost 10 strikeouts per game.

The Comets as a whole have batted in 170 runs with a .280 batting average and a .388 on base percentage. Palomar will be back home April 16 against Mt. San Jacinto with first pitch at 2 p.m.

MEN’S GOLF FIRST IN CONFERENCE Palomar men’s golf have stayed hot this season continuing to dominate on the course. The team have placed high in all of their tournaments hitting their first road bump against College of the Desert at St. Marks Golf Course. The team took second shooting 385 as a team with Zach Brown shooting a 73, 2 over par for his best score so far in the season.

The team is holding down first place in the PCAC Conference with 25 wins and three losses.

The team will be playing at Singing Hills Willow Glen on April 10.

Infielder Justin Folz hits a homerun in the third inning of the game on March 26. Sukhi Heumann / The Telescope

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL OVERALL: 2-9 CONFERENCE: 0-2 Men’s Volleyball continue to struggle to put together a win losing their last 9 matches. The teams two wins came against Antelope Valley and San Diego Mesa at the beginning

of the season.

The team will be back in the Dome against San Diego Miramar April 10 at 6 p.m.

WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL OVERALL: 2-8 CONFEENCE: 0-3 Women’s Volleyball continues to grind through their season picking up two wins and still looking for their first conference win.

The team’s two wins came against Santa Monica as

they took the match 4-1 and against Santa Barbara 5-0.

The Comets will be taking on San Diego City April 12 at 9 a.m.

MEN’S TENNIS OVERALL: 3-10 CONFERENCE: 3-7 Comets men’s tennis continues to push through the season struggling to pick up wins. The team accomplished their first win March 5 against Imperial Valley winning 9-0. They picked up their second win

against Mt. San Jacinto with a final score of 8-1.

The third win for the comets came against San Diego Mesa as they took the match 5-4.

WOMENS TENNIS OVERALL: 1-8 CONFERENCE : 1-8 Similar to the men’s team the women have struggled to put together wins this season picking

up one win against Mt. San Jacinto taking a close match 3-2.

Aiden Portillo runs for a backhand shot on March 8. Sukhi Heumann / The Telescope