Palomar College
Volume 38 No. 2
A Publication for the Associated Students
Friday,
October 5, 198 4
San Marcos, CA
Dr. Scheidt offers insight to president's position By Chris Reynolds
From an office on the southeastern corner of the campus, behind a desk laden with papers, president/ superintendent Dr. Omar Scheidt administers Palomar College. Arriving in 1977, the chief executive is in the beginning of his eighth year. With contracts reviewed every four years, Dr. Scheidt's contract will be reviewed at the end of this year. "I'll be here as long as the board renews my contract. I'm in good health and I enjoy my job, so I don't see retirement as a possibility in the near future." Dr. Scheidt points to, "working with people who have a common goal and helping students to attain their educational goals," as the most rewarding aspect of his job. The position does appear to have its dr awbacks, however. According to Scheidt the cheif administrator must be flexible in terms of his hours because of impromptu meetings that may detain him. "You have to have your family's un-
derstanding too. Suddenly, you'll have to call home and tell them you won't be home until nine or ten o'clock because a meeting comes up," said Dr. Scheidt. As Dr. Scheidt sees it, '1'he hardest part (of his job) is to get people to understand the complexities of the office and to inform people about why certain changes are made because they (the changes) come daily. It's (Palomar College) a complex institution." According to Dr. Scheidt, the number one priority this year will be conducting the institutional self-study in preparation for reaffirmation for accredidation. The study is required every five years to, "see where we are. Ask, where do we want to go and how do we get there." The study will be headed by Palomar instructors Janet Hafner and Ronald Page. In addition to working with the staff and developing cirriculum in conjunction with the Dean of instructional services, Dr. Scheidt also works with the Board of Trustees.
The Board is a lay-board, which means that they are not professional administrators although they are professionals in their own rite. (For instance, Board president Leon Baradat is a professor.) The most recent action of the board was their decison to go on record as being opposed to Prop. 36 (the Jarvis Initiative) and Prop. 37 (the state lottery proposal). The position of president takes on a more political role on the state level. Although there are organizations that are lobbying agents for the educational system as a whole, presidents may be their own best lobbyist. '1'he problem is some institutions lobby as districts," commented Scheidt. "In a sense it is competitive. We could improve our persuasive power if we had one collective voice." Dr. Scheidt points out that the president of a community college is in the mainstream of political affairs. (Continued on page 2)
Career Center re-opens again Looking for career information? If so, t he Palomar Community College Career Center has opened again after being closed d uring t he summer. Through p eriodicals, filmstrips, cassetes, microfilm , and pamphlets and the help of a skilled staff, one can fmd information on over 15,000 careers, as well as information on education majors.
This wide range of information and "an easy-to-use color coded system makes our career center the envy of colleges throughout San Diego county," says career center director Judy Eberhart.
Beginning October 16 students may also attend bi-weekly seminars on career areas such as pyschology, fashion, animal husbandry, and many other
topics. The free information series meets every other Tuesday from 11:30 to 1 p.m. and features educators and successful business persons as speakers. Hours for the Career Center are 8 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Mondays and Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesd ay, Wednesdays and Thursdays. For more information, call the Career Center at 7441150 or 727-7529, Ext. 2197.
Alumni and parents to be honored Special activities are planned for exfootball players, including free tickets to the first home game tomorrow against San Diego City College. The Palomar vs. San Diego City football game has been dubbed "Alumni/Parents Day." Fathers will be wearing football jerseys with their son's numbers and alumni will be recognized during half-time festivities. "We hope
to have players from the 1940's The football home game schedule is through the 1980's," says athletic direc- October 6 vs. San Diego City at 1:30 tor Bob Lusky. p .m.; October 27 vs Santa Ana at 1:30 According to Lusky, this is just the p.m.; November 10 vs Orange Coast at first of several special events planned 1:30 p.m.; and San Diego Mesa (Fan for upcoming Palomar athletic events. Appreciation Day) on Th u rsday, "Fan Appreciation Day,' the last football home game, for instance, will in- Thanksgiving Day at 11:00 a.m. All clude prizes for spectators such as a home games are played at San Marcos trip for two to Las Vegas and free High School, 1615 West San Marcos Boulevard. dinners.
ADMINISTRATOR - l'resident/~uperintendent Dr. Omar Scheidt points out the many facets of the chief executive's position. An officer he feels should be highly visible and accessible to students and faculty. ( Photo by Larry Meyer)
Football games vvill air on local TV channels By Michelle Flores For the first time, a Palomar football game will be seen on TV. Remote Video and Editing students of Dana Hawkes, chairman of the Communications Department, will videotape the Comets' contest against San Diego City College tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 p.m. This major taping project is being done in cooperation with San Diego's Southwestern Cable TV, which is donating its multi-camera remote production truck for the video-taping. The play-by-play announcers will be Palomar students Kevin Marah and Mike Trussal of KSM-FM 99.
Direction will be provided by Stuart Shook, production coordinator in the Telecam Program and supervision will be supplied by Russell Jackson, faculty advisor for the radio station. The rest of the TV crew will consist entirely of members of the class. Airdate for the game is Sunday, October 7 at 8 p.m. on the Dimension Cable System in North County, Channel3. It will also be shown by Southwestern Cable at 3 p.m. on Channel 15. Tentative plans are in the works to televise the November 10 game against Orange Coast College.
In the Arts San Diego painters have drawn together this month in the Boehm Gallery for the first show of the semester, featuring 11 prominent artists in a collection of painters of Southern California exhibit. "Some Aspects of San Diego Painting or 11 Ways to Paint 23 Works" will be on display until October 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Gallery director Russell Baldwin says, "the works from the 11 artists show realistic art to non-objective art using paint as a medium."
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jewelry, woodworking, enamel and ceramics was "devastated by negative publicity, after being termed 'Mickey Mouse' courses by the State Board of Community Colleges at the direction of the state legislature," Sanders said. Although the classes will be "converted into computerese" under a different format and description, the classes will have similiar content.
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After working 10 years on the Energy Conservation Program to reduce energy consumption, Val Sanders has designed the final plan to layout furnaces besides supervising construction and installation.
The San Diego painters include Tom Driscoll, Manny Farber, DeLoss McGraw, Richard Allen Morris, Marjorie Nodleman, Patricia Patterson, Tony Through the Energy Management Raczka, Roy David Rogers, Lynn System, the Art Department will proSchutte, Jean Swiggett, and Richard vided new furnances with heat exWheelden. changers and back-up system. The heat from the furnaces will heat water On October 13 and 14 an all day for the music, art, science, theater and slumping and fusing workshop will administration buildings. take place in C-7 and will be available to art students. Marty McNelly from Two new teachers have joined the Bullseye Glass Company will be conducting the seminar. For more infor- Art Department ranks: Grant Bloodmation contact Barry Reed, Ext. 2312. good, an ex-Palomar student, and Scott Breidenthal who is replacing Everett Peck, currently on a leave of In an effort to bring back General absence. Craft Classes I and II, which were cut Bloodgood is now teaching Art I during the 1982-1983 school year, the (drawing and composition) and BreidArt Department will be re-naming, re- enthal instructs layout-design. defining and re-identifying these classes with new terminology, according to department chairperson Val SanThe Art Department is now involved ders. in an ongoing review to re-evaluate art The General Craft classes, a combi- classes to accommodate AA majors nation of arts such as: stained glass, and transfer programs.
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WHICH END IS UP? - Boehm gallery director Russell Baldwin an d assistant organize the irrst show of th e sem ester, "Som e Aspects of San Diego Painting
or 11 ways to Paint 23 Works." It will r un through October 24. (Photo by Larry Meyer)
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NEWS Chief administrator offers job insights (Continued from page 1)
"First you have to look at the program positively and examine its benfits . Then, you have to ask certain questions, such as, has the program outlived its usefulness. You can't merely look at cost. Some programs are more expensive to run than others. Those types of decisions are always difficult to make."
"He must have an awareness of the situation and be able to deal with the legislature at the state level, paticularly the fmance commitee. Tooays president must be strong in fmance." With this year's drop in enrollment, community college funding may also decline. Even with the $75 million (half Although Scheidt feels that the eduof the state budget for education) cational system and Palomar are excelgenerated by the new tuition fees, little consideration was given to the loss of lent institutions and feels they should they should develop the whole person, $23 million in revenue due to the elimhe acknowledges the fact that, "from a ination of other fees. (Such as the financial standpoint, community colhealth fee.) lege can no longer be all things to all "While we were having our problems people." last year, (because of the political fight Issues still pending include: over funding in Sacramento), the staff stepped forward and volunteered to A bill for matriculation (increased take a pay cut. I admired them for counseling and guidance programs) that." Since then salaries have been awaits the governor's signature. 12 colrestored. leges have applied for the project. Now that the health fee has been dropped the service must still be mainThe competence policy which was tained. According to Dr. Scheidt such created to, "protect the integrity of decisions hamper the flexibility neces- departments and increase faculty job sary for administrators on the local security" is in the hands of the faculty level. senate. "Each time they make a decision (in A consulting firm is currently interSacramento) they restrict us," contin- viewing personnel on campus to aid in ued Dr. Scheidt. their study of the administration. Their Program reviews have been insti- fmdings will be presented to the Board tuted to study certain departments. on November 1.
lnterclub Council caters to unique diversities By Cynd.ie Claypool
Considering the unique diversities people have, it would be difficult to find a group which could accommodate the various nationalities, religions and hobbies which one finds around campus. The Inter-Club Council does cater to this particular situation. According to acting chairperson and Alpha Gama Sigma president Les Spellman, "ICC is the governing body over all the acting clubs on campus." The council held its annual Club Days September 26 and 27 to aquaint students with the various organizations. "All clubs were given an opportunity to solicit and bolster membership," said Spellman. "It was a big success." Ten clubs participated in this event, where only two or three were involved in past years. The organizations which have noti-
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fled ICC so far, according to Spellman and secretary to the Dean of Students Marilyn Lunde, include Alpha Gama Sigma (honor society), American Indian organization, Black Student Alliance, Chess Club, Dance Club, Dental Assistants, Latter Day Saints Students Association, MECA (Latin-American students), Palomar Christian Fellowship, and Palomar Community Diesel Association. Four new clubs affiliating with the ICC are Circle K, Bowling, Music, and VEDIC Cultural clubs. According to Lunde and Spellman new groups are more than welcome to become members. "The clubs are really given a wide spectrum ofwhat they want to be. "ICC will suport any organization which wants to be formed and help them in any way," said Spellman. ICC does have a constitution and requires all clubs to write their own, according to Spellman. The main stipulation for the clubs is that they are not allowed to exclude anyone from their activities and meetings. For information on becoming a represented organization see Lunde in R21-A. All new clubs are welcome to send a representative to the next ICC meeting October 16. They meet every other Tuesday at 12:30 in the TV room.
Child care offers food program
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1HERE) ASiMPLE ANSWER WHY THE DEFENSE DfPT. SPENDS $LIQOQQ FOR A FEW SCREWS ...
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Budget CUtS hurt children By Sabrina M. Messenger Let's talk for a moment about perceptions of reality. Some people feel that the possibility of the U.S. having a conflict with the Soviet Union is a real threat. They feel the government should spend more money on defense than on social programs. As a former Marine, I can understand their point of view. Now, let's talk about a different reality. One that working and student parents face daily-- shortages of quality child care. According to San Diego Family (September 1984 issue), 46 million women are now in the workforce; two-thirds of them are sole providers for their families. Newsweek's September 10 issue stated that in California, a single mother spends 49% of her income for child care. Five million American children under age 10,and 500,000 of them under age six come home to an empty house each day. Why? In 1982, Title XX, Social Services Block Grant, the largest support for child care, had its funding cut by a billion dollars. This has directly and indirectly hurt programs like Head Start, Child Food Program and even Palomar's Child Development Center. There is a lengthy waiting list, and parents have to do the best they can to find child care while on that waiting list. Some parents have four different arrange-
ments as one is not always reliable enough. The private caretakers and centers are now a seller's market, charging exhorbitant rates, very little of which goes into the child care employees' paychecks. Currently, there is a 30% turnover rate in this field because of low pay, little advancement and low respect. President Reagan says that he cares about families, but does he? Since he has taken office, there has been a decrease in public funding for child care services for low income families, and an increase in indirect funding through tax credits that benefit middle and upper income families. The way I see it, Republicans ignore the child care issue and Democrats only pay lip service to it. The time for talk is over, the time for action is now. If the President would offer corporations and employers tax incentives for providing their employees with day care facilities, and stop cutting the funding for necessary child care programs like Head Start and food programs, he might find more support among single parents and two-paycheck families alike. This is not merely a "women's" issue, nor is it entirely a governmental issue. Quality, affordable child care for all who want and need it is a "people" issue. Why shouldn't defense and child care be on an equal footing? After all, our children may be the future defenders of our country someday.
Triathalon classes now being offered By Cynd.i Claypool
Triathalon classes are now being offered at Palomar, giving students a chance to workout and earn college credits at the same time. The class meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:00a.m. to train and plan for upcoming triathalons with instructor Jon Cnossen Jr. The class oriented last spring with members competing at San Felipe, Rosarito beach and Carlsbad triathalons. The class emphasizes the training
aspect of racing, however it does not require students to compete. "I want my students to reap the benefits of triple-training and have fun in their advancement," said Cnossen. "Class members train a great deal in the pool and on the all-weather track," he added. "The surrounding foothills are perfect for getting in those bike and run miles and the nearby Pacific Ocean gives everybody a chance to practice open water swims." This summer Cnossen fmished eight triathalons in Nevada, Mexico, and
KSM to broadcast games
For the play-by-play action and behind the scenes color ofPalomar'football, Comets games are being broadcast from Palomar radio station KSM Children from households at certain . 99. income levels are eligible for the Child Sportscasters "live" from the field Care Food Program, sponsored by the include Kevin Marah, Jeff Kibler, Mike Child Development Center. Trussel and Tom Larson. Broadcasts All children in attendance will be will include informative background offered the same breakfast, lunch and coverage, player and coach interviews and comments. afternoon snack at no separate charge, KSM 99, the student-operated radio with no discrimination on the basis of the child's race, color, national origin, station, can be heard in FM stereo on the "Dimension" (TM) Cable Television age, sex, handicap or ability to pay. FM service. Any subscriber to TM Cable For further information, call 744can listen to KSM 99's programming by 1150, Ext. 2578. hookin~ the cable up to home stereo
California. He "finished strong" along with two of his pupils at the Del Mar Days Triathalon. In September another triathlete completed at Lake Tahoe's World's Toughest Triathalon. Their next meet will be October 20 in Ensenada. Anyone in the district is eligible to attend the class. For more information contact coach Cnossen, Ext. 2484.
Flea market exterminated
Due to legal ramifacations, the Associated Student Government sponsored units. Flea Market has been cancelled, acKSM 99 can be found at 98.9 on the cording to Norman Price, dean of stuFM dial. Programming consists of"new" dents. music, with jazz and special programs, In spite of enthusiastic community information features about the col- response to the Sunday event, the college, and the Comet football games. lege has been notified by the sheriff's Broadcast coverage is scheduled for department that the college falls withSaturdays: October 27 vs. Santa Ana in the guidelines of the city of San MarCollege at 7 p.m., a tape delay; and cos which prohibits swap meets within November 2 from Saddleback College city limits. in Mission Viejo at 7:30 p.m. live. The Funds raised helped such student Thanksgiving Day game vs. San Diego clubs as the speech team, women's Mesa will be broadcast on a tape delay center and student help center. at a time to be announced. Price said, "Other student activities For more information please call the have been planned to raise money for Telecommunications Department at these and other campus organiza744-1150 or 727-7529, Ext. 2442. tions."
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I Workshops scheduled tomorrow ~~who's
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Going to Take Care of Mom ... ?
Several one-day workshops will be offered on Saturday, October 6, by the Palomar Community College Community Education Division at Mt. Carmel High School. "The Art of Making Sense" will meet from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. "In these days of mass persuasion," says instructor Zachary Seech, "a sense of control over your own life can emerge from the confidence of knowing your choices are the right ones. Persons who learn about the art of making sense will find it easier to seperate fact from falsehood in everyday life." A fee of $15 is required.
''Who's Going to Take Care of Mom When She No Longer Can Take Care of Herself?" is offered from 9 a.m. to 12 noon by instructor Elsa Singh. Dealing with the emotional and social facets of aging, social misconceptions about aging and alternatives to institutionalization are among topics to be covered. A registration fee of $5 is charged. "Decorating with Flowers," costing $20, is instructed by Donna Platt, and will meet from 9 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Students need to bring a five to six inch bowl and a sharp knife and will learn how to buy, care for and design floral
Musicians tune up By Melissa M. Anderson Where can you fmd the support of over 11,000 people in one year for one department on campus? Would you believe the music department? "Last year that was our total attendance for all performances," says the new department chairman Peter Gach. "Palomar is noted as one of the main centers of music in North County, and this year the main goal is to increase student and public participation in all aspects of music," says Gach. "Our college holds a reputation of being excellent in areas of basic training in music, as well as facilities offered to the students such as practice and performance rooms and readily available instruments."
Performances range from recorder ensembles from the sixteenth century to jazz concerts of today. Every Wednesday at 11 a.m. there will be a free Concert Hour. Featured will be a wide variety of music encompassing vocalists, instrumentalists, Renaissance music and faculty performances. Scheduled October 20 is duo folk music from such places as Japan, India and Europe. ''The classes are small, giving the students a more personal learning environment," Gach added. ''The department is high-quality and this includes the many instructors who practice their work outside the classroom as well as in." He also indicates that they are a busy and active department, involved in the community, offering a Wide variety of musical opportunities.
Cherie L. Barker, director of Student Accountability, Gender Equity, Women's Center, will be the instructor in Cooperative Education 11 , Job Hunting Techniques.
Developing, maintaining and broadening unity among African a peoples is the primary purpose of the Black Student's Alliance. BSA fosters black awareness by sponsoring cultural and social events on campus and in the community while providing personal growth groups, tutorial assistance and a support system for the black student. Interested? Meetings are held every Wednesday and Thursday at noon. For further Information, call 744-1140, Ext. 2602
Classes will meet weekly beginning Wednesday, October 10 and ending November 14. Job hunters will learn where the jobs are, how to write a resume and how to prepare for an interview and understand ways to get promotions. This is a one or two unit class. For further information , call 744-1150, Ext. 2597.
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The San Diego Symphony is offering subscription tickets for its 1984-85 season at vastly reduced prices to Palomar students and staff. Students can save 50 percent on regular prices on five, 10 or 20 concert series. Symphony personnel will be on campus on October 8, 9, and 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the Student Union/ Cafeteria to answer questions about the Symphony Concert season and the savings they are offering.
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arrangements for use throughout the home. ''The Unique Exchange of Love Between Humans and Animals" is taught by Samantha Khury and will deepen and refine the ability to understand a pet's needs. The seminar costs $15 and will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. "Organizing A Home With A Gentle Spirit" is designed to help you establish priorities, plan your time and organize every room in the house or office. Instructor Angela Venturella will also cover wardrobe organization and creative entertaining.The seminar will meet from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and require a $5 registration fee. "Close Relationships: Finding Dividends In Your Differences" will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and be led by Ed and Susan Carrigan. Participants in the workshop will learn to understand, deal with and appreciate the unique differences inherent in human nature, temperaments, and personalities. A registration fee of $20, which includes the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator testing materials, is required. All workshops are offered for nocredit and are fully fee-supported. For more information or registration, call the Palomar Community Education Division at 744-1150 or 727-7259, Ext. 2154, or the Mt. Carmel Palomar office from 3 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays at 484-3891.
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Orange Glen trio leads volleyballers By Carey Kirner Although Palomar's womens volleyball team has started the season with a pair oflosses, Comet coach Teri McFarland is still optimistic about the team. "My goal at the beginning of the season was to finish in the top three in the league, which is going to be tough. Southwestern has already won the conference championship twice now and I know Mesa is already looking strong. The thing that really helps those teams is that they draw from high schools that have real strong volleyball programs." Because of that, and the fact that most of the schools have been together and have been practicing longer, there is a noticeable difference in the quality of play in the early going. Fortunately, though, McFarlan realizes what needs to be improved to make her team come alive. The team's main weakness seems to be in passing and digging. "Our strenghts are in hitting and blocking. We'll also serve well,
Hernandez paces locals to victories By Paul Taylor A first glance at the record of the men's soccer team would bring a smile to the face of most coaches. But Frank Hankin is puzzled. His Comets are in trouble despite a 5-2-1 season. A season that saw Palomar go winless last week in a pair of games. Palomar opened t he week against former San Diego Socker great Volkman Gross and his team from MiraCosta. The result was something less than what Hankin would have liked -a 1-1 tie. Khalid Basalamah scored the only goal of the game for the Comets in the second half of the contest, which was t he Pacific Coast Conference opener for Palomar. "Basalamah was really hungry,"Hankin said. "I was looking for someone to do something and he went in and did it. He wanted to prove to me that he deserved to be a starter and he scored three minutes after he went in." Hankin was paticularly pleased with the performance of Dragisha Ignjatovic. "He played three different positions that day," said Hankin "and did a great job." Also cited by the coach for fme play were the goalie Florentino Ortiz, sweeper Shannon Dalton, centerforward Hector Hernandez and halfback Tom Valentine. Palomar suffered its first Pacific Coast Conference loss of the season Friday when Southwestern upended the Comets 4-1. Ignjatovic assisted Hernandez for the only goal of the game for Palomar in the first half and the Comets led 1-0 at the intermission. However, the winners came back with a four-goal barrage in t he second half to undo the losers. "We had a very good first half in that game," Hankin said. "We came back in the second half and it was more a case of our defense than anything else. It was very obvious that we made mistakes." Palomar opened the season by placing third in the College of the Desert Soccer tournament. The Comets began with a 3-1 loss to Cerritos, in which Glen Olsen scored the team's only goal unassisted. But Palomar could not be stopped after that, as the Comets recorded a 2-1 win over Fullerton, shut Cetys out 2-0 a nd beat San Diego City College 3-2 in a shootout. Hernandez was the offensive star in the tournament for Palomar, as he scored both of the goals in the team's second a nd third games. Steve Grimm and Valentine scored goals in the fmal game, while Ignjatovic assisted on fou r goals in the tournament.
I think." Palomar has a relatively new team with only three returning sophomores from last year's contingent: Lisa Lohman, Chris Miller and Lauren Harder, all of whom are outside hitters. Miller "is a very good athlete," according to her coach, while Harder is expected to be particularly effective because she is a left-hander, which is an advantage since people seem to have more trouble blocking them, especially they have a good arm swing. Three newcomers to the fold have already proved their worth, and all of them are from Orange Glen High School. Sophomores Jennifer Mitchell and Carrie Sharp and freshman Kim Thweatt have stepped right in to help the Comets. McFarland's team showed just why the coach is so optimistic when the Comets traveled north to do battle in the Santa Ana Tournament Sept. 29. Palomar played in a very strong pool, according to McFarland, and played four teams, but still came away with a split of the eight games played. The Comets opened with a 12-15, 15-13 split with Los Angeles Pierce before routing San Jacinto 15-6, 15-1. That brought up powerful College of the Sequoias, the top seed of the event. But Palomar gave that team all it wanted, gaining a split, 11 -15, 15-13. That meant that, entering the fmal match against Arizona Western, Palomar only needed a split to advance to the eight-team playoff of the tourney. But the fatigued Comets dropped both games dropped both games, 10-15, 7-15. In spite of the final match, though, McFarland found reason to be pleased. "I was ecstatic over their play," she said. ''They played very well, particularly against Sequoias. They really banded together. "It was a great day as far as experience goes and it helped us at least get in some good practice games for the season."
The Comets' performance in the tournament was especially impressive, considering the fact that it was their first time using a new offense. "We used a new three-setter offense for the first time," McFarland explained, "and it worked very well. The girls picked it right up, like they had been
playing it forever." The setters- Joey Velasquez, Carrie Sharp and Jennifer Mitchell- turned in stellar performances, especially Sharp. "Carrie really had a great day," McFarland said. "She really played well. She was setting very well, but she , also blocked Sequoias best hitter three times in that match." McFarland also had praise for Harder who, along with Sharp had the recorded the best hitting percentage f or the comets on t h e d ay. But it was very clearly a team effort. "I was amazed at how polished the team looked out there," McFarland said. ''They just looked so balanced. I
By Paul Taylor Palomar suffered its first loss of the season Saturday night when Southwestern parlayed a fearsome pass rush and opportunistic offense into a 23-3 win over the Comets. Comet quarterback Chris Batchelor caught the wrath of the Southwestern blitz. The signal-caller was sacked 11 times and despite completing 17 of his 34 passing attempts, was rushed into throwing four interceptions. Despite the opposition's 23 points, Craft found reason to feel optimistic from the performance of his defense.
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By Bob Cameron winning one of two games. The locals saw a three goal lead Eight freshmen and four sophomores, one a returning all-conference dwindle in the final minute, but held player, comprise the men's water polo on to beat Mount San Antonio College team which begins its conference play 9-8. Loedel led the Comets with five October 9 at 3 p.m. against Citrus Colgoals followed by Warner with two, lege at Citrus. Last year's all-conference player Pe- and one apiece for Schutz and Halbert. ter Loedel, leads the Comets, along "Peter is a very subtle player," said with sophomores Tony Bennett and assistant coach Bob Nelson. "He isn't Garland Long, both from last year's very big and he doesn't have a very squad, and sophomore goalie Chris strong shot, but he's smart and he Koon who returns from the 1982 team. doesn't make mistakes. He has really helped our offense." Freshmen players are: John Hyde In their fmal tournament game Mesa and Tim Halbert, of Vista; Jeff Warner College bruised the locals 20-9, outand Joe Machado, Fallbrook; Russ scoring them 11-2 in the final half. "We Schultz, Poway; Joey Purugganan, Esjust fell apart," said coach Don Hubcondido; JeffHartsuyker, Orange Glen; bard. "We were right with them at the and Brad Royer, Coronado. half (9-7) but they just poured it on Last Saturday Palomar hosted at and our offense couldn't move in the the Comet Invitational Tournament, last two quarters."
"We caught them off guard a few times," he said. "The whole defensive line did a very good job. The linebackers did a great job, too, and the people in the secondary did a great job because they had to cover the receivers man-to-man. "We had our chances. We very easily could have won 24-3." The locals made its two consecutive wins as they upended Rio Hondo 32-17 September 22. Like all good teams must, the Comets found more than one way to score points - via the special teams - but
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Palomar opened the season by traveling to Fullerton, where the Comets were turned away in a five-game t hriller, 9-15, 15-7, 15-8, 11 -15, 13-15. "We really should have beaten Fullerton," McFarland said. "We only went up there with seven girls and t hey got really tired." The second match of the season, in Santa Ana, also resulted in disappointment, as Palomar again came out on the short end. "Santa Ana was a much better team than Fullerton," McFarland said, "but the girls just didn't play very well."
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as Coach Tom Craft pointed out, t he success of the special squads was no accident. "Our philosophy," Craft began , "is that there are three phases to having a good football team: offense, defense and the special teams, a nd t hey (the special teams) are reallysomethingwe try to stress in practice. We really do make more of a constant effort to emphasize the special teams than oth er teams do, I believe." "I like to think we do a real good job in that area, and over the course of t he season, I expect to win games with them. I think the Rio Hondo game was a good example." The Comets p roved j ust what kind of example. After Rio Hondo scored a touchdown in the first half, cutting into a small Palomar lead, they seemed to have some momentum. Faster than you could say Tap City, though, that momentum was gone, and so was Chau Ly, 93 yards with t he ensuing kickoff for a touchdown. "We started the game real well," he said. "But after awhile, we played to their level, which we did in our fir st game, too. We left the defense on the field a little bit too long, but we fo und a way to come back."
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