CHAMPIONS! Comets win bowl game
By Scott King Sports Writer Palomar quarterback Scott Barrick is usually in the thick of things when the game is on the line. On Dec. 2, in the biggest football game this school has ever been involved in, Barrick could only watch from the sideline as kicker Lino Persi set up to decide his team's fate. With less than two minutes left, Persi nailed a 38-yard field goal to give the Comets a 21-20 victory overVenturain the 5th Annual Hall of Fame Bowl at Balboa Stadium. (Photo by Patrick Walter) "All I could think about was hitPalomar's football squad celebrates after their 21-20 victory over Ventura in the Hall of Fame Bowl. The ting it straight through," said Persi, victory marks the Comets' first bowl game ever. a transfer from Canada. "I couldn't
go back to Canada after missing that one." With the kick Persi atoned for an earlier miss in which his kick sailed wide left with six minutes remaining. It was the passing of Barrick that put the Comets in position to win the game in the first place. Barrick exhibited the poise that made him the Mission Conference's Southern Division Offensive Player of the Year, completing 36 of 55 passes for 399 yards and two touchdowns, both to tight end Eric Hansen. The defense of Ventura confused Barrick and the Palomar offense early in the game. Punter Bill Kushner was busy as the first four Comet (see CHAMPIONS • page 12)
Palomar trapped with rat problem By Mark Hopkins Opinion Editor More than just the squeak of chalk on blackboards is emanating from rooms that comprise the life sciences wing, according to people associated with that department. Botany professor Wayne Armstrong, his students and staff members of life sciences contend that a pack of rats are making a home for themselves within departmental rooms that include LS-2 and Armstrong's office. According to Armstrong, the rodents are
especially active at night and on weekends. "The time to hear them is at night or on the weekend, the noise they make is unbearable . . . it sounds like Highway 78 when they crawl through the attic," he said. Armstrong said that he was recently working in his office when he noticed that some of the ceiling tiles were starting to buckle. He adds that the tiles were moving up and down as if they were alive and breathing. "I then heard a loud crash and a cat fell down (from the crawl space) through the ceiling," he recalls.
He speculates that the feline was looking for rats to eat and had somehow managed to fmd its way inside the attic, possibly through an air conditioning vent, Departmental members have expressed concern because the rats are eating botanical specimens and are leaving behind droppings as well as the stench of urine. According to life sciences technician Lisa Nelson, a request to the Buildings and Grounds Department to eliminate the pests was filed in October. Life Sciences Chairman, Gary Alderson said that traps set out in
response to the October request do not appear to be working, so another request for stronger measures has been filed. Director of Buildings and Grounds, Mike Ellis, said that an off-campus exterminator came to put out bait and set traps after the latest request. "Right now we are on a contracted service. The cafeteria has pest control services on a regular basis for the roaches and ants. We had a guy come out that did handicapped services
(see RATS- page 3)
Music instructor plans Soviet tau r By Wendy Williams Entertainment Editor For someone who has been called a neo-Nazi and a bleeding-heart liberal, David Chase is a study in dualities. Chase has taught music at Palomar for 16 years. For 17 years, Chase has also been the chorale director of the La Jolla Civic University Symphony and Chorus, which operates out of the University of California at San Diego. "It's like having two wives," Chase says of his involvement in both academic institutions. Not only does he operate in two academic circles, but he also works dually as conductor and teacher for both centers of higher learning. This spring, Chase has been granted a sabbatical from Palomar College. He will spend a month in New York and then in May of 1990, Chase will be taking the La Jolla Symphony Chorus to the Soviet Union. "This is a marvelous opportunity. We will be giving concerts in the best halls- Krakow and Warsaw in Poland; Moscow, Leningrad and Tallinn in the Soviet Union," said Chase. For two weeks the group will perform mostly American music. "We'll do a variety of music from the serious to the contemporary, like Elliott Carter and gospel.
"We'll also do some classical works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. We will be performing a Palestrina mass from the Renaissance period. The Russians don't get to hear much of that," he said. The mass will be held in a Catholic church in Warsaw, Poland. "This opportunity is indicative of the political thaw - of glasnost," Chase commented. The connection for this trip came from Russian cello soloist, Ivan Manighetti, who performed at Palomar last spring. Brenda Montiel, an associate professor of music at Palomar, invited Manighetti and his wife, who accompanied him on piano, to perform at Palomar and UCSD. "Ivan made the arrangements for the concerts," Chase explained. "Because of glasnost, he can travel more freely. He is a lucky person among musicians who can go and find out what's going on and bring back as much as he can." Mter Chase's sabbatical is over, it's back to teaching and conducting at Palomar and UCSD, and jamming with his friends on the piano. His chorale conducting duties for both schools challenge him in different ways. ''The La Jolla Symphony has a music committee composed of members with strong musical backgrounds," said Chase.
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Instructor David Chase has been teaching music at Palomar for 16 years. This spring Chase will tour the Soviet Union with the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra. ¡:.:-......