nstant Rep ay!
New center may become reality
Comet football wins Hall of Fame Bowl second year in a row
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The Telesco Friday~ December 7. 1990
Palomar College, 1140\f{~st Mission Road, San Marcos CA 92069-1487
Volume 44, Number l 1
Expanded parking around arboretum meets opposition By Salvador Marquez Staff Writer The Palomar College Governing Board has dispatched Director of Buildings and Grounds Mike Ellis to gage community opinion on eight possible areas for parking expansion. These areas were identified in an effort to accomodate a projected increase of the student population to 60,000 in the next 10 to 15 years and to help settle complaints about inadaquate parking space, said Ellis. According to Ellis, the eight possible parking areas are just part of a group of alternatives that also include a more emphasized Rideshare program, expanded satellite schools in Fallbrook and Poway and a San Marcos transit center, planned for construction in the summer of 1991. Students and faculty have expressed concern over the possible effect increased parking may have on local greenbelts--the natural undisturbed chaparral around the campus.
"What we're looking for are the pros and cons of it," explained Ellis. "If there are students who are concerned about the greenbelts, we need to know that." According to Ellis, he welcomes input on the proposal and on whether additional parking is needed. A three-page report describing all eight projects was sent out by Building and Grounds to all Palomar College staff on Oct. 10. There will be a governing board meeting, open to the public, to addressEllis'sassessmentinJanuary, according to board President Harvey Williamson. One of the student groups that first reacted to the possible expansion of parking spaces was the Biosphere Club, which has taken on the role of an environmental watchdog group. The two possible parking areas Biosphere vehemently opposes are the hills between the Cactus Garden and the Arboretum, and the ¡extension of student parking
(see PROPOSALS- page 5)
Comet Week passes quietly, no Homecoming this year By Roman Koenig Editor-in-Chief Belinda McCauley/St<;lf Photographer
Palomar students have beeo marching out of their classrooms and into combat duty in Saudi Arabia. Officials estimate three students a week are leaving as a result of the Gulf Crisis.
Deployment impacts enrollment By Ziad Al-Dabhan StaffWriter Palomar College continues to steadily lose students to Operation Desert Shield. According to Judy Duncan, director of veterans' services, since the initiation of the call-up, at least 60 students, male and female, have withdrawn from Palomar College and have been deployed to Saudia Arabia. More continue to leave each week. She added that since Veterans' Services is not "automated," there is no way to know exact! y how many students are in the Reserves and may thus be called. Herman Lee, director of admissions and records, said that enrollment at the beginning of the semester at the Camp Pendleton Satellite Center was down significantly. He attributes this to Op-
STUDENT LEAVES FOR DESERT SHIELD: Marine Sergeant Sean Kevany is featured in a photo essay on page 8. eration Desert Shield. Nancy Compian, senior office specialist at that satellite center, said that at this time last year, enrollment was greater by about 230. Most of the current students are either dependents or civilians. Military student enrollment is a "limi~ed amount." In a letter to all faculty, Dr. David A. Chappie, vice president of student services, asked that teachers assure departing students that the school will do all it can "to minimize the college related issues in view of the more important concerns they
(see DESERT- page 4)
Two years ago, the Palomar College student government decided to bring back the traditional Homecoming ceremony after a seven-year absence. The revival was short-lived. Homecoming took a hiatus this year and the annual Comet Week of activities passed by quietly last week. "We really didn't plan ahead enough," said ASG President Sean Nix. "We tried to do the best we could." According to Nix, this year's ASG is made up of practically all new members who were not familiar with the procedures of putting Homecoming and Comet Week together. "It seems like I say this a lot, but our group kind of got off to a late start on this," explained Nix. "We only had myself, Mette (Urbach) and Rob (Aikins) who were re-
turning from last year; and I was a new senator who came in at the end of the year (last Spring), so I really didn'â&#x20AC;˘. know what was going on either." Nix says that Homecoming will return next fall despite this year's unplanned hiatus. "It was a great learning experience if nothing else," said Student Activities Director Jim Bowen. "They learned that you have to plan far in advance, and that you have to get out a lot of publicity and you should try and get as many people involved (including clubs) in the activities also." Despite the lack of publicity for last week's Comet Week celebration, the ASG did hold some events including a Ping Pong tournament on Monday and a dunking booth on Tuesday. ASG members also tried to make up for the lack of
(see COMET- page 4)