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Ideas outlined for campus water conservation

By Chris S. MacPhail Staff Writer Hoping Palomar's water conservation efforts will not go down the drain, a Palomar administrator told the Governing Board this week he will launch a public information campaign to get the word out that Palomar needs to reduce itS water usage by 30 percent.

With the onset of a Stage 5 drought alert, it's more than time to get the message out, Mike Ellis, director of buildings and grounds, said at Tuesday's Governing Board meeting.

The Vallecitos Water District recently imposed the Stage 5 alert and allotted Palomar 2.6 million gallons for use by the college.

Students and faculty need to be aware of water conservation in order to cutback consumption by a required 30 percent. But it won't be easy, Ellis said.

"We are going to be very drastically effected by this measure" he said.

Ellis told the Board what actions are being taken to ensure awareness and cooperation. Along with water-saving reminders posted around campus and inrestrooms, a special edition of the Administrative Services Newsletter will be published with tips on water saving. Student use, Ellis

said, accounts for 175-200 units of water a day. One unitofwateris 748 gallons. "That's going to put us over (our allottment) most of the time,'' Ellis said.

Many of the restrooms already have flowrestricters installed, and low-flow showerheadsarein thelockerrooms. Students have been taking off the showerheads and leaving showers on while not using them, Ellis reported. If this continues, Ellis warned he might be forced to install"navy type showers," referring to the type of showers where the faucet must be held on in order for water to flow.

The replacement of all water faucetS with automatic shut-offs is in the works. Ellis said the new fixtures are on order and expected soon. Currently, Ellis pointed out that much ofthe water is just going down the drain. Staff in the library report often finding faucets running.

Some areas being researched are the replacement of lab faucets and chemically treating the urinals. The lab faucetS would be changed to low-flow systems. Chemically treating the urinals would allow less flushing.

On the landscaping agenda, irrigation clocks have been reset to water less, and in some places, irrigation has stopped. Lawns not being watered will be cut and painted with non-toxic lawn paint.

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Bathrooms may close at 10 p.m. due to vandalism Rick Kratcoski of bJJil(jingsand grounds kneels beside a group of valuable fan palm trees. This group of trees is worth about $25,000, Kratrosk.i estimates.

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Water crisis a matter of u.fe and death for campus foliage

By ChrisS. MacPhail Staff Writer With impending cutbacks in irriglUion and the likelihood that this week's rain will just be a drop in t.ne bucker. concem

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Writing on walls is considered a mild form of vandalism. "Graffiti," explained Ellis, "has always been here. We can deal with that."

To aid in stopping graffiti, the college has Vandalism in restrooms is increasing at Palomar, and school policies to thwart it installed fiberglass-reinforced panels could affect the entire student body, (FRPs), from which writing may be easily according Palomar Director of Buildings washed. Sandpaper is used to remove graffiti from painted partitions. and Grounds, Mike Ellis.

According to Boyd Mahan, supervisor of Ellis said that vandals have recently Campus Patrol, the Campus Patrol is on the · broken stall doors off at the hinges, ripped paper dispensers off the walls, scratched alert for vandals in the bathrooms.

The Sciences Building, whose men's room words onto the mirrors, and cut holes in was shut down for two days last month to stall partitions.

If the destruction continues, signs will repair vandalism damage, "seems to have a be posted in restrooms asking students group hanging around," according to Mahan.

Ellis said that in one men's room, which who see damage or any unusual activity to call Campus Patrol orthe campus operator, had a hole in a partition, a worker found a metal core with a center-tapped hole in it on Ellis said.

"We know some vandalism has been the floor. "Somebody must have been in there going on during school hours," he said. with a battery drill and a hole saw" to make an Palomar restrooms are open 24 hours. opening in the partition, he said.

However, according to Ellis, the restrooms Emmett Logan, a janitor who cleans the Tmay have to be locked from 10 p.m. to 7 Building, said, "They're not just writing; a.m. when the college is officially closed, they're carving up the walls." the first time in 10 years that such an action Logan pointed out letters scrawled onto the has been taken. This will inconvenience partitions with· a sharp object, a word students who stay late, he said. scratched on the mirror, and a hole in the wall If locking restroom doors at night does where a soap dispenser had been tom off, not stop the vandalism, Ellis warned, the according to him. stall doors will be taken off. "Most vandalism goes on behind stall doors," he Next door he presented the women's room: said. vandalism- and graffiti-free.

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MEETINGS GOVERNMENT Faculty Senate Meeting, Mondays, 2 p.m., SU-30 Inter-Club Council, Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., SU-22 President's Advisory Council Meeting, Meets the flrst and third Tuesdays of each month, 2 p.m., SU-18 Associated Student Government, Wednesdays, 1 p.m.,SU22 Curriculum Committee Meeting, Wednesdays, 3 p.m., BoardRoom

CAMPUS CLUBS Students for Christ, Monday, 3 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m.; Friday, 11 a.m., SU-18 Alpha Gamma Sigma, Thursday, 12:30 p.m., SU-22 American Indian Organization, meets flrst and third Monday of each month, SU-15 Asian/Pacific Student Union, Thursday, 3 p.m., SU-16 Afrikan-American Student Alliance, Wednesday, noon, SU-18 Campus Advance, Wednesday, noon, Clocktower Bioshpere Club, Thursday, 3 p.m., SU-18 MEChA, Thursday, 2 p.m., SU-17 Fashion Club, Friday, 1 p.m., SU-22 Undefeated Club, Thursday, 3 p.m., SU-18

SPECIAL EVENTS ON CAMPUS Planetarium Spring Series.

The Palomar Planetarium will be presenting a series of four shows at the college planetarium during the spring semester. The upcoming show,

"Spaceship Earth" will premiere Wednesday, March 6, at 7 p.m.

Theshowwilldeal with the Earth's uniquely balanced environment and man's effect on it. If attendance for the show is high, a second show will be held the same night at 8:15p.m.

Women's Opportunity. The oneday conference titled "Spring Opportunity Day for Women" will be held at the Escondido Center on Friday, March 9, from 8:30a.m.2:30p.m. The conference will focus on current women's issues, career strategies, money matters and communication skills. The enrollment fee is $5 and includes lunch. For more information, contact the Career Center at 744-1150 ext. 2194.

CLASSES AND SEMINARS On-Campus Seminars. On Saturday March 2 there will be 10 seminars happening on campus.

The seminars startat9 a.m. and are held in various classrooms around campus . The seminars being held are: •How to Survive an Earthquake ($21). •Everyday is Saturday ($39). •Discovering a Satisfying and Meaningful Career ($21).

•How to Start a Mail-order Business ($21). •Write and Get Published ($21). •Creative Coping ($21). •Cartoon Tune-up and Illustration Repair ($39). •Creating with Apples ($21). •Sculpting the Face/Mask ($21 ). For information about enrollment and where to go, call 727-7529 ext. 2702.

Safer sex in the '90s. Health Services is providing speakers who will provide information about safe sex, the myths about AIDS and the HIV virus, sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and services that Health Services provide for these diseases. The speakers will be holding lectures in classes that have requested the speaker ahead of time. For information about the speakers contact Health Services at 744-1150 ext.2381.

'Support the Troops' blood drive invades Palomar Health Services in cooperation with the Associated Student Government(ASG), will be sponsoring a blood drive on campus on March 11, from 9:30a.m.- 2:30p.m. The drive will take place in the Student Union, and all students are asked to participate. The overall theme of the blood drive will be to show support for the troops in the Persian Gulf. Jane Conway, director ofHealth Services, along with Sean Nix, president of the ASG, said, "It is not whether or not you support the war, but it is to show your support for the troops in the gulf."

According to Conway, at the blood drive students will have the option to indicate where they wish their blood to be sent, either to the Persian Gulf or for use in San Diego County.

The San Diego Blood Bank, which will be providing the bloodmobile, advises that in preparation, students who will be giving blood should drink lots of fluids, such as milk, water, juices; and wear shirt-sleeves. Donors should plan to spend 40 minutes for total donation time.

There are requirements before a donor can give blood, and donors must pass a general health review and mini-physical. Each donor will receive a T -shirt from the San Diego Blood Bank for their donation.

A special general cholesterol screening will be provided at no charge.

Health Serviceswillhaveabooth set up in the Student Union on March 7 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. for students to sign up for appointments to give blood. Appointments are advised for students with full schedules on donation day, to alleviate waiting. However, no appointments are required.

Health Services needs volunteers to help set up the blood donation area on March 11. Volunteers are asked to be present at the Student Union on March 11 at 8 a.m. to help set up, or at 2:30p.m. to help take down the bloodmobile. Volunteers will receive a T -shirt for helping to set up. For more information, contact Health Services at 744-1150 ext 2381.

Palomar offers free festival of film history

THE QUEENS OF BASKETBALL- These women were featured as queen candidates for Palomar's lOth Annual Invitational Basketball Tournament, which was held Dec 4-7, 1968.

Palomar College will be hosting a series of ftlms on Thursday evenings. The films, which explore the history of art and the history of the cinema will be shown Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. in room P-32.

The free series of films scheduled for the spring semester are: March 7 -"House Party" March 14 -"Sweetie" March 21 -"Floating Weeds" April4 -"Mystery Train"

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Palomar Nursing student, Scott Smith, practices sterile technique on Jane Tripp. Tripp is one of the Nursing Program's mannequins.

April 11-"My Dinner with Andre" April18 -"Blow Up" April25 -"The Music Teacher" May 2 -"Time of the Gypsies May 9 -"Let's Get Lost" Additional information about the ftlm festival may be obtained by calling 744-1150, ext. 2440.

The Russians are comingto San Diego

'Teacher of the Year' wanted

by Escondido Nominations for the Escondido Chamber of Commerce (ECC) Teacher of the Year Award are now being accepted. To be nominated or to nominate someone else, pick up a nomination form in the FacultyCenter,SU-30,andsubmit it to the ECC by March 8.

Finalists for the award are selected from four categories: elementary, middleschool, high school and Palomar College, and will be honored at a breakfast meeting on May 30. For more information, contact Candi Francis at 744-1150 ext. 2664.

The 1991 edition of the Moscow Circus is coming to San Diego.

The circus, featuring 11 headlining acts, will perform nine shows March 13-17, at the San Diego Sports Arena.

In Russia the Moscow Circus is considered an art form, and the cast for the 1991 edition was chosen from over 6,000 performers in 137 Russian circuses. The headliningactwillbetheFlyingCranes, called Moscow's pride of aerial tricks on the trapeze. It is estimated that more than 100 million Soviet The Feighner Research Instipeople attend the circus each year. tute is looking for volunteers, 18 The flrst professional Russian and older, for research studies to circus school was founded in 1920. evaluate medications for depresToday Russian circus students sion. Suitable participants will undergo four years of intensive receive free laboratory work, training before they are invited to electrocardiograms (EKG), medicreate their own acts. An act must cation, physical examinations and be approved by the Russian Circus frequent visits with a physician.

Board before their professional Symptoms of depression incareer begins. Russian circus perclude loss of interest in normal formers are very respected in the activities, feeling blue, melancholy, U.S.S.R. feelings of guilt, worthlessness, and Ticket prices are $20, $17.50 changes in sleep and appetite. and $12.50 and are available at the For more information and a San Diego Sports Arena box office confidential screening call 554and all TicketMaster locations.

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Tickets for the opening night are -4p.m. half- price and the Friday matinee Campus events and calendar is $8. There is a $5 discount for children 12 and under, and senior items should be sent to The citizens. To charge tickets by phone Telescope, in care of Campus call 278-8497. For more informa- Beat Editor, 1140 W. Mission tion about show times call the Ave., San Marcos , CA 92069Sports Arena at 224-4176.

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Vice president, senator travel to nation's capitol

By Laura Woolfrey Staff Writer Associated Student Government Vice President Rob Aikins and Senator Lainie Trigas flew to the nation 's capital last weekend to attend a conference on lobbying techniques.

Trigas said although the speakers provided advice on lobbying etiquette, the Palomar delegation was disappointed with the organization and quality of the meeting. "They told us obvious things that we already knew," said Trigas.

The student representatives said although they did not particularly benefit from the program , they did gain knowledge by working with their fellow delegates. "The expectations we had going into the conference were not fully recognized, but we did gain know ledge by networking with the students," said Aikins.

Palomar was one out of two California schools represented at the conference of 119 student representatives.

The delegates said that the highlight of the trip, sponsored by

the American Student Association, was their meeting with California State Representative Ron Packard (RCarlsbad).

Aikins said they discussed issues with Packard concerning legislative bills which affect community colleges. Topics of discussion included concern about financial aid cuts and a proposed plan to admit only those with a high school diploma or an equivalent degree into community colleges, according to Aikins.

Both representatives agreed they had an impact on Packard's views. "We influenced him to look into issues that affect community colleges," said Aikins.

Aikins said the trip was a positive step towards getting Palomar nationally recognized.

"We pave the way by representing community colleges in California," said Aikins. "We are setting the trends."

Aikins said that he and Trigas plan to keep in touch with Packard and extended him an invitation to visit Palomar in the near future.

Said Aikins, "We are not done with him."

Governing board tours Escondido satellite campus

By Darren Ane Staff Writer

.1\}icia Cole a))d llarold Tolson displaytlteir goods ofMri~an design in front of the cafeteria in &lebration OfR.lacl<History M(lnth. Items for sale included btaeelets, pins~ brightly-colored hats and beaded ne~klaces. A number.of guest speakers were.also on hand throughout the month for Student iotere$(. xlle celebratioJ1 was held i11 conjuncti()U with the African-American Student Alliance on campus. ·· ..

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Following a tour of the recently finished additions at the Escondido Center, the Governing Board held its regular meeting Tuesday night at the center for the first time since it opened in the spring of 1990.

The center, which is located in a renovated shopping center, opened a new wing and additional classrooms for the spring semester. The new areas provide a total of eight more classrooms, a faculty workroom, a large physical training room, and a computer lab.

Board member Dr. Robert Dougherty opened the meeting by congratulating Mike Ellis, director of buildings and grounds, and

Bryant Guy, director of contracts.

"The facilities over here are very functional and very attractive, and all should be congratulated," said Dougherty.

One problem Dougherty commented on is the lack of windows throughout the building and the bareness of the walls. Dougherty suggested that artwork could be hung in the halls.

Overall, the center's director Cynthia Poole feels the board was impressed with the new renovations and the entire center itself.

"The board really liked what they saw tonight The center has really surpassed our expectations and we are all very proud of this place," said Poole.

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Should Palomar College become a smoke-free campus?

Students forced into cancer club

By Jennifer London Staff Writer

Remember when you were in high school and you would escape from class with the magical hall pass that gave you the freedom to roam at will?

Maybe you would casually walk into the bathroom to catch up on all of the hottest gossip, but instead you would catch a face full of smoke. The stop, drop and roll method possibly came in handy until you found your way out into the fresh air of the halls. If those memories are still fresh in your mind, then you would definitely not want to sit outside the student union at Palomar.

There is nothing worse than trying to eat your lunch when people sitting at the other table are blowing smoke, away from their faces, directly into yours. If you are on a diet then this is a great weight loss plan. Jenny Craig watch out! Who in the world can eat anything when a small smokestack is breathing down your neck?

A possible solution is to move away from anybody smoking, but that is an almost impossible task because everywhere you go someone is lighting up. And besides, why should the non-smokers bow down to the smokers? They are the ones who are voluntarily begging for a one-way ticket to the lung cancer club, and I would rather not be a passenger on that trip. It would be a differ-

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entstory if smoking only affected the smoker, but unless you are an ostrich who has had your head in the sand for the past 10 years, then you know that is not true. Secondhand smoke is just as bad, if not worse, than first hand smoke. The only real solution is for Palomar to become a smoke-free campus.

This would infuriate the smokers, but you cannot please everybody all the time; furthermore, since they are the ones endangering others around them, they should be made to stop. No one would knowingly let somebodywithahighlycontagiousdiseasespread it to all the other students, so what is the difference with smokers? I fail to see one.

If somebody wants to smoke and slowly kill themselves then that is their decision, but they should not be allowed to make that decision for anybody else. If you have ever stood next to smokers, then you know how ironic it is that they are the ones smoking, but you are the one who walks away smelling like a box of Camel Lights.

Del Mar is a smoke-free community because the residents decided they did not want to be victims of smokers. They wanted to be able to go outside and smell fresh sea air-not smokey air.

The residents of Del Mar declined the invitation for a one-way ticket to the cancer club, and Palomar College should too. I came to Palomar to get an education, not lung cancer.

Travel Industry "Yes, because it disrupts people who don't smoke. When you're in a restaurant and someone is smoking, then you're eating someone else's smoke. They should at least ask."

Blow away smoke, not smokers

By Darren Ane Staff Writer Being from the Midwest, I remember the days when I was forced to stand outside in the cold weather along with a minority of other frostbitten people in order to have a cigarette.

We had no choice; there were not any smoking areas in the buildings.

Back East everything is indoors and the only reason you go outside at all is to leave, or, in my case, smoke a cigarette. You don't have the freedom to be outdoors while going to another class or to just simply relax in the sun in between classes like you do here at Palomar. This is the reason why I think the idea to make this campus smokefree is completely unacceptable.

Can't you just picture the smokers running to the far edges of the campus in order to smoke a cigarette? Considering that the campus is bordered on two sides by major streets and the other two sides by fields of brush, I think the consequences could be dangerous. Imagine the headline: Student Smokers Cause Brush Fires and Traffic Jams.

Yes, I've heard all the fuss and read all the reports that smoking is not only dangerous to smokers, but to others around them; this is true. I don't want to give other people a disease, but don't you think this is taking it a little too far?

Graphic Design "I believe in banning it on planes and segregating smokers in restaurants and other small areas. I'm for segregation, not banning. I believe in choice, no matter how harmful it is."

English "Yes, because smoking bothers people so easily, and it causes many health problems."

There used to be a time when smoking was considered acceptable, even glamorous. Lucille Ball smoked on her show and we loved her. Now we are treated like lepers.

We are shoved in the dark comers in restaurants, we can't smoke on planes, and in many buildings we have to search for hours to find a smoking section.

Separating us is fine with me because I don't want to harm anyone, but banning smoking on this campus is like Pan Am telling American Iraqis they can'tboard their planes. It's unfair and discriminatory.

The campus is completely outdoors. Already, smoking is not allowed in any building or classroom on this campus, but how can someone tell us that we also don't have the right to smoke outside? Unless someone is sitting directly next to a smoker and in the path of the secondhand smoke, how can they be harmed outdoors? The smoke is not being trapped inside to enter the lungs of innocent bystanders, it just flows up and away.

I know people look at us as disgusting chimney stacks, but it is our right to smoke if we choose to. No one should be able to tell us we can't.

Making this campus smoke-free, even though the primary smoking area is completely outdoors, is exactly like someone telling us we cannot smok~and that is simply not right

oruw Business "No, it is my freedom to do whatever I want; I should have the right to smoke."

Economics "Yes, because I just don't like it. I never smoke; it's not healthy for other people. In my country, Japan, they smoke a lot too and I just don't like it."

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Palomar cheerleaders rally for college teams

By Stacy Alessio Staff Writer Hard work and dedication has paid off for the Palomar College cheerleaders squad.

They are hoping that they will soon be going to the United Cheer Association Nationals in San Antonio, Texas.

According to Shawndee Vandermate, a member of the squad, the group is focusing their attention on Nationals, which will be held April 5, 6 and 7. You must be invited to compete, and only three squads are chosen.

The team's audition, via videotape, must include a fight song, a sideline and a cheer.

So far, the squad has spent over 15 hours taping material that they have been working on since August. "If one person makes even the smallest mistake, we have to do it all over again," said Vandermate.

Last year, the squad placed ninth in the country, and the year before that they were third.

"We're 150 million percent better than we were last year,'' said squad member Erica Miller.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Sunday you will find 14 Palomar students practicing cheers and stunts in the dome. "First, we run

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and stretch as a group,'' said Vandermate, "then we work on stunts and pyramids."

"I feel like they are14 of my own," said Jim Burns the cheerleaders' coach.

According to Vandermate, it's not as easy as one might think. "Nobody knows what it is like to do even the easiest stunt." But, said Vandermate, the hardest part is all the time cheerleading consumes. "It's like working two jobs." This doesn't real! y sound like the bunch of giggling airheads some people associate with cheerleaders. "That (the stereotype placed on cheerleaders) really pisses me off! Most of the people on our squad are intelligent people, who hold down a full schedule and work. It takes a special kind of person, just like any athlete."

There are many advantages to being a cheerleader, however. "As an individual," said Vandermate, "the best part is working to a high level of stunting ability. And as a group, working together to be as one."

According to Vandermate, that is a very important aspect: "When you cheer you must be synchronized. To be able to hit that kind of synchronization is an unexplainable feeling."

It is that kind of togetherness which makes the cheerleaders' relationship so unique.

"We're really close," said Vandermate. "If

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Flying high at the Palomar Dome, cheerleader Erica Miller gets lots of air time you walk into practice upset, they will all try to cheer you up. We are like a family," she said.

It seems that kind of closeness is necessary to the cheerleaders, especially when stunting.

"You don't think about fear when you're in the air. You really have to trust your partner and do what you have to, to make the stunt stick."

Since the beginning of the fall semester,

when eight men and eight women were chosen, seven have dropped out and have had to be replaced.

According to Burns, he looks for potential when he is picking out the squad. "I passed over several people who had the qualities in them, but not the potential. They also have to have great personalities and be dedicated.''

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The whole squad gives a rip-roaring cheer at a recent Palomar basketball game.

A double slam- dunk is the only way to score in these cheerleaders' eyes. On the left is Shawndee Vantermate and Fred Rodi. Opposite them is Erica Miller and Nestor Hernandez.

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Animation festival shorts on life Palomar College Performing Arts Department Spring 1991 Concert Hour. Concerts are every Thursday 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. in the Performance Lab (D-10). Admission is free; community members, staff and students are welcome. Call7441150 ext. 2317 or 2316 for further information.

March 7- Peter Gach (lecture/ recital, Chopin mazurkas) March 14- John Hernandez, Igor Len (New Age music) March 21 - Mickie and Elizabeth, Music of the British Isles The Mental Health Choir at Palomar College. Call Rhoda Nevins at 744-1150 ext 2317 for information. Music 14 7 meets MWF from noon to 12:50.

Its purpose is to gather people together to sing. Regular attendance is important, a great singing voice is not K-Spaz Boys host the oldies at Bogey's Night Club, 5353 Mission Center Rd. Friday nights between 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., the disc jockeys will spin music from the '50s and '60s. For information call Bogey's at 2878361. Door prizes, free tickets, taco buffet, and a car show will be featured. $1 cover charge. A portion of the benefits will go to the San Diego homeless.

"Scorpions" Hit Between the Eyes Tour at the San Diego Sports Arena, March 11 at 8 p.m. Call278-TIXS for tickets.

"Living Color" at UCSD Gym March 23 at 8 p.m. Call 278TIXS for tickets.

Belly Up Tavern 143 South Cedros A venue, Solana Beach.

Call 481-9022 for live band music agenda. Belly Up features reggae, country, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, jazz, and dance music.

Pure Platinum featuring live entertainment Table dancers available until 2 a.m. Four locations in San Diego; Harborside (233-7359), Kearny Mesa (278-2230), Stadium (2801141), and Oceanside (7227123).

PERFORMING ARTS ''Working" presented by the Palomar College Performing Arts Department. For information call 744-1150 ext.

2317. The musical, based on a book by Terkel, opens March 8.

Additional performances are March 9,14,15 and 16at8 p.m., with matinees March 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $8 general, $5 seniors and students.

"Working" glorifies the trials, tribulations, and joy of all working people.

Moscow Circus at San Diego Sports Arena. For information,

at 224-3176. Shows will be performed March 13 thru 17.

Tickets on sale now at the San Diego Sports Arena box office and all TicketMasteroutlets. The new edition of the Moscow Circus, starring the aerial ballet of the "Flying Cranes," will perform nine shows. Ticket prices are $20, $17.50 and $12.50.

"Intimate Exchanges" presented by the North Coast Repertory Theatre. Located at 987D Lomas Santa Fe Drive in Solana Beach, the comic play will open March 2. For further information or tickets, call4811055. The show will run March 2- April6. Curtain time is 8 p.m.

Mon.- Sat., with Sun. performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $12-$14.

ART Palomar College Boehm Gallery- "Bed Dog Ground Table." Contact Louise Kirtland Boehm for information at 7441150 ext. 2304. The show runs until March 6. An exhibition by San Diego artist Patricia Patterson, who is best known for her paintings and installations of Irish domestic life. "Bed Dog Ground Table" focuses on her life in San Diego. Admission is free.

Felicita Foundation for the Arts- "In the Absence of Paradise." Contact Barbara Masters for information at 7433 322. Location of the Foundation is in the Mathes Cultural Center; 24 7 South Kalmia, Escondido.

Show runs until April 6. The exhibition will display the paintings of Canadian artist David Bierk. Admission is free.

MOVIES Campus Spring Film Festival at Palomar College. Movies are shown Thursdays in room P-32.

Admission is free.

March 7- "House Party" (USA 1990) The financial success of this movie was realized by the playful way it showed the truths of teenage life in the Black Community.

March14-"Sweetie" (Australia 1989) Jane Campion directs this original film about two very different sisters.

1991Festivalof Animation! At the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, 700Prospect (at Silverado in La Jolla). For information call 551-9274. The festival, running until April 28, shows the accomplishments in world animation. The 17 films represent the highest achievements of eleven different countries. The compositions include clay animation, computer animation, and object animation.

Midnight shows feature extratwisted films.

Arts and Entertainment Editor SIMON (4:00) Robert Lence

"I thought 'Panspermia' was the best thing USA there, it wasn't depressing and downbeat like the others; it inspires awe for the future," says Michael Limber, a 1991 Festival of Animation spectator and director of computer animation for San Diego's Angel Studios.

"Panspermia" is one of the 17 animated film shorts at the Festival of Animation presented at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla.

The Festival, created by Spike and Mike PANSPERMIA (2:08) Karl S1ms productions, features films representing 11 countries including Japan "Tarzan," Norway "Vroom," Bulgaria "Wolf Suite," USSR "The Log" and the USA "Rug Rats."

In addition to the cultural spice of foreign representation, there is also a technological mix of composition. For example, Czechoslovakian filmmakers display object animation ( movement of an inanimate object) in "Dimensions in Nick Park Dialogue," Hungarians compose line drawing in GREAT BRITAIN "Western," and Americans exhibit computer animation in "Panspermia." British animators cast with clay animation in "Creature Comforts" and "Grand Day Out." "Creature Comforts," a five-minute short, features a series of interviews with various animals in a London zoo who yearn for a more familiar climate. The animals' native accents enhance the ~~-lt!l.l!!ii feeling of misplacement. "Grand Day Out" is a 23-minute film about a man named Wallace, his dog Gromit, and their environmentally reckless picnic on the moon. Both were created by Nice Park and are two of the three Academy Award nominations in the category of animated film shorts.

The third Academy Award nominee, "Grasshopper," created in Italy by Bruno Buzzeto and Riccardo Denti, is also featured in the festival.

"Grasshopper," in eight minutes, contrasts kings and war to the simple life of two grasshoppers.

MOTHER GOOSE (3:00) The winner of the award will be announced at the David Bishop awards ceremony set for March 25.

USA Current Academy Award Winner "Balance" from Germany, can also be seen at this year's festival. "Balance," offset with a haunting soundtrack, dwells upon the nature of greed. Many of the other films also ride upon the back of human nature.

For example, "Simon," the boy without a nose, illustrated by current Disney storyboard animator Robert Lence, deals with the issue of prejudice. Because Simon was a little WESTERN (2:00) different from the other children, everyone Gabor Homolya shirked him until he could do something special for them, like taking a skunk out of their classroom. This short points out how our narrowminded society relies on social standards to make their own opinions.

Other themes are grim and literal. The most extreme example is "Mother Goose," an American short. David Bishop sarcastically dissects Jan svankma1er the violence out of children's rhymes including the familiar "Three blind mice ... they all ran after CZECHOSLOVAKIA the farmers wife, who cut off their tails with a carving knife. Did you ever see such a sight in your life?" And it was a comical sight indeed; the cute little cartoon mice spurted lots of blood as the knife ripped through their bodies.

Yes, some of the films may be a bit demented for the average spectator, but I liked it Some people may feel depressed and offended by the pessimism and mockery. I found BALANCE (7:38) it refreshing to see that the animators could make Chnstoph Lauenste1n & Wo~gang Lauenstein light of our anal-retentive society and illustrate GERMANY 1.'3: views deviating from the norm. r Although animation is generally conceived to be for a children's audience, the 1991 Festival of Animation will entertain all ages, but especially adults because of the in-depth commentary on life. Show runs until April 28 and will feature guest lecturers on selected dates. Extra-twisted ftlms are presented at the midnight showings.

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Friday, March I, I 99 I

Comets take the Mount, discharged by Cypress

By Sean Dean Sports Writer It was a week of up and down emotion for the 10-4 Palomar Comets softball team. The Comets played two gut-wrenching games that went down to the wire; a victory versus Mt. San Antonio College, 10 on Feb. 25 and an extra inning loss to Cypress College, 2-1, the next day.

In the first game against Mt. San Antonio College, it was a pitching duel that featured the Comets' Alisa Thomas. In six innings of play, Thomas pitched soundly, warding off the Mt. SAC batters one after another. During her time on the mound, Thomas struckout four and allowed only five base hits, in which two were for extra bases, and allowed no runs to score.

Thomas gave way in the seventh with runners on at first and third to pitcher Shannon Downey.

Downey's job was to secure the Comets one-run lead with no outs.

The Comets lone run had been scored when centerfielder Shelia

Teach scored on a double steal with one out in the third. The play had been set up on the previous inning when first baseman Alicia Morrone had singled.

Downey did her job by blowing away the next three Mt. SAC batters. The three strikeouts by Downey were impressive and the Comets walked away with a 1-0 victory.

The Comets returned the next day with high emotions to take on a tough team in Cypress College.

In this game pitcher Shannon Downey took off right where she had left off the day before- firing unhittable pitches ather opponents.

Cypress was unable to hit off Downey until the ninth inning, two innings into extra innings.

Downey's one hit, seven strikeout performance was marred by five errors from her teammates which led to both of the Chargers runs.

The Comets lone run carne in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the seventh inning, when leftfielder Carla DeWit scored after her base

hit was muffed by a Cypress outfielder and then mishandled by the second baseman. The errors by the Chargers enabled DeWit to come all the way around to score.

Then the Comets came on strong to load the bases in the seventh but were unable to do anything to bring in the winning run. The game went to extra innings and Cypress pulled out the winning run in the ninth, despite ¡ the strong pitching performance put on by Shannon Downey.

Head coach Mark Eldridge was impressed with pitchers Thomas and Downey. "Both are very good pitchers and will keep us in each game," said Eldridge.

Team improvement has also been consistent, according to Eldridge. ''The team is young and will play together better the next time," he commented.

The Comets will travel to Bakersfield for a tournament in which the best from Northern and Southern California will compete.

The Comets next home game is March 6, versus Grossmont.

Sophomore starting pitcher and the Comet of the Week, Shannon Downey, had a week few could match. She fanned the final three in the Feb. 25 game versus Mt. San Antonio earning the save. The next day, she pitched nine immacluate innings, striking out seven, in the 2-lloss to Cypress. Infielder Casey Thimjon (7, at bottom left) and the rest of the Comets managed seven hits against the Chargers in the loss.

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What's in a name? Nothing's rosy about politics in sports Being the big Star Trek fan, I recently thumbed over a book about the pre-Kirk years and noticed something; the female crew members were all referred to as "sir."This must have been a typo, but further examination only produced more "sirs" and no "rna' ams."

So imagine my amusement when I was corrected by a Telescope sports writer on correct terminology for softball players' positions as referred by gender. It is first baseman, not basewoman, even if the player is female. How about baseperson?

In an age of gender equality and political correctness, do out-dated sparts terms belong? Boston Globe writer Lisa Olsen, of the locker room controversy with the New England Patriots, has made a bold strike for equality. But where is the line drawn (if any)?

It is tradition, my staffer said. It has always been that way.

Well, this makes sense. After all, isn't softball (a form of baseball) a traditional sport? Softball is every bit a part of American society as Sundays, picnics and community leagues.

Times like these, I just turn to The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual-nicknamed "TheJournalist's Bible." This reference book has all the correct ways to write things: from "a" to "ZIP codes." Certainly this guide must have a remedy to my confusion.

Out of Leftfield Salvador Marquez No such luck. Tfiere were rio entries under softball or female athletes. The baseball entry had no mention of female athletes either.

The politically correct thing to do is call them as I see them: first baseman for men, first base woman for women and first baseperson if I can't tell. It's a great thing The Telescope doesn't cover Little League baseball or there will be first basekids.

Call me ignorant, and I'm sure those politically correct facists will. Sports should be beyond the realm of political ideology: liberal, conservative or moderate, Sports is simply the measure of a physical, mental and spiritual effort for a limited slot of time. No more, no less.

And I'm sure Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, Kirk, Spack, Scotty, Picard, Number One and the rest of the gang

would agree. Worf the Klingon would just grunt.

This is just an observation, but it will probably get me in hot water: I have always been suspect of sports where shorts are part of the uniform . Tennis, soccer, et al- they all seem wimpy to me.

Soccer players (or maybe persons) always try to fake fouls, just watch soccer on television. And tennis players (persons) never "skunk" each other, it's six-love, or they "love" each other.

Rugby doesn't count, however. British soccer fans, rowdy as they are, probably got together for a soccer match, got into a fight and invented rugby.

On another issue, why are women tennis players referred by a cutesy version of their first name, such as Martina, Chrissy and Stephanie? Men are referred by their last names; like Becker, McEnroe and Conners, so why not women?

Imagine "Little Borris" beating "Johnny-kins".

And if a woman loses a match, the media will usually say she got tired; whereas in a man's case, it was superior play.

Unfortunately, male chauvinists still have something to crow about. The sports daily The National in December had a basketball feature on the four college women who could dunk. Big deal, some high school boys' squads have four dunkers in the starting five.

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Another tree found at Palomar, the paper mulberry, is one of the earliest trees used for paper.

Rick Kratcoski, part of the staff of buildings and grounds, explains how the grounds have improved.

"Much of the grounds were an eyesore for the last four or five I years, but in the last year we've I made quite an improvement.''

I Kratcoski said it would be a shame to see all the greenery disappear.

I "I hate to see us slip backward I because of the drought,'' he said.

• confidentiality I Many of the mature trees, with • support I well-defined root systems, have • information I drought resistance, Kratcoski said.

I Palm trees and the 30 year old cork I oak tree are also some examples of drought tolerant plants. Of the 1018 2nd Street I 245 N. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., #106 Encinitas, CA 92024 flowers, Kratcoski said the azaleas I San Marcos , CA 92069 744,1313 942,5220 and petunias would probably hold I up even with a lack of water.

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Another idea being examined is of a well being drilled on campus.

Many of the possible options are

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If water cutbacks are not met, and weekly allotments are exceeded, water shutdown will be initiated, Ellis concluded. "It's real tough to shut everything down," he said.

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