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Volume 44, Number 16

Palomar College, l 140 West Mission Road, San Marcos CA 92069-1 487

TOO MANY STUDENTS. TOO LITILE PARKING AT ESCONDIDO CENTER

Merchants not happy with parking situation

By Stacy Alessio Staff Writer While the opening of a satellite campus in Escondido may have made a dent in parking problems on Palomar's main campus, the new campus has generated parking problems of its own.

Students are complaining that there are not enough official parking spaces for them, and local businesses are warning them to stay out of theirs.

Jeff Gildark, an employee of The Hair Force describes the parking situation as "horrible and pathetic. The whole thing (the new campus) was a bad idea, it should have never been done in the first place."

According to Mike Ellis, director of building and grounds, the original enrollment estimate at the new campus was 3,000 students. Currently there are 5,234 students taking classes there. ''The initial influx of students was way beyond our expectations," he said.

According to Campus Patrol officer, Mark Evans, officers at the Escondido campus ticket 12 to 15 students a day who have parked their vehicles in spaces that belong to the nearby businesses. But Evans hopes that the problem will soon be remedied. "Rumor has it that the dirt field behind the school is going to be turned into a parking lot," he said. According to Ellis, however, no land has yet been acquired.

Some local merchants say measures taken by the school to deal with the parking problems have not been good enough.

"We're going to get some SCUD missiles and start launching them in the parking lot," said one employee of a nearby business.

Not all the businesses are upset with their new neighbor, however. Some are making a profit off the new center. "Palomar has been providing good clientele, so we really don't mind so much," said Steve Jensen from The Copy Shop.

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By Hank Tritchka Staff Writer It wasn't a pretty picture in the Art Department when studentMarkBaccay realized his only watercolor and ink drawing had been stolen from room C-3 where it was displayed.

"I was hoping that maybe someone toOk it by mistake," said Baccay. The art piece was stolen Feb. 22 from the bulletin board in his classroom where it had been hanging for grading. A friend ofBaccay' s, Andy Clarke, said he saw a woman walking with it about 1 p.m. towards the Student Union, but not knowing if she was authorized to have it, he said nothing.

Baccay informed Val Sanders, Art De-

partrnent chairman, of the loss and a memorandum was distributed describing the alleged thief, with a plea to return the artwork.

The woman in question is 5 feet 2 inches tall, 120 pounds, has brown hair and an olive complexion. "I don 't understand why somebody would steal something so readily identifiable," said Sanders.

The missing art piece depicts a large mousetrap with blood around it and a piece of fluorescent cheese sitting in the trap. "I am surprised that a woman took it," said Baccay. "It was pretty sick." The picture fulfilled an assignment to paint a kitchen from a mouse's paint of view.

"It had a really. good eerie feeling to it," said Baccay. (see STOLEN • page 4)

Michael Bagstad/Photography Editor

Mark Evans, a Campus Patrol officer at the Escondido satellite campus, writes out a ticket to a student motorist parked in a space designated for customer use of the shopping center's businesses. The satellite is located in a former catalog showroom.

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MEETINGS GOVERNMENT Associated Student Government, Wednesdays, 1 p.m., SU22 Curriculum Committee Meeting, Wednesdays, 3 p.m., BoardRoom .

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 first and third Tuesdays of each month, 2 p.m., SU-18

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

CLASSES AND SEMINARS Weekend Seminars: There will be six seminars held on main campus and one seminar held at the Escondido Center (ESC) on Saturday, March 9.

The seminars begin at 9 a.m. and are as follows: •Getting to Know Your Computer ($21), •Low-cost Self-publishing for

Beginners ($54), •How to Get a Job,KeepaJob,LeaveaJob ($21), •How to Write for Television and Film ($99), •Battenberg Lace: Introduction ($40), •Pysanky: Art of Ukranian Egg Decor($30), •rntermediate WordPerfect 5.1 ($59 at ESC). On Saturday March 13 there will be 10 seminars held at the Escondido Center. Nine of the seminars begin at 9 a.m. and are as follows: •Contractors: ContractingtotheGovernment($21), •Start and Profit from a Home Business ($30 and begins at 1 p.m.), •Creating a Winning Image ($21), ·How to <;ash in on Your Time ($30), •First-time Managers and New Supervisors ($89), •Mastering Your Life Through Positive Thinking ($39), •Divorce and Your Finances ($25), •Mind Mapping ($25), •Overcoming Procrastination ($25), •So You Want to Own a Horse ($39). Another seminar, "Looking for Life on Your Own Terms" will meet on Thursdays from March 7 to March 21, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Escondido Center. For more information about the seminars call 727-7529 ext 2702.

Macintosh Demonstration: Friday, March 15, 10:30 a.m. in B-9 WordPerfect 2.0 for Mac's Demo.

SPECIAL EVENTS ON CAMPUS College Fair Day: Wednesday March 13, 8 a.m. on the lawn outside the Student Union.

Patrons of Palomar: Cookbook sampler, Student Union 10 a.m.1:30 p.m.

Blood Drive: Student Health Services and the Inter-Club Council (ICC) will be sponsoring a blood drive on Monday March 11 in the Student Union from 9:30 a.m.2:30p.m.

Lecture Series: Linda Locklear will hold a lecture entitled Native American Women are Feminists inSU-17onWednesdayMarch 13 at 11 a.m.

Distinguished faculty member to be honored The nomination deadline for the fifth annual distinguished faculty award has been extended until March 13. "Although there is no such thing as 'a best teacher,'" said Nancy Galli, member of the Distinguished Faculty Award Committee and a previous winner of the award, "there are many outstanding teachers at Palomar College."

The purpose of the award is to "honor an exceptional member of the faculty." Students, staff, faculty, administrators and community members are encouraged to nominate an instructor for the award. All full-time and adjunct faculty members are eligible for nomination, except previous winners. Nomination forms can be found at the Library, Student Services Center, Student Union and the Faculty Lounge.

Completed forms can be dropped in ballot boxes found at the previous locations and the Admissions building and the Faculty Senate Office. Previous winners of the award are: Gary Alderson, Galli, Karen Huffman and Michael Newbrough. For more information about the nominations, contact the Faculty Senate Office at 744-1150 ext2446.

Curtis Bulmer/St'!ff Photographer

Palomar student, Lloyd Bound, concentrates on cutting a piece of four inch oak on a handsaw, in a chair manufacturing course.

Repsfrom30 colleges to visit Palomar

Representatives from over 30 local colleges will be on campus on Wednesday, March 13, for University Transfer Day. There will be representatives from independent colleges, such as National , University, on campus as well as others from the UC and Cal State During the week of March 11- systems. The representatives will 15, Alpha Gamma Sigma (AGS), be in the lawn area of the Student along with the Associated Student Union from 10 a.m.to1 p.m.

Government (ASG), will be sponThroughout March, representasoring a supportrallyforthe troops tives from UCSD, SDSU, USC, in the Persian Gulf entitled "S.O.S. Cal State San Marcos and National Saudi Arabia." The week-long University will be available on event will be spearheaded by the campus in the Transfer Center. The Health Services/ICC-sponsored schedule is as follows: Cal State blooddriveon Monday, March 11. San Marcos, March 12 and March The· events that AGS will be 20, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; UCSD sponsoring during the week will March 14,9 a.m.-1:30p.m.; SDSU be the sale of support bracelets on March 7, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Monday and Thursday and a bake March 14 and March 21, 10 a.msale on Thursday. There will also 1:30 p.m.; USC March 13, 1-2 be posters hung in the Student p.m.; National University March Union, a different one each day, 5, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., March 12 for students to sign. At the end of and March 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Apthe week, the posters will be sent pointments are required for all repoff to different units that are still resentatives, except National Unistationed in the Persian Gulf. AGS versity. The Transfer Center is open has arranged for a private vender Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and to be on campus all during the Monday and Wednesday evenings week to sell "patriotic items." A 4-7 p.m. For more information or portion of the sales generated by to schedule an appointment, conthe vender will be sent to the USO tact the Transfer Center at 744andaportionwillgotoAGS,which 1150 ext 2552. will donate the money to the Marine Corps Scholarship Fund. This fund has been set up to help children of causalities of the Persian GulfWar, and is similar to the fund set up for the causalites of the Beirut bombing. Donations to the fund should be sent to Marine Corps The Admissions and Records Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 3008, Princeton, NJ 08543. For more in- Office announced that it would formation about the events, con- like to advise students about the tact Alpha Gamma Sigma at 744- course add/drop deadlines and other information concerning 1150 ext 2497.

Alpha Gamma sends S.O.S. to the troops

Admissions advice: drop deadlines approaching

CALIFORNIA STITCHERY 1969/70 - Examples of furnituremaking, glass blowing, ceramics, jewelry and stitchery made up this exhibit at the Boehm Gallery which ran to April24, 1970.

course admissions. Adding a class through March 15 requires the instructor's signature; after March 15, it requires the dean's signature also. The deadline to drop a course andreceivea "W" at the instructor's discretion is April19. Dropping a class is the student's responsibility, not the instructor's, even if the student never attended the class.

Grades are available at the Admissions counter with a picture I.D. Grades are not automatically mailed out. Students should keep all printouts received through registration or adds/drops until the semester is over and grades are posted. Other deadlines are on page 18 of the class schedule. For more information call 744-1150 ext 2165.

'Bear force' ribbon campaign launched A veterans group of three warsVietnam, Korea and World War II- are cutting up more than 100 miles of yellow ribbon for shipment all across the country. The veterans group, called the United States Bear Force, is mailing the ribbon out to anyone who has a friend, relative or loved one serving in the Persian Gulf. Theribbonsarefreeofcharge and are meant to show support for the troops.

"We're sharing it (the ribbon) with everyone who has a very personal interest in the war," said retired Staff Sgt. Dale Zamzow.

"It's our goal to see a sea of yellow from one end of the country to the other." For more information or to receive a ribbon, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Desert Operations Coordinator, 1421 Willow St,SanJose, CA95125 or call (408)294-BEAR. The volunteers ask that each person donate a dollar bill to help cover the cost of processing and handling.

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Alexander hopes to restart recycling at Palomar College New Biosphere Club president eyes March as kick-off month

By Fred Tracey News Editor New Biosphere Club President Paul Alexander hopes to get a recycling program off the ground in early March.

Alexander said a local sanitation company was ready to come on campus to get the program going.

Alexander outlined his goals as the club's new president recently.

He wants the Biosphere Club to tackle environmental problems that arise on campus, and to get the students involved in the club.

"The biggest thing I want to put into effect is to get student support," Alexander said. "I think right now what we need to look at is a recycling program. I'm really concerned with that."

Alexander hopes to solicit the support of the Associated Student Government in initiating a recycling program.

'They (the ASG) have a certain element of power that they hold as far as getting things done," Alexander said. "Having them work for you instead of against you will help in accomplishing our objectives."

Alexander wants the college to recycle its paper, and to also purchase recycled paper.

With his eyes on the future of the club, Alexander hopes to go off campus in environmental issues as well.

"I want to expand the scope of the Biosphere Club into affecting the local community. If there's an environmental problem in the local communities, we want to become involved to form a force (with people to solve any problems)," Alexander said.

The Biosphere Club will organize Palomar's Earth Day celebration April 22. Alexander said he hopes for a big day with many environmental organizations involved.

Alexander has worked for other environmental causes such as Greenpeace and the consumer organization CALPIRG. "I've always been interested in the environment and the earth since I was a little kid," Alexander said.

The Biosphere Club meets Thursdays at 2 p.m. in room SU18. There are no dues to join the club, Alexander said.

Clubs request additional funding and support from student government

By Laura Woolfrey Staff Writer The board room was packed at Wednesday's Associated Student Government meeting with various members of campus clubs and organizations who requested additional money and participation from the government.

"I need the support of the ASG," said President of the Biosphere Club Paul Alexander.

According to Director of Student Activities Jim Bowen, monetary requests are supposed to be heard

at the Budget Committee hearing at the end of April. However Bowen conceded that sometimes unforeseen incidents sometimes leave an organization no alternative but to seek funds before the new budget has gone into effect. "It's not supposed to happen but we have to be flexible," said Bowen.

Alpha Gamma Sigma and Afrikan-American Student Alliance each requested under $300 while the Biosphere Club was not specific in the amount they need.

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Stolen (continued from page 1)

This drawing is a pre-sketch of the actual art piece stolen from the Art Department last week.

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Center (continued from page 1) Bakery and Deli said, "We had problems at the beginning, but the security guards do a good job keeping it (the parking lot) clear, and there has been more business than before the college was here."

Wells Fargo Bank has had its share of problems but hopes to make the best of the situation.

"One guy came in screaming profanities because I asked him to move (his car)," said bank

employee Judy Welchers. "Most everybody else has been real accommodating but there have been times when the whole parking lot has been full, and there wasn't anybody in the bank."

They have plans to change that however. They are running a promotion where when the students open a checking account and get a credit card, they get a free T-shirt and reduced service fees.

Check out The Telescope's Arts and Entertainment calendar to find out what's hot in campus and North County entertainment events.

Baccay, who is maJonng in commercial illustration, had hoped the drawing would be returned in time to include to in a portfolio of his works, which he took last Friday to the Art Center school in Pasadena.

He has already been accepted at the college and was trying to qualify for financial aid. "I think that it would have really helped my chances at getting a scholarship," he said.

Baccay normally does pencil drawings, and the stolen work was the only watercolor among the 14 pictures in his portfolio. Hedoesn 't know yet whether he was awarded his scholarship.

Though it is too late for scholarship consideration, Baccay still wants to make it easy for the piece to be returned. "They could put it in a sealed envelope and leave it in front of the art secretary's office," he suggested.

According to art instructors, it

has been about 12 years since a piece of student art was stolen at Palomar. The recent incident, however, has left pupils worried about the safety of their work. "It was optional whether arnot we left our art up," saidBaccay, "and about half of the students took theirs down." He said that the teachers are also debating locking up the classrooms when they are not in use, especially on Fridays.

Sanders thinks that some good has come out of this, however.

"The students will get better at photo documentation," he said.

This is the process of recording a painting by taking a high quality picture of it. In instances like this, at least a photograph could be used for portfolios.

Sanders and Baccay say they still hope that the art will simply be returned undamaged. "Among us artists, stolen art is the worst thing possible," said Baccay, "because your art is a piece of you."

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Clubs (continued from page 3) the Cheerleading squad requested $1 ,500 in order to attend a national competition.

"I'm concerned about the amount of money they are requesting," said ASG Senator Nnambi Nnoli Jr. "We have already given them over $6,000 and that amount is a lot to me."

ASG Treasurer Kevin Nesby agreed with Nnoli's position and inquired about the possibility of the Cheerleading squad allocating money from other branches of Palomar. However, according to Senator/Cheerleader Eric Johnson, the Cheerleading squad did receive money from other resources on campus and also recently raised over $2,000 themselves.

Nesby and Nnoli are both members of AASA. ASG President Sean Nix said that monetary requests are not a rare occurrence and said that he attributes most of this problem due money management. "There is a mismanagement of funds and then they have to come to us," said Nix. According to Nix, the Inter Club Council should be the first place that clubs should seek additional funds. However due to lack of funds the ICC only allots each club $100 per year. To help alleviate this problem, Nix said thatASG will by considering increasing the amount of funds to ICC. Nix said that there needs to be

more leadership in ICC and that they need to be more self- sufficient. Senator Tim Platt said that he agrees. Said Platt, "ICC needs to take responsibility for their own clubs' monetary requests."

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Time to respect water we do have: the ocean

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By Alex Pisarczyk Staff writer Pollution plays a big part in the Southern California lifestyle. There are air pollution problems, drinking water pollution problems and ocean pollution problems.

Being a surfer, all of these pollutants bother me, but knowing that every time I enter the ocean in San Diego I'm taking a risk really concerns me. I've experienced bad ear infections and minor throat infections as a result of surfmg in North County's polluted waters.

According to David Skelly, Associative Environmental Director of The Surfrider Foundation, "The EPA says that all San Diego lagoons are polluted."

The most common pollutants is feces, or human sewage.

Microorganisms found in these polluted bodies of water have been associated with giardiasis,which translates to diarrhea, and gastroenteritis, which generally means an upset stomach.

Bacteria can also create sinus, ear, and throat infections: Interic viruses, which are viruses found in the human gut, also can be related to ocean pollution. Viruses such as hepatitis A are in the interic virus group. Cases of hepatitis have been recorded in Northern California due to improperly functioning sewage facilities, said Skelly.

This makes me wonder; who assesses whether the ocean is safe or not in San Diego? According to Greg Peters, an environmental specialist for the San Diego Regional Quality Control Board, the County Health Department requires the actual sewage treatment plants to monitor the quality of water outside their plants. The tests are conducted at certain depths where the researchers test for coliform levels. Coliform is a microorganism related to other more harmful organisms, and it is used by the county to indicate the presence of other possible viruses. "The coliform level is well above the EPA's requirement," said Skelly.

"We can't grow mussels in Southern California because the water is so polluted," Skelly explained.

Another way the water gets polluted is from excessive rain fall; the storm drains and polluted lagoons overflow because they can't take on all the water. According to Skelly, this is when the pollutants flow freely out to the surf zone, and this in tum causes the county to put up the everpresent orange "polluted water" signs.

After the recent rainfall, the ocean was flooded with pollutants. I was watching the storm from Cardiff on Friday, and I saw gallons and gallons of red pollutants flowing out of the San Elijo Lagoon. The ocean was discolored from Cardiff Reef and south past George's beach for two days.

While this is a large problem, any small group of committed people can get things done; after a while, their efforts can add up to major accomplishments. One organization, the Surfrider Foundation, is working to make such changes.

The Surfrider Foundation is in the midst of creating a substantial group of people in the San Diego area. I attended one of their meetings last week, and found that they are well under way to combatting environmental problems, access problems and spreading the word that they are here to help.

Since anyone is welcome, students who care for our oceans should join and support this group.

After meeting the people at Surfrider Foundation, I like seeing that something is getting done for a change.

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Good morning: Vietnam vets still here "With this war, we can also put the Vietnam War behind us."

I have been hearing people make statements very much like the one above since the war ended. I have heard news commentators and interviews of people on the street alike who say that the huge amount of support for our troops during this most recent conflict has reconciled many of the uncomfortable feelings left over from Vietnam: one being the treatment of the veterans upon their return home.

There is, by all means, nothing wrong with supporting the troops and seeing to it that they are welcome with open arms when they return home. Thereis something wrong, however, when people feel that by treating today's new veterans with such warmth, they can wipe away the injustice that was done to those men who were shunned and scorned upon their return home from Vietnam.

The fact that the American people have the gaul to think that they are now perfect patriots and citizens because they "made up for the pas(" sickens me, especially when those vets from Vietnam still exist. The impression that I have gotten from this last war is that being supportive of the troops this time around immediately nullifies citizens' obligation to support those vets that have been dealt a rotten deal in the past.

About two weeks ago, my mother and I went to the store and saw a Vietnam veteran sitting at the entrance next to a card table and bowl with a red sign asking for donations to help support homeless and disabled veterans. As we entered, not one shopper dropped money into the bowl.

As we left after shopping, we dropped some money into the bowl, and the man became all smiles. And yet when I looked into the bowl, there was nothing more than a few coins and dollar bills-not nearly enough to help even one veteran. As we walked away, my mother said she couldn't believe that people were so gun-ho patriotic, trying to rid themselves of their guilt complexes about not supporting the men in Vietnam, by supporting the troops todayespecially when a means to help reconcile that guilt was

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True, contributing a few small dollars is not the most significant way to help, but at least it is a way. It disturbs me that throughout this war such gargantuan support was given to our troops, and rightfully so, but those who served and were treated like dirt sat on the sidelines and were ignored.

Some Vietnam veterans who are in VA hospitals end up with degrading mistreatment. ABC's news magazine "20/ 20" did an investigative piece on the subject. With hidden cameras, they recorded horrid sanitary conditions and mistreatment including a segment where an angry nurse refused to feed a paralyzed veteran unable to feed himself.

Instances like this, I'm sure, contribute to the guilt complex which has led to this most recent patriotic outburst of support. One thing that must be remembered is that both groups of veterans must be treated with equal respect.

In both wars, the men and women who served were following orders. The scenarios were the same. We may have learned from the Vietnam tragedy that those who serve in war deserve support whether the war itself is right or wrong, but we are still unwilling to apply that lesson to those who need it most.

The only true way to reconcile ourselves of the mistake that was made is to support both generations of veterans. To believe that the slate of the past can be wiped clean because of good deeds now is blindly ignorant. No matter how much is wiped clean from people's minds, the problem still exists.

The Telescope encourages readers to write on issues of the day, as well as on articles and opinions published in the paper. Letters are an opportunity to help educate students on opposing viewpoints to those published in The Telescope.

All letters must be signed and typewritten with the author's telephone number enclosed. Letters from organizations must have the signature of the president/ chair.

We reserve the right not to print letters which contain lewd or libelous comments or implications, and to edit letters for space. Letters will not be published if their purpose is to advertise.

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Send letters to: The Telescope, 1140 W. Mission Rd, San Marcos, CA 92069, or drop them off in our offices located in the upper part of campus in room TCB-1.

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Free South Africa; end sanctions Reflections from a lettuceweakened vegetarian

and morally wrong. International focus and pressure has prompted the Pretoria government to do away with practically all of the laws of racial separation. But to vent our anger only at the white structure of apartheid is to miss the By Bryon Roberts It is about time that the damaging and nonsensical sanctions against South Africa are lifted. Though this political big picture of conflict which plagues this region of the Staff Writer How many people do you know who are vegetarians? Are fallacy may appease narrow-minded do-gooders here in world.

Tribal warfare is a very sad reality; it wasn't too long ago they thin, sickly-looking, white-as-ghost types who excuse America, the unrealistic sanctions have been disastrous for that 500 people lost their lives in a matter of three weeks in themselves from the party when everybody else starts to the black South Africans.

Given, these sanctions were implemented for a noble such conflicts. Most of the conflict has been between the chomp away at pepperoni pizza? Vegetarians might stand cause:the dismantling of apartheid. We must look past the Xhosa and Zulu tribes. Nelson Mandela is from the Xhosa there and politely say, ''I'm not really very hungry ... "as nobleness of the gesture and consider what actions would tribe and Mangosuthu Buthelizi is the pronounced leader of pangs strike their lettuce-weakened stomachs like thermothe Zulus. Both black leaders nuclear implosions. really be helpful at this time. have very different opinions "What's wrong, you aren't one of those vegetarians, are Sanctions are certainly not on how to solve South Afri- you?" asks a concerned someone. "You simply can't live one of them, especially can problems. While without meat." when, according to a recent Mandela' s African National Well, people can live without meat, and vegetarians can independent poll, 80 perCongress (ANC) pursued be very robust. cent of the black South Afviolence and intimidation, Some vegetarians might try to hide the fact that they eat rican population is opposed Buthelizi sought negotiations meatless meals. But they don't hide, in their closets, skelto them. with the government. Also, etons of prey whom they chased down and pounced upon, What sanctions have the ANC is very pro-sanc- wildly ripping muscles and sinew with sharp canines. A done instead is caused an tions while the Inkatha, camivor' s wide and feverish eyes elicit the savor of the taste economic backfire in which Buthelizi' s followers, see that of fresh, red liquid still spurting from a tom juglar. the people we are suppos(OK, maybe that's gross. National Geographic might not economic stability is vital for edly helping are suddenly think so.) everyone. out of work. What justice is But this is basically what the meat eater in nature does: This has always outraged the militant ANC who try to there in taking away a man's source of survival for what we perceive to be the greater good? Thousands of black work- terrorize people into joining them. Such activity has been kills an animal and eats it. Most of us get our flesh food in ers lost their jobs and had to struggle to survive because we the cause of the majority of black deaths in South Africa, not the guise of nice little quarter-pounder packages. No killing, wanted their conditions to improve. This doesn't make the government. The ANC's most infamous form of terror no blood. Plenty of special sauce, if desired. A napkin. much sense, especially when we as a nation are usually so is the "necklace" in which a tire is put around the victim's Possibly forks and knives.

Very civilized. Really. neck, doused in gasoline and set ablaze. The melting tar self-conscious about an imperialistic image.

Have you ever sniffed the air downwind from a slaughter White-owned South African businesses made out like from the tire bums into the flesh and only a charred corpse bandits as large foreign companies, who could no longer do remains of those who dared disagree with the ANC. This is house? Would you eat meat if you had to shop for it at a business, were forced to sell factories dirt cheap. This what we indirectly support with our policies toward South slaughter house? Those steaks in clean, clear plasticwrapped packages don't grow on trees. landed several plants, like the one owned by Ford Motor Africa.

Everyone who eats meat is killing animals, at least by This terrorist group, which used to receive millions of Company, in the hands of South African firms, thus boostdollars in military aid from the Soviet Union, claims to proxy, i.e., by having someone else do it. Does that trouble ing the country's economic control.

Before sanctions, economic empowerment was becom- speak for all black South Africans, though it is obvious they you?

Well, if you hunt, it sure doesn't bother you. That's OK. ing a reality for South African blacks as they climbed do not. The disastrous communist agenda they espouse But if you see a mother cow with her suckling calf as a lovely picture (oh, how cute!), then I hope you enjoy your next hamburger.

I once saw a bumper sticker that read, "Love animals, don't eat them." I agree with that. I'm not fanatical, though.

Eskimos chewing on tundra bushes for nourishment during a long arctic winter is ridiculous. Let's be practical.

And if you like eating meat and hunting, fine. I sincerely believe in the adages: "To each his own." "One man's meat is another man's poison." If it's right for me, that doesn't mean that it's right for you. And vice versa.

But if you're slightly nicked, or even completely smitten corporate ladders and became familiar with the workings of looks very unappealing when considering the failed at- by your conscience, by a psychological butcher's knife of capitalism. South African companies saw great benefit from tempts in Angola and Mozambique. In these countries, guilt, then my (pig's) foot is in the door and I'll play it to the training and educating their black employees to bolster thriving European governments were overthrown by Marx- hilt: there are other reasons not to eat meat. Health reasons. production. Economic equalization was happening, albeit istrebels whosedecadence and communist ideologies threw Another adage says that most people dig their graves with slowly. the countries intoruin. forks and knives.

The European-style economy and government formed by Mandela's doctrine of violence and socialism means Most hamburgers are so full of saturated fat that regular the descendents of early Dutch settlers proved a safe and disaster. The South African government has made very real consumers of them might just as well plan on quintuplestructured haven where black Africans could work without and dramatic changes in their government. Tb.ey deserve bypass surgery. After the hot flush of youth has waned into fear of petty and corrupt dictatorships. Though there are economic support and reward with an end to sanctions. The the cool, middle-age years, very few people have the biothose who would like to ignore it, immigrants continue to European community is already seriously considering it, logical engines necessary to bum up stuff like hardened pour in from neighboring countries to take advantage of and we need to do the same before the country becomes a bacon grease. It is one thing to taste it on the tongue, and opportunities not possible in their countries. shambles. If this happens no one will profit except for the another to feel it clogging the aorta during a heart attack.

There is no doubt that the system of apartheid was unfair first tribal dictator.

But I don't eat meat mostly because I don't like it.

By Hank Tritchka Staff Writer

The ANC's most infamous form of terror is the "necklace" in which a tire is put around the victim's neck, doused in gasoline and set ablaze. This is what we indirectly support with our policies toward South Africa.

-Hank Tritchka, Telescope staff writer

Is it time for the United States to lift economic sanctions from South Africa?

(Photos by Michael Bagstad)

"No one knows the real situation. Until we see clear signs that the South African government is now ready to admit blacks into the economic community, it will not be time to lift sanctions."

"They are a really corrupt country and need some guidance. Maybe if we help them out with sanctions, they (the white government) can realize the benefits of an

"Yes, because when you isolate a country, it doesn't solve anything.

The poorest people in the country are blacks, not whites, so the sanctions should be lifted."

Nursing "I think I would probably lift some of them, not all of them. Then, depending on how they went and if things changed, I would gradually lift more and more of the sanctions."

"No, not until they have decided that a coalition of both governments is possible, and both sides can agree about what's going on; only then you can lift sanctions."

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The signing of the times

By Jennifer London Staff Writer It has been said before, that actions speak louder then words. If you are hearing impaired, then this is more than a truism, it is true. If you are the person who translates words into sign language, then your actions are the only words that a hearing impaired person will hear.

Charlotte Downey is a part-time math teacher at Palomar College, but her true passion lies in acting as an interpreter for the deaf. Downey learned to sign even before she learned to speak. " Sign language was my first language. I grew up in the deaf culture," Downey said with a small but confident smile.

She notes that there are many differences between growing up in the hearing culture and growing up in the deaf culture, and remembers that she did not speak much until she got to kindergarten.

"I experienced frustrations and I didn't know why," Downey explains. "It was hard

for me to communicate with the hearing culture even though I could hear."

It was an inner struggle for Downey to learn to relate to both worlds, but she had determination and eventually overcame the problem. As Downey grew up she realized that there were not only differences in the deaf and hearing world but conflicts within the deaf culture itself. Downey said that American Sign Language (ASL) and Signed English (another form of sign language) are two completely different languages.

"ASL is a bonafide language which is processed in the brain like any other spoken language. It is natural, not acted out. Signed English, on the other hand, is not a language but a signing system with gestures put to grammar. It is not natural at all and you can see the differences between the two." Once Downey had overcome these issues she was able to achieve her goals, she said.

Downey has a master's degree in math education and has been teaching for 25 years. She recalls how she got involved with signing at Palomar, and laughs as she says, "I needed extra money and my daughter told

me that Palomar needed interpreters in ASL. So here I am." Occasionally Downey signs at SDSU, but she mainly works at Palomar.

Downey believes that signing is just like any other language. There are constant changes in the field, and in just the past two years she has had to learn many new signs.

"In Colorado there is a different sign for shoe then there is in California. It is hard to keep up in all the changes," she admits as she brushes a her hand through her short brown curly hair.

Downey confesses that sometimes when she is carrying on a conversation in English she finds that her hands try to do the talking for her. Her left hand begins to make a signing gesture but she catches herself and smiles. "My life has been richer because I know both languages, there is nothing that I feel I cannot do." From the red sweater she wears, to the proud look she has on her face, it is easy to believe. "I would chose signing over English if I had to, because there is so much that ASL can say that words can not."

The above photo captures the essence of signing by showing the hand of Charlotte Downey in action. The photo on the left shows Charlotte Downey signing to her student Mike Schlosser, as he attends his history class, taught by Teresa Neil.

Murals of culture The racquetball courts' murals were painted for Cinco de Mayo day in 1980 by E-dgar Olivares, Manuel Sepulveda and George Papdak.

TOday,thty are in need ofreMvation, bUt funding is not available at this time.

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

March 14 - John Hernandez and Igor Len, New Age music March 21 - Mickie and Elizabeth, Music of the British Isles April 4- Navy Band San Diego 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 p.m. Performance commitments are not numerous because the emphasis is on singing communally and learning about music. 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 and 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 Avenue, Solana Beach.

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

PERFORMING ARTS ''Working" presented by the Palomar College Performing Arts Department. The musical, based on a book by Terkel, opens March 8.

Additional performances are March9, 14,15,and 16at8p.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. For information call 744-1150 ext. 2317.

Moscow Circus at San Diego Sports Arena. Shows will be performed March 13 - 17.

Tickets on sale now at the San Diego Sports Arena box office and all TicketMaster outlets. The new edition of the Moscow

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Circus, starring the aerial ballet of the "Flying Cranes," will perform nine shows. Ticket prices are $20, $17.50 and $12.50. For information, call the San Diego Sports Arena at 224-3176.

"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. The show will run March 2- April6. Ticket prices are $12- $14. For further information or tickets, call4811055.

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Images-- Works by Palomar College Photography Students on exhibit at 118 E. Grand Avenue, Escondido. Show runs March 16 - April 6. Artists Reception: March 15, 6 - 8 p.m. Exhibition hours: Mon. - Sat., 12 - 6 p.m.

Call 744-1150 ext. 2386 for information.

Palomar College Boehm Gallery- "Selected Works 1990-1991 "byartistJamesLuna will be featured, as well as a collaborative work by Richard Lu and Robert Sanchez.

Reception is March 14,6-8 p.m.

Gallery hours: Tues, 10- 4 p.m.; Wed. and Thurs. 10- 7 p.m.; Fri, 10-2 p.m. and Sat, noon- 4 p.m.

Gallery will be closed for school holidays March 25-30. For more information, call 744-1150, ext.

2304.

VIVA La Children- An art festival for the young-at-heart sponsored by the Vista Initiative for the Visual Arts (VIVA), will be held on Apri127 from 11 a.m.

- 5 p.m. at the Brengle Terrace Park, 1200 Vale Terrace Dr. in Vista. Call Deborah Hultberg at 727-5000 for information. #

MOVIES Campus Spring Film Festival at Palomar College. Movies are shown Thursdays in room P-32 at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

March 14-"S weetie" (Australia 1989) Jane Campion directs this original film about two very different sisters.

March 21- "Floating Weeds" (Japan 1959) Yasujiro Ozo, although rarely seen in the West, is probably the purist example of a director of the Japanese art tradition. His camera work is quietly poetic as the film tells of a boy's passage to manhood.

1991 Festival of Animation! At the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, 700Prospect.

The festival, running until April 28, shows the world's accomplishments i animation. Compositions include clay animation, computer animation, and object animation. Midnight shows feature extra sarcastically twisted films. For information call 5519274.

'Working' plays on stage True feelings of work are let loose in Performing Arts Department musical

By Kathy Hines Arts and Entertainment Editor

school schedules, Monday through Friday, from 7 to 10 p.m.

The "Working" product of the Performing Arts Department rehearsals can be seen on opening benefit night, 7 p.m. tonight. Tickets for the benefit and reception are $75 and are available through the Palomar College Advancement Office, 744-1150 ext. 2732. There will be live musical entertainment, an espresso and refreshment bar, and a dessert buffet during the reception. All proceeds for this event will directly

As the stage curtains are drawn, the Palomar College Performing Arts Department will turn "Working" into a musical play tonight.

Based on the novel by Studs Terkel, the stage adaptation of "Working" by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, reveals the true feelings of the working society; whom they hate, whom they respect, their pride, humiliation, boredom, excitement, and how they survive to the next day ..

Deep secrets of the work force range from the souls of the secretary to the executive, the steelworker to the waitress, the housewife to the newsboy.

Directing the cast of the workers is Director Pat Larmer.

Larmer, who directed "Working" nine years ago, says that this is the first time he has ever repeated a musical. "It's taking a chance by doing it again, but the script is well written, and I like it a lot. " Larmer has teamed with Music Director Cherie HodgsonArmstrong who takes care of the melody aspect of the play. Songs such as "I Hear America Singing" written by Stephen Chwartz, and "Just A Housewife" written

by Craig Carnelia, will be. featured. "Brother Trucker" and "Millwork," both written by James Taylor, will also be performed. Choreographer Sue Gilson is in charge of the stage dance steps.

Performing Arts Department Chairman Dr. Joe Stanford says that "this collaborative production by the music, theater and dance strands of the Performing Arts shows a continuing effort to present quality performances to the North County community."

Members of the cast of the Palomar College production of According to Larmer, nine 'Working' still for a snap shot. Top row from left to right: years ago the show was "bare bones." He says that this year, the Richard Brousil, Dave Terrell, Tony Parham, Ryan Lowe. production has much higher proBottom row from left to right: Allison Berchak, Heather duction standards arid greater Hill. The musical is based on the novel by Studs Terkel. and participation. "We have gotten the best audition turnout for a musical in several years." Eighty people audi- benefit the Palomar College Foundation.

Tickets for other performances on March 9, 10, tioned and 32 were cast.

After the grilling four ri.ights of auditioning, and 14-17 are $8 general, $5 students and sethe selected cast tested their stamina for another niors. For reservations, call the Palomar College five weeks, rehearsing around their work and Box Office at 744-1150 ext. 2453.

Australian film 'Sweetie' explores siblings• sexuality

By Kathy Hines Arts and Entertainment Editor

Her sister Kay, played by Karen Colston, is thin, circumspect and

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The Australian film "Sweetie" ::: (1989) will be featured Thursday as one of the selections of the Campus Spring Film Festival. The film festival, which can also be taken for credit as CINE 100, screens a movie every Thursday at 7 p.m.

"Sweetie" is an art film of According to K1c:nrurd. J:'eac~oc.lG Communications rt'W>",'"" .... f''''''''''' ~m~~'l;d?:~~r~~~~J,:II\J~f~~~~~~ chairperson and cinema instructor $.: for the CINE 100 class, "it takes chances by not following any set form."

Jane Cam pion directs this original film about two off-the-wall sisters. Sweetie, played by Genevieve cross the Lemon, is fat and spontaneous.

barrier of taboos .In one scene, Kay happens to catch a glimpse of Sweetie bathing their father.

Sweetie, kneeling outside the tub, •au .••u,•u r drops the bar of soap her father's bubble bath ...

Other avante-garde filming techniques, besides quick, jumbled flashes, are dreamy images, and off-centering. A cappella musical background noise intensifies the non-traditional plot. Campion's film debut reaches toward modem realism, and the film's rough edges and cinema verity style provides the viewers with space to draw their own conclusions.

If you cannot attend the free screening of "Sweetie" on March 14, I would recommend renting the video, on the condition that the children and closed-minded people are tucked away in bed.

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Friday, March 8, 1991

V'ballers set for playoff berth

By Teng Monteyro Sports Writer Last year, at the conclusion of the men's volleyball season, the Palomar Comets played what former player Dave Delaney termed as "the best volleyball of the season."

The Comets started this season on that note and are 6-2 in league play. "I think that we're stronger than last year, although we're trying to make up for losing Dave Delaney, who was a fine player last year; so we're trying to bring along some of our younger freshmen and get one of them to fill Delaney's spot," said Comets Coach Duncan McFarland.

Delaney, who played swing hitter is now replaced by freshman Todd Plate. "He's doing a good job, but he's a bit small for that spot, so it's a pressure position. I need to give him help, so that he's not carrying such a

"We're definitely better.

I think the difference last year was that we were a little bit hungrier and that we thought we had to play harder."

Head coach Duncan McFarland

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Sophomore Rob Thomas hammers another nail in the Alumni team's coffin. Thomas is currently the Comets top gun with 64 kiUs and is one of the reasons why they are 6-2.

big load out there," added McFarland.

Although the Comets are doing well as far as overall play, McFarland expresses concern on the status of the team's conference standing.

"I expected our (conference) record to be better than 2-2. I would have hoped that it would have been at least 3-1. We were good enough to be 4-0, but judging by the strength of our league, there are a lot of teams that on any given night could beat each other. Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise, that it woke us up to the fact that there are a lot of teams out there good enough to beat us, and we can't go out and not be prepared," explained McFarland.

McFarland, however, claims that this year's team is doing better than the 1990 squad at the same point of the regular season. "We're definitely better, I think the difference last year was that we were a little bit hungrier and that we thought we had to play harder." McFarland credits the victories to overall team play. "I would have to say that our wins have been team effort as well as our losses."

S9me of the players have already posted impressive statistics. James Coney, the Comets center and team captain already has 224 assists, resulting in 224 kills for the team.

"James Coney is in the position of being our quarterback. He's a very important player," said McFarland.

Swing hitter Rob Thomas, leads the Comets with 64 kills in 131 attempts, third on the team in blocks with 13.

"Rob Thomas has been brilliant and unstoppable, he just needs to be a little more consistent," said

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Team assist leader James Coney (6) sets for a leaping Chris Houk during a shutout win against Grossmont College, on Feb. 28. the playoffs either by winning our conference or finishing at second or third place and being able to go to the regional playoffs," noted McFarland. The Comets have a better chance overall of making the playoffs because of the new system of splitting what was once a 12 team conference into two divisions.

However the Comets were put in the division which McFarland claims "an awfullv strong half."

The Comets are ranked fourth in the conference, Long Beach City College and Orange Coast College are tied for first place.

McFarland. "Kirk Kinney is also a pivotal player for us. He's our biggest player and he can be the strongest blocking force in the net."

Kinney is second in the team in kills with 44 and fourth in blocks with 10. Chris Houk leads the team with 14 blocks. Rounding out the rest of the team are: Tony Monaghan, Chris Phoenix, Jason Ford, D.W. Lee, Randy Lawrence, Rri::m McneiL and Ja~on Weil!el.

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Viva la D{fferance Golfers fall seven short in Riverside Palomar's golf team fmished a strong second in the fourschool Riverside tournament played at Moreno Valley Country Club, March 4.

Comets team captain Mike O'Leary led all with a 72forthe tournament and the gold medal, but it was Saddleback College that was victorious with 393 total strokes, compared with Palomar's 400.

Comets golfers Ryan Wrethmeier (75), Shawn McCaskey (82), David Trenski (85), Dan Hughes (86) and Jim Brande (86) rounded off the pack.

Comets tennis thrashes City Palomar's netters scored a rout of a conference win over San Diego City College, 8-1, on March4.

In the rout, Palomar re-

turned to .500 (1-1 in conference play and 3-3-1 overall).

Things didn't begin well for the Comets as their first seed, Gino Yu fell to the Knights' Ola Kinnander in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.

Comets netter Mike Williams tied the match score at one when he defeated in straight sets, 6-4 and 6-4, Jorge Leyva.

The Comets never looked back as netters Greg McCain (6-2, 6-0); Edgar Arellano (6-0, 6-4); Zoltan Gardality (6-1,61); and Paul Harris (6-1, 6-0) beat their foes in straight sets.

The doubles teams of Harris- McCain (3-6, 6-4, 6-3); YuJames McCutchen (6-2, 7-5); and Arellano-Gardality (6-0,60) also defeated their opponents.

Lightening cancels swim meet The threat of lightening cancelled the ten-college South of the Border swim meet, slated originally for March 1 and 2.

No make-up has been rescheduled yet, according to women'scoachPattiWaterman.

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Lady Comets' differences can add another state championship, hopes tennis coach Nan Haugen Story by Pat Gifford Some people believe that the best of teams are made up of completely different personalities -that the farther they are apart at the beginning, the closer they can become in the end.

If .this is true, then this year's women's tennis team should be one to watch. With no returnees from last year's team, Coach Nan Haugen wasn't exactly sure what or who to expect going into the season, but even trying to imagine a more varied background for her players might have been impossible.

Consider that the Comets include someone who last year played in Japan, another who played in Bangladesh, a 40 year-old, a former softball player and a Led Zeppelin fan (who happens to be the daughter ofthePalomar' s sports information director).

Coach Haugen likes the mix on this team, her 17th as head coach at Palomar College. She should also be recognized for having a good eye for talent as her 1986 team won the state championship, and last year she was named California Coach of the Year. A graduate of the University of Southern California, who recently completed her Doctorate of Administrative Leadership at the University Level at the University of San Diego, Haugen has a 259-48 career record.

"We have a chance if we continue to work hard and improve," said Haugen. They will have plenty of competition though as 1990's state champion, Grossmont College, belongs to Palomar's conference.

The team has eight members who play at every match. There are six singles and three double games at each match. Each game counts as one point, so each seed is important, whether at ftrst-singles or are at sixth-singles.

At first-singles is Wendy Guitterez. She was a four-time high school All-American in Salem, Oregon. A state champion as a freshman, Guitterez burned out on

Photos by Suzi Bass

Top-seed Wendy Guitterez was a four-time AllAmerican in her hometown of Salem, Oregon.

Burn-out, however, made her leave tennis for four years, during which she married.

Candance "Candy" Soukup, 40, a self-employed accountant, is going back to college to recapture "the fun things she missed the first time around." tennis at age 17. She continued with tennis, however, as a instructor, but did not wish to compete. It was during this time that she met the man she eventually married.

He is a U.S. Marine, who after their marriage was transferred to

MEN'S TENNIS March 12

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Los Angeles Pierce

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Getting accurate stats for netter Jackie Strey should be no problem: she is the daughter of John Strey, Palomar College's sports information director.

Okinawa. There she played in tournaments, which got her back into competing. When Guitterez's husband was transferred to Camp Pendelton recently, she decided now was the time to go back to school and to give tennis another shot. Now 21, she hopes to earn a scholarship to the University of Oregon after two years here, and when her husband's commitment to the Marines is completed.

At second singles is Jackie Strey, 29. She had played one year at Mt. San Antonio, and then decided to take some time off from tennis and school. When she decided to return, the question of where to attend was not difficult Her father is John Strey, the school's sports information director. She sees the team as "one that gets along well, and has sort of a rebellious attitude."

At third is Candace "Candy" Soukup. She is a 40-year-old selfemployed accountant,. who is back in school to improve her tennis game and enjoy some of the fun things she missed the first time around. "I didn't have time for much when I went to school, so now I'm having

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Tennis (continued from page 11) fun 20yearslater,"sa.idSoukup.

Following her on the seeding list is Melanie Torene. Melanie's father works for the U.S. State Department, and that job has allowed her to live in Africa and Bangladesh as well various places around our country.

In Bangladesh, she played at a place called "The American Club," which is part of the U.S. Embassy.

There, they have local kids work as ballboys anytime there is a game.

Freshman Suzi Speckman is somewhat new to tennis, but certainly not to Palomar sports. She played right field and first base in softball for two years, and was a member of Palomar's state championship team of 1989.

After her is Lydia Shaw. Shaw is from the Napa Valley area. When asked how she came to choose

tennis at Palomar. Shaw said ''I'm not really sure how or why I am here".

After Shaw's seeding is Sophomore Cindy Rose. Cindy is a graduate ofEdison lligh and wasn't planning on playing tennis in college, but after taking a class, she was asked to try out for the team.

The eighth player on the team is Grace Okomoto. Graduating from El Camino lligh in '90, she played tennis as a senior and decided to continue here at Palomar.

Also,anotherpartoftheteamis Assistant Coach Monse Noboa.

Monse played for Coach Haugen at number one singles for two years.

She graduated from Palomar in 1988 and received a full scholarship to Cal State Bakersfield.

Monse is joining the women's professional tour in July.

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