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Volume 45, Number 6 ¡
Student suspected in car break-ins arrested By Sean Fitting Staff Writer Criminal Justice student Hung Nygen got some field experience with the law recently. On Sept. 27 Detectives Mark Manriquez and Donna Perone from the Vista station of the San Diego Police department arrested him while he was in' class. Nygen was taken in custody in connection with the recent rash of Palomar
parking lot break-ins and was arrested and booked on one count of auto burglary. Perone forwarded the case to the District Attorney. "I have enough evidence to link him to five counts based on statements and evidence found in his car" said Perone. Nygen has been released from the Vista jail on $10,000 bail. He will be arraigned Nov.15. A trial date will be set at the arraingment. According to Campus Patrol, there
have been no parking lot break-ins since Campus Patrol Officers Scott Lee and Rob Edwards identified Nygen trying to break into a car on Sept. 17. According to the officers, Nygen hopped into a waiting car, jumped the divider and fled out Comet Drive. The officers had staked out parking lot five. "One was waiting in the arboretum and the other was waiting in the van so he could radio," according to Campus Pa-
trol Supervisor Boyd Mahan. Campus Patrol is "not an investigative unit but we got tired of taking down reports," he said. "The officers were acting on their own initiative." The officers "knew what they were looking for," said Mahan. Nygen's car had been seen cruising the lot around the times of some of the break-ins. Also, on Aug. 20, two Asian males, one matching Nygen's de-
scription, were reportedly observed acting suspiciously around a pickup. When Campus Patrol confronted them Mahan said "they got into the car and left saying they were students, good-bye." When Campus Patrol investigated the truck closely they found that a hole had been punched in the door. Later that day one car was stolen and one was successfully broken into. "I am 98 percent sure that that's the same guy," Mahan said.
No conclusions reached in push for faculty union By Laura Woolfrey News Editor Faculty and administraiion met at the Escondido campus Sept. 19 and 20 to hash out their differences concerning who will be included in a proposed faculty unit. However. their efforts were unsuccessful in reaching a conclusion. The Palomar College Faculty Association wants department chairs included in the proposed faculty unit. which would allow academic faculty to participate in collective bargaining. The district. however, contends that the position of department chair is a supervisory position. and therefore it is inappropriate for such staff to be involved with the unit. Mathematics Department Chair Ramona Colwell, Dean of Arts and Languages Gene Jackson, Department Chair of the Child Development Center Margie Ruzich, Li-
brary Director Judy Cater and Department Chair of English as a Second Language Shayla Sivert were subpoenaed to testify about their professional positions at Palomar. The witnesses were questioned by Public Employment Relations Board attorney Les Chishorn, District Representative lawyer Richard J. Currier and PCFA's lawyer Glen Rothnen. PERB is a state agency that regulates labor relations. According to President ofPCFA and associate professor and chairperson of physical education Mario Mendez. nothing was resolved at the hearings. As a result, another series of hearings will be held Oct. 21-23. If the faculty and district cannot come to a mutual resolution as a result of the hearings, PERB will make a ruling. ."The testimony and information will be a launch pad for the next
(see UNION - page 16)
Food Bank und.e r new management By Sean Fitting Staff Writer The Palomar Food Bank is under new management and has a new name. The Extended Opportunities and Services Department (EOPS) has assumed control of the Palomar Food Bank. For the last five and- a-half years the Food Bank had been the responsibility of Student Activities. "We have wanted control of it for sometime," said EOPS Director Patricia (P.J.) DeMaris. "The reason we wanted it was our students are the people who would use it the most." The first order of business was to change the name from the Food .Bank to The EOPS Food Pantry.
The genesis for the original food bank came six years ago when Palomar staff realized some students were going hungry. "The ASG (Associated Student Government) had a campus wide picnic, and they had some leftover hotdog buns. Afterwards somebody came up and asked for the dry buns," said Lunde, ASG student activities secretary. At first it was thought they wanted the buns for a pet, but after some further investigation it was discovered that there were peoplebuying books instead of eating on campus. Former ASG Senator Bob Klug "rallied the forces and the first Food Bank was established" Lunde said. "Campus wide we didn't want to stop the Food Bank because it
was a very good program," she added. Since the focus of the ASG changes with each new administration, the management was shifted from the ASG to Student Activities. The Food Bank remained the responsibility of Student Services until EOPS took over earlier this year. "The Food Pantry is an emergency resource" said EOPS worker Claudette Ellis, ¡ who is responsible for daily operations of the Food Pantry. It offers food, most! y canned goods and non-perishable items and a few other necessities such as diapers and toiletries to needy students. "We also provide information for other food services" said Bill Landry/Staff Plwwgraphy Ellis. The service is open to all students who Palomar student Daniel Rankin stuffs the (see PANTRY- page 3) newly-reorganized Food Pantry.