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LESC Palomar Community College

F1'iday, April 28, 1995

San Marcos, CA

Tyler wins second term • Poor voter turnout kills Student Activities Fee Jeff V ize Staff Wrirer

Demonstrating continued apathy towards the Associated Student Government which controls over $150,000 in student funds, less than I percent of Palomar's 23,000 students participated in the elections which reelected Merrill Tyler as its president last week.

By being elected to a second term, Tyler is only the second student to successfully win two consecutive terms as ASG president.

The first student was JeffUrry who

served from 1981-83 In the election. oniy two positions were pursued, although there Merrill Tyler, were a total of reelected ASG 14 positions President open.

In claimingtheseatofpresident, Tyler beat out current Vice President of State Affairs Matthew McNamara and Senator Chris Wheat. Cody Lutsch, also currently an ASG sena-

tor, won the vice president of state affai rs position after runn ing unopposed.

A total of 180 ballots, comprising approximately 0.7 percent of the student body were cast in the elections which took place April 25 and 26 in the Student Union. In winning, Tyler obtained 93 votes, while McNamara and Wheat received 44 and 42, respectively .

Tyler immediately denounced the student apathy saying that one of his primary goals in his next

See ELECTION , Page 3

Volume 48, Number 20

And the winner is...

Only 180 students or 0.7 percent of the 23,000 student population voted in the spring ASG election.

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VP of Slate AlliiN VIlli

Merrill Tyler •••••••..•••..•••• 93 Matthew McNamara ...... 44 Christopher Wheat ........ 42

Cody Lutsch •••••••••••••• 138

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Measure to charge a voluntary Student Activities Fee of $1 per student each semester.

Failed because a minimum of 400 total voters needed. Having a simple majority would have passed the referendum.

No ................................. 79 Yes ................................ 64

•tn the event of death, disqualification, resignation, recaU or impeachment of the President, the ExBCUtive Vice President shall succeed the office .. : Passed with at least a twothirds majority.

Yes .......................•.•..... 98 No ................................. 29

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Suspect sought for videotaping in restroom

Campus holds festivities for Mother Earth Carla Mays

Steven Zivanic

Staff Writer

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Soul, peace, and world rhythm added to the theme of global awareness for Earth Day ' 95 sponsored by the Earth Club and Associated Student Government April 26.

Palomar students enjoyed a wide range of environmentally and cultural diverse entertainment during the festival. Earth First and Greenpeace gave students the tools they need to "think and act ...·.'.'

1.. • locally."

'-~.,£.,:·.::>' Baraka InternaEARTH DAY tional Arts presented "drum worship" for the goddesses of the forest and ocean. Hundreds of students crowded onto the lawn area to watch the rich array of colorful native costumes and dances. The rhythmic display showcase the cultural talents of West Africa, Cuba, Brazil, and the Caribbean.

Josiah "The Music Maker" gave the crowd an amazing introduction to his performance with lyrics from India. Josiah incorporated comedy, blues and folk music into his act.

Ismael and The Peacemakers, a.k.a the "Rasta Men," brought the students and staff to their feet with their spiritual reggae style.

The group created such high energy that students reported that they had ditch class to attend their performance. The event was originally supposed to end at 2 p.m., but because of crowd demand , continued until 3:30p.m.

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Nichol Burlison dances to rhythms created by a drumming circle composed of people from all over the county. She spent four hours on the lawn area during Palomar's Earth Day held April 26.

Continuing a series of sexually-related bathroom incidents at Palomar, April 18 a male suspect was caught filming a student in the women's restroom in the NO-building, according to Campus Patrol.

According to patrol reports , the victim went to use the restroom in the NO-building, when she noticed a video camera pointing up at her from the floor beneath the stall next to her. The victim noticed tha t the red "record" light was on, indicating that the camera was filming her.

The victim stood up and ran to the sink when she looked up and saw the suspect standing atop a toilet, continuing to film her, patrol reports say .

After the victim said, ''I'm going to tell somebody," the suspect ran out of the restroom, satd Patrol Officer Gerard Perez.

The victim then consulted a group of women outstde the building about what had just happened.

The women then suggested that she call for help, and Campus Patrol was notified 20 minutes later, Perez said.

The suspect is described as a 5 foot, I 0 inch tall white male between 25-30 years old, with dark, wavy hair and weighing approximately 200 pounds.

The unusual crime is classified in one of two new penal codes for 1995. Penal code 647D prohibits loitering around a public toilet, which is listed as a misdemeanor, according to a patrol officer.

"If someone is bothered in any way, sha pe, or form on campus, whether it be in the res troom s or no t, we (the Campus Patrol) wo uld like to ask them to contac t us immediately after the incident, as wai tin g even 5 minutes may pote ntially diffuse the sit uatio n." Perez said .

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CAMPUS BEAT F.Y.INFO~~~b*_ Convention Center to hold college fair The San Diego National College Fair will be held May 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 5:30p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the San Diego Convention Center.

Students can speak with admissions representives from over 200 colleges and universities, and pick up catalogues and other informational material.

Special sessions will be held for students interested in the University of California, California State Universities, and California Community Colleges. There will also be financial aid semi mars and individualized counseling offered.

Admission to the fair is free. For more information, contact Patricia Reiswig ¡at 534-0891.

-Carla Mays

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The Extended Opportunities Programs and Services Club got more than they bargained for as Solomon ljah plays in their collection bin marked "Nonperishable food for EOPS." The food collected at -Palomar's Earth Day '95 celebration will be distributed to students in need to help them stay in school. -

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from the College Press Service

Binge drinking a problem among freshmen CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-University of Illinois freshman Andrea Salow says she woke up with a hangover her second day away at school.

"The first night there, a bunch of us ended up in someone's room doing shots of Goldschlager," says Salow, 18. "Nobody knew each other yet, so we just sat around drinking, talking about high school and stuff."

Like many new students, Salow's first campus experience with liquor came before she was fully unpacked. "I was sick the next two days," she remembers. "It wasn ' t exactly the way I wanted to start out at school."

Most college freshmen get drunk their first week on campus and begin a steady drinking routine that lasts throughout their stay at the university, according to are-

cent survey by the Harvard School of Public Health.

"The study indicates that college students drink early and often," says Henry Weschler, author of the study, which is the second part of a survey on binge drinking.

"They find a routine and latch onto it rather quickly."

Drawing on data from the first study, which surveyed 17,592 students from 140 colleges across the nation, Harvard researchers questioned 720 freshmen from the 13 unidentified schools with the strongest levels ofbinge drinking. According to Weschler, binge drinking is defined as consumption of five or more drinks in a row for men orfourormoredrinks in a row for women on one or more occasions during a two-week period.

The survey revealed that 68 percent of

freshmen went on a drinking binge at some point during their first semester, with 54 percent doing so within the first week of school.

All of the freshmen surveyed said that alcohol was very easy to get on campus, and 96 percent said campus drinking rules had no effect.

"It's pretty easy to get beer or something whenever you want it," said Linda Arlington, a sophomore at Ohio University. "It was easy in high school, and then you had to rei yon someone' solder brother or something. Here, you just walk down the hall and give someone money."

In addition to academic programs and student opportunities, 54 percent of the freshmen said they considered the social scene of the university when deciding where to go to school.

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Compiled from Campus Patrol reports

Alpha Gamma Sigma-Wednesday noon, SU-18 and Thurs. 12:30 p.m., SU-22.

American Sign Language-Monday 1 p.m., SU-22.

Criminal Justice Club-Monday 11 a.m., 0-13.

GALA-Tuesday 3:30p.m., SU-17.

MEChA-Friday noon, SU-17.

Native American Student Alliance-Friday 1 p.m., SU15.

Pan Afrikan Student Movement-Wednesday noon, SU16.

Parliamentarian Society-Monday noon, SU-22.

Phi Theta Kappa-For information, visit room SU-I 0 or SU-21.

Phi Beta Lambda-Wednesday I p.m., SU-16.

Pre-Physical Therapy-Wednesday noon, SU-22.

Pre-Med Club-First and third Wednesday I p.m. and 4 p.m., SU-15.

Undefeated Club-Tuesday 2 p.m., DSPS. Women's Organized Movement Toward Autonomy Now-Wednesday 3 p.m., Student Union.

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Tuesday, April18 7:45p.m.- The window of the KBM security office building was shattered. The estimated cost of the damage is $300.

Friday, April 21 12:00 p.m.- A hit and run on Perimeter Rd. severely mangled a Mitsubishi. Damages were estimated at $1000.

4:20p.m.- Art students extinguished a fire in a dumpster at the rear of the C building. The fire was suspected to be caused by a piece of hot glass from glass blowing.

Tuesday, April 25 I 0:30 a.m.- KKSM radio station has had approximately 30 compact discs stolen within the last two months. It is suspected that someone from the radio station may have taken them.

6:45 p.m.- A student hit his head on the west wall of the racketball courts. He was taken to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido after having a seizure.

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Annual village fair to feature exhibits Carlsbad Village Faire, California's Largest OneDay Street Faire, will be May 7, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Faire will feature more than 800 exhibits from arts and entertainment to international foods and specialty items. Other interest include a certified Farmers Market and an old fashion pancake breakfast that will kicked the event off in the morning. Children can enjoy animal and carnival rides. Various radio stations will be on hand throughout the day.

Downtown Carlsbad streets will be close for the event. North County Transit District (NCTD) will provide complimentary shuttle service from Plaza EL Camino Real at the Sear department store parking lot, or from the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce parking lot at 5411 A venida Encinas. Shuttles leave to and from the event every 15 minutes throughout the day.

For more information contact Rosa or Susan at the Chamber at 931-8400.

-Carla Mays

Popcorn king offers college scholarships Orville and Gary Redenbacher are offering a $1,000 scholarship to 25 adults over the age of 30 who are making a '"second start" in life via a college education.

Scholarship recipients will usc funds towards an associate's, bachelor's or advanced degree program.

Part-time and full-time students qualify.

Applicants are judged on a 500-word essay reflecting their entrepreneurial spirit, financial aid academic performance (if applicable), and a clear goal. The check will be sent directly to the college where it \ovill be credited to the student's account through the s.;hools financial aid office.

Applications can be obtained by sending a self addressed envelope to: Orville Redenbacher's s~cond Start Program, P.O. Box 3910 I, Chicago, IL. 60639, or through the continuing education office.

-Liz Bennett

Safety programs held by Red Cross May is safety month and the American Red Cross is offering eight programs to help students have a safer spring. Courses in First Aid, CPR, Baby-sitting, Aquatics and Emergency Response are provided.

Learn how to recognize an emergency, injury prevention, basic first aid skills, how to reduce pain and skills necessary to h,elp sustain life.

The courses are held throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties at all of the Red Cross Service Centers. Each health and safety course has a fee ranging from $10-$90.

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student activities fee was declared void because the required voter turnterm will be to increase the voter out of 400 was not achieved. The turnout in the fall of 1995. fee , which would have given stu''I'm disappointed. We have a dents the option to contribute $1 for bi g student apathy problem and we the funding of campus social events need to figure out how to deal with at the start of each semester, reit," said Tyler. "Next year I'm going ceived 64 votes in support of the to chair the election committee fee, with 79 votes against. myself and we're going to have a lot A constitutional amendment spemore advertising. It' s going to be a cifically designating the ASG' s big blowout. My goal is to get 600 Executive Vice President to sucpeople voting." ceed the president in case of death In an attempt to achieve a larger or other disqualification passed by a turnout thi s semester, the ASG ofn of98 to 29. fered each voter an entry into a $50 Despite raffle. The incenti ve's impact apexpress ing a peared to be minimal, however, as strict focus on this semester's 180 voters were their g oals, down from 329 in the fall. Student however, Ell ai ne Coll ins was draw n as the eac h ASG contest winner. member adSeveral ASG members said they mi tted thatthe believe poor advertising and an in- Cody Lutsch, first order of suffic ient amount of publici ty may new VP of bu s in ess 1ve contributed to the lack of can- State Affairs would be fillidates and small voter turnout. ing vacant seats that remain after In hi s 1995-96 term, Tyler also the recent election . The available plans to focus more on the Palomar positions are executive vice presicampus and pay more attention to dent, treasurer, vice president of student needs . social affairs and nine senator posi"I want to get a lot more soci al tions. events going," said Tyler. "I want to Upon taking office on May 10, help Cody continue the legislative the 15 seat ASG will consist of only progress we ' ve made and beyond Tyler, Lutsch, and current Senator that I just want to keep working for Leroy Miranda. students."

Under bylaw regulations, howLutsch elaborated on the legisla- ever, the ASG requires at least eight tive goals that Tyler mentioned, say- members fora quorum at their meeting that has already started working ings. Without quorum the board on lobbying efforts, which is one of cannot legally enact any form of the primary jobs of the vice presi- legislation. dent of state affairs. He said he In response to the apparent lack hopes to generate student support of interest, the ASG has announced for a common course numbering that a special election will be held system among all of California's May 15 and 16. Students interested public colleges in order to eliminate in applying for one of the available the confusion that comes with fig- positions can pick-up an applicauring out if community college tion from the Student Activities classes will transfer to other univer- Office in SU-21. To be eligible for sities. student government, one must have "The common course number- an established college GPA of at ing system is one of the biggest least 2.0, be enrolled in a minimum things I was pushing for," said of7 units at Palomar, and obtain 50 Lutsch. "Also we're looking tore- signatures from currently registered peal the differential fee for people Palomar students. Applicants for with bachelor's degrees [returning the special election must return the to community colleges]. Because of required forms by May II. the way the economy is working Additionally, members of ASG now a lot of people with degrees are are planning to set up a voting booth needing to go back to school for at Palomar's Education Center in training. The differential fee is pre- Escondido. venting a lot of people from [doing Tyler said that the special electhat]." tion was the idea of current ExecuAdditionally, a student referen- tive Vice President Tony Munoz, dum to initiate a $1 per semester who was concerned about the erect-

ibility of an ASG with only three of its members actually elected by the student body .

Lutsch, however, thinks that a special election won't really make a difference in student representation because there it is ultimately student apathy that causes the lack of credibility.

"I don't think appointing members affects the credibility," said Lutsch . "Obviously it doesn't look good, but when you have 23,000 people and only 180 of them vote, you're not getting the common people ' s [voice] anyway ."

Second place finisher in the presidential race, McNamara, has different views on the legitimacy of the upcom ing government. He said he views Tyler as potentially power hun gry and accuses him of having people "lined up and ready to go into ASG ."

"He's got a handpicked group of cronies waiting to go in ," claimed MeN amara. "If there 's no· strong opposition on the government to hi s platform, then there 's no way to keep the checks and balances."

Mc Namara also questioned the compatibility oftheASG presidency with Tyler' s job as an assistant to Dr. David Chappie, Palomar vice president of Student Services. "He's too close to the management to make an objective decision for student needs."

Tyler defended himself against these accusations, however, saying that he never makes a decision without considering all of the aspects involved. He claims that his first interests have always been with the students. "This whole semester I have battled against my allies constantly. I play devil's advocate with everybody in there regardless of I want or what they want to see both sides of the issue."

Also taking issue with McNamara was Senator Ellen Noonkester who believes that McNamara's statements were emotion driven and he was disappointed in losing. "I think he's upset because the ASG chose Merrill immediately as who we wanted to back," said Noonkester. "We saw on the facts without emotion, who was more capable of doing the job."

According to Tyler, none of his allegations have any tangible evidence.

- Additional reporting by Daniel Kwan, Editor-in-Chief

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Long-time student dies on campus Steven Zivanic Staff Writer

An 82 year-old student who gave validity to the notion of "life-long learning" died April 19 at Palomar-a place he had called home for 17 years.

Eugene Simon Miller of Carlsbad had been taking various ceramic and glass-blowing courses over the past two decades at Palomar to keep busy and further his education after retirement, his widow Delphine Miller said.

According to Mrs. Miller, Miller arrived at Palomar at about 4:30 a.m. April 19, and then proceeded to his glass-blowing classroom, located in the C building, directly behind the Howard Brubeck Theatre.

Upon arrival, Miller turned on the furnace and went into the ceramics room where he went about his daily early morning ritual; enjoying a breakfast roll and coffee while waiting for the furnace to heat up to correct temperature, Mrs. Miller said.

According to Leah Valizan, Miller's classroom partner and a newcomer to glass-blowing, Miller returned from the ceramics room after breakfast, and then left again. After 15 minutes had elapsed and he hadn't returned, Valizan said that she decided to check on Miller, and figured that he must have gone to the men's restroom in the D building.

Valizan said when she arrived, Maintenance Supervisor Dennis Lack told her there was a problem at hand-Miller wasn't moving.

Lack had already called for emergency assistance when Valizan rushed into the restroom and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Miller, which she continued until being relieved by paramedics.

Valizan then contacted Miller's wife Delphine, who in turn called the Eternal Hills Memorial Park service, which arrived shortly after, along with the San Diego Sheriff's Department. Official results are not available yet, but Miller is believed to have suffered a "massive heart attack," Mrs. Miller said.

Valizan said she was very disturbed by the sudden death of her

friend, as no signs of sickness or pain were readily apparent to her, nor did "Gene" as his close friends called him, speak of any ailments.

"Eugene will be deeply missed.

It's been a pleasure knowing a man of that caliber," Valizan said.

Miller's son, Mel, says that his father can best be described as "a sharing person with a big heart."

He added that his father had always been a very generous and knowledgeable person, helping students with their projects in class, and encouraging them to never give up.

Associate Professor of Arts Val Sanders said that Miller was a special person, with "his commitment · to learn things, and ability to be tenacious," making him a leader in the classroom.

Sanders added, "Many have tried to accomplish the various things that Eugene did-but he was the only one who succeeded."

According to Sanders, Miller developed many interesting glass formulas. One formation of particular interest to glass aficionados is a sulphide, which is a relief medallion made of clay-silica paste, enclosed in paperweights, bottles or glass.

"Eugene developed a procedure of his own through a lot of trial and error, to masterfully encase sulphides in glass," Sanders said.

Sanders added that throughout history, nobody has ever given out any recipes on sulphide formation since the process is so delicate, that during expansion and contraction, only one degree of leeway is allowed.

On behalf of the Miller family, Sanders will give what information he has regarding Miller's recipe for sulphides-in Miller's name-to be put on display at the Corning Glass Museum in New York, Sanders said.

Mel Miller said that all of his father's supplies and special tools which he developed, from his private machine shop in their garage, are being donated to Palomar in hopes of keeping his father's positive image alive, and hopefully enabling students to excel in glassblowing.

Mel Miller said, "Dad lived a happy life, and he liked Palomar a lot."

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Students and faculty take part in Disability Awareness Days James Hatch Staff Writer

Although many people appea.-ed not to have noticed, the first Disability Awareness Days in I 0 years were held at Palomar April 19 and 20.

Undefeated Club President Vicki Olmos said that although Disabi lity Awareness Days d idn't go as well as she had initiall y hoped, she was pleased with the overall result.

"I'm happy with the outcome," she said. "We're definitely planning a bigger and better one next year."

The event was designed to give unimpaired individuals the opportunity to experience what an average day is like, both physically and soc ially , for handicapped s tudents on campus, Olmos said.

Also, companies which market products designed to make independent living easier for disab led individuals were scheduled to appear but backed o ut at the last minute, leaving empty booths and disappointed participants, according to Olmos.

"We (disabled students) saw this as an opportunity to create sensitivity and understanding among the rest of the students toward those of us who happen to be handicapped," Olmos said.

"Even though the first day started out slow, things picked up the second day; there were a lot more students volunteering."

In an effort to help some of the non-handicapped students realize the barriers that physically challenged people face everyday, Vice President of Student Services/ Assistant Superintendent Dr. David

Chappie, as well as several students, volunteered to either spend the day in a wheelchair, be led around blind-folded or experience some other type of handicap for the greater part of the day .

Chappie, who elected to be wheelchair-bound, found that adapting to his temporary environment proved to be more difficult than he had anticipated.

"I realized very soon that I was going to have to plan my day very carefully," Chappie said.

"I was used to having plenty oftime between appointments to stop by my office to get things, but it took me so long to get around in the chair that I wound up carrying almost everything with me," he said.

On a personal level , Chappie noticed that people reacted to him differently while he was in the wheel chair.

He said that people who know him didn ' t treat him any differently. They just walked up and asked why he needed the chair.

But some of the ones who didn ' t know acted like they thought they might catch something. He said they would stare or give pitiful sm iles, like they didn ' t know how to react.

Student Cecilio Desuse, who also spent the day wheeling around campus, echoed many of Chappie's sentiments.

Referring to some of the other students, Desuse said, 'This campus is whacked. It was like they were scared of the chair or something."

Personally, he admitted that being in the wheelchair made him realize how much of his daily routine he took for granted.

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Telescope news reporter wheels around for a day Jeff Vize Staff Writer

Somebody tell the Russian cosmonauts ... I've just traveled to another universe.

Despite the apparent distance, however, th is new world is not in outer space. Sometimes those who reside here may be treated like that's where they're from, but we encounter them every day.

This differe nt place I'm speaking of is actually that of the physically disabled-the world of those in a wheelchair to be exact, and its quite different once you've actually been there.

I visited last week as a part of Palomar's Disability Awareness Days on April 19 and 20. The Undefeated Club was kind enough to give me the opportunity to spend twodayshereatPalomarin a wheelchair performing my daily routine.

In retrospect, maybe ''kind" isn 't the best word.

At first I thought, no problem , and I did my best to act the part.

After shock ing my friends upon my arrival at school on my first day, the early part of my experiment was filled with the joke of Jeff being in a wheelchair.

Wouldn ' t it be funny , I thought, if that evangelistic Christian speaker Cliffe were here today . I could roll out into the center of his open forum debate, screaming "Oh my God !

I've been saved! It's a miracle!"

It was pretty funny, but as my day turned from joking into actually working, my perspective slowly began to change. Beginning with the bizarre fear I had of the I 00 foot trip from The Telescope office to the bathrooms, I was tipped off that this project might not come off as simple as planned.

Making this trip confirmed my fears. As I waded through a sea of stares, I finally reached the bathroom only to realize that I wasn't going to be able to squeeze in. As the spring loaded door quickly slammed shut and collapsed my chair into its folding position, I was forced into my first cheat-only 45 minutes into the day .

Brief as it may have been, I was feeling guilty about getting out of the chair. OK, I thought, now I can really relate to these people. But in reality, the trip was only beginning.

Now that I was "aware," my next taskoftheday was to head down the entire length of the campus to the Awareness Day setup organized by Undefeated Club President Vicki Olmos. Rolling downhill would be , easy, I thought. I guess that shows you what little I understood about gravity.

You see, at high speeds, my particular model (sort of the Chevy Nova of wheelchairs) had an annoying (and loud) vibration of the front left wheel that gave my downhill ride more the feel of a motorcycle than a chair.

As I zigzagged, rattling down the walkway. it was taking every ounce of muscle power to prevent the tweaked wheel from throwing me into 360 degree turns.

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Telescope reporter Jeff Vize (right) talks with ASG Senator Matthew McNamara. Vize spent an entire day in a wheelchair as part of Disabled Awareness Day at Palomar.

OK, I thought once again. Now I'm really aware. Trust me though! wasn ' t even close .

Once the stares of people running for their lives faded into the acceptance of the members of the Undefeated Club, I felt the feeling of security return .

As I told club members about my day and laughed about my incompetence, I had no clue as to the next step to awareness I was about to involuntarily take.

While the members and I talked, a student carrying a cane politely and candidly asked if I was willing to share with her my story of why I was in a wheelchair. After explaining my experiment, a physically able friend of mine interjected with a joke of how he had run me over yesterday in his truck. Without thinking twice, I laughed heartily.

Then all was silent.

Breaking the pause, the student then asked if she could share her story with me. I cautiously accepted.

"When I was 16, I was run over by and 18-wheeler truck. It put me in a coma for nine months," she said. "I couldn't see or move, but I could hear and I had to listen for nine months to those stupid doctors talk about how I was never going to walk again."

She then handed me her cane and walked across the lawn free of help for me and the others to see. Kind of makes you think a little differently .

Here was awareness thrown in my face. Now I had something to think about it as I made the trip back up to the top of campus.

On the upward trip I then I started noticing the quick turning of heads by those people who may have recognized me from a past class, but didn't really know me . How would I react, I wondered, if one day I were to see a past classmate suddenly wheelchair bound?

My realization of the physically able's closeness to this "other universe" coincided remarkably with the same apparent revelation that

seemed to appear in others I saw on campus.

By the end of the day and in to the next one, this "back of my mind fear" had surfaced as a real threat to me. I found myself experiencmg fear of everyday tasks like going to the bathroom , getting something at the cafeteria and going to class. Not just because these things are more difficult in a wheelchair, but because I found myself always becoming the sort of taboo center of attention- whether I liked it or not.

It eventually became too much for me to take. In one auditorium-style classroom, upon arriving slightly late on a test day, I found the stare of sixty pairs of eyes to be slightly too much to handle. After nothing was said as I wheeled in, I was quick to awkwardly I explain my situation. No one asked, but I felt oddly embarrassed. In fact, I had never felt more uncomfortable in my life.

But hey, that's just the mental side of it. Wheelchair travel requires manual labor too, you know and with the end of each day came new understanding for the term physical exhaustion.

All things taken into account, it's an understatement to say that my awareness was increased . Aside from adding that extra spark to my arm wrestling career, I experienced an incredible growth in the appreciation of things I never once thought twice about: wide corridors, stairs, and just the act of walking.

In truth, though, I really can't say that this was any more than a halfway trip to that " universe. " Halfway because I knew there was always that light at the end of my tunnel. I knew that if I couldn't quite fit my chair in that door or get up that hill, I cou ld always cheat and after it was over I would walk to my car and be "back to normal."

But, if anyth ing, it is these shortcomings that let you sec how close you arc to this "other universe" and how small the difference is between those here and those there.

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Faculty Senate's action causes insurance to finance operation • Bone marrow transplant operation scheduled after a year of anxiously waiting Diana Hooper Swff \VriTer

After urging by the Faculty Senate and the Governing Board, Palomar's health insurance administration company has now agreed to pay fer Life Sciences Professor Lester Knapp 's bone marrow transplant, reversing a last-min ute refusal to cover the operation.

The company decided April 24 to fu nd the operation follow ing a reeval uation of the costly procedure, which Knapp's doctors believe is his best chance for survival.

Knapp, whose health has steadily decl ined as a res ult of a life-threatening blood disorder, has spent the last year searching for a bone marrow donor to match his six genetic traits.

The insurance admini stration company, Joint Powers Authority, had previously refused coverage for the extensive and costly search for a bone marrow donor so Knapp resolved to go with his daughter's marrow, which is a match of five out of the six traits needed for an optimum transplant outcome.

Knapp was waiting to begin the bone marrow transplant at a North Carolina hospital specializing in the procedure when the hospital notified him April 14 that JPA had denied the request to do the transplant on the grounds that it was an experimental and investigati ve procedure.

On hearing about the JPA denial, the Fac ulty Senate unanimously voted to take immedi ate action

against JPA 's decision at Its Apri l 17 meeting, said Mary Ann Drinan. secretary for the Faculty Senate. ··Powerful sources were brought to bear. ..... lots of ideas were gene rated," said Drinan Drinan said some sena tors though t legal council sho ul d be sought and they disc ussed bringi ng a laws uit against JPA. Alternati ves such as tapping into the fac ulty insurance reserves to fund the operation were also disc ussed. It was estim ated that the rese rves were at $2 mill ion and it would be as much as $350,000 fo rthe transplant and care.

"A number of staff were di scussing the withdrawal from the partnership with JPA. "They fe ared that ifJPAcouldn ' t provide for Lester, they might also not be able to pay for their possible medical needs and that they should look around for other possibilities."

Drinan said.

According to Life Sciences Professor Nancy Jessop, who is a close friend of Knapp, the denial resulted in a two week delay during which his white blood cell count declined drastically. Because white blood cells can't be transfused, ''he is (going) downhill as far as his immune system is concerned," Jessop said.

At the Faculty Senate meeting Aprill7 , Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services Mike Gregoryk, explained that JP A had originally approved funding for the bone marrow transplant if a six point match donor could be found, but that JPA will not provide coverage

"Lester's general strength is a plus, because a bone marrow transplant is not easy and there is a high mortality rate even with a pe1ject match."

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fo r procedures invo lving partial matc hes.

By phone from the hospi tal.

Knapp said he had just spe nt time with a 46-year-old man who had the transplant six months ago for le ukemia, and he had a less positive match situation than Knapp does.

"He's doing great." said Kn app.

According to Knapp, at least 60 different insurance companies have paid forth is operati on with this level of match.

"In I 0 states, Blue Cross and Blue Shield have covered the procedure," said Knapp .

A motion at the Faculty Senate meeting was made to recommend that the Health Benefits Committee and the Governing Board aggressively explore the alternati ve funding that will aid Knapp and also gain greater clarity regarding the definition of "experimental'' and "investigative" in their JPA agreement.

"The JPAdecision has an impact . on the faculty as they administer our insurance," said Faculty President Bonnie Dowd.

Dowd presented the Senate motion at the board meeting on April 18.

"I did not menti on Lester Knapp.

That is a personnel issue and could not be done in open session:· said Dowd. However. Dowd said she presented the Board wi th the concerns of the Senate with insurance coverage thro ugh JPA. Incl uding the motion that the Senate urges the board to address JPA's interpretation of "experimental'' and "i nvestigati ve" procedure bei ng covered by the pl an and how it may effect indi viduals.

Board President Ralph Jensen

said that the Board dtscussed the Knapp situation in a closed sessi on after the meeting . It was decided to go hack and get other expert optnions which intluencedJPA to change the ir mind. Jensen said.

"As of Monday. they did finally change their position and agreed to pay for the transp lant." said Jense n.

Jessop is positive that despite the draw back of the delay and Knapp's low white blood ce ll count. his strength is up .

"Lester· s general strength is a plus. because a bone marrow transplant is not easy and there is a hi gh mortality rate even wi th a perfect match." said Jessop.

Knapp said he has no other options.

"He' s chose n the only way to survive ,'' said Jessop.

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17th Annual Physically Limited Sports Day Saturday, April 29 Palomar College Join other physically limited individuals in a fun-filled day with many competitive events. Friends and family welcome.

Regisration starts at 8:00a.m., 16 years of age and over.

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NEWS 7

The Telescope

University of Oklahoma journalism student recalls deadly disaster at Federal building Editor's note: the following is a first person account of the events following the Apri/19 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building in OkliJhoma City. The writer, Omar GalliJga, is a reporter for The Oaklahoma Daily at the University of OkliJhoma in Norman, OkliJ. His story was mailed out across the Internet to members of a stud.mtjournalism mailing list.

Special Report • • • • • f) I{J~lll f) llil Omar Gallaga Tlte Oaklaltoma Daily

Day One (written Thursday, April 20, sometime around 2 a.m)

The explosion was up early anyway today (yesterday, if you're one of those technical bastards who considers a new day 12 a.m. instead of just calling it "the night before" like a human).

In any case, I was covering a boring Oklahoma University Board of Regents meeting for The Oklahoma Daily.

At just after 9 a.m., people started going in and out of the meeting and OU President David Boren's aides kept whispering stuff to him. At one point, he made the announcement that there had been an explosion at a courthouse in Oklahoma City.

I called my editor, Joy Mathis, and told her what was going on and she said (still not knowing the extent of the damage and exactly what was happening) that if I thought nothing major was going to happen, I should leave and maybe go downtown with a group. ''I'm on my way to the newsroom," I told her and hung up.

The newsroom I got to the newsroom at about 9:30 a.m. and things were pretty chaotic. We'd already sent two teams of reporters and photographers.

When I got to the newsroom, I was supposed to have gone with with two other reporters to area hospitals. As it happened, they'd already left, so I got stuck in the newsroom watching the news in amazement (I'd listened to the radio and was learning, with dawning horror what a huge story this was)

and trying to find a local angle.

Joy made assignments and I was to visit Norman Regional Hospital and the Norman Red Cross.

Norman Regional

Michelle Fielden, our senior reporter, came in, looking shellshocked (pardon the expressionunintentional). She was shaking, her eyes were red and she spoke in low, hushed tones.

She told us everything that had happened to her and the people she'd talked to. She kept coming back to the children and the rescue workers who spoke of the dead children they'd seen.

nearly as bad as I'd anticipated. We decided to park a bit away and hoof the distance, seeing what we could see on the way.

My first glimpse of the actual building left me speechless. I was dumbfounded. I was looking at it, but still not believing it, as if it were just some clever bit of matte painting in a George Lucas film.

I was amazed, horrified, excited beyond belief and afraid. What would we find there?

The parking lot wasn't very crowded and I waltzed right into the hospital expecting to find mass chaos and instead seeing only calm conversation about, what else, the explosion.

I wandered to the emergency room and stayed Downtown there for almost an hour, It looked like part of "True Lies, " watching E.R. people Wewereatleastaquarscurry here and there, with the building that is blown apart by ter mile from the building the press area nearby. waiting for the first paan F-whatever number plane, only with and Even at that distance, we tients. No one was idle saw broken glass in winenough to talk until one a bigger budget. doctor began speaking dows and doors boarded Just a mess. A big, ugly gaping hole up. It was like waking up and told me they had their first explosion victim. of destruction. You've seen it. Imagine to find "The Day After" The guy had minor inin your downtown area. it right in front of you, real as the sun juries and I might be able Just unreal.

Police were everyto talk to him, the doctor and more detailed than any TV set where, even this far away. said, if he gave permisyou've ever seen footage from. sion. The man had been They were directing traffic, talking and giving inwalking into an elevator formation. when the building he was in exploded.

Firefighters, National Guard Quest for deadline Just when I felt it was time to Graphic people and copy editors members and volunteer medical approach the slightly wounded man, came in as time sped by. We were workers hung out on the perimeter, a public relations woman came in. editing stories, writing stories, chatting, munching, doing whatever.

She made a bluster about me not watching the TV news and working We were walking briskly, a being there and forbade me to speak toward our extended midnight dead- gaggle of hungry newshounds-a to any patients. flock of empty sponges desperate line.

Dejected, I went to the cafeteria Rudolf Isaza, one of our report- for great quotes.

We were getting close to "Press and ate a hurried burger. ers, came in and told us how he had followed women looking for their Town" and the density of police and onlookers was getting heavier. The Norman Red Cross children at OKC hospitals.

At the Red Cross, there were I had done well all day to keep closer we got to the building, the people lined up on all sides and cars my emotions in check, but when I more amazed we were. It looked parked in the far reaches of the read Rudolf's quotes from one like part of "True Lies," with the building that is blown apart by an Fgrass. woman, I lost it.

In that waiting room, I saw a The woman was looking for her whatever number plane, only with a poster whose content would become grandchild and was talking about bigger budget.

Just a mess. A big, ugly gaping the lead for one of my bombing his love of drawing. He had drawn a stories. It read, ominously, "A di- picture of a little man and a big man. hole of destruction. You've seen it. saster can happen in any place, at The big man was Shaquille 0' Imagine it right in front of you, real any time!" I scribbled it down.

Neal and the little man was the boy. as the sun and more detailed than I talked to some students who A few moments later, they took the any TV set you've seen footage were getting ready to donate blood woman to another room to show her from.

There were a hell of a lot of and left the scene, returning to the a listofthoseconfirmeddead. That's newsroom where I would spend the when Rudolf began to hear her people just standing around watching the building, seeing if it would rest of the day and night. scream. collapse.

We were getting phone calls from I began to cry when I read that. staffers downtown with sketchy reThe rescuer ports. There were constant highWe found an EMS worker who fives when we learned new inforhad saved a woman from the wreckmation they were getting. Those Day Two age. He completely opened up, tellhigh- fives stopped when we learned (written Friday, April21, someing me about how she'd been trapped that eight people were confirmed time around 2:30a.m.) in the basement--only her shoulder dead, six of those children in the and part of her head visible, federal building day care.

The newsroom After six hours, they'd moved I went back to the newsroom .

The hectic newsroom We got the best directions to get literally a ton of debris to get her Our reporters and photographers there and on the way discussed our out.

In the first hour, when there was came in at various times, all with plan of attack. incredible stories to tell. We continTraffic was heavy on the main . the threat of a second explosion, downtown streets still open, but not he'd had to leave her. "I reached ued to write.

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down, squeezed her hand and said 'I' II be back."'

The woman had fallen from her third-floor window office to the basement level. Amazingly, she was almost unhurt. No broken bones or internal injuries. Just one serious gash on her leg.

The EMS man told me about a woman who had had a limb amputated. They'd given her pain killers, but not enough anaesthetic to dull all the pain. He heard her screammg.

More victims A man standing next to the EMS guy started telling me about his aunt, who was still unaccounted for. She worked in the seventh floor.

The man was an employee at a nearby day-care and he'd had aminor injury from glass flying.

He was so torn up about his aunt and he hadn't heard a thing about her. He said he wanted to know how to feel and couldn't until he got word. He also said he was tired of all the sightseers. "They think it's Disneyland," he said.

My heart went out to him. I told him I was pulling for him and wished him the best. I was sincere as hell, holding back tears and I hope to God I sounded sincere to him. I was beginning to wonder how many reporters he'd talked to and how many · had really cared.

Back at home base I sat down to transcribe notes. I was going to write four stories: the media, a general overview of downtown day two, the woman's rescue and a story about our world wide web site.

I worked on the rescue story and it wrote itself.

In between, one of our photographers came back from one of the family shelters, crying. She had seen the people who were sick ofreporters and nearly catatonic in grief and she could just hear the clicking of cameras around her. She wondered why we do this-why we put them through this shit.

I hugged her and explained as best I could that people out thereall over the world, needed to know how terrible and tragic and painful this was. They needed to feel some of the pain and horror the families felt. The pictures would do that. We would do that. It was our responsibility to make them see and make them understand it all, however discomforting it might be.

Amazingly, she smiled and thanked me. I went back to work and it was all over at about I :30 a.m.

8 OPINIO

The Telescope

Friday. April 28. 1995

OPINION

The bombing in Oklahoma City was allegedly caused by the "Michigan Militia," a group which trains in military style against a supposed future takeover by the federal government.

Should people be allowed to stockpile weapons in preparation of a hypothetical invasion?

â&#x20AC;˘ Stop the paranoids before they kill

â&#x20AC;˘ An armed society is a stable society Chris Gleason Opinion Ediwr

No sane person advocates violence against innocent people. Anyone who harms another person without provocation deserves to be punished to the maximum extent of the law.

However, outlawing private ownership of weapons is dangerous to a stable society.

The Second Amendment grants the absolute right for the citizens to arm themselves. To quote the exact words, "Because a well-regulated militia is necessary to the existence of a free state, the right to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged."

(By the way, "regulated" at the time in which it was written meant "trained and disciplined," not legislated against.)

This clause is not about duck hunting. The Founding Fathers had just been through a bloody revolution against their own country's tyranny, and wanted to make sure that no such tyranny took place again. This clause allows the inhabitants of the United States to stockpile weapons so that they can fend off attacks from all enemies foreign and domestic. This, however, is key. These weapons must be used in defensive situations. Anyone abusing this right should be prosecuted. Period.

Should people be allowed to arm themselves against a government invasion?

The Second Amendment is about people protecting themselves not only from people breaking into their homes, but also from governmental tyranny. The Fathers knew that a government with an unarmed population can do anything, including repealing the very Constitution which they were writing. This could and would lead to the disintegration of such prized possessions as the rights to free speech, free religion, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, freedom to assemble peacefully and trial by jury.

Something to keep in mind: When Hitler took power in Germany, he outlawed private ownership of weapons. The same goes for Stalin in the former U.S.S.R. To prevent this from ever happening, the Second Amendment was ratified two years after the original Constitution. This was a move designed to make sure that government never got so out of control that they sent the military out to repeal the Constitution by force.

The military might think twice about carrying out such orders if the citizens could shoot an M-16 right back at them.

This is a world governed largely by the use of aggressive force. The citizens cannot rely on the government to stand by us should they decide suddenly to take everything you own.

You must have the right to defend yourself against such an attack.

Angela A. Logan Ccrmpus Bear I Copy Ediror

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What kind of world would this be if all Americans barricaded themselves in their bunkers, squirreling away mountains of ammunition, anticipating a time when they will have to defend themselves against the government?

There is probably no way of knowing how many people belong to this group of the massively paranoid, but according to recent news reports their numbers are growing.

Apparently, these radicals are so disgusted with the way our government is run that they would rather have no government at all. Imagine if there were no laws, and a person could shoot anyone they didn't like. It would solve the population problem, but is not a solution for those of us living in the real world.

It is fundamentally wrong for people who cannot deal with the problems in society to resort immediately to violence. It is kooks like this who perpetrate heinous events like the bombing in Okalahoma City, and these people must not be allowed to build a means by which they could carry out their evil intentions. Don't outlaw the sale of guns, but keep it within reason. It is ridiculous for anybody to buy assault rifles and bazookas to prepare for a takeover that will never happen.

Our government has its problems, but it's the best system in the world. Where else can

you legally arm yourself to the teeth against the very government that is protecting your right to have guns in the tirst place? If this group of anti-government militia hate the government so much, they should consider moving to China.

Americans don't appreciate how good they have it.

If we are dissatisfied with the way a politician is performing, we can vote him out of office. This is a much safer system than what the militia is suggesting, and has worked for us for decades.

The problem with people who are so militant is they tend to live in their own little worlds where they have all the power. The good news is that people like this usually self-destruct. The bad news is they usually take innocent people with them.

What we need to concentrate on now is what causes people to become so crazy in the first place. Is it a mental defect, or maybe they were abused as children? If we found the answers, we could stop them from getting to the stage the men were in when they bombed those unarmed, innocent people in Oklahoma.

We need to teach people that violence never solves anything. A real man fa,;es his enemies, and tries to work out a peaceful solution. He doesn't kill babies.

Melanie Schorack Paralegal

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"I don't think the government would (do that)."

"Yes they should, because it's a crazy world and you never know who is going to get you."

"I think so, to protect yourself and to stay protected."

"Yes, of course. Everyone has a right to protect themselves by any possible means. It goes along with the right to bear arms."

"I don't think there is a threat of any invasion."

The Telescope

Friday. April 28. 1995

OPINION 9

Out Of The Inkwell Steve Troop

Passing the torch of politics to the ASG Well. they've done it again .

Our illustrious Associated Student Government is again shelling out our student rep fees so they can hobnob with government bigwigs, fly to the state capital and whine.

But much to my surprise, this is a good thing.

As you may or may not know, April25 was the 1995 Lobby Day in Sacramento. Twenty student representatives from Mira Costa and Palomar (as well as three Telescope staff members, including yours truly), made the trek by plane and bus across this fair state.

Question: Why do they fly to Sacramento, while The Telescope staff still has to drive to Fresno for a journalism competition?

But I digress. Once arriving in Sacramento, I was made aware of the fast-paced, action-packed life of an ASG senator~ we had breakfast at McDonald ' s. (Well, actually, our merry little group had our choice of Taco Bell or McDonald ' s food . Who says politics doesn't have its perks'J) But again, I must go on to more important matters. The ASG aren ' tjust a bunch of slugs out to eke Palomar out of as many field trips as they can think up. No 1 They actually do something! They learn how to lobby!

Surprisingly, the ASG actually attends classes on how to lobby e ffectively . They learn that crying about a couple of things actually stays on legislators ' tiny little minds a lot longer than complaining about every little fee hike since the dawn of time.

This was the first time that this cartoonist has ever witnessed student government representatives in their natural habitat. Here, you can actually witness the stalling, swindling, pork-barreling, misappropriation of funds and political double-talk being passed down to a new generation of bourgeoisie by old curmudgeons that have escalated these tactics to a profitable art form.

But to be perfectly fair, The ASG Lobby Day is not a waste. Participants in this annual event do their best to make a difference. They take time out of their busy schedules to travel to Northern California to talk about real problems that affect not only Palomar students, but community college students as a whole.

What really becomes apparent while watchmg these representat1ves is how adamant they are toward these goal s. These are long-term goals that may never be realized while they are still students . Perhaps if we , as college students showed a little less apathy toward school government, we'd be a lo t be tte r off.

Of course, may be spending I 0 hours with these clowns has softe ned my brain .

Staff Editorial

We all knew who set the bomb, righU Aprill9, 1995,0klahomaCity.

A day that sent a pair of shock waves through the nation.

The first was one of loss, a feeling of tragedy and sorrow for the innocent victims.

The second was one of hatred, a feeling of vengeance and distrust towards innocent victims- people of Middle Eastern decent.

The bombing was horrific and will undoubtedly serve as a highwater mark for catastrophe, but the ensuing round of racial stereotyping and blind finger-pointing only darkened the situation.

Among some investigators there was an unspoken assumption that the bombing had been the work of

Turnabout is fair gay . .. er, play Last week The Telescope ran an article on the increase of lewd encounters occurring on campus, giving the term "Big Brother is w.atching you" a whole new meaning.

In the front page story , Campus Patrol leader Boyd Mahan states that the restroom in the S building has become a gathering place for some gay students to meet and en gage in sexual activity. Acti vities that were mentioned were oral sex, sex ual intercourse and masturbati on contests.

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around arresting all the Christians in the area? Maybe because we think that we would never hurt our own on a grand scale.

Guess again. It looks as if one of our own may have caused widespread pain to our own. In spades.

In situations of anger and frustration it can be easy to act irrationally, and let racial stereotyping answer our questions, pointing out a nice scapegoat. Don't be so ignorant as to condemn an entire group for the supposed actions of a few .

Certainly, looking into our past with that attitude wouldn't be a very good self-confidence builder.

We Americans haven't had the best track-record in this department.

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Islamic extremists. This wasn't too far-fetched, considering the parallels between the Oklahoma City bombing, the world Trade-Center bombing and the American Embassy in Beirut which was bombed a decade ago.

So, the media threw it to the masses, and many of them swallowed it whole, seeds, peel and all.

Mosques received bomb threats and a Muslim woman was spit upon in a Riverside McDonald's. A man of Middle Eastern decent flying from Oklahoma City to Italy was arrested for questioning, simply because of his race.

Something to ponder: Why is it that when a Christian fundamentalist group attacks an abortion clinic, no one goes

This is not a gay issue. Sexual misconduct happens on campus all the time, itjustdoesn 't make the front page when it involves heterosexuals. Currently it is considered acceptable for men and women to hold hands, kiss and even lie together on the lawn, but for gay couples to engage in the same type of behavior is strictly taboo, if not dangerous.

Now don't get me wrong. I don't support the "glory hole" mentality. If a gay man or lesbian woman is attracted to another they should be able to openly express it in the light of day , not in a dirty restroom, through an anonymous hole in the wall. Hygiene aside, that type of behavi or is very unhealthy.

Meaning no disrespect to women , this is an issue men must come to terms with. If gay

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men didn't feel the threat of violence all the time, maybe the need for clandestine trysts would cease to exist. Heterosexual men must stop feeling threatened by gay sexuality, and gay men must respect themselves enough to stop lurking in public toilets looking for intimacy.

For centuries women have had to put up with the unwanted advances of men , yet five men are approached by other men a nd we seem to have a crisis on our hands.

Who knows? Maybe this will help heterosexual men understand how it feels to be treated like a sex object.

Robert Nanninga Radio/Television

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ENTERTAINMENT Caruso and Cage rage in new mob thriller ••••••••••••••••••••

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David Caruso brilliantly manages to portray a troubled ex-con in the new film " Kiss of Death," in his first starring role following his prominent success in "NYPD Blue."

"Kiss of Death," directed by Barbet Schroeder, best known for his work on "Single White Female," is a violently enticing film which blends the irony of human drama and the realism of brutal death in a powerful format. The film moves smoothly, with each scene briskly polishing off the previous, in an almost snap-like flow .

The story revolves around Caruso, who plays Jimmy Kilmartin, a man betrayed by his criminal accomplices who uses his knowledge of the underworld to plan a surprising revenge against them . Nicolas Cage plays "Little Junior," the son of a powerful crime boss, and a killer himself who becomes Kilmartin's arch enemy throughout the course of the film.

The movie focuses on Kilmartin, a man with a criminal past, who is suddenly trapped

between the law and the mob. The law needs his help, while the mob wants him silenced.

The film is essentially a violent mobstertype story, with Caruso's character at the center of the drama.

The presence ofVing Rhames, whose portrayal of a crime boss in "Pulp Fiction" has drawn worldwide attention, manages to draw an intricate parallel between "Pulp Fiction," and "Kiss of Death."

Rhames plays another mysterious crime boss in " Kiss of Death," and acts in much the same manner as he did in "Pulp Fiction," hence leading Peter Travers of Rolling Stone to label "Kiss of Death" as "a striking piece of Pulp Fiction."

Cage plays a convincing mob leader who manages to inflict terror in the viewer' s heart.

One would never expect him to act in such a maniacal and savage manner.

He looks to have worked out tremendously for the film, as his physique has been enhanced by at least 50 pounds. After all, who would expect the guy who played a white trash loser in "Raising Arizona" to ever scare the hairs of off your chest?

Even though Caruso is quite convincing as a troubled ex-con, he acts somewhat cowardly throughout the first half of the film, and doesn't let his vicious rage escape until the climax of the movie.

The script should have allowed Caruso to let his anger break out from the beginning of the film, instead of forcing Caruso to appear cowardly in certain scenes, in effect making

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Nicolas Cage (left) confronts David Caruso in "Kiss of Death." Cage plays an organized crime boss, while Caruso Is a struggling ex-con in the new thriller. the film appear less dynamic then it could be.

Anothernotable performance is by Samuel L. Jackson, also of"Pulp Fiction" fame, whose character portrayal of Calvin, a cop from the D.A.' s office, is first perceived as being vindictive. But, later is revealed as the closest thing that Kilmartin (Caruso) has to an ally in

an almost anarchistic environment.

"Kiss of Death" is a convincing thriller, which manages to capture the audience with its incredible character portrayals, and raw story line. See this eerie display of the criminal underground, but remember not to pick a fight with Nicolas Cage if you see him.

SDSU's film festival exposes raw talent

rua~lrllllil • Two dates, over 40 bands and a whole lot of attitude for Board in O.C. Peter Sansom Enterlllinment Editor

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Dimestore Hoods 2- 2:20p.m.

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Unwritten Law 3-3:25 p.m.

Excel 3:35 - 4 p.m.

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Fluf 4:45-5 :15 p.m.

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The Vandals 6: l 0- 6:40p.m.

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Smile will perform Sunday, May 7.

slacker's slow rentry into the world .

The most bizarre entry was the eight minute long "Touch" from director Michael Imagination and heart were the common Sweetwood. The story is set in a futuristic qualities of six diverse student films shown at void with a couple attempting to get together a recent preview for the upcoming First An- with the help of Cupid. However, due to communication barriers they never do touch. nual SDSU Film Festival.

In a film industry bogged down by big The film was dark and very off the wall, yet budgets and the MPAA ratings board, student featured some beautiful black and white cinmade films are very interesting to watch. ematography.

The rest of the shorts were average and Most student films run anywhere from four to eight minutes with poor sound and editing. marginally interesting. "Cadiner," a short Many have a rushed quality with minisclule about a couple having dinner in a stark landscape was confusing and budgets. too slow. "A Kiss However, the films Goodbye." an eerie piece shown at the preview had Performance Date about a psychopath killer imaginative story lines featured a lot of bad lanmade with zest and heart, Where: Ken Cinema guage and chunky qualities that seem to be When: Thursday, May 4 scenes. missing from many of the The worst of the group studio made films .

Time: 6 to 9 p.m.

The six minute long was a preview for the Questions: 283-5904 action piece "TRT." The "Solve for X" was the best short looked like a bad of the bunch, showing lots John Woo film with exof promise from writerdirector Tim Tillman. The film fo llowed a tremely bad acting and a lackluster plot. The young African-American on his first day at a film looked so poorly done that I was thankful college campus. The student gets advice from I was watching a preview.

However, the sneak preview showed a lot a variety of characters. Even with scenes that were choppy, the film made me forget I was of promise for SDSU's first film festival, and watching a student short. The last scene was many more shorts will be presented on the especially powerful, with a stranger giving opening date. It's a chance to see movie our young man the best advice of all. "Just be making in true form and a lot of upcoming yourself." talent in the film industry.

"Dropout" was a close second running It is exciting to see creativity in film at its eight minutes. The film follows a slacker who rawest level: its origins. No Hollywood egos begins to face the realities of his best friends here, just some visionary students finding an death. Through startling imagery we see the outlet for their art.

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Heavy Vegetable, heavy creativity He explained that he doesn't intentionally make them short. he just docsn 't care for guitar solos. But, he docs demonstrate an uncanny ability for catchy songs about nothing, Peter Sansom f:'ntataiwnent!:'tliwr or maybe something. Who knows?

With lyrical topics ranging from Heavy Vegetable's sound is like Krishnas on ledges. a true story by one of those homemade juicer cre- the way, to "selling heads," "cggic 's ations a friend would test on you. in brcadies" and "slaughtering pigs," You're not quite sure what all is there is no method to the madness, in there (you partly don't want to or explanation. It just works. know). but the results are so deliCrow'sguitarwork,likcthcothcr cious it just doesn't matter. member's contributions, focuses By swirling the creative juices of solcy on the song. Through this an Manolo Turner (drums), Travis unspoken communication line exNelson (bass), Elea Tenuta (vocals) ists among the members. and Rob Crow (guitar and vocals) Turner, who has been drumming together, Vegetable has been churn- since 1989, credits this to the begining out original tunes for over three nings of the group. years in San Diego.

"When we first started I couldn't "The Amazing Undersea Adven- play all that well." said Turner. "But tures of Aqua we basically all Kitty and lcarnedtoplayas Friends,'' the P E R F 0 R M E R we worked out bands first fullthe band's sound length CD, is in the early days." chocked full of delightful weirdThis partly explains the band's ness , catchy guitar hooks and sing- penchant for bizarre time changes, along vocals. abrupt song endings and the basic Containing 17 songs, of which desecration of all musical structure. only one runs over three minutes, Scary but true, it all came about the disc provides the listener with a organically. whirlwind tour of short melodic Although Turner is humble in burst. person, it should be known that he is "All the old Motown songs are an incredible drummer who has been extremely classic, but very short," favorably mentioned in many pubsaid Crow. "That is the reason they lications including Modem Drumstuck in everybody's head." mer (January 1995).

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Nelson played guitar before he joined up with the band, and will do some guitar playing on the new album set for release in September.

While Nelson and Turner keep the rhythm section in check, it's Tunata's beautiful vocal work that adds that special twist. Her "make you wish you could sing-voice" perfectly compliments Crow's, creating a give and take effect. The result is an instrument in itself: their voices.

"If we are singing in the same key you can't tell who is singing," said Tenuta. "On our next album there is going to be a lot more har-

monizing between our voices."

Being a girl in the seemingly allboy's club of bands has lent Tunata a different perspective on the music business.

"I get a lot of shit and I get a lot of support," said Tunata. "Girls should just get up off their asses and not be afraid of the boys hogging the stage."

Still, the industry standard seems biased according to Tunata. The first thing anybody says about a girl band is 'what do they look like, are they sexy?' says Tunata. Because of this a lot of the talent might be lost or pushed aside, she explained.

Labeling is one of the things that

Heavy Vegetable defies. Trying to slap a musical style on them is impossible. They are what they are, check them out .for yourself and you' II see why words fall short.

Like Crow writes in the band biography, "How do you write what a band sounds like anyways?"

Ridiculous metaphors aside, Heavy Vegetable is a band to watch.

Perhaps someday, with more bands like them, Crows prophetic take on musical genre's will become realized.

"You will know when the revolution has arrived when you enter a music store and everything is alphabetized instead of labeled."

"The Descendents, Nofx, Screeching Weasels, the Beatles and just about everything else we like."

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Peter Sansom Entertainmellf Editor Since forming over three years ago, Blink has developed a fast paced pop-punk style that is turning heads locally and beyond.

Following the release of their debut CD "Chesire Cat," Blink has become a local favorite. Tom Delonge strums guitar, Mark Hoppus plays bass and Scott Raynor bangs out the drums in this local three-piece.

Scheduled to play May Day 1995, Blink's bassist Mark set aside a few moments to speak with The Telescope.

"We recorded it in three days and then the art work took a while. The whole project took about a month."

What was working with Johnny 0 like (0 was in the legendary Olive Lawn and now fr~ Fluf)?

"He not only knows a lot about music, but he is really a cool guy to talk with and hang out with in general. He wasn't present when we recorded, but he helped with the mixing."

Has anything crazy ever happened on tour?

"We just played up in Alaska with Pennywise·. The first night we were there Tom got really drunk and tried to sneak into Pennywise's room. He tried to put snow into the guitar 9 9 player's bed as a practical PERFORMER joke, but got denied.

The last night we were A typical but important question, how did the band get there Pennywise kicked in our doors at 2 a.m., and came into the room armed with squirt together?

"The band got together through Tom, he guns filled with vinegar and Tabasco.

They sprayed us all over and in thee yes. So met Scott at a talent show and then I moved to San Diego and we hooked up. It worked out I ran down the hallway in my underwear as really good from the start because we all have they poured Mylanta over Tom's head. Then one of the guys in Pennywise made some the same musical taste." electrical contraption and was shocking Tom Finish this sentence. The state of with it. He wasn't hurt.

After that they broke off our key in the door punk now is . .. " ... better than it has ever been." so I was locked outside of the room and left to wander the halls in my underwear. The manSome people view the popular punk ager found me and the whole thing turned into bands as sell-outs. What is your take a mess with the police. I think the total damage was around $1 ,500." on that?

"The only thing that I could say is selling out is doing things differently for money, like Have you thrown up lately?

"A few days ago. I smoked too much, got changing your sound just to be popular. But if a band is doing the same thing that they have a bad head rush and threw up. But I don'teven been doing for years and all of a sudden they like beer. .. well once I had this beer in Alaska that I thought was pretty good." are popular, then no. That isn't selling-out."

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(L-R) Blink is Tom Delonge (guitar), Mark Hoppus (bass) and Scott Raynor (drums).

Who writes most of the lyrics? " It is pretty much half and half, whatever I write I sing and the same with Tom. But, we will trade vocals sometimes. It just depends on the mood of the song and whose voice would fit best."

What is the worst show the band has ever played?

"This place called the Gorrilla Pit in Imperial Beach in a total biker bar. There were these five hard core bikers there that kept telling us to turn it down or they would kick our asses."

Is O.J. guilty or innocent? "(In a raised voice) Guilty as hell! That guy fully did it, there is no way he could not have."

Some of your songs like "Depends," and "Ben Wah Balls" are pretty damn funny. Do you intentionally make them hilarious?

"Sometimes we sit around making up stupid songs and if they are funny enough we record them. It's funny though because my mom listens to the CD, and she will sing "Ben Wah Balls" while she walks around the house."

What are some of your favorite local bands to watch?

"I like Unwritten Law, Buck-0-Nine, Fluf and Heavy Vegetable. But, I also like checking out bands that I have never seen before.

There is just a lot of good local music."

Are you looking forward to the May Day festival?

"I have not heard half of the bands play, so I am stoked that I will hear some new music.

Plus, that is the point of May Day anyway, to give exposure to unknown bands."

If the band did a Beatles cover, which one would it be? '"I Wanna Hold Your Hand' or 'We can Work It Out."'

How is Cargo Record's new Grilled Cheese label? Is it a punk only label?

"The label is an extension of Cargo for younger bands, and we are the first one. If we were on Cargo Record's Headhunter label then we would be with a bunch of Casbah bands which we are not."

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'Burnt Sun' transcends typical movie genres Donny Van Zandt Staff Writer

Movies of late have become so involved with plot that their messages have become somewhat muddled if not absent.

"Burnt by the Sun," Nikita Mikhalkov's Oscar winning tilm, transcends this plot barrier and carries us over a lush emotional landscape. We witness and experience the intense passions and sorrows felt by the Russian people under Stalin in the mid-1930's. Stalin's Russia was the beginning of the secret police era, a period when party, industry and military leaders

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(like Sergui Kotov in "Burnt by the Sun") disappeared for political reasons.

The film examines this period, and throughout the movie Mikhalkov reminds us that "Even in these bloody times, the perpetual charm of existence lingers with its passions, its loves."

The movie evades categoriza-

tion and description. One could call it a love story, comedy, drama, historical work or thriller, but it is a movie without a genre, transcending the narrow focus of most modern film s.

In the film, Courtesy of Sony Picture Classics Kotov (Nikita (L-R) Nikita Mikhalkov, Nadia Mikhalkov and lngeborga Dapkounaite star in Mikhalkov), an ag- "Burnt By the Sun." The film won an Oscar for Best Foriegn Film this year. ing military hero, is enjoying life in his country house, lively 6-year-old daughter Nadia Best Foreign Film, "Burnt By the together with his captivating (and (Nadia Mikhalkov) and numerous Sun" is a must-see film. It speaks much younger) wife Maroussia family members and friends. volumes of truth with the simplest (lngeborga Dapkounaite), their Deservedly winning an Oscar for of life's pleasures.

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Mr. Bungle, a side project of Patton's (who appears on Mr. Bungle albums under the alias "V lad Drac"), has released two whirling and confusing albums which defy categorization.

Faith No More's adoption of Mr. Bungle's sound is due in large part to Mr. Bungle guitarist Trey Spruance (a.k.a. "Sc ummy"), who plays on the album in place of departed guitarist Jim Martin.

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"We were wrong, terribly Virginia High School at age 15. wrong."

After being beaten in class for a spitball fight he says he didn't start, These were the words earlier this Lewis leveled the punishing teacher month from former U.S. secretary with a chair to the back of the head. of defense Robert S. McNamara He defends himself saying that the concerning America's involvement teacher repeatedly picked on him. in the Vietnam War--dismissed as "I was at the age where you just another horrific "mistake." started getting tired of being beat, Now if only McNamara could but you're big enough to start hittry explaining that "mistake" to 51ting back," joked Lewis. year-old Vietnam veteran George Defending the troubled childLewis. The recipient of three bronze hood theory, the same RTI study in stars and a purple heart for his hero1988 that polled PTSD victims also ics in the war, Lewis is now homeuncovered evidence supporting the less. belief that many aftlicted had come Today, 20 years after the war's end, this Seattle Community Colfrom troubled families. Some belege graduate panhandles, anned lieve that the commanding officers who stamped approval on the atrociwith a duffel bag and cardboard ties around them set an unrealistic sign, roaming the streets between Downtown San Diego and Pacific example for young soldiers.

Whether it can be attributed to Beach. Originally from a small town in West Virginia, he has been off his childhood or not, Lewis encountered similar problems with authorand on the streets between Seattle, ity after Vietnam to a further extent.

San Diego and Phoenix for about I 0 He recalled a job he worked as a years. chef on an Alaskan cruise ship that Lewis, who was ranked a Spec 5 led to an incident which he claims in the Army's 90th Replacement Division, served a one-year tour of altered his life. .

After a being slapped and called duty in Vietnam which spanned from "nigger" by a white female passenMay 1967 to May 1968. Wounded ger, Lewis responded by shoving in the hand and abdomen, he was her. A white male witnessing the nearly killed only one week before scuffle, whom Lewis described as his return home. He's now eligible prejudiced, then reported this to the for $170 a month in veteran's discaptain. After being immediately ability payments. threatened with a pay cut without Understandably for Lewis, being able to explain himself, he McNamara's words are hard to take. felt threatened.

He is a documented war hero from "I said, 'Forget it. I want off of the richest nation in the world and this ship by tomorrow morning. I'm he sleeps beneath a freeway undernot in your Army and I'm not in pass.

"Of course [McNamara's stateyour Navy. You can't tell me what to do,"' recalled Lewis. ments] make me even more angry Regardless of whether these today. I go over there, get shot, get types of problems are PTSD rewounded and I still have pains today. Then they just forget about it. I lated, the bottom line for Lewis is not how they exist, but the fact that can't forget it- it's in my mind every they do exist. In his opinion the day," said Lewis. casualties ofVietnam go far beyond the actual death toll.

"The Vietnam war is the reason America is the way it is today. Look at all the young men that were killed and [ended up like] me," he said.

"We knew it was a mistake then."

Lewis thinks that Americans knew it was a mistake all along.

Upon returning he often felt blame that, in his opinion, was wrongly directed.

"Coming back, I basically got spit on," said Lewis. "Everybody was calling us baby killers and all kinds of things.

Hey, if there's a little kid coming at me with a grenade, you're damn right I'm supposed to shoot him . Otherwise .

Jeff Vize I The Telescope my mother WOUld have Lewis calls the streets of Pacific Beach and Downtown San Diego home.

Jeff Vize Staff Writer

'They never deprogrammed us or anything," said Lewis. "They put us in a war, taught us to kill, and then brought us back and expected us to make it in society."

But Lewis never made it in society. He believes a condition he suffers called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the reason for this.

He battles daily with this problem, a documented mental condition resulting from the shock involved in dealing with the brutality of the war. According to a congressionally sponsored study by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in 1988, PTSD (also known as "battle fatigue" or "shell shock") afflicts nearly 470,000 veterans, or approximately 15 percent of the 3.14 million Americans who served in Vietnam.

Lewis claims that PTSD permanently altered his personality, haunting him regularly with memories of the atrocities. For him it comes with the difficulty in accepting, and ultimately living withsomeofthe things he had seen and done in Vietnam. In addition to costing him jobs, friends, and a marriage, he also believes that PTSD affected his ability to deal with authority figures and take orders. This, he says, is what ultimately rendered him homeless.

"I cannot take orders from people now. I have a problem with authority figures," he said. "The nightmares, the flashbacks, and going into rages. My memory's back in Vietnam. If I could tell you the stories ... I had Captains who were the type that if you pissed them off, they'd shoot you like they'd shoot a gook."

Despite the documen atrocities, however, the condition of posttraumatic stress is not without its critics. Some even dismiss it as an excuse for previously existing antisocietal tendencies.

Although Lewis blames this

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Vietnam vet George Lewis, homeless for 10 years, panhandles in Pacific Beach even though he says it's really not profitable.

been pissed if I came back dead."

According to him, the recent popular American support for military operations like Desert Storm has been a slap in the face for Vietnam Vets. The Welcome home parades forthe Persian GulfVeterans, in particular, frustrated him. He calls them "the 90-day wonders."

"The welcome home for the Persian Gulf vets was a farce," said Lewis. "It wasn'tlike Vietnam. They didn't have the smell of Napalm, burning bodies, or the feel of looking at someone to decide if you want to shoot him.

"The Vietnam vets still haven't had a welcome home. Never," said Lewis. "The only welcome home the Vietnam Vet has had was that Wall of dead soldiers in Washington, D.C." But through the influence of memorials like the Wall, Lewis hopes that the youth of today can be reminded of situations like Vietnam so they can be avoided in the future. He thinks that today the U.S. has no business in places like Somalia and Haiti, just like in Vietnam.

Lewis' self-appointed job of influencing the youth is no easy task, however. He sees the upcoming generation as out of touch and without respect.

"They have no idea what Vietnam is all about. They have no respect," said Lewis. "War ain't no joke. You've got all these kids out here shooting each other. They think its comical, but it's not."

If they think it's comical, Lewis says, they can just look at him and the lifestyle he's been forced to adopt. Although stories abound of homeless people milking hundreds of dollars a day through panhandling, Lewis' all time record is $35.

He averages about five bucks and change. ''I'm like Davy Crockett living out here in the 1990s," Lewis said.

"The Bronze Star is the third high-

est medal you can get andl'm out here living with the rats. That shows you how the government takes care of its people that go out and fight a war for them."

But with or without the government, Lewis swears that he'll be America's silent roadside reminder so that the rest of us don't forget.

"A lot of people died in that war, and the government is trying their best to forget it. I'm sure there will be some significant place in history for us, and it's my job to make you remember," said Lewis.

"It's like a protest for me to do what I do."

I CAME BACK ALIVE I came back alive I came so you won't forget.

That's where your fathers died That's where your brothers died In a war called Vietnam Where nobody gave a damn.

As I hustle for my pay I blame that on LBJ. No matter what you say I shall make it through the day.

As you fire up your rockets I have to live like Davy Crockett But no matter what you say I'll make it through the day 'Cause as long as I'm olive I shall survive.

The war that I fought- Vietnam Where nobody gave a damn -George Lewis

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PC baseball loses big Rick Martinez

the fence for a two run homer giving Grossmont the early 3-0 lead.

Palomar answered right back in the bottom half of the first as Jack Kline scored from third off a Merrante error, and Joel Walker's sacrifice fly into right field drove in John Sgalio. Walker's fly ball advanced Steve Rohlmeir to third, and Tim Mulligan's bunt brought Rohlmeir home on the squeeze tying things up at three apiece.

Grossmont stormed back in the top half of the second with an RBI double by Lennon, a single by Barry Brown and a two RBI single

by Vernell.

With the score 6-3, Palomar managed only one run in the second, a Sgalio single that drove in Ernie Silva.

Justin Masters gave the Comets their most solid inning of pitching in the top of the third, keeping Grossmont off the scoreboard and the game within reach.

The Comets rallied in the bottom of the third with a double by catcher Marty Camacho followed by a two run blast over the left field fence to tie things a six.

The Comets pitching failed them again as they gave up two more runs in the fourth, a Rob Coddington solo home run in the fifth and four more runs in the sixth that featured a two RBI single by John Barnes.

Grossmont added two more runs in the seventh to close out the scoring.

The Comets drop to 16-21 overall, and IOIl PCC.

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Dismal Palomar pitching and overpowering Grossmont hitting equaled an ugly 15-8 loss for the Comets at Myers Field on Tuesday.

The Griffins bombarded five different Comet pitchers, starting with Walter Harrington, for 16 hits including four doubles and two home runs. Reserve infielder Brian Rose said after the game, "They came out hitting the ball hard. They hit it hard all day long."

Despite the ComGrossmont 15 ets early pitching woes, Palomar was Palomar 8 able to keep pace with the Griffins as they matched Grossmont run for run through the first three innings leaving the score at six all.

Unfortunately for Palomar, Grossmont reliever Pat Trampass was inserted into the ball game at the start of the fourth, giving up only two runs off four hits while recording five strikeouts the rest of the way. Said Rose, "We stayed with them at first, but they kept hitting the ball hard and we didn't."

Shortstop Mike Lennon got things going early for the Griffins with a lead-off double to start the game and was brought home the very next at bat by Justin Merrante's own double.

With Merrante on second, Corey Vernell stepped up and sent Harrington's pitch over

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VanDeever named 1996 Olympic coach

Lincoln breaks record

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• Swimmer sets sights on conference Diana Hooper SwjfWriter

Comet swimmer Tracy Lincoln set a new Palomar record April21 when she covered 500yards swimming the freestyle stroke in 5:00.22.

Lincoln broke the record of 5:01.94 which had stood for II years.

The Comet swimmer doesn'tjust focus on freestyle, she also won the 200 individual medley against Riverside Community College.

Lincoln's accomplishments this season have earned her a number one seed in the Pacific Coast Conference meet Friday, April 28.

"I've really worked hard and was waiting a long time to get it [the record]," said Lincoln. "When I finally got it, it was a great feeling."

Head Coach Patti Waterman didn't seemed too surprised that the Ralph A. Lincoln I For The Telescope

Tracy Lincoln freestyles to another victory.

record fell.

"We expected her to break the record," said Waterman. ''After all, she is the number one seed at the conference meet."

Lincoln can nowgo after the conference meet record of 5:05.17 in the 500-yard. freestyle. At the conference meet Lincoln will also compete in the 200 individual medley and the 200-yard. freestyle.

Both the men's and women's swim teams are expect• ing to do well in the conference meet according to Waterman.

"The men 's and the women's team are both right on top. It's very exciting."

Ralph A. Lincoln /For The Telescope

Tracy Lincoln is looking to win a couple of conference titles.

-Additional reporting by Jeremy Lynch, Sports Editor

Tara VanDeever, the highly successful coach of Stanford University's women's basketball team, will be taking a year off. But VanDeever won't exactly be getting a breather.

VanDeever, who has led Stanford for the past I 0 seasons, has been named the 1996 U.S. Olympic women's basketball coach.

Since NCAA rules do not allow coaches to take leaves of absence, VanDeever has resigned as Stanford's coach. Both VanDeever and Stanford officials, however, agree that the resignation is only for one year.

VanDeever, 42, was rewarded for the Cardinal's eight consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament and two national championships with a chance to show the world that the U.S. women's team has a "dream team" of its own.

Last year, VanDeever coached the U.S. to a gold medal in the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. She will immediately take over the women's national team and will hold her position until the Olympics in Atlanta are complete. VanDeever will receive a salary of $146,000, roughly the same amount she made at Stanford.

Despite dominating men's basketball, the U.S. has won only two gold medals in women's basketball since the sport became an Olympic event in 1972.

VanDeever will help select 10 team players who will be paid $50,000 for one year of service. By selecting the team a year before the games, U.S. Olympic officials hope to ensure the team wins a gold.

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SPORTS Palomar volleyballers gearing up for state Michael A. LaRocchia Swf{Wrirer

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Comet middle blocker Dave Forester (right) elevates for a kill against Irvine Valley College, April21.

In their last Dome appearance of the season, the Comets men's volleyball team manhandled the 1993 State Champion Irvine Valley Lasers three games to no ne, 15-3, 153, 15-6.

In front of a jubilant, thunderous Palomar c rowd, the pumped-up Comets plowed through the match in just over an hour for their 14th victory of the season. Trying torebound from Palomar 3 crushing losses in IVC 0 games one and two, the Lasers attempted to put points on the board in game three. B ut the Comets rose to the occasion as they did all season and cheered each other on to another dominating wi n.

"We have team un ity," said Steve McLaughlin, who ended wi th 13 kills. "When we ce lebrate on our side, it keeps team unity and (opposing) teams fold."

Backed by a large home crowd, the Comets came out and took contro l early. Palomar's furious play crippled Irvine Valley's continuous attempts to get back in the match.

"When we play intense and hard,

we win three games to none," said Dave Forester, the Comet's emotional leader. "Tonight we wanted to set the level of play for the State Tournament."

Team effort proved successful for Palomar again. Matt Wi lki nson set up his teammates all ni gh t racking up 43 assists . Matt Hyden ended any Laser hopes for a win with 13 kills, and Forester added four stuff blocks.

"They were on it tonight," said Comet Head Coach Duncan McFarland of his team's performance.

After a great season where Palomar went 14-3 overall, the Comets now head to Irvine Valley College for the State Tournament May 5 and 6 where they will try to cont mue their win ning ways.

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Statistics: Assists- Wi lkinson (P) 43: Kills Hyden (P), McLaughlin (P) 13; Blocks- Forester (P) 4; Record: 14-3 overall, 13-3 PCC

Softball crushes SDCC Rick M artinez Swf(Writer

It was obvious San Diego City College didn't belong on the same field as Palomar after April 26's 11-0 shellacking at the hands of the Comets.

Behind Jennifer Ortiz's eight strikeouts and Candice Fode's three RBI's, Palomar proved once again just who's the top dog in the Pacific Coast Conference.

"It's kind of disappointing because our conference isn't that demanding," said Palomar's confident designated hitter Lisa Florez "They're not competitive," said Florez.

The Comets needed only four-and-a-half innings to dispose of the hapless San Diego ball club that couldn't manage a single hit until the top of the fifth.

Palomar came out strong in the first inning even though they didn't get a hit until the second . Mindy Anderson, Christina Marquez, and Augrista Belford loaded the bases on

walks then crossed home plate in succession off an error and then sacrifice flies by Julie Soderlund and Candice Fode.

Jaimie Funkhouser was brought home on Christina Marquez's sacrifice fly to start off the second. Belford then roped a single that knocked in Anderson and the score became 5-0 Palomar.

Leading 7-0, Palomar added fo ur more runs in the bottom of the fourth, the last one coming off Fode's head-first dive into home for a spectacular play at the plate.

After beaning the leadoff batter, the fourth beaning of a San Diego batter of the day, Ortiz got the next batter to pop up. Fode then gunned out the runner trying to steal second.

Ortiz then uncharacteristically gave up two hits in a row before striking out the last batter of the afternoon to preserve the I 1-0 shutout.

Anderson led all the hitters by going 2-for3 with an RBI and a stolen base. Florez, Belford and Soderlund all went 1-for-3.

Florez put it in simple terms, "We just play our asses off and try to get the job done."

PC netters to invade Ojai Alex Azarmi Swf(Writer

Palomar's men's and women's tennis teams will be competing this week in a fourday tournament at the Ojai Valley Tennis Club.

Playing singles for the Comets at Ojai are Ray Stark, Roger Glaser, Suzy Nesbitt and Jennifer Boyer. Representing the Comets in doubles will be the teams of Sasha Azarmi/ Matt Macabitas, Stark/Johan Hedin, Boyer/ Francesca Semmo and Genoveva Gomez/ Becky Conklin.

Stark volunteered to play with Hedin after Comet Brian Crain rolled his ankle and shattered his foot in the conference tournament last week. Crain will be out the remainder of the season.

In the past, Jack Kramer, Pancho Gonzalez, Jimmy Conners and Billie Jean King all went on to win Wimbledon after being finalists at the Ojai Valley Tournament.

Again this year, fans will have the opportunity to sec tomorrow's tennis pros today .

The Ojai tournament, which takes place April 27-30, is located at Libby Park in downtown 0Jai, and is the oldest tournament in the United States sponsored by a single tennis club in one location.

Sixteen hundred players will compete in 34 divisions, including Pac-10. Big West, Independent and Community Colleges as well as Interscholastic and Open divisions. ¡ Adult tickets are $5 for weekdays and $8 for weekends. Admission for college students will be $3 T hursday, $4 Friday, and $6 on the weekend.

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