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Women's volleyball beats Orange Coast at home 3-1
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Ralph W. Lincoln I The Telescope
This shack is one of many places on campus believed to be inhabited by homeless people.
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sign near the east end of Lot 3D reads: "This walkway is not patrolled by security-use at your own risk." Yet Campus Patrol is reluctant to explain what the risk factor is. A Telescope investigation has discovered that the reasons behind this sign may not be so simple. Sources indicate that up to 12 homeless people may be living on campus in various sections of the Arboretum. Several sources have also indicated that many of the homeless are currently enrolled at Palomar. Campus Patrol Supervisor Boyd Mahan recently confirmed the existence of homeless people living at Palomar. He claims the problem has been recurring over the past few years. "A couple of years ago we took down a shack and a tent in the Arboretum," Mahan said. "Looks like we'll to have take down a couple more right now."
"They're not allowed to be here. The campus is closed at I0 o'clock and the Arboretum is part of the campus," Mahan said. Director of Student Activities Jim Bowen, who wasn't aware of homeless people on campus prior to the Telescope investigation, also said the school plans to remove any transients from campus. "I don't think homeless people are any more dangerous than anyone else, but if we find them living on campus grounds, they will be subject to removal," Bowen said. The confirmed locations of homeless stu-
"I used like to like jogging through the Arboretum, but the homeless situation has gotten so bad up there that I don't feel safe." -
Paul Weinberg Physics Major
dents dot several areas of campus. One former storage shack, located in the fields behind lot 3D is reported to be occupied by one or more transients that attend Palomar. One large storage container beside the shack allegedly houses residents as well. See HOMELESS, Page 3
Following in the steps of several incidents of lewd conduct on campus last semester, a student was recently reprimanded for harassing women and claiming he is "a messenger from God," looking for women to acc ompany him on "Noah ' s Ark ." Campus Patrol said the student had been selecting various women on campus and following them around attempting to solicit dates. The man would leave notes, some depicting obscene and sexually explicit scenes between himself and his victims. In some notes, he also mentions that he was in prison for a sexually-related crime. Campus Patrol Supervisor Boyd Mahan called the man "dangerous," but the suspect's father claims his son is not a pervert, but that he is mentally ill. Student Activities Director Jim Bowen said that regardless of his mental state, the student has been suspended from Palomar until September I 997. One victim, who asked to remain
anonymous, said that after she met the suspect on Oct. 4, he insisted he would "get her" at all costs. "He told me that he was a missionary from God, and that he wasn't going to stop following me because God wanted the two of us to join Noah on his ark," she said. "He kept telling me to prepare necessities for the long voyage ahead of us ." Another victim, who was recei vi ng obscene letters at her workplace, recently pressed charges against the suspect with the San Diego Sheriffs Department. According to a written statement by the victirr, she first met the man in July in the Rancho Bernardo Library, where she gave him a business card from the church where she was currently employed. On Sept. 4, she received three postcards from the suspect, which spoke of his affection for her and included a return address and phone number. One week later, on Sept. 12, she received another letter which indicated that the suspect had mentally fabricated a relationship between the two of them. The victim said the
See HARASSMENT, Page 4
Common course numbering bill signed into law Seanna Lee SwjjWriler
The community college common course numbering bill, Senate Bill 450, was signed into law by Gov. Pete Wilson recently after years of student lobbying for the initiative. The bill gives the California Community Colleges' Board of Governors the authority to develop and implement a uniform course numbering system for all 106 California community colleges. In the past, there has been confusion among students and counselors when students transfer from community colleges to four-year schools, since each college decides its course numbering independently. "As a former counselor, I think this bill is one of the best things that
ever happened for students and counselors," said Jim Bowen, Director of Student Activities. Joe Dolphin, President of the CCC Board of Governors, said the state will begin developing a new universal system immediately. "It makes sense to number courses in a manner that identifies the content universally rather than on a campus-specific basis," Dolphin said. ¡'Students and teachers are wasting time and the education system is losing precious resources, but the Board of Governors now has authority to stop that waste." The bill requires the Board of Governors to report back to the Cal ifornia Legislature by Jan. I, 1998, on progress toward development and implementation of the system.