Are public school music programs in danger of losing funding?
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Palomar men's and women's basketball hit the courts again
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SPORTS PAGE 12
THE
. . . LESC Frida y, N ovember 3, 1995
Palomar College
King and queen to be crowned this Saturday Jenni Kendall Swf[Writcr
Come Satu rday, Palomar w ill have a new mo narchy. Pa lom ar ·s trad iti o na l Co me t W ee k H omecom ing cel e brati on continued thi s yea r as 23 yo un g men and women ki cked off th e race fo r Homecomin g Kin g and Queen. The 1995 Ho mecoming e lecti on primaries were held Oct. 18 and 19. Twelve men and 11 women competed in the primaries. F ive men and five women were se lected in the primaries to compete in the Nov. I and 2 final elections. The King and Queen will be announ ced at halftime of Palomar' s Homecoming game versus Pasadena College. The game takes place Nov . 4 at 7 p.m. at San M arcos Hi gh School. A total of 322 students voted in the primary Homecoming elections o n Oct. 18 and 19. That number is 59 percent higher than the election turnout of the recent Associated Student Government elections .
After all the votes were co unted, the 1995 Palomar Co llege Homecoming Court prin cesses are: Sara Martinez, C hristin a Retana, Ros ie Bri ceno, Veronica G uillen and L iz Benn ett. The princes are: Isreal M aldo nado. Dani e l Arrezola, Scott Teerlink, Ke ll y Edl cy and Daniel Offerm an. "I am honored and proud to represent the e voluti on o f Palomar women and l appreci ate all the support l got fr om the people voted for me," said Homecom in g Princess Sara M artin ez. "For as much preparation time that we ' ve had, it ' s coming along nicely. The people who were on the [Programm ing and Publicity] committee before I got elected did a great job holding this together," said Scott Tyler, ASG vice president of soc ial affairs. Tyler and fellow ASG member Maria Hernandez will announce the King and Queen during halftime at the Homecoming gam e against
See HOM ECOM ING , Page 3
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Dancing away in Margaritaville...
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Foreign language instructor John Erikson, one of the organizers of Palomar's Span ish immersion program, dances with student
Local broadcasting group offers AM signal to l(l(SM Sw{f Writer
Van Wagoner
Michelle Brize ndine on a recent three-day trip to Ensenada, Mexico. Erikson demonstrated traditional dances to the students.
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Liz Bennett
Student Letitia Wayne shows off her costume to the judges in a costume contest held in the Student Union on Halloween.
Volume 49, Number 9
Palomar's student-run radio station KKSM may soon be broadcasting on the AM dial. Par Broadcasting has announced it wou ld like to donate its KKLQ AM license and equipment to Palomar, pending thecollege' sapproval. The station, which broadcasts at 1320 kHz on the dial , transmits at 500 watts. If the deal goes through, Palomar wou ld have a new station by Feb. I, 1996. "The new station would give Palomar an advantage over other col leges because students would receive rea l-life traini ng," said Rob Branch, general inanagerofKKSM . "To say this is fan tastic is an understatement." Palomar President/S uperi ntende nt Dr. George Boggs said the school's approval of the donat ion is pendi ng an investigatio n of the stati on's potential operational costs. A special task force has been assigned to look into the cost and will report to Palomar within 30 days, Boggs said . The college wi ll make its decision about the donation based on the task fo rce's findin gs .
The station would probably have KKSM d ig ital radio station could two paid employees-the operati ons possibly be used as a training promanager and an engineer. Palomar gram , wh ile the new station would wou ld have to pay for the cost of be used as a fu ll y operational stahooking up cables between the trans- tion. mitter (located in Oceanside) and Before any stu de nt could broadPalomar's main campus, but all the cast on the stat ion they would have equipment would be donated a long with the station. Most expenses See KKS M , Page 3 would be related to operating costs. KKSM is anticipat ing that revenue from advertising will pay for the • Student radio station is formed in station 's cost. 1975 with the call letters KSM. lfthe station were to go into operation , Branch said • Station begins broad- ~\ 1~ it would benefit severa l casting on basic cable ~ departme nts at Palomar radio in the early 80s. because of the variety of people needed to run a ra• Station moves to digital d io stat ion. It wo uld give cable radio in 1993. real- world experi e nce to peop le involved in voca• Par Broadcasting dotional ed ucat ion, informanates AM license and tion systems, fac ilities and equipment to Palomar in maintenance, as well as the 1995. business, accountin g, marketin g, computer science , • New station would and rad io and te levision reach southwest as far departm ents, Branch exas Del Mar and southplained. east as far as Valley If the new station goes Center. into e ffec t, th e c urre nt
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