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Palomar College
San Marcos, CA
Volume 49, Number 11
National AIDS quilt displayed at Palomar Seanna Lee Staff Writer
Panels from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt were di splayed at Palomar College's Boehm Gallery Nov. 27 as part of Palomar's AIDS Awareness Week. The quilt was brought to the gallery through the efforts of the San Diego chapter of the NAMES Project, North County AIDS Coalition, Associated Student Government, Inter-Club Council, and Palomar College staff and club volunteers. According to Charlie Fagan, assistant to the director at the gallery, approximately 325 people viewed the quilt panels. Fourteen 3by-6 foot panels, and one 12-by-12 foot panel were displayed in the gallery. All the panels hung in the gallery memorialized local victims of AIDS, and were put together by the friends or families of the deceased. Eventually, the smaller local panels wi ll be
shipped to San Francisco and patched together to form the larger 12-by-12 foot panels. Pam Webb of Student Health Services coordinated AIDS Awareness Week on campus. " It was the first time we did something like this on campus, and I think it went very well," Webb said . "I really appreciated the work of Charlie [Fagan] , [ASG Senator] Victoria Maddock, the Pre-Med Club, ICC and everyone else involved." Screenings of the film "Common Threads," an Oscar-winning documentary, were run in the gallery. The video traces four families who designed quilt panels. Ceramic artists Joanne Hayakawa and Mark Messenger's exhibits were obscured by black drapes during the quilt display . The artists' exhibits are at the gallery from Nov. 3 through Dec. 8. In addition to the quilt display, local community groups set up informational booths in the Student Union.
Mt. Carmel Center celebrates 20 years Students truck across Carla Van Wagoner I The Ttleuopt
Magician ••Bafflin' Bill" Cody performs a trick for Undsey Jennings and her brother Daryll at the GMC's Truckin' Across America Nov. 29.
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America in promotion Liz Bennett Staff Writer
Curiosity sparked Palomar students to follow the arrow signs around Palomar's main campus to Truckin' Across America, sponsored by Jim Finney's GMC dealership, Nov. 29. For the third consecutive year, Jim Finney GMC sponsored the "General MotorsMarketinglnternship"programatPalomar College. . Interns put together the marketing event meant to entice students. This year students created a carnival scenario where students could win prizes by playing different games. The games were designed around six geographical areas: cities, mountains, desert, bayou and coastal, which were centered around the "Heartland," and "Jim's Truck Stop," where the prizes were given away. Kristina Woods, a student at Palomar, was brave enough to play the slime grab game that consisted of reaching into a bucket of green slime and pulling out a colorful plastic bug for points. "It was very slimy and disgusting, but it was kind of fun," said Woods.
Other games included tossing fake hands into a papier mache shark's mouth, ring tosses and flicking tiny plastic frogs into a kiddie pool. "It's fun. It's a neat thing for students to do when they're not in class, but it looks a little bit lame," said Ed Augustine, a Palomar student. Other highlights included a magician, face-painting, a mini-concert by Puddle Town Tom, drawings for prizes, an appearance by rock band Rhythm Attics and a pie-eating contest. Chris Oddo, one of the competitors in the pie eating contest said, "This is what football players do when we're not in class: we eat. Defensive linebackers are always eating." Some of the prizes given away included a ceiJular phone, tickets to Magic Mountain, a six-month memebership to the Family Fitness Center, gift certificates to a variety of restaurants, haircuts and a grand prize trip for two to Las Vegas. "All of the students involved in the program receive a valuable education and hands-on experience which will tremendously enhance their education," said Bonnie Dowd, associate professor of business education.
Staff Writer
Palomar College's 50th Anniversary isn't the onry celebration going on this year. The Palomar Education Center at Mt. Carmel High School was founded 20 years ago this fall. An informal party was held in the faculty lounge at Mt. Carmel Nov. 28 to commemorate the center's anniversary. President/Superintendent Dr. George Boggs, Mt. Carmel Principal Scott Fisher, and Mt. Carmel/Poway education centers Manager Nona McClure were among the speakers. Ralph Jensen , president of the Palomar College Governing Board, illustrated the impact the education center has had on the Rancho Penasquitos, Carmel Mountain Ranch and Sabre Springs communities, "One resident said he thought the evening classes (at Mt. Carmel) provided the best nightlife in town." Jensen presented Fisher and Poway Unified School District Assistant Superintendent Jim Abbott with a plaque in appreciation for Mt. Carmel's student and staff cooperation over the past 20 years. McClure, who has been with the center since 1983, provided a history ot the center and recognized some of the people involved with it over the years, a few of whom had been there from the center's beginning. In the spring of 1989, Palomar added an education center in Poway, largely due to lack of parking at the Mt. Carmel Center.
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Governing Board member Dr. Robert Dougherty (right) and Superintendent! President George Boggs serve themselves at the Mt. Carmel Center's 20th anniversary celebration.
When the Mt. Carmel Center began in fall 1975, it offered 10 classes. During spring 1996, the center will offer 58 night classes Mondays through Thursdays, as well as various Saturday workshops. The center's enrollment is expected to top 3,000 for this coming semester. Palomar's Board of Governors held their meeting at Mt. Carmel following the celebration.