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Friday, Feb. 28, 1997
San Marcos, CA
Volume SO, Number 14
Student workers could get wage ·increase Kristian Billiot Satellite Vie11· Editor
The wages of the Palomar College District student workers arc under review following the state of California's minimum wage mcrcase. "Prior to December I began to realize that with all the propositions being passed in favor or raising the state minimum wage, I said to myself· I guess it's time
to get moving,"' said Ron Jordan, director of placement services. The current student hourly wages range from $5 to $5.75. This policy has been in effect since January 1990, after its approval by the Palomar Governing Board. Oct. I, 1996, California's minimum wage was raised to $4.75 per hour and will be raised
again to $5.15 per hour Sept. I. As a result , the beginning student wage is currently 25 cents over the state minimum wage and as of Sept. I it will be 15 cents below the state minimum wage. According to Jordan, Palomar College has paid 75 cents per hour above the wage limit for the past six years, and his recom-
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Rainbow Gathering still a hit Chris Tribbey Mwut,~IIIR
Campus ·Patrol may gain police status
Editor
To some it's a one-week vacation. To others, it 's a chance to re-live the 1960s. Others call it home. No matter what anyone who attend the Rainbow Gathering calls it, the event has been a mecca of kindness, love and spirituality for the past 25 years. It has been rccogniLed as the nation's largest non-monetary, communal living village. Held July 1-7 in a different part of the nation every year, the Rainbow Gathering is a literal commune that supports itself with one major difference: come one, come all. And they do. Last year's Rainbow Gathering held in the Mark Twain National Reserve in Birch Tree, Mo., drew a reported 60,000 people to the July 4 festivities. Why do so many people choose to spend their fourth of July with the Rainbow? 'The Rainbow Family lives a life much closer to nature than society, the society we know
See RAINBOW, Page 5
Chris Tribbey MallaRi"R Ediwr
Courtesy Chris Tribbey
Palomar student Eric Olsen, seen here at the Mark Twain National Reserve outside Birchtree, Mo., helps add to the Rainbow Gathering festivities by playing a drum.
Campus Patrol may soon be able to do more than issue parking tickets and Palomar students may be the ones paying for the privilege. In a proposal released for review at Palomar's Presidential Advisory Council during their Feb. 18 meeting, student parking permit fees could double from $20 to $40 as soon as fall semester of 1997. The money would go towards providing additional parking facilities and an upgrade of Campus Patrol's police powers and a 24-hour patrol presence. "At some point in the future, we may need to look at parking fees being increased," said Mike Ellis, director of facilities. The projected cost for a Campus Patrol upgrade could be as high as $492,627, approximately $135,000 more than it
costs to employ Burns Security who currently patrols the campus after 5 p.m. "Now a citizen's arrest would be a real arrest," said Mike Alleman, director of Campus Patrol. The normal funding Campus Patrol receives is from parking tickets, and the left-over funds from Palomar College projects that haven't been ear-marked. The extra money from the parking permits will be used to upgrade the two full-time employees to POST (Police Office of Standard Training) status and hire four more full-time and four part-time employees who are already POST Ct_!rtified. The cost for the new employees would include background checks, polygraph and psychological tests, uniforms, training and some safety equipment. The funding would also go towards
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Adjunct faculty members vote 1n new pay scale Jeremy Lynch Co-Editor-ill-Chief
Palomar's adjunct faculty addressed one of its concerns, by voting to select the "New Proposed Salary Matrix" as their salary option. The salary matrix is a pay scale based on amount of education each instructor attained. Further movement up the scale is based on completion or a predetermined
number or in-class hours This option will provide the following changes for future adjunct faculty: • A one-time 3.06 percent cost-of-living allowance (COLA) payment for all courses instructed since July I, 1996. • Use of the new salary matrix for current adjunct faculty and all new hires. • All adjunct faculty will move to the next higher step on the new salary
matrix. • All future summer classes instructed will count towards hourly salary step movement. • All future COLA's will be granted at a 100 percent rate to each individual. According to adjunct faculty representative Carl McClain, Palomar's adjunct faculty has won a small victory. This was the first time that adjunct
faculty were allowed to have a vote in determining their future. Palomar's adjunct faculty can have a better future if they continue to move forward, says McClain. "We will have the opportunity to press forward and gain a greater say in the academic process and influence our future in a positive manner," said McClain, who
See ADJUNCT, Page 10
2 CAMPUS BEAT
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Friday. Feb. 28. 1997
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VANDALISM- Feb. 18, II :35 a.m., a maintenance employee reported that two people were writing graffiti on a stop sign in Parking Lot 9. The suspects were forced to clean up the graffiti after being approached by Campus Patrol. * * * FOUND PROPERTY- Feb. 18, 10:05 a.m., a knife was found in the women's restroom in the A Building. * * * STOLEN VEHICLE- Feb. 22, a student's car was reported stolen in Parking Lot 12. * * * PETTY THEFT- Feb. 21, between 8 and 9 a.m., a student returned to his car to find that his license plate and frame had been stolen. * * * Feb. 14, between 10 and I 0:50a.m., someone broke into a student's locker in the pool area. The student's wallet was sto len . * * * GRAND THEFT- Between Feb. 22 and 25, someone broke into the staff ST-64 building on campus. Some computer equ ip ment was sto len according to Campus Patrol. There were no signs of forced entry.
ADDING A CLASS- Feb. I through the end of the semester only short-term or openentry/open-exit c lasses are available for registratio n. The instructor's signature is required if the class is closed. DROPPING A CLASS- Until Feb. 14, students may drop a course by filling out a drop slip in the Admissions office. No notation or grade will appear on the student's records and an instructor's signature is not required in order to drop a class.
'Ugly professors' help raise money for speech team Help to send Palomar Co llege's speech team to the National Championships by voting in the "Ugly Professor" contest beginning March 4. Votes can be cast in the Student Uri ion every weekday between II a.m. and I p.m. in March. How does voting for a favorite "ugly professor" help the speech team get to the championships? It's all in the vote- students can help by dropping spare change in buckets each with a picture of the "ugliest professor." Members of the speech team do not really believe that any of the professors at Palomar are ugly, this is just a way of having fun with a few popular instructors here at Palomar. "Come by and join the run and help support the speech team," said Sheryl Sturis, secretary of the speech team. -Kristian Billiot Satellite Vie w Editor
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Feb. 15 through March 14, students may drop a course without an instructor's signature. A grade of "W" will appear on the student's records. March 15 through the end of the semester, no drops w ill be al lowed. A grade of A. B, C, 0, For ''I" will be given.
CREDIT/NO CREDIT GRADINGAn inst ructor's signature is required on a blue CRINC form by Feb. 2 1 to change a student's grad ing status. AUDITING A CLASS- Instructor's signature is required on the green Applicati on fo r A ud it fo rm . T he deadline to change to audit status has passed. There is no deadl ine for original registrati on und er audit status.
Choose your school at Transfer Day Palomar and M ira Costa colleges arc sponsoring Tra nsfer Day Ma rch 12 fro m I 0 a. m. to I p.m. Mee t with representat ives from 30 colleges incl uding Ho ly Names, UCSD, Chapman Biola, Culinary Institute, and Cal State Fresno. For more informat ion contact the Transfer Center at 744-1150 ex tension 2552. - Annica Gerber Campus Beat Editor
Paralegal Club offers meeting time for students attending night classes
The event is held every year to encourage high school counselors. (the musicians are Palomar Students).
Auditions for spring play begin next month at Brubeck Theater Aud itions for the comedy ''The M iser" wi ll be held March I 0 at 7 p.m. and Marc h I I at 7 and 9 p.m. Those interested in a ro le arc asked to come prepared with a memorized comical monologue lasting two to three minutes. Plan to stay for about an hour and a hal f. To sign up for auditions contact Palomar's Howard Brubeck Theater at 744-1 150, extension 2453.
The Paralegal Studies Club will begin meeting on the first Tuesday of every month. The club will hold their meetings at 5:30p.m. in Room B-3. These meetings will he in addition to those which arc held on the third Th ursday of each mon th at I p.m. in Room E-8. -John DeCoursey, Entertainment Editor
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Spend the sun1mer working at Glacier Park, in northern Montana
S tudents w ith an in te rest in the hotel hos pitali ty fie ld are e nco uraged to apply at G lacier Park, Inc ., 1850 North Ce ntral, Phoeni x, AZ 85077 or call (602) 207-2620. -Nora Barker Staff Writer
Spend three weeks learning about art in the Mediterranean The Boehm Gallery and Palomar College Art Deparmcnt present a trip to the Mediterranean this summer. Participants enroll in Art 197B-Summcr Travel Workshop in Art and Photography. Students will visit locations such as Madrid . Barcelona. icc and Monaco along v.. ith many other cities and countries. An orientation will be in the Boehm Gallery March I at 2 p.m For further information contact Harry B liss at the Boehm Gallery 744- 1 150 ext. 2304 .
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The Palomar College Escondido Education Center now has Automated Self Service Stations (PASS) available for student usc during regular business hours. Students arc required to usc their Picture Identification Cards (PIC) to access information from this userfriendly PASS system. Funded by student PIC purchases, the purpose of PASS is to assist students in retrieval of academic infomation without waiting in long lines. The system can be used by students to access and print out various types ofinfonnation on grades, class schedules. academic requirements, department listings and child care. "The PASS is a great tool for students. The stations were purchased over a year ago and laid dormant while most of the bugs were being worked ou(~~aid Carol Strocckcr, Supervisor bf Admissions at the Escondido Center. "The big problem is that the l.Omputcrs arc hardwired from the phone lines, instead of being extended from a mainframe, and this limits the amount of information the system can hold." Jose G utierre~JThe Telescope Strocckcr added that "eventually Students attending the Escondido Education Center experiment the system will be hooked up to an with the PASS system by accessing various types of information. optic system which is much more According to Stroecker, expangoof-proof and will enable the com- offered by the college. As students usc the PASS they sion for the system might include puters to carry a lot more informainfom1ation on transcripts. open and tion in a smaller space. However I arc introduced to ' Wendy and Scott.' two cybcr-personalitics. These closed classes, Braille access for really don't have any idea when that cyber budd1es show students the blind students and closed captiomng m1ght happen.'' lor deaf or hard of hearing students. Given the number of students step-by-step process of how to usc "1 usc it for grades at the end of that use it, the system functions rc- the system. l\....,. \. Strocckcr the semester, I give it a thumbs up," ally well, ac':. said, ·'A lot of said freshman Christine Tenuto. cordino 'to "' ' it Catherine Jones, a sophomore, students aren't Strocklcr,' aware of the commented, "It's real convenient. I saves a lot of use it to get information on my Fast PASS station's. time, espeWhen there arc Track classes. I pull up my grades at cially during the end of my eight-week courses long lines we let registration the students a·nd I get copies of my ·c hedweek.'' Carol Stroecker know that if ule." The PASS The PASS system is receiving a they want a functions as a Supervisor of Admissions/ copy of their positive response from students and campus direcEscondido Ed. Center schedule or staff members. according to tory which ingrades, they arc Stroeker. "It •s extreme! y frustrating corporales an when the system is down, however, interactive video designed to help able to use the PASS computer sysit's up more than it's down." students learn about the services tem."
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Palomar looks to hire 35 full-time faculty • Diversity set as hiring goal Shigehiro Kondo Staff Writer
With the proposed acquisition of 35 new full-time faculty members, Palomar College will be engaging in the largest hiring spree in the college's history. In the last I 0 years, Palomar has experienced an overall increase in its student population, and needs to increase its full-time faculty in order to comply with state guidelines. According to school officials, the largest number of faculty hired to date is 29 in 1990. Despite the overall growth of the number of students, Palomar hasn't increased the number of faculty. It
has only replaced faculty who retired or left. Ten new faculty members were hired last year as replacements. In the early '90s the California State Assembly passed AB 1725, the Community College Reform Act. This act requires that schools work towards a goal of having 75 percent of credit classes taught by full-time faculty. The legislation addressed in part the need of students to have greater access to their teachers. Full-time faculty hold regular office hours and are more available to students. while part-time teachers are only paid for the hours they spend in class. When the act passed, Palomar had 60 percent of its credit courses taught by full-time faculty. The act stipulates that while working towards the 75 percent goal, schools can't move backwards.
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Palomar'-sAssociated Student Government is preparing for its March 8 trip to the American Student Association of Community College's yearly legislative conference in the nation's capital. ASACC represents student governments from community colleges nationwide. Wednesday's ASG meeting included an appearance by Mary San Agustin, director of financial aid, to discuss lobbying techniques and legislation pending in Congress that could affect student aid funding. "Always express your appreciation to your congressional representative for positions they have taken on your behalf, and use that as a doorway to ask for more," advised San Agustin. As an example, she cited the student work study program, which has increased in funding at Palomar by $100,000. "Thank them for this, but remind them that more funding is needed in order to decrease the
amounts borrowed in student loans,'' Agustin recommended. Another issue discussed was financial aid needs analysis formulas, which are established nationwide. Several members of ASG expressed ongoing student concern over these formulas. "If you are under 24, it is assumed you are dependent on your parents. The impact this has on students at Palomar, though not addressed in current legislation, should be brought to the attention ofrepresentatives,'' San Agustin said. In addition, student government members will meet with San Diego area Congressmen Randy "Duke" Cunningham and Ron Packard and California Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. Last year, Palomar' sASG was one of a handful of schools at the conference with appointments, says Marilyn Lunde, student activities secretary. "We were among the few groups that actually met with representatives to discuss student concerns."
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In other words, Palomar must, at minimum, maintain its 60 percent figure. Yet, in recent years, Palomar has dropped below 60 percent. Robert Barr, director of planning and research, emphasizes that the resolutions definition of full-time faculty is very specific, and excludes such positions as librarians and counselors. Bonnie Dowd, president of the faculty senate at Palomar, said that this massive hiring was made possible by increased state funding. "The state budget is bc1ng Illcreased to allow the college to grow. It is part of a requirement, when the
state gives us more money, that we hire more full-time instructors," Dowd said. Twenty-eight areas of study are expected to be filled by new faculty. Palomar is currently in the recruiting process for candidates for most of those new positions, although application deadlines for some positions have already passed. After each application pool is filled, the selection committee, which consists predominately of faculty, will begin the screening and JntcrvJcwing of applicants. ·'These arc very important decision for the college," said Diane
Michael, assistant superintendent/ vice president of instruction. Michael said that one of the things the selection committee focuses on is hiring individuals from historically under-represented ethinic groups. "We have a goal for hiring additional under-represented faculty. We look for diversity in our applicant pool," said Michael. "We haven't changed our commitment." Michael noted that she is looking for people who arc sensitive to the diverse student population at Palomar and who are excited about teaching.
Campus Patrol conducts parking permit survey • Changes to current permit system under consideration Kristian Billiot SaTellite View Ediwr
Campus patrol officials are exploring alternatives to the current hanging parking permit, and are contemplating the use of a small "hanger" to which stickers are attached each semester. The free hanger would be used for the entire length of a students stay at the college and the stickers could possibly be purchased by mail. A survey, conducted by Mike Alleman, director of Campus Patrol, has been sent to 170 colleges and universities to research different parking permit styles, methods of sale and distribution. "After l came aboard, my assistant and l decided that there must be a better way to do this," Alleman said. "What we arc trying to do is decide how best to serve the students with minimal frustration," he added. According to Alleman, students have expressed concern over the time they are wasting during registration waiting in line to buy parking permits. "Students are spending ungodly lengths of time in lines," Alleman said. "This way, if we mail the
sticker to students, it is ·one less line to deal with." Alleman anticipates having results from the survey in a month or so. "After it's run through the committees we'll make a decision. Hopefully. we' II be able to shoot for the fall semester," contrnued A~leman . Alleman believes that a change in cost, if any, will be influenced from the information received from the survey. However, those things do need to be determined by committees," he said. Another factor related to parking on campus is a proposed move to add special security to the current Campus Patrol system. This new security would recei vc training that allows them to arrest people, and respond to emergency situations. The current cost of parking permits at Palomar College is $20 per semester. This could increase to $40 if security changes on campus. A time frame for the project is
04784 speculative. "I haven't the foggiest idea when a new plan might be implemented," says Alleman.
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FEATURE 2 Continued from Page 1 as reality, and that which the Rainbow calls ¡Baby Jon,"' said Palomar aeronautics major, Eric Olsen who has attended two national gatherings. "By choice, they live without the confines of money, the influence of electronics or the evil of alcohol." The Rainbow Families laws arc simple: walk softly, breath deeply, harm none. No alcohol (although it is allowed in A Camp which sits at the entrance to the Gathering), no violence, no money (the Gathering runs on a barter system), and clean up after yourself. Be kind to those around you and the nature that surrounds you. Anything from 'Babylon' (the outside world) is frowned upon: sunglasses (the sun is your friend), watches (who needs time?), and electronics (they want you to make your own music) arc a few items you should leave home. You'll enjoy this place more without the gadgets you use in every day life. Personal hygiene is optional. The Rainbow Family is an actual, existmg government that has focalizers in aliSO states. They govern themselves through consensus: coming up with solutions acceptable to everyone and not just the majority. Everyone from ages 2 to I 02 can speak their opinion and everyone's opinion is weighed equally. All in attendance of their meetings get a chance to hold the conch (a large seashell) which is passed.from person to person, signaling their turn to speak. If no one radically objects to a suggestion, the subject is declared resolved and therefor Jaw. The Gathering is an actual ' home' to many people. Those in trouble with the law. the homeless and the downright mysterious follow the Rainbow wherever it travels. Others have chosen the Gathering as an
escape f r o m 'Babylon' and live with the Rainbow to be closer to nature. Every national Gathering is held in a national forest reserve, so no permits need to be signed, that is at least a dozen miles from the nearest town. An ample water supply, two to three access routes, at least one large open field and plenty of parking space outside the Gathering are all considered when deciding where a national Gathering will be held. Tents, tarps and campsites line the trails for miles. Thousands of people dressed\n hemp, corduroy and sometimes n'b,thing at all walk the trails at all hou~ of the day and night. Kitchens sporting namessueh as Aloha or Granola Funk offer food to those passing and\hungry . Like admission and everything else, the food is free: all supplies are donated or purchased using funds from the Magic Hat which is passed around at drum circles and campsites. All they ask from everyone is to help out. And everyone does . Whether hauling food, newspapers, and supplies in , or trash, letters and injured or sick people out, most everyone gets into the spirit of the Rainbow. "This alternate society survives through love and the idea that we are all human beings who can put aside our differences to Ii ve together in peace as one race," said Olsen, " Rainbow is the most beautiful place I have ever experienced." Traders Circle is always a big
hit. For a full hal fmile, people sit on both sides of the main trail, displaying their homemade necklaces, smoking pipes, hacky sacks and other goods. Of course, there isn't a price tag on any of the merchandise. You have to have something to trade if you want the goods. There arc other goods available for trade (and, against the Rainbow edict, for purchase) that you won't sec displayed. Psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, peyote, mescaline, and an abundance of marijuana are avai !able when the local law enforcement isn't around. Cries of SIXUP I! I can be heard up and down the trail when an officer, trooper or ranger passes by, a simple, coded warning for everyone to hide anything illegal. AI ien discussions, Hare Krishna, sewing, making hemp clothing, dancing and cooking are just a few of the workshops held during the day. When night falls, most everyone gathers at an open field at the center of the trail where a huge bonfire has been lit. People, clothed and naked, dance to the beat of a hundred drums. playing sometimes in unison, sometimes as separate minds, but always together in spirit. The Rainbow Gathering has everything a village needs: a hospital (CALM), an information booth/lost and found and even a day care center in the form of Kid Village. The Rainbow Gathering may never achieve their goal of being recognized as a separate nation. They may never fully revive the old hippie glory feeling of free Jove and united peace. But they have managed to offer an opportunity for the peaceful, nature orientated and those kind of spirit to come together and strive for a better way of life, even if it is for the moment and just to have a great time.
The 60,000 peaceful Rainbow followers made the journey to gather at the Missouri campsite, to give honor and respect to all those who have aided the positive evolution of earth and humankind.
The Gathering of the Tribes collects people to create music, be close to nature and make a statement for world peace.
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around the next bend and throw hugs around us and everyone else in It 's hot as hell and the bugs are the immediate area before going off the size of my palm . There's poison to spread more joy. Such is the genoak and ivy everywhere (people in- eral attitude at the Gathering. If fected head to toe are a usual sight you're squeamish about hugs and since they unwittingly used the constant screams of"We love you" shrubbery as bedding), and one out that don't seem to be directed to of every five of the 60,000 people anyone in particular, then maybe that showed up July 4, 1996 to the Gathering isn't for you. partake in the annual National RainWe've met Big Joe from Boulbow Gathering is either partially or der, Colorado, we've chatted with fully naked , something that should an eighty-year-old woman wearing be appreciated but causes minor a Jerry Garcia shirt and met up with anxiety to someone not used to it. our friend Julie from Rainbow 1995 There are thousands of colorful in Taos, New Mexico. You want to people from all over the world trav- meet interesting people? Sit by the eling up and down this three mile side of the main trail for five mintrail at the bottom oftheMarkTwain utes and at least half a dozen people National Reserve in Birch Tree, will either say hi, hug you or invite Missouri, every day. And luckily, you to their camp site for dinner. no one seems to mind the lingering It's just another day at the Rain"smell of everyone's dirty bodies bow Gathering, except today is the much. With the masses of smiling 4th ofJuly. Therefore, from dawn to faces and the general aura of posinoon, the entire valley is nearly sitive energy, it's tough to be in a bad lent. mood, and why would you want to Amazingly, 60,000 people rebe? main quiet with the idea of world The four of us, Eric "Patches " peace and the healing of the earth. Olsen, Rodney "Wolfrobe" Ruiz, Every day there are new things Xavier Corona and mysel fha ve been happening every way you wander enjoying the Gathering for but the general feeling is still ........::-=~........ four days now and there: pure love and accepdespite the spiders tance. and the I 00 perThe people of the Raincent humidity, we bow family make it evwouldn't want to erything you would hope be anywhere else. for at any type of gathering A group of of people: free, loving. scarcely clad peaceful and a mountain full women appear from of fun. Mana[iiiiK Editor
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In regards to "Highlander," what is your character's name and what would you like us to know about him? His name is Ottavio Consonne. He believes that he is infallible and therefore his continued immortality lies in the perfection ofhis techniques in the "Mysterious Circle." He believes he can make his own rules and be respon~ sible only to himself because of perfectly honed a b iIi ties through sacrifice and discipline.
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What was it like to battle Adrian Paul, (the Highlander, Duncan Me Leod), since he is also handy with a sword? Battling Adrian is sublime because we don't battle, we dance. His ability has been honed by disciplined study and the rigorous demands placed upon him every week by a nearly impossible schedule of too little rehearsal and too much work to shoot. He's imaginative and constantly strives to make the show better. The perfect combination of artistry and ability.
What was Paris like? Were you able to do some site-seeing or were you too busy filming? I worked every day but one, either shooting or rehearsing. I did manage to visit the Musee de I' Armee and the incredible exhibition of swords and armaments. I was actually able to handle some period weapons at the Louvre Annex- a 17th century cup hi It Spanish rapier and a swept hilt Italian rapier of the same period.
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Gigantic Carnivorous Pic In its tirst manifestation, it fits easily into a small pot t.hat can be held in one hand. Throughout the story, Audrey II keeps getting larger until it has grown to a size where it literally dominates the plant shop. By the play's end, it has engulfed most of the sta~e, and most of the cast. In the~ movies, these sort of images could be done digitally. But the special effects of the stage theater do not benefit from modern technology in John DeCoursey the way that a film like "Independence Day" does; EnterTainment Editor the creators of a play have to be smarter than that. Warning! A humungous, man-eating venus Director Pat Larmer, adjunct instructor of befly trap with a severe attitude disorder is com- ginner and intermediate acting at Palomar, had ing this way! two choices in Wait. .. relax .... put bringing Audrey II down the weedwacker. to life on his The monstrous plant will stage: build it only becausingdeathand from scratch foldestruction at Palomar's lowing specific guidelines mainHowardB rubeckThcatre. tained in the But this is far trom the play's copyfirst time the plant has right, orrentan sprouted up to threaten already existthe existence of the human race. ing version More than thirty years from one of the state's ago, a film director named Carla Van Wagon~r I The Telescope theater Roger Corman was making a name for himself in The Doo Wop girls who witness everything are groups that the world of B-movies (from left) Olivia Schulenburg, Vickie Jardin, have used and and Laurie Phelps. when a friend struck him own one. with a dare: film an entire movie in just two days He chose to rent Audrey II. "We're still totaling the rental costs," using a set slated to be destroyed in forty-eight hours. Obviously, Connan ' s friend believed the out- Larmer satd. ''It will be expensive, but it won't come would be failure to complete anything resem- cost as much as building all the puppets from bling a movie. scratch." But quite the opposite happened when after two The hunt for an organization that could supply days, Corman turned over an egg that hatched a 1960 an Audrey II ended at Julian's Pine Hill Lodge. cult classic. The film grew up to bean Off-Broadway "It's the same exact puppet used by other musical in 1982, which then flew from the nest to theater groups throughout this area. A lot of people become a major motion motion picture in 1988. have recognized it at different productions, and Since then, it has been soaring around the stages of said 'Hey, it's the North County plant'." the world in numerous performances of different Now that all forms of Audrey II are in the languages. theater, it will take a team of two men to bring the "Little Shop of Horrors," the result of Corman's killer plant to life. effort, is the startlingly bizarre love triangle of a boy, Michael Asanuma, an art major, will have the a girl, and a plant. task of puppeteer, controlling every move, snap, There is really nothing wrong with the boy and and chomp of Audrey II. girl components of this love triangle, other than the "It's a new experience. I've never done any fact that they're geeks. The trouble lies with the little puppet-work before," Asanuma said. "Although I plant the boy brings into the picture. As the seem- don't say any lines, I have to syncronize all of the ingly harmless botanical item gains both in size and plant's movements with the other actors' lines." aggressive demeanor, the story begins to make a Standiug at 5 feet 3 inches and weighing 150 clear point: heartache and horticulture do not mix. pounds Asanuma' s work gets more challenging as Soon, the plant goes on a blood-thirsty rampage, Audrey II gets bigger. He begins with a puppet that and the lovebirds learn the hard way that this plant is weighs less than 2 pounds, and ends up operating smarter than the two of them combined. a full-grown, 100 pound Audrey II. Now the flower shop where this story unfolds is " There is a scene where Audrey II actually about to open its doors at Palomar's Howard Brubeck grows on stage," said Asanuma. ''I'm standing up Theatre beginning March I. inside the plant when I do the grown version, but Being able to tell this tale the way it was meant to before that I'm bent over and giving my legs quite be told takes a little more than the average musical a workout. It's the hardest puppet to work." production. As always, good direction is paramount, Asanuma's movements must gel perfectly with and the actors must be capable of striking the right the vocal talentsofBruceBlackwell who will give tone for the story to make it watchable. But "Little Audrey II its hot-tempered voice. Shop of Horrors" requires some pretty hefty props. "My last part in a play was about four or five Mainly the plant, known as Audrey II. yearsagoatMiraCosta, and it was doing this same part, but I love this role," said
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Blackwell. "I could do it over and over.,, · Blackwell is especially attracted to being the voice of Audrey II because of the songs he sings. "I love the music in this play. It's not like the average musical," Blackwell said. "It's more like rhythm and blues. It rocks." The body count that ensues when Audrey II gets nasty is represented by the disturbing ere.ations of Props Designer Monica Pleva. Besides repairing the puppets, which an·ived in various stages of destruction caused by irresponsible storage, Pleva takes otherwise neutral and inoffensive elements (foam, food, flowers) and turns them into body parts. As an Emergency Medical Technician at a local hospital, she has more than enougn daily '·inspiration" to create life-like death.
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"I don ' t want to give away any of my secrets," aid Pleva,"· but we use materials that look differnt from what they are." Pleva added that audience members should eep their eyes peeled for a graphically inventive ew use for hot dogs. As for the act ual bodies that make the body ourt possible, well, those beJng 10 the ti fteen acJrs (not counting 1e two who play wdrey II) who ·ytosurvive
the apocalyptic disaster that is brewing inside the Com1an's original version portrayed the charflower shop on skid row. acter of Seymour as more of a killer. That is, he Garney Johnson , a film major, plays Seymour brought more bodies to feed his plant than any Krelbourn, a nerdy guy who works in the same other version of Seymour has since. The love story fl ower shop as the object of his affec ti on, Audrey between Seymour and Audrey was barely ex(played by Heather Harnish). The shop's owner, plored , either. Instead, the story focused on the Mr. Mushnik (Robert DeLillo), treats the two of relationship between Seymour and Audrey Junior them like trash, as does A udrey's beater. .. uh, (it wasn't referred to as "Audrey II" until the Offboyfriend, Orin, an abusive dentist played by Broadway version). Even the first Mr. Mushnik did his own part in Chuck Hand. From start to finish, three Doo-Wop ~iris who helping a vic tim find his way to a digestible death. When "Little Shop of Horrors" opened at the roam around skid row are almost omnipresent as the unusual events unfold. The trio con;Isting of Orpheum Theatre in New York on July 27, 1982, it had undergone Ronnette, Chiffon , and Crystal major re-write surgery. are played by Laurie Phelps (a TheformerBtheatre major), movie had be0 I i v i a come a musical Schulenburg (a in the hands of music major at Howard Ashman Mira Costa, and and Alan Vickie Jardin, reMenken, the duo spectively. These behind Disney's "The Little Merthree characters could be seen as maid." nar rators, a lThe plant, though they obnewly named serve the story as Audrey II, said opposed to tellmore th an just Ca rla Van Wagoner I Tlte Telescope "Feed me I" It ing it. "We're the Bruce Blackwell's voice (left) and Michael Asanuma's had developed a insiders. We muscles bring ALJdrey II to life. not-so-neighknow what's borly way of going on the whole time," said Schulenburg. talking to people. Audrey II was not as helpless as Audrey Jr. It now had arms and claws that could "We ' re like clairvoyants." ''This is my first college musical, and it's snag anyone dumb enough to go near a set ofjaws such a good one because the morals are pre- the size of a Winnebago. The ending of the musical went in a totally sented in a campy way, instead cf being preached," Phelps said. "Plus, I love the attitude different direction than Corman's movie, further separati ng itself from the trad iti onal formula of I get to usc." "I've always wanted to play one of the Doo- musicals. Boy-meets-girl had become plant-eatsWop girls in thi s show," said Jardin, wi10 previ- everybody. Since the play was a huge success. changes ously played Dorothy in Palomar's 1979 producof "The Wizard of Oz," the first musical were not exactly necessary , but they were made prefo rmed at the Brubec k Theatre. none the less. This is Jardin 's first time back to the At a screening for the first draft of the movie, Brubeck Theatre following her trip audiences were too bummed by an ending that depicted several Audrey II plants wrecking hellover the rainbow, 18 years ago. "The reason I came back was bent havoc o n a city. that I love this show," Jardin said. "I So a candy-coated, easy-to-swallow ending love how something that was so abwas filmed where Audrey II was blown to smithereens, stract and so weird was made into a and Seymour and Audrey got manied. musical. This type of 'cult' concept tends to work The movie did not do well at the box office. very well." When you consider how many times "Little Apparently so. "Li ttle Shop of Horrvrs" has Shop of Horrors" has been rebuilt and levelled, it 's been shaped into many different versions. includ- easy to see why that plant is so pissed. Its latest 'carnation' blooms at the Brubeck ing a morning cartoon series that had a short-lived Theatre beginning next week. The theatre is lorun last year. cated at Palomar College' s main campus. 1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos. Show dates and times: March 7, 8, 13, 14, & 15 at 8 p.m. March 9 & 16 at 2 p.m.
Admission prices: $ 14 for general audience $ 12 for seniors and military $ 10 for students with ID Group rates and reserved scats availahlc.
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The rhythmic, fluid, familiar sounds of reggae music may have been Luciano's intention when creating his new album "Messenger," but somehow the message came across all wrong. The rhythm shakers, conga beats and "Island Jamaica" are all there to identify this newly released CD as reggae. However, Luciano and producers were apparent! y having a field day with all the gadgets in the recordi ng studio, which resulted in an overproduced and repetitious collection of songs that would make any RastaFarian comb out their dreads. Why this album was released under the name and stature of the first song is obvious. The best of the group, "Messenger" can easi ly convince an eager audience that the rest of the album will be perfectly 'irie'. With that in mind, a relaxed reggae listenercouldeasily be thrown intoastateof confusion when we roll right along to song number two. ''Life" is a 'funkdatied' collage of rhythm and high-tech keyboard maneuvers that sounds like a mixed-up combination of Bob Marley and Seal jamming with a mariachi band gone techno. Luciano can be given credit for his vocal range. Credit for his range, but not necessarily for the context in which he uses it. This CD gets all the more confusing when the singer switches his vocals to a very soprano, falsetto voice that made me wonder if my stereo automatically switched over to Boyz II Men. Whatever happened to that Jamaican attitude of no worries, get irie and smoke ganja'1 "Over The Hills' salvages itself slightly with a more lively , organized beat and toned--Down vocals. However, beware of an annoying, re-occuring noise that sounds like a moth is attacking the microphone. When listening to a particular category of music, we tend to have certain expectations of what we are going to hear and how we arc going to enjoy it. If an audience is listening for those familiar funky beats and 'feel good' vocals typical of reggae, they may be disappointed like I was by Luciano's "Messenger." However, someone who isn't such a stickler for musical boundaries may find this interesting combination of sounds to their liking.
-jessica Gleason Feature Editor
Coming Soon ... Be on the look-out for upcoming stories and info on the clubs, raves, Djs, and the underground scenes of Southern California. Coverage begins in the Feb. 7 issue of The Telescope with an inside look at Jon Bishop, one of the most in-demand Djs in America. Bishop will DJ Feb. 6 at Club Hedonism, located at "Rich's," 1051 University Ave., San Diego. Courtesy of Palomar Performing Arts Dept
Audrey II turns the gullible Seymour (Gamey Johnson) into its servant.
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OPINION Our sad State of the Union
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• Graduates want jobs Suzanne Block Of'"'"'" l::chtlll
Newslh\h - a recent study shows the goal of the average college freshman is. of all things, to get a lucrative job alier graduation 1 May he there is hope f(>r the much maligned Generation X and Baby Buster crowds. This study, featured in Time Magazine, followed the attitudes of nine million college freshmen over the la~t 30 years and found the most noticeable change to be the complete flip-flop of their goals. The majority of freshmen in 1967 stated their goal was a "meaningful philosophy oflile." In order to find this philosophy. many of them dropped acid and dropped out of college. Today's freshmen have a me;minglul philosophy already even if many of them don't realize it yet- to cat and put a roof over their heads. While college affords us many opportunities lor personal growth, in the endthemainobjcctiveistomakeenough money after graduation to livecomfortably, pay lor the annual vacation, and our children's future orthodontia bills. But if you' re despondent over not having time to contemplate the meaning of life, remember you may have more time when you're established and sipping one of those fancy drinks on the beach. Don't take my word lor it- just ask the freshman class of 1967that became the much maligned. and stercotypically unidcalistic yuppies of the '80s.
CORRECTION Olympic runner Carl Lewis was incorrectly identified in the Feb . 14 issue. The correct name should have been Canadian runner Ben Johnson. The Telescope apologizes for the e rror.
Annica Gerber CamfWS Beat Editor
The real state of our union became very apparent to me on Feb . I I . The president was scheduled to give his State of the Union address on Wednesday night and I was looking forward to watching it. I had my evening all planned with popcorn and everything. As I was looking in my TV guide on that Monday evening I realized that the President's State of th e Union was going to air on Tuesday night in stead . This was a very confusing moment for me seeing how I had planned my Wednesday night for this event. I figured that I must have made a mistake -this is not an unusual event in my life. Naturally , I had a c lass o n Tuesday evening so I had to tape the address. On Tuesday I ar-
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rived at school early and was talking to one of my classmates - that is when I found out the appalling truth. I had not been mistaken after all. The State of the Union had been rescheduled because the president did not want it to compete with the Miss America Beauty Pageant! I thought long and hard about this and I could not let it go. I told every o ne I knew and I called my family to find out if they knew about this. It made me absolutely sick. I thought to my sci f that the president did not need to give hi s s peech because so metimes actions speak louder than words . The very idea that the State of the Union could even compete with a bunch of fluffy women in bathing suits parading around on stage and letting everyone know that th ey want world peace and to save the ra in fo res t was rev o ltin g .
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Has it come to this? Somehow I was under the impression that the future of our country was a priority. I have not been very impressed with our president 's character for a long time, but this was a shock. I wondered about his reasoning and his overa ll mental health when he made this decision . Maybe he wanted to stay home and watch the pageant him sci fhis history with women is not a well kept secret. I realize that the pageant has been around for over 75 years and it 'sa populareventinmany American household s - but shouldn't the State of the Union prcdom i nate 'J Then again maybe there is so mething wrong with me and my o pinion is not the same as th e maj o rity of thi s country. I ha ve a few words to say about beauty pageant s as well. I am sure that you can tell what my ge nera l fee ling is already ,
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but there is more. I was in the library looking up material about beauty pageants to include in th is article and I discovered some intcresti ng facts. Miss America's world is not as glamorous as we think. Miss Connecticut in 1989 was having a hard time dealing with the attention . She had to sign a total of 3,000 autographs and she found this very distressing. I am sure that could be very straining on the psyche. But so is having a real job and going to school eve ry day . I have three words for Miss Connecticut. Get over it! But I do have to say that the pageant is improving. Several recipients of the title have degrees from well-known universities and have gone beyond the call o f duty. Maybe if we sec more of these yo un g women the Miss America title will not be so meaningless.
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Friday. Feb. 28. 1997
OPINION 9
Staff Editorial
Adjunct faculty deserves better • 1Vew pay scale doesn't make up (or unequal treatment • Pornography is (ree speech Kristian Billiot S{/{el/ite \lie11 Editor
After swallowing my pride and learning to uphold the respected Constitution. ! was able to accept that military men arc able to view pornographic magazines. Just as the Military Decency and Honor Act was about to be incorporated as law, the parent company of Penthouse Magazine complained about infringing upon the Freedom of Speech clause. Following a recent trial, a federal judge ruled that pornographic magazines cannot be banned from sale at military bases. I applaud this judge, (who ironically is female), for sticking to the rules of the Constitution, even with the sticky issue of free speech. I must admit that initially I was relieved that the government was taking Penthouse magazine's plea seriously and was attempting to take away the military men's right to view these disgusting. sexually explicit porno magazines. After all, these marines and sailors enjoy an excellent reputation as upstanding citizens, doing anything it takes to protect the unity of our country at a moment's notice. I simply didn't believe that the men we trust our country with should be indulging themselves in vulgar magazines such as Penthouse, Playboy and 1-(ustlcr. If military men want to be regarded as honored citizens, then they should be made to adhere to higher moral standards, I thought. [t didn't take long for me to rcali1c that I was being ignorant. I believe protecting our Constitution and keeping it solid is far more important than protecting embarrassed women. I'm not advocating porno magazines in the least. Quite frankly. I strongly despise them and the chauvinistic pigs who like to look at them. But that is my opinion, my choice, and my right. What I despise even more, however, is foolish people who believe they can take away other people's constitutional rights. Everyone has choices in life anJ people have the right to be as obnoxious as they choose. Granted. their choices may he offensive and discourteous to others, but where docs the circle of rights end·l It ends with the person who tolerates offensive behavior for the sake of peace, even though they've been stripped of their right to not be offended in doing so. What the world needs is more people who can simply tolerate intolerable behavior. Freedom h<is fine lines, however freedom is still a person's right. When someone takes away another person's right. they have denied them their freedom. and that is their own choice. Therefore. rather than becoming upset, I will do my best to tolerate normally intolerable behavior.
Two of Palomar's most underappreciated groups, its students and adjunct faculty, arc undoubtedly experiencing mixed emotions as we head into spnng. Although pleased about proposed pay increases for both partics, the results of a survey sent out to our adjunct teachers is alarming and needs immediate attention, by students, administrators and staff. Although financial compensation is certainly important, and its increase appreciated, it falls short in showing part-time faculty how much they arc valued and esteemed. The fact that members of the
adjunct staff feel snubbed and undervalued by tenured faculty is outrageous and nothing short of shameful. Treating adjunct faculty like second-class citizens is to the benefit of no one, and only serves to damage the strength of our collective "learning community." It is pleasing to sec that Palomar is finally in a position to hire more full-time faculty. It can only be hoped and encouraged by us all that adjunct faculty who have shown loyalty and dedication to the school and students not be over-looked. Students are better served by teachers with full-time status. Their ability to serve office
hours enables students to have access to a resource and guidance as well as one-on-one tutoring when someone just docsn ' t understand what happened in a class. Full-time faculty are also more likely to get involved in other areas of student life. Faculty who serve as mentors and club advisers arc more often than not full time. because this is their full time job. No more shuttling from school to school for extra hours. As one anonymous faculty member put it, ''I believe that the students suffer from ·pot luck' faculty." The proposed salary increase
for students is great and certainly good news to students on Palomar's payroll. Not only docs it potentially increase student standard of living (let's face it, we eat a lot of Top Ramen), it also could help us take more classes, making us more marketable , a whole lot sooner. How·J If you make more. money in less time, you could (theoretically) take more classes each semester, and be done faster. In addition, if students are making more money, they don't need to borrow as much in student loans. It would be nice to graduate with minimal debt, wouldn't it'J
Body piercing is personal choice Mimi Bowles Cof'y Editor
California's state assembly doesn't trust teenagers with decisions about their own bodies. The state assembly would rather leave decisions about an individual teenager's body up to his/her parents, rather than let the teenager decide what is right. Think this has to do with abortion? Not this time. Newly elected state assemblyman George Runner, Jr. has recently announced his desire to create legislation requiring parental consent for anyone under the age of 18 to have body piercing. He claims, according to a recent Los Angeles Times article, that he is doing this out of concern for minors ' health and parental rights. "I'm not anti-piercing," Runner said. "I'm just pro-parents' rights." What about the rights of tccns·J The only person who should decide whether they want to put extra holes in their body is the person who is considering it, not their parents. grandparents. aunts, uncles. or cousins. No one knows their body better than thcmsel vcs. so who but the per-
Student (eels un-loved On the 12th of this month, guest speakers appeared at a gathering for Black History Month here on campus. This event also featured a D.J. named Eddie Love, who works for Jammin Z90 at night. He teases women on the air- I always call him up to say "do you miss me'~" I was very upset because when I got to the event , he was gone. I went out of my way to sec this jerk! Not only that, I had a very
son involved has the right to decide to have body picrcing' 1 California has the right idea. Body piercing is currently completely unregulated, and this needs to change. According to the same Los AnRele.\' Times article, body piercing can have serious long-term effects on a child's body, such as scarring and nerve damage. Regulations should be put in place to insure that body piercing is done correctly and by a licensed professional, not by a person with a needle and an icc cube. "I can't tell you how many botched picrcings I've had to fix," body picrccr Michael Hare said. "W c' vc got to get some regulations before some senator's daughter gets hurt and the whole industry comes to a screeching halt." But taking away from teenagers another right to make a personal decision is wrong. Teenagers currently have very few rights, because upper level government docsn' t trust them to make personal decisions. By taking away yet another right, government officials arc denying teenagers the freedom of decision making that they so rightly deserve.
bad head cold when I came to campus that day. My head ~as hurting and my stomach was messed up too. I felt like I was ripped ofT because Eddie was not there. Just because he has a voice that women melt over docs not mean that he should treat women in this sort of way. It's the man that makes the voice not the voice that makes the rnan. I never met this guy, hut obviously he thinks he's God's gift to women. I called his vo ice mail and left my phone number- he did not call me hack. I think Eddie Love is a phony. He says before he gets ofT the air
at night "God loves you and I do too.'' I think he only loves half the audience that calls in. Ladies - I think we need to check out Eddie Love to sec if he is Eddie Love or Eddie "duh. " Cynthia Steele Librarian Technician major
Ednaswap on track to top 10 I was pleased to read your piece on th..:. band Ednaswap in The Telescope. The band also rc-
leased a full-length, sci f-titlcd CD in 1994 which featured 13 tracks including Torn and Glow. Their first label didn't give them any public relations support but their new label should get them some welldeserved recognition. I think that given airplay and promotion, their song Torn could be a top I 0 hit. It's the case of try and try again, as Torn appears on all three of their CDs. Catherine Hines Multi-Media Aut/wring and Desig11 major
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The Palomar College Escondido Education Center now has Automated Self Service Stations (PASS) available forstudcntuscduring regular business hours. Students arc required to usc their Picture Identification Cards (PIC) to access information from this userfriendly PASS system. Funded by student PIC purchases, the purpose of PASS is to assist students in retrieval of academic infomation without waiting in long lines. . The system can be used by students to access and print out various types of infonnation on grades, class schedules. academic requirements, department listings and child care. "The PASS is a great tool for students. The stations were purchased over a year ago and laid dormant while most of the bugs were being worked ou(~~aid Carol Strocckcr, Supervisor bf Admissions at the Escondido Center. "The big problem is that the computer~ arc hardwired from the phone lines, instead of being extended from a mainframe, and this limits the amount of information the system can hold." Jo~e Gutierre1lThe Telescope Strocckcr added that"cvcntually Students attending the Escondido Education Center experiment the system will be hooked up to an with the PASS system by accessing various types of information. optic system which is much more According to Stroccker, expangoof-proof and will enable the com- offered by the college. As students usc the PASS they sion for the system might include puters to carry a lot more informainfom1ation on transcripts, open and tion in a smaller space. However I arc introduced to ' Wendy and Scott,' two cybcr-personalitics. These closed classes, Braille access for really don't have any idea when that cyber budd1es show students the blind students and closed captiomng m1ght happen.'· lor deaf or hard of hearing students. Given the number of students step-by-step process of how to usc "I usc it for grades at the end of that use it, the system functions rc- the system. l\-· \. Strocckcr the semester, I give it a thumbs up," ally well, ac':. said, ·'A lot of said freshman Christine Tenuto. cordino 'to "' ' it Catherine Jones, a sophomore, students aren ' t Strocklcr,' aware of the commented, "It ' s real convenient. I saves a lot of use it to get information on my Fast PASS station's. time, espeWhen there arc Track classes. I pull up my grades at cially during the end of my eight-week courses long lines we let registration the students a·nd I get copies of my ·chedweek.'' Carol Stroecker know that if ule." The PASS The PASS system is receiving a they want a functions as a Supervisor of Admissions/ copy of their positive response from students and campusdirecEscondido Ed. Center schedule or staff members. according to torywhichingrades, they arc Stroeker. "It's extreme! y frustrating corporales an when the system is down, however, interactive video designed to help able to use the PASS computer sysit's up more than it's down." students learn about the services tcm."
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SPORTS Palomar's perfect pitching continues James Grumbach Sports Editor
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Karlyn Pipes-Nielson, one of Palomar's star returners, practices for upcoming opponenets San Diego and Grossmont this Friday at home.
Comets' victories are a few strokes away Conor Volk Swf{ Writer
With high cxpectallons and tough schedboth Palomar men and women· s swimming teams arc poised and ready to make ~omc wa vc~ this season . After both teams finished fourth in state competition last year, It's difficult to tell which is going to be tougher for the two teams this year; living up to their own standards or the actual competition. "We definitely have the toughest conference in the state. Our goal this year is to finish third in the conference and be one of the top eight teams in state," said men's head coach Jcm McAdams. Women's head coach, Patti Waterman, says that hard competition in their conference is nothing new. Waterman has good expectations and feels this year's squad looks good. "We had a lot of women come out this season to complement our returners," said Waterman. "Our team has a lot more strength and experience." ule~.
Both coaches arc pleased to have their star swimmers returning this season. The women look forward to Karlyn Pipc;Niclscn. w1nncr of last year's Swimmer and Female Athlete of the Year Awards in hoth conference and state. Pipes-Nielsen set three national record~ and five state records last season. The women's team will also get a boost from Dana Heid, who placed third in state in diving last year and is expected to add some variety to this year's squad. The men's team features the talent of Wes Wood and Malcolm Muter. Wood, the team's top returner, placed second in high school CIF for both the I 00 yard breast stroke and the 200 yard individual medley last season. With the promising sophomore Muter adding versatility in freestyle, the men's team looks ready for the plunge, despite having a young team. "We do have a young team. but I think we will do fine if we stay focused. It'sjust a matter of everyone pulling together." said McAdams.
This year's Palomar Lady Comets softball team enters this spring with a winning attitude. This attitude can be attributed to their 8-6 record for the month of February. Last year the women had an outstanding 49-10 record and continued their winning tradition hy winning the conference title. Much of the Comets' wins arc undoubtedly due to the return of II sophomores this year. Only nine on the roster arc freshmen. Already this season, sophomore Lisa Warren is leading hitting with a .467 batting average. Following closely behind is leadofT hitter Shanna McLintock with a .450 batting average. The team has been doing exceptional with an overall .354 average. Batting is not the only strongpoint under the Lady Comets belt. The Lady Comets amazed their fans Fcb.l2, at the doubleheader agairisi Victor Valley. Freshman Robyn Jensen and sophomore Erin Weiler combined fora perfect game. Notonlydothc
Lady Comets have a no-hitter added to their record, but the pitching staff has a combined 2.27 Earned Run A vcragc. Many critics feel the low ERA could be attributed to the recent pitching distance increase from forty to fony-thrcc teet. This increase in feet occurcd when the California NCAA junior colleges finally accepted the change, which occurcd five years ago in all of the junior colleges across the United States. Coach Mark Eldridge thinks the Lady Comets will take the conference title again with the return of the sophomores. Shonstop sophomore Katie Ziegler believes this year's team: "Is better because there is no real superstar on the team, but there is all around talent." With ten conference titles. fort he past ten years in a row, the Lady Comets arc looking forward to another incredible year. This weekend the Lady Comets play away at the Bakersfield Classic. -additional reporting by Mike Douglas Staff Writer
Hardball starts slow James Grumbach Sports Edi1or
The Palomar men's baseball team have, as some critics may have felt, started off slow this season. At the Grossmont Tournament (Fcb.2123) the Comets were thrust into back-to-back games and a 3-9 record. Coach Bob V ctter feels the record does not '·indicate the capability of this ballclub, but it'sagood indication about the way we've played." "We've had some tough losses. but some games we had five and six errors, you cannot win ballgamcs like that.'' Walking the other team at games has contributed to losses also. Freshman pitcher Pat Edwards also felt the team had problems on the field that needed correction. "I feel we're struggling, we have
some problems in scoring, and we have been making minimal mistakes, but by the end of the season we will be better," said Edwards. Freshman fielder Garry Templeton said "We've had a few bad breaks and as time goes on we will do better." Although winning is a very important aspect of the game, one of the most important aspects of a team is the team as a family. Sophomore outfielder Tim Nettles felt "this year's team is more like a family. we hang out all the time." Nettles feels a team has a family attitude a team is more positive and can win. Freshman shortstop Bobby Kobaended with a positive outlook for the rest of the season. "I think we will come around and win. but once you start winning it's contagious."
THIS WEEI( IN Comets' basketball hopes are alive COMET SPORTS • Men hope for postseason wtn against LACC Dominic Mucciacito Sw.ff Writer
Although last Saturday's season finale ended with the Palomar men's basketball team recci vi ng their thirteenth loss, the club was rewarded for their contrasting sixteen victories. The reward came by being placed thirty-second in postseason play this week .. Sixty-four teams will open regional play this Friday and Saturday as the 1997 Community College Men's Basketball Tournament begins. The Comets, having closed out their season with a conference record of 8-4, (16- 14 overall), will
have to travel to top seeded Los Angeles City College (24-6) to play what Assistant Coach Keith White calls the "second season." The team seems undaunted by the prospects of playing the role of Cinderella . The coaching staff will have their hands full attempting to prepare for LA City's dominating starting five . This week White was caught making last minute phone cal ls attempting to get an accurate scouting report of their formidable opponents. "I don't know how well we're going to match up just yet," White said, adding L.A. City's roster is·· not too deep." The coaching staff is excited about the invitation to the ''big dance." White hopes the team will remain focused in the face of adversity, in front of hundreds of Los Angeles fans. White added, "We just have to do our best."
• Women plan for next year Doris Moore Stafj Wrill'r
Despite finishing the season with a 4-22 record, the Palomar women's basketball team is looking forward to next season. In a close-up interview with freshmen forwards Kari Harrington and Casey Blalock, and coach Sherry Titus, the ladies talked about their learning experience, future goals, and their best game this season . "There is a lot of preparation before an actual game and I learned how to perform my skills 111 practice as I would in a game," stated Harrington. Looking ahead to next year, Titus said,"I would like to have the team in better physical and
mental condition, this would give them a more defined picture of basketball." Besides the goals. Titus reviewed the season and mentioned the final game against Southwestern College. ··The team was there but wasn't there. Things just weren't going well for uS:" she said . On the other hand, the players felt the game against Grossmont College was the best game even though the team lost 50-64. The Grossmont game was important because "the ladies were physically and mentally into the game. Kari Harrington came into the light," said Titus. ''I was proud of the girls for sticking with the game even though we were not wmning," added Blalock. Next season sophomore Lanna Lee, and freshmen Elizabeth Oliva and Kerri Paul will not be returning to the team.
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March 4 March 6
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Feb. 28March I Away Tournament Ma rch 4 Away S.D. Mesa March 5 Home Southwestern