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Friday, March 7, 1997

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Volume 50, Number 15

Bookstore goes do-it-yourself • Open racks to start in summer Suzette Clark Co-Ediwr-ln- Ciu ~f

Fl oor plan s a re being refined in preparation for the conversion of the Palomar College bookstore to a self-serve , open stack system for the sale of textbooks as early as summer 1997 .

"We are looking at having the conversion to open stacks completed by the end of June this year," said Jerry Patton, the new vice president/ assistant superintendent for finance and administrative services.

With open stacks, students pull their book off shelves instead of having bookstore employees known as runners do it for them.

At the beginning of this spring semester, students typically stood in one line for up to an hour to receive a list of text-

books for their classes. They then stood in another line for up to half an hour to give their list to a runner, and declare their payment preference.

Finally, students waited for up to another hour to receive their books and pay for them.

College officials expect these changes to ease the frustration students experience during registration. Students have complained about spending days moving from one line to the next.

"Registration week at Palomar is hell," said Nicole Bernstein, business major. "I move from one long line to another all day long. In the bookstore , I had to speak to three people before I ever saw a book. That is two more people

See BOOKSTORE, Page 4

Master key cloning a problem Chris Tribbey Managmg Editor

A recent inter-departmental notice stated that "up to I 000 (master) key clones" to Palomar College are being used by fulltime, part-time and student employees of the college.

"Do you know how many master keys there are on campus? I don't think the school does either," said Floyd Collins, an illustrator at the Instructional Media Production Department on campus, who has had his office, ST-64, robbed numerous times in the last eight months.

Collins believes the robberies were commited by someone with a master key to the college.

"Anybody can come in almost anywhere on the campus with a master key," said Collins

Up until the weekend of Feb. 22-24, every robbery has been the same: there were no signs ?f forced entry and only small electronic equipment that could be easily hidden and small items like a cash box and a half case of root beer turned up missing.

"This time they took a Power Mac(intosh), extra memory units, a modem, a slide scanner and they got halfway through stealing our other Power Mac," said Collins.

According to Collins, although a vehicle would be needed to steal so much equipment, there were no signs of forced entry, hinting that an exemployee might be responsible.

Every time Collins' office has been robbed, the same type of stuff turned up missing: a walk-

man, a hand-held recorder, and a camera. This time, the thieves got away with $7,000 worth of Palomar's computer equipment.

"We asked and asked to have this place secured," said Collins, "We finally ended up telling the school we would even empty our own trash, to make sure no one we didn't know was in here."

Despite the repeated attempts to have the locks changed so only Collins, his wife, Elaine, who is also an employee at the college and a handful of other people would have a key, the school didn't change the locks until the Monday morning following the robbery.

The locks were changed within a half hour of the school being notified of the robbery.

Two male students charged with indecent exposure Kristian Billiot S{lle/lire View Eduor

The Palomar College Campus Patrol may consider undercover operations after two male students were found engaging in sexual activity in the S-building bathroom last month.

After a witness reported the Feb. 12 incident, Campus Patrol officer Gerald Perez went to the scene and saw the men engaging

in oral sex activi.ties.

The officers were shocked.

"I was caught off guard and surprised to a certain extent, but I do consider myself to be a thickskinned person," said Perez. ''I'm not insensitive, it's just that my profession calls for a level head."

Perez stated that he needed to maintain a professional demeanor for students and for the college.

According to Campus Patrol

"/don't know why Palomar has this problem. It just seems that the [S-building] bathroom is a popular place for gay men and their activity."

Eric Varella

Campus Patrol officer officer Eric Varella, both men were detained by Perez and taken into custody by San Marcos sheriff's deputies.

Since the charge of indecent

exposure is a misdemeanor, as opposed to a felony, the men will receive no jail time.

This is the first time that homosexual activity in the S-

building bathroom has been reported this semester.

However, during the spring semester of 1995 Palomar had a steady increase of indecent exposure and lewd conduct, with more than five reported in the mens S-building restroom during April.

"I don't know why Palomar has this problem," said Varella.

See GLORY, Page 4

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The Telescope

Friday. March 7. 1997

CAMPUS BEAT PATROL BLOTTER

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STOLEN VEHICLES- Feb. 25, between II :45 a.m. and I :55 p.m., a student's car was reported stolen in parking lot 12. * * * Feb. 27,9:45 p.m., a student reported that his car had been stolen out of parking lot 12. * * * THREATS- Feb. 24, I :45 p.m., a professor made a report to Campus Patrol that he had been verbally threatened by one of his students. * * * STALKING- Feb. 26, 3:30p.m., a woman reported to Campus Patrol that she was being followed. The suspect was questioned and released . * * * PROPERTY DAMAGE- Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m., Campus Patrol received a report of a damaged fence on parking lot 12. * * * PUBLIC DISTURBANCE- Feb. 26, Campus Patrol was dispatched to parking lot 12 where two women were arguing over a parking space. * * * VOLUNTARY COOPERATION- Feb. 26, a student was told by Campus Patrol that he could no longer ask to rub women's feet or ask to rub women's feet on campus.

ADDING A CLASS- Through the end of the semester only short-term or open-entry/open-exit classes are available for registration. The instructor's signature is required if the class is closed.

DROPPING A CLASS- 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 will be allowed. A grade of A, B, C, D, For "I" will be given.

AUDITING A CLASS- Instructor's signature is required on the green Application for Audit form.

The deadline to change to audit status has passed. There is no deadline for original registration under audit status.

CONDITIONS FOR PETITION- A new policy allows students who are forced to withdraw from a class after the eighth week, or 50 percent of the course, to petition for authorization to receive a "W" under special conditions. Contact the Admissions Office for details.

GRADUATION/CERTIFICATES- If you plan to graduate or receive a certificate in December, you must apply for evaluation of your records by October I. The deadline for May graduates has passed.

Brian Goodbody, a business administration major, introduces a new way to absorb information from The Telescope.

Arboretum¡ needs friends Friends of the Palomar College Arboretum are looking for students interested in . helping with upkeep of the campus Arboretum.

Activities of the club include placing plaques on the different plant species, planting new species, and the care of existing ones.

For more information contact Rick Kratcoski at 744-1150, ext. 2133.

-Annica Gerber Campus Beat Editor

Education plan required for financial aid students Wednesday and Thursday: I Oa.m.-7 p.m.

Friday and Saturday : 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

The Gallery is closed on Sundays, Mondays and all school holidays.

For additional information please call 744-1150, ext.. 2304.

-John DeCoursey Entertainment Editor

Weekend Spanish Boehm Gallery pays a offered in Ensenada

visit to childhood

Palomar's Boehm Gallery and Harcourt Brace Publishing Company will be presenting "Children's Book Illustrations Today," a rare public exhibition of original works of art in various media by some of the most outstanding, award-winning illustrators in the United States today.

Over90 illustrations from recent popular children's books will be on display, including some which are Caldicott, Hans Christian Andersen and Golden Kite Honor award winners.

"Children's Book Illustrations Today" will run from March II through April 16.

This exhibit is free to the public.

Boehm Gallery hours are: Tuesday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Palomar College's Foreign Languages Department has created a "Weekend Spanish Immersion Program." This program offers students the opportunity to improve Spanish skills and earn college credit while visiting Ensenada, Mexico.

The classes are given at the Center for Languages and Latin American Studies in Ensenada. Students spend two days in intensive Spanish language instruction and receive approximately 20 hours of informal exposure to the language through outings and interaction with their host family.

Students in Spanish 296 earn one unit of credit for each weekend of participation. Those who enroll in Spanish 50 spend three weeks in Ensenada and earn three units credit.

The program is offered on the following

weekends: March 14-16, April 11-13 and April25-27. For more information call 7441150, ext. 2347.

-Annica Gerber Campus Beat Editor

Meditation/Earth Club to meet today at I p.m.

Palomar's Earth Club is including meditation practices in their weekly meetings. Meetings are non-denominatioal and everyone is welcome.

The club's goal is to create an on-campus sanctuary where students can escape from the busy business of the day at Palomar.

Practice contemplation with friends and learn about the relationship between spirituality and healing from the perspective of major world religions. Those involved in New Age practices are urged to attend.

Meetings are Fridays at I p.m. in front of the Clock Tower.

-Annica Gerber Campus Beat Editor

The Counseling Department is encouraging students applying for financial aid to make an appointment to put together an educational plan.

"Students wait until the last minute to come see us," said Judith Eberhart, dean of counseling, guidance and career development. "Students come in at the beginning of the semester when we are booked. We are encouraging students to plan ahead and make use of the facility in the middle of the year before PAR starts."

Educational plans are required every year for students seeking financial aid.

The center also offers services and classes on career development, time management, and how to handle stress.

For an appointment or more information call 744-1150, ext. 2179.

-Nora Harris Baker Staff Writer

Probation officer to speak Alex Lievannos from theJeuvenile Probation and Diversion Program will be a guest speaker for the Crimi nat Justice Club.

Lievannos will speak March II at I p.m. in room 0-11 and March 13 at 5 p.m. in room 0-12. For more information, call ext. 2795.

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SATELLITE VIEW Seminars sharpen skills • The Mt. Carmel education center provides many community seminars that focus on practical issues

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Mount Carmel seminars held Feb. 22.

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F lu ff is out and hearty fare is takingi tsplaceon themenu at Palomar's Mt.Cannel Saturday seminars.

Accord ing to T heo McCombs, Palomar's manage r o f commun ity service, " I am now o fferin g more so call ed 'meat and potato' c lasses and el imi nati ng all fluff. Bus inesses are looki ng fo r sk ill ful and kn ow ledgeable em ployees they can use in the ir wo rk pl aces . It is the tren d ."

T hePalomarCollege M t. Carmel Education Cen ter he ld eight community serv ice seminars Feb.22 in an attempt to heighten interest and provide community members wi th d ive rse top ics rang in g from personal to bus iness issues.

Accord ing to No na McClure , d irector of the Mt. Carme l Ed ucatio n Center, the sem inars dea l with busi ness, creative w ritin g, art and even personal needs, s uch as how to cope with menopause.

The semin ars also prov ide parti c ipants w ith inform ati o n, s uc h as how to turn ta le nts and ho bbies into profita bl e home bus inesses, how to mark e t services a nd products and how to deal wi th ac tua l legal procedures.

"Palomar is dedicated to enhancing the commun ity by prov iding vas t edu catio na l opportunities fo r stude nts and no n- students a li ke," said McC lure.

"Thi s is Palomar's attemp t to prov ide the people of the communi ty wi th in fo rmatio n and to a id in th e e nj oy m e nt of lea rn i ng," McClure add ed .

"They we re very successful.

Ma ny people came to the center, a nd we've rece i ved good re spo nses from the · partic ipants," said McCl ure.

More than 150commun i"tymembers attended the sem inars. T he maJO nty of parll c ipants were workmg adults and seniors.

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as home business management, rather than academic topics.

M cC om b said business-re lated classes, especiall y home business, are getting more popul ar.

Comp ute r classes are becomi ng more popular and sen iors are learn in g to use computers.

T he com mun ity services seminars were started in 1984, as one of Pa lomar's commitments to the comm uni ty, and has been growing larger since then.

W hen the seminars first began , there were 40 to 45 sem inars offered each semester, and now there are almost 200 seminars available.

Every Satu rday , seminars are he ld at either Palomar' s main campus or the Escondido Education Center. There are also a few semi nars held o n weekday evenings.

Due to a shortage of room availability , the Mt. Carmel Education Cen ter only has Saturday seminars tw ice a semester wi th several weekday even in g seminars.

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ones held thi s semester. T he next seminars are schedul ed fo r April S. Accord in g to McC lure, fees fo r the seminars are kept lower than some competitors, such as programs at the Univers ity of Californ ia, San Diego or San Diego State Uni versity. Asemi narofhome-based business, which was the mos t pop ul ar, cost $37 plus a $10 mate rial fee.

"This is a se lf-s upported program . The state doesn't fund us," said McComb, "but I try to keep the costs as low as possible. It is the mission of community colleges to provide affordable ed ucation to the community ."

"The program not only helps people to have life long learning opportunit ies b u t also he lps Pa lomar to be know n throughout the community," said McComb.

"If peop le atte nd the sem inars, they are more likely to come back and take classes fo r college credit at Palomar. It is a good veh icle to keep Pa lo m a r pu b li c ized," McComb said.

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GLORY: Palomar's infamous holes rearing ugly heads Continued from Page 1 "It just seems that the [S-buildi ng] bathroom is a popular place for gay men and their activity."

According to Perez. when this type of person gets word of where to go; the momentum has a tendency to pick up.

Mike Alleman, Director of Campus Patrol, believes that the situation was taken care of rapidly in hopes to deter this particular habit.

"I think that by virtue, we

immediately caught these two guys and maybe that fact will help break the trend," said Alleman.

The 1995 incidents typically involved a suspect sitting in the center stall, usually for a period of 30 minutes or more. The suspect waits for another male to use one of the stalls next to him.

When another male arrives, the suspect will either proposition the person by suggesting sexual favors, or will stare at the person next to him thro~gh small openings, or ''glory holes" in the stall walls.

Glory holes have been around Palomar dating back to at least November 1991, according to an article that appeared in The Telescope six years ago. ''The holes have been repaired before, but the men always find a way to clear it out.

Facilities repairs them as they are reported, but if other holes are in use, and we don't know about them, they are obviously not going to be repaired and will remain in use," Varella said.

Varella also noted that someone could get hurt if they peek in on the wrong person.

According to Perez, future changes to deter the use of "glory holes" might include marble or stainless steel walls instead of the fiberglass that is currently being used.

The Campus patrol previously conducted an undercover operation during the rash of incidents in 1995. The operation used patrol officers posing as students inside the restroom, in an attempt to find suspects.

According to patrol reports, after an individual was found to be sitting in the center stall for 20 minutes or more, a

Campus Patrol officer would be sent in the restroom to sit in the stall next to the suspect and wait for any suspicious activity to occur.

"I don't know if we will need to use the undercover method with this situation if it increases again," said Varella.

"We did it once. detained the man, and never heard from him agam."

"Whatever a person's slant is on life and whether it's contrary to the majority, they can do it someplace else," Perez concluded.

BOOKSTORE: Remodeling to begin March 24 continued from Page 1 than necessary."

Remodeling for the transition is scheduled to take place during spring break. March 24

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Mike Ellis, director of facilities, will oversee the physical changes in the bookstore , which include moving the textbook shelves from the back of the store to the front, for student access.

General merchandise displays and offices located in the front of the store will be relocated. The back of the store will house the storage area. work area, and offices.

Facilities is trying to main : tai n an area for general merchandise displays, but because open stacks require more space for student traffic, they could suffer in size. ''T.his will all require efficient space planning," Patton said.

Changes that will most impact students will occur in phase one of the remodeling, said Ellis. These changes will be concluded in time for summer session textbook sales.

In addition, summer session textbook sales will serve as a trial run before the fall semester rush.

Structural changes are not the only ones in store for the bookstore.

New security measures will be implemented to avoid problems that inquiries made by bookstore officials have discovered plagued other schools.

Associated Student Government Senator Dawn West , who is the student representative on the bookstore task force, reported at the ASG

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Once a familiar sight, students waiting to pick-up and pay for their textbooks with the cashiers in the back of the bookstore will be no more. Over spring break, open-stacks of books will be moved to the front of the store along with more additional cashiers. meeting that Orange Coast College loses more than $50,000 years in textbook theft with an open-stack system.

However, OCC lacks many of the security measures that are proposed for Palomar 's bookstore, including a device that is placed on each book. If not deactivated at the time of purchase, an alarm sounds when the book is taken from the bookstore.

"Each book will be tagged , as well as having security personnel stationed at the entrance."

This personnel would also control the flow of traffic into the bookstore, and monitor occupancy guidelines established for safety.

"Our books will be armed with special tags, we will have people in the store, and will watch our occupancy levels," added West.

<;:hanges to an open stack system have garnered support from student government officers who are pleased with the proposed changes.

The ASG reached consensus to support the transition taking place immediately, in lieu of spring 1998.

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FEATURE Conor Yolk Staff Writer

. }\ rt students have painted it.

T'Science classes have studied it.

Others know it as a great place to exercise or take a nature walk.

The Palomar College Arboretum is known to many students as a place they can go to escape the daily pressures of school and work.

Students catch naps, study between classes and chat with friends daily in the nature setting behind the college.

Many people here at Palomar know of the Arboretum, but as it turns out, very few know about the actual facility.

Instigated in 1971 by Brian Hawthorne, then a new student at Palomar, the enclosure was designed to provide students, faculty, and staff with a peaceful atmosphere that Hawthorne said would, "give people a chance to relax and be able to think."

Inspired by an Arboretum he saw at a local university while with the U.S. Coast Guard in New London, Conn., Hawthorne came to Palomar the next fall, did some research and proposed the idea of an Arboretum on campus.

He suggested the school use a I 0 acre site that had previously been designated for a parking lot.

The idea was met with enthusiasm by the Associated Student Government and its budget committee, and was later approved by the Governing Board of the College, who set aside almost three acres for the proposed facility.

The planning for and institution of the Arboretum was a community effort. And since it was the "environmentally aware" 1970s, labor was donated by students, faculty, staff and some dedicated community members.In addition to helping construct the Arboretum, Palomar students also built the wooden entrance leading up to its shaded, green hills.

With gardener Robert Kelly in charge of landscaping and development and Edna Pulver from the Patrons of Palomar College encouraging financial support, the project inspired students and community members alike to help allocate funds through donations and fund-raisers.

Local plant sellers and nurseries were able to donate several rare species of plants and trees to get the facility started, including Indian Longleaf Pines from the Himalayas, Cape Chestnuts from South Africa and over 20 varieties of palm trees.

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When Brian Hawthorne planted the idea of the Arboretum in 1971, he wanted it to be a place that would "give people a chance to relax and be able to think." Nursing student Mary Dumas utilizes this peacefulness as she studies in the sun. ment Board and Palomar's gardening crew, the compound and Hawthorne's dream of creating a "quiet peaceful place for soul searching" began to take root. hat was more than 20years ago. With the addition of new benches and structures and the improvement of walkways and trails, the Arboretum is almost unrecognizable to the 1971 site.

The original 2.99 acre lot now covers more than five acres. Trees that were 5 feet tall when they were planted now tower more than 50 feet. Native plants that have been allowed to overgrow now cover many of the more exotic specimens in the compound.

It's sad to say, but ever since its institution, the facility has been slowly suffering from a problem worse than tree rot. Student neglect, graffiti and trash. Beer cans, papers and cigeratte butts litter the closest reaches of the Arboretum to the college. w i t h the Arboretum Development

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Board no longer around and student involvement with the compound in decline, it is up to a newly formed organization called The Friends of the Palomar College Arboretum to "bring the students back into the fold."

The organization, which is comprised of several of the original founding staff members like Brian Hawthorne, Edna Pulver and Bob Kelly, was created in order to spark students' interest back into the Arboretum.

Their aim is to have students be aware of the significance of the facility itself, and to realize that a student-oriented "living laboratory" requires their involvement and support in order for it to survive.

"It's an ongoing, student oriented project," said Rick Kratcoski, Palomar's Grounds and Services supervisor and membership chairman for the Friends of the Palomar College Arboretum.

"The problem is that lately the students haven't been that interested in volunteering, so we formed this group to try and recruit students who are interested and get them involved."

Kratcoski says that although the facility is in his department, his responsibilities toward the rest of the campus keep him from concentrating solely on the Arboretum.

He hopes that student volunteers can help out by increasing the workforce and sharing responsibilities such as labelling, trimming, pruning, spraying and pest control.

Kratcoski feels that the Arboretum needs at least "two or three people working full time" in order for the compound to be run properly.

"It needs work," said Kratcoski. "But right now we just don't have the staff to do it because we're trying to take care of the rest of the campus." ne of the first things on the agenda for the Friends of the Palomar Arboretum is to get all the plants and trees labelled accurately. With more than 180 different species of plants and trees in the Arboretum, it's no wonder people are asking for help.

Sources close to the facility are enthusiastic about the new organization and are already

planning new projects for the future.

One project being discussed now is the development of a cascading waterfall down the northeastern side of the hill.

"Right now we're looking at how much it's going to cost and who's going to do it, but that's definitely something we want to do," said Kratcoski.

The waterfall is just on idea on the horizon for the new organization. They hope to keep the spirit of the Arboretum alive and prevent any future decline in student interest by making the enclosure one of the finest in the state.

Will the students hear the trees' silent cry for help?

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The men behind the madness that created the music. Longpigs are (from left) Simon Stafford, Crispin Hunt, Richard Hawley, and Dee Boyle.

getting drunk because it was such a "Longpigs" is the name used by shock to see adults doing that," said cannibals to describe human flesh.

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Luckily, this album is far more di- ¡ Hunt's college life died aftertwo gestible than the person sitting next years of fruitless study of philosoto you . phy and a pointless dalliance with "The Sun Is Often Out," the de- the Catholic church. but album from the English group He filled a rucksack with clothes, Longpigs, found its way into Ameri- collected a battered acoustic guitar can stores last week after surviving and left to make his way around the a history as interesting as the music world. it presents.

Ironically, Hunt's rebellion Lead vocalist and guitar player against his roots only lead him to Crispin Hunt was born in London follow the path of his parents. to hippie parents.

He briefly lived in Amsterdam By the age of ten, he had been before moving to the countryside whisked to the moors near Bradford where he spent a year running nawhere his mother and step-father ked through the hills and writing had decided to live with Mother the songs that would eventually be Nature. Clothes were handmade, included on "The Sun Is Often Out." poets popped in for tea, and food Rotherham-born drummer Dee was grown in the garden. Hunt went Boyle was first to enlist in Hunt's berserk and rebelled. musical crusade.

"I used to walk in and cry when "I spent an hour with Crispin they were dancing on the tables and singing all the songs and I just

thought 'He wants it'," said Boyle.

"There was so much conviction. He came in and just started singing. He didn't take a breath."

Bass player Simon Stafford was next.

He was at a Sheffield party in a state of drug-fuelled inebriation when Crispin asked him to join. ''I had never played bass before, and I just sat there, lost my head, and said ' Wow, sounds like a great idea.' I had to borrow a bass for about a year," said Stafford .

Guitarist Richard Hawley" was the fourth and final recruit.

Within months, Longpigs were signed to one of the world's largest, albeit unmentionable, record labels.

An album was recorded and Longpigs prepared to release their debut album.

Then it all went wrong.

Their record label closed its British office and demanded $500,000

from the band as a "release fee."

Lawyer's letters were exchanged, and the members ofLongpigs spent several months pretending not to exist.

There were nervous breakdowns, fights, long nights in prison cells, threats, and an aborted plan to run away to Rwanda. ''It pushed us right to the edge," said Hunt. ''I was getting into tights and getting arrested. I went off experimenting with drugs and all sorts of stuff."

Eventually, they found their way back to normalicy.

Longpigs signed to a new deal with a new label, descended on Axis Studios in Sheffield, and recorded I I songs for "The Sun Is Often Out." The album was released April '96 in England.

Fast-forward to present day America where the Longpigs have

just landed.

It would have been tragic if after all that the album sucked. But fe ar not for Lo ngpigs have turned fru strati o n into creativity .

"The Sun Is Often Out" beg ins with " Lost M yse lf," th e talc of a man who is ho pel essl y tra pped hy hi s o wn inabilities to sh are a life w ith someo ne. " I have a lways foun d it eas ie r to dre am abo ut ," he sin gs, realizin g too late that he was wron g: 'Tvc lost myself I cann ot s peak/To live by myself I'm far too weak. " Hunt 's severe change in ke y durin g the cho rus only he lps to convey th e intensity o f the protagonist 's pa in .. .and loss.

Following that dive into the darker side o f an unbalanced life, Lo ngpi gs shift into a faster and sm oother-riding gear with "She Said, " the first time this album made me think of Oasis ' ''What ' s The Story (Morning Glory)."

But there is something annoying about Oasis that makes them harder to handle than Longpigs. Whatever that bad trait is, Longpigs sail by without it.

And there is a great balance between ballads. pop, and blues throughout the album. ''The Sun Is Often Out" follows in the footsteps of several modern albums by including an unlisted track that sneaks up on the listener after "Over Our Bodies" ends.

Fittingly, it is the slowest, softest song on the album. It's like audio flannel, perfect for passing out to after a real pain-in-the-ass day.

Longpigs' have put out an amazing effort here.

Hopefully, the American music industry won't mess it up by treating them as if they were "just anqthcr band."

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Pro-laugh debate in' Citizen Ruth' Mimi Bowles Copy Edilor

Pro-lifers and pro-choicers alike can finally unite together in agreement on something: "Citizen Ruth" is the best movie about the abortion issue yet.

"Citizen Ruth" is a film by director Alexander Payne which explores both sides of the abortion controversy through the story of a troubled young woman.

Ruth (Laura Dern), a mother of four, faces having a fifth child at the same time as felony charges arc filed against her for endangerment of her fetus.

You see, Ruth is a huffer (someone who inhales the fumes from aerosol cans to get high) and an alcoholic who has lived on the streets and has lost all four of her children.

Ruth huffs everything from spray paint, to patio sealer, to even achild's model glue to get high.

The twist in the story comes when the judge in charge of her case offers to reduce her charges if Ruth will have an abortion.

Faced with this decision, Ruth sits alone in a jail cell until several anti-abortionists come in after a protest and offer to bail her out and let her live with them.

They take her to a clinic where she is taught that abortion is wrong and watches graphic videos about the actual act of abortion.

This has quite an affect on her, as is seen when she says, 'T ve slept in some dumpsters. Maybe I slept on some babies.'"

Soon after, Ruth is taken to a protest outside a clinic, where she escapes and docs some huffing.

Once high , she punches the child of the family she is staying with , and they give her to another anti-abortionist.

But there' s a slight twist-not only is this woman not an antiabortionist, she's a pro-choice lesbian who is waging a war on the "Baby Savers" by infiltrating their camp.

The war escalates when the antiabortionists try to influence Ruth ' s decision and launch vigils outside of the house where she is staying.

The "Baby Savers" do everything they can to keep Ruth from having an abortion, including offering her $27.000 to keep the baby.

To counteract this, the prochoiccrs offer Ruth $15,000 to have an abortion.

The story changes quite dramatically, however, when unbeknownst to anyone, Ruth miscarries after a drinking binge.

I won't reveal the ending. but it definitely makes its point that the war was not about Ruth. it was about individual agendas on both sides of the issue.

Dcrn's acting is incredible.

The movie is not rated as of yet, but tends to be pretty graphic (the opening scene is Dern and Mr. Right Now having sex). With graphic photos of aborted fetuses and the scene of her miscarriage, the movie is not for younger viewers.

But graphic scenes don't make up the entirety of the movie.

In a change from past abortion films. this movie takes a lighter approach. Rather than bombarding the viewer with serious and depress-

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dcavors to make its point in a more comedic way and it succeeds.

One scene in particular that stands out i~: the scene in which the anti-abortionists face off with the lesbians. One of the pro- I i fcrs says, "We used to be like sisters." In response, one of the lesbians says.

"You don ' t know the meaning of the word sister" and kisses her lover.

It is humor like this that makes the movie easily digestible and fun to watch. By removing the pressure from the viewer to decide which side is right. the director has made a film that everyone can sec. regardless of which side of the fence they sit on.

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Laura Pern takes great liberty with her role as Ruth.

BackTalk with ...

Anthony De Long~~+ • De Longii; talks about acting, teaching and how to use a whip Carla Van Wagoner Ad\·erlixing MwwJ.!er

On a warm Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica, Actor Anthony De Longis is doing what he docs best: causing grief. It's not that he 's difficult to work with, hc 'sj ust once agai n portraying the villain on the set of his c urrent ac tin g endeavor, "Pirate's Blood."

De Longis, known as Kazon Maj C ulluh in "Star Trek: Voyager," has made a career o ut of playing vill ai ns audiences love to hate.

The hero may get the girl, but De Long is gets the juicer roles.

During filming, De Longis pounces o n the hero, gets the girl anyway and nabs the attention of casting directors world wide.

While taking a break from antagoni zing protagonists, he shares a g limpse of what it takes to be an actor in Hollywood today.

Why body movement?

One of the reasons l got into all of this was because l was very physicall y inept at the end of high school and decided I wanted to make some changes in my body. As it turns out your body is one of the few things that will respond and pay ofT with work. You will notice resu lts.

Have you always been physi cally active?

I wasn't ab le to do very many sports. I was too small and too light for football. I couldn't sec well enough to be a linebacker and I was too short to be a defensive lineman.

Football always struck me as a game where o ne g uy distracts yo u and I 0 g uys try to jump you from behind .

During high school l went o ut for wrestling, but when l tried to do it on a collegiate level I ended up with an InJury.

How did you remain in shape?

Where did you go to school?

I app lied to Northridge and UCLA and was accepted to both and decided on the smaller school.

I've always done better in a more intimate atmosphere. I graduated from Northridge with a degree in drama and theater. But in I 974 I started teaching at UCLA. I kept it on a part-time basis because that let me pursue my career.

What classes did you teach?

I taught stage combat and character movement for 19 years. Helping actors tell a better story with their body and how to get stronger and more tlexiblc .

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I looked for something that l co uld do and found fenc ing. I took a physical ed uca ti on c lass, liked it , was in vi ted to try out for the team .

So I did and thought 'Okay , here is a good sport for an actor to know ' -swashbu ck ling. I went o n to the collegiate nationals for fencing three times.

What was your first professional acting job?

My tirst professional job was at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. I was an apprentice. I was doing small parts and checking the scenery. A part opened up in the play , '' King Lear." Some people

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from Los Angeles saw me a nd l was invited toaudition fo r "Cy rano de Bergerac." As it turned out, th e fencing master that was supposed to do the production wasn't available andisaid, 'Well , that is something I do.· I had a n opportunity to do "Cy rano'' and perform with and choreograph Richard Chamberlain. It got me my Equity card .

How is work now?

The work is wonderful~ hut Anthony De Longis portraying an evil pirate on ge ttin g the work is very difficult. There's over 70 cause I thought it was the most th ousand card carrying Scree n Ac- amazing thing I've ever seen. l detors Guild members in this town veloped it to a point where it's ideal alone, only 5 percent of whom make for film because it's visual ly excita living from acting.!' v.c been in the ing and unique in style. It exte nds top 5 percent for over 20 years. the moment because something is happening the whole time. l wanted But what is the quality of the a combination of being sensual , seliving? ductive and yet, at the same time.

Well, you hit right to the heart of being dangerous. the matter. When I wasn't working as a n actor I was bein g creati ve What has been one of the most behind the scenes, teaching other difficult parts you've played? actors. I've been blessed from the C ulluh o n "S tar Trek: Voyager." stand point that I've managed to One of the di fficultics about doing supplement my income w ith some- C ulluh was the time in makeup . It thing that is directly related to my was three hours or more every day chosen career. Teaching is one of to put it on, plus another 45 minutes those things that l e nj oy very much to take it ofT. The makeup got a little a nd I' m proud of. better each time l came hack . There was quite a hit of latex and stuff, yet Would you go back to teaching? they left me enough of my face to where I can present that it was me .

Oh, sure. Every time I choreograph for the opera or for a play or It wasn ' t just a rubber mask. I was as a weapons or action spec ialist for able to animate it. When I did "Masters of the Universe," I played a the movies. I'm still teac hing . character called Blade. l got out of th e makeup problem by shaving my Who have you trained?

I trained Michelle Pfeiffer to use head . But the difficulty on that one a whip for "Batman Returns," which was that they had me in a surgical is kind of funny because a couple of rubber suit form the neck down . years earlier I didn ' t know anything Fo rtunately, I talked them into cutabout the whip. I taught myself be- ting the arms out of the costume. By

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the set of "Pirate's Blood." the e nd of the day, l would actually pour water from my pcrspciration out of my hoots.

What project are you currently working on?

C urrentl y I'm working on a movie tentatively titled ''Sinhad" wi th Mickey Rooney , who has seen it all and done most of it twice. It also stars Richard Grieco. and Dean Stockwell. We' vc shot most of our principal locations and dialogue, but we need to shoot some additional action sequences to open the movie.

Where are you filming?

In a middle-eastern I 2th century castle datin g back to the time of Suliman the Great. The superb Roman ruins at Jerash s upplied the locati o n for the movies ' s climatic battle between my character. Nimbus, and Sinhad . The lost city of Petra was wonderful.

Do you prefer playing heros or villains?

Somcti mcs villains are more fun because I have the freedom to be as nasty and awful as you might imagine . The hero always has to he the hero , unless he's flawed.

Keitel keeps 'City of Industry' in business Chris Tribbey M111111~in~

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Harvey Keitel makes a perfect thug. His casual, on-screen killing demeanor and the clear-headed , leadership roles he's taken on in such Quentin Tarantino movies like "Reservoir Dogs'' and that god of dark humor, " Pulp Fiction ," make Keitel a pleasure to watch in any cop and robber movie with a death toll higher than ten .

Largo Entertainment ' s latest release, "City of Industry." is a first for Keitel. He ow ns the lead role and despite the fact he 's still playing a low-life, money hungry piece of garbage, Keitel's presence is the only thing that saves this picture from "B-movic" classification. He ' s also the only thing that makes this movie worth seeing.

Directed by John Irvin , ''C ity of Industry " begins like most movies

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of its kind . The robbers plan the robbery, the ro bbers commit the robbery, and the robbers count the ir take. The comparisons stop there.

Keitel plays Roy Egan, a thief respected among his pccrs ,who comes out of his mid- west retirement to the call of his younger brother, Lee, played by Timothy Hutton. Lee, a small-time Los Angeles criminal, wants his brother's help in getting out of town hy pulling ofT o ne last heist: an elaborate jewelry robbery in Palm Springs.

The brothers recruit Jo rge Montana (Wade Dominguez) and Skip Kovich (S tephen Dorff'). Montana is a decent enough g uy with two c hildren and a beau tiful wife, hut he's also on probation and practicall y begging to be put away again .

Ko vich is an en tire ly di ffcrcnt kind of screw-up . "S mart, sleepdeprived ... impatient a nd erratic," is the nicest way Montana describes Skip. Greedy, thieving. psychotic and murdero us would 've been more accurate. He's the only one of the four that isn ' t wearing a suit and tic .

The four pull-oflthc heist (w ithout a single fatality) with perfection despite almost being surrounded hy a dozen police cars during the getaway. The take : over $3 milliOn. At this point the movie reverts to

an older form of the rob her mantra : betrayal. Skip decides. while the group is counting their earnings in a mobile home. that $750.000 just isn't enough money for him . While Roy is in the camodc, Skip puts a few bullets in Lee and Jorge (amazingly the first deaths in the movie) and claims all the jewels . Roy manages to escape.

Then the chase begins. Roy swears to avenge his brothers death and makes a bee- line to L.A. Roy knew little abou t Skip and where he came from so he starts with Jorge and his brother's wife.

Like everyone in this movie , money is all th a t matters and even Jorge 's wif'c refuses to g ive up information conccrn i ng her husband ' s killer for no less than $ 100,000 of the jewelry.

Roy hounds Skip's ex-g irl friend. beats the bartender at Skip's hangout and lets Skip know he 's a walking dead-man. Skip, who seems to know every playe r, pu sher and gang in the L.A. area, sends a few punks to take care of Roy. Of course all the punks wind up dead , Roy lives and the chase resumes.

Finally , Roy catches up to Skip, and since the entire movie is so predictable, I'l l give you two words to figure out how this picture ends:

Famke Janssen plays Rachel Montana, a woman who gets caught in the crossfire. heads and pavement.

There-arc grcatthingsabout"City o f Industry ." I was never bored, there 's only one minor sub-plot concerni ng Keite l and Jorge ' s wife, and I was even surprised now and then .

There arc a f'cw funny incidents, one-liners, and even a ncar-death experience.

Without Keitel , you would he lcrt with a bunch of Hollywood nobodies who's acting barely reaches par.

And like a lot of directors, Irvin most likely thought the audience wouldn't notice those little things that would or could never happen.

But "City of Industry" is one of those movies that won' tlct you leave the theater thinking you just wasted your money.

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OPINION Enlist in the navy for a four year party Chris Tribbey Mtlllll~in~

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"I smoke pot out the window, have girls spend the night and sleep while I'm still on duty."

A college student with no work supervisor? No. Try a Navy seaman.

Yes, welcome to the not-sotight-ship of our Armed Forces.

If you just graduated high school, you're probably familiar with them already: they arc the guys sending you sign-up letters every day and calling you at all hours, asking you what your plans arc and telling you how those plans can fit in the Navy.

"I've dropped acid in my room and snuck out countless times to cruise on the beach," said a 19ycar-old Navy seaman who, of course, wished to not be identified.

The seaman, who wished to be called Cecil, has gotten away with numerous offenses that would get a normal person arrested, much less a member of the fabled, strict military.

Cecil has had parties with

friends in the barracks , bought drugs from one of his superiors, and has even fallen asleep on duty numero us times.

"No o ne checks up on you," said Cecil, "And even when you do get busted for something, they don't really punish you."

Cecil is still an avid marijuana smoker, even though he goes through mandatory drug tests.

"I've been tested five times," said Cecil," and all five tests turned up negative.

The only time Cecil got busted was when someone ratted on him for having cases of beer in his room.

After going to Captains Mast to accept his punishment , Cecil was shipped off to New Orleans for a week of "hard labor. " " I ended up spending a week gambling and sitting in a hot tub, drinking beer with a few officers."

Not to verbally bash the armed forces, but if one seaman is treating the Armed Forces like a frat party, how many others get away with the same things? lsn ' tour military supposed to be arming our men and women with

skills to defend our country and the freedoms we all hold dear') What kind of message is sent to the public when a high school graduate goes into the Navy and treats it like any other job7 "That 's all it is too me," said Cecil, "A four-year job that feeds me, puts a roof over my head and pays for my education."

Ceci l isn ' t the only expert of military relaxation techniques. Ben, who is stationed in San Diego, has gotten away with drunk driving, coming back on base three hours past his curfew and has also fallen asleep on the job. "It's too easy. I broke a nut while tightening a clamp on a ship once," Bcn'sa id.

The officer in charge looked at the broken end, looked at me, and told me not to worry about it ," said Ben. Can't afford college? Want to see the world? Looking for a four year vacation (minus boot camp)?

Then join the Navy . But beware;, the way things are looking now, · you may not be going full speed ahead. The Navy seems to be stuck in full reverse.

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Can Americans and their vehicles be searched at the international checkpoint in Mexico without probable cause?

The answer is yes.

Isn't this a violation of Americans right to privacy as stated in the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution?

The answer is no.

It is the responsibility of all citizens of the United States to be aware of the laws of the foreign country they are vis iting .

Many students here at Palomar visit Mexico and it is important to keep in mind that their vehicles are subject to searches at the border.

The border police may search any vehicle for drugs, weapons, or any number of things.

Border searches can occur with-

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out probable cause, not only at the Mexican border, but in any city.

I had a similar experience visiting London this past November, when I had my camera bag searched three times by x-ray security.

Any number of things can provoke foreign or American security to search you or your belongings .

England 's Heathrow International Airport, as well as many other airports, will search a passenger's belongings for bomb possession and they will do so without your prior consent.

When an American citizen enters another country, that individual should be aware of the laws of the country being visited.

Any rights you may feel you have as a United States citizen, should be out of your system, as you are now a visitor to that country.

I may have been dressed in a way provoking this search.

I was wearing an oversized sports parka, baggy jeans, backwards cap, and-duffle bag.

Also being a broad-shouldered 6-foot-4 male may have made secu-

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rity suspicious.

Searches can also occur in any city here in the United States.

During the time I lived in Maryland, I witnessed drivers being pulled over for simple traffic violation and ofticerssearched theirtrunk for illegal substances.

Some may argue that this a violation of our rights, in fact there is more to it.

An officer can pull you over for a traffic violation and then if the officer doesn't like the attitude, appearance, or anything else about the driver, the officer can conduct a search of the trunk.

If the driver objected to the search then the officer has probable cause. It's a catch twenty-two.

It is important to keep a laidback attitude if you are searched because it happens, even if it is not "right" by any means.

Remember the next time you visit Mexico, or another foreign country, that you have left your Constitutional rights as a United States citizen at the border. This is the key to a safe passage.

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OPINION 9

Staff Editorial

It's time to clean-up our bathrooms Since 1991, Palomar College's bathrooms have been a magnet for all sorts cif sexual activity and lewd conduct.

The bathrooms have also been a haven for lecherous conduct that constitutes sexual harassment and should not be tolerated on this campus.

The most recent event occurred last month and resulted in the arrest of two Palomar students in the S-bathrooms.

Youthful bravado can not be to blame because, according to Campus Patrol, one man was in his 40s and the second in his late 20s.

This was not an abhorrent event either- The Telescope has been reporting similar incidents

since 1991.

The "glory holes," through which perpetrators of these sexual advances eye their victims in the bathroom stalls, have been patched up repeatedly only to be carved out again by these predators.

And, those who do accept the offers should seriously consider finding another location for their sexual trysts.

First of all, Palomar College is a place to advance our education and is a stepping stone towards our future goals.

All students, faculty, and administrators must maintain an environment of mutual respect in order to facilitate these goals and achieve.

Simply put- this environment

indignation at Palomar would be resonating for months. ·Much more should be done to cover up the "glory holes" and protect the privacy of the men trying to use the bathrooms for its intended purposes.

Campus Patrol went undercover posing as students after a wave of similar incidents in 1995maybe it's time to look into another such operation.

Replacing the fiberglass stalls with ones made of stainless steel is a costly solution, but should be examined anyway.

But most importantly, we should acknowledge that sexual harassment is just as insidious when it is lodged against men as it is against women.

is disrupted when students are propositioned for sexual favors while in the privacy of a bathroom stall.

Second, those engaging in homosexual acts in public places are putting themselves in grave danger because there are still many students here on campus who find this sort of behavior offensive and intolerable.

"Gay bashing" is still popping up in the news-luckily we have not had any such occurrences here at Palomar yet. But that could change if further incidents o~cur in the bathrooms.

Finally, is there a double standard being practiced on campus?

If this sort of predatory behavior was aimed against women the

The Corps strike's back John DeCoursey Entertainment Editor

A few good men are just looking for one fair shake ....

I've got a bone to pick with my media brethren. From those I work with to those I see on the tube.

In just the past month, I have seen the Marine Corps come under fire for two reasons: one is traditional, and the other is ... well it's traditional in its own way, too.

The latter of the two was ambushed by my colleague, Kristian Billiot, in last week's issue of The

Telescope.

In response to my colleague's opinion, first let me say how coy to state a view and then shed all responsibility of having expressed it.

During the first half of her opinion, she easily enraged me with her written beliefs on why the military should be denied access to adult magazines. Stating that there was no need for the "chauvinistic pigs" to have them, but having never been in the service herself, exactly what was her basis for comparison to arrive at such an opinion?

'After having spent four years in the Marine Corps, including six months on a ship, I like to think that my right-hand ... uh, first-hand kno~ledge is more well-founded than Billiot's.

Just think about this: we're talking about a ton of males in their late teens and early 20s who are put into a floating tin can for half a year.

Think. About. That.

When Marines leave the country for what feels like a decade, they can be over-preoccupied with anxiety and accidentally leave behind almost anything. Except their urges .

So when those urges raise their hungry heads, feeding them feels like less of an option and more of an obligation. Being ship-bound, however, automatically limits aMarine's choices for solving such uprises. It is a life-threatening situation ... at least to those ncar the Marine should his hormonal grip slip free.

That is why publications like Playboy and Hustler are such detrimental necessities to the military man .... .regardless of what some might otherwise think.

True, Billiot did switch her viewpoint by the end of her colun~n,defending the military

man's right to have adult magazines,butbythatpointhersoapbox preacher-stance had already served · another purpose entirely.

And speaking of damage done by the media, televised tabloid trash cans like "Hard Copy" and "Extra" have joined big league news broadcasts in dishing out recently submitted videotape footage depicting Marine Corps hazing "ceremonies."

I will not even go near trying to explain what is incomprehensible to those on the outside. The Marine Corps is a universe unto itself, and it doesn't operate the same way as the civilian world. Also, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Krulak, recently hit the airwaves to voice his disapproval of such traditions. I'm out of the Marine Corps now, and can almost guarantee that what has been going on for nearly 200 years will most likely continue.

Billiot did not initially agree with the First Amendment rights of the Constitution. The media also did not like what they saw on video, although they must have loved what it did for their ratings and network shares.

And the public most likely does not approve either-but keep in mind that you, me, and all of the above have things we keep behind closed doors.

They existed before these Marine stories were brought into the light, and they will certainly exist after the limelight dissapears.

There seems to be this moral obligation as a nation to collectively disapprove and crucify things we don ' t understand or approve of, even if we individually feel otherwise. Blame it on national peer pressure, I guess.

But I do not agree with shorthanding the military on things that can make a Marine , soldier, sailor or any individual's lifestyle more comfortable, and I say that without kissing up to the moral majority first...unlike last week's article.

And if the media thinks it's necessary to slam the men and women who protect them, I think that is really pathetic but I' II have a field day slamming them back.

Freedom of speech. Freedom of opinion. Freedom of choice. Those are the constitutional rights for which I enlisted to defend.

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Lessons from my friends Tanya Hardin Contributin~

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" You lost, Tanya. You have to sit out for the next round."

As I sat on the outside of my circle of friends who continued playing a card game , I studied the face of each person whom I had come to know so well during my freshman year at U.C. Berkeley. It suddenly dawned on me what a great experience this was.

To my left sat Mike, his dark black skin a sharp contras\_ to my own pale white.

Next to him sat Elizabeth, whose Mexican complexion fell somewhere in between.

Anupama, my roommate, was one of the few Indians that lived in our building. Danny and Le completed the circle, but w~re perhaps more intent on telling jokes in Chinese than playing the card game.

Only when I thought about what each of these people taught me over the past year did I finally begin to understand and appreciate the great value of diversity.

Each friend had shared a small piece of his culture with me, and because of that I had become all the richer.

Elizabeth found it hard to believe that, during my fourteen years in Southern California, I had never taken a Spanish class. So she took it upon herself to share that small part of her culture with me, and my language was enriched

by Elizabeth's constant instruction, whether it was over dinner or while walking to class.

Tanya Hardin was awarded a $50.00 prize for her contribution to the ''I Value Diversity Because" essay.

Gerber Brain Food

•Diversity can

go too far Annica Gerber Campus Beat Editor

Recently I was interviewed by one of my girlfriends fora paper she had to write for her linguistics class.

The essay was about a person that came from a different country- so I was the lucky winner because I moved to San Diego from Sweden when I was 9-years-old.

I met my girlfriend last night for dinner and she brought me a copy of the finished product.

I stuck the essay in my bag and I did not think about it until I found it in my bag this morning. I sat down with my cup of coffee and began reading it.

I was surprised at what I was reading because from the many things that I told her about my childhood, she had managed to put everything I feel into a nutshell.

And reading about my feelings in an essay brought out many thoughts .that I had abandoned.

When I came to San Diego I did not speak a word of English but I was still admitted into a regular English speaking third grade class.

I did not receive any special treatmentand that was the best thing that the school system ever could have done for me. By being immersed into the language right away it forced me to learn the language.

I am not saying that it was not difficult. Many times I came home from school crying because I did not understand what the other kids were saying.

But all those tears can not take away the gratitude I feel today.

My mother and I still speak Swedish to each other at home and we celebrate all the traditional Swedish holidays-right along with the American holidays.

Instead of having one culture I am lucky enough to have two.

So as you can tell! am in favor of celebrating cultural diversity but in the last few years I think that it has gone too far.

When I encounter people who have been living in the United States for almost ten years and they still barley speak any English I have reason to become concerned.

Especi()lly when they are young adults and I realize that we are all going to be running this country together someday.

How can I work with someone I can not communicate with?

I think California has become too lenient and too concerned about pleasing everybody and not offending anybodY: Isn't the fact that we have two languages to choose from on the ATM machines or that there is even Braille on the drive-thru ATM odd?

How many blind people do you know who drive cars?

If we in the United States are so concerned with equality and not offending anybody than we should have A TM machines with all the languages that arc spoken here in this country.

Why single out only two?

I think that every culture is beautiful and I appreciate diversity but as the old cliche goes: When in the Rome- do as the Romans do!

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Friday. March 7. 1997

SPORTS Palomar softball defeats rivals • Bottom of seventh , Lady Comets win James Grumbach Sports Editor

This past Wed nesday afternoon was not onl y a day of unseasonable warmth at Palomar, but a chance fo r Palomar women's softball team to improve the ir 13-7 reco rd, by play in g the co nfe re nce rival South wes tern , know n as the Lady Apac hes.

Wo uld Palomar adva nce to 20 in conference play? T he anwswer is yes.

T hi s game wo uld no t onl y be a challenge for South wes tern but Palomar as well.

Pitching fo r the Lady Comets was Catherine Paiz. Paiz di splayed Palomar's dominant pitchin g defe nse, for the firs t two innin gs which has been th e re major strongpoi nt.

Just as many were hopi ng for a perfect game for Palomar, the Southwestern offense d i proved that lheory. By the e nd of the fift h the Lady Apac heswere up 2-0.

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Erin Weiler proves Palomar''s pitching strength, preventing the Southwestern batters to score.

Swimming past the competition Conor Yolk Staff Writer

It's all smiles around Palomar' s Wallace Memorial Pool, as both men ' s and women ' s swim teams head intotheMt. San Antonio Invitational, riding the crest of three recent outstanding performances. " We 're ready ," said women' s coach Patti Waterm an, whose talent rich team is having no problems fulfillin g their own hi gh expectati ons.

The first test fo r both team s was the South o f the Border relays, onl y two weeks ago, where both teams dominated their opponents and shattered league records in the process.

Notab le pcrfom1anccs from the women's team came, from Karly n Pipes-Nielsen and Dana Heid.· Heid, the team ' s top diver, broke two individual diving records whi le PipesNielsen shattered the 200-yard individ ual med ley record.

T he men's team was n't withou t the ir own outstanding pcrfom1ances.

W es W ood wo n the 100- yard breastrstrokc and I 00-yard fly events along with a solid effort in the 220yard relay .

"We had good swims all the way through," said Jem McAdams; the men ' s coach. "I was really pleased with our first meet of the year."

The next meet was San Diego Mesa/Grossmont, Malcolm Muter excelled in the I ,000 and 500-yard freestyle events. Andy Hoag also won the I 00-yard backstroke during the meets. Swimmers like Mike Harvey, Marko Lazetic, and Will Larsen also swam strong.

Paul Rin g, a 31-year-old returner, is a pleasant surprise this season for McAdams.

"Guys like Paul give us a lot of experience and maturity, which I think he lps us out a lot. He's impressing evcrybody,"said McAdams.

T he women's team also made a big splas h at Mcsa/Grossmont.

After blowing out Mesa 186-60, the women 's team swam right past Gross mont in a slightly less convincing victory but nonetheless demonstrated their incredible potential and improved their record to 2-0.

The Saddlcback Pentath lon came next, where Waterman's top fo ur swimmers earned a thi rd place fi nish out of I00 women who swam.

The men's squad also fini shed third at Saddlcback, after which McAdams saw some room for improvement.

"We could be in a little better shape," said McAdams. "It ' s not like you can just jump in the water and start racing, our guys are willing to work hard and improve."

Not onl y were the Lady Comets' down , Pa iz wo uld be repl aced .

Pitcher Erin We il er came in keeping the South wes tern o ffense " in c hec k ," b y no t a ll ow in g a n y Apac hes' to score.

F ina ly, the bottom of the seventh , the Lady Comets were inte nt on w inn ing th is game. T he Palomar bench was loudl y chanting words of e ncourage ment to the ir batters.

A nti c ipat io n and tens ion rose fro m th e Pa lo ma r fa ns to the Palomar bench.

T hen it happe ned , Kati e Z ieg le r doubled, then Jul ie Martin sing led fo rc ing Z iegler home. T he score was 2- 1, there was a chance. Wit h Mart in o n-base, another Palomar batter was o ut.

T hen Mart in sto le second , bri nging momentum back to the game.

Gabrielle Lape na stepped up and doubled all ow in g another run to come ho me. Both teams were ti ed and onl y one, wo uld taste vic tory ..

Shann a McLintock wo uld step up to the plate. The stage was set for a Holl ywood e ndi ng.

McL intock sw un g and hit a rb i, al lowin g Lapena to run home. No t only were the Lady Comets celebratin g, but the fa ns as we ll Palomar d ispl ayed their o utstanding prescence,on and off the field .

Men's Baseball March 8 Home San Diego City March I I Home

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Tennis serves • upwtns Conor Yolk Swf!Writer

To be co nsidered a formidab le opponent in tenni s, a team must have a core o f at least fo ur so lid perfo rme rs.

O ur wome n's tenni s team has seven, acco rding to the ir coach.

Sportin g a 5- 1 record overall inc ludi ng a 1-0 mark in confe re nce, wo m e n 's coac h Na n Hauge n, who is coaching her twe nty- third season he re at Palomar, is e xtreme ly excited abo ut thi s yea r's surpri s in g squad .

"We are I 00 percent better," said Hauge n, comparin g this year's team w ith las t year. . " We have a great combinati on o f yo un g ta lent and ex perience that we ha vc n' t for sometime," said Haugen.

Prov ing that thi s year's team is better tha n las t year, Hauge n feels her num ber s ix singles playe r thi s year is "probabl y a bette r pl aye r than m y numbers two and three pl aye rs from last year."

The team started the year on a positive note, defeating Riverside 7-2 . The Comets then defeated #8 seeded Irvine Valley . The Lady Comets will host Irvine Valley on Mon . at 2 p.m .

An upset ofSaddlcback came next, with the Comets winning 6-3 against last year' s second ranked team .

After the upset, Haugen began to realize what her talented

See SPORTS, Page #12

Volleyball ready to bump their way to top position Doris Moore Swf!Writer

T he Palomar me n's vo lley ball team is confide nt and hopes to win it a ll thi s season. " I hope to make it to the playo ffs and finis h in the top th ree. I am very optim ist ic about the team," said coach Kar l Seiler. ''We arc in a tough league and tied with Golde n West Unversity for second. " So far this season , the men's volleybal l team is 3-1 in conference play, 3-2 overal l.

This is a coi ncidc ncc co nsiderin g a littl e over a year ago the vo ll ey ball team wo n the co nference champi o nship and in sta te-wide pl ay, Palo mar fini s hed seco nd under Go lden West University.

Players feel they have a chance to make playoffs . "The team is coming together," said Aaron Rothberg .

Seller felt the men arc pushing for-

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The Palomar volleyball team practices for upcc;»ming games against Long Beach and Santa Barbara. ward thi s season. any team I am given , I can deal This is Seiler' s first year as head with ," said Seiler. Tim Higgins, coach of the volleyball team , he Daryl Kuder, and Matt Hatch have spent five years as assitant coach, the potential to lead a championship and even played on and started the team , according to Seiler. volleyball program.

The Comets will host Long " I am positively optimistic that Beach Friday at 7 p.m .

SPORTS 12

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The Telescope

SPORTS Female soccer players question treatment Mimi Bowles CopyEdiwr

She surveys the field with critical eyes, watching for the checked ball to come her way. Realizing she has a chance, she races toward the ball, only to have it intercepted by a male teammate.

For players like Connie Jergenson and Jody Adams, this is a typical problem on the field where the Palomar men's soccer class plays "soft" ball with female teammates.

Coach Frank Hankin agrees equality is an issue for these players and adjusts his coaching style. At the beginning of every class, Hankin reminds the men, it'sjust a class. " I don't want them to place themselves in a highly competitive situation," he added.

"Girls did not sign up for the class this semester," Jergenson said, in explanation of why she plays with the men's class.

"Who would want to play out here ·J" she asks rhctoricaly.

Jergenson , who plays any position needed on the field, is one of six women that plays regularly with the men, and says that equality on the field is definitely an issue.

Many of the women are left open, waiting for the ball, and some of the men will keep the ball away from them. In addition to this, the men don't play roughly with the women, instead treating them as with "kid gloves," said Jergenson.

"If you get bumped, they apologize. I'm a soccer player, too," Jergenson said. The men, however, see it differently.

"I won ' t tackle thcm-1 won ' t treat them like a guy, because physically they're not equal," forward Arash Rahmani said.

Rahmani docs feel, hpwever, that playing soccer with the men is good for the women.

'Tts a good opportunity for the women to sec how guy's play, but sometimes it's unfair because some guys arc pretty aggressive."

While some male players don't feel the women play at the same level , Hankin feels each player deserves a chance.

"What I have to do is remind the men to treat all players equally," Hankin said, adding that this explanation is always needed, butmore often now because "we have more women."

The fact that women are playing soccer with men does not come as a surprise to Hankin, who has had women on the team for three years.

"Soccer in general is experiencing growth in the United States. It has a lot to do with the younger people," said Hankin, who explained that soccer has become a widely accepted sport for children to play because they don't get hurt as often, as in football and other fullcontact sports. Hankin adds that the influx in women's sports on television results in increased numbers of women on the field.

And those increased numbers of women leave the men playing differently. Whether it be playing gentler or keeping the ball to themselves, many of the men don't play the same with women as they do with each other. "(The men ) don't go in hard because they (the women) don't go in hard," midfieldcr

Florencio Mendoza said. Adds goalie Mario Albarran , "I play stronger with the guys."

It is this special treatment of the women that frustrates the women.

"Most of the time, it's great. Eight-tenths of the men are great so it makes it worth it. But it's the other two-tenths out there-you can be the only person open and they're not going to pass," female forward and half-back Jody Adams said.

In the normal course of the game, players get jostled. "I hate it when they apologize for that. Some of them (the men) are nice, they play hard but they ' re nice," Adams adds.

The lack of equality on the field has become so extreme that Hankin had to threaten a male player with removal from a class. . 'They're (the women) not made to feel like part of the class," Hankin said, adding he feels most of the players are fine on the field, it's just the rest that can cause problems.

Hankin is hopeful, however, that attitudes on the field are changing "I think probably there are going to be major changes."

TENNIS: Seven women keep Palomar resting at the. top of the division Continued from Page #11

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Katy Jennings prepares for upcoming games against Irvine Valley.

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"After vye beat Saddleback, Irealized just how good we really were," said Haugen.

Haugen felt, for that meet, health becomes a major factor not nnly in other sports, but especily tennis as well. "If we stay healthy, this team has a definite chance at winning the conference."

The fun didn't stop there as the women went on to dismantle Fullerton 9-0 the following week.

Orange Coast College handed the Comets their first loss in a one point victory that never should have been, according to Haugen "I fooled around with the line-up a little bit and decided to play everybody,"said Haugen.

"If I had played my usual squad in there we most likely would have a 6-0 record, but as it is they ended up beating us by one," Haugen said.

Haugen seemed confident that the Comets' would be able to pull through the loss, with her players.

The women's top singles player, Katy Jennings, was ranked number one in the state and given the Player to Watch award by the California

Coaches Association, last year.

Jennings, who was a star at San Dieguito High School, also teams up with her mother, Lynn, the number three singles player, to form the team's n urn ber one doubles unit.

Alison Garrick and Ladonne Wedell make up numbers two and four, respectively , while Kimberly Bowes takes the no. 5 spot.

Two pleasant surprises for Haugen this year are her numbers six and seven players, Robyn Orban and Amy Nikhomvanh, who she says make the difference between the team being a good one and a great one.

With a team of this caliber, it's no wonder Haugen is already looking forward to the Mesa/Grossmont tournament, where her squad will face off against the top ranked Grossmont Griffins.

"We consistently beat Mesa, but with Grossmont, it's always a dogfight." said Haugen.

"They're the team to beat, but I'm certain with the talent we have we can beat them or at least come close to doing so, said Haugen."

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Hoops Flash James Grumbach Spor!s Editor

Palomar returned back to the Community College Men's basketball Tournament March I, after being left out since 1988.

The Comets went to Los Angeles and lost 97-64, to Los Angeles City College, the top ranked team in the Tournament.

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Leifer already has four of his top six players returning for next season.

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