The Telescope 50.16

ENTERTAINMENT

OPINION

SPORTS

Howard Stern's 'Private Parts' get a once-over.

With technology on the verge of cloning human beings, the question arises: is it ethical?

Comet diver finds success in 'Heiding' her splash.

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ELESCOPE Friday, March 14, 1997

Palomar College

San Marcos, CA

Volume 50, Number 16

Burglaries continue to plague campus Suzette Clark Co-Edtror-llt-CIIIe{

Palomar College officials have determined that over $25 ,000 in property has been stolen from the college over the past six months.

Campus Patrol would not state what types of property has been removed from classrooms and offices, saying that the school's insurance policy advises against discussion of investigations that are in progress.

Lynn Ginsberg, director of business services, said that thefts are only reported to the insurance company if a claim is gomg to be made.

"Palomar's insurance has a $10,000 per incident deductible," said Ginsberg. "lf the incident is under the deductible amount, it is not reported. There have been no claims in the last six months that are theft related that I am aware of."

The latest burglary occurred some time over the March 7 weekend. On Friday, Lani

Fawcett-Murdcrs, academic assistant to the Communications Department, left her office and locked the doors behind her.

When she returned, the laser printer and a computer zip drive next to her desk were gone. She reported the incident to campus patrol. No forced entry was observed.

The thieves left behind a tool in her office, which has been turned over to authorities to check for fingerprints.

Elsewhere on the campus, Lou Tornillo, associate professor of trade and industry, said that in the last four days, a computer monitor, VCR, VOM-S (volt-ohm-meter), and two remote controls have been stolen from his building, T-1 (Trade and Industry).

Without any signs of forced entry in both of these incidents, the thefts closely resemble other recent robberies.

"We are in the process of thinking about what to do," Tornillo said. "Maybe the labs need alarms on the doors (like) the drafting rooms have."

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ASG members make trip to nation's capital Suzette Clark Co-Edtf(lr-JII-Chtef

LobbyIng is not over for the 13 Associated Student Government members and students who went to an annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C this weekend.

In the first meeting since their return, ASG members discussed follow-up measures they plan on taking, including sending thank-you notes to congressional representatives, and forwarding them written copies of student positions on legislation that could affect financial aid.

The American Student Association of Community Colleges held its 12th annual legislative conference in Washington,

D.C. March 7- 11.

The conference focuses on legislative issues affecting students. lobbying techniques. and seminars that cover a broad area of interest to student government members and student leaders.

This year, ASACC also recognized the 25th birthday of the Pell Grant, a federal financial aid program that is the primary source of financial assistance for community college students.

According to ASG Senator Mary Paulet, this year's trip included appointments with congressional leaders and their staff.

Palomar's delegation met with the staffs of California Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer as well as those of Representatives Randy "Duke"

Cunningham (R-Escondido) and Ron Packard (R-Oceanside).

Prior to departing for Washington, the delegation broke into four teams. Each team would visit with one of the four legislators.

Beremce Arrezola, president of the student government, says that the smaller groups targeting one specific legislator are more conducive to Capitol Hill.

"The offices aren't that big, so you don't want a group of 14 people squeezed in an office," said Arrezola.

The smaller groups also afforded each member of the delegation an opportunity to state their views and gave the meetings Plroto courtesy

See ASG, Page 11

CDC reports largest drop College Press Service Deaths from AIDS have begun to decline for the first time since the epidemic began 15 years ago, federal health officials said.

Deaths fell 13 percent during the first half of 1996 because improved treatments allow people with the disease to live longer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Also, the epidemic is slowing down, con-

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tributing to the death decline, said the CDC. In the first six months of 1996, the total number of AIDS-related deaths was 22,000, a 13 percent decrease, the CDC said.

There were slight declines in other years, but last year's drop was by far the largest.

'This is one of the first bright spots we have seen in this epidemic," said Christopher Portelli, executive director of the National Lesbian and Gay Health Association in Washington. "But we hope it

Dawn West (center) finds her father's name on the Vietnam Memorial.

AIDS deaths is seen as a call to arms rather than a chance to relax and breathe a sigh of relief."

President Clinton said he was "greatly encouraged" by the news but stressed the fight against AIDS is not over. "(In the future), we must continue to work together to further our progress against this deadly epidemic," he said.

AIDS remains the leading cause of death for people age 25 to 44, accounting for 19 percent of all deaths in that age group.

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CAMPUS BEAT PATROL BLOTTER

Acura owners beware Since January, three Acuras have been stolen from parking lot 12, all between three and nine p.m., according to Campus Patrol.

"All of the cars have been the same model (between 1990 and 1995) and have been stolen from the same area," said Mike Alleman, director of Campus Patrol.

The first car was stolen in late January . The second two thefts occurred within two days of each other. On Feb. 25, a man returned to find his Acura stolen after being in class for two hours. At 9:45 p.m. on Feb. 27, a woman returned to find her Acura had been stolen out oflot 12.

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VERBAL ASSAULT - March 3, 1:15 p.m., a student made offensive and threatening comments to another student in the financial aid office.

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VANDALISM- March5, 3:30p.m., Campus Patrol received a call concerning sexual and racial graffiti in the third floor men's restroom in the library.

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MEDICAL AID -March 5, I 0:30a.m., a student fainted in room BE-l. Students transported the victim to Student Health Services

Scholarships can alleviate financial burden of college Palomar students have many opportunities for funding their education with numerous scholarships now being offered.

One scholarship available is the Alan E. Ardis Scholarship which offers a $1 ,000 award to a chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering major.

The requirements include finishing or being currently enrolled in General Chemistry, a 3.0 grade point averagt<, and high achievement demonstrated in chemistry courses, as well as plans to transfer to a four-year college in the fall.

Students must submit an application, a transcript, and an autobiography to the Financial Aid office by March 31 .

The Kristina Harrington Veteran Student Scholarship offers two $100 scholarships for full-time veteran students.

Students must show proof of honorable discharge with DD214 papers, a 3.0 GPA, and demonstrate financial need.

The student may already be receiving veteran's bene tits, and the major must lead to an AA degree or a transfer to a fouryear university.

Submit an application, autobiography, and an unofficial transcript to the Finan-

If you had the opportunity to be cloned, would you~ Why~

F.Y.INFO _ _ 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- Drop deadline is March 14. The admissions office will be open 7:30a.m. to 4 p.m .

March 15 through the end of the semester, no drops will be allowed. A grade of A, B, C, D, For "'I" will be g1ven.

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.

cia] Aid office by March 27.

In addition, the Eula Mac Jett Scholarship offers $1,000 for students interested in a career in the legal field.

Students must submit three letters of recommendation along with the application, an official transcript, and an autobiographical letter.

For further information contact Judy Dolan in the Business Education department or the Financial Aid oftice, 7441 150, ext. 2366.

-Mimi Bowles Copy Edilor

Career Search points in many directions Counseling 165 is a career search class that is now being offered. The class is worth one unit and is designed to help students decide on a career. It also teaches students how to discover their personal skills, values, and interests. Information on how to use the Career Center is also provided . For further information contact the Career Center at 744-1150, ext. 2194.

-Sarah Mattern Staff Writer

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Tony Bevacqua (left) and Chris Roberts, seen here in the Student Union, take a break from school to check out the various types of incense for sale

"Fast track" courses offered during spring With a little bit of time and a lot of motivation, a student can finish a full semester course in an intense, fast- paced eight week program. Traditionally, fullsemester courses take 16 weeks to complete. In response to student requests, college officials have added a second set of spring classes that begin this week for students enrolled in the new "fast track" at Palomar College.

Through the ·'fast track" program a student can earn their Associates of Arts degree or complete the class requirements for a CSU transfer faster and with a more personalized schedule. A student is given the option of having their "fast track" classes blocked out to only two days a week and although each track has 2 set classes, the program is a free option and a student can move in and out of the program at their convenience. There are no elective classes offered through the program but all the classes meet CSU requirements.

Track 3, one of the newly added "fast track" class sets, begins May 7 and con-

tinues through July 2. It features History I 02 and Economics 115.

Students can earn 48 to 51 units while takmg the paired courses in all 8 tracks, therefore leaving only 9 to 12 additional elective units to complete an AA degree.

For further information call Palomar's Human Arts and Sciences Office at 7441150, ext. 2759.

-Jessica Gleason Feature Editor

Universities scheduled to visit PC in March Palomar College's Transfer Center will be hosting representatives from the following universities: March 17- National University representatives will be in the Student Union from I0 a.m.- I p.m.

March 18- San Diego State University representatives will be in Rooms SUI & 3 from 9:30a.m. -I p.m.

March 19- United States International University representatives will be in Rooms SU-I & 3 from I 0 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

Appointments are needed to meet with university representatives, unless held in the Student Union. All workshops require sign-ups. Contact the Transfer Center at 744-1150, ext. 2552.

-John DeCoursey Entertainment Editor

Jesse Sayne Undeclared

Josh Evans English

Shane Weber Education

Joann Hellmer Business

Linda Jackson Communications

"Probab ly not. We should not mess with mother nature."

''No. I wouldn't want theclone to do something that would reflect on me."

··No, it would be too confusing to have two of myself."

"No, because I think it messes with genetics"

"No. One of me is enough."

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Friday. March 14. 1997

SATELLITE VIEW Cal State students aid Palomar Sarah Katin Staff Writer

Alongside the Girl Scouts at local grocery stores. four students from Cal State Umvcrslly San Marcos handed out surveys designed to pump up enrollment at Palomar.

Anh Vu, Wilson Kennedy, Gregory Gromek, and Huy Nguyen arc the four students who chose this survey to fulfill their senior projects which arc required for all business majors.

Accrding to Gromek , "Out of a list of over a hundred potential project ideas, we decided to pursue this particular project because we wanted to do something that would help the community."

The business students accepted the challenge of preparing and conducting a survey aimed at adults who don't attend college.

The purpose is to find a way that Palomar can make attending college more convenient for the community. ··Palomar requested this study to better meet the needs of the people of the community and to help increase enrollment." according to Kris Coxfey. secretary for the Mt. Carmel Education Center.

"A lotofpeopledidn'tevcn know Palomarhadsatcllitecampuses. now they do," said Coxfey.

The students began preparing their research for the survey last August. It took them three months to compile a questionnaire that best determined what educational programs would be most beneficial for the needs of the community.

With the help of Nona McClure, director of the Mt. Carmel Education Center and Norma Bean, manager of Palomar's marketing communications department, the questionnaire was perfected.

The students made sure they were asking the appropriate questions that Palomar wanted answered.

The tedious task of gathering data began after the survey and the accompanying questionnaire were complete.

The students wrote 30 letters to various store owners asking permission to perform the survey on their store premises, and ten owners approved.

The students questioned shoppers at seven stores in different cities around Palomar education centers.

"From morning till night we stood outside of various stores such asK-Mart, Target, and Ralph's asking non-students if they wouldn't

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CSUSM business majors, Anh Vu, far right, and Wilson Kennedy, seated next to Vu, survey shoppers in an attempt to cater to potential Palomar students in front of a Ralph's grocery store. mind filling out a survey . The whole process took several weekends, mostly during our winter break," said Yu. Each survey took three to five minutes to fill out and as an incentive the students were passing out Palomar College pencils and catalogs.

The survey asked questions pertaining to individual mtcrests, convenient days for attending classes, place of residence, and most popular sources of receiving advertising information, such as radio, television, newspaper, etc.

These questions were asked m an attempt to help make Palomar more user-friendly for potential students.

A lot of people refused to fi II the surveys out. "They would come over and ask for a catalog but when we asked them to fill out a survey tirst they would change their mind," said Gromek.

"There ,was also a lot of competition with the Girl Scouts who were selling their cookies several feet away," said Vu. ·'For the most part there was a good response from the community. People were very interested

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"People from other community colleges would come by and ask for a copy of our survey to help do the same thing at their schools," said Vu. "We even had a shopper who volunteered to help analyze the data when it was all complete," said Gromek.

The students recently finished imputing all 563 surveys into the computer and according to Kennedy , about 75 percent of their work is done.

"Now we have to transfer all of the information onto spreadsheets and graphs and write our research report," said Gromek.

They will present all their information May 12 at CSUSM with Palomar representatives in attendance.

The group estimates that Palomar can begin using the information they obtained as soon as the fall '97 semester begins.

The group concluded that although it was hard, time consuming work, hopefully the survey will benefit both Palomar and CSUSM along with the community and it will all be well worth it.

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Friday. March 14·. 1997

THEFT: Palomar robberies go unreported

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Continued from Page 1 Tornillo is skeptical, however, that any changes in security will be forthcoming in the near future.

"The way things are around here, it'll be six months before anything happens." he said.

According to Patrick Sevier, Palomar's head locksmith, problems with security are two-fold.

First, most of the robberies have taken place on weekends, when security is limited to a few guards who are not able to patrol the whole campus effectively.

Second, access to keys on campus is too lenient, he said.

"There is no policy regarding the prompt return of keys by retiring or temporary personnel," Sevier said.

Sevier also believes that alarming all buildings, though ideal, is

not feasible at this time, due to the cost involved.

Mike Alleman, Campus Patrol supervisor, said that most of the thefts have been non-forced entry and there are virtually thousands of suspects.

"There are a lot of keys on campus," Alleman said. ··some are borrowed, or checked out. I'd say we have25,000suspects in these cases." he added.

In the March 7 issue of The Telescope. it was reported that an interdepartmental notice said that ··up to I ,000 (master) key clones" to Palomar College were in circulation among part-time, full-time, and student employees.

ST-64, the office of campus illustrators Floyd and Elaine Collins,

has been burglared in similar fashion to the other thefts (no signs of forced entry). but on a more frequent basis.

In the last eight months, the Coil ins have had their office broken into numerous times.

The most recent occurred on the weekend of Feb. 22 in which burglars got away with $7,000 of computer equipment.

Although Campus Patrol did not want to characterize these Incidents as a "rash of robberies," Alleman does not take them lightly.

"At this point I wouldn'tcall this a rash. These are notable thefts, and we will attempt all legal means to determine who or whom is participating in them and pulling a stop to it," Alleman said.

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"Our goal this year is to reach 150 participants." said Dr. George Boggs, superintendent I president of Palomar College.

Boggs is encouraging all of Palomar's faculty, staff and students to participate in the school's 1997 WalkAmerica team. Money generated by this walking event supports the March of Dimes in its fight against birth defects.

This annual event wi II take place Saturday, April 26 at more than I ,500 communities throughout the nation. Hundreds of the North San Diego neighbors and business community members are expected to show up at the walk.

The March of Dimes, which organizes WalkAmerica, is a foundation that was originally established in 1938 by President Franklin Roosevelt, who suffered from polio.

Then called the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. which exclusively supported children with polio, the organization has since expanded their concern to include all children's birth defects

and prevention.

Although the march has happened for 27 years, the organization didn 'tchange its name until 1979.

Last year, explains Boggs, Palomar had a 95-member team of walkers and raised more than $5,000 for . the March of Dimes via the sponsorship of participating walkers.

"We had a lot of people there, and I saw such enthusiasm. It was a lot of fun," said Boggs.

This year, the North County WalkAmerica begins at Holiday Park in Carlsbad.

There are two routes to choose from - 7-mjle and 12-mile. The official start-time is scheduled for 7 a.m.

Participants are asked to raise donations before walking. Means of soliciting donations are up to walkers; donate by yourself, ask anybody you know or be more creative.

"I put a candy box in my office, soJthat peopl<H:oming into the office can donate a quarter for a candy," said JoAnne Giese, administrative assistant for administrative services.

Giese serves as one of the co-

"Morning-After" pill receives FDA approval The "morning-after" pill, or high doses of birth control medication taken aft~r unprotected sex, is a good way to prevent pregnancy, U.S. health officials said Feb. 24.

The announcement is the nation's first acknowledgement of emergency contraception, widely practiced for years by European women who are raped or whose birth control fails.

The Food and Drug Administration urged manufacturers "to make this additional contraceptive option available" and granted approval of "morning-after" doses for six brands now on the market.

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fering this service to American women, helping thousands of women prevent the need for abortion," she said.

While it has been legal for doctors to prescribe the medication, few knew until now which dosages of birth control medication to prescribe. Manufacturers were wary of marketing an emergency contraception for fear of lawsuits.

The "morning-after" pill is often described as the best-kept secret in women's health care because not many women are familiar with the treatment or know where to seek it.

The pills must be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex and may cause vomiting and nausea. They prevent pregnancy by stopping fertilization or implantation.

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Team Palomar has two goals this year: increasing walkers to I 50 for the march, an to increase faculty participation in the event.

According to Giese, last year's participants mostly consisted of students and staff; there were only a few members of faculty.

Giese thinks that faculty don't participate because they are too busy to walk in the early morning, but she's not giving up.

"My idea is that faculty who don't want to show-up for the actual walk could sponsor students and staff. So the student could approach them in that manner," said Giese.

Donation raising is important for the support of the March of Dimes, and also for Palomar's reputation.

Since 1994, Palomar has won three consecutive wins over California State University at San Marcos in the total amount collected.

According to Boggs this competition is friendly in nature.

"Every year we get a challenge from them . This year, I haven't gotten the answer yet whether they want to accept the challenge at all."

According to Giese, Palomar's team total for donations last year was $5,088, and placed second among North County teams.

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When one thinks of a chicken, one generally imagines a dirty bird with a pea-sized brain that is only good enough for KFC. But America's scientists have just given these poor critters a new reputation , and shown the American public that there is more to the feathered community than first realized. You see, scientists have come up with a way to clone our barnyard flock.

Yes, that's right, now instead of breeding chickens and hatching them from an egg, scientists can simply move some DNA and create a living, breathing replica of Chicken Little.

Because the research is sti II in pre I iminary stages, scientists are reluctant to call this new discovery "cloning." preferring instead to describe it as simply the process of transferring part of the brain of a quail , into the brain of a chicken, producing a chicken that sings like a quail but still looks like a ch1cken.

Amazing. Imagine the possibilities.

As soon as science has figured but for sure how to clone our next meal, they can move on to cloning human beings, a rather daunting task. Anyone who has seen ''Frankenstein" may be a little nervous about creating a new being using science, but just imagine all the benefits. For instance, the first person cloned could be sexy Spanish actor AntonioBanderas.

I can see it now, every single woman in America being able to go to a specialized cloning factory and taking home an exact,

living, breathing copy of Antonio, for the special introductory price of $999.99.

America's single women would never have to be jealous of Melanie Griffith again!

And think of the possibilities for cloning ourselves. We could make one clone to go to work, one clone to go to school, one clone to sleep, and using our original body we could spend all of our time partying.

But there are critics out there who may ignore the benefits in favor of mother nature.

Many people are worried that cloning may result in genetic monopoly with unborn babies, or making the world into a live version of the "X-Files." Now while I agree that being chased by clones or changing the sex of my baby is not a side effect I would enjoy , maybe living in an "X-Files" world wouldn't be so bad (as long as we could share it with David Duchovny).

Cloning has more benefits than side effects. Now, I don't know much about it, but suppose that everybody had to be cloned at a certain age as long as their bodies are healthy.

Then suppose those clones are frozen, and if the original body gets AIDS or cancer, cells from the healthy clone are transplanted to the sick person, eradicating the disease.

The fear of dying would no longer be present (we could just clone ourselves before we die, transplant our brains , and then live forever). This would, of course, put Jack Kevorkian out of business, but that's another subject entirely.

In essence, we should be eternally grateful to our friends oflesser intellect, the chickens, for giving science the opportunity to expand its horizons (and for giving us women hope of one day snagging Antonio).

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Once again, man has taken it upon himself to play God. And once again, man is way out of line.

Just what exactly is the motive behind the pursuit of cloning technology ?

It's pretty hard to believe that man's ultimate goal driving this advancement is anything other than achieving immortality.

As long as the human race has been dabbling in sc ience, we've been trying to postpone life's big inevitability: death. Finding a way to cheat death would finally give people what they 've always wanted: complete control over their lives.

Death is a card we will all be dealt sooner or later, and there is nothing we can do about it.

Nothing, that is, until we start screwing around with life.

We know so little about the powers behind life and death.

Blindly messing with them could only result in disaster.

Even if the cloning process is eventually mastered successfully, what is the ultimate toll it would take on our souls?

The fear of death and the unknown that follows is something that governs the behavior of millions of people.

You create a chance for immortality , and you take away that fear.

You takeaway that fear .... well, think about it: if people no longer fear the laws of God, who the hell is gonna fear the laws of man?

I know a lot of things I'd like to do, temptations I like to feed, ifl knew the after-

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life would never catch up with me. And I'm sure I'm not the only person on earth who thinks that way.

Keeping that in mind, would making more like-minded individuals be such a good idea?

And the truly sick thing about cloning is that it seems to revolve around killing.

If you clone a human so that you can fix up the original by taking from the clone, should anything happen, whatever you take from the clone to "repair" the original is probably something the clone can't live without.

Just because a living organism is a man-made clone of an otherwise natural living organism doesn 't mean that the clone would be any less sensitive to pain and suffering than its original.

Selfishly taking from one to give continuous life to the other seems iti:l go beyond the borders of morality.

It enters into the same realm as Frankenstein's Monster.

There is a way for the human race to create other humans without playing God and risking immorality for immortality.

It's called reproduction. Good old fashioned sex. Done under the right pretenses there's no guilt to deal with, and it feels great.

As a society, as a whole, we have not exactly perfected the lives we have now .

It is obvious that the world has a lot of problems which we need to correct.

So why are we trying to duplicate our problems before we can even correct the original ones?

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6 OPINION

Gerber Brain Food

Friday. March 14. 1997

Young voters are not always apathetic

• Legal system has lost priorities Annica Gerber Campus Beat Editor

I feel that it is my "du ty" as a writer for The Telescope to inform all of our readers how members of our legal system spend their time and our money.

Last week, I was reading The San Diego Union-Tribune and I came across an article that made my jaw drop.

I have been shocked by many things in my life, but this story made my top ten list.

Right now in Las Vegas, there is a little 9year-old boy named Jeremy Anderson facing a felony trial.

Last November, Jeremy and his friends were on their way home from school when they were invited by a construction workerto write their names in the newly poured concrete sidewalk.

Naturally, these elementary school kids thought that this was very "cool" thing to do so they wrote their names and made hand and footprints in about 20 feet of sidewalk.

Shortly after this happened, Jeremy's mother was contacted by a contractor from Plaster Development.

He informed her that she owed $11,000 for a new sidewalk.

Other than that phone call, the matter was not pursued further by the company.

So, the Anderson family forgot about the incident until January of this year when Jeremy did not come home one afternoon on the school bus.

She telephoned Jeremy's elementary school and was told that the Las Vegas Metro Police had taken Jeremy into custody.

When Mrs. Anderson arrived at Juvenile Hall she discovered her son had already been read his rights.

She was also informed that Jeremy had been issued a bench warrant and that he had waived his right to an attorney, as well as signed an admission of guilt form.

I don't know any 9-ycar-old children that know what a bench warrant is or what an atto rney docs.

I am an adult and I have no idea what a bench warrant is.

I am sure most 9-year-olds do not either.

To make this story even more outrageous Jeremy was strip-searched before bcing~lacc in a holding cell.

His possible punishments range from being placed on probation to being sent to a correctional institution.

Up to this point the drama is incrediblebut it gets better.

The other children were not charged because they arc younger than Jeremy. · Children under 8 cannot be arrested for a crime but if you have passed second grade you can go to trial.

And why not tind the construction worker that presented this opportunity to these kids and punish him. He is the adult.

Does this story seem insane to anyone else but myself'?

I hope so because I feel that there are other issues that should be a priority to members of our legal system.

Most kids in elementary school do not know how to weigh all their options in order to make rational decisions before they act.

I did not become a rational person until I entered college.

I think it is a tragedy that cases like this even go to court.

Our justice system desperately needs to find some other way to occupy their time and to spend our tax dollars.

Prosecuting murderers and rapists is just one thought.

These are the problems plaguing our society, not the actions of a mischievous child.

I have a few ideas, maybe I will write them down and mail them to Nevada.

• Propostition 215 got out the vote Jessica Gleason Fewure Editor

For any part I may have had in persuading someone that our voice docs matter and that our vote can make a difference in a election, I am truly sorry for getting any hopes up.

Last fall, as a firm supporter of Proposition 215, I was guilty of getti ng caught up in pre-election propaganda.

I found myself informing and convincing friends, neighbors and perfect strangers that their vote is important.

A vote that apparent ly didn't matter anyway.

Although passed by 54 percent of voters, Prop. 215 remains trapped in a legal battle between what the voters want and w)lat the federal government thinks we shouldn't have .

The Proposition that legalizes marijuana for medical purposes would exempt any patient with a doctor's recommendation for possessing , cultivating or consuming the plant, from prosecution. Marijuana 's most active ingredient ,THC, has been proven to help patients suffering from the deadly side effects of cancer chemotherapy and AIDS Waste Syndrome. The voters of California know what they voted for and why, it is the politicians that arc apparently confused.

According to the federal gove rnment. thi s new law is in direct conflict with federal anti-mar ijuana laws.

Our government has released statements warning doctors that if they are caught prescribing the drug they could be fined and have their I icenses revoked.

This is a rare occas ion when we have an issue that is legal under s tate law but i I legal according to federal law.

My pre-elect ion 'get out and vote ' persistence wasn't enti rely based on the importance of the medical marijuana initiative. but to convince our politicians, media

and elders that Generation X' ers are not the lazy slackers we are so commonly tagged as.

We finally get off our butts and get excited about two important pieces of legislation like 209 and 215, only to become more cynical when we see the fruits of our labor banished into legal limbo.

However, this election time around, believe it or not, We listleSs uninvolved youngsters had our highest turnout yet.

We made it to the voters booths this year, not necessarily because we were so eager to bring a lesser of two evils into office, but to vote on Propositions like 209 and 215. that we believed were important.

We have now gone from being a voter group that is appealed to through TV and sports personalities, to a group that is baited and hooked by political ploys in order to get us to the polls.

I guess perhaps our government thought the disinterested , impassive youth of America wouldn't notice if they just shuffled this one under the rug.

Sorry to disappoint them.

Teach economics, not Ebonies Nora Harris Barker Swf( \Vriter

Ebonies is the most insulting concept to come along since Separate but Equal. It is the latest attempt to make excuses for the failings of the American education system.

It says that the immigrants who have come over from the globe arc able to learn proper English with the exception of those of African descent.

Fortunately for my family, no one told us.

We were not informed by the Oakland School District to give up speaking properly or that we were genetically predisposed to fail.

Thank you Oakland School District for making us the only race that can claim slang as its national language.

Newsweek described Ebonies as '"a grammatically consistant and rich African American speech pattern with roots In Western Africa."

Conjugating the verb '"to be" (I be trying to get a job but can ' t speak English) and dropping consonants (hand me a dictionary becomes ''han" me a dictionary) constitutes a language.

I agree with National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President

Kweisi Mfume when he called Ebonies a ··cruel joke."

Now the Oakland School District has given credence to the claim of hate organizations that African Americans are inferior to those of the Aryan race.

That Ebonies is the term for ''Black English" implies that all blacks speak this way.

Well, word to your mother, it 's time to stop thinking of us as a collective and start realizing we arc individuals.

The basis for the ·'rich speech patterns" could be traced to the 300 y.::ars of laws denying African Americans the right to an education. Or the decades of inferior education due to Separate but Equal act.

When Africans arri vcd, they were stripped of language and heritage and segregated.

They were not free to seck an education in their new world for 300 plus years, thus creating generations of African Americans with no formal cductation. African Americans have been kept out of schools longer than they have been allowed to attend them.

But let us take into account more recent events. Desegregation may have bused us to the schools, but the buses still took us home to poverty and blue collar work.

These arc the neighborhoods most Afri-

can Americans still live in today. Oakland schools are dilapidated and overcrowded.

U nti I a strike last year, the teachers were also among the lowest paid in the nation.

Maybe the conditions stated above may account for the 1.8 GPA and the inability to grasp the English language.

What makes me so different") How did my family escape the condition that plague so many African Americans·) We were lucky.

My great Aunt Mattie, while attending a colored school in Alabama, had the good fortune to attend a speech. The speaker was giving a lecture on the importance of attending college.

This man, Booker T. Washington. inspired my aunt to save the money she earned cleaning homes and sewing clothes. She ran away from a father who did not bclcivc higher education was possible for a Negro, much less a woman. Aunt Mattie ended up attending Tuskecge University.

So I would ask the Oakland School District to not seck federal funding to teach Ebonies to teachers, who in turn will be able to speak it to the students. The problems of inner-city and poor youths are the same no matter what color they arc. It's a matter of economics, not Ebonies.

Fridar. March 14.1997

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OPINION 7

Staff Editorial

Freedom of speech or freedom to Anyone who has turned on the TV lately has to wonder if some journalists have used the First Amendment as an excuse for bad reporting.

As journalists, we have a responsibility to print the truth.

We are not allowed to change a person's quote unless it is grammatically incorrect or vulgar.

Does this mean that it's OK if we print a quote in which someone states that any particular race is bad?

And does it mean invading the privacy of mov1e stars and capitalizmg on ternble tragedies m the mterest of news is fair game¡) Take, for instance, the Jon BenetRamsey story. Benet-Ramsey i~ the little girl who was killed in her own home.

Now, not only does the regular press report daily on the murder, but the tabloid press covers it continually.

Speculation about who killed the little girl, how it was done, and whether the parents were involved is seen on every channel and on every talk show.

No one knows who killed the little girl, yet her parents are crucified on national television everyday.

Imagine how horrible it must be for the parents of this little girl to cope with her death when no one in the media will leave them alone, in the name of"free speech" and "freedom of the press."

Another example of the First Amendment being used as an excuse IS the 0.1. Simpson murder and civil tnals .

Tabloids such as ''I nside Edition" and

"Hard Copy" covered Simpson before, during, and after all the trials.

But the coverage didn't stop there.

Recently, 0.1. was playing at agolfcourse, and one of the tabloids sent a video cameraman to take shots.

0.1. 's golfcrew,didn't appreciate the coverage and asked the cameraman to leave (while he was still filming).

When the cameraman refused, Simpson came over, pushed him around and chased him off the golf course, in the process of which the cameraman got excellent shots of an angry Simpson, wh1ch IS exactly what they wanted.

This obviously was an intrusion on Simpson, and whether the public thinks he is guilty or not, his privacy should still be respected.

Many people feel the tablo1d med1a are

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acceptable. Some say "Those famous people should be reported on daily.

"We have the right to know."

But, if the people who watch the tabloids were hounded by paparazzi, and had their face on the front page of every magazine every day, they would not be so happy.

The tabloid media pushes the limits of good journalism and cites the First Amendment as the reason they can do it.

Yes, the First Amendment is a wonderful thing and journalists everywhere should be grateful for Its existence.

But there is a code of ethics for journalists to follow, and its about time that journalists everywhere got it out, dusted off the cover. and reminded themselves just what good journalism is all about.

Homophobia happens here Navy has "Zero Tolerance" policy As the Commanding Officer of Navy Recruiting District San Diego, which oversees the recruiting efforts of more than 200 U.S. Navy recruits located in Southern California. Arizona. and Los Vegas, I found your March 7 opinion editorial personally offensive and a blatant misrepresentation of today' s Navy .

I was really surprised when I read the "Enlist in the navy ... " article and was stunned .tt the length at which your editor went to debase the ideals and values that the Navy lives by based on one Sailor's sea stories.

If your managing editor, Chris Tribbey, had taken the time to research the facts and truth to his claim, I am sure that the resulting article would have been different.

Without responding to each claim, if even half of the things Seaman "Cecil" claims to have done were true, his first enlistment in the US Navy will be his last.

The Navy's "Zero Tolerance" policy for drug and alcohol abuse is a fact, and individuals who don't get on boardput themselves and their careers at risk.

As for the other committed offenses suggested by "Cecil," the Navy severely punishes anyone who is caught risking their life or the lives of others.

The fact is, the Navy continues to offer excellentjob opportunities for both high school and college graduates.

Navy technical training is followed by immediate immersion and hands-on experience in the workplace.

Men and women in today's Navy work daily with some of the most sophisticated equipment on the market, getting experience that cannot be matched by most civilian employers.

We "arm" our Sailors to excel in any endeavor that they take on, whether it's navigating a billion dollar ship across the world or completing a college degree.

Our sailors are the best in the world and your article should reflect that one unidentified source does not take away all the humanitarian good that they do around the clock while serving on submarines, ships , and squadrons operating thousands of miles away from their loved ones.

There is no place in today's competitive and increasing technologic Navy for Seaman "Cecil."

As for the comment made by ''Cecil" that the Navy is ''a four year job that

feeds me, puts a roof over my head and pays for my education," is this comment supposed to be derogatory?

In fact everyone joins the Navy for different reasons.

Some join the Navy for the job security, while others sign up for the travel, medical, dental. and education benefits they receive while serving their country.

I would like to personally invite Chris Tribbey to come visit my command.

I would love an opportunity for him to learn more about the Navy and give him the chance to meet the great Sailors who work for me.

S.J. Shelton Commander, U.S. Navy Commanding Officer The content of last week's "Enlist in the Navy ... " was taken from two interviews conducted by myself with two reliable Navy Seamen.

The accounts told by the Seamen are surely not universal throughout the Armed Forces and the Navy in particular, but they are factual. As for the Navy's "Zero Tolerance " policy. it's flawed if all five of "Cecil's" drug tests have turned up negative.

-Chris Tribbey

Oasis review vague and annoying In your March 7 issue , a writer referred to rock group Oasis as "annoying," failing to substantiate the opinion in any way.

I am tired of such defamatory tags accompanying the mention of Oasis.

It's hard to imagine that this group's vivid melodies or exceptional lead voice can be classified as annoying.

Perhaps the writer was referring to the group's well-publicized personal troubles.

Such issues should not sway opinion of the group one way or the other.

The only difference between Oasis' personal problems and those of others is that the group's are printed by scandalhungry media.

Oasis's strong music mixed with their controversial persona helps liven up a rather stagnant rock scene.

Reunion tours, Pearl Jam's exclusionary touring and record release habits, Billy Corgan's bulbous bald patethese are annoying, as are unsupported, vague statements regarding an exciting fresh musical force such as Oasis.

Miles M. Durrance English Major

Peter Gach Bethany Ross Contributing Writers

Gay bashing not a problem at Palomar?

Last weeks article and Staff Editorial proved otherwise.

The article started as an incident of indecent exposure and quickly digressed into a stereo-typical diatribe presenting all homosexuals as being a "problem," and as being slaves to their libidos regardless of their whereabouts. This is not to say that the acts of these individuals is acceptable.

There is a time and a place for everything, and that was NOTthe place. But for the article to take that incident and generalize the act of those individuals as being every gay persons ''slant" only perpetuates the homophobia already prevalent on this campus.

Most lesbian and gay students at Palomar are average people who one would not even suspect as being gay unless told .

The members at the Wednesday night Gay And Lesbian Association meeting were very upset about the article. GALA members felt the article gave the impression that the members were like the individuals mentioned in connection with theS-Building incident. Most members would never think of such intoler-

able behavior in public bathrooms.

GALA tries to promote positive awareness of gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues, concerns, and the like. This article seems to have undermined GALA efforts.

The comments made by Campus Patrol could be construed as gay bashing with comments such as "being a popular place for gay men" implying that all gay men do.

The concluding comment made by Gerald Perez of Campus Patrol, "whatever a person's slant is on life and whether it is contrary to the majority, they can do it someplace else." This comment has nothing to do with the activities that occurred. It was an emotional reaction to the idea that the men may have been gay.

A campus as diverse as Palomar should be educated enough to understand that someone portrayed as being part of a race, religion, sexual orientation, or gender is not a good representation of the whole.

Just as one would not assume all blondes are dumb, one should not assume that all men engaging in lewd bathroom activities are homosexual. The only way to know that these men were heterosexual or homosexual would be to ask and at no point in the article were they questioned.

Peter Gach is the advisor for GALA ~ethany Ross is the president of GALA

From Meth addict to Dean's honor list Joseph Montanez Contributing Writer

I used drugs, or should I say they used me for 22 years of my life.

My drug use, which started with alcohol, evolved to meth.

But for the past three and one-half years, I have been clean and sober.

I was using to escape problems, not realizing the same problems were going to be there when I was no longer high.

One of the things I love about being clean is I can think and not just react to life's circumstances.

From snorting I quickly graduated to smoking, and finally to injecting. I never thought I would start shooting up, but I did for many years.

All this time I didn't realize I was trying to hide my feelings of shame and worthlessness. It wasn't until I got into recovery that I learned I have a progressive disease-meaning it gets worse unless we get help.

My younger brother was working in recovery so I broke down and asked him for help. He helped me get into a detox facility.

After two weeks, I thought I was cured.

I did not know at the time that detox is just the beginning on the long road to recover. It wasn't until after I relapsed did I learn staying clean and sober requires keeping away from others who drink and use.

My children and I ended up moving to Spring Valley so I could get away from the users in Imperial Beach. Moving didn't work -the people I was running away from live in every town. It was my thinking and behavior, not my address, that had to change.

Use, dealing and manufacturing of meth are at epidemic levels in San Diego County.

This epidemic is impacting almost all government agencies, jeopardizing public safety and costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

From 1991 to 1994 there was a I I 0 percent increase in meth related emergency room admissions. In the same period positive meth screens more than doubled among San Diego arrestees.

A California study found that every dollar spent on treatment saved taxpayers $7 in crime-related costs.

There are insufficient residential recovery facilities for juveniles. How can we help our youth in the early stages of addiction if there is no where to place them?

And the lack of affordable treatment for the adult population means that many people lose hope before they can get treatment.

If it were not for the affordable long term residential recovery home that I am proud to be an alumnus, I wouldn't be writing this article nor would I be on the Dean's honor list at City College.

Joseph Nomanez is a SD City College student

8 ENTERTAINME T

The Telescope

Frida'. March 14·. 1997

MENT John DeCoursey Enterramment Editor

F

rom the hallowed halls of American radio waves to the hollow minds of the movie industry, Howard Stern has infected yet another medium with his mouth.

And I couldn't be happier.

The self-proclaimed "King Of All Media" becomes just that with the release of "Private Parts," the film version of his autobiographical book with the same name.

"I never saw myself as an author," said Stern, "But I got offered a gob of money to write a book. Sol sat down and started writing this thing, which was the story of my lifeand that is 'Private Parts'."

For those who love Stern (and I believe there are many people who arc afraid to admit that they do), this movie is a God-send: a chance to spend more than just the regular airtime with Stern.

And for those who religiously condemn the man and his mouth, here is a chance to walk in his shoes and see what makes him tick. At the very least, you should see his side of the story before you crucify the man.

Stern has always been the vo1ce on my car stereo who keeps me awake on long, boring dnves. Unlike other radio personalities. Stern will go as far as he wants with any topic. And his unpredictable antics keep me tuned in to see what will come out of his mouth next.

Sure, he can be offensive. Yes, he says things a lot of people don't want to hear. But you have to respect his ability (and nerve) to speak his mind.

"Private Parts" goes all the way back into Stern's childhood to !race the path that led him to where he is today.

And the path is surprising.

It turns out that Howard Stern used to be a first-class loser. An absolute putz. And not only does Stern admit to this, he goes to great lengths to rip his ego to shreds before the audience of "Private Parts ."

As a teenager, Stern had odd jobs such as entertaining a room filled with senile folks in a retirement home by perfom1ing a puppet show. The old people just sit there bored to near-death (well. ... you know).

Realizing that his puppet show is entertaining no one, Stern decides to make it fun for himself. So right there in front of everyone, he has the girl puppet jump on a tiny bed and the boy puppet jumps on the girl.

Never before have I seen puppets copulating, but I don't think anyone could have made it more realistic than Stern did.

Stern is soon sent to a high school where he is the only white person. Not that a difference in skin color is a problem for Stern. His problem with his new school is the in-his-face . realization that he got short-changed in the endowment department.

Once again, he just flat-out tells it like it is.

As far as Stern on screen, several different goofy looking actors portray him during the younger years.

Stern takes over the role as himself during his college years. With his bell-bottom pants and short but permed hair, he looks like an idiot. Ana he admits it, but in much more 'colorful' terms.

Time after time, he tries to get a girl... any girl. .. to go out on a date w1th him. He is rejected each and every time.

The rejection which seemed to finish h1111 off came from a blind girl he bumped into. She initially seemed interested in his o ffer , but once she feels his face , her joyous expression dies. ·'Uh ... I have a lot of reading to do," she blurts out, as she darts away from him.

During his final year of college, he makes his way to the campus radio station to take a shot at being aDJ. But he can't relax enough to do it right. He gets so nervous and tense that his throat muscles betray him, tighten severely, and turn his voice into that of Kermit The Frog.

His first attempt to play a record results in the destruction of the radio station's music

Stern exposes his

'Private Parts' to the world • Radios Shock Jock becomes the newest, and unlikeliest, stud in Tinsel Town rack.

As he makes his way out into the mainstream radio stations of the world. his ability to overcome his short-comings seems nonexistant.

Stern's on-air status gets all-the-more horrifying when he is faced with the fact that his radio station is going country. Along with having to wear a cowboy hat while he works, Stern has to address his listeners using country slang.

Throughout his nerdy and pathetic initial years as a loser on the radio, it's easy to forget that what you see on the screen is a re-creation of the way things used to be for Stern.

He may not get any awards for his acting, but Stern is amazingly convincing in his portrayal of his earlier self. I hate to say this, but it's almost touching to see how honest he is with putting all the embarrassments and mistakes of his life on the big screen.

His mmTiagc to Alison. a side to Stern's

radio life that is for the most part unknown, is also deeply explored on the screen.

Oddly, the only person involved in Stern's current life who docs not play thcmsclfin the movie is Alison.

Why this is , who knows.

But the actress who docs play his wife (Mary McCormack) is not a distracting replacement for the real thing. She makes you forget that she and Stern arc not truly married and in love.

I used to wonder how Stern could possibly pull off a successful marriage to any woman alive.

Now I know.

Alison basically goes through the same hells as her husband. The early days of his career, where it seemed as if every day on the job could he his last, put their relationship to the test instantly.

Another part of Stern's history that I was eager to learn about was his initial run-in

with his current partner-in-crime, Robin Quivers.

Quivers was not as horrified by Stern as I would expect her (or anyone) to initially he.

In fact, it is in the way that they challenge each other to stay on the same level that they keep their act from flying out of control.

She was only supposed to be a vo1cc on the radio that read the news, but even before her very first news coverage, Quivers was asked

by Stern about whether or not she gets severly turned on sometimes.

There was some hesitation on Quivers part, mainly because she wasn't expecting such a deviation from the normal format, but she answers with a simple ··sometimes ... ," and begins a partnership that has lasted for over fourteen years.

"Private Parts" chronicles how Stern eventually assembled the other members of his staff that are still beside him today. For the most part, his technique for getting the people he wanted was telling the station managers that "these guys help keep me in-line."

Yeah, right.

But he got his way in the end.

None of the principal actors in "Private Parts" are actually actors. with the exception of McCormack. Stern used the same people he works with (or against) on the radio. And it is surprising to see that radio personalities can act as well as they talk.

The film is directed hy Betty Thomas, a former 'police officer' from ''Hill Street Blues" who also directed last year's "The Brady Bunch Movie."

It is interesting to keep in mind that the story of a man who is hated by several women's groups throughout the country ... was directed by a woman.

"The thing is, when you spend so much time with him- on both a profc ·sional and personal level- you discover what a sincere, really vulnerable guy he is, and you actually find yourself rooting for him," said Thomas.

"Some female friends of mine have given me grief for directing this movie, and I tell them, 'You're me-ten months ago. Just go sec the movie and then talk to me ' ."

Stern and Thomas' collaboration has spewed forth one hell of an en joyablc movie.

But keep in mind that it is about Howard Stern and what drove him to break the rules of the Federal Communications Commission.

It would be nice to think that those who arc unsure about their feelings toward "The King of All Media" would hold off on any final judgements until they sec "Private Parts," but that probably won't happen.

However, should you summon the ability to see his side of the tale, be ready to see some things you may never have thought possible.

Perfect example: At one point in his career, Stern was paired with a stuffy news man who seemed to be pompous enough to make the British look cool.

Stern hated the man, as he should have, but was stumped when it came to thinking of a way to ditch him.

One morning during the show's broadcast, Stern introduced his listeners (as well as his news man) to an actress that he felt encompassed the very essence of the theater.

Then he asked her to demonstrate why.

She pulls out a thirteen-inch kielbasa sausage, and slid the entire thing down her throat.

Then back up.

Then back down.

This stunt not only sent Stern's news man into early retirement, hut 1t also doubled his ratings at that time.

At this time, Stern's proJected audience for his nationally syndicated radio show is 18 million listeners.

Stern can also be seen in over 40 million homes on his E 1 Entertainment Television show. ·''Private Parts" offers an uncensored (please see the above examples), honest look at the life of Howard Stern- from his troubled childhood to his triumph as a multi-media juggernaut.

And when all is said and done ... it is likely that Stern will still have something to say.

The TeiPscope

Friday. March 14. I997

ENTERTAINMENT

Sometimes versatility can make or break an artist. Since all of your albums have a different sound, does it work for or against you?

JB: It absolutely makes me

BackTalk with ...

Jon Bishop

who I am because people know that the sounds may be different but the energy-level will always be the same. I'm reliable, like Levi's or Coca-Cola.

â&#x20AC;˘ Amerims most-wanted DJ talks about techno's rise in popularity John DeCoursey Entertainment Editor

Last Thursday, I walked into a gay club and found myself surrounded by men ... ... and women, both straight and gay, who were looking to get wild on the dance floor.

No, not with me. Just in general: a mass of people who knew where to find the fix that their minds and bodies begged for.

They craved a sound, a feeling, that would remove the weight of the work week from their shoulders, and fi II them with a des ire to bust loose from inhibition.

The place was Club Hedonism, and the man responsible for giving Hedonism's crowd the safest high known to man was Jon Bishop.

Those who don't know his sound are missing out. Those who know his sound might not know the man. Here's a chance for all to catch up ...

What was your life like before you became a OJ? JB: I worked in the car business. Anywhere from a lot man to a car salesman to a service manager. .. I covered the whole spectrum of the automotive industry through which I got a bit of a business education even though I didn't take a lot of that in college.

With this job ... with any job you have to know how to take it on a business sense not only just a personal level. With flying around all over and DJ-ing at big night clubs and underground scenes you have to know how to deal with it on a business level.

What did you study in college?

JB: Racquetball.

Seriously.

JB: I am serious. I only took about a year and a half of college, and it seems like half the time I was there I was always on the racquetball court. That's my fondest memory of college.

At what point while selling cars did you decide "I don't want to do this. I want to OJ?" JB: I got to the point where I was actually making more money DJ-ing on the weekends than I

was with the car business. I was also literally killing myself working 50 or 60 hours a week in the car business and then flying around the country for different club n1ghts. You get to a point in your life where if you have a dream you want to live, you have to give it 100 percent. As the OJ jobs increased, I told myself I had to make that decision. I didn't want to always be asking myself, "Could I have been exceptional?" If you love something, give it I 00 percent because you' II never know if you can do it or not if you don't.

What do you think is the appeal of techno and house music to most people?

JB: A lot of it has to do with the rhythm. It touches the soul, or something even deeper than that.

Just in the past couple years, research has started on the effects of dance music on people. The music is almost like a therapy: a manipulation of your mind and your senses. Look at people when they get off of a dance floor.

They're just totally relieved of any stress or pressure they had.

It's like a workout for them, physically and mentally. They're relaxed, smiling and sweating ... it's almost like a drug.

You should see The Telescope office on deadline night because all we play is techno. I always figured it was the tempo, but maybe it's more than that.

JB: It's both. Of course if you hear music that's going 150 beatsper-minute you're going to feel motivated and bop along to it and it's going to get your heart-rate cooking and your endorphins kicking. When you get the right rhythm going, it becomes euphoric.

As a OJ who mixes and remixes music, you could use your talent in several other styles of music. What attracts you to doing this style?

JB: The fact that it affects people in a way that no other type of music can. Basically, the type of music you listen to on the radio in yourcarorat home when you're relaxing, that's a listening sense.

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Is this what you want to do for the rest of your life.

JB: Absolutely. And do a lot of fishing.

Photos courtesy of Jon Bishop

DJ Jon Bishop doing his hedonistic thing in San Diego.

This is more of a physical involvement with this music because you can't help but move and tap your feet or get up dance when this mus1c IS go1ng. I like that as a motivational tool to get people moving, myself too.

So is it safe' to guess that the effect it has on people on the dance floor is the same effect it has in you in the OJ booth?

JB: Absolutely. What I give out with my music is exactly what I'm feeling.

What is the concept behind Club Hedonism? Why was it started?

JB: Mainly because there wasn't a lot of techno and house music played in the night clubs five years ago. Along comes techno, and these raves and big parties start popping up all around Southern California. The general manager of Rich's, the club where Hedonism happens, wanted the crowd that techno and house can draw, which turned out to be a mixture of everybody: straight and gay, black and white, college students and business people.

Hedonism started with a crowd of about I 00 to 125 people and now it's 800 to 1000 strong.

So you've been a part of Hedonism since it started?

JB: Well, it was up and running for a month before the managers of Rich's came and asked me to do it. They knew they had to take that step of getting someone who was involved with the whole underground scene. And they liked what I played.

This past Thursday was the fifth anniversary of Club Hedonism. What did you think?

JB: It was incredible. It was just absolutely amazing seeing the crowd that was there, and to know that this thing is still growing. I hope we can go another five years because I'd Jove to see what level we could take this club to. It definitely hasn't peaked yet. It's going to get bigger and stronger.

Where do you get your ideas for the music you create?

JB: It's just something that's automatic. When I get enough music together, which is usually more records than I know what to do with, I pick songs that are different but yet they still blend together. I always had the ability to make them flow from one song to another.

Is being a OJ what you ultimately wanted to do, or is it a stepping stone for a higher ambition?

JB: I didn't always want to OJ because I never even knew it existed until the late '80s and early '90s. As far as the music and the dance floor, I always wanted to be involved with something as far as music. Definitely. Becoming a OJ was just pan of a natural progression.

In the August '96 issue of"Revolt in Style," I read that you have a concept for creating a radio station.

JB: It's not entirely my concept, it's someone else's who I won't name at this point, but it's-

Why? -something that's in the works. Because if it doesn't go through with them, then I don't want to be putting him on the spot in print. For right now. it's not something I'm solely working on myself. Someone else is working on it, and then I'm going to help them with the music.

Will this radio station play the same kind of music that you play in the clubs?

JB: Yeah. It's gonna be a pirate radio station, too. That's why I don't want to name names.

What thought-process goes into the music you make at a club?

JB: When I play live. I never know what reco rd I'm going to play next. It's all ad-lib. It depends on how the crowd reacts to the record that's playing. It's kind of like a sixth-sense knowing what song would work best.

What is one of your most recent projects?

JB: We just did some remixes for the Thrill Kill Kult. They may include them on their upcoming album or the might release them separately. This week I'm working on the remix of Pretty Poison's "Catch Me I'm Falling". It's the I 0 year anniversary of that song

That song is 10 years old?

God, that makes me feel old.

JB: Yeah. Same here.

Who do you think digs your music the most?

JB: Open-minded people.

People who want to move on and know that this is the next step in the whole music process. That's a lot of my audience.

Where has your OJ -ing taken you, geographically?

JB: I was just in Albuquerque and Santa Fe last weekend. The weekend before that I was in Toronto. I'll be in San Diego this weekend, and after that I'm going to San Francisco and Los Angeles. It's never-ending, I mean you name a city and I've played there.

I'm looking at possibly playing in Germany and Portugal this year.

What is your favorite scene to OJ for: clubs, parties, raves ... ?

JB: They all have their own tlavor and their own crowd. Clubs are great. You can get a big rave that is unbelievable. You can get small underground or after hour party that can be incredible. It all depends on the people who show up at the event.

So what's the greatest thing about being a OJ? JB: Being self-employed.

What's the worst thing about being a OJ? JB: Being self-employed.

DJ Jon Bishop can be heard and experienced tomorrow night at Soma's "UnderTheRainbow" rave.

He is also a regular at Club Hedonism which surfaces every Thursday night at Rich's in San Diego.

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Mr. Mushnik was so ... Yiddish . I liked his characterization, but the stereotyped portrayal may give some audience members pause.

Director Pat Larmer and his cast and crew have turned the strange and unus!,lal into a hell of a lot of fun.

Currently growing into monstrously mutated proportions at the Howard Brubeck Theatre is "Little Shop of Horrors," the musical comedy unlike any other. Sure it's got song, dance, and humor ... but what could possibly be funny and singable about a bunch of people getting eaten by a plant?

Apparently everything.

Starring Garney Johnson and Heather Harnish as the leading loser and his lady, "Little Shop" te ll s the tale of a skid-row simpleton, Seymour, who works in a flower shop with the babe of his dreams, Audrey.

One day, Seymour brings acute little ve nu s fly trap into the store, hoping that the potted plant will increase the dying business if prominently displayed in the front window. It docs, but then the plant itscl ftakcs to dying. Seymour runs the gauntlet on possible remedies for nursing sick plants back to health. hut nothing works until he accidentally cuts himself. Turns out his cute, little plant has a taste for blood.

Convinced th at getting everything he wan ts and dreams revolves around the survival of the plant (w hich he names Audrey II , in honor of the gi rl he loves). Seymour does everything he can to keep the blood-intake of Audrey II flowin g.

The flower shop owner, Mr. Mushnik (Robert DeLillo), has nothing but money on his mind. His previous disgust for Seymour is replaced with love as Seymour and Audrey II turn the shop into a gigantic s uccess.

As Audrey II grows into the size of a house, all sense of impending doom seems lost on everyone in the shop, largely because the most evil presence around seems to be Audrey's boyfriend, Orin (Chuck Hand). Orin believes that his mission in life is to keep the world in excruciating pain. Especially Audrey.

Everything from his job to his jokes are geared around human misery .

During the course of this tale, a trio of Doo-Wop girls roam the stage as witnesses and harbingers to the bizarre events. Chiffon, Crystal, and Ronnette (played by Olivia Schulenburg, Vickie Jardin, Laurie Phelps) seem to be characters who are seen by and interact with other characters, and an invisible presence that only the audience notices.

Considering that this is a junior college theatrical production , I watched the opening

The same can be said for Chuck Hand.

Even Steve Martin 's rendition of Orin the dentist in the 1988 movie-version of " Little Shop" did not amuse me as much as Hand's.

With just his facial expressions, he can convince the audience that he is not only a maniac , but a moron as well. As an audience, we should all hate the presence of this evil character. But Hand is too fun too watch as the diabolical dentist that I wanted to see him 111 more scenes, even 1f that meant he'd be slappmg around innocent people (Hey, that's the price you pay for good humor).

Audrey II's voice and movements rely on Bruce Blackwell and Mike Asanuma, respectively . In the previ o us productions of "Little Shop" that I' vc seen, the knack of (or lack of) pulling off Audrey II can make or break the whole play. One particular version put on by a New Jersey theater group was so annoying because the plant's vo ice and moveme nts did not blend at all. It looked like a dubbed Japanese "Godtilla''movic, with a nails-dragging-across-a-chalkboard quality to it.

Blackwell and Asanuma kicked so me major ass with their we ll -timed team work. It was funny to watch because it looked good enough to be real, and scared the hell out of some small kids in the front row. Definitely the closet version o f the Broadway Audrey II I've seen so far. However, those considering bringing children to the play should keep in mind that little minds might not like what they're seeing.

The rest of the characters in the play are just random winos, customers, and annoying press people, some of which arc all played by the same actors. And it's among two of these actors that the only weak spots of "Little Shop" show up. Even though they didn't have roles that were pivotal to the story, the fact that they looked so uncomfortable on stage was distracting. There were even some nervous glances out at the audience. And during the last number, when the cast was singing and dancing at a frenetic pace, those who looked out of place all-along maxed out on eye-distraction by not keeping up with the other actors.

But considering that there was nothing else about this production that reeked, it is easy to say that Larmer has directed a great group in a cool rendition of "Little Shop." And he has proven that even with just 17 actors in its cast, a "Little Shop" can go a long way.

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Heather Harnish (left) and Garney Johnson face off against Audrey 11. night performance with amateur eyes ... but it proved to be unnecessary from the get-go.

As the play begins, and the three DooWop girls take the stage, I was impressed at how cool they were. They looked like they were having an absolute blast up there, and it infected the audience with a similar vibc: several heads were bopping to the music, which is a combination of rhythm and blues with some '50s sock-hop thrown in.

The three actresses playing the Doo-Wop girls also did a good job of stealing the scenes they were involved with, and they deserved the attention for being so hip. Phelps has a voice that is worthy of the solos given to her, as does Jardin . Schulenburg didn ' t seem to get as much of a solo-shot anywhere in the play, but the noticeable times where she sang a line or two alone were better than average.

Even when the trio wasn't singing (which was rare), they had a great comic presence, especially when they under-went a makeover that turned them into a psychedelic version of The Supremes.

Garney Johnson 's Seymour was a convincing loser without being an annoying whiner, which is good because ifthe audience hates the play 's protagonist, everything else becomes uninteresting.

This is Johnson's second production of "Little Shop," as well as his second go-around in the part of Seymour, and he seems to have mastered when to work the audience ... and when to just let them watch.

My first impression of Heather Harnish as Audrey was, "How'd they make her look like such a tramp?" : bouffant blonde wig from hell, a dress so tight it becomes its own Wonderbra, and heels high enough to require additional oxygen.

Harnish 's Audrey initially looked ridiculous, but quickly made a believable younger, dumber, and possibly sluttier combination of Peg Bundy (the walk) and Marilyn Monroe (everything else).

Robert DeLillo and his portrayal of Mr. Mushnik was a surprise. I've seen many productions of"Little Shop," but never one where

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other conferences and from Mary San Agustin. Palomar's financial aid director. a more personal feel.

San Agustin spoke to the ASG earlier in Groups were also encouraged to focus the month to discuss financial aid legislaon one or more specific issues they would tion and lobbying techniques. discuss with legislators.

"Mary San Agustin made some excellent recommendations that were very useASG targets financial aid ful. We went to Washington with statistics guidelines on Palomar's students. We have 22,000 One of the areas of particular interest people on this campus who are registered for the all ASG members is federal finanvoters. Politicians listen when you tell cial aid programs and their impacts on them that," said James. students at Palomar. '"Several congressional staffers that we " Palomar College is very diverse. We spoke to were surprised by what we were have students that are veterans of the telling them. They are not a lways in touch Armed with what Services, students "/walked along the [Vietnam Memorial] are returnare feeling wall, counting the panels until I found the or how we ing students , are one that had my father's name, panel 15 are affecton welfare ed by E, line 34. " and that these bi lis.

-Dawn West, ASG Senator We don't are independent want them from their parents, trying to make there to forget us," said Corona. way in the world and get an education ," Though pleased with their reception on said Dawn West, ASG senator. capitol hill, Arrezola came back with "The way they are all affected by the ideas on how to make future trips more different financial aid guidelines can be effective and on how to leave lasting confusing, inconsistent and frustrating." impressions with legislators.

ASG Senator Xavier Corona said that "We had packets to leave with our repcurrent eligibility requirements unfairly resentatives on the afffects of legislation single out students that are between 18 on Palomar students," Arrezola said, " But and 24 years old. nex·t time I'd like to include personal tes·'ff you are not over 24-years-old, martimonies from students." ried, or have children you are penalized.

These personal statements leave a powThe government assumes your parents erful impression in their minds, she conclaim you as a dependant, and/or are able cluded . to contribute to your education," Corona said.

A poignant moment for ASG Elaine James, student government senaAlthough organized "sight-seeing" was tor, was pleased to utilize skills learned at impossible with the conference schedule

Courtesy of Xavier Corona

Members of the Palomar College delegation meet with (center) Frank Purcell, deputy chief of staff for Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham. and meetings with congressional representatives on Capitol Hill , some members of ASG were able to grab a few hours to see one or two sights of particular interest.

For one ASG senator in particular, there was a special place to go.

"There was one monument I had to see," West said. " If I had to go in the middle of the night, I was going to see i t - it was personal."

West speaks of the Vietnam Memorial, which bears the name of her father, a father she never met.

"My father died Feb. 15 , 1967, three days before I was born," West said. " I walked along the wall, co unting the panels until I found the one that had my father's name, panel 15 E, line 34," Wes t continued.

"When I reached it. I had prepared myself to start counting down the lines in

search of his name, but when I looked up, it was right there- bigger than life."

"I didn't have to search for his name, my eyes found it instantly. I stood there and stared for what it seemed like hours."

West was accompanied by fellow ASG members Mike D' Alo, David Espinoza, and Chance Mendivil. While there, she laid nowers before her father's name, and received a traced imprint of his name.

West adds that she was especially touched that the other members of ASG shared the time with her.

Other members of the Palomar delegation were Vice President Erica Olvera, Vice President of Social Affairs Angela AI varado, Treasurer Charity Roberts, Senators Casey Paulson , Claudia Bucio, and Bethany McAndrews. Also in attendance were Leilani Champagne, ASG secretary and Jim Bowen , director of student activities.

Do you think you have what it takes to be a member of the Associated Student Government?

Your Voice What school issues do you think are important for the ASG to resolve?

What issues have not been covered in the past, by the ASG, but should be?

How can the ASG help individual students?

Should the ASG be involved in the future of the new student union building?

What qualifications should a student have to hold a position in the ASG?

Your Comments: _________________________

If you can answer these questions or like having a say in your

Associated Student Government: you should consider getting involved in a fulfilling position on your ASG. ·For more information or applications contact the ASG office, SU-7 or SU-21.

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Fill out questionnaires by April 11. Questions or comments may be sent to: Palomar College ASG, 1140 West Mission Road San Marcos, CA 92069 or drop off in SU-7 and SU-21 (main campus).

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for 30 years as a Grateful \!I.-Dead fan and currently the Prod uctio n Director for Palomar's Brubeck Theater, Deadhead Pat Larmer brings his expert ise and '60s spirit to students and the plays he direct:.

Larmer has directed many shows including the musical "Quilters," ''Red Noses" and the currently running prod uct ion, "Little Shop of Horrors." Larmer made a choice in the '60s to live h1s life in the most mean mgful way possible and he has fou nd that wit h the Grateful Dead.

"I think being a Deadhead makes you a better person, it allows you to connect with other peop le, let them be themselves and accept them ," says Larmer.

Larmer has attended five to 10 Grateful Dead shows for each of the last 12 years . He has seen every Las Vegas show and many other California performances as well.

The drama teacher recalls one of his favorite places to see the band play was at the Ventura Fair Grounds.

"Ventura had an excellent venue and you got a pretty even mix of Northern and Southern California Deadheads,'' said Larmer. For a person who doesn 't like crowds, a Dead show was the only place where he could be with 40,000 people and reall y enjoy it.

"I never felt threatened or like anyone was going to mess w ith me," Larmer remembers, "I took my son and daughter to a few shows and never worried about them, I didn't want them to get lost, but I knew that if they did people would take care of them until I found them. · The Grateful Dead has been the most pop ular garage band with the largest following of widespread fans, more commonly known as Deadheads, ever recorded. More of an extended family than groupies, many Deadheads live their lives on the road traveling from show to show. Ever since they emerged out of the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury scene of the '60s, the Dead have been known for their almost continuous performances all over America and throughout the world.

The Dead's music blends blues, rock folk, and country into an unparalleled s•yle unique only to them. While their free-hnn. uncommercial rock has acquired a folio rng unlike any other, the group of six have had

onl y one top 10 hi t in 1987. Nevertheless, thanks to mercha nd ise, albums and ticket sa les, they are one of the largest, money maki ng bands in history. second only to the Beatles.

The sense ofcommunitv 1nrl hTT';' Deadheads is ~Dillull.ng vay ~pec1al t• Larmer.

He not only likes The Grateful Dead's mus ic but also the free and peaceful li fe-style as we ll.

T he 'Dcadicated' fans of the Grateful Dead are known for their kindness, friend liness and acceptance of others as they peacefully gat her to enjoy music. Larmer refu tes the stereotype about Deadheads as being jobless. lazy and all-around dirty people, by saying, "I had Dead head frie nds in all thi ngs from high price law fi rm s to cardboard boxes."

When it comes to his career in the theater, the most important thmg the Dead and the 1r m usic taught Larmer was the crucial re latio nship between the audience and performer.

"Every concert you went to you knew would be different. Most shows were very good and every so often there wou ld be a klunker. but the audience gave them that freedom to experime nt wi th th e music."

Larmer said . ''The Dead played so ma ny different versions of their music. and it was that ability along wit h th e special con necti on w ith the aud ience that made yo u fee l so a part of it; whic h is to me, a goal in any type of perform ance."

T he spo ntaneo us improvisatio nal style of the band fueled Larmer's beli ef that one of the great thi ngs about the theater is that every show and performance is d ifferent. ··we strive to make them all exactly the same and that's part of our ethics, but because it's live, there's that difference. There would be no reason to do "Little Shop of Horrors" again if we accepted the movie versio n as the definitive vers ion. Eve ry time somebody produces a play it's going to be different because you're dealing with different limitations and that sort of thing," said Larmer.

When Grateful Dead· s lead guitarist Jerry Garcia died at age 53- an apparent victim of a heart attack brought on by years of substance abuse- Larmer felt as if a close friend had passed away. ''I never knew how much the Grateful Dead meant to me until he died." a general feeling Larmer shared wi th thousands of mourners as they gathered all over America

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SPORTS Female swimmer makes a splash • Dana Heid continues setting records for Palomar swimming and diving team Conor Volk SwffWriler

Dana Heid, Palomar's top female diver, practices on the springboard for upcoming meets. The Comets will face Rancho Santiago March 21 and will compete in the Saddleback Diving Pentathalon March 22.

Ironically , Palomar' s top female diver Dana Heid , has managed to make a huge splash in the diving world by virtually having no splash at all.

In diving, the amo unt of spray kicked up at the end of a dive, along with the form , gracefulness, and accuracy of the attempt, determines a diver's score.

Heid , the No. 3 diver in the state last year and fifth best community college diver in the country, has earned respect from her coaches, teammates, and peers for her dedication. hard work ethic, and natural talent.

In only her fourth year in the sport, Heid, who is also an accomplished gymnast and basketball player, has managed to become the school's premiere female performer on the diving board. Her natural athleticism, combined with her gymnastic skills, give her an acrobatic arsenal of dives that barely disturb the water ... in fact , the only thing they do disturb arc opposing teams.

Patti Waterman , the womcn'sswim coach, is pleased to have Heid diving with her team and is excited to see how far she goes this year. Her diving coach, Dennis Taylor, was not available for comment.

"She looks to be ranked a little higher this year," said Watennan with a smile. "There isn't much room left for her, but she hopes to be right up there at No. I or No. 2. Which will be real fun to watch because she's grown so much with the sport.''

Not only has Heid grown with the sport.

but the sport has grown on her as well.

"I started messing around with diving my sophomore year in high school," smd Hcid. "I did it mostly for fun because I was into gymnastics, and since I was good at that I sort of got into diving as well. Gymnastics was really my passion sport. as well as basketball. so I kinda went into divingjust because I was good at it" It didn't take long for Heid to find out just how good she really was. ''A club coach saw me dive at CIF in high school and convinced me to join a diving club," said Heid. "I kept doing it and it just started to grow on me."

Another thing that seems to be growing steadily is Heid's streak of outstanding performances. In every meet that she has competed in, she has either broken a league record (some of which were her own records she set last season), or virtually guaranteed victory for the women's swim team.

'There arc twodivingevents m every meet," said Waterman. ··so consequently, when she wins with nine points, the other teams need three divers to equal her, which really helps us out team w1sc and pomt w1se."

Besides her dedication and work ethic, competing with the men 's teams' top divers has also helped Heid perfect her techniques and improve her overall abili ti es.

The one area where Hcid feels she can improve is in her focus and concentration.

Overcoming her fear of the board, (which she hit once before and chipped a bone in her

See SWIMMING, Page 15

Mother and daughter team takes top rank • Palomar doubles pair continues toward goal of winning conference and state titles Conor Volk Slii[{Wriler

Katy Jennings, Palomar's No . I women's singles player, has returned after a stellar season last year and added a new element to her game to go along with her powerful groundstroke.

Her mom .

Lynn Jennings, the No.3 singles player this year, was recruited by her daughter to form the most unique No. I doubles team in southern California. This dynamic duo led the Lady Comets to five consecutive dual-meet victories to start the season and to this day only have two losses between them in both singles and doubles play.

Head coach Nan Haugen is pleased to have her star player Katy, who placed eighth in the state tournament in '96 and second in the Pacific Coast Conference for singles and doubles, returning this season and is more than excited about the addition of her mother. " Lynn is a great player in her own right," said Haugen. "In all of my 23 years of coaching I have never seen a mother-daughter team like this one. They play so well together, they are the perfect combination," said Haugen.

Lynn brings her 25 years of experience, which includes several age-group titles at the club tennis level, and an aggressive net game to compliment her daughter's power game and solid baseline play.

"I want to win," said Katy with a smile, as

she explains her reasons for recruiting her mother. ''She's a really good doubles player and plays well up at the net. When I hit my groundstroke to get the other players off the court, there's usually a really weak return and my mom's always there to finish them off."

Lynn is equally thrilled about the situation.

"When I was in high school they didn't have a team for girls," .said Jennings. "So

when Katy asked me to come play, I was really excited about the opportunity to play tennis at this level, especially with my own daughter."

At first when Coach Haugen di scovered that Katy 's mother would be joining the squad, she was skeptical about the chemistry and wondered if the two would get along. " I wondered if a mother and daughter would

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Katy and Lynn Jennings, the mother-daughter doubles tennis team, prepare for upcoming games against San Diego Mesa and Southwestern March 18-20.

play well in a tight situation, and if they were going to yell at each other,'· said Haugen.

"But they never fight. Everything they say to each other and to other teammates is positive, which I think is really great for the confidence of our team because they look up to the both of them."

Both Jennings women feel that on the court, they remain true teammates and are not distracted by their relationship. They also repeated the coaches notion of constructive criticism. ''Katy is a good enough player where I would never tell her how to do someth ing," said Lynn. "I think it's very important to say positive things and never talk down to another player. If someone docs something wrong, we want them to learn from the mistake so they can get better, because if they get better as a player, than we get better as a team. " With the 9-1 Lady Comets off to one of their best starts in years, it seems like the strategy is working.

Another positive force for the Jennings women is the fact that they get to spend plenty of quality time together. Lynn, who is a youthful-looking 44, and is often thought to be Katy's sister at tirst glance, is also taking a full schedule of classes. Most of them are real estate courses which Lynn, a former !light attendant, feels might someday become a See TENNIS, Page 15

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Sometimes pitching isn 1enough

Friday, March 14, 1997

Six dimensions of health PART I The world health organization lists six dimensions of health that are vital to our lifestyles. Each area is as important as the next, and our goal is to focus enough energy into all six areas to stay balanced.

While it may seem difficult for some to concentrate in just one area, with a little practice, one can recognize that many of life's situations fall into these dimen-

sions. By slowly expanding this recognition, one can put more energy into all six areas.

The six dimensions are the emotional, environmental, mental, physical. spiritual, and social. In the following weeks each dimension will be discussed and lifestyle situations will be shown as examples to help one improve in each area.

So many people, especially students, get into a one dimension! life and forget about all other areas.

Adults can easily fall into a routine

at work and soon their family is coming apart.

Balancing our lives can be easier when we know about . the sixth dimensions. Each area has some exciting moments for us to enjoy and working to improve in each dimension will make us and the world a better place.

Next week the emotional dimension will be our starting point.

-Courtesy of Jon Cnossen Director of the Wellness Center

TENNIS: Tennis duo relax in number one position Continued from Page 14

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Palomar's Darrel Berek unleashes a pitch against Southwestern, Tuesday afternoon. Despite Berek's efforts, the Apaches came away with the victory, 4-2.

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second career. . " We go to school every day together." said Katy . "Our classes start at the same time so we carpool together, we cat lunch together, and we're always hanging out at school with each other, it's great."

Katy plans to attain a full-ride scholarship this next year hopefully to somewhere local. University of San Diego, San Diego State University, and Long Beach were some of her hopefuls, including a few she has picked in Florida.

Coach Haugen is trying her best to make the full-ride a reality for her star athlete. "'For a player with her abilities, I want her to get the best."

In fact, Haugen went out of her way to telephone 16 different universities, including ones out of state, from her own home phone. It took three hours. ''Katy is probably one of the top live players I've ever coached," said Haugen. "'She's so focused, you can never tell whether she's winning or losing."

The next chance the Jennings women have to compete is with perennial conference champions and arch-rival Grossmont. Katy has sat out the last few meets resting an aggravated quadricep, but is more

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Katy and Lynn Jennings, seen here in a recent match, plan on winning and taking the number one ranking at Palomar and abroad. than ready mentally to face the hated Griffins this Thursday. "'Our whole team is waiting for Grossmont," said Katy. "I've been looking forward to beating them for a long time."

And how has the Jennings' team been received on the courts?

SWIMMING:lfeid dives toward state championships Continued from Page 14 wrist), and learning to calm down are some of her personal goals this season.

"I have a tendency to get a little scared when I try new things, so it takes me a long time to learn new dives because I have to make sure that I'm 100 percent ready for it,"

"Another thing I could work on is focus. If I compete without I 00 percent concentration, then my meet's over. " -Dana Heid member of Palomar diving team said Heid. "Even though my coach is ready for me to do it and my body is ready for me to do it, I always

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This being her last year at Palomar, Hcid hopes to go to a four year school and continue her education.

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