The Telescope 50.21

OPINION

62-year-olds having babies: personal freedom or has a line been crossed?

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ENTERTAINMENT

SPORTS

Debbie Gibson gives The Telescope a peek at her latest attempt to recapture the '80s.

Ranked 6th in the state, women's tennis is sneaking up on the competition.

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Friday, May 2, 1997

San Marcos, CA

Volume 50, Number 21

Proposed science building spurs debate Some feel loss of Schettler's Garden not worth new facility Suzette Clark Ne11 ·s Editor

Proposed sites for a new Science Building

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dents enjoy there? These arc questions we must ask as Palomar embraces this concept of 'outcome measurements'," said one Palomar official, who did not wish to be identified. "There arc educational values that likewise are not measurable - what is to happen to them ?"

Lines we re drawn at Wednesday's Associated Student Go vernm e nt meeting, when Kelley Hudson-Maclsaac, manager of fac iliti es planning and environmental health , and Associate Professor Pat Archer vied for stu"Schettler's Garden" dent support o ver the fate of proArcher thinks the site is worthy posed ' ite o f a._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of preservation new sc1ence "/ . as a natural sanctuary. building.

The site ''1 recognize the need for which is called the greenbelt, /' · f more class" S c he ttl c r , 5 JUS room spaceGarden ," and the I'm just "Lower Arb'' opposed to the -Pat Archer location . This depending on who you talk to Professor, Social Sciences [Schettler ' s is located - - - - - - - - - - - - - Garden] is an adjacent to the area we ought library, and is a frequent destinato be co ncerned abo ut," said tion for students, faculty and staff, Arche r. "There are old growth in search of quiet areas for stud ytrees that wo uld have to be torn ing, meditati on, and relaxati on. down ."

Some stude nt go ve rnment memThe garden in q uesti on is ho me bers have charac tcrited the hourto Hubc ll' s Arch. a brick sc ulpture long de bate that took place o n by· Ramo na arti st Ja mes Hubcll Wed nesday as a phil osoph ica l batthat was donated to the co ll ege 25 tle !he new "outcome based" years ago.

50-year-old trees values often embraced hy adminand archeological artifacts~ istrat1on. ag<~inst non-m,unstrcam Archer feels that the three- tor) values that arc hard to measure . fJuild1ng could be constructed 111 ''How do ) ou measure the one of t\\O other areas: ~wiT value of .1 \\alk through Parking Lot 7 or !'tall Parking Lot Schettler's GarJen . or the \alue II . neither of which would di~turb of the peace anJ tran qu ili ty stuS EE GARDEN , PAGE 4

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If this proposal 1s adopted, the sc1ence building would be located where the Child Care CerJter currently is [Site 2]. ~hen ~he Child Care Center would be moved to Site 2. No state fund1rg IS available for relocating the center.

Construction 1n what IS currently Staff Park1ng Lot 11 would not accommodate the 80,000 square foot build1ng that IS proposed.

Site 4 Known as Redwood City, th1s area is problematiC because there 1sn't

an area to hou se the programs that -currently operate in the temporary buildings.

Site 5 Recommended by the task force, this s1te is opposed by members of faculty, staff and student body, who want the space preserved.

100,000-plus students lied Budget approved for grant money last year in record time Adolfo Mendez College Press Service

While education officials have always known some college students falsify documents to get Pell Grants, it's only recently that they've been able to determine the extent of the lies.

A new study reveals that more than 100,000 college students received Pell Grants during the 1995-96 school year who should have never received the free federal money.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General, college students lied about their family income to get the award money.

Worse yet, the Inspector General's office reported that colleges, by themselves, have no way of discouraging the practice.

"We knew some people were lying, based on our past criminal investigations where we have found that students had lied," said Patrick Howard, director of student financial assistance programs for the Office of Inspector

General at the Department of Education. "We just had no idea of the magnitude."

Just how large is the problem? The Inspector General's report found thousands of students are lying on their studentaid applications and costing the government millions as a result.

Working with the Internal Revenue Service, the Inspector General's office compared family incomes reported on students' financial-aid applications with those reported on SEE

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Suzette Clark News Editor

Five minutes is all that was needed for the Associated Student Government to ratify the budget for the 1997-98 school year. What some ASG members characterize as an ··amazing feat" will leave at least one campus organization unsure of its viability as the fall 1997 school year approaches.

Students and faculty who work on Bravura, Palomar's literary magazine, came to the April 30 meeting hoping the ASG would reconsider the $400 budget cut to

their program that was proposed at the April 23 meeting.

Except for some minor allocation restructuring , all other campus groups that LE::lllll-.....~_j receive ASG Mike D'Aio funding were granted the same amount they were given last year.

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The Telescope

Friday.May 2, 1997

CAMPUS BEAT PATROL BLOTTER

F.Y.INFO _ _

DAMAGED VEHICLE- April 21, 12:20 p.m., a car rolled out of its parking spot, hitting another vehicle and causing minimal damage.

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

DROPPING A CLASS • Through the end of the semester, no drops will be allowed.

A grade of A, B, C , D, For ·'I" will be given.

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

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

SUMMER/FALL REGISTRATIONIntent to Register cards (pink) have been mailed to students who registered for Spring credit classes through Feb. 28. The deadline has passed to receive PAR appointment and class schedule by mail.

FOR SUMMER • Students who return Intent cards between April 25 and May 23 must pick up PAR appointment and class schedule in Admissions. Class schedules will be available May 5.

FOR FALL- Students who return Intent cards between June 27 and July 30 must pick up PAR appointment and class schedule in Admissions. Class schedules will be available June 9.

* * * ILL STUDENT· April25, 3:50p.m., Campus Patrol recieved a call from Student Health Services, regarding a student who was talking incoherantly.

* * * THEFT· April 28, 9: 15 a.m., a student reported that her backpack had been stolen in the bookstore.

* * * VANDALISM- April 28, 5:50p.m., a faculty member called Campus Patrol to report an alarm system box that had been pried open. There was no damage to the alarm system.

Scholarships still available There are several scholarships still available through Palomar's Financial Aid Office.

Hispanic dentists, technical theater majors and agricultural students can still apply for several scholarships ranging from $200 to $1000.

For more information call the Financial Aid Office at 744-1150, ext. 2366.

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John Solis (theater major) kills some time between classes, playing hacky sack.

Welfare Reform Task Force meeting May 5 The Palomar College Welfare Reform Task Force was formed to develop a response to the needs of continuing Palomar College students as well as the needs of future students. Representatives are now being sought from all campus constituencies.

A bill passed by the House of Representatives, signed by President Clinton in August, 1996, made sweeping changes in welfare entitlements, assistance and eligibilityi'or welfare.

It is estimated that between 800 and I ,400 currently enrolled Palomar College students receive welfare assistance. The meeting will provide an update on welfare reform activities in San Diego County.

The meeting will include these featured guests: Bernie Haskell, Director North San Diego County- Inland Career Center; Diane Wallace, Counselor-Case Manager North County Interfaith Council; and Susan Harris, Coordinator of assessment for Palomar College at the North San Diego County-Inland Career Center.

The meeting will be between 2 and 3:30p.m . in room B-6. For further information contact Paul Kelly at 744-1 150, ext. 2276.

-Annica Gerber Campus Beat Editor

How do you feel about women over the age of 60 having children~

There is still time to get on the FastTrack· Art Extravaganza at the Boehm Gallery The Palomar College Art and Photo Department is sponsoring the Annual Student Art Extravaganza. It is being presented by the Boehm Gallery from April 30 to May 15.

Organizers say the exhibition retlects the best in student art. Selected works in drawing, painting, printmaking, airbrush. design, photography, graphic arts, ceramics, modeling, and glassblowing will be displayed.

An open house evening will be held May 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. On this day all the classes in the Art Department will also be open with displays or works and demonstrations or techniques in a variety or media from drawing to glassblowing.

The Boehm Gallery hours are: Tuesdays: 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.

Wed. and Thur: I0 a.m.to 7 p.m.

Fri. and Sat: 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.

Closed Sundays and Mondays.

For more information call the Boehm Gallery at 744-1150, ext. 2304.

-Annica Gerber Campus Bear Editor

Palomar students can help save lives with annual blood drive Phi Beta Kappa is sponsoring a blood drive at Palomar College on May 5 and 6.

The blood drive will be held inside the Student Union between 9:45 a.m. and I: 15 p.m.

The Red Cross recommends that those wil ling to donate blood should eat a well balanced meal and drink plenty of decaffeinated fluids including mi lk,juices, and water, wear shirt sleeves that can be easily rolled up, are above the elbow, or are loose fitting and plan to spend at least 40 minutes for the total donation time.

This includes registration, history, miniphysical, donation and refreshments. All donors will receive aT-shirt or a Thermo mug.

People who can not donate blood are persons that have a cold, taking antibiotics, have been tattooed in the last year, or have been in prison in the last 12 months.

Formore informationcall744-1150,ext.

2380.

The next session on the Fast Track system is starting May 7 and goes through July 2.

The Fast Track is being offered at the Palomar College Escondido Center and there is still time to register.

The classes being offered are: History I 02 which is held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8 to 10:50 a.m., a~d Economics I 15 which is also Mondays and Wednesdays from 12 to 2:50p.m.

There are also a few alternate times available for these classes . For more information or to register for the Fast Track call 432-0624.

-Annica Gerber Campus Bear Editor

Yellowstone turns into a classroom The Life Science Department has two summer field courses scheduled in August to Yellowstone .. The first is Field Studies in Natural History and Ecology.

The second is Family Field Studies in Natural History and Ecology. For further information call 744-1150, ext. 2775.

-Annica Gerber Campus Bear Editor

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"I am against it. The at"I think it is fine if they mosphere is unfair to the in- have children ." fant."

"Who would take care of the child if the mom dies?"

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Michelle FeliceHa Undeclared

Dan Wetherington Undeclared

"It is selfish to have a baby at 63."

"Good for the woman but not so good for the child."

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The Fallbrook Education Center, located at Fallbrook High School, will have four new classrooms for use after construction is complete.

Fallbrook gets a Education Center has record ESL enrollment and more summer classes offered than in the past 11

This is a record-breaking number of classes that the center has ever offered during the summer.

In addition the center accommodates the overflow of students coming from the Camp Pendleton Education Some people study French, others learn German, and Center. many students at the Fallbrook Education Center are "Camp Pendleton docsn 't have enough classroom space mastering the fine art of English. so we've implemented ome programs for the Marines This year marks the highest enrollment in English as a that live in Fallbrook Second Language to accommodate that courses at the population," said Fallbrook Education "We give the students the best we Smith.

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The Fallbrook can. However, we're still working According to Education Center Cynthia Smith, educaon coming up to par H'ith the also offers other notion center assistant, resources of the main campus. " credit community "We currently have 465 classes, in addition to - Cynthia Smith ESL students. That's the ESL classes, such more than the main Fallbrook Ed. Center Assistant as a childbirth course campus has. " The ESL program and a quilting class. addresses five different skill levels ranging from the The cost to the student for enrolling in these community classes is a S2 accident-insurance fee and an optional S I students who arc unable to speak English to the students who have progressed to the reading and writing skills of student-representative fcc.

English.

The Fallbrook Education Center is located on the Last summer six classes were offered at the Fallbrook Fallbrook High School campus which has recently underCenter. Students attending summer session this year will gone major reconstruction.

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Currently the Fallbrook Center docsn 't have the benefits that exist at the ma1n campus.

"When a student at the main campus has to retake a test they have the luxury of a quiet lab to concentrate in. Students here at the Fallbrook Center have only noisy, crowded classrooms," said Smith.

"A lthough right now we're dealing Kristian Billiot I The Telescope with growing pains, the construction of the Fallbrook Center Assistant four new classrooms Cynthia Smith and general eduwill enable the center cation major, left, Denise Savard work together to tackle an issue. to have bigger facilities and will be able to accommodate additional students .

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GARDEN: Greenbelt area under consideration for classrooms Continued the greenbelt area.

Archer is not alone in his concern and affection for the garden.

ASG Senators Xavier Corona and Mary Paulet felt that the building could be located in either staff lot 7 or II as well.

"We have a lot of students who use these areas for studying and classrooms," said Corona.

Paule! asked if the task force had given any thought to students who don't want the area disturbed, which sparked a bit of controversy itself since no survey has been conducted to assess student sentiment on the issue.

Senator Mike D' Alo and Treasurer Charity Roberts support the building on this site saying that first and foremost, Palomar College is a place for learning, not communing with nature.

For some, however, the separation is not that simple. · Phil Baum, TRIO coordinator and advisor to the Earth Club, sees practical and philosophical problems with the proposed site.

Baum believes that as science has become increasingly revered, a demeaning attitude towards the educational value of our natural environment has emerged.

"It doesn't make sense to me," said Baum. "Why would you destroy a well established, beautiful growth area and attempt to compensate by building a new, sterile, landscaped area. They can leave Schettler's Garden alone, and put the building where they want to put the new green area?"

The Proposal Palomar College is in the process of finalizing an initial project proposal that must be submitted to the Chancellor's office by July I in order to be considered

for the coming fiscal year's funding cycle. The proposal was presented to the Governing Board April 22, and is tentatively scheduled to be voted on in May. The Facilities and Master Planning Task Force began interviewing department chairs and program directors to identify campus facilities needs sometime last year, said Hudson-Maclsaac.

Based on the interviews the task force decided on the following goals: • attempt to increase pedestrian walkways and access to different parts of campus.

• strengthen the appearance of the Borden Road entrance on the north end of campus and walkways from the parking lots to main destinations, i.e. the library.

• separate service lanes for carts, some parts would intersect, but keep cart traffic off of main walkway.

• keep campus together, avoid placing additional instructional building in "boonies."

In addition, two objectives were identified as "imperative." The construction of a new science building, and the removal of the 20-year-old temporary classrooms in north campus, known as Redwood City. The temporaries gained the nickname because they were originally red before being painted tan a few years back.

The task force is recommending that the new science building be constructed in a portion of "Schettler's Garden." When construction is completed, programs located in Redwood City could be relocated to the current science buildings, at which time, the temporaries could be torn down.

Furthermore, it is the task force's belief, that this proposal is more likely to be approved by the Chancellor's office, which is sup-

portive of facilities that house new technology.

"We need to put together a program the state will support in terms of renovation of existing space and creating instructional space," said Hudson-Maclsaac.

Gene Jackson, dean of arts and languages added that the existing science quad - Earth Sciences, Life Sciences and Chemistry was determined to be "unsafe and outdated." The building is structurally sound, but not adequate for the types of sciences that need to be taught today, said Jackson.

ASG Responds Student government opted not to officially oppose construction of the proposed science building over "Schettler's Garden."

Instead, they have invited Hudson-Maclsaac to come to the May 7 ASG meeting with the architect who worked on the proposal.

The Telescope brings home top honors BUDGET: Groups see few changes in funding Mimi Bowles Copy Editor

Among the usual fierce competition, The Telescope staff came home laden with awards from the 41st annual Journalism of Community Association Colleges conference last month.

The Telescope statf captured 14 awards for mail-in entries and seven awards for on-the-spot competitions.

The Telescope was also recognized with the Pacesetter Award which is awarded to the four best newspapers in JACC. The newspaper also was recognized with the general excellence award.

"To be recognized as one of the top four community college newspapers in California and Arizona was an hGnor," said Editor-in-Chief Chris Tribbey.

"Every member of The Telescope

staff shares the credit for this award."

First place awards were given to Tribbey for on-the-spot front page tabloid design; Daniel Kwan, staff writer and former editor-in-chief, received two for infographic design, Staff Writer Sharon Kelley recieved first place honors for feature writing and former Editor-in-Chief Jeff Yize won first place for column writing.

Entertainment Editor John DeCoursey came home with second place in the on-the-spot critical review competition. News Editor Suzette Clark received two honorable mentions for opinion story and page layout and a third place in news story out of 117 entries.

Advertising Manager Carla Van Wagoner received third place for on-the-spot sports photo and two

honorable mentions.

Other honorable mentions include: Sports Editor James Grumbach for sports writing, Opinion Editor Suzanne Block for news writing, and Chris Miller for editorial cartoon.

When The Telescope staff was not competing, they were taking in seminars. San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb, who wrote the controversial series of articles titled "Dark Alliance," which claimed the Central Intelligence Agency was connected to drug trafficking in Los Angeles, was one professional that spoke at the conference.

The competition was held for the eighth straight year at California State University, Fresno and drew entries from community colleges who publish newspapers in California and Arizona.

Continued from Page 1 item, representatives from Bravura left, leaving copies of the magazine and a written plea in their place.

Judith Stafford, associate professor of English, wrote a memo to the board asking that the cut would be reconsidered. ''We are asking you to reconsider your funding allocation for Bravura; a $400 cut could make a tremendous difference.

It might even stop publication all together," wrote Stafford.

Stafford added that if funding was not found, then classes that students enroll in to produce the magazine will be cancelled.

Bravura is produced as part of a Learning Community, which is comprised of courses

offered in the English, Photography and Graphic Communication departments.

Although ASG members did not address these concerns, they did comment on Stafford's memo that said Bravura staff didn't ''have time" to find a representative to attend a budget meeting March 3 I or to gather documents ASG requested.

According to the Budget and Finance committee, KKSM, the Boehm Gallery, The Telescope and Bravura were all asked to appear at the March 3 I meeting. Only Bravura failed to send a representative.

Senator Mike D' Alo asked for the vote, and the budget was approved with nine votes in favor and one abstention.

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• Researcher gives personality profiles based on position among siblings Barbara Dominguez College Press Sen•ice

Okay, now you can stop blaming your parents for who you are.

More revealing information about your character may come from the way you and your siblings fit in together (and fight together).

"Birth order is only one of a multitude of things that affect personality.

It just happens to be one of the best predictors of behavior," Frank Sulloway. a research scholar and author of"Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives," says in a recent magazine article.

Is birth order really crucial to the adult you have become-? Here is a quick mini-profile of each of the four different birth orders. Pick your place, and find out what you really are all about.

If you're a

firstborn According to Sulloway, firstborns are high achievers. You tend to stay in mom 's and dad 's good graces, while simultaneously using your grand stature to boss younger siblings around.

Ultimately, your respect for authority and sense of responsibility are caused by role playing. Remember walking around Disneyland at

the age of 15 with all your buddies, but the only way you were allowed to go was to bring your 12-year-old brother?

Believe it or not, each time you grabbed his hooded sweatshirt to keep an eye on him or constantly pestered him to eat something (instead of riding Matterhorn twice), you were slipping into the role of a surrogate parent.

Palomar student Pam Poche! said that being the oldest in her family worked to her advantage because she knows how to work her parents better than her sister. She said , "0 lder children test the curfews and restrictions in the house. I set the rules, I paved the road for her then she came along and mucked it all up. She gets away with a lot more than I did ."

It is for these same reasons that oldest sibling and Spanish f!!ajor Martin Przybyla would rather be the youngeSt: "The youngest can follow an example instead of setting one," he said.

"I am the first of two, and I am a complete perfectionist," Wendy Cintra, a CSU freshman, says . "I am a skeptical person about this birth order stuff, but all these adjectives describe me so well."

Although she agrees with her birth order description, Dr. Luz Garzon , Palomar associate professor of multicultural studies, said that a person's family role depends greatly on the culture they were raised in.

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"As the oldest in my family there is lots of responsibility. It is almost like being a second parent. I am expected to find solutions to younger family members ' problems but I'm not expected to have problems of my own. I'm expected to be perfect."

When it comes to having friends, you're capable, loyal and a true friend to the end, the research says.

Your friends may also refer to you as responsible and organized.

"My friend is a firstborn child, and he is so anal like you wouldn't believe," Paul Vernon, a CSU child development major, says.

Firstborns seem to be logical , scholarly and highly motivated. So what's their tlaw?

Ex -boyfriends or girl friends wi II probably say that firstborns are totally possessive, and in addition, things have to go their way or it's the highway :

If you're a

middle child You may have realized at an early age you can't possibly outmuscle your older sibling or simply act cute and cuddly like the baby of the family.

But you are definitely good at something: mediating war zones.

However, it's not always easy being stuck in the middle.

According to student Diana Hertz, who is right smack dab in the middle of a family of five, there is a definite double standard for a middle child. " I couldn't do what the older kids did and I couldn't get away with what the younger kids did," she said.

Luckily, the middle child is the pleasant peacemaker in your family .

You are willing to compromise and are the one to diffuse tension .

Sulloway also describes the middle child as being free-spirited, friendly and sociable.

"One of my coolest friends is a middle child, too," Catherine Bideau, a CSU biology major, says.

"She is really adventurous and she introduces me to different places and things to do."

One of the problems with being a middle child is in their decision making.

According to Sulloway , middleborn people are inconsistent when making up their mind.

Could it be that you'd rathertell a Iie than face an argument?

It is this wishy-washy attitude that can lead to the conflict you try to avoid ..

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Well, you don't want to copy any of your older siblings, so you choose to carve your way through your family with rebellion and risk-taking. But all these attention-seeking tactics aren't all bad. " My older brother is more conservative than me, high test scores, overachiever," said theater major John Solis. "Whereas I chose to travel, work and now I'm going to school.

"I think the youngest children choose their own lifestyles more than older siblings, they tend to be more independent and live by their own standards."

You are charming and tenacious, too. Sulloway says you love to take your friends and discover new things with them; affection is your middle name.

This is news to Michelle Stern who thought for sure that 'the cute one' was her middle name since she has been labeled that as the youngest in her family for so many years.

"My family definitely fits into the birth order categorie~. My oldest sister is the 'successful one,' the middle child is the 'quiet one' and I will always be cute even now that I am an adult."

For John DeCoursey, journalism major, escaping the stigma of the baby in the family meant moving from New Jersey to California.

"I was overparented. I think my parents thought I was their last chance to get it right." Maybe a career choice as a deejay, teacher or salesperson is for you.

It's a wonder you get anything done with your carefree attitude, never wanting to take responsibility.

But as long as you are doing something entertaining, you'll be happy.

Well, you're not necessarily lonely. After all, you have the best of both worlds: being the oldest and the youngest at the same time.

Only children tend to identify very closely with their parents. And because of this, Sulloway suggests only children are more characteristic of firstborns versus lastborn rebels.

Friends may classify you as conscientious and rather difficult to get to know in the beginning, but you are worth the extra effort, right?

On the other hand, your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend may recommend you stop judging others with the high standards you place on yourself.

"I used to be friends with this girl in high school and she seemed to be so naive, but was knowledgeable enough to be a backstabber," Warren Dixon (theater major) said.

"I don't know if she behaved this way because she is an only child. I just assumed that was the problem," Dixon adds.

Anthropology major Carrie Russell, an only child, would argue that being an only child is not a problem at all. "I think single children learn to act and speak like an adult a lot quicker.

"I don't personally identify with my parents any more than usual but some only kids I know do." Whether birth order merits more research, that's debatable.

The topic is so extensive: what about twins and other multiple wombmates?

And most importantly, what about the Brady Bunch? Maybe Sulloway would say Cindy should have grown up to be a wild revolutionary. What about Jan? The poor thing never had a chance.

-Additional reporting by Jessica Gleason

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Friday. May 2. 1997

ENTERTAINMENT 'BPeakdown' Puns stPong despite old plot John DeCoursey Entertainment Editor

How many times has this happened to you: you're having fun on vacation when suddenly a pack of psychotic red necks jump into your life, and commit acts that would offend Satan himself Never?

Well then, you must not live in Hollywood because that part of town seems to be plagued with this problem.

What is it about good ol' boys that make them so prone to popping up in movies as characters most likely to feed off the living?

Films like "Deliverance," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "The Hills Have Eyes," and "American Gothic" have done wonders for perpetuating some creepy stereotypes.

Whatever the justification for reusing the psychotic redneck scenario, Hollywood has done it again.

"Breakdown" is the story about a happily married couple making a big crosscountry move from Boston to San Diego.

All is going well until their vehicle dies in the middle of the Southwest desert.

This leaves Jeff (Kurt Russell) and Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) in the middle of nowhere.

But a helpful hand appears in the form of Red (J.T. Walsh), a truck driver whom Jeff tlags down.

Red offers to give Kathleen Quinlan and Kurt the stranded couple a Russell play a couple whose ride to the next outpost problems multiply like rabbits. of civilization: a diner located 20 miles further down the road.

Jeff decides to stay with the car as Amy takes the ride from Red, saying she' II get a tow truck to rescue their downed jeep.

Hours later, she's still gone.

Jeff eventually fixes the jeep and drives to the diner from which his wife was supposed to call a tow truck. But she's not there, and no one has seen her.

Photos courtesy of J:»aramount Pictures

Jeff (Kurt Russell) tries to pull himself out from under a speeding truck in "Breakdown."

He finds the truck driver who drove off with Amy, but he of rampaging red necks who target unsuspecting travelers.

The first-half of the film works on emotional and mental says he has no idea what Jeff is tal king about. The local pol ice don't buy Jeff's story either. They believe that his wife tensions, prepping the audience for a second-half that goes disappeared, but they think she willingly left him. ballistic with scenes of fighting, chasing, and vehicular deThe only people who believe Jeff are the ones who know struction. It works perfectly as a boiling build-up from start to he's telling the truth. And they want to make Jeff· vanish, too. finish.

As a husband facing an unimaginable nightmare, Russell "Breakdown" also manages to avoid a common and stupid ("Executive Decision," "Escape From L.A.") gives a believ- pitfall of most action/thriller tlicks: it doesn't end 23 different able performance that never escalates into annoying melodra- times. There is no cheap attempt to get last-minute thrills by matics. He is panicked, frustrated, and scared ... as anyone in · using the phony-ending technique, where the supposedlysuch a hellish situation should be. But he keeps it consistently dead spring to life.

When "Breakdown" ends, it does so with such a definitive realistic.

Quinlan ("Apollo 13," "The Doors")doesequaljustice to the bang that you know the fat lady has sung and left the building.

But she didn't go home bored. part of Amy, a woman who becomes the latest prey for a group

'Murder' charged with self-inflicted lameness Suzanne Block Opinion Editor

Last summer, aliens from another galaxy blew up the White House in "Independence Day." The storyline in "Murder at 1600" seems only slightly more plausible.

In this latest celluloid attack on the White House, officials try to cover up the murder of a young female aid, who only one hour before her brutal demise was having sex in the oval office.

This above mentioned steamy love scene caused roaring laughter in the audience, possibly because of the reputation of the current real-life oval office inhabitant.

It turns out not to be the president after all,

but his callous, spoiled son cliches, it begins to resemble who is immediately offered a Lethal Weapon parody. up as the primary suspect.

Example: Snipes' charSince this occurs early acter says he became a hoenough in the movie, the micide cop in the murder audience can extrapolate capital of the world because that he didn't do it. "it was cheaper than But the movie never therapy." grabs the viewer enough for Snipes is definitely conthem to care who did it or tinuing down the same why. tracks of his role in Money Wesley Snipes and DenCourtesy of Warner Bros. Train" because this role will nis Miller are two Washing- Wesley Snipes as Harlan only benefit his bank acton, D.C. homicide detec- Regis in "Murder at 1600." count, and not his reputatives called in to investigate the murder. They tion as a serious actor. try hard to capture the Lethal Weapon-style Miller is offered up as the funny side kick, camaraderie, but the dialogue is so full of though his ofT-the-cuff humorous remarks

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''THE MISER'' Directed by Michael Mufson , this play is based on the French playwright Moliere ' s 300-ycar-old farce. A greedy father falls for his son's fiancee while trying to have his daughter wed to a stranger. Changes have been made to bring the play into the environment of today's generation , combining the original story with the styles of Generation X.

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seem as rehearsed as his stand up comedy act on HBO. However, even with his tlawcd delivery, Miller does save the movie with laughter.

Diane Lane gives a credible performance as a tough Secret Service agent torn between the oath she took, which includes covering the truth to protect the first family, and her sense of obligation as a law enforcement officer to protect the innocent.

The action and humor are strong enough to enable the viewer to forget the flawed story line-until a ridiculous scene at the end when characters break into the White House.

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Friday. May 2. I997

BAC6AL Debbie Gibson • Singer Deborah Gibson raps about past experiences, growing up, her new sound ... and her new image Daniel Kwan Staff Writer

While most teenagers hold imaginary concerts by singing into hairbrushes in front of bedroom mirrors, Debbie Gibson was headlining concert tours at 16.

Gibson's debut album "Out of the Blue" sold five million copies and launched the beginning of her pop music career. Besides being a teen idol, she notably wrote, produced and played the instruments on most of the songs on her albums.

By the age of 17, Gibson became the youngest artist to write, produce and perform

fastFacts on D~~a~~ Aug. 31. 1970 Hometown: Menick, Long Island School: Calhoun High School Discography: "Out of the Blue" "Electric Youth" "Anything is Possible" ·'Body Mind Soul" "Think with Your Heart" "Greatest Hits" "Deborah"

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Home Videos: "Out of the Blue" l!ffl "Live In ConcertThe Out of the Blue Tour"

1989 "Live Around the World''

1990 Acting Highlights: ''Les Miserables"(Eponine) Broadway

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a No. I song, the ballad "Foolish Beat." Her popularity helped secure a co-host spot on the 1989 American Music Awards. She followed this with the simultaneous release of her perfume and follow-up album, both titled "Electric Youth."

While her recent albums have failed to match sales of her first two records, Gibson has spent the last few years performing in musical productions of "Les Miserables," duo roles in "Grease," and most recently "Funny Girl."

Now 26, a grown-up Gibson has officially changed her professional name to Deborah Gibson, releasing her sixth studio album "Deborah" on her own label , Espiritu Records. The album is available at Tower Records nationwide, with plans for a wide release to other outlets later this year.

While Gibson no longer performs " bubblegum" pop music, she said she hopes her age. name-change and acting roles will direct people toward her mature pop sound.

On your new album, why did you finally decide to change from "Debbie" to "Deborah?"

I found whenever I introduced myself to people, unless I was introducing myself as " Debbie Gibson" which to me began sounding like a hamburger franchise, I always introduced myself as "Deborah." That's always been the name I was comfortable with.

I just don't want to use a cute, gimmicky, catchy name anymore. I think that is a reflection of my growth as a person and as an artist.

Does it bother you that some people may just remember you for your first two albums or for being the old Debbie?

Oh yeah. People are very vocal about accepting me and rejecting me, I have found.

I've learned to take it with a grain of salt because I' m doing something strong enough for people to actually have an opinion on, which is n icc. It's not that I want to erase the image of what! was doing when !was 16, but I do want people to realize that I've moved on. I hope people can be open minded enough to make their own decision based on music alone and not based on some image they have stuck in their head.

Is the album-title "Deborah" part of your new image?

Yeah, first and foremost, I just wanted to be called by my name. But, definitely on a professional level it is saying, "You know what? If people get confused and don't even realize it's the same person , that could be a good thing." It' s funny because sometimes I'll say "Deborah Gibson" and they'll go "Oh , Debbie, right." It takes them a minute. !like that idea because, in a lot of ways, thi s

Courtesy of Espiritu Records

Older ••. wiser .•• but not blond-er, Deborah Gibson is once again out to make a name for herself in the music industry. is like a debut album for me.

Tell us about why you formed your own record label.

Ever since the "Think WithY our Heart" album, the records have been ballad-heavy.

Is that part of the direction that you are heading in?

Well, I can't really say that the major labels weren't great for my style of music, but my style of music became the alternative. Pop music has become the hardest thing for a record company to sell now. When that started to happen, I felt like some people that I thought really believed in me started to retreat. And I felt like, "Who are some of the people in my life who never retreat?" My mother's one of them. She's my manager, and, yes. I'm her daughter, but she really respects me as an artist and she knows how hard I work. So. I've got my own team of people around me who just don't give up.

This one ["Deborah"] I don't see as balladheavy. I see it more as mid-tempo, earthygroove stuff. I think that when you're younger, you're a lot more hyper. So I think that my songs were a lot more about an '80s pop formula and hyper energy. With the way I think the world has changed , and even me personally, people want to settle into a more comfortable groove now when they listen to music. They don't want to feel like they're being attacked with energy. Not to say that the music doesn't have energy , but I think it's a more subtle kind of energy. And that wasn't so much a conscious decision as much as just a change really in myself, and of growing up.

What is it about the Broadway musical format that appeals to you?

I think the tradition. It's so cool to think that since the beginning of time people have been doing eight shows a week. Well , maybe not since the beginning of time but for a very long time. Doing that eight-show-a-week grind , you find the most dedicated people in theater. People think, "How can you do the same show eight times a week?" But it really is a different show everyday. And I know that growing up in theater had a huge impact on my life. It was a real special event for our. whole family to go to a Broadway show once a year; that's what we could afford to do. So in the course of eight shows a week , I would never let myself forget that this particular show is somebody's special occasion. I've been doing musical theater since I was 5. I've probably done 20 musicals, but of course it ' s the four in the last few years that have gotten me attention .

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Singing and strummin' on stage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, Deborah Gibson played before a packed house.

Tell us about your new movie developments.

People think that once you have a name in any area of show business that people just call you and offer things, but I'm always auditioning for stuff that interests me. Last week I happened to go out for three things and I got two of the three things. One film is like a screen version of"Tony & Tina's Wedding."

It's like what a screenwriter calls a "mocumentary." l' II be playing a Jewish bride in a Jewish-Italian wedding.

The other is just a crazy comedy of errors.

My role is that of a photographer that is torn between doing some wrong things with some photos that she gets and the right thingwhich I can totally relate to because of paparazzi photographers. I always wonder what goes through those people's heads, and how they sleep at night.

Did you ever get bothered that your earlier music was called "bubble gum-pop with a positive message?"

It didn't bother me in a way because that's what it was. But what I didn't want it to do was take away from the fact that on stage I was always a solid performer. I didn ' t try to get by on singing in a fluffy voice. I know man y peo ple over the years have go tten dragged to my concerts against their will and left saying , ··wow' I was really surprised ."

And I always thought, "Wow, I don ' t know quite how to take that." I think that bubblegum pop sometimes conjures up images of groups like Milli Vanilli who didn't even have anything to do with singing. l;;lopefully people can think freely enough that they can make their own decision, even if people come out of curiosity. I know how a lot of people came to "Les Miserables" admittedly to pan me because they thought, "Who does she think she is trying to do theater? I really want to see her fail." And the bottom line is that I know that I gave a solid performance. I think live shows really show what a performer is all about.

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OPINION When is it too late to have a baby~

â&#x20AC;˘ Wamen have the freedom fD clwose Mimi Bowles CopyEdiror

Babies are one of life's biggest miracles that comes in the littlest packages. They are also the most difficult to care for and require the most time commitment.

For a Los Angeles woman, the birth of a healthy, bouncing baby girl was the greatest miracle of all.

It was also the most difficult. After undergoing $10,000 worth of fertility treatments, the woman and her husband must now undergo national persecution for their choice to become parents.

The reason? The mother is 63, and her husband is 60.

According to the nation , she is too old to have a-baby. But since when did the nation dictate a mother's actions?

Most likely, this 63-year-old will not live to see her daughter graduate from college, or even high school. She definitely won'tsee her grandchildren. But who's to say that the years she does have with her daughter won't be just as meaningful?

Teenage pregnancy has been on the rise in the United States for quite some time now, and people are concerned.

Is it any worse for a 63-year-old to have a baby than a 14-year-old?

At least this woman has the money, the means and the lifestyle to give her daughter what she deserves.

Yes, caring for her daughter will probably take more energy than she anticipated. But by waiting until she was ready to have a baby, she will have more to offer her daughter than if she had gotten pregnant sooner.

It is a miracle that this woman was able to conceive so late in life , and she knows it.

That baby will be cared for and loved with

everything that woman has because she wanted the baby.

The ironic thing, is that 77-year-old actor Tony Randall , who is rnarried to a 21-yearold woman, just had a baby as well.

Is he being criticized and scorned? No, far from it.

Instead he appeared on the David Letterman Show on the same night the story of the 63year-old mother broke and was praised and congratulated for his decision.

It seems that no matter what women in this nation do, they can ' t win .

Women who choose to be childless are ostracized and accused of being ''weird" and "child-haters."

Teenagers who choose to have an abortion instead of raising an unplanned baby are persecuted as being "i mmature" and "another statistic." And now women choosing to have a baby late in life are being accused of using it as a ploy to get publicity.

Give me a break.

Having a baby is a personal choice and no one has the right to make that choice for someone else.

If a woman doesn't want to have children, leave her alone. And if a woman decides at age 23 or 63 that she wants to have a baby, it is her choice and hers alone.

Does it really matter to this woman's daughter that her mother is old enough to be her grandmother? Will her daughter be upset when at age 16 or 17 her mother dies of natural causes?

Of course she will, but it won't be because her mother was "too old," it will be because hermotherlovedherand will be sorely missed.

No, her father won't be able to play softball with her, or chase her around the house, but it doesn't change his love for his "little miracle." In the end, it is not the age of the parent that matters, it is the ability of that parent to love and care for his/her child, and to provide a stable home life. With so many unwanted babies in this world, how can we condemn someone who waited until she was ready? It's a novel idea-more people should try it.

â&#x20AC;˘ Yauihful rrwther is best fD raise kids Annica Gerber Camp11s Bear Ediwr

Reproductive technology has soared to new heigbts as humans have once again taken it upon themselves to change the usual course of mother nature .

The traditional concept of reproduction was obviously not satisfactory, so science has fine-tuned the old fashioned method and it is now possible to create life in a petri dish.

Recently there was an article in The San Diego Union- Tribune about a 63-year-old woman who has recently given birth.

According to the story, she was artificially inseminated and managed to carry the pregnancy to term . Normally the age limit for this procedure is 55-years-old, but this particular subject had apparently lied about her age and falsified her personal documents.

The doctors did not tind out about the woman's deception until she was already impregnated. (A deceptive nature is definitely key in raising a child.)

Not only does this raise ethical issues, but it also questions where the line shou ld be drawn in determining who is considered to be a fit parent, not to mention a good parent. Are women who have already gone through menopause physically and mentally fit to become pregnant and then raise a child?

Is the mother really thinking about the best interest of her child or is she just fulfilling her own selfish fantasy?

A baby born to a 63-year-old mother is going to be faced with even greater obstacles than other children.

It will be nerve wracking for the mother to live with the possibility that she might kick the bucket before the kid is old enough to vote.

It is also plausible that the kid will be embarrassed and ostracized by his or her peers because the mother will be as old as the

other children's grandmothers.

Another obstacle may be that the generation gap between mother and child is so large that the mother is not going to be__able to relate to her own child.

--A woman in her late 70's could have a very difticult time accepting her child's tattoos and body piercings (or whatever will be in fashion in 20 15) as opposed to a woman in her early forties who might be more into the swing of things.

Love is, of course, the most important part in child rearing. But that does not excuse practicality and reality being thrown right out the window.

An elderly woman is not going to be able to keep up with a chi ld like a younger woman can and anyone that has been to a family gathering lately and observed the difference between mothers and grandmothers knows this to be true.

Furthennore, where is it going to stop? With today's modern technology and plastic surgery, women can stay very well preserved if their pocket book allows it.

A hefty wallet is also needed in this creating of life process because it isn't cheap like the old fashioned way.

Artiticial insemination costs about$15,000 a try and there is an average of four tries before the procedure is successful.

So the possibilities are endless.

A woman who is 80 can become pregnant as long as she looks about 55, is wealthy, lies to her doctor, and has a few years subtracted from her personal documents.

By the time her child is 20 she will be I 00, but that can probably be justified because she has convinced everyone, including herself, that she will be a better mom than some 14year-old kid that lives in poverty.

Maybe so, but at least the 14-year-old will have a greater chance to watch their child grow up. This scenario is better than an elderly mother and her newborn baby sharing their diaper days.

Friday. May 2. 1997

The Telescope

Education should be Palomar's top priority

News caverage of student's seizure pmised I was very upset at first when I saw someone from The Telescope taking pictures of a man having a seizure. I felt it was an invasion of privacy and a pretty sick way just to get pictures to fill up your paper. But, I was also impressed with the way you presented it. It was done with respect and good taste.

Lisa Ketring Liberal Arts major I wanted to commend The Telescope on the handling of a delicate situation regarding the photograph of the student in need of medical assistance. I was worried on how it would be handled, but you handled it beautifully.

Lisa Wilson Paralegal Studies

Palomar College is a place for students to learn. Some focus on the basics while others explore the fine arts or take enrichment classes .

Many students go on to earn Associated of Arts degrees or transfer to four year universities.

The goal of these students is to complete their general education requirements and move on - not to sit and meditate or enjoy nature.

The Facilities and . Master Planning Task Force has made a recommendation to the Governing Board to construct a three story state-of-the-art science building in the area next to the Library known as the green belt.

This has sparked controversy because some members of the faculty and Associated Student Government feel that the students derive some sort of benefit from the green belt that can not be empirically measured, but should be preserved none the less.

But the benefits students will derive from a new state-of-the-art science building can be measured .

The buildings that currently house the science classes, known as the sci-

ence quad area, are structurally sound but outdated and inadequate.

The types of sciences that need to be taught to prepare students for jobs in the 21st century can not be taught in these older buildings.

Moving the science classes from the science quad would also benefit other departments. Classes currently held in 20-year-old " temporary" structures could be relocated to better and pennanent facilities.

Alternate sites have been suggested, such as putting the new science building in a faculty parking lot.

White choosing to displace faculty over 50-year-old trees may seem like a popular solution to many students, the faculty parking will ultimately be relocated to the most convenient spots in the student lot.

While students would no longer be able to enjoy the greenbelt area, they would sti II be able to enjoy the over 180 species of plant life and nature trails available in the Arboretum And ultimately we sho uld keep in mind that Palomar is not a park but a place of higher learning ..

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OPINION 9

That's My pinion

Not all racists are Caucasian Suzanne Block Opinion Editor

Since Rodney King asked tive years ago after the Los Angeles riots "why can't we all get along?" not much has happened to remedy the rift in race relations.

As .a matter of fact, the chasm has grown even deeper since the O.J. Simpson verdicts.

All the laws the government can churn out and all the sensitivity training employers may force upon their workers will not end racism.

White people in our society are supposed to be sensitive towards other races and not make derogatory comments but why is this only required of those belonging to the Caucasian race?

The first time I became aware of racism against white people was while I was watching an Eddie Murphy movie many years ago.

He was· making fun of the way white people dance .

It was hilarious and the audience was busting up but it made me think what would happen if a white comedian had made fun of the way black people dance.

The only place you would be able to show a movie like this is at a KKK rally. But what's the difference?

That same year I was working for a company where almost the entire female staff was either black or Hispanic - I was the only white woman.

As we got to know each other better, I guess they felt more comfortable around me and felt they could make racist comments.

I can't tell you how many times I heard "crazy white women" or comments about how we dress funny, etc.

When I pointed out how distasteful these comments would sound if I were to say them in reverse, they only looked at me perplexed.

I could never make them see my point, the comments continued and I ate my lunch elsewhere.

Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farakkan is the most blatant example of a black racist.

Some of his views are so comedic that it's easy to dismiss him as crazy (he believes a U.F.O. will come and wipe out the Caucasian race). But when he goes on "Meet the Press" and tells the host he feels white people are an inferior mutant race created during a botched scientific experiment we should feel outraged .

We should also feel outrage at the politically correct academia for making people of European descent feel that we have not contributed anything ofimportanceexcept spreading disease among native people.

We must end the false belief that racism occurs only among white people.

Unless we do this what reason do we all have to get along·J

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GRANT: At least $109 million in Pelt Grants obtained illegally Continued from Page 1 their parents' federal tax records.

The audit showed the government gave $109 million more than they should have to at least I 02,000 students in 1995-96 because students either failed to report or underreportcd thctr income.

In addition, at least I ,200 students who claimed to be veterans were not. The result, according to the Inspector General's Office , was that they were granted independent status, which most likely increased their eligibility for Pcll Grants. Students in this category were awarded more than $1.9 million in Pell Grants, which are supposed to go only to needy students.

The audit also referred to four unnamed students who stood out bee ll c they had "the greatest inc.n ne discrepancies" between their tax forms and studcnt-atd forms. Three of the four students

"The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the American Heart Association:' When people want to honor a loved one and fight heart disease.

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rccei ved fu II Pell Grants; the other was awarded a grant sl ightly below the $2,400 maximum.

The parents of the four students rcportecl family incomes to the IRS ranging from $646,720 to $1,306.913. During the same period, three students reported ;;ero earnings on their student-aid applications and the fourth reported just over $7,000.

It gets worse: One unnamed student reported no income on the student-aid application, even though the IRS found the student's family reported more than $1.3 million in adjusted gross income on their tax return. The student, although hts identity is known to the IRS, can't be prosecuted, Howard says.

In fact. none of the students v.ho received Pell Grant money will be prosecuted.

"At this point, we cannot go after them criminally, although we'd love to," Howard said. '·It's

panics that arc in the business of producing fraudulent tax returns," Inspector General Thomas Bloom told legislators in March. Bloom testified during a hearing before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

He sa id many colleges are too time- and cash-strapped to investigate whether the financial information submitted by students is fraudulent. They lack the experience, too, to ferret out offenders, he said.

Bloom recommended that the federal government take on the responsibility of insuring that federal aid is going to the students who need it.

He said the IRS should share tax returns with the Department of Education, a move that critics have said would invite "Big Brother" into students' lives.

'Tm strong believer in privacy rights," Bloom said. '' But it is dif-

part of our agreement with the IRS." That agreement only allowed the Department of Education to report how widespread the fraud is. It did not allow the department to reveal the names of the students either to the public or the schools where the Pell Grants were applied.

Currently, the department relics on colleges to verify that students submit accurate data on their student-aid forms. Federal law requires co lleges to verify key eligibi lity information for at least 30 percent of th eir st udents who receive federal aid.

But while many colleges require aid applicants to submit copies of their family's federal income tax form, the colleges have ·'no assurances,. that the forms arc the same as those sent to the IRS, the report said. ··sometimes people submit fake I 040s . There arc markcti ng com-

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fcrcnt when you're asking for federal money. " Leslie Gray, a freshman at Harold Washington College in Chicago. agrees that the Department of Education should work with the IRS to pull records at will. "I think they should." said Gray. "Those people [students who lie] take money away from people who don't have any money for college."

Gray says she's heard of students at the school talk about falsifyi ng information. 'They say, ' I can try to ge t more money if I say I'm on public aid.' [when they ' re not.] And I'm like , 'Like they don't know."'

While the Department of Education plan may solve the problem . Kavanagh v.as uneasy about the plan.

"As a taxpayer, I would be concerned about confidentiality,'' she said. "It depends on how they would usc the information."

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Club Success Club Success IS dedicated to he.lping students achieve success. We work from within the community and campus to raise funds for scholarships in addition to assisting students reach their goals. Meetings held in the Counseling Dept. Contact Mr. John Dise, ext. 2189 for info.

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Meetings: the 2nd and 4th Fridays, room SU-18, 2 p.m.

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M.E.Ch.A. Meeting Meetings held in room SU -17, Fridays, 1 p.m.Join us. Everyone welcome. MEChA is Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan.

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SPORTS Comets seem destined for State • Fate decided in Palm Springs today for women's tennis said Gerrick. "We didn ' t think we could do it." Gerrick also said that the victory improved Palomar 's Success for three members of chance of grabbing a doubles spot.

Palomar's women's tennis team at a Palomar's No. I doubles team of to urnament earlier thi s week in Ojai Jennings and her mother Lynn , lost will most likely land them with some mid-way through the Ojai T o urnaof the top seeds in the upco min g ment, a lso to the No. I seed.

Now Haugen and her team are state tournament.

Bcgining yesterday, the Comets waiting to sec where Palomar' sucare hunting for State Tourney seeds cess in Ojai , combined with their performance o n May 2 in the Southat the Southern California Regional Tournament in Palm Springs. The ern California Region als , will land team will return on May 3. them in the fin a l seedings, which The Comets' No. I singles player, will be announced May 3. Only Katy Jennings, and Palomar's No.2 eight singles and eight doubles teams doubles team of Allison Gerrick will be chosen from Southern Caliand Ladonne Wedell both reached fornia. the quarterfinals of the 80-plus team Loaded with talent, the Comets to urnament. Both Jennings and are lamenting th at they finished secGerrick-Wedell were beate]l by the ond for the third straight season, No . I seeds in the tourney . despite being ranked sixth in the "Getting that far was great for state . Where does Pal omar's secthem," said coach Nan Haugen · ond place woes come from'J The whose team finished second in the Gross mont College foreign arsenal.

Pacific Coast Conference with a 12"That's why we can't beat them ," 3 record. "(Jennings) should ge t a said Haugen. "They keep bringing seed between 6th and 8th." Haugen in foreign players." Grossmonts also said that Gerrick and Wedell top four players come from Russia, sho uld get seeded among the top Japan , Austria and Mexico, in that eight at the state tourney since they order. ''That 's not just a player from were ranked so low in Ojai.

Russia, that' s one of the top players "It was awesome and unexpected , in Russia," said Haugen.

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Tennis ace Allison Gerrick practices for upcoming State Regionals.

Seven days without exercise makes one weak. The physical aspect of health is very important and too many people ignore its major contributions. Working out increases brain power, creates higher self-esteem. gets you outdoors and can bring you closer to the spiritual side.

So why do so many people come up with lame excuses not to be in shape? Why are so many Americans dying of cancer and cardiovascular disease when we all know that exercise increases life? Well, ifl had the secret answer I'd be a millionaire, but I do know that many Americans are just too lazy. It takes a lot of effort and people don't want to invest that time.

"Effort is everything" is my motto and your investment in exercise will cause the returns to go right off the chart.

If you want to defy being an American statistic of early death make an effort. No excuses!

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Retirement closes Palomar coach's legacy Mimi Bowles Copy Editor

Optimism and balance have both end zones covered in Pa lomar's physical education department these days.

No\V the scales have tipped \Vith the announcement of retirement for department chair Tony Lynds. who· s heen an MVP on Palomar· s coaching stan· since 1967.

"It's (retirement) a personal decisiOn." Lynds sa1d. "I've I00 percent enjoyed all my years at Palomar. I couldn · t have asked for a nicer place to work."

It is that positive attitude that shines brightly during talks with thG coach. Born in Hollywood and raised in Chula Vista, the third genera tion Californian spe nt his younger years invo lved in the world of sports. Lynds was active on the football team s of his high school and college, as well as swimming, tenni s and rugby. In his spare time he got an education .

"I always loved sports ," Lynds said. " I got support from my family.

At that time there wasn't Little League or Pop Warner. It wasn't tremendously important. It was a differenteraofsports. " But sports is only one o f many things that Lynds fell in love with.

History captured the coach's attention from an early age. In fact, the desire to learn history was so great that Lynds spent the early years of his teaching career teaching Civics and history in the Sweetwater district.

"I actually still read a lot of his-

tory," Lynds sa id , adding that his love for history is transferred into an even greater love for teaching. It was this love for teaching and sports combined that brought Lynds into the coaching arena.

Lynds went from Chula Vista High School (1959-1963). to Mar VIsta High School ( 196-t-1967) and finally wound up at Palomar. coaching football and trying to li\ e up to the image he had 111 his head of one of h1s heroes. Chester Devore.

"He was my football coach 111 high school. He was honest and fair and he really cared about students,'' Lynds explained . "I tried to model after him."

Starting as defensive coordinator, Lynds never had the desire to be head coach. He preferred instead to coach every other position , and through his cqaching to impact his students.

"I think the most important thing I want out of the students is to be the best they can be," Lynds said . "I want to give them the tools to be balanced." This idea ofbalance provides the center for Lynds ' life.

Lynds says he chose to stay away from the head coaching position because he felt that it would "overbalance" his life towards sports, and not leave enough time for teaching.

Lynds tried to instill this idea in the students he coached and feels it should be an important part of a you-ng athlete's life.

"I think (Pop Warner, etc.) are detrimental to children-there never was that pressure when I was young," Lynds said. "I think the

press ure to be good, get scholarships, or win trophies is way out of line. I'd like it if th ey never kept standi ngs until high school, if they just played, said 'Good game,' and went home .·· Lynds feels that the enjoyment of sports is what really counts "I thmk sports arc enjoyable. The \\.hole thing has to do with balance.

If parents arc balanced. their children will be balanced," Lynds cxplamcd. "I think It starts at an early age. Very fev\ k1ds get scholarships-i!'s unrealistic. Having fun. that's what's important."

Since Lynds has been on Palomar's sports faculty. the football team has had two undefeated seasons and won the nat ional championship in 1991 and 1993. " In six years, we've probably lost 12 games," Lynds said, adding that the years he has spent at Palomar have been well worth it.

Lynds sings the praises of the teaching and coaching staff, as well as the administration here at Palomar, and adds a new group of people to the list he admires. " I think we have the best Admissions staff. I don't sec that in a lot of other colleges," Lynds said .

"Everybody 's a team here. Dr. George Boggs is a real good manager. He lets everyone be the best they can be."

Being the best he can be has also included many fond memories of the years he spent coaching and teaching.

"The State Championship at San Francisco City College in 1993

Courtesy of Ton) Lynds

Lynds retires after 30 years at Palomar as Associate Professor, Chair, and Coach of Athletics. comes to mind. The score was 2321 and both teams were undefeated.

It was a last second field goal that won the game. The house was packed ," Lynds said. ·'That was a really good moment. " Along with his memory of the State Championship is his four children, all of whom attended Palomar, and all of whom now have bachelor's degrees.

Lynds has not just been an influence on the football team , but has also undertaken the task of teaching adapted physical education to disabled studen ts.

"One of my heroes is a Down Syndrome student who has shown up everyday for seven years to lift weights and swim," Lynds said,

adding that Palomar is the only community college in the United States with a ski program for disabled st udents.

Students are taken to Alpine Meadows every Christmas vacation to ski. ''I'm pretty proud of that. " Lynds ' heroes are not of the type that people would guess. He doesn't name Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson. Instead, he lists fom1er roommate Kris Kristofferson, and the staff and students at Palomar.

"I've tried to get a little bit from everyone on staff," Lynds said . "My philosophy has always been to leave the world a better place. In anything that you do, you can touch people's lives."