FEATURE
Temecula woman survives years of pain and makes a new life for herself
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ENTERTAINMENT
OPINION
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Sept. 26, 1997
Palomar College
Staff Writer
Student parking fees may increase from $20 to $22.50 starting with the spring 1998 semester as Campus Patrol converts to a 24hour operation. The number of night security officers on duty is not expected to increase. This is the first parking fee increase in six years. The Palomar College Governing Board is expected to approve the fee increases without formal opposition at their Oct. 14 meeting. Daily parking permits will also increase
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from 50 cents to $1 and the late fee for parking citations will increase from $6 to $10. Under the Education Code·, financial aid students exempt from the enrollment fee will continue to pay $20 for a semester parking permit. Parking fee increases will fund.a conversion from hiring an outside security company, which patrols the campus at night, to employing in-house security guards beginning in July 1998. While Campus Patrol operates Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to I 0 p.m., the college has hired Four Star Private SEE SECURITY, PAGE 11
Bookstore access disputed Christian Johnson Staff Writer
Complaints have risen about the Palomar bookstore from the ranks of the Associated Student Government concerning the store's accessibility to disabled students. The issue was briefly addressed at Palomar's Governing Board meeting on Sept.. 9 by ASG President Erica Olvera. Elaine James, vice president of social affairs, who is also a member of the Bookstore Advisory Board, has raised the concern several times that the new floor plan is not disabled-student friendly.
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"The bookstore is not wheelchair accessible." said James, "They're students too." Since re-opening this semester with its new system for buying books, the bookstore has been the topic of much conversation. Now that the bookstore has adopted the same self-serve approach that most other college bookstores have been using for decades, the pros and cons of the new and old store layouts are now more apparent than ever before. But one aspect that has yet to be explored is the SEE BOOKSTORE, PAGE 13
Title Nine' team hits the road•••
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Study Abroad program expands global classroom to Italy, .China Marc Lim Staff Writer
Tai Howard I The Telescope
In the wake of the initiation of Title Nine, which assures an even-balance between male and female athletics, college campuses across the country have ~een the introduction of several single-sexed sports teams such as Palomar's all-female cross country team (above). For more on Title Nine and Palomar, see Page 16.
Firefighters take on the spreading flames of what authorities believe to be an arson-related brushfire that burned its way through a large part of the Lake Hodges-area Wednesday. For additional photo coverage of the fire, see pages 4 and 5.
Add a taste for spaghetti and chow mein to the list of materials needed for school. Come next summer, Palomar students will be able to participate in Study Abroad programs in China and Italy. The Foreign Language Department has added the two countries to their evergrowing list of Study Abroad programs. Both Chinese and Italian are relatively new languages being offered at Palomar, each slightly over a year old. "There has been a growing demand for both the Chinese and
Italian languages," said George Pesacreta, the department's chairperson. "We came up with these programs to meet the demand and we're very excited about them." The four-week long programs will allow students to experience the culture, language and heritage of the Chinese and Italians, two of world's oldest civilizations: The program in China will take place in the Beijing Language and Cultural University. The university was selected to play host because of the reputation of its programs. Shannon Shi, a Chinese language instructor in Palomar, is confident of the program. "The university is one of the top
I 0 universities in Beijing. It has been conducting courses for foreigners for many years," said Shi. "The course has also attracted 33 ambassadors and 200 diplomats." Shi also said that interest in the Chinese language is growing, especially with the focus on the Far East as an area of future economic and social ~xpansion. Located in Beijing's University District, the . university is also located in an ideal part of Beijing. The Great Wall of China and Tiananmen Square are just some of the places of interest that the students can visit during the weekends or on their free SEE ABROAD, PAGE 13