The Telescope 51.04

FEATURE

OPINION

SPORTS

New aikido class teaches students mental and physical development

Should English be designated as our official language?

Poised, posed, and powerful, the Comets' offensive line is ready to crush the opposition See Page 12

Friday, Oct. 3, 1997

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Volume 51, Number 4

$98 million boost from Palomar • County's economy benefits from college Christian Johnson News Editor

Palomar College is earning an A+ in ecomonics as it brings increased revenue to North County communities according to a San Diego Sate University study.

Dr. William Piland has prepared a new economic impact study for the Office of Research and Service for Post-Secondary Education at SDSU. The study states that the Palomar Community College District has generated a total increase in area wealth of $98,368,706 for 1996.

This figure marks an increase of 8 percent over the study conducted in 1994.

According to Dr. George Boggs, superintendent/president of Palomar College, the current figure is up I 00 percent from the study conducted in 1987. That year Palomar produced approximately $40 million.

These figures are based on several ways the district influences the local economy, such as income generation, which is determined by the total employee payroll, financial aid money received by students, and purchases made SEE BOOST, PAGE 9 Brian Boynton blasts the ball out of the pool before making way for the Lady Comets' match against Cypress.

ASG learns ropes from government Melody Cruz SllljfWriter

On Sept. 19-21, representatives from Palomar's Associated Student Government attended the fifth annual California Student Association of Community Colleges (CalSACC) Presidential Summit.

The summit was held at the Los Angeles Airport Westin Hotel with the theme being, "Prepare for Impact."

Throughout the three day summit, ASG representatives got to experience workshops about the plus or minus grading system, fundraising, and student advocacy, to name a few.

The ASG officers also got the opportunity to listen to SEE SUMMIT, PAGE 3

College marketing shifts into overdrive Following in the tracks of _another annual enrollment increase, Palomar's Marketing Department has begun a new advertising campaign that includes everything from displaying promos on the screens of Edwards Theatres to renting a highway billboard.

The effort, headed by Marketing Manager Norma Bean, also conducted a direct mail campaign to graduating high school students, as well as previous and perspective students of Palomar.

"It feels good to market a product you believe in," said Bean. "Palomar is a good school. It sells itself."

-Antoinette Griffith Staff Writer

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Facing west-bound traffic on Highway 78, this billboard was one of the more visible signs of this year's increase in wide-spread advertising by Palomar.

Friday. Oct. 3. 1997

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2 CAMPUS BEAT

CAMPUS BEAT PATROL BLOTTER 0

A RUSSIAN TASTE OF CULTURE

"VANDALISM - Thursday, Sept. 18, between 8:40 a.m. and 1 f:20 a.~ .•

a student's vehicle was vandalized while parked in Lot 15.

DISTURBANCE- Friday, Sept. 19, around 1:55 p.m. at the Wellness Center a male was disrupting students. rROPERTY DAMAGE - Monday, Sept. 22, around l: 15 p.m. a student noticed a small indentation on the back of his bumper. j'he indentation matched a screw belonging to a nearby vehicle.

MEDICAL - Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 10:20 a.m. a student walked into the Admissions Office complaining of chest pains. Health Services and Campus Patrol were called to assist the student before she was taken to Palomar Hospital by ambulance.

F.Y.Info DROPPING A CLASS - If a class is dropped through Oct.l7 a grade of ''W" will appear on a student's record. Verify that dropped class grades are not on record.

AUDITING A CLASS - Instructors' signatures are required on green application for Audit form. Deadline to change audit status is Sept. 26. fALL GRADUATION - For AA and CA deadline to apply is Oct. I. REPEATING A CLASS - If you are repeating a class turn in a grade adjustment form to Admissions.

SfRING I998 REGISTRATION - PAR will start Dec. I and go through Dec. 19. This period will be the only telephone registration for Spring ' 98. PAR phase II wfll not be offered in the Spring.

'Responding to Racism' Workshop

Free public health forum in Vista

Breaking the silence about racism in a non-threatening approach and is the theme of a workshop being offered at Palomar College, San Marcos Campus. The workshop will be held on Sunday, Oct. 5, 1997 from I to 7 p.m . in the Performing Arts Department, room D- 10. It will consist of a variety of short performances , theater games , and open discussions, attempting to address the issue of racism on campus and in our community.

Following the workshop at 8 p.m. , will be a performance titled Three Lives, written and performed by writer, film maker, Alex Lu. Three Lives was originally performed in Los Angeles at the Japanese American Museum, and like the workshop focuses on the issue of racism.

For additional information, contact Michael Mufson 7441150 ext. 2456. Sign-up at the Box Office 744-1150 ext. 2453.

- Kelly Orrantia

Free tickets for Pre-admission workshop at SDSU football game

New resume workshop offered

San Diego State is having a preadmission workshop to assist you in preparing your application for the Fall of ' 98. This workshop wi II be held on four separate dates : Oct. 18, Nov. I, 15, and 22.

On each of these days there will be two meetings to choose from.

One from 9 a.m. to noon and another at I p.m. to 4 p.m. Bring all unofficial copies of SAT I, ACT and/ or TOEFL test scores, a pen and #2 pencil. If interested in submitting your application on the workshop day, please bring a $55 check for the application fee.

Sign-ups will start Oct. 6. Classes are expected to 'till up quick so don ' t delay.

-Rich Miron

Join the Palomar College Wellness Team at the Comet's football game on Saturday, Oct. 4 at I :30 p.m .

The third game in this year's season, the Comets will be playing against Long Beach on the San Marcos High School field .

Audience members are asked to bring a can of food to help support the Wellness Team's food drive.

After the game, the Wellness group will meet for dinner at Rossi's Pizza. All are welcomed to join them .

For more information, call Lee Hoffman at ext. 2640 or JoAnne Giese at ext. 2109. The tickets are free .

-Brian Samaniego

Looking to impress a potential boss? The Career Center is offering free resume workshops.

The program consists of a one hour session where Palomar counselors and Career Center staff . provide information on preparing and revising resumes.

The workshops will have a question and answer session. The workshops are held every Friday in the conference room of the Counseling Center from 12:30 p.m. to I :30 p.m. The program will continue through Nov. 21 , with the exception of Oct. 31 .

Register in person or call the Career Center at ('760) 744- 1150 ext. 2194, -Christian Johnson

Issues of health care in the U.S. and San Diego County come to ' the Vista Library Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. with a free public forum presented by, the recently formed, North County Forum. Speakers will address the current status and possible futures of the nation's health care systems.

The list of speakers will include: Sylvia Hampton, San Diego president of the League of Women Voters, Julio Mateo Jr., policy analyst at the West Coast Regional Office of Consumers Union , Kit Costello , president of the California Nurses Association and a representative of Columbia/ HCA .

These speakers will focus on the economics of health care for individuals and the industry in the area ofHMO's and the conversion of non-profit hospitals to profit status. For more information contact the North County Forum at (760) 758-2410.

-Kevin Farmer

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Should English be the official language of the United States~

Brian Malloy Undeclared "Yes, I think everyone should learn the English language if they want citizenship."

Anessa Bigbee Music "Yes. because it's the primary language and any country's official language should be spoken correctly its citizens."

lsmael Castillo Physics "No, because America is a nation for all races and choosing English would make some cultural feel excluded."

Jamie Tackaberry English "Yes and no, for one America has always been a multi-cultured society and yet we need a common communication."

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Darren Zinman Language "Yes, because if you're in America you will need it to get around. Traffic signs and most other displays are in English."

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Friday. Oct. 3, 1997

NEWS 3

Gay and lesbian club confronts homophobia • Group cites anger over perceived inaction Mimi Bowles Feature Editor

For the Gays and Lesbians of Palomar (G.A.L.O.P.) club, hate crimes are now hitting close to home.

Club president Rachel Farr says she feels that on-going incidents against the club qualify for the title.

Farr alleges that the group's flyers have been torn down and replaced with flyers from a Christian group reading, "Straight to the Point." There have also been pictures of a gun pasted over some of G.A.L.O.P. 's flyers .

Club members say they are frustrated in their attempts to get help from college officials.

"The first thing we did was go to the adviser (of G.A.L.O.P.) and

then to Campus Patrol," Farr said.

"They said there was realfy nothing they could do and that they can't monitor our boards."

Farr added that in addition to these incidents, the group feels it was excluded from a Christian prayer group recently held on campus because flyers for the activity were put in every club's box except their own.

These incidents, however, are nothing new to the club, according to Bethany Ross, vice president of G.A.L.O.P. "Every semester our banners get torn down, our flyers get torn down," Ross said. "People walk into the room (where we hold meetings) when we're about to end and give us weird looks."

Ross and other memebrs of the club have also heard discriminatory terms such as "puto" which means "faggot" from students in this class.

And club members claim the discrimination doesn't stop there.

Both Farr and the other members say that they don 't feel as

"Every semester our banners get torn down.

People walk into the room and give us weird looks. " -Bethany Ross vice president Gays and Lesbians of Palomar

comfortable on Palomar's campu·s since these incidents.

"At the multi-cultural festival, we had people walk by our table and say 'dyke'," Farr said. "We were told nothing could be done."

It is because of incidents like this, members said , that deters them from being open about their sexuality on campus.

G.A.L.O.P. members, however, say that they have a plan of action to combat the attacks, a plan which includes making a map of the campus bulletin boards so that

the flyers that are torn down can be replaced. In addition , since October is National Gay and Lesbian History Month, the group plans to have a display table in the library signifying that history.

G.A.L.O.P. says they would like to have the school recognize the event in future years, as it does for the months dedicated to Hispanic Heritage and Black History.

For now, however, the group is fighting from the ground up.

"We want to achieve equality

and diversity through visibility," Farr said. ''I'm concerned for the younger members of our group this treatment is stupid. It's probably scaring away a few people."

G.A.L.O .P. member Deane Peeler agrees.

"There's a definite animosity here on campus," she said.

"These hate crimes come from a lack of knowledge -you have to start at the beginning for change."

That change is what the group is working towards by asking for sensitivity training for faculty, staff and students on campus.

"We have to fight this on our own," Farr said. "The bottom line is we're students here and we don't need to be treated any differently.

"I want the school to make a statement that this is a violation of our rights. I feel like they should investigate it as a hate crime and watch our boards a little more closely," she said.

At press time, Campus Patrol was unavailable for comment on this issue.

SUMMIT: Student government learns from the real government Continued from Page 1 speakers ranging from Alice Petrossian, appointed to the Board of Governors by Pete Wilson in 1992, and Antonio Villaraigosa, a member of the 45th district and majority leader of the California State Assembly.

Claudia Bucio, ASG treasurer, had no trouble recalling which speaker left an indelible impression on her mind.

"When Antonio Villaraigosa spoke it was just incredible. He graduated from high school with a 1.7 GPA but eventually made it to UCLA. Now, he's the majority . leader of the state assembly. He's an inspiration," Bucio said.

Bucio also mentioned that she learned the importance of working together in the ASG to accomplish a common goal, instead of working just for oneself.

Bucio, however, wasn't the only ASG officer who left the summit with Villaraigosa's speech on his mind. Xavier Corona, ASG's vice-president of State Affairs, was equally impressed

with Villaraigosa.

"He showed us that you can start from the bottom and work your way up. You don't have to go to a university right away. You can start at a community college and still attain your goals and reach your dreams," Corona said.

Besides providing inspiration for the attending students, the summit also provided ways to help the student leaders make their government work better for them and the students they're serving.

According to Corona, the student representatives got the chance to speak with several state and community leaders. The leaders expressed how the officers need to be more effective on their respective campuses so they can affect education.

Jim Bowen, advisor of student activities, accompanied the student representatives to the sumHe thought the summit mit. turned out to be an outstanding experience for the students.

"I thought it was a very good

meeting," Bowen said, "They discussed issues like current legislation going around the state.

Including the plus or minus grading system, which was very interesting."

Sharing in Bowen's enthusiasm about the plus or minus grading system discussion was Corona.

The information he attained from the plus or minus workshop is going to be put to use by the creation of seminars aimed at helping students and faculty members understand and discuss the plus or minus grading system.

As a result of the summit, Corona also said that he wants to strive to have more effective and useful meetings so information that really needs to be the topic of discussion is dealt with.

According to the three student officers and advisor Bowen, the summit was a great source of information and an outlet to receive different views and ideas on how to run an effective student government.

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4 OPINION

Friday, Oct. 3, 1997

OPINION ENGLISH: DOES IT lJNITE OR DIVIDE? • English provides unity for America

• Varied languages add to our culture

Christian Johnson

Mimi Bowles Staff Writer

News Ediwr

America is the great melting pot of the world, full of life, color and many cultures .

But we are still one nation and for our own prosperity as a progressive country, we need unity in all possible ways, including a common language.

Speaking as a student who's currently trudging through it, America's educational system is in trouble, and that's not news.

Standardized test scores arc low, welfare and unemployment rates are high , and for some reason poor immigrants continue to think the " American Dream'' is easily achievable to anyone with a strong back.

That dream was true 200 years ago, but that and the statement ''Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses," isn't realistic anymore.

Not only is there not enough room for all the huddled masses that want a chance, but how can they hope to achieve their dream if they can ' t communicate with the people around them?

Arguing from a pro-education standpoint, effective communication is the first and foremost priority in the learning process. When our students test as one of the worst in the industrialized world, our problem lays in the fact that we're overly concerned with political correctness and bridging cultural gaps. I'm pretty positive that France doesn't teach "French as a second language."

Being that we are a melting pot of cu ltural diversity (California is a prime example), the schools or the nation will go bankrupt and national businesses will come to a halt if we try to cater to every language and culture we encounter.

A basic competency of the English language should be a prerequis ite to immigration into this country. If the American majority spoke Japanese, I would be advocating that as the official language. But it's not Japanese, it's English .

Respect and preservation of language and culture is not the issue. We should work on building similarities instead of dwelling on differences . A common ian- · guage is the sign of a common people.

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Everywhere you go, in every business and even here on Palomar's campus, you'll hear the sounds of other languages.

Ho:.,..ever, the United States government wants to change that. It's been in the news for what seems like decades- the desire to make English the official language of the United States. The question is, would there really be a benefit to doing this? The answer is no.

Remember that old phrase, "America is a meltin'g pot of cultures?" Apparently not many people do. By making English the official language of the United States, we are limiting those from a foreign country from being productive members of our society.

English is the hardest language to learn (why do you think we Americans have to continue to study it all the way through college?). It has so many different idiosyncrasies and rules that can be changed or bent depending on how one wishes to speak. It makes learning the language a nearly impossible task before coming to the United States.

If we make English the ofticial language of the United States, then every person who works with the public would have to speak nothing but English.

How would you help someone who spoke another language? Or even worse, how would a 911 dispatcher who is required to speak only English be able to help a Spanish speaker who has placed an emergency call?

Granted, immigrants should make an effort to learn the English language, if only to reap the benefits of being bilingual. To expect immigrants to come over and already be fluent isn't reasonab le.

By making English the official language we are eliminating culture in our society.

The United States government has made enough mistakes already. Eliminating the cultures that make America what it is would be another one. Let's think this through a little bit more before we dampen America's reputation anymore than it already is.

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Friday. Oct. 3. 1997

OPINION 5

Gerber Brain Food

• Tact disappearing at an alarming rale Annica Gerber Opinion Editor

I have had enough of all the rude and thoughtless people in the world. Where are they all coming from? About I 0 years ago this country was full of overly nice people who would go out of their way to make someone else's day. Not any longer.

These days all anyone ever cares about is themselves. If it is not good for "number one" (themselves) , it must not be good for anyone else either.

Remember back in the day when people actually used to let you in when they saw you merging on to the freeway? That never happens anymore. Now, when I am on the on ramp I notice that people actually speed up just so I won't be able to get in front of them. When I finally manage to squeeze in between two cars, I often pull up beside the person that tried to force me off the road and wave. This is usually when they have the audacity to flip me off.

Now, let's discuss people who work in service fields like restaurants and banks.

Why do I always feel like I am inconveniencing them when I come in to have dinner or to make a transaction?

For example, I was forced to close my checking account recently and the gentleman who helped me acted like he was doing me a favor. The entire process took about two hqurs and during that time I thought he was going to have several nervous breakdowns. If this man does not like people, then why did he pick a career in a field that deals solely with customers?

For some reason, I have been under the impression that these people were supposed to appreciate my business.

I often wonder what the deal is with people that I pass on the street who will look me straight in the eye, but not return my smile. If you are not going to smile don't bother looking at me. It makes me feel silly when only I am smiling.

We all encounter dozens of rude people everyday, therefore we have become desensitized to impolite behavior, but that doesn't mean that we should totally give up on being nice. I am at the point where if I encounter a pleasant person I am truly surprised. This is a really sad state of affairs.

I reached my breaking point last Monday when I was out for my daily walk. I was having a pleasant stroll down Carlsbad Village Drive, minding my own business, when a car with two 16-year-old boys rolled by me. They were hollering something out the window and at first I didn't catch what they were saying so I smiled. As the car was just passing me I realized that they were yelling "Nice tits!" My jaw dropped and I was outraged. I couldn't believe my ears and I found myself wondering if their mothers knew that they engaged in this type of behavior.

Freedom of expression is an integral part of our American society, but as far as I know this does not include hurling derogatory verbiage at innocent bystanders.

Being nice used to be ·second nature for most people because they were forced to deal with each other on a daily basis. But I guess we elimin'ated the need for human contact in our modern, industrialized society when we replaced our friends with computers.

Spreading AIDS awareness Heidi Fischle Contributing Writer

This past week I had the privilege of volunteering for a four day workshop for women who had contracted the HIV/AIDS virus. I was one of the many who volunteered my services to these women, so they could have a few days of rest and relaxation along with some serious pampering.

There were many volunteers from many different fields; psychotherapists, hypnotherapists, hair and make-up stylists, manicurists and many others.

I fall into the massage therapist category. I have been working in this field for the past few years and I have gained quite a bit of experience. So when I got this opportunity to donate my time and share some of my experiences with these women, I gladly accepted it.

I must admit that I was a bit apprehensive at first because I didn't know what to expect. Was I going to work on someone with skin abnormalities or anything that might be dangerous to touch? At the same time, I was curious and eager to find out if any of these women might want to share their stories with me.

When I arrived at the La Jolla Marriott I

checked in and found tlie assigned room that I was sharing with seven other women.

I was scheduled to do three massages and since they were full bodied I had my own little space set up using sheets as partitions.

When I met my first client I thought she was another volunteer. I was convinced that she did not have HIV because she did not look ''sick."

As I was working, I could hear other women chit chatting in the hallway, however they weren't having what I would consider to be an ordinary conversation because they were discussing if their children had tested positive for HIV. This is a discussion that no mother should ever have about their young child. Then it struck me, this is their.reality and they deal with these struggles everyday.

After overhearing these conversations I became much more sympathetic to their situation and 1 started to feel more at case. I felt closer to each individual woman. I was developing an understanding and as I was touching their bodies I felt like I was relating to the person , not the disease.

I was pleasantly surprised when I was finishing the session with my last client because she started talking to me and sharing a little bit of her life story. First, she

thanked me and told me that she believes that massage is very beneficial for people with HIV/AIDS. She also said that she often feels fatigued and has poor circulation due to all the medication she has to take.

She continued to tell me that she and her husband had tested positive for the disease about three years ago, but she had no idea how long she had been infected. She added that she wished they had been tested before they had gotten married. Now they will ·spend the rest of their lives wondering how much longer they have to live.

When we parted we shared a warm and grateful embrace.

I am trying to make a point and break stereotypes with my story. You can ' t see HIV/AIDS . It is not a gay disease, it docs not choose a certain type of person and it does not discriminate against a specific race, gender, or class.

The only protection we have from this disease is to be responsible. We have to, as individuals , be informed and respect ourselves enough to know the situation we are getting into.

If we don ' t the consequences may be unbearable. For millions of people, they already are.

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Dogs are from Earth, cats are from hell John DeCoursey Editor-in-Chief

Falling in love with someone who will love you the rest of your life is a hope most of us have. But recognizing it and making it a reality are two different species. So how can we get past all the obligatory b.s. and find our perfect mate? How can we be sure that it was meant to be and not meant to self-destruct?

I have found the answer: dogs and cats.

Before I continue along this route, let me just state that I am a tierce dog lover, and am irreversibly biased in that direction. The idea I'm about to present is none-too-flattering towards cats (as well as people who like them), but I am un-apologetic about this and standby the validity of my concept.

I hate cats, my reasoning being that they suck. Having said that, let's continue ...

Out of everyone I've ever known, the people who have been closest to me the longest are dog-lovers. Though I have known many a cat-lover, they waltzed in and out of my life with the breezy arrogance of a feline strolling through a room.

Being a dog-lover has never been a prerequisite for getting to know me, but I recently noticed the undeniable pattern, the uncanny difference between people worth knowing and people worth putting to sleep.

Turns out I dig people who bear similar qualities to Man's Best Friend: loyal, trustworthy as well as trusting, a visible conscience, and many other traits that set them apart from rats ... uh, cats.

Allow me to illustrate (and make mental notes of anyone you may be reminded of): • Dogs are loyal 24 hours a day. Even if it's 2 a.m. they're thrilled to see you. Every time you come home, it's a party.

Cats will decide when, where and how they will be loved. Usually they want attention when it is most inconvenient for the owner.

• Dogs live in their master's house.

Cats master the house they live in.

• Dogs would bark, bite, and defend you to the death from trouble.

Cats would nonchalantly watch you get stabbed to death, mindful only of not blood-staining their fur, and then go eat Meow Mix. • Point, and your dog bites your enemy.

Point, and your cat bites your finger.

• Dogs notice when their owner is absent.

Cats notice when their feeding schedule has been interrupted.

• Dogs never presume that they are more intelligent than their owner.

Cats know they are.

• Dogs can be taken for walks, runs or an afternoon at the park.

Cats don't need you to have fun. Cats

don't want you to have fun.

Sound like anybody you know? I used to know several people who fit the cat-attitude to aT. The key phrase there is "used to know."

Sure it was cool at first. Just like the animals they love, cat-people have to be endearing at first or else they'd never stand a chance. Then just about the time that they've made a comfortable litter box for themselves in your life, distemper sets in.

You want to dump them, lose them, drop them off at the nearest pound.

And for those who raise the argument "What if you're a cat and dog person?" ... well, I know they exist but for the life of me I can't figure out how they keep their priorities in order. It must be similar to the principle that keeps a cannibal from eating himself.

That's a whole separate issue I would never even try to tackle. As far as I'm concerned, dog and cat people live in two different worlds and never the twain shall meet.

But the advice I'm trying to pass along here is that in your search for the ideal mate, take in to consideration why dogpeople should stick with dog-people and cat-people should stick with cat-people.

Think about which one you are closest to, and maybe you won't waste time scratching up the wrong tree.

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6 ENTERTAINMENT

ENTERTAINMENT 'CJ?eacemak.gr' Creates :Nucfear r:Bo~ Office Jfeat â&#x20AC;˘ Dream Works' first major motion picture is a box office hit for Clooney, Kidman

Carla Van Wagoner Entertainment Editor

In an industry that relies on blow 'em up special effects to make box office bonanzas, it's nice to see "'The Peacemaker" has gone the extra mile in creating characters that explode off the screen.

Clooney bounces back from lackluster performances in "B.atman and Robin" and "One Fine Day," to achieve box office star power among the big boys such as: Schwarzenagger, Stallone and Cruise.

Clooney takes command as Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Devoe. The good doctor from the television drama "E.R." shows he has what it takes to make movie goers believe he's out to get the villians. Devoe is a macho man who ocassionally lets his instincts and his personal agenda get the better of him.

Clooney's performance is as intense as a nuclear blast. Suprise, there is more to this man than being a television sensation: he can act.

Setting off a few alarms of her own is Nicole Kidman ("Batman Forever," "To Die For") as Dr. Julia Kelly. Kelly is the acting

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"Batman and Robin" caped crusader George Clooney stars with "Batman Forever'' love interest Nicole Kidman in a hot new action thriller, by DreamWorks Pictures, "The Peacemaker."

head of the White House Nuclear Smuggling Group. The group is responsible for monitoring various incidents around the world and she is the first to realize that an incident in Russia is not an accident, but a terrorist act. Hence, she must head up a team to find out who is responsible. Kelly is a strong character and is not about to let a

gung-ho military man like Devoe take over the show. Likewise, Kidman can hold her own opposite Clooney.

There are plenty of fireworks between Devoe and Kelly. However, audiences expecting to see a 'passion behind closed doors' type of relationship between them will be wasting their money: there are no

love scenes. But there is still heat generated between them on screen.

Devoe and Kelly go head-to-head and line-for-line in order to come up with deep- . er psychological understanding of each other and who they are ultimately dealing with. Which incidently makes finding the bad guy more important and enjoyable to watch. It's certainly better than watching either of them create their own version of bedroom nuclear fusion.

Making her directorial motion picture debut is veteran television director Mimi Leder. She has managed to blend the intensity of a fictional action thriller with the emotions and knowledge of today's news headlines.

Despite Hollywood's ever-present jump on the political cause of the month, the plot of "The Peacemaker" doesn't insult the audience's intelligence by being preachy about what is right and wrong with today's society. Movie goers are left to decide that on their own.

The movie is easy to understand and doesn't loose audiences in military jargon and political lingo.

There is some confusion as to the relationships between the antagonists but it doesn't weigh the film down.

There are plenty of sequences to entertain action-enthusiatic audiences.

All in all, "The Peacmaker" is a fine piece of work and is worthy of full price admission and a large box of buttered popcorn.

'Kiss The Girls' is Oscar worthy napped his niece even though he is not invited by .the local police to do so.

This intense drama is as visually lush as the North Carolina forest in which it was filmed. It is as dark as it's subject matter. This aspect adds to the film's mood.

The movie is not marred with inconsequential characters most Carla Van Wagoner often found in an ensemble piece.

Entertainment Editor Everyone, no matter how small the role, seems to have a purpose in Just as sure as autumn leaves fall moving the plot forward. to the ground and the air becomes The film's theme may be heavy chilly, Paramount Pictures gives but when it comes to the suspense us the thriller of the season with it moves as quick as a rabbit.

"Kiss The Girls." It's just the flick Psychologically speaking, it has to make audiall the intensity ences squirm in needed in a their seats prior good cat and to the shrills of mouse chase Halloween. but I wouldn't "Kiss The want to be the Girls" is the cat or the movie version mouse. of a book of the Morgan same name by Freeman ("The best selling Shawshank author James Redemption," Patterson. His "Driving Miss character, a Daisy") porWashington trays Detective D.C. police Cross. detective and Freeman gives forensic psyan effortless chologist Alex performance.

Cross, is the Freeman Ellery Queen of makes playing the '90s. He Courtesy Paramount Pictures a deep characmust find out "Kiss The Girls" victim Ashley ter seem like who has kid- Judd as Dr. Kate Mctiernan. child's play. It

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almost seems too easy for him. His lines are delivered fine but what is not spoken is much more enjoyable. His character's intensity is in his body language. It's in his eyes.

This man is a thinker and audiences will be drawn to him like bees to honey.

Speaking of honey, Ashley Judd ("A Time To Kill," "Heat") gives a great performance as Dr. Kate Mctiernan. Mctiernan, it seems, was once a victim of the same person who kidnapped Cross' niece.

After Mctiernan escapes she tags, along with Cross in pursuit of her kidnapper. Why a victim would insist on becoming a hero and putting her life in jeopardy again is beyond me, but she does so anyway. However, this fact doesn't distract from the film. She's a strong character.

Judd's performance is just as effortless as Freeman's. Even more so. This is an Oscar-winning performance. The film seems to be tailor-made for Judd who for the past few years has had her pick of interesting roles. Her Hollywood star is on the rise.

Audiences should take note of Cary Elwes ("The Princess Bride," "Glory") as detective Nick Ruskin. His acting from film to film has been wonderful to see, but this performance is his best so far. In the beginning he's almost unrecognizable and by the end he's completely transformed into someone that Oscar should should also notice.

Hot on the trail of whoever kidnapped his neice, Morgan Freeman as detective and forensic psychologist Alex Cross.

All in all, "Kiss The Girls" should garner a few statutes come awards season. If not; it will still

be one of the best suspense thrillers of this Halloween season.

Or any season for that matter.

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called, "Take It to the Streets." I especially liked the back-up vocalist for the chorus, except when she says, "Bitches everywhere." That's pretty disrespectful to the women who may not be bitches. But anyway, that one was phat!

This CD was wicked-cool and I think Rampage themselves said it best in their outro, "This sh-t is brought to you by Flipmode Entertainment and Violator."

Peace out hommies.

Christian Johnson Staff Writer

The parental advisory of "explicit content" was certainly warranted in the new release from Rampage titled "Scouts Honor... By Way of Blood."

While I don't approve of all the profanity contained in these artists' music I must concede that "Supa Dupa Fly" it was dope-yo. The ethnic Missy Misdemeanor rhythms and the high bass quality Elliott sure made my bits and pieces .

Electra Records rumble. A few times while listening to Rampage bust their rhymes Jason Harrington I almost thought I was in the Staff Writer hood. But when I snapped to I was, in-fact, still in La Jolla.

I was disappointed .to hear many "Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's of the same beats throughout most debut release "Supa Dupa Fly" is of the tracks on the album. My an album that is going to surprise eager ears were happy to hear that people. I expect to blow up throughhe eventually switched to a hipout the entire music industry. hop rhythm, such as in track nine This CD not only uncovers her

rapping and singing talent, but features a variety of guest appearances.

Supa Dupa Fly is a great creation of beats, lyrics, and rhythms.

Produced by one of her long time friends,Timberland. He lays down the "funky" rhythms and underground beats that have a free flowin' relaxed feel to them.

She has a laid-back approach that captivates the listener, as in "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)." It has unusual beats that make it a single that should not disappoint.

The lyrics are clear flowing with an upbeat tempo that leaves the listener feeling energized. Elliot has a singing style that flows evenly and makes for easy listening. And of course, the "Hee Has" and "beep beeps" are imbedded throughout the album, which are Missy's trademark.

"Izzy Izzy Ahh" is a song that tells you how it is. It is in your face, sparring no punches. The beat is repetitive and moves along with the lyrics, making it a catchy tune.

Elliot worked behind the scenes for so long a lot of people did not know about her. But, for those who don't know, her credits and contributions to other artists in the rap and R&B scene are enormous.

In the past two years, she has worked on more than 20 best selling songs either as an arranger, writer, or rapper.

If you have a CD collection you should defintely add this one to it.

On a warm Sunday afternoon, the Palomar campus grounds are deserted except for the sounds of Beethoven, Chopin, and Bach. Inside D-6, now known as Studio Six, Palomar piano instructor Steven Gray tickles the ivories of a rare Falcone piano.

What is the history of the Falcone piano?

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It's tuned regularly. Probably more often than most pianos.

Keep it covered up when it's not being used.

What are your favorite pieces to perform.

All of these are favorite pieces, they all have a wonderful character of their own. With a recital like that I can choose what I play. When I'm working with other people I don't get to choose the music. So here I get to pick all my favorite pieces.

There was a piano tuner and technician in Boston who decided he could make better pianos than the ones he worked on. He started a What is the differsmall company to ence between a make pianos by recital and concert hand. It was a very performance. small company, it didn't produce A recital is generally very many. There a solo instrument or was a man who singer whereas a conwas out here, that cert would be a group was sort of his of instruments such as west coast reprean orchestra, chamber sentative, so there ensemble or choir.

Steven Gray are a number of them on the west coast too.

Do you get to do a lot of Sadly he, [the owner,] took in recitals? people in order to raise capital to expand the business and they Between work and my other ended up taking over. They're job as a music director at a not in business any more. There church, I do a number of conare only a handful of these certs but not a lot of solo conpianos still around. There are certs. It takes a lot of time and four I can think of in the area. preparation.

Kevin Kline talks about being 'In' demand nothing like his "In & Out" character.

In the wonderfully risky film, directed by Frank ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") Oz and Kevin Kline's been doing interviews all written by Paul ("Jeffrey") Rudnick, Kline stars as Howard, an English day long, one after the other, answering teacher at a high school in every possible query about his latest films, ultra-conservative Greenleaf, thrown at him by TV and print journalists.

Indiana. Just as the slightly One particular TV reporter's question, effete Howard prepares to however, stands out above all the marry his ever-patient others posed to the Oscar and fiancee (Joan Cusack), a Tony Award-winning actor. former student (Matt "This guy asked me, 'Now Dillon) outs him before that you have "In & Out" and "Ice an audience of millions Storm" and "L.A. Confidential" comwhile accepting a Best ing out, can you talk about those three Actor statuette at the movies?'" Kline recalls with a raised Oscars. That bombeyebrow. "I said, 'They are different. shell rocks everyone, "L.A. Confidential" in particular was a including Howard's parreally interesting experience because I ents (Debbie Reynolds and got to be someone else playing a role. 1 Wilford Brimley) and got to be Kevin Spacey. It was nice being Howard himself.

Kevin Spacey and the role was challeneHoward's struggle with ing. It was a wonderful group of actors the notion that he may and a great experience."' indeed be gay is compliThe reporter's leg was being cated by the arrival of the pulled like a turkey on media, who converge on Thanksgiving Day, but the poor Greenleaf intent on guy never caught on. yanking Howard out of "I don't even know if he's the closet, kicking and caught on yet," Kline said, Courstesy of Paramount Pictures screaming.

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the most memorable question I've been asked in the last couple of days."

While Kline can easily think of a million other activities he'd rather indulge himself in, he's not averse to facing the media on behalf of the two films in which he does star, "In & Out" and "Ice Storm," because of the positive buzz on both films.

So it is then, that a tired but relaxed Kline kicks back on a couch at the Regency Hotel in Manhattan to talk. He's by turns serious and sarcastic, focused and distracted, and

among the journalists is Peter Malloy (Tom Selleck), a ratings-challenged tabloid TV sort, with a secret of his own.

Kline notes that the movie, via laughs and without preaching, connects with audiences.

And it doesn't seem to matter if it's men or women, heterosexuals or gays, who make up the audience.

"Movies ultimately take root in our subconscious," he said. "There are things you learn without knowing you're learning

them, that change you without knowing very quiet. they change you. They're imperceptible.

"How much of that was a function of "I don't know if the bigoted or the narrow- Ang's personality and how much of it was a minded will be affected by the movie, function of budget is hard to distinguish. because I doubt they'll go see it. The There wasn't a lot of goof-around time unschooled, the uneducated, those who are because we didn't have that luxury. There just not exposed to a gay ethos, might learn ain't going to be any reshoots. It wasn't in something they didn't know," he added. the budget," says Kline. "I have the feeling "For them it may dispel certain preconcep- that even if Ang were given $100 million to tions about what being gay means. It may make the movie, it probably would've been dispel the notion that if a teacher who's gay the same. Working with him you just got the is teaching their child, some voodoo vibe sense of tremendous thoughtfulness and vision." might make their child gay.

"Fear borne of ignorance is a real fear. So, As is his habit, Kline has gone from screen maybe this film will allay some people's comedy to screen drama,. meaning 路it's time to return to the Broadway stage, fears and misconceptions."

Shortly after "In & Out" reaches multiwhere he's starred in everyplexes, "The Ice Storm" will hit the artthing from "The Pirates of Penzance" to "Hamlet." house circuit. The drama, directed by Ang He'll do just that in a proLee, the man behind "Sense & Sensibility," duction of Chekh路ov's broodis set in Connecticut in 1973. Kline and ing "Ivanov," slated to run Joan Allen play Ben and Elena Hood, par- ' from November to January at ents to Wendy (Christina Ricci) and Paul the Beaumont Theater at Lincoln (Tobey Maguire).

Center, N.Y. Ben has the hots for his neighNothing, it seems, scares bor, Janey (Kline's "Dave" Kline, who says he'd even try co-star Sigourney Weaver), his hand at a thriller or actionwhile Wendy spends way too adventure film if one with a much time with Janey's boys, decent script were ever to (Elijah Wood and Adam come along.

Hann-Byrd). ''I'm one of those actors who deludes himAs the worst ice storm in years wallops the self into thinking he can play anything and area, everything comes to a head. 路 "It's a very different film from 'In & everything," Kline says, as the curtain closOut,"' notes Kline, who lives in Manhattan es on the conversation. "Remember with his wife, actress Phoebe Cates, and 'Toohie,' when Hoffman said, 'I can be tall!' That's me. I hate to limit myself. The their young son and daughter. "'In & Out' is a rollicking, rambunctous reverse of that - I think it's the reverse movie. It wasn't chaos, but it was a lot of is I try to avoid roles that are too easy to fun. 'Ice Storm' was a much more disci- play. What I do, is try to find roles I think I plined movie, with a much smaller budget. can play with a certain ease, but that chalAng, by his nature, is a very quiet, almost lenge me in some way, that demand I draw meditative presence on the set. The set was on something original or fresh."

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Two individuals m loose white uniforms with black belts stand facing each other on a red mat. One person raises his hands directly in front of his body. His palms are open and his fingers are extended. He is only one foot away from his opponent, who is brandishing a two-handed wooden sword aimed at his head. In less than a second the now weaponless swordsman is flat on the wrestling room floor.

This semester over I 00 Palomar students are joining these martial artists in the college's new physical education class, aikido.

"What we' re trying to do is develop ourselves spiritually, mentally, morally, and physically ... not fighting, not conflict," said Wayne Tourda, the PE 116 aikido instructor. Tourda, standing 5 feet 9 inches with a clean shaven head, has dedicated 33 of his 57 years to this martial' art. To him aikido is more than physical movement. It is a path to self-perfection.

Zen master Philip Kapleau introduced Tourda to Eastern philosophy at a University of Michigan seminar in 1964.

"I wanted to do something physical as well as mental," he recalled. "Philip suggested aikido."

"Ai" represents mental and physical harmony with the world.

"Ki" refers to a person's inner being. The path we choose to follow in life is "do." So, aikido is "the way of harmony with the spirit of the universe."

After graduating, Tourda began following "the way" at the Hambu Dojo, an aikido school in Tokyo. Five years later he left Japan with his black belt from

the dojo, a professional teaching license from the Japanese government, and a doctorate in Eastern studies from the Sejji Monastery.

For the next six years Tourda taught aikido at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. In 1975, he moved to Los Angeles to teach at UCLA. A year later, with his California teaching credential in hand, he joined the Orange Coast College Physical Education Department.

"A California teaching credential is crucial if we're going to move the martial arts into the right environment rather than having dojos with no credibility," stressed Tourda. According to him, the best question a student . can ask an instructor is, "Who is your teacher?"

"My teacher's name is Gozo Shido," stated Tourda. "Period.

That's it. His teacher was Morihei Ueshiba. It's a clean line." Ueshiba created Aikido in 1925.

In 1983, Tourda introduced aikido to Saddleback College in Orange County where the Physical Education Department was already offering kung fu, yoga, tai chi, and karate.

This year anonymous Japanese donors gave Tourda 16 acres and $2 million to build a non-profit dojo in Fallbrook.

"It will be the national headquarters for aikido sanctioned by the Hambu Dojo in Japan," he said.

Anticipating his move to the Fallbrook center, Tourda looked into teaching in San Diego County.

"Vince McCullough, the chair of the Physical Education Department at Saddleback spoke to the PE chair at Palomar," Tourda recalled. "He interviewed me, I went through the curricu-

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Sensei Wayne Tourda {right> uses fellow instructor Mike Ward to demonstrate an aikido move.

Aikido is the newest class offered by Palomar's Physical Education department. lum and credentialing process and into the PE program."

In each class Tourda gives his students self-defense techniques

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Wayne Tourda gathers the class together for one final meditation during the session. Aikido is taught as a form of seH-defense, never to be used as a weapon.

to practice and the related philosophy to ponder.

"I'll show them a practical technique," Tourda explained.

'Til walk them all through it slowly. The students will face their partner and I'll walk and talk them through it again. Then they'll work on the technique at their own pace."

Careen Furstenberg, an art major, and Elaine Collins, a staff member in graphic communications, attended the Saturday class.

"It's much different from karate," said Furstenburg. "It's inner strength, balance and selfawareness. It's also excellent exercise."

Collins has studied judo and karate and earned a third degree black belt in kendo, the way of the sword.

"I've always wanted to take aikido," explained Collins.

"When I saw it in the schedule here, I thought it was a great opportunity. Judo, kendo and karate are more aggressive ... a harder form of fighting. Aikido is softer, more defensive. You're not there to hurt them, hopefully you'll persuade them not to hurt you."

Tourda teaches that the only moral use of aikido, or any martial art, is self-defense. He explains that ethical people do not use martial arts to maim or kill.

Tourda is training his successors in this defensive art at Saddleback and Orange Coast colleges so he can concentrate on building the eastern arts center in Fallbrook and teaching in San Diego County.

He is determined to spend the rest of his life leading students in "the way of harmony with the spirit of the universe."

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Palomar College helps local economy grow Palomar College has generated more than $100 million in added revenues for the North San Diego County economy since 1995. A recent study shows Palomar played a significant role in creating jobs, generating income and increasing funds available to area financial institutions.

Palomar's contributions to these areas continue to rise each year.

5,398 jobs

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JOB CREATION Increase of 7 percent or 390 jobs from 1995-96 due to the hiring of Palomar employees and other jobs created indirectly from financial transactions between businesses and Palomar.

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Increase of 7 percent or $0.17 million due to the college, its employees and students who hold checking and saving accounts with local banks. These moneys flow through the community and serve as a stimulus to the economy.

Increase of 8 percent or $7.4 million from financial transactions between Palomar and businesses, paychecks to college employees and financial aid given to students.

SOURCE: Office of Research and Services for Post-Secondary Education, San Diego State University

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BOOST: Money-cycle helps Palomar College and community Continued from Page 1 by the district.

This also includes jobs filled by college employees and financial transactions between local businesses and the school.

The Palomar district employed 1,197 full-time faculty in 1996 and according to a formula developed by economists used by SDSU staff. This accounted for the creation of 4,591 indirect jobs. These jobs belong to men and women in the community who supply goods and services to the college district.

Palomar's total job-creation impact for 1996 was 5,788 jobs. This is a 7 percent increse compared to 5,398 jobs created in 1994.

The study also included information on

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As .Piland accounts states in his Palomar "Although an institution of higher edureport, holds with " T h i s local financation is generally rearded as an asset to money adds cial institua community, the economic impact of a to the ecotions. college is seldom recognized." nomic vitalThrough ity of the checking area and and sav-Dr. William Piland j n g s provides residents deposits in with the t h e s e necessary capital for business and personal financial institutions, the district and its employees added nearly $2.8 million to the financial needs." local financial credit base. This again marks The direct and indirect economic impact a 7 percent increase from last year. As with of the district on the local area amounts to all financial institutions, this money was the figure for last year.

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The report also takes into account economic benefits like the earnings of its graduates and the help it provides in attracting new business and industry bringing an increase in property values throughout the surrounding area.

"It'll impress some of the local businesses," said Boggs referring to the potential benefit of this report to the college. "We make use of the information when we talk to donors."

"Although an institution of higher education generally is regarded as an asset to a community, the economic impact of a college is seldom recognized ... the economic return-on-investment for Palomar Community College District community residents is significant," concluded Piland in his report.

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Term paper cheating enters the cyberage • One cheat-site averages 10,000 downloads daily

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Let's say one evening while surfing the Net you mistype a word and you end up at a site called "evil house of cheat."

Curious, you double-click on the word "papers," then on "history." After all, that Civil War 20pager is due next week, and you haven ' t written word one.

Then a li st of papers blossoms before you , on classic topics such as wars, presidents and foreign policy. And they ' re free for the downloading. You only have to promise not to pass the paper off as your own .

Thi s is not a dream . This is cheating in the Jnformation Age. Of course it's not new ; term paper mills have flourished in college towns and in the classifieds of Rolling Stone for decades. But on-line cheating is cheaper (free!), easier (just download away) and faster (no more waiting anxiously by the mailbox).

And it's plentiful too : Academics who have made it their business to follow these sites say anywhere from 40 to 70 exist, with names ranging from the cheeky ("oppapers," short for other people's papers) to the defiant ("schoolsucks").

Contrary to the olden days, where not everybody had $100 to spend on a paper, nearly everybody on college campuses has access to a computer, and thus, the Internet and its bounty of papers.

While the cheating game might have changed, the penalties are still the same.

Punishment for cheaters and plagiarizers ranges from failing the course or paper to suspension or expulsion at Indiana University-Bloomington; at Stephens College, Columbia.

Mo., cheaters can fail a class or have their degree revoked .

Harvard Univeristy students caught cheating take a year's "vacation" from the school. At U.S . military academies, cheating means automatic expulsion.

ON-LINE LIBRARIES? For students who wouldn't dream of cheating, one question might pop into mind : How can these exist? Easy, says Kenny Sahr, who launched a term-paper site called "schoolsucks" m September 1996.

"All this is is a library," says Sahr of the term papers visitors can access by clicking on an image of the ''Thinker" statue.

Sahr doesn't charge for the papers, which are donated to the tune of 20 a day by students around the globe.

According to Sahr, the "schoolsucks" library is a lot more popular than the one on campus. The site gets about 20,000 hits a day, and half of those visitors leave

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More and more college and high school students are resorting to web pages offering used (and sometimes misused) term papers, leaving a space in the garbage for more traditional reference materials.

with a paper, he says.

One week in September, the Top I 0 list of visitors to schoolsucks hailed from schools such as UCLA, University of TexasAustin, Washington State, Penn State and Rice University.

There are those who differ with Sahr's description of his site 'as an online library, beginning with state legislatures. Almost every state has a law against plagiarism or cheating.

California's law lets site operators off the hook if they make users sign a disclaimer saying they won't present the paper as their own work. Texas's law, which took effect Sept. I, is a little stricter, punishing those who profit from the sale or distribution of "academic products" meant to fulfill an academic requirement.

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Sahr, who is 26, says the laws don't apply to him for several reasons . His disclaimer, for one, specifically tells students to use the papers for ideas, resources, even bibliographies, but not as wholesale term papers.

Second, he says he doesn't profit from the sale of papers, but makes money from selling ad space on the site. And Sahr denies the papers are "academic products."

"These papers have no academic value," Sahr said.

A look at a few papers on different sites prove his point. A paper on "The Catcher in the Rye" is titled "Holden's Breif (sic) Happiness." Two papers are about Stephen King ... or is that Stephan King? Yet another piece on the history of rock'n'roll contains this bewildering sentence: "I've learned this since rock is not an exact science, it is subject to change."

With students from some of the

nation's best public universities visiting the site, you'd think the quality of papers would be pretty good. But there's a catch. Sahr's counting system tallies e-mails with academic affiliations. The thousands of visitors without them, however, aren't in college.

They're in high school.

High-schoolers are enthusiastic as well as frequent users of schoolsucks, Sahr says. They're also likely to use the papers to study, not necessarily to cheat.

One enterprising senior used papers from "schoolsucks" on World War II to study for a history test. "I finished the thing in 20 minutes ... best part was I ACED THE TEST!" the student wrote in an e-mail to Sahr. (See the sidebar at right for more letters to Sahr.)

The high-school, not college audience, draws advertisers to the site. "The papers are second-rate papers turned in by people with a low maturity level," says Bennett Greenspan, CEO of Go College, which advertises ACT and SAT pretests, college searches and other services obviously aimed at the pre-college set on schoolsucks. "And the papers are lousy because the education system isn't doing its job."

FRIENDS AND ENEMIES Although they have acquired thousands of fans, the sites bug some educators. (That may be why two who keep lists of all the sites which collect term papers didn't respond to requests for copies of it; they don't want them falling into the wrong hands.)

An outspoken critic of the sites is James Taylor, vice president of academic affairs at South Plains College, a two-year school in Levelland, Texas. Taylor says it's not cheating or plagiarism that bothers him, but the fact that the presence of such papers gets in the

way of the education process.

"We're supposed to teach students how to write," he says, " and these papers interfere with that."

At the other end are professors such as Elizabeth Pleck, associate professor of family studies and history at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign.

"I looked at some of the sites and thought the term papers in my area were pretty poor," says Pleck. She's not concerned about having a crafty student pull the wool over her eyes. "You know when a paper isn't (a student's) by the way it is written," she says.

Still other teachers worry that students view the Internet as a collection of fact when it's really a jumble of fact and opinion. Helen Sword, a professor of English at Indiana University-Bloomington , says she heard a particularly scary story at a conference. A high school history teacher who assigned students a paper on the Holocaust said half the papers came back reporting the Holocaust is a myth. "Students typed in 'holocaust' and found all these sites" maintained by people who believe it was a hoax, Sword says.

The bottom line, she says, is that most students below graduate level can't distinguish between valuable information and useless opinion on the Internet. "The Internet is so democractic that there's no hierarchy," Sword says.

No matter what the opinion, it's all free advertising for Sahr, who credits academics with making his site one of the most prominent. In fact, th~y helped give him his start. Before launching the site, Sahr e-mailed I 00 fraternities asking for papers. But his timing was off. All the students had already gone home for the summer, and the e-mails ended up in the hands of academic advisors.

The advisors showed Sahr's e-

mail to professors, who in turn warned students against the site when they returned to school in the fall.

"The advisors did my PR for me," he says, and they keep doing so even today. "The more professors talk about me, the more papers get pulled down."

Satisfied customers often e.; mail their thanks to Kenny Sahr for launching the "scboolsucks" website. Here•s a sampler, mistakes and all: ..Your page rocks ... having read your site about what the press thinks i finally got some motivation and have mailed a couple ·major newspapers around melbourne australia about your unmoral site for you....cool huh!,. "hey man, thanks for putting up this site, this has gotta be the best thing anyone has ever done for us students in history, you shm,dd also start a donation drive to help support and update school sucks, I know several people who would very happily and generously donate money for a cause like this ..."

"I'm writting to comment you and yours on your construction of School Sucks ...it is very well done and a help to all. May it prosper."

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SPORTS Palomar Block Party Conor Volk

that those two sophomores were pretty good, so Talo's done a great job."

"We hope to see Talo continue to improve as the season goes on." he said.

Lining '!P beside Tavale is 6foot-2, 330-pound sophomore Salofi Nua from Oceanside High School. Nua is being scouted this season by several Division One schools.

"Salofi wasn't a starter last year," said Craft. "He's had a real- ly good off-season and summer and has worked his way to a starting position."

"He's been very solid and a big surprise for us at right guard," he said.

In the middle of all the action, Conor Yolk I The Telescope literally, is 6-foot-4, 275-pound center Matt O ' Neal.

The Comets' starting offensive line from left to right: freshman tackle Talo Tavale, sophomores Salofi Nua, center Matt O'Neal, left guard Ted Printy, and left tackle Pita Elisara. This mass of An All-Conference selection muscle is the foundation for a Comet offense that averages more than 30 points a game. Their last year as a freshman, O'Neal next match-up is against Long Beach this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the San Marcos High field. has played outstanding so far this doesn't have is depth. With the for that position.

Craft. "I think he's learned a lot in season and looks to be recruited "I think Matt is a leader by loss of White and Higgins, the the areas of pass-blocking since by a top Division One college. team is running thin on offensive example. He's one of those guys he's been here and he's still pro"Matt O'Neal obviously might who's not very vocal, but is a lineman. gressing and learning." be one of the best centers we've "We don't have a lot of margin great communicator on the line of Finishing up the Comets' mamever had and might be one of the for error right now," said Craft. scrimmage." moth 0-line is 6-foot-5, 280best centers in Junior College "We can't afford to lose anybody To the left of O'Neal is the pound Pita (pronounced "pika") football." said Craft. else." biggest player on the Comets' With surprising speed and agiliEli sara.

One thing the coaching staff is team; 6-foot-5, 300-pound guard Elisara, is a sophomore from ty to go along with overall doing to combat injuries is keepTed Printy. strength, it's no wonder why Tafuna, American Samoa. ing the team in good shape with a Printy, who attended Mt. coaches like the idea of O'Neal "Pita has played exceptional so lot of running and conditioning, Carmel High School and came to far," said Craft. "He's graded out handling the football on every and a no-huddle style offense.

Palomar from the University of as one of our top pass-blockers down.

"When you have strong legs, Arizona, is a solid sophomore "Matt's going to be highly and run-blockers each game this there is less chance of getting with exceptional size. recruited," said Craft. "He's very season." injured," said Craft.

"He's big and imposing," said One thing the offensive line physical and has exceptional feet

Sports Editor

The Comet football team's explosive offense is anchored this season by one very big, very talented offensive line.

Averaging 6-foot-3 and over 280 pounds, these guys can block the sun.

After losing two potential starters to injuries, this year's offensive line (0-line) has stepped up to become not only the team's biggest unit, but one of its best.

During the Comets' first game against the El Camino Warriors, starting right tackle Mitch White went down with a serious knee injury and was lost for the remainder of the season.

The other loss came about a month ago when starting right guard and part-time tackle Dan Higgins was injured during practice. Higgins is expected to return to the team as soon as he is physically able.

"Whether Dan is able to come back here in the next two weeks is still in question," said head coach Tom Craft. "But we think we might have a chance at getting him back late."

Filling the holes for those two injured players is 6-foot-4, 290 pound freshman Talo Tavale. _ Tavale, who comes from Carlsbad High School, is showing a lot of potential at right tackle.

"Talo has come in and done a good job stepping in for those two athletes," said Craft. "And we felt

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Corrections In last week's issue, the water polo picture was taken by Dennis Lyon.

His name was misidentified.

In the Title IX cross-country story, a contribution was made by staff writer Michael G. Douglas.

Entering his sixth season as the head wrestling coach at Palomar, Joe Ismay has many reasons to be excited about this year's team.

"We've got a real good group of guys this year," said Ismay with enthusiasm. "We have got some really solid returning guys and a real good group of freshmen, maybe the best group of freshmen that we have had in over I 0 years."

Some of the returning wrestlers that Ismay is so high on are Levy Harbin, a 126-pound wrestler who finished seventh in the state meet last year, and Chad Totina, a heavyweight who also finished seventh in the same meet. In the 118pound division, the Comets are peaded by Jason Bedsol, a sophomore who red-shirted last season and is expect-

Tai Howard I The Telescope

Wrestlers Ervin Michael (back) and Leo Perez (front) lock up during a practice session. The Comets' season begins this Friday at home against Fresno City.

ed to provide instant success.

A few of the highly-touted freshmen are Irvin Michaels , a 134-pounder who finished eighth in the national high school meet a year ago, and Leo Perez in the 142-pound weight class.

There were many highlights last year for Ismay's Comets, but two that stood out the most were their victory in the Southern Regional Tournament and their strong second place

finish in the State Finals.

Ismay, however, sees no reason why this year ' s squad can't match, if not surpass, that accomplishment.

"I think we're as good if not better than we were last year," said Ismay. "We really are solid all the way through.'"

One thing this team is definitely not lacking is depth. Ismay spoke of this luxury, "We've got really good numbers of quality

wrestlers. We are at least two guys deep, two studs deep at every weight." he said.

The season gets underway at home Friday, Oct. 3 against Fresno City. The Comets then have two match-ups the following week against Victorville and Moore Park.

The team is anxious to get started against Fresno City, due to the fact that the schools have had some confrontations in the past.