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FEATURE

OPINION

Mark Wahlberg helps porno go disco in 'Boogie Nights'

Been here a while? Some Palomar students who have exceeded the two year-mark tell their tale of perpetuity.

Are SATs useful or are they just a waste of a Saturday afternoon?

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Palomar College

Friday, Oct. 17, 1997

San Marcos, CA

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Volume 51, Number 6

Palomar braces for rain, floods of El Niiio Daniel Kwan Staff Writer

While Vice President AI Gore has called El Nino the "climate event of the century" during a recent El Nino summit, Palomar College is preparing for a volatile winter with increased rainstorms and potential flooding. Echoing the stance of politicians and weather experts, Palomar officials are taking a preventive approach by preparing sandbags, trimming trees and cleaning storm drains. "In 1992 we reacted to a disaster and experienced a $2 million loss on campus; in 1997 we want to be proactive," said Mike Ellis, director of facilities. To reduce wide-spread flooding, the facilities staff will build 14 inch-high sandbag walls

around more than a dozen campus areas. The biggest problem is how inclined grounds make Palomar prone to flooding. "When you have a sloped hillside going toward a building, the rain water naturally runs right onto the sidewalk," said Ellis. " Most of the doors only have a half inch lift at the bottom; all you need is a half inch of water before you start flooding the classrooms." Costly damages resulting from the 1992 El Nino included a ruptured storm drain and major flooding in the north and east sides of campus. Six inches of mud even settled onto the floor of the Dome. Currently, the college is already cleaning gutters and storm drains year-round, and they will be rechecked before El Nino looms over the West Coast from the end of fall until early spring. SEE

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he much hyped El Nino is an meteorological occurrence where eastern and western winds weaken and could reverse directions. • These winds travel along the surface of the ocean and bring warm surface water heated by the tropical sun to the western coasts of North and South America.

• Potential. effects of El Nino on Southern California include heavy rains, coastal landslides, flooding, crop damage and cleaner air. • An El Nino occurs every two to six years.

SOURCE: Environmental News Network

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in a few good Palomar classes Jay Gallagher Staff Writer

Photos by Annick Polo I The Telescope

In celebration of Gay and Lesbian History Month, the Gays and Lesbians of Palomar (G.A.L.O.P.) set up these adjacent dis· plays along with selected gay and lesbian literature on the first floor of the library, near the entrance to the computer lab.

John Belloma works I 0 hours a day five days a week. Often he is on the job past quitting time and works on weekends and holidays. Six out of every 24 months he works at his company's overseas branch. This fall Belloma, a Marine lance corporal, added to his bust schedule by enrolling at Palomar College's Camp Pendleton Education Center. According to Janet Hoffman who has been managing Palomar's Camp Pendleton Education Center since 1990, Belloma is part of a growing trend . "Marines are becoming more and more pro-education," she said. "With downsizing still a possibility, Marines are thinking about their options. Education also helps them move up." "ACU 5 (Assault Craft Unit 5) came to me this summer requesting classes," she explained. "We started classes there this fall." Besides ACU 5, Hoffman has arranged classes at thre:e other locations up to 30 minutes away from the Palomar education SEE

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2 CAMPUS BEAT

CAMPUS BEAT PATROL BLOTTER

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Car Accident- Friday, Sept. 19, at 8:45a.m. a traffic collision occured between two students in Lot 12. Theft- Thursday, Oct. 4, at ll:15 a.m. a student discovered that their locker by the F building had been broken into and several items were missing. Theft- Wednesday, Oct. 8, between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. a student's vehicle was broken into. The car's stereo speakers and face plate were stolen. Tampered- Monday, Oct. 13, between 8:30 a.m. and 2:46 p.m. a student's vehicle was tampered with while in Lot 5.

F.Y.Info DROPPING ACLASS Âˇ If a class is dropped through Oct.l7 a grade of " W" will appear on a student 's record. FALL GRADUATION - There is no deadline for CSU GE and IGETC applications. REPEATING A CLASS - If you are repeating a class tum in a grade adjustment fom1 to Admissions. SPRING 1998 REGISTRATION - Intent to register cards have been mailed and must be returned in person by Oct. 30 to recieve a PAR appointment and class schedule by mail. PAR will start Dec. I and will continue through Dec. 19. This period will be the only telephone registration for Spring '98. PAR phase II will not be offered in the Spring.

Spend the spring . of 1998 in Spain

Deenl Chapnick (far left) in charge of lneed Silver in Mira Mesa shows some Interested shoppers some of her own designs for jewelry. Chapnick was one of many vendors selling their goods as part of the Native American Student Alliance (NASA) event that took place

this week.

Palomar offering non-credit classes

PALOMAR IN BRIEF

Palomar students will have the opportunity to spend the coming Spring semester studying in Spain. Students will study in the heart of the university quarter in Salamanca, a city that has been compared to Oxford and Cambridge in England as being a renowned university city. Students can earn 12 units of transferable credit, most meeting general education requirements. Classes range from a traditional Spanish program (Spanish I 0 I , I 02, 20 I or 202) to classes in English, mathematics, history, philosophy, political science, sociology and psychology. Fees for the program, which will be accepted from Jan. 29 to April 24 of next year, will include lodging, all meals, laundry service, medical insurance and cultural and social events and excursions. Financial aid is available to eligible students. Students should call Mona Ayele at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2822 for more information. -Marc Lim

Interest desired at the Connection

Getting ahead of the flu-bug

Workshop to aid research skills

The Connection, a club whose members advocate a drug and alcohol free campus, is seeking new members. Focused on coping with substance abuse recovery, the club meets twice weekly, for discussions where members can share their life experiences. Although many of the members are in recovery, membership is open to all students. To aid in the understanding of drug and alcohol abuse, future teachers and social workers will also be. If you are interested, contact Frank Hankin at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2785. Meetings will be held in room SU-31, Tuesdays and Wedn~sdays from 12 to I p.m. -Stuart Schafnitz

Just in time for the season, the Student Health Services will be offering flu vaccines. These vaccines will cover three different strains of the flu. The vaccines are $5 for students and $10 for staff. All vaccinations will be available while supplies last. Flu shots will be available at both the Escondido and the San Marcos campus'. Appointments are required. For appointments or information, please call (760) 744- I 150, ext. 2380 for the San Marcos Campus and the Escondido Center at (760) 432-0624 ext. 8105. -Michael Galt

Students have the opportunity to improve their research skills at an Oct. 23 workshop sponsored by the Palomar College library. Participants will meet on the library's second floor in the reference area from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The workshop will teach students how to use the library computer catalog, SIRSI, to find books and the SearchBank computer program to find magazine, newspaper and journal articles. The library is encouraging students to start conducting research and familiarizing themselves with book locations. For more information, call Funes at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2623. -Daniel Kwan

Staff Writer

BLISS by Jaqai Mickelsen

Palomar College is offering four non-credit classes on Saturday, Oct. 25. The first, "Conquering Clutter and Procrastination." The class offers 14 solutions for clutter and I 5 solutions for procrastination and will be held from 9:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Escondido Education Center. The cost is $29 plus a $5 materials fee. "Getting Your Idea to Market" will be held at the Escondido Center from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $39 plus a $10 materials fee. "Teach English Abroad" will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the Escondido Center. The cost is $29. "How to Play Piano by Ear" will meet at the main campus from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $49 plus a $19 materials fee. For more information about these classes, call (760)744-1150, ext. 2586. -Seanna Lee Staff Writer

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MARINES: Camp Pendleton's Education Center increases its ranks

Peter Masos (right), who teaches Psychology 100 at the Camp Pendleton Education Center, hands back a recent test to one of the Marines taking the class.

Continued from Page 1 center at Mainside, Camp Pendleton. Nine years ago she had 12 classes for each eight week term. This fall she has 63. Jerry Craddock, a Navy search and rescue and helicopter rappel instructor, emphasized the education center's convenience. "It's closer to where I live and work and the condensed eight week classes fit my schedule better," he said. Craddock has been pursuing his general education classes with Palomar College for the past two years. Hoffman said that another reason for the increased enrollment was cost.

"Beginning in the spring of '95 , active duty military no longer had to pay out of state tuition," she said. Using military tuition assistance, active duty Marines and sailors attending Palomar pay $3.25 per credit. Equivalent costs to attend one of two other colleges offering associate's degrees at Camp Pendleton were $27.50 and $19 per credit. To handle this increased enrollment Hoffman said she needs to increase her staff from two to five. "Our students can not use the PAR (phone and register) system because the computer does not recognize tuitiOn assistance requirements," she said. "All reg-

istrations are done by hand . Soon the Navy will refuse to pay tuition assistance unless an education plan is in their computer. I am the only one writing them now." She also wanted her office networked. "When we enroll a student we must back in and out of the application and registration programs," she explained. "Networking allows us to go directly from one to the other." Belloma, who maintains Marine helicopter electrical systems during the day and attends class at night, says the high quality of the classes makes the learning process more fun. "There's more interaction between the professors and the

Photos by Teresa Stalcup I The Telescope

John Belloma (right) tries to learn the finer points of geography.

students here compared to other schools," he said. "Professors are excited about their subjects and they keep me interested." Barbara Batterson-Rossi, Belloma and Craddock's geography instructor, earned her masters from the University of California at Davis and has been teaching Marines at Camp Pendleton for six years. "My students are terrific," she

said. "Their performance is equal to or better than other students I've taught." Not all of the center's students are service members. At other Palomar campuses, Margaret Roman, a criminal justice major said she had been distracted in class by other students talking. "Here you have more military in your classes. They tend to be more mature," she said.

EL NINO: Palomar ready for worst Continued from Page 1 Besides inspecting tree limbs for potential breakage due to high winds, the facilities staff will increase efforts to rack up fall leaves before they wash into storm drains. The much hyped El Nino is an meteorological occurrence where eastern and western winds weaken and could reverse direcELNJNO tions. " These winds travel along the surface of the ocean and bring warm surface water heated by the tropical sun to the western coasts of North and ; South America," according to the · • Environmental News Network. An El Nino occurs every two to • six years. t As a result of the 1992 El Nino, j the college built a drainage retention basin in 1993 to slow the flow of water from hillsides surrounding the campus into Palomar's storm drains . The average inland rainfall during winter ranges from 10 and 13 inches and could increase to 16 or 22 inches this year, according to Armando Garza, chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service in San Diego. "If we get 30 inches of rain at one time, we're going to float away along with the City of San Marcos. As long as we get moderate rains, we can deal with it," said Ellis.

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4 OPINION

OPINION

Should SATs be elintinated? • Test accurately measures abilities

• SATs cannot rate intelligence Jay Gallagher William Angoff, a former Educational Testing Service vice president, claimed the ETS's Scholastic Aptitude Test picks out people because of their individual likelihood to succeed. James Fallows, a writer . for the "Atlantic Monthly," wrote the SAT picks out people who have been exposed to upper middle class culture. If the test measures class affiliation instead of ability it must be eliminated. The most damning evidence Fallows submits is the positive statistical correlation between a family's income and student's test scores. As family income rises, test scores increase. Are we to conclude that all rich people are smart? The ETS says SAT questions measure how well students reason with the given information. They do not measure outside knowledge. This is flagrantly wrong . The word analogies and antonym sections are simple vocabulary tests. Fallows points out the subtle differences in word meanings are best understood by students from upper middle class families. Coaching is another blow against the premise the test only measures a student's innate ability to reason. Students familiar with the way information is presented and how questions are asked, do better. If six months of coaching improves a student's score, the test does not measure innate qualities. Banesh Hoffman, a mathematics professor at Queen's College in New York, argued that multiple-choice tests reveal nothing about a student's reasoning ability. He said students with imaginative and intricate kinds of thought pick the wrong answers. These students must be coached to know the kind of obvious thinking the test-writers are looking for. Fallows submits that the tests reveal only mastery of an unusual and specialized system of thought il'lstead of aptitude or achievement. A test score measuring social standing and the ability to think like an ETS employee should not stand between a student and admission to college.

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One of the oldest and most used tests for college acceptance has been the Scholastic Aptitude test (SAT). So why is there talk of eliminating this test? Let's consider how this test has helped to determine a student's eligibility for certain colleges. The SAT has been a requirement for potential freshman by a majority of colleges. And the thought of eliminating this test is appalling. Sure, I have already taken it and the talk of eliminating it should not concern me, but tests such as the SAT, like most aptitude tests, measure a student's overall performance, across a broad range of subjects. The test covers areas such as numerical and verbal skills which are important to any student's future. Also, by eliminating this test, the faculty won't have enough information on the student to determine if they could hack it in a particular fouryear institution. This test, can measure the students strengths as well as their weaknesses. The SAT has been an integral part in deciding which students are admitted to what colleges. For years, it has been one of the methods that colleges use to judge prospective applicants test-taking abilities. Whether or not eliminating the SATs is a wise decision remains to be seen, either way it will be a tough decision to make. Officials must look at all the factors involved, like how they have aided the college by bringing in successful, young students. If the SATs are eliminated, what will take its place? Course grades alone can't determine a student's worth. By keeping the SATs as a maJor factor in deciding college acceptance it gives college officials more than one outlook on how the student will perform at the collegiate level. Students, faculty and college officials everywhere should think twice before they make a final judgment on eliminating a test that has been so helpful.

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Writer's claws spay dog lover, Part One As an inveterate cat lover, I am offended by John DeCoursey's diatribe in the Oct.3 issue of The Telescope. It's true that cats won't fight your battles for you or vent your aggression in any other fashion. But I've pointed an admonishing finger at my feline companions on more than one occasion and never suffered so much as a scratch. I have, however, incurred a number of stitches from a neighbor's canine, who now wears my footprint on his testicles. To extend DeCoursey's absurdly anthropomorphic analogy is to conclude that the best friends are those who are slobberingly dependent, willing to take the bullet for you even if you did start the fight and sniff your backside anytime, anywhere, anyplace. Sorry, but this is not a description of anyone I would care to know or befriend under any circumstances, whether quadruped or biped. As life progresses, DeCoursey will discover that the best friends are those who are capable of affection without dependence. This is the feline's most endearing trait. I'm deeply concerned about the psychological health of any man who is so conspicuously threatened by a little pussy.

- A Concerned Student

Writer's claws spay dog lover, Part Two I have just had the opportunity to read, in the Oct. 3 issue of The Telescope, a curiously interesting diatribe concerning cats and dogs and the people who love them. The author of this humorous farce is the current Editor-in- Chief of The Telescope, so I suppose you call this piece of literature an editorial. At this time I now submit to you a response to the article called "Dogs are from earth; Cats are from Hell." The author, one Mr. DeCoursey, made it quite clear in the very first words he wrote what perspective he would approach the writing of this column. The title of this piece says it all. For him to continue to elucidate at the juncture was almost pointless. Therefore, I now issue a rebuttal which is nearly as pointless. To begin with, cats do not suck (except when nursing.) They lap. Mosquitoes suck. Ticks suck. But not cats. Having now clarified that cats do not suck, let us now take a look at our feline friends and those humans who love them in relation to those colorful canines and the people who hold them dear. • Cats are, in fact, very loyal. Most cats permit themselves one master, and one master only. The rumor that cats are not loyal is an unfounded one, probably spread by the cat-hating faction of society. Cats simply do not like to be ordered about as if they were slaves or robots. If loyalty includes following orders blindly upon demand, then no, cats do not have that particular variety of loyalty. Dogs, on the other hand, will submit to all manner of indignities, bad jokes and general bossing around just to get a pat on the head. Cats are loyal 24 hours a day. They are not servants 24 hours a day. • Cats would, by no means, be pleased at the loss of their owner due to the result of felonious assault upon their person. A cat would grieve deeply. Cats are, however, smart enough to know that there is little that they could do in the defense of their owner against a determined human assailant, considering their small bodily stature. In addition, the cat knows that it is an animal, not a tool of violence, protective or otherwise. But should you survive an

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR encounter with violence, your cat will be waiting at home to greet you and provide you with loving, healing companionship. You wouldn't sic your doctor on a mugger, would you? • Should you point your figure near a cat, especially as a gesture of command, you may very well get it nipped, particularly if you intend that pointing to mean "go commit injury upon that person there whom I do not care for." Cats don't appreciate being used as offensive weapons and cannot be trained as such. Furthermore, nobody likes being pointed at. It is rude. Point at me and I'll be inclined to nip you, figuratively speaking. • Cats are quite convinced that they are as smart, if not smarter, than their owners. I rather like that trait in a pet. It keeps one on his or her toes and provides greater intellectual stimuli than the fawning behavior of a panting, drooling begging bundle of subservience. It is difficult to outwit a cat. As far as outwitting a dog, well, not much challenge there. • Cats really do want you to have a good time- just not at their expense! Cats are very fastidious while dogs are, shall we say, a mite untidy! In conclusion, I would like to say that cat lovers and dog lovers should try to come a little closer together. Both groups have much to offer each other in a complimentary fashion. I, and other cat people I know, have no desire to loose, dump, abandon or put to sleep those individuals who love dogs.

-WarrenS. Barney Cat Lover I Geology Major John DeCoursey responds: Why is it that a silly piece offluff like "Dogs I cats ... " garners such a strong response from readers while other, more serious topics like pro-lifers invading Palomar are ignored? Come on... it was just a joke.

ASG officer upset with Telescope On Oct. I the Food Task Committee met and The Telescope sent Liz Bennet to cover the story. She was very unprofessional and made comments such as these: "food services need to get with the times" and food services should be put in a corner in the back." Liz did not mention the improvements that have happened, the quality of their fresh food or their limited amount of

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space. I asked Ms. Bennet if she has ever been in the cafeteria area and if she has ever observed the limited amount of space they have to work with, or if she has spent any time in the food service area. Ms. Bennet replied "no." There was no mention of the two ASG students that serve on the task committee that have experienced being in the food service area. There was also no mention of the survey that ASG gave to the students concerning food services. I feel that Pat Barret, food service manager, is doing a great job in the food services and that with more space she could do a better job. I think that in the near future when one of your reporters attend any Food Task Force meeting that they should be there to report and not give an opinion. If they want to offer an opinion on their views, they should ask to participate as a student in the Food Task Force Committee. Furthermore, I prefer that next time you send a reporter that this person be non-judgmental so that the facts can be known:

-Elaine James ASG V.P of Social Affairs

Prop. 209 column distorts the facts Pete Schrup's editorial (9119/97), entitled "Proposition 209 Still Needs Work," reflects misconceptions about affirmative action that are so common today. Over the past several years, a number of primarily Republican leaders, including former President George Bush and present Governor Wilson, have engaged in a campaign of distortion about affirmative action by equating it with racial preference, i.e. quotas. As a result, many Americans think that affirmative action means setting aside a number of slots for minorities and women regardless of their qualifications. Those court decisions and laws which set aside quotas in some job categories, such as in construction or in police and fire departments, occurred for a very good reason: without them, women and minorities were often completely excluded from such occupations. Inevitably, however, quotas are seen as unfair and many Republican politicians are playing to this resentment as a way to destroy affirmative action entirely. Affirmative action was meant to encourage the hiring of additional women and minorities.

Most affirmative action programs do not mandate minority hiring or admissions quotas; rather they try to ensure that qualified women and minorities are in the pool of .candidates. Mr. Schrup believes that those who support affirmative action programs are paternalistic and patronizing and implies this is because such people believe that women and other minorities need extra ~elp because they are somehow inferior to white males. This is simply not true. He also makes the ignorant assertion that present affirmative action programs are a "gravy boat for fat cat minority ... millionaires." By a vote of 5-0, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors recently eliminated affirmative action in contracting, stating that this now "levels the playing field." Such a statement reflects either total ignorance or denial of the racism that minorities experience in this country, including widespread discrimination in housing and in employment. Returning to a so-called level playing field really means returning to a field dominated by white privilege. Most Caucasians have no idea to what extent minorities are subjected to daily indignities which grind away at their very sense of self-worth. Many are unaware of their own unconscious belief that whites are superior to nonwhites which frequently (often unconsciously and even unintentionally) influences their hiring decisions. Those who argue that affirmative action programs are inherently unfair and discriminatory, occasionally citing the name of Martin Luther King, have reached the height of ignor.ance and hypocrisy.

-Philip de Barros Cultural Anthropology Professor

Christian band feels singled out My name is Tom Lazet and I am a member of the Christian band Straight 2 the Point. I would like to respond to a few things that were stated in he Oct. 3 issue of

The Telescope. I was not the one pulling down flyers that were placed by the GALOP club. I also can assure that no one else from the group did it either. People in America have the right to free speech. One thing I learned in my walk with the Lord is love. I don't hate these people because it is not love to harass anyone for what they do. I pray these things will stop. I know what I stand for and am open to anyone that would want to talk to me about these things. Also, we openly invite anyone in GALOP to come to one of our concerts and hear what we have to say.

-TomLazet Palomar Student

6 ENTERTAINMENT

The Telescope

Friday, Oct. 17, 1997

ENTERTAINMENT

The late Tupac Schakur in his last film role, for Orion Pictures' ''Gang Related," was completed days prior to his October 1996 murder in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Orion's 'Gang Related' is a gang buster hit -----------lflJ AntoineHe C. Griffith

James Belushi ("Jingle All the Way," "The Principal") gives a good performance as Divinci . He is the brains of this cop duo and leads them into situation after situation "Gang Related" has more twists and turns than a roller when one particular drug deal goes bad. Divinci is actually coaster at Magic Mountain. interesting in spite of his warped personality. There are some admirable characteristics but Divinci One of the most annoying things about movies today is that audiences figure our the plot within the first I 0 to IS isn't likable enough for audiences to root for him to come minutes into the story. This does not happen here. Just when out on top. it seems the story is going to go one way, it takes a turn and "Mentally, Divinci is a blend of en very cop I've ever met. goes another. There was this one guy who looked just like Divinci right The movie is full of dark humor and the audience deeps down to his hat, shirt and the way he carried himself. I wondering what is going to happen next. The mystery and couldn't get that guy out of my head, he is who I physicalsuspense comes when there is a ly modeled Divinci after," said lot of mistaken identity Belushi . involved. "We all want the finest out of life. Belushi and Shakur work really well together as a duo. Audiences shouldn't be misWe're all human beings so we 're all They are like peanut butter and lead by the over-used cliche 'gang related' and will experi- susceptible to our own weaknesses. jelly. They are differnt but the audience gets a good taste of the ence a situation that is believantics these two go through able and interesting. -Thpac Shakur together. Tupac Shakur as Detective Actor I Rapper Rodriguez, ("Juice," "Poetic The cast includes several well known and talented personaliJustice") entices the viewers to sympathize with him when he gets caught up in an ugly sit- ties in minor roles . Lela Rochon, ("Waiting to Exhale," uation of having to pay off a large gambling debt. "Chamber") portrays a stripper, Cynthia who goes from Acording to one of Shakur's last interviews given before being apart of a master mind scheme to an oursider on the his death, he stated "My character goes to the dark side, run. She adds some mystery and spice to the plot. Dennis Quaid ("Suspect" "Dragonheart") in a smaller which is a side we all have. You uncover issues from your past and have to lood at them in the light and not push them role but no less significant to help the story. And James Earl Jones can add dignity and a sense of awe to any character back down . It's intense." Too bad "Gang Related" was Shakur's last performance he plays and does so here without even trying. Despite good performances and a good story, the film had because it was very good. However, his acting ability in Poetic Justice" was more diverse. If he was still alive, it is a couple faults. One was that the nudity scense were too evident that he would become one of Hollywood's most much. And the it is evident that at one point, towards the end of the movie, the writers are confused. So they catch promising actors. "We all want the finest out of life. We're all human the audience off guard and give a wham bam ending. "Gang Related" has some of the elements of a typical beings so we're all susceptible to our own weaknesses. And that's what this movie is about, temptation, wekness, for- shoot 'em up cop movie but it is anything but typical. Hang on for an enjoyable ride. tune and fame," said the late Shakur. Sa.ff Writer

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James Belushi stars in Orion Pictures latest production "Gang Related". He portrays Detective Divinci, a cop with too many problems and no solutions.

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ENTERTAINMENT 7

'Boogie Nights' blows it by burying the .'70s John DeCoursey Editor-in-Chief

Dick. And lots of it. Thirteen inches of joy-toy is what Dirk Diggler's got going down, and he's looking to lay it across 1970s Hollywood like a polyester red carpet. ~oblem is Dirk and his dick are both fictional: they're both part of the gross anatomy that make up "Boogie Nights," a movie that glorifies the porno industry while amputating the audiences' attention span. And it could have been so righton, so groovy, so far-out fab and foxy if only it did as its preview suggested and focused primarily on the '70s. But even with a disco-inducing title like "Boogie Nights," the film, which is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, spends most of its time in the '80s. All the characters become mundane and drug-addicted which, granted, was not too far from the real ' 80s, but come on! It's "Boogie Nights." It's the story of the booming porno industry in the era of bell bottoms, 8-tracks and disease-free sex. Mark Wahlberg (of rapper "Marky Mark" fame) plays 17year-old Eddie who in 1977 San Fernando Valley meets porno director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds). Horner turns Eddie into Dirk Diggler, the newest piece of meat on porno's expanding buffet table. Eddie, now Dirk, learns how to use "the one good thing" God gave him as the tool of his new trade. Wahlberg, who used to drop his drawers for Calvin Klein underwear ads, was a no-brainer choice

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Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) kicks-off another porno scene with a kiss on the lips of Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) in New Line Cinema's tribute to skin flicks, "Boogie Nights." The film chronicles the rise of Diggler, who became a porn superstar by just walking in the door (right).

for playing Diggler. However, this film requires him to do more than just strip: he has to act and sing, as well. Actingwise he's not half-bad, although there are moments, especially during arguments, when his acting effort is too visible. His god-awful singing, on the other hand, might explain why he's now making movies. As far as Reynolds' performance as Horner, it's the same semi-arrogant character he plays in all his movies, just older. After the two of them meet, Horner pairs Diggler with two of his most prized possessions: Amber Waves and Rollergirl. Julianne Moore ("Jurassic Park: The Lost World") gives an amaz-

ingly believable performance as porno queen Amber Waves who obviously had to pass on being called Purple Mountains due to ... well, a severe lack there of. Moore masters the first porno filming scene in which we find that, true to porno actor form, Waves can't act to save her life. It's beautiful to watch how Moore switches from Waves as a real person to Waves playing a character- badly. Rollergirl (Heather Graham in a decent performance) is a naive high school drop-out who, as Diggler finds out several times, never takes off her trademark roller skates even when doing it doggie style on a waterbed. Even as the '70s go out with a literal

bang and the '80s roll m, Rollergirl keeps skating through every scene. And here's where it all goes down the shaft. About 45 minutes have passed since the film began, and the '70s are gone. Once the movie rams itself into the '80s, the entire story line fractures into different directions, and the behind-the-scenes look at the porno industry becomes scenes of bogus drug deals, courtroom custody battles and violent shoot-outs. At this point, the film would be closer to its element if it were called "Miami Nights" or "Boogie Vice." Then, pathetically, the film tries to come full circle in the end with

everybody happily back in the porno business, which is pretty hard to swallow considering how far out of whack every single character's life has gone. In "Boogie Nights," disco isn't the only thing that dies with the '70s. The plot, the point and everything else goes with it. But there's still dick, and maybe in the '90s that's all Hollywood needs in their movies to keep us com mg.

Sigourney Weaver tackles the '70s and 'Aliens' again lan Spelling Collef?e Press Service

Watergate, chunky jewelry, wife swapping, polyester, knee-his, water beds, G.I. Joe and the gasoline crisis. Welcome to the early 1970s and the milieu of Ang Lee's acclaimed new film, "The Ice Storm." "It was such an idealistic, passionate time," recalls Sigourney Weaver as she sits for an interview at a Manhattan hotel. "I was at school in California, at Stanford, which was a very politicized school. It's where they invented Napalm and were developing biological warfare. So I remember this huge polarity between my generation and the people in charge, between me and my parents. You couldn't even mention politics at the dinner table or everybody would start throwing things at each other. I think you're so caught up in what your group is doing at a given time, and I certainly never gave thought to what a suburban housewife must feel seeing that the whole world was changing, opening up and celebrating sex and love, and all the while she's driving the station wagon to get groceries and having missed women's lib, too. It was interesting to go back now and play that opposite side of what was going on in my life in the 1970s." And play that opposite side Weaver does in "Ice Storm," which casts her as Janey, a bored New Canaan, Conn., housewife who cheats on her husband (Jamey Sheridan)

and doesn't seem too interested in her kids, Mikey (Elijah Wood) and Sandy (Adam Hann-Byrd). Janey sleeps with Ben (Kevin Kline), whose wife (Joan Allen) senses trouble in paradise and whose son (Tobey Maguire) and daughter (Christina Ricci), have their own sexual hang-ups. One wintry night, as the adults attend a key party - at which women pick car keys from a bowl and must sleep with the car's owner - and the kids deal with their own affairs of the heart, along comes an ice storm that may forever change their lives. "I loved the script," Weaver says, explaining why she agreed to star in the modestly Âˇ budgeted ($18 million) film. "I'd never done Chekhov, except at school, and this for me was the chance to do it in New Canaan. Certainly, the chance to work with Ang, whose films I'd seen and admired, was appealing. To work around New York and to work with all of these great New York actors was also appealing." The main selling point, however, was Lee, the Taiwan-born director best known for "Sense and Sensibility." "He's such a special human being," enthuses the star of such films as "The Year of Living Dangerously," "Ghostbusters" "Gorillas in the Mist,',' "Dave" and the "Alien" series, who lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter. "Ang says very little, but sees everything. The thing I noticed working with him is that a Western

director might have pigeon-holed us all a little bit. He loved all the characters, seemed to find something of himself in all the characters. "Ang and I would talk about Janey, and he said she was blowing up her life the way her son was blowing up his toy airplanes. Ang liked Janey, admired her and felt she was the least hypocritical of all these people. That benevolent way of directing is very unusual. He's quiet and doesn't waste energy. He's just this oasis of real thought and real emotion, someone you trust. I said to him during our second week, 'I never want to work with anyone else again."' But Weaver did. She went from "Ice Storm" and Lee to "Alien: Resurrection" and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the French director of "Delicatessen" and "City of Lost Children." Shooting a fourth film in the "Alien" series had long appeared unlikely, as Weaver's character, Ripley, died at the end of the less than well-received "Alien 3." Thanks to a plot that involves cloning and Winona Ryder as an android, Ripley returns on Nov. 28. "I thought I'd done this noble thing, freeing the series from the burden of Ripley waking again and going, 'blah, blah, blah."' Weaver says, laughing. "(Killing off Ripley) was a difficult decision to make, but I felt it would make the movie better. We didn't have that many great story elements going for 'Alien 3.' I thought if I died it

would help the movie. "So, for 'Resurrection,' it was hard to convince me that they were serious. And they were. In fact, they were very passionate about making this not just 'Alien 4,' but an 'Alien' as good as the first one. They kept talking about 'Alien' and how they wanted to get it back to that kind of spookiness and elegance. Then they hired this great director, Jean-Pierre, instead of hiring one of these people who could just get the job done. Weaver also said she was attracted by the script, which contained plenty of plot twists for her character Ripley. "And there was also the chance to work with Winona. It became impossible to say 'No."' At 48, there's no stopping the actress. She turns up as the nasty stepmother in the straight-to-video release, "Snow White: A Tale of Terror," arriving in stores in late November, and hopes to soon begin shooting "Dear Rosie," a film about a struggling novelist who accidentally becomes a bestselling diet guru. "I didn't think that in my mid-40s I'd be working quite as much as I am," Weaver says. "But, in fact, since I turned 40, the roles I've been offered make me think that maybe Hollywood is finally figuring out what to do with me. I've been offered the best roles of my career because I'm no longer in that girlfriend category. I'd like to do more love stories, but I certainly have no complaints."

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Boehm's latest is soothing Antionette C. Griffith Staff Writer

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Above: Just one of the many oil on canvas paintings by Michael Cassidy "Polynesian Princess" is now showing at the Bohem Gallery in a show titled "Tales from the South Seas." Left: "Gaia" is part of Judith Nicolaidis' show, "Canto Femenino." Her show has a total of 1 7 ceramic pieces.

From sandy beaches to fired clay. the artistic expressions of Michael Cassidy and Judith Nicolaidis touch the soul. Nicolaidis, who creates ceramic sculptures and wall-relief sculptures, is a fine artisan. According to the gallery's brochure, her pieces "are a representation and exploration of female energy and icongraphy." This, however, is a bland description about what is really represented of her talent. A good example of this is the ceramic wall piece, titled "Gaia." It is a silhouette of a woman that looks as if she has wings. Tinted with an unusual pale blue, purple and mauve tones it is placed upon an equally intriguing purplish-blue background that pulls the viewer in and takes them to a celestial place. It's as if she's ready to take fight and invites you to come along to touch the stars. "The Mind Sits in the Heart" is another wonderful piece of art.

This piece, in contrast to "Gaia" has more vibrant, striking colors Nicolaidis' art is simply emotionally moving. Spectators will either be calmed or made to feel fire and passion at the same time. On the other hand and on the other side of the gallery is Cassidy with commercial and Polynesian themed original oil paintings. Cassidy's works lull viewers into an aquatic trance. His water in the pictures are so striking and clear that just to gaze upon them will cool anyone suffering from the heat of a hot Santa Ana wind. However, it is the people in the pictures that really grab the attention. Cassidy's renditions of Polynesian and Hawaiian natives are masterfully done. His skill as an artist at being able to duplicate the people he knows is first-rate. He doesn't just capture them physically but captures their, what seem to be, peaceful essences. Like Nicolaidis, his work here is soothing. However, not all of Cassidy's paintings are calming. His dipc-

tions of surfers on the waves illuminate energy. These pictures show the patrons where he was when he saw these people, the sights and the events. The only thing the audience can not do is hear them . Cassidy and Nicolaidis are a welcome refreshment for the eyes. According to Professor Harry Bliss, dire~tor of the Boehm Gallery, Cassidy will do a return engagement to talk to art classes. These classes will be open to most students. Bliss will announce the date and time for interested students sometime in the near future. Cassidy is willing to share his ideas about motivation. "I just am thankful and would like to give back what I have received all these years from others. That is what it's all about, giving back," said Cassidy. Nicolaidis and Cassidy's art can be viewed at the Boehm Gallery until Nov. 6. For more information and gallery times, contact the Boehm Gallery at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2304.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Life continU-es for a Palomar student even after a series of wrong notes Michael Paisner Staff Writer

It had been 17 years since I had seriously played jazz sax in a band. Now I fmd myself trying to get into Palomar's jazz band and get my chops (jazz lingo for musical skills) back together. It was the first night of rehearsal and it is time for the conductor, Dick Harvey, to decide who stays and who gets cut. Rusty was an optimistic term for my playing. Harvey cranks up the band for the first time. In the middle of five alto sax players, I start to blow into my horn. The rest of the band sounds surprisingly good, particularly in comparison to the bands at Berklee College Of Music in Boston, where I had studied years before. Just like riding a bicycle, my fingers play the keys they're supposed to, as if drawn there by magnets. As the music starts to roll, things are going better than anticipated. All of a sudden, clam. Okay, one bad note is no big deal although that one seemed particularly egregious. I learned long ago, however, you can't worry about one clam in a piece of music, it'll kill you. Clam and clam again. Wow, two bad notes i~ a row. Not

typical, but being out of it for 17 years, it's got to be expected. Clam, clam and clam. Damn! Maybe I need to check the key signature. It indicates which notes should be played with a sharp or flat It's pretty common to forget to check. A quick glance shows this is in B-flat. A fairly simple key. Clam - oh no not again clam. Jeez, now that's a problem. It's not common for me to play so many clams just by looking at the key signature. It takes a split second for your eyes to check, and two clams in that time is very... Clam followed by three more clams. Wait, what's goin' on here? I don't suck this bad, do I? The first minute of the music went o.k., but J)OW it see~ lik~ even though I'm fingering the notes correctly, more and more clams emerge from the beU of my hom. Am I forgetting how to read music while reading it? This is bogus. Suddendly half of what I'm playing is coming out clams. A voice is screaming in my head,a"YI.kes, this is it. I kriew it, I knew it. I forgot how to play. I forgot how to read music. I knew I shouldn't have waited 17 years. I should have taken out my horn, my beautiful hand made work of art, and practiced at least one day a month, no, one day a week. Butrwooooooo, I'm too busy earning a living. I have car payments, house payments, electricity, two phone lines, and those dreaded taxes. There was never any time to practice." Baloney. I should have made time. Music was the most important thing in my life for 15 years. It is better than sex. Fmding time for daily practice was never a

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page of music. What happened? All those years playing music and now what I was looking at on the page was not even close to what was coming out. Life in the rehearsal hall became very surrealistic. It was lik~ being introduced to the President of the United States and as you start to talk, everything comes out in Swahili. The more intent you are on speaking English, the more Swahili comes out. It was as if someone else was playing my horn. Like my fingers bad nothing to do with the sound

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Palomar students give possible reasons for the perpetual student "I think people are in a constant struggle because they don't always rea fly know what it is that they want, so they don't transfer because they don't know what they want to do in life."

Richardson Miron Staff Writer

They study and study and study. We see them in the halls, noses buried in books. They inhabit the library and spend their Friday nights at home instead of out with friends. Some of us have dubbed them as "nerds" and while there may be many reasons for the problem, most of us can say we have known one at one time. What are they? They are the perpetual students, who have inhabited the halls of Palomar for, in some cases, many more years than expected. According to various perpetual students, however, this can be a real problem, when they are struggling to find their niche in life. There are many reasons why this happens to these individuals. Many times students will receive bad advice from a friend, parent or even a counselor that will help lengthen their time at Palomar. Students may have other priorities that they need to take care of which may be slowing down their schooling process. But all too frequently, misguided students take classes they don't need and end up wasting their own time. Director of Student Activities Jim Bowen believes that students struggle in their attempt to transfer for several reasons, one of which is confusion. "Basically, some students don't know what their goal or objective is. A lot of times students are here two or three

years before they find out what they want to do and some just don ' t have any goals at all," Bowen said. According to Bowen, 75 percent of Palomar students are here only part time and have to work full-time, so it makes sense that their stay may last longer. "It is hard to be a successful student when working full-time, so students have to cut down on their units," Bowen said. According to Chris Gleason, a communications major, there are some Palomar students who have lagged in their walk down the Palomar path but seemingly are better off for taking the time. He is one of them. Gleason is the first to admit that his first few years in college were not used very productively. But six years later, Gleason has prospects of transferring to San Diego State in the spring. "My first and second year at Palomar I was kind of being a loser, but since then I've been really focused," Gleason admitted. "I've now got a goal in sight and going slowly has kept me on track." Students who know what they want to do for a career right from the time they graduate high school are lucky. Gleason said he wasn't so lucky. "The primary reason why it took me so long is because it took three years or so after graduating just to figure out what I wanted to do," Gleason said. Meemo Ahmad, a foreign s~uÂ dent from Jamaica who has attended Palomar since the fall of 1993. Ahmad, has maintained a

grade point average right around 4.0 and is currently working in the English Writing Lab on campus. The tremedous barrier of learning the English language from scratch, has lengthened Ahmad's Palomar stay considerably. "My circumstances were different because when I came to this country I did not speak English at all," he said. Ahmad has put in his time and now has the chance to transfer to UCSD, which is what he has always wanted. Not all Palomar students will transfer, however. According to Bowen, 42 percent of first-time college students drop out of school after their first semester and only six percen~ receive an AA degree or transfer to another educational institution. The blame for this problem, according to one Palomar student, shouldn't necessarily lie completely with the students, however. Ralph Lincoln, a continual student at Palomar for almost eight years now, believes that some of the blame should lie with the counseling department. "I don't think there is enough counseling support at Palomar," Lincoln stated. "I don't think the counseling department is active enough in helping students." That help, Lincoln believes, would make the tranisiton to a four-year institution an easier and faster task for community college students to achieve.

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"I think that some people

really like school and choose to take it slow, and some people just don't have time and have to take it slow. There are a lot of different reasons for being a perpetual student. But I guess you could say there are some losers here, people who just don't have any destination for their lives and just take up class space. " - Angela Geier Marketing Advertisement

"I feel that some students

take forever to transfer because some have to work and I think that is understandable. But some people just take the wrong classes, and are just wasting their own time." Richard Alexander Business

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CLASSIFIEDS CLUBS Calvary Collegiate Fellowship Join the Calvary Collegiate Fellowship every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. for a Bible study, worship, and fellowship. We meet on the grass near the clock tower. Everyone is welcome! G. A. L. 0. P. Gays and Lesbians of Palomar. Meetings are on Wednesdays 5 p.m.-6 p.m. in SU-17. Paralegal Studies We are dedicated to assisting students interested in this field to further their educational goals, networking with the Palomar Collge community, and prepare them for employment. Daytime meetings are the first Wednesday of every month, 1-2 p.m. in B-12. Night meetings: the last Thurs. of every month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. in B-5. The board will meet on the first and third Saturdays

ACROSS I Renown 5 Atmospheric conditioner 9 Silver 13 · Sharif o f films 14 Prayer ending 15 Glow 16 Bucharest citizens 18 Big 19 Refrain syllable 20Too 21 Man 22 "· Street" 24 Desire 25 · Zeppelin 26 Unions 29 " · Marner" 32 Liquid measures 33 One- time 35 The · of March 36 Sweets 37 Elliptical 38 Decade number 39 Fop 40 Metric measure 41 Hopes 43 Perform 44 Currier and • 45 Lodger 49 Ogled 52 Courage 54 St. 55 Church table 56 Stresses 58 Runs amok 59 Short note 60 Color 61 "Citizen ·" 62 · and evens 63 Consumers

of every month, noon-1 p.m. in B-5. Special events will be announced Paralegal Club Lambda Epsilon Chi (a national honor society for paralegals) Induction ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 30 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m in P-32. Seventeen students inducted. Paralegal Studies students are welcome. Professional attire reqd. M.E.Ch.A Movimiento Estudiantil chicano de Aztlan meets Fridays in SU-17 at 1p.m. Everyone is welcome. Improve Your Research Skills Get a jump-start on research skills before your paper is due! Learn to use SIRSI, the computer catalog, and SearchBank to find books, magazines and journals. Wed. Oct. 23, 4-5 p.m. Palomar Library- 2nd floor. Call Carolyn Funes, (760) 744-1150 x2623

WANTED Godfathers Pizza Delivery driver wanted. Must have insured vehicle and good driving record. Call 724-1710. 575 W. Vista Way. Aluminum Canoes and old toy trains-Contact Dr. Pat Archer. P-17 M

FOR SALE 8 pc. queen size bedroom set-$550. Set is new since 1/97. Includes hdboard, frame with mattress and box spring, nine drawer dresser w I mirrior, 5drawer chest, 2 end tables. Black w I gold trim. Call (760) 749-2766 after 6 p.m. IBM Computer 5 year extended warrnety, Pentium 125, 16 MEGS RAM, 850 MEG HD, modem, 4xCDROM, speakers, color monitor with glare screen $800 Cathy 726-0125

Wanted: Someone to type resumes in their spare time. Must use MS Word. Pays $1.35 per page. Expected pages per week; 30. Contact Patti at (760) 471-1819 Driver Wanted From Temecula to small High School near Palomar College. A.M./P.M. preferred M-F. If you're already making the trip, why not make some cash at the same time. Call: (909) 676-7269 Representative Palomar College student representative needed for peer advising high school students. $7 /per hour. 10 to 15 hours I per week must have own transportation. Call Barbara Anaya at extension 2960, or visit the Job Placement office on campus for complete job description and qualifications.

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Car Accident- Friday, Sept. 19, at 8:45a.m. a traffic collision occured between two students in Lot 12. Theft- Thursday, Oct. 4, at ll: 15 a.m. a student discovered that their locker by the F building had been broken into and several items were missing. Theft- Wednesday, Oct. 8, between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. a student's vehicle was broken into. The car's stereo speakers and face plate were stolen. Tampered- Monday, Oct. 13, between 8:30 a.m. and 2:46 p.m. a student's vehicle was tampered with while in Lot 5.

F.Y.Info DROPPING ACLASS · If a class is dropped through Oct.l7 a grade of "W" will appear on a student's record. FALL GRADUATION · There is no deadline for CSU GE and IGETC applications. RErEATING A CLASS · If you are repeating a class tum in a grade adjustment form to Admissions. SPRING 1998 REGISTRATION - Intent to register cards have been mailed and must be returned in person by Oct. 30 to recieve a PAR appointment and class schedule by mail. PAR will start Dec. I and will continue through Dec. 19. This period will be the only telephone registration for Spring '98. PAR phase II will not be offered in the Spring.

Spend the spring -of 1998 in Spain

Deeni Chapnick (far left) in cha-ge of lneed Silver in Mira Mesa shows some Interested shoppers some of her own designs for jewelry. Chapnick was one of many vendors selling their goods as pa-t of the Native American Student Allance CNASA) event that took place

this week.

Palomar offering non-credit classes

PALOMAR IN BRIEF

Palomar students will have the opportunity to spend the coming Spring semester studying in Spain. Students will study in the heart of the university quarter in Salamanca, a city that has been compared to Oxford and Cambridge in England as being a renowned university city. Students can earn 12 units of transferable credit, most meeting general education requirements. Classes range from a traditional Spanish program (Spanish I 0 I, I 02, 20 I or 202) to classes in English, mathematics, history, philosophy, political science, sociology and psychology. Fees for the program, which will be accepted from Jan. 29 to April 24 of next year, will include lodging, all meals, laundry service, medical insurance and cultural and social events and excursions. Financial aid is available to eligible students. Students should call Mona Ayele at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2822 for more information. -Marc Lim

Interest desired at the Connection

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Workshop to aid research skills

The Connection, a club whose members advocate a drug and alcohol free campus, is seeking new members. Focused on coping with substance abuse recovery, the dub meets twice weekly, for discussions where members can share their life experiences. Although many of the members are in recovery, membership is open to all students. To aid in the understanding of drug and alcohol abuse, future teachers and social workers will also be. If you are interested, contact Frank Hankin at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2785. Meetings will be held in room SU-31, Tuesdays and Wedn~sdays from 12 to I p.m. -Stuart Schafnitz

Just in time for the season, the Student Health Services will be offering flu vaccines. These vaccines will cover three different strains of the flu. The vaccines are $5 for students and $10 for staff. All vaccinations will be available while supplies last. Flu shots will be available at both the Escondido and the San Marcos campus'. Appointments are required. For appointments or information, please call (760) 744-1150, ext. 2380 for the San Marcos Campus and the Escondido Center at (760) 432-0624 ext. 8105. -Michael Galt

Students have the opportunity to improve their research skills at an Oct. 23 workshop sponsored by the Palomar College library. Participants will meet on the library's second floor in the reference area from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The workshop will teach students how to use the library computer catalog, SIRS!, to find books and the SearchBank computer program to find magazine, newspaper and journal articles. The library is encouraging students to start conducting research and familiarizing themselves with book locations. For more information, call Funes at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2623. -Daniel Kwan

Palomar College is offering four non-credit classes on Saturday, Oct. 25. The first, "Conquering Clutter and Procrastination ." The class offers 14 solutions for clutter and 15 solutions for procrastination and will be held from 9:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Escondido Education Center. The cost is $29 plus a $5 materials fee. "Getting Your Idea to Market" will be held at the Escondido Center from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $39 plus a $10 materials fee. "Teach English Abroad" will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the Escondido Center. The cost is $29. "How to Play Piano by Ear" will meet at the main campus from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $49 plus a $19 materials fee. For more information about these classes, call (760)744-1150, ext. 2586. -Seanna Lee

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"Use your legs more than swinging your arms," shouts Karl Seiler, coach of women's volleyball. "Get under it. Bump, set, spike!" Wednesday, Oct. 15 is their first conference game at 7 p.m. in the Dome against Grossmont. "We've played Grossmont before, and we've spit with them in a tournament. It's always a grudge match. We're going to show them that we're better this time," said Seiler. The top two teams who win at the conference games advance to regionals. "This team is looking to finish within the top two. They definitely have the ability to achieve that goal, and that's why Wednesday's game is so important," said Nathan Jones assistant coach. "If they win, it will boost their confidence for the rest of the season." "It's a wonderful group of girls. They're young and are playing with a lot of energy. I'm looking forward to starting conference Wednesday," said Jones. "We're a little up and down, but are getting together as time goes on," said Tracy Cabugao, two year player. The coaches have been trying several new practice strategies this season. One of the new techniques was taken from a tennis

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Palomar free safety Jeff Baird, #15, punishes a Santa Ana ballcarrier during their game on Saturday. The Comets lost the contest 38-21, dropping their record to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in league play. The football team plays again Saturday at Orange Coast College at 7 p.m.

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stretches before they begin practicing ball control and transitions between offense and defense. "We have had a rocky beginning, but if we keep pushing we're going to have a smooth season," Erin Wetmore, second year player. There are I 0 women on the team and three red-shirt players. Red-shirt players go to the team's practices but aren't allowed to play in matches this season. The Lady Comets play again on Friday, Oct. 17. They travel to Southwestern College for a conference match before playing San Diego Mesa next Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.

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