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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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What is
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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
New! Lesbian Barbie and Coming-Out Ken
Daniel K wan I The Telescope
Marines enlist
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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