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THE Friday, Dec. 5, 1997
Palomar College
San Marcos, CA
Volume 51, Number 11
Homecoming election declared to be invalid
Celebration with decorations
• VP of Social Events given verbal warning Melody Cruz Staff Writer
John DeCoursey Editor-in-Chief
Palomar's Homecoming King and Queen had their titles revoked at the Dec. 3 Associated Student Government_ meeting folio"' ing allegations of fraudulent balloting in last month's election. However. Homecoming Queen Sharon Malone and King Pablo Salgado will retam their status as part of the Homecoming Court of eight students.
In a verbal and written warning given to Elaine James, ASG vice- president of social events, by ASG President Erica Olvera, James was accosted for not asking the approval of the ASG board to create the homecomi ng election committee. "Nobody steered me in the right direction. This was my first time doing this." said James. '"A lot of people have said a lot of negative things about me but nobody is looking at the positive things I did. I put my all into this." Waheeda Tahmas. a member of the Homecoming Court. first called attention to the legitimacy of last month\ election during the No\. 19 ASG meeting. President Olvera announced there had been -1-32 halSEE HOMECOMING, PAGE 6
Executive VP resigns Melody Cruz Staff Writer
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Palomar's Art Department offers a few suggestions for holiday shoppers. Student art and pottery is on sale next to the Brubeck Theatre until Dec. 6.
Associated Student Government Executive Vice-President Ryan Zabrowski resigned Nov. 26 amidst allegations by ASG President Erica Olvera that he was in violation of 10 different articles of the ASG Constitution and its by laws. Earlier that day, however, Zabrowski
submitted a letter of resignation to the ASG board that allowed the board to withdraw the Presidential Proclamation. the act that would have declared his seat vacant. The explanations for this outcome were varied. "He resigned for personal reasons and miscommunication. I guess he "'as just busy." Olvera said. while disregarding the two-page proclamation that she prepared to hand out at Wednesday's meeting. Olvera's SEE RESIGNATION, PAGE 6
Palomar employees, district move to end contract war Liz Bennett Staff Writer
There may be light at the end of the tunnel for Palomar's classified staff as union negotiators and district officials report progress in thei r di spute over a raise. Governor Pete Wilson signed the papers for a cost of li ving increase for state employees at the end of September, but 290 classified staff employees at Palomar College have yet io see a raise in their paychecks. Until this week, both sides were not able to find common ground in the ongoing negotiations. "Our point of contention ri ght now is that the COLA and the
salary adjustment have been given to everyone else, and I'm looking at it from a fairness point," said Ernie Carson, the Counsel of Classified Employees (CCE) union president and senior proanalyst in the grammer Infmmation Services Department. The admini strators and faculty at Palomar have already received the 2.97 COLA and a 1.03 percent raise. Even though things seem to be cooling off, the classified staff, which includes secretaries , janitors and maintenance workers among others, will not see this raise until after the holiday season. The district had linked implementation of the classified staff's
raise to a classification study, conducted by Ralph Anderson Consulting Inc., beginning in May of 1996. The district wanted to change the classified employees ' positions and status before the cost of living adju stment was implemented. This cau sed friction between the CCE and the district. According to Dr. Teresa Doyle, assistant superintendent/vice president of human resources and affirmative action and chief negotiator for the Palomar district, "The district had one idea about what would be an equitable approach towards implementing the study. The union had another SEE
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Blood Drive stirs charity antong Palomar students
DISTURBANCE· Nov. 13 at 10:45 a.m. two students got into an argument over a parking space in lot 12. VANDALISM • Nov. 17 at 9:30 a.m. raciaJ graffiti and swastikas were found written in the men's bathroom stalls of buildings S.U., S, P, E.S. and L.S. VANDALISM - Nov. 19 between 8:30a.m. and 5:50p.m., a students car was broken into in lot 15. THEFT - Between Nov. 2 1 and 24, the women's locker room near the pool was burglarized. INJURY- Nov. 26 at 7:30p.m. a basketball player was injured when he collided with another player in the Dome.
F.Y.Info FALL GRADUATION- There is no deadline for CSU GE and IGETC applications. REPEATING A CLASS - If you are repeating a class turn in a grade adjustment form to Admissions. SPRING 1998 REGISTRATION - Intent to register cards have been mailed and had to be returned in person by Oct. 30 to receive 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. If you have moved , please update your address with the Admissions office.
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Student Cartos van Ei)k, Physical Education, donates his time and blood for others. The blood drive was held in the Student Union on Dec. 1 and 2. The blood was then transferred to the Community Blood Bank.
Annual art and pottery sale
PALOMAR IN BRIEF
Spring semester is currently offering a dual learning communities course of Philosophy 10 I and Religious Studies I 0 I or I05. Both courses will focus on human values, comparative religion and the current environmental crisis. The courses will examine Western, Asian and other world views to aid in identifying the cause and possible solutions to the environmental problems existing in the world today. Solutions will be sought in the areas of energy use, technology, population, animal rights , pollution and the ozone layer, among others. William Leslie will be the instructor for the philosophy section and Gene Sager will be the instructor for the religious studies course. For more information, contact Gene Sager at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2344. - Melody Cruz
Food for fines and New Economics 115 course offered more displays
Used photoghaphy equipment sale
Instead of paying cash for your overdue library fines, students can donate non-perishable food items from Dec. I through 19. All of the items will go towards restocking Palomar's EOPS (Extended Opportunity Programs and Services) food bank. All through January the library will be displaying original creations by college employees. Displays will include quilts, jewelry, paintings, photography, hand loomed rugs, bird houses , collages, crochet work, and china painting. For information regarding the Food For Fines Programs or displays call (760) 744-1150 ext. 2615 . - Natalie Petrovic
In the spring 1998 semester students will have the opportunity to learn more about the american dream from an economic perspective. Social Science Professor Teresa Laughlin plans to teach a new class titled, "The American Dream: Riches and Real Estate", Economics 115 section #0520. This class, held Tuesday and Thursday II a.m. to 12:20 p.m., fulfills Palomar 's new multicultural requirement and is transferable. Laughlin promises a non-technical explanation of the economic history of America. For more information contact Professor Laughlin (760) 744-1150 ext. 2851 . - Kevin Farmer
Entrepreneurs and gift seekers alike are encouraged to attend a swap meet of used photography equipment in the Student Union Saturday, Dec. 6, sponsored by the Palomar College Photo Club. The organizers hope to make this event benefit others by allowing them to sell their old photography equipment. This event will turn o.ne person 's junk into another's treasure, and is just in time for the upcoming holiday season . For more information or to obtain a vendor registration form , Photography contact the Department at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2384. - Kevin Farmer
The Palomar College Art Department is hosting its 31st annual "Student Art and Pottery Sale" Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Dec 4 to 6, on the college's San Marcos campus. The sale hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 9 a.m . to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The art and pottery sale will be conducted under a large red and white tent in parking lot 15, adjacent to the Howard Brubeck Theatre. Hundreds of ceramic, glass and hand-crafted items created by Palomar College's art students will be offered for sale. All proceeds from the sale will benefit Palomar art students. Shoppers will be able to select from a variety of pieces including dishes, planters, stoneware, platters, wind chimes and much more. For more inform ation , call Palomar College Art Department at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2303. -Antoinette C. Griffith
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Natalie Abadir Biology "I party and get drunk."
Steven Rehr Electrical Engineer "I meet a nice girl; poprocks."
Jerrel Corpuz Criminal Justice "I celebrate 4:20 ten times."
Shadee Rahman Biology "I go to Jerrel 's house."
Sheila Huertas Nursing "I sleep."
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Criminal Justice Club tours Folsom Prison Jessica Gleason Copy Editor
After spending the semester taking field trips to courtrooms and hearing speakers talk about laws, legislation and enforcement, Palomar's Criminal Justice Club will soon get an up-close-and-personal look at some of the people most affected by such things: convicted criminals. The club, which focuses on all careers in law enforcement and criminal justice, is taking their final field trip to Folsom maxi-
mum security prison located in Sacramento, on Dec.5. "Students can get a lot of information out of a book but it is the hands-on experience where they learn the most," said Associate Professor Kevin Barrett, advisor and founder of the criminal justice club. Barrett adds that although this is not the club's first visit to a prison- they toured Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay last Decembersome of the 25 students going on the trip admit to being a little apprehensive about visiting an
active maximum security establishment. The five-hour tour will show students the behind-the-scenes workings of a prison, including actually talking to a few of the 2,400 inmates. During the trip the group will also have the opportunity to visit the state capital including a tour of the Sacramento Police Department and the Capitol Building. Barrett believes it is these learning experiences that the students can benefit from the most if they
continue on in a career in criminal justice because of the opportunity to meet people and make important contacts. "When the students meet people face-to-face it gives them the chance to make connections right off the bat that could help them later," Barrett said. The Criminal Justice Club is currently in the process preparing themselves for next semester by selling T-shirts. These funds will be used to prepare funds for next semester's activities which could include presentations from a local
judge and ¡public defender. ASG Senator and President of the Criminal Justice Club Oscar Lopez agrees that it is the field experience he gets through the club that benefits him the most. "We learn about the prison functions in class but it isn't until we actively see them in person that we learn the most," said Lopez. He adds that a lot of students that are interested in criminal justice may not be aware of what the club has to offer them and their careers.
Students from graphic design 'Forge' a sequel Melody Cruz Swjf Writer
There 's a new light shining on Palomar College and it's coming through a computer screen. Forge: Volume Two, is a sequel to the previous CD-ROM of the same name that was released in 1995 to display student work in the fields of photography, communications and performing arts, to name a few. According to Dave Mauch, one of the graphic communications section leaders, Forge was originally intended to show the forging of student creativity at Palomar. "I'm definitely proud of it," Mauch said, "Overall, I'm very
happy with my areas and the whole thing came out really nice." Forge begins with an image of a building that has several doors and windows that are labeled with different department titles. One can drag the computer mouse to a window and be zipped into the world of Palomar photography with the click of a button. He asked students taking a graphic communications class what they had familiarity with in order to recruit people to work on Forge. Eighteen students from a special projects class were involved in the making of Forge. When Forge began, there was a group of students that became the
core of the project. There were 500-600 images and 110 quicktime movies to keep track of and it was a lot of information, according to Neil Bruington, adviser to the Forge project and director of the Graphic Communications Department. Students got certain job requirements assigned to them and worked in separate groups. The second semester everyone in the first term enrolled in the special projects class. During this time, student work was gathered and the work was digitized. The students followed the storyboards that were created previously and found background music for the CD that, Bruington said, are the
elements you need before the project comes together. After all the necessary elements were brought together, three months were spent on de-bugging the program. The CD-ROM was completed this January and I ,000 copies were put m the bookstore by April. Bruington also said that Forge was created so they wouldn't be restricted by what "Bravura", Palomar's literary magazine, could not cover. " I think they did an excellent job. It took us a lot longer than we thought; almost a full year," Bruington said.
Currently, the second Forge installment has not been as successful as its predecessor. Forge sold approximately 500 copies on its first release. According to Bruington , the sequel has only sold within the range of 275-300 copies. With the previous release, the department did direct mailings to other colleges around the country because at that time not many colleges were working with CDROM's and Forge was an innovative project. "All the people involved are unique and the CD reflects the personality of those people," Bruington said.
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GM teaches students real-world marketing Michael Paisner Staff Writer
Palomar students recently learned about marketing in the real world in an annual contest sponsored by General Motors. "Fill a Yukon, Fill A Dream" was the name of the marketing promotion created by the "GM Marketing Internship" class at Palomar. Held in conjunction with Jim Finney GMC in Car Country Carlsbad, the promotion challenged the public to fill as many
GM Yukon vans as they could with food, clothing, toys, etc. The contents of the trucks were then donated to the Brother Benno Foundation in Oceanside. Members of Palomar College's honor society Alpha Gamma Sigma won the $150 prize awarded for filling the most vans. Two and a half out of six stuffed vans were filled by the honor group. The public relations campaign was part of a course taught at Palomar. Students enroll at the beginning of the semester and form a marketing company in
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class which emulates a real marketing firm in every way. This class named their company "Monarch Promotion Group." "Pre-research is done to decide on a marketing strategy. Students decide on what they want to market, how, and to whom. The only stipulation is that it must be a GM product or service. Then they have to create a proposal and make a presentation. The 'client' then decides if they want to go with it," said Bonnie Ann Dowd, faculty adviser to the program. This year, the class of interns took a big chance. Previously, the marketing strategy was aimed at students and held at Palomar. This year it was taken off campus and out into the community. The team hoped to increase the profile of Jim Finney GMC while collecting donations for residents of the Brother Benno shelter. The goal was not necessarily to increase sales, but to try to raise awareness of the GMC franchise among the many marques in Car Country Carlsbad. "Through a public relations and ad campaign, the public was made aware of what we were
(Left to right) Donna Nitti, Christie Hauck and Homer Bernal fill several Jim Finney Yukons with donations to Brother Benno's. doing," Dowd explained. Since the promotion encompassed all of North County and not just Palomar, the pressure on the interns was enormous. "If this flops, it's Jim Finney and Brother Benno's name." said Dowd. "It gives us a taste of the real world," said intern Homer Bernal. "[These are] real world challenges -selling the actual product to the client out in the community." GM allows only 80 colleges to participate each year. A college
must petition GM for initial consideration because GM gives each class $2,500 to use as a budget. At the end of the school year, GM picks a winner from participants. Students had fun and learned a lot about the real world. "We made it happen - we did more than we said we were going to do," said Dowd. Intern Willie Richards let slip the motto the class adopted from the real world pressure: "It wasn't just hell -it was sheer hell."
Two doctors honored by Palomar health services Christian Johnson News Editor
At a recent meeting of Palomar's Governing Board, the Health Services Department honored two good samaritans who have dedicated several years to students' health. Physicians Dr. James Sands and Dr. George Wilson received engraved clocks from Jayne Conway, director of health services, for their years of service to Palomar students. Dr. Sands, originally from Milwaukee, Wi., has lived in San Marcos for several years. Sands received his bachelor's, and MD degrees at the University of Wisconsin. Sands' specialty is internal medicine and has served as chief
of medical services at Fitzsimmon Army Hospital, assistant clinical professor of medicine at the College of Medical Evangelists in Lorna Linda and as a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. Sands set up a medical practice in Covina, where he was known as "the singing doctor" due to his love for singing. Dr. Wilson, a native of Peoria, II, majored in business before changing to medicine. By his senior year Wilson had delivered over 90 babies. Wilson served as a doctor in the Navy during World War II. He carries a background in obstetrics, internal medicine, surgery, hematology, cytology and dermatology.
After retiring from the Navy, Wilson established a dermatology practice in Palo Alto. Wilson also served as a clinical professor of medicine at Stanford University for 38 years. In the course of their service to Palomar both doctors donated a generous portion of their earnings back to Health Services. Dr. Wilson is still actively tending to students on campus. However, due to health problems, Dr. Sands is currently taking an indefinite leave of absence from his service at Palomar. "They're both very patient and take a lot of time with their students," said Margery McCrory health services assistant, expressing the appreciation felt by the entire Health Services Staff.
KKSM does traffic watch Liz Bennett Staff Writer
If you're cursing at the morning rush hour and you want to know what's causing all the rubbernecking, turn on your radio and listen to Palomar interns broadcasting airwatch traffic reports. KKSM students are now giving traffic reports on KKSM-AM 1320, KSDS 88.3 FM and on Cox Cable during the morning rush hour. The students are currently interning for Airwatch/CITICASTERS, a division of Jacor Communications, Inc. "They sought us out. Not only
did they want us to do reports, but they also wanted interns to work with Airwatch," said Mindy Wilson, program director for KKSM radio. According to Meg Banta, assistant general manager and operations manager for KKSM, the students will also have the opportunity to direct a four hour live traffic program in the near future. "This will allow them to be more desirable in the industry. Because Airwatch is a part of Jacor, this could lead to possible openings for jobs," said Banta. "I think it's a wonderful opportunity for the students." Currently there are five students
interning for Airwatch. "They're right in the middle of it, where everything is happening all around them," said Banta. The students started broadcasting the traffic reports Nov. 3, and can be heard Monday through Friday. The report times are 6:50 a.m., 7:50 a.m., 8:50 a.m., and at 3:50 p.m., 4:50p.m. and 5:50 p.m .. "By a computer hooked up to the CHP dispatch, we receive codes for traffic. You would have to sit and decipher that code to find out what happened," said Wilson. "It's not only a good experience for the interns, but also for the jocks here at KKSM."
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HOMECOMING: validity of election results qUestioned Continued from Page 1 432 ballots issued, but the total number of votes equaled 477, leaving 45 counted votes anonymously submitted. Tahmas is angered by what she believed was cheating and favoritism on the part of James and Malone. She said she was tired of people saying that her motivation behind her accusations was because she lost to Malone. Although , prior to the meeting, students speculated individuals may have voted more than once, only one student came forward to admit that he had voted twice. Neither Malone nor Salgado were imp'Iicated in the suspect voting . ASG Senator Tyris Stiver worked with James on the election committee and feels the entire committee should be blamed for the outcome of the votes. "What went wrong was not just Elaine's fault, it was all of us. It was a group thing not just an individual," Stiver said. "Why do the Homecoming King and Queen have to get pun-
ished for this? It's wrong to take our crown from us because another person on the court did something wrong," Malone told the crowd drawn by this week's meeting. The ASG's final decision on the matter was to withdraw it from the agenda of the meeting, with President Olvera citing the adoption of Article Five as a preventive measure against future election problems. In addition, the ASG voted that there wou·ld no longer be a Homecoming King and Queen in the future, only a Homecoming Court. James believes the decision made by the board was the wrong course to take. "I think it's wrong. I watched those candidates work and Sharon is not giving that crown back." Article Five would give ASG the right to create a system where the voting booths were monitored, and require all students voting to show their PIC card and log-in their social security number.
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Pa! is an added bonus for student leaders elody Cruz Staff Writer For Jonathan Brill, heading up student government at the University of Miami, Coral
Gables, Fla. , isn ' t just a job. It's $1 'l, 140 a year. Although he's probably the highest-paid student government official in the nation, Brill isn't
alone in picking up a monthly paycheck, tuition credit or class credit in return for work as a campus politician. Erica Olvera, Palomar Associated Student Government president, has received $400 dolIars a month since taking office this past May. "I'm not in it for the money. I didn't even know I was going to get paid for being a student trustee," Olvera said, "I do the same work getting paid or not. I don't need the money, it's just an added bonus." Seventy percent of American colleges and universities offer elected student officials some form of compensation, according to a fall survey conducted by Student Leader magazine, based in Gainesville, Fla. The magazine decided to do a survey after publication of a short roundup of student-official salaries in its June
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dent government. "If you don't pay, you leave it open only to rich kids who can afford to donate 60 hours of time a week," he says. Other schools pay student leaders not w1th a monthly check, but with tuition credits. Brill, for instance, never sees his "salary"-it's applied to his tuition bill at University of Miami, which is a private school. Olvera says she doesn't agree with giving student politicians tuition credits instead of a paycheck. "I think while you're going to school you should pay for it yourself. I just don't think it's fair." said Olvera. Olvera claims that receiving a paycheck hasn't changed her life at all. "To me, life is just the same," Olvera said, "I was in the ASG for two years and I wasn't getting paid and it was just the same."
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idea that they believed the most beneficial approach." The union disagreed. "We were looking at it like they were holding the COLA hostage. I have no problem with knowing that the study needs to be implemented, but we want to look at it first," said Carson. According to Carson, when the classification study's final report came back, there were several errors in it. The CCE wants to make sure the report's findings are completely correct before any changes are made that would affect the classified employees, said Carson. The classification study contrasted a person's job descriptions with what they actually do. About 90 percent of the classified staff were interviewed. The pay rate and job descriptions were then compared with those from 12 other California community colleges. Palomar's last classification study was conducted 12 years ago. "Some people were doing a lot of stuff that wasn't in their current job descriptions which made them feel that they should get an , increase in pay," said Carson. Palomar College's salary sched-
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ule consists of a series of ranges and steps. Every job in the classified unit is assigned a title, and to a particular range on the salary schedule. According to Palomar College's reclassification clause 4.a, "When salary ranges assigned to particular classes of position are revised/reassigned to different salary ranges, the incumbents in these positions will retain the step held in the previous range." The district's original proposal, which is currently being disputed, was to move classified employees to a new range and a different step so they would be at the closest dollar amount to what they were making prior to any changes in their job classification. "We're concerned with the amount of people that would be impacted by this, and also about moving a person backwards," said Carson. "What I'd have a hard time telling the membership is that the study has recognized that you all are doing more work than was originally anticipated, and we're going to reward you by moving you to a higher range, but we're going to pay you the same amount of money." The district saw things differently.
"We, the district, thought it would be more beneficial for the group at large to have an across the board increase that was the same for each person," said Doyle. "As it turns out, there is about half of the classifications that are scheduled to go up, and also about half to go down or remain the same." Doyle added, "Paying someone at one step is just as valid as paying them at another step. No one is losing a cent. They would be making what is closest to their rate of pay." After a little over a month of the CCE negotiating with the district, it appears that there may be a compromise in the near future. After the last negotiation Nov. 26, both Carson and Doyle declared that progress was being made. "The CCE told us that the employees are not interested in the district's plan, so we are negotiating. We will work with the union to provide the maximum benefits for the union employees. That is what our goal is," said Doyle. "I feel pretty positive. At least we can talk now. Hopefully now the employees will get their raises in their January checks," said Carson.
RESIGNATION: VP replaced Continued from Page 1 Presidential Proclamation stated that in order to comply with Article Four, Section Three of the ASG Constitution, "the president will declare the office held by that member vacant subject to confirmatior1 by a majority vote of the ASG." Preceding that statement, the seat of the executive vice-president was declared vacant for violations of the ASG Constitution and by laws, which include: failing to maintain a required amount of three hours of office time, time put aside for any additional tasks, being counted absent without reasonable excuse, and failing to review the ASG log sheet daily. Zabrowski claims that he was going- to resign from ASG eventually because of scheduling conflicts but decided to do it the day the ' board was going to vote on his vacancy.
"If I knew I was going to resign why should they waste the time to vote on declaring my seat vacant? This is a very insignificant event and they need to devote energy on other issues besides this," Zabrowski said. Zabrowski denies Olvera's charge that he violated constitutional by-laws "There was just a miscommunication between members," he said, " but no bylaws were broken." According to Elaine James, vice-president of social events, Zabrowski didn't meet his required office hours yet gave verbal warnings to newly-elected officers who didn't meet their hours. ASG Senator Tom Chambers was appointed as the temporary executive vice president, pending the election of a permanent replacement.
7 NEWS
Friday, Dec. 5, 1997
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Nico Alt wastes none of his outdoor playtime, instead he chooses to paint an abstract picture. By the looks of it, he just might be the next Vincent Van Gogh.
From left: Jeremiah Nares, Josiah Nares, Caleb Orr and Alex Gallo get hands on experience decorating ice blocks with salt and colorful dyes while attending the childcare center at Palomar.
Above: Caleb Orr seems to be growing out of the bushes while Samantha May stays on guard duty. Left: It looks as if Bear McKusick could be our feature photojournalist for the next issue of The Telescope. Below: When it comes to lunch, Andrew Smith has everything under control. He eats a healthy lunch of fish strips, salad, tortilla bread and peaches.
8 OPINION
Friday, Dec. 5, 1997
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OPINION • Internet should uphold standards
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In American society the word censorship is considered extremely taboo, but Constitutional rights aside, we deal with it everyday. Every aspect of our lives is subject to censorship, from the television we watch to the music we listen to. In fact, it is so deeply embedded into our subconscious that we don't even recognize that we censor ourselves all the time. Adults try not to swear in front of kids, and kids try not to swear in front of adults. Movies are sent to the editing room to be cut in order to receive a desired rating. Ratings systems, which even television now abides by, are a form of censorship saying this program is suitable for audiences of this age group and this is not. Music groups with explicit lyrics in their songs are forced to release "clean" versions in order to get air time. Anything broadcast to, and accessible by, the general public is subject to certain standards of content. Why should the Internet be any different? The most patriotic of Americans will argue that censorship is a violation of the First Amendment. Former examples aside, censorship does not violate anyone's freedom to speak. However, anything published through a second party is subject to that publisher's standard for print. The Internet is a modern source for mass publication. The act of censoring is not an inherently hostile act. It is simply taking into consideration one's audience. Part of a publisher's and broadcaster's job is to take the audience into cons'ideration and appeal to those sensibilities. If a person disagrees with the standards imposed by a potential publisher it is their right as an American to find another with a like mind. The focus of Internet censorship is mainly on pornography and lewd material because it is so easily accessible by children. The proposed action does not involve private issues such as e-mail. All other media have put some sort of cap on their content to prevent such a problem from getting out of hand. Is it so unreasonable to expect the same from the world wide web?
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Freedom of speech would end up in the trash if there was censorship of the Internet. The Internet is like having a teenager running amuck in your house; it needs attention and discipline in order to keep it in line. But, this is not a single entity. It is made up of individuals, companies and government agencies that disseminate information worldwide on a variety of topics. The United States should not make policies on what is appropriate on a computer. Interference by Congress to censor the Internet would be the equivalent of turning it into a television or radio; making it subject to Federal Communications Commission regulations. According to the amendment to . the Telecommunications Facilities in the Communications Act of 1934, signed by Clinton and approved by Congress, any person distributing inappropriate material to minors can be imprisoned or fined. Underneath the legal mumbo-jumbo, Congress has forgotten that decency, like art, is in the eye of the beholder. Not everyone considers Sophocles's Oedipus Rex, information on safe sex or the decision in Roe v. Wade to be in need of censorship. Not everything is appealing, but restricting choices would be a disservice to those who seek information. Internet use is not just for play-time, it is an information tool. Playing games, pornography and making bombs are not the only things obtainable on the net. Web sites are like television; magazines, newspapers and radio, participants must go looking for material, indecent or otherwise. The Internet is a pay service. If individuals don't like what they see then they should not go looking for it. Schools and public libraries should not withhold information libraries because they will never know who will use the computer. Supervision of children, at home or in a public setting, is what is needed, not censorship. The Internet should fall under the same protection given to Hustler publisher Larry Flint. If he is not subject to indecency laws then why should the Internet? Common sense is the best way to deal with the problems of the Internet.
The Telescope welcomes all letters to the editor Letters must be typewritten (no more than !50 words) and include the author's name, major and phone number. The Telescope reserves the right to edit letters for space, and to not print letters containing lewd or libelous comments. Letters must be received by Tuesday at 3 p.m. to be considered for publication on Friday. Address: The Telescope Palomar College 1140 West Mission Road San Marcos, CA 92069 Office: Room TCB-1 at the north end of campus Phone: (760) 744-1150, ext. 2450 Fax: (760) 744-8123, "attention: The Telescope" E-Mail: thetelescope@hotmail.com
Friday. Dec. 5, 1997
OPINION 9
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PETE'S POINT
Sleep is vital to our health and existence Pete Schrup Staff Writer
Sleep is universal in the corporeal kingdom. It is necessary for our health. It is a magical time that we rejuvenate our energies. Like dreams where we morph our experiences into symbols, sleep is an area that is little understood. Also not understood is how important sleep is to our sanity. I am not an expert in this field by any means, but like any person I have lots of real life experience with sleep. Lately I have thought of sleeping as the best part of the day. So delightful I wish I were awake to enjoy it. I really look forward to shutting every. thing off and getting into the warm squeeze of the sack. I think of this as less of a return to the womb then simply a way of avoiding the tedious doldrums of being awake. Experts say humans would be much better off if we ate a lot of small meals rather then three large ones. The body would use the energy better and store less fat. I am beginning to think it is the same for sleeping; that humans would feel much more refreshed if they conked out five or seven times every 24 hours rather than just one eight-hour stretch. This might make working shifts rather difficult but what's the priority here? I do know snoozing off in class for a couple of minutes makes my attention span better and my energy level higher. Falling asleep in my classes is the only thing that makes them tolerable! I worship at the altar of snooze and therefore I have come to prize silence sincerely. I am beginning to think of obstreperous people as enemies of tranquillity and rest. Noisy things are even worse. I think that we should have greater studies into the effects of sleep on health and longevity. Therefore we also need studies on the detrimental effects of the flagitious discord and the harm done by its stupid loudness. Loud is bad , noisy is real bad, these people should be made to suffer for their crimes. The old saying: empty barrels make the most noise is a ringing endorsement of the truth that clangorous people are an insipid populace. You can see it in the slack, obtuse countenance of those who tour about with their radios booming. Their brains, like the cellulose of hardwood, are so thickly packed with uncomprehending meat they need to crank up the decibels just so the abusive clamor can penetrate into some kind of consciousness. The only good things that are loud are natural sounds. like waterfalls and thunder, and quite frankly they are starting to get on my nerves. Are these the excessive follies of Olympus? Yo Zeus! Let's keep it down up there. Yes, Sleep and his beautiful sister Quiet are the signs of intelligence and sensitivity. In fact, maybe you are finding this article a soothing spiel of sound; maybe you are starting to nod off about now. A contribution to your health! What a donation I have made to your life if you find my words provoking a yawn and putting you to sleep. So put on a little jazz, maybe one of those (quiet) nature tapes and retire into the blessed embrace of repose. Enjoy.
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Ignorance is never an excuse When a person is pulled over for breaking a traffic law that they are not aware of, the officer does not excuse them. Are there any exceptions? This is the question asked by student Brian Thompson, who unknowingly disqualified himself from competing in water polo this fall at Queens College in New York due to NCAA rules. Thompson had only been a new student for a few weeks at Palomar when he was promoted to manager at his work. Since he worked longer hours, he stopped attending classes. He assumed that he would be dropped from his classes after three absences. Thompson transferred to Queens College, but much to his surprise he
received all Fs for the Palomar classes. Most students are aware that if you want to drop a class you fill out a drop slip and return it to the admissions office. Because Thompson failed to do this, he petitioned each of his instructors to change the Fs toWs for a retroactive withdrawal, but one instructor denied the grade change. Due to the one remaining F, Thompson could not play in any matches. Although it is a shame that a misunderstanding could cause this, there is not much that can be¡ done since instructors can determine whether the reasons for a grade change are severe. The instructor felt that in this case if he were to change the grade it would open the door for other cases. In an effort to override the instructor's
decision, Thompson's father brought his son's case to the Palomar Governing Board claiming that the instructor acted in "bad faith." The Governing Board decided not to change the grade. If Thompson had been more aware of class policy he could have prevented his current situation. Regardless, it is the student's responsibility to know the procedures involved with their classes. The drop deadlines are printed in Palomar's class schedule, catalog, add/drop forms, and The Telescope. Signs are also posted inside the admissions office. There is no excuse for not knowing. This is a good example for students to find out exactly what the policies are and never assume.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Smut should be kept in the home I believe that the school is right in filtering out adult, chatting and gaming sites. The computer lab is really not large enough to support both academic and entertainment usage and since we ARE a college, we should prioritize academic purposes. Many times I have had to wait for a long time for a computer to be available just because the majority of the users were either 'telenetting', chatting or in an online-dating game. I think it is great that we can browse the web to the extent that we can browse it now (including Hotmail) but I don't see any use in adult material. If you are so desperate for this, might I suggest that you purchase your own computer or devote your time to something more useful-like peeling potatoes with a blunt blade. Put the filters and firewalls back on and let the lab techs keep up the great job they are doing. They push almost the entire massive student body through the lab and are friendly and supportive. These filters do not constitute censorship, merely common sense. If you want to whine about something, try whining about why it is that the vending machines are 75 cents and where all the money actually goes that is allocated to our student government. -Nathan Skwortsow Radio Television
Computer lab is .for eduational purposes I am a student and a staff member of Palomar College and I want to convey the proper message about the library computer lab 's former filters and current rules. I would like to know how the students, outraged by our filters, would feel about having to wait in line to use a computer for writing a term paper or doing research for one or maybe even needing to use a tutorial program to be prepared for a test. Then when they walk in the lab and find the lab is filled and they have to sign their name and wait up to an hour for an opening to use a computer. Suddenly they realize that 30 to 40 percent of the computers are
Keepers. I am not a member of Promise Keepers; I am simply an interested observer of this men's phenomenon. I was surprised that the writer called the group's statements "holier-than-thou;" these men are proclaiming their failures, not their righteousness. He complains that a Promise Keeper is committed to "spiritual, moral, ethical and sexual purity" and somehow connects this with Hitler's ideas of racial purity. But there is a world of difference between Nazi racism and a call to personal integrity. He says a Promise Keeper is a bigot, but the organization stresses racial reconciliation, going so far as to beg forgiveness for America's past racial sins. In fact, many rallies feature minority speakers. The final charge made by the writer has become a common one todayanyone who disagrees with his point of view must be intolerant. But such namecalling reveals his own intolerance. I am a student attending Palomar College I am saddened to find that some can find and I also work as a part-time clown on fault with men who seek to renew a comweekends. I am writing to you in hopes that mitment to family, parental and personal it will help solve a problem that Vista resiresponsibility. dents have. Even George Stephanopoulos, former I am requesting that the "Vista Fast" have ¡ Clinton adviser not known for conservative extended hours and days. The hours of the leanings, said in reaction to frantic accusa"Vista Fast" as of right now are the followtions against Promise Keepers, "I think ing: Mon-Fri. 5 a.m.-7:30p.m. , on Saturday everybody-espec ially on the left-should 9 a.m.- 5:30p.m. and on Sunday there is no calm down a little bit." Good advice. service. Saturday service is also a problem I invite the author or any others to come because the drivers take a lunch break at by my office for further discussion. 12:30 p.m. thus creating a break in service. -Gary Zacharias I am a disabled person, so it makes it hard Associate Professor, English on me when I can't get some place. I feel I should have a bus service that I can rely on to get me to places I need to be at. I learned to get my independence by learning how to ride the buses. I have been . I disagree with a letter written by James riding buses since 1984 because I can't Claffey in the Nov. 14 issue of The drive due to my disability. I use the bus sysTelescope. tem to get around, but now I am feeling You speak of lofty ideals of tolerance. dependent because of the poor bus service Professor Zacharias and I opposed Ms. in Vista Gerber's viewpoint of the Promise Keepers. I would like the "Vista Fast" bus service However, you'll note that neither of us to improve to help me and others like me. criticized the college or The Telescope for -Jennifer Knapic publishing her opinion. I think your not-soChild Development veiled call upon the college to fire Professor Zacharias is nothing less than an attack on his free speech. I say Palomar should be commended for having instructors with all types of opinions, not just ones that agree with yours . You might try practicing the "tolerance" of different view-. points, since you want to preach it. The Nov. 14 issue of The Telescope had -Roger Herzler a letter to the editor from someone who Business Administration made serious charges against Promise
being used by students who are sitting there playing computer games or talking about nothing in particular in the chat room. We have over 25,000 students currently attending Palomar College and this lab is open to the community. We don't have the time and space to have the traffic we currently do. Even if we did, we don't have enough staff members to help all these students. If a student wants to enjoy other people's freedom of speech on the Internet, then they can do it in a non-academic surrounding in a public place where students don't have to suffer for other's entertainment. -Michelle Tomsik Library Staff
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10 OPINION
Friday. Dec. 5. 1997
Pollution needs to be everyone's concern Gerber Brain Food Annica Gerber Opinion Editor
Recently I was taking a walk on the beach and I was so sickened by the way the beach and the boardwalk looked that I cut my walk short and went home. I was disgusted and outraged because there was trash all around me, on the boardwalk as well as on the beach and even in the ocean. At first, as I was walking along, I was simply picking up other people's trash, but when I noticed that my efforts hardly made a difference I became discouraged. I might also add that picking up junk is not my idea of an enjoyable stroll at sunset, but it is nee-
essary nonetheless. Furthermore, this was not the first time that I have done this, every time I go walking I pick up trash, but this time I became fed up, especially since I don't litter. My irritation with the whole situation prompted me to look up some statistics on waste in the United States and the numbers I found were quite unbelievable. According to Zero Waste America Inc., it is estimated that the average person in the U.S. generates two tons of trash annually. When this is totaled for every person in this country it equals 540 million tons of waste per year. What is even more disturbing than this horrendous number is that the population has not exactly stopped growing, which in turn means that neither has the amount of waste that is generated. In 1996 alone the U.S. population increased by three million people, this means, provided the statistics are accurate, an increase of six million tons of waste
annually. That is frightening and the pressing question on my mind is where are we going to put it? We have several solutions to alleviate this problem, like recycling glass, plastic . and newspapers, but they are naturally not 100 percent effective because there are always going to be people that choose not to participate. And there are also the people that don't care and throw the trash that I pick up on my walks. My question to all you litterers out there: Who do you think is going to pick it up? Even people like me reach a breaking point, so unless your mom is constantly following you with a trash bag I would recommend not littering. Although I have mentioned some solutions to reduce the amount of waste that still does not seem to solve the problem of littering. I frequently see people driving around throwing anything from cigarette butts to paper cups and even bags that are full of the remains of a McDonalds "To
Go" meal, out the window. There must be something fundamentally wrong with a person who chooses to do this, especially because there are trash cans placed strategically all around most cities . And if you can't find a trash can right away it is not that difficult to leave the trash in the car until you get home. Even here at Palomar I notice loads of trash in the parking lot and often even around the trash cans. The campus is not a dumpster and the custodians have more important things to do than to pick up after sloppy students. And by the way, laziness is not an excuse. One of the main priorities of our generation should be to take care of the environment and to show the up and coming generations how it is done. If our generation doesn't show them then who will? Nothing lasts forever and it is too little too late when we have created so many landfills that there are no open spaces left for our children to play on.
Meaning of Christmas lost to commercialization Michael Paisner Sttt/f Writer
Tis' the season to be jolly. Bah, humbug. It's a line thought up by marketers to keep your dollars rolling into their clients pockets. So for those who do not desire to bastardize Christmas with lights, gizmos, and gift exchanges with presents no smaller than a 22-foot t:abin cruiser, the suffering is about to become protracted. Next thing you know, they ' ll be trying to convince us that to really have Christmas spirit, you'll have to start on July 5th. Take a step back. Look at the bill of
goods we're being sold. Apparently, wacko marketing people get turned loose around December first. A yuppie suit with a master's yells "RELEASE THE HOUUUUUNDS! !" from the top of the Empire State Building and suddenly, these social misfits see Christmas on everything one could possibly spend money. Insurance companies will try to tell you that a few extra riders on your policy will make the perfect gift while showing you images of small children. Pretzel companies put red ribbon and bow graphics on the bags of twists (got to have that for the table). Though you may never need them, rest assured mouse traps have some kind of
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Psychotherapist brings her couch to Palomar Melinda Marchuk
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A local psychotherapist is making waves - airwaves that is- with listeners to her new call-in radio show on KKSM-AM 1320, Palomar College's student-run radio station. Penelope Young Andrade, a licensed therapist and social worker for more than 20 years, decided to enter the broadcasting field by enrolling in radio classes at Palomar. Two years later, she has her own show, "Transformational Talk," which airs on Saturdays from I p.m. to 2 p.m. Her 90-second "Therapy Tips" have been a popular feature on KKSM for more than a year. The new show offers an alternative to the "shame and blame" approach on other shows, she explains. Listeners will not hear her say, "I kno~ what's best for you," she promises. "What's interesting is finding out what's blocking inner guidance and stopping individuals from taking constructive action," Young Andrade said. "Callers and listeners on this show can look forward to finding keys to the wisdom each person has within," she said. Young Andrade is a certified family therapist specializing in psychosynthesis, a mind-body therapy which uses meditation, eidetic imagery, trauma resolution and body wisdom to help participants reveal their own resources for healing. Young Andrade's practice is located in Rancho Penasquitos and Del Mar and combines both traditional and alternative psychotherapies.
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The holidays are here again, and you don't really feel like celebrating. What can you do? Holidays are hard times for many of us. We're burdened by expectations ... find the perfect gift, plan the exceptional party, create the ideal holiday with friends and family. Amidst this pressure we feel more acutely the pain of lost or estranged relationships. We remember previous holiday disappointments and hope for fulfillment ... maybe this year. Here's the tip. First, give yourself permission to feel what you're feeling. You may discover grief, resentment or depression. Acknowledging what's going on inside will begin to help you feel better. Second, take a look at what the holidays mean for you. You may find this is a time for quiet and inner reflection, or for reconnecting with a few special people. If you've always had the urge to help those less fortunate, try this year. If festive .parties beckon, check out how to simplify plans so you can truly enjoy yourself once you are. there. Do it your way! Create unique rituals that nourish your holiday spirit.
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When Klaudia Birkner went down the bunny slope for the first time, she was terrified. Now that she's won gold medals in numerous speed skiing competitions, that fear has essentially disappeared. Any average skier contemplating a steep slope might experience severe fear if they were Klaudia. For Klaudia Birkner is blind. "I went on a field trip in high school with a program that took visually impaired and blind students to the mountains to learn to ski," Klaudia said. "I had never skied before. I never even skied when I was 'sighted.' But I've always been into doing things other people wouldn't do, and I got hooked." That was five years ago , and Klaudia, 24, a former Palomar student who lost her vision to illness when she was 16 and who currently attends CSU San Marcos, has been skiing ever since. After that initial slide down the slopes, Klaudia continued to ski with other programs but never really took it seriously. That is, until she met a guide skier who had raced professionally and recommended that she try it. Klaudia said she spent her summer writing letters to get sponsors, and became determined to race. "You cannot do it [ski competitively] without serious funding," Klaudia explained. "There is a difference between Special Olympics and what I do because Special Olympics is more mentally disabled and this is a physical disability." Klaudia added that although she currently skis pretty much independently and represents the United States around the world, she used to ski with an independent group called the Far West Ski Team. After three straight months of letterwriting, Klaudia found a pharmaceutical company willing to sponsor her. She found a guide and purchased her equipment, which included eight pairs of skis and a downhill ski suit. "I did everything I had to do and I started to go to races. At the end of the season there were two qualifying races for !he national championships," Klaudia said. "The truth is everyone really discouraged me, they thought I wasn't ready [to race]. But I decided
to go anyway and I qualified." Klaudia explained that after that first qualifier she and her guide drove to Colorado for the other qualifying race and made it to the finals. The skiers Klaudia competes against are placed into categories. "Everybody is legally blind, but there is a difference between legally blind and totally blind," she said , explaining that legally blind is classified as anyone with corrected vision who can see the huge letter "E" on the eye chart at 20 feet. "You can still see a lot but you are impaired enough to be legally blind." Klaudia qualified for the "totally blind" category, but instead decided to ski in the " low partially sighted" category because there weren't any competitors in that category. Her new category includes skiers who can see enough to be able to follow their guide visually on the slopes. Klaudia, however, is not able to do this. Anton Orlov I The Telescope '1 depend 110 pe~ Klaudia Birkener shows off her new book, entitled "Labeled for Life." The book is her first one and will be published next year. cent on voice command and the sound of
as a professional speaker for schools and commy guide's skis," K1audia said. panies using her life experiThis challenge, however, ences, not just her loss of has not stopped Klaudia from sight, to educate people of ,l! winning at speeds that can ages. reach up to 72 m.p.h. Her "I was 16 when I started ;o confidence on the slopes has lose my vision," Klaudia said. not prevented· her from hav"For many years, they didn't ing a few mishaps, including know what went wrong." running over her guide once. Klaudia said that her condi"I get all excited when I'm tion was diagnosed through towards the end so I tuck, and the use of electrodes. I tucked too soon so I ran up "They discovered I had on my guide and we tumbled something wrong with the through the finish line," optic nerves - both of them Klaudia said. were affected at the same "I love skiing - that's what time," Klaudia said. I live for. For me, skiing is :..._ Klaudia Birkner Klaudia's problem, she my life, it's everything to me. Everything I do stems from added, was that the optic nerves had become indented so that light couldmy skiing." n't reflect properly. Still unsure what was And that "everything" encompasses quite a wrong, doctors began to wonder if Klaudia had lot for Klaudia, who puts out her own newsletmultiple sclerosis. ter to thank her sponsors and keep them up to "They thought I was just too young for 11.18 date. She also travels around the United States
"I depend 110 percent on vozce command and the sound of my guides skis. "
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icles her life. "I think that it [the book] really encompasses the extreme side of being labeled in society," Klaudia said. She herself was a foster child and the book covers foster care from the perspective of a child and from a sociological perspective, rather than a psychological one. Klaudia has had help with the book from both a professor at CSUSM, who plans on using the book as required reading for their sociology class, and Palomar professor Sue Zolliker who has been Klaudia's inspiration and has helped motivate her. "I admire her - I could not have found a better person to edit the book," Klaudia said. "She has been my biggest motivation she didn't judge me according to what I wrote. I respect her." Zolliker also helped Klaudia conquer her fear of learning the English language, since Klaudia's first language is Czechoslovakian. "Labeled for Life" is almost done, according to the skier, but the editing process is still in progress. She plans on releasing the book next summer. For the most part, Klaudia is planning on living her life to the fullest extent possible, whether it be skiing, finishing her education, speaking, writing her book, or working on her newsletter. "I feel like I've put my heart and soul into this book and right now I don't have any plans [for another book] - I'm treating this as though it's my only book," Klaudia said. "I guess it's kind of a personal thing for me. I know the consequences of Divic Syndrome, in terms of the life expectancy, are not very good. I'm kind of doing this [writing the book] as if this is it, and I'm loving it."
and even though I had some of the symptoms, I didn't have the physical symptoms at that time," Klaudia S<ud. It wasn't until later that dvctors could put a name on Klaudia's condition- Devic syndrome, a form of MS ttvo '. affects the spinal cord and optic nerves . It was this condition that .eventually caused Klaudia to lose most of her sight. "I guess at first it wasn't real to me because I thought I just needed glasses," Klaudia said. "I faced a lot of ch- )lenges getting people to understand that,
hey, there's something wrong here. And there were times when my vision would get better and times it would get worse, which led to a lot of misunderstanding. There's so much that medicine doesn't know." she Once was finally diagnosed, Klaudia faced the challenge of adapting to ' life without the use of her eyes. "I was a - Klaudia Birkner mess I what think saved me is that I lived with a family where both parents were teachers for the visually impaired and the blind. I think the difference for
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me is that I'm not 'lights out' [totally blind]," Klaudia said. "Everybody can handle so much, for me the fact that I can pick up what I can pick up is a lot, and even though I'm considered blind, in my line, if I were to lose the light that I have, I don't know if I could handle it. That's my limit." Klaudia explained that dealing with her loss of vision was also made easier by her friends. "I was really lucky because all of my friends remained my friends ," Klaudia said. Now a sociology/speech communications major, Klaudia has had many different experiences with the public's perceptions of her, including one that was rather humorous. Klaudia recalls that she was taking a class in sociology of deviance and was given a project to perform a deviant act, but one that wouldn't get the students arrested because "we couldn't blame it on the professor." "I went to 31 Flavors and I cut in front of the line. They said, 'What would you like?' and I said, 'What do you have?' They read all 31 flavors and then I turned around and said, 'I'll take vanilla,"' Klaudia laughed. It is incidents like these that help keep Klaudia's confidence going. "I try to make it a point to get myself noticed, because I'm a very outgoing person. Hopefully the way that I converse will show [others] that I'm just like them," Klaudia said. There are times when she uses a wheelchair to get around. She is in the process of getting a device that would use audio signals to allow her to use the chair without assistance, by telling her when objects are in her path. For now, however, Klaudia is planning on retiring from skiing though she will continue to ski to some small extent, and she is working on a book entitled "Labeled for Life" which chron-
Klaudia Birkner is not the only former or current Palomar student with a disability who has been offered the opportunity to learn to ski. According to Director of Disabled Student Programs and Services Ron Haines, 20 disabled Palomar students will travel to Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe from Jan. 9 through the 14, 1998, to learn to ski. "It's a chance for them to try something they never thought they'd try, a chance to do something physical, and we always say that if you can live with 24 people in a condo that's quite an achievement," Haines said, adding that he knows Birkner. He offers his own perspective on her career. "I stay off the slopes when Klaudia skis she goes faster than I do and she really likes speed," Haines laughed.
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Friday. Oct. 24. 1997
MARKEl) FOR tfFE: PAWMAR 5Ttff)fÂŁNTS SHOW OFF THEIR TATTOOS Photos by Anton Orlov Text by Mimi Bowles
The "Eye of Ra" graces the hand of Frank Green who is majoring in small engine mechanics.
Kovack, political science, proudly shows off the Grateful Dead Jerry bear on his shoulder, while friend David Fox, business, illustrates his love for Hawaii.
Rob Styron Cabove),a nutrition major, got this tattoo from his friends in Hollywood. (Left) A close-up of his pride and joy, which covers the majority of his leg is a geometric, "tribal" design.
Tattoos have been in the news for decades, both as symbols of adolescent rebellion and as artwork of a more personal type. Whatever the opinion on tattoos, whether body art or obscene, at least five Palomar students proudly sport their designs in various places, including bellies, arms, legs and hands. Here, they share them with us...
Ernie Faircloth got his tattoo of an Indian chief, 23 years ago at a bachelor party in Las Vegas.
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ENTERTAINMENT 'Shoemania' kicks off holiday season • The Boehm Gallery ends the fall 1997 semester with a high footnote and praise Antoinette C. Griffith Staff Writer
Photos by Annick Polo Have a funky foot fetish? "! !Shoemania!!: The Shoe Show" at Boehm Gallery from Nov. 14 to Dec. 12 has all of the wild spontaneity of fuchsia and feathers from the '70s. Almost everything that has to do with shoes is here. "Missing My Sole Mate" by Karen Keiming Warner is a play
on words done with two interesting mediums: pencil drawing in a creative display that work together to show she has artistic ability in many areas. Another exhibit with an intelligent play on shoe words is "Real Heels" by Viki Cole. It is an exhibit of an old construction worker-style lunch pail containing shoe soles. Written on is, "Men I Have Known." A lot of spectators at the gallery agreed that the presentations were fun. "I love theme shows," says Rebecca Bliss, wife of Harry Bliss, director of the Boehm Gallery. "They're so much fun. Everyone's mind goes in so many different directions." There is something here for everyone to appreciate and enjoy. For example there is "Road Kill: Toe Jam Delight" by John Reth. "This exhibit is so bad and unusual it is good," says Bliss. "Dancing on the Journey" by J. Azul is a spiritual piece and an intricate display of "Shoes of a Feather Flock Together" by Marina E. Vaquez, with a narra-
Above: Victor Solomon literally let his art go to the birds with "For the Birds." Below right: Marcellina Vin's painting, "Slip Ons". Below left: "Outside In" by Sara Franty gives a unique twist to the outdoor shoe. The Gallery's hours are; Tuesdays, 10 a.m.·4 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.·7 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.·2 p.m •• They are closed Sundays, Mondays and school hoildays. For information contact gallery director Harry Bliss, (760) 744-1150, ext. 2304.
tion to go with are all must-sees. These presentations are fascinating because of the unique and original perception that one derives from the shoes. There are political message sexhibited as well as humorous ones. "If the Shoe Fits .....- by Lisa Marie Muell is an ecology awareness piece, while "Hakimon #2" by Junko Yamamoto is a peaceful design that can hold both an audi-
ences' attention and be a wall display all by itself. Are you looking for a "CrashBam-Ala-Kazam?" Check-out the display from Gina Bening of the same name, which leaps off the wall with ferocity of a Vegas show girl. "!!Shoemania!! : The Shoe Show" is definitely worth the time to see, whatever your foot fancy may be.
FEAST YOUR SENSES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON Carla Van Wagoner Entertainment Editor
Finals will soon be over and then what will you do during the winter break? How about going to work, sleeping or going shopping? Instead of that, how about treating yourself to a movie or a trip to the theater. Let us help you make the choice for what to do in your free time this winter break.
Pierce Bronson reprises his role as super spy and world traveler, James Bond 007. "Tomorrow Never Dies" enters theaters in December.
Movies • Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyate and Sharon Stone star in the science-fiction thriller "Sphere." Aliens have landed but in an unlikely spot. The film is directed by Academy Award winner Barry Levinson and is based on the best-selling book by Michael Crichton. • "For Richer or Poorer" will help take away those shopping blues. This Universal Pictures romantic comedy stars television celebrities, Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley. They star as two Manhattan socialites, Brad and Caroline Sexton, who are running from the IRS and end up in Amish country. The release date is Dec. 12. • Fine Line Features presents "The Sweet Hereafter." Directed, written and produced by Atom Egoyan, "Hereafter" won the Grand Prize, the International Critics Prize and Ecumenical Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. It is adapted from Russell Banks' novel of the same name. It stars Ian Holm and Banks' daughter Caerthan. • Denzel Washington stars as detective John Hobbes tn "Fallen" by Warner Bros. Hobbes and his partner. Jonesy, played by
John Goodman star in this supernatural thriller about a killer who comes back from the dead. "Fallen" also stars Donald Sutherland. • From the mind of director Steven Spielberg and the pages of history comes the story of "Amistad," the saga of a Spanish slave ship, rebellion and the trial that resulted. Morgan Freeman heads off a stellar cast that includes, Matthew McConaughey, Nigel Hawthorne and Anthony Hopkins in this DreamWorks productin. As rumors have it, there is already Oscar talk surrounding Spielberg again. • It's man against beast in "Mouse Hunt," a new comedy from DreamWorks. It's the story of a pesky mouse on the loose in a mansion and two brothers trying
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Above left: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate'Winslet are doomed lovers in Paramount's ''Titanic." ''Titanic" was estimated to cost $400 million to make. Above: Starring in and directing the futuristic drama "The Postman" is Kevin Costner.
to rid themselves of the tenacious critter. It stars Nathan Lane, Lee Evans and Christopher Wallken.
Palomar Performing Arts • ''Music of the Season: A Day
for Dancing" is a modernmedieval work for chorus, woodwinds and dancers. Performances are Dec. 6, at 8 p.m., and 2 and 7 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the Howard
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Not the type to let a little water stand in their way, Aliens pursue a fleeing crew through the submerged galley of a spaceship in "Alien Resurrection."
A CLASSIC IS REBORN John DeCoursey Ediwr-111-Ciuej
ot since you-know-who came back from the dead has a resurrection been this damn cool. Two hundred years after committing suicide in an attempt to wipe out the deadly Alien race, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is back for a fourth battle with those acidbleeding, slime-dripping, gut-ripping creatures on a desolate spaceship in "A lien Resurrection."
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Only now, Ripley is half the woman she used to be. Literally. Thanks to some severely twisted scientists, and a slight stretch of the audiences imagination, Ripley has been genetically cloned back into existence along with some ... new traits. It seems that since she was impregnated with an Alien before she died (and not just any Alien but one big ol' bitch of a Queen) she and the Queen did a little DNA swapping that has made them family. Not only is Ripley no longer out to save
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Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) returns from the dead to find herseH in the anns of an Alien.
the world, but now she's got an Alien 's predatorial attitude (among other things). But if anyone has a right to be a bit moody, it's Ripley. Here's a woman who was lucky to barely escape her first encounter with an Alien (Ridley Scott 's "Alien"), and who then boldly goes back to where no man should have gone in the first place to help Marines wipe them out (James Cameron's "Aliens"). She rescues a child who then gets killed when they crash land on a penal colony (David Fincher's "Alien3") where Ripley fights yet another Alien and discovers that she's got one growing inside her chest. Suicidal? Who can blame her. Now, by resurrecting her Winona Ryder takes aim as Call, an edgy mechanic. as a darker version of her former self, the Ripley should the series go another three creative team behind "Alien Resurrection" sequels down the road. has put a new spin on the series which helps There has been a lot of speculation over perpetuate a storyline that might have othwhether or not Ryder could pull off a role in erwise been past its prime. Besides, how one of the Alien films without being a dismany times can the same thing happen to traction (Let's face it: if putting her in "The the same woman? Age of Innocence" was a stretch, putting Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the film 's director, her in space with a machine gun is one giant brings back the kind of style that made leap.) "Aliens" such a hit: there's more than one But Ryder proves that she can hold her Alien to fight, the story contains a good own and not stand out as the one-of-thesearray of characters with different personalithings-is-not-like-the-others actor of the ties (unlike "Alien 3" where all the characgroup. Actually, her high-school-girl charm ters were imprisoned felons) and there are that was predicted to be her curse here is ¡ plenty of unexpected twists in both characactually her strength. ter fate and storyline. And, as it turns out, In one scene she locates one of the evil Ripley is not the only one who walked scientists on the ship's 14th level, and uses away from the DNA exchange with some her kind, high school girl tone to make the additional baggage ... PA announcement: "All Aliens, please Weaver, who's been doing this since the report to Level 14." '70s, shows no sign of the fact that, in realComing from her, it's twice as sadistic. ity, she's getting to a point where osteo"Alien Resurrection" deserves all the porosis might get her before the Aliens do. praise and popularity the first two films Winona Ryder, on the other hand, may racked up in the '70s and '80s. It has added have been introduced as Call in "Alien another great chapter to one of the best sciResurrection" as a possible successor to ence fiction series of all time.
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'Rainmaker' is a moneymaker -----.J -----
more down to earth and picks a fight with a monster everyone hates, an insurance company. The young lawyer in question is Rudy Baylor, played by Matt Damon. Recently out of law Christian Johnson school and already having a few Ne ws Editor clients he can call his own before What do you have when you mix even passing the bar, Rudy signs a young lawyer in the south, fresh on with a small time, and obviousout of law school, working on his ly shady, law office to get his first big case, the mob and a short career moving. There he meets catchy title beginning with the ·Deck Shifflet (Danny DeVito) word "The"? You get a Grisham who tries to instill in Rudy the story. They're all pretty much the value of ambulance chasing. Rudy same, but "The Rainmaker" turns quickly finds that the type of law he wants to pursue doesn't mix slightly askew. With the exception of the mob with personal injury claims. The slant, "The Rainmaker" follows office threatens to fall apart due to the formula pretty closely, except legal investigations, so Rudy and here the young hero comes a little Deck go into business for them-
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Jon Voight, right, portrays tou~h attorney Leo F. Drummond in ''The Rainmaker." During the intense court scene Drummond cross examines Dot Black played by Mary Kay Place. The film is directed by Academy Award director, Francis Ford Coppola.
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Director Francis Ford Coppola, left, discusses a scene during filming with leading lady, Claire Danes, center, and Matt Damon, right, while on the set of "The Rainmaker."
selves. Rudy's most promising case turns out to be a suit against a large health insurance company who refused to cover an operation that could very well have saved a boys life. With this Rudy finds that he's now in over his head and swimming among the sharks. The creator of "Apocalypse Now" and "The Godfather" Francis Ford Coppola, is back in top form as director, screenwriter and executive producer of "The Rainmaker." Coppola has had a long hard climb out of financial trouble and Hollywood flops. But with "The Rainmaker" he seems to have found his way back utilizing the look and style that made "The Godfather" such a hit. This movie thrived with the presence of three key people, Matt Damon, Danny DeVito and Claire
Danes. These three gave the performances that everyone came to see creating a triangular story that moved well from point to point. If any predictions can be made about Damon it's that his star is on the rise. His character is unlike that of Tom Cruise in "The Firm," Susan Saranden in "The Client" and Matthew McConaughey in "A Time to Kill." He isn't slick and polished in practicing law. He's on uneven ground , unsure of himself and not quite sure what his next move is going to be. Damon was Rudy from beginning to end. For this movie DeVito slips back into a role fairly familiar for him, the comic relief. But unlike many of his past roles, he's not the lowlife that you laugh at and hate at the same time. Here his character is still somewhat of a low-life, but he's at least working on the right side of the fence . He delivers some
of the most truly funny lines in the other wise very serious movie. What else can be said about Claire Danes other than adding her to a film can only help it's appeal. Her performance in "The Rainmaker" as Kelly Riker, a young wife severely apused by her husband, was very touching. With this performance her credibility as an actor is without question. Other notable actors that graced this film were Jon Voight as the crooked attorney representing Great Benefit, Leo Drummond and Danny Glover as Judge Tyrone Kipler who sympathizes with Rudy and does what he can to help him with his first courtroom expenence. For Grisham fans, Coppola fans and all those who haven't yet been converted, "The Rainmaker" is certainly worth the price of admission.
A talented cast and a renowned director can not save 'Midnight' Christian Johnson News Editor
•·AnilStas}a" is so Disneylike and rich that audiences will become enraptured in its velveteen quality and simple story. • The film centers around the lost heir to the Russian
The eternal question; is good acting or a good story more important in a movie's success? The answer; one can't survive without the other. "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" is a perfect example. Even the talents of Kevin Spacey, John Cusack and Director Clint Eastwood seemed wasted on a story this hoaky. To elaborate on "hoaky," the movie is a murder mystery that takes place in Savannah Georgia. John Kelso (Cusack) is a writer from New York with Town and Country maga?ine, sent to Savannah to cover a very prestigious Christmas party hosted by Neuvo Rich Millionaire Jim Williams (Spacey). Everyone in Savannah is eccentric to one extreme or another, which throws Kelso off guard from the very beginning. The night of the party Williams is arrested for the murder of his secret live-in lover Billy Hanson (Jude Law). Williams claims self defense and Kelso sets out on a mission to prove his plea with the anterior motive of writing a book on the case. The whole thing is all pretty straight forward, unlike most murder mysteries. Therein lies the problem. Around every corner you keep expecting some weird twist that will magically make the story interesting, but there just aren't any. At one point the writer goes to all the. trouble of introducing the presence of southern voo<loo in Savannah with the character of Minerva
(Irma P. Hall), a voodoo priestess who Williams thinks can help in his defense. Just when you think this could lead to some diabolical sub-plot in the story, it's gone. Nothing r.eally becomes of it. This same type of disappearing act takes out one of the more interesting characters to watch It's hard to pin the void left by the story in the movie, Joe Odom (Paul Hipp). Odom is telling entirely on Clint Eastwood. True, the the stereotypical drunken party animal who director is the guiding force behind any film, always seems to be on the scene when things yet it wasn't the direction but the writing itself hit the· fan. He's a funny and flamboyant char- that seemed to be at fault. If Eastwood can be acter that brought some life to the few scenes accused of anything it's picking a weak screenhe was in. Then, he's gone, without a word. play to pin his name to, not unlike But speaking of flamboyant characters, the "Unforgiven." one who was the most fun to watch was The Lady Chablis, a transvestite nightclub performer who simply played herself. She too is funny to watch, but although she's not always at the scene of the action, she's always looking to cause a little trouble. Both Cusack and Spacey give great perTheir formances. delineation of character was obviously well Courtesy or Warner Bros. thought out. But they simply couldn't carry Despite powerful performances both John Cusack, left, and the movie by them- Kevin Spacey can not keep together the thread-barren plot of selves. "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evir' from Warner Bros.
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CD Reviews Sweet sounds come from'Urban Hymns' Editor's Choice . Liz Bennett Staff Writer
· "Urban Hymns" is better than a sleeping pill. The entire CD is very tranquil. The musical style doesn't vary much and it isn't overpowering. This is good to listen to if you want to relax and unwind . It is also enjoyable to listen to while vegging out or thinking. It's so peaceful that I was even able to study while listening to it. • My favorite song on the CD was "The Drugs. Don't Work." I was a little leery about what this song was about, but it is wonderful and full of emotion. It is a very descriptive account of being depressed over a broken heart. This 1s a song to listen to whenever you ' re so depressed that don't want to do you anything.You just want to sit there, in your room like a lump on a log. Unfortunately, it also has the effect of bringing back painful
memories that have been repressed. It · can make you depressed even if you weren't depressed before. It is still a good song especially if you've interested in hearing a depressing song. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" is a total relaxation song. It's the current radio hit for this band. It's the kind of song that makes one want to frolic through a forrest and bath in the rain. Listening to "Sonnet" was like finding a memory in an old box. It is a slow paced song that makes you feel as if you are leaning back in a chair on an urban lawn , staring at the sky and you're lost in thought. Thinking about everything, yet nothing in particular, but just thinking along with the music. The music on this CD doesn't vary much. It falls into the modern alternative category with a twisted bit of '60s psychedelic stoner style added to it. This is a definite must buy this holiday season for anyone thinking of escaping the rat race without ever leaving their home. It has been a long time since I have liked every song on a CD.
Luna's 'Pup Tent' may be too creepy to really enjoy Senada Lekovic Staff Writer
A pup tent may be what children made with blankets and a broom when playing soldiers and forts but the band "Luna" isn't playing games with their latest release, "Pup Tent." One song in particular, "Tracy I Love You" is touching. I felt it right where it counts, right in the· heart. This song tells the story of a man who lost his love. I, however, interpreted this track to mean that a women left her relationship with the man. The man is determined to find her because he misses her and is heart-broken. In denial he tries to find her, but she has changed her name and number. As a result the man can't handle the truth and uses drugs to relaxes his mind. The melody and rhythm of this music is fooling with listeners emotions. Even though the music is happy and relaxing it also gives a sad feeling. In "Pup Tent" the lead singer sounds annoying. He has a way when he whispers the lyrics that sends chills down
my back. Just thinking of someone whispering like that into my ear along with strange noises coming from the band's guitars, is creepy. This song reminded me of the band "Nine Inch Nails" and their vocal style. The lyrics are strange and distorted. The vocalist informs listeners "his mind is taking photographs" and "he feels a chokin in the back of his throat." Overall the sounds from the guitarist are the strongest elements for the band. His guitar has a wild sound. The only tracks I liked are "Beautiful View," "Bobby Peru", and "Tray I Love You." All the rest I felt were weird, because of the strange music played.
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Rick Brummes, Adrian Rout and Sean MacDonald make up The Ids. Their latest release isn't worth the material it's printed on.
'PsyCo Babylon' is nonsense Anton Orlov Staff Writer
"Psycho Babylon" by the The Ids is not worth spending four bucks at the used section of the music stores all over the country, where you already can find it. The only track that I recommend for sampling is "Monkeys In Cages." This song will give you a good idea of the contents of the CD and might provide you with some food for thought. The rest of the album varies very little in music as well as the lyrics. Some of the songs, like "Heavy Mellow," I had to skip every time I listened to it. Some of the lyrics contains adult language. Other lyrics don't make sense ala Beck. Tracks like "Spiritual Debris" and "Prozac Morning" are a waste of listeners time. Luckily very few of the 16 tracks exceed three minutes and that, I believe, is what saves them. The Ids are a three-piece band from Vancouver and they've been together a little over a year. The
21-year-old Sean MacDonald writes the majority of the lyrics and the music. At 13, Sean had a band called Apathy ,with the 'a' as the anarchy symbol, where he spent his time after detention doing the covers of Metallica and Guns'n'Roses. His lyrics reveal anger at the society and frustration from the fact of not being able to do anything except screaming at the microphone. The res of the band members are Rick Brummes on bass and Adrian Rout who plays trumpet and percussion and sings the background vocals. I don't have a lot to say about them except that I found the overall quality of music quite average though partially that can probably be attributed to the main composer. "We can't wait to be pigeonholed into a particular genre so that we can claw our way out." says Sean, the head of the trio. I would say that they are in the "boring and unoriginal" category and should try to claw out of that first before attempting another record.
FOR FUN: Finding things to do Continued from Page 15 Brubeck Theatre. For information, contact the theater box office at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2453. o Holiday music will be performed at the Brubeck when the Palomar College Band hits the stage, Dec. 12, 5 p.m. for "Band on Holiday." For tickets and information call the theater box office. o The Palomar Chorale and Youth Chorale will be at the Brubeck Theater singing a festive holiday assortment songs. "Festival of Carols" will be Dec. 13, 5 p.m. and Dec. 14, at 2 p.m .. o Audiences will get a chance sing with the Palomar Orchestra during an old-fashioned sing along during "Holiday Favorites" at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Also included in the performance schedule will be the Palomar Civic Youth Symphony Orchestras. Performance times are
Dec. 14 at 2 and 7 p.m .. o And if Jazz is your thing, join Palomar Jazz Ensemble for a night of holiday tunes in the big band style. "Big Band Joy of Jazz" will be at the Howard Brubeck Theater Dec. 17 at 8 p.m .. Call the box office, (760) 744-1150, ext. 2453, for ticket information.
Around Town o Join three Jewish widows, one lonely man and love the second time around in the bittersweet comedy "The Cemetery Club." Performances run through Dec. 13 and start at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays at the Legler Benbough Theatre. For information· contact the Scripps Ranch Community theatre, (619) 578-7728. o The San Diego Actors Theatre takes a variety of children's literature and holiday sto-
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ries and packs them into a 40minute show. Performances are held at the L' Auberge Del Mar Resort and Spa. For tickets call The San Diego Actors Theatre, (619) 266-4494. o "Forever Plaid" continues it's open-end run at the Theatre In Old Town, Old Town San Diego. God decides to let a dorky '60s harmony group come back from the dead for one last performance before an audience. Performance are 8 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, and 5 and 8 p.m. on Saturdays. On Sundays, performances are 3 and 7 p.m .. o Feel like a little mystery? Why not try dinner and theater combined. The Welk Resort Theater hosts an interactive-style mystery dinner theater. Performances a·re Wednesdays at 7.m .. Tickets are $32 for adults and includes dinner. Contact the Mystery Cafe for tickets, (619) 544-9226.
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First displayed in spring 1966, this mosaic of musical instruments was created by artist John Barlow. Located on the south end of campus near the Performing Arts Department, it's made with stone-like pellets (detail right).
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Located behind the cafeteria, on the wall of the racquetball courts, this mural painted by Edgar Olivares (left) is part of a huge collage.
Found among the science departments, this fountain (above) which reflects the planetariums was created by John Barlow (art department chairman from 1953 to 1973). If you look closely at the structure of fountain, molded like a seed, you can see roots developing as the seed splits into halves.
Donated by Bob and Betty Driver and moved to campus in 1971, this untitled piece (right) made primarily of red brick, was created by James Hubbell. It is located in the lower arboretum along the walkway next to the library.
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SPORTS Men's basketball set to dunk competition Richardson Miron Slllff Writer
As the men's basketball team prepares for the upcoming season, third-year head coach lrv Leifer is confident that this year's squad will exceed last season's modest record of 16-13. "I expect them to improve upon last year," Leifer said. "We have more depth this year than we have had previously, and more experience, so I definitely think we will be better." Leifer plans on outscoring opponents with a run-and-gun style of basketball that will hopefully light up the scoreboard. The Comets will be led by three returning starters,. and some new faces who fit nicely into this uptempo system. The top returning players are Brandon Phillips, a 6-foot-4-inch small forward, and ¡ Matt Niehuas, a 6-foot-3-inch shooting guard. Both players made All-League honors last season, and now with a stronger supporting cast, the coach feels that the sky's the limit this year. "We feel we have the talent to make a run for the championship," Leifer said. "Mira Costa and Southwestern look to be pretty competitive teams, but we think we have a legitimate chance to win the conference," he said. The Comets are currently 4-3 in what the coach considers a preseason that is stacked
with heavy competition. "We are playing a very tough preseason schedule, which we think will get us ready for the league and help us out for the long run," Leifer said of his team's growing pains. "We have been in every game that we have lost, so we could just as easily be 7 and 0 right now," he said. Some would consider the lack of size, outside of 6-foot-7-inch power forward Cory Louther, to be a weakness, but the Comets will rely on fleet-footed athletes who can use their speed and quickness to win basketball games. One player in particular the Comets will be depending on during the regular season is newcomer Jeremy Killion, out of Rancho Bernardo High School. The 6-foot sophomore guard has an uncanny knack for scoring in big chunks and is averaging 25 points a game so far this preseason. "We have been getting ready with some really tough competition lately," Killion said. "But when we get to conference play I think we will be a step ahead of some of the other teams in our conference." "We are are a very athletic team, even though we are kind of small, we are still a very talented team ," he said. The Comets first regular season game is scheduled for January 8, 1998, against Mira Costa College at home at 7 p.m ..
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{Above) The Comet men's basketball team will feature a corps of talented and speedy athletes who will use their quickness to score easy baskets, like this one. (Below left) MaH Niehuas elevates himself as he prepares to launch a wide open three-pointer durin~ practice on Wednesday. The team's first regular season match-up is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 8, against Mira Costa College at 7 p.m. in the Dome.
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As if he needed to, Wrestling Coach Joe Ismay has found an angle to help motivate his team for this weekend's state finals. In the latest rankings, the Comets placed fifth, behind several teams they beat during the regular season. "This is not a very accurate ranking," Ismay said. "To me this is kind of bogus, so we will have to wrestle good at State this weekend." The rankings go as follows: Moorpark, Fresno, Serra, and Skyline, with Palomar coming in at fifth. â&#x20AC;˘ This unfavorable position might trigger some Palomar wrestlers to step it up a notch and pull out some big matches at the state finals, which could shoot the Comets all the way to the top. Team captain Levy Harbin, who competes in the 126-pound division, sees the team's current status as just fuel to the fire. "I think that they are going to get a rude awakening, we are much better than that," Harbin said of his team's not-so-flattering standings. In the Comets' last action they placed a
solid second to Moorpark at the Regional Championship. Comet insiders believe that this is a much more accurate showing of where the team stands. "At Regionals we were hot, we wrestled great there," said Harbin. "So everything is really coming together here at the end of the year." For some wrestlers, like 190-pound Chad Totina, this will be their final wrestling performance before they transfer to a university next semester. "We are definitely better than fifth, but I guess we are going to have to prove it," Totina said. "Everybody is going to have to wrestle tough, but we definitely have the ability." The team 's biggest contender to become a State Champion is Jason Bedsol, who wrestles in the 118-pound weight class. But Ismay feels that all 10 of his starting wrestlers should at least place in the biggest meet of the year. "We have had our ups and downs this season, but I think we proved at Regionals what we can do," Ismay said. "So if we wrestle the way we are capable of we should be all right."
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WomenS b-ball tips off with a new attitude
Sara Hall, No. 30, fades away for the shot as an opposing defender lands on the hard wood.
As the game winds down, No. 30 Sara Hall Cleft), No. 52 April Monson (middle) and No. 14 Amber Allen (right) can't bear to look at what is about to happen.
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Standing all alone at the charity stripe, Kari Harrington, No. 22, concentrates on sinking another free throw.
Ronnie Poellnitz, No. 10, flies through the air as she goes up for another lay-up.
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Comet football finishes season without fear. ..
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Freshman quarterback Tony Alvarez (middle} hands off to No. 35 Percy Hye (right} as sophomore guard Ted Printy (No. 53, left} provides protection. The Comet football team finished the season strong, winning their last three games and improving their record to 5-S. Alvarez and his Comet teammates will go heads up with Mt. San Jacinto College this Saturday, Dec. 6 for the inaugural No Fear Bowl at La Costa Canyon High School at 1 p.m â&#x20AC;˘. Alvarez, No. 12, was large factor in the Comets' strong finish with his 1,364 yards passing and 11 touchdowns in the last four games. The No Fear Bowl will feature two of the top three offensive teams in the state; Mt. San Jacinto (6-4}, who is No.2 with a 445. 7-yard average, and the Comets who come in at No. 3, averaging 438.9 yards a game. Palomar is 6-0 all-time in bowl games.
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