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OPINION
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Women's softball coach Mark Eldridge leads the Lady Comets 14th straight championship
Once ... Twice ... Three times a school year. That's how Palomar's class schedule may soon be structured if the proposed Trimester system is implemented. Page 6
Boehm Gallery goes "Inside/Out" of glasswork, paintings and furniture with its latest exhibit...
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TilE FRIDAY, MARCH
20,1998
PALOMAR COLLEGE
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A10-vear-old bov, a deadlv disease, and a communitv determined to help
Becky Van Doorn I The Telescope
Shirts of every color displayed messages which empowered some students while enraging others.
Rape and incest survivors hang their scars on a line • Clothesline causes mixed reactions John DeCoursey Co-Editor in
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"My sister and I were gang-raped by my brother and his buddies on the kitchen table of our home. My mother was upstairs and she did nothing. Thanks a whole bunch, Mom. " -Shirt from the clothesline A clothesline display against rape and incest sprang up outside the Student Union on Tuesday, general-
ing support or criticism from passing students. Sponsored by members of Palomar 's Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) in honor of Women's History Month, the clothesline features shirts bearing written testimony of both female and male victims of rape or incest. "I wanted the men and women'of abuse to have a voice during Women's History month. I wanted to have that awareness," said Rachel Farr, president of GALA. "I want to get a Women Now group going on campus, and I wanted someone to sponsor this so I brought GALA into it." The shirts on the clothesline arc
categorized by color. Each color stands for a specific type 0f crime and victim: • White- Women who have died as a result of violence. • Red/Pink/Orange - For those who have been raped or sexually assualted • Yellow/Beigeffan/Brown - For women who have been domestically battered or assaulted by male partners. • Blue/Green -For those who are survivors of incest or childhood sexual abuse. • Purple/Lavender - For those battered because they are lesbian. SEE
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Student arrested on felony charges Natalie Petrovic Staff Wri re r
Alexis Resendez holds up a picture of himself that was taken during his last hospitalization period.
PSA expected to attract record number of potential bone marrow donors What is leukemia? Leukem ia results from a change in the DNA in a single cell in the bone marrow. The change in DNA that leads to the developme nt of leukemia is usually acquired after birth and is not inherited in the classic sense. This acquired change is referred to as a somatic mutation and affects only one tissue in the body. If the c hange in DNA is sufticient a malignant cell will develop. If that change is in the bone marrow, leukemia results, if in the kidney, a kidney tumor may result and if in the lymph node cel l, a lymphoma may develop. The affected cell transforms into a malign!Jnl (leukemic) marrow cell and has a growth and survival advantage in the marrow. Ultima'te ly, it grows uncontrollably and replaces normal marrow cells.
Story by John DeCoursey Photos by Vincent Vigil' eek ing around the door that leads into Palomar College's Education Television (ETV) studio, Alexis Resendez asks the question he's been asking for 10 minutes: "Wherc's Bobby?" Ten-year-old Resendez has come to the college's studio to film a Public Service Announcement for raising awareness of the shortage of Latinos on bone marrow donor registry lists. People with leukemia who require bone marrow transplants ususally find their matching donor within there own ethnicity. It is a subject that bears a lot of weight for Resendez: he was diagnosed with le ukemia in December of 1996. Bobby Rivera, a Palomar student and the subject of Resendez's studio-wide search, appears from behind one of the cameras. Rivera is the piloting force behind making the PSA and the attempt to get a record-breaking number of Latinos to volunteer for the donor registry. ··We found out from the local bone marrow·rcgistry that the numbers for Latino donors a1\e extremely low, and we wanted to change that," said Rivera. According to Hazel Sayers of the San Diego Blood Bank, caucasions with leukemia have about an 85 percent chance of finding a donor match because the donor registry is abou t 60 percent caucasian. Latinos, however, have only a 50 percent chance of a match. "It 's so important to get Latino donors on the registry," said Sayer . "A donor is matched by using genetic markers and there are different markers for different ethnicities. We've been working with Alexis for two years trying to find a match." SEE
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Penal Code 496.1 might not interest most people, but it became quite relevant toone Palomar student who wa arrested Feb. 25 for possession of a stolen parking permit, which he told Campus Security he bought for $10. According to Campus Security Supervi sor Mike Alleman, on Feb. 25, the student parked in a staff parking space and blocked in a staff
"There's no way it'll be a felony charge but that's what Campus Security wants." -Arrested student
member's car. The employee then notified Campus Security that he was unable to move his car. Campus Security ran a check on the permit on the student's car, and it
came up stolen. Alleman said that a week prior to this event a staff member had left her car window open a crack, and someone had apparently reached in and taken the permit. The victim then reported the incident to Campus Security who then put it on their "hot list," which is a list containing the numbers of stolen parking permits. When Campus Security arrived on the scene where the student's car SEE
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Trimester System is proposed Jessica Long Fewure Editor
A proposal has been made by Patrick Schwerdtfeger, interim dean of human arts and sciences, to switch Palomar's existing semester calendar to a trimester system. According to Schwerdtfeger, "If we adopt a trimester system, a true trimester system, it will provide great flexibility to both faculty and students. The facilities of the college will be used more efficiently and therefore be a benefit to everyone." A trimester schedule would consist of three equal terms that each run for 16 weeks. Under the proposed calendar for the year 1999, '
the fall term would run Aug. 28Dec. 18, the spring term would be Jan. I 0-May 5 and the summer term May 8-Aug. 26. Students would lose the traditional month-long break between the fall a nd spring terms, l:11.Jt would gain a longer break during the summer if they opt to stay with traditional fall/spring scheduling. Students who c hoose either spring/summer or summer/fall to attend would not have any break between semesters except a weekend. Extracurricular activities such as athletics would not be affected by the change because other colleges on the standard schedule, with whom the Comets compete, would have a schedule that would mesh.
The summer trimester would be used for strictly academic reasons. Students pursuing degrees that require such as advance courses in microbiology would have a better opportunity to get the classes they need because of the extended time. As it exists now, advanced courses are not offered during the summer s€ssion because of the time constrain ts. Students eager to get through college will also be able to move along faster. If the summer session is extended to 16 weeks, it will be possible for students to take four to five classes, which is the average for fall and spri ng semesters. Schwerdtfeger said transferring to a four-year school will not be SEE TRIMESTER, PAGE 5