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OPINION
SPORTS
Washington, Lincoln, Clinton ... Is there something wrong with this picture? Should today's president be a role model, like those who proceeded him? Or does his private life really matter? Page 4
The women's soccer
2, 1998
PALOMAR
COMETS PILE
UP ANOTHER
COLLEGE
SAN
VOLUME
MARCOS
TOUCHDOWN
Shigehiro Kondo
Comet running back Joe Hall {bottom of pile) rushes for one of his two touchdowns of the day against Mt. SAC. The Comets beat the defending national champions 35-21, The victory pushed the Comets to a third place rank• ing in the J.C. Grid Wire. The 6-foot-3, 270-pound Hall carried the ball an astounding 42 times, piling up 185 yards on the day. The Comets will square off with Orange Coast College Oct. 3 at home. Kick-off is at 1 p,m.
Japanese
students impressed by Palomar
Shigehiro Kondo StajJWritl'r
Last Sept. 25, Palomar Instructor Ronnie Mancao was giving a lecture to students. The classroom was full, but the students didn't make up Palomar 's typical class scene. Mancao has taught spor ts psychology for quite some time, but an interpreter was needed during this class in order to communicate with Japanese students who had just arr ived in this couhtry the day before . The lect ure was part of the study tour, spo nsore d by the Int erna tional Student Office at Palomar Co llege which invited more than 150 Japanese stude nts f"rom Osaka Co llege of Health and Welfare. The study tour was held Sept. 25-27 and, in addition to lectures, included various even ts such as a campus tour, severa l sitevisits around the San Diego coun ty and a barbecue at Palomar's softball field . Tnternational Student Counselor Lisa Cox, chief coordinator of the study tour said, 'This is our opportunity to assist them in learn ing more abou t American cu lture." Most of the gues t students were in their ear ly twenties and had never visited America, let alone experie nced American educat ion. Takahiro Nishimura , one of the Japanese studen ts who attended Mancao's lecture on spor ts psychology, sai d that he was impressed by the way the instructor co nducted the lecture. "He encouraged us to paricipate ac tively in c lass, and we actually did. I think it made the c lass more enjoyab le," Nishimura said. During the lect ure, Mancao talked about positive self-talk. He asked the students to demonstrate some examp les of such se lftalk. Nishimura was one of many students who undertook the per forman ce of se lf-talk in front of the class. , The second day of their visit included a tour around campus . "Dekai" which is Japanese for "it i huge, " wa s the op inion
heard from most stusize of campus, but dents. also the size of beautiful... According to American people. this must be a good atmosEiich i Nagakura, one "A lmo t every of the instructors pherefor studentsto concen~ body is taller than I," who accompa nied sa id Mari Jnui, a trate on theirstudies." her students from Japanese st udent , -Eiichi Nagakura Japan, their co llege while eating a ham Japanese Student doesn ' t have as much burger at the barbe open space as cue on the la t day of Palomar has. Their their visit. "I feel that college isl ocated in the urban area of I have been constantly look ed down upon. I Osaka, which is the second largest city in was a little bit scared," she said. Japan. She may be scared, but she wa brave 'The campus lof Palomar! is beautiful enough to talk to such "huge" Americans . and serene with a lot of nature. This must be There were some Palomar stud ents par a good atmo phere for the studen ts to conticipating in the barb ecue, and many centrate on their study," Nagakura sa id. What they felt was huge was not only the See JAPAN TOURISTS Page 3
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The fall Associated Student Government election was held Sept. 22 and 23 in the Student Union and the results were announced immediately the next day. Among the total ballot of 382, Peter Mojica, candidate for ASG vice president/Inter-Club Council chairperson, achieved more than a majority and was elected defeating candidate Katrina Baughman . Although Mojica was newly elected to the position, jobs he will assume are nothing new to him because he had served this position as an appointed official since last summer. "I have had the opportunity to have been doing this job throughout the summer and already went through the hardest part, which was the beginning of the school year, .. he explained. Because of his past experience, Mojica said that he is confident in serving as an elected ASG official successfully: "I know what I am expected to do , I Peter Mojica have been doiryg what I have been expected to do and I will continue to do what I am expected to do." Besides bein g a Palomar student and involved in the ASG and other clubs on campus. Mojica run s his own business called Moheka Ware U.S.A. and said that his expe rience s as a business owner will help him as ASG vice presidentJICC chairper on to promote all the student organizations at Palomar effectively, as he has done for his own company. While Mojica was happy with his winning, but the losin g candidate Baughman couldn't conceal her disappointment. However, there is still a chance for her to work for the ASG as an appointed officer since severa l senator positions still remain vacant. Expressing her aspirations for various plans she had hoped to impleme nt if she had
Fall '98 ASG Elections Vice President/ICCChair • Peter Mojica (234 votes - winner) • Katrina Baughman (127 votes)
Treasurer • Brent Melton (270 votes • winner)
Senators • Margo Hill ( 193 votes - winner} • Buddy Rabaya (126 votes - winner) • Moody M. Wasif (102 votes• winner)
been elected, Baughman said, "There is a pretty good chance I wi 11be coming back [to the ASGJ. I'm optimistic." She also suggested the possibility for her to seek the appointment to the currently vacant position of ICC vice chairperson. Meanwhile, the candidates for the other positions were all automatic winners since they ran without opponents: Brent Melton was elected to treasurer, and Margo Hill, Moody M. Warsif and Buddy Rabaya were elected senator . Salvador Marquez, who was running for senator, withdrew his candidacy just before election day, due to unreleased personal reason. The winners in this election will hold their positions for one year. The voter turnout of this election was 382, which is less than the half of the last spring ASG election. Israel Cervantes, vice chairperson of the ASG election committee attributed this relatively low turnout to the lack of competi tion . He explained that last spring's election had a lot of competitions for the executive board including president and several positions of vice president, which drew a considerable amount of voters. But this wa not the case for thi election, where the only competition was one for ASG vice president/ICC chairperson. Despite this fact, the Election Committee Chair Oscar Lopez remained positive about the res ult. " I happy with the number ...as long as students vote, I am happy, " he said. Lopez recall ed that he saw three girls from St. Mary's Catholic School in Escondido fill out ballots during this election, and said he felt very pleased when he witne sed those little girls' participation in the e lect ion.
Speech team wins tournament Michelle Peace Staff Writer
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Takahiro Nishimara and Shintaro Mori sit with peers during the opening session.
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Peter Mojica wins ICC Chair while few students cast votes Staff Writer
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Onc e again, Palomar's Speech Team left them speec hless after earning fir st place in sweepstakes at Fresno State University. Shelton Hill, assistant coach, said, "The competition went fantastic, better than we had hoped . We really appreciate all the support we ge t from Palornar." The team 's head coach is Forensics professor, Ray Dahlin. Professors Jordan Mills and Hill are a sistant coaches. There were 23 different schools competing in the speec h tournam ent, includ ing junior colleges and four -year schools. The eve nts co nsisted of Dramatic interpretation, Platform Speaking, Debate, Poetry, Prose and Reader's Theater. The 12 members of the speech team each co mp eted in a minimum of three eve nts. Most of them went onto finals in one or more of their even ts. The members who placed were Amy Carlson, David E cobedo, Josh Fleming ,
Bailey Gilley, Tanya Kuhns, Robert Nanninga, Leanne Rudin and Jacob Walters. La t year the quad took sweeps takes compet ing with 25 member , but this year they won with a low number of 12 members. David Escobedo, a senior level com petitor, said, "J think our whol e team did awesome!" "I was proud of everyone. I think we hav e an electric team this year," added Escobedo. Escobedo was awarded third place in Dramatic Duo, secon d place in Poetry and went undefeated in Split Read er 's Theater. When it co mes to future competitions, Hill sa id, "We'd like to keep doing well and just work towards a grea t showing at nation als.'' The next tournament will be held at San Diego State University October 16, 17 and 18. - Additional reporting by
Brooke Davidoff