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Music lovers gathered for 14 bands, camping and memories of the Grateful Dead at this year's Live on the Bay.
Comet running back Joe Hall is more than a handful at 270 lbs. He is currently leading the nation in rushing.
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Rushhour drivers fight the gridlockon the Twin Oaks Valley Road bridge that .erves both cal State San Marcos and Palomar College. The bridge is scheduled to be widenedsometim6 next year.
The California Student Association of Community Colleges (CalSACC) is supporting a measure that would take 25 percent of the state's student representation fee money to fund its activities. The proposal would create a 75/25 split of student representation fee funds collected at local campuses. Seventy-five percent of the funds would stay at the local campus, and 25 percent would go to support CalSACC. CalSACC lobbi es for and represents California's 1.4 million community college students in Sacramento. Currently CalSACC is funded by member schools paying dues, calculated at 4 percent per full time equivalent student (FTES). This year Palomar College is paying $575 .50 in dues, under the new proposal , Palomar would pay more than $14,000. This proposal has been before the legislature twice before. The second time it was pulled from a committee due to the lobbying efforts of Palomar Associated Student Government President Xavier Corona. Corona feels the 75/25 proposal is unfair because it targets the colleges that have the student representation fee. ln California, community college students may elect to pay an optional fee of $1 per-semester to support student representation. Of the 107 campuses in the state, 16 have the fee. Corona doesn 't think colleges should be forced to pay for CalSACC. "You are a member if you want to be a member, you
Put your dancing shoes on, Palomar has added a dance to Homecoming Staff Writer
A homecomin g dance is coming back to Palon;iar after nearly half a century of absence . The dance theme is "Come as you like," and it's scheduled for Nov. 7 from 7 p.m. to midnight in the Student Union. "This is the fast homecoming dance that we will have since the 1950s," said Peter Mojica, vice president/lnterClub Counci l chair of the Associated Student Government, which is sponsoring the eve:it. "We are starting to bring back tradition to Palomar." Mojica exp lained that although Palomar had various dances up to the beginning of the '90s, there has never been one titled "homecoming dance" since the '50s . Thoma s Humphrey, business/computer science and information system instructor at Palomar, remembers the annual homecoming dances during the '50s. Humphrey, an instructor at Palomar since 1966, was also a Palomar
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student from 1956 to 1958. "It was a dressed-up occasion ...guys wore suits and ties, and girls wore formals. You know, it was a fancy dance," Humphrey said. "(Music we danced to) was what 1 would call 'slow-danceable-music-while-youdance-with-a-partner.' It wasn't jitterbugging or stuff like that." Although previou s Homecomin g dances were formal, Humphrey predicts this year's one to be more casual. Elaine James, ASG vice president of social events said students can come dressed-up if they want but it is not required. "You just gotta wear shoes and shirts," she added. While planning the casual dance this year, James said, the ASG has been careful about the security. After all, she added security was the main problem when all the dances disappeared from Palomar. "In the past we had problems ...they vandalized the campus, breaking windows and everything," James said. In order to forestall the possible vandalism during
the homecoming dance this year, she has already contracted the Campus Security to have six officers stationed at the venue. In an attempt to get back the tradition of a homecoming dance this year, the ASG now plans to continue to hold this event in the future, too. "We want to make the homecoming dance a tradition so it will continue for years to come," said Marisol Felix-Marquez , ASG vice president of state affairs and a member of the Program and Publicity Committee. Besides the homecoming events, the ASG Program and Publicity Comm ittee chaired by James is planing many other events during the first week of November. Comet Week which features various contests and concerts in the Student Union, precedes homecoming. James emphasized that these special events contribute to the better atmosphere on campus. She realizes that schoo l should be a learning environment first, but events like these make Palomar a more enjoyabl e place to come.
Mondav, Nov. 2 • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Swing dancers & Comet 1320 music, Dance contest. (Student Union) Tuesdav, Nov. 3 • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Karaoke with 50's music, local singer Dave Howard. (Student Union) Wednesdav, Nov. 4 • 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Introduction of Football Team by Comet 1320 & Cheerleader performance. Jammin' Z-90 will be present. Free hot dogs , chips and sodas. (Student Union)
Thursdav, Nov. 5 • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Funkiest hair-do and glasses contest. (Student Union) Frldav, Nov. 6 • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Funki.est clothes contest & performance by DJ N-FX. (Student Union) Salurdav, Nov. 1 • 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Homecoming Game at San Marcos High School against Santa Ana College. Homecoming Court will.be announced during half-time. 7 p.m. to midnight - Homecomeing Dance in the Student Union. PIC card required, $3 for admission.
don't have to be a part of CalSACC," he stated, "that's the part that disturbs me the most is that you can be involved in Cal SACC and be a part of CalSACC by paying your dues. But if this passes, it's mandatory that for every dollar that comes in a quarter of it will go to CalSACC, whether you want to be a part of it or not." President George Boggs said, "I don't think it's justifiable. Not all colleges have these fees and it would not apply to all, so some students would be penalized. "I'm not even sure it's constitutional," he added. During the 1996-97 academic year, Palomar College co llected $58,826 in student representa tion fee funds. Under state law, Xavier E. Corona, the District can Associated Student retain up to 7o/cof government president the fees collected for administrative purposes. ln 1996-97 $41 , 117.82 was taken in for these purposes. Had the 75/25 split been in place in I99697, an additiona l $14,706.50 would have been taken for CalSACC. CalSACC would still collect dues from the member colleges that do not have the student representation fee, Corona said. See CalSACC, Page 3
Students explore options at annual Career Conference Rebecca Gresh Staff Writer
Student Placement Services hosted its annual Career Information Conference last Wednesday. Both community members and students were invited to the free event held on the lawn between the Student Services Building and the flagpole. With over 60 emp loyers in attendance this year's Career Conference has been the largest. Representatives from corporations to retail stores were there from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. answering questions and assisting stude nts. They passed out information about their field, giving students an idea of what they need to know and how to get involved. Job applications were also given. Palomar student, Jason Cox, said the Career Conference was interesting and it helped him find a potential job, "I'm going to apply al Macys and Robinson 's May. I had no idea they were hiring." Another Palomar student, Bobbie Malikny said, "T like how the businesses come to you. All you have to do is show up and grab applications. It's better than driving around to each place on your own time. It is much easier." The Career Information Conference is designed to help students develop a broader understanding of their major and possible career choices. Janeice Pettit of Student Placement Services worked close ly with the majors offered at Palomar College to furnish the student body with an accurate representation of their field. Pettit hopes the Career Information Conference day will help students tailor their education to meet employer's needs . That way, when students get out into the job market after graduation they will have an edge over others . "We try to make it good for the students," added Pettit.