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The Comet football team keeps on rolling. Last week (Oct. 31) they stomped over Riverside College 48-3.
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THE FRIDAY,
Nov.
6, 1998
New Poway education center at a stand still Jessica Long
PALOMAR
chose a proposed site for a new education center after months of searching. Today, the site application is still sitting on the desk of the chancellor for California's community colleges awaiting approval. The 30-plus -acre site. located adjacent to Ted Williams Parkway and Pomerado Road in the city of Poway, has caused problems with nearby Miramar Community College. Poway Councilwoman Betty Rexford said that Poway city officials have been reluctant to give their approval for the new campus because they want assurance that another college i_s needed and the curriculum offered will not just duplicate programs available at Miramar Palomar President Dr. George Bogg& said San Diego Community College District officials, which includes Miramar, fear the Poway campus-seven mile s away from Miramar-may steal students and state funding. Negotiations to reach an agreement between the city of Poway, Miramar and Palomar have been underway for some time. Boggs said the concerns are reasonable . The property Palomar hopes to purchase belongs to two agencies, the city of Poway and the California Department of Transportation. According to Governing Board member, Robert Dough erty. Palomar is extremely close on price with both Poway and Cal Trans. As soon as state approval is given, the purchase will go through. The proposed site would be in addition to Palomar's main campus in San Marcos and seven other satellite campuses located through out north county. The Poway center would be the largest of the satellite campuses, holding more than 5,000 students and offering daytime and nighttime courses. Originally, three sites in Poway were reviewed by Palomar officials. An eng\neering company was hired to evaluate the possibilities, based on their conclusion, the Ted William s Parkway site was selected.
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Tom Chambers Opinion Editor
Voters decided to return one incumbent and replace another in Palomar's Governing Board election. Dr. Robert Dougherty, retired physician and Governing Board member for 15 years, and Michele Nelson, Dean of Humanities at Grossmont College, were both elected. Nelson claimed victory by less than 1 percent, unseating current Governing Board President Harold Scofield. She carried 24.94 percent of the vote, while Scofield held 24.32 percent. Nelson said "I am very grateful and appreciative of ~veryone who voted and supported me ." Dougherty won easily with 32.74 percent of the vote. Dougherty expressed his pleasure in the dialogue the candidates had dur-
ing the election. He also has plans for Palomar's infrastructure. He hopes that "students can work with the college to have a nice campus. When Michele T. Nelson we put things back together , we can add more benches, maybe a fountain. The college will look like a park.'' Dougherty campaigned on his experience as a board member and Palomar's stability by comparison to other colleges.
Palom.ar a recipient of extra funding Dustin Schwindt Feature Edi/Or
As part of a statewide effort to increase the importance and success of community colleges, Palomar is receiving almost $1 .7 million per year for the next three years. The funding is a result of Partnership for Excellence, a program established by the governer and legislature in the summer of 1998. The ~tale has committed to funding the expansion of enrollment and increasing the college participation rate as well as giving annual cos t of Jiving adjust ments . Under the stipulation that community colleges commit to achieving certain goals the state has also alotted $100 million to be distribut ed to community colleges statewide for the next three years. As a response to this increased funding Palomar has formed a task force headed by Vice President of instruction Diane Michael. The task force also includes Bruce Bishop, faculty president,
Xavier E. Corona , ASG president, Joe Madrigal, director of student services, Judy Eberhart. dean of counseling, guidance and career development, Mark Vernoy, faculty senate president , Bonnie Dowd, coordinator of professional development, P.J. DeMaris, administrative association presi dent and Ernie Carson, presid ent of the CCEAFT. All the members arc volunteers and arc responsible for deciding how Palomar will spend the money. The task force has already received over 35 different proposals from various departments and organizations on campus. However , they hav en't received the final draft of the state's goals for the community college system. "On December l, the chancellor is supposed to have a more definitive idea and pass down to us goals and measures for the implementation of Partnership for Excellence," said Bishop. Even though the commitee hasn 't rece ived the final word , the state has issued a rough draft to give the colleges something to
Nelson said she would like the Go verning Board to focus more on student services and programs at the college that do well. "I would like to request of the Board that we hear more about ~tudent services," she staled, 'The Board meetings I've attended have focused on budgets , negotiations and facilities. I would like to hear reports on instructional programs that are doing well, and trying innovative things." Nelson had campaigned on providing more access to education at Palomar , and bettering student and faculty suppmt services. One of the issues shaping the election was the deve lopment of an education center in Poway , where both Dougherty and Nelson are residents . Nelson has stated that she feels Palomar should wait until it reaches full enrollment at the San Marcos campus before building another education center.
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"T.V. News Live, " a broadcast by Palomar 's radio and te levision students has moved out of the educational televi sion studio and into their own studio in room QHl courtesy of a donation made by local TY station KUS!. Students enrolled in RTV 140, radio news and RTV 240, television news have formally operated "T.V. News Live" by sharing equipment time with the ETV progra m. While the students did learn hand s on experie nce, they did not have access to the new high-tec h studio equipment, which is now at their disposal. KUSI, donat ed a news set
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Dougherty feels that now is the time to develop the land in P o w a y because the district has the money. Scofield was seeking his third 4 Dr. Robert Dougherty year term on the Governing Board. He supported building the Poway education center now. The other two candidates, both from Ramona, were Wayne Robinson and David Rockwe ll. Robinson received 10.71 percent of the vote, and Rockwell 7 .29 percent.
PALOMAR'S PRIDE
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Palomar's cheerleading squad show their school spirit at the rally outside of the Student Union. (From left to right) Jayme Millslagle, Ranna Emamjomeh, Jason Wells, Mike Tretinjak, Angela Castillo and Kri$ Eszlinger are some of the 23 member coed team who attended the event. The rally was in celebration of Homecoming week.
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TV prograin receives donation froin KUSI Michelle Yates
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about a year ago but was in storage collecting dust according to Bob Sheppard, communications professor. Sheppard suggested that the set be used for "T.V. News Liv e." The depaitm ent staff and students set up the donated Richardson Miron / The Telescope set and turn ed Lia Piancone, a Radio and TV major prepares for classroom QH I airtime on the new set. into a studio. ing system , a control room and a "It has been a rea l team e ffort," working news set. Although "T. V. said Mik e Russo, RTV 140 and 240 News Live," will still use ETV airinstructor. waves , the students no longer have The new studio includes a light-
to share the equipment. Russo said students are learning everyday thin gs that they would learn as interns of a real station and probably more. The show covers a wide range of stories from Charger half -time · reports to elec tion coverage. The students are involved in all aspects of production includin g, anchoring, reporting, camera operation and technical services. The five minute broadcast can be seen every Tuesday at 9 a.m. Russo, who also works as the assis tant producer of the I J a.m. news for Channel 39 in San Diego said the five minute broad cast is ju~t enough to g ive future anchors, reporters and techni cians a taste of how news organizations really work.
Minority enrollment at UCLA drops after Prop 209, University says V. Dion Haynes College Pre.,·,·Servi ce
LOS ANGELES - Lea ning against a wall on the Bruin Walk, the main pedestrian thoroughfare at UCLA, Rachel Manning reca lled the glory days in the not-too-distant past when African Americans were much more visible on camp us. Every week, she'd look forward to "Black Wednesday," when African-American students would congregate on the Bruin Walk between noon and 2 p.m . to social ize and watch the fraternities dazzle them with fancy footwork in their step shows.
"Peop le would skip class to come. Bruin Walk would be filled with a couple hundred black students, said Manning, J9, a sopho more. Now on Black Wednesday, she said, "You only see spurts of black people - maybe five or six at a time. It's really sad." On Monday, UCLA released figures indica ting a noticeable decline in the number of black students who enrolled as freshmen this fall, the first class to be selected after the implementa tion of the 1996 antiaffirma tive action law known as Proposition 209.
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