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MARCH
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PALOMAR
·sosu rejects
COLLEGE
SAN
MARCOS,
CA
14,000
students
option for many stude!lts
Dustin Schwindt Staff Writer
Final decisions have been made about how to distribute the $1.6 million in extra funding from the statewide Partnership for Excellence program. Partnership for Excellence, a program estab lished by the governor and the legislature in 1998 , allots extra funding for community colleges under the condition that col leges commitment to achieving certain educational goals. Last fall over 35 propo als were offered by various Paloma r departments and a task force was formed to decide which proposals would receive a portion of the funding. According to the report issued by the task force 22 different proposals have been allotted a portion of the funding . One of the approved items is one tllat will convert 15 adjunct faculty into full-time. Funding for paid office hours for part -time instructors and for an increase in the number of tutors also received funding. Th e task force also used Partnership for Exce11ence as an opportunity to upgrade some of the computer systems on campus. These items not only include buying new machines and upgradin g infrastructure. They also involve hiring contract computer technicians for technical support. Mark Vernoy, president of the faculty sena te and a member of the task force, feels that the task force did its job meeting the goals of the state. "Everything we approved had to meet one of the goals," Vernoy said.
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Anne Nelson, a Palomar counselor, helps a student by explaining her transfer options at the Transfer Center. high school seniors, who will be forced to look at alternative campuses to further their education. One of which may be California State University San Marcos, whose ready and willing to accommodate students, according to the school's Executive Director of Enrollment Services Richard Riehl. "We' re really happy we have the pace to accommodate those individuals in need," Riehl said. " We plan to handl e as many (students) as we can. ·'It's a great thing that we are able to do this (for the students)," he added. Hernandez feels that if San
Marcos meets a particular individ ual 's needs, enrolling at Palomar College 's neighboring campus may be beneficial for some students. But for some, San Marcos is a distant second to SDSU for many reasons, including a lack of majors and a different social atmosphere. "lf San Marcos meets a student's needs , then that's great," Hernandez said. "But for many students it doesn't , because (San Marcos) doesn't offer nearly as many majors and SDSU and San Marcos are like two different plan ets. "SDSU is a social zoo, while San Marcos is smaller and more focused on adult learning ," he
Forlll.er Palolll.ar educator dies; left Ill.ark on colll.lll.unity Patricia S. McAvoy Copy Editor
Virgil Bergman, a fonner Palomar dean who made major contributions to the college and the community, died Feb. 18. He was 86. Bergman served Palomar for 24 years, beginnin g in 1955 as speech/theater departments, chairman until 1957. From 1957- 1969, he served as dean of the humaniti es division and dean of instruction from 1969- 1979 when he retired. He went on to serve as director of United States International University in Nairob i, Kenya , until his return to Escondido in 1983. Bergman , while at Palomar helped create a communicat ions departm ent, television department and a multicultural department. Black studies, ethnic studies the drama and nursing departments were part of the multicultural department. He ah , brought Palomar its first national debate championship in the late '50s. Ted Killman , retire d P, lomar assistant superint endent and ·ice president , wa quoted in the No, 1h County Times, Feb . 20 regardin 1;, Bergman said, "[ would say he probably had the strongest hand in sh1ping the college as we know it today.
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San Diego State University didn't have to raise the bar as high as first thought, but still high enough to reject 50 percent of the 28,391 applicutions for the upcoming fall semester. In an effort to curb overcrowding, SDSU denied 14,000 students admittance to the university, however 7,000 of those applicants were not even eligible under CSU curriculum. Coming as a surprise to many, SDSU was able to keep San Diego County community college students at home by enforcing a lenient minimum GPA of 2.3, while county outsiders faced a 2.5 standard. This was not the case in the spring of 1999 when SDSll passed on over 50 percent of the applications, because a 2.8 GPA was estab lish ed. Palomar Transfer Center Director Tim Hernandez is quick to point, however, that SDSU has not decided upon a set GPA for upcoming semesters. "This data is strictly for this fall," Hernandez said. "SDSU will be fluctuating for the nex t 3-5 years on where their cut-off will be. "But they were ab le to make a comm itment to San Diego County (community college) students for the fall," he said. A high number of the 14,000 students who were denied admission to SDSU were graduating
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His strongest contribution was his ability to sit down at a meeting (and) ...get eve1yone to agree." Ber gman 's contri butions to the community included serving as president of the Escondido Historical Society, president and trustee of the Library Board and president of the Escondido Republican Club. He was also a patron of the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Legally Photo courtesy the Palomar College Public Information Office blind for the last five Virgil Bergman, former professor emeritus years, Bergman formed the Blind ing for Palomar. Bakers sharing his culinary fare regBergman i& survived by his wife, ularly with others . Natalie Bergman ; son, Bill; brothers, Bergman was born Nov. 23, 1912, Denzil and Roger; and granddau ghin Augusta, Kan., and graduated from ters, Valerie Bergman Cooper and Northwestern University in 1934. He Jennifer Bergman. earned a master's degree in drama A memorial celebration was held, from Stanford University in 1942 and Feb . 22 at the Brubeck Theater. performed additional graduate work Donations were used to establish at UCLA and San Diego at UC Santa the Virgil Bergman Scholarship Fund Barbara . He was the director of the for Speech Care through Palomar University Theater at the University College Foundation. of Southern Ca lifornia before work-
added. The fact that SDSU is so overpopulated does not hinder the school's appeal to many applying students, as the univer sity encoun tered a 27 percent incr ease (about 6,000 more than in 1998 ) of applications to the school, whose current enrol lment is a projected 30,300 students. Until the Spring semester of 1999, SDSU essen tially accepted all applicants who met CSU eligi bility standards with a 2.0 GPA. But after years of huge crowds, SDSU decided to implement a CSU - sanctioned "enrollment management" syste m that enabled the school to raise it's requirement
level. There had been some speculation that the new cut-off could have been as high as 3.0 GPA, but tha t number never came to fruition, but still could in the futur e if SDSU is continued to be bombarded with applicants. SDSU was not the only CSU to receive an incr ease in hope ful inco ming students, how ever, as San Marcos also received a 16 percent growth in applications, while they have 5,249 stude nts currently enro lled. additional repor1i11gby Jessica long I The Telescope
ASG denies student's request to attend national conference Rumiko Takeya Stuff Wriler
The Associated Student Government voted to not send a student on their annual trip to Washington, D.C. later this month . The trip is to the American Student Association of Community Colleges' annual lobbying conference. The two-w eek-long debate originated in a letter from Luz FelixMarques , who has been serving on the ASG Pro gramm ing and Publicity Committee since last fall. Marques asked the ASG if she could participate in the
Washington conference as a student representative, even though she has not been elected. At the Feb. 3 ASG meeting she asked them to cons ider her dedication to the ASG. The debate was closed with majority oppositions. ASG president Xavier E. Corona said that the ASG's decision was based on rules under the consti tution. He also said she followed proper procedure that they had at that time in the const itution as a student who is not on the board . James Bowen, ASG adviser, believes that the board considered the lack of publicity that anyone can apply to attend the conference. He added that many students do not know. the eligibility rules for attend -
ing conferences. He also said the board's decision was not based on Luz Felix -Marques, but its process . "It has to be a fair selection. Not enough students know about it," Bowen said. "I, myse lf, believe it should be people who serve the students. We need to have some limit," Bowen added. He also mentioned that the ASG would attend the conference as a representative of Palomar College. Senator Nishida Keiko feels the ASG's decision has to be objective and also express students' voices. "We need to consider where the money comes from. Money comes
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TidalWaveII: Increase incollege enrollment predicted
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Officials predict California will face a surge in college enrollment in the next decade due to population growth in the 1980s and increases in high school graduation rate in proportion to the number of students completing college prep courses. " Tidal Wave 11"may be the largest ~growth since the baby boomers. See story on page 8.
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1994
Community cant. State Colleges University 1,337,085 261,873
University Total of Califomia 123,873 1,722,466
2005
1,722,170
335,396
152,930
Growth
385,085
73,888
29,057
488,030
22%
19%
20%
Year
% Increase 22% Source : California Higher Education Policy Center
2,210,496
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