Bombing theBalkans
Sports Extra
The United States and NATO are trying to push the Serbs out of Kosovo, but are we committed to finish the job?
Palomar outfielder Barry Schell is having a banner year for the first place Comets. Sports , page 4
Opinion, page 3
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Fighting in Balkans has deep roots
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ing for the past seven years," Ellis stated at the meeting . The main issue has been funding for Palomar's lots. "We have a budget of about $ l 0,000 a year that we've been using to do upgrade our lots as we go along," said Ellis. "and it docsn 't go very far." There has been a delay in hiring Palomar's new Police Department. and Ellis suggested the College use the saved funds towards upgrading the lights. "There should be a savings from the parking fee increase, right now the amount is $30,000," Ellis said. "If we ad that to our $10,000 we could effectively have $40,000 to fix these problems this fiscal year." Some of the planned changes arc switching some two lamp fixtures to four lamps, doubling the light. And as the infrastructure project moves through the campus, 65 new light poles will be added, almost doubling the amount of light poles. Upgrading the lots docs have upgraded costs. "Doubling the lights doubles elec trical and maintenance costs," said Ellis.
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Parking lot safety dims with· lights
Tom Chambers On March 24 the United States and NATO began bombing in Yugoslavia. The reason for the bombing is to stop the Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, from cleansing his neighboring province of Kosovo of ethnic Albanians. Kosovo, a province of Yugoslavia, is considered to be the birth place of ethnic Serbs, the group to which Milosevic be longs. While support for the military campaign in the Balkans is growing in the United States, many U.S. citizens don't understand the reasons for and the history of the conflict. "I don't even know where Kosovo is," said Palomar student Sandy Baker, "Or even why we are fighting there ." The Balkans , an area north-west of Greece across the Adriatic Sea from Italy , has been a fought over land for centuries. From 395 the Christian Orthodox Byzantine Empire ruled the area ll rll I the Muslim Ottoman Empire took con trol of the region in 1389 with the Battle of Kosovo. During the period of Ottoman reign, much of Bosnia converted to Islam , while Slovenia and Croatia remained Roman Catholic. The Turkish invaders slaughtered many Serbian nobles and gave their land to Muslim immigrants and converts, beginning the period of Muslim oppression of the Christian Slavs. By the early 1800s the Ottoman Empire was retreating. The Russians defeated the Ottomans in 1829 , granting Serbia partial inde pendence. Russia was again victorious in the Crimean War and lierated Bulgaria in 1878 , pushing the Ottomans almost completely out of Europe. In the same year, the Treaty of Berlin. which finally ended the conflict with the Ottomans, was signed, giving Serbia complete independence and placing Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia under the rule of Austria-Hungary . As the 1900s began Serbia aspired to be the regional power, threatening Austria -Hungary's hold on Croatia and Slovenia . On June 2 8, I 914 a Serb nationalist in Bosnia assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand Ill Sarajevo. Austria and Serbia quick ly declared war , and their allies (France, Britain and Russia for the Serbs; Germany and Ottoman Empire for the Austro-Hungarians) joined the conflict, thus beginning World War I. The Serbs and their allies (includ ing the United States) won the war and were given the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes with Peter I, a Serb, on the throne. Peter I died shortly after in 1921, givin g c.:ontrol lo his son , Alexander . Alexander placed Serbs in key posi tions throughout the Balkans, instilled Eastern Orthodox as the official religion , and Se rbo -Croat as the official language. In 1929 he renamed the entire region "Yugoslavia " and made himself the supreme leader. Durin g his reign Alexand e r suppre ssed Croatian nationalists. In reaction to th e oppres s ion and Alexander ' s policie s, Croatian extremists formed a national terror -
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Concerns raised by the Associated Student Government about the lack of lighting in Palomar parking lots were confirmed at the March 23 Governing Board meeting. Facilities Director Mike Ellis gave a report showing that only three of Palomar's lots meet California lighting standards. At a prevous meeting of the hoard Xavier E. Corona, the student trustee, brought up the issue of parking lot lighting and student safety at night. Governing board members agree that this is a serious issue. 'Tm surprised no one has been killed in one of our lots;· said Board member Dr. Robert Dougherty. The Stat e of Call!<•· requires college c.:ampuscs to have an average lighting of one foot-candle in parkCalifornia requires parking lots to have an ing lots and two foot -can average lighting level of one foot candle. dles in walkways. A footOnly three of Palomar's lots meet that stancandle is a measurement of dard. This information was compiled by the brightness used in the elec Facilities Department. trical industry . The parking lots with the Parkin Lot least amount of lighting, according to the report. are Lot 1 1 foot-candle lots two . five and 12. The south part of lot five has an Lot 2 1/2 foot-candle average lighting of one fourth of one foot -candle, Lot 5 - North 1/2 foot-candle while the north side of lot five, lot two and the south Lot 5 - South 1/4 foot-candle part of lot 12 average one half of one foot -candle. Lot 9 1 foot-candle This issue has not been Photos by Tom Chambers/ nie 1'elesco11e Lot 12 - West 1 foot-candle ignored by the College, though. "We've been Many of Palomar's parking lots have insufficient lighting at night, according to working on c.:ampus light Lot 12 - South 1/2 foot-candle a Facilities Department report.
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Palomar 's construction schedule may have fall e n a hit off -track but that doesn't mean the linish date will not be met. In fact , the project may be f'inished four months early. Director of Facilities, Mike Ellis. said c.:onstruction scheduled to begm las t month has been delayed but Phases 7 and IO have been start ed early. "Phas es 7 and IO arc in areas not dir ec.:tlyimpacting instructional pro grams ." Ellis said . 'That will corn pensate for some of the delays. " Work sc heduled to be gin this fall may also be done during the sum mer to help avoid the impact on students. "If that 1sthe case , we will prob ably be done by D ecember but the details arc still being worked out . . . (nothin g is c ertain . yet) ." Ellis said. Th e actual completion dat e is
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April 2000. The phases scheduled for fall that may be bumped up in the schedu le. affects the sidewalk areas located in the center of campus. Ellis said it would be to everyone's advantage to have it done before the crowds return this c.:oming fall. Phase I of the construction pro ject began November 1998 and according to Ellis there has yet to be any major problems. "We're hittin g more rock than we expected. We really didn't think there'd be so much but that's all; nothing really major. " Ellis said. Workers pour The $10 million plus projec.:t concrete comprises a I 0 -phase plan that has walkways been IO years in the making . The around the phases are designated areas of cam clocktower pus divided lo minimize instruc (top) and fill a tional disruption. Fundin g for the renovation was . trench near the exit at made possible by the state capital's Borden Road outlay budget. (bottom). Upon completion, the c.:ampus
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Jessica Long Staff Writer
Time constra ints of a state funded work grant have prompted Palomar to add one more project to an already busy construction sc.:hedule. Director of Facilities, Mike Ellis, said, "Normally we'd wait until Christmas or summer break (to start the project) but because the grant money expires May I, we had to do it this way." The project Ellis refers to began during spring break and will renovate or replace the heating. ven tilation and air conditioning systems, or HVAC, throughout various campus buildings. "!l's going to be new to us having all this con struction going on (al the same time), " Ellis said. Ellis explained that the scheduled work will not conflict with classes. A large part of the renovation will take place on the roofs of bui ldings and in control rooms so that work will be done during the day. Inside work will be done at night and on weekends, Ellis said. The main reasons for the HYAC renovations. whic.:h will be done in buildings Ls-3, Photo Labs, Ch and 0, are health and safety related. The 0 buildin g will also require work on its hot wat er ,y\ • tern. Photo, hy Tom Chamhcr,
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