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MONDAY,

MAY

10,

1999

PALOMAR

SAN

COLLEGE

MARCOS,

CA

VOLUME

52,

NUMBER

22

Faculty to • receive 1.6 percent raise

Paloniar a\Varding over 1,000 degrees

Tom Chambers Amy Bolaski

Edi1nr-i11-ChiPf

Staff Writer

Palomar students will soon ~xperiece the culmination of their ;tudies. On May 21, over 1.000 stufonts will receive associate degrees and 440 will receive certificates at the commencement ceremony. Dr. Kenneth Blanchard, best-selling author, speaker and business ~o nsultant will deliver the key ~ddress. Blanchard and his wife, Dr. Marjorie Blanchard, founded the Ken Blanchard Companies, Inc .. a prominent global management training and consulting company in San Diego. Dr. Marjorie Blanchard is also a noted author, speaker, and c,onsultant. Both will receive hon orary degrees from Palomar College at commencement. Outstanding Alumna Venus Gine will be preset as well. Students who would like to participate 111the ceremonies must submit an application for graduation. No tickets or R.S.V.P.'s are required, although pre -p rinted announcements are available through the bookstore . The ceremony will take place on the campus football practice field. It begins at 6 p.m., and will be held outdoors rain or shine, so an ~Jmbrella might be a wise item to pack along. Participants must meet at the theatre by 4:30 p:m. Caps and gowns arc required to walk. and they are available throu gh May 21 at the book story for $20. A photographer will be available for those who would like to capture the moment. All students should fee l free to bring their own cameras as well. Students who completed their requirements in the summer or fall of 1998 and tho se finishing this sp ring are welcom ed and encouraged to attend. Any question s can '1e directed to Mike Norton at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2 150.

Photos by Saul D. Pcpb / The Tele.m1pe

A drummer from the Aztec dancing group Dana Azteca Oceolotl (top) and a dancer from a Ballet folklorico (left) celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the Student Union on May 5. The events were sponso'"ed by MEChA and the AS .

Cinco de Mayo celebrated Marie F. Costa Sill.If Writer

Cinco de Mayo was celebrated at Palomar College with Aztec dancing, festivities, contest drawings and a variety of ethnic music. The festivities began at 10 a.m. with a presentation by an Aztec danc ing . group led by Dana Azteca Oceolotl. Th ese dances have bee n performed by the Mexican people for hundreds of years to give thanks to the land and wind. Men, women, and chi ldre n danced while sun-ounding a man with drums which was seen as the heart of the music . Each dancer wore a different costume which rep resented something different. "Our cus toms represent different things," said Yolanda Ran ge l. who w.as one of the Aztec dancers. "Every design represents something and each per -

son gets lo pick a design," said Rangel. Some of the designs worn by the dancers were an Aztec goddess which represents women, a desi gn of a skelton that represents the rcmeberance of the dead , while one of the little girls wore a design of a butteiily that represents a new beginnin g. Both the men and women wore macaw and rooster feather s that are ordered from China or Los Angeles and are beautifully designed and worn on the head. But these dances aren't just about the customs, they are about keeping a culture alive and honorin g thei r ancestors who fought in the war against the French. " It feels good when we're dancin g and at the same time we are prayin g for eve ryon e lo be united, " said Rangel. '·J feel proud of who I am even though I wasn 't born in Mexico, but al leas t I want to show the peopl e that we· re proud of

Paloniar fights for Poway center ,udy McCoy Staff Writer

Palomar's Board of Governors expects a long awaited decision from the state on the proposed site for the new Education Center in Poway. The problem is the site is located less than ,.\ree miles from the still incomplete San Diego Miramar College. Boundary conflicts and state policy has held up the proposal since March 1998. Education officials in Sacramento face the decision whether to spend millions of tax dollars funding a new college or completing the ,..xisting Miramar campus. The l 07 community colleges throu ghout California have established district boundaries. The Poway area falls within the boundaries of the Palomar Community College Dist1ict. Palomar officials say their proposal for a $14 million Poway campus is not nflicting with Miramar 's bound anes because Palomar has been holding classes at Poway high school for

"The State'spolicy doesn't leave roomfor importantfactors that create the needfor the proposed site." Dr. Robert Dougherty Governing Board Member 20 years. Miramar College's spokesperson Sandy Trevisan says the problem is that the college boundaries were drawn decades ago before the communities were populated. The state bas a policy that no new college may be built within ten miles of an existing campus , in this case the incomplete Miramar College. Governing Board member Dr. Robc1t Dougherty said, "The State\, policy does not leave room for impo1tanl factors that create a need for the proposed site, such as the need for two colleges because of increase in population in the Poway area." Dougherty adds,

'There are more houses being built all the time and with traffic so heavy traveling south on the I- I 5, it can _take up to 30 minutes to travel IO miles." Miramar College already struggles from lack of classrooms, tuting away thousands of students each semester and holding classes in local high schools. Miramar has 9,000 students on a half-finished campus with a plan to add faci Iities accommodating 35,000 students . Palomar's limited night classes at Poway High School and Mr. Camel High School already attract 3,500 students. Dougherty projects that it would take up to eight years to build a new center and register students and believes there will be enough students in the Poway area lo fill a new Poway Education Center and Miramar College. If approved, Palomar will buy 40 acres from the city of Poway and I0 acres from the California department

see POWAY , page 3

our heritage." Associated prot'essor Jose Rangel who teaches Multicultural Studies at Palomar College spoke to students at the Students Union about Cinco de \1ayo and what it should really be about. Rangel stated that many people celebrate Cinco de Mayo as another form of St. Patricks day and as a reason to go to a Mexican restau rant and drink . when many people don't really know what Cinco de Mayo truly represents which makes many Mexican people resentful He went on to say that we should have programs and projects that try to bring the two communities together. '·People of Mexican decent and a person of non Mexican decent can work together to form a common society and culture and recognize that both sides have something to contribute," Rangel said.

Palomar College's faculty will be receiving a 1.6 percent pay increase retroactive to July I. 1998, but only after a year of tough salary negotiations. The Faculty Senate accepted the offer from the Governing Board on Monday, May 3 atlcr rejecting a previous ofter of an incrca5e of one-half of one percent, and threatening lo walk out of Palomar 's shared governance committees. The faculty at Palomar College are not unionized like many other colleges, so Palomar uses a meet and confer process. "It's supposed to be this nice process where we meet and discuss the issues and reach some kind of mutually beneficial understanding," said Bmce Bishop, speech instrnctor and president of the faculty. According to Bishop, the meet and confer committee began meeting in March of 1998 to discuss the issue of giving the faculty a COLA increase and a possible salary raise. "We indicated that this year we wanted to settle some issues that were traditionally really contentious," Bishop said. "One of which historically is the COLA issue. It is the position of the faculty that the cost of living allowance provided to Palomar College from the state of California is exactly as the name suggests. It is an allowance. Our argument has been that when the college receives the COLA that is lor ull of the expenses or the college, includmg salancs and 1tshould automatically be dist1ibuted to the faculty and all of the st,1ffas a cost of living salary increase.'' Last August the Governing Board agreed to give the faculty COLA for the cutTent school year, but it was agreed that discussion or an additional salary increase would be put off until spring 1999 when the college had a better enrollment figure. In April the Governing Board rejected a salary mcrease, and the allocation of COLA for 1999-2000. 'The faculty got very mad," Bishop said. Bishop and Mark Vernoy, president of the Faculty Senate, wrote a letter to the Governing Board expressing their discontent with the meet and confer process. "It wa<;· a complete waste of time for 12 months," said Bishop. "We lost faith in the process." After the letter was submitted, the Governing Board offered a raise of one half of one percent. "The District came back and offered us a half percent salary increase, retroactive to July I,'' Bishop said. "They also said okay to automatically giving us COLA for next year." The faculty rejected the offer, though. "They said okay to everything we asked for 12 mond1sago, but made us go through this entire process and get upset," Bishop said. "If they would have come to us with this when they said no to everything, we would have said, okay. But this was perceived as too little too late." At a meeting on April 2 1, the faculty rejected the offer. "The Faculty rejected the half percent offer, and demanded a special meeting of the Governing Board at which the only issue discussed is salaries," Bishop said. "They also directed the Faculty Senate to ofter an alternative amount, and if they (the Governing Board) don't give us that amount of money, the Faculty Senate would direct all faculty to stop paiticipating in the shared governance process." The Governing Board then offered the faculty a salary increase of 1.6 percent and automatic COLA for next year. The Faculty Senate accepted the offer al their May 3 meeting.

Spring semester final exam schedule TIME

8:00 9:50 a.m.

10:00 11:50 a.m.

12:00 1:50 p.m.

2:00 3:50 p.m. 4:00 5:50 p.m.

MONDAY5/17 TUESDAY5118 8, 8:30 a.m. MWF, 8:30, 9, 9:30 a.m. TTh MW. MF, WF or 3 or or 3 or more days per more days per week week with Tuesday with Monday being being the first class the first class day of day of the week the week

WEDNESDAY5/19 7, 7:30 MWF, MW. MF, WF or 3 or more days per week , with Monday being the first class day of the

10-1u;o a.m. 10, 1, 11.·30 a.m. TTh or 3 10:30 MWF, MW, MF, or more days per WF or 3 or more week with Tuesday days per week, with being the first class Monday being the day of the week firs( class day of the week

9, 9:30 a.m. MWF, 10, 10:30 a.m. Trh or 11, 11:30 a.m. MWF, MW. MF, WF, or 3 or 3 or more days per MW, MF, WF or 3 or more days per week, week with Tuesday more days per with Monday being being the first class week with Monday the first class day of day of the week being the first class day of the week the week

THURSDAY5/20 7, 7:30, 8 a.m. TTh or 3 or more days per week with Tuesday being the first class day of the week

4:00 MWF, MW, MF, WF or 3 or more days per week, with Monday being the first class day of the week

Friday morning classes only

week

1, 1.30 p.m. MWF, 1, 1:30 p .m. TTh or 3 12, 12:30 p.m . MWF, 12, 12:30 p.m. TTh or MW. MF, WF or 3 or or more days with MW, MF, WF or 3 or 3 or more days per more days per week, Tuesday being the more days per week week with Tuesday with Monday being first class day of the with Monday being being the first class the first class day of week or Tuesday the first class day of day of the week the week or Monday only the week only

Reserved for conflicts

FRIDAY5/21

Reserved for conflicts

3, 3:30 TTh or 3 or 2, 2:30 p.m. MWF, 2, 2:30 p.m. TTh or 3 3, 3:30 p .m. MWF, more days per week Mw, MF, WF or 3 or or more days per MW, MF, WF or 3 or with Tuesday being more days per week , week with Tuesday more days per the first class day of with Monday being being the first cfass week with Monday day of the week being the first class the week the first class day of day of the week the week

Reserved for conflicts

Wednesday afternoon classes only

4:00 TTh or 3 or more days per week with Tuesday being the first class day of the week

Friday afternoon classes only


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