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·R egistration woes plague Palomar Tom Chambers Editor-in-Chief The new registration system at Palomar College makes it easier for student to register for, add and drop their classes - when it works. When it doesn't work registering for classes can seem impossible. "I have tried to register three times," Palomar student Kim Malorie said. "now half of my classes are closed." While trying to register many students complained that their new ID number didn't work, that the class numbers in the schedule were invalid, or that the system crashed when they got to fee payment. Some students who had to -Herman Lee call back later did, Director of Enrollment Services and were told their classes were closed. In December of 1997 Palomar College p\.lrchased ·new administra!ive software from Peoplesoft Inc. for almost $2.5 million. The college began using the new softw~u-e for summer and fall registration. "The system has been up and down a few times," Director of Enrollment Services Herman Lee said. "We're not quite satisfied at this time with the reliability of the system." Some of the problems are caused by ihe number of people using the system during the same time of day. "We have a process that takes a lot of time with tuition calculation," Director of Information Services Stan Malley said. "1 think there's I 00 rules that the program has to do and check for each ~tudent.'' Registering over the phone with the new system takes about five
"We are not quite satisfied at this time with the reliability of the system. "
Projects continue into fall Patricia S. McAvoy Opinion Editor
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Olestra snacks give students run ·f or their ntoney Erin Smith College Press MADfSON, Wis. - Many . tudents who are consuming Olestra-fi lied snacks to cut down on their fat intake are paying for it later. Only a few hours later to be precise. They say they're making m~re trips to the bathroom · hese days because of Olestra, rhe wonder-oil developed by Proctor and Gamble and distributed in many products including the awfully popular snack on many campuses,· Lay's Wow! Potato Chips. To make a dent in the ":74,000 tons of fat and salty snacks Americans consume each year, Proctor and Gamble developed the lowcalorie, fat-free chips that it says are as crispy and tasty as the regular thing. The breakthrough was attributed to Olestra, and students have been scarfing down the chips ever since their national debut last year. But not without some regrets. "I thought they were very tasty, but they gave me diarrhea," Hollie Beuning, a ··ophomore at the University
of Wisconsin said. She's not the only one. The chip~ even come with a warning on every bag: "Olestra may cause abdominal cramping and loose stools. Olestra inhibits the absorption of some vitamins and other nutrients." Wow' chips are fried in Olean, the brand-name of Olestra, a fat-free cooking oil. When test marketed in Ohio and Indiana, some consumers reported a variety of gastrointestinal problems ranging from severe stomach cramps to dian·hea. News of the symptoms spread fast and has, even one year later, discouraged some people from even tasting a Wow! chip. Nicole Baragas, an employee of a convenience store at the University of Wisconsin, said she doesn't want to invite trouble. "But they're selling like mad," Baragas said. "People are eating them up because they're fat-free. That's the reason they're buying them." BeLming said that's precisely the reason she tried them - and has continued eating them despite the occasional trouble
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Photos by 'li1111 Chm11hcrs I The Te/ese<JfJe
Trenches between the P and F buildings (top) and aiQng the main walkway (bottom) remain as evidence of current construction.
Palomar's construction projects are currently ahead of schedule with construction crews working weekends in an all-out attempt to have the main north/south sidewalk completed by the first day of fall classes. The infrastructure project's targeted completion set at April 2000 has been changed to February 2000 with construction currently taking place in seven of the I 0 phases. "Actually, we would like to see the contractors out of here by January," Director of Facilities Mike Ellis said. Phases ·three, eight and nine, which involve Comet Circle. were expected to be worked on this summer, but arc being delayed until the campus' interior north/south sidewalk is completed. ''The contractor is required to have the main north/south sidewalk back in service before the start of the fall semester," Ellis said. In the event a section of sidewalk is not completed, personnel will be posted along the main walkways to help students find the open routes. Additional personnel will be located in the parking lots.
The new sidewalks are to be two to three feet wider, making them 12 to IS feet wide to help reduce pedestrian congestion, especially on the major routes. "The biggest concern I have is to get vehicles off sidewalks - right now we are constantly chasing people (in vehicles) off the sidewalks," Ellis said. "Most are not the contractors, they're people using the sidewalk as driveways because it is closer to get where they are going." Besides the obvious safety concern to pedestrians, there is the damage to the sidewalks. irrigation systems, and landscaping, he said. Although the main sidewalks may be completed, the landscaping, including the planting of over 100 trees will not be in for a long time. "The project (Infrastructure Project) was over budget. so we had to do a set of deductive alternatives in order t6 bring the thing back into budget," Ellis said. One item taken out was the irrigation system, which the district staff will now need to install. Items completed include new sewer lines and storm drains up to Comet Circle on the north end of the main sidewalk, and new water and gas lines up to the B and E Buildings.
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Enrollment fee drops to $11 per unit Daniel Kwan Stqf.( Writer
The cost of going to college just got more affordable with California community college enrollment fees decreasing $1 per unit, from $12 to $11 per unit, effective fall 1999. Tn July, Governor Gray Davis signed Assembly Bill 1118 by Assemblywoman Sally Havice (D-Artesia). The bill also reduces undergraduate fees for the University of California and California State University systems by 5 percent. "I believe education is the passport to a better life," Davis said in a prepared statement. "AB-1118 will provide landmark fee reduction and encourage more students to go to college and allow them to graduate with less debt." One year ago, Davis, as lieutenant governor. coauthored another assembly bi II with Assemblywoman Denise Moreno Duchcny (D-San Diego) that had reduced enrollment fees from S 13 to $12 per unit in fall 1998.
Downward slope Before spring semester 1984, there was no charge to attend California community colleges. Enrollment fees peaked at a high of $13 per unit in the mid-1990s. Governor Gray Davis recently signed an assembly bill lowering enrollment fees to $11 per unit.
Free Before '84 Source: California Community Colleges Chancellm·'s Office
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Spanish classes in Ensenada
Dr. George R. Boggs, superintendent of the Palomar Community College District and president of Palomar College, has been selected for the 54th edition of " Who's Who in America." The selection was based on Bogg ·s outstanding ac hievements and because his geographical profi lc was national interest. Who's Who in America can be found in public and academic libraries. It is also available on CDROM and is accessible through Reuters. LEXIS-NEXIS and OncSourcc on line services.
Three weekend sessions of Spanish immersion classes will be offered in Ensenada, Mexico in October, November, and December. Students can earn one unit of credit for each weekend. Students will learn Spanish and experience Mexican culture and live with a Mexican family. An informational meeting will be held on Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. in Room F-1. For more information. ca ll John Erickson at (760) 744- 1150, Ext. 2347. Rwniko Tokeya Campus Beat Co-Editor
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James Bowen retires James T. Bowen, director of student activiti es at Palomar College, retired July 15, 1999. While at Palomar, Bowen also served as an instructor, counselor and president of the faculty. The American Student Association of Community Colleges se lected Bowen as the outstanding student government adviser for the 1997-98 year. Sean O'Connor Campus Beat Co-Ediror
Campus police services Although crime prevention is the pnmary goa l of the Campus Security Department, Campus Security personnel also provide evening escort services, jumpstarts and lockout services. Students who wish these services may call the Campus Security Office at Ext. 2179. Campus Security urges students to check all vehic les and to take advantage of all locking devices or alarms. There were 18 reported burglaries from automobiles last year. Students are also urged to learn the location of the 13 emergency call boxes on campus. All victims of sexual assault and other campus crimes. should contact the Campus Security Supervisor for assistance. The su pervisor will arrange for transportation for medical help. All requests are kept confidential. Emergencies requiri ng police, fire or medical help can be reported in person to the Campus Security Office or by dialing 9 11 from any phone. Sean 0 ·Connor Campus Beat Co-Editor
Internship Opportu nites There are several i"nternship opportunities for studen ts who are interested in radio and television. Internship ~ are open at KNSDTV Channel 39, KGTV-TV Channel I 0 . KFMB-TV Channel 8, KUSI-TV Channel 51 and numerous area radio stations including Air Watch, Metro and Shadow Broadcasting pos itions: Positions are also available at Cox Cable in Vista, Da ni el<; Cablevision in Carlsbad, KOCT in Oceanside, Palomar College Educational Television and others. To be eligible, students must enroll in RTV 197 (Section #73089) and Cooperative Education (Scction#70691 ). For additional information, contact Dana Hawkes, Ext. 2675. Sean 0 'Connor Campus Beat Co-Editor
Fall semester at Boehm Gallery
The Jazz band .Special Edition~~ a subsidiary of Tlnte and Again, performed at Palomar•$- Preview Days~ Aug. 1.9 and 20 ouUide the stddent UniOn by tbEd.lagpott\. , * ,, K
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The Boehm Gallery is continuing its traditi on of hosting exhibits for the academic year, 1999-2000. For the fall semester, the first will be the a nnual Art and Photo Faculty Exhibit from .Scpt. 10 until Oct. I. The second exhibit will be Selections from the Permanent Collections from Oct. 8 until Oct. 22. The Quilt, Glass and Furniture exibit from Nov. 5 until Dec. 10.
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Scp. 3 is the last day to add a class by u~ing PAR. In case a class is closed, secure a permi ssion code from the in structor. After this time. neither resgistration nor adding fo r the semester length classes is permitteu. Only registration in short-time or open e ntry/open-ex it classes is permitted Sep. 4 through end of the semester.
DROPPING A CLASS Sept. 17 is the last clay to drop a class without any notation on record. Instructor's signature is not required. The last day to qualify for a refund is Sept. 3. On Sept. 18 through Oct. 15 a grade of " W,', will appear o n the student·s reco rd. Beginning Oct. 16 through end of semester, no drops are permitted and an evaluative grade will be given.
Clubs on campus must be reinstated to become active at Palomar College. Only active c lubs may be members of the Inter-Club Counci l and take advantage of benefits offered to the clubs. To reinstate a club for the Fall 1999 semester several forms must be filled out. Forms may be found in the Stuuent Activities OITice.
ASSOCIATED STUDENT GOVERNMENT
PARKING PERMITS Parking permits are required for main campus and Escondido center. Parking regulations are enforced.
Meets Wednesdays at I p.m. in room SU- 18. Agendas are available in the ASG office, SU-7.
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Classes focus on cultures
The last day to change audit status is Sept. 24. The instructor's permission is required.
The multicultural program is offering seven new courses for fall 1999: African psychology, black/U.S. political system, diverse cultures of Brazil, Irish American experience, introduction to Judaism and Mexican ballet fo lkorico. For additional informatio n, call at (760) 744-1150, Ext. 2219.
The last day for students to app ly for December graduation is Oct. I.
There will be a Fal l 1999 Club Rush on Sept. I between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Student Union.
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FALL 1999 GRADUATION
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REINSTATE YOUR CLUB
Meeting on Aug. 31 , in SU-18 at 12:30 p.m. Please be sure your representative attends .
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PATROL BLOTTER. Pepsi Machine Vandalized On Aug. I at 8:30a.m., a police officer fou nd a Pepsi machine vandalized behind the BE building. An undetermined amoun t of money was removed from the machine.The Pepsi machine was abou t th ree-fourths filled with Pepsi.
Officer training wi ll be given on Sept 19, in SU-18. Club officers are required to attend. Club guidebooks, calendar, yearly planner and student guidebooks will be distributed. -lnteresteu in submitting club or campus information? Contact Rumiko Takeya or Sean O ' Connor at (760) 744-1150, Ext. 2450 or stop by Room TCB- l.
Sp·eak Out! Did you. have any problems registering for classes?
Brian Davis Parks and Recreation "No problem. I used the PAR system."
" I tried to use PAR system but the ID number that the college sent to me just did not wo rk. The number was not in their computer."
·Tm supposed to be taking a test right now. It is taki ng longer th an I expected."
Medical Assistant ·'PAR worked out well."
Student's Parent 'Tm frustrated . We've had a problem with forms being lost. One office doesn't speak to another."
Rand Ross Business "No problem at all."
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minutes. The last thing the system does is tuition calculation. "The math shows that we are going to be processing about 10 of these per minute," Malley said. "And that is where the system is comfortable, handling I 0 or 12 per minute." The system is slower when more people use it. Most of the time tuition calculation takes three to five seconds. "During peek times we're [Infom1ation Services] using tuition calculation, it's being used at the cashier's office, at admissions, and there are 50 people on the PAR line," Malley said. "That's where we see about 20 calculations per minute. It may take over a minute to process." While waiting, many students think something is wrong with system and hang up, Malley said. The purpose of the new software is to give Palomar the ability to implement continuous enrollment. With the old system, students could register using Phone and Register (PAR) or by coming to walk-iq registration. "Since 1990 we've had to use the phone system to register students," Lee said. "Then at a ce1tain point in time, we had to shut that off to process fee payments and cancel students. We then had to restart the systern for walk-in registration. We couldn't have two things going simultaneously."
PROJECTS: All underground utilities have been replaced in the area between the F and SU Buildings. A new irrigation system was instal1ed from the tennis courts up to the men's lockers, the front of Student Services and most of the area in front of the Clock Tower (will complete last section when trucks are finished crossing walks). New electrical lines were fed up to the Snack Shop, and all underground work between sse and S Building (sidewalks and exterior lighting are next) was completed. Phases continue to be worked on simultaneously in order to keep projects moving while resolving delays because of rock deposits in the path of underground improvements. "We are trying to clean up everything we have started and have all parking lots o'pen," Ellis said. Once the interior sidewalks are open,. work crews will begin work· on phase three, which will close Comet Circle south bound, forcing all traffic to exit thrOllgh Lot 12 to Las Posas. When work begins on Comet Circle traffic will be a potential problem. «We are going to encourage students coming from Escondido to use the east parking lots and students coming from Vista to use the west parking lots," Ellis said.
Palomar no longer uses walk-in registration. It is now all done over the phone using a new PAR system. Students no longer have to wait in line to add or drop classes either. If a student crashes a closed class, instead of obtaining an instructor's signature the instructor will give out permission codes. The student then will call the PAR line and use that code to add the class and then be billed for the additional fees. Adding open classes and dropping a class is done over the phone using the class number. Implementing the new PAR system was not an easy process. The old system was contracted through tbe Paraphonics company, who were supposed to move their system over to Peoplesofl for summer registration. "We needed a go live date of May 7 for summer regi tration," Malley said. "Paraphonics contacted us in February and said they couldn 't deliver unti I August." The college found another company, Edify, to build a new PAR system from scratch before summer. "It has a lot of fl exi bility in it," Malley said. "But it's brand new. Nobody else anywhere is using thi s but us." One of the major causes for delays at the admissions office has been the new application for admission. The
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new application takes I0 times as long to process than the old one. "We have found that under the new system the application process takes an average of I0 minutes," Lee said, "and that is a lot longer than what it used to be." Under the o ld system the application process took about one minute to process. The software purchased from Peoplesoft was designed for a four year college or university. As a community college, Pa lomar doesn't usc much of the information gathered for a four year institution. "With Peoplcsoft it takes about seven screens, or panels, on the computer to put in an application," Lee said. ''Under the old system it only took one screen. We have had lines all summer in the admissions lobby." The college set up a PAR help line for students who have had trouble with the new system where they can · be walked through the admissions process or even be registered by a live operator on the phone. Peoplesoft is also contracted to replace other systems on campus, such as human resources, financial aid, and many operational systems. During summer registration the system was down for an entire week due to a disk crash, not associated with the new software. "We need to restore some databases," Malley said. "It took about three days to recover, but I believe it cost our project about two weeks." "We tried to contact all the instructors and let them know so they could double check their rosters to make sure students registered in classes have their names printed on the rosters," Lee said.
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Students wait in line in the Admissions lobby to apply for admission and register for classes. The college was still recovering the names of those students who didn't make the list last week as instructors turned in final g rades for the summer. Last Wednesday the college experienced another problem. "At 8:05 a.m. we [lnfonnation Services] got a call from admissions saying there was a ring [on the PAR line], but no
answer," Malley said. "We verified it, and sure enough, ring and no answer." After running a debug test, and calling Pacific Bell to see if the problem originated from the phone line, Information Services sta1ted running tests. They found that the system had dropped all the phone lines. "We were out for about four
hours," Malley said. "It was teJTible." The drop was caused by a bug in the version of software being used. Palomar is the only community college using the latest version of Peoplesoft. "Being the first community college to run something, we see all the problems," Mal ley said. Palomar is also implementing the software faster than most schools. Mira Costa College purchased the Peoplesoft software one month after Palomar, and is going to be up and · running in 200 I or 2002. Palomar has accelerated the process because of year 2000 issues. "We're installing in about year, while most schools are taking about three," Malley said. Lee says the change has been a try- . ing time. "It has been a very stressful summer for the admissions and other departments as well," he said. "It has not gone as smooth as I had hoped." "Students have been very patient so far and we have done the best we can to try to help the students through the process," Lee said. "I'm hoping that the students will continue to be patient with us as we work through a . lot of the bugs that might be coming up on a daily basis."
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magine going to the local supermarket and spending 20 minutes to find a place to park. Once you are parked, you see the store entrance is blocked, and you must walk around to the back door. Finally inside, you begin looking for what you came for and you can't find it. Now, you spend 30 more minutes searching all the aisles until you find the spot where your item is supposed to be- but it is gone. You settle for another item, and when you reach the checkout stand the register does not work. Would you continue to shop at this supermarket, or would you take your business elsewhere? This is the nightmare that Palomar Co1lege has created as it upgrades the infrastructure and brings in a new registration system. Palomar students are spending more and more time trying to register for classes and find their way around the ever-changing paths on campus. Students attempting to register for classes this past month have been told by the computer behind the PAR line that their classes don' t exist, to call back later or that they cannot register for certain classes. While others have had no problem registering - those who do must call back later only to find closed classes. In addition to the registration problems, students are also faced with tractors, trenches and fences all over campus. Walkways that are open one day are closed the next. Just getting to class could take an yxtra 10 minutes, making students late. The college placed an ad in local
newspapers with a letter from Superintendent I President Dr. George Boggs saying, that the registration problems are fixed and the facilities project is on schedule. The registration problems are not fixed - students were having problems registering up to last week. And, the reason the facilities project is on schedule is because the schedule was redone. Phases of the project have been postponed for later this semester, including work on Comet Circle, which wi1l add to the nightmare as thousands of stpdents come to Palomar. As this semester starts the potential for problems and frustration is great. If a student actually gets into a class , they may show up late after trying to find their way there - and the instructor may have given their seat to someone else. Or, as during the summer semester, students may be registered in a class but not appear on the instructor 's list. Palomar does need to upgrade the infrastructure and the computer systems , but it was unwise to upgrade everything at once. In its vision for future students, the college has forgotten the current ones. It would have been better to take one thing at a time and limit the number of frustrations students have to deal with. A college is a business, and in Southern California there is a lot of competition. Students can attend Mira Costa, Cal State San Marcos, Miramar, National University, etc. The question is, are students going to deal with the problems of registering and navigating Palomar College, or are they going to ~ake their business elsewhere ?
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EDITOR IN CHIEF Tom Chambers CAMPUS BEAT EDITORS Sean O'Connor Rumiko Takeya OPINION EDITOR Patricia S . McAvoy ENTE RTAINMENT EDITOR Evan Blewett SPORTS EDITORS Anthony Saavedra Mike Stevens FEATURE EDITOR Dustin Schwindt PHOTO EDITOR Mikael Wiley
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Change is challenging ' ' Ma king c hanges for the bette r;" what an appropriate head line fo r a Pa lo ma r Co llege advertise ment. Altho ug h th is particular ad was foc used on the much needed infrastructure improveme nts and the new co mp ute r system, c ha nge is w ha t college is a ll about. Pa lo mar's returning stude nts and facu lty have the oppo rtunity to he lp c ha n.ge for the bette r the mood and/or tone of the college each semester for themselves and firs t-time college s tudents. '' The fac ulty. educated and world-wise, should try to mai ntain the perspective of a fu ture filled with prom ise and ho ld it out for all students to see and g rasp . (The "glass is half fu ll" compa red to "ha lf e mpty," if you will.) S uccess fu l ed ucators pass on knowledge through their passion a nd enthusiasm, affecting a positi ve menta l metamorphos is in studen ts that is on ly just beginning in college . Returning students who reene rgize and refocus the mselves o n their fu ture and/or educational goals can contribute to the change in fel low students by be ing a pos itive ex amp le. The ir educatio n ex perience
Patricia S. McAvoy will be reflected in their character in and out o f the c lassrooni. Actions do speak louder than words, so be aware of the message your actions send. Though not all of the new students are young in age, there is a certain sense of responsib ility that falls on the faculty and rctum ing students to help begin the process of change in new students on campus. This process of change, called education. begins at the property line and parking lots. How students conduct themselves on campus should be a precursor to how they will conduct themselves in the world beyond the college.
Th is semester there are additional elc ments of change to contend with, namely the construction and the new computer system. Changes in campus construction are likely to occur often and will challenge every student until all sidewal k routes a re open a nd parking lots become fam iliar. Add to that the new computer system's registration errors or, problems and you have a recipe for hot tern- · pers and short fuses. · If the students, facu lty and staff will try hard to cooperate with the construction crews and the Facili ties Department we can all get through the semester and be that much closer to having a more modern, effi cient and beautiful campus that will serve long into the future. Change is good for us, even if we suffer some d iscomfort or inconvenience "because suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope," said Paul in Romans 5:4. The combination of knowledge and experie nce should lead us through changes into the maturi ty that we all seck. However, many changes occur without our full awareness; it is not until we can look back over time and see the distance traveled that we can appreciate them fully.
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fe w years ago, I sat near a student in a co llege cafete ria who had j us t received his Phi Beta Ka ppa Key. The key is given to the very best stude nt in the college, ha vi ng achieved the hig hest level of academic excellence. 1 was awestruck as I gazed at the rec ipient of such a high honor. The n, I overheard his conversatio n. His words were crude and disgus ting . even obsce ne . Suddenl y, my spe ll of awe shattered. I fo und the student repulsive . What flo wed from of his mouth and what it meant to be an educated man d id not go together. Educati on, I tho ught, was someth ing more than merely acc umul ating knowl edge o r of piling up As and Bs. It a lso has to do wi th the way we co nduct o urselves. Educatio n involves values . It is about how we live our lives. It has to do with c haracter. Greek education was also pri mari ly concerned with characte r. One aim o f G reek education was to produce the "man (or woma n) who was good and beautiful. " Not goody-goody goodness, but a sense of integrity. Nor a Marilyn Monroe type beauty, but a pe rson who appreciated a rt, music, scul pture and who was sensitive to the beauty surrou nd ing them. In add ition to goodness and beauty, Plato thought we should have a strong se nse of justice and a n o bligatio n to the society we live in. Socrates, a bove al l e lse, stressed the idea of getting to know oneself. The G reeks saw the c onnectio n between virtue -or va lues- and educ ation. In other wo rds, at the end of o ur educational j o urney we shou ld be be tter, more aware and more respo nsib le peop le
Sean O'Connor than we were at the beginning. Education is abo ut contributing something to society. Last spring , A mericans experienced the catastrophe at Columbi ne High School in Colorado where I I students were murdered. 1t was a wake up cal l for all of us to ponder the question, "What went wrong?" Pundits are crying for less v iolence and sex on television. in the mov ies and in music. Those under 17 have to show an ID card to . ee movies, whic h are deemed violent. More regulations of firearms seem certain. Metal detectors and more te levision monitors are appearing in high schools. All well and good. These are preventive measu res. Necessary perhaps. B ut they do not go to the heart of the matte r, why these problems came about in the fi rst place. Before 1962, when prayer, reading the King's James Vers io n of the Bible and the recitation of the Our Father were prohibited by the Supreme Court, our .schools were basically Protes tant in tone.
Hemingway went so far as to describe his public schoo l education as darn near sectarian. Much c ritic ized, the Supreme Court decision was an effort to accommodate Catholics, Jews, Protestants, Seventh D ay Adventists, Jehovah Witnesses, Mus lims, Mormons, B uddh ists, atheists, and others. Some 37 years after that Supreme Court decisio n, one of the unfortunate results was that public schools experienced a divorce from any value system. They tried to stay value neutral. Relig ion and any hint of religious values are looked upon as taboo. The result, in the judgment of many, is that we are experiencing a value vacuum in public education today. Because of Col umbine, however, we are rethinking the role values play in schools an·d colleges. But solutions are not easy to come by. It is up to each individual to find meani ng in his or her life as they search to reclaim their spiritual roots. In college, we expose ourselves to an intellectual exchange of ideas. This dial~ctil: entails honestly and courageously challenging our own value system, which 1 can cause a lot of chaos and disruption in our lives. Hopefully, as a result of this search in the world of ideas, will e merge ideals and convictions to guide us on our journey. Ideals and convictions which will help us form commitments worthy to live for- and to d ie for. Grubbing fo r g rades is not enough. Academic excellence should lead us to human excellence and/or to help us become better human beings. Otherwise we arc wasting our ti me -and ou r lives at Palomar College.
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AuG. 23, 1999
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ENTERTAINMENT 'Bowfinger' pokes fun at film industry movie could be perceived as a patronizing view of the losers of: Hollywood, but, in fact Bowfinger and friends are. rather lovable and engaging compared to the sneering power players and the megastars. On that last count, one has to assume Murphy accepted the role of a paranoid, entourage-insulated megastar in the healthy spirit of
MOVIE REVIEW Bowfinger '•
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Steve Martin Eddie Murphy Heather Graham ~van Blewett Enterl£linmenl Editor
Satire of Hollywood is not exactly a new phenomenon. Movies of years past such as "Get Shorty" and "The Player" have all preyed upon the idea that Hollywood is a world _filled with flighty, simpleton movie stars and soulless executives bursting with shallow egomania and looking to score the next big script. These movies seek to skewer the absurdity and speciousness of Tinseltown in a jovial effort to bite the hand that feeds it. "Bowfinger" fits right in, succeeding in the effort of spelling out everything that's wrong with modern moviemaking, but also capturing interest as a sweet and hilarious tale. Not too surprising considering the source. Steve Martin is one of the most resilient, enduring comic .,.1ctors today. His script is savvy and his barbs strike the right note, lampooning everything from power lunches to car chases to casting calls. Martin plays Bobby Bowfinger, a desperate hack filmmaker who runs his studio business out of his dilapidated bungalow. He is fully adept at schmoozing on a budget, which includes sporting a fake ponytail and carrying around a borrowed car phone and pretending it's a cell phone.
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Jiff (Eddie Murphy) and Bobby (Steve Martin) plan their next move as low-budget movie-makers in the hilarious comedy "Bowfinger."
Sensing his years as a Hollywood player are nearly finished, he decides to give the big time one last shot with an alien action-adventure pic called Chubby Rain, written by his lranian accountant/part-time receptionist. Afrim (Adam AlcxiMalle). With his life saving5 of $2,000 in his back pocket, Bowfinger rounds up his troops: studio gofer/aspiring cinematographer Dave (Jamie Kennedy) who steals equipment from the movie studio where he works~ melodramatic stage has-been Carol (Christine Baranski) who is about to accept a job in Edmonton for a production of Cats; and fresh -off-thebus from Ohio ingenue Daisy
(Heather Graham) who has no qualms with sleeping her way to the top. He ambushes a high-powered producer (Robert Downey Jr. in a very funny cameo) at a trendy lunch spot, and comes away with the green light if he can accomplish a seemingly impossible task: sign up Hollywood's biggest action star, Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy). After a less than favorable run-in with Kit, Bowfingcr gets the brilliant idea of secretly filming the action epic around the star without him knowing he's in the movie. To that end, he tells his cast that the actor is just a little prickly about meeting his costars and seeing the camera.
What Bowfinger doesn't count on is that the pampered and horribly insecure Kit is a raging paranoid (he's convinced of an industry-wide conspiracy to give the best actionstar catch phrases to white stars like Stallone and Schwarzenegger). Kit also belongs to a controlling cult called Mind Head (a parody of Scientology) and, when weird people start accosting him on the street screaming about aliens and ex-· lovers, he doesn't have to act scared, he is scared. So scared, in fact, that he goes into seclusion. Left without a leading man, Bowfinger decides to search for a Kit-look-alike and he finds one named Jiff (Murphy
again), a bespeckled doofus whose show business experience is limited to being "an active renter at Blockbuster." This is one of Murphy's more delightful characters in recent memory. It's hard not to sn icker when he flashes that gummy and braced-filled grin. Much of the joy in watching Bowfinger comes from the fact that Martin carefully tooled the screenplay to work to the best of his own and Murphy's talents. The film finds its comic strengths in the spirit of people so transfixed by movies, they will do just about anything to be in one. Given that Martin has enjoyed some success in Hollywood, the
The Boehm Art Gallery Story
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The Boehm Art Gallery is a beehive of activity. It presently hosts six exhibitions a year featuring international, national, as well as local artists. The gallery started as a part of the Music and Arts Library in 1966. The librarians ·were "~atchdogs of the gallery," carefully watching from their checkout desk where they stamped books. Nonetheless. there was something ~pecial about the section where art pieces were displayed. The unpretentious space was dedicated to Palomar College Dean of Humanitie~, Dwight Boehm in 1966. In 1984 a lot of changes happened at the Boehm Gallery. Art and music were moved to the main library on campus, fre~ing up space for the exhibition of paintings, etchings, glass displays, illustrations and other art works. The gallery director at the time, Russell Baldwin and his son, Marc, contributed their manual labor during the summer months preparing the additional space for exhibitions for the next academic year. Russell Baldwin, incidentally, was such a devotee of Marc Chagall that he named his son after the French artist. Louise Boehm continued to expand and enlarge the Boehm collection until two years ago when Harry Bliss became director. Boehm, no relation to Dwight Boehm after whom the gallery is named, is now teaching art at Palomar. The Boehm Gallery now has 2,000 feet of exhibition space and a small office with expansion plans for more storage and space. "The gallery serves a number of purposes." Bliss said. "It helps provide students and staff with direct access to original works of art." He also said that it is an outlet for regional and national artists to show their work. "We display top professionals," Bliss said. The gallery, Bliss also pointed out, "attracts many people to the campus who ordinarily would not come here." Last year, the gallery attracted over I0.000 visitors. The Philosophy Department, the American
self-parody. Martin and director Frank Oz manage to elicit authentic laughs, including Martin's too-old Lothario trying to impress the younger Daisy ("Smashing Pumpkins? I love to do that.") Or Bowfinger's "staging" of a stunt sequence in which Jiff must dash across the Hollywood Freeway under the mistaken impression that everyone on the road is a trained stunt driver. Or the ingenious way the company hires on a crew by rounding up fleeing immigrants from the Mexican border. As Bowfinger, Martin is looser than he has been in years and the shameless opportunism of his character is properly balanced with a dose of amiable desire. He is like a 90s version of Ed Wood. Virtually nothing about the character is grounded in reality and there is no way Bowfinger's mad scheme would work, but Martin plays him with such disarming enthusiasm that you can't help but hope he pulls it off. As in The Nutty Professor, Murphy is blessed with two completely different characters -- one · arrogant, egomaniacal and mean, the other modest, nerdy and endearing -- and these split personalities are used to their full comic potential. Instead of simply treating Kit as just another spoiled star, Murphy uses the character to present stardom as a form of overwhelming psychosis. Amidst the cluster of movies about Hollywood parody, "Bowfinger" can certainly hold its own as a fresh, funny send-up of modern filmmaking and the lengths some. will go to to get their big break.
'Our Town' auditions to .. be held . Evan Blewett Entertainmenr Editor
Tom Chambers I The Telescope
The Boehm Gallery is located in the D Building towards the front of campus.
Studies Department, the ESL Department and others use gallery exhibitions as part of their classes. In addition to the director, the Boehm Gallery employs five part-time personnel who work curating, selecting, contacting artists and designing exhibitions. "It's like setting a stage for a play." said Crystal Larson, one of the assistants. Ann Pabain, administrative assistant, makes schedules, composes press releases and orchestrates many of the details. Dung Yu and Deniz Orhun often act as receptionists in the gallery and maintain a count of daily visi tors. Ruben Ochoa often works until the wee hours of the morning in preparation for the opening day. In addition, there are workshops and lectures
by the artists concerning their work. Among exhibitions which have attracted wide attention are the exhibitions on Faculty Art and Photography, Quilt Making and Illustrations. The final exh ibition of the year, which displays, works of students, alumni and faculty of Palomar College, is also a very popular showing. In addition. artists give workshops and lectures concerning their work. The gallery has also been featured in prestigious publications such as Art Forum, Artweek, Art in America and Craft Horizon. All exhibitions, workshops, lectures are free and open to students and the community. The next exhibition is the Annual Art and Photography Faculty exhibit from Sept 10 until Oct. I.
The Palomar College Performing Arts Dept. is looking for actors to participate in an open audition for their latest production, "Our Town", on Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. Open call will be by monologue, ranging from one to three · minutes in length . Callbacks will take place the following evening also at 7 p.m., and will consist of cold readings from the script. Pat Larmer will direct the show. The audition is open to all members of the community. The cast will consist of 22 men, women, and children rangi ng from 12 years old to seniors, and is open to all ethnicities. Rehearsal times are Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. to I0 pm. The show is to be performed on Oct. I, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Auditjoners need not be enrolled at Palomar College when they try out, though all cast members will receive college credit. "Our Town" takes place in a small New England town in 190 I where the Gibbses and Webbs are neighbors. During their childhood George Gibbs and Emily Webb are playmates who grow into a state of romantic interest in one another. They are married, but George and Emily's happiness is soon proved to be short-lived. Call 744-1150 x2455 for any further information.
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MONDAY,
AuG. 23, 1999
Saving money on books Tom Chambers
Editor-i11-Chief For many years college students had only one choice of where to purchase their textbooks. Bookstores were run by the colleges themselves, and prices were set by the textbook publisher:>with no competition. But now pnvate retailers have taken over many college-run bookstores on the East Coast, and that trend is growing in the West as well. Mira Costa College and San Diego State University have both switched to private retailers. Discount stores are also beginning to appear near college campuses - at Harvard it's The Coop, at Palomar it's Off Campus Books. And now the Internet also provides student with an outlet to purchase textbooks. Where are the best deals for textbooks? I pulled out my class schedule from two years ago and went looking. The first place I stopped was the Palomar College Bookstore. For Math 60 "Intermediate Algebra" by Larson and Hostetler was $71.12 new and $53.34 used. This was my most expensive book, and I tried not to think of how many Jumbo Jacks it was worth. For English I00 I needed the "Rivers ide Reader" and the ·'Holt Handbook". The Reader was $32.36 new and $24.27 used. Holt cost $34.67 new, $26.00 used. My Psychology I 00 book. "Psychology in Action" by Hauffman. Vernoy and Vernoy, was $60.76 new at Palomar's Bookstore; $45.57 used. And "We the People," for Political Science 101 is $64.00 new and $48.00 used. My total at Palomar was a whopping $262.91 for new textbooks and $197. 18 for used ones. l couldn't help but calculate that for new textbooks at Palomar it was going to cost me $ 108.91 more than my tuition. The next stop was Off Campus Books. Shopping at Off Campus Books is easier than at Palomar because they gel the books for you. They can also f"ind the exact books you need when you tell them your class number. Off Campus Books. though, doesn't always have new textbooks, as was the case with all of my hooks. "Intermediate Algebra'' was S44.50. My English books, the ''Riverside Reader" and the '·Holt Handbook." were $22.50 and $26.25 respectively. It was interesting to sec that the ''Holt Handbook" was 25 cents more at Off Campus Books than at Palomar. "Psychology in Action" was $3~.50 and "We the People" was $44.50. My total at Off Campus Books was $176.25- a savings of $20.93 over Palomar's used textbooks. That's six Grande Carmel Macchiatos from Starbucks. I then went to the Internet, where 1 checked the prices at two Web sites: Efollett.com, which is the site of the private vendor Follett Books, and Textbooks.com, an independent site. .
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Follett's site is well done, professional and easy to use. Textbooks.com is also easy to use, and it is more fun because you can enter to win a lounge chair, and we all need one of those. My Internet search started with Efollett.com, where I typed in the title of my Math 60 book, ''Intermediate Algebra.'' That search produced about 200 results for me to scroll through, so I went back and searched again using the names of the authors. I then had to choose which author I wanted. and I chose Larson. l have a hard time believing that Larson has written 118 math texts, but that is the number of results I re<;eived. Searching for books like this is tedious, and it took 15 minutes for me to find the one I was looking for. It is much easier to find the book you need on the Inte rnet sites if you have the ISBN number. It's the number above the barcode on the back of the book. At the Palomar College Bookstore they print the ISFlN numbe r on the cards marking where the books are placed. Once I had these
numbers, I found the books I needed in minutes. At Efollett.com "Intermediate Algebra" was $73.96 new and $55.47 used -about $2 more than Palomar. None of the books at Efollett.com were cheaper than Palomar, and only two were the same price. Also, Intermediate Algebra was the only textbook Efollett.com had available used. The "Holt Handbook" was $37.33 new, "Psychology in Action" was $70.67 ($1 0 more than Palomar). My other books were the same price as Palomar. To ship textbooks Efollett.com uses standard UPS ground and charges $3.95 for the first book and 95 cents for each additional book. Total sh ipping for my five books would be $7.75, making my total $286.47 for new books $23.56 more than Palomar. On top of that, it takes two to three weeks for Efollett.com to even send their books, then it takes three to five days for UPS to get them to you. So you pay more and wait a month to get the goods- I don't think so. Leaving Efollett.com with a scowl, I pointed my browser to Textbooks.com . Searching by author and title is easier at Textbook~.com because they narrow the search more than Efollett.com does. lt also shows you a picture of the book, ·SO you can be sure it's the right one. But again, searching by ISBN number is the fastest way to search. The prices at Textbooks.com were considerably cheaper than Efollett.com, and they had used hooks for all but one of my selections. "Intermediate Algebra" was $66.60 new and $51.80 used. That's $5 cheaper than Palomar for the new book. The "Riverside Reader" was $27.65 new and $22.75 used, and the "Holt ' Handbook" was $31.90 new; 26.25 used. "Psychology in Action" was the only book they didn't have used. It was $63.70 new, $7 cheaper than Efollett.com, but $3 more than Palomar. "We the People" was $54.40 new and $44.00 used. My Textbooks.com total was $244.25 for all new books, and $208.50 for four used and one new book. Shipping at Textbooks.com is also cheaper than Efollett.com. Textbooks.com charges a $4.95 flat rate for any amount of textbooks. They also use UPS ground, wh'ich takes three to five days to arrive, but they ship it the day you order. They also offer the option of upgrading the shipping if you need your books shipped overnight. With shipping my Textbooks.com total was $249.20 new and $213.45 used. Overall, the cheapest place to buy new textbooks is at Textbooks.com, where I saved almost $40 off retail. The only book that was cheaper at Palomar was "Psychology in Action," and that could be because two of the authors teach here. The cheapest place to buy used books is at Off Campus Books, where I saved over $80 off Palomar's price. I would steer clear of Efollett.com, unles you like to pay more and wait longer. As the competition for our textbook dollars increases, prices get better for college students. That means we can spend less money on books, and more on burgers and coffee.
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