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PeopleSoft problems fade Michael Paisner News Editor

Palomar College is experiencing fewer administrative problems as the computer program recently installed to run the college gets its wrinkles ironed out. While other colleges around the country are taking five times as long and spending ten times the money, the PeopleSoft software package Palomar purchased two years Inside: ago has been running the school for • Palomar staff copes with soft· almost a year.

"I know there ware changes and are a lot of grum- problems. bling on campus and I know that • Other colleges ,there is a lot of face bigger probpeople saying that lems during it was a mistake implementation. and we shouldn't have spent all tlus page 11 money. I don't think we spent enough money and I don't think we had enough time," said Lynda Halttunen, matriculation director.

Palomar put Halttunen on a committee to explore the need for new software in 1992.

At that time, the college knew its existing software would not function in the year 2000. "If we had 12 million dollars and we had eight years to do this implementation we probably would have ample time to do testing and to make sure all the bugs are out of the system before we make something go live," Halttunen said. She was referring to the expense other colleges have incurred converting to PeopleSoft.

According to Stan Malley, director of information services, Palomar purchased three modules from PeopleSoft - the student records module, the fiscal services module and the human relations module

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(which includes a payroll module).

Although PeopleSoft has installed the fiscal services and human relations module in the corporate world for many years, they recently came out with the student records module in an effort to get the education market. It wasn't completely new territory. Malley

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New desks were installed in the office of the president and vice president of the student government at a cost of $2,500.

Student government buys new desks

New desks were installed in the Associated Student Government offices two weeks ago, but ASG members didn't know why. The desks were installed in the offices of the president and executive vice president.

"We weren't told that they were getting new desks," said Erica Olvera, ASG senator.

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said about 400 schools run the human resources and fiscal services modules.

"It's a great program. This is where PeoplcSoft got a reputation," Malley said.

The student records module was another story. "We tried to find out what other schools are using PeopleSoft (for student

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records)," Malley said, "Not many."

Since the student records package is so new, most early versions of the software had problems. Some of the problems have to do with how PeopleSoft designed the package.

Malley said the software "has a four-year see PEOPLESOFT, page 11

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According to Marilyn Lunde, student activities adminstrative assistant, the money for the desks came from the ASG wish list.

Any money in the ASG budget not used each year doesn't roll over to the next year, Lunde said. ln order to usc the money, the ASG makes a wish list of items they would like to have if there is money left over.

Items on the wish list for this year included the desks, red ribbon week, officer training, a water bottle give away and ASG T-shirts, Lunde said.

Lunde spoke with ASG members on campus at the end of last spring and this past summer to make the list. see DESKS, page 10

Two petitions regarding smoking on the Palomar College campus are circulating among students. The first calls for a "smoke-free" environment. The other would to keep Palomar's current smoking policy as is.

Smoking on campus is permitted, except within seven feet of buildings. Palomar student Bryan Johnston, who began the petition with help from several faculty members said, "As it stands, it's not even a policy. People lean against the buildings and smoke."

Johnston said the petition was created specifically to bring the issue before the Governing Board in order to have the current policy reviewed, not necessarily to ban smoking entirely.

"We're trying to find out what the students want ... if students want smoking on campus, there will be smoking on campus.

If (they) don't, there won't be."

Signatures of three percent of the student body are required in order to bring the petition before ASG; the first step in getting the policy reviewed. Johnston estimated that would require about 600 signatures.

Loretta Murillo-Colton, vice-chair of the Inter-Club Council, began the second petition (to keep Palomar's current smoking policy) in order to protect what she believes is an infringement on students' rights.

"Smoking is legal everywhere else; why shouldn't it be here?" Murillo-Calton asked.

According to Marilyn Lunde, student activities administrative assistant, if the

initial petition is presented to the ASG, it will have to go through several college committees before it reaches the Governing Board where policy changes are actually implemented. Lunde said if both petitions garner the three percent of signatures needed, it's likely both petitions will go to committees. "It's good politics. We'll see what happens;' Lunde said.

Although the original petition calls for a " smoke-free environment," Johnston worked with faculty and students to get the issue addressed. "Reasonably, smoking areas would be designated. The petition was worded the way it was in order to bring the issue before the Governing Board. A completely smoke-free campus is all or nothing."

Johnston maintained there would be student representation through every step of the process, and insists the policy will only change if it's what students really want.

Those backing Palomar's current policy see it as an issue of freedom and stated so in their petition. Murillo-Calton said, "My goal is to keep student rights, and I have the strength ingrained in me to stand up for those rights."

ASG Senator Michelle Arce agreed: "What is this, high school? We're all adults here."

Lunde mentioned those who started the initial petition hoping to have all their signatures collected by Dec. 2 in order to present it to the ASG this semester. No policy changes will be made during the current semester. "If the petition gets its initial start, it will go all the way to the Governing Board."

Buddy Rabaya, president of the Associated Student Government, resigned on Monday, Nov. 8, citing a family emergency in an email to Student Activities Director Bruce Bishop.

"I was surprised, I didn't expect it," said Executive Vice President Diane Vasquez, who assumed the presidency. "It seems everyone else expected it before I did."

"He hasn't been here for a while," said Shannon Gyde, vice president I chair of the Inter-Club Council. "We know there was something going on with him."

Rabaya was absent from the Nov. 3 meeting, and ASG members hadn't seen or heard from him in over a week.

"I'm concerned about Buddy's resignation," Bishop said. "I hadn't seen Buddy in a week and I get a message about family emergencies. Then I get a message saying he's going to have to resign. There's a lack of closure."

The ASG president also represents the students on the Governing Board. Vasquez was sworn in as student trustee at the Nov. 9 Governing Board meeting.

"I'm looking forward to working with the Governing Board," Vasquez said. "I'm excited and somewhat nervous."

Bishop said he looks forward to working see RESIGNATION, page 10

Students apply to California Universities Applications due during November Michelle Yates Staff Writer

For many students trying to juggle homework, lectures and a job, procrastination is often routine as students scramble to cram for a test or complete a last minute project. But when transferring to a California State University (CSU), students should make applying early a priority, said Tim Hernandez, director of the Palomar Transfer Center.

Students can apply online or pick up an application in the Transfer Center on campus.

Students will need to pay a non-refundable $55 application fee that they will include with their application.

Priority application dates for the fall 2000 semester are Nov. 1 through Nov. 30.

Hernandez said submitting applications early will speed up the application process. "Most students wait until the last minute," he said.

"The sooner, the better because it (early application) speeds up the turnaround time and the university's computer system is bogged down when students wait until the see TRANSFER, page 11

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Scholarships are Great American looking for you Smokeout is The Financial Office has an Thursday exceptional number of scholarship opportunities listed in its November Scholarship Newsletter.

There are scholarship opportunities in nursing, real estate, child development, ESL students and English majors.

There are several scholarships for students who are transferring to a four-year college and one for those interested in mathematics, natural sciences, engineering or medicine.

Several qualifications and restrictions apply, including deadlines for getting the applications in.

For more information, contact the Financial Aid Office at (760) 7441160 ext. 2366.

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Religion course is new offering in Fall brook A course on world religions is being offered for the first time in Fallbrook.

Jeff Moore, Palomar College instructor, will teach the course, Ethics of World Religions at the high school. He will touch on such subjects as what different world religions believe about women's rights, good and evil or the environment, euthanasia and miracles.

The course will be offered at Fallbrook Union High School on Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For more information call (760) 744 1150 ext. 2194.

Sean O'Connor Campus Beat Co-Editor

Get your vision tested Having troubles with your eyesight? Palomar's Health Services is offering vision screening tests.

There are two kinds of vision testing available. Snellen Chart Test and Keystone Vision Test. Most of the vision tests are done through the latter, which can examine color perception, peripheral vision and eye coordination.

Fees for the vision screening test are $2 for students and $5 for staff.

The vision test is being administered throughout the school year. An appointment is required. Call (760) 744-1150, ext. 2380 to make an appointment. If there is any question, ask Maria Monsalud, registered nurse at Health Services.

In addition, a hearing test is also available. Fees are $5 for students and $7 for staff.

Shigehiro Kondo Staff Writer

The Great American Smokeout is observed every year on the third Thursday ofNovember. This year it falls on Nov. 18.

The purpose of the smokeout is to help smokers kick the habit. Those who smoke are requested to forgo smoking for one day in the hope that it will lead to something more permanent.

Kits on how to kick the habit will be distributed in the Student Union Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The kits will contain material from Kaiser Permanente and the American Cancer Society.

The Great American Smokeout Day is sponsored jointly by Health Services and Phi Theta Kappa.

Sean 0 'Connor Campus Beat Co-Editor

Students perform 'Dance Enterprise' A new dance show is set to go at the Howard Brubeck Theatre.

"Dance Enterprise" will play on Saturday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m.

The show will consist of advanced dance students presenting their own ideas and interpretations in dance, and is choreographed entirely by the students themselves.

"Dance Enterprise" is directed by Patriceann Mead.

Tickets are $10 for general audience, $8 for seniors and staff, and $6 for students with ID. Group rates and reserved seating is also available.

For more information, contact the Theatre Box Office at 744-1150 ext. 2453.

Evan Blewett Arts & Entertainment Editor

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SPRING 2000 REGISTRATION PAR appointments and class schedules will be mailed late November. PAR begins December 6. The first day of the spring 2000 semester is Jan. 18.

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CAREER CENTER Resume Writing Workshop-This workshop is Nov. 19 in the Counseling Center Conference Room from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

- To register, call Career Center (760) 744-1150, ext. 2194.

DROPPING A CLASS No drops are allowed from Oct. 16 through the end of the semester. An evaluative grade of(A,B.C.D,F) or "I" must be given.

LIBRARY Internet Workshop-This workshop is offered Thursdays in the library's computer lab from 12 p.m. until 1: 15 p.m. Repeat workshop as often as needed.

It is not too early for veterans to get started on their paperwork for enrollment in the the spring semester 2000.

The Veterans Services Office says that it takes from 6 to 12 weeks to process paperwork.

Veterans who have been out of Palomar for a semester or more must apply for "advance pay" by Dec. 18.

For more details, contact the Veterans Service Office at (760) 744-1150, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Fridays.

AUDITING A CLASS An instructor's signature is required to audit a class.

There is no deadline for original registration in audit status. Changing from audit status to credit status is not permitted.

ASG Dock et From the Nov. 10 meeting of the Associated Student Government.

• Diane Vasquez, became president, and was sworn in as the student trustee of the governing board upon the resignation of Buddy Rabaya.

• Alline Chan, treasurer, reported that the library is trying to get six more computers tc teach Internet classes.

• Nine members of the ASG attended the American Student Association of Community Colleges conference in El Paso, Tex. the weekend of Nov. 12.

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• ASR-9-9900 passed, requesting the library extend its hours during finals week.

SPRING 2000 GRADUATION The deadline to apply for an AA degree or a certificate is March I.

SEMESTER GRADES Summer grades can be obtained by submitting a selfaddressed stamped envelope in a drop box in the Admissions lobby. Spring 1999 grades can be obtained by calling 4 71-9608. Spring grades are available on the Internet. Any discrepancies in grades should be resolved as soon as possible.

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"I saw The Blair Witch Proj ect. It was a fake.I stayed for the whole film, b ut I should get a refund.

It could have been made better."

really enjoyed "I Amadeus, especially the portrayal of Soliere. He was jealous of Mozart.

The whole story was well staged."

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"I liked The Other Sister.

"I saw Fight Club. He had a lot of stress in his life.

He was also an insomniac.

He went crazy and beat himself."

"Sixth Sense. The end of the story was surprising. I liked it."

" Fight Club. We find ourselves trapped in things we purchase. Americans are 'toy' oriented, gatherers of things. There were some gruesome fight scenes."

It was about two handi-

capped people who got married. The last part was very funny."

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Egg donation on the rise Amy Bolaski Copy Editor

The ability to create a life is a gift that is taken for granted by millions \1f couples. For other couples, however, the dream of starting a family eludes them. In the last few decades, science has been able to provide a variety of choices for people struggling to conceive a child.

One option couples often choose is to implant a fertilized egg in the uterus of women who have problems conceiving. Since the midseventies, science has nearly perfected this technology. An egg is removed from a woman who volunteers to donate one. The egg is fertilized outside the body using the intended father's sperm. The fertilxzed egg is then implanted in the uterus of the female trying to conceive.

The proliferation of Web sites devoted to egg donor and surrogacy programs is astounding. Centers and programs have sprung up everywhere acting as liaisons between donors and prospective parents, and the Internet has made access to information about egg donation easy to access.

One such program is the Surrogate Family Program in Escondido run by director Vivian Leslie. The program advertises in /ocal papers, including The Telescope, and maintains a website (www.babiesplus.com).

"My main goal is to see families where there weren't families before, and to heal the heartache infertility causes."

Although the process of donating eggs or acting as a surrogate has become big business for some, Leslie maintains the reality of creating a pregnancy, and a life, is about helping those who have resorted to using someone else's eggs in order to carry a baby to term. She calls organizations like Ron's Angels, ¥hich allegedly auction models' eggs online for up to $50,000, "in extremely poor taste."

What Leslie does is facilitate the process of donating, as well as the process of searching for, and set-

tling on, an egg donor.

The process is a complicated one that requires a lot of time, effort and patience on the part of both the donor and the prospective parents.

Understandably, many pru·ents have varied preferences as to what they are searching for in a donor. Leslie advertises in college newspapers and online not to exploit the women involved, but to reach a significant amount of young women.

"It's safe to say the younger the donor is, the higher the success rate," Leslie said.

According to Leslie, one of the main things parents are looking for in a donor, aside from overall good health, is intelligence and motivation. "(Advertising in school papers) targets a large group of young women who are exhibiting a degree of motivation by attending school."

Although looks do matter to parents, she stresses "looks aren't nearly as important as the other factors."

Rather than looking for donors with bombshell-good looks, most parents seek someone who is a close match in terms of the mother's looks (i.e. hair and eye color, weight and height.)

Becoming a donor is a big decision, and a commitment. According to Leslie, "the most important thing (for egg donors) to make this work is they' re reliable and have a flexible schedule." The entire process requires a time commitment of roughly one month, and donors must be able to make frequent trips to the doctor.

Aside from having the desire to donate, prospective donors must undergo a complete physical, psychiatric evaluation and occasionally, genetic testing. All of these procedures must be completed before a donor will even be matched with a couple. The physical is designed to screen for STDs, and other diseases, including cystic fibrosis and sicklecell anemia, drug use and to verify overall good physical well-being.

Most programs prefer women who don't smoke, drink only socially or not at all, and who have already had a successful pregnancy.

Assuming the donor passes all her screenings, and a legal agreement has been reached between the program, donor and parents, the real process actually begins.

She will begin a drug protocol that typically lasts from 10 to 14 days designed to stimulate ovulation and multiple production of eggs. Lupron, Pergonal and/or Metrodin, which are fertility drugs, are administered orally or by injection. "Out of 1,000 eggs a woman produces each month, only one or two ever come to fruition," Leslie said. " Fertility drugs increase that number to between eight and 20."

During this time period, blood tests, ultrasounds and endometrial biopsies may be required in order to closely monitor the ovulation process. 'There are side effects," Leslie said. "Temporary weight gain, tension headaches and PMSlike symptoms which can increase three or four-fold because of the synthetic hormones in the body are all side effects that can occur."

When ovulation occurs, the eggs are retrieved by a procedure known as aspiration, which is a procedure usually performed under general anesthesia. Creating Families, Inc., an organization similar to the Surrogate Family Program, refers to the said procedure as a "minor surgery" and Leslie concurred: "I've had donors get up and go dancing that night, but some tenderness and puffiness can be expected."

The process may seem a bit overwhelming, but donors are paid well for their time and effort. First-time donors usually receive $2,500, and all medical expenses are paid.

Second-time donors or special cases receive between $3,000 and $3,500.

Leslie stated although most firsttime donors arc attracted to the program because of the money, "the reality of what they are doing hits them; the money is just icing on the cake."

The process of donating eggs is described by nearly all Web sites and newspaper adds concerning the issue as "a gift of life." Most mis-

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sion statements included in advertisements allude to the selfless giving donors do for those in need.

Whether people donate purely for the financial compensation or because they truly want to help others is hard to say, but Web sites like Ron's Angels are certainly causing a stir. What many people would deem a humanitarian act has become commercialized to a degree, and make news regularly.

What it comes down to for Leslie is simply making a career out of doing something extremely beneficial for others, giving them an option they might not otherwise have, the option to create, and love, a child.

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Editorial Governing Board needs to walk in students' shoes

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t the Nov. 9 meeting of the Governing Board, Board President Rita White complained about parking on campus.

She said where she parks on campus, the lot is tom up. She mentioned that on her walk from her car, she might injure her ankle.

To observers in the room, it seemed like she was asking for the area to be fixed.

This is all well and fine, but White>s parking space is reserved in the front parking lot. She walks, at most, 50 feet to the Governing Board Room twice a month.

White should realize that her problems are only a taste of what Palomar students go through every day. Perhaps the Governing Board should spend a week on

campus walking in our shoes.

Students don't have reserved parking spaces right outside their classes. Students don't know if the space they park in today will even be there tomorrow. Students spend 10 minutes walking to their classes from parking spaces up by the 'P' on the hill.

Students walk through makeshift pathways, around dead ends, and through mud to get to cJass.

Students sit in class while construction crews pound the ground with 70-ton jackhammers - all the while the stench of manure lingers in the air.

Sure, none of the students like it, but the buzz around campus is that one day we'll have a beautiful school that other students will enjoy for the next fifty years.

Maybe the Governing Board should have the same vision.

Editorial note about insert, holiday

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cluded in The Telescope this week is an insert from a pro-life rganization. The insert is a paid advertisement and was not produced by The Telescope staff.

Also, the next issue of The Telescope will be in news stands on Dec. 6, following a much needed break for Thanksgiving. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.

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Beat Editors Sean O'Connor Rumiko Takeya

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Letters must be typewritten (no more than 300 words) and include the author's name, major and telephone number. The Telescope reserves the right to edit letters for space, and not to print letters containing lewd or libelous comments. Letters must be received by Monday at 3 p.m. to be considered for publication the next Monday.

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ince 1980, I have lived and worked abroad for long periods of time. Each time I returned home, I experienced different moods in our society. For the most part, I was shocked by what confronted me.

In particular I confronted a depth of despair, especially among the homeless. Despair? In America? And not in other countries? Yes. The second confrontation was with the depths to which television had plunged.

Thirdly, I tightened up with fear each time I saJlied forth on American streets after dark. f still do. Crime, fear and prisons were on my mind more than in other countries.

Despair Every time I returned to San Diego, the homeless were the first to confront me.

Homeless men and women were everywhere.

Their numbers were large and seemed to be growing. What bothered me most was the hopelessness they projected. What I sensed was the despair, the utter helplessness and dejection of these people.

Overseas, I had not experienced this .

Poverty? Yes. Joblessness? Yes. But despair?

No! Why, I asked myself? Why this despair?

I remember seeing an old man whose residence was on a ledge outside a jewelry store in Liberia, West Africa. I can still see him today, his hand extended for coins. I didn't know his history. I didn't speak to him but somehow an unspoken relationship grew between us. Then, one day, I saw a tarpaulin covering his body, with his hand extended in much the same way it always had been in life.

I felt sad. I don't know when his body was removed but I remember him to this day.

In San Diego, by way of contrast, I find myself pulling away from the homeless, avoiding their gaze and wanting to go on my way or to get on the other side of the street.

Why the difference?

I know Shanghai very well and walked in many parts of it weekly. Over the course of one year, 1 only saw only two men who had what I would call "American" despair. One man was downtown on a crowded street with a bottle of beer in his hand. The other man, in a different part of the city, was not drunk but despair was written on his face.

1Wo men in one year! In San Diego, I can find 20 such men while walking a short distance on Broadway. Shanghai is a city of 15

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Tolerance piece ignorant Dear Editor: (Re: Opinion, True tolerance misunderstood, Oct. 25 edition) l was very disturbed by Mr. Chambers editorial; first by the ignorance. Many Christians view homosexuality as immoral, but issues of morality presume a person has a choice.

While it is true that certain human cultures have condoned or still condone

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million, not the 5 million of San Diego! It is not a question of numbers.

Why? What is it in the American psyche that makes me experience this awful sense of hopelessness in America and not elsewhere?

Mimila, Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Nairobi, Perth, Monrovia, Shanghai - nothing compares to the despair on American streets.

Perhaps it is the result of our belief in the Darwinian ethic - claw your way to the top, pay no heed to what - or rather who - is behind you.

I remember talking to the dean of a law school in Shanghai. He told me that once he walked into the inner city of a large American city alone. I gasped, fearing for his safety. He explained, "Nothing happened to me." But then he went on to say that he never saw so much poverty in block after block.

Poverty? China is much poorer than we are.

What he really was talking about was despair.

You will not find it to the same degree in China, though their poverty is greater than ours is.

Lowering of Standards An experience I usually enjoy is looking forward to American television and seeing some old friends on the tube: Louis Rukeyser, Paul Duke, Diane Sawyer, Tom Brokaw, Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters, Tim Russert and, yes, Dan Rather.

What took me by surprise when I returned in the 90s, however, was the pervasive trashy pornography on so many stations. It was hard to avoid it. I could not believe my eyes - or cars- when 1 first saw Jerry Springer or Sally Jesse Rafael. It seemed it was an open season of public confession on many channels. I felt embarrassed by so many things.

Coming back to the States and experiencing this all at once was like having a bucket of cold water thrown in my face. I wondered how this had come about and where it would lead us.

I knew a few students who were corning to the United States to pursue further study. I wondered how these students coming to

homosexuality (especially of males), such as certain segments of Athenian Greek society and certain peoples of New Guinea, one can choose to be bisexual, it is also true most gays and lesbians are attracted to members of their same sex from a very young age. There is scientific and anecdotal evidence to support this view. Those who simply condemn homosexuality as immoral and insist these individuals abandon their "lifestyle" are blinded by religious ignorance or secular prejudice. Though I disagree with much of what Jerry Falwell says, he has now declared homosexuaJs are welcome in his church even if he does not approve of their sexuaJ orientation.

Second, the dictionary defines " tolerance" as "the capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others." Mr. Chambers definition of "putting up with something you

A.'llerica from more traditional societies would react to in your face sex and baring one's intimate secrets to millions of people.

The quality of language seems to be much coarser. And we seem to be a much coarser people. We proclaim freedom of speech, all the while we are constricting our speech with political correctness, watching not only what we are saying but also how we are saying it.

But not in the area of pornography.

The First Amendment is a great. I would not change it. But I must admit to having had second thoughts. The First Amendment seems to mean to many people that we have the freedom to indulge in all sorts of sleaze - and little else. Of course it means much more, but sleazy slin1e has occupied more space on our magazine racks and on our television sets than I dare to imagine.

Fear on the Streets In the 80s, when I returned to San Diego, I felt the level of crime had increased. It was so bad that walking home after dark was fearsome. Once home, I didn't dare venture out again. I felt a prisoner in my apartment.

Freedom? What kind of freedom is that?

Even now I feel every foreign city is safer than our cities in the United States. 1 walked a mile from the bus stop to my apartment in foreign cities at 11 p.m. or later with less fear.

Why? Why is this the case?

Why are other societies so much less violent than our own?

There is no doubt crime is decreasing steaqily here at home in the 90s. However, the cost has been high. Our prison population is so~­ ing, mainly filled with African-Americans.

A recent report in the "Atlantic Monthl( said the United States has about 2 million pe!">ple behind bars, more than any other country in the world - maybe a half million more than communist China.

How come, with the population five timef larger and with 500,000 less prisoners Me China's streets safer than ours?

Am I glad to be home?

Yes, but I think I see a little more clearly now because of living overseas. We have , a wonderful country, but we don't have all the answers. Perhaps we can learn a few things from other cultures and societies.

I have no solutions.

I leave you with my questions.

disagree with" clearly shows his negative view of the whole issue of tolerance.

Respect implies something positive not, negative.

Third, l am most deeply alarmed by Mr. Chambers equating tolerance as equivalent to accepting any view, including presumably racism as well as homophobia. If you take his line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, you could defend the Klu Klux Klan's view of other races and thus· conclude we have to "tolerate" their' racism in society. Certainly from the point of view of ideas, the First Amendment protects free speech and thought but it does not permit it to be implemented if it results in hate crimes, gay bashing and outright discrimination.

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Selfishness surrounds anti-smoking debate

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of the opinion that the human kind is intrinsically a selfish being. We are constantly fighting each other for our own happiness and pleasure of all kinds.

I have been a smoker for about 10 years now. One of the main reasons I smoke is that by inhaling this substance I can achieve a pleasure within myself, both physical and mental. I'm not consciously aware of this pleasure every time I light up; nevertheless , I do feel displeasure when I can't · smoke.

Smoking is my choice and I enjoy it. I know there is a group of .anti-smokers trying to take this pleasure away from me. I have to say they are the bane of my exis~J tence and others who enjoy cigarettes. This group is increasingly gaining power in the United States as well as in other industrialized countries.

Are anti-smokers selflessly fighting against the evil of the tobacco industry for the sake of the public's health or even for the i future of our children? No, antismokers are as selfish as we all are. They protest simply because the smoke-free environment is more pleasurable for them. They .may seek relief from sharing stinky air with smokers, freedom from the risk of secondhand smoke or the pleasure to do something moralistically right. After all, anti-smokers are definitely not an altruistic bunch.

So, smokers and anti-smokers are doing what they do for selfish reasons . Aren't human beings are selfish? Then, should smokers and anti-smokers fight each other until one of the groups disappear completely? No, that is not the point. Smokers will never disap-

pear and neither will anti-smokers. These groups must learn how to co-exist.

I think fairness is the answer to a world filled with human beings who are selfish by nature. Unless people have a sense of fairness, we return to an animal's world where the weak are always the victims of the strong.

When I compare the current relationship between smokers and anti-smokers to the animal world, smokers would be a small rabbit facing a hungry snake, the antismokers. The snake has no sense of fairness. It just wants to swallow the rabbit whole to satisfy its appetite.

To me, the social trend of pushing smokers into a more dismal situation by raising tobacco taxes and banning smoking at a variety of places, is the same experience as the rabbit and snake.

Now there is a group of people petitioning to make Palomar College a smoke-free campus.

This is an outrageous idea and certainly unfair to smokers.

I guess most smokers would refrain from lighting up on campus should Palomar become smoke-free. Some might go look for another college where smoking is permitted. Either way, the idea of a smoke-free campus will definitely cause great distress among smokers making it harder for them to get an education.

Ideally, the campus should be equally available to everyone. Are smokers an exception to this goal? They shouldn't be.

I think a truly fair way to resolve the battle between smokers and anti-smokers is tlu·ough better understanding. Neither governmental intervention nor radical measures being proposed by anti-smokers will do any good.

Let us get educated and know what fairness is all about.

:Nudity doesn't belong in fashion magazines Michelle Yates Swf!Writer

' Apparently bare naked boobs, oh excuse me, breasts, are advertisers' newest approach to selling sports bras. · I was scanning the magazine isle at Borders, as I often do while taking a study break, and as I thumbed through a Marie Claire, two breasts jumped out at me. No face, just a ' torso with two naked breasts, nipples ' and all. I quickly closed the magazine 'and rechecked the cover to make sure it was a fashion magazine I had picked up and not some porn }nagazine accidentally placed in the •'wrong section. The photo was not porn material, but it was naked breasts nonetheless.

I think advertisers have gone overboard.

•' I do understand the power of using visuals to grab reader's attention and ,to influence buying behavior. I also 'realize the millions of dollars spent on advertising and the millions 'gained, but where do advertisers draw the line?

The line that says, this ad may get attention but is nudity needed to sell our product? Is it really necessary to show a model's breasts in great condition to make me think that I will look as good as the model and I should run out and buy a Nike sports bra? If merely showing the bra worn 1 by lean athletes or a colorful array of sports action shots won' t do it, maybe a visual of the breasts themselves will, right?

I can't blame Nike, after all, their slogan "Just Do It" wouldn't convince me to run to the nearest sporting goods store and get one.

Especially devoid of a graceful Michael Jordan launched in a 10 foot slam dunk splashed across the page.

Advertisers will probably never get it and the lines will become more and more blurred as advertisers desperately try to feed a hungry audience.

As long as there are consumers to appeal to and their desires grow more and more insatiable, advertisers will

comply. So what's an advertising executive to do? Are consumers to blame because images that aren't raunchy enough, sexy enough or violent enough just aren't worth our time?

Advertisers are simply capitalizing on what already exists, right? Not necessarily. Studies show that ads alone do not motivate consumer purchases. Deeper factors such as meeting basic needs , income, upbringing and social status are stronger driving forces than simple advertising.

Exposure, (the advertisers job) however, does stimulate not only buying behavior, but attitudes. We as consumers should demand more.

Is it lack of creativity or is Nike just jumping on the "sex sells" bandwagon? Nike's "in your face" approach may or may not spawn increased sales of sports bras, but it did get my attention. Out of that came not a, "Hmm, I work out, maybe I should get one of those," but something more along the lines of, "Hey, why not create a full male frontal nude ad for Fruit of the Loom?" I mean why not? Fruit of the Loom displaying a bare-all Play Girl-style ad to sell underwear? I could appreciate that.

Levi uses ads alluding to sex in their newest campaign to sell jeans to unresponsive teens while Calvin Klein spawns controversy with his provocative ads using under age models The strategy then must work.

Calvin Klein is one of the top if not "the" top fashion designer in the industry. Nike just took the idea one step further and you know that if it works for Nike, others won't be far behind. Nike's feeble attempt to lure me into the store for a sports bra only showed the creativity lost in advertising.

So while Marie Claire is not JANE or Teen, these ads still send young women, one underlying message ... nudity, not creativity and substance, will get you further in this society. Who needs imagination... we've got nudity.

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Millennium, madness or fantasy

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ince this column is my last for the semester and the millennium, it seems appropriate to address the issues and topics associated with the new millennium. Granted, the new Patricia millennium, Y2K and even the end of the world McAvoy have been topics of choice in much of the media.

It is understandable if people shudder at the mere mention of these topics because singular or collectively, they are usually being twisted into some fantastic or fanatical idea of what the next millennium. By the Jewish calendar it is future holds.

5760, with 240 years in which the Messiah c&ld The basis of speculation about the future come come. For others it is a year away at 2001. from many sources throughout history. The However, there is a much more serious side to Bible is the most quoted and possibly the most the issue of the new millennium. misinterpreted source for millennium, It should come as no surprise that the FBI is apocalyptic or prophet's prophecies. However, warning local police departments to be ready for the prophecies of Nostradamus and an array of an increase in militia group activities. These Amelican Indian and New Age books are also groups and other radical groups have gone highreferred to. The careful choosing of "prophetic" tech, using the Internet, making it easier to fmd pieces of information and the mixing and ------------supporters and interpreting of them has almost become an art "] think the millennium harder for Jaw form. The result is compilations providing a full is just another year... enforcement to spectrum of possible scenarios from the most nothing special. So the know about or fanatic to the most fantastic fantasy. contain possible People from all walks of life have been important thing is... affected to some extent by the media's attention you must prepare for it, threats to to the millennium. It would be hard to read a with good things ... try public safety. newspaper or watch television and not have In a recent Newsweek heard or seen something that could possibly to become (a) good article, John plant seeds of doubt in people's mind for the human being. " safety of humankind and the world, as we know Leland said, it. Books, movies and magazines have profited · "As many as Dalal Lama 239 (militia) by feeding on the seeds of doubt. The media have been cashing in, especially over the last few web sites, by one recent count, are multiplying years and now advertisers are using the full millennium scenarios." As the count down to spectrum of people's emotions and beliefs (or year 2000 continues the number of web sites are their lack of beliefs) to influence people to buy sure to grow. products or services to prepare or protect them In the years preceding the coming millennium, apocalyptic visions have given way for the for the new millennium.

On the lighter side, 1.2 million people apocalyptic d.tiven self-fulfilling events - mass choosing to embrace the Chinese lunar calendar suicide by Heaven's Gate members, the inferno dismiss the whole millennium controversy. They at the Branch Davidian complex. These events say the year 2000 is not the date of the are horrific but rare thankfully. What does send millennium. By the Chinese lunar calendar it is fear into most people are the movements that are the year 4695, a full 305 years away from the supposedly Christian hased, yet they support the

use of force masked as self-defense preparedness for the final battle against evil.

Charles B. Strozier, a history professor and psychoanalyst at City University of New York said, ''They arm themselves because they want to shoot it out with the beast of Revelation, to fight true evil with their Uzis." This is indeed scary; they are the ones choosing who this "evil one" is.

For many people it is not a single event that has triggered fear or doubts about our world, such as just the year 2000 or the Y2K computer "bug;· it is their belief that numerous historic events are fulfilled prophecies being culminated in their lifetime. They see the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, the oneworld order that seems to be in process in Europe, the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple and the disasters around the world as being the "signs" that have been foretold. Since these signs are from the Bible, people who look to the Bible for answers would do well to heed Jesus' warning that no one would know "the day nor the hour" of His coming. Augustine, a Christian theologian in 341, warned people not to "fall into a panic over present happenings as if they were the ultimate and extreme of all things, we may not be laughed at by those who have read of more and worse things in history of the world."

Maybe the best a Christian can do is maintain a light relationship with God and to actively seek out the less fortunate members of society to supply their earthly needs and offer them the blessings and peace of Christ.

For those who hold different beliefs the Dalai Lama's response to the millennium controversy may be more fitting. He said, "I think the millennium is just another year... nothing special. So the important thing is, if you are looking forward to the new millennium then you must prepare for it, with good things... try to become (a) good human being." No matter who we are this is good advice. Try it, the world will be the better for it. See you in 2000.

Eliminating fear simplifies even the most major decisions

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ife seems to be full of all sorts of important decisions. lf someone were to run down the list of all the decisions people have to make throughout their lives, it would go on forever. On the other hand, there arc probably two major decisions that trouble people for a large portion of their life.

One decision people face is the choice of a career, which in college translates to the choice of major. The other big dillemma is the one that involves deciding when to settle down.

Because the latter decision always presents more complications, it would probably be best to start with the decision of a career or major.

How many majors have you had so far in college?

For some of you it might be simple because since seventh grade you've known exactly what you wanted to do. If that's the case with your life, then consider yourself lucky.

For the rest of you who are as fickle as three Petes, don' t despair. There is hope for you yet.

When selecting a major, people are often told to talk to counselors, take career search classes or read books on choosing an occupation.

These things can be helpful, but for some, all the counselors, classes and books in the world won't help that decision to get made.

Unfortunately the decision is one that has to be made on your own. If your goal is to simply get a regular job and make some decent money, than pick a major that will get you to that job and won' t make you entirely miserable in the process.

Dustin J. Schwindt However, if you are one of those people who wants your major and career to be something inspiring then look deep inside yourself and choose a major that excites you and seems like something you want to study. Don' t let fear of joblessness prevent you from learning something you really want to Jearn and don't let fear of failure stop you from pursuing your dream career.

Since we're on the topic of fear, it's probably a good time to move into the relationship arena.

From childhood on through to single adulthood people are told that there will be a time when they will have to settle down.

For those who take the advice of their peers or parents and decide to settle down, there is a chance that they will find some happiness. But more often than not settling is just that- settling and the action comes more from fear of being alone than from really falling in love.

Fear of being alone causes people to go out with people they don't necessarily like that much and stay in a relationship even when it's obvious the relationship is going nowhere.

It's understandable why people would think that love and marriage come down to a choice or a decision, but people that believe this are probably just giving up on what they really want.

Those who have really loved someone will tell you that the feeling is uncontrollable and completely natural.

It is true that relationships and marriages come down to a commitment. No matter how much you may love the person you're with, you will still have moments where you will have the urge to either stray or give up on it. But those who married for the right reasons instead of just conforming to society will tell you that temptations are not so hard to deal with when you know you're with the right person.

Life is a journey and along this journey it is natural to make some mistakes. But the biggest mistake someone can make is sacrificing what they really want for what they think they 're supposed to be doing with their life. Everyone has the opportunity to experience the best life has to offer whether it be in a relationship or in goals being accomplished. It's those that give up on true love or their goals that are convinced that the best just doesn't exist.

Do yourself a favor. Don' t listen to that. If you go through life paralyzed by fear you will spend your last days in regret rather than in positive reflection.

The worst thing that can happen from following your heart is failure. But as long as you get back up after being knocked down you can never truly say that you've failed .

Life is complicated enough already without trying to make all kinds of difficult decisions to control it. So the best way to confront those difficult decisions is to relax, follow your heart and let the best come to you.

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The Telescope • Monday, Nov. 15, 1999

'Train of Life' powerful and important story Devon Mussard StaffWnter

Major characters from the cast of "Peter Pan". Foreground from left: T.J. Johnson as Captain Hook, Pan, Tarla Hill as Wendy. Background from left: Sean and Keiran McStravick as John and Michael.

Take off with 'Peter Pan' II Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning Evan Blewett Art.1 & Entertwnment Editor

In 1902, Scottish dramatist and novelist Sir James M. Barrie first wrote about the character of Peter Pan in a novel titled "The Little White Bird.'' The book contained six chapters about Peter which were later extracted and published as "Peter Pan in Kensmgton Gardens ' The first stage production of "Peter Pan, the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up" debuted in London in 1904. Several years later, Barrie wrote the novel based on the play, which was originally titled, "Peter and Wendy." Though ever since that initial performance, Peter Pan captured the public's imagination and earned a permanent place in children s mythology.

Now, nearly 100 years later, that place still stands as the Palomar Performing Arts Department pre· sents "Peter Pan" at the Howard Brubeck Theatre.

Brimming with adventure, the action-packed adventure tells the story of Peter Pan, along with the Darling children: Wendy, John, and Michael, as they Jearn to fly and journey to Ncverland, a magical island where age is meaningless.

Along the way they encounter the old favorites of Barrie's classic story: the wild. rebellious Lost

Boys, and the sinister swashbuckling pirates, led by the infamous r Captain Hook.

Unlike the more famous Broadway-staged editions that featured performers such as Mary Martm, Sandy Duncan. and Where: Cathy Rigby, Palomar's version will not be a musical.

Joe Powers When: makes his directorial debut at Palomar with "Peter Pan'.

Known for plays he has directed throughout San Diego County he also teaches Fundamentals of Acting and sum mer Junior Theatre classes at Palomar and is Education Director at the North Coast Repertory Theatre.

Powers says what most intrigues him about the play is the ability to bring back and revisit our own childhood. "It's about the child in all of us that never wants to grow up, and letting go and going to the Neverland when we need to just to

refresh ourselves," he said.

Powers added, "1 think in J .M. Barrie's mind it was just really creating this make-believe world a perfect place for a child to be In order to help fuel the wild.

Howard zesty spirit of Brubeck youth and fun, Theatre the characters Peter, Wendy, John and Michael Nov. 18, 19, 20 at 7 p.m. will also take to the air as they fly Nov_ 21 at around on stage 2p.m. with the assistance of the same patented stage system that is being used for the current national tour of "Peter Pan " "It's incredible, · said Powers, "All of a sudden you have children suspended 1n the air. and they seem to be flying for all intensive purposes. Even without the stage lighting and everything else the cables are almost non-existent. It's added a whole new element of magic to what we' ve been working on.'

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experienced actors. Starring in the titular role of Peter is 13-year-old Ryan Hill. Wendy Darling, the eldest of the three children whisked away to Neverland, is played by 13year-old Tarla Hill. who is of no relation to Ryan Hill.

That's not the case with the other two Darling children however. Real life brothers Sean McStravick, 12, and Keiran McStravick, 9, play John and Michael, respectively.

Veteran actors T.J. Johnson and Derek Sydney play Captain Hook and Mr. Smee, respectively.

Cast as the Lost Boys in the show are Peter Bahen as Nibs, Paul Hanegan as Tootles, Steve Kirch as Slightly, Stephen Bittman as First Twm and Alicia Pike as Second Twin.

Comprising the roles of pirate thugs are D.J. Heinlein as Cecco, and Phillip Sander as Starkey.

Opening night is Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. to accommodate families with children. Evening performances will follow on Nov. 19 and 20 at 7 p.m.. There will be one matinee performance on Nov. 21 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $6 for students and children, $8 for seniors and $10 for general audience.

Group discounts are available.

For tickets and more information, call the Theatre Box Office at (760) 744-1150, Ext. 2453.

Over the years, many films have emerged from the honifying memories of Nazi occupied Europe in World War II. Many reflect the gruesome reality of the lives of many oppressed Jewish people.

Now, over 50 years after the war, French filmmaker Radu Mihaileanu uses pw-e, light-hearted comedy to express the hopes and dreams of a group of people in his critically acclaimed 'Trdin of Life."

Winner of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, as well as the 10 International Film Awards, "Train of Lite" uses bittersweet comedy to deal with the plight and struggle of a group of people during the war.

The film begins in a very small, remote Jewish village in the French countryside. Shlomo, the town fool, brings news to the wise men that the Nazis are dangerously close to their village and will undoubtedly have them deported. Because Shlomo is the town fool, it takes awhile for the village to believe the news of their tragic fate.

However, Shlomo has a plan. The village will fake their own deportation, building a train that looks like it's headed for a concentration camp, but is really headed for freedom.

Some of the villagers will play Nazis, and the rest will play the unfortunate Jewish on their way to the death camps.

Unfortunately, as the plan gets underway, the villagers become too deeply involved in their characters. The chosen

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"Nazis" begin using force and authority, while the "prisoners" begin a revolt. The villagers release a monster when they become their own worst enemy.

It is through these trials and tribulations that the humanity of these people becomes apparent Through their hilarious escapades, their joy, pain, love and longing provoke a universal recognition.

Their laughter as well a~ their tears hit close to home.

Armed with nothing but sheer ho~ and desire, the villager's dreams unfol~ in the touching fairy tale. The film expresses the shared dream of an entire community. The power of unity anP togetherness is accented with the occasional outbursts of celebration, complete with fOod, dance and the joyous sounds of Gypsy-polka music.

Mihaileanu uses innocence and the power of laughter to express a very serious and sad part of history. He delivers a haunting, yet light-hearted comedy to express the power of a dream in 'Train of Life.''

'The Phantom of the Opera' plays at the Civic Courtney Adams Staff Write I

The magic and splendor of 'The Phantom of the Opera," has again been brought to San Diego. With its brilliant casting and superb vocal talent, many theatergoers won't• want to miss this show.

'The Phantom of the Opera" st<'\J'S Brad Little as the Phantom and Rebecca Pitcher as Chnstine IJaae.

'The Phantom of the Opera" is the story of a small opera house in Paris that seems to be haunted by a ghost, known ao; the phantom of the opera. Tite first scene starts many years after the incidents have happened At an auction we see Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, played by Ray Gabbard, as an old man remembering the story of the horrible events that took place. Suddenly, the broken, chandelier in the middle of the stagl is raised to the ceiling with a bolt of light and the story begins.

From then on the story goes through many twist~ and turns a<> it plays out the events that took place. However there are some pleasant parts to the story, such as the love that Raoul feels for Christine as he tries to protect her from the Phantom.

Throughout the story, many songs are heard, such as the most popular, "Music of the Night," sung by Little. Many of the other songs in this play are well done, such as 'Think of Me," sung by Pitcher.

There are also songs where the actors combine their wonderful voices, such as 'Th Phantom of the Opera," which is pelformed very early in the play by Little and Pitcher.

The two leads have such chemistry together wlp they sing. Their voices match perfectly with the music and blend together so delicately.

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Heaven and Earth collide in 'Dogma' main characters. Instead the story revolves around two fallen angels named Bartelby (Ben Affleck) For those who have and Loki (Matt Damon) enjoyed such movies as "Clerks "Mallrats." and anll '' young divorcee named Bethany (Linda "Chasmg Amy" there is a Dog~na Fiorentino). new film out in theatres At the start of the film that is just as, if not Rating: Bartelby and Loki arc more, enjoyable. Some exiled in Wisconsin. They would call "Dogma," are informed that the simKevin Smith's newest (out of four stars) ple act of walking contribution to the through an archway of a screen. "Clerk's Part church in New Jersey will Four" but anyone who turn them human and, truly knows Smith's style because of Catholic of filmmaking knows dogma, allow them a that Smith doesn't make chance to re-enter heaven. sequels.

Upon hearing about this Just as "Mallrats" was loophole they decide to different from clerks and head to New Jersey to "Chasing Amy" was different from both, "Dogma" succeeds in also exploit the opportunity.

Because Loki is the former angel of death, having a unique plot. The only constant in Smith's film is a reference to The Quick the pair decide to engage in a killing spree Stop (Lhe selling of "Clerks") and the along their route to New Jersey in order to appearance of the infamous Jay and Silent win favor with God. Loki justifies the action by saying that he is only killing the indecent Bob. Although Jay and Silent Bob are the main people.

News of the angels' journey to the church comic relief in "Dogma", they are not the

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spreads like wildfire throughout the supernatural world and an angel named Metatron (Alan Rickman) is sent to convince Bethany to stop the angels from completing their journey.

Bethany is told that if she doesn't help, existence will end as we know it. To aid in her mission she is supplied with two prophets named Jay and Silent Bob to help her on her way.

Along their journey to New Jersey, Bethany and the pair of prophets are met by Rufus (Chris

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Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith reprise the roles of Jay and Silent Bob in, "Dogma."

Rock), a man dead for 2000 years who claims to be the 13th apostle, and a beautiful muse named Serendipity (Salma Hayek) .

The two groups' separate journeys to New Jersey take up most the film and provide the audience with plenty of twists, turns, and laughs along the way. Rufus has plenty of wisecracks to make about life with Jesus and the disciples and the banter between Jay and Silent Bob succeeded in pulling plenty of laughs from the audience.

But beneath the laughs and surface plot Smith also attempts to tackle some serious theological Issues.

Smith through his characters discusses the possible distortion of history by different churches and the conflict people face between holding onto beliefs and just having a good idea of the nature of God. Smith leaves no stone unturned as wisecracks are made about Catholicism, Judaism and Voodoo. Smith is even bold enough to suggest that God could get addicted to Skeeball.

Fans of Smith's previous films should not let a new film about religion scare them away from the box office. Although Smith tackles some serious issues, he never lets h1s

film get too serious. Just when the film seems to be turning into a drama or an action thriller one of the characters (usually Jay) can always be relied on to bring the audience back to absurdity.

Overall "Dogma" succeeds in making audiences laugh and maybe even think a little bit as well. It is crude, absurd, violent and even border-line blasphemous. But for those that are preparing to get up in arms about the apparent disrespect in "Dogma," the disclaimer provided at the beginning of the fib~ will discourage even the most passionate religious zealot.

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'Toy Story 2' not worth the expectations child that wrote his name on Woody's boot. Disney and Pixar have another thing coming if they think we will believe Woody would leave Andy for an irritating cowgirl and an old man wrapped in cellophane.

Audiences have come to expect great things from Walt Disney and Pixar studios. The original "Toy Story" While all of this is happening, Buzz Lightyear, Mr. and "A Bug's Life" were excellent movies. This month Potato Head, Rex, Ham and Slinky Dog arc finding their "Toy Story 2" hits theatres, and Disney-Pixar fans will way to Al's Toy Barn. When they reach the other side of the street to toy store suddenly "Toy Story" became be disappointed Forrest Gump, Slinky Dog says, "l may not be a smart with a lame story dog, but I do know what road kill is." line, and corny One of the best parts of the movie is when they actuconnections to other movies. ally do cross the road. The tovs get under construction cones, and move slowly through the busy street- stopIn this new ping at various points, causing havoc in the traffic. adventure, seemBut the good stuff is quickly whisked away when ingly written they get inside the toy store. Buzz ends up fighting from the toy box, with another Buzz Lightyear, and gets put in a hox.

Buzz Lightyear Rating: The other toys come by in a toy car, thinking and the other toys from Andy's the new Buzz is their Buzz, and drive away. room, go in They come across a bunch of barbies having a pool party, and "Tour Guide search of Woody (out of four stars) Barbie " drives them to Al's after he is stolen from a yard sale. office.

The thief, owner On the way, Rex falls 6f Al's Toy Barn, out, and chases the toy car has a collection to get back in. The audiof Woody paraence is given a shot of the side-view mirror phernalia and with Rex's reflection, needs the doll to complete the set suspiciously similar -which he plans to sell to a museum in Japan. to scenes from In the set are a cowgirl named Jessie, a horse named "Jurassic Park".

Bullseye, and a prospector named Stinky Pete. Jessie This, and other misgets under your skin in about two minutes. She's the adventures in the toy classic cliche of what a cowgirl is- obnoxiously perky store. do nothing for the story line. It's an excuse for the and ready to bite your ear off. toys to run around and get distracted from · Stinky Pete is still in his original packaging, and probtheir mission: saving Woody! <tbly should stay there. Jessie looks up to him like he's a The toys, leaving the original Buzz in his box, hop prophet. His message is that the group of toys should into Al's bag and go with him to his apartment across the stay together and go to the museum.

Jessie and Stinky Pete show Woody the posters, street. Meanwhile, Buzz gets out of his box and tries to lunchboxes, records and videos that were once sold in catch them. On his way out of the store, he inadvertentthe Woody line of stuff. Woody is amazed at himself, ly let another toy out of its box - Zurg, Buzz tt und actually decides to leave Andy and go to the muse- Lightyear's arch enemy. Zurg follows Buzz across the street as well, and eventually ends up fighting the Buzz um in Japan.

That plot twist makes this movie not worth the time to that the other toys found in the toy store (Confused? see. In the original "Toy Story," nothing mattered to Yeah, so is everyone else).

After they shoot themselves with fake lasers and nerf Woody but Andy - everything revolved around the balls, the new Buzz says, "You killed my father." Zurg replies, "1 am your father." A takeoff of "Star Wars."

The toys finally reach Woody. and not a moment roo soon (J. was about to fall asleep). Woody tells them he plans to go to Japan, and that Andy will grow up and forget about him.

The most touching part of the movie occurs when Buzz buzzes back that Woody taught him how important Andy is.

Woody still wants to be in a glass case m Japan and bids farewell to his friends. They leave. Woody comes to his senses (and back into character) and calls for his friends to wait. He asks his new friends if they want to come with him, but Stinky Pete tums evil, and stops anyone from leaving.

AI comes back, and packs his collection for the plane ride to Japan.

Photos Courtt'Sy of l'ixur StudiO!o Buzz Lightyear (right) heroically leads Hamm and The rescue party follows AI to the the other toys away from traffic to safety. airport in a Pizza Port truck (driven

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I would tell you how it ends, but I'm sure you can guess.

"Toy Story 2" is a major disappointment. The cool

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A common problem for the average student has always been finding ways to pass the time between classes. Some Palomar students are doing just that.

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It's 7 a.m. Chances are, if you're in class, you're sipping your caffeinated beverage of choice, desperately trying to avoid that moment when your eyes slip shut and your head hits the desk with a resounding thud.

What happens when your attempt to stay somewhat coherent fails miserably?

What happens when there's a small trail of drool on your desk, and the person sitting next to you gives you a thwack on the side of the head to jar you back to planet Philosophy 101?

Most importantly, what does the person standing in the front of the room say, or do, to you once you regain consciousness?

It will depend, really, on who that person in front of the room is.

Lee Kerckhove, associate professor of philosophy, said, "If you go to a restaurant, order a meal, pay for it and leave without eating it, that's irrational. If you come here, 'order classes' then sleep through them, you're wasting your time and your money."

Kerckhove said he would only draw attention to students who are blatant and disrespectful.

English professor Christine Barkley said she doesn't find many people sleeping in her classes, but assumes that it's more of a personal thing if students fall asleep.

"I don' t take it as a slur on me. I'm embarrassed for the student more than anything else," Barkley said.

What happens when a student falls asleep and can't wake up?

One Palomar professor noticed a student sleeping in his math class, then noticed the student wasn't even from his class but from the previous one.

"People were pushing him, trying to wake him up, and he wouldn't. We finally got a nurse in to wake him up. I was nervous; I wondered if he was alright," the proffessor said.

Some professors choose to make it known, and quickly, when students fade out in class.

Adjunct Speech Communication instructor Laura Mosier is one of those instructors who doesn't tolerate any sleeping in her classes.

"Students don't sleep in my class," Mosier said, "and if they do, it's only for a minute. I wake them up."

Mosier points to the fact that her students are the future: "When I'm in the rest home these are the people who will be making decisions for me, the ones pulling the plug. I don't want them to miss that part of the lecture," Mosier said.

Radio and Television instructor Dana Hawkes said, "I haven't done that (sleep in class) in years!"

As for students in his classes who have, Hawkes said, "If you need to sleep, go home and sleep. I treat sleeping in class like I treat social conversation in class. I think it's rude." Kerchove said "it always seems to be the same people, consistently."

Barkley, like Kerckhove has found patterns with certain people sleeping through her instruction.

"The same young man always used to sit in the back row, head back, mouth wide open," Barkley said, "It's hard to say if people are actually asleep sometimes or if they' re concentrating with their eyes closed."

Individual instructors seem to have their own take on the issue of fatigued students napping during lecture time. The ideal is that students will stay awake and won' t have to worry about what that reaction may be.

Unfortunately, not everyone is able to live up to that ideal.

If you're one of those consistently drowsy students, try getting a bit more sleep, choose Starbucks over Folgers and if you do doze off, try to be inconspicuous.

"The drooling, the head snapping back, it's distracting," Mosier said.

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Impact of Fatigue U.S. Costs (per year)

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Brain waves used to measure fatigue Dustin J. Schwindt Feature Ednor

As a college student and a staff member on The Telescope l am pretty well-versed in the art of staying up all night or operating on very little sleep. So when I spotted an ad on campus advertising a sleep-deprivation study that would pay up to $285 I saw it as a great opportunty to capitalize my knack for staying up all night.

I called the number on the flier and was directed to a place called Advanced Brain Monitoring (ABM) where I would spend 13 ho1.1rs of my own life fighting off the sandman for the sake of science.

Usually when I stay up all night I am engaged in either some intense work or entertaining activity but ABM's all night session differed in that it was full of monotonous activities that would make even the most well rested person begin to nod off.

The activities lasted from 20 to 45 minutes and ranged from clicking a dicker with the beat of a metronome to driving an automobile simulator. While participating in aU of these activities my eye movements and brain waves were constantly being monitored.

Although the exrecises were boring, I later learned from Chris Berka, chief executive officer of ABM that monotonous exercises are used to reflect the kind of monotony that workers experience in their daily Jives.

Berka who has over 20 years experience in scientific rt;!search and commercialization of new technologies started ABM along with Daniel Levendowski,

Zoran Konstantinovic and Milenko Cvetinovic.

According to Berka, the company was formed with the purpose of developing portable brain monitoring devices that can be used in different facets of daily life.

Berka said by studying the brain waves of over a hundred people during sleep deprivation scenario, she and her colleagues have been able to establish a

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continuum whereupon brain acti,vity can be .classified' from highly vigilant to ·sieep ~M~t'SQ fat th~ resem-ch and product development has bee¢' a,9uocess: "We've been able to prove that we can .eredict drowsiness at about a 98 pereent levet.•• Currently ABM has a patent pending on their Electrode Visor. As soon as the brain monitoring devi~e is developed in to a wireless system it will be marketed to such industries as the truck-driving and airline industries.

According to Berke. tmck drivers and pilots couJd wear a baseball cap

with electrodes fitted inside which would transm.i,tto a

nearby pager.

When the persOn becomes drousy,

Dustin Schwindt operates the driver simulator during ABM's sleep deprivation study. This is just one of the several exercises subjects are asked to do during the all night session.

a verbal warning or alarm will sound to prevent a fatigue-related accident from occuring.

Berke says fatigue contributes to 40 percent o( heavy truck accidents and that thete are around 17,.500 deaths a yeru; related to fatigue -on the road.

"Some pe<>plt1 'believe they can $0 for longer periods bf time ''thafi th~y··· actually can," Berl<:e said.

Through the study of the brain waves ABM pl~ to contribute to decreasing the amount of physical damage and financial cost fatigue causes in this country.

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WASHINGTON - In a case that could determine how universities support campus organizations and activities, a divided Supreme Court struggled Tuesday to decide whether students can be forced to help fund groups that are at odds with their beliefs.

The case comes from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where a group of conservative students sued to stop their activity fees from going to organizations they found objectionable, such as the International Socialist Organization, the Campus Women's Center and the Madison AIDS Support Network.

Jordan Lorence, the students' lawyer, argued Tuesday that the university violated their First Amendment rights by forcing them to fund private organizations that engage in political and ideological speech they oppose.

"Students have a First Amendment right not to speak," he told the justices. "If not, an African-American student can be compelled to support the Ku Klux Klan."

But Susan Ullman, a Wisconsin assistant attorney general, framed the issue quite differently. The university is not violating the students' First Amendment rights, she said, but is furthering the First Amendment rights of all students by encouraging groups to express their views.

"The University of Wisconsin, like public and private universities across the country, has long had and encouraged a wide range of student activities," she said. "This furthers the university's mission and First Amendment values.''

The justices seemed torn over the issue, as they struggled to decide whose view of the First Amendment would prevail. The justices

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He asked why the court couldn' t view the case as similar to other funding decisions universities make, such as the selection of classes and invitation of speakers.

Ullman said the difference was that students handled the disbursement of fees, and that the university itself wasn't speaking.

About $15 of the $166.50 in fees paid by students each semester in 1995-96 was distributed among more than 180 student groups.

With an enrollment of 30,000 students, that created a fund each semester of about $450,000.

The groups got the money through the school's student government organization and through the General Student Services Fund, which administers grants to organizations such as the Campus Women's Center. The students opposed 17 of those groups.

Another group, the Wisconsin Student Public Inrerest Research Group, received money through a student referendum, and the students protested that as well. Several justices, however, suggested the referendum raised a different issue and may be sent back to the lower court for further review.

The justices appeared sensitive to the impact their ruling would have on student groups, particularly those that may fall out of favor with a m;:,jority of students.

Justice John Paul Stevens asked whether a student newspaper taken over by socialist students could be at risk of losing funding if the court sided with the students.

Lorence acknowledged the possibility, which was a concern the Student Press Law Center raised in court papers. It had argued that student newspapers would be confronted with countless threats of funding cuts for writing political editorials.

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The two desks cost about $2,500, Lunde said.

"The money should have been approved," Olvera said. "At least we should have known about it. $2,500 is a lot of money for two desks."

Some ASG officers didn't think the desks were needed.

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The ASG is waiting to appoint a permanent replacement to give students the chance to apply.

Gyde would like to fill the spot_ permanently. "I would like more • responsibility," Gyde said. "It's a greater opportunity to influence the agenda and policies." ''I'm concerned about Buddy and the personal issues he's dealing with," Bishop said. "I hope that he's able to work them out."

Rabaya was also an officer in Palomar's honor societies and the · Comet Club, which he resigned from as well. Rabaya was elected president last spring.

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Vasquez was elected to the ASG this September, and is still adjusting to her responsibilities.

"I'm learning more and more each day," she said. "Hopefully as a team everyone will help me out and I will do the best that I can."

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Supreme Court struggles with student fee issue weighed competing analytical approaches to solving the dispute, with an eye on the practical impact their ruling would have.

As Justice Anthony Kennedy said, the protesting students were "asking us to do something against the traditions of universities for many, many years."

At issue are two different takes on the First Amendment, which protects the right to speak freely, as well as the right not to speak. For example, a state can't force a student to recite the Pledge of Allegiance or punish a motorist for blocking the slogan "Live Free or Die" on a license plate.

The students are relying on Supreme Court cases involving mandatory payment of union dues and bar association dues to bolster their argument. In those situations, the court has ruled that those groups can collect mandatory dues, but they can't spend an objecting member's dues for ideological activities that fall outside the group's purpose.

A federal appeals court in Chicago saw the student fee case similarly, ruling that students should be able to opt out if they chose.

But Ullman argued that the union and bar association cases are different, because in the student fee context, the money is going to a host of groups with many different viewpoints.

A student would not be thought of as associating with one of the groups simply because part of his student fees helped support it.

Ullman maintained that the university was not forcing students to speak, but instead was collecting the fees to create a forum to encourage a broader expression of viewpoints.

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"It's not unusual to register a student and have that student go to class the same day," Malley

said.

Both Malley and Halttunen point out that the , old software was fJtSt put in operation in 1983 and that through a lot of work it has evolved into . a package that fit the needs of Palomar College.

Still, it had serious drawbacks. Besides the fact that it was not year 2000 compliant, it was not a ~'fully integrated" software package. Halttunen said that data put in one database was not accessible to other parts of the system. "If admissions put data into the machine, it was not retrievable

by BOPS or not retrievable by counseling.

Everybody had to create their own database."

Once Palomar installed the new software, it became evident that several areas needed to be addressed. Beside the bugs in the software that have to be fixed by PeopleSoft, a Jarge part of the problem Palomar is experiencing has to do with how feature rich the program i.s. Halttunen said there are 5.000 different screens..O:Uled panels-in PeopleSoft This allows a huge amount of flexibility, but also means the same job can be done several ways. The challenge comes from finding the best way to handle a task.

"There is a lot of room for error in implementation.'' Halttunen said. Malley said that some perfonnance problems can be traced back to the way a proces.<; is done and that it can be solved by just doing things in a different order. Other problems come from having unusual class situations. For example, if a class has two labs, or if each student in a class is scheduled at different

instruction times as in a tutoring class, the software needs to be modified to handle it. However, prob- "It's an integrated lems are not all from improper con- system. lfyou figuration of the software.

Since PeopleSoft is not inherently push on it somea community college program, the where, something software has to be modified to get it happens some~ to do what Palomar needs done.

These modifications take their toll. where else.lfyou "lt1S an integrated system. If you customize too push on it somewhere, something happens somewhere else," Malley much, upgrades said. When Infonnation Services ran become d{lficult. " a utility that compared the original software to the Palomar modified - Stan Malley version, they got a 15,000 page Director of Information Services exception report.

Malley said a lot of those excep~ tions are simple changes like the title than what we experienced in fall." At this point, of a screen. He thinks this still is cause for concern when upgrades arrive. "If you customize everyone feels there is no turning back. too much. upgrades become difficult." Another "PeopleSoft was the best choice we could problem was the existing data. "We have 16 have made two years ago," Halttunen said. She years of data on line that has to be converted," said the only other software package that they Halttunen said "You have 40 million pieces of felt could do the job was nearing the end of its data that has to roll over into the new database. life cycle while PeopleSoft was just starting lf you are 90 percent accurate, you have done theirs. Since Palomar selected it so early, really well. But you still have 4 million pieces of PeopleSoft paid close attention to the features data that is not accurate." Both Halttunen and Palomar suggested for future releases. Malley Malley think Palomar can see the light at the end agreed. "We're 75 to 80 percent there. What of the tunnel. else should we do?" Malley asked.

The software was used under ftre for the first To get this far has taken a lot of effort from time during the summer 1999 registration. "We almost everyone. Halttunen said dozens of peostarted in surruner because there was a smaller ple around the campus gave up weekends. sub-set of data," Malley said. This revealed worked long hours and got sick while working some of the features that needed to be config- on the project. ''Two years to do a major, enterured. After the adjustment, the falll999 registra- prise-wide conversion is an amazingly short tion process went a Jot smoother. ''Each semes- timeframe," she said. "I think the people who ter will get better," Malley said. "Already we've have worked on this project have done a miracunoticed that spring 2000 has been much better lous job."

Palontar staff copes \Vith conversion stress Tom Chambers Editor in Chief

Palomar's conversion to a new software system has not only affected students, but has affected the staff using the software as well.

Ernie Carson, president of the Certified Classified Employees American Federation of Teachers, said that since Palomar hasn't changed it's systems in so long, none of the staff on campus have ~}ad to deal with a complete overhaul. The biggest frustration was getting used to the way the new software worked, Carson said.

"Many of the difficulties don't mean PeopleSoft is worse," he said. "Just different."

Carson has mentioned to the ']overning Board that the conversion was stressful for the classified staff. "'It's not that we want them to make it easier," Carson said. "Just to show that they care."

That's what happened. Carson said that many senior administra\O)"S at the college have taken steps t() talk with staff, and show their a~preciation. Some held barbecues for staff members, and talked with them then.

"I'm amazed at how strong the staff has been," Carson said. "It wouldn't be uncommon in a pro:,e.ct this size for there to be some sl\ort fuses and problems that adse. That says something for the employees."

Other groups on campus have made the transition for the staff s1pooth as well, Carson said.

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Palomar staff member Michelle Laviguer uses the new PeopleSoft software. extremely understanding, which has made the classified staffs job a lot easier," he said. "The student could have made it a living hell and chose not to - that speaks to the caliber of students we have."

As the project continues, staff members have the chance to

explore the features of the new software and get comfortable with it, Carson said. He predicted that next spring's registration will be much smoother than this falls, when regi stration system went offline a few times . ''A project of this size usually

takes from two to four years," Carson said. " It's implemented in segments - phased in.

"We didn't have that luxury we've accomplished a whole lot in one and o ne half years. The employees are to be congratulated for doing so well."

Other colleges face software problems too Michael Paisner News Editor

Over $4.6 milJion and two years may seem like a lot of time and money to invest in a software package, but it's not. To install the sa)ne PeopeSoft software package that Palomar College recently brought on-line, the California State University system expects to spend over $16 million per campus. They expect their system will "go live" in about eight years. And CSU colleges are not big spenders when it comes to PeopleSoft.

Ohio State University budgeted $50 million on PeopleSoft.

Currently they have spent over $85 ' }lillion said Stan Malley, director of Information Services. Palomar

is also over budget. At the Governing Board Meeting on Oct. 26, the board approved an additional $420,000, bringing the total spent so far to over $4.6 million.

This is around $1.4 million over the $3.25 million originally budgeted. There are differing explanations for this.

One reason is the short conversion time. "We were on a train heading toward a brick wall. We had to jump onto another train," said Lynda Halttunen, matriculation director, regarding old software which will not function after the year 2000. Halttunen is on the committee that has investigated the situation since 1992.

Modifications to the basic package are also an ongoing expense.

Palomar needs the software tailored in order to accomplish the jobs it needs done (see related article). The $420,000 just approved will allow consultants to stay on site through December to help with the modifications and training. PeopleSoft has a documented history of problems in the education market according to the Sept.

24 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The article said administrators at several colleges and universities complained that PeopleSoft released software that is "incomplete or plagued by bugs." At a conference in New Orleans in August, David A. Duffield, chief executive officer of PeopleSoft, apologized to the 14,000

PeopleSoft users in attendance. He said they were taking steps to "restore your confidence in PeoplcSoft." Sales representatives from the company were not as forthcoming.

In the Nov. 7 issue of the North County Times, Liz Dietz, general manager of PeopleSoft's Learning Solutions Product division, blamed phone and register problems experienced by Palomar students in August on Edify Corporation, the company that wrote the software for PAR. Malley disagrees . He said that Edify had a package that they claimed would work with PeopleSoft.

Before Palomar bought it, "PeopleS oft told us it would work."

TRANSFER: Students file applications this month Continued from page 1 last minute. This delays application processing and the mailing of acceptance letters."

Most campuses, excluding San Diego State University and California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, accept applications after the initial filing period on a space available basis. However, students increase their chance of attending a first choice college the sooner they file their applications.

The post filing period dates vary from campus to campus. Students applying to any CSU with an impacted, or more selective major, must apply during the initial filing period only.

Applications for the spring, 2001 semester will be accepted Aug.l through Aug. 31 , 2000; winter 2001 -June 1 through 30, 2000; summer 2001 - Feb. I through 28, 2001.

Some campuses do not accept applications for transferring students during all of these application periods so students must refer to the college catalog or Web site for application acceptance dates.

Students transferring with 55 or fewer transferable semester college units will apply as a lower-division transfer. Students must have at least a 2.00 grade point average in all transferable units to be eligible for admission. Students must also meet admission requirements for firsttime fre hman or complete the 15unit sequence of preparatory subjects. The preparatory courses differ between majors; students should refer to the school catalog for required subjects.

Students transferring with 56 or more transferable semester college units will apply as a upper-division transfer and must also maintain at least a 2.00 grade point average to be eligible for admission. Students are required to complete, prior to transferring. 30 semester units of general education requirements to include English composition, oral communication, critical thinking and at least one required course in college-level mathematics.

Some campuses where majors are impacted, or more selective, require a higher GPA to be eligible for admission. Students can find GPA requirements for the school of their choice in the school catalog which can be found in the Transfer Center or by contacting the school directly.

Palomar now offers a transfer admission guarantee (TAG) to San Diego State University where the transfer GPA requirement is 2.6.

Under the TAG agreement, students will be automatically admitted to SDSU once all transfer and general

education requirements are met.

Students must attend a TAG workshop and sign the agreement in the Transfer Center.

Director Tim Hernandez said the Transfer Center is a tool for students to use when searching for the right school and recommended students utilize the resources offered.

It offers workshops, stocks all CSU and UC current catalogs, has general education requirement lists and employs staff to answer questions and guide students in the right direction while researching a university.

Hernandez also strongly advised students to research the prospective campuses before applying. "We encourage students to find out as much as they can about the university and compare campuses before applying," he said. According to Hernandez, students are often disappointed because the school is not what they expected once they get there. All colleges offer free campus tours which can be essential in selecting the right college. He said, "We strongly encourage students to visit the campus before applying so that they can get a feel for things like student life, courses offered and the campus environment."

Hernandez also suggested that students keep an open mind when searching for a school, especially if their preferred school and major is impacted.

He said, "Students should apply to other schools with the same major, just as a back-up in case they are not accepted." The CSU applications provide a place for applicants to select an alternate school to which the application will be redirected automatically by the first choice campus should the applicant not be accepted.

Hernandez advised students to attend an application workshop in the Transfer Center before applying.

He said, "The workshops are geared towards assisting students in a group setting where any questions they have can be addressed all at once." The workshops are a perfect opportunity for students who are not sure of how the application process works or where to begin. Students can get workshop dates and sign up in the Transfer Center.

Those hoping to transfer in the fall should begin applying now to increase their opportunity to attend a college of their choice.

For additional information on specific GE and major requirements, online applications or links to CSU Web sites, visit csumentor.edu or pathway.edu or stop by the Transfer Center.

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Women's soccer makes playoffs Mike Stevens Co-Sports Editor

In the final conference game of the season on Wed., Nov. 10, Palomar dropped a heartbreaker to San Diego Mesa in the final minutes of the game.

Despite the fact that the Comets kept the ball on the offensive side of the field for the majority of the game, they were unable to score and missed several opportunities in the second half. The game winning goal, came when Mesa floated the ball just out of Comet goalkeeper Micaela Niemi's reach.

The 1-0 loss forces the Comets to settle for second place in the Pacific Coast Conference with a record of 12-1-2. Even with that stellar record it was not enough to finish ahead of conference rival, Grossmont, who went on to win the title.

The victory for Mesa got them a ticket to the playoffs while the Comets already had a guaranteed spot going into the game.

The game was also the first time Heather Storrs was cleared to play for the Comets since September.

Storrs, who is a high scoring forward, was lost for most of the sea-

son due to a broken collarbone.

Head Coach Cern Tont could not be happier with the timing of her return, although she saw limited action in the game.

"Heather was just cleared for this match and it is a good bonus to have her back. Now we can utilize her in the playoffs," Tont said.

In the regular season, several players have been picking up the slack with Storrs out.

Tont has gotten good games out of Bobby Malinky, Kristen Carroll, Leanne Renner, Sarah Chin, Gina Archimede, Erica Leon and has also gone deep into the reserves on the bench to keep fresh legs on the field.

Because the Comets did not win the conference, they will go into the postseason unseeded, which could mean they will face the tougher teams early.

How the Comets finish in the opening round of the playoffs on Sat Nov.l3 will determine who and where they will play in the later rounds of the postseason.

"Before the playoffs we need to shape up defensively and improve on our finishing," Tont said. "In order to do well we have to get everything together."

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Anthony Saavedra Co-Sports Editor

Despite losing to San Diego Mesa College Nov. 9, Palomar's men's soccer team will advance to post season play.

The Comets slipped into the playoffs after College of the Desert was forced to forfeit all 22 of its regular season games.

College of the Desert had finished the season with a 18-2-2 record (9-2-1 in the Pacific Coast Conference) and a second-place finish in the PCC. College of the Desert's record

included two wins against Palomar.

Throughout the season, College of the Desert used two players who were ruled ineligible by the NCAA. Before the violation was discovered, Palomar was in third place in the PCC. They had a chance to take possession of second, but lost to San Diego Mesa 2-1. Rosendo Orozco score the Comets' lone goal.

The loss dropped Palomar's record to 15-3-4 (8-2-2 in the PCC).

The Comets will finish the regu-

lar season ranked second in the conference. They also had the second highest winning percentage.

The top two teRms in ellch conference reach the playoffs. After the top two teams are selected, one third place team qualifies.

Each third place team is ranked with a "power rating" that takes into account the team's record and strength of schedule.

Although Head Coach Carlos Hernandez believes his team would have made the playoffs before the infractions by College of the Desert were discovered, he is much

happier to have made it as a second place team.

As a second place team, the Comets will also get to host ll first round playoff game. The champions of each conference receive a bye in the first round. The second place teams with the best record play a home game during that round.

Palomar will enter the playoffs as the sixth seed.

The Comets hosted Glendale College in the first round of the playoffs. The game was on Sat., Nov. 13.

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Boxing KO'd by constant controversy International Boxing Federation president Robert W. Lee, Sr. was indicted on 32 counts of racketeering Nov. 4, by a federal grand jury.

That's weird. You mean a boxing official has done something illegal? There are crimes taking place in a sport that prides itself in its integrity? Boxing isn't as pure a sport as we think? By the way I'm being sarcastic.

Boxing has been a sport that over the last few years, has lost almost every shred of dignity it once had.

Everything that Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Sonny Liston and George Foreman did to make heavyweight championship bouts the biggest show in America, has pretty much been flushed down the toilet.

In fact, in the most recent scandal surrounding boxing, Foreman is one of the key players.

Over the last 13 years, Lee, and the IBF, have allegedly been part of a conspiracy that saw boxing promoters buying IBF rankings.

One such incident happened in 1995, when then heavyweight champ Foreman defeated German Axel Schulz.

It is also charged that Lee took $1 00,000 in May 1995 to order a rematch between the fighters. After Foreman refused to fight Schulz a second time, the IBF stripped Foreman of his belt.

What is interesting, is that it took 13 years before someone actually stepped in and said, "Hey, maybe we should look in to some of the questionable practices of promoters."

Don King is one such promoter who comes to mind.

It seems as if every questionable event that occurs in boxing revolves around a fighter King represents. From Mike Tyson biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear, to Holyfield's phantom draw against a superior Lennox Lewis, King always finds himself surrounded in controversy.

King just might be the shakiest individual in sports history. This is a man who was once convicted of manslaughter.

He is a man who has been indicted on several other charges throughout his career. And what is interesting, is that he never seems to be convicted of whatever he is charged with.

What makes this even more interesting, was when King recently said on "The Chris Rock Show", that after

every time he is found not guilty, he pays for the jury to take a trip to Jamaica, the Bahamas, or some other tropical paradise. Hmmrn, do you think this might have something to do with the fact that he always comes off clean as a whistle?

The Lewis-Holyfield debacle may have been the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to the future of boxing. You may recall that although Lewis clearly dominated the fight, Holyfield was able to come away with a draw. One judge even declared Holyfield the winner.

Eugenia Williams said Holyfield clearly beat Lewis.

She even gave him the fifth round, a round in which Holyfield was almost knocked out.

Her rational for this was during that round, the fighter's ring position blocked her view of the fight.

The funny thing is that replays of the fight show Williams with an unobstructed view of the beating Holyfield withstood.

With the rematch between the two fighters taking place Nov. 13, fans once again are questioning the sport.

And I do use the word "sport" loosely, seeing as how fans view boxing as being fixed more often than in matches in the World Wrestling Federation.

Fortunately for fans, boxing may soon be headed in the right direction. Congress recently passed a bill, named after Ali, that would help reform boxing.

The bill is highlighted by bans on sanctioning bodies accepting bribes, allowing suspensions of fighters for unsportsmanlike conduct, and require state boxing commissions to certify and approve all referees and judges.

This last provision brings to mind the LewisHolyfield fight.

Well it's about time someone did something about this. I don't think I could sit through one more fight in which the loser actually won.

The Miami Herald reported that more than 30 fights have been fixed over the last 12 years. THIRTY

FIGHTS!!! That's crazy.

And once again Foreman is involved. Tony Fulilangi admitted to faking a second-round knockout by Foreman on Oct. 27, 1998.

Opponents of Eric "Butterbean" Esch, former NFL star Mark Gastineau, and former world light heavyweight champion Iran Barkley all admitted to throwing fights.

This brings questions to most fights . Did Tyson really just snap when hit bit off a chunk of Holyfield's ear, or was there more to it? Was it really an accident when Andrew Golota was twice disqualified for throwing low blows against Riddick Bowe? This could put doubts into the minds of anyone who has every placed a bet on a boxing match.

I know it's hard to believe, but although neither of these fights have been mentioned, it is possible they were fixed. I mean come on. Are boxing promoters seriously trying to tell us strange stuff happens in every bout?

Kind of makes you think twice about throwing down $49.99 to watch the fight of the century, of the year, doesn't it?

It won't matter though. Boxing will continue to basically be a form of organized crime. It's just a simple fact.

Whenever there is an event that involves millions of dollars changing hands, someone will try and effect the outcome.

The funny thing is, boxing fans will continue to take it. The $49.99 fans fork over is what fuels boxing. As long as fans keep paying, the stakes will continue to be high. And when the stakes are high, questionable people will flock.

Boxing will always be corrupt, and there will always be questions about the purity of the sport. Look at King.

Everyone knows he is "involved" a little too much in his fights. But does anyone mind?

No. And that is why the rematch between Lewis and Holyfield will be a success.

For some reason, boxing fans are compelled to watch fights . Whether it is King's eloquent sayings or the promise that every fight will be bigger than the last, the fans will come.

And that is fine with boxing. Just as long as you havf' your $49.99. As King says, "Only in America'"

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Rarely is the male's side of the story explored. Many of the same emotions felt by the would~be mother are also felt by the would~be father. I am speaking from firsthand experience. My girlfriend be~ came pregnant when we were 18 years old.

This fact was concealed from me until af~ ter the pregnancy was already terminated ...

Our relationship deteriorated in the months after because of behavioral pro~ lems not unlike those mentioned in the insert. For many months, and even years, after this experience I sometimes try to imagine what our child would look like.

What would be his or her name? Would I be a good father? These and many oth~ ers are the questions that still go through my mind.

I am not suggesting that my pain, or any pain felt by males, can equal that of the female, but it should be addressed. Af~ ter all, abortion is an issue that touches us all.

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The reaction by many to last week's insert on abortion is very telling. Some attempted to censor the insert. Others, profoundly disturbed by the biological facts of fetal development, could not look through the ad.

To those who decried the insert I ask, what is so awful about a mother changing her mind and deciding to keep her baby( Why do your abortion lobbies oppose informed consent, a standard practice for every other intrusive medical procedure?

What offends you about pregnancy care centers? The information can only help women make a fully informed decision.

The reaction to the insert confirms once again to me that the activists on the abortion issue are, not "pro--choice" but fully pro~bortion ..

Krisrian M. Dahl

Yoursupplementcaughtmyeye. With the heavy guilt of an abortion IJ years ago, seeing a pro~life insert was a life~aver.

The supplement was an instrumental tool in helping me gain a deeper perception of abortion and inspired me that there are people out there who understand my pain.

The testimonies gave me hope and moved me to rush forward with the healing pro~ cess. want to continue the healing and eventually speak publicly about abortion and the reality of its consequences.

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The Semantics Game: SoWldbites in Penpective Soundbite: I believe in a woman's "right to choose." Choose what?~ vanilla or chocolate ice cream? In the abortion issue, the choice is to either give the child the gift of life, or choose to have the unborn baby put to death! Abraham Lincoln once said, "No one has the right to do what is wrong." Should a child's life hanging in the balance be reduced to a legal "choice?"

Soundbite: I wouldn't have an abortion myself, but I wouldn't interfere with another'; right to have (or to "choose") one.

What if the abolitionists had bought this rationale? Would slavery have ever been banned? An analogy could be: I wouldn't use cocaine or excessive alcohol myself, but I wouldn't interfere with a pregnant woman's right to do so.

Does a developing baby have a right to be protected from fetal alcohol syndrome? ~ from an untimely death?

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Soundbite: If abortion becomes i11ega1, women wi11 resort to back a11ey abortions again.

The truth of the matter is that in 1972, the year before abortion was legalized in all 5o states, J9 women died from illegal abortion, but, in the same year, 25 women died from legal abortions (available in two states). To study an depth examination of this issue refer to our web site (www .humanlife .org(illegaO for the comprehensive statistical compilation by Dr. Jack Willke from his new book, 'Why Can't We Love Them Both.

Soundbite: Every child should be a wanted child. There may be unplanned pregnancies, but there is no such thing as an "unwanted" baby. Over 2,ooo,ooo eager couples are waiting to adopt. Abortion advocates had argued that if every child were "wanted" there would be no more child abuse. The opposite has happened. Child abuse has increased over 700% since abortion became legal in 197J.

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what you don't know CAN hurt you... can abortion increase your risk of breast cancer? byjoel Brind, Ph.D. Twen_cy-five studies have found chat even one abortion increases the risk ofgetting breast cancer Iacer in life. Dr.]oel Brind, an endocrinology specialise, who has done agreat deal ofresearch on this issue and has compiled the results ofthe nwnerous studies, explains below the science behind the link. He also explains how spontaneous miscarriages do not produce the same result.

makes them grow again during pregnancy.

The cells in the breast which are responsive to estradiol are those which are primitive, or undifferentiated . Once terminally differentiated into milk-producing cells, breast cells can no longer be stimulated to reproduce.

It is the undifferentiated cells which can give rise to cancerous tumors later in life.

If a woman therefore has gone through some weeks of a normal pregnancy, and then aborts that pregnancy, she is left with Abortion Disrupts more of these cancer-vulnerable cells than Hormonal Balance she had in her breasts before she was pregEstrogen is the hormone that turns a nant.

In addition, any abnormal, potengirl's body into a woman's body at putially cancer-forming cells already in her berty. Actually, there is a whole class of breaSts (present to some extent in all people) similar steroids, estrogens, which can have also been stimulated to multiply. An -:timulate the growth of the breasts and this translates into a statistically greater other female tissues. The most abundant probability that a cancerous tumor may and important estrogen secreted by a evmtually arise. ¡ woman's ovaries is called estradiol.

In contrast, a full term pregnancy results After puberty, the levels of estrogen in full differentiation of the breast tissue rise and fall twice with each menstrual for the purpose of milk production, which cycle. Under the influence of the pituitary leaves fewer cancer-vulnerable cells in the gland's follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), breasts than were there before the preg,'lew, egg-containing -follicles develop in nancy began.

This translates into -the well the ovaries during the first half of the known breast cancer risk lowering effect menstrual cycle. The follicular, estradiolof a full term pregnancy ... secreting cells surrounding the eggs proliferate, and so the ovaries secrete ever larger quantities of estradiol, reaching a peak The Difference Between Abortions about one day before ovulation. This pre- And Miscarriages ovulatory peak is the highest blood level of Why do induced abortions raise breast la.madiol a woman ever normally experi- cancer risk while most miscarriages don't? ences in the non-pregnant state. It stimu- Never-pregnant breast tissue consists of lates her pituitary gland to secrete another primitive, terminal end buds and ducts, hormone which actually triggers ovula- which are Vulnerable to carcinogens, while tion. lactating breast consists mostly of mature If conception occurs, the endometrium lobules--dusters of milk~ecreting alveoli(uterine lining) proceeds to generate enor- which are resistent to carcinogens. mous concentrations of progesterone and Finally, there is one additional and cru...madiol. By 7 to 8 weeks gestation, a cial aspect of spontaneous abortion vis-apregnant woman's blood already contains vis breast cancer risk that must be noted, six times more estradiol than it did at the namely the effect of post-first trimester time of conception, more than twice the miscarriages. Most miscarriages occur in highest level attained in the non-pregnant the first trimester, and over 90% of these state. are characterized by abnormally low maIn marked con~rast, pregnancies des- ternal estradiol levels. However, there is tined to end in miscarriage during the first reason to believe that pregnancies which t{imester usually do not generate estradiol survive the first trimester (and they mquantities exceeding non-pregnant lev- couldn't survive without adequately high els. One team of Swiss obstetricians, as far progesterone levels, which are paralleled back as 1976, was actually able to predict by estradioO are likely to raise breast cancer miscarriages with 92% accuracy w_ith just a risk, if they go on to miscarry. single measurement of estradiol...

Cancer CeDs R.un Amok How estradiol, or estrogens in general, relate to breast cancer risk, has to do with their role in the growth of breast tissue. It is estradiol which makes the breasts grow to a mature size at puberty, and which

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The Symphony of Life The lateJerome LeJeune, M.D., Ph.D., one of the world's foremost authorities in the field of genetics, taught us much about the intricacies of the beginning. of human life.

Dr. LeJeune called that very first cell, the fertilized egg, ''the most specialized cell under the sun." He explained that the fertilized egg contains more information about the new individual than can be stored in five' sets (not volumes) of the Encyclopedia Britannica (if enlarged to normal print). No other cell will ever again have the same instructions as those in the life of the individual being created.

In the words ofDr. LeJeune, "Each of us has a very precise starting point which is the time at which the whole necessary and sufficient genetic information is gathered inside one cell, the fertilized egg, and this is the moment of fertilization.

There is not the slightest doubt about that, and we know that this information is written on a kind of ribbon which we call the DNA." To further emphasize the minuteness of the DNA language, Dr. LeJeune drew a most interesting analogy. He said that if all the one-meter-long DNA of the sperm and all the one-meter-long DNA of the ova which contain the instructions for the 5 billion human beings who will replace us on this planet were brought together in one place, the total amount of matter would be roughly the size of two aspirin tablets.

"At no time," Dr. LeJeune stated, "is

the human being a blob of protoplasm.

As far as your nature is concerned, I see no difference between the early person that you were at conception and the late person which you are now. You were, and are, a human being."

The Science of Fetology has advanced to the point that it can now be determined within three to seven days after fertilization if the new human being is a boy or a girl.

When Dr. LeJeune testified in a Tennessee Court in 1989 as to the humanity of seven frozen embryos he held the court spellbound with the following analogy of man's "symphony of life."

He explained that if you were to buy aCD on which a Mozart symphony had been recorded and insert it in a player, what is being reproduced is the movement of the air that transmits to you the genius of Mozart. Accordingly, LeJeune further explained, "It's exactly the same way life is played. ¡On the tiny mini-cassettes, which are our chromosomes, are written various parts of the opus which is tor [a] human symphony, and as soon as all the information necessary ... to spell the whole symphony [is brought together] this symphony plays itself; that is, a new man is beginning his career ... as soon as he has been conceived, a man is a man."

Dr.]erome Lejeune, who resided in Paris, France, discovered the genetic cause ofDown Syndrome. He received the Kennedy Prize for the discovery and, in addition, received theMemorialAUen Award Medal, the world's hi,l?hest award in the field of Genetics.

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The sperm joins with the ovum to form one cell. This one cell contains the com~ __,J The preborn baby has all her fmgers. Brain waves can be plex genetic makeup for every detail of detected and the brain is controlling 40 human development-the child's sex, hair sets of muscles as well as the organs. The and eye color, height, skin tone, etc. jaw forms, including teeth buds in the gums. The eyelids seal during this time to protect the baby's developing light~ensi~ Month One tive eyes, the stomach produces digestive juices, and the kidneys have begun to - J The flrst cell divides and cell clivi~ function. The developing baby is now ~ sion continues in an orderly fash~ referred to as the fetus, a Latin word ion as the small group of cells meaning "young one." travels down the fallopian tube to the uterus. There are over 100 cells present when this tiny embryo reaches the uterus Month Three 7 to 10 days after fertilization. Founda~ tions of the brain, spinal cord and nervol:!S Unique .... system are already established, and on day fmgerprints are evi~ 2I the heart begins to beat in a regular dent and never change. fashion. Muscles are forming, and arms, The baby now sleeps, legs, eyes and ears have begun to show. awakens and exercises The embryo is IO,ooo times larger than her muscles by turn~ the original fertilized egg and developing ¡ ing her head, curling her toes, and opening rapidly. and closing her mouth

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skin is protected m the amniotic sac by a special ointment "vernix. "

~7} Month Seven The baby's brain has as many cells as it will have at birth. The preborn child uses the four senses of vi~ sion, hearing, taste and touch. Research has documented that she can now recog~ nize her mother's voice. ~ often sucking her thumb. She breathes amniotic fluid to help develop her respira~ tory system. By the end of the month all the organs and systems of her body are functioning. The only major activity from now until birth is growth.

' Month Four By the end of this month the baby is 8 to 10 inches in length and weighs 1/2 pound. Her ears are functioning and the baby hears her mother's heartbeat, as wellasexternalnoises.

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Babies born at this stage of development are surviving at an increasing rate thanks to new advances in medical technology.

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Toward the end of this month, the baby is ready for birth. Mter birth new brain cells are being formed for nine months. Likewise, other organ systems are still. maturing. Of the 45 generations of cell divisions before adult~ hood, 41 have taken place in the womb.

Only four more will come before adoles~ cence. In developmental terms we spend 90% of our lives in the womb.

In the U.S., it is possible to obtain an abortion at ANY time before birth!

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Common Abortion Methods SucnON..ASPlRATIQN The abortionist inserts a hollow plas~ tic rube into the dilated uterus. "This tube is attached to a suction machine.

The suction machine is turned on. The uterus is emptied by suction." ' The , suction tears the baby's body as he/she is being pulled through the hose.

Carol Everett was involved in the abortion industry in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area. As director of four clinics, owner of two, Ms. Everett was responsible for the clinics ' daily operation.

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"What I Saw in the Abortion Industry" What is the governing force behind the abortion industry?

A. Money. It is a very lucrative business. It is the largest unregulated industry in our nation. Most of the clinics are run in chains because it is so profitable.

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IDa® Used after 12 weeks. The baby is too large to fit through the cervix. The baby "must be removed with instruments and suction curettage."' A pliers~like insrru~ ment is needed because the baby's bones are calcified, as is the skull. The abor~ tionist inserts the instrument into the uterus, seizes a leg or other part of the body and, with a twisting motion, tears it from the baby's body. The spine must be snapped and the skull crushed in order to remove them from the womb. Body parts are then reassembled and cotmted to make certain that the entire baby has been removed from the womb.

lJlOSTAGLANDIN CtmMICAI. This form of abortion uses chemicals, developed by the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Co., which cause the uterus to contract intensely, pushing out the developing baby. In one article, one of the compli~ cations listed with this method was "live birth." In fact, the two most "dreaded" complications for an abortionist are a dead mother or a live baby.

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Septembem~14, 1992 meeting of the National Abortion Federation, atrade association of abortion providers, an Ohio abortionist, Dr. Martin Haskell, described the D&X technique he has perfected. Wtth the D&X method the preborn baby is alive tmtil the end of the procedure when the chiJd is killed by suctioning the brain tissue through ahole at the base of the skull while the baby's head is still inside the birth canal. Then the intact aborted chiJd, minus brain content, is removed. The late Dr .James McMahon, a former abortion coDeague of Dr. Haskell's, admitted that he used this D&X technique to abort preborn ch.iklren up to 32 wee.ks "or more."

continued in column 4 I. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. Abortion: Questions and Answers (1991)

How much money were you making in the abortion industry before you quit?

A. I was getting a commission of$25.00 on every abortion I "sold." In 1983, the year I got out, I would have pocketed approximately $250,000. But, in 1984 we expected to be operating five clinics, terminating about 40,000 pregnancies, and with that projection I planned to net $1 million. Money, Money, Money- that's where my heart was.

Q

Why do you refer to "selling" abortions?

A. The product, abortion, is skillfully marketed and sold to the woman at the crisis time in her life. She buys the product, finds it defective and wants to return it for a refund. But, it's too late. Her baby is dead.

Q

In what way is the woman deceived?

A. In two ways -the clinic personnel and the marketers must deny the personhood of the child and the pain caused by the procedure. Every woman has two questions, "Is it a baby?" and "Does it hurt?'' The abortionist must answer "NO". He/she must lie to secure the consent of the woman and the collection of the clinic's fee. The women were told that we were dealing with a "product of conception" or a "glob of tissue".

They were told that there would be only slight cramping, whereas, in reality, an abortion is excruciatingly painful.

Q

What type of counseling was offered at the clinics?

A. In the clinics in which I was involved we didn't do any real counseling. We answered only the questions the woman asked and tried not to "rock the boat." We did not discuss alternatives to abortion unless the woman forced us to. We sold abortions.

Q

What method of abortion did your clinics use?

A. For the most part;, the abortion industry stopped using saline and prostaglandin procedures because of the number ofli ve births.

A live birth means you have to let the baby die, or dispose of it in some distasteful way.

Most second and third trimester abortionists use the D & E (dilation and evacuation) method. The abortionist uses large forceps to crush the baby inside the mother's uterus and remove it in pieces. The baby must be re-constructed outside the uterus to be certain all the parts have been removed.

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Meet Carol Everett-the woman who ran four abortion centers.

Q

How did you dispose of an aborted baby?

A. In our clinics, we put them down the garbage disposal. We used the heavy duty model. Some second and third trimester babies' muscle structure is so strong that the baby will not come apart, so they must be disposed of through trash receptacles.

Abortion is supposed to be a "safe" experience. What complications did you witness?

A. We were doing a one-day traumatic dilation, which has a higher rate of complication. In the last 18 months I was in the business, we were completing over 500 abortions monthly and killing or maiming one woman out of 500. Common complications that take place are perforations or tears in the uterus. Many of those result in hysterectomies. The doctor might cut or harm the urinary tract, which then requires surgical repair. A complication that is rarely publicized is the one in which the doctor perforates the uterus and pulls the bowels through the vagina, resulting in colostomy. Some of those can be reversed, some must live with the colostomy for the remainder of their lives.

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How did you keep these complications and deaths from the public?

A. The woman would be loaded into my car (an ambulance outside an abortion clinic is terrible advertising) and transported to a hospital that would protect the doctor and the abortion clinic's reputation. The concern is not with the patient, only in keeping an unblemished reputation. You have a built-in cover-up with the patient's family.

They· are dealing with their guilt and emotions over the situation and do not want to deal with the added pressure of exposing the truth through the media.

Why did you get out of the abortion business?

A. Two things came into play at about the same time. I experienced a profoundly religious transformation-a conversion. At about the time I was having second thoughts, a Dallas television station did an expose disclosing the abortions performed at my clinic on non-pregnant women-all for money! I finally realized, "We weren't helping women-we were destroying them -and their children."

Q

After three days of preparations, the abortionist places an ultrasound transducer . on the mother 1s abdomen and locates the child's legs and feet. The abortionist then uses a large forceps to grasp one of the baby's legs. He pulls frrmly, forcing the child into a feet--down (breech) p(>sition.

He continues pulling until the baby's leg is drawn into the birth canal. · Next, using his hands instead of for~ ceps, the abortionist delivers the baby's body in amanner similar to abreech birth.

First, the child's other leg is delivered, followed by the torso, shoulders, and arms.

The baby's head ''usually" remains inside the uterus.

The abortionist then performs the last step which Dr. Haskell ca& "fetal skull decompression.'' Using blunt~tipped sur~ gicalscissors in aclosed position, he pierces the child's head at the base of the skull. He then forces the scissors open to enlarge the skull opening. The abortionist then inserts a suction catheter into the brain and vacuums out the child's brain tissue (in Dr. Haskell's words, "evacuates the skull contents") causing the baby's death. The skull collapses and the dead baby is re-

moved.

Barbara Radford, Executive Director of the National Abortion Federation said of this abortion technique, in a 6/18/93 letter to NAF members, ''Dcm't apolo-gize: this is a Jcga1 abonkm procedUre.'' (The preceding information on partialbirth abortion has been taken from the ~ MedicalNews,July

s, 199Jedi-

tion).

WHAT 1HE NURSE SAw In Sept., 1993, registered nurse Brea Prm Schafer was assigned by her agency to an abortion clinic. She considered herselfvery "pro-choice" sodidn 't balk at the job ahead. She later reported what she had witnessed as the abortionist performed • a partial-birth abortion on-a woman who .was 6 months pregnant: " •••The doctor deli\'m:d the baby's body and arms, everything but his. link head. The baby's body was moving. His little fingers were clasping together. He was kicking his feet. ·1ne doctor took a pair ofscissors and inserted them intO the back of the baby's head, and the baby's armsjerkedour,astartJereaction ••• 1ncn the doctor opened the scissors. He-stuck the high powered suction tube into the bole and sucked the baby's brains out.

Now the baby went completely limp.

I never went back to the clinic. But I am stiD. haunted bty the face of that littJe boy. It was the most perfect. angelic face I have e1er seen."

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Several reasons were given for not birth is the choice of triumph over rape. aborting. First, several women felt that It is a choice that says, "Rape will not dicabortion was another act of violence-that tate my life." It atlows them to show it was immoral or murder. One said she their own courage and generosity. It can lamour (Feb. 1994), a would only suffer more mental anguish be shown that the abortion is not necespopular women's magazine, from taking the life of a baby. Second, sary, and indeed is very likely to hinder receiving input from 3000 some saw an intrinsic meaning or purpose recovery by increasing feelings of guilt, wpmenreponed, ''Virtuallyallofthose to the child. Somehow this child was shame and low self-esteem. whO'd had abortions in the past said foisted into their lives, but, on the other thatJfthey'd only known how lllUCh hand, they sensed some sort of hidden purthey'd regret having an abonion after pose behind it .. And although not respon- LIKE INCEST' the fact, they never would have agreed sible for having brought the child into be- ABORTION PR.OMOTES SILENCE to the procedure." ing, it had happened, and the consequences Incest victims face similar problems.

The magazine also noted, "The could be lived with. Third, at a subcon- Incest is a very compte~ issue, but the vast births of subsequent children or some scious level, the rape victim feels that if majority of incest victims want to carry other exposure to the intricacies of she can get through the pregnancy she will their pregnancy to term. These are young child development were often listed as have conquered the rape. Outlasting preg- girls for whom pregnancy is a way to break experiences that helped them see just nancy shows she is better than the rapist out of an incestuous relationship with their how misguided they had been indecid· who brutalized her. Giving birth, then, father or other family members, [whom ing to abon." is the way rape victims seek to reclaim their they may love] despite their confusion and One woman said ''Society told ~ self-esteem. It is a totally selfless act, a resentment about the way they have been it (abortion) was safe and legal. And the generous act, especially in light of the pres- used as sexual objects. Since they still love abortionist and her crew never coun· sure to abort. It is a way for them to dis- the father, having the child can, not only seled me on anything--the procedure play their courage and strength to survive help expose the incestuous relationship, itself, the risks, the alternatives .•.! even a rape. but also give hope of beginning a truly lovwondered why, if I had participated in In her study, Mahkorn found that the ing relationship. this wonderful, self-h"berating experiprimary difficulty they experienced with In studies of incest victims, the vast maence, I did not feel a sense of deliverABORTION ADDS · the rape pregnancy was pressure from other jority choose to carry the pregnancy to but a loss ofself respect, and little TO nm PAIN OF RAn . . people who saw the pregn~cy as a blot to term. 3 Those in the minority who have ance, hy Jittle, a loss of myself. n Various studies and my own research · be eliminated. Family and friends just an abortion do so only under pressure from indicate that rape and incest victims fall weren't suppo:tive of the woman's choice their parents to conceal the incestuous reinto the high risk category of aborters. to bear the child. . lationship. Because incest is a family paThe existence of rape or incest is actually a Dr. Mahkox:n also ~ound that ~ the thology that often involves father, mother contraindication for abortion. Jackie group who earned therr pregnanCies to and daughter, all are involved in a conBakker,whosetestimonyisinmybook,' te:m, none, at th<: end ofpregn~cy, spiracy of silence. 4 says, "I soon discovered that the aftermath WIShe~ sh~ h~d. dee1ded o~ an abomon.

I interviewed Edith Young, now 38 med~cal of my abortion continued a long time af- Abomon mh1bm the healing to the rape years old, who was a rape and incest vicIncreased Infenility ter the memory of my rape had faded. victim and reinforces negative attitudes. tim at 12 years of age. To cover up the incident, her parents procured ari abortion Nobody told me about the emptiness and for her without telling her what was to pain I would feel deep within, causing Punctured Uterus, BOwel happen. The emotional and physical scars nightmares and deep depressions. They ABORTION lWNFoRCES of incest and abortion still last to this day. had all told me that after the abortion I WoMEN's Po~ Another example is Vanessa Landry, an- She said, "I was being sexually attacked, could continue with my life as if nothing Lacerated Cervix had happened." This is the same story we other rape victim who said, "I didn't re- threatened by him and betrayed by Mom's hear from a lot of aborted women. But ally want to have the abortion. I have al- silence ... the abortion which was to be in for the rape and incest victim it is an espe- ways been against abortion all my life. My 'my best interest' has not been ... it only Pelvic Inflammatory Disease cially keen story, because they have been social worker just kept telling me all kinds 'saved their reputations,' solved their probtold, "In your situation that is the only of things to encourage me to have the abor- lems and allowed their lives to go merrily Hysterectomy thing you can do." And they have been tion. She said I was just another minority on." 5 bringing a child into the world and there We need to join rape and incest vicbetraye~ by that advice. were too many already." Here is a woman tims in demanding that pro-abortionists Placenta Previa who is being victimized not only because stop exploiting the pain of innocent she is a rape victim, but also because she is women's problems for their own political WHY RAn VIcnMS REFusED black and a minority and she has a low in- and fmancial ends.

David C. Reardon, Ovarian Cancer ABOl\.TION Ph.D. is Director of the E11iot Institute for Perhaps the best study was done by Dr. come.

Childbirth can be a victory. For the Social Sciences Research and author of "Aborted SandraMahkorn, published in PsychologiWomen: Silent No More." More info. at Coma cal Aspects of Abortion 3 Dr. Mahkorn majority of pregnant rape victims who www .humanlife.org!afterabortion. · was an experienced rape counselor who ed. identified 37 pregnant rape victims who · 1. Pregnancy and Sexual Assault, Sandra Mahkom, in The Psychological Aspects of Abortion, / Breast Cancer and Watts (1979), pp. 53-72. were treated by a social welfare agency. Of Mall 2. Aborted Women: Silent No More. David C. Reardon (1987), pp. 206-210. u these 37, only five chose to have an abor- 3. Supra, note l. tion. Of the 28 who gave birth, 17 chose 4. The Consequences of Incest: Giving and Taking Life, Maloof, in The Psychological Aspects of Dr. Warren Hem adoption and 3 kept the child themselves; Abortion, ed. Mall and Watts (1979), pp. 73-110. prominent U.S. abortionist for the remaining eight, research was un- 5. Father-Daughter Incest- Treatment of the Family. Kennedy, Laval Medical40:946-950 (1969). from his book Abortion Practice able to determine where the child was 6. Supra, note 2, pp. 212-218.

ape and incest are very emotional topics. They often elicit in the general populace feelings of revulsion; people draw back from the issue of rape and incest, even from the victims of rape and incest. · The facts suggest that only a minority of rape and incest victims actually choose abortion . 1 Abortion is not usually chosen as the immediate solution.

Kathleen DeZeeuw states, "Having lived through rape, and also having raised a child 'conceived in rape,' I feel personally insulted and assaulted every time I hear that abortion should be legal because of rape and incest. I feel that we're being used by pro-abortionists to further the abortion issue, even though we've not been asked to tell our side."

The children conceived through sexual . assault also have a voice which deserves to be heard. Julie Makimaa, conceived by an act of rape, is not ashamed of her origin.

Julie proudly proclaims: "It doesn't matter how I began. What matters is who I have become."

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I was unexpectedl~p~~am:and ins~. fro-n the univer$ity cWlic conf:umed my .ll3l smpicion. For a moment fear gripped my mind.

Q¢.ckly, I became numb. Overwbebned by the ;tUam.o" moth ordeal that lay before me it seemed as if l were preparing for a final ewn.

The doctor was sweet and quite professional. After questioning myfmandalsituation, sheemphasi;edtnat there was no w.ay I ~<mld. fmish college with abD • 5be said if I didn 'tf~ishsciboot1 1 was selling mfS'\ I was told ''Jny tifec.W,as mY own and it was up to . take controL'' I asked the doctor when life began, and she nev'er did answer my question. Not then, not ever. I left. the clinic omwardtY confident, but inwardly in mote fur.. moil than before.

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twas the beginning of my junior year in high school. I was ex~ cited; looking forward to an~ other year of diving, gymnastics and track. But this excitement quickly ended when I realized I was pregnant.

When the pregnancy was confllllled, my mind went racing. It wasn't enough to just say that I was scared ~ I was terrifred! The idea of having an abor~ tion was never a consideration for me.

I could not live with the realization that I was responsible for taking the life of my child ~adeath becauseofmyactions.

My first instincts told me that I needed to raise my child on my own. I knew I could love and care for a child, but when I stopped thinking about myself, and thought about what was best for my child, I knew adoption was the right decision. I was sixteen at the time. I wanted to go back to school for my senior year and wanted to participate fully, in spons etc. I wanted to go on to college.

I knew I could not do all of this and raise a child at the same time. I did not want to have to live with my parents indefmitely and depend on them for everything. I did not want them to be thrust into the role of prime care-givers for my child. It juSt would not be fair for any of us, for_them, myself or the baby. I knew that placing my child for adoption would be the right thing to do, the loving alternative!

The adoption procedure I opted for is not your ordinary plan. I chose to do an independent open adoption. Through this process I was able to select from among the prospective adoptive par~

ems. I had the opportunity to establish a personal relationship with them as well as to develop a lasting friendship. The more I got to know them the more excited I was about placing my baby with this couple. They had so much love and security to offer my child. They were there with me in the hospital when my son was born. Their video camcorder ran non~top.

J will always treasure the three days I spent in the hospital with my son. Hand~ ing him over to his new parents was by no means easy, but I knew in my heart that this was the right decision for both of us.

Many tears were shed throughout the nine months and during the hospital stay. But, they were not all tears of sadness. I miss my son very much. I think about him every day and a smile comes to my face. I thank the Lord that He led me to two such special people to be adoptive parents for my child.

It has been several years since my son was born. He now has an adoptive sister.

I keep in contact with the family through letters and pictures. I can't begin to explain the feelings of pride and com em~ mem that I experience when I see the smile on his face.

I am now a junior in college majoring in paralegal studies. Relinquishing my son was the hardest decision I will ever have to make, but I'm more confident than ever that it was the right one.

While in the hospital I received a card which read, "Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same." This is so true! lisa 0.

t was New Year's Eve . My boyfriend sighed deeply, his gaze remaining fixed on the TV. He then muttered some~ thing that made me feel already deserted. I felt a sour lump in the back of my throat. Yes, I """--• was pregnant, and I was scared!

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I . om fmt hand how tough it is raising a child as asmgle mother.

I already had a 2~year old daughter ,Jenni~ fer, from an earlier unsuccessful marriage.

We lived in the inner city and could barely make ends meet. When my pregnancy was confirmed, Tim's non--committal response to my distress and his move to Chicago, 400 miles away, left me despondent and leaning more and more toward abortion as the "easy way out." I was already strug~ gling fmancially with one child. How could I raise two?

I drove o Clqo to try to convince Tim to marry me. He was deaf to my pleas and unmoved by my tears. Believing I had no viable alternative, I convinced him to give me money for an abortion.

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She's too far along!" Relief instantly washed over me! How odd! I had thought I wanted an abortion but now felt instantly relieved to know I was still pregnant.

I decided to use e· ry ounce of courage I could muster to deal with my pregnancy.

My ambivalence turned into love for my unborn child. When my beautiful daugh~ . ter was born, I named her Melanie.

It took energy and creativitv to supMytwodaugh~

ters inspired me to As I sat i: e .bor. n clink waiting do great things .

They never stood my turn, everything in the way of my around me seemed career. They have like a nightmare . only enhanced it. I Women lounged on fmished my degree; garishly printed then I went on to couches as rock mu~ get my Master's and sic played on the in~ Ph.D. Besides be~ tercom. Everything seemedsocasual,and Alone and desperate, Angela Woodhull ing a prou there 1 was, feeling felt pressured to abort. mother, I am haE.~ like I wanted to die. pily married, a pu~ When the nurse caUed my name, I changed lished author, a motivational speaker for my mind, broke into tears, and left. one of the largest seminar companies in the U.S., and a musician. el ne Back at the univer~ sity, I often cried myself to sleep. I decided haVt learned tr -o· g charact When we endure someto confide in a couple of college professors.

They collected money to fly me back to tning tough, our character and self~ esteem Chicago to have an abortion. Now I was are strengthened. Many women who have determined, even obligated, to go through confessed to me that they've had abortions with it.·Still, I agonized! Ironically, that have discovered that the "easy way out'' is semester, I was taking a class in fetal devel~ just an illusion. Some of them are in abusive opment. I knew there was a baby in my relationships. Some are on anti~depr:es~ womb with.her heart beating and her own sants. Others just seem detached from life. circulatory system. Those pictures flashed Some sadly remember their aborted child's in my mind as I sat there, clad in a paper "would be" birthday each year. gown and paper slippers. you are in a , • I can only s ned to he where the pronili abortions are performed. I could hear a promise that the anguish will pass and there woman sobbing hysterically in the recov~ are people who will help you through this ery room. It reminded me of someone who trying time. As someone who has "been had witnessed the death of a. loved one in a there" I understand the anguish you .are fatal accident. It haunts me still. As the experiencing. One day you will look back doctor was examining me, prior to per~ on the birth of your child, and say, as I do, forming the abortion, he suddenly stopped "I did the right thing. And I feel proud." .

Dr. Angela WoodhuJJ, Ph.D. and said to the nurse, "Get her out of here!