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Volume 53, Number 17

The Pavilion Cafe'

Comets baseball wins!

Trash on TV

Campus coffee shop offers mixture of food, art and performance.

Pitcher Nate Meza leads Palomar to victory over Mesa College, 9-8.

New shows aimed at college students insult our intelligence.

Entertainment, page 6

Focus, page 8

Sports, page 10

Palomar considers health benefits for domestic partners

Students volunteer to build home

Laura Mitchell Staff Writer

Palomar College's governing board on Tuesday looked at a proposed health care benefits policy for domestic partners of eligible employees.

Approval of the policy may be controversial considering the overwhelming support for Proposition 22 in the recent primary election on March 7. Prop 22 added a provision to the Family Code provid·ing that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

Although Paiomar's policy does not attempt to define marriage, the policy defines "domestic partner" as either two persons of the opposite sex or members of the same

Sean J. O'Connor Opinion Editor

It is on a small lot. It is on an ordinary street. It is also going to be somebody's first home.

The street is Gamma Street, located on the south side of San Diego, a little distance from · the 28th Street exit off Interstate 5, a stone's throw away from the Navy Base. It is right next to National City.

Six students from Palomar College's architectural and drafting program plus two staff members from counseling made their way to this address Friday, March 24. They were volunteers for Habitat for Humanity.

The volunteers were building a new house on Gamma Street - foundation, roof, plumbing, and electricity. On March 24, the students were busy putting up drywall in different parts of the house.

Some of the volunteers had been here before. For others, it was a first time experience.

The purpose of Habitat is to help needy families own their home and to help them build better lives for themselves. Sometimes, Habitat volunteers rehab an existing structure from top to bottom. At other times, as is the . case on Gamma Street, they build a house "from the ground up."

The entire construction of the house comes mostly from people who volunteer their time, work, money or materials.

Former president, Jimmy Carter has been seen with a circular saw or a hammer in his hand on television. Carter and his wife, Rosalyn, are the best known volunteers for Habitat. These two have helped make Habitat a household word throughout the United States and the world.

The six Palomar College students looked like pros but for the most part, this was their first try at building a house.

Jan Kuzmich and Patricia Roberts, both from the.Palomar College counseling/articula- tion department, didn't come to the Habitat site as volunteers but to observe their students.

"We are interested in seeing what the students are involved in," Kuzmich said. But it didn't take long for them to be put to work on the house.

Tom Chambers Editor in Chief

With enrollment down and a possible loss of up to $1 million in revenues and $2.3 million in growth funds, Palomar College is looking to compensate the budget shortfalls by leaving fulltime positions empty, said Jerry Patton, vice president of administrative services.

Salaries and benefits make up 86 percent of the college's $61 million budget. As full-time positions become vacant, the college is leaving the spots empty or filling them with part-time ·employees to save money.

The state requires community colleges to increase the number of full-time faculty positions at the same rate of student population. When the student population decreases, the required number of full-time faculty goes down as well.

Patton said Palomar is also offering a supplekeota! early retirement program to encourage more staff members to retire early.

see Benefits, page 3

Seven students lobby ·in Washington, D.C. Kevan K. Wynn Staff Writer

Dustin J. Schwindt I The Telescope

Palomar student Dominic Chemello cuts a board down to size in National City on March 24. Chemello and five other Palomar st~:~dents spent the day volunteering for Habitat for Humanity.

Joe Carton, Habitat's on-the-scene carpenter, overheard Kuzmich and Roberts. That was all it took. A few moments later, Kuzmich and Roberts had a hammer .in their hands and were pounding nails. Tbey·started working in the closet. 1\vo hours later, after

they had finished putting drywall in the closet, Roberts said, "I only drove in one bad nail at the bottom." She thought the closet was a great training area because some of the mis-

see House, page 7

New vacancies used to save College trying to tompensate for enrollment drop

sex. The policy also covers legal dependents such as children of the employee's domestic partner.

"What we have here, as a result of Prop 22, is we cannot call domestic partnerships marriage.

So this is really a solution to Prop 22, an alternate way to be fair to people," said Michael Norton, Palomar College's public information officer.

On October 2, 1999, Governor Gray Davis signed Assembly Bill 26, which extends domestic partner coverage to state employees for health care benefits. Domestic partnerships will be recognized by Palomar's governing board policy by meeting a number of criteria including filing a Declaration of

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CRISIS "We're trying not to fill all the back-up positions," said Patton, whose office is dealing with the shortfalls. "We're hoping that will offset the reduction (in revenues)."

Patton used a similar strategy to cut $1.5 million from Palomar's budget during fiscal year 1998-99.

Palomar's head count is down 1.2 percent from last semester, and the number of units being taken may have dropped by 7 percent from last spring.

State funding for community colleges is based on the number of Full Time Equivalent Students (FTES) enrolled. The state adds all the units taken at Palomar and divides that number by 12 the number of units considered a full-time load.

That becomes the number of FTES. According to Joe Madrigal, vice president of student services and chair of the Emollment Management Task Force, Palomar has about 15,000 FTES. If the number of units being taken at Palomar has dropped 7 percent, the number of FTES has dropped by 1,050.

Palomar receives $2,300 per FTES, Patton said. The state average is $3,400 per FTES. The enrollment drop could cost Palomar between

$750,000 to $1 million in revenues, Patton said.

In addition to that, the college will also lose $2.3 million in growth funds included in the state budget because it did not grow.

"For some reason there are plateaus," Patton said at a recent meeting of the Enrollment Management Task Force. "There are times when you have to reorganize- that's where we are. We need to re-allocate and re-align because we do not have a new revenue stteam right now."

Patton said the chancellor has asked for an additional $300 million for community colleges, and that some of the state's budget surplus could go to community colleges as well.

While Palomar officials did not expect enrollment to go down, they suspect the PeopleSoft software conversion and the ongoing infrastructure project are to blame for the drop. They also suspect the good economy is playing a factor as well, as more students take fewer units and work more.

"We've gone through a tough two years with all the (construction and software) cnange::s," Patton said. "But everyone sees it coming to an end."

Final enrollment numbers will be tabulated later in the semester to allow short-term and late-start classes to be figured in.

Coming April 10: Enrollment at other colleges in the area - is it up or down?

Seven members of the Palomar College Associated Student Government recently attended an advocacy conference m Washington, D.C. The 2000 National Advocacy Conference, sponsored by the American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC), took place this year March 18 - 21 at the Capitol Hill Holiday Inn in Washington, D.C. The conference is an annual event that rallies community college students from around the nation behind issues selected by ASACC. Students attended workshops and listened to speakers the fust three days of the conference. Activities culminated the fourth day with students lobbying their Congressional leaders about issues such as the Pell Grant, child care and work study.

ASG Senator Brendan Fentiman, who did not attend the conference,

was concerned by the lack of effort

by ASG officers to ask Palomar students what issues really mattered to them.

"I think that the ASG should be at every one of the clubs," he said.

"They should be out here in the front with a booth saying, 'What is important to you? What are some of the issues you have?' Every club has some kind of political agenda that they would like to see taken forward, and I think that message should be carried by the ASG since they are the student reps."

Prior to the trip, ASG officers did not appear to have selected issues outside of those provided by ASACC. "I know that we're supposed to lobby for different things," said Alline Chan, ASG Treasurer, "but I'm not exactly sure what the agenda for Palomar is right at this moment."

ASG President Diane Vasquez

see Trip, page 7

Comfort, health sought in campus work stations Jo Appleton Staff Writer

In an effort to increase comfort and thus productivity at work, Palomar's health and safety department is installing work stations that are ergonomically correct into its offices.

Ergonomics is the science of fitting the job to the worker.

According to the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), when there's a mismatch between the physical requirements of the job and the physical capacity of the worker, work-related musculoskeletal disorders like carpal tunnel, can result.

Sixty percent of all reported work place illnesses are ergonomically related . The Bureau of National Affairs reported 302,000 cases of cumulated trauma disorders in 1993, according to a research summary done by Dr. Javid Noorollah, D.C. co-founder of Injury Prevention Specialist, an ergonomic consulting company in Sorrento Valley.

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reported that an average carpal tunnel surgery costs a company about $29,000. If attorneys' fees and settlement costs are included, this figure climbs to $50,000 per case," Noorollah said.

When the health and safety department at Palomar was established in 1991, ergonomics was the first thing addressed, said Kelley Hudson-Maclsaac, manager of facilities planning/environmental health and safety at Palomar.

"The problem was we had all these existing desks, then computers were plopped onto them without any modifications," Macisaac said. After evaluating the work space she and co-worker Don Thompson, who heads the departments maintenance and hazardous materials side, began to look for an effective system.

They found a fully articulating keyboard arm and tray with slide out mouse and a shelf that attaches to the bottom of a desk and adjusts up and down to custom fit the needs of the worker. The arm can slide back under the desk for when

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ATM machine to Coalition plans be moved campaign The automatic teller machine in the Student Union will be going to a better place soon.

In May there are plans to install a new Mission Federal Credit Union ATM in front of the Student Union, next to the bookstore, if the proposal by Mission Federal is finalized and accepted by the Facilities Planning Committee.

The reason for the move is to make it more accessible to students during more hours of the day.

Mike Ellis, director of facilities, said, "Currently the ATM is unavailable when the Student Union is closed, which is during certain hours of the night, after 10 p.m. and on weekends."

Moving it outside would make it useable 24 hours a day, seven days a week, even when special events are being held inside the SU. Travis Usrey Staff Writer

Classical music, opera presented

Adjunct staffers want their voices heard.

The Action 2000 Coalition has declared April 3 -April 7 Part Time Faculty Equity Week. Action 2000 is a California community college organization that calls attention to the increasing number of adjunct instructors and their concerns.

Community colleges in California will focus on activities that expand faculty's and students' awareness of adjuncts' issues. A comedy performance troupe will appear on some campuses.

For more information, contact Linda Cushing, Action 2000 Coalition Chair, at (714) 526-7220 or at cushing@allweb.com.

Lindsay l-im Hoorebeke Staff Writer

Department shows free films The Cinema Department will continue to offer "Movies about Movies" at 6:30p.m. every Thursday in Room P-32.

The schedule is as follows: "Ed Wood" is a tribute to one of Hollywood's true eccentrics, the cross-dressing director of some of the worst films ever made. It will be shown on April

Palomar College Performing Arts Department continues Concert Hour .

Spring 2000.

Upcoming performances include: • April 6: tuba recital by Gene Porkorney.

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• April 13: SDSU's opera work"Peeping Tom" is often eom• .J shop. pared to "Psycho." This controvea::_ • April 20: Scarlatti, Mozart and sial tale of voyeurism and murder Brahms piano recital, played by nearly ended the career of Karen Lam. Britain's greatest director. It will • April 27: the premiere of be shown on April 13.

Western Compositon, by Peter "Cinema Paradiso" is about a Gach. boy in post-war Italy who learns Performance lab (Room D-1 0) about life, love, and movies in his doors open at 12:20 p.m. and convillage's only cinema. It will be certs conclude at 1:20 p.m. shown on April 20.

Admission is free.

"Singin' in the Rain," is the Ronalyn Brizzie classic musical comedy about the Staff Writer early attempts to marry sound to movies. It will be shown on April 27.

Admission is free. For more information, call Robert Sheppard at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2444.

Taeyo Kitagawa Palomar College Orchestra and Staff Writer the Civic Youth Symphony Orchestra are performing their annual Spring Sunday Concert April 9 at 2 p.m. Palomar College and members of the Civic Youth Orchestra will be combining forces to play "Appalachian" by Copland, Students who are interested in "Piano Concerto Number 2" by teaching careers can attend an Saint-Saens, and "Symphony upcoming workshop designed to Number 9" by Dvorak. answer their questions.

The show will be held m the Career Opportunities in K-12 Concert Hall at the California Teaching will be held April 12 Center for the Arts in Escondido. from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. in the Tickets may be purchased at the Governing Board Room in the Howard Brubeck Theater box Student Services Center. The semoffice at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2453. inar will focus on training, credenFor more information, call or etials, and job opportunities for mail Mea Daum at the performance teachers. arts department at (760) 744-1150 Nancy Seuschek ext.

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Musicians team up to perform

Teaching forum offered

Nancy Seuscheklrhe tele~·c:ope

Student Mark Edmonds manages to fit in a quick video game in the Student Union.

E.Y.Info Gamma Sigma (AGS)- Meets on Wednesday at noon in Room SU-22. merican Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Room SU-28.

Meets on Wednesday

Justice Club- Meets Wednesday from noon to l p.m. in Room NA-l.

Success -

Meets Wednesday at noon in the Counseling Center.

and Lesbian Association (GALA)- Meets Thursday from 3:30p.m. to 4:30p.m. in SU-17.

Council (ICC)- Meets Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in Room SU-18.

Day Saint Student Association (LDSSA) of Religion.

DROPPING A CLASS As of March 11, no drops are allowed. An evaluative grade (A,B,C,D,F) or "I" will be given.

AUDITING A CLASS A signature from the instructor and the dean is required to audit a class. Not all classes are available for auditing. There is no deadline for original registration in audit status. Changing from audit status to credit status is not permitted.

TRANSCRIPTS Until further notice, rush transcripts are available on a 48-hour turn-around basis, whether official or unofficial. Normal tr~nscript processing time is approximately three weeks.

Meets Monday at 7 a.m. at the

-Meets Thursday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Room SU-1 7.

American Student Alliance (NASA) -Meets Wednesday from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 iq Room SU-28.

Theta Kappa (PTK)- Meets Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Room SU-22.

College Comet Club- Meets Thursday at 4 p.m. in Room SU-28.

you have information for a campus club or campus event and would like to see it Jnt:tu12ea on the Campus Beat page, Call Nancy Seuschek at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2450 or

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GRADES FOR FALL 99 AND SUMMER 99 Grades are not automatically mailed. To access grades by phone, call PAR at (760) 471-2421 and follow the prompts for the semester grades option. To access grades through the Internet, go to the Palomar College home page at www.palomar.edu, and look for Student Online grades. Students may also submit a selfaddressed, stamped envelope to the Records Office, or by showing a picture ID at most Palomar College locations.

SUMMER 2000 GRADUATION Deadline to apply for AA's and CA's is July 1. There is no deadline for these certifications to transfer: CSUGE (California State University General Education certification) or IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum).

Katie Thompson Staff Writer

Speak Out! How are the higher gas • pr1ces affecting you?

"Oh, God, it's terrible. I have to drive to school four days a week. My budget is wiped out."

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"I drive from San Diego.

It's very expensive. Our gas card is pretty exceeded right now."

"I ride with a friend, and we share gas expenses.

Together, we spend at least 30 bucks a week."

"It's taking all my paycheck, basically.

Especially when I have five classes, going back and forth."

"It's not really affecting me. I have a little Ford Aspire. It gets about 30 miles per gallon, so it's only a few cents more."

"It's affecting me a lot. It's almost $2 a gallon, so I'm driving less."

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Benefits: continued from page 1 · Domestic Partnership with the California Secretary of State.

"The policy will make little dif-~ .ference in cost to the college," • Norton added.

• The policy defines "eligible : employees" as those who are eligi~ ble for health benefits under exist: ing board policy but does not : include employees in a bargaining : unit represented by an exclusive . bargaining representative.

~ Offices: : continued from page 1 the worker needs to only use the desk top, and is pulled out again for data-entry. Over 100 have already been installed, at Palomar, said Thompson.

Additionally, the department brought in a physical therapist to train staff on proper biomechanics, correct posture, alignment and overall positioning of the body while working. "The worker and environment must work together," said Dr. Noorollah.

Noorollah treats a lot of people for repetitive stress injpry, and . carpal tunnel due to poor ergonomics, he said.

"Initially, most people did manual labor," said Noorollah, "Now, , more people are using computers and are sedentary most of the day." , Since our spines are made up of ; movable segments, it's important "' to do counter-sedentary work as • well, such as a vigorous exercise : program, taking micro-breaks : from repetitive work and stretchi ing, Noorollah said. ; With OSHA's guidelines gearing : for completion in standardization by the end of 2000, Macisaac and ~ ~taff seem to be on the right track.

California State University, San Marcos has a similar policy already in place'.

In other business, the board approved a 2 percent salary increase for faculty, adjunct faculty and the administrative association, retroactive to July 1, 1999.

The governing board met early to participate in a video conference demonstration at the ETV studio with the Palomar college Borego Springs education center.

There are currently two classes that are being taught via video conference.

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Editorial Calling all student leaders e know you're out there. You may be hiding, trying to sneak from your class to your car so as to not be called upon to lead. But we need you - we need student leaders.

In just a few short weeks, Palomar students will be voting for next year's Associated Student Government, but their choices will be limited.

Only a few students have taken out election applications - and only one has turned one in. If the void rn student leadership continues, we won't have any options on our ballot, and many positions will be left vacant.

The entire executive board is up for grabs - president, all vice presidents, and treasurer. Four senator positions are also available.

You may find student leadership daunting, reclining under the misconception that even if you get involved, you won't be able to malfe a difference. But that simply is not true.

Last fall and this spring student government members lobbied the college to extend the library hours during finals - i t worked. The library will be open later.

Two years ago the student government saw the need for a new Student Union building.

Because of their efforts plans are now being drawn.

But that is not all the student government does. If having fun is your thing, you should run for vice president of social ~vents and plan events on campus.

lf you are involved in a club, maybe you should run for vice president I chair of the Inter-Club Council and help organize the clubs on campus.

Do you like politics? Run for vice president of state affairs and lead the students' lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento.

Are you a penny-pincher? Pick up a packet and run for treasurer.

Manage the ASG's budget of almost $100,000.

Or maybe you like to be the boss. If so, the executive vice president position is right up your alley. They manage the ASG and come up with new policies and procedures.

Perhaps you're the type of leader has to be in charge and at the top. Run for president.

Represent the students to the highest levels of college administration, including a spot on the governing board.

Not to mention tile senator positions. If you have a brain for ideas and an eye for finding needs dfi canfpu~,' be a s·e nati! 'and put your ideas into action.

Student leaders have made a difference at Palomar College, but if no one runs for office, there won't be any one there to protest the next fee increase, or do the little things that make college life easier.

So stop hiding. We know you can make a difference. Go to SU21 and pick up an election application and get your name on the ballot. Because if you don't do it, who will?

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Volume 53 Number 17

Focused on Palomar Editor in Chief Tom Chambers

Campus Beat Editor Nancy Seuschek

Opinion Editor Sean J. O'Connor

Entertainment Editor Evan Blewett

Focus Editor Jason Sherrill

Sports Editor Richardson Miron

Assistant Sports Editor Arlene Martinez

Photo Editor

Distribution Manager Tara Hebert

Instructional Assistant Daniel Kwan Lew

Journalism Adviser Wendy Nelson

Photojournalism Adviser Paul Stachelek

Staff Writers Jo Appleton, Andrea Beach, Ronalyn Brizzie, Mark Brown, Taeyo Kitagawa, Douglas LeClair, Laura Mitchell, R. K. Odie, James Rolfsen, Dustin J. Schwindt, Rebecca Snow, Katie Thompson, Travis Usrey, Lindsay van Hoorebeke, Kevan K. Wynn

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Staff Photographers Copy Editor Michael Paisner

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I expect the men in black will be next.

You see, I've stumbled upon a vast conspiracy. It 's not Hillary 's "right-wing" conspiracy, nor McCarthy's "left- wing" conspiracy - and that's the conspiracy!

There is neither "right" nor "left" Oh, they want you to think there is, but I'll tell you the secret they don't want you to know!

In politics today, the establishment uses two labels to describe the political beliefs of all 270 million Americans.

Regardless of the political party (if any) with which you affiliate, they see you as either "right/conservative" or "left/liberaL" Sometimes they use the term "moderate," but it is simply used to describe people afraid to make a commitment.

And if, like me, you're the product of government brainwashing, er, public education, then odds are that you don 't understand (or care about) either of these labels.

Here's part one of your lesson: Liberals and conservatives like you to think that they are opposites, but the fact is that they are really just two sides of the same biggovernment coin.

Ideally, "conservatives" are conservative socially - meaning they think government should regulate personal behavior in order to protect the "moral fabric" of society.

Yet they are liberal economically, believing the government should stay out of the financial affairs of businesses and individuals.

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Libertarians believe that you know best how to run your life, not politicians. You have the right to learn from your own mistakes without bureaucrats "protecting you from yourself." wealth," thus guaranteeing that everyone, as Census 2000 puts it, gets a "fair share."

"But that makes them opposites!" you cry. No, it doesn't. It makes them more alike. They both think that politicians and bureaucrats know how to run your life better than you do.

How many politicians would you trust with your money? Would you trust Bill Clinton or Newt Gingrich with your credit card?

Do you think a nine-to-five bureaucrat has your best interests at heart? Next!

Did you hear that? No ? It sounded like a helicopter.

Where was I? Oh, I was about to teach you two words you never learned in (public) school. They are: "authoritarian" and "libertarian."

"What do they mean?" you ask.

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ment should dictate the morals of its citi- · zenry, and control how money is distributed, using confiscation (taxation) and redistribution. There is no room for social; or economic diversity in this system. The l only "diversity' allowed is that authorized ' by the state.

Sound familiar?lt should.

Joseph Stalin and Adolph Hitler are two . of history's most notorious authoritarians · -pardon? Did you think I was referring to : someone else?

Why, I would never suggest that the good ol' USA had any authoritarian politicians!

I was raised on welfare by a "liberal" single mother. I registered to vote as a Democrat when I turned 18. My teachers taught me Democrats believe in freedom.

When I discovered libertarianism two ~ years ago, however, I knew I had come ; home, Libertarianism has been described as the · logical result of the Golden Rule. : Libertarians believe that you know best : how to run your life, not politicians. You : have the right to learn from your own mis- : takes without bureaucrats "protecting you : from yourself." · You shouldn't have to surrender 47 per- : cent of your earnings at gunpoint to sup- . port a system of inept bureaucrats, violent : law enforcement agencies and leeches that : feed on your tax dollars. ' Most importantly, you have the right to live your life as you choose, so long as you do not harm the life, liberty and property of others.

The big-government, authoritarian types won't like what I've written. Let them whine - just don't let them control your morals, your money or your life.

The helicopters are here! Hide quickly, bum this column and don 't tell anyone that you know the truth or else they'll come get you, too.

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s an American, I often take for granted the differences in lifestyle that technology has afforded us.

On a recent trip to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, I rode through a small Mayan village on the way to the ruins at Coba, which lie surrounded by miles of some of the thickest jungle in the world.

As I rode through on a second-class Mexican bus, a spry elderly woman stooped and asked to ride the bus. It was apparent that the woman barely spoke

Spanish and was having some difficulty communicating with the bus driver.

As I watched this exchange, three thoughts struck me. The first was an intense desire to interview the woman.

Could you imagine being so isolated for so long, and then one day a bulldozer pushes its way into your tiny world bringing with it a road, electricity, archeologists and eventually tourists.

The second thing that struck me was how relatively unchanged the lives of the Mayans of that village have been over the past thousand years. They live in the same huts, harvest the same crops and live the

same basic lifestyle.

Two things have had an impact on their lifestyle: cars and electricity. They know : of the outside world now, yet many choose · to remain in this simple, yet harsh exis- : tence in the jungles of the Yucatan.

I Finally, I was really impressed that they 1 live without all of the modern conve- • I niences we seem so dependent on.

While we were upset over the Y2K bug: and all of the expected societal downfall, ' life went on as usual in that Mayan village. They seem very content without the trappings of modern civilization. Maybe , we could learn something from them.

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Letters to the Editor Apathy apparent in 'Generation X' voters I was appalled to see the smiling faces of six young students in the recent "Speak Out" section (Feb. 28), · five of whom were openly not enthusiastic about the important upcoming elections.

With comments like, "I haven't really been paying attention" and "I don't know what's going on" as the common language of the young adult, it is no wonder that we are" spiraling toward the age of apathy, smiling all the while. It is to our collective misfortune that these people are the status quo of the so-called Generation X. Voter apathy has systematically plagued this country, particularly during · eras lacking in any social upheaval. So maybe it's too easy. There is no struggle · and there's no fight to vote. In this booming economy which continues to , . bring new opp.ortunities to young people, : .· there may seem to be little to care about.

Even worse, people now in high school ' wouldn't even remember the debilitating , recession this country was in during the early 1990s. I remember because I couldn't find a job. You bet I voted when I got the chance. Whereas people used to wonder if their vote could really make a ! :'· difference, now we have a hard time con• · vincing people that there are differences 'to be made.

We can see that apathy is bred by a lack of motivation, which is in turn caused by a lack of immediacy of the .• issues. The issues currently in debate · seem irrelevant to the youthful age bracket. Couple this with a lack of under! standing of the system itself, and the results are catastrophic. What is the answer? Education (this is a college after' all). It would be a small task to .~ illustrate why young people should care iJ about issues affecting our environment, ~. ~ealth a!_ld o.uf,ability to f~e~ s~cure ab~ut t>· QUF f?nanc~s when we age. Simple discussions can give these issues meaning.

Showing young people how their opin" ions impact our society empowers them · and provides them with a sense of inde, pendence (the ultimate gals of every young person). The cliche is true, . knowledge is power, of that there is no , doubt. When the government can hear every citizen's voice at equal volume, , then and only then will this be a d~moc­ : racy.

ing the professor for an additional week to read an eight page assignment, the next day they are bargaining for extra credit.

They arrive late for school and then practice the art of parking lot "stalking" while they impede traffic as they maneuver for the closest spot. Their oral presentations are dotted with "I think..." as they engage us with all the wisdom their 18 years will allow. They see picking up their own trash in the Student Union as unacceptable. One need only follow the trail of bread crumbs back to the high schools they attended the previous year.

That's right Mr. Chambers, they are young people!

I am a "re-entry" student and I can tell you that there are more of them than there are of us. To characterize them as anything less than rude, crude and flatout lazy would be to deny the truth. The only thing ~orse would be if I were to imply that all young people were like that.

The vast majority of the young students that I have seen here are hardworking, motivated and focused. I am not afraid to say that I have learned much from many of them. I guess the learning point here is to not hang a label on a group because of the actions of a f~w. I apologize for being caustic, but because of the shock-jock spawned, Jerry Springer-like tone of the column, I felt that a response had to be one which your generation would appreciate. To use a vernacular, "You've been dissed."

Classroom interruptions are not the sole dominion of the old.

Steve Compian General Studies

Disturbing questions about PAR system

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his summer President Clinton will be making one of the mo,st important decisions in U.S. history. He will decide if America should implement a nuclear missile defense system, which would protect all 50 states. This is something the Republicans have wanted for years.

At first Clinton strictly opposed it. Now he's had a change of heart. It will be a costly operation and one with dire consequences but is it worth it?

A simplified version of how the system should work will have to suffice here.

America will put many satellites in space, which monitor long-range missile launches. If one is found, then the satellites tell radar stations around the globe to track the incoming warhead. At a certain point, anti-missile weapons fire and destroy the nuclear weapon high in the earth's atmosphere.

The Russians and Chinese oppose this plan. The Rt~ssians. are angry over it, since they cannot afford to have such a system. It would be another slap in the face, reminding them they lost the Cold War. The system could not actually stop an entire nuclear arsenal, though some argue it may.

And the Chinese are upset because they bought the "cheap" nuclear missile plan, the exact kind the system should excel at stopping. The cheap missile plan, meaning the

The United States is the most powerful country in the world. As such it has to take certain precautions and make protections for itself. It is absurd to ask such a huge target to assume no responsibility for its own welfare. kind of missiles that are horribly inaccurate, have no countermeasure devices .

Of course, other countries like North Korea are threatening various things if America goes forward, but they usually do anyway.

America has a more important reason not to build a nuclear defense system. In 1972, the Unites States signed a treaty with Russia saying neither country would manufacture such a system for that would halt the current policy of M.A.D., Mutually Assured Destruction.

Basically, M.A.D. means if you kill us, you die too. Despite how terrible it sounds, it has been a real deterrent to nuclear war since each government realizes there will be no real winner.

The defense system has the potential to

I am writing this letter with the hope~f getting answers to a few disturbing questions that alfect every student at Palomar.

I am referring to the inadequacy of the mandatory PAR system that has not been revealed to the student body. The problem is the inability of the current software to move a student from the "wait list" to being registered, if someone drops the class. For example, you call at your PAR date and find your desired class is full. Current wisdom dictates that if you are on the wait list, when someone drops, you will move up on the eligibiliNancy Worsham ty list.

Political Science NOT SO! The system allows the next caller to be added to the class while your chances of being admitted never improve.

A knowledgeable faculty member revealed this problem to me. In disbelief, t seems an epidemic is sweeping the I was pleasantly surprised to read the I approached another trusted professor to country.

A disease that affects the rich column by Tom Chambers in the March confirm this information. Reluctantly, he and the poor, the young and the old, the Jan~es 27 issue of The Telescope. I whole-heart- acknowledged that this was in fact one of good and the bad.

A scourge left untreated Rolfsen edly agree with his opinion that com- the many problems with the current softcould destroy every bank account from sea ments in the classroom should be con- ware. to shining sea. That's right, I'm talking It is an outrage that the student body • cise, pertinent and timely. He offered a · about corrupt politicians! Oh wait, no I'm convincing, yet diluted argument, which wasn't notified of this problem before not, I'm speaking about rising gas prices needs to be extended to all conduct in the registration began. Why were we told ' ' and other evils that have been brought to us "tests on the entire system have worked" classroom. by OPEC and other mideastern mafia Last year, I witnessed a student receive as per Stan Malley in the Dec. 6 issue of We've enjoyed the ride of groups. a buzz on his cell phone during class. The. Telescope. Mr. Malley further According to the Utility Consumer's cheap gasoline long The young man gleefully went to the states,"We've run tests on problems from Action Network, the average price of a galback of the room, where he carried on a the fall - they should all be fixed ...it is lon of unleaded 87-octane gasoline in San enough, these oil corporaconversation as if some invisible barrier working." Even in this age of ClintonDiego County as of March 20 was $1.80. speak it is hard to find a modicum of tions have to pay their was shielding us from this interruption.

That expensive?

We can't have this, not Last semester, a young lady arrived 10 truth in that statement. It is working if in the land of opportunity, not where we workers salaries too. All · minutes late to a class I was in. It was test the sum total of a 4.6 million software easily spend $80 for perfume that makes day. She held the door open while she package is that it can answer " ... 60 calls you smell normal. Not where they sell OPEC has done is and her amore serenaded us to a chorus competing for 24 lines?" underwear for $1,000. Almost $2 for a gal- respond to the increased The student body has the right to know of giggles and pleasantries. When the lon of gas? This is preposterous! instructor told her to close the door, she if this most egregious of problems will be What can we do to stop this? Can we do demand of gas by hiking rectified before next semester registrareplied, "How rude!" anything? pnces.

Seems like there is always one - you tion begins.

Maybe the government could intervene to · know the type. They always sit in the rear forestall this impending financial crisis. .

Robert Lazar of the class, where they can watch the When prices went down after the Gas Out, Well, you should be pleased to know our Aeronautical Science clock and the door. One day they are askgovernment has raised import fees on exot- the organizers took full credit and once again those wonderful people in charge of ic rugs and pistachios. That'll teach them! the Great Gas Out saved the world!

If they mess with our gas, we'll mess with While everyone was congratulating each their nuts!

The Telescope welcomes all letters to the editor. Letters Early last year, California gas companies other on a job well done, the gas companies ! must be typewritten (no more than 300 words) and include the did something that shocked all of us econo- did what they wanted, proof that they could 'j author's name, major and telephone number. The my-minded Americans; they raised gas raise gasoline prices.

One year has past and here we are, on the Telescope reserves the right to edit letters for space, and not prices to roughly (gasp) $1.50 per gallon. precipice of paying close to 50 percent more Those evil people, trying to make more to print letters containing lewd or libelous comments. Letters than what we paid last year. Way to go Gas money.

How dare they! must be received by Monday at 3 p.m. to be considered for pubIn response to this threat, people orga- Out! We sure showed those gas people! lication the next Monday.

The funny part about the whole gas-pricenized and agreed to have the Great Gas Out. • Letters can be sent to The Telescope, 1140 W. Mission thing is the fact that people are organizing The plan was to stop buying gasoline for 1 another Great Gas Out. : Rd., San Marcos, CA 92069 or can be dropped off in Room TCBone whole 24-hour period.

What these people don't realize is they are That, according to the Great Gas Out . 1 at the north end of campus. Letters can also be e-mailed to merely a fly on the wall of oil producers organizers, should bloody the nose of those '.., telescope@palomar.edu oil people and force them to drive prices everywhere.

They can't stop OPEC, they can only predown.

Young students . interrupt class too

make a winner out of the United States. The United States argues this system will be in place only to stop terrorists and "rogue" states like North Korea, Iraq and Iran from being able to strike America with such destructive results and there is no chance the plan could stop an entire arsenal of nuclear missiles from Russia or even China.

The United States is the most powerful country in the world. As such it has to take certain precautions and make protections for itself. It is absurd to ask such a huge target to assume no responsibility for its own welfare.

I agree with the defense system. Yes, I am biased. I happen to live in the United States.

I do not want to see one of our beautiful cities destroyed by a lone nuclear missile.

Sure, the United States would annihilate whoever fired the missile and all associated with f!lem, but doing so woul~ not bring back the millions killed.

The Senate has passed a law saying that a system will be decided on by 2005; it does not specify to a certain plan, but it does say something will be done.

There are more options around and maybe something more uniform will surface in the near future.

For information, visit these Web sites: http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/0 2/15/Star.wars.htrnl http ://cnn.com/ ALLPOLITICS/stories/l999/03/18missile.defense http://www.msnbc.com/news/3 74927 .asp

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sent themselves as a minor distraction, a novelty to gaze at and then throw away.

And even if they do manage to stall oil lords to the point where it cuts deeply into their profit margin, don't they realize OPEC has us over a barrel?

They do inhabit one of the most combustible parts on the globe. All it takes is a few dips in the stock market and you might have some serious problems on your hands.

These Gas Out people are playing with matches around a pool of $2 per gallon gasoline.

But why is everybody so uptight about gas prices? So you have to pay more at the pump, big deal!

There happens to be a thing called inflation. Because of our booming economy, prices have been skyrocketing everywhere else. Everywhere but gasoline.

We've enjoyed the ride of cheap gasoline long enough, these oil corporations have to pay their workers salaries too. All OPEC has done is respond to the increased demand of gas by hiking prices.

The only thing OPEC has done is do the smart thing.

More Americans are becoming richer at a quicker speed. Many of these Americans spend their newfound wealth on brand new toys like the gas-inhaling SUV. These SUVs average about 10 miles to the gallon. Therefore, more gasoline needs to be imported. The more gasoline that is needed, the higher the price will be.

So basically, the only way to reduce these prices, or at least keep them at a reasonable price, is to lower demand for gas.

Until we do that OPEC could charge $20 per gallon and we would still pay it. So sit down, shut up, and buy the gas.

Rolfsen is a staff writer, and can be reached via e-mail: telescope@palomar.edu

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Pavilion Cafe is different trom the other places on campus 'flhere students can grab a cup of ioffee. During the afternoon, a gagjle of children played a game of 4atch - with their shoes - in the ~afe 's adjacent courtyard. Voices ~:om a practicing choir drifted on tanilla-scented air while students lfugered on the patio. And inside, ~e cafe's far wall was embellished ~ith seven earthy prints, each neat~ matted, framed and labeled. ~ The artwork is from Loretta Kramer's printmaking classes.

Kramer, a printmaker for 23 years, wishes there were a bigger area to showcase students' art. "We want to promote an artistic atmosphere," she said. "We love what we do and we want to show the world."

Printmaking, a technique reaching back to the Middle Ages, was the predecessor of offset lithography, or what we think of as publishing.

The field encompasses silkscreening,_ where a design is imposed on a screen of fine mesh or silk, and etching, which employs acid to cut an image into a metal or glass plate. Printmaking allows an artist to reproduce a piece by reapplying ink to the original plate or· wooden block. When the artist adds

touches to a finished print, such as colored pencil, spray paint or collage, it is transformed into a monoprint, a unique piece because it cannot be exactly reproduced.

Joe Torre Guarrera hand-colored the two etchings he has on display.

"I like how it's a real hands-on process," he said. "(Printmaking) is real technical, more so than painting or sculpting. You're dealing with different viscosities and textures."

He added one of the reasons he is involved with the class is to have access to the department's printing presses, which cost several thousand dollars apiece.

At the cafe, Jennie Galvan works behind the counter, frothing lattes and ringing up snacks. She said it's nice when the shop has a display.

"They're eye-catchers," she said.

"People stop and look. They see if they recognize any of the names."

Kramer chooses the ruiwork from her beginning and advanced printmaking class, refreshing the displays with new work every couple . of months. All of the items are for sale. For more information, contact her at (760) 744-1150 ext. 1150.

The Pavilion Cafe, located behind the Boehm Gallery and the performing arts buildings, is open Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Fridays 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sara Durben and Rob McNamee view a sample of the artwork on display at the Pavilion Cafe. Located behind the Boehoh Gallery, the Cafe is open Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

·'The Road to El Dorado' paved with golden bricks

Movie Review '

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Chloe (Leslie Bibb, far left), Caleb <Paul Walker, center) and Luke (Joshua Jackson) wonder how they got involved in such a bad movie in, "The Skulls."

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Oustin J. Schwindt ila.ff Writer

; January to June always seem to qe the months for forgettable movies to be released from Hollywood. The movies look great when previewed, get hyped through the winter and eventually fall flat upon release. Such is the case with "The Skulls," Universal's latest release.

"The Skulls" is the story of Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson), an ivy league college student who, against advice from his friends Will (Hill Harper) and Chloe (Leslie Bibb), decides to join a secret society called the Skulls. Upon admission to the Skulls, Luke is lavished with all sorts of luxuries, special favors and money.

Luke soon forsakes his old friends for a new one in Caleb Mandrake (Paul Walker), the son of Judge Litton Mandrake (Craig T. Nelson), chairman of the Skulls.

Luke's perfect world is thrown into upheaval when a murder occurs that causes him to investigate the secret society and discover they are responsible for the crime. He tries to get justice and find a way out of the Skulls while they try anything to stop him.

Like many movies hyped recently, "The Skulls" potentially could have been a decent thriller, but too

Perez), an indigenous hattie attempting to escape fro El Dorado. Soon all three are captured and swept int the hidden city.

Rarely do you see an animated, wide-release feature Inside they meet Chief Tannabok (voiced by Edwa film come from a studio other than Disney these days. James Olmos), a compassionate leader happy to ha Ironically, DreamWorks, the company co-founded by guests but who maintains reservations about the former Disneyite Jeffrey Katzenburg, seems to be dip- arrivaL He plays second fiddle to the city's high pries ping its hands into mainstream animation more and Tzekel-Kan (voiced by Armand Assante), who vie Tulia and Miguel as gods descended from the heavens. more these days.

Compare their recent previous works like "Antz" and The movie takes no steps toward a sense of authenti~ "The Prince of Egypt" against Disney's meager ity with the various vocal talents. Kline's simple "Tarzan" and it seems like they could start to give the American infiection contrasts against Branagh's English Mouse House a run for their Disney dollars. brogue. Perez's thick Brooklyn accent also clearly Enter "The Road to El Dorado," a spry vignette that's shines through and seems very unnatural on Chel, •a not exactly brilliant, but not exactly awful either. The chru·acter native to the New World.

Unlike "Tarzan," which dealt with the problem of movie is tops in animation and style, though it may leave its target audience - namely the little ones - breaking through the language barrier, "El Dorado" behind with excessive and surprising adult references tosses that dilemma out the window by allowing Spanish. including sex and profanity. . and El Dorado citizens alike the ability to speak perfect • The fllm centers on two best friends and street hus- English. tlers named Miguel (voiced by Kenneth Branagh), a Despite the appeal of animation to kids., some parents wide-eyed dreamer, and Tulio (voiced by Kevin Kline), should be warned about a few key moments of mature the more practical though no less scrupulous of the pair. material in the otherwise kid-friendly film. Tzekel-Kan As the movie opens, they win a map that supposedly eagerly and repeatedly offers Tulia and Miguel human points the way to the fabled El Dorado, the Lost City of sacrifice, and actually kills off an assistant during a Gold. Just as that happens, their con is found out and black magic ritual. they flee, taking refuge on board a ship preparing to sail The vivacious Chel, drawn with more curves than to the New World.

Jessica Rabbit and with clothes that just barely hang Unbeknownst to them, the ship is run by the Spanish from her body, engages in the beginnings of a love scene explorer Cortes - one mean customer who, like so many with Tulio. The two share back rubs and sink to the cartoon movie villains before him, displays the fact that floor seductively before being interrupted. he is a bad guy by wearing all black. Not taking kindly Perhaps this plus more explains the noticeable PG rating'1 to stowaways, he locks them in the brig.

With help from a supercilious war horse named Some beautiful shots also layer the movie, such as a Alvito, Tulio and Miguel escape in a lifeboat and just spirited introduction montage and an impressive attack barely float to the shores of the New World. With map sequence by a large stone jaguar. in hand, they march bravely into the jungle, fantasizing "The Road to El Dorado" is worth the time to explore, about all the fortune and glory they are soon to acquire. but anyone planning a trip to the theater with someone It's not long before their prayers are answered. At the under the age of 8 may want to think twice before passend of the trail they bump into Chel (voiced by Rosie ing the popcorn.

Evan Blewett

Arts & Enrenainment Editor

many factors caused it to fall flat in the country combined would have. the theater.

Also, it'~ hard to attribute national One obvious problem with "The status 'to a society whose chief Skulls" was the acting. Joshua board members all reside within a Jackson wasn't awful, but there few miles of the campus.

Motivation seemed to be unclear were some weak moments in the movie that could be attributed to when it came to some of the charachim. The cheesiest performance ters in this film as well. One of the was from Walker, who fai led at act- characters, Detective Sparrow ing like a friend to Jackson's char- (Steve Harris) seemed to be a legit acter, acting like a disappointment cop investigating the murder, but to his on-screen father and acting when Luke goes to him with some callous to women. In short, Walker hard evidence, Sparrow goes to great lengths to screw him over and failed as an actor.

As for Nelson and Christopher later goes to even greater lengths to McDonald, who plays his enforcer, save him. The movie seemed to be they are seasoned professionals missing the scene that revealed the capable of supporting a film and sudden shift in the cop's conthey fill that role, but really failed to science.

Even the ending of ''The Skulls" stretch their talents.

Besides the acting, "The Skulls" contradicted it elf. When a film is carried some gaping holes and plot dominated by a life or death pursuit contradictions. An obvious over- of a character it would seem that the sight was the fact that the Skulls are ending would be as intense if not a "secret society," yet everybody is , more than the majority of the film. awru·e of its existence. Contributing Instead the audience was treated to a to its familiarity on can1pus stands a less than lukewarm resolution to all • huge skull emblem donning the out- these serious problems facing the side wall of the society's com- main character.

"The Skulls" is worth seeing if you pound. want to see a boat race, a comical car The film also hinted to the Skulls' presence as the most elite secret chase and some ''Dawson's Creek"society in the nation, but there were style dialogue between characters. actually a number of other "secret" But if you're expecting an egde-ofsocieties on that one campus alone your-seat thriller with a nail-biting ending you might want to wait until for the students to choose from.

Just imagine how many other soci- the summer blockbusters arrive and how 'The Skulls" just how it's done. eties the other colleges throughout

Movie Review

The Road to ElDorado Rating:

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Miguel (Kenneth Branagh, left) and Tulia (Kevin Kline) formulate a plan to escape from capture in, "The Road to El Dorado."

Starring: Kevin Kline Kennetb Branagh Armand Assante

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Jeremy Sahagun, a Palomar College sophomore in the architect program, wants to go to California Poly Tech after Palomar. He has some construction experience and spent four years in the Navy at Whitby . Island in Washington :working on aircraft. He and Rick Shaffer were putting up drywall in the bedroom while Kuzmich and Roberts were nearby in the closet.

For Shaffer, this was a brand new experience. ''I'm a novice," Shaffer said. "I'm learning a lot from Jeremy. He's telling me what l should do." Shaffer is fresh from Folsom High School in Sacramento. Carton came into help them with some measurements around the electrical outlets.

•Trip: continued from page 1 was not familiar with much of the ASACC's background.

"It's a ~ational organization, with different Colleges and representatives," she ~aid. "That's what I know about it."

Several weeks before the trip, the student government voted to approve funding for the excursion with student representation fees. At the beginning of each semester, students are asked at registration to pay a student representation fee of $1. e decision to pay the fee is voluntary.

Chan expressed concern that students are unaware of the purpose of the fee. "When I first came to Palomar, I did not know what that fee was, and some people don't even know how much it is, because t n the menu it doesn't say. It just

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"Doing this makes you feel good," Shaffer said.

In the front part of the house, four Palomar College students were putting up drywall on the ceiling. Kristen McCullough was using a long pole with a three-foot horizontal plank at one end to keep the ceiling in place while the other three students, Mike Edmiston, and Dominic Chris Tracy Chemello were nailing the ceiling in place.

McCullough, another architect major, had volunteered for Habitat before. She thought putting up the roof was the hardest part so far.

Two other volunteers who were working with Palomar College students were Tom Shaeffer, a general contractor' from Chula Vista and Norm Higginson, a retired elementary school teacher from the Newberry Park Elementary School District in Thousand Oaks.

Edmiston came down from North County on his 250 motorcy-

says, 'Would you like to pay student representation fees?' And you say yes or no."

Those fees add up. The Student Activities Office confirmed that up to $1,000 was approved for each students who attended the conference. The ASG routinely approves funding for such events in excess of estimated costs, in order to assure availability of funds and cut down on paperwork.

Seven students, accompanied by Interim Director of Student Activities Bruce Bishop, attended the conference.

Though the final cost of the trip is still not known, amounts thus far typically range from $756 to $786 per student. No individual cost has yet exceeded $800.

Bishop explained that the ASG is largely autonomous when spending money on the annual conference and similar events.

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cle. He is taking computer drafting as part of his architect major. He said he is good at computers. His wife, not present this trip, plans to get her architect's license. He said he will work the computers while his wife designs.

For Chris Tracy, another architect major, it was a first time experience.

He plans to go to California Poly Tech in Pomona when he finishes at Palomar. "I like working with the people at Habitat," he said. "I think it will help the neighborhood." Dominic Chemello, a graduate of Palomar's architect program, has been working for Habitat for a few weeks.

"I'm enjoying the experience thoroughly and I intend to do this until I graduate," he said.

Chemello comes from Temecula.

He is now attending Woodbury University and plans to get his bachelor's degree in architecture soon.

Habitat sells homes to lowincome families. Families pay for

was a trip that was sanctioned by Palomar College by the very nature that the student government organization is sanctioned by Palomar College," he said. "But in no sense of the term does the student government have to ask permission of the college or seek approval of the college for a trip of this nature. The trip is funded by student representation fees that are paid for by each individual student who attends Palomar College, and a result of that, no district funds are used."

Fentirnan hopes to see more conference information disseminated by the current student government than has been provided about prior trips.

Speaking of the lack of communication about past events, he said, "I have not seen any evidence of any actions that they've taken. There's been no contact with clubs. There's been no open forum speaking, information to say what our mission was, what was accomplished, who

their homes over 20-years with a no-interest, no-profit mortgage."

Payments are recycled to build other homes. As part of the down payment, families contribute 250 hours of "sweat equity" for each adult in the home, either on their own home or some other Habitat projects.

Habitat has completed more than 65,000 homes, new and renovated, in more than 50 countries In San Diego, it has provided homes to 26 families. They expect to be working at four additional sites by June.

Carton, Habitat's man in charge, said, "volunteers are welcome and we try to roll with it."

He said more than 15 volunteers sometimes are difficult to handle.

The house gets a little crowded.

Saturdays are not difficult to fill, he said, but there is a need for more volunteers weekdays. If anyone is interested in volunteering for Habitat for Humanity in the San Diego area, call (619) 465-7576.

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was talked to. I don't think' lot of the students even realize that they've got an ASG that goes to Washington."

Bridgette Roncone, ASG vicepresident of state affairs, who attended the conference, is skeptical of the value of continued trips to Washington.

"I don't think we should be lobbying the federal government because they don't really have as much to do with our funding as the state does," she said.

"I think that rather than going all the way out there to . D.C. and spending so much money, it will be more beneficial to go to Sacramento and lobby our state assemblymen and state senators," Roncone added.

"That will have more impact on things like the community service requirement and tax-free textbooks, which are the two biggest issues that the students are concerned about at Palomar College."

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The idiot box has finally lived up to its name.

Where we once watched shows that entertained as well as discussed moral dilemmas, we now see neither.

Today's television programming targeted at young people between the ages of 18 and 25 is flooded with such shows as "Cleopatra 2525", "Xena Warrior Princess" and "The Man Show" . These shows do nothing but suck the intelligence out of you .

"Cleopatra 2525" consists of three women fighting to take the Earth back from the aliens who took it from them.

Cleopatra the leader of this group of warriors has awakened after 500 years of being cryogenically frozen during breast implant surgery. What else needs to be said? , "Xena Warrior Princess follows the ::same line of quality as "Cleopatra 2525". Two women walk aimlessly around fighting everyone they come across because all are evil and they are good.

The women only wear clothes that reveal everything to the viewers. The men again are depicted as dumb and

are only motivated by the desires of their lusts for the women on the show.

These are the types of shows that the networks are putting out there for us.

Beautiful women wearing tight clothes who cannot act.

These shows say to us, "Hey, we know all you want is sex and violence."

Who cares if it is useless and most of the times so bad that you just have to change the channel to save yourself?

"Yes, I like women to look sexy not trashy," said Palomar student John DeCarlo," especially if they are tougher than me."

Programming shows men in a bad light as well. Comedy Central has developed a show that is for men only.

"The Man Show" is, yes at times funny, but when co-star Adam Carella subjected us to a skit in which he gets his mother drunk and then has sex with her, he went to far.

This is the image of a man that is being broadcast over the airwaves.

"The Man Show" consists of men being lazy, sick in the head, and interested in only sex unless there is beer to drink.

Not qualities that are very attractive

to very many people. The only thing that keeps the show semi-entertaining is the ridiculous nature of the whole thing. · Even KSWB I Channel 69's" News at Ten" is also targeted at a young audience. During· the first few news casts they spent more time interviewing the new stars in the Warner Brothers fall line up then they did covering relevant news stories that viewers would be concerned about.

Coverage as a vampire breakout in San Diego appeared right after the season finale of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" aired.

Be thankful that they covered the late breaking story that the stars of the new show "Popular" get along off camera. KSWB reported that the stars of the show are in fact not at all like the characters they pretend to be.

They are targeting a generation that they feel is shallow and lacks any shred of concern for the society we live in. " Myself personally, I am very interested in what is happening in my community and the San Diego area as . well," said DeCarlo.

Television quality is important to people. More important than women

in skimpy outfits and men acting like they do not have a brain.

We as a generation should not allow the television programmers to assumc l they understand what we want to see.

The networks are putting us in a category that we rightly do not deserve to be in.

Due to the nature of the bad programming that now congests our air waves the Free Television of Americ:1_ group is organizing a television free day Apri115.

They are asking all to participate in the event by not turning on their televisions for the entire day.

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Want to find out what type of television viewer you are? Take our television viewers I.Q. test to find out.

'1. What quality do you look for in a main character? a. Smart and studious b. Sexy and compassionate c .Shows lots of skin

z. What time of the day do you do your viewing? a. Morning b. Afternoon and evening c. Late night 3. What type of shows do you watch? a. Drama b. Comedy c. Anything with scantilly clad people 4. Which show best describes your personality? a. "E.R." b. "Dawson's Creek" c. "The Man Show"

5. Can you remember what happened on the first episode of 90Z'IO? a. No b. Yes c. No, but I know who was sleeping with who on Melrose Place 6. Is one of your deepest desire to be on 'The Jerry Springer Show?" a. Never b. Depends on the situation c. Already made an appearance 7. Can you name someone besides Pamela Anderson Lee on the show ·v.I.PT' a. Never seen it b. Yes c. There's other people on the show?

8. What talk show are you most likely to appear on? a. "Charlie Rose" b. "Oprah" c. "Jerry Springer" 9. What's your favorite music channel? a. The Classical Channel b. MTV c. Country Music T.V.

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1 6. On "Friends" who are you like? a. Chandler b. Phoebe c. The monkey Sexiest man on T.V.? a. Dave Thomas b. Joshua Jackson c. Kenny from South Park

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SOFTBALL COMETS VS. GROSSMONT Wednesday, April 5 3p.m.

HOME MATCH UP

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Comets hold off late rally by Arlene Martinez

the Comets were able to fight off the comeback.

Starting shortstop Gera Alvarez March has been good to the was brought in with no outs in the Comets baseball team. ninth, and was able to retire the Solid pitching from the team's final three batters and capture his starting rotation has led to only two second save of the season.

Palomar defeats during the month.

Alvarez is one of the team' s top Freshman Nate Meza (6-0) closers, but as starting shortstop his pitched six innings of shutout ball pitching remains limited. to lead the Comets to a 9-8 victory "We've brought him in a handful over Mesa College last Tuesday of times, when we've (March 28). got a chance to win Coach Bob Vetter the ball game," Vetter is pleased with the said. consistency his "But shortstop is a starters have shown. demanding position, "Any time they and we don't want to can get us into the overextend his arm," six or seventh he said. inning with a Alvarez also conchance to win, that's tributed with a strong all you can ask, Bob Vetter performance offenVetter said.

Baseball Coach sively, going 3-for-4 "(Nate) Meza did with three RBI's. that for us," he added after the With last week's win Palomar Comets improved their record to pulled into a two-game lead in the 15-7.

Pacific Coast Conference (PCC).

Errors by Mesa College helped The Comets have won the last I 0 the Comets secure an early lead out of 12 games. Pitching and a they never relinquished. strong defense have led this streak.

Palomar rallied with a seven-run "Our defense has really started to third inning. Steve Guthrie led the gel. We've got one of the finer charge with a two run bomb during defenses we've ever had at the Comet outbreak.

Palomar," Vetter said.

Mesa College later put on a This is not the time to get comfierce rally scoring eight runs in the fortable, however. last three innings.

Vetter points out that division In the ninth Mesa College pulled rivals Grossmont College, to within one run of the lead, but Southwestern College and San Assistant Sports Editor

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Nate Meza delivers some gas during his perfect six innings of work last week (March 28) against Mesa College.

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Paul Sweeney takes a hack during the Comets 9·8 victory over Mesa.

Diego City College are all close behind.

"All those teams are capable of getting hot and taking the lead," Vetter said. "You don't take anyone lightly."

The biggest question mark hanging over the clubs head is the bullpen, especially after the unit almost blew a nine run lead against Mesa College.

"Early in the season that was the difference," Vetter said of why his squad got off to a somewhat shaky start. "We had little production from the pen."

But Vetter is happy with the improvements the middle and late

pitchers have made in the last two months.

"They'll be extremely important down the stretch. If they rise to the occasion, we should do well," he said.

As of late, right fielder Nate Bestul has been leading the offensive attack.

The sophomore from Poway High has hit .457 with 15 RBI's and four homers this season. He was recently named the Palomar Athlete of the Week for the way he's been swinging the bat.

The Comets next home action ii April 4, at 2 p.m. against division rival Southwestern College.

PREVIEW

Predictions you can take to bank f you're anything like me, lately you've been going crazy. It's not because of sky rocketing gas prices, strategically placed midterms or the aftermath of lost bets from March Madness.

But the fact that a fresh, new baseball season is upon us and the wait has been excruciating.

Watching the calendar slowly move through the cold months to get back to baseball season isn't exactly easy.

But winter is finally behind us, and the boys of summer have completed their spring training.

Now we can get into what should be another quality season.

Here is a look at how this sportswriter sees the 2000 season shaking out.

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win the wild card race.

3) Cardinals: I didn't like the recent trade for Jim Edmonds. The last time I checked, the Cardinals problem wasn't scoring runs (they employ Mark McGwire), or good defense in centerfield (J.D. Drew was adequate). The problem was healthy pitching. I know they have a solid rotation right now, but come September they may regret dealing a quality arm like Ken Bottenfield.

4) Pirates: This team is scrappy and always tough. But with sucb a limited payroll they are hamstrung every year.

5) Cubs: Kerry Wood isn't going to be what he was anytime soon, and Ismail Valdes isn 't going to be the savior hoped for in Chicago. But at least they've got Sammy Sosa to hit bombs, and Mark Grace to slump bust - that should provide a little entertainment at Wrigley Field.

6) Brewers: Why would Davey Lopes leave San Diego for a dead end job like Milwaukee?

1) Padres: I know this might seem kind of myopic, but I just love the makeup of this team.

The biggest question mark is the starting pitching. If Matt Clement and Brian Boehringer can become what I predict, this team will win NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST this wide open division.

2) Diamondbacks: On paper these guys look 1) Braves: A change in the NL East is coming. like the better team. But it is tough to repeat, and But I think the Braves have still got a few more years on top. The additions of·Reggie Sanders the Diamondbacks shouldn't expect to run away with the NL West this time around. Plus guys and Quilvio Veras, and the return of Andres like Steve Finley and Luis Gonzalez will come Galaragga will help. John Smoltz will be missed, but the Braves back to earth in 2000.

3) Giants: T he new are still the class of the National League. ballpark has generated ANALYSIS BY tons of excitement in 2) Expos: This is the the Bay Area, but this Richardson sleeper team in the League. They team isn't quite ready Miron National are young, explosive for its debut. Dusty Baker's squads are and very talented.

3) Mets: Once again always competitive, but there just aren't they' ll be tough, but the loss of Jon Olerud and Roger Cedeno is more enough horses in this stable. costly than the addition of Mike Hampton and 4) Dodgers: Year after year the Dodgers are picked to win the division. Year after year they Todd Zeille.

4) Phillies: Sorry Philly fans but Andy Ashby make big acquisitions like Kevin Brown and Shawn Green. And year after year they underisn't going to put you over the top. achieve. Nothing will be different once again in 5) Marlins: At least Florida has memories of smog choking Blue Heaven. the 1997 World Series.

5) Rockies: The Rockies lineup is very solid.

AMERICAN L EAGUE WEST But they still don't have the arms to win this 1) Mariners: Trading Griffey may ultimately division. help the club. Their pitching staff is fmally comNATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL ing together, and they still have a very potent 1) Reds: The excitement surrounds new cenlineup. The AL West is watered down and the terfielder Ken Griffey Jr. But what I like is they Mariners still have the best player in the league in Alex Rodriguez. Maybe one superstar will be kept the nucleus of last year's team together, and they didn't give up their top pitching talent for a better mix in Seattle.

Griffey. If this team can land one more good 2) Rangers: Losing all those RBI's from Juan ·,Gonzalez can't help. They still will be tough, arm, who knows how far they'll go.

2) Astros: The run of three straight division however, with Ivan Rodriguez and Rafael titles will most likely come to an end, but they Palmeiro in the fold.

3) Athletics : Last season 's semi-cinderella will remain a force in the division because of . heart. Guys like Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio and team will be solid again. But they don't have the Ken Caminiti are winners and should help them personnel to seriously contend.

4) Angels: These guys might lose 100 games.

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1) Indians: This club is going to the playoffs again. Their offense is tremendously deep and this is the weakest division in baseball. Chuck Finley, however, may not be the pitching answer that the Indians continue to search for.

2) Tigers: Gonzalez will make this lineup very scary, and the arms are slowly getting better. ~ut this still isn't enough to challenge the Indians.

3) Royals: They boast some of the best young players in the league like Carlos Beltran, Jermaine Dye and Johnny Damon. But there's not enough depth on the mound.

4) Twins: They looked decent in the spring, but tell me- who on this team is a solid All-Star?

5) White Sox: You heard it here, the Sox will suck miserably in 2000.

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1) Yankees: Almost a no brainer... this is the best team I've ever seen. They don' t have a weakness. They may have struggled a bit during spring, but don't worry, they won't be missing come October.

2) Red Sox: Pedro Martinez is the best pitcher in baseball, and this team is very solid from top to bottom. But the Yankees are too good, and the Red Sox will once again be in their shadow with the Wild Card.

3) Blue Jays: This team is loaded with talent, but they are in the toughest division in baseball, and they have more question marks than the top two teams in the division. Will Raul Mondesi turn it up in Toronto? Will David Wells continue to be effective? Will the young and talented Blue Jay arms pan out? These answers are the key to the Blue Jays in 2000.

4) Orioles: Mike Hargrove is going to miss those playoff games now that he is in Baltimore.

This team returns without any real upgrades.

5) Devil Rays: Tons of power... but where is the pitching?

OTHER PREDICTIONS

NL MVP: Vladimir Guerrero, Montreal Expos. This guy is a baller.

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners.

If the Mariners hold on to him, he will lead them to the playoffs.

NL CY YOUNG: Kevin Milwood, Atlanta Braves. This guy 's stuff is electric.

AL CY YOUNG : Pedro Martinez, Boston Red Sox. It's his award for the next five years.

World Series: I know it's boring but I like a rematch of last year. I'll take the Yankees over the Braves in five games.

Miron is the Sports Editor. Please send comments to RDM108@hotmail.com. Whether you agree or just want to complain about his picks. .

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