The Telescope 53.20

Monday, April 24, 2000- Palomar College- Volume 53, Number 20

Princeton student claims to have found most distant object TMS Campus

Reform dominates race for president Both candidates wantchangein student activities Tom Chambers

PRINCETON, N.J. -A graduate student at Princeton University, along with three other scientists, has reported finding a red speck of dust in the constellation Sextons that may be the oldest, most distant object ever seen by humans.]A quasar that appears in telescopes as a red speck of dust in the constellation Sextans may be the oldest, most distant object ever glimpsed by humans.

The discovery by astrophysics student Xiaohui Fan and an international team of scientists trying to map out half of the northern sky provides a better idea of what the universe was like in its infancy.

"Redshift 5.8 Quasar" is 12 billion light years from Earth. The generally accepted age of the universe is 13 billion years, so that means the light left the quasar when the universe was just a billion years old.

"We're zooming in to the time when the galaxies were very young and the light first appeared in the universe after the Big Bang," Fan said, referring to the explosion gen-

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erally thought to have resulted in the creation of the universe.

Other scientists were equally excited.

"Because it is so exceptionally luminous, it provides a wonderful opportunity to study the universe when the galaxies that we see today were young," said Robert Lupton a Princeton researcher and astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The internationally assembled team is conducting an $80 million, five-year project expected to glean data on hundreds of millions of galaxies, stars and other celestial objects. · Fan and three other scientists made the discovery in April in Hawaii at the Keck Telescope, the world's largest, using data collected in March from a telescope at Apache Point, N.M. The quasar, an emission of light from matter pouring into a massive black hole at the center of the galaxy, surpassed the previous record-holder for the most distant known celestial object, a galaxy discovered last year by researchers in Hawaii and England.

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Loretta Murillo-Colton makes posters advertising her candidacy for president

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THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS VOTING IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS DURING THE PAST DECADE HAS VARIED WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTERS

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The two candidates for Associated Student Government President, Loretta Murillo-Calton and Bridgette Roncone, squared off at a candidates forum on April 10. Both candidates said the relationship between the Student Activities Office and student government needs to change.

"On the door of the Student Activities Office it says, 'we support student success,' but you'll find that anyone who has gone there for answers has not found help. They're being told no," Roncone said. "This needs to be addressed, and we need someone who's not afraid to do it."

Murillo-Calton agreed and said student activites controls too much of what students do.

"The student government adviser's word is not the last word," Murillo-Calton said, referring to Bruce Bishop, interim director of student activities. "He should not be making our choices for us."

"It's corruption," Roncone added. "They're making decisions for ASG before it gets to ASG. They are stopping clubs that want to get involved."

Roncone said the Student Activities Office has held up budget requests for campus groups over the past year.

Murillo-Colton, a liberal arts major, was ASG treasurer in 1998 and a senator in 1997.

She has been president of the American Indian Science and Engineering (AISES) society for the past two years and is involved

Teacher gives kidney to ailing student TMS Campus

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -Fifteenyear-old Michael Carter will talk biological science with his teacher, Jane Smith, for years to come.

Michael and Smith, a teacher at R. Max Abbott Middle School in Fayetteville, N.C., were resting comfortably Monday at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill after she gave him one of her kidneys. The transplant took place April 14.

"Although we believe anyone donating an organ to benefit another person is an exceptional human being, the fact that a teacher would be so moved to offer her student such a gift is phenomenal," said Dr. Jeffrey Fair, chief of the abdominal transplant program at UNC. Smith returned home April 24, while Michael is expected to remain

Conviction raises questions about campus safety laws

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Internship program gains .new features,- more participants Nancy Seuschek Campus Beat Editur

Palomar College's internship program has doubled the number of students in its ranks since it was revamped during fall 1999.

The former, unofficial program was expanded and reorganized by :aob Ebert, internship coordinator, along with Maria Miller, career center director, and Bmce McDonough, chair of co-op education.

The new program. two years in development, received 100 requests from employers for students this year, and has placed 60 so far. "(The internship program) was spotty and isolated before," Ebert said. "It's important for Palomar to speak to the business community

with one voice."

The developers added some new dimensions to the program, such as enlisting faculty to help match students in their departments with potential employers.

The faculty members, who are paid for their participation, attend workshops about advising potential interns.

The coordinators have also begun linking the internship program with the college's work-study .program.

"In the past, (work-study students) were just placed somewhere on campus. Now, we're placing them in departments of their major," said Ebert, adding that about eight students have made the switch.

Students who are participating earn two or three credit units while

in the hospital until April 25 or April 26.

One of Michael's kidneys failed to grow and another functioned only minimally. He began four-hour dialysis treatments three times a week in June 1998.

A dozen ·of Michael's relatives and friends were tested as potential kidney donors but were rejected.Then last August, Smith told Carter to .Pull up his baggy jeans at recess. He explained that the loose-fitting pants were more comfortable because he was undergoing dialysis and was waiting for a kidney transplant.

"I looked at him and said 'I've got two, do you want one?'" Smith recalled. "He said, 'What's your blood type?'"

After weeks of tests, Smith was found to be a suitable donor.

"It was the perfect springboard," gammg experience in their fields.

Palomar biology major Priscilla he said. "Bob (Ebert) gave me the Hernandez began working in the connections beyond school."

During his second semester at Life Sciences Department after Ebert, a biology professor, informed Palomar, Helf got an internship at her about choosing internships Telios Pharmaceuticals in San Diego. "After that, I had enough instead of work-study.

"I think the program is incredi- experience to go on to another job," ble," Hernandez said. "Why no·t do he said. Helf is currently applying an internship and work toward to medical school, and recently something? It's something to put on spoke at Palomar about the irnpor. tance of college success. your resume."

Although about half of the internShe added that contacts she made through the biology department ships are unpaid, Ebert said he is recently led her to an interview for working to increase the number of an internship at the Wild Animal paid positions. ''I'm always negotiating for stuPark in Escondido.

Palomar alumnus Matt Helf was in dents," he said. "But a good internthe former internship program before ship is worth a lot. It can create a transferring to UCSD, where he gradsee Intern, page 3 uated summa cum laude in 1999.

LINCOLN, Neb. -Like leaving a sinister calling card, the man would rape his victims the same distinctive way.

He hit tiny colleges, mostly in the Midwest. He wore a dark skimask.

He looked for young women sitting alone in music rooms or computer labs. He attacked from behind.

When finished, he told his victims to pray for him. Sometimes he took their panties.

If not for the struggling screams of one victim, luck and may be even a fluke, the man a Nebraska jury convicted last week of one of those assaults, 38-year-old traveling comedian Vinson Champ, might still be free.

Now, while authorities investigating similar attacks decide how to proceed with cases ·in their own jurisdictions, Champ's convictionraises questions about whether recent c.ampus safety laws go far enough in preventing these sorts of serial rampages.

While citing the difficulty of tracking any serial criminal across a broad geographical area, some

authorities speculate that schools'traditional reluctance to publicly disclose or share details about campus crimes might have inadvertently prolonged the spree of assaults in 1996 and 1997.

"I wonder whether each of these individual departments sort of looked at those problems as just being germane to their specific campus and didn't make the next connection that perhaps there might be a person who might be committing these crimes in a broader geographical area," said John King, president of the Internatiom~l Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.

Already colleges and universiti~s have come under fire for lax corn• pliance with laws requiring greater reporting about campus crimes.

The Campus Security Act of 1990 and its 1998 amendments require all colleges and universities to report three years' worth of serious crimes and to keep a daily log book for public inspection.

But conformity with that law, known as the Jeanne Clery Act in honor of a 19-year-old student who

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In Brief Photographic talent on display San Marcos's Hearth Gallery, under direction of Palomar student Vincent Vigil, will be displaying over 100 photographs by Palomar students and faculty members in a free public exhibition titled "Notes."

The theme of the exhibit is the use of photography as "visual notes." These photographic notes may represent only one side of an object yet capture the essence of the subject.

The show will be open daily May I through May 13 from 8:30a.m. to 8 p.m. A free public reception will be held to honor the artists on April 28 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Hearth Gallery is located in the San Marcos Community Center at 3 Civic Center Drive in San Marcos. For more information contact the Palomar photography department at 760-744-1150, ext.

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Douglas LeClair Staff Writer

Musicians play semester's final ..concert hour The Palomar College Performing Arts Department will provide two final events for Concert Hour 2000.

On May 4, the San Diego State University Choral Ensemble, under the direction of Frank Almond, will perform.

On May 11, the Palomar Vocal & Instrumental students will participate in an honor recital.

The free events will take place in the Performance Lab (D-10) Doors open at 12:20 p.m., and concert hour lasts until 1:20 p.m.

Douglas LeClair Staff Writer

Writer's slide show topic is black women A notable author on the subject of black women will visit Palomar College to present a slide show.

Kathleen Thompson will project images from a book she co-edited with Hillary MacAustin. Titled "The Face of Our Past," the book provides stories and photographs of the struggles and triumphs of black women in America.

The slide show will include photos and exerpts from the book, as well as comments by Thomson.

Wilma Owens will narrate, and Thompson will take questions afterward from the audience.

Thompson has written and coauthored several other books about black women, including the feminist classic "Against Rape."

The slide show will be April 28 at 4 p.m. in Room P-32.

Nancy Seuschek Campus Beat Editor

Arboretum serves as classroom

Production to feature a variety of dance styles Tap, theatre, jazz, ethnic, ballet and modem dance will be among the styles featured in Palomar College's presentation of "Dance Odyssey 2000."

The production, which marks the season finale for the dance department, will be shown in the Howard Brubeck Theatre May 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. , and May 14 at 2 p.m.

Douglas LeClair Staff Writer

Department will show two free films in May The Cinema Department continues to present "Movies about Movies" at 6:30p.m. Thursdays in Room P-32.

The Schedule is as follows: "The Stunt Man" blends fantasy and reality when a megalomaniac director hires a fugitive ex-soldier as a stunt man. It will be shown on May4.

"8 112," a film made in Italy, is an intensely personal tale of a director searching his fantasies and memo. ries for inspiration. It will be shown on May 11.

Admission i free. Fot fiW)re information, call Robert Sheppard at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2444.

Taeyo Kitagawa Staff Writer

William Leslie conducts a lecture for a Learning Community class. The Learning Community links classes around a central theme or question; this one is global concerns.

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Club Calendar Alpha Gamma Sigma (AGS) -Meets on Wednesday at noon in Room SU-22.

Vintage autos take the stage in Escondido Start your engines and cruise downtown Escondido's Grand Avenue Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. now through October. The Escondido Downtown Business Association is hosting a "retro" rod night on the city's main street.

All pre-1970 American-made cars, trucks, motorcycles and hot rods will line both sides of the eight-block avenue.

Many of Escondido's retail shops, restaurants, antique shops and art galleries will remain open throughout the events.

"We'll have '50s and '60s music played by a OJ, and we encourage folks to come dres ed for the occasion," said Suzanne gtrassburger, executive director of the DBA. "This is truly a family event, and we welcome car buffs, visitors and shoppers to enjoy the ambiance of lively Friday nights in our Downtown," Strassburger added.

Andrea Beach Staff Writer

American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Room SU-28.

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Associated Student Government (ASG)- Meets Wednesday at I p.m. in Room SU- 18.

Criminal Justice Club- Meets Wednesday from noon to l p.m. in Room NA-1.

Club Success -

Meets Wednesday at noon in the Counseling Center.

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

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

Latter Day Saint Student Association (LDSSA)- Meets Monday at 7 a.m. at the Institute of Religion.

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TRANSCRIPTS Until further notice, rush transcripts are available on a 48-hour tum-around basis, whether official or unofficial. Normal transcript processing time is approxi-: mately two weeks.

GRADES FOR FALL 1999 AND SUMMER 1999 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 lD at most Palomar College loca- . tions.

If you repeat a course to alleviate a substandard ("D" or "F") grade, you must submit a Grade Adjustment, Form to the Admissions Office to have your grade point average adjusted.

MEChA -Meets Thursday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in Room SU- 17.

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

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

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

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

2450 or stop by The Telescope office in Room TCB-1, at the top of campus.

SUMMER 2000 GRADUATION Deadline to apply for AA's and theCA's and the new CP's (Certificate of Proficiency) is July 1. There is no deadline for these certifications to transfer: CSUGB (California State University General Education certification) or IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum). If you are denied graduation or transfer certification, you must re-apply when you enroll in the deficient classes.

SUMMER 2000 REGISTRATION Continuing students will be mailed a summer PAR . appointment and class schedule the last week in April. .

Summer class schedules will be available on campus April28.

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Safety: continued from page 1 was raped and murdered in her Lehigh University dorm room in 1986, has been so negligible, particularly among smaller schools, that Congress this summer plans to start ~enforcing it for the first time by :withholding significant amounts of :student aid to violators.

"College is big business today, and they are afraid of losing funding in alumni giving or enrollments," said Connie Clery, who, with her ~husband, Howard, was instrumental ~in persuading Congress to pass the 'bill in the wake of their daughter's death. , "So this is why there has been ,. such a tremendous cover-upsitua:tion; they're afraid to have the pub'lic know there is so much crime." ' Beginning July 1, schools that do ·not report serious crimes to the fed:eral Department of Education, and :who do not open their daily incident ;books to the public within 48 hours ;of an incident, will face penalties of ;$25,000 per violation.

While students on campuses ~ where the masked rapist preyed ;generally said they were quietly :informed about the attack shortly :after the fact, news of the incident :rarely traveled far beyond campus. : "If you've got that free flow of iinformation, the agencies can col!laborate," said Daniel Carter, vice ;president of Security on Campus ;Inc., the non-profit campus security : watchdog group founded by the : Clerys. "That's the type of thing ; that when they keep it quiet, the : public often isn't the only people : left in the dark. Other agencies also : are left in the dark." : That was true in other campus }attacks that since have been linked · either by DNA evidence or by characteristics of the attack. At Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., for exam, ple, news of an attempted assault ~ Feb. 9, 1997, merited a brief men: tion in one Galesburg weekly, . though long after the event. ": "They (Knox officials) consider themselves sort of an island and pri·-vate," said Norm Winick, editor of : the Zephyr independent weekly in : Galesburg. "When anything nega: tive happens they like to leave it as ~ Wlfeported as possible." ' Sgt. David Clague of the ' Galesburg Police Dept. said no ; notice was put out about the attack because "that's just usually our pol: icy." , Another nearly identical attack : occurred the next day in a college• music room in Kenosha, Wis. A week later, two more women report, ed separate campus assaults, one in • Rock Island, Ill., and the other in nearby Davenport, Iowa. But it wasn't until April that authorities in Galesburg started connecting the Knox attack with those on other ' Midwestern campuses.

And Davenport authorities learned that a similar rape had occurred in Omaha only because two professors from the respective , colleges who were friends happened to discuss the issue one day. Only a few of the investigating agencies reported details of the crimes to a , national database maintained by the

Federal Bureau oflnvestigation.

"It's much easier for police departments in the same state to communicate than those across the nation," said Ross Rice, an FBI spokesman based in Chicago.

The schools where Champ allegedly found his victims were in small towns within driving distance of his college and club performances. From January 1996 until his eventual arrest in May 1997, the former "Star Search" contestant known for his Michael Jackson impression gave 80 performances in 17 states, according to his former Chicago-based agent.

Union College in Lincoln, which was the focus of trial testimony over the last week in a Lancaster County courtroom, still does not open its daily log books to the public, according to Dean of Students Joe Parmele.

"I wasn't aware we had to keep daily incident reports," hesaid.

At the University of Nebraska at Omaha, it was the victim, Heidi Hess, who first contacted the student newspaper to tell her story after she was assaulted in a thirdfloor computer room March 5, 1997, her mother said.

Champ since has entered a plea of no contest to first-degree sexual assault charges stemming from that attack. Champ was first suspected after an incident three years ago in California.

After a student at Pasadena City College struggled and ran screaming from an attempted sexual assault as she was practicing piano, a witness followed the masked suspect and took down his license plate number. Campus investigators traced the plate to Champ's home in nearby Hollywood, where they found clothes described by the victim and a date book containing detailed records of the comedian's performance schedule, according to Pasadena City College Police Chief Phil Mullendore.

Mullendore then vaguely recalled recent postings to an Internet discussion group for campus police having to do with a string of rapes in the Midwest.

"Not being in the Midwest, I just kind of ignored it," he said.

But some of the elements of the crime sounded similar, so Mullendore sent out a note to group members. He also sent a description of the crime to a national database maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Within 24 hours, he received a flood of responses.

Champ appeared in court this week smartly dressed indoublebreasted suits and pressed white shirts. Described as professional and articulate, Champ would hardly stick out as an obvious suspect by appearance alone. Hunting for music rooms or computer labs on college campuses, he could pass easily as a graduate student or an instructor.

"He was very neat and clean, and had absolutely no accent," Mullendore said. "He bought skin whitener that he could use to change the color of his hands, so with no discernible accent and the ability to change his skin color, a lot of his victims thought he was white or Hispanic."

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He added that being an intern allows students to test their major in the job market. "Sometimes what you think a job is like isn't really what it's like," he said. "(Interns) make better job decisions because of their experience."

Ebert emphasized that he screens employers for professional positons for students. He does not accept telemarketing offers, or "jobs sweeping floors or washing test tubes, where an employer is just going to get free help."

Although the highest percentage of employers request interns for computer design, there are also bids in for accounting, budgeting, and drafting positions, and assistance instructing at an elementary school.

For more information, contact the internship office at (760) 744-1151 ext. 2299.

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enerally, everyone who seeks a position on student government says the same thing: the Associated Student Government needs to be more visible. This is not the case with the candidates running for office this year.

This crop of candidates are focusing on changing the way student government and student activities operates - areas that are in dire need of improvement.

We encourage everyone to vote Tuesday and Wednesday in the Student Union. The polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

To aid in the process, we offer our ballot endorsements for the offices that are being contested.

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Executive Vice President Alline Chan The current ASG treasurer is also one of few who pays attention in student government meetings. In fact, the most well-run and productive meeting of this semester happened when Chan chaired it. After being treasurer, Chan said she wants to change the way monetary requests are handled. As executive vice president she will chair the committee that makes such changes.

Vice President of State Affairs Jennifer Jennings Jennings, a current ASG senator, was appointed mid-semester but she President has already passed most of the othBridgette Roncone Roncone, current vice president of ers in involvement. Jenni~~ said state affairs, is one of the few cur- she wants to lobby for tax-fte~ textrent ASG officers who consistently books in.$acramento - an issue knows what is going in student gov- that was brought up this year but ernment. While other members are. then dropped. She also said she falling asleep during the meetings, wants to stop Gov. Gray Davis' comRoncone is on the ball with ques- munity service proposal. an idea that tions, comments and solutions. would add more hoops for students Roncone has also shown that she to jump through before getting their won't back down from what she sup- degree.

The offices of vice president of ports- even when those challengsocial events, vice president I chair ing her are people of power. of the Inter-Club Council and the Roncone wants to change the relasenator positions are not being contionship between ASG and the Student Activities Office to one tested. Candidates for Treasurer where ASG calls the shots on tu- could not be reached for comment.

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Editor in Chief Tom Chambers Campus Beat Editor Nancy Seuschek Distribution Manager Tara Hebert Opinion Editor Instructional Assistant Sean J. O'Connor Daniel Kwan Lew Entertainment Editor Journalism Adviser Evan Blewett Wendy Nelson Focus Editor Photojournalism Adviser Jason Sherrill Paul Stachelek Sports Editor Staff Writers Richardson Miron Jo Appleton, Andrea Beach, Ronalyn Briuie, Mark Brown, Taeyo Kitagawa, Douglas LeClair, Assistant Sports Editor Laura Mitchell, R. K. Odie, James Rolfsen.

Arlene Martinez Dustin J. Schwindt, Rebecca Snow, Katie Thompson, Travis Usrey, lindsay van Photo Editor Hoorebeke, Kevan K. Wynn Robert Chavis Advertising Manager Janet Dorsey

Staff Photographers Wendy Jones, Johnny Rabago, Dustin J. Schwindt, Vincent Vigil

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ittle Elian Gonzalez has been here for five months now. He's supposed to go back to Cuba. In fact, he should already be back in Cuba. He's not, of course, but that's all beside the point Really. Just for kicks, let's look at what this case really is all about, the rifts it's causing and why there is so much more at stake here than one little boy.

Elian is, now more than ever, a political trump card whose well-being has been shuffled right in with all the other issues at stake. When it comes down to it, this really isn' t about Elian at alL The racial tension and fragmentation that have long been a part of things in the section of Miami aptly called "Little Havana" is now erupting, thanks to the unrepentant fervor Cuban-Americans have demonstrated in the past months in their efforts to keep Elian in the United States.

The actions, and lack thereof, on the part of the U.S. government are also well deserving of the criticism they have received_ Elian isn't really their prime concern either.

A poll by The Miami Herald revealed that 83 percent of Cuban. Americans wish Elian to stay here while 90 percent of blacks and 76 percent of whites in the area are ready for him to go.

Those figures speak clearly to the nation as a whole that, while far from narrowing ethnic divides, the case has only caused them to widen.

Not only are there two distinct schools of opinion here, the case has pitted the black man against the Cuban, the Cuban against the white man. Long after Elian's fate has been decided, if it ever is, the aftermath of anger and misunderstanding among community members will remain.

Bishop Vidor Curry, president of the Miami-Dade County chapter of the NAACP, said, "Cubans ... have not done anything for black people ... We've had more problems with Cubans in power than we did under whites."

This is dangerous ground we're on here. All this boils down to the fate of one small boy? Let's not continue to perpetuate that idea.

It's simply not true.

What's more, a necessary consideration for us all should be the fact that not just Miami but a nation will continue to grapple with these issues, and the way they were handled, for a long

Amy Bolaski

""Elian is, now more than ever, a political trump card whose well-being has been shuffled right in with all the other issues at stake." time to come.

The question of parental rights, the always rhetorical question of the effectualness of the government, the question of future policy-making efforts, the possibility that the case will inspire a renewed resurgence of raft trips across that small stretch of sea. _.the list goes endlessly on. This is no longer about Elian.

It's rare that one boy has been the trigger for such a vast array of issues.

Perhaps if things had been handled differently, such would not be the case.

When the young Gonzalez was rescued off the coast of Florida in November, the Immigration and Naturalization Service came to a decision to send him back to his father in Cuba. That decision was not upheld as it should have been, and now, after a long chain of appeals, he's still here, awaiting the decision of a federal appeals court in Atlanta. Had he been sent back then, perhaps some of the tension could have been a voided.

After all , the INS sent back over 400 Haitian refugees the same month Elian arrived here.

Now, as Elian's relatives continue to defy a federal court order to return him to his father, questions continue to mount as to the apparent indecisiveness of U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, the Justice Department, and the government process as a whole.

A nation continues to wonder if this could have been handled differently.

Elian's still here, but there's a good

chance he won't remain. His family and our government have done a great disservice to the boy by keeping him here an indefinite amount of time.

If he's sent back now, one can only hope that the damage won't be grea~er for allowing him to adjust, and learn,to like, his present situation. But, then, this isn't really about Elian.

Whatever the case, it's clear that the longer this goes on, the greater the unrest will become. Reno's trepidation about seizing the boy by force .and the Justice Department's perceived softhanded approach to the situation ha~e received much criticism and set wh~t many believe is a terrible precedent .· for future decisions With all due respect to Reno and tll~ Justice Department, much of this m~y have been avoided had it been handled quickly. ' Were the concern for Elian so great, he wouldn't be facing a departure after growing accustomed to his new home and relatives. And not to put to fine; c point on it, the nation might not have reached the boiling point it has slowly come to. We're just looking out for little Elian, right?

This case has sparked comparisons to the Holocaust, the Bay of Pigs incident, the Cold War, Vietnam ... you get the point. Whether or not these comparisons have any merit is beside the fact. They have been made, thrown carelessly to the masses and fed to the media, and this is dangerous - for those who remain in Castro-controlled Cuba, for blacks in Florida, for CubanAmericans, for the farmer in Nebraskt - it has become dangerous for us an: This simply is not just a case of a little boy's freedom_ It has become, in effect, a war, a war between nations and among people .. It has become something it never needed to be, and something no one co414l have imagined, and through a sleight of hand, a twist of fate, a match pitting the government against the ideals of freedom, and one people against another now more than ever. If it pJl boiled down to the welfare of a boy, the matter would have been settted long ago, on all sides, for his sake.! It wasn't. The issue bas become a ragihg infection that one can only hope Can be treated before it's too late. · Please, let's not continue on with "the fate of a little boy" mantra.

Because it is, simply, so much m~re than that. : e: Bolaskl Is a contributing writer and can be reache4 via e-mail: amyb776@hotmall.com •

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Techno-fright a realistic fear _...,

Cindy Greenberg The Hullaballoo - Tulane University

· Last Sunday started out as an average :sleepy weekend day, more plain than vanilla 'ice cream without sprinkles.

I took on an activity that was none too tax.ing - I went grocery shopping with a friend of mine. After picking up a few items, we .ambled over to the check-out area.

It was then that I realized that the world will soon be coming to an end.

One of several Sav-a-Centers in the New :orleans area has introduced a technological :experiment: a do-it-yourself check-out :counter. The do-it-yourself check-out counter :is a humongous, scary booth that is supposed ; to exemplify efficiency and technological :potential. The customer is supposed to scan ; his or her items and swipe his or her credit :tard; no human assistance is required.

In a brave move to familiarize ourselves ; with this new wave of technology, we decid: ed to test this machine. My friend was able to ~scan only one item before the machine emit' ted a loud noise and over-zealously request;' ~Phis debit card personal identification num-

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;ber. , My friend, at this point visibly shaken by : tfie machine's response, turned to me and : remarked, "Technology scares me sometimes." I promptly agreed, and we abandoned : the futuristic ogre in favor of one of the old;' fashioned, human-operated check-out stations.

Sadly, the supermarket check-out monster is only one symptom of the direction in which technology has turned and will proceed to trek- ruthlessly forward.

Technological developments are not all detrimental, however. For example, New York City's introduction of the "E-Z Pass," a device that automatically pays the $3.50 toll for entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, has drastically improved traffic conditions at t~e origin of the Long Island Expressway.

Car companies have produced devices, such as air bags, power breaks and crash r zones, all of which make driving consider~ ably more comfortable and safe.

In addition, many Internet sites, such as EBay, Priceline.com and Learn2.corn have helped millions of people to save money and learn many valuable skills.

But even the most phenomenal ideas can be taken too far. : When the Atari video game system was :Ji.ptroduced in the late 1970s, kids all over had ~ained a new favorite past time. People my

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age, who were once satisfied with Atari and even 1985's original Nintendo Entertainment System are now being mocked by elementary school children who can beat us in video games that are characterized by glitzy, overproduced graphics that boast complex story lines. Such games are addictive, and at the same time, don't allow for much development of one's imagination.

The Internet, a must-have for any modern American household, has given students access to a variety of ways to cut corners with their studies. Homework and research projects, which were originally designed to give students a greater understanding of academic subjects, time management and personal discipline, can be completed within minutes at best, or seconds (provided that the students have a few bucks with which to order ready-made research papers) at worst.

The Internet also boasts sites that contain bomb recepies, graphic pornography and worse. To your average 10 year old technotyke, the excitement of the World Wide Web makes heroine look like sugar.

Perhaps humans should take a step back from the booming and buzzing culture of "ruthlessly forward" and think about what it is they really want for the future.

What are some of your favorite memories?

Doubtless they probably weren't the hours you spent with your eyes glued to the computer, television or video game system.

Chances are, they involve time spent with your friends or doing activities you truly enjoy.

Where do you like to go shopping and why? It probably isn't the automatic, do-it- A s far as I can recall, it was near the yourself check out counter that keeps you end of April 1939. Four of us chilcoming back to your favorite stores. dren were sitting on the floor of the Yes, new technology is a positive boon that front room in our three-decker tenement at has its benefits such as saving time and 86 Monument St. in Charlestown, a Boston money. But even as someone who has never neighborhood with a terrible reputation. It taken a physics class and has no concept of was recently one of the scenes for the film, physical principles, I can say that I have wit- "Good Will Hunting." nessed the fact that every action has an equal We lived on the first floor. 1\vo other and opposite reaction. Pollution, juvenile families lived on the two floors above us. It violence, widespread moral conflicts and was a cold water flat. countless other negative consequences show My brother, two sisters and I were asking that the world is beginning to feel the under- each other what we wanted to be "when we grew up." tow of this tidal wave of the new-fangled.

By now, the woman working behind the ' I don't know which role models we had check out counter at the Sav-a-Center has chosen for ourselves. We may have finished checking out and bagging our gro- changed our minds several times. There eery items. She smiles at my friend and me was a fire station near where we lived and and says in a non-computerized, non-pro- we were very friendly with the firemen. I grarnmed voice, "Have a nice day." remember we talked about "firemen" and We smile back and respond, ''Thanks, you " policemen" (there were no firefighters and too." police officers were out of sight in those days. ) I think one of my sisters wanted to become a nurse. She did.

My mother was busy in the kitchen while we sat around in a circle. The warm sun was streaming through the windows. Then my mother came into the room where we were sitting. She did not say anything, she just kept on working, possibly dusting the furniture. My memory is there was a sense of serenity about the whole setting.

I don 't know what came over me at that moment, but I turned away from my brothers and sisters and looked at my mother and said, "What would you like me to be?"

The answer came immediately. "I really Dear Editor: don't care what you do in life," she said. "I just want you to be a good person."

I would like to thank your reporter The answer hit home. Being a good perNancy Seuschek, who did an article on son had priority over whether you would prints on display in the Pavilion Cafe. become a doctor, lawyer, nurse, firefighter The article appeared in the Monday, or anything else.

April 3 issue. Ms. Seuschek wrote a Her answer became even more meaningmost informative article and gave such

Be a good person

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·- ------------------~ PAR system Printmaking class corrects waitlist says 'thank you' Dear Editor: In response to Mr. Lazar's questions about the PAR system, there were a few students who were able to bypass the , waitlist and enter a closed class. This occurred only when a student dropped the class and another student requested an add when the seat was available.

When this was discovered, we devised a process to stop this from occurring further. Furthermore, action was taken to drop any student enrolled in error at the request of the instructor. Otherwise, a student did not get into a closed class except through the wait list or with a permission number. The problem was not as widespread as it appeared, but it was -. unfair to wait listed students. While we continue to test auto enroll from the wait list and have confidence that it will work 'l· at next registration, we have also taken ll steps to prevent unauthorized entry into a b· closed class. ('

good and accurate information on a subject that is pretty complicated to someone who is not a printmaker. Our class, Printmaking 130/13 1 was quite impressed with the coverage and the wonderful photograph that went with the article.

Thanks to the newspaper for the nice display.. We all need to help one another and this may help promote the idea of display areas on walls and hallways for the artwork being done in the art department by students. We have such talented hardworking people at Palomar and it is difficult to advertise the fact.

This certainly helps.

"I don't really care what you do in life. I just want you to be a good person."

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ful when I came to realize the tragedy of the 1930s.

It was the era of the Great Depression. Over 30 million people were out of work, including my father.

Eventually, he worked with the Works Project Administration, better known as the WPA. It was really the beginning of workfare/welfare jobs. The pay was paltry but it gave a sense of purpose and dignity to my father.

Borrowing a cup of sugar from the neighbors was standard practice. And running out of money in the middle of the week was common.

We saw Franklin Delano Roosevelt more as a beloved father figure who touched our hearts and gave us hope in his fireside chats than as president. Young and old crowded around the radio to listen to him. The corner grocer was the lender of first choice as my mother purchased foodstuffs with a promise to pay with the next WPA paycheck.

O'Connor Is Opinion editor and can be reached via email: shnltn@aol.com

Smokers reap big rewards

' A t tention people of the United States!

Do you need a retirement plan?

How about a way to earn some serious cash? All you have to do is start smoking and 20 years down the road you can have the tobacco companies putting money into your bank account.

It sounds far-fetched doesn't it?

Actually, that's not the case for Florida resident Mary Farnan, 44, and Florida b cemetery resident Angie Della Vecchia, Herman Lee who died last year at the ripe old age of 53.

Loretta Kramer Director of Enrollment Services Printmaking Instructor Farnan was awarded $2.9 million and the estate of Della Vecchia received $4 million. ~~~--------------------------------------------------------------~ These two, along with Frank Amodeo, The Telescope welcomes all letters to the editor. Letters must be typewho received a verdict for $5.8 million but !• written (no more than 300 words) and include the author's name, major and couldn't collect because his statute of limitelephone number. The Telescope reserves the right to edit letters for tations had run out, were part of a class space, and not to print letters containing lewd or libelous comments. Letters action lawsuit involving nearly 500,000 must be received by Monday at 3 p.m. to be considered for publication the next sick, cough-racked Floridian smokers.

Monday.

The verdict represents only compensatory Letters can be sent to The Telescope, 1140 W. Mission Rd., San damages, which are meant to compensate Marcos, CA 92069 or can be dropped off in Room TCB-1 at the north end of victims for their medical expenses, pain and campus. Letters can also be e-mailed to telescope@palomar.edu suffering.

The jury can also award punitive damCorrections: In the Letters to the Editor (April 4) the name Nancy Worsham was ages, which can top over $300 billion for used instead of Nicole Worsham. In the newstory," Conference focuses on students," the 500,000 smokers. the speaker's name is Laura Palmer Noone, not Laura Palmer (April 27).

Farnan and Della Vecchia claimed they

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Sean J. O'Connor

One Thanksgiving evening, the doorbell rang. When I answered the door, I found no one there, but there was a turkey basket with some food and used clothes in it. Although the gift and the goodwill behind it were appreciated, I know my mother felt awkward, even ashamed, at being in such circumstances.

Against this background, it would be natural for anyone to think of job security for his or her children as being the number one priority. But it wasn't foremost in my mother's mind. She wanted us to "become good people."

Eventually, the family swelled to 10 children. When World War II came along, my father got a good job, which he kept until he died. We bought a house and we were on our way.

Today, sadly, I often hear disparaging remarks about people living in humble circumstances in East San Diego. Their remarks go through me like arrows.

I know better.

I know many of these people have mothers, j ust like my mother, who want their children "to become good people."

What I or my nine brothers and sisters did or did not do, how well they succeeded or did not succeed or what colleges they went to or did not go to, is really immaterial.

Are we good people?

That's what counts.

More than gold or silver, that's what my mother gave us.

Her answer had the wisdom of Solomon and Socrates in it. I knew it then at the age of 10. I know it now at the age of 71. The answer has echoed in my heart through all those years.

The answer may be in my soul when I breathe my last breath.

James Rolfsen

both started smoking at the age of 11, with Farnan smoking a total of 29 years and Della Vecchia smoking 40 years. Amodeo started smoking when he was 14 and smoked for 34 years.

The bad guys in this courtroom drama are the big tobacco co£Dpanies.

Philip J. Morris Inc., R.J. Reynolds Co. and other cigarette companies, were found guilty by a Florida jury, which began hearing the case 18 months ago.

They ruled last July five cigarette companies and two industry groups conspired to produce a dangerous, addictive product that causes 29 illnesses, including cancer and heart disease.

Evil at its finest! It seems, according to the Florida jury, these tobacco guys have plotted to eliminate mankind. Actually, I

believe either the jury has been smoking something a little stronger than tobacco or they have been watching too many James Bond movies.

The jury is made up of a group of people who makes our jury system look like a joke. Come on, the jury is giving millions to people who are trying to cash in on the bad mistakes they made as kids.

The attorney for the smokers claimed they became addicted at a young age and were so addicted they could not quit, even after the tobacco companies released warnings that cigarettes are known to cause cancer.

However, all three quit smoking when they realized that smoking had already damaged them to the point of no return.

It seems that these smokers are just too wrapped up in the victim mentality to take responsibility for their own actions.

What is going on in Florida is a crime to people everywhere. Those jury members need to screw their heads on straight and let the class action lawsuit for Florida smokers die a quick death.

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

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Theatre puts on dangerous perfomance··· Rebecca Snow Sta[{Wriler

The wigs are teiTific. The costumes are historically accurate, but many are ill fitted.

And from there it only gets worse.

Based on the classic French novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," about the sexual mores of an aristocratic group in 18th-century France, it was re-written as a play in 1985 by Christopher Hampton, who also wrote the screenplay for the 1988 American film "Dangerous Liaisons."

During the opening of Palomar College's "Dangerous Liaisons" the audience tries to suspend reality and not notice the bare sets and Valmont's extremely wrinkled white stockings which taunt them, daring them not to like what they are about to see.

And then the actors speak their first lines.

Watching sixth-graders tackle scenes from Shakespearean plays can make an audience groan and shift in their seats, as when any acting troupe takes on a piece their acting can not carry.

Director Dana Case has made a curious choice in tackling a play that the actors in the Palomar College's Performing Arts Department are clearly not ready to handle.

In the end it is the play that has won, and the actors and audience who lose.

The actors, most of whom are not comfortable on stage, sound like they are reading their lines, when they are not stumbling over them, from a very distant TelePrompTer. Michael Sepulveda as the servant, who

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Lance Rogers stars as Valmont and Kristen D'Andrea stars as Tourvel in Palomar's 44 Les Liaisons Dangereuses."

thankfully has no lines apart from an inaudible whisper to another cast member, walks about the stage so stiffly (and incredibly often) that comparatively AI Gore moves like Elvis. The audience can most certainly hear his limbs creaking as he makes his Frankenstein-esque treks about the stage.

He may have been sipping formaldehyde between scenes.

On the subject of chemicals, the actors' chemistry together is nil. Valmont is a particularly smarmy character, but the actor playing him, Lance Rogers, does not project the sleaze the character should evoke. This

is a man who professes solitary love to, and seduces, anything and everything in a dress.

He and the actresses playing his lovers scoot around each other uncomfortably on stage, always careful not to get close enough to each other to catch cooties.

Valmont's former lover and co-conspirator

in dreaming up ways to destroy the lives of others is the Marquise de Merteuil. played

by Noelle Watson. She caresses and interacts with Valmont as though he were a giant ice cube.

Rogers' few witty and physically comedi moments are right out of the movie wl.th John Malkovich in the role of Valmont, which he certainly must have watched a few too many times, allowing it to seep into l:ll~ subconscious.

One of Valmont's lovers, Madame de Tourvel, portrayed by Kristin D'Andrea, at moments seems real and on her way to grasping the essence of her character. Her emotions grow gradually believable as she becomes exuberant and filled with passion.

The refreshing scenes with Paul Hanegan, as Danceny, were too brief and the onl~ completely authentic bit of acting. iji$ facial expressions (he had them) were real and natural, as well as his manneris~s. (flamboyant and fitting for the era an<) theme of the play).

The best part of the unfortunate choice in lighting is when the unchanging nauseating blue fades to black between scenes, givlng the audience enough time to let their eyes te:adjust and brace themselves for the ~lf fade up.

The emotionless acting and stiff delive(:f of dialogue, with forced dramatic pauSe~ and intonations in speech that do not matcli words being spoken will make it difficult1¢r. the audience to suppress the urge to mak~ a quick run out the nearest exit.

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'Love and Basketball' shoots a three-pointer!j; Movie Review

Love and Basketball Rating:

*** (out of four stars)

Starring: Omar Epps Sanaa Lathon

Alfie Woodard Jason Sherrill Fonts Editor

With recent releases such as "Here on Earth," "Return to Me" and "Whatever It Takes" (a smorgasbord of prepositional hug-andsnug titles) failing to capture audi-

ence acceptance, the field seems wide open for a new entry like "Love and Basketball," a quixotically romantic drama with a twist: full court hoop shooting.

"Love" expresses the notion of soul mates. Somewhere out there is the perfect match for everyone, just waiting to be discovered. He or she could be halfway around the world, they could even be your next door neighbor.

The movie is broken up into four parts cleverly named "quarters."

The first quarter features a young Quincy McCall (Glenndon Chatman), the son of a professional basketball player with dreams of following in his father's footsteps, playing basketball against Monica Wright (Kyla Pratt), a young girl new to the neighborhood with dreams of her own to be the first woman player in the NBA. Right away the two emanate an emotional pull toward each other.

Jump ahead to the second quarter, where the two young soul mates are struggling through high school and living out part of their dreams.

Everyone wants a piece of Quincy (now played by Omar Epps), from star-maker recruiters to frivolous, money-hungry women.

The grown-up Monica (now played by Sanaa Lathon with a surprisingly entertaining performance), who has a chip on her shoulder for always being too concerned about basketball and not enough about looking beautiful, is struggling to get recruited because of her attitude.

Lathon portrays her character as strong, but at the same time needing her soul mate to put everything into place for her. She goes through the journey of a young woman who went from losing her love because of not being able to draw a line between love and basketball to becoming a mature woman who will not lose her love again.

"Love" casually winds through the trials of Quincy and Monica, from childhood to adulthood, making stops at high school and college for experiences that shape their lives. One such instance comes when Quincy learns his father Zeke (Dennis Haysbert) turns out not to

be the man he thought. These events prompt him to make hasty decisions that will dramatically effect his future as he spends his time attempting to prove he really is more than just a slam-dunking jock.

Directed by Gina PrinceBlythewood, the movie brings some interesting views to the tabfe about love and the troubles we go through to achieve it.

The script dangles stardom above the heads of its characters, sadistically yearning to be strived for with promises of fast cars and equally fast women, but when the glamor fades away, that future actually holds a life with similar problems of the average person.

"Love" remains somewhat predictable and doesn't travel with enough hidden surprises to ensure blockbuster success.

Although some different directions are taken, the movie hopes to distract by laying-up separate stories of career and family dilemma, thereby making its audience easy prey for an obvious, love story ending.

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Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathon star as basketball-playing soul mates in ulove and Basketball."

Sunt:rner 1novies _offer a bu:rnper crop of fun and excite:rnent Summer: my favorite time of year. Not because of the sunny days, nor the freedom from school, but rather the mega-hyped blockbusters that surf their way to my local theater. It's like Christmas.

Presented below are my personal choices for the most anticipated movies of the summer; the popcorn flicks I am most looking forward to spending time in a darkened theater watching.

Mission Impossible 2 (May 24) Take the director, John Woo, and stop right there for a moment. As the master behind classic Hong Kong action hits like "The Killer" and "Hard-Boiled," as well as American-made shoot-em-ups like "Broken Arrow" and "Face/Off," Woo has elevated the bar for standard Hollywood action and makes most look anemic by comparison.

In "MI2," Tom Cruise returns to stop the forces of evil and save the world again, this time from the back of a motorcycle.

Adding new faces like Anthony Hopkins, Dougray Scott, and Thandie Newton, as well as returning fave Ving Rhames, to the mix makes for the best reason to spend exorbitant prices on candy and soda at the movies.

Gladiator (May 5) Previews for this are already whetting the appetite for many tele-

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VISion viewers, so perhaps that played a role in bumping it up on my list.

Jn any case, "Gladiator" looks to be following a precedent set forth by movies like "Saving Private Ryan" with crisp, original-looking battle sequences against a historically epic backdrop (of the ancient Roman empire, as opposed to "Ryan's" World War II crunch).

Russell Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who finds himself a slave, and soon winds up in the Coliseum as a gladiator, where his fighting skills come in handy in fending off tigers and other bloodthirsty opponents.

Cool.

X-Men (July 14) A movie almost 20 years in the making, X-Men will finally see the light of day thanks to director Bryan Singer, who helmed the terrific thriller, ''The Usual Suspects."

X-Men features an all-star cast playing the various roles of mutants: shunned members of soci-

ety who carry special superhuman abilities such as flight and lasershooting eyes.

Shaft (June 16) Who's the cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about?

Shaft!

Right on.

One might think reworking this 1971 blaxploitation classic would be heresy.

Fortunately, they picked the right player for the job. Samuel L. Jackson plays the tough-talking nephew of John Shaft, the ultra-cool private eye originated on-screen by Richard Roundtree.

One of the best aspects of this update could be the return of Issac Hayes immortal classic, "Theme From Shaft," a song forever etched into the hearts of '70s funkadelics everywhere. Can ya dig it?

Hollow Man (July 28) The preview gave me chills, a rarity for a cynic like me.

Kevin Bacon plays a mad scientist who turns himself invisible (represented wit.h eye-popping special effects). With his newfound sense of imperceptibility, megalomania soon follows.

And for those of you keeping track, the movie also stars Elizabeth Shue and Josh Bwlin, so keep them in mind the next time you're playing "Six Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon."

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The Telescope • Monday, April 24, 2000

2000 ''I want the ASG to have a strong leader in shared

governance. We need someone who actually understands the issues. I'm not afraid to stand up for what I believe in. I won't be shy about the position, I won't iust sit there for the title."

BRIDGETT£ RONCONE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

"No more walls, no more barriers between different views and different lifestyles. I want to be part of the we that makes a change."

LORETTA MURILLO-COLTON RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

Robert Chavis I The Telescope

"I plan to make sure your representatives are not only attending their mandatory meetings but also actively participating in those meetings."

ANASTASIA BENZEL RUNNING FOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

''I'd like to make sure all the officers are doing their iobs. We need to do more - student government hasn't been doing enough."

ALLINE CHAN RUNNING FOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

"I want to bring more loyalty and honesty to the student body."

TRISHA CARLSON RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF STATE AFFAIRS

"I care a lot about this school. I want to not only care about it here, but take that to the lagislature."

JENNIFER JENNINGS RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF STATE AFFAIRS

Candidates for student government met on April 10 at a candidates forum. From left to right, Alline Chan, Jennifer Jennings, Bridgette Roncone, Rachel Farrand Loretta Murillo-Colton (upper right).

Candidates push change at ·forum Tom Chambers Edi10r in Chief

Gearing up for this week's election, candidates for the four vice presidential pos1t10ns on the Associated Student Government met at a candidates forum on April 10.

They focused on accountability, diversity, giving power back to the students and lobbying for student issues in Sacramento.

The two candidates for exectutive vice president said they want the student government to be more active. '"I plan to make it my job to make sure your representatives are not only attending their mandatory meetings but also actively participating in those meetings," said Anastasia Benzel, who was absent from the forum because of a family emergency but issued a written statement.

Benzel is a current ASG senator.

Alline Chan, also running for executive vice president, said she too wants to keep ASG members accountable.

'Td like to make sure all the officers are doing their jobs,'' Chan said. '"We need to do more - student government hasn't been doing enough."

President: continued from page 1

"I want to start setting up a diversity dialogue program to bring a multicultural educational program to students and faculty."

BRENDAN FENTINIAN RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SOCIAL EVENTS

1want to interact with the ASG and ICC. I want to work with student activities to make it a happy process."

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RACHEL FARR RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT/ CHAIR OF INTER-CLUB COUNCIL

with the Native American Student Alliance (NASA).

Roncone, a political science major, is the current vice president of state affairs and was an ASG senator last fall. She is also president of the Palomar College Republicans.

In addition to changing the role of student activities, Murillo-Colton and Roncone said the students need better representation on campus.

"I feel that Palomar College students need a strong voice," Murillo-Colton said. "(The ASG) needs to be there and be known it needs to be more visible and more helpful. " Roncone stressed the need for leadership at student government meetings and on college committees.

"I want the ASG to have a strong leader in shared governance,'· Roncone said. "We need someone who actually understands the issues. I'm not afraid to stand up

Chan is the cunent ASG treasurer and said student government needs to <.:hange the way it manages its money.

"Students are being told different things hy the Student Activities Office," Chan said. "It shouldn't matter. It should be our (ASG's) decision on how to spend it. It shouldn't go through student activities.''

Chan added that Palomar students need a strong student government to make changes.

"Put the power back in the ASG's hands - not in student activities,'' she said. "Students shouldn't go to student activities, we should go there for them."

The candidates for vice president of state affairs include one current ASG officer and one newcomer.

Trisha Carlson, a political science and psychology major, went to Germany after high school to represent the United States and participate in the German Congress.

"I want to bring more loyalty and honesty to the student body, " Carlson said.

Current ASG senator Jennifer Jennings, a film major, said Palomar students need a strong voice in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.

"I care a lot about this school," Jennings said. "I want to not only care about it here, but take that to the legislature."

Jennings said she wants to lobby for tax-free textbooks and stop a proposal by Gov. Gray Davis that would require community service w. . graduate from California colleges.

ASG Senator Brendon Fentiman is running unopposed for vice president of social events. He said he wants to set up a "diversity dialogue" for students, faculty and staff.

Also running unopposed, RacheL Farr said she wants to increase thet number of clubs and club membership as vice president I chair of the Inter-Club Council.

"I want to interact with the ASG and ICC,'" Farr said. "I want to work with student aetivites to make it a happy process." .

The election will be hela Tuesday, April 25 and Wednesday, April 26 in the Student Union.

Students will be voting for the student government for the 2000-01 academic year. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The candidates for the treasurer and senator positions did not attenc(' the meeting and could not be reached for comment.

for what I believe in. I won't be shy about the position, I won't just sit there for the title."

Roncone said she wants to help the new vice president of state affairs lobby in Sacramento for taxfree textbooks and stop a proposal

by Gov. Gray Davis that would require community service to graduate from California colleges.

M urillo-Colton focused on Palomar's diversity.

"No more walls, no more barriers between different views and different lifestyles,'' she said. "I want to be part of the we that makes a change."

The election will be held Tuesday, April 25 and Wednesday, April 26 in the Student Union.

Students will be voting for the president for the 2000-01 academic year. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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