Monday, August 21, 2000 -
Palomar College -
Volume 54, Number 1
Locked in 'The Cell'
Final farewell
Going for gold!
Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Lopez star in the new horror flick, check out our full review.
A reflection on Boggs' 15 years at Palomar.
Palomar water polo coach Kathy Sheehy packs for the Olympics in Sydney.
Entertainment, page 6
Opinion, page 4
Sports, page 8
oggs steps down College president to head national organization Tom Chambers Th e Telescope
As students return to classes this week, the college's president is preparing to leave. George Boggs, Palomar's president for 15 years, is leaving his office in the library this week to head the American Association of Community Colleges in Washington, D.C. The 1,132 member association named. Boggs to the post on June 28. The group promotes and lobbies for community college education in the nation's capital. Boggs resigned effective Sept. 1, leaving his $167,000-a-year salary for the associations $218,000. "I am excited about the potential that my new position offers to provide leadership for community colleges at the national level," Boggs said. "Already, my calendar is being filled for the year ahead with speaking engagements and professional conferences around the country." Boggs, 55 , served on the association 's board of directors from 1990-1995, and chaired the board during the 1993-94 academic year. As the group's president, Boggs will work with the White House , Congress and federal agencies to provide resources and support for community colleges. "AACC will be addressing issues like financial aid for stu-
dents, preparing new faculty and leaders for community colleges, increasing grant funding for community colleges, work force development, preparation of public school teachers and expanding international education opportunities," Boggs said. "Advocacy for the nation 's 1, 100 community colleges and their 10 million students is a primary mission." Boggs came to Palomar in 1985 from Butte College in Oroville, Calif., where he was the assistant dean of instruction and a chemistry professor. Boggs said he is proud of Palomar's growth. During his time here, Boggs saw Palomar's enrollment increase from 15,500 to more than 27,000. Palomar opened the Escondido Education Center, the Wellness Fitness Center and the Bus Transit Center. The college also just finished a $10 million remodel of the infrastructure on the main campus. Palomar was also named one of the top three community colleges in the country under Boggs, and was designated a Vanguard College last year for its support of student learning. "The most rewarding aspect of my job at Palomar has been to congratulate thousands of graduates each year," Boggs said . "Many of our students have had to overcome tremendous obstacles to attain their degrees or certificates, and
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George Boggs, Palomar's president for 15 years, leaves this week to head the American Association of Community Colleges in Washington, D.C.
many of them could not have done it without Palomar College." The hardest part of the job was trying to stretch inadequate state budgets, Boggs said. "I am pleased that we developed very positive relationships with local legislators, and we made some progress," Boggs said. "But community colleges in California are severely underfunded." To combat that, the college started raising funds privately, Boggs said. The Palomar College Foundation and the President's Associates now raise nearly $2 million a year for the college, paying for things like library automation, bleachers for the Dome and new curtains for the Brubeck Theatre.
"What I am proudest of from my time at Palomar is the work we have done to bring a diverse and high quality faculty and staff to our college," Boggs said. "We have excellent people here, people who care about student learning and success and people who are on the leading edge of innovation and creativity... Palomar's future is in good hands with the great faculty and staff that we have here." The Governing Board accepted Boggs retirement, and is naming him President Emeritus to honor his tenure. Boggs is the longest reigning president in Palomar's 54-year history. "They [governing board members] are proud of what he's done," said ¡ Palomar Spokesman Mike Norton. "They're proud of working with
someone to get this honor." "It is difficult to leave our wonderful college after 15 years," Boggs said. "Since 1985, Palomar College has been my life, seven days a week. "Physically, we are downsizing our possessions by half," he added. "So Palomar College is benefiting from donations of appliances , power tools and garden equipment." The board named Jack Randall, former president of San Antonio Community College, interim president on July 14. The Governing Board is currently looking at a few consulting firms to search for a permanent replacement. Board members hope to find one within in the next eight months, Norton said.
Cal State booze gets good marks Claire Zulkey TMS Campus
California State UniversityFresno students interested in biology and botony have an interesting course option open to them that's not available to most other students: they can study wine. And a string of awards would imply that their study habits are good. "They know exactly what it takes to produce a bottle of wine," said Vincent Petrucci, a viticulture (study of the grape) professor, who founded the program in 1948. "Our program is unique, historically, as one of
the heaviest science programs in the country." The production is no joke, either: the university ' s 1999 Barbera wine won the Best of Region and Best of Class in Region statewide honors after winning a gold medal in the California State Fair competition. This July, the school garnered top awards from the Grape and Gourmet Event in Sacramento for the second year in a row. "Of course, students have a lot of fun with it," said Winemaster Ken Fugelsang, who directs the students' wine production. "We're kind of like
the mouse that roared. After all, we are the only governmentlicensed school that produces its own wine. "From 3,000 of the Barbera wine, we are already down to just a few hundred, and a few years ago, with our Syrah wine, after winning awards, we sold out in one week. We're earning notoriety." However, the enology (the study of wine) classes may be compared to astronomy courses; it sounds like a fun and unique experience to the average student, but in reality, it involves a great deal of work, including math and science. "Our students have to have
knowledge of all the basic sciences," Fugelsang said. "Often we get students who decide that this isn't for them." Students who major in enology study a variety of graperelated subjects, such as wine production, the process of the grape to the bottle to the buyers, wine chemistry, wine microbiology, and sensory, the oftexaggerated process of identifying and appreciating wine. As a requirement, all students must take care of one acre of land, from the harvest, the production, the marketing, and the selling.Several students go on to become involved in the
enology and viticulture field, often working for their family businesses or become apprentices ¡ to other winemakers, Petrucci said.Do the wine students have a reputation for ever, er, "enjoying" their classes a bit too much? "Absolutely not," Fugelsang said. "This is a very serious course, and we can't tolerate that type of behavior. "However, there is an enology society, which Petrucci admits is "very popular."