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Monday, Sept. 18, 2000- Palomar C olleg e - Volume 54 , N umber 3

Medical marijuana

Making a scene

Faculty art

The controversy over the medicinal use of marijuana lights up.

San Diego's annual music bash takes to downtown Gaslamp Quarter streets.

Boehm Gallery's newest exhibition showcases art of the Palomar fac ulty.

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Palomar president discusses future Jo Appleton Th e Telescope

Palomar College's Governing Board appointed John D. "Jack" Randall as interim uperintendent and president to take over for George Boggs who helped select Randall at a meeting held July 14, two weeks before he effectively resigned from the position to head the American Association of Community Colleges in .___ __ Washington D.C. interim Randall took the position over on August 21 at the contracted salary of $9,825 per month. At first Randall declined the position, not because of the salary, but because he lives in Palm Desert and had been retired since 1991 from a 14-year pre idency at Mt. San Antonio College.

Randall said he eventually

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Celebrating Mexican independence

considered the pos1t10n at Palomar because he likes to stay actively working with people in the community college districts and has not been working for two or three months. The job also gives him the opportunity to see his daughter and son-in-law who live in Escondido, he added.

Monday mornings he makes the commute from his home m Palm Desert to San Marcos. He stays in Rancho Bernardo ......__ ____. during the week president and drives back home Friday nights.

Born in Denver, Colo. , Randall moved with his family to Long Beach when he was nine months old. He began his education at Long Beach City Community College where he also met his wife, and continued on to Long Beach State. He has lived and S e e Interim , page 9

Palomar graduate runs for city council Jennifer Jennings Th e Telescope

The race for San Marcos City Council has hit home.

Mike Sannella, former Palomar College student is bidding for a eat in the upcoming race for city councilman.

On the candidate's Web site, Sannella says, "San Marcos needs a city council that is driven by leadership and courage and a council that will allow our community to grow, but grow responsibly."

But how did Sannella go from everyday Palomar student to an up-and-corning politician?

Sannella began his college career at Palomar in 1995, with the immediate goal to earn his general education degree.

SanneUa said Dr. Michael Newbrough, a Political Science professor, was the most influential to him in politics and education.

"His style of teaching is ex citing. It was always a pleasure to go to hi classroom. He makes you want to go to class and to further your education," Sannella said.

Newbrough said Sannella gave off "good vibrations" and he "seems to be a very good and sincere guy."

After obtaining an A.A. in liberal studies at Palomar in 1998, Sannell a transferred to Cal State San Marcos and majored in political science and history. There he held the position of president of the College Republicans for two years, working closely with Palomar's own chapter of the organization.

The decision to run for City Council came in 1999, after Sannella earned his Bachelor's degree from Cal State San Marco.

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Rosielinda Btlceiio of the Yumare dance troupe {translated as "Joy Of Dancing"] performed a tradi¡ tional Mexican folk dance on Thursday afternoon in the Student Union. The event was In recognition of Mexican Independence day, celebrated Sept. 16. The festival was sponsored by Palomar's MEChAclub.

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Whiz kid starts grad program at 15, after starting college at 10 Anne Rochell Konigsmark

move alone from his family's home in Torrance, Calif. So his mom, Nancy Lu, arranged for the Kids going away to college for two of them to live in an apartthe first time often take some- ment in Escondido Village, a thing precious from home. graduate housing complex. They Steve Lu is bringing his mom. move in Sept. 25 . Steve will be But his graduate school classstudying for a master's degree in mates at Stanford probably will computer science. notice something else unusual ¡ . "It's okay, I guess," Steve said about him. of his roomie. With his mom Like, that he's 15 years old. standing nearby, he quickly As one of the youngest kids added, "No, it's great that she's ever to enter a graduate program, corning."

Steve couldn't have expected to There are some advantages to TMS Campus

having a parent on-site. The laundry will get done, and he won't have to eat cereal for dinner every night. But what about the keg parties? What about girls? • College vices aren't really a temptation for Steve, who can't drive and only dreams of dating, but has a double degree in math and computer science from Cal State Dominguez Hills. Summa cum laude. With a minor in physics.

At 10, he was the youngest

person ever to enroll in the Cal State system, and he's one of the youngest graduate students ever at Stanford.

"To me, I am normal," Steve says in a written profile. "I am mature and dedicated to my education."

Steve seemed above average as a baby, Nancy said , but she really took notice when at 5, he scored 194 on an IQ test.

"That's off the charts somewhere," said Peter Rosenstein, executive director of the National

Association for Gifted Children.

Although there are no national statistics on how many children begin college before they hit puberty, Rosenstein said the numbers are probably in "the dozens."

Nancy Lu said Steve is mature enough to go it alone. But she's not.

"He's ready to be by himself," she said. "It's harder for me to leave him there. But I think next See Whiz Kid,

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Campus Beat Palomar rief Art opening Foreign visit in Mexico this week Travel to Mexico and experience the art of Robert Barry, who is the chairperson of the communications department.

This open reception will be running from Sept. 15- to Oct. 6. It opens at 6 p.m.

The photos are of Mexican urban landscaping. They are all taken between 1991 and 1998 The address of the exhibit in Mexico is Casa de la Cultura Ave. Paris and Prof. Pompa Ibarra #5 Col. Altamira Tijuana. For further information call 0-11-526-2604.

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Bach, jazz at concert hour Concert hour, a time of getting together and sharing music and good times, can be seen every Thursday, in room D-10 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. at Palomar's main campus. Presented by Palomar College's Performing Arts Department and admission to the show is free.

The next scheduled program is Sept. 21. It is an organ program by Jared Jacobsen, titled Bach Links.

The week after, on Sept. 28, is titled Birth Of Jazz: A Tribute to Lewis Armstrong it is directed by Billy Hawkins.

Music lovers will be sure to find concert hour a pleasing way to spend their lunch hour.

Palomar's International Student Office and International Club will host its annual Osaka College Study Tour from Sept.

21 to Sept. 23. For the third year, the Japanese students from Osaka College of Health and Welfare will attend the scheduled events at Palomar's main campus.

Over 200 students are expect'ed to participate in this year's 3day tour.

It will feature a sports day barbecue, ¡ information workshops and social health welfare, and tours of the community.

They will hear presentations by Palomar students and visit health and social service centers.

Students will participate in student exchange experiences in classrooms and workshops on physical education and social services. A banquet will be held Saturday evening.

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PIC center has moved The PIC I Information Center has moved to SSC-25, formerly Ron Jordan's office. The PIC Center service windows are located at the south side of the Student Service building which faces parking lot 2.

PIC Center hours are Monday -Thursday, 7:30a.m.- 7 p.m. and Fridays 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Palomar student Karen Hubbard relaxes on a wall between ber classes last week.

Campus Calendar Adding a class

Finals

Registration for or adding a semester length class is no longer permitted.

Final exams will be held Dec. 11-16.

Dropping a class

Associated Student Government

Oct. 13 is the last day to drop a class without any notation on the student's record. The instructor's signature is not required.

Credit/No Credit deadline The last day to change grading status is September 22.

Applying for graduation The last day to apply for December graduation is Oct. 1.

The ASG meets every Wednesday in the SU-18 at 1 p.m. The fall election will be held on Sept. 26-27.

Election packets are available in SU-21.

I nter-Ciub Council The ICC meets every other Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in SU-18.

Brubeck Theatre The play "Bedroom Farce" will be showing Oct. - 8 and 12 - 15. Tickets will be available in Theater Box Office.

.Graduation October 2 is the last day to apply for an AA degree of achievement and certificates of profifor fall 2000. Turn in applications to the ICV.d.lUdUIJLI~ OffiCe.

Will Lim International Business

Sommer Mullen Education

Chris WISe Photography

"Legalize it! If you look at alcohol and smoking pot - alcohoi is much worse than pot."

"I think it's fine. It will make people feel better."

"I don't smoke marijuana, I don't really care if anybody else does. If they want to make a law, then great, but it's not for me."

Comets Football Palomar's Football team will play its first game at Escondido High School on Saturday, Sept.

23 against Long Beach City College at l p.m.

Krystle Boone Business Marketing

Saad Omar Computer Engineering

"If it serves a purpose for medical use, it should be legalized."

"It should be legalized. The side effects are probably less than other medications."

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Oginion Editorial Student leaders need to focus on current students hat is the purpose of student government? Ask any of our leaders and they will tell you they are "students serving students." Their job is to represent the students' needs, and ensure they are met at the college.

At least, that's what members of student government say their job is.

But the latest endeavor of our leaders doesn't focus on Palomar students at all. Instead, it helps the college marketing department.

Associated Student Government President Shannon Gyde announced last week that the ASG will be visiting children in foster care to talk to them about going to college. More specifically, "to tell them about the programs Palomar has to offer."

Surely our leaders' intentions are good; children in foster care need to be told what a college education can do for them. It's a good idea, but it's not the job of ASG officers.

Student government leaders need to focus on the current students at Palomar, and stop marketing the college to future ones. There are many issues that can keep them busy here, making the college experience a better one for those of us who are students now.

This is not the first time the ASG has worked to market the college. When enrollment numbers were down last year, the college even asked for the student government's help in getting more students to attend Palomar. This needs to stop.

Realistically, the ASG can only accomplish a few goals each year because of limited time and resources. To use its time recruiting future students, the student government breaks its promise to the current students the students who put them there.

The student government does not work for the college; it works for the students.

Telling foster children about college is a good idea, but it doesn't represent the needs of the current students at Palomar. If student government leaders want to do this, they should do it on their own time - not when they are supposed to be "students serving students."

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Mediums: too good to be true? ommunication with the dead, is it possible? Can you actually talk to someone who is dead and have him or her respond? Can you do this in some way other than dreams or your wild imagination?

Mediums are people who can, or people who think they can, talk to dead people.

Pretty cool, huh? Well, I saw a TV special about mediums on HBO about a week ago. It freaked me out. I have a few dead friends. It would be nice to find a medium and have them talk to my dead friends for me. That would be neat. Kind of scary, but a little magical.

In the TV special, they show a couple about 60 years old. The couple talks to the camera crew about how they lost their son. He had an aneurysm and died on St. Patrick's Day after their family party at his friend's house while watching television. The parents talk about the stuff he liked to do.

Finally, we get to the medium.

The medium sits down and has the parents verify they have never spoken to him and have never met before. Then the medium begins.

The medium says he sees a male figure. He pretty much tells these skeptical parents their son died quickly. The son never knew anything was wrong with him, but he tells these parents, through the medium of course, to get over it. He tells his father to stop grieving and he has to get on with the rest of his life. He offers congratulations to his mother, because she is going to be a grandmother, and he an uncle.

His sister said earlier she was pregnant, which happened after the brother died.

The show goes on for about an

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I wouldn't want to send some liar a bunch of money to pretend to talk to my friends and come back to me and say, "He says he misses you and he loves you." hour. Many people visit various mediums crying about things they are told. They all say this stranger couldn't have known little things, like a father crying at a bus station, writing his daughter's name on the wall with a Sharpie pen above a wad of gum left on the wall.

I was intrigued. Psychic stuff and paranormal psychology is fascinating to me.

So I took myself to the computer after this show to look under for a search engine. I found a billion medium sites. So I went to a few and checked them out.

But what I found was anything but magical, anything but neat.

On just about every site you had to e-mail your credit card number and fill out questionnaire.

Okay, I scanned over a few questions: (1) Who is the dead person you are wanting to con-

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tact? (2) How did they die? (3) What do you want to say to them?

What a scam!

In the television, none of these questions were asked. The medium told the parents how their son was killed. He gave those searching for their loved ones the initials of the dead person.

Sometimes the medium even supplied a nickname the person went by. I thought it was real.

But then my hopeful imagination was shattered by my Internet discovery. I knew the mediums on the show made money to talk to the dead for their friends and relatives. But the questionnaire on the Internet bothered me.

The idea of talking to dead people through other people who have paranormal skills is really amazing.

When I think of all the people, who spend money to talk to their dead friends and family, I would like to think it was genuine.

I wouldn't want to send some liar a bunch of money to pretend to talk to my friends and come back to me and say, "Mark says he misses you and he loves you."

Oh yeah and thanks for the money. I need to pay my rent.

Besides, how do you know whom to trust?

I think I'd rather wait to talk to my friends than pay someone.

People like Oda Mae Brown do it for free . She delivered.

The movie, Ghost, the idea is touching, even believable for some of us. But the price is definitely more unreal to me, even more unreal than talking to the dead.

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Should marijuana be I for medical use?

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a viable, safe treatment Donna Williams Staff Writer

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hen you catch that nasty flu bug, do you call the police?

According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, you should.

Although the American Medical Association has named marijuana one of the safest medicine next to aspirin, the DEA continues to override their research.

The law declares marijuana Schedule 1 illicit drug, supposedly as dangerous as PCP or heroin In 1972 groups such as the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and the Physicians Association for Aids Care pressured the DEA to trial.

They did not succeed until 1986 when the DEA finally agreed. In 1988 the DEA's own Administrative Law Judge, Francis L. Young, announced, "Marijuana in its natural form fulfilled the legal requirement of currently accepted medical use in the United States." He added, "It is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man." His decision was overruled by the DEA in 1992.

Meanwhile patients suffering from illnesses such as cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, migraine and chronic pain turn to the street to find medication. On the street they bargain with dangerous drug dealers and take chances with variable marijuana potencies and possible criminal prosecution.

The illegality is not the only danger to medical marijuana users. Although lung cancer has been proven more likely in nicotine users, it is also a concern of medical marijuana users. At present most of the marijuana research is in its effects, not its development. Attempts have been made to produce an equal form of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, but physicians and patients agree that none are sufficient substitutes. Legal availability would inevitably encourage more research. A capsule form of natural THC or other means of ingestion safer for users would soon be created.

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Drugs are harmful

Mark Brown Staff Writer

here are many good reasons why drugs should be illegal. They are damaging to our youth and society.

People who believe in legalizing drugs say that it would help society and the economy. These people mention prohibition and how the banning of alcohol did not work. They are right, but now alcohol is legal, how many alcoholics do we have buying beer to get wasted?

If we legalize drugs then it does not solve any problems. It only creates more for our law enforcement and for our youth that still lies ahead of us in the years to come.

The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse did an annual survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration studying persons from the U.S. population. There were an estimated 708,000 new inhalant users in 1997. This number is up 95 percent from 1990, when it was 364,000. Of first-time inhalant users in

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Imagine the frustration of a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. The best and safest relief of their constant nausea and lack of appetite is illegal. Yet the treatment and other medications they are receiving can be life-threatening.

Now, imagine the frustration of the physician. Many will quietly give patients advice for using marijuana. Others fear legal repercussions that would end their career.

In 1996 California voters had enough.

The medical marijuana initiative was passed with a 56-44 percent majority. So why do I write this with such irritation?

Because once again our friends, the DEA, have decided that our voices do not matter. The support of medical marijuana use from the professionals and ordinary people is overwhelming. So the DEA tontinues to preach that marijuana has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. But how can the FDA give marijuana approval when the DEA has purposes set up legal, bureaucratic and financial obstacles to insure that it never will?

My cousin suffered from a cancer called Hotchkins Disease. He was treated with chemotherapy. His only relief was smoking pot. He was not a drug addict. He was a cancer patient who found a medicine that eased his pain while chemotherapy intensified it.

Compassion is supposed to be a concern of the United States of America. I see no compassion or concern on behalf of the DEA. They have somehow succeeded in running our lives and . covering up our voices.

The situation is so simple. A valuable discovery takes place. Research is done.

The people are informed. The people decide, the people get what is best for them.

But the reality is confusing. A valuable discovery is made. Research is halted.

The people are misinformed. The DEA decides what is best for the people, the people do not get what is best for them.

The result: Useless suffering for very ill individuals.

1997, 65 percent were between the ages of 12 and 17.

California has noticed an increase in drug-related deaths. The Department of Alcohol & Drug Programs reported an increase in drug-related deaths in '96-'97 5,407 from 5,335 death in '93-'94.

The harmful consequences of smoking marijuana include, but are not limited to, the following: premature cancer, addiction, coordination and perception impairment, a number of mental disorders including depression, hostility and increased aggressiveness, general apathy, memory loss, reproductive disabilities, and impairment to the immune system.

The Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U. S. Public Health Service have rejected smoking crude marijuana as a medicine. The American Medical Association policy statement on marijuana says, in part, "The AMA believes that cannabis (marijuana) is a dangerous drug and as such is a public health concern."

Marijuana is currently up to 25 times more potent than it was in the 1960's, making the drug even more addictive.

No medicine prescribed for us today is smoked.

The main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, THC (TetraHydrocannabinol) is already legally available in pharmaceutical capsule form by prescription from medical doctors.

While a biomedical or causal relationship between marijuana and the use of hard drugs has not been established, the statistical association is quite convincing.

Twelve to 17 year-olds who smoke marijuana are 85 times more likely to use cocaine than those who do not.

Sixty percent of adolescents who use marijuana before age 15 will later use cocaine. These correlations are many times higher than the initial relationships found between smoking and lung cancer in the 1964 Surgeon General's report (nine to ten times higher).

The pro-legalization organizations behind these ballot initiatives deny that there is a drug problem among our youth.

As much as they seek to focus on people suffering with illnesses, we must keep the debate properly centered on the safety of our kids. In a time where drug use among

period kids has increased 78percent in the last four years, this country cannot afford to undermine drug prevention efforts with these pro-marijuana ballot initiatives.

Legalizing marijuana would add a third drug that combines some of the most serious risks of alcohol and tobacco.

Marijuana offers both the intoxicating effects of alcohol and the long-term lung damage of tobacco.

Medical professionals better debate the medical pros and cons of prescribing marijuana and heroin to sick people. It should be kept in mind that the American Medical Association, the American Glaucoma Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies and the American Cancer Society have rejected marijuana as medicine.

The American Medical Association policy statement on marijuana says, in part, "The AMA believes that cannabis (marijuana) is a dangerous drug and as such is a public health concern."

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Letters to the Editor Be careful driving in the parking lot I am curious. Am I the only one who pays attention in the parking lot? Last Tuesday I was rear-ended while tryinoto exit the parking lot. She told me sh~ had been sideswiped in the lot before, causing serious damage. The person who hit her decided to leave the scene without leaving a note.

Today I was almost hit when a guy deCided to reverse without checking his rearview mirror because that parking spot was all too important. Fortunately, my responses were quick.

The situation is completely out of control. People need to be aware of their surroundings and realize that other people do exist. If you are desperate to find a parking spot, leave earlier! We are going into the fourth week of school, you should all know by now parking can get ugly. I beg you , please be more careful because if any of you hit me again, I might not be so nice.

And you might not be so lucky.

Aimee A. Adams

See you next year at CSUSM f received a phone call from my sis-

ter, a Palomar student, who told me I should read the article in the paper written by my good friend Tom Chambers whom I thought was attending Cal State this semester Sadly, the contents hit too close to home for me. While I never once spoke to a counselor at Palomar, I did have many run-ins with the seemingly mcompetent staff in the Admissions Office. I did apply late to Cal State San Marcos for the fall 2000 semester, but I was never worried about not getting my paperwork sent in on time. In early July I received a letter from CSUSM informing me that if I did not get my transcript in by August 1st, I would not be able to register and would have to reapply for the spring.

I went to Palomar on July 17th to request my transcript~ be sent, but I was on a tight schedule and did not have time to wait in line with the other 200 people waiting to get "help."

An employee of the college told me that I could send my request and a check through the campus mail. I had to get my car insurance form signed by the Records Office too, so I sent both.

About one week later I got my insurance form sent back to me all filled out.

Being a somewhat college-educated woman, I assumed that my transcripts had been sent as well.

I was wrong.

Two weeks later I got another letter from CSUSM telling me that because of my negligence in getting my transcripts ent, I would not be able to attend. I immediately called the Records Office, but instead got to listen to 30 minutes of recordings. I eventually did get to speak to a human being that told me that they could not locate my transcript requests. Two days later, not to mention some yelling too, my requests were found.

After speaking to someone at Cal State, I found out that if the Records Office at Palomar would send a letter to CSUSM stating that they were negli-

gent in sending my transcripts and I had requested them in time, I would be placed under special consideration.

Miraculously, I got the woman from the Records Office to agree to that and I now am a student of Cal State San Marcos.

I cannot say that I no longer go to Palomar because the delay caused me to register exactly one week before classes started, and I did not get all of the classes I needed.

I attend Palomar classes at Mount Carmel High School and hope to never step foot on the main campus again. As for you Tom, I'm assuming you now know that you are basically alone in your efforts to leave that college. I have faith , though and I'll see you next semester at that "small public university across the freeway."

Allison Adams

Palomar needs cultural mentors It seems to me that now is the time for Palomar College to offer cultural mentors.

If a cultural mentor i an individual belonging to the dominant culture, who believes that we are all our equal, then , we need, these individuals to mentor to our fellow non-dominant cultural brethren who now feels locked-out and isolated by today's social trends.

Some of today's negative social tends originated with the con ervative movements that began over 20 years ago from a populist force originating from the fear of the changing demographics in our country. aturally politicians have taken advantage of this fear by demonizing everything from immigrants, welfare recipients, affirmative action and even the poor and disenfranchised.

Where is the Christian left in our country today anyway?

The conservative movement created a society that progressed tenets of less compassion, of tough love, of mean spirit, of angry white males and a method of justice called 3-strikes.

In my opinion, what really gave strength to the conservative movement was the economic impoverishment of our country that had to come when our industrialized-based economy no longer existed: We no longer had the wealth to feel secure with ourselves and one another.

And, the manifestation of today 's negative social trends such as the dominant culture going underground to separate itself from perceived fears and to assert its supremacy can be seen as legitimate when based on fear.

Therefore, we need a dialog between one another that can be promoted by the cultural mentor to alleviate those fears.

And, there can be no doubt that the cultural mentors themselves would become culturally enriched with the knowledge of contrasting differences.

To start this cultural mentor program, I call upon Suzanne Gavin, director of EOPS, to solicit the appropriate state agency for funds to hire Palomar students to act as cultural mentors. These students could even be given college credit.

James Cobar Mathematics

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Do we need more high tech immigrants? igh tech executives say there is a shortage of experts in the computer industry. They want to recruit highly skilled immigrants from other countries to come to the United States.

The problem raises questions about American education, but also some fundamental questions about our American character.

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Not Enough Engineers High tech gurus claim American education is not producing enough engineers to feed into the Silicon Valleys in California, Washington and Texas.

The very core of high tech America is eroding, one high tech employee said.

Pat M. Holt, a foreign affairs writer for The Christian Science Monitor, says we have allowed 100,000 foreign high tech computer expert mathematicians, engineers and software designers each year into the United States for the past 10 years.

This year these companies want Congress to admit an additional 300,000 workers. This adds up to 1.3 million workers, a large number by anyone's standard. ¡

American Education One of the issues here, of course, is the question concerning the quality of American education.

No doubt we need a massive overhaul in public education.

Yet much of what we are hearing vouchers, testing and additional 100,000 teachers - amounts to a Band-Aid approach.

And do we hear anything about the the specific issue of developing skilled experts in high tech?

It doesn ' t even cause a ripple in the presidential debates.

But perhaps there is something even more troubling going on here. It has to do with the way we see ourselves.

Sean J.

The Genius of America The genius of America is that we could take this human raw material, and make them the envy of the world.

These people were glad to be Americans and did not want to go elsewhere. They found their home.

In the process, the idealism of America generated a drive and ambition which unleashed hidden talents and changed these immigrants and the world.

It also gave birth to such American characteristics as self-reliance, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship.

Have We Lost Faith in Ourselves?

A short time ago, we diverted flotillas of Haitians on the grounds they were "economic refugees." It was the same with the Chinese marooned off he coast of Long Island.

I know we have to have laws concerning immigration policies, but I have little doubt if they w e r e allowed in, America would work on them its transforming alchemy and they would have made a major contribution to our society as so many have in the past.

I'm not so sure about our high tech immigrants.

Are these the real "economic refugees ," now filling our jobs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere?

What i happening to us? Have we lost faith in ourselves so that we have to go abroad to find skilled people?

There is a computer on almost every desktop in the world because of our ingenuity, created by descendants of these tired and poor.

In America we define ourselves as having the "American Dream" No other country has this. It is the driving force of the American psyche.

The American Dream In America we define ourselves as having the "American Dream. " No other country has this. It is the driving force of the American psyche. We Americans know it is not money or economics that drives us, although that is one of its outcomes.

Basically, the American Dream is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence: We are all created equal and we are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We feel every person should have the opportunity to become all he or she can be.

We also define ourselves in terms of mostly poor immigrant forebears who came to this country.

Emma Lazarus describes them at the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore ... "

Misreading America Recently, England and Germany proposed to admit 40,000 high tech workers into their countries in hopes of finding the next Bill Gates.

Computers can be put in a package and exported or imported. But not Bill Gates, and what he represents - American innovation, ingenuity, self-reliance and cando resourcefulness.

This is the air we breathe. It can't be packaged.

Good grief! The Europeans really misread America.

But they aren't the only ones.

Perhaps high tech executives, the grandchildren of those who came to Ellis and Angel islands, are misreading America too.

Letters can also be sent via e-mail to telescope@palomar.edu O'Connor is Opinion edito r and can be reached via e-mail at shnlin@aol.com

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San Diegans kicked off last weekend with the 17th Annual Street Scene in the Gaslamp Quarter and the East Village, Downtown. Numerous local bands performed, including Unwritten Law, Sprung Monkey, Buck-0-Nine and Jewel, to name a few. It was an exhibition of national and international bands as well as various types of food and alcoholic beverages. Photos, clockwise: Scott Russo from Unwritten Law; Mike Summers, Steve Summers, Tony Delocht from Sprung Monkey; a group of people in festive hats enjoy the food and drinks.

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The Boehm Gallery opened the new academic year with the "Annual Art and Photography Faculty Exhibition 2000," offering such a range of displays it was hard to see how a viewer could go away dissatisfied.

There was something for everybody - and, it seemed, almost everybody turned up for the gallery's opening reception.

There were original oils, acrylics and watercolors, drawing, printmaking, and mixed media and also a variety of photographs and works done in iron, steel and copper.

Artistic woodwork was tastefully displayed throughout the gallery.

There was also an eye-catching school of playing flying fish in glass and colorful glass and ceramic bowls, pitchers and platters.

The gallery director, Vicki Cole, even obtained a guitar player who was ·providing live background music for the guests.

"It's nice to see the instructors'

work. It's nice to see them as artists outside of the classroom," Erika Koga said, an art major from Vista.

Koga also said there were about 75 students at the exhibition.

Koga was standing near ~o works which intrigued her.

One was called "Mr. Manhattan," where a man was carrying the Empire State Building under his arm and the other, "San Francisco Salina."

They were done by Chris Polentz and were acrylic on wood surrounded by a metal frame.

Why did she like them? "They are more futuristic, more contemporary and have a mystical quality about them," Koga said.

Robert Jew had a pleasing acrylic and oil on wood called "Angel," rendered in a way most imagine an angel to be: shy, modest, eyes downcast.

The angel is set in an idyllic Eden-like scene full of green, luxuriant growth.

This is the Angel in Eden before the fall from grace, not the fierce and determined angel, sword in hand, blocking reentrance of humans to their par-

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Maricela Hernandez gets distracted while looking at Charles H. Rouse's watercolor "Sailing."

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Erika Carpio examines Laura Crouch's "Continuum Collage." The Boehm Gallery will display Crouch's work alongside other faculty artists until September 29.

adise lost.

Ray Tafejian, Palomar shipping and receiving employee, was attracted to the huge - about six by five feet - green, yellow and red "Reverse Painting on Plexiglas" by Vicki Cole, the director of the gallery.

He said, "A wonderful piece. It is really exceptional. It flashes out at you. It is worth buy-

said, "The woodwork is amazing."

She was impressed by the technique and design and the quality the work done by Archie Breeden. Bedford has had experience working in wood.

Perhaps the exhibit which drew the most attention and comment was ''Palimpsest."

"They are more futuristic, more contemporary and have a mystical quality about them."

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palimpsest is ing," a medieval Tafejian was manuscript, which was also drawn to the moody and written over dusk-like more than Japanese setonce to conting of "Koi serve parchment. The Pond 2000."

This piece earlier writwas done in ing was either layacid patina on copper-coated - Erika Koga ered over or wood. It made partially Palomar Student erased. for an eerily Fran k realistic early evening scene.

Codispoti "It looks like you are looking cho e the palimpsest of an old into a real koi pond and seeing medieval triptych, a three panthe gold fish," Tafejian said. eled painting of sacred icons In contrast to shows in the which tell of some biblical story. recent past, there were many Layered over the icons on one artistic woodwork designs scat- panel are the stock pages from The New York Times. tered throughout the gallery.

While gazing at the tall, graceThe dominant modern layer ful stand-alone five-draw jewelry blocking all but glimpses of the chest, Susan Bedford from Vista original painting is the modern

day computer.

One of the panels is covered by the motherboard, each key on it bedecked with dazzling jewelry. Layered over the center panel is the computer screen with stock quotes; and the CD-ROM seems to pierce the triptych at its heart.

"It's satire. And so relevant today. These are strong icons.

The computer is the religion of today. It is gold. It is jeweled. It is so relevant. Everyone is looking to the computer so that they can make money really fast," said Judith Bass, a Solana Beach resident.

Alongside the "Palimpsest" is a painting by Harry E. Bliss, the retired director of the Boehm Gallery.

It is titled "Border Runner" and features a road runner bird in large size with barren mountains in the background.

It was big and bold, yet restrained and starkly attractive.

He also has a polychrome wood sculpture, "Guardian of Cibola."

These are just few of the works on display at the Boehm Gallery.

There are over 50 artists represented.

The Boehm Gallery is open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Granny may no longer be groovy, but the '50s and '60s music from her youth definitely rocks on.

"Let the Sun Shine In," "Young at Heart," "Harbor Lights" and "Rock Around the Clock" are featured in Tom Hansen's "When Granny Was Groovy."

Palomar College Performing Arts Department has succeeded in creating an energetic musical dance show for the season opening.

It premiered September 8 and started a series of six perform-

ances at the Howard Brubeck Theatre.

The basic idea of the show is very simple: a mother (Gigi St. John) and her two children (Braden McKinley and Claire Owen) search through granny's old trunk from her years at the entertainment industry.

This leads viewers into great dance performances of the jitterbug, the twist, the frug and the monkey.

The show also includes a lot of rock 'n' roll, tap dancing and swing dance.

Although the storyline is merely a way of connecting the songs and dances together and it does seem somewhat artificial,

but it's fun to watch the young actors giving it their all.

Braden McKinley, 14, and Claire Owen, 10, have such freshness in their acting and they have the widest smiles, so one can't do anything but enjoy the show.

Their songs "Catch a Falling Star" and "You Make Me Feel So Young" with Gigi St. John, are cheerful and performed with a , unique style.

The talented and hard-working Palomar students do a great job as well.

They have been practicing since last spring, and it really shows.

The dancing and signing are

dynamic and radiant.

Watching the show makes you want to join them on stage. The dance feature the Elvis phenomenon, the hippie era with Aquarius, The Beatles and some TV theme songs from "The Flintstones" and "Bonanza," to name a few.

"When Granny was Groovy" can also be considered a great musical.

There are some very talented singers in the cast.

Jennifer Mandala of Ramona and Jason Waller of Escondido perform "The Harbor Lights" as a beautiful duet and Heather Harnish of Ramona is perfect for "Hernando's Hideaway" with her

sneaky smile.

George Gonzales of San Marcos sure knows how to entertain as he portrays several songs and imitates Liberace in "Piano Roll Blues."

Some of the dancers have been dancing most of their lives.

What they all have in common is the joy of dancing that shines · through.

They seem happy and proud of what they are doing which makes it a pleasure for the viewers.

"When Granny Was Groovy" offers great and unconventional · entertainment for all age groups and is a living proof of what young people with ambition can achieve.

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worked here throughout· his Instruction at Mt. San Jacinto career and now considers himself Community College for eight almost a native of California. months; Although he retired nine years * Interim President of ago, according to Boggs' July 26 Grossmont College for 10 release to faculty and staff months.

Randall has never stopped workWorking in community coling. An outline of his work expe- leges is the most exciting, said Randall, because of the many rience includes: * Cerritos College, 18 years - varieties of programs available mathematics instructor; for students. Also having the Mathematics Department Chair; opportunity to educate a variety Math, Science and Engineering . of students at all levels including Chair; Dean of Academic Affairs those who are eligible to attend and Vice President of Instruction. universities. It's interesting to go * Mt. San Antonio College, 14 from campus to campus as an interim president and observe the years retirement as Superintendent/President of different outstanding programs.

College. During his tenure here It enables me to carry ideas from he took a one-year leave of campus to campus, and also proabsence to serve as the .Interim vides the opportunity for me to State Chancellor of the learn from them," he said.

Although as Interim President Community Colleges. * Since retirement he has he will take on the entire role of served as the Interim superin- president, his primary role is to tendent and president of Napa keep the college moving forward and to assist it in reaching its Valley College for eight months; * Interim goals. This can sometimes mean of making changes, said Randall.

Superintendent/President "Not to change the structure," he College of Marin for one year; * Interim Chancellor of the said, "Palomar is an excellent Chabot-Las Positas Community college, but I believe every peror organization can College District for eight son months; improve."

He added that some of the * Interim Provost of the Moreno Valley Campus of things he hopes to see happen Riverside Community College while at Palomar are: 1. for eight months; Sharpening up the planning * Interim Vice President of process. "Tha~ needs a little help,

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Assisting in the process of finding a new president.

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the search will start, and will take six to seven months to finish.

Randall has assisted several community college districts in their search for a new CEO and has served as a consultant in the development of Facility and Educational Master Plans for three community college districts. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in mathematics from California State University, Long Beach, and an Ed.D. in higher education from the University of Southern California.

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It's Sunday night and your term paper on Hamlet's ghost is due Monday morning. You don' t know about Hamlet, you don't know about any ghost, you haven't even read the play. So what do you do?

Being a Web-savvy scholar, you tum to the Internet. It takes you five minutes with a search engine to find eight Web sites offering free term papers and essays.

You select three Hamlet essays, then spend two hours cutting and pasting text and another hour editing in your own stylistic flourishes. The end product is a mixture of other people's ideas and your words, and bears little resemblance to any of the essays you started with.

In less time than it would have taken you to read Act I, you produce a paper of passing quality. You submit your paper on time and everything is cool, right?

Wrong. It's not cool, according to Anne Hohman, director of the Palomar College English Department Writing Center. It's plagiarism, "The use of another person's intellectual property - words and ideas."

The only legitimate use of a pre-written essay is as a reference, properly attributed.

A rewritten or rearranged version of somebody else's paper does not constitute original work.

At Palomar, discipline in most plagiarism cases is handled by instructors without involving the administration.

"Discipline for plagiarism is virtually at the discretion of the instructor," said Bruce Bishop director of student activities. "It can range from counseling, to short-term suspension from the class, to removing the student from the class with a failing grade."

Bishop anticipates that no more than two cases per semester will be referred to his office.

"In 23 years as an instructor, I never referred a case of plagiarism to the administration; I always handled it myself," said Bishop.

Has the availability of free term papers online made plagiarism harder to detect?

Hohman believes not. "Paper mills have been around for a long time," she said.

"Online sites that offer pre-written term papers may make that option seem easier and more attractive than when a student

had to send for a paper via snail mail."

But, she contends, not harder to detect: "Each person writes in a highly individualistic way, and I quickly learn those patterns of diction, style, and even thought that are peculiar to the individual."

By familiarizing herself with her students" work early in the semester, Hohman is able to identify non-original work by the time she assigns term papers.

• Elsewhere in academia, instructors are using more aggressive measures to identify Web-assis.ted plagiarism.

Commercial Webbased anti-plagiarism services have been employed successfully at several academic institutions.

The most famous case occurred at the University of California at Berkeley last year when Professor David Presti, with the help of a company named plagiarism.org, found that 45 of 320 students in his neurobiology class had plagiarized essays using material from the Internet.

Those caught cheatil'lg had to redo their essays; none were suspended or expelled.

Meanwhile , Photo Illustration by Tom Chambers and Jason Sherrill Hohman remains optimistic. "I think most students become engaged with ideas in College Term Papers.com their courses and learn to take satisfaction (www .collegetermpapers.com) and pride in their original work stemming This site solicits a term paper from you from that engagement." in exchange for access to its paper dataWith the foregoing warnings in mind, base. here are four Web sites you should visit next If you don't have a paper to give, you time you want to read other people's essays: can get in anyway by submitting a blank

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If you dread doing research papers and absolutely hate going to the library, you just may never have to again thanks to Lazystudents.com, a Web site designed to help make students' lives a little less stressful. That may sound too good to be true, but it is.

Lazystudents.com is a Web site designed with students' busy schedules in mind.

It helps students with the difficult task of gathering material by doing it all for you.

You are still responsible for creating your own work and the material does come at a cost.

According to CEO and founder Andrew S. Hazen, charges for research material are gauged depending on how much information is written or pub-

input form. Once in, you will find the papers neatly arranged by category. Navigation is easy. Paper quality: C. Cyber Essays (www.cyberessays.com).

Here you can access papers through either a hierarchical category directory or a search utility. Navigation is easy. Paper quality: BEssayworld.com (www.essayworld.com)

Don't be put off by the haphazard organization and tiny typeface. Paper quality: B Netessays.net (www.netessays.net)

If you can make your way through the maze of advertising, you will find the papers organized alphabetically by category. No sub-categorie .

You are charged a fiXed number of "essay credits" to view a paper. You earn credits by visiting advertisers on the site; each advertisement is labeled with the number of points earned per visit. Paper quality: BPianet Papers (planetpapers.com)

This hierarchical organization is simple but gives a good view of what is available.

Users are invited to rate papers, and the cumulative ratings are posted next to the directory entries. Even the typeface and paper formatting look good.

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Say you are writing a paper on capital punishment, that could run you around $35 to $40 for the research material, whereas a topic with less information available on it could cost as high as $185.

Hazen said that the materials gathered are from legitim a t e sources by qualif i e d individuals.

"We don't want just any garbage getting in," Hazen said.

The Web site also offers students a host of other amenities such as a typing service which will proofread, spell check and type your paper for

you, then send it back to you within 24 hours ready to tum in.

This is a great convenience for students like Daniel Hekmat who said, "It takes me forever to type."

According to Hazen the biggest draw for the Web site is the Ultimate Student Hyper list, where other students' papers are offered as a source to draw topic ideas from or to use as a research source index.

The Web site also hosts a Campus Mall where you can buy anything from strobe lights to inflatable couches as well as other cool dorm room and school supplies.

You can also sign up for a free e-maif address, or just chat online with other "lazy" students.

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"One of my main motivations for running for city council stems from the desire to build a healthier community for San Marcos.

Some of the main issues are traffic concerns and business needs,.

The city council must be willing to work together as a team. If elected, traffic will be my number one concern, and I would like to make the city a more businessfriendly community. I look forward to working with both Palomar and CSUSM, both a vital part of the community."

Palomar alumnus, and now city council hopeful, Mike Sannella is proof that Palomar careers can lead to succes .

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year, he'll kick me out."

Steve's dad, Simon, will stay home in Torrance with Steve's sister, Mary.

Mary, by the way, is starting Harbor Community College this fall, and is a nationally ranked gymnast. She's 12.

What is Nancy feeding these kids?

"Pizza," she said.

Steve chose Stanford because he loved the trees on campus, and he wanted to be near Silicon Valley. He plans to study artificial intelligence.

"Robots are fun to build, but I'm going to be concentrating on logic and autonomy," Steve said.

Autonomy is the concept of software or computers that think for themselves.

One day, he hopes to give something back to society by becoming a math professor.

But that's AFfER he makes his first billion in Silicon Valley on a big idea, he said. He couldn't name his hero, but said it would be "one of those billionaire dot-com people."

Steve spends his free time in tame pursuits like computer programming and working out at the gym, so Nancy probably won't have to do much chaperoning.

Asked if he dates, Steve said, "Oh boy, I wish! But those people over at Stanford, they're much older than me. Maybe a freshman"

He said he hopes to meet Chelsea Clinton, the president's daughter, who is taking time off this fall but is scheduled to return to campus next year.

Nancy believes she and Simon, who are both from Taiwan, were gifted children. But at the time, Taiwan had no accelerated programs for gifted kids . Both parents have held jobs in the computer industry ; Simon is CIO of a construction company. Nancy spends most of her time shuttling her Wunderkinds to class and gymnastics practices, but she has written three self-published books on raising gifted children.

She plans to work on a fourth book while in Palo Alto.

"Steve will be chaperoning me," she said. "He already told me I wasn't allowed to go out and socialize."

The federal government estimates that 3 million kids, or 5 percent of students, are in some way gifted.

"But Steve is on the far-out end of these kids," Rosenstein said.

So just what was Stanford's new president, John Hennessy, who is a computer scientist, doing at age 15?

"I was working on building my first computer," he said. "It was a tic-tac-toe game, made entirely of surplus relays."

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Men's soccer regroups Mark Schneider The Telescope

The man who would be king 'm ure by now you've heard it all. The infamous Bobby Knight frred after 29 seasons and a 661-240 record with the Indiana Hoosiers for his latest run in with a student. To me, the saddest thing of the whole matter is that a man with so much talent and passion couldn't keep his temper in check.

How many students and athletes have left Knight's teams with lessons of hard work, determination and sweet victory? How many have left his gym with the attitude that if they're to be the best, there's no halfway. They are lessons that no doubt have carried into the workplace, and into the personal lives of the men that were coached by Knight.

Knight can cry, protest and let everyone know he was wronged, but at the end of the day (and come basketball season), the man who has defined Indiana basketball the last three decades won't be there.

Last week Indiana lost a great coach. He'll go down as one of the best of the modem era.

It's just too bad he couldn't be a great man.

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On a lighter note, the Olympics kicked off last weekend. For the better part of three years I don't think much about sporting events like the modem pentathlon, archery, equistrian, yachting or competitive shooting. But for 16 days of glory, I am a rabid fan of every sport that managed to get into the Gan1es. Topping off my list badminton.

Honestly though I'm excited to see my favorite sport at the Games, gymnastics. It's the frrst time since 1988 that Shannon Miller isn't going to be there.

This means I don't have to hear her high-pitched whiny voice at countless interviews.

Speaking of high pitched Kerri Strug is also missing for the frrst time in eight years.

While some of us may never forget her courageous vault despite a hmt ankle, and the ensuing tears, others may never forget the score didn't count.

The team would have still won the gold medal even if she hadn't taken the second vault.

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The 2000 Olympics are lucky to have some of Palomar's best talent in two athletes representing the Comets. Assistant water polo coach Kathy Sheehy makes her debut in water polo and student Yueling Chen will compete in racewalking. Chen was cleared late last month to compete after China nearly refused to grant her a waiver.

She walks two miles in about 16 minutes. Yes, walk. Can you run two miles in 16 minutes?

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win, they need to work to build strong relationships and trust so they can depend on each other when game time arrives.

Although they lost the majority of last year's team, they have acquired some new players who will be crucial to their ability to win games.

Carlos Quintero, the Comets rookie midfielder is expected to be a big help on the field.

Revelino Martinez, Valente Sanchez, Bret Mills, Arturo Valle and Omar Arzo are also expected to be pivotal components to the team's success.

It's fall. School is starting, and the Palomar college men's soccer team is working hard preparing for the challenge of a new season.

This year poses a new obstacle for head coach, Carlos Hernandez. He is faced with the difficult task of selecting his team from an inexperienced group of students eager to grab a spot on the roster.

Returning only two players from last season it goes without saying this is a rebuilding C o a c h y e a r .

Hernandez is However, hoping to spirits are increase stuhigh with dent support great expecthis season. tations for -Carlos Hernandez Attendance this young has been lackMen's Soccer Coach ing in past team.

"We have years. talent, we just "The games need to play could be more some games together," fun with the students support," Hernandez said. With six years said Hernandez. "We are very of experience under his belt, proud of the brand of soccer we Hernandez is assembling a team play and we are always looking full of talent. Now all that for the students support." remains is the time it will take to Finishing last season with fifrebuild team unity that seems to teen wins, four loses, and four be growing quickly. ties Hernandez hopes to Practicing three hours a day, improve on that this year with the team is working hard trying his new team. Considering the to get used to each other on the team's makeup, that could be a field and off. If they want to very realistic goal.

"We have some talent, we just need to play some games together.''

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Goalkeeper Dean Snyder is one of the young players on the men's soccer team. But don't count them out of the playoffs just yet.

Soccer Schedule 2000 WOMEN'S

MEN'S

• Friday Sept. 22 vs. SAN DIEGO MESA at 3:15p.m.

• Friday Sept. 22 at SAN DIEGO MESA at 3:15p.m.

• Wednesday Sept. 27 vs.

CUYAMACA at 3:15p.m.

• Wednesday Sept. 27 at CUYAMACA at 3:15p.m.

• Friday Sept. 29 vs.

Grossmont at 3:15 p.m.

• Friday Sept. 29 at COLLEGE OF THE DESERT at 3:15p.m.

• Wednesday Oct. 4 at MIRACOSTA at 3:15 p.m.

• Friday Oct. 6 at IMPERIAL VALLEY at 3:15p.m.

• Friday Oct. 6 vs. IMPERIAL VALLEY at 3:15 p.m.

• Wednesday Oct. 11 vs.

SOUTHWESTERN at 3:15p.m.

• Wednesday Oct. I l at SOUTHWESTERN at 3:15p.m

• Friday Oct. 13 vs. SAN DIEGO CITY at 3:15p.m.

• Friday Oct. 13 at SAN DIEGO CITY at 3:15p.m.

DIEGO MESA at 3:15p.m.

• Wednesday Oct. 18 at SAN

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Soccer hopeful Rivelino Martinez gets ready to take a shot at goal.

Martinez is expected to play an important role for the Comets.

Women's soccer poWers battle to a tie Mark Beerman The Telescope

Since 1994 women's soccer head coach Cern Tont has led the Comets to one Pacific Coast Conference title and five playoff appearances in Southern California Regionals.

This year should be no different.

"In the past years it's been a goal to be a PCC contender.

(This year) our object is for us to win and advance into the playoffs," said head coach Tont.

After finishing 16-1-2 last season, the Comets faced off against nonconference and state power, College of the Canyons, on Sept.

8, its fourth game of the season.

Tont stresses that team chemistry and discipline must be kept

in order for this to be another strong season for Palomar.

"We need to keep the focus and the concentration the whole season, not for one or two matches," Tont said.

The Comets looked focused early in their match against College of the Canyons.

Gina Archimede scored the first goal 15 minutes into the frrst half of the match. Archimede scored her second goal of the game a few minutes later, propelling Palomar to an early 2-0 lead.

The College of the Canyons responded at the 30-rninute mark, scoring off a rebound and putting them back into the game at 2-1.

Going into halftime, Palomar held the lead and had the advan-

tage in shots on goal with a 7-6 edge.

But things would change in the second half.

Palomar switched goalkeepers after the frrst half and the College of the Canyons picked up where they left off before the break.

Opponents played a very physical game, using numerous slide tackles to force Palomar turnovers.

This led to the Canyons getting the game-tying goal midway through the second half. The goal rejuvenated the team, and the tempo changed to its favor.

They kept Palomar at bay until late in the game when the Comets almost regained the lead.

Palomar had a chance to win when what would have been the game winning goal went wide

left.

Both teams had to settle for a tie, at 2-2. The College of the Canyons outshot Palomar by an 18-11 margin in the second half.

"We are playing our fourth game and they are playing their seventh game. I think they have reached their prime so we are just trying to reach our prime," Tont said.

The Comets were somber about the tie, especially goalscorer Gina Archimede.

"I was kind of bummed that they came back," Archimede said. "We dominated the first half, but I think they dominated the second half," said Archimede.

Palomar begins conference play at home against Mesa College, Sept. 22 at 3:15p.m.