Monday, Oct. 2, 2000- Palomar College- Volume 54, Number 5
No Gore tears
Meet the Parents
Comeback Comets
A democratic voter dissents from his party 's popular presidential choice.
Brilliant film combines the deadpan humor of Stiller and DeNiro.
QB Andy Goodenough has what it takes to hold onto win over Vikings.
Entertainment, page 6
Opinion, page 5
Sports, page
~0
Committee OKs $2. 75M student • • un1on expansion 5
Mark Harris Th e Telescope
The Student Center Committee took a step toward completing plans for the new student union building at its Sept. 21 meeting, when it approved a preliminary work schedule, space list and architect's conceptual drawing. The planning process was delayed following the committee's Sept. 7 meeting, when Bruce Bishop, director of student activities, requested a computer lab and a television room be added to the plan. "I threw a monkey wrench into the process," Bishop said. His request was prompted by
tudent ' negative reaction to the lack of a television room in the initial plan. He said he also believed that students would find a student-run computer lab to be "a really. really good idea." It caused a two-week delay while Escondido architects Marlene Imirzian & Associates reworked the plan. The new television room will occupy 500 square feet - down from 1,220 square feet occupied by the television room!overflow dining area in the cutTent union building. The computer lab will occupy 1,000 square feet and accommodate 40 computers. Together, the two rooms increase See Union, page 7
Election turnout increases Affairs , Wesley Tielens, Vice President of Social Events, Rebecca Faubus, Vice Last week's Associated President/ICC Chairperson, and Denham, Nina Student Government election Melissa Khaireddin, Daniel Burke and had the highest turnout in two years, with 540 student casting Mark Salas, Senators. their votes. "I feel the election went well. The only challenged position The table was manned at all for executive vice president was times, and, available for stuwon by Renita Pitts who edged dents," said Senator Melissa out opponent Jose Seda by Denham." approximately 70 votes. Pitts said she hopes to offer "I had a strong opponent. It surveys to students to see what was a long and difficult cam- they want on campus, deal with paign," Renita Pitts said. Pitts · the freedom of speech issue, as campaigned from 8 a.m. to 8 well as the debate about EOPS p.m. during the election. "But book awards. Seda said "I felt good about most students didn't want to vote," she added. getting students out there to vote, The positions of vice president except when there was no consisof state affairs, vice president of tency on how people were social events, vice president/ICC allowed to vote." chairperson, and senator were "Even though I lost I feel I was unchallenged. successful in that I conquered Elected to ASG were Trisha one of my greatest fears - public Carlson, Vice President of State speaking," he added. Douglas LeClair The Telescope
Valerie· McCoy I The Telescope
SDG&E employees investigated the cause of the loss of power on campus Sept. 25. A blown fuse caused the power Outage.
Power outage cripples campus Tom Chambers Th e Telescope
Palomar College students were left in the dark when the lights went out on the morning of Sept. 25. All the power ori campus was knocked out when a fuse blew on Palomar's main power feed at about 11 a.m. "I got kicked out of the library," Melody Essey said. "I was working on my homework [and] I didn't get it dope." Many students were busy working in the computer lab
when everything shut down, Essey said. "I need to do homework but the computed are all down," Gabriela De Casas said. "I had a class, but the room was so hot that after 15 minutes my teacher gave homework and let us go." For Janet Bonovich, the power outage included more than darkness. "The power went out 10 minutes into class and a fire alarm started going off," Bonovich said. "My teacher said, 'wait a minute, you can't
leave,' and finished her point." Many students congregated in the Student Union until the power came back on at 3 p.m. "The Student Union is nice," De Casa said. "With the skylights everyone's been kicking it in here." Not all students were upset by the lack of power. Kevin Brown, leader of the Newman's Catholic Community, said it improved on his club's meeting. "It allowed people who See Outage, page 9
Board changes eligibility rules for student trustees Laura Mitchell Th e Telescope
Karin Braun I The Telescope
Palomar student Jesus Santos cast his vote Sept. 27 during the Associated Student Government elections last week.
The Palomar College Governing Board approved a change in policy to allow the student trustee to live outside the district boundary - a change that came too late for Bridget Roncone, who was disqualified in the last spring student government presidential race because of where she lives. Addressing the policy change, Roncone encouraged the board to rescind the student trustees' residency requirements. ·
"It's absolutely what disqualified me," Roncone said in an interview before the meeting. "A Palomar student is a Palomar student," she said, referring to whether a student lives inside the district boundary or not. "I was disqualified because I live a few hundred feet out of the boundary." Roncone said she was very much for the policy change but added she would never become involved with student government at Palomar again because of the way her dis-
qualification was handled. Roncone added that she'll be leaving Palomar after the spring 2001 semester to transfer to a four year university. Roncone said she would still encourage students to become involved but she thinks Palomar's Associated Student Government is controlled by the student activities office. "Bishop is absolutely part of the problem," Roncone said, referring to Student Activities Director Bruce Bishop. "There . See Eligibility, page 8