The Telescope 54.12

Monday, Jan. 29 2001- Palomar College- Volume 53, Number 12

California images

Breast implants

Getting ready

Exhibit shows California paintings and images in the 20th century.

Big bustlines don't always equate to beauty and happiness.

Comets' Baseball grooms a new team for spring.

Entertainment, page 6

Opinion, page 5

New board member dies unexpectedly Sean O'Connor The Telescope

Charles W. "Chuck" Duncan, who was elected to the Palomar College Governing Board in November, died on Christmas night.

Barbara Baldridge, executive assistant to the president, said Duncan had a pacemaker put in Dec. 20, 2000.

The doctors said he was doing fine, so he went home Dec. 22.

On Christmas night, he felt weak. Paramedics, transporting him to Tri-City Hospital, said when his pulse dropped to 30 beats, his heart stopped.

He died peacefully.

"Fortunately, all his children and grandchildren were with him over Christmas," Baldridge said. "He was a fine gentleman and was really looking forward to serving on the board."

During the governing board election, Duncan said that selecting a new president/superintendent and continuing to develop a strong staff and addressing building improvements at the college were Palomar's most pressing concerns.

He felt he was uniquely qualified for the governing board position because of 40 years of experience as a teacher, administrator and personnel director in the Glendale Unified and Community College District.

Duncan said he wanted to work with the governing board because of his strong belief in public education.

He believed community

Charles W. Duncan 1930-2000 colleges offer the best education for future opportunities in life. He said he wanted to be part of Palomar College's continued success.

Duncan received his associate degree from Glendale Community College, his bachelor 's degree from Occidental College and his master's degree in educational administration from California State University at Los Angeles.

Acting President Jack Randall said, "I only knew Charles Duncan for a short amount of time. He was a fine gentleman and I looked forward to having him on the board. I thought he would be a wonderful candidate and a great contributor."

Randall said the board would make an additional appointment to the board in early February.

Duncan is survived by his wife and four children.

He was 70 years old.

More women than men enrolled in nation's colleges Andre Mouchard TMSCampus

Margaret Hernandez is young and single and, cribbing an old movie line, she says she "wouldn't mind" to mingle.

But not tonight. Not with any guys, anyway.

The 22-year-old Cal State Fullerton sophomore is at OffCampus, a bar across the street from the school.

And if she doesn't meet any guy tonight she won't be surprised.

After all, she can count.

"I've got my girlfriends," she says, laughing.

"Lots and lots and lots of girlfriends."

Too many girlfriends?

"No way. Not possible," she says, sipping the one beer she'll dtink tonight.

"But, still ..."

She doesn't finish the thought.

Instead, she juts her chin in the direction of the bar, which is packed almost exclusively with women.

In fact, as she looks throughout the place she sees a typical sportsoriented bar, complete with bigscreen televisions tuned to various sporting events, lots of male-oriented decor, and, in the men's room, a condom machine.

Still, the customers she sees are, by an obvious plurality, women.

"I might as well be in class," she says, sighing.

True enough. Hernandez is part of a rapidly expanding majority: a woman in college.

As recently as 1986, men and women were equally represented on college campuses. That year, women got more associate degrees at junior colleges than men, but bachelor's degrees and master's degrees were roughly 50-50 for men and women.

Then, something ana nobody is sure exactly what changed. Women statted getting into college at a slightly higher rate than men. Over the past 15 ¡ years, that hasn't stopped. Now, see Women, page 3

Beginning art students reproduced some well-known masterpieces such by Alex Grey, Rene Margaritte, Monet, Cezanne and Kahlo, an exercise in contrasting shades of black and white, called a value study.

The mural is now on display at the Escondido Educational Center.

Art stu.dents create life-sized m u r a I Sean O'Connor The Telescope

If there is a large, blank wall in Southern California and an artist nearby, watch out.

It won't be long before that artist wants to fill it with a large painting.

This was the case with Ajunct Instructor Ashley Guaranga in Room 700 at the Palomar College Escondido Center.

She had a very large classroom with three bare walls.

What's an artist to do ?

A mural was soon in the making.

The mural was part of the final examination in December for a class of 21 students, all beginners, in a drawing and sketching class mainly limited to pencil and charcoal.

"1' m thrilled with the mural," Guaranga said. "It surpassed my expectations."

"I was a little wary about doing a mural with beginners.

The best part of it was that it energized the class."

Guaranga said each student had to select a work of a wellknown artist, sketch it, and then paint a life-sized copy of his or her work on three walls in the classroom.

The students picked artists like Picasso, Monet, Surrat, Rivera, Renoir, Kahlo,

Cezanne, Orozco, Sternberg, Gaugin and Hieronymus Borsch.

Saedeh Rahirni, a student in the class, was painting Jan Vermeer's "Head of a Girl."

Vermeer, a Dutch painter, is known for creating the pensive, wistful oil of a young woman.

Rahimi painted a large copy of Vermeer's "Head of a Girl" on the wall using black and white latex paint.

"I have learned a lot," she

said. "I used a technique of light against dark, a gradation of reflective light."

Guaranga said these exercises are known as value studies, a contrast of darkness and light.

Callie Long, an art major at Palomar, chose one of Piccaso's still life paintings, "Pitcher, Candle and Casserole," for her contribution to the mural.

She said, "I enjoy working see Mural, page 3

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The Dutch artist Jan Vermeer's "Head of a Girl" reproduced at Palomar's Escondio Center by Saedeh Rahimi in the art studio.

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Cam us Beat Graphic students garner awards

Popular Palomar bus route cut

Graphic communications students from Palomar won first and second place awards at the San Diego Mac Multimedia User Group Fall Animation Festival on Nov. 29, 2000, at the San Diego County Office of Education.

The first place prize, Web development software, was awarded to a work group Jed by Kate delong for a site they created for the National Council for Continuing Education and Training (http://nccet.org/). The site was created and produced in a graphic communications course with .instructor Lillian Payn who said, "The Web site· showcases the talent of our graphic communications students and provides NCCET with a rich and sophisticated Web site."

Linda Brown, another student in the course; won the second prize for her site, "Santiago High School Architecture, Engineering and Design Department."

Her site, http://www.cnusd.kl2.ca.us/santi ago-hs/ engineering/engineering.html, offers an extensive description of courses, services and samples of student work.

Payn's Web Page Layout 2 course is an online course with students enrolled as far away as Australia, and teaches an intermediate level of design skills for the Web. For more information about the course contact Lillian Payn, at (760) 744-1150 ext.

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The bus routes of the greater • North County area are in the process of renovation and there is no immediate solution in sight.

Stephan Marks of the North County Transit District (NCTD) said that the current state of the routes is unchanged, as yet, and it is still undecided when any action will be taken. The NCTD board is still meeting over the changes, which include the discontinuation of bus 320.

Other minor service changes which were not outlined will be discussed in April or May of this year. Major changes will not be brought up until October.

The board at the North County Transit District has been meeting since the beginning of Dec. 2000 and will continue to meet through spring of this year.

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Important spring semester dates With the Spring semester starting, here is a list of some important deadlines to note: • Last day to drop with out instructor's signature: Feb. 9.

Last day to drop with instructor's signature: March 9.

• Last day to change grading status (credit I no credit) or switch to audit status: Feb. 10.

• Last day to apply for May 2001 graduation: March 1.

• Last to add a class: Jan. 29.

College plans for rolling black-outs With the possibility of rolling black-outs, Palomar College is preparing for power outages.

For night classes, the campus will be evacuated with the help of cadets from Public Safety directing traffic off the campus.

The Facilities Department distributed flashlights to campus departments, and portable lights will be placed along Comet Circle to direct students.

If a blackout occurs, SDG&E will call the college 15 minutes before cutting the power. College officials will then sound the fire alarm to tell students and staff to prepare to leave.

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Students parking off campus create dangerous crossing

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Honor societies add new members Palomar College is proud to induct 70 students into the Phi Theta Kappa chapter here on campus.

Phi Theta Kappa is an international honor society with branches in colleges nationwide.

In order for these students to have qualified to enter, they had to complete at least 12 units of course work leading up to an associate's degree and maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or better.

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Palomar students who park alongside the railway tracks and dart across Mission Road to get to class are becoming a growing concern, said Kelly Hudson-Macisaac, manager of facility planning/environmental health and safety.

Mission Road runs along the front of Palomar near the track and fields, but the city will not put a crosswalk in that location because the potential dangers of being too close to the railway tracks.

Students park on the other side of the tracks, so they have to cross them before crossing Mission Road to get to school.

It has been a concern since a Palomar employee was involved in a fender-bender there about a year ago.

The staff member, who wished to remain anonymous, said two students were very lucky they did not die that day because it was a wet morning and several cars skidded as they tried to stop for students who were jaywalking.

The student parking lots on that side of campus are small and some are reserved for Wellness

Center members. One student, Charlie Mercado said the school should improve the underdeveloped road and parking spaces there with the money generated from parking permits.

Mercado, a second-year student at Palomar and on the basketball team, said he has never purchased a parking permit because he thinks they cost too much. He parks on Mission Road at about 7:30a.m. and said that even though there is traffic, he usually gets over right away. ''I'm on a tight budget," he said, "plus it's closer to the gym."

Student and baseball player, Matt Woychak, said he always buys a parking permit and parks in the student parking lots on days when he just has regular classes.

But on practice days he parks on Mission Road because he enjoys being so near to the practice fields.

"The whole team par!<s over there, cars will stop and Jet the whole team cross together," he said.

Although parking near the railway tracks is becoming common practice, the pressing concern of some staff members is how long will it continue before someone gets seriously injured a student a motorist, or both.

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"I would wish for a light pink Vespa scooter"

"I would wish for a brand new, black Pontiac Firebird."

"I would make myself and everyone I know rich."

"I would keep it real, I want an occupation that I feel comfortable in and that allows me to raise a family."

Johanna Buell Psychology

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47.2 Source: Palomar College Factbook

Women: co ntinued from page 1 there are about 800,000 more women than men on college campuses, for an overall population ratio of 56 percent to 44 percent, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education.

In Southern California, the gap is similar.

Women outnumber men at Palomar College, 52 percent to 47 percent.

At Cal State Fullerton, 60 percent of the undergrads are women. At the University of California, Irvine, the gender gap is a clear, though Jess dramatic, 52 percent to 48 percent. At Chapman University (56 percent women), Cal State Long Beach (60 percent), UCLA (54 percent) and San Diego State (56 percent), the numbers tell the same story - a Jot more women than men.

The burst of female college enrollment is a huge shift, statistically speaking, and it has turned up in most racial and economic categories. Only among wealthier whites (families making $70,000 a year or more) do male and female high school grads still have an equal likelihood of going to college.

Whatever the reason for the national trend, one thing is clear: Men won't catch up with women on campus any time soon.

Federal projections - based on trends in elementary and high school - say women will account for 60 percent of all college students by 20 lO. If that comes true, you could argue that the term "coed" - once code for women encroaching in the once-all-male world of higher education - could disappear.

Or, rather, the new coeds will be men.

Hernandez doesn't care about statistics or even recent feminist history.

Nearly three semesters into her college career, Hernandez unhappily notes that "this dude shortage" has translated into, well, nothing.

"Zero dates," she says.

"I haven't been asked out by a decent guy even once, except by guys at work (a Torrance car dealership) since I've been (in school)."

Some college women say the gender gap is a nonissue.

"What a stupid question," says Liz Nguyen, a UC Irvine sophomore.

"Dating isn't why I'm in school, and it's not why any woman I know is in school. I don't even think about (the ratio of women

to men). I mean, really, who cares?"

Hernandez agrees - to a point.

"School is the main thing," she says. ''I'm here to study ... It's fun."

She also realizes thaf dating might be easiest in college. The parties involved are younger, the stakes lower.

"Even my mom laughs at me about this," Hernandez says.

"But she also thinks it would be sad if I went through college and didn't meet a guy, like, ever."

At least one group cares about - and is pleased by - the gender gap.

"No one I know argues about it, at least not the guys," says Kevin Jacks, a history major at Cal State Fullerton.

Jacks, 22, frankly concedes that having a lot of girls on campus makes his dating life much easier than it might otherwise be at a school where men face tougher odds.

"Everyone notices it. Everywhere you look, there are girls. In class. All over campus. Everywhere," Jacks says.

"It's pretty cool."

Regina Niles, 19, wants to be an actress.

As a sophomore theater arts major, she has already tried out for a few roles in campus productions and, last year, came close to winning a prut.

She's smart. She's funny. She's outgoing.

And dateless.

In one of her classes there are 25 women and three men. In another, she says the men in her class are openly gay and not looking for a girl to date.

In another, she says, the few men she has met are surrounded by women.

"It's awkward, a little, I guess."

But Niles isn't bothered.

Women in school, she says, provide a "great example of success." They dominate discussions in some classes. They're leaders. They tell jokes. They listen. ''I'm actually happy about it. It's a great support system."

History major Jacks, who attended an allboys high school, says having more women than men in class "adds to the way we think."

Niles, who works with Jacks at a student housing center on the north side of campus, offers a prediction.

"Right now, in the real world, you see a lot of men in positions of power and stuff.

"But from what I'm seeing here in school. that's going to change. Women are going to be in charge."

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Mural: c ontinued from page 1 with abstract painting. Picasso is one of my favorites."

Ernie Magana, an undecided major at Palomar, selected one of the paintings of Frida Kahlo, the wife of the celebrated muralist, Diego Rivera, called, "Sun and Light."

You cannot tell what the actual images are, Magana said. "They look like flowers but actually they are male and female genitalia.

Like Georgia O'Keeffe."

Sherry Goldstein explained Renoir to the class.

Georgio de Chirico told the class about the characteristics of the "Head from Greek Sculpture."

Pat Barrett narrated the story of an obscure, anonymous Japanese woodblock printing.

Each student had to prepare a small sketch before putting it on the wall, tell the class how the circumstances of the artist's life influenced his or her art and tell the class about the artist's historical importance.

The student then had to answer questions from the cl~ss about his or her painting.

Guaranga said a lot of students "want to continue with the painting class. They are not afraid of doing large scale work now."

Many of the books. on the desks in the classroom were about Mexican artists such as Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, Juan O'Gorman, well known in their tradition in creating murals.

In San Diego, Victor Ochoa has produced a well-know n mural in Chicano Park under the Coronado Bridge.

The tradition now seems to be infl uencing many American artists.

The mural can been seen in the art studio at the Escondido Education Center.

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Equality missing between staff and students he word administration comes from the Latin word ministrare, which means to serve. Yet, often we associate the word administration with the boss or with someone who gives us orders.

We hardly think of the CEO, the chief administrator . of the company, as a servant, but that was the original meaning of the word.

On top of this, we live in a democracy. That means we try to stress the ways in which we are equal to each other rather than the ways we are different.

Many of our classes stress the importance this ideal.

If we look at our campus, however, there are many ways in which we are not equal. There is a gulf between the college staff and those they serve.

Faculty get coffee at the cafeteria free of charge.

They can afford it more than the students. Faculty are here making money. Students come to pay.

Let's do away with the coffee privilege. Or, better still, let's be democratic and let everyone, faculty and students, have a free cup of coffee. There's no reason to separate the two.

Another area of concern is parking. Faculty do not have to pay for parking - students do. It is outrageous. Do students' cars cause more damage to the parking lots than faculty cars? It is said that faculty may have to pay for their parking spaces next year, but we doubt the college will follow through.

What's more, faculty have the desired spaces where students often have to walk from "Oceanside" to get on campus. We have a healthy faculty. They can walk like the rest of us.

Yes, there are some that suffer from disabilities and they should get priorities on parking spaces near their work stations. But for the rest of them? Let them walk. It's good and healthy for everybody to walk.

Let's get rid of the parking privilege. It is the democratic thing to do. .

Why on earth do the faculty and staff need special restrooms? Is there something wrong with the student bathrooms? It seems like the faculty are afraid to venture out with the "peasants."

Let's get rid of the lavatory privilege. This would represent a substantial savings to the college. The current bathrooms could be converted to storage space, offices, classrooms, etc.

Finally, the faculty have a special dining room privilege.

This is really difficult to understand. They eat the same food the students eat, with their free coffee, of course. Are they afraid to mix with the students more? We don't bite, if fact, we would enjoy their company and their wisdom. What's more, the room where the faculty dines could be used as an additional classroom space or meeting place for students.

Acting president Jack Randall is encouraged to make these changes during his tenure: Let's get rid of free coffee, privileged parking spaces, special lavatories , and special dining privileges. We are all equal, and the college should stand behind that principle.

Yes, we will save money, but we will be more ideologically correct. We will be more democratic.

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Be your own savior eaven is here on earth. 1 see and communicate with my savior on a daily basis.

My savior knows me better than anyone else.

Time and again my savior forgives me for the mistakes I repeatedly make. From minor mistakes to major ones, my savior continues to stand by my side and repair what I damage.

My faith is solid. It is imbedded in those whom I love and is essential in completing every breath I take. My faith grows stronger as I grow older.

I pray everyday, without even knowing. I pray that my savior will give me the incentive to choose right over wrong.

I pray that my faith will grow stronger.

Unknowingly, I pray that when I grow old my spirit will continue to thrive for eternity.

Dearly, I hold my savior, my faith and my spirit close to my heart. These three things are all that I live for because I believe in nothing else.

These three things have nothing to do with religion.

Because I pronounce myself with such strong conviction, many would peg me as Christian, Catholic, or maybe Mormon. I am an atheist.

My savior is me, just little old me.

My faith is my family and little old me.

My spirit for now, is my family and little old me. My spirit will live forever via my loved ones who outlive me.

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Donna Williams Savior, faith and spmt are words I wish had no religious connotation. Since they are, my religion is unique.

This religion is not selfless, but selfish in an atypical sense of the word. The core of my religion strengthens when I take care of myself, when I become my very own savior.

My religion says that the more you care for yourself, the better able you are to care for others.

And the more personal experience a caregiver has the higher the quality care received will be.

My religion says faith is better served when it is rooted in living beings, most importantly oneself.

What good is faith in others if you cannot find faith within yourself?

And is it even possible to have faith in others without first believing in the person you know best?

My religion emphasizes living human beings, including one's self because they are best suited to give praise and reinforcement for your good will.

My religion says there is no better way to survive in spirit after death than to pass a piece of your reliance onto those who

know you best.

My religion places all of life's value on this life. This is the only life you have, so make the best of it for yourself and the people closest to you. Succeed in this life and your behavior will be mimicked until the end of time.

It is imperative that people understand that this religion is what you make of it. Design it to suit yourself, but devote yourself to it and you will not be disappointed.

But wait, I have forgotten something important. Because of my experience in this life so far, I have been forced to revise my simple scripture.

The addition is as follows: Demand respect from those who do not share your beliefs.

And return that respect to all because this religion understands and accepts other belief systems in their entirety.

Mainstream religions often overlook and disrespect beliefs contrary to their own. I have been called ignorant and granted much grief. Many apologize because God is not in my life while sit in amazement wondering why.

They have found themselves within God and I have simply skipped a step and found myself within, well, myself.

But in a package wrapped with a savior, sealed with faith and tied by spirituality my religion is chastised because the gift nestled inside reads: Atheist.

Williams is a Co-Editor in Chief and can be reached at donnaleelee@earthlink.net

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Don't get caught by publishing scams ver thought your writing could make some money? Well, I didn't Brooklyn say that it would make you money. Poetry Davidoff publishing scams are everywhere, and they are making millions of dollars from aspiring authors.

I decided to send them bad These companies have ads in magazines, and now with our new poems. The worst stuff I had technology, they have Web sites. written, hand written, spelled A brand-new medium to rip off worse than I usually speil. When people. I fell victim to these I got their mail I learned that they predators in November of my didn't even care about what they sophomore year in high school, printed.

Which is obvious. Just read when I entered a poetry contest from an ad I saw in a magazine. I one of their huge anthologies. I went home, found my best poem, found it humorous when I learned that 20/20 pretty much typed it up and mailed it in.

When I got the letter in the did the same thing. They took a mail you can imagine my sur- reporter to a first grade classprise when I read, "Thank you room and had the kids write for giving us the opportunity to poems to be sent in.

You'll be shocked to learn that read and react to your work. ·We were impressed by your poem. It even fust graders are amazing has been selected to qualify for talented writers of published further judging in our current poetry. I'm sure they are as 'Awards of Poetic Excellence' proud as I am to be in their book.

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Wow! I thought I was going to will automatically be approved be famous. I thought this was my for publication."

These companies are making big break. All I had to do was send them my $49.99 for the bank. How many anthologies book. After I was published by would you think one company them, my confidence was built, made in a year? How many and I began entering all sorts of poems would you think went into an anthology? The books are competitions.

After I got all of my mail back about 600 pages long, and one from The National Library of page has about six poems on it Poetry, I learned that I was a The International Library of "wonderful, caring, talented, Poetry published 44 anthologies poet" I'm not going to mention in 1997, if you think that was a all of the things these companies lot, in 1998 they made 78 books.

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The public should be aware of Poetry, and the Sparrow Grass Publishing Forum. Look out these scams and save their because the International Library money. If a contest sounds too of Poetry has more than one good to be true, it probably is. name. They are also known as Before you write a check to any The National Library of Poetry, company who sends you mail International Poetry Hall of about how wonderful you are, Fame, and the International you should look into it first Society of Poets. They have some Web sites to look out for as well, such as www.poetry.com, Davidoff is the Opinion Editor and can be reached at brooklynglitter@hotmail.com and www. poets.com.

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alk show host Jenny Jones told People magazine that she was teased when she was younger because her chest was too flat But when she got implants in her twenties, her happiness about them was short-lived. Within months, they hardened - the most common problem with implants- and she eventually had them replaced five times.

Despite its popularity, cosmetic breast augmentation is harmful to women, and we must reexamine this practice. Many women are having their healthy and normal breasts operated on, and the medical and human cost is too high.

This is a serious problem. About 1.8 million women have had silicone breast implants since they were introduced in 1962, the majority for cosmetic reasons. In the 1980s, many women became concerned that their implants caused autoimmune diseases. In 1992 the Food and Drug Administration banned silicone gel implants pending research into the issue.

According to the July 3, 1999 British Medical Journal, an independent panel of scientists convened by Congress has concluded that silicone implants do not cause any major disease, but that they do frequently leak and rupture, causing scarring, infection and disfigurement Many women with implants who are suffering from muscle and joint pain and chronic fatigue disagree with the findings.

Although the government banned silicone implants pending the study, saline implants were left on the market But they too lead to infections, cause chest pain and rupture. Furthermore, some women claim the saltwater solution can harbor bacteria. Implants removed from their bodies were black with fungus. What's more, either variety causes capsular contracture, which is scar tissue hardening around the implant And both varieties hinder early detection of breast cancer.

The practice of breast augmentation has become so common and accepted that we don't see it for what it is: mutilation of women's bodies for the sake of conforming to an idealized model. It is critical to examin~ why breast implants exist in the first place. We must realize that plastic surgeons are selling a product for women to more closely resemble the big-breasted American ideal.

• Our culture presents one image of the perfect female body. On television, in ·advertisements, brochures and highway billboards, we almost

never see women who are overweight, elderly, or unattractive. By extension, we almost never see depictions of breasts that are small, asymmetrical, or mature. Almost innocuously, some women get the message that there is something wrong with their. breasts, when it isn't true at all.

These media images tend to benefit a few (plastic surgeons and advertisers) and harm many (women and girls). In 1982, there was actually an attempt by cosmetic surgeons to classify small breasts as a deformity. A study by a prominent plastic surgeon claimed that women with small breasts commonly had marital disturbances, and that some of them went outside of their marriages, seeking affumation of their attractiveness to men.

Backed by similar studies, the American Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery filed formal comments with the FDA that called small breasts "deformities" and "a disease" resulting in self-esteem problems. The comments were an attempt to get implants covered by medical insurance, in order to expand their market We must begin to see through the self-interested motives of cosmetic surgeons, as well as through the media hard sell. When women's activist Jean Kilbourne was interviewed in the January 2001 issue of Ms. Magazine, she was asked what people can do to counteract the portrayal of the idealized woman in the media. Her reply: "Anything. Start a mother-daughter group and lobby for the schools to teach media literacy...

Run for office. Support the feminist groups that exist now... Every single thing that people do in that regard is important What will bring about change is a critical mass of people who are seeing things differently."

The most important thing we can do is to promote women, instead of the idealized image of the perfect woman. We should encourage girls to think of themselves in terms of their strengths, talents, and personalities, instead of appearance, and as women we should practice self-acceptance. In a paradigm like this, there is no room for breast augmentation.

When Jenny Jones finally told her doctor that she wanted her implants out, he told her: "If you have your implants removed, you will be suicidal in two weeks."

I find that hard to fathom. A woman who had had seven breast surgeries because of complications was told that the psychological aspects of simply having small breasts would drive her to kill herself.

Instead, she had the implants removed and ere- · ated the Image Foundation. Its purpose is to help young people realize that beauty is personal.

"Women get the message that there is something wrong with their breasts, when it isn't true at all."

Letters to the Editor Ashcrof~

is anything but a racist

Dear Editor: I've been bombarded . with news protesting John Ashcroft as nominee for Attorney General, portraying him as a racist bigot It seems like none of the accusations against Ashcroft are concrete. It's not surprising that people who try to portray John Ashcroft as "close-minded" have as their strongest evidence a ceremonial visit to and commencement speech at Bob Jones University.

Don't forget that throughout its controversial history many Republicans and Democrats have spoken at Bob Jones University. Does this mean that they are promoting all of the views of the University?

Definitely not If a person closely looks at Ashcroft's record they'll see · that he is not the closed-minded man with "racist tendencies" often bl~sted by liberal groups - but rather a conservative, experienced person whose integrity and upstanding character are reflected in his strong record as Attorney General of Missouri, Missouri

Governor, and U.S. Senator.

Take a minute to actually look at the facts - they'll speak for themselves.

As Governor, Ashcroft enacted the first hate crime legislation in Missouri.

I am also surprised that people automatically assume that Ashcroft opposed the nomination of Ronnie White, an African American man, to a federal judgeship on the basis of White's race. It is much more likely that Ashcroft opposed White's nomination because Ashcroft disagreed with White's judicial philosophy. I'm a minority myself and I think it's ridiculous that people are so readily willing to slap the label "racist" onto Ashcroft's name without truly looking at the FACTS about what they're saying. I encourage readers to closely examine Ashcroft's record and the (weak) basis for accusations against him before they buy into the rhetoric liberal groups have spewed in their anti-Ashcroft political campaign.

-Jennifer Min

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Entertainment 'Renegades' rages on Rage Against the Machine's cover album shows true colors James Rolfsen Th e Telescope

Courtesy Rage Against the Machine

Ex-Lead singer for Rage Against the Machine's Zach De La Rocha busts out the jams in a recent concert.

" .. ..no matter how hard you try, you can't stop us now .. ." begins the song "Renegades of Funk" on the release of "Renegades" by Los Angeles political rock group Rage Against the Machine.

The only thing that could stop them was themselves, as lead vocalist Zach De La Rocha proved as he quit the band in October of 2000.

Citing "political differences" among the band members, De La Rocha left behind a legacy of political activism and a call for social reform.

He also left behind the album "Renegades," released in December 2000.

The album is composed of 12 cover songs that range from the hip-hop of Eric B. and Rakim's "Microphone Fiend" all the way up to the Rolling Stones' "Street Fighting Man." Each of the songs is distinctly done in the "Rage" style, which means that you get to hear Zach De La Rocha screaming lyrics, Tom Morrello tearing up guitar riffs with his usual musical genius, Timmy C with his bigbass-break-your-windows, and Brad Wilk doing his unusually excellent job of keeping up with all the genius that his band pos-

sesses.

Their leading single, "Renegades of Funk" originally done by Afrika Bombaataa, is a blend of rap, hip-hop, and rock that you hardly even recognize any resemblance to the original (for . those people who even remember the original).

The same goes for the rest of the songs.

Rage Against the Machine could have easily claimed the work as their own and nobody but a select few would even know the difference.

Even when they cover the Bruce Springsteen classic, "The Ghost of Tom Joad," it is readily apparent that this is classic Rage.

Rage even did a tribute to another Los Angeles based raprock group Cypress Hill. Some of the earlier "special edition" albums feature a live track of

CD Review

Rage Against The Machine Renegades

(out.of four stars}

Zach De La Rocha inviting Cypress Hill singers Sen Dog and B-Real onto the stage to sing one of their "jams."

As De La Rocha and company burst out into their version of "How I Could Just Kill a Man," the two Cypress Hill rappers had a hard time catching up.

Even though the lyrics were theirs, the rest of the song was, as De La Rocha put it: "f*cked up, in the Rage style."

The only song that you can tell is not classic Rage work is Devo's "Beautiful World."

While the song is meaningful and thought-provoking, it doesn't exactly incite you in the same way as any of Rage's other works.

The album has also caused controversy among Napster users.

Rage Against the Machine's management, who is also the same management company for anti-Napster spokes group Metallica, told Sony to ban users who downloaded any of the songs off "Renegades" from Napster.

Tom Morello came back and offered Rage fans free download s off the bands Website (www.ratm.com) while simultaneously working to lift the ban from Sony.

All in all , "Renegades" proves to more than just another cover album.

It embodies all of the fire that fueled the bands other albums and offers a collection of excellent songs that are distinctly made for the true renegades of funk.

'Made in California,' is largest art show in L.A. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity,

1900-2000

Los Angeles County Museum ofArt Runs through Feb.2S Sean O'Connor The Telescope

The Los Angeles County Museum has launched an ambitious, kaleidoscopic extravaganza of art, sculpture, costumes, photography, documents, painting, and more in an exhibit called, "Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000."

The exhibit seeks to find how Californians have seen themselves in the past and how they see themselves now. California, in the words of Richard Rodriguez, is "America's America."

Judging by the rate of American migration to California, many others think so too.

The exhibit attempts to explore the varieties of California's art, images and identity in five 20year time frames covering the 20th century.

The first phase (1900-1920) shows how the myth of California was sold to other Americans,

mostly Midwesterners, as an idyllic Eden, a pre-modem paradise.

Real estate boosters presented this image to lure them to California.

But so did California painters such as Granville Redmond in "California Poppy Field."

California was also romanticized and captured in the Mission myth in places like San Juan Capistrano and in Helen Hunt Jackson's "Ramona."

Chinese settlements were also exoticized. Tourists and bohemians were drawn to the Oriental lifestyle and cuisine. At the same time, these same groupst discriminated against the Chinese.

The romantic view of California seems to linger.to the present day, perpetuated in the Orange Crate artists and paintings of the "Tournament of Flowers," now known as the "Tournament of Roses."

The second phase (1920-1940) showed a different side of California. The Great Depression was felt here as elsewhere. Large numbers of immigrants from Mexico flooded into California.

Class strife, evictions from homesteads and the grim picture of Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" became part of the California image as did the murals of Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo.

In stark contrast, the glitz and glamour of a newly emerging Hollywood filled the sliver screen during the 1930s.

In the third phase (1940-1960) California became celebrated for its aircraft industry during World War n. The Waf also spawned the Zoot Suit Riots against MexicanAmericans in Los Angeles. The Japanese were interned during WorldWarll.

Ansel Adams tried to soften

prejudice against the Japanese with "View from Manzanar," but it was offset by the book, "Once a Jap, Always a Jap." In the postwar world, California became a trendsetter in its suburban lifestyle.

In the next two decades(l9601980), California exploded into an orgy of non-conformity and protest, especially in the San Francisco area.

Los Angeles erupted with race riots. Artists downplayed California as Eden.

During this period many young people developed the surfing and car culture.

Finally, in the last phase, (19802000), the viewer sees many conflicting images emerging.

The Asian population grew and became more than Chinese and Japanese with the advent of Koreans, Thais, Vietnamese, Laotians and other nationalities.

The culture now is multilingual.

Multicultural identities are blending into each other. Mexicans constitute the largest immigrant group.

Victor Ochoa and others painted the now famous mural in Chicano Park under the Coronado Bridge in San Diego celebrating Chicano culture.

An exhibition of the size and scope of California images from 1900-2000 is bound to engender many viewpoints.

One critic mentioned that, perhaps, the exhibition omitted one of the most defining trends of the present, Silicon Valley.

Another visitor from Japan, Chefa Rang, inquired about the place of Native Americans in the exhibit. They were there, but they played an inconspicuous role.

The exhibit may be too ambitious, ending, up overloading the viewers, resulting in physical

exhaustion and mental confusion.

Average viewers may find themselves biting off more than they can masticate in one setting Is there so much displayed that "it just becomes eye candy rather than an emotional experience?" as Brenda Root, a San

Diego artist, speculated.

Perhaps.

Questions linger. The exhibit raises serious questions about how we Californians have seen ourselves in the past, how we see ourselves now and what awaits us in the future.

Courtesy Dorothea Lange

" M igrant Mother," a copyright ed photograph of a California pea picker taken in the Great Depression is one of the images shown in "Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000."

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Focus Looking into secret ·societies .

Professor plans book on life experience as a Mason Lisa Hare Contributing Writer

Judith Stafford's intense interest in secret societies began in a way that may seem quite unusual- she was elected to one.

At 14, Stafford, now a Palomar College associate English professor, became part of one of the world's largest and most prominent secret societies, the Masons, as a Rainbow Girl.

The Rainbow Girls are a division of the Masons for young women age 13 to 19. It consists of individuals who are regarded as having high moral character and are valuable to their community.

This experience, Stafford said, as well as her greatgrandfather's influence upon her as a 32nd degree Mason , led her to research the roots of the Masons.

Later, she expanded the research to include "any secret society that had a ritual ceremony of death and rebirth," as the Masons do .

While she was a Rainbow Girl, Stafford dressed in long, formal gowns, took part in ceremonies and meetings, and soon became interested in other, more secret, rituals performed by the Masons, an organization that focuses on the "building" of an individual.

The "Making of a Master Mason" is one level of advancement that is based on the biblical story of the building of Solomon's Temple. The ritual requires the would-be Mason to play-act his own death. He is "murdered," as was the Master Mason Hiram Abiff, who built King Solomon's Temple, and is rolled up in a rug and pushed to the side to hear the next part of the drama.

"A great knowledge was thought to be lost when Hiram died," Stafford said, explaining his role's significance to the ritual. When the ceremony is finished, the architect is umolled and "brought back to life" and is then a Master Mason.

This ceremony is similar to ceremonies of other secret organizations, including the ones performed by the mysterious religions of the first century A.D. Stafford is attempting a detailed comparison of these rituals.

Although the name "Masons" is accredited to the early stonemason's guilds, the origins of the Masons may possibly extend much farther into the past. It may have links to the Rosicrucians of the 17th and 18th centuries and the Knights Templar. The Knights were a group of monks

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Judith Stafford, Palomar College English professor, studies the history and rituals of secret societies.

that attempted to protect travelers journeying to the Holy Land during the Crusades.

"It's hard to find information on these societies becaus-e they are secret," Stafford said.

She said she has gathered most of her information through a network of sources, including old texts in her family, obscure text in libraries and documents from people she has met over the years.

One, for instance, was given to her by a former student who was a Mormon. An 18th century judge, who had once been a Mason, wrote the document. In the text, the judge revealed the Masons as a society essentially pagan, whose practices centered on the worship of a sun god, such as Zeus or Ra. Books and encyclopedias do not hold much informa-

New car designed to pique college-ag~ guys interest Lawrence Ulrich TMSCampus

Several carmakers are chasing the youth market, but Honda Motor Co.'s latest concept vehicle aims at an even smaller slice of the market pie: young, active college guys.

With skateboarders and mountain bikers performing tricks on U-shaped ramps near the stage, Honda unveiled the Model X on Jan. 9 at the North American International Auto Show. The show opens to the public Jan. 13.

Model X is a boxy blend of a Courtesy American Honda Motor Co. pickup truck and sport-utility designed as a hang-out space for Honda hopes the Model X conception car will attract college-age guys. guys, their friends and their outto-clean textured resin, along Honda officials were coy abput door gear. which vehicles the Model X with durable, washable seats.

The four-seat Model X conPowered by a next-generation would compete with, saying verts into a pseudo-pickup with Honda four-cylinder engine, the there are few new vehicles that a rear roof section that slides forward and a rear window that Model X concept also features a college students both want and drops mto the tailgate. Double five-speed manual shifter and a can afford.

"They're a fairly affluent genside doors swing out to provide a navigation system.

The Model X was developed eration, but you can't do somewide-open loading space.

Rear seats fold and slide for- and designed by the Honda thing stupid on price," said Schumaker. "The Model X ward to create cargo space or R&D America·s Los Angeles would have to be under napping room for occupants, · Center operation in Torrance, $20,000." presumably after a long day of California.

"The Model X is all extreme, Eric Schumaker, Honda extebiking or partying. With college students not known for their tidi- rior design manager, said the all freedom, all purpose. The aliness, the Model X features an company has not decided in-one adventure tool," said interior floor made of an easy- whether to build the Model X. Honda.

tion, and most historians have not studied of the Masons and their cultural significance, even though the organization is worldwide. Stafford said this secrecy might be maintained because the organization wants to seem frightening to new members, in order to test their courage.

Also, the organization goes to some lengths to protect the identity of its members, who include U.S. presidents, senators and people of considerable power in many economic and political arenas of the world.

Eventually, Stafford would like to publish her research in a book, but for now, she continues compiling information about secret societies that contain ritualized dramas of death, or perhaps going into the underworld, and rebirth.

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Home Game of the week

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Women's Basketball vs. Palomar: Jan. 31 , 5 p.m.

New team, same challenge Comets look to new blood to carry on winning tradition

Another vote is in: Pick Vick

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Palomar College's baseball coach Bob Vetter deals with more than just managing his team at the start of each season.

Every spring he attempts to rebuild a program that watches players leave on a yearly basis. He is faced with the challenge of meshing together new personalities to try and form a winning combination.

The transition can be bumpy and difficult.

This year promises to be no different than in the past.

The Comets' roster will include 21 new players.

"We have an inexperienced team. There are only five sophomores, and only two of those players have legitimate game experience,'' Vetter said.

"But the freshman have shown maturity and an understanding of the game.''

The returning players include shortstop Skip Adams, pitchers Ashley Dunlap, Eric Human and Matt Woychak, outfielder Jason Wonderlich, and slugging first baseman Paul Sweeney.

Vetter, who has coached the Comets for 20 seasons and has accumulated a 412-3196 record in that time period, has had tremendous success putting the new blood together.

Last season the Comets went 25-9 and won the Pacific Coast Conference for the third season in a row. They had compiled an 87-26 record during that period.

But at the start of this season the Comets are not favored in a division they've dominated the past three seasons. Vetter is forced to start over.

The rebuilding will begin when the Comets host the Palomar Invitational Feb. 24. Their youth will be tested when the young players face a higher level of competition for the first time.

"This team needs to play. We will open up with admirable competition against some strong ball clubs," Vetter said.

"The good team ethics and positive chemistry between (Palomar) players will be a highlight in the tourn.ament," Vetter said.

Pacific Coast Conference play starts Feb. 24 when the Comets travel to Southwestern to take on the Apaches.

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COMET

SCHEDU L E HOME GAMES Palomar Invitational

Feb. 2-4, 10 a.m.

Paloma.r Tournament

Feb.15-17, 10 a.m.

Orange Coast College

Feb. 21, 2 p.m.

San Diego City College

Feb. 27,2 p.m.

Grossmont College

March 3, U p.m.

Southwestern College

March 10, U p.m.

San Diego City College

March 15, 2 p.m.

San Diego Mesa College

March 20, 2 p.m.

Grossmont College

March 27,2 p.m.

Imperial Valley College

March 31, 12 p.m.

Southwestern College

Apri13, 2 p.m.

Palomar Easter Series

April10.12, 10 a.m.

San Diego City College

Apri119, 2 p.m.

San Diego Mesa College Gro;J;mOnt College

April21, U p.m.

Imperial Valley College

May3,2p.m.

(Top) Comet pitcher Adam Winters throws some heat during a recent practice.

Winters is a freshman from Poway H i g h School.

(Left) Outfielder Justin Jennings prepares to take batting practice.

April 26, 2 p.m.

Comets hold on, beat Apaches 87-80 Richardson Miron Special to The Telescope

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Chris Featherly <No. 33) goes up for a lay up dut'ing a Comet prl!lctice last week.

fter a disappointing 1-15 season, San Diego Chargers fans were looking for a sign things would improve.

And the Chargers were quick to give them some hope at the start of what promises to be a busy off season.

First, they hired John Butler, formerly of the Buffalo Bills, as general manager. This move gave the organization instant credibility. Then they signed Norv Turner to run the offense. An equal! y astute decision.

But the best news for Chargers fans came when Virginia Tech Hokies superstar quarterback Michael Vick announced his decision to turn professional.

Many college football analysts thought Vick should have returned for his junior year. But what underclassman wouldn't jump at the chance to be the No. 1 overall selection 'in the NFL Draft?

Vick had to choose between being a collegiate athlete for another year or becoming a multi- , millionaire overnight. He made the right choice.

I've watched college football for 10 years now and haven't seen an offensive player with more athletic prowess than Yick.

Vick routinely defies the physical laws of football.

At 6-foot-1, 210 pounds, he's not supposed to have the arm strength to heave the ball 100 yards down the field.

He's not supposed to run the 40yard test in 4.3 seconds.

He's not supposed to have the nimbleness of an acrobat.

But he does have all of these traits and-a lot more.

Vick has the desire to be more than what he is and the leadership qualities to be a field general. Vick puts it all on the line and has what it takes to succeed.

That will be a nice change of pace in this neck of the woods. If Ryan Leaf had these same traits, the Chargers wouldn't be in this situation. But Leaf doesn't and he never will.

That's why the Chargers need to pick Vick.

Ultimately, however, it will be Butler's decision. His legacy will always be remembered for what he does with this pick.

Some fans think the club should trade Vick and stockpile selections to try and fill its numerous needs.

What these people don't understand is the Chargers aren't two or three players away from the playoffs. They finished 1-15 because they stink. Other than a handful of players, the Chargers' entire roster needs to be revamped.

It isn't going to be a one-year or two-year process. This will take several seasons, several high draft picks, and wise salary cap management.

But in three years, Vick could very well be ready to take the Chargers to new and bigger things.

My vote is in. Pick VicL.

The Palomar College Comets managed not to blow their 19 point lead last week (Jan. 20) against the Southwestern Apaches.

Leading 50-31 at halftime the Comets seemed to have the game in hand.

But the Apaches made a late rally and cut the lead to 81-76 with 1:11 remaining. That was as close as it ever got, however, as the Comets were able to hold on with an 87-80 Pacific Coast Conference victory.

"We had some good spurts of basketball and played with good energy at different spots of the game," Comets head coach Virgil Watson said.

"But overall we need to play better as a team. We should never have let them back in the game."

The win improved the Comets record to 11-10 overall and 4-2 in league play.

The Apaches fell to 7-16 overall and 15 in league play.

The Comets were led by forward

Charlie Mercado. The 6-foot-2 sophomore had 22 points and eight rebounds in the game. Freshman guard Reggie Harmon pitched in with 17 points and four steals for the Comets.

The Apaches were led by Tim Thompson, who had 19 points and nine rebounds.

Watson, however, wasn't thrilled with what seemed to be selfish play by his squad during the Apaches second half comeback.

"We got a lead and everyone started doing things different than what got them the lead." Watson said. "Ail of a sudden everyone was like, '1 need to get my s~ore.'

"You can't be successful like that.

We're going to have to play as a team to be successful."

The win comes on the heels of the Comets 72-67 loss to MiraCosta on Jan. 16. The Comets now trail conference leaders San Diego Mesa and San Diego City by one game in the PCC. The Comets nex:t action is Jan. 31 when they host the Cuyamaca Coyotes.

Tip-off is at 7:30p.m.

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The Telescope is looking for a few aggressive and semi-competent sportswriters ...

If you're interested and are somewhat coherent, please come by TCB-1 and the job is yours.

Beerman is a staff writer and can be reached at telescope@palomar.edu