The Telescope 54.15

Monday, Feb. 26, 2001- Palomar College- Volume 54, Number 15

Palomar police?

Recess bell sounds

Champions!

Does Palomar College need gunslinging meter maids?

Disney cartoon is successfully recreated for the big screen.

Women's basketball claims Pacific Coast Conference title.

Entertainment, page 6

Opinion, page 4

Sports, page 8

ASG .proposes student activity card Stephen Keller The Telescope

Starting next semester, students may be given the option to pay a fee in order to use their Palomar ID cards for discounts, reduced parking and eventual access to a new computer lab.

The proposed student activity card, which will cost $10, is a way to provide students services that Palomar is not cur. rently able to, said Bruce Bishop, director of student affairs.

The card, if approved, will make its debut this fall in the form a sticker that will be applied to the PIC card. The cards

would be managed by Student Affairs, which would likely absorb the PIC center as well Bishop said.

Bishop said that the education code requires that all of the money go back to students, with just a "small amount for administration costs."

The most irnrnediate benefit for students next semester will be a $5 discount on parking permits. This discount will run for the two semesters after the card is introduced.

Other plans for the card include offering discounts at the bookstore or the cafeteria. Bishop is also courting outside merchants such as movie theaters, copy centers and restaurants to provide discounts to anyone with a card.

For the first few semesters, the card will serve primarily as a discount card both at Palomar and at local shops. However, Bishop is working on creating other uses for the card.

Chief among these benefits will be the 1,000 square foot computer lab to be built as part of the new student cnion that is opening in early 2002.

The computer lab will have 30-40 computers, likely with Internet access. It will also be staffed by student workers, Bishop said. Bishop hopes to provide free printing to students.

The plan also calls for making the lab more accessible than Palomar's current lab. "If we find that there are a number of

students that want it opened until midnight, we will be able to be opened until midnight," Bishop said.

Prior to the PIC cards, Palomar had an Associated Student .Government card which served as both an ID card and a discount card. When the PIC was introduced, it replaced the ASG card and discounts were largely dropped.

Bishop got the idea to reinstate the card after hearing success stories from other colleges, particularly that of Victor Valley Community College.

Rob Sewell, Victor Valley's director of see Card, page 3

Students celebrate Valenti~e's Day at annual food fair in tudent Union

Palorriar's master plan in· the works Julie Devaney The Telescope

Palomar is gearing up for a task of monumental importance, the Master Plan.

The 20 Year Educational Master Plan will focus on facilities, technology and educational components.

The Master Plan Steering Task Force will be qeated in the next month by the Educational Master Planning Committee.

"I think this will be an interesting project. Essentially a master plan is a kind of road map for the future," Interim Dean of Human Arts and Sciences, Mark Vernoy said.

The job of this task force will be to oversee the total master planning process, including the gathering of pertinent information.

The members of this task force, once appointed, will begin to set up various vehicles such as forums, interviews and questionnaires to find out facts from all areas of the college.

The task force will look at demographics like enrollment and population trends to see what's needed and where the college wants to go Vernoy said.

"The major focus of what we do here is students. They should have significant input, because what we want to do here is to design an environment conducive to student learning," Vernoy said.

Vernoy will be one of the co-chairs of the task force and will actually write the plan after the information has been gathered.

He has been at Palomar for 26 years and has written several textbooks.

"You are supposed to have an educational master plan in place along with your facilities master plan. A complete master plan, asking the question, what's the growth here on campus going to be, and what kind of housing do we need to house all that growth," said Interim President of Palomar College, Jack Randall. · Vernoy said Palomar's future and its ability to serve the community .are reliant upon how well the college plans for it. · "You have to look ahead, not just five see Plan, page 3

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Search for Palomar's new president- continues Sean J. O'Connor The Telescope

Dr. John D. Randall, the interim superintendent/president of Palomar College, is extending his stay at Palomar until Aug. 21, or until the next president is appointed. His original contract ends April 30.

The Board of Governors reported this action as necessary because a permanent superintendent/president · will not be appointed within the time of Randall's original contract.

Members of the governing board think the time for interviewing and making on-site visits to the campus of candidates may take longer than expected.

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candidates who have applied for the position. Al Fernandez of Community Colleges Search Services said 41 people have expressed interest in the position and he expects several more to apply.

Michael Rourke, co-chair of the search committee, said the task of interviewing candidates and recommending three to five candidates for the board will be done by the middle of April.

The finalists will then be invited to

the Palomar College campus. The community, students, faculty, administration, staff and interested neighbors will make their concerns known to these candidates in open forum by the end of April. · Members of the board will then interview these candidates and make preparation for visiting their campuses for more background information.

The board hopes to make an announcement of the new president's appointment some time in May but that is uncertain.

The aim is to have the new president on the job by the first of July.

Affirmative Action Officer of the Presidential Search Committee, Barbara Baldridge, said this will allow transition time for the new president

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Cam us Beat Student awarded for programming

ASG holds logo competition

Palomar student Scott Fadick received an honorable mention at the Third Annual Independent Garnes Festival. Fadick is a Computer Science and Information Systems Video Game Programming student.

This is an event where college students from all over the world present video games they have developed.

Creating a game was one of several lab assignments required for the CSIS 240 Video Game Programming class.

Fadick began working on his game, "Air War," during the later half of last semester as a beginning CSIS 240 student. He spent another three weeks after the end of the semester to refine it and get it ready to submit, said Ed Magnin, CSIS adjunct professor.

"Scott worked on his entry as an eight-week class assignment.

His work shows excellent promise and I expect to see him working in the game industry some day."

Palomar is one of the only colleges in the United States that offers a video game programming class. Another student Brock Feldman is now working at ElectronicArts.com in Carlsbad programming online games.

The Associated Student Government is putting on a contest to create a new logo and the winning entry receives $ 100.

Currently they do not have one.

Palomar College has a logo, the athletic department has a logo, and this contest is specifically for an ASG logo.

Bruce Bishop, director of student affairs. said, "this is an attempt to create a logo to represent ASG,'" not to replace Palomar's logo.

The contest is open to anyone.

The logo must bear the words "Associated Student Government" or ' "ASG" and "Palomar College." The only colors allowed for the logo are red, black, gray and white.

Bonnie Dowd, associate professor of business education, has her advertising students working on this logo as an extra credit opportunity. It's a great thing for students to enter contests to build their confidence, Dowd said.

She said she wanted to make them aware of ASG as their representing governance body on campus.

Logos must be received by March 2 in the Student Affairs office, SU-21 . An ASG panel will judge the logos, and the winner will be announced at a future ASG meeting.

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Film fest goes around the world Palomar's spring film series kicked off Feb. 15 and will continue on through May 10. The theme of the 12-week series is "Around the World in 84 days," beginning and ending the global film tour with American classics.

International films include Brazil's "Central Station," a touching tale of a boy in search of the father he never knew.

"Waking Ned Devin," the British black comedy about sympathetic law breakers.

"Muriel's Wedding," an Australian film of a misfit who dreams of escaping her dysfunctional family, and Japanese film "After Life,"which asks the provocative question, "If you had to choose one memory from your life, with which to spend eternity, what would it be?''

All films are free and will be shown in Room P-32 on Thursdays at 6:30 p .m.

Healthly heart, body and mind February is healthy heart month and to celebrate, the health center is offering students and employees blood cholesterol screenings at a reduced cost.

Fees for students are $7 and $10 for Palomar employees.

Also on Friday mornings the health services office has a physician on campus to help diagnose any physical or mental problems that students might be having. Appointments must be made to see the physician since she is only on campus once a week.

For additional information or if you have any questions about these and other health services, contact the department at 7441150 ext.2380.

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Artist Roland Beanum presented "Africana Dynamic Influences: a Visual Perspective," to students and faculty Feb. 21, in celebration of Black History Month.

Palomar shares in Black History Month celebration Jo Appleton Th e Telescope

In celebration of Black History Month, former Palomar instructor Roland Beanum was invited to give a guest appearance and presentation to faculty and students.

"Africana Dynamic Beanum presented Influences: a Visual Perspective," Feb. 21 , and said the main focus of his lecture was to show his works of art and how he is able to combine the scientific world into the art world.

"This process allows me to use my technological applications in my art statements," he said.

Celbration's coordinator, Wilma Dockett-Mcleod, said during the presentation, "Beanum mesmerized the crowd in thought. He was able to weave engineering, science and art into the conciousness of his whole audience."

Beanum said he also emphasized to students that whatever their field of study, they must learn to develop a creative style in their various careers and also learn how to be responsible in a creative way.

Beanum was an aerospace engineer for 27 years and, among many other talents and interests, is currently a technical consultant for the U.S. Navy.

He designed and built his own home in San Diego and also owns an art gallery where many of his acrylics and etchings are on exhibit.

He has definitely made his mark in the areas of engineering, science and art, and illustrates the success that Black History Month promotes.

"I taught at Palomar 25 years ago, and this lecture was like corning back home. I do enjoy, and have always enjoyed the faculty, students and the environment on the campus," he said.

Organized by Palomar's multicultural studies department, the event was part of a sequence of three key speakers to appear and talk on the topic of African history during the month of February.

Feb. 15 was the kick-off with professor Thekima Mayasa, whose topic was "Eye on Africana Studies: Africana Psychology and its Relevance."

Mayasa has taught at San Diego State University and Mesa and Palomar colleges and had plenty of valuable insights to share with students.

Chuck Arribers, director of the Casa de Morro Rey Museum in San Diego's Old Town, will be the third and final speaker. His topic is "African World Overview: African, USA, Latin American, Caribbean and Pacific Rim Cultures." This will take place Feb. 28, from 1 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. in SU15.

Ambers also served as an adjunct faculty member at Palomar and Mesa Colleges.

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Speak Out! Who is your hero and why?

Jason Tupper Undecided

"My parents, they help me out a lot financially."

Sue Hagen . English

"My four-year old son, because he's everything innocent and without bias."

Josh Clements Undecided

Maritza Calle Liberal and Sciences

Kandie Byington Registered Nurse

"Martin Luther King, Jr. He made a difference."

"My mom, she carne to America frpm Puerto Rico, raised four kids alone and always made sure there was food and shelter."

"I don't have a hero, I admire time and life."

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also get discounts from more than 50 local merchants, booksto_re discounts, free field trips and occasionally free lunch at school.

The Victor Valley ASG card was instituted two years ago, Sewell said. They make approximately $140,000-$160,000 a semester from the cards, and about 70 percent of their students have one.

Sewell manages the cards , with members of student government staffing the ID card department free of charge. "The key to this ID card is that the college

continued from page 1 auxiliary services, is the person responsible for its ASG card, which also costs $10.

He said they offer students a number of services, including a student computer lab with free printing and a $15 discount on parking (normally priced at $35).

Victor Valley students with an ASG card

does not spend money on labor," he said.

Bishop intends to beat Sewell's numbers, predicting that Palomar will eventually have 98 percent of its students paying the additional fee.

The student activities card is currently going through the approval process, requiring both the approval of ASG and the Governing Board.

Bishop said he was confident that it would pass, as technically an activities card has already been approved by both ;

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ument that we will probably be your facilities that are not adequate now? Not only 15 or 20 using for the next four or five continued from page 1 years from now, but right now," years , then the senate and I would like to have faculty Randall said.

It will take approximately six years but 10 or 20 years ahead. input," said Assistant months to write the document.

For instance in facilities it takes Superintendent/Vice President After it has been approved by at least six to 10 years to actual- - of Instruction , Diane Michael. the EMPC, it will go to the ly build a building from the Vernoy said Palomar has time you begin to think about it, almost reached its full capacity President's Advisory Council to the time you actually get the as far as offering more classes. for input or comments. money from the state to build "That is, we can't offer more PAC's membership includes it. You have to be ready when the classes at the times the students all groups on campus.

"At every level people will be want them prime time. We just funding becomes available to able to make comments and sugactually take advantage of it," don't have classrooms. Everyone gestions, and those suggestions Vemoy said. of them is filled from 8 a.m. will be accepted and included The wait for funding of the new until 1 p.m. ," Vemoy said. depending on who makes them, science building so far has been "One of the questions that also what kind of comments they are, about five years, Vemoy said. needs to be asked is, what about Members of the task force will include one instructional dean co-chair (Vernoy) , one faculty co-chair, two vice presidents , three deans , seven faculty, one from each of the instruction divisions and one from student services and the · library, one classified employee, one administration association -Mark Vernoy member and one student.

Interim Dean of Human Arts and Science "If we are going to be actually producing a Master Plan doc-

''You have to be ready when the funding becomes available to take advantage of it."

Adjuncts get paid for office hours Sean J. O'Connor The Telescope

The first order of business for the Palomar College Governing Board, Tuesday, Feb. 13 was to witness the swearing in of a new board member, Silverio Haro, who was taking the place of Charles Duncan. Members of the Board congratulated him and wished him well.

In addition to the extension of Superintendent/President Dr. John Randall 's contract on an emergency basis, the board touched on issues concerning adjunct faculty, enrollment, e-conferencing, student government matters, and the newly-formed Palomar Faculty Federation.

Adjunct faculty will now be holding regularly scheduled office hours. They will be allocated one and a half hours for academic counseling for each credit hour they teach. Compensation will be at $25 per hour. The board approved this arrangement for the spring semester only.

Randall said there has been an increase of credit enrollment students by 1.7 percent. He said a

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task force is now meeting to work on ways to improve enrollment in the corning years. The total enrollment, including non-credit students, is up by 8 percent. The present head count is 25 ,392. He would like to see credit enrollment increased by 2 percent by the end of this academic year.

The board unanimously accepted the e-conferencing grant of $2.3 million per year for five years for a total of $11.5 million. Palomar College will have to contribute a 10 percent matching fund to obtain the grant.

Board member McMullen Dougherty said he thought it was fantastic. Sherilyn Hargraves, manager of Palomar's educational television and satellite programs, explained how the grant would benefit students and staff at Palomar College. It is distant learning, a reach outside the traditional campus.

The board also approved the Student Code of Conduct developed by the Associated Student Government and by Bruce Bishop. The ASG reported a new 2.5 GPA requirement for

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Mary Ann Drinan introduced herself as a representative of the newly formed Palomar Faculty Federation. She will be sitting in the audience and will report on the board meeting to the faculty. The federation hopes to have representation on the board.

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it hasn't been issued for a while.

One student at Palomar seems optimistic about the idea. Lyle Martin, 19, in his second semester at Palomar particularly liked the idea of having access to a new computer lab.

Martin doesn't have a home computer and said that he would "definitely" pay the extra money to take advantage of a new lab. He also cited the discounted parking permits as another benefit he would really like.

and whether the comments are relevant," Vemoy said. .

The draft then goes to Randall and finally the Board of Trustees.

A consultant will be hired to assist with the facilities portion of the plan.

"In early March we will be interviewing five different architectural firms that have made proposals," Randall said.

"The other thing I want to make sure is that the permanent president has the finishing touches on the plan and there's nothing in there that he or she doesn't want to see happen," Randall said.

Vernoy said the plan will be updated every five years.

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Oginio n Does Palomar need a police force with guns to patrol our campus?

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Seriously, what is the real point? Does that much really go on at the Palomar campuses? Never have I ever witnessed, or even heard of any crime being committed on campus that would requre the need for a gun.

According to the numbers published in the September 1999 issue of The Telescope , the number one crime committed in the previous year, was car burglary.

Have you ever known anyone to burglarize a car with a gun? A slim- jim, or a brick maybe, but a gun?

So what are police on our campus doing with them? I wish I knew.

In my opinion a gun is a tool, and I do not have tools that I do not use. So what is .the point of having guns if they are not used?

Is it so our school can spend more of the money that could be used to lower our parking permit fees? Or is it supposed to make students feel more secure on campus?

So we have a real police force on campus. What is wrong with the San Marcos police? Does our school have no faith in them, or do they have no faith in our campus security?

I find it a bit redundant that we have a campus police force, and yet we also still have campus security.

Why do we have an overabundance of uniformed protection? It would make a whole lot more sense to disband the campus security and just keep the police force, or vice versa.

So it looks as if our options are: keeping the original campus security and

saving a bit of money, or keeping the police force , spending more money, and having the fear that we could be shot. I would much rather not have that fear.

I think our campus police is not needed. The campus security does its job well, and has proved itself in the past.

San Marcos's police don ' t take that long to get here anyway, and our campus security knows how to detain any perpetrator properly.

Also, I would much rather see the money that is being spent on the police go to where it is needed more.

Like why don't they fix the track? It has been in horrible condition ever since I can remember.

I also wouldn ' t mind having money spent on properly training our ASG officers, so they could actually be a useful entity on campus. But that is a whole different article that I won't get into right now.

There is also the controversy over adjunct professors getting paid almost half of what full time profesors get paid, while doing the same job.

The only different thing is that the adjunct professors are usually teaching at more 'than one campus, and/or other schools.

But for the classes they are teaching they get paid less. I would really like to see the money waisted on the police fource spent on fixing this problem.

Wouldn't you like to see better food in the cafeteria? Or that the practice room pianos actually be in tune?

How about an updated photography lab, with more room and cleaner equipment?

There are so many more things that this money could be spent on, that would improve our campus much more than police walking around with guns.

So have faith in our campus security, and banish our campus police back to where the came from.

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Many Christians out of touch with teachings

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ately, it seems, certain people have been giving Christians a bad name, creating in their wake an image of hypocrisy, hate, indifference and ignorance. The worst offenders in these cases are the Christians themselves. I feel compelled to give some clarification on the subject.

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You never know who's sitting by you and what they are capable of doing. Not to make you feel nervous, but it's something everyone lives with and never gives thought to.

A little disturbing, but at least a campus with armed police officers can make you feel a little safer.

The students will have armed police officers on campus and, not in the donut store 10 city blocks away.

This is one reason why I have changed my opinion of campus police carrying guns.

I mean, I didn't have negative opinions of the campus police having guns because they gave me tickets. It's just that I never heard of anyone being killed on a college campus, until recently. This was the deciding factor, college students being killed.

A1 Deguzman, a college student was attempting a mass killing on the Cupertino campus in San Jose. He was later arrested before he enacted actions.

Two Columbine High School students killed 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves was another situation that made a feared impact on American society.

Last year, a bicycle thief shot a Tulane University officer in the leg. In Fayetteville, a professor and a student were found murdered.

Two years ago in Prairie Grove, a seventh grader shot a 12-year old girl. In Valhia, N.Y. and . at Winchester Community College a man shot his girlfriend in the head.

Last year in Felton, a former school teacher walked onto an elementary school

Some people call themselves Christians, committing acts of "God's will," when they are nothing more than hate-filled bigots, followers of a merciless cause and bearers of benevolent hate.

These are the people harassing women outside of abortion clinics, bombing doctors who perform abortions and they also beat and murder homosexuals.

All "in the name of God." Well that's not my god. Nor is that the god they claim it to be. Nowhere in the biblical text are their actions justified. That is their own hate-filled passions they are fulfilling.

Despite the signs and pic_ket line slogans, god does not hate homosexuals, he does not hate women who get abortions, and he does not hate the doctors who perform them.

It is time someone set the record straight, before my god of love, forgiveness and mercy is turned into an instigator of violent acts and an icon of hate.

God does not like abortions; he does not like it when people get abortions. But he does not hate the people who get and/or give them.

God creates us all with love inside the very womb (Psalms 139), and wants that no harm should come to any unborn child (Exodus 21:22). He does not like homosexuality (Romans 1:24),.but he loves homosex-

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uals. We were all created in his image and he loves everyone. Some people obviously have a hard time grasping this concept.

When you destroy people, you are not doing the will of god. He desires mercy, not sacrifice (Hosea 6:6).

He is a god of forgiveness; forgiveness to everyone through the death of Jesus Christ, "no matter what the crime"(Isaiah 1:18). It is by believing in his death that all are saved (John 3:16).

God is a god of love, and Christians should be an example of that rule, not an exception to it. People who.smear the name of God with their bloodstained hands represent the worst kind of being; a being who smugly boasts a claim to righteous justice, while snatching away the rights, lives and freedoms of people they have no jurisdiction over.

They are judges without a court, having no business dealing sentences on other human beings. They act as the church's executioner, with a loaded gun, a deaf ear, and a blind eye. These are the pet>ple who have poisoned the Christian faith; causing people to see it as an overbearing titan with a finger pointed at everyone who falls short of their pristine standards.

They have forgotten that they are no better than even the vilest of criminal offenders. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23-26).

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with a machete and struggled with the principal and some teachers.

Last year in Lake Worth, a 13-year old boy killed his teacher at Lake Worth Community Middle School.

What are the youth capable of doing?

What would bring the youth to do such horrific actions? That is when I decided, enough is enough. We need defense against people like Deguzman and the Columbine students who killed others.

Palomar needs a police force with guns.

We need a police force with guns to serve and protect our school, so we do not become the next targeted school.

The staff and students of Palomar can't trust everyone who comes to the campus.

There are many different types of people, ¡ with different behaviors androne could be the person who brings a gun on campus to harm others.

The more protection Palomar police have with fueaims, the more protection the students, staff and visitors have at Palomar from a Deguzman or a Columbine copycat.

Overall, Palomar is a safe campus.

There are few problems that occur on campus however, for night students the college can become an endangerment for a student's life.

According to National Crime and Felony statistics, nearly 70 percent of crimes are committed at night. That is why Palomar college needs police with guns to ensure that nothing will happen while students take their night classes.

According to the Palomar police web site, there were a total of 15 felonies where lives were threatened last year on the campuses that Palomar College students attend.

Palomar needs armed police officers to ensure someone won't shoot at students, while they are trying to get theu education. That is why I think the Palomar Police should carry guns to protect the students and staff.

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It's Sean, not John orne years ago, I had a Buddha-like enlightenment No, it wasn't under abo tree in NepaL It happened in a gradu~ ate student's room at the University of Ghana in West Africa. And it was the beginning of a search for my Irish roots.

Seeing a piece of Irish linen on this student's table, I asked where it came from. He told me in the '60s he had the chance to go to the States but because of all the turmoil in our cities, he chose to go to Ireland instead, a · decision he never regretted.

"You know," he said, "We Africans owe an awful lot to Ireland. The Irish broke away from England. We quickly followed."

Suddenly, I instinctively realized that Africans and the Irish shared the same experiences at different times and places.

The Irish were. taught in "English only schools." They had to abandon their Irish names and the Gaelic language. There were no references to Irish history or literature.

Africans got a 'British only education.'

They were taught to sing, "London Bridge is Falling Down," and "Mazy Had a Little Lamb." .

For the Irish, their language, culture, history and literature found its way into the school curriculum because of their successful rebellion against the British after World War L In Northern Ireland the struggle continued. Irish prisoners in Long Kesh devoted themselves to the study of Gaelic, Irish history and culture until the recent present When Ghana fmally broke away from England after World War ll, African educators gradually introduced African myths, lore, dance and music into their curriculum.

In addition to English, students were also taught one or two of their tribal tongues.

Little things told the. difference. They used a drum instead of a school bell. There was an easy mix of African and Western dress.

Africans discarded their European names and took African names.

After I left West Africa and returned to the States, my dean asked how I would like my name to appear on the paycheck. He had known me for ten years as John O'Connor With the African experience fresh in my mind, I replied, "Sean J. O'Connor." It has been Sean ever since.

Actually, Sean is not an Irish name. It comes from the French. When the Normans came from France, they settled in Ireland.

Jean then became Sean. I let the name stand because the Normans embraced the Irish culture, intermarried, wore Irish dress and spoke the Irish language. In Ireland they are warmly de~cribed as being "more Irish than the Irish themselves."

By way of contrast, the later ElizabethanCromwellian conquerors thought the Irish culture worthless. They slapped the penal laws on the Irish people, laws similar to the slave codes in the American South and the apartheid laws in South Africa.

Indeed the Irish became a prototype for future British colonization in America and the world. The precedents established in Ireland were applied in differing degrees to American immigrants.

In the westward push, the NativeAmerican experience is almost a mirror reflection of what had taken place in Ireland with regard to education, language policy, removal from their land and relocation to undesirable areas.

After I left Ghana, the search into my Irish roots intensified. I read Irish history and literature and went to Ireland.

1I visited Long Kesh where Bobby Sands and nine other hunger strikers gave their lives for the Irish cause. I received a letter from a prisoner from Long Kesh, written on toilet paper and smuggled out of the prison. I was a guest in the Felon Club, whose membership required time spent in one of Her Majesty's prisons. I marched down Falls Road in Belfast to protest the British presence in Ireland.

The meeting with the student at the University of Ghana was a Buddha-like moment, a life-changing experience.

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Letters to the Editor Democracy is not equality

Education the answer to racism

RE: Editorial, Jan. 29, ·"Equality missing between staff and students" This article is confusing. It essentially equates democracy and equality. They are not the same thing. Democracies are of two types: direct and representative. In a direct democracy, each eligible voter votes on each issue. This is not practical in a large country such as ours. In a representative democracy, we elect those who then cast votes for us on most important issues, at the local, state, and national levels. In both direct and representative democracies, some or all of the adult population may have the right to vote.

In early America, only propertied males had the right to vote and our democracy was and still is a representative democracy. Democracy does not mean that all people are equaL No modem urban industriali~ed society, including America, has an egalitarian society where roles and rewards are equal. The very competitive nature of our society combined with a world of limited resources precludes this. To argue that because we are a democracy, we should therefore be a totally egalitarian society is a logical inconsistency.

As a professor, I do not support a philosophy that professors are better than students as human beings, but we are different in our age, training, education, and experience. These have always been the basis for some differences in rights, privileges, and obligations.

Even in traditional egalitarian foraging societies, people became leaders in various areas based on their talents or their age.

If people go to school for many more years than the next person, but ends up with the same rewards, what is the incentive to strive? If we take this equation of democracy with egalitarianism to its logical conclusion, I would not have the right to assign a student a grade if he objected to it.- I could not teach a class unle::;s everyone's viewpoint, regardless of how silly or distorted, were treated the same. Are you willing to take this emphasis on equality into all aspects of American life? That all roles and positions in society must be equally shared without regard for differences in intelligence, skill, physical strength, training, or education level? It is a topic view of society that will not work.

In general, I think many people who read The Telescope are really tired of constantly negativ.e editorials. Where's the beef?

The recent op-ed piece by Tom Chambers, "Open Mind or Washed Brain?" criticizing critical thinking as it is taught by some Palomar professors for being biased against the Eurocentric worldview and towards multiculturalism is typical of the reactionary conservatism that prevails in North County.

This attitude, I believe, encourages complacency about racist attitudes and practices in our society. Violent racism, let me point out, is alive and well locally as evidenced by the recent attack on five migrant workers by eight young white males. Let's also acknowledge. our own homegrown hate group, WAR (White Aryan Resistance) from Fallbrook.

Many years ago I had moved to Hawaii, where white people like myself are in the minority. I was desperate for work and spent a morning taking several buses to a job opportunity in a town far fl:om my home. It was a driving job, and as I walked into the transportation office and announced my desire to apply, four large Polynesian women looked at me in stone silence. I knew in an instant I was not going to get that job because of my nice.

I had a life-shaking epiphany; this is the kind of experience that people-of-color in white, mainstream America must frequently confront, and that white men like myself might never know first hand. For a moment I understood what one black man called "the perpetual struggle that was foreign to most people with white skin."

How does Mr. Chambers suggest we respond to the racism, sexism,. and homophobia that permeates our culture? Shall we just be colorblind and ignore all differences in our daily lives as many who reject proactive multiculturalism suggest? This solution would work if our society was not already steeped in bigoted attitudes and practices: conscious and unconscious, informal and structural, temporal and geographical.

The solution I favor is education, especially education that focuses on thinking deeply (carefully considering the complexity of an issue and its foundational assumptions), broadly (open-mindedly looking at it from various perspectives), objectively (the ideal of transcending personal bias and interests), using time-honored standards of reasonableness. What I have described, of course, is critical thiilking. A professor may use any number of issues or problems in order to teach and have the students practice critical thinking. Cultural diversity and social problems surrounding race are one of the most relevant and salient, and I am glad to hear many of my Palomar colleagues are using them.

Phillip de Barros Associate Professor/Coordinator Archeology

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E ntertainment Prepare for 'Recess' Chelesea Daniel The Telescope

Nine times out of 10 the transition from television to the big screen ends up a big cheesy mess. There is always an exception.

The exception is Disney's "Recess: School's Out." Disney's attempt to take a 30 minute cartoon and stretch it for another 53 minutes is successful to say the least.

It starts out like it always does, with the bell ringing, but this time it rings in the beginning of the longest recess of all, summer vacation.

Unfortunately, T.J. (the playground's fearless leader) is left alone as all his friends are sent to their respective "future oriented" summer camps.

Gus is following his father's footsteps at military camp, while Spinelli opted for a couple of weeks in training to become a pro-wrestler.

This introduces some great moments latet on.

Everyone's favorite team captain Vince is on his way to be a pro-athlete, and the brainy yet loveable Gretchen is working quite hard to be an astronaut.

Then there is Mikey, the slightly chubby, peace-loving

boy has decided to immerse himself in theater and singing.

He does a great rendition of "Green Tambourine," with a little help from his friends (quite the inspiring performance).

T.J., alone and on a mission, has to find something to do!

He stumbles upon Principal Prickly as he "disappears" and the school that is abandoned for the summer is suddenly glowing at night.

What's a boy to do?

The only thing there is to do, gather the crew and solve the mystery.

What better way to spend summer vacation?

Enter Dr. Benedict, the welldressed villain that everyone loves to hate. ~ His goal, to get rid of summer vacation forever.

The following adventure includes everything from 70's flashbacks, water balloons, laser beams, and sentimental 4th graders. .

Ninjas, big bald secret service types, and Principal Prickly running around in his black socks, boxers, and golf shirt create great comedy.

To keep kids and adults attention for more that 15 minutes is extremely hard, especially with a cartoon.

The believable characters with all their qurrks that remind you of childhood friends, makes it easy.

The fun, colorful, Disney style animation works well with the characters and the story.

The majority of "G" rated movies these days throws in "adult jokes" that end up falling on deaf ears after going over little heads.

"Recess" didn't attempt this and just kept it in good taste with childlike humor.

Something that everyone can relate to, whether they are living it or remembering it.

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Recess: School-s Out Rating:

****· (out of four stars)

Rated: G

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The neighborhood kids prepare thei.r attack in Walt Disney Picture's new release "Recess: School's Out."

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Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron are the poster couple for hopeless romantics, in this dreamy remake of the 1968 "Sweet November."

The 1968 movie starred Sandy Dennis and Anthony Newly.

Sara's mission in life is to loosen up hard edged and soulless men who need a New Age experience with a wannabe life/sex therapist.

She makes this offer to Nelson Moss played by Reeves as the obsessed advertising executive who has totally forgotten how to smell the roses.

Moss works out in his ultra modem condo of chrome and leather with its giant wall of TV s.

Meanwhile his girlfriend tries to have a conversation about their relationship to no avail.

Nelson and Sara bump into each other in the D.M.V. when he cheats off her of test and gets her banned from taking the test for 30 days. Nelson thinks Sara is just another kooky hippie chick.

After one of the worst days of his selfish life, Nelson loos~s his job and his girlfriend and is persistently approached by Sara.

She is able to see right through Nelson and offers to take him in for a month, to teach him about having a little soul in his life and all the things he should be doing instead of living to work.

Nelson gazes upon Sara's sparkling beauty, and he thinks to himself that 30 days with her might not be so bad. · Thus begins their dance and their mesmerizing chemistry.

It's a bit hard to believe that such an obsessed and driven ad man can part with his cell phone and appointment calendar so quickly. .

But, hey, it's only a 110 mmutes movie.

Considering Theron's classic beauty and "I

Like Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLaughlin before them, the Matthew Good band is a successful Canadian group attempting to spread its fan base into the United States.

While only time will tell if the group is as successful as its predecessors, the new album "Beautiful Midnight" will probably give them a pretty good chance.

The band's sound is very radio-friendly alternative rock, marketable to the same audience as hit American groups like Matchbox 20, which is usually not a good thing.

Too many modern bands (Matchbox 20 themselves, for example) have taken the "alternative" label as an excuse for delivering poorly written, watered down pop songs.

Whether you like it or not, every song on "Beautiful Midnight" sounds like a hit single.

Like the rocker "Everything Is Automatic" and the ballad "Apparitions," are actually recycled versions of three-year old Canadian hits by the band.

Although the chorus to almost every song strikes me as annoying, simple, and formulaic, the verses are filled with enough strange guitar effects and ti~e bomb rhythms to win affectiOn from even a musical snob like myself. · .

In addition, Good's Iynes are far more clever than those of most of today's songwriters, and his attitude towards rock stardom is far more levelheaded than that of, say, Rob Thomas.

"I fell into this, really," Good says on the band's Website, "I wanted to be a history professor."

Perhaps the strangest thing about "Beautiful Midnight" is

Nelson Moss (Keanu Reeves) lights up his grin in the new release "Sweet November," which also stars Charlize Theron.

won't take no for an answer" attitude, it's hard for Reeves not to cave.

The sharp contrast from "all business" to indulging in what makes you feel good-type attitude is a bit much.

With endless puppy dogs, Reeves playing the big brother to a lost little boy in a motorized sailboat race as well as Theron being so proud of her fledgling lover and do-gooder of life its almost too much.

Its too late for the both of them to turn back from what was supposed to be just a mind-expanding month of frolicking, sex and relaxation.

Get out your handkerchiefs if you're the cry-at-weddings type.

The movie clips along at a ruce pace but in the end leaves you thinking "is that all there is?"

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that, although the content is mostly accessible for the whole family, the packaging wants to present the band as a harder, more adult oriented band.

A large "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" tag sits above the album title, despite the fact that there is only one objectionable lyric on the entire album.

The album could have been a huge hit among teenagers, but marketing it with methods usually as~ociated with only the m?st violent and offensive of Iynes will tum it into an album which parents will be afraid to buy their children.

And children between the ages of nine and seventeen are the main audience.

Hopefully, radio D.J.s will ignore the warning label and start playing songs from the album which half could easily be hits on this side of the border.

Matthew

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Monday, Feb. 26, 2001

New web research service for college students Kelli Davis The Telescope

There is new relief for the perplexed college student scrounging for information for a paper, report, or term paper. A new research tool, Questia online at www.questia.com, is making an appearance on the e-market.

Questia.com will provide students with sources and a library of information needed for writing all forms of research papers.

The program's tools, however, are not free. The services can be purchased online in time slots ranging from 48 hours at $14.95 to one year at $149.95.

A free 48 hour trial subscription is available for a limited time at the company's web site.

As of Jan. 22 the new search engine was introduced by Questia Media Inc.to an online audience.

It works by searching out publications for the student and then sending back pieces or full text articles.

Founder and CEO Troy Williams began the company in 1998, after his own research at Harvard Law School was hampered by a dearth of resources and availability.

Allowing 24 hour, unlimited access to the full text of books, as well as journal articles, it is "the first service to enable people to search the full-text of a large

collection of books" Williams said, "[eliminating] many of the unproductive and frustrating aspects associated with the paper writing process."

Since its launch, Questia has secured more than $135 million worth offunding from various investors, and has agreements from over 170 publishers, including Harvard University Press, Stanford University Press, Columbia University Press, and many more.

Questia offers several services including automatic footnotes and bibliographies, access to an online dictionary, encyclopedia and thesaurus, and will allow you to save your paper online with access available anywhere and anytime.

Since it is an Internet-based research program, it will be available from any Web accessible computer.

Siudents at Palomar will be able to log on from their homes or at the Palomar library.

Katherine Gannett, director of the Palomar library, said that she hadn't had a chance to look at the program yet, but would like to subscribe and have it installed in the library.

The program is meant to eliminate the hassle of research where the best information is either available only in print form, available to only a limited number of people with supreme library access, or becomes quickly "checked:out".

The collection of information available

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New research tool for college students, Questia, debued on the Internet Jan. 22.

at questia.com has been built up by a team of professional librarians using traditional library information collection methods to create a proper representation of all major humanities and social sciences.

Topic areas available for research include religious studies, literature, history, philosophy, psychology, and over 25 more.

Students wishing to use this program

may search the service's entire collection for free, but in order to read full-textbooks or use the research and writing tools a subscription fee is required.

However, the full benefits of the program may only be used when the student pays the fee, which may be hard for some students to afford.

It is also only available via the Internet.

Another downfall, students without Web access may not be able to use it at all.

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Comets clinch conference title Women's basketball snatches Pacific Coast Conference title

their skills and create Mesa to foul Comet guard Morgan Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick locked up the game when she swished her foul shots for the 64-61 victory.

Palomar was led by center Oni Mauga who had 19 points and seven rebounds. Black Eric· Jones and Kelli Davis added 14 points and six assists, while Malia The Telescope Alteri and Jamie Bence both pulled down eight rebounds.

Palomar College women's basketball team "I'm really proud of the team," said won its first Pacific Coast Conference title Palomar forward Malia Alteri. "We came out since 1976, when the Comets beat a lot stronger in the second half, I was really Cuyamaca 75-61 earlier this month. pleased how we mixed things up and it made The Comets got off to a shaky 8-8 start a turnaround for us." against non-conference opponents, but the "Everybody went out there and stepped it club rallied and went 7-1 in conference play. up towards the end of the game," said The Comets only conference loss this seaKirkpatrick. ''The stronger team pulled ahead son was to Imperial Valley College. when it mattered."

"We needed a win and we did what we On Valentine's Day, Palomar played its needed to do," said Head Coach Sherry final home game against Grossmont.

Titus. "I'm excited for them and I think the What should have been a sure win, turned team is coming togethout to be a struggling er. We have to keep heartbreaker for the that intensity and keep Comets. playing as a team."

"Grossmont is near Along with winning the bottom of the conthe conference title, ference, so they have Titus won "Coach of nothing to lose. They the year" for the PCC. are going to give us a Co-player of the year good game..

We award went to Comets already know we own point guard, Lika can't overlook any Black. team because when Sherry 1itus Palomar won its we do, that's when Women's Basketball Coaeh sixth conference game we lose," Black said. of the season with a Before the game, 64-61 come from the Comets were prebehind victory against cise, on target, and San Diego Mesa College on Feb. 7. over confident. They nearly missed out on "It was a very big win for us," said Comets clinching the PCC title with the 58-51 loss to point guard Lika Black .. "Mesa is a great Grossmont. team and it was good the way we all pulled The Comets defense was sluggish and the together and got the win in the end when it offense was flat. They did have some powermattered." ful moments when the defense double San Diego Mesa took control early in the teamed the post players and started to gain first half of the game with a fast paced control only to lose it again when Black got tempo. The Comets trailed more than 10 injured and was pulled from the game with points with over two minutes left in the half. three minutes and 40 seconds remaining.

Palomar battled back to cut the Olympians "It was a close game for both teams. The lead, 33-29 going into half-time. success of the team is the whole team," said The second half of the game started off Titus. "Every player counts, it hurts when just like the first. The Olympians pressured one falls."

Palomar and forced turnovers and converted them into quick points. With only 11 minutes remaining in the second half, Mesa led the Comets 54-44.

After a time out called by Titus, Mesa seemed frustrated with 27 seconds left in the game. Palomar and Mesa were tied with 61 points when Palomar decided .to advance

"It was a close game for both teams. The success of the team is the whole team."

Pacific Coast Conference co-player of the year, Lika Black struts her stuff and pivots past a fouling Grossmont Griffin last Wednesday, Feb. 14 in the Dome.

Final Score 75-61

Men's basketball takes one on the chin from City College Palomar loses final home · game, 68-61 Mark Beerman The Telescope

The Palomar College men's basketball team went out with a whimper in its regular season finale against San Diego City College.

The Comets tried to use their game plan of a full court press to slow down San Diego City College, but it didn't work as they fell 68-6lto their division foe.

The problem for the Comets was getting the ball in the hoop. Palomar was held to a 34.2 percent from the field and 25 percent from the threepoint range.

San Diego City College dominated with its height inside the key during the first half despite Palomar winning the rebounding war 40-33.

The Comets threw up numerous three-point shots, but never got on track offensively.

San Diego City College used a half-court game and better shot

selection.

"We have to play regardless of what size their guys are and we still have to step up and play," said head coach Virgil Watson.

Palomar loss was the play by freshman guard Reggie Hannon. Coming in off the bench early in the first half, Harmon helped the Comets with 19 points, four assists and three steals.

"We didT h e n't play up to Comets our potential. also added some salt We came out and played to their timid all wounds game long by being and when we assessed two techfmally figured out we nical fouls, Reggie Harmon could play one at the Freshman guard with them, it end of the was too late," first half Harmon and one said. mid-way through the second half.

"We weren't looking to our big After the game Coach Watson dismen because all season long they cussed his thoughts on the two technical fouls. "No, no, no, that was our haven't been producing for us so, we went away from them," Harmon said. guys playing hard and that wasn't the Harmon also spoke about one issue of the game. If it was a two, four, or five point game but that wasissue that kept Palomar from winning the game. "We didn t have any intenn't the issue. We just didn't play the way we were capable of playing," sity and if we carne out with intensity we would win the game," Harmon Watson said.

One of the only bright spots in the said.

"We weren't looking to our big men because all season they .haven't been producing for us, so we went away from them."

Ryan Meier, shoots and scores three of nine for a total of 10 points.