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Monday, March 5,

2001- Palomar College- Volume 54, Number 16

Real diversity

God vs. science

Good strokes

Individuality is what true diversity is all about.

What answers does science give to age-old questions?

Swim teams finish strong at South of Border Relays.

Opinion, page 4

Entertainment, page 5

Sports, page 7

Palomar gets large technology grant Sean J. O'Connor The Telescope

. Palomar College has recently been awarded $11.5 million over a five year period for developing e-conferencing programs for California's 107 community colleges.

This grant will enable Palomar to expand and develop the quality of its distant education programs in conjunction with California Community College Satellite Network or CCCSAT. "This is a big plus in the telecommunications age. We are definitely delighted to be designated for this award. It is tremendous credit to Sherry Hargraves and the

Educational-Television Department," said E stands for "electronic," just as it does William Flynn, dean of community learning in e-mail. Participants in the conference or class can interact with the speaker or resources.

Hargraves is the manager of the Ed-TV with other participants in the conference.

Department.

Any number of participants can be E-conferencing will allow for ((We are definitely delighted involved in e-conmore interaction ferences regardless in Palomar's dis- to be designated for this of geography.

People can look at tant education award." the same Powerprograms -William Flynn, dean of Point slide-lecture between professors and students. community learning resources and interact, even though they hunConferences dreds of miles away. which are now held in hotels or at sites away from the college can now be held It can help college personnel cut for a group, alone or individually. down on trips and time away from cam-

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pus. They won't have to book as many airline flights, or re-arrange schedules at the home campus or go to the expense of paying for hotel rooms .

Hargraves said Palomar College recently had an e-conference with 60 people and nobody had to go anywhere.

Eventually, all107 community colleges will have receive sites." Thus far, only 60 colleges have them installed.

Having receive sites does not mean the colleges are a passive recipients. These colleges will also be able to initiate conferences.

Palomar looks for best full-time instructors Julie Devaney The Telescope

Jessica Gremett aad lim Passalacqua, sophomores on the Palomar Cheerleading Squad, perform~ ~" The team won fourth place in the United Cheerleading Association Nationals in Orlando, F1L in January. lhe squad won first place in the USA National$ in Las Vegas, Nev. in February.

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Palomar is in the process of recruiting for 36 full-time faculty positions with starting dates of fall 2001.

This large recruitment is due to Palomar receiving more than $1 million in funding from the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges System and Chancellor's Office.

Seventeen of the positions are for new faculty and the rest are to replace faculty who have retired or taken positions elsewhere.

"We are working toward a fiveyear goal to increase our ratio to 75/25 percent for full-time faculty, That is the reason why we are hiring so many this year," said President of the Faculty Senate Christine Barkley.

This means 75 percent of the instructors at Palomar would be teaching full time and 25 percent would be part-time.

"This is the first new money that community colleges have received in 15 years," Barkley said.

Palomar has received funds fro111 Partnership for Excellence for the last three years. PFE has set goals for California community colleges, one of which is to improve the ratio of full-time to part-time instructors.

Palomar needs to hire 21 new full time faculty every year for 5 years to reach its goal.

This is in addition to replacing any teachers who retire each year, Barkley said.

"With 75 percent of classes offered being taught by full-time faculty, it makes for more accessibility for students, and I think a higher student success rate," Barkley said.

She said Palomar also wants to be competitive with pay raises.

"We would like to attract new faculty as well as reward existing faculty because they de erve it," Barkley said.

Barkley said this is the third year of a seven-year plan since the governor of California has allocated these funds. One of the concerns for next year's funding is that Governor Gray Davis will not continue to allocate funding to the California Community Colleges System as promised in this seven-year plan because of the energy crisis.

Barkley said the college system may not be making enough progress in the governor's eyes.

"That kind of change requires a little planning," Barkley said.

She pointed out that it has only

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University of California takes another look at SAT Becky Bartindale TMSCampus

SAN JOSE, Calif.- In a move bound to reverberate across the country, University of California President Richard Atkinson is urging the system to drop the controversial SAT I test as a condition of admission to the university and replace it with tests that better measure what students have learned in high school.

Atkinson's proposal would make the 180,000-student University of California the first

large system in the nation to reject the test that long has been seen as the key to the nation's most prestigious colleges. UC is now one of the biggest users of the SAT exams.

Scores of small, liberal arts schools have dropped the SAT as an admission requirement in recent years but ambitious high school seniors continue to pin their hopes for a big-name school on a high score on the college entrance exam. Any large-scale rejection of the test would be a blow t<l'the multimillion dollar

test preparation industry that has grown up around the country's preoccupation with the test.

Atkinson had planned to unveil his proposal Sunday in a speech at the annual meeting of the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C. but word leaked out Friday.

"These changes will help all students, especially low-income and minority students, determine their own educational destinies," he says in the text of his speech, released Friday.

Atkinson's proposal comes in a

year when regents are expected to reconsider their 1995 ban on the use of affirmative action in employment and admissions~ The university saw minority applications plunge after the ban, which was reinforced by voter-approved Proposition 209 in 1996. It has struggled since then to fmd a legal admission strategy to draw more Latino and black students to the elite system.

This is the second time faculty have been asked to consider dropping SAT I as a requirement.

The earlier effort never reached

the Board of Regents.

The president also has asked the UC system's Academic Senate to consider replacing the "narrowly defined quantitative formulas" based in part on SAT scores now used to admit most students with a more comprehensive, "fairer" admissions system that considers all of a student's accomplishments. Eventually such a proposed change would have to be approved by the regents. If it were accepted, the change probably could not be put into place before the fall of 2003.

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Cam us Beat Help available for job searching

IMAX has events for spring break

Don't have a job? No need to worry, the Cqr-eer Center can help. As of February 14 you can walk in between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesday and get almost any job or career related question answered, learn some exciting new job search techniques, and even get help on your resume.

On Thursdays as of February 23, between 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. there will be free resume writing workshops where students can learn how to write an effective resume. You must sign up in the Career Center.

On May 9 there will be a community job fair on campus. Over 60 employers will be on campus.

This will be a good time to research companies, learn about them, and what they want from you as an employee.

Looking for something to do this spring break? Why not head on down to the Rueben H. Fleet Science Center, and check out something in the IMAX Dome Theater.

Some of the films showing in March are: "Mission to MIR," American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts join forces 200 miles above earth to link the space shuttle with MIR. Witness amazing footage and breathtaking live action shots.

"Wolves." Discover the world of wolves through time by plane, helicopter and on foot.

Meet the pack and find out what really goes on in the wolves' world.

"Wild California." Journey to the states most exotic places on a thrilling, cinematic expedition. • See how California's beauty and majesty help inspire its unique culture and adventuresome spirit.

For more information on times and prices call (619) 2381233, or visit the Web site at www.rhfleet.com.

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Travel tips south of the border

Brett Frost

With spring break a week away, and Mexico so close, the following are some tips for students who want to travel South of the border.

• Create a checklist of things to take with you, · including road maps, bottled water, sunscreen, rain gear and drivers license. o Leave your travel plans with a roommate, friend or family. o Keep emergency phone numbers with you.

• Leave most of your valuables at home. o Call overseas citizens services, (202) 647-5225, for consular information and travel warnings.

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Palon1ar's KKSM radio· gets awarded first place in state

Learn how to surf the Web

The Theater Guild has announced auditions for one act plays.

Play themes include comedy, melodrama and drama. All willing actors are welcome.

Auditions will be held in the Brubeck Theatre lobby March 19 at 1 p.m. and the 20 at 7:30p.m.

A free workshop will be held every Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the library for Internet research. The class will give an analysis of URL, and introduction to search statements for search engines and an anatomy of a typical Web page.

"It's a great opportunity to get information about the Internet and internet searching in a nonthreatening environment," said Katherine Gannett, library manager.

Workshop classes are held on the second floor of the library at the reference desk. A knowledgeable staff member will be available to advise and help students. The workshop is also open to members of the community.

For more information about the workshop, contact Carolyn Funes at ext. 2623 or the library at ext. 2616.

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KKSM General Manager Rob Branch and Phoenix Mackenzie, former promotions director and executive producer, accept the American Legion "Premier Radio" award on behalf of students.

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KKSM-AM 1320 "The Comet" Palomar's student run radio station received recognition for excellence in community relations. The American Legion has chosen the station as California's number one radio station.

The station started around 1942 as a beacon for navy ships, exchanged hands and formats through out the years and was finally donated to Palomar in 1996 by PAR, said Rob Branch, KKSM general manager. Its first broadcast as the station we know today commenced on April Fools Day, 1996, Making this its fifth year.

The station broadcasts in two frequencies on Cox Cable at 92.3, and on the AM dial at 1320.

The station has anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000 listeners in the North County area. They ' re serving up adult alternative Monday through Friday, and specialty shows on the weekends. They're cranking something out 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The American Legion is a veterans organization charted by Congress back in 1919. It is a self-supporting organization that does everything from educational grants to helping homeless vets.They

chose KKSM for the Premier Radio award because if the American Legion were a radio station they would want to be just like KKSM. The American Legion recognized former Sales Manager Joan Rubin, former Promotions Director and Executive Producer of Public Affairs Phoenix Mackenzie and Rich Clements, the current program director, for their outstanding relations with, not only The American Legion, but the community as well.

On behalf of the station Rob Branch, general manager, accepted this award on Tuesday, Feb.20, at the Veterans Memorial Building in Escondido.

"This award is going to let the students know that this is their radio station," Branch said. He hopes that it will help spark the interest in some students who have considered radio but didn' t know how good a station they have right here on campus.

This isn't the first time the station has been recognized for its efforts. Back in 1996 and 1997 the station won awards for being one of the top five college radio stations in the whole country.

So if anyone is interested in getting into radio or ·. just wants to check out California's number one radio station, feel free to stop by the studio located in building Q, or tune in to AM 1320.

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Speak Out! What do you \Nant to be \Nhen you gro\N up?

Andrew Duquette Computer Sciences

"I want to be a network technician. rv·e done it all my life, I might as well make money doing it."

Brandi Sullivan Psychology

"I want to do something in criminal psychology, it would be interesting to find out why people become crazy."

Ryenn Brock Undecided

Mirva Lempiainen Journalism

Alia Fakhry Graphic Design

"A fireman, because I want to fight fires."

"I want to. be a journalist, I love to write and to inform people of all kinds of interesting things."

"A reggae singer, because I love music."

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Stephanie Zimmerman, secretary to CCCSAT at Palomar, said she participated in the first e-conference in her office. She looked at the Power Point lecture on her computer. She said she could also interact with other participants. She said

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been three years and funding is supposed to continue for a total of seven years.

"We have tried to come up with programs to increase transfer rates as well," Barkley said.

She said last year there several positions were not filled because of a lack of diversity in the applicant pool.

"We would have liked to have filled those positions," she said.

An example of some of the positions offered for fall semes-

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3 the-art television studio. It has been a pioneer in distance education through satellite television and telecourses on and off campus and made pre-recorded tapes for live cable television. The Educational-TV Department has won many awards for its productions.

Palomar became the only community college to have a public access channel Dec. 15, 2000.

eventually it will mean a lot for faculty and student interaction.

Participants can use e-conferencing by using computer modems, telephone lines or satellites or a combination of these. Palomar College has all of these components, Zimmerman said.

Two years ago, Palomar received a grant for $8.5 million to develop satellite systems to

connect with all California community colleges. The college established the CCCSAT for distance learning.

Combined with e-conferencing and the CCCSAT network, Palomar received $20 million in grants for CCCSAT distant learning and e-conferencing.

Darrell McMullen, governing board member, said he thought the e-conferencing

grant was fantastic.

Eventually, all107 community colleges will be able to transmit courses to any place in California. Ultimately, California community colleges would like to be a major player in attracting students all over the world.

Palomar has pioneered educational technology for the past 25 years.

The college has a state-of

ter are American Indian Studies, Graphic Communications, Tr a des/Industry Cabinet/Furniture Technology, Life Science-Bio Tech, and PE/Coach.

"Recruitment went out nationwide and closed Jan. 31 ," said Donna Baughn, director of human resources .

"We look to see if the pool is diverse according to Palomar standards," Baughn said.

Twenty three of the positions werit back out and the recruitment was extended to March 7 to improve the diversity of the pool, Baughn said.

"We have international expo-

sure due to being posted on various Web sites such as "The Chronicle of Higher Education.com" and "Higher Ed job.com." as well as other sites," Baughn said.

Applicants were also able to download the entire application packet from the Web. "We definitely strive toward optimum customer service," Baughn said.

Palomar is now using a new applicant tracking database program that allows human resources to log applications as they arrive, as well as to run statistical analysis to check diversity and other criteria.

"We are able to respond to the which were set up ahead of time.

"We follow the spirit of applicants and acknowledge their applications automatically Affirmative Action to provide the most diverse faculty and staff through this new program," possible to best serve the commuBaughn said.

"It has really increased our nity," Baughn said.

The committees will begin turnaround time in deciding which recruitments · needed to be interviews mid-March. The goal is to take successful candidates' extended," she said.

"We are in the process of names by May or early June to the governing board for acceptance, reviewing some of the applicants to make sure they have Baughn said.

Lack of space is a concern for met minimum qualifications."

Palomar as a whole as well as Baughn said.

She said to date Palomar has office space for the new teachers. slightly over 1,000 applications "That's a challenge that we are for the 36 positions. "Its a lot of - working on right now," said Diane Michael, assistant superinpaperwork," she said.

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Class gives students new spin on comics Fleener's guest lecture on March 8th at 12:30.

Although Versaci will not be handling English 270 in the winter semester, he plans to teach about comics next spring.

Hopefully, the existence of the class will help persuade nonbelievers in the genre that comics are indeed a form of literature.

As Sarah Marcotte, a MiraCosta College student who comes to Palomar specifically for the class, said, "It's ridiculous that most of this work is largely ignored. The fact that these books are illustrated in a different style than most is no reason for them to be overlooked by serious readers.

"Things like surrealist painting and jazz music were not viewed as art when they first formed - hopefully, graphic fiction will one day be looked at with the same respect that those art forms receive now."

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When comic books are mentioned, the images that spring into most minds are hardly synonymous with literature.

Superman dueling with Lex Luthor is not really a plot which would impress Poe or Shakespeare.

However, this semester's "Comic Books As Literature" course just may give the average student a glimpse of some more intelligent, adult-oriented comics outside of the more famous superhero mold.

With books focusing on subjects from the Holocaust to the HisJ?anic subculture, the class disproves the stereotype that comics are just "fun for kids."

The class instructor, English teacher Rocco Versaci, described comics as "a form of art and storytelling that doesn't get a lot of respect. People always seem surprised when I give them a story dealing with a mature theme."

Of course, simply dealing with a mature theme means nothing if the writing is of poor quality, but Versaci 's choices are all complex and intelligent examples of illustrated literature.

From Catherine Doherty's "Can Of Worms," a semi-autobiographical story about a woman searching for her birth mother, to the collection of grim short stories in Adrian Tomine's "Sleepwalk," the works studied are convincing examples in the argument that the best modern writers work in the comics medium.

"I used a lot of my favorite books in this class,"said Versaci, "I like 'Maus' a lot."

As the only graphic novel to achieve literary recognition outside of comics fans, Art Spiegelman's "Maus" may seem like an obvious choice, but its gritty portrayal of the Holocaust with an Orwellian "animalization" of the characters makes it a logical choice as well.

The English 270 Popular Literature course focuses on a different type of writing each semester. Past courses include detective novels and the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. However, this is the first time the class has focused on the comics genre.

"The response was amazing," says Versaci,"I wasn't expecting that many students, but I even got a few who weren't familiar with the form."

Although the majority of the students in the class are fans

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Who have at least a moderate knowledge of the genre, a large percentage of them stumbled into the class by accident.

One of these students, Jeanette Krempin, admitted that she was "not sure what to expect. I always thought of comics as sort of a childhood hobby, but now I see them in a whole new light."

"Before (this class) I thought that comics were all about girls with big boobs and guys in tights," says Ken Maus, "but it's a whole lot more. It really is a legitimate art form."

Even some of the more experienced comics fans were not sure what to expect. "I got into this class because there was a picture of Bat Girl," said comics veteran Henrich Harbin, referring to the poster spread around campus to advertise the class, "so I thought there would be more superhero content."

In addition to in-depth class analysis of the art and dialogue in the books, the course features a series of guest speakers, including two of the authors being studied.

"Catherine Doherty ('Can Of Worms') and Mary Fleener were both very ~xcited about it," Versaci said of the authors, "but the male comic book artists tend to be a little more introverted.

Jaime (Hernandez, author of 'The Death Of Speedy' ) told me that he's very nervous, but still very interested in doing it."

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Opinion Ditch diversity, indulge your. individuality

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this era of diversity, mdividualism is lost. iversity is a gift, but it has been misused Donna as a disguise to promote Williams racism.

The idea of racism is touchy, worth constructing a picture of what it really means. Most people define racism as one race being considered inferior to another. That is too elementary.

Racism is the notion that a person is defined by their race, that they are not an individual but a product of an entire group.

Racism, then, is the opposite of individualism. White, black or red, small, medium or large, you are not respected for who you are. You are respected only for the group in which you happen to · have been placed.

Diversity is supposed to be the idea of recognizing individualism, instead it has permitted a sense of grouped segregation.

College students are encouraged to be diverse, but what exactly does that mean?

Does diversity mean we should all be treated as if we are the same, even though we are not? No, diversity means we should be looked at critically as different entities with different qualities.

Otherwise we would be promoting the exact thing we were trying · to avoid in the first place: racism.

It is difficult to understand how one can claim to promote difference when the main goal is to ignore it. ''Look at people ~ if they are just like you, but be sure to treat them as if they are not" is the message.

We have an abundance of diverse people in this world accompanied by a movement to exterminate diverse thought. To have one without the other is downright impossible. Why do we continue to try? Perhaps we push the issue for fear of not being "politically correct" or being labeled as racist We need to get rid of programs such as affirmative action so that individuals and their qualities are accounted for rather than qualities the group they come from may have had in the past, continue to have in the present, or might have in the future.

Let's leave race out of the picture and create a hypothetical situation.

The College of Perfect Uniformity you have recently applied to has for many years ignored all applicants under five feet tall. Of course those little applicants decide to sue for discrimination.

Publicly ridiculed and punished for their disgraceful policies, CPU decides to reform their admissions policies and make a positive change.

Applicants under five feet tall will be considered for acceptance on a preferential basis from now on. Sound rational? Well, yes.

Ah, no. Look deeper, beyond the surface of the situation, like diverse, fair and rational people should. Who has benefited from this policy? New, short applicants have benefited rather than the tiny victims of past discrimination.

In fact, the new little applicants have unfairly benefited from this new policy making more qualified applicants less likely to be accepted because they are tall.

Also, the tall people who took absolutely no part in discriminating against the short people in the first place are now suffering.

They too would like to attend CPU but have a slim chance.

By the way, what will keep the tall people from suing CPU for discrimination like the short people originally did? They have, in fact, been discriminated against in the exact same way the short people were.

The solution is obvious: just stop discriminating altogether.

Don't profile applicants on irrelevant factors; profile them on their qualifications. Diversity cannot and will not flourish and racism cannot and will not end until we teach the fundamentals of individuality.

When we are taught that we are rational human beings with minds of our own, we will truly understand the meaning of diversity and be treated as diverse individuals.

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

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Educators or brain washers? he most dangerous toxin of all may be in the classroom you sit in once a week. It isn't readily noticeable-you can't smell it, taste it or feel it. Although you can see and hear it, you might think it is innocuous. It is not. It doesn't cause long term physical disability like cancer or neuromuscular disease, but it is just as deadly. It doesn't cause a brain tumor, but its effects are similar. I'm talking about your professors.

I had to take the two requisite political science courses in order to earn a degree here at Palomar College. In Poly-Sci 101, my teacher consciously took a path that did not reveal his political beliefs. He encouraged us at the beginning of the semester to try and figure out what they were. I believe I did, but it took months of active listening and cobbling shards of clues together. A great exercise in critical thinking. Not so in the 102 course.

Beginning on the first night, the professor assaulted the class with enough political rhetoric to make Oliver North blush. It didn't stop there - in fact, it went on for the entire semester.

Fortunately for the class (many of my classmates privately told me so), my political bent is the opposite of the teacher's. After three weeks of a constant barrage, I could hold back no longer. I was so angry that without raising my hand I shouted, "Hold it, hold it, hold it!" I then proceeded to argue the other point of view for 20 minutes. These debates went on every week until the semester ended.

After a lot of thought, it became obvious to me that teachers have the ability to sway your thinking for the rest of your life. And it's not just about politics.

One of my teachers- spent a semester extolling the virtues of

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Macintosh over the Wintel computers. Sure I noticed, but I didn't do anything about it b!;x:ause I agreed with them. A staffer here at The Telescope didn't like some of the views of his astronomy teacher (a teacher I subsequently took), but didn't voice his opinion because he didn't want to put up a fight and/or chance losing a grade. The problem is, the voice of reason does not sit in every classroom.

You see, a teacher has carte blanche to say or do anything they want to. They have the ability to corrupt minds without anyone noticing or taking any action.

There are laws on the books to prevent builders from using toxic products to construct our schools - no asbestos, no CFC's, no lead paint. But not one law to prevent a teacher from using the front of a classroom for a bully pulpit, forcing them to reason both sides.

Believe me, the classroom is often the place where minds are corroded from the acid of a teacher with a hidden agenda.

These teachers view their position as one that gives them the power to sway a large number of college age students to their way of thinking. You may think that advertising hits a huge audience while these teachers reach only a few. Advertising has to touch a large audience because the message will only sway a small percentage of those exposed to it.

On the other hand, the teacher

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in front of a classroom gets their message out to only a few, but it is taught almost one-on-one. The message hits harder and goes deeper. So deep in fact, that this message may later get ingrained in the students' workplaces, friends and families. There is an antidote, but it is a hard pill to swallow.

Students on this campus and all across America have to question authority. That's right, you have to speak up in class. Don't let the teacher tell you one political party is better than the others. Don't let the teacher tell you one computer is better than the others. Don't let the teacher tell you the universe evolved, it wasn't created. And if you move to Kansas, don't let the teacher tell you the universe was created, it didn't evolve. Yes, there may be a cost involved.

To his credit, my poly-sci teacher announced to the class that my (and all) dissenting arguments were welcome and encouraged. At grade time he proved it by giving me the higher grade when my test scores put me right on the line.

I cannot guarantee your teacher will do the same thing. However, the students in your class are depending on you.

Yes, it will take extra time. You'll have to read the newspaper to keep your arguments current. You'll have to go to the library to research your arguments. You'll have to discuss both points of view with your friends to see if they can help with your point of view or poke holes in it.

Do teachers purposely take a side to get you to do this? I don't think so. But it will make you· a better thinker and arguer - skills that are highly prized in our society - and you just might sway a few or your classmates as well.

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Entertainment 'The Mexican' is spicy Roberts, Pitt deliver in new flick

Science or religion?

New book looks for age-old answers Sean J. O'Connor Th e Telescope

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A movie that ends just as well as it begins, "The Mexican'' is about an accursed gun that Jerry (Brad Pitt) is told to go find . His overreacting, and eccentric girlfriend Samantha (Julia Roberts) is the stereotypical woman: not accepting reality because of her own emotions.

Jerry is told that he must recover and recover the Mexican, or he will die.

Samantha just doesn ' t seem to understand this concept. They had made plans to move to Las Vegas and he had told her that his previous job was his last.

But circumstances changed, and she just thinks he is being selfish, and inconsiderate. She doesn't understand that if he goes to Vegas with her he will be killed, and if he does this last job he will live. So what good is he to her dead? Of course, wanting to stay alive, he goes to Mexico.

Being hard-headed, she goes to Vegas anyway. On the way there she is kidnapped by Leroy (James Galdofini, formerly of "The Sopranos") to make sure that Jerry brings the gun back.

She ends up befriending her kidnapper, and looks to him for comfort and consolation about

Julia Roberts plays a gun-slinging Samantha in "The Mexican."

her relationship with Jerry.

Inadvertently she also finds out some personal information about Leroy at\d their friendship takes an interesting, and unique twist.

Directed by Gore Verbinski and written by J.H. Wyman, "The Mexican" is a comedy/gangster film that keeps you wanting more, and actually gives it. It is another big hit for the production team at Dreamworks Pictures. It is rated "R" for language, violence, and some nudity, that I think was completely pointless. That is about the only thing I didn't like about the film.

I highly recommend this movie for anyone who likes or dislikes Brad Pitt. He does a great job. Julia Roberts plays

'The Mexican'

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the insane woman well, just as she did in ''My Best Friends Wedding," and "Runaway Bride." Don't take your kids, but go expecting to laugh, cry, and be shocked.

Rod Stewart p~oves lack of talent with latest release Ben Greenstein The Telescope

It's no big secret that, at this point in his career, Rod Stewart sucks. He has been doing so consistently for about 25 years.

On his most popular albums from the ·early 70's ("Every Picture Tells A Story" and "Gasoline Alley"), Stewart gave us his radio friendly brand of the "roots rock" sound which dominated the time period. Since then, however, he has attempted to imitate every single passing trend in rock music, from disco to alternative, with no success other than the occasional novelty h.i,t single.

We can only hope that the disco smash "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" was intended as a joke.

However, Stewart's new album "Human" shatters all expectations, even the lowest ones. Even his fans who stuck with him through the '80s will have to admit that it is an album beyond bad, almost too terrible for words.

The opening title track sounds exactly, note for note, like a rejected song from Britney Spear's second album. With a bouncy, teen music beat and generic female backup vocals, you would expect the lead singer to be another in the endless string of untalented exMickey Mouse Club girls. But when the main vocal comes on, it is the pathetic rasp of an untalented and hideous 50 plus year-old man. Rod's attempt to sound slinky is almost laughable - one can only imagine what kind of hilariously unsexy music video

would be made to accompany such a song.

The album's "hit single" (or so the cover claims - I, ve never heard it on the radio and don't ever expect to) is "I Can't Deny It," written by former New Radicals singer/songwriter Gregg Alexander. While the song is probably the catchiest number on the album, it's still almost unlistenable, sounding recycled from the far superior songs on the flrst and only New Radicals album.

The rest of the album is a Halloween grab bag full of bogus candy, with a few stale circus peanut marshmallows. The worst offenders are "Charlie Parker Loves Me" (confusingly titled, as the jazz legend Charlie Parker would have despised anyone willing to perform such a sappy, annoying ballad) and a duet with someone named "Helicopter Girl," who sounds like a cartoon voice actor attempting to cross over into a musical career. The only song with any sort of artistic merit is the Macy Gray-penned "Smitten," which is interesting enough to make me regret dismissing the new singer songwriter when she debut about a year ago.

The song's interesting chord changes and cool funky groove would mark it as a sure winner if it weren't sung by a raspy voiced, goofY looking senior citizen, that is.. I can only guess the Muppet-on-helium vocals of Gray herself would suit the song better.

Perhaps the most confusing thing about "Human" (besides the whopping number of people with

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funny voices working on it) is its intendeq audience. Who is Rod Stewart trying to please here? Is he hoping that naive teen listeners, having not heard his name before, will mistake him for a navel-baring female diva-in-training with a bad cold? Is he hoping that his old fans will be fooled into thinking that he is breaking new territory in progressive R&B? Is it possible that he actually likes this kind of music and is attempting to make an album that he actually enjoys? Ifhe is, then he has awful taste in music.

Huston Smith has written a new book, "Why Religion Matters." Smith, a retired professor from MIT and Berkeley, is the author of perhaps, the most widely_-read text on religion today, "The World's Religions. " The theme of his new book concerns the problems of religion and science.

His style is conversational.

His . outlook is international. I found myself struggling through some chapters, not once, not twice, but many times in an effort to get his point.

It is not an easy read.

When I finished, I felt I had learned much, but I'm not so sure just what..

More than once, I thought to myself this book could also be titled, "Why Religion Doesn't Matter." To believers, this may be an excellent book.

To non-believers, it may just confirm their original convictions.

He compares traditional religion with modern science.

The benefits of modern science and technology are there everywhere for all to see and - experience. The benefits of traditional religion are less visible, but they have provided us with a "worldview," a sense of the whole or the "big picture," something science does · not have.

And that is important. A feeling for the big picture gives people a sense of orientation and direction, a sense of being at home.

Smith uses the words "big picture" and "worldview" as substitutes for the word metaphysics, a word which means beyond the physical, beyond what we can see, feel and touch or the world of sense.

Science sees the big picture, the worldview, as mere words, meaningless speculations, contemptuously calling them "grand narratives."

Smith believes that myth is the language of religion. Many scientists see myth as hokum, fiction. I wish he had been more specific in explaining his points by applying what he meant by myth to different religions such as Judaism, Catholicism, Islam or Buddhism. What came across to me was too vague.

I must confess that the use of the word myth to express my core beliefs leaves me uncomfortable. Perhaps Smith does not emphasize as much as he could, the power of myth to . communicate truth and to provide guideposts to live by.

Religion involves deeply personal convictions and commitment. These elements seem to be lacking. He tends to homogenize differences What emerges is blandness.

Myths, says Smith, always have happy endings and are death defying. Not so with fairytales which talk about living happily ever after on this earth - marrying the prince, for example. For myth, it may be that the Messiah is coming or we finally will experience a

resurrection or that we experience the Buddhist Nirvana or the Hindu Atrnan. In the end, we triumph. Myth brings a sense of hope and meaning to our lives.

And science? There are no happy endings here, Smith writes. Death is death.

In literature, we are stumblebums, aimlessly walking around in a daze, much the same as the characters in "Waiting for Godot.''

Technology dazzles. It does not satisfy. We have a lot of toys. They amount to eye candy.

In contrast to the languag~ of religion, science uses the language of number or what can be measured, codified, weighed, put into formula and be the subject of controlled experiment.

All else is inconsequential.

In so stating, science, or scientism, has done away with questions of meaning, purpose, feeling, self or soul and destiny.

Smith wrote that we are living in two worlds, the world of sense and in the ideal world, the sacred and the profane.

He shows how religion has been shoved aside, boxed in, marginalized, proved ineffective by scientism, the media, the legal profession and higher education. Universities, once the centerpieces of the Protestant establishment, are now institutions of nonbelief.

In the second half of his book, Smith tries his hand at developing his own marriage of religion and science, using the physics of light as his main vehicle. He also uses several passages from the Bible which refer to light. He singles out three sciences for the road ahead, physics, biology and cognitive psychology.

His effort is modest, but any attempt at trying to bridge the gap between science and religion should be encouraged.

These questions aside, I do feel Smith has put the spotlight on significant problems of religion in our age. We cannot ignore or dodge such questions as origins, destiny, purpose, suffering and the afterlife for very long. Oliver Wendell Holmes said science gives us big answers to small questions.

Religion, however, gives us small answers to big questions.

Maybe so, but they are all important questions. And they are the reasons "Why Religion Matters" is an important book.

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Monday, March 5, 2001

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Clothes are very important. In fact, I might even go so far as to say they're almost as important as food, water and oxygen.

Clothes keep -us warm, keep us from being naked and, most importantly, they make a statement about ourselves. And the best place to flnd this statement, I've found, is at a thrift store.

My hope in writing this is to help you decide if thrift store shopping is for you.

What you wear cannot help but

portray who you are or what your personality is like.

We all remember the story "The Emperor's New Clothes."

This empty-headed ruler had no personality and no convictions or opinions when it carne to ruling.

These vices showed themselves through his new clothes, or rather his lack of clothes. So we can see the importance of choosing our clothes very carefully.

Where does one acquire this look, these clothes? Your best bet is to go with what you know, and what I know is thrift stbres.

'Why thrift stores?' you ask.

There are a lot of reasons. The most important, is that they are cheap - very cheap. I mean "25 cents for a shirt, $3 for a pair of jeans" cheap. Keep in mind now that the quality and condition are not always ideal, but who can honestly argue with $3 jeans?

The important thing is to buy the clothes that do not 'look' like they cost $3 or 75 cents. This takes some time and practice.

You'll have to spend plenty of time looking at all the stores repeatedly, sometimes several times a week, in order to flnd good clothes.

You also need to practice shopping with a careful eye, making sure that you don't lose judgment and buy some 1980s nightmare.

Anybody can wear new clothes from The Gap, the problem is that it's just not original.

Old clothes are coming back into style now, and the outfits we used to ridicule in photographs of our parents aren't starting to look so bad. Fortunately, thrift stores abound in these selections.

The 'thrift store' look is also becorp..ing big. The 'look' with the old sweaters, faded pants and t-shirts with slogans and

tial because it helps us break free from what is expected from us.

If we dress in khakis, then we're expected to act a certain way and keep a certain set of friends. If we dress in gothic fashion , we' re expected to act another way and keep another set of friends.

But if we dress in clothing with no social stigma attached to it, if we mix and match from different subcultures, then we are really allowed to make ourselves into whatever we want to be.

The beautiful thing about thrift shopping is that it doesn't just cater to people with my exact taste in clothes. Fans of all different fashions can usually find clothes to their liking for a

cheap, reasonable price.

At a community resource center, for example, one can locate anything from suave business suits to rare T-shirts, all for under $10. In my opinion, these are the best places to look for secondhand clothes.

With the wide range of different styles, just about everyone can flnd something to wear.

There are also plenty of independently owned shops, most of which specialize in more 'retro ' fashions.

Those, like me, who prefer original clothing, should look for these types of places.

The best of these is The Shake Rag in downtown San Diego, which specializes in vintage

clqthing from the '40s through the '70s. The store is virtually a museum of unique fashions .

The only problem is that, unlike smaller stores, the prices sometimes .run in the range of actual museum exhibits (to exaggerate slightly), but it's still a great place to visit, if only to look.

Every thrift store has a different blend of fashions, so it's really impossible to recommend one over another.

I can safely say that whoever you are and whatever type of clothing you prefer, there will be at least one thrift store that will appeal to you.

I know because there are a couple dozen of them that appeal to me.

logos of companies and events long gone.

It's the 'look' where you really just don't care how you look.

Take for example yours truly, who is• currently wearing what she slept in, or any other busy college student who suffers from an under-abundance of sleep and an over-abundance of homework.

I feel I should warn you, however, that the selection at thrift stores is oftentimes less than satisfactory. This is why one must visit a store repeatedly before finding some substantial clothing.

Consequently, thrift store shopping takes considerably more time than shopping at a department store.

But in the end, it is well worth the effort. Your clothes will be affordable and comfortable, and if you were patient and shopped with a discerning eye, your closet will be full of quality clothes that fit the look you want.

ltriii~IU~ Ben Greenstein The Telescope

For most people, thrift store shopping is an easy way to save money and stay fully clothed.

But for some of us, it's also a way of establishing an identity.

I made a decision awhile ago to avoid purchasing clothing in department stores whenever possible.

Part of the reason for this decision was the logical fact that I could fmd nice suits and shirts in thrift stores for a fraction of the price. But the main reason was much more personal.

I simply found more clothes in thrift stores that were unique.

For me, unique clothing is essen-

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thrift stores; otherwise check: the Yellow Pages®

• Disabled American Veterans Oceanside ···········-·· 760-439-5999 Chula VlSta ........ "··· 619-232-0141 • Googwill lndustri~s Escondido ............. 760-745..05(H Oceanside .............. 760-722-2874 • Salvation Army Vista ...................... 760-945· 7284 • Amvets .............. 800-795-8387 • Thrifty Thin&s · Vtsta _. .................... 76().,94()..9396

• Tried & True Resale Shot!

Oceanside .............. 760-757-3500 • Arc of San Diego San Marcos ........ -. 760-471-2670

Many thrift stores. ate non-profit so money spent goes to a goOd cause.

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Monday, March S, 2001

orts oast vs. West Coast Since the NCAA men's basketball tournament will be coming up in a few weeks, I thought this article would be appropriate given the nature of the subject I'm about to address.

I listen to sports radio and I hear fans call in and complain about the East Coast bias in the basketball polls. Everyone of these callers and some talk show hosts buy into the conspiracy theory that East Coast sports writers and coaches have a bias against West Coast schools.

This debate never ceases to end. It's always prevalent, especially now since the conference schedules are about to wind down in preparation for conference tournaments.

What I'm about to say may horrify some of you out there, but east coast bias doesn't exist!

Then where is this all coming from, you ask? The answer is that every school's ranking is a reflection of how good that team is doing.

Believe it or not, basketball is also played in the Midwest and southern regions of our country.

Do they not deserve to have equal representation?

West Coast basketball fans seem to think that the world should revolve around the Pacific-1 0 Conference for some reason. Yes, the PAC-10 does have Stanford, Arizona and UCLA. But where are all the other powerhouse schools in the West? Last I checked, Gonzaga wasn' t ranked while every other Mountain West team is battling just to post a decent record to get them into the NCAA Tournament.

But take a look at the polls.

North Carolina and Duke have set themselves apart from the rest of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but fellow ACC teams like Virginia, Maryland, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech have fought just as hard in seemingly the best conference in the nation.

Then you have huge battles going on in the Big Ten between Michigan State and Illinois, not just to see who'll get a numberone seed in their conference tournament, but also a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Adjust your compass and you'll also see that huge battles are taking place in the Big XII and Southeastern Conference just to see who'll have control of the divisions by season's end.

My point is that people here in the West need to start looking around and start to take notice that college basketball is being played throughout our nation.

A handful of sports writers and coaches in the East don't have total control of the polls. Every team gets a chance to prove themselves on a nightly basis to make a claim for themselves in the top 25 polls. · If all West Coast fans stopped thinking that the world was flat and revolved around the PAC-10, maybe we wouldn't have to mention any sort of bias.

But until the masses of disenfranchised West Coast fans finally see the light, we'll all be subject to the humiliation that these fans bring upon us.

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

Michael Bixler warms down after practicing. Bixler place third in the 100 yard back stroke with a time of 57.70 in South of The Borde.r Relays.

Swim team splashes into competition Eric Jones The Telescope

Palomar's men's diving team dove right into start the South of the Border relays held on campus February 23-24.

The Comet's Matt Rookus, who started off impressively right away in his events, finishing second in both the one meter and three meter diving events.

Both of Palomar's men's and women's swim teams finished strong in the final team standings. The men's team finished fourth, while the women's team finished third.

"Overall, most of my swimmers have improved times in their events," said Head Coach

women's team. She finished third in both the 100 yard backstroke and the 200 yard individual medley, which is a mixture of four different swim strokes.

- Jem McAdams In the team relay both of Swimming coach events, Palomar's teams did well.

Jem McAdams. "I am really The men's team came out on pleased with that." top in the 200 yard medley and During the individual events, in the 400 yard freestyle relays, Jared Downs of the men's team while finishing second in both was the star of the meet for the the 350 yard freestyle and the Comets. He finished firs.t in the 200 yard freestyle relays.

50 yard freestyle and was second Palomar's women came in in the 100 yard freestyle. Hilary first in the 350 yard backstroke Horman swam strong for the and finished second in both the

"We didn't do any special training for the meet, we have been training hard all season."

600 yard medley relay and 400 yard freestyle relay.

"We didn't do any special training for the meet, we have been training hard all season;" said McAdams. " I feel we were more focused and that showed. I was really pleased with our performance this weekend and with how hard everyone swam during the entire meet," said McAdams.

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Home Gan1e of the week Baseball March 10 Comets vs.

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orts Comets survive first round After knocking off Panthers, Comets fall in second round

Men's tennis se:rved up loss

Richardson Miron Special to The Telescope

The Palomar College women's basketball team worked wonders two weeks ago (Feb. 23) in the first round of the Southern California Regional playoffs.

The Comets rallied from a 17-point deficit to defeat visiting Chaffey 73-67, and advanced to the second round against No. 1 seed Ventura (28-4).

The Panthers led 43-26 at halftime and the end of Palomar's season seemed inevitable. But the upstart Comets came out blazing in the second half and wouldn't die.

"We didn't do anything differently in the second half than what got us here and what got us the Pacific Coast Conference championship," Comets Head Coach Sherry Titus said of her club that won its fust PCC title in the program's 25-year history.

"At halftime we just talked about coming out with intensity and raising our level of play. The girls did a great job of not getting intimidated and battling back in the second half."

The Comets were led by PCC Co-Player of the Year Lika Black, and her 13 points and 10 assists. The freshman point guard's infectious style of play invigorated Palomar's comeback.

"This team just believes in each other and we have all year," Black said.

"Tonight, we came together and didn't crumble. We knew we could play better than we were and we showed a lot of heart."

"Lika is an outstanding player. She provides the kind of consistent intensity that you hope every player has," Titus said.

"She fired the whole team up tonight.

She really is one of those great players who helps make everyone around her better.

Palomar got a huge lift from reserve forward Justeen Cook's back-to-back three pointers. The clutch shots cut Chaffey's lead to 47-45 with 13 minutes remaining.

'Those shots came at a point in the game when we really needed something," Titus said. "That was huge."

The Comets' first lead in the game came with 10:21 remaining when Black connected from about 10-feet out and was fouled in the act. Black hit the foul shot to complete the three-point play and the Comets never looked back after taking a 52-50 lead.

"They played real hard, so I give them all the credit," Chaffey head coach Chris 'Stephens said. "But we're beat up right now. We're tired and beat up. We had to start a kid who was hurt.

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Lika Black extends her reach for a jump shot as Holly Houchin blocks out the defense.

"I guess it just wasn't meant to be for us."

Chaffey (20-16) did have a chance to tie the game in the final 35 seconds, however.

Trailing 70-67, Panthers point guard Ebonie Marshall gathered the ball and streaked down the court for a one-on-two fast break.

Rather than slowing the tempo and setting up a potential three point attempt, the 5-foot-4 Marshall drove between two Comets' defenders in the paint.

The Comets' 5-foot-11 center Oni Mauga rejected Marshall's prayer and the loose ball was grabbed by Palomar's Morgan Kirkpatrick.

Mauga, an El Camino High alumna, led the Comets with 21 points and 13 rebounds.

"I think our attitude changed in the second half," Mauga said. "We didn't want this to be our last game, so we just stepped

up. We really wanted to go on to the second round."

The Comets got that chance last week (Feb. 27) when they traveled to Ventura.

Unfortunately for the Comets, the outcome wasn't as successful as the first round.

The PCC champions got knocked off by the Pirates 69-54.

Palomar was led by Mauga, who scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the loss. Black pitched in with 16 points with nine assists and five steals.

The Comets were unable to keep up with Ventura's powerful roster, as they trailed 33-22 at halftime.

It only got worse from there. The Pirates controlled the game the entire way.

The Comets were down by 12 points with two minutes to go, but couldn't get any closer against Ventura (27-4).

Palomar men's tennis team lost a heartbreaker Feb. 9 at home against nonconference rival Ventura College, falling 5-4 in a tight match up.

Going into the contest, Palomar won its match the day before, sweeping Orange Coast on the road 9-0.

The Comets No. 1 player Matt Copeland paced his way to an impres~ sive 6-4, 6-1 two-set victory over iVentura's Quae Ly. Palomar's No. 2 player Zac Markham played a long three setter against Rangga Temat. Markham won the first set 7-6 in a tiebreaker.

The second set wasn't much different, as both players exchanged games back and forth. Ventura's Temat broke through with the close 7-6 set, tying it up at one set each going into the deciding third set.

The start of the third set saw Palomar's Markham taking contrQl of the set early. He walked away with the 6-3 frnal.set and the outstanding hard fought victory 7-6, 6-7, 6-3.

The Ventura team took the 3-2 match lead when~s next three seeds won their matches. But Palomar wasn't going down easily. The Comets'. No. 6 player Kentaro Shimonishi battled against Ventura's Tim Brown. Brown won the first set 7-6 in a tiebreaker. But Shimonishi got fued up in the second set, winning 6-3. In the third and final set. Shimonishi dominated from the ftrst point and rolled away with the 6-0 set as well as the match 6-7, 6-3, 6-0.

Going into the doubles, the match was tied up at three games apiece. The No. 1 doubles team of Matt Copeland-Zac Markham gave the Comets the edge early on with the 8-3 victory over Ventura•s team of Quae Ly-Sean McCollough. Palomar was up 4-3 in the match, but Ventura was determined to win. Its No. 2 team of Pete QuinlonRegga :remat took on the Comet's team of Danny Canning-Daniel Kanaki. !Ventura took control early and never ·gave up, winning the match 8-4, Chris Worthington and Rocky Manzano started off quickly against the Palomar team of Phil Sutton-Kentro Shimonishi and they held tough throughout the match, walking away with the 8-5 set, giving Ventura the 5-4 match.

Remembering the Intimidator Heidi Clites-Uebelher The Telescope/Sports Editor

Dale Earnhardt, known as "The Intimidator," was buried in his birthplace_ of Kannapolis, N.C. in a private service at Calvary Church on Feb. 21, 2001.

Earnhardt, 49, was killed Sunday, Feb. 18 on the last tum of the last lap in the 43rd Daytona 500. After being tapped in the rear by Sterling Marlin's car as they sped around the last lap, Earnhardt slammed into the concrete wall and was instantly killed due to severe head and neck injuries.

"I definitely didn't do anything intentional. We were just racing our guts out," Marlin said.

"NASCAR has lost its greatest driver," said Bill France,

p.m. to an awaiting trauma team.

NASCAR chairman of the board.

Champions. He made 676 starts Earnhardt was pronounced dead Racing for third, his No. 3 in his career which began in at 5:16p.m. with his wife Teresa Richard Childress racing 1975.

Chevrolet was bumped into an by his side.

Earnhardt is Motorsports' Earnhardt was Daytona's leading money winner with uncontrollable spin· by Sterling career victorious leader and the Marlin's No. 40 Dodge on the 2.5$41,639,662 earned mile speedway just before the winner of the 1998 Daytona in his career.

500. His 34th victory came checkered flag. Earnhardt started " M y his 23rd Daytona 500 from sev- in 2000 on the same track heart is he died in the True Value hurting enth position. right Rescue workers immediately International Race of now. I responded and began CPR. w 0 u 1d According to Dr. rather be Bohannon who first any place responded to Earnhardt, t h i s he never showed any 's so signs of life at any time. painful,~' He was immeMichael Waltrip, who diately transportdrove a car ed to Halifax Medical Center at 4:54 by Photo IUustration by Karin Braun and Heidi Uebelhertrhe Telescope owned

Earnhardt and the race winner.

A disclosure that opened an investigation into what · really caused Earnhardt to die has found out that speculation leads to a faulty lap belt harness.

"The broken belt could have been a major cause of Earnhardt's death," said Dr. Bohannon. "No one knows for sure what would happened if that belt held, but he probably would not have made contact with the steering column."

He also had a broken ankle and eight broken riqs due to the accident. The frayed belt is a fust in racecar driving history. More investigations are pending along with the safety of the drivers.

Earnhardt will be remembered as a person that never gave up every time he raced. He will be missed by all of his fans.