The Telescope 54.22

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Monday, May 7, 2001- Palomar College- Volume 54 , Number 22

Crowded college

Pitching perfect

Express yourself

In 14 years Palomar expects major population growth.

Michelle Martinez continues her winning streak.

With hair dye, tattoos and piercings individuality runs wild.

News, page 1v

Sports,

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Vibrant colors shimmer at the Boehm

Focus,

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Few students vote in election Stephen Keller The Telescope

In one of the lowest voter turn outs in the last decade, 129 students voted in the Associated Student Government elections April 24 and 25 , ultimately electing Sean Weimer as the new ASG President. Weimer, who was the previ ous Vice President of State Affairs, defeated Zeb Navarro 81-41. In the only other contested race, Rebecca Faubus, former Vice President of Inter Club Council, defeated Ben Allen for Vice

President of State affairs 93-27. The thFee senatorial candidates that ran unopposed were all elected. The candidates themselves were unclear as to why the turn out was so low this year. However, most seemed to agree that a lack of any controversial issues among the candidates was the biggest factor. Faubus said there were probably a variety of reasons why people didn't vote. She cited the lack of hot topics and negative press about ASG as the see ASG, page 1.6

Forensics regains title at national competition Donna-Williams The Telescope

The Scibilia famUy, (from left to right} John, Ashley, Jane and Laura view artwork at the Boehm Gallery Student Art Show. AshleY is an art major at Palomar College, The student art exhibit runs th_rough M ay 10 . See The TeleScope's review on page 14.

Chinese debate team a success Julie Devany The Telescope

A Chinese debate team from Shaanxi Normal University was invited to debate in Southern California. In an exhibition debate April 25 at Palomar, the Chinese teain and Palomar's debate team took on the topic: Globalization: does it do more harm than good? Cultural exchange was the main purpose of the debate tour. However the Chinese teamed up with the Americans to compete at the Novice Championships at Saddleback

College last Sunday. The Chinese students' main area of study is English Literature and Language and really want the American debate practice. For many of the visiting debaters and their coaches it was their first time in America. The Chinese undergraduates will debate on six campuses during their stay here from Aptil 23 -May 4. The Chinese team consists of two coaches and four debaters. One of the coaches, Qinling Zhao, who goes by Helen said, " I feel at

Matthew McGuire

Finals are a vicious cycle. You have to study to pass. If you pass you enroll for another semester. A new semester brings new finals. You have to study to pass. Finals are a vicious cycle. With finals week looming like a clock tower, the next few weeks have the potential of getting pretty stressful, just ask your blood pressure. While colleges of yesteryear might have taken the gritty attitude of "tough it out," many institutions are now helping students out with counseling and courses to help manage

Sean J. O'Connor Th e Telescope

see Chinese, page 4

and reduce stress. William Prescott, associate director at UCLA student psychological services, runs short three-session workshops at the university's stress clinic and said he sees an increase in student stress between midterms and fmals. "Students face a fair amount of stress that probably hits about midterms," Prescott said. "But given the amount of workload that students face there's quite a bit of pressure all quarter long." To reduce stress levels, the UCLA stress clinic teaches students different relaxation techniques and how a stusee Finals, page 4

see Forensics, page 4

Presidential search wraps up with three female finalists

Final answer: students should take relaxed approach to testing . TMSCampus

Palomar 's Speech and Debate Team placed as one of the top 10 community college teams in the country. The team placed tenth in the individual events sweepstakes category out of over 70 schools at the Phi Rio Pi National Speech Team Tournament in

Jackson.\:ille, Fla 1\pril 27 . The individual events sweepstakes category makes up most of the competition not including speeches with a debate partner. "The accomplishment was particularly satisfying because nearly 80 percent of the national squad came on the team in the spring semester," said Marc

Sherrill Amador

Now, it is a waiting game. The three final candidates for superintendent/president faced their last hurdle in an open forum in the Howard Brubeck Theatre. Members from all parts of the Palomar College community asked each of them questions in a free-for-all session the week of April 23 . Many of the questions to the candidates centered on service learning, academic freedom, hiring of adjunct fac ulty, bargaining principles, the library, accessibility to the president, expanding enrollment, cultural diversity and the principles behind the learning college. The three finalists are all women. The next step is for the governing board to visit one or more of the colleges of these candidates. The governing board will then meet and decide ori the final can-

didate. A decision is expected within the next two weeks. "The search committee did an outstanding job. We have three excellent candidates," said Dr. Jack Randall, Palomar's interim superintendent/president. The three final candidates were Dr. Mary Retterer, Dr. Ann Foxworthy and Dr. Sherrill Amador. Retterer has been the president of Pima Community College East Campus, Tucson, Ariz. for three years. Foxworthy, has been the superintendent/president of Allan Hancock Joint Community College District, ¡ Santa Maria, Calif. for nine years. Amador has been president of Cuyamaca Coll ege, El Cajon, Calif. for seven years. Each candidate was allotted one hour and each Jed off with a 10 minute statement. Randall acted as moderator and read the questions. At the end of the hour, each candidate took five minutes to make final comments. In her presentation, Retterer told the story of a young woman who was told she was "not college material." She felt she couldn't succeed see Search, page 1.6


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