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Colleges cope with growing enroll111ent

By Stephen Keller

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As a tidal wave of students hits California colleges and universities, planners and administrators are scrambling to use limited resources to prepare for the onslaught.

Over the next 10 years, California's colleges are expected to see an enrollment increase of about 36 percent, the highest since the baby boom during the 1960s.

"It's going be a major issue with the state. The state is not planning for it," said Palomar College President Sherrill Amador.

While California has been budgeting for three percent enrollment growth for its com-

munity colleges, actual growth has been at an average of more than four percent for the last three years.

"We're not getting the state funding we'd like," said Kirsten Macintyre, a spokeswoman for the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office.

The state gives colleges money based on how many stu-

dents attend the school.

However, if more students attend than were originally planned, school's do not receive additional funds.

Right now, more than half of the state's community college districts have more students than they were allotted money for, Macintyre said. This translates to roughly 27,000 students for which schools are not receiving money.

"Ultimately, it's all about money. We need to get more of that," Macintyre said.

Dubbed "Tidal Wave II," this jump in enrollment is being caused by the children of the baby boomers beginning college.

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Phra Yantra Amaro, head monk from the Buddhist Thai monastery in Escondido, leads Wayne Tourda's yoga class in meditation March 1. Anormal day for a monk in the system consists of meditation, followed by one meal a day at 11:30 a.m. and then more meditation.

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he students of Professor Wayne Tourda's yoga class were gathered before a table of six men clad in yellow robes.

In the silent room they sat cross-legged on mats atop the

classroom's wooden floor.

The men, Buddhist Thai monks from a monastery in Escondido, led the 45 students in meditation to clear their minds and bodies of any negative energy.

The head monk, Phra Yantra Amaro, told the men and women in front of him to "think of all

beings as friends and radiate loving kindness to all beings."

Meditation is an Eastern practice used to reduce stress and external or negative thoughts people accumulate throughout the day, Tourda said. "It also does something more important that we don't have in this society: it induces self discipline."

The monks originally trained in the jungles of Thailand where they meditated and lived austere lives with the barest necessities.

Usually the only possessions they have are an umbrella to sleep under and a bowl.

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The Palomar Community College District is not recognizing the amount of work its instructors do, said officials of Palomar's teachers union.

Speaking to members of the Palomar Faculty Federation Feb. 27, representatives of the union said they are not happy with the district's proposals regarding restructuring teacher workload. The union is currently in negotiations for a contract with the district.

"Many of our faculty work more than 40 hours a week and that needs to be recognized - the district's proposal needs to be reshaped," said PFF Co-president Mary Ann Drinan.

Workload is currently a big issue in negotiations. The PFF proposal asks that much of the current practice be maintained.

On average a full-time professor works 40 hours a week. The time is split into 15 hours for lecture, five hours for office time and 15 for preparation and evaluation which includes grading.

Another five hours is allotted for teachers to do other work for the institution like working with faculty senate, PFF Chief Negotiator Phillis Basile said.

However, full-time professors

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Berkeley sexuality class restored

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BERKELEY, Calif. - A UC Berkeley student-run course on male sexuality has resumed on a probationary basis after allegations of Xrated extracurricular activities led to its suspension last month.

The course has been reconstituted and will now involve more faculty oversight, university officials say. The administration also plans to appoint a committee to investigate the allegations, which include sexual activity during a party at a student instructor's home. Initial findings have led officials to characterize most as independent activities by some students enrolled in the class.

The one exception involves a few students who may have visited a strip club as part of their class project.

The controversy has led to criticism of the lack of faculty oversight of the 20-year-old program of student-run group study courses called Democratic Education at Cal or De-Cal. Courses range from ''The Grateful Dead" to "Aspects of S.o utheast Asian Cultures" and are offered for credit on a pass/fail basis. The administration will take part in a task force with the Academic Senate to review the program and will recommend any necessary changes by the end of the semester.

"What's particularly important here is that I believe that some De-Cal classes provided valuable and substantial academic experience for students," said Prof. Caren Kaplan, the women's studies professor who sponsored the male sexuality class. "It's really great the university is responding very responsibly and is working constructively with my department. There will be further oversight and further inquiry."

None of the alleged activities appeared on the syllabus Kaplan reviewed before the course began, she said.

Although De-Cal sponsors handle their courses differently, Kaplan said their role requires them to carefully review the class proposal, the syllabus and meet with student facilitators at the start of the semester. After that, she trusts the students to handle themselves responsibly.

Not all professors see value in the De-Cal program. Prof.

Jack Citrin doesn't believe students should earn credit for courses with little faculty oversight in subjects they could study on their own. Less than 2 percent of student credit hours at UC Berkeley are given for De-Cal courses. ''We have a world in which students . . . need to acquire knowledge, scientific and technical knowledge as well as knowledge of specific disciplines and cultures," he said.

"Those are the courses students should be taking."

Palomar students speak out on gender roles

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P alomar College is inviting student s t o share t heir views on gender r oles, u sing a combination of film , plays and discussions.

The SpeakOut pr ogr a m, in its second year, highlights the importance of li st ening t o today's youth on subject s of vital importance t o our society.

This year 's topic arose last spring when members of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance student club approached Jack Miyamoto, vice president of human resources and chairman of the diversity committee , about orgamzmg a SpeakOut around their experiences .

Miyamoto proposed the idea to the committee and they approved unanimously. The campus has been planning the gender identity theme since last November, when the Performing Arts Department produced William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," a comedy in which a woman disguised as a man falls in love with her male

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Monks do not even own their own stock of food. Instead villagers will bring them food.

A normal day for a monk in the system consists of meditation, one meal a day at 11:30 a.m. and more meditation. The monks gave up all of their possessions when they were ordained said Monk Phra Vuttichai.

They came to Escondido in 1997 to establish a monastery and to teach their religion and philosophy.

Tourda asked the monks to visit his class after hearing Amaro speak for Professor Jeff Moore's comparative religion class in February. Tourda felt the visit would be an appropriate addition to his class because the presence of the monks would bring "a better understanding of the philosophical and psychological aspect of the eastern arts," such as yoga and tai chi. There is more to yoga than just its physical aspect, Tourda said.

Tourda's purpose in teaching yoga is to give his students both a philosophical and physical lesson that will make them better people because he fears too many Americans are shallow and materialistic that focus more on perfected only one aspect of themselves. ''The problem with our society is that we usually are one of two things," Tourda said, "we are all jocks with the minds of a pea or are all academic and overweight."

Tourda, also a Zen Buddhist priest, teaches the life philosophy involved in yoga and Buddhism to his students, that humans should be involved in a constant quest for complete selfperfection. Self-perfection can only be obtained through selfdiscipline and self-control, Tourda said. "In Buddhism my . body is not split. If the goal truly

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Colin Simon and Erin McGathy star in "Baby with the Bathwater," a play about gender confusion that was part of SpeakOut.

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"SpeakOut uses Palomar's diverse resources to investigate a tension that divided our community. Our series of events will bring people from different perspectives together for stimulating art and real dialogue, " said Michael Mufson, SpeakOut organizer.

Mufson said he expects heterosexuals to speak out about why homosexuality seems

inappropriate to them. He also expects to hear from a range of religious perspectives on homosexuality, mostly against it.

The program continued with "Baby with the Bath water," a play that ran in early March. The play was about a man who was raised a woman.

Future events include a few movies as part of Palomar's

ongoing free film series and another play, "Bent," about Nazi Germany that contains an all-male cast. Discussions will take place after each performance .

Organizers hope the SpeakOut will bring together students of all ages and backgrounds to share their experiences, insights and opinions about homosexuality and gender diversity.

is for self-perfection than I have to work at perfecting both," Tourda said.

One art that focuses on bringing both aspects together is tai chi. One monk, Phra Choocheep demonstrated tai chi which is a form of moving meditation that emphasizes the body and mind.

He stepped in front of the group of students and quickly explained the art before beginning.

"Tai chi meditation is good for the practice of the physical and the mind. When (we) try to have mindfulness of every action and movement, this kind of practice can relax the physical and the mind at the same time," Choocheep said. The movements he made were like a slow deliberate dance, each movement calculated before it was made.

The difference between the physical meditations yoga and tai chi is yoga is a static meditation. Tai chi is more like a ballet, said Tourda.

The monk life is a life of celibacy and self-denial. To become a monk who lives within a monastic system one must take nearly 250 "precepts" which are much like a catholic priest oath of celibacy, it is a swearing off of defilements such as money, materialism, and sex.

Another precept is that one cannot think or speak ill of other beings, Tourda said. When people think negative thoughts they prevent themselves from finding inner peace by focusing on their external environment.

When Tourda became a Zen Buddhist priest he took only 50 precepts so he could teach and function in the non-secular world.

He is from a different order than the Thai monks. "Zen Buddhism is more rigorous, we meditate for six hours a day. I send most people to the (Thai) Buddhist temple because it is softer and more conducive to lay people," Tourda said.

Buddhism is more of a philo-

sophical understanding of life than a religion. " From the Buddhist perspective, we believe that all religions are right. It all comes down to what an individual person wants to believe. We are only against fundamentalism," Tourda said.

In the final analysis, self-discipline is necessary in a society where there is such an abundance of material goods, Tourda said. "We get confused with such a vast array of material and psychological things." Looking for

happiness is something that can only be found within oneself, Tourda said. ''This is the true basis of meditation."

Tourda tries to teach his class independence, self-reliance, selfconfidence, self-control self-discipline and moderation, so they will be better prepared to live their lives in a world that looks for happiness in possessions or other people. " The answer is truly within ourselves," Tourda said.

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Free Film Series: "Proof' [R] 6:30p.m., P-32 Concert Hour: "Polish Music Today" Marcin Niesiolowski 12:30 p .m., Room D-10

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Last day to drop with 'W" grade

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Last day to apply for Palomar scholarships

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Men's Volleyball: v. L.A. Pierce 7 p.m.

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Music Concert: "Irish Inspiration" Palomar Chorale 8 p.m.,Brubeck Theatre Also March 17,2 p.m ..

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St. Patrick's Day

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Baseball: Comets vs.

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Softball: Comets vs.

Imperial Valley 1 p.m.

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Swimming: Comets vs. Grossmont 2 p.m.

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Concert Hour: "Choral Music" Chamber Singers and David Chase 12:30 p.m., Room D-10

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Softball: Comets vs.

San Diego City 3 p .m.

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Swimming Comets vs. Riverside 2 p.m.

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Men's Volleyball: v. El Camino 7 p.m.

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Music Concert: Peter Gach & Friends

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The California Postsecondary Education Commission, a governmental agency that does college planning for the state, projects that the number of enrolled students in California's public colleges and universities 1s expected to swell from about 2 million in 1998 to 2.7 million in 2010.

"This will be the largest number of students, anywhere, at any time, in any state, seeking public college enrollment," wrote CPEC Executive Director Warren Fox, in a 1999 report.

Community colleges will see a lot of these students, as the nnmber of enrolled students is predicted to rise from about 1.4 million in 1998 to over 2 million by 2010.

issues when it comes to enroll- population trends, is expecting ment growth is the creation of an increase of about four pernew facilities. cent, or 12,000 students, every "We really do need to build year through 2010, said Clara more buildings," Macintyre Potes-Fellow, a spokeswoman said. for the CSU Chancellor's Currently Office. in the state "When legislature you THIS Will BE THE IARSEST 12,000 have is Assembly new NUMBER OF STUDENTS, Bill 16, students ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME, there is no which is supported IN ANY STATE, SEEKING PUBliC area of cam' by the ' pus life that COllEGE ENROllMENT." California is not - Warren Fox Community EIEtUTIVE DIRECTOR, CPEt imp aCt e d , " Colleges Potes-Fellow Chancellor's said.

Office and would put a bond on In dealing with the issue, the state ballot m the Potes-Fellow said, "The most November elections. important step is asking the Amador said if the bond state government for additionpasses, it would pay for the al funding."

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE planned math and sciences "You go to Sacramento and building on Palomar's San you lobby," Potes-Fellow said.

She said to be ready for the As part of Palomar's Marcos campus.

"That'll help us with science new students, the CSU system response to growing enrollment, Amador said the and math, but there are a needs to hire more professors Educational and Facilities whole lot of other curriculums and build more facilities.

The really difficult thing, she Master Planning Task Force is on campus," Amador said.

Part of the Master Plan is said, is that this enrollment analyzing how best to deal setting priorities for expanding growth comes at a time when with the new students.

The task force's findings will . current campuses and possibly California's economy is declining and the state is once again be incorporated into the col- adding new ones, Amador said.

Once these have been deter- in a deficit. lege's 20-year Educational The University of California Master Plan, which is expected mined, the school plans to put a bond on the local ballot in system is planning for a total to be finished in March 2003.

"We know we will grow," the March 2004 elections to increase of 43 percent by 2010, Amador said. The numbers help pay for the most pressing which translates to a total of 63,000 new students over the being looked at come from the needs. next decade. state and are based on San Hanan Eisenman, a Diego population statistics and A STATEWIDE PROBLEM for the UC spokesman high school graduations. The California's enrollment growth President's Office, said they are state's official projection is for only a two to three percent is not limited just to its commu- planning for the growth by nity colleges. "breaking it down into numbers." annual growth.

The California State He said about 38,000 of the "I think it is low," Amador University system, using numpredicted students have said.

One of the most expensive bers it determined based on always been planned for and

can be accommodated in the already existing infrastructure.

"Many of the UC campuses have room to grow," Eisenman said. He said some of the campuses, such as San Diego, Riverside and Irvine are relatively empty and can accommodate a high number of new students.

GOING '1.417 Eisenman said satellite campuses, such as the one recently acquired in Silicon Valley by UC Santa Cruz, will help take the load off older campuses.

"Of the remaining students, about 18,000 will be covered by our summer instructional programs," Eisenman said. He also said the number is "very aggressive" and that the system would likely be able to accommodate more students this way.

He said the system is going to a year-round schedule, which lets students complete classes during the summer.

As a result, students can get their degrees faster or use the time to take quarters off school.

Amador said that such measures probably couldn't help Palomar too much.

"The reality is that community colleges are year-round already," Amador said.

She said one possible solution is to expand Saturday classes and look into the possibility of classes on Sunday.

"I think community colleges are going to have to be 2417 ," Amador said.

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5: Planetarium: "The Cosmic Calendar" Formation and evolution of the universe Also shows April12

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Palomar Celebrates St. Patrick's Day The Palomar Chorale will toast St. Patrick's Day with an Irish Inspiration Concert on March 16 and 17. The concert will be presented at the Howard Brubeck Theatre Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2p.m.

Featured Irish folk songs include "Wearing ofthe Green" and "The Girl I Left Behind" as well as others arranged by Alice Parker.

Karen Elaine Bakunin, the featured viola soloist in "Flos Campi" by Vaughan Williams, has recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra and received a Grammy nomination in 1992. ''We are delighted that North County audiences have the opportunity to hear Ms. Bakunin play this beautiful Vaughan Williams piece," said Joe Stanford, conductor of the Palomar Chorale.

Tickets for the Irish Inspirational Concert are $10 for general admission, $8 for senior citizens and $6 for students.

For tickets and information, contact the Howard Brubeck Theatre box office at 760744-1150 extension 2453.

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Panel discusses female role in world affairs In celebration of Women's History Month the ·Palomar College Women's Studies

Committee will host a panel discussion on the roles of women in international affairs.

The discussion will be held in the Brubeck Theatre and the official topic is "From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table: Women's Involvement in the Peace Making Process."

The dialogue will go into some depth on the new roles women have assumed in international issues of war and peace.

"It's a gender issue," said Linda DudikLatulippe of the Women's Studies Committee. "Women will bring a different perspective to the peace making process."

Leading the discussion will be Dr. Dee Aker, director of WorldLink and assistant director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at USD. Joining Aker will be Genevieve Kyarimpa and Floran Walli who are also associated with the Kroc Institute. Kyarimpa is a scholar visiting USD from Uganda, while Walli is director for the Human Rights Clinic of Doctors of the World.

The event is March 15, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

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New club aims to help single parents In collaboration with Palomar College's Extended Opportunities Programs and Services Department, a new club has been formed to help out single parents.

Rita Sweeting, founder of the Single Parents Club, said she wants to "really put the single par~nt needs on the map."

Sweeting said the club will raise money

for a fund that will go to helping out single parents with financial needs. Sweeting, who is studying music at Palomar and is a single mother, said she learned about fund-raising when she started a theater in Belgium that helped out needy children.

The club will also be a way to provide a support group for single parents and the children of single parents, Sweeting said.

Membership is open to all students and dues are $5 per semester. Meeting times have not yet been scheduled.

For more information, contact Carol Naddi of EOPS at (760) 744-1150 ext.

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Planetarium show to explain universe's age The Palomar College planetarium is holding a new show, called Cosmic Calendar, that will run in April and May. The show is an attempt to demonstrate the vastness of the Universe's age, formation, and evolution up to the present time.

To illustrate this, the entire history of the universe is put into terms of one year.

In the show, the Big Bang starts on Jan. 1 and in the following months the rest of the universe is formed, as well as our galaxy and sun.

The show will play April 5 and 12 as well as May 3 and 10. For reservations call (760) 744-1150 ext. 2833 for.

Tickets are $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for kids of age 5-12.

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The modern plague that has, at first slowly and then with more frequency, descended upon movie entertainment, to the point that it's almost become a genre of its own, is the remake.

The most recent case in point is the new version of "The Time Machine."

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by George Pal, PEARCE, JEREMY IRONS this modern RATIO 'R' attempt to FOR MOR£ CLICK ON the update palomar.edu/telescope classic story of time travel follows the same idea behind Tim Burtons remake of "Planet of the Apes."

Take a classic movie from the past, utilize all that modern special effects technology has to offer, and rewrite the story so that it resembles the original but is more complicated and compliant to the Hollywood of today. While this movie isn't a total bastardization of the original work it is in a word, unfortunate.

This new version of "The Time Machine" is the story of Alexander Hartdegen, (Guy Pearce) a teacher, engineer, and inventor who becomes obsessed with time travel after his fiance is killed the night he proposes.

In an effort to change the past so that he can live out his life with the woman he loves he builds a time machine.

Finding that he is unable to alter history, he decides to look to the future for answers to his struggle.

However, mistakes are made and he finds himself 800,000 years into the future.

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In this movie events just hapattempt to highlight that this is a and the Morlocks.

The most interesting thing about totally separate telling of this story. pened, one after another and no The filmmakers even changed time was spent fleshing out characthis movie really takes place behind the scenes. This modern the names of all the main charac- ters. The whole point of the new remake was directed and co-writ- ters (in the original story, Wells, story, "why can't a person alter histen by Simon Wells, the great- the author, was the main charac- tory?" was ignored.

Although it is less than one ter). However the Eloi are still the grandson of H. G. Wells.

One would think he would take Eloi and the Morlocks are still the might expect I would recommend seeing it, especially those who are more care to preserve the story told Morlocks.

Filmmakers need to realize when fans of the original. This new reby his great-grandfather in this modern work. Alas this is not the taking on a project of this magni- make will, at the very least, make tude, or updating a classic, that you appreciate the original even case.

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What do you get when crazy people are allowed to raise children?

According to writer Christopher Durang in his hilarious play "Baby With The Bathwater," you get a Daisy.

Durang has a real knack for bringing forth comedy out of situa-

tions and issues that really aren't funny. Issues like neglect, abuse, infidelity, promiscuity, addiction, mental illness, and suicide. In fact, there are probably many who would find it all more shocking than amusing.

But those with the fortitude to stick it out to the end will find that above all, the moral of the story is

about accepting responsibility for such as windows and doors symbolized the gateways to the outside our lives.

Palomar's current production of world, that disassembled and "Baby With The Bathwater," direct- moved reflecting the insanity of ed by Dana Case, is the story of Daisy's home life.

Daisy (Armando Garcia III), the The musical interludes between child of a drug and alcohol abusing set changes were a little creepy father (Colin Simon) and a mother featuring twisted and demented versions of various lullawho is quite literally out bies and odd folk songs. of her mind (Erin McGathy).

Baby With The One can imagine this was the type of music The really interesting ;: Bathwater that Daisy was accusthing about Daisy is that she is a boy who has been tomed to.

(OUT OF FOUR STARS) Watching "Baby" is raised as a girl by com- A. STARRING ARMANDO like watching a 1950's pletely unfit parents.

GARCIA Ill, ERIN MCGATHY loony toon. Nothing is Most of the play travels what it seems, you're not through Daisy's upbringFOR MORE CLICK ON sure where it's all going, ing and emotional evolupalomar.edu/teles<ope and everyone's crazy. tion from frightened But for the adult in us, baby, to catatonic infant, to suicidal teen, and finally toward it has something very real to say the end of the second act, to a con- about the world we live in. Bad things happen, people aren't perfused and self-examining adult.

The interesting part about the fect, there is no medication to realplay's structure is that while it is ly make our lives better, and someabout Daisy, it's his mother and times the only real therapy is to father that are the main charac- accept responsibility for our actions and move on. ters.

This is all typical of Durang's While the entire cast pulled off a very enjoyable performance it was style of absurdist social satire seen McGathy who was truly the shin- through the goggles of black comeing star of this production. Her dy. The fortunate recognize the comedic timing was excellent, point Durang is making about the which is no small feat with self-medicating way people stumDurang's offbeat and often non ble through life, whether it be through drugs, therapy, or denial. sequitur dialogue.

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f you are placing bets on who will win best actor at this year's Academy Awards, put all your money on Russell Crowe or Sean Penn. Not because these two men are phenomenal actors, but because they both portray characters with mental illnesses.

Since 1988, when Dustin Hoffman won the golden statuette for playing an autistic savant in "Rain Man," the Academy has been honoring the work of actors in handicapped, mentally deranged or retarded roles. Crowe and Penn definitely fall into the retard genre Hollywood has come to love, Crowe playing schizophrenic mathematician John Nash in "A Beautiful Mind," and Penn as the mentally retarded Sam Dawson trying to gain custody of his daughter in "I Am Sam." Surely these two roles will beat out Will Smith as prizefighter Muhammed Ali, Denzel Washington as a corrupt cop in "Training Day" and "In The Bedroom's" Tom Williamson as a father dealing with his son's affair with an older woman. Exciting roles, to be sure, but they lack the Oscar-worthy attributes of human defects.

Of the 11 awards handed out since "Rain Man," more than half have gone to handicapped or mentally wanting roles, and the others are arguably leaning in that direction. In 1992, Al Pacino won for playing a blind man in "Scent of a Woman." Geoffrey Rush showed us the fall into a mental institution in 1996 as pianist David Helfgott in "Shine."

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Sean Penn as Sam Dawson in "I Am Sam," left, and Russell Crowe as John Nash in "A Beautiful Mind." Both actors are nominated for Oscars this year. plays an obsessive-compulsive author with the tact of a Tasmanian devil. (It's important to note that Nicholson's other Oscar was for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975.)

Nicolas Cage won for playing a definitely-unstable alcoholic who moves in with a hooker while he tries to drink himself to death in "Leaving Las Vegas" in 1995. And who will ever forget Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in 1994, the lowIQ Vietnam vet who wanders into every significant event to take place during his lifetime without even noticing.

The other winners since 1988 are either on their way to an institution, closely associated with handicap or chosen for political reasons because there were no handicapped or mentally retarded roles on the list. Daniel Day Lewis won for ''My Left Foot" in 1989 - he was not handicapped but the movie is about a spastic quadriplegic. Kevin Spacey won in 1999 for "American Beauty," in which he suffers a mid-life crisis.

Roberto Benigni won for "Life is Beautiful" in 1998, and after his acceptance speech one would wonder about his mental capacity. In 1993 it was Tom

Hanks for "Philadelphia" - this a political choice. Hanks plays a gay man with AIDS fighting to get his job back. Clearly one of those "insult my intelligence" films and with illness to boot! Crowe won last year for "Gladiator" - again, there were no handicapped roles in 2001, and many suggest he won because it was his due.

To be fair, the Oscars have always been predictable. In the '60s, the Academy honored musicals and comedies (i.e. "My Fair Lady" and "The Sound of Music"). In the '70s and early '80s we saw the rise of ordinary people doing outstanding things ("The Sting," "Rocky" and "Chariots of Fire").

The destinguishing feature of Oscar's latest formula is that it does not require outstanding performances. Contrary to what many think, it is much easier to play someone who is retarded than it is to portray real life. The roles are so over the top an actor would be hard pressed to get it wrong. I personally have an outstanding handicapped act that would be sure to win an Oscar - just ask my friends.

Not that all these actors can't act.

We've seen them in other films (Tom Hanks in "Saving Private Ryan," Al

Pacino in just about anything, Dustin Hoffman, again, in anything), and we know they have thesbian abilities. It just appears that Hollywood is pandering to our sick, voyeuristic need to watch handicapped folks try to make it through life.

Be honest with yourself, when you walk away from movies like "Forrest Gump" and "I Am Sam," have you truly identified with the characters? Did you feel what they feel? Please. You watched it because you are sick, twisted and fascinated with life's deformities. It's the same reason so many watch professional wrestling.

The trend couldn't be more clear, especially with "I Am Sam," a movie definitely made for an Oscar run. The real question is why Guy Pearce was snubbed for "Memento."

Of course, the Academy could decide it's time to change the formula and give an Oscar to Will Smith or Denzel Washington because it needs to prove its political correctness and award more black actors. But I'm placing my bets Crowe and Penn.

Chambers is the Focus Editor and can be reached at tom@rockmycar.com

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and starts. Just don't expect only consolation is telling his "sophisticated." priest-in-training brother "40 Days and 40 Nights."

Josh Hartnett, a beady-eyed (Adam Trese) all his troubles.

And one joke. twin to sensitive hunk Chris That fake-confession is But there are, it seems, infi- Klein, stars as Matt. where the boy has a nite variations on that one He's a San Francisco brainstorm.

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Perfect, Erica (Shannyn that poisons its few attempts Sossamon), who sorely tests at tenderness and romance.

Will Matt make it for 40 his resolve, even as she contributes to a most romantic days, or will he "make it"? How many times can Erica bite her buildup in sexual tension.

Michael Lehman, who has lip, adorably, before she injures had a wildly uneven career herself?

If you want to know the since 1989's "Heathers," finds the obvious laughs in Rob answers to these questions, Perez's script. He isn't as good and gaze upon more adorable at finding the heart. He reveals 20somethings than you can "the vow" to Erica too early to stand, in various stages of capitalize on the humor in hav- dress and undress (yes, there ing her fall for a guy who are full-fledged sex scenes), seems more sensitive and then this is the movie for you.

But I'd suggest you give up respectful than he really is.

The film doesn't give Matt any- horny 20somethings, or at thing like a learning curve. least movies about them, for The guy says he's figured this Lent. Surely by Easter another and that out about himself as oversexed youth picture will he dreams of droves of women come our way, one that aims just as low, titillates just as and seas of breasts.

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I enjoy the federal government. Mostly I enjoy the way it tries to lend a hand to people who need help. Let's face it, there are some things that are just better handled on a governmental scale. · That is why I am calling on George W. Bush and his highly skilled staff to initiate a program to get me a date.

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "Eric, that could cost billions of dollars!

Who is going to p"ick up the tab?"

But don't worry. The money is already there to start this groundbreaking program. I just read that President Bush is trying to get $100 million from Congress in an effort to encourage single mothers to get married.

Apparently he feels that bribery is the best way to get one segment of the population to behave the way he wants them to.

And I agree 100 percent. I think that if $100 million were thrown out into the dating market as an incentive for women to go out with me, I couldn't possibly lose. There might even be enough money left over for the program to help other needy single guys.

It hardly seems fair that single moms should get all the attention. They obviously have had no trouble finding dates. Why should they get the massive handout while millions of guys like me are sitting home alone many nights pondering new ways of telling our mothers that we are not seeing anyone "special"?

Single mothers must have a huge lobby to get George W. to request money I'm sure he would rather use to displace sand in Afghanistan, or fund a national anthrax defense initiative.

So, I'm calling on anyone who has not had a legitimate date in more than two months to e-mail the White House in support of a program I like to call EGAD - Eric Gets ADa~.

We must insist that if the government IS going to get involved in promoting a social agenda, it should at least try to help the people who really want help. Like me.

With $100 million invested in this program, the government can establish the Department of Getting Eric A Date, and President Bush can appoint a Secretary of Getting Eric A Date. I nominate George Clooney for the position.

Bush said his plans to help single mothers would involve states promoting marriage, and then reporting back to him on how well their suggestions are working. The same logic can be applied to getting me a date.

I can see billboards, a nationally televised ad campaign and a new convertible Maserati for me.

Perhaps legislation would be in order.

Sometimes if you can't persuade people to do what you think they ought to by bribery, then it is time to make their behavior illegal. And if that time comes, I will support whatever laws make it impossible for women to turn me down for a date.

And if an audacious governmental program can help one person, then it has succeeded - especially if that one person is me.

So I applaud the president for reaching out with his heart and the taxpayers' money to show Americans the path to a better lifestyle.

Because if he can help single mothers get married, then maybe in the not-too-distant future he can help single guys get dates.

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Another semester has started and once again, the parking lots are jammed. A decent spot is yet to be found.

I have attended Palomar for the three years and I've experienced the parking fiasco every semester. More cars amble in and fight to get that one elusive, good spot that is somewhat close to the class that starts in two minutes.

However, most often you won't get that space, no matter how early you try to get to the lots.

Unless you are there at 6 a.m., you'll end up having to park on Mission, and take the bus to your class.

Nevertheless, take comfort my fellow students, for I have come up with a solution in attempt to end the horror of parking in the Palomar lots.

It works the same way as most traditional concert venues are set up, in the way of seating arrangements.

No longer would Joe the student pay $27.50 to park in the very last space in lot nine.

So, sit down, grab something bolted to the ground, and give yourselves over to me, for just a few minutes, as I explain how this little system of mine works.

Basically, what would happen is that all the lots would be divided up into their own prices,

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and/or coordinating colored sections. There would be three sections per lot, and three corresponding price ranges.

The mezzanine section, the last rows, would be offered the low price of $16. Most likely they would be colored yellow, or another color that is not necessarily associated with a high monetary value.

YOU WOUlD SET TO PICK '' OIIE OF THE ClOSEST PARK/liS SPOTS TO YOUR ClASS.

The next section, the loge, or middle rows, would be offered at the affordable price of $21.

These spaces would be represented with most likely a blue place card; for being a good deal, but also because you could still get a good spot for your money.

However, the next section is where the real basis of my argument of a divided parking payment structure comes in.

How many times have you, my fellow students, paid for your parking permit, only to find that when you have a class, you

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might as well take the bus to school because you will be closer to your class. With my system, this wouldn't happen anymore.

For your hard-earned $27.50, you would get to pick one of the closest parking spots to your class. This section would be in red, just because it would look cool.

Overall, I could see how this system could make the lives of driving and parking students a little simpler to deal with.

However, some may say, ''Well, what if the cool red carded sections sell out?"

Well, that is something you, the students, would just have to deal with.

I would want to run the system the same way that Ticketmaster should run their business, first come first served.

So, if you are Joe the student, who decides to buy his parking permit on the day before classes begin, and the red ones are all sold out, that just goes to show that if you want the good stuff, you have to be there when it's being handed out.

This is simply my solution to a matter that has been plaguing my mind since I first became a student at Palomar.

It may sound like a crackpot idea, but I think it could work, and people would go along with it. Because, like communism in theory, my system works.

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Agroup of children !father outside the Ranch San Bosco orphanaffe in Tecate, Baja California. The orphans make ceramics which are sold b~ Palomar Colleffe's MeChA chapter to raise mone~ for the orphanaffe.

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deliver to the home. The orphanage shelters 30 children under age 14.

"Because it's my first term," said Club President Jose Jaimes, "I see it as only the beginning. I want to take MEChA as far as possible. I want everyone to know what MEChA is about."

In addition to its fund raising, MeCHA is planning a number of other activities this semester.

Jaimes belongs to the offcampus Target Youth Programs which also coordinate fund raising and clothing drives for orphanages.

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The Palomar College chapter of Movimento Estudantil Chicano de Aztlan has teamed with an orphanage in Mexico to raise money for orphaned children.

The children at the Rancho San Bosco youth home in Tecate, Baja California, make ceramic animal miniatures and vases which are sold by MEChA to raise money.

Plans are to sell ceramics regularly and to also collect donations of clothing and toys to

Dr. Luz Garzon, co-advisor, said, "Education is the number one priority for MEChA students. Retention is also a factor.

MEChA gives students a sense of belonging while in college.

Students also get help with homework, guidance and build leadership skills, as well as participate in service and activities."

Other MEChA activities and fund-raisers include a car wash March 9 at Del Taco in Vista.

Tamales and ceramics will be sold on campus-wide club day, March 13.

who teach lab classes must have 18 hours in the classroom to get same compensation as a lecturer. The PFF wants to change this practice by having lab hours be worth the same as lecture time, Basile said.

Another factor is that currently there are some labs that are paid full time for 15 hours, such as science classes. ''The district wants to make them work an 18 hour load because these classes are labs," Basille said.

The PFF does not agree with the proposed change, however negotiations are still under way, Basile said.

The district's chief negotiator, Richard Currier, said his proposal is based on what he has seen from other districts: 15 hours of class time or 18 hours oflab for full time faculty members. Many specific exceptions are made for librarians, nurses and other employees, Currier said.

The district's counter-proposal asked that teachers who teach lecture-labs, such as performing art and science professors, teach more hows to make the same money they get now, Basile said.

There are a lot of present workload inequities, Drinan said. For instance, performing

arts professors are already required to work 21 hours to get the equivalent of 15 hours in a regular academic course.

Many classes require a preparation time of two hours for every one in class, however the district says that all labs count as 2/3 of a regular class. This can be a problem for large labs, Drinan said.

Other problems regarding workload involve physical education teachers who, aside from regular classes, are responsible for getting students to and from games. They have had to get a special bus driving licenses so they can drive students after a full day of work and a game, and they really aren't compensated for this, Drinan said.

On Feb. 8, about nine people from faculty came to a negotiation session to discuss how workload affected them. These were Department chairs or other people interested in the issue.

The Feb. 8 meeting provided interesting information, Currier said. "We are still reviewing what they had to say."

Other issues being discussed include salary, benefits and working conditions.

The negotiations process is still in its early stages, Basile said. ''Negotiating a first contract can take a long, long time," Basile said. By mid-March she hopes to see where both sides stand on the issues.

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The Comets season ended with a The Lady Comets were elimi81-63 loss to San Bernardino Valley nated from the state playoffs in the second round of the Southern with a 58-53 loss at the hands of California Regional Tournament Orange Coast March 5.

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Christine Preciado led the Palomar trailed 53-27 at halftime Comets scoring with 18 points. and could only close the deficit to Teammate Allison Strouse scored 14 points while hitting on three 15 points in the second half.

Jordan Feramisco led the three-point shots.

Palomar scorers with 15 points.

Cynthia Sorrell led all Comets Feramisco scored 12 of his points rebounders with 17 rebounds.

Malia Altieri was able to grab 10 on four three-point shots.

Other scorers were James · boards for the Comets before fouling out of the game.

Johnson with 13 points and Late in the second half, the Anthony Bolton with 12 points.

On the defensive side of the ball, game was tied at 45-45, but the Lamar Abbott grabbed 11 rebounds Lady Pirates pulled away for the while blocking three shots. win.

The Lady Comets will finish The Comets record for this season will stand at 23-9. All nine of with a record of 15-16 on the seaPalomar's losses came on the road son. during the season.

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Aaron Abrams led the Comets in scoring with 14 points. Fellow teammate Anthony Bolton had 10 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals.

Other high scorers for the Comets were Randy Randle with 13 points and Jordan Feramisco with 12 points.

The leading rebounders for the Comets were James Johnson with eight rebounds and Josh Barton with seven rebounds.

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Palomar College's softball team beat San Diego Mesa College by a score of 14-4 in its Pacific Coast Conference opening game Feb. 27.

Bridget Starry led the Comet attack by going four-for-four with two RBI's. Pitcher Crystalie Wolfe remained undefeated, winning her eigth game on the season. With the win, the Comets record is 16-3.

The Lady Comets were able to upset Santa Barbara CC on the road in the opening round of the Southern California Regional Tournament·March 1.

The 53-44 win game Palomar it's 14th win on the season and advanced the Lady Comets to a road playoff game against Orange Coast.

Christine Preciado and Cynthia Sorrell both scored 12 points each in the Palomar win.

Allison Strouse added 11 points, while Malia Altieri scored 10 points.

Sorrell was also able to pull down eight rebounds while Altieri pulled down seven rebounds.

No need to feat; fantasy baseball is al01ost here The crack of the bat, the sweet smell of grass and the ability to be gouged $40 for a couple of hotdogs and beers. Yes, the baseball season is right around the corner.

And with every baseball season comes a right of every diehard fan the rotisserie leagues.

Better known as fantasy baseball.

For everyday between the start of spring training to Major League Baseball's opening day, there are large groups of people picking which superstars to add to their team in hopes of a pennant in October.

Or better yet, winning the cash prize most leagues have as a reward for the champion.

But before you go out and spend $8.00 for a fantasy baseball guide, just read my quick and easy tips on how to win your fantasy league.

When it comes to fantasy baseball, I usually dominate. And as a treat to you lucky readers, I'll share my winning strategies with you.

This is the gameplan I incorporate every season.

Rule No. 1 - Go into your draft or auction prepared. Drinking alcohol while you're picking only makes the decisions you make worse and harder to make as the proceeding goes along.

Get your buzz the night before and not while deciding whether to take Mark Grace over Pedro Martinez.

Rule No. 2 - Don't enter NL or AL-only leagues. You'll be depriVing

yourself of the resources of one league and it'll put you in a dire situation by mid-season.

I guarantee this, that by midJune you'll be digging for the latest info on which minor league prospects look to be called up in the next few weeks.

Save yourself the time and migraines by using both leagues.

Rule No. 3 - Draft one surefire, number one starting pitcher early in your draft. Then go for position players at catcher, shortstop, and third base.

The three positions I just mentioned are the hardest to get quality players at.

If you address say catcher and third base early, then you could trade for the shortstop you w a n t later in the season. As for pitching, identify young upand-comers. Leagues are won and lost on this ability alone.

Kerry Wood back in 1998 and Roy Oswalt just last season are _ ....... two examples of this theory.

Remember, young pitchers have more to give than 35-and-over pitchers not named Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, or Curt Schilling.

Rule No. 4 - Go for young outfielders and first basemen who have had a previously good season and could be ready to have a huge year.

These "sleepers" are very handy when it comes to adding depth on your roster. Outfield and first base are two positions that are relatively

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deep and will provide you with the necessary tools to orchestrate trades (heists) with your fellow league members who might be struggling at mid-season.

These are the four rules I generally live by for the fantasy baseball season.

If you take my advice and pair it with a "legitimate" fantasy baseball guide, I'm pretty positive you'll have

a very enjoyable summer.

The great thing about fantasy baseball is that it gives you even more reason to watch the games and if money is on the line, another excuse to take your friends' hard earned money.

Just don't blow all your winnings on porn, okay!

Beerman is the Sports Editor and can be reached at revwhite92@hotmail.com