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Palomar College's governing board told the counseling department that it may be losing five positions this May. About 30 faculty members showed up to the board's March 12 meeting to protest the decision, which was made in response to budget cuts by Gov. Gray Davis.

"If the district cannot support its faculty, it cannot support its students, either," said Mary-Ann Drinan, copresident of the faculty uniOn. Drinan, said that when faculty members are laid off, "the academic environment is diminished and campus life suffers."

"Palomar has always considered laying off faculty as a last resort," said Faculty Senate President Christine Barkley.

Barkley said that while the Faculty Senate has taken no official stance on the situation, they have made stamps and envelopes available for faculty members who wish to write the state government about the budget cuts.

Palomar President Sherrill Amador said the actions of the board did not mean any positions were going to be cut. The board is considering cutting some positions to meet budget cuts currently under consideration by the state.

Amador said the education code requires the district to give notice of potential cuts by March 15.

"If you don't give them notice, you have no way to cut the budget if you have to," Amador said.

In the governor's proposed 2002-2003 budget, he cut about $27 million in matriculation funding from the California Community College budget. Until the revised budget is announced in May, the board is not certain exactly what cuts will have to be made, Amador said.

As California's colleges and universities ready themselves for an influx of 7 million additional students before 2010, state lawmakers appear to show no sign of preparation for the future.

Palomar officials have confronted state legislators and the governor about the expected enrollment increase and the school's budget. "There is still nothing that we can see that either the governor or legislators are doing to think ahead to compensate," said Jerry Patton, Palomar vice president of fiscal services.

As part of what is known as Tidal Wave II, an expected 36 percent growth rate will hit

California's colleges and univers1·t·1es over t h e next d ecad e, according to the California Postsecondary Education Commission. California currently accommodates more than 1.5 million full-time students in the commuriity college system, about 380,000 in the California S t a t e University system and 183,000 in the University of California system.

Last year, Gov. Gray Davis cut approximately $123 million out of the community college budget, with most of the cuts coming from $98 million set aside for instructional materials and routine maintenance.

Davis presented his 20022003 proposed state budget on Jan. 10, which identifies a

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statewide budget shortfall of $12.5 billion, making it more difficult to increase funding for higher education.

The proposed budget will institute cuts in five major areas for the community college system in California next year.

"When you put all the pluses and minuses together, it (Palomar's cuts) is about a 1. 7

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percent cut," said Palomar College President Sherrill Amador.

The governor's office plans the education budget on a year-toyear basis, and does not have a financial plan in place to accommodate growth.

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Artist Diane Breitwieser-Stacey displays her paintings March 7 at an exhibit called "Spin the Dreamer Free." The exhibit features a number of media, including large canvas, ceramics, oil paintings, etchings and Tabasco sauce. BreitwieserStacey said she once accidentally spilled hot sauce on a painting, and liked the effect so much she began intentionally using it. The exhibit has her work from the 1980s to the present and runs through March 23 at the Boehm Gallery.

Community colleges will not be receiving money from the statewide Partnership for Excellence program in the 2002-2003 school year.

"We didn't get more money because of the budget crunch," said Christine Barkley, cochairwoman of the PFE task force. The program, instituted

by Governor Gray Davis in 1998, originally agreed to give $100 million a year to community colleges.

The program was created to bolster student performance in transfers to four-year universities, completions of degrees and certificates, successful course completion, workforce training and basic skills improvement.

PFE looks for improvement in these five areas for community colleges statewide. The colleges were asked to reach set goals by 2006.

Each school district contributes to reaching these state goals. The Palomar district instituted a task force to designate where the funds would go to help it reach the goals.

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GOALS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Much of the money went toward hiring new faculty, office hours for part time faculty and implementing programs that would aid students, such as outreach activities to the high schools and transfer institutions, said Diane Lutz co-chairwoman of the PFE task force.

According to a report by Michele Barton, director of the Institutional Research & Planning Department, Palomar College has met three of the five goals.

The first goal, transfer, is defined as an increase in the number of students who transfer to universities. This goal is divided between transfers to UC and CSU campuses. The 1999-2000 goal was 1,053.

Palomar transfers totaled 1,073 students.

A sub-goal of transfer readiness will also be established to indicate how many students are prepared to transfer.

This sub-goal is being added because the first goal does not take into account the impacted campuses of universities that cannot take more students despite eligibility, Barton said.

The second goal involves the number of degrees awarded on a yearly basis. The 1999-2000 goal called for 1,644 degrees.

Palomar gave 1,628.

The third goal, successful course completion, asks that the percent of students earning a C or higher increase.

These courses are divided into transferable courses vocational courses and basi~ skills courses.

Palomar is just under the 68.9 percent goal at 67.5 percent. However, the school has fallen short in vocational edu-

cation.

Barton attributes this to the fact that the task force has not yet focused on this area for PFE. Goal four is workforce development, which focuses on the number of students completing apprenticeships, advancedlevel vocational courses and introductory vocational courses.

Palomar also fell short in this goal, reaching only 13,142 out of the goal of 16,255 students.

"Paloma~ College chose not to fund activities which would contribute to the workforce development goal in the first three years of funding," Lutz said.

The final goal, basic skills improvement, involved the number of students completing coursework at at least one level above their prior basic skills enrollment. The school exceeded the goal of 1, 730 with 1,968 students.

"I don't have an answer ·as to why we did not improve in vocational skills," Lutz said.

Some of the activities take longer to yield results than others. "We will have to see if there is improvement there in the future."

The PFE goals did not intend that all colleges make progress on all of the goals each year, but that all would contribute to success on one or more of the goals, Lutz said.

Unfortunately, "we did not receive new Partnership funds this year, and no new dollars are in next year's budget either," Lutz said. Barkley feels that the state went back on its promise to community colleges.

"The state, when it established the PFE program, promised the community college system $100 million times seven years. This year they reneged," Barkley said.

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A free tax return service is now provided for students at the Palomar library.

Every Wednesday from 3 p.m to 9 p.m. and every Saturday from 9 a.m to 1 p.m., volunteers gather at the library to take part in a once a year ritual on campus.

The Internal Revenue Service is sponsoring the program.

"Nation-wide, colleges across the country, are being provided with a free educational service," said Site Coordinator Maureen Charette.

"This. service uses volunteers and trains them for income tax returns. No volunteer can do income tax returns unless they are trained by the IRS." Charette has been in charge of heading this operation on campus for three years now.

"Last year, over 100 tax returns were made. That also means that 100 people came to the library to take advantage of this service.

That's not counting people coming into the library with just questions. This year we estimate almost that amount," double Charette said.

Charette added that the volunteers this year are anxious to help any student out. The volunteers have gone though training and have ta~en a series of tests to qualify for being a volunteer. Many of the volunteers have an accounting and finance major as a goal

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Claudia Romero (left) helps Elaine Voltz do her taxes on March 6. Vollllteer tax preparers are at the fibrat} on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings.

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Volunteers Val Levin and Claudia Romero have always been interested in doing taxes.

"It is very satisfying for the people who come in to ask for our help to leave a smile on their face," Levin said.

Charette added, "I am grateful that the volunteers are fully trained for the job, while the IRS is also providing the program with training equipment and software."

Nestor and Kimvirly Ganzales both were eager to get their taxes done. Both of

them have been getting their taxes done for three years.

Kimvirly, a former graduate from Palomar, said, "It's free and you get a refund fast. Other places like H & R Block charge $80 while Palomar is free." ''You don't have to be a student at Palomar to use this service. Anyone can walk in and walk out in a couple hours with their money still in their pockets," Nestor said.

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Baseball: vs. Grossmont 2 p.m.

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Swimming: Comets vs. Grossmont 2 p.m.

21:

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

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Softball: Comets vs.

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Swimming vs. Riverside 2 p.m.

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

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Baseball: Comets vs.

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Baseball: Palomar Easter Series Also on March 27 & 28 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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BUDGETS: State unprepared for growth CONTINUED FROM PACE 1

budget will depend on the fiscal year and time. It is impossible to tell what we are going to do in the future," said Sandy Harrison, spokesman for the governor's financial department.

The state is behind by two years when it comes to the budget and the actual number of students who will enroll the following year, Patton said.

nity colleges statewide signed Amador said. "It's kind of like, an energy agreement with 'here we go again."'

Pacific Gas & Electric last year, Community colleges are fundw h i c h ed nearly onelocked m third less than energy CSUsand UCs AT SOME POINT WE'Ll rates for for every fullCOME TO A STAGE five years. time student, WHERE OPEN ACCESS However, if getting about the compa- COMES TO A POINT AND THE $3,800 per ' ny goes ' QUAliTY OF EDUCATION GOES full-time stubankrupt, DOWN AND WE CAN'T KEEP dent. The CSU system 1s it will cost TAKING STUDENTS IN." the colfunded more - Sherrill Amador h $ 0 000 leges, PALOMAR COllEGE PRESIDENT t an 1 ' including per full-time student and Palomar, an addithe UC system tional $200,000 per year in ener- is funded more than $15,000 per gy costs. With the cuts in ener- full-time student, Patton said. gy funds, there will not be suffiCommunity colleges are not cient funds to pay for the addi- the only system subject to cuts.

The UC system, under Davis' tional costs, Patton said.

"It is very frustrating when proposed budget, will make cuts the governor makes specific to some K-12 outreach profescuts," Amador said. "It doesn't sional development programs, Brad Hayward, a make sense that he would fund said extra for growth, yet make cuts spokesman for the UC system. m matriculation and The UC system will also suffer a CalWORKs at the other end - $17 million budget cut in their it's like, robbing from Peter to financial aid program, said Brad pay Paul, so-to-speak."

Hayward, spokesman for the UC system. However, they will A HISTORY OF UNDERFUNDING not be sure until the revised budget comes out in May. Early this month the Community colleges are funded about $2,000 less than the Legislative Analyst said that national average of community there is another $5 billion statewide gap that Davis did not colleges, Patton said.

"Community colleges have a include in his proposed budget, history of being under funded," Hayward said. This means that

ROBBING PnER TO PAY PAUL One area that will suffer budget cuts is the state funded program, CalWORKs, which provides needy families with financial assistance. CalWORKs will suffer a $58 million cut.

Matriculation will suffer a $26.8 million reduction in areas such as student orientation, assessment and course counseling.

The community college system's technology and telecommunications infrastructure, known as ITIP, will suffer a $19.8 million reduction in assistance to maintain computers and technology within the colleges.

The faculty and staff development project will be eliminated entirely, under the $5.2 million reduction.

The proposed budget will also cut energy funds by $49 million.

According to Patton, 35 commu-

Palomar might suffer another 2 percent budget cut in the May budget revision.

Patton advised all campus departments to figure out where the cuts could be made, with the exception of salaries and benefits. The revised budget will come out in May.

TURNING PEOPLE AWAY As a result of the cuts made to matriculation and CalWORKs, a number of staff members in those areas could lose their jobs.

"It is a staff intensive program, it is not all supplies," Amador said.

Palomar's governing board notified the counseling department March 12 that five positions could be cut.

"Right now we don't know what the governor or legislators will · do and what the departments will find," Patton said.

As for the future, school officials anticipate that if Davis doesn't prepare for the influx of students, admission policies will be more specific and Palomar's budget will be maxed out.

"At some point we'll come to a stage where open access comes to a point and the quality of education goes down and we can't keep taking students in," Amador said.

"I imagine we'll have to turn students away," Patton said.

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Men's Volleyball: vs. Golden West 7 p.m.

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Concert Hour: Computer MusicDr. Madelyn Byrne

Concert mixes dance, computers and music Peter Gach, Palomar's Artist in Residence is returning to the Howard Brubeck Theatre Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m.

The concert will feature both dance and music. Palurnar College faculty member Patriceann Mead will be dancing to the music of Villa Lobos performed by Gach.

Norman Weston will perform a Sonata premier of a new work.

Gach will also be performing a piano and computer piece by Madelyn Byrne called Northern Flight. And San Diego Pianist Cynthia Darby will join Gach for a performance of the Fantasy in F minor by Schubert - a work for four hands at one piano.

The concert is presented by the Palomar

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n the land of power brokers and deal makers that is Hollywood, nobody can throw the whole town into an uproar more than a little golden man named Oscar. The Academy Award Ceremony, in its 74th year, is happening March 24, with Whoopi Goldberg returning as host.

The main competition this year seems to be between two movies that couldn't be more different: "A Beautiful Mind" is the true story of a mathematician coping with schizophrenia and "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" is a grand fantasy epic about a quest to destroy a magic ring. While the competition is extraordinarily fierce in several categories, our Oscar experts have examined evtlry angle and come up with a guide to. help you win any Oscar pools you may be taking part in.

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A tough category to call, but in the end the safest bet is probably on the movie that will likely take Best Picture. There is heavy competition from Ridley Scott, who many feel deserved a Best Picture nomination for "Black Hawk Down," and also failed to win Best Director last year even· though his movie "Gladiator" won Best Picture. Despite this, Jackson will likely win as part c "Rings" sweep.

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If there's one thing about the Oscars that's certain it's that the Academy loves epics. Director Peter Jackson's ''Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings," is a grand fantasy epic that clocks in at well over three hours. A technical marvel that combined massive battle scenes with some equally impressive photography of the New Zealand landscape, "Rings" is an almost shoe-in for Best Picture. It also leads the pack in terms of totaLnominations, which is usually a good indicator of the favored movie of the year. ·

Spacek gave a critically-acclaimed performance in this movie as a wife in a seemingly normal couple, but things get complicated when some dark secrets are revealed. Also worth noting is that Spacek, a sixtime nominee and one-time winner, is up against three first time nominees, which the Academy is generally loathe to give awards to. Judi Dench, Spacek's other competition, has tory with the Academy, but suffers from the fact that her movie, "Iris," is not Best Picture and thus lacks the exposure of Spacek's film.

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Despite winning the Oscar just last year for "Gladiator," Crowe proved once again how versatile an actor he is with a wonderfully understated performance as the mathematician John Nash. As a Nobel Prize winning mathematician who learns to cope with schizophrenia, Crowe brought a human element to a character who otherwise might have been very difficult for audiences to connect with.

Connelly is a fantastic actress who will ride the wave ofpopulruity of"A Beautiful Mind." She played a character that is sure to win Academy votes: a strong, smart, independent woman who undergoes strong adversity and helps her husband cope with mental illness. Connelly has also "proven" herself in a number of independent films, including 2000's highly acclaimed "Requielll where she played a heroin addict, which is one more Academy favorite.

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McKellan has a lot going for him: he's a classicallytrained British actor, as the wizard Gandalf he had the role with the most range in "Fellowship" and he's never won an Oscar, despite a nomination for the highly-acclaimed 1998 film "Gods and Monsters."

Furthermore, the rest of the competition in this category is nominated for movies that aren't Best Picture nominees. McKellan is a pretty clear favorite for Supporting Actor.

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Helped by the fact that alnJ.ost everyone has . read the book, "Rings" should take this category fairly easily. Managing to cut, condense and re-order J.R.R. Tolkien's epic series, the first installment in the movie series was understandable even by those who hadn't read the original novels.

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Elves, dwarfs, hobbits, orcs and wizards - "Rings" had a huge cast of otherworldy characters, all of whom. looked quite distinct.

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ith rising enrollments and dwindling budgets, California faces an education crisis the likes of which haven't been seen in decades.

Under such circumstances, one would expect the state's leaders to work toward a solution to the myriad of problems facing the state.

Gov. Gray Davis, however, doesn't even have a plan for the future.

"It is impossible to tell what we are going to do in the future," said Sandy Harrison, a spokesman for the governor.

The expected enrollment increase over the next decade, called Tidal Wave II, has been recognized since at least the mid-1990s. The state has largely ignored it, projecting a nice, standard 2 to 3 percent annual growth despite the last three years averaging above 4 percent growth.

In fact, one of the governor's projects that actually displayed foresight, Partnership for Excellence, has had its money for this year cut.

The project was an attempt to provide concrete long-term goals for colleges, tackling such issues as GPAs, degree awarding and transfers to universities. This year, though, colleges will not be receiving any money for meeting the goals, despite a promise it would happen for seven years.

This is precisely the sort of thing that leads to schools and state administrators working hand-inhand in planning for the future.

What is most frustrating about this situation is that schools, many of which operate with long-term educational plans, are forced to suffer for Sacramento's incompetence. By offering schools no clear vision for the future, the governor forces them to ·constantly react to a changing political climate, which is hardly conducive to educating students. · Looking at the bigger picture, one could assume the whole reason the state is being forced to cut budgets is because it totally ignored planning for them in the first place.

The least our governor could do would be to tell us he's planning for the future.

It's sad when Davis, who billed himself as the education governor in the last election, doesn't even care enough to pretend like he's planning for the future. Mter all, isn't that what politicians are supposed to do during election years?

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Stupid politicians create even stupider laws Bv Donna Jackson

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-Next time you think "There ought to be a law against that," think again. Don't even say it jokingly because the stupider it sounds the more likely it is to become an actual law.

The smallest and most ridiculous annoyances pop up all over in state and city law books. In fact, most of them aren't even annoying, they're just plain ridiculous.

Laws are supposed to be made tQ protect our rights, not to give a politician something to do. It is safe to say at least 75 percent of all laws today are totally useless.

The horrible part is that the stupid laws bury legitimate ones.

Politicians simply cannot justifY their office unless they legislate, legislate, legislate.

It is a condition called legislationitis and until we get rid of it, or better yet get rid of them, the disease will continue to spread.

If they don't keep busy, they might loose their job. Who can blame them? They obviously know what job security is all about. Unfortunately our tax dollars are what keep them employed.

You don't believe in stupid laws? Keep reading, because if you can surpass the stupidity of these silly laws they provide excellent entertainment.

Lets start with feather dusters. Yes, feather dusters.

• Portland, Maine: it is illegal to tickle a girl under the chin with a feather duster.

•Clarendon, Texas: it is against the law to use a feather duster while cleaning any public building.

• Borger, Texas: it is illegal to throw a feather duster.

EDITOR IN CHIEF STEPHEN KELLER ASSOCIATE EDITOR SHEENA PROSSER NEWS EDITOR SARAH STRAUSE OPINION EDITOR MIRVA LEMPIAINEN ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS BEN GREENSTEIN, KRISTIAN SMOCK FOCUS EDITOR TOM CHAMBERS SPORTS EDITOR MARK BEERMAN ONLINE EDITOR CHARLES STEINMAN PHOTO EDITOR ARTHUR ANDERSON, NATALIE SCHRIK COPY EDITORS JAN HARLESS, DONNA JACKSON AD MANAGER KRISTIAN SMOCK DISTRIBUTION MANAGER MICHAEL JARED INSTRUCTIONAL AST. TOM CHAMBERS JOURNALISM ADVISER WENDY NELSON PHOTOJOURNAliSM ADVISER PAUL STACHELEK

Why feather dusters, you ask? Well, why not?

Now we meve to a more disturbing act, spitting.

• Burlingame, California: one may not spit anywhere except a baseball diamond.

• Freeport, illinois: one may not spit from any second story window. What about the third floor? I'd use it - more velocity.

• Alabama state: it is against the law for men to spit in the presence of women. Now there's a law I can handle, because when I want to spit, I can!

Spitting often accompanies some swearing; so let's focus now on foul mouths.

• Logan, Utah: it is a crime for women to swear. Damn it!

• Long Beach, California: it is a crime to swear only on mini golf courses. I thought cursing and golf went hand in hand.

Must be the crowd I know.

•Texas state: it is a crime to cuss in front of a corpse.

Because corpses find it especially offending, I'm sure.

Humans are often more concerned with animals than with themselves, but the following is just wild!

•Meadville, New Jersey: it is illegal to offer cigarettes or whiskey to animals in the zoo.

Where do these people think the term "party animal" came from anyway?

• Zion, illinois: it is illegal to give a dog whiskey. Crack cocaine and heroin are no big deal!

•Oklahoma state: it is illegal to get a fish drunk. That's not water little guppy, it's vodka.

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rized. They are just plain nuts.

• Mesquite, Texas: it is a crime for children to have strange haircuts. Must be the result of the wretched bowl cut or mullet.

• Washington state: its illegal to pretend your parents are rich.

However, it is all right to claim they are poor if they are, in fact, rich. Very odd.

•San Francisco, California: it's against the law to clean your car with used underwear.

Trying to avoid new meaning for streaks on your windshield, hugh? I'll buy that . .

Some laws are designed to stop activities that will never happen anY*;ay.

•Champaign, illinois it's illegal to urinate into your neighbor's mouth. Is this before or after you sedate them with some serious drugs?

• Florida state: it's against. the law to have sexual relations with a porcupine. No wonder Bill Clinton didn't retire there.

At this point we realize that this is what politicians waste their time doing.

But at what point will we realize that it is really our time they are wasting?

Our time is wasted, while we work and pay taxes to pay their salaries so they can determine it illegal for elephants to walk down Market Street in San Francisco unless they're on a leash.

Apparently laws are fairly easy to make and pass.

Eventually every petty annoyance will be illegal. All things are irritating to somebody, somewhere. I'm irritated with all these stupid laws. There ought to be a law against making them!

Jackson is a Copy Editor and can be reached at donnaleelee@earthlink.net

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Many people arc aware that cigarette smoking is linked to lung disease, lung-cancer and emphysema, yet every day more young people begin smoking.

Recent studies conducted by the American Lung Association state that approximately 90 percent of smokers begin ·smoking before the age of 21.

When I was 17 and first started going to college in Irvine, it seemed like everyone smoked . I don't believe I went a day without being asked if I had a light or a cigarette. Perhaps they came to college to minor in nicotine addiction.

At Palomar, this impression has not wavered with the change of location. It makes me wonder if these kids give any thought toward the consequences of their habit.

Perhaps the thoughtless act of teen smoking is due to the hedonistic nature of our society where everybody acts purely for pleasure, or perhaps the high school and college students, who sport tar stains on their fingers, arc too immature to realize what they have gotten into.

Of course we can always blame "big tobacco's" advertising campaign that is geared toward young people to "begin a lifelong addiction to smoking before they are old enough to understand its long-term health risk," said the ALA. These trends arc some of the reasons behind the California Medical Association's decision to support a policy for an increase of the legal smoking· age from 18 to 21. The CMA is an organization of doctors ..

A more drastic move like banning cigarettes, although a wonderful pipe dream, probably wouldn't work well. Forbidden fruit is always sweeter. Take prohibition for example.

This milder policy would be beneficial in curbing the amount of young smokers, by making it more difficult for them to obtain tobacco products.

Of course some young adults would still be able to get cigarettes through older friends or other means.

However, preventing young people from purchasing cigarettes could hurt the tobacco industry and cut the amount of smokers in California.

Young people are the chief source of new consumers for the tobacco industry, which must replace the smokers who quit or die from smoking-related diseases each year.

"Nearly all first usc of tobacco occurs before high school graduation. If you can keep them from using tobacco when they arc adolescents, most people will never start using tobacco," said an American Cancer Society fact sheet.

Furthermore, teens are too easily susceptible to external influences, many are willing followers that will go to any length to mesh with the crowd, including smoking to look cool.

Too often a brightly colored ad displays a sculpted man smoking a camel_cigarette, surrounded by luscious ladies. It informs the viewer that he or she can obtain a similar level of contentment with the purchase of a pack. Wouldn't that be incentive enough for any teen to "light up"? Be beautiful, be popular, be chic, smoke Camels.

Funny, the ads never say tobacco stains your teeth and gives you wrinkles.

The fact is nicotine is an insidious substance that addicts both physically and psychologically. Many smokers associate smoking with social activities, making the addiction difficult to break, ALA said.

Increasing the age of legal smoking would help prevent this addiction from taking hold.of young people when they are more susceptible to these influences.

Remember the day you turned 18, and how you .ran to the grocery store to buy a pack of those mysterious and dangerous cigarettes, the ones you had heard about all your life? Chances are you won't remember that, because that's not how it happened.

If you are one of the 18 percent of Californians that smoke, you probably started frying your lungs sometime in your early or mid-teens, way before the legal age of 18.

The current legal age, that is. If all goes well for about half of California's doctors, the age limit for buying tobacco products might be raised up to 21 sometime in the near future.

"This is hopefully a proposal that might discourageand make it more difficult to purchase tobacco products, especially among older teenagers and college-age kids," said Dr. Leonard Klay, a Santa Rosa obstetrician and gynecologist in San Diego · Union Tribune Feb. 21.

In my opinion, the prestigious doctors have lost their grip on the reality of teenage smoking.

Preventing college students from buying cigarettes isn't going to solve any problems. It will only create some.

First of all, people don't pick up smoking in college. They only continue a habit they most likely started in junior high already. If they had access to tobacco products back then, of course they'll still be able to buy some even after the age limit is raised to 21.

It will just require breaking some laws by either getting a fake ID or by finding a store that is disregarding the policy. And trust me, there will be a bunch of those who can't wait to cash in on the 18+ llCHlRU MUDD I TH£ THtSCOPt age college students' new underageness by asking an extra dollar here and there for a pack of cigarettes.

So all the proposal would do is increase criminal activity among the youth and the stores.

Secondly, another problem that raising the age limit to 21 wouldn't solve is the fact that teenagers would still smoke.

A total of 2,145 teens started smoking every day in 1999 and I doubt the numbers have changed much since then. Instead of punishing the age group of 18-21 year olds, most of who are already aware that they are hurting themselves by smoking, the target group should be the younger kids.

Campaigning against tobacco in elementary schools would be much more beneficial by reducing the number of teens who actually start smoking.

Also, whatever happened to the land of the free, the home of the brave? It's enough that the lives of legal adults here are being restricted by the ridiculous drinking age limit of 21, which is higher than any other country I've heard of.

If freedom really is so uniquely American, how come the government has theright to only give it to certain people, when all adults should be treated equal?

Besides, if the right to smoke goes next, then soon it will be the right to vote and drive and finally over 18 but under 21 year olds will completely cease to be adults in all meaning of the word and will fall back to the infant level.

Is that really what the government wants? If it wants responsible adults, it should give us the chance to be responsible. Denying us our basic rights will only make us bitter and irresponsible.

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asking for it Dear Miss Strause, I 1~ecently came across your article regarding "pig-headed" men and although I laughed at the article's message, I couldn't help but feel the article was extremely biased, and therefore seemed more like a whining session.

TO THE EDITOR The guy..s you see hanging around the flagpole aren't exactly the cream of the crop.

In case you haven't noticed, that area is the popular spot, where all the "fresh outta high school"slackers meet and play hacky-sack, or listen to their boom boxes in a feeble attempt to get attention, or waste time instead of studying.

This college is nothing more than a high school with ciga-

rettes. If you want to escape that is a very beautiful young the immaturity of sexually woman" does seem more genpeaking, hormone-driven, tleman-like, but is also very kindergarten graduates, then time consuming for us cell you are at the wrong school. phone junkies in a time The fact that you laughed at deprived world. the guys when they barked at Although "damn" was a very you, instead of advertising the immature compiment, it was length of your middle finger, · close enough to what you ladies did encourage these primates are searching for when you all to continue directing their wear those napkins that you increadibly unprofessional claim are dresses. Yes, the guys comments towards you. "My, made absolute fools of them-

selves but you are to blame, you and every other supermodel on this campus.

And yes, the real people are here to learn, while the rest are here because mommy makes them. Wanna have a little peace while enjoying your latte? Go sit by the library.

People lacking brains don't bother going near that place.

-Brian Ranuno