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Palomar College delayed completion of the new Student Center until spring
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~+~,; ~~~~~··~il~\1 "t9 · j · j tion bids exceeded the project budget. Construction of the center is now expected to begin in May and be completed by the beginning of January 2003, said Mike Ellis director of facilities. The District has been working to cut some of the costs of the project to lower the total amount of the center. About $500,000 worth of changes have been made to the center without impacting the aesthetics or function of the building, Ellis said. Because all of the changes are subtle, Bruce Bishop, director of student services, said most people will not notice the changes. Some of the changes include: Changing the roof overhang, replacing glass walls with metal panels and replacing stainless steel bathroom partitions to plastic, Ellis said. "It doesn't change the way it looks or the functionst r u c-
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Candidates in the upcoming student government elections said that, if elected, they'd fight for student rights in a forum held April 17. "I feel I have what it takes to do the job again," said Sean Weimer, the incumbent Associated Student Government president. Weimer is running for president again. All four candidates who attended the meeting are currently members of TOM CHAMBERS I THE TELESCOPE ASG. They all said they were proud of Nonnan Sperber, chief forensic dentist for San Diego County, lectured a criminal justice class April16. what they had accomplished over the past year, and that they hoped to continue in the next year. "I can see the difference we're making," Weimer said. Jason Roach, a current senator who is running for vice president of state Bv Tom Chambers Counties, identified bodies from the PSA affairs, said he was happy to see the THl TElESCOPE airline crash in San Diego in 1978, the With pictures of body parts, crime crash of country star Reba Mcintire's • SEE ELECTION, PACE 11 scenes and disasters, San Diego's chief band's plane on Otay Mesa and at the forensic dentist showed students last World Trade Center last September. He Tuesday how he does his work - iden- also collected evidence against serial tifYing unrecognizable bodies and col- killer Ted Bundy in Florida. lecting evidence for criminal investigaSperber spoke to students in Kevin tions. Barrett's Introduction to Criminal Norman "Skip" Sperber, chiefforensic dentist for San Diego and Imperial • SEE EXPERT. PACE 11
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Local college and university offi. ·cials are searching for solutions to problems likely to come with a wave of 7 million new students over the next 10 years. This expected increase of students will ·crowd local campuses under what is known as Tidal Wave II. With enrollment numbers on the rise, SDSU has tightened its enrollment policy for North
County students, creating an even larger enrollment growth among other local schools. A new service policy, which was implemented in December, established two service areas north and south · of State Route 56, meaning that students north of the line FOUKTH OF FIVE PARTS will be admitted to Cal State San Marcos and no longer accepted to SDSU. Under the new policy, transfer students whs> have accumulated most of
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their college credits at a school north of State Route 56, regardless of their home address, will no longer be accepted to SDSU either. According to a SDSU press release, the expected increase of 10,000 students over the next decade will outstrip SDSU's available capacity. The press release also says that the campus is currently overenrolled by 1,740 students or 6.6 percent. The university usually receives state funding of about $6,000 for each student, however does not receive any money for each student who exceeds the enrollment cap. • SEE SCHOOLS. PACE 10
The study abroad program is once again recruiting students after trips were cancelled because of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Last fall, Palomar College cancelled all trips planned for the 2001 - 2002 school year. "It was too large a risk for· our students to take," said Donna Holloman, the administrative secretary for the study abroad program. The program is accepting applications for the fall 2002 semester in London as well as various weekend excursions to Mexico. The program also has trips planned for South America and Spain. "It is a wonderful chance to learn a language in the environment and culture that it comes from," Holloman said. Holloman said it doesn't take much • SEE ABROAD, PACE 10
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