The Telescope 56.02

the

Alooking YEAR LATER backonthe Sept.11attacks

t,.~i PalomarCollege,San Marcos,Calif.

0

Vol.56, No.2

www.palomar.edu/telescop

st&le

Enrollment swells to record high

Taking the firstexam Wrtll thefourth week ofschool already here, many professors aregiving their firstexams.

Here are some creative ways toprepare:

trowd,dtampusm,ans tlos,d tlass,s, longlin,s

■

■ Write as llop-

By 'faylor Corlett

Tlfi m iStOPE

plly as possible except for important terms which should be legible.

Your professors are busy people they're probably not going to spend a lot of time trying to unscramble your writing.

A record number of students are attending Palomar this semester, up 5.5 percent from last fall. At the same time, the number of classes has remained the same, thus worsening the effects of overcrowding.

As of Sept. 9, there were 24,902 of full-time equivalent students. A total of 29,366 students are attending classes, sad Herman Lee, Palomar's director of enrollment services.

This rise in enrollment, however, has not been completely funded by the California legislature, creating problems at Palomar.

"Because of the current state budget prob-

■

Join a study group. You, of course, won't study. But your group will, and they'll probably just highlight all the good parts .

■ SEE ENROLLMENT, PACE 11

■

Watch some CSPAN. Politicians

:r,::::n~--

ing to say _ something without actually saying anything at all. This art form will help you ace any tough essays.

■

Attain a new mental state.

Don't eat. drink or sleep for a few days leading up to the exam and then study. This ought to put you in touch with your true mental pow·ers. thus leading you to absorb knowledge at a faster rate.

■

Delay, delay, delay.

Professor doesn't give make-ups? take a rare disease, Your instructors will be begging you to make it up if you threaten to take it while you've got Smallpox.

If your professor lets you bring In a notecard. invest in a laser printer and fill the card with a 2-point font. If you can sneak 1n a magnifying glass. you should be set .

■

•

REBECCA SEIL / THE TELESCOPE

Oneofthemanyparticipants at Palomar's Sept11ceremony shovels somelirt ontooneofthe treesthat wasplantedinmemorial ofthe victims oftheterroristattacks.Theceremony washeldat the sitewherethetreesareplanted, sightlynorthofthe libral},

By Jason Kalchik

About 200 Palomar students and staff members gathered Sept. 11 to help plant trees and remember the victims of last year's terrorist attacks.

The service, which lasted until 1:30 p.m., took place on land reserved for the occasion, directly north of the library.

Bruce Bishop, director of student affairs,

By Sarah Strause

Tiff TEUSCOPE

Palomar College's Strategic Task Force released a plan which is designed to implement the vision, "learning for success." The task force hopes the plan will create a path in which students can successfully achieve their goals.

According to Palomar President, Sherrill Amador, the next step is implementation.

"The most important piece of the whole project is doing it," Amador said.

Headed by Amador and supported by approximately 70 members, the task force has been working since September 2001 on the new plan.

The purpose of the plan is to keep Palomar

Faculty,studentsremember Sept. 11 TH"£ mESCOPE

College adopts 3-year plan to help solidify long-range goals

launched the ceremony by announcing that the reason for the gathering was in order to dedicate the site to the memory of the victims of the attack.

Commenting upon the two trees that were to be ceremoniously planted, Bishop said, "These trees are to be a moderate symbol to represent the two towers and America's enduring ■ SEE REMEMBER, PACE 9

■ SEE PLAN,PACE 2

Palomar governing board approves new budget

By Stephen Keller

THIULESCOP£

Palomar College's governing board unanimously adopted a budget for the 2002 through 2003 school year at its Sept.

10 meeting. The move came after a long waiting period while the district waited for the California legislature finalize its state budget.

The budget comes at a time when the state is facing a huge deficit and record enrollment in its colleges. Palomar's budget reflects this fact in that California

is funding Palomar for about 70 percent of its growth.

Jerry Patton, vice president of fiscal services for the college,said that while the state does not usually fund 100 percent of growth, the school generally receives enough money from the state to cover about 80 to 90 percent.

Increases in student population as well as increases in salaries and benefits for faculty and staff, which account for about 86 percent of the total budget, have

ALEISLATTERY / TIIETELESC OPE

Richie Mann, a Palomar professor, attendsa unionraUySept10beforethegoverning boardmeeting.Mann wrotelettersto boardmembers aboutfairpayforteachers.

THENEWCAFETERIA

TEACHERS GETCREATIVE

A newlook,chan ged menus andlonglines- is it worthit?

Thefaculty artshowbringsouttheartist insomeol 'lllomar's professors.• PAGE8

II PAGE 4

·ES Anewcomputer program promises to kHpbettertabsonsportsstars.■ PAGE12

THE TELESCOPE ■ MONDAY, SEPT.16, 2002

2

Philosophy ·professorremembered fondly Bv Sarah Strause

Tll'ETELESCOPE

Valerie Taylor, who taught 115 classes during the 22 years she taught at Palomar, will be remembered for her passion for philosophy and dedication to her students .

"Valerie was always looking so forward to coming back and teaching, " said Rebecca Clements , behavioral science assistant. "Just this summer she said, "I miss all of you and my students so much."

Taylor, an adjunct Philosophy professor at Palomar College ,lied Aug. 15.

According to her husband , Bill Taylor, she checked into Palomar hospital Aug. 13 for orthoscopic surgery on her left knee for a torn meniscus.

"It was a simple surgery," he said , "An out-patient treatment."

Two days later, she died.

According to Bill, the tourniquet that was placed above her knee caused blood clots to form and spread into her lungs. "She suffocated," he said.

"Valerie can be characterized by her dedication to her courses," said philosophy teacher , Zachary Seech. "She was one of those professors who had the earnest in her eye and throw in her brow," Seech said. "She was interested in student learning and even more interested in the subject matter."

Valerie's passion for philosophy and teaching started when

■

she graduated high school in 1950, Bill said. She was finishing her senior year of high school in Rhode Island when the Dean of Girls called her into her office to speak with her about her future.

When Valerie told her she wanted to go to college, the Dean's response was, ''You can forget that , you're not college material."

With that in mind, Valerie gave up on her dream of going to college and instead went to nurse 's training school for one year and hated it , Bill continued.

Later, in 1954, Valerie and Bill were married. By the early 1960s, they had four children, the youngest in kindergarten.

Bill urged her to take a selfinterest test. Despite what she was told in high school, her test results directed her to go to college.

Thinking about a career in law school, Valerie went to Rodger Williams College in Rhode Island. As a requirement , she took a course .in philosophy and loved it, Bill said.

She continued on and got her masters degree in philosophy and began her career as a professor.

In 1979 they moved to California and Valerie began her teaching career at Palomar, and in turn, influenced the lives of many.

"Her sweetness and kindness was with everyone," said philosophy instructor, Gene Sager.

and she told me, "focus on the things you can control," that really made me think, it did a lot for me."

Psychology professor and friend to Valerie, Marilyn Souchek remembers Valerie as, "vibrant , lively and upbeat."

According to Souchek , the song, "I Hope You Dance," by Lee Ann Womack was played at her service. "It was very appropriate to Valerie, while she bravely battled with health problems, you would have never known it," she said.

"I really miss her," Souchek added. "It's not the same without her around."

Students and faculty will miss Valerie, but not as much as her husband, Bill.

"Wehad a wonderful relationship," Bill said. In fact, Valerie called him "M. Wonderful."

Thinking back on their relationship, Bill recalls last Valentine's Day as a special day for them. They were invited to a party at a retired Palomar psychology professor's house .

They were told to wear someCOURTESY Bill TAYLOR thing red, so Valerie gave him a red shirt that said "Mr. Philosophy Professor, Valerie Taylor diedAug. 15afterhaving orthoscopic kneesurgery. Wonderful" in white letters across the front, and that is "She was open, kind and helpful impacted the lives of her stu- what he wore to the party, Bill said. to everyone. She helped estab-· . _dents as well.

He proved himself to be "Mr. lish a good atmosphere here." · ·; "A number of students came "Valerie was beloved in the back · to tell her she impacted Wonderful" when he had a local department," said Clements. their lives in mean1ngful ways," barbershop quartet come and serenade her at the party.

"We all just loved her."

Clements said.

"It has. been hard," Bill said Valerie not only touched the "She changed my life," said lives of fellow staff members, student Ben Durgeson. "One sadly. "Mr. Wonderful is alone according to Clements, she day. I sought her out after class now."

JACKIE CHANJENNIFER lOVE HEWlff PLAN:Collegeleaderssets CONTINUED newF1011s OMPAGE 1

College attentive to the educational needs of students and the community.

Over the past year, the task force evaluated Palomar College through both an "internal" and "external" scan.

The internal scan examined the students and programs within the college itself while the external scan focused on the needs of the community and work force in relation to the college,specifically employer's needs.

Based on the assumptions derived from both the internal and external scans, along with feedback from an allcampus survey conductedlast February, the task force established five primary goals.

These goals will focus on areas of student success, teaching and learning excellence, professional development, facilities improvement and resource management.

Toimplement the goal of student success, the plan will focuson areas such as increasing scholarship recipients and donors, increasing options of child care programs and implementing programs and services to increase persistence, completion and transfer.

Another goal is to implement teaching and learning excellence. This will be done through the development and implementation of programs that promote institutional and student exp~ctations, responsibilities and success: As far as professional development goes, the task force plans to implement a more timely process for approval and filling of new and replacement positions.

Another goal looked at under the Strategic Plan is facilities improvement, in which various buildings on campus will be remodeled and renovated.

In respect to the goal of improving resource management, the task force hopes to create a budget plan that will include upgrades and replacement of

computer hardware and software.

The task force will evaluate the progress of the Strategic Plan annually and publicly report its findings, Amador said.

"Next June will be the end of the first year. Everyone will understand that we mean what we say," Amador said.

Approximately 3,000 copies of the new plan have been printed and distributed throughout the campus and community. The plan can also be viewed at www.palomar.edu/plan.

l,w loa/1At-A-llane, The Strategic Plan consists of five main goals for the college, including: Student Success: helping students attend and enjoy college.

Teaching Excellence: developing programs to improvelearning.

Professional Devewpment: making an efficientprocessto fill positions.

Facilities Improvement: upgrading the facilities on-campus, Resource Management: creating a budget that include~, computer upgrades.

Swim Instructors Wanted Pays $10-$16 per hour.

Call 760-744-7946

Bartenders of America Bartenders Needed - no experience necessary.

Earn up to $300 a day

Call: 866-291-1884 Ext.# CC81

OPENS IN THEATRESEVERYWHEREOCTOBER18

--'

THE TELESCOPE â– MONDAY, SEPT. 16,2002

3

4

111E TELESCOPE ■ MONDAY, SEPT. 16,2002

could have z Tribute been enlightening 0 -z T -A.

0

...

C -0 1-a Ill

'

he first-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is a good time to reflect upon the significance of the event and how it has affected us. Simply mourning our losses, however, is perhaps not the best use of our time - rather, we should use the opportunity to seek a better understanding of why the attacks happened and how they've changed our world.

Sadly, Palomar's Sept . 11 servic~s focused on remembrance and mourning instead of education and enlightenment. While certainly heartfelt and well intentioned , it is a shame the college did not use the time to try and enli_ghten students more • about the tragedy.

The ceremony consisted of planting two trees and reading the names of the victims of the attacks.

The fact that students and staff participated in the planting and name-reading was a very nice touch, but students would have been better served had these been parts of a more comprehensive program .

What was sorely missing was some guidance for students looking to put the events in perspective.

Remembrance and mourning are important, but as an educational institution Palomar should have used it as an opportunity to really teach something.

For example, a few ·speakers could have provided some relevance. Staff or students who were personally affected could have spoken, and shared how the tragedy has changed their outlook on life.

A message of inspiration would have been welcome during a decidedly morose time.

Alternatively, speakers could have touched on the political and social aspects of the attacks: what caused them and how the international political climate has changed since would have been interesting.

After the attacks last year, the student government had an expert on Islam speak on-campus about misconceptions the public has regarding the religion. Similar experts and lecturers would also have helped turn tragedy into an opportunity for learning.

Ultimately, it is important that we all remember what happened on Sept. 11, 2001 and come to terms with feelings of sadness and loss. At the same time, we must never forget that there is opportunity for growth and knowledge in even the darkest of times.

"R1m1mbrant1 and mourning or, important, but as an 1dueational institution Palomar shouldha,, us,d it Parking on dirt is expensive as anopportunity Br Ben Greenstein And in the meantime , I permits are required even am a convenient in the dirt lots), then that to 1101/y t1ath Since school started four lot should be paved and placewithout to eat lunch and som,thing." weeks ago, I have had to clearly marked, rather study.

WAYNESTAYSKAL / KRTNEWSSERVICE

TKETELESCOPE

have my car washed four times . .

No, this is not due to any bird droppings oii · spilt food. Nor is it my own fault at all.

It's the fault of the parking space I had to use.

Many other students besides myself have doubtlessly experienced the same problem - parking in one of the dirt lots near the back of the campus to ensure finding a parking place, and returning to their car only to find it caked in dust.

Now, I'm not complaining about the increased number of students. Nor am I saying that the school shouldn't use these lots.

On the contrary, I applaud them for using land that has been useless for a long time to solve one of their students' major concerns.

But my question is this: if enrollment is so high that parking is no longer available in the paved parking areas, why not use some of the extra money to turn the dirt lots into authentic parking lots?

As it is, it's ridiculous to expect students to park on a huge mound of dust - and even more ridiculous to require them to pay for it.

If a student has to buy a pass to use a space (and

EDITOR IN CHIEF STEPHEN KELLER

'I lthe

NEWS EDITOR SARAH STRAUSE

1eescipe

OPINION EDITOR CHARLES STEINMAN ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR KRISTIAN SMOCK FOCUS EDITOR JESSICA MUSICAR

Monday, Sept.16,2002

FOCUSED

Volume 56,No.2

ON PAlOMAR

The Telescopeis published weekly on Mondays, except weeks containing holidays or exams. Signed opinions are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily represent those of the entire newspaper staff, Palomar facult y and staff or the Govern ing Board.

SPORTS EDITOR JASON KALCHIK ONLINE EDITOR CHARLES STEINMAN PHOTO EDITORS ARTHUR ANDERSON, JOHNNY RABAGO ADMANAGER KRISTIAN SMOCK INSTRUCTIONAL AST . TOMCHAMBERS JOUR NALISMADVISERWENDY NELSON PHOT OJOURNALISM ADVI SER PAULSTACHELEK COPY EDITOR PATMCAVOY

than dusty, rocky chunk of land.

Ideally, shouldn't the money paid for parking permits (which is ridiculously high) be used to improve the parking situation?

Of course, the school seems to have more important things to use this money for. For example, the two "security towers" erected in Lots 9 and 12.

These, of course, are meant to give security officers a view of the entire parking lot, to help them spot the assaults and muggings that have happened on our campus.

However, I can't help but feel that these towers would do a better job of this if they had people in them.

Security officers are never seen in these towers, nor do they seem to be used for directing parking traffic .

So basically, the only thing these two towers do is take up two more spaces that could be used for students' cars.

In other parts of the campus, school funds are being used to build a new student center. Now, I was never the biggest supporter of the construction, as it's not likely to be completed until after I transfer or graduate.

Also, I think it's ridiculous that lots of time and money was spent to create a beautiful lawn with trees between the cafeteria and the F building, only to have it alltorn down half a semester later to make way for construction.

Still , I won't deny that a newer, nice student center would not be an unpleasant thing.

However - a new student center is something we want. New parking is something we need.

Although parking problems do tend to go down as the semester progresses, the parking at Palomar is still rapidly becoming more and more difficult. ·Perhaps if someone besides me - preferably someone with the authority to make such decisions had come up with the idea of paving the dirt lots, then less time would be spent by students looking for empty spaces (and less money spent on carwashes).

Unfortunately, our school seems to be more concerned with looking nice then being practical.

So we'll just have to wait and see if we get more space to fit our increased number of cars, or if we have to continue offroading to get to class each day.

STAFF WRITERS TAYLOR CORLITT, DESIREE DEWITT, HOWTO REACH US GYNETH GONZALU, BENGREENSTEIN, KELIYN ISHMAN, ADDRESS LAUREL JOHNSTON, JOHN KLAG, MINEKO KUDO, LISA THETELESCOPE JACKSON, JENNIFER MCINNES-WILLIAMSON, ANDREW PALOMAR COLLEGE PHELPS, MEGAN SCHMIDT, DANIELLE SEISA, JON 1140WEST MISSION ROAD SANMARCOS, CA92069 SHERLOCK, BRITTANY TORGERSON ROOM TCB-1 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS RYAN ALLEY, EDUARDO BATISTA, NEWSROOM ELIZABETH BRITTON, BENBURGESON, MELISSA CONKEY, PHONE (760) 744-1150,EXT. 2451 JESSICA DALRYMPLE, TOMDEVERS, CHRISDONU, FAX(760) 744-8123 ANTHOY DONU,ERICEVANS, CRYSTAL HART, PAUL PLEASE WRITE: "ATTN:THETELESCOPE" KALETA, MICHAEL KOFOED, JOSEPH LLANES, OSCAR E-MAILTELESCOPE@PALOMAR.EDU MARTINEZ, CHRISTINE PUTNAM, REGINA SARDINA, WEBSITEWWW.PALOMAR.EDU/TELESCOPE REBECCA SEAi:, SACHIKO SHIBA,RICHARD SINGER, ALEX SLATTERY, STACEY THRASHER, VIRGINIA WHITTAKER, SAVANNA YBARRA

a:1 ASSOCIATED COL LEGIATE PRESS

~

CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

CFAC CALIFORN IAFIRST AMANDMENT COA LITION

JOU RNALISM ASSOC IATION OFCOMMUN ITYCOLllGES

THE TELESCOPE ■ MONDAY, SEPT. 16,2002

5

Notjust sustenance,it's an adventure a large hall where some poor, misguided ing. souls were usually trying to convince stuI don't even want Subway, which is"the dents to get involved in programs. food of choice for these 1,000 surplus stuIt was the beginning of the semester. I To make a long story short: The next dents, but the cafeteria designers are picked up the first issue off the Telescope, semester, the Student Center was gone, ever resourceful. and I saw it: An artist's rendering of a and Even if you don't the cafeteria new cafeteria! want Subway, you have along with it. It was Okay, so it wasn't exactly a photo, but reduced to a pile of to stand behind all of "I r,al/yshou/tl'r, b,en how many things are? I was impressed. rubble by the aliens 1,000 of their rabid tipp,tloHby th, itlN of The new cafeteria looked like some- from "Independence fans in the line for the walking around thing out of "Star Trek" - people walking Day" in an attempt to stutl,nts only two cashiers who around purposefully in a spacious, sleek- starve us. purpos,lul/y ors/,ekn,ss survived the alien but-utilitarian hall.

This pile of rubble som,wh,nonth, Palomar attack.

You know, I really should've been has since evolved into eompus, butwhatu,nI soy? Let me tell you, one tipped off by the idea of students walking-- a large dirt pit, does not soon recover I'mmongullib/1 thanI look from around purposefully or sleekness some- attracting the tractors standing in line in th, mirror." where on the Palomar campus, but what that mysteriously behind throngs of can I,say? I'm more gullible than I look in appear on campus Subway junkies while the mirror. every couple of years. one's hamburger drips Since it's a new semester-and I've In any case, the new Big Hole Center on him from its mysteriously abundant heard tell there are a few thousand new doesn't provide much in the way of suste- supply of grease. (And please note that people here-I suppose I should give a lit- nance, so I was very glad to hear about the hamburger is just for example - it tle bit of background on this. the new cafeteria opening. Unfortunately, could just as easily be some Asian nooThere used to be a big building in the it appears that every one of the 1,000-or- dles' mysterious supply of grease. Or the middle of campus called the Student so surplus students we have this semes- person standing in front of you.)

Center It basically consisted of a few ter does nothing but stand around in the But really, I'm a fairly patient guy. The offices and classrooms, the cafeteria, and cafeteria for the better part of the morn- cafeteria designers knew this as well. So

By Charles Steinman

TKETELESCOPE

English professor is going to, like, buck tradition and stuff Chicai?:o-'fribune Editorial KITNEWSSERVICE

Here's the problem: Temple University associate English professor Muffy E.A. Siegel has studied the issue, and says teen-agers' use of"like" is not always so bad.

Siegel published a study of the word in the Journal of Semantics and concluded that "like" - unlike sentence-fillers "you know," or the everpopular "uh" and "um" - imparts particular meaning to a sentence. · "Like," in fact, can change a sentence ia several ways, according to Siegel's research, and that makes it worthy of stu~y and at least a modicum of respect.

That may not convince many who have crusaded against the teen-agers' abuse of the word since it was popularized in the mid-1980s by Southern California "valley girls."

According to Siegel's paper, scholars expected the "non-standard" uses of "like" to disappear as quickly as they had materialized; however, not only has the word persisted, but it has spread like an epidemic throughout the adolescent female population.

Boys use it less, and researchers don't know why.

Some theories suggest it's because young women are generally not as secure in their assertions.

Siegel's theory: "like" happens when the mouth gets ahead of the brain.

For some of her research, Siegel relied heavily on her teen-age daughter. Our own completely non-scientific studies show that the average teen-age girl employs the word in such prodigious quantities and staccato fashion that it is nearly impossible to keep an accurate count. One mild example, overheard during a 14-year-old's telephone conversation: Girl: "It's like, OK, did you, like, see her at school ... like, you won't believe this ... I think I'm going to just, like, read a magazine, and do somthing, like, unbrain-ish."

Siegel and others have identified the many guises of "like." At its most uninspiring, it's a synonym for "said." It could also be a way to warn of an exaggeration ("It's, like, a million degrees out there"); or inject some caution into a sentence when a speaker is not absolutely certain of its accuracy ("She has, like, three guinea pigs"). And it can be used for emphasis ("That is so, like, last week").

"What parents can feel good about," Siegel said, "is it's not a useless dumb word that kids are using in informal speech."

For the anti-"like" forces among us, she says, there is a glimmer of hope. As with any expression that becomes part of the teen lexicon, the word may simply fade with time or overuse.

But it is not likely.

speakounnew What ~ t!~'! __ !hi.nk ca1e erta~

they have apparently hired people to randomly yell at the customers standing in line.

"Don't get out of line!" they occasionally snap if they sense your thought patterns drifting toward any subject besides the far-off goal of the checkout stand.

Really, I get enough stress from my ·100 pages of math homework. Thanks for the help, cafeteria, but I really don't need it.

But this isn't a problem, because if we're hungry, we can just go pick up some light food at the Snack Shack or the Snack Trailer. Right?

Okay, so here's my helpful suggestion: Open them.

Seriously, over the course of this semester, it must be 20 times I or people I know have gone to the Snack Shack instead of the new cafeteria/sardine can only to find it not open.

It's getting pretty amazing that people don't revert to cannibalism.

Not having a car, I am going to look great by the end of this school year.

Anyway, you'll have to excuse me. I'm going to go have some popcorn.

I know I'm lame!

HELP MEI

I

THE STICK MAN BE SOMETHING MORE?

BETHE TELESCOPE'S CARTOONIST! CALL US AT

(760) 7 44-1150 (EXT.2450) OR SEE US IN

ROOM

AlexandraFehrman

Nicole Downey

Karen Morrison

COIIIIUNICATIONS

PHOTO&RAPHY

PHOTO&RAPHY

"They could make it a little more streamlined, instead of getting fooµ and then going to pay over there."

"I think it's really good. I think they need to have a deli for health food and sandwiches."

"We have a cafeteria?"

TCB-1

of the

BIOEN&INEERIN&

Brian WIison

WANT TO HELP

"It's too small. And I don't like it because it's so stupid - there's three cashiers.

The lines make me mad."

April Eveland

SOCIOLO&Y "I think it's real cool.

Subway's my favorite restaurant But they need some little stuff, like nutritional bars .."

THE TELESCOP ■M

6

•

••

Lessons learned Palo1nar re~cts

on the t~agedy and lives changt

By Jessica l\lusicar

ritual allows her to remember the day. "I don't want us to forget because we can become careless or lackadaisical," Dowd said.

Another woman, former Palomar student Cindy Long, has changed in a much different way. Her brother, Major Steve Vernon Long died from asphyxiation under the rubble of the Pentagon.

"I feel more hardened. Sometimes I have no reaction when I hear about this stuff and other times I cry like a baby," Long said.

Worse yet, she and her brother had a disagreement that caused them to stop speaking 12 years ago. They never had the chance to reconcile.

Despite the anguish and regret that Long now feels, she knows the tragedy has brought her closer to her family and has made her reassess her life.

"I now have an awareness that life is precious, as are our relationships. Time shouldn't be wasted on stupid stuff like what happened with my brother and I," Long said.

On the other hand, Long fears that the event has bred mistrust among people for fear they might be an enemy in disguise. She has witnessed this in her own home when her apartment manager gave letters to tenants asking them to report any unusual behavior exhibited by their neighbors.

Although not every student has had an experience like Long's, they have also seen changes in the world and themselves.

Business student Krishmaveni Rao, who emigrated from India to become an American citizen, was greatly saddened by the attack on

THITELESCOPE

E

ven with a year to heal and reflect on Sept. 11, many Americans are struggling to find meaning within the tragedy.

"I don't want to dwell morbidly on it, but how do you forget the painful side and remember the lessons?" said Bonnie Dowd, chairperson of the Palomar Business Dept.

Last year Dowd spent several trepidant hours fearing her cousins Barbara Posen and Brian Schnur had perished in the New York attack. Schnur worked on the 81st floor of the first tower to crumble and Posen worked in the Customs building adjacent to the World Trade Center. Luckily they both were able to escape the area unscathed.

Physical injury was not the only harm inflicted by the attacks, for many the scarring goes much deeper.

Dowd believes her cousins have suffered extensive emotional scarring. This became especially evident when Dowd took Posen on her first visit to Ground Zero. Dowd watched her cousin tremble in front of the construction site that was once the twin towers, Dowd said. On one occasion Posen told Dowd about a panic attack when she saw a low fly• ing plane near her home.

At first Dowd also found herself more anxious after the attacks. She would secondguess herself when preparing to travel or go out in public, but she realized that she couldn't live her life in fear.

Not a day goes by, Dowd said, where she doesn't attach a patriotic pin to her blouse. This

"It made me think twice about doing anything. It made me feel like we've been trained our whole lives to think we're in this free country where we're so safe and suddenly that safety has been taken from us - we were stripped of our freedoms without our permission."

- Cameron Kanold. 18

PHYSKAL THERAPY

'

"I still do everything the same, I think about it, see it on the news, talk about it, but day-to-day activity I don't want to change anything-I'm not going to be scared of it- I'm going to keep on doing the same thing."

-

Jose Luna, 19

FIRESCIENCE

her ·new country. "It's a thing that is uni inable. What are we going to tell our dren ?" Rao said.

Rao also noticed changes in ser uri American airports while traveling frorr Angeles to San Diego. All of her famil: their bags checked and had to remove shoes for inspection.

Another student, native New Yorker • Bartling believes that despite the tra Americans should not allow themse.lv live in fear. "All Americans should fee to go about their lives and not be detern senseless acts. That is the whole point ·a rorism, to instill fear and if we live our in that way, then they have won."

"I see people helping each other out more, regardless of race.

Americans look like they're more caring about each other. It was just shocking, everyone was dead quiet.

No one knew what to say - everyone was paralyzed by fear. No one would expect anything to happen like that.."

-

Josie l\loreno. 17

NURSING

0NDAY, SEPT. 16,2002

7

~d 1mag-

chility ' tlt n Los y had

: their Brian 1gedy, res to :I free ·ed by )f ter. lives

"It's changed me for the better. You look_at life and it's valuable, any second rt can be taken away. Every time yo~ get into the car, you think you're gomg to get to where you want but sometimes you might not get there.

I'm jus~ more optimistic on things now. I hve everyday like it is my last basically." '

"~. friend of mine was taking dead b~dies out of the Pentagon, I just w~sh I was there to help. I was upset with what the Army did to me - I was out recruiting and not in Afganastan."

-

Ricardo Buddle

U.S. ARMYSERGEANT, FIRSTCLASS I I I I lllllfllJ

••

~ ' •

- Troy Pollock. 20

UNDECIDED

"I don't really feel different, because I know they can't do this again. As far as flying and stuff, I'll always fly the friendly skies. It hasn't really impacted me much because I feel sorry for what happened, but I know it just won't happen again."

-

Nick Rens, 21

UNDECIDED

8

THE TELESCOPE â– MONDAY, SEPT. 16,2002

;

Facultyart

111

at Boehm

By Jason Kalchik

cacophony of color that is both pleasant to the eye and evocative to the mind.

Palomar College's Boehm Kitty Meek, a professor Gallery opened the fall of computer animation and semester with a showcase multimedia, contributed a of faculty art. darkly surrealistic paintAbout 50 students, facul- ing of an unclad woman ty and community members holding herself up by the attended the opening recep- hair in the foreground of a tion of the Faculty Art violent sea. Electric wires Show on Friday, Sept. 6. crisscross in the back. Longtime Palomar pro- ground, emerging on their fessor Barry Reed said the poles from the ocean itself. show is important, "so that It is ob.vious that this piece the students and communi- is greatly symbolic and in ty can see the work we do its symbolism attempts to - it helps the students get convey meaning that is an idea about what teach- both highly personal and ers they might be interesthighly important to its creed in taking (or not tak- ator-- displaying both the ing), and it helps to pro- artistic ability and couramote the wide variety of geous nature of the artist. art classes offered at Besides the various Palomar ." types of paintings on disThe exhibition features play, other pieces of art art varying greatly in disci- include ceramic sculptures, pline, style, and content; glass sculptures, mixedthough impressionistic media, and photography. painting seemed to be the The photographic contribumost popular. tions might very well be Gregory Martin con- the most stunning. Donna tributed brilliantly to this Cosentino contributed two trend. One of his pieces, black and white photoentitled "Median Trees," graphs. Speaking of one of depicts a freeway under- these photos, which depicts pass that resembles the 15, a fire-blackened, sap78 interchange. It gives secreting tree, she comthe impression of how mented that, "when I went things might appear to a there to shoot I got the vagrant waking up with a impression that the trees debilitating hangover after were crying." Skilled in a night spent beneath the ¡ her craft as she is, dull roar of cars passing Cosentino impressively overhead. conveys this feeling with Another example of the photograph. impressionistic art curN. David King's photorently on display is GD graph, "Wet Leones Durant 's "Via Nocturna."

Concord,"--which depicts This simple, yet beautiful , differently hued flowers painting depicts a possibly resting on pine needles-- is Grecian garden as the sun probably the most fantastibegins to settle beneath cally colorful piece on disthe horizon. She employed play. The lucidity of the dark purples , oranges, colors captured in the phobrowns and yellows in a tograph snatch the eye THETELESCOPE .

z ;!

-Ill 1zIll Ill 1-

-..

PHOTOSBY ERICEVANS/ THETELESCOPE

Above: KittyMeek's painting features a woman pulling herself upbyherownhaironthebeach.Below: BarryReedexamines oneofthepieces intheBoehm Gallery's Annual Faculty ArtShow.

from the peripheral and pull the spectator toward it like a tractor-beam.

There are many other contributions by many other teachers to be seen.

Some are for sale, ranging from $85.00 to $5,000.00 in price. Many others are clearly marked not for sale.

All Palomar students and staff are invited to come and visit the gallery.

The Faculty Art Show runs until September 28.

Visitors can come between 10 and 4p.m. on Tuesdays, 10 and 9p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 10 to 2p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

i Fall better than summer at the box office

By Me~an Schmidt

Tll'ETILES'COPE

Summer has come and gone, taking with it warm water temperatures, beach side bonfires, 8p.m. sunsets and (with any luck) those mindless, plot-less, cliche action flicks. This fall we can look forward to spending the humid early autumn days in an overly air conditioned movie theatre.

Whether it's a fresh romantic comedy you're craving or an action film with a plot, you are sure to find something at least mildly entertaining in this years fall movie preview.

"Gangs of New York" is the much anticipated new endeavor of acclaimed director Martin Scorsese. Set in the 19th century, this high budget film places Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role of Amsterdam, an angry Irish American youth on a quest to avenge his father's death.

Cameron Diaz is cast as the love interest and Daniel Day-Lewis assumes the role of the villain, Bill the Butcher.

Complex st9ryline? Maybe not.

Skillfully choreographed fighting sequences? You bet. Critics sing high praises for the film, boasting that this "challenging new role" will allow Leo to shed his teenage heartthrob image and prove his prowess as an actor.

Steven Segal's latest attempt to revamp his stale action career comes in the form of "Half Past Dead." Nick Frazier, played by rapper Ja Rule, assists undercover FBI agent Sascha, played by Steven Segal, in an attempt to protect a Supreme Court Justice from being murdered while visiting prison.

This movie is sure to blur the line between good guy and bad guy in the same fashion of Training Day. But Segal is no Denzel, we'll see if audiences get half past the movie before they fall dead asleep.

Premieres November 15th, not yet rated.

The thought of being stranded on a beautiful desert island with an equally beautiful person conjures several steamy scenarios, unless

you can't stand the person you're stranded with. Thus, the premise for "Swept Away," starring Madonna . and Adriano Giannini.

Madonna plays the rich, snotty, self centered employer of Giannini.

But when employer and employee are stranded and separated from society Giannini takes advantage of the situation a)ld reverses their roles.

Now that he has stripped her of all dignity and self-confidence she has no choice but to fall in love with him. And they live happily ever after, now that she knows her place.

Madonna's new husband, and father of her child wrote the screen play as well as directed the film.

Do I detect a hint of subconscious resentment over being Mr. Madonna?

Premieres October 18th, rated R. When John's niece was young he promised her that if she ever got into Harvard, he'd pay for her tuition. Of course he didn't expect her to actually get in 10 years later. Now John and his bonehead

friend, Duff, must find some way to come up with the $30,000 in "Stealing Harvard." Jason Lee and Tom Green are guaranteed to stir up lots of laughs in this slapstick comedy.

Premieres September 13th, rated PG-13.

As if Eminem hasn't already profited off angry song lyrics, music videos and album covers, now he gets to star in a movie playing the part he knows so well.

In "8 Mile," the Real Slim Shady plays a "talented" rapper kept down by his unsupportive mother and ghetto neighborhood.

Despite the fact that the story line is the focus of almost every single one of Eminem's songs, producer Brian Grazer denies that the film is a biopic. "I never wanted to make a biopic." Grazer told Entertainment Weekly. "I wanted to make a movie that covered our understanding of hip-hop, and (to do that), you need a point of view.

I thought Eminem could bring that." Bring your box of tissues, this tear-jerker premiers November 8th and will be rated R.

THE TELESCOPE ■ MONDAY, SEPT.16, 2002

■

9

REMEMBER: Tree-planting~eremonyhonorsvictimsof terror attacks CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

strength."

He finished his speech by saying, "as the trees grow, so will our resolve to stand up for what we believe in and to defend what we hold dear."

President of Palomar College Sherrill Amador read a resolution passed by the governing board in memory of those who lost their lives and suffered as a result of the tragedy of Sept. 11.

Amador said, "The governing board, on behalf of the community, honors and remembers those who gave their lives and sacrificed as a result of the 9/11 attacks."

Then she asked everyone to pause for a moment of silence.

Student Government President Sean Weimer thanked the audience for showing support and recognized members of last year's student government who helped plan the ceremony. He urged the audience to "let us not forget."

After the opening statements, those in attendance were allowed to participate, by reading from a list of victims' names

and shoveling dirt into the two holes where the memorial Incens Cedar trees were planted.

Many students and faculty were eager to participate and two lines formed. While people took turns reading the names, ages, professions and home towns of some of those who died in the attacks, students could be seen shoveling varying amounts of soil, and filling in the space around the two trees.

The mood was solemn.

Patriotism was in abundance during the service. Many of those in attendance were wearing patriotic clothing. Red, white, and blue were the dominant colors of the occasion.

Palomar student Jason Veech said, "I'm happy that the school stepped in and did something like this."

Another Palomar student, Margaret Reynolds added, "I think it's kind of neat that all across the country people are doing things like this."

It wasn't just students who felt the importance of the occa-

sion.

Long time Palomar instructor, Teri McFarland said, "I'm proud that our community at Palomar College has chosen to take the time to participate and share in this loss."

She said that the ceremony "makes us feel more connected as human beings."

While speaking about the decision to plant the trees, Weimer said, ''We [the ASG] wanted to do something that would not only be good for the land, but for the students as well."

Weimer then mused, "What could be better than coming and sitting under these trees after a long day of class?"

The ceremony ran very smoothly from start to finish , and many students stayed until the end.

Leo Melena, student government vice president, said, "We are very happy so many people came out and stayed in the heat. The turnout has exceeded our expectations. " "It has been a tremendous success," Melena said.

REBECCA SEAL/ THETELESCOPE

Palomar employee JenyPlaksports a starsandsbipes bandama attheschoofs Sept11 memorial ceremony.

Theceremony washeldfromnoonto1p.m.bythelibrary.

WANT MORI? ■ ASG President Sean Weimer appointed Senator Chris Champine the interim chairman of the program and publicity committee. He also appointed Senator Sally Serrin as chairwoman of the budget ad finance committee.

■ ASG will be participating in San Marcos's seventh annual Christmas parade on Dec.l.

The parade will be hosted by the Kiwani's Club of San Marcos and features a teddy bear theme. The ASG hope to enter several floats.

■ ASG will be holding a retreat for its members Oct.25 and 26. The retreat is intended to teach leadership and promote "group cohesion through social interaction ," said Bruce Bishop,

of college." He said she wanted something similar to National CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 University, where faculty members are less involved in running the school. increased projected expenditures Perry Snyder, a part-time to about $74 million, up $8.5 milphysics professor, said the ijon from the previous year. administration has taken to conOther big expenditures sidering the faculty as "advisory." include $350,000 to repave He was also upset over district Parking Lots 1 and 2 and $375,000 more in energy costs proposals in the contract which since the school has had to find a would pay instructors less for lab new power provider. The school time time than lectures.

"It's an immediate pay had a long-term contract with decrease," Snyder said.

Enron until earlier this year During the board meeting, when that company filed for Mary Ann Drinan, one of the bankruptcy.

At the same time, projected union's presidents, said that the revenues are only at $70 million, college was treating shared govup $3 million from the previous ernance as a "quaint visitor from year. This leaves a difference of the past." Shared governance is the name for the policy that says about $4 million, which Patton said the college will make up all groups on campus should be consulted before major decisions using left-over funds from last are made. year.

President Sherrill Amador The budget is likely to be revised when the state makes responded to allegations by corrections to its budget after the Drinan that the district was refusing to hire new instructors November elections.

In other governing board busi- until the faculty acquiesced to the district's requests to have an ness , 30 minutes before the meeting about 20 faculty mem- administrator on all faculty hiring committees. bers held · a rally to show their Amador said the district simsupport for the faculty union.

The union is currently in con- ply wasn't going to hire any new faculty members until a new poltract negations with the district.

Wearing red shirts as a display icy was agreed on, but it was still of unity, the faculty members willing to compromise on the specifics. voiced concerns over the way the Christine Barkley, president of district is treating the faculty the faculty senate, said that members.

Bill Bedford, a member of the Drinan 's statements were incorrect and the proposed changes to union's executive board, said the hiring policy were not subthat .college president Sherrill Amador wants a "different kind stantial.

■

th1tk us out on th, W,b at: www.palomar.1dult1l11top1

director of student affairs.

■ ASG plans to host and participate in the "P" Mountain project, a campus wide activity to repair the "P" that was altered July 4.

Bishop hopes to make the "P" more permanent with concrete mix. More information will be available in following weeks.

Applicants Wanted to Study Part IV of the Urantia Book

Earn $25,000.

For DetailsVisit: www.eventodaward.com

Help Wanted Part-time, up to $14.95 hr. sortingand preparing mailings. Flexiblehours.

No Selling.Only serious people need apply.

Call (626)821-4035

BUDGET:

D ANORMAL ROOMMATE · D NUTRITIOUS DORM FOOD

e ABANKTHATLISTENS TOITSCUSTOMERS UNBELIEVABLE, BUT TRUE.

WEHEARD YOU. At Washington Mutual, we give our customers things chey ask for, like truly Free Checking that doesn't pile on fees every month. Plus, free standard Online Banking and free account access at over 2,000 of our ATMs nationwide.

Just like you asked for. {Sorry we can't help you out with the roommate situation.)

■ WashingtonMutual MORENU ■AI INTERESt"' Escondido/DelNorte- 326:c W El Norte Pkwy.

San Marcos - 295 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd.

1.800.788.7000 FDICInsured

10

THE TELESCOPE ■ MONDAY, SEPT. 16,2002

ers. Crews on campus had to use extra circuits, to restore power. Also, new equipment was installed to prevent this from happening again," Barrett said.

Palomar foodpantryseeks donations forFallsemester The Palomar College Food Pantry is very low on goods this year. Facilitated by Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, the pantry provides free food items to any student in need.

Campus and community members have contributed to the pantry in years past, but every semester the supply dwindles.

More students rely on the service than ever before. "As the cost of living goes up, our food supply goes down,"said EOP&S employeeAngela Stanley. Last year, 878 students and their families used the program.

Non-perishable food items may be dropped off at TCA1. Information about having items picked up is available by calling (760) 744-1150ext. 2449.

-

Andrew Phelps

-

Taylor Corlett

and locate and contact the owner.

The memo from the Police Department about the new Lost and Found policy states, "We are contacted continuously about lost items and cannot return them to the owners if we do not have them."

So, those of you walking around campus still looking for the item that you lost days, weeks, or months ago...check the Police Department Lost and Found. You may just find what you have been looking for.

Workshops offered forstudents interested infinancial aid

-

Kellyn Ishman

Students interested in applying for financial aid can attend a free workshop offering information on assistance with college expenses while attending Palomar College. Student Support Programs will be providing these workshops throughout the semester. Forms and instruction regarding financial aid applications will be Health services offers free and anonymous HIV testavailable. ing on the San Marcos Campus. The tests, which conThe next workshop will be on Sept. 25 from 1 to 2 p.m. in TCB-3. Students can get further information or sist of a saliva sample, does not use needles or blood.

The process takes a few minutes and students get meeting times by calling Jean Ruff at (760) 744-1150 the results the following Monday. ext. 3282. · "We don't even know the results. If the test is posi- Jennifer Mcinnes-Williamson . tive, a student can meet a Health Services counselor to get whole counseling," said nurse Pam Web. Testing is conducted every Monday from 2 to 4 p.m.

Tests will be conducted through Dec. 9. Appointments are recommended, but Health Services also accepts walk-ins.

Have you ever lost something that you thought you Health Services is located between the B and E would never get back? Well, here at Palomar, the Police buildings. Students can call (760) 744-1150 ext. 2380 Department is trying to change that. for more information.

- Mineko Kudo Items that are found should not be kept in classrooms or departments because many times students do not know to look in these areas. Also, when the items that are kept in the departments are taken to the Police at the end of the semester, students have usually given up on finding them, and ultimately, never get them back. itemsfor T,Jneop,, Instead, found items are to be taken to the Police If youhaveanynews Department Storefront, or you can call them and they callusat (760) 744-1150ext.2450 will pick the item up themselves. This allows the please department to log the item in to their "Lost and ore-mail usat telescope@palomar.edu Found", and then do whatever research they can to try

Health Services conducts free HIV teststhrough December

SnackShack,diningtrailer sufferLabor DaymeltdownCam,uspoliceimplement Palomar's Snack Shack was closed for the week after newlost-and-found policy Labor Day due to an air conditioning failure over the holiday weekend.

The snack shack, located near the middle of the San Marcos campus, was closed from Sept. 2 to the evening of Sept. 4.

"The air conditioning unit malfunctioned which caused the equipment to overheat," said manager of food services Pat Barrett. A little less than a thousand dollars of spoiled food had to be disposed off due to the broken air conditioner, Barrett said.

"No one was on campus during Labor day, so I never would have thought this would happen," Barrett said.

A test run on the unit forced the shack to continue its close until Sept. 4. But that was not the only problem Barrett had to face on Labor Day. "There was a electrical problem at the pavilion trail-

GOTNEWS?

n,,

City of Oceanside Seasonal Recreation Leader $6.75-$9.07/hr Seasonal Recreation Supervisor $9.46-$11. 75/hr Assist w/ the operation & safe implementation of recreation programs organize & promote activities for children (ages 6 to 12); cover evening programs & secure building @ night. 20 hrs a week, year round, and some Saturdays. For more info call Kathleen Swigart @ 760-435-5550 Applications available @ www.ci.oceanside.ca.us

PERSPECTIVES

t:ina -

Tr,,f,'JN

bc91

OAKS

('The

's

back

H'D_y

in

Master's Degrtts • Education - Curriculum {.N /nstmcti on

- Reuding

,-u

Master's O.grtts(cont,)

Credentials andCertifications Professional Certifications • HumanResources • Administrative Services• Non-Profit Management • Organizational Leadership TierI andII • SHRM fundamentals • Psychology (MFT) • Educational Specialist • PHR/SPHR Exam (LevelsI & II) • SchoolCounseling Preparation - Mild/Moderate • SchoolPsychology • Professional Development - Moderate/Severe • SpecialEducation CoursesforK-12 • Multiple Subject/CLAD Educators Certificates for • PupilPersonnel Services Academic Credit - School Counseling • HumanResources - School Psychology • Organizational Leadership • SingleSubject/CLAD • Voluntary Leadership

II CHAPMAN II UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE SAN DIEGO Calltoday,toll free,formoreinformation or to meetwithoneoi our advisors.

866-CHAPMAN MissionValley 7460Mission Valley Rd.619-296-8660 www.chapman.edu/sandiego 01apnmUnlveisily ~ acoedted byandIsamerrl>ei of lheWe~em Assoc~tloo ofSchools andColeges.

Teacher tr.lining anduedeotlal pro!J,msare apprwed bytheCcmrMooonTeacher Credeotlallng

A40NDA SA

Now

_/ e' clluring

dLW.A.XS......l...~-.D.LS.c::.aUN.:c:rD

tnwn!-

ROAD

10

TELEPHONE.:

Bachelor's DtgrNS • Computer Info.Systems • Computer Scien ce • Criminal Justice • Organizational Leadership • Psychology • Social:Xience

deli

,..n~wlchc•

VALLEY

at"

Palo,nar

BORDEN

Col./ege,)

47.1-4808

O Nll'J. O #CD£«

Y TIIHU TUHDA

,no c has.

. , : N ' #SI ~Y ,' J,IF"

FRIQ ,- 1 Y Y 10.:00 ro

lclfte

7:00 2:00

...- ancl

10

$.·00

c app1u

F'.A.L.C,l/t1A.R..S:CU.Q.EJ:'::!CC,S

.:cinos

fV,Tl:l

V.Al

lO,L.D.

Desire tbeK111gdom AStory oftheLastPlantaganets

A historical novelbyPaulaSimonds Zabkabasedonthe livesofRichardmandAnneNeville ofWarwick, thelast Plantaganet KingandQueenofEngland whostoodat the centeroftreason,turmoilandtragedyduringtheWarsof theRoses.Timnovelconfronts themystery andcontroversy tha~tothisday,stillhauntsthereignofRichardm.Th~is a mustbookforyourfiction library.

Available at thePalomarBookstore. ($16.95le$15%studentd~ount.)

THE TELESCOPE â– MONDAY, SEPT. 16,2002 not having problems with classes. â– "I haven't really noticed a CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 change in enrollment, except lem, costs had to be held down. the lines in the cafeteria and This means that there is the bookstore are pretty long," same number of classes on cam- Jones said. pus as last fall," Lee said.

Billy Irwin is a continuing Under the recently adopted student at Palomar who has California budget, Palomar will been attending classes for two be funded for roughly 70% of its years. growth.

"I have noticed more people "35 percent of classes are on campus than last fall. It already closed; they have makes taking required classes a reached full capacity," Lee said. little harder," Irwin said.

Of the 35 percent, many Irwin said his strategy for English and math classes in the dealing with the crowding is to, morning have been filled since "Plan ahead, be flexible and the first couple weeks of regis- take online courses." tration.

Even this summer, enrollIncreased enrollment is not ment has affected classes. There happening just at Palomar. was a 10% average increase in "More students are going to attendance. college than ever." Lee said.

"Most of the students who "It's not just at this collegebut come to Palomar stay on averall colleges have experienced a age 5.7 years. Two thirds of the national increase at one point. A students are part-time taking great part of the increase. is due one or two classes," Lee said. to the incoming high school stuStudents with more credits dents." completed have priority regisNikki Jones, a student at tration over students with fewer Palomar feels that some areas credits. This means that fullon campus have become con- time students generally have a gested with students, despite better chance of getting into

11

ENROLLMENT:

classes than part-time students.

Lee said students who are having a hard time getting into classes should spend time planning. "See_a councilor, and plan your courses ahead of time." Lee said.

He also said it's imporyant to

pay your bill. "Students will be dropped if they do not pay their fees on time."

Lee also suggested to have back up classes of a particular class if getting in, seems difficult. Enroll in English and math first, since they are usually first

to go.

Finally, Lee suggested students try to take early morning or late evening courses.

They are the less likely to go the first couple weeks of registration.

Make the difference For more information on becoming a teacher, contact CalTeac'Ti- your one-stop inf~rmation, recruitment and referral service for individuals considering or pursuing a teaching career.

Make the difference of a lifetime. Teach.

Call 1-888-CALTEACH (225-8322) or visit www.calteach.com

CSUOfficeof the Chancellor

12

= -0

Ai

-II)

1-

111

E

0 w

THE TELESCOPE ■ MONDAY, SEPT. 16,2002

StudentAtheleteson RightTrack n

Chanel Ha(·hez

1 E nmCOP£

Student athletes must adhere to a new grade tracking system that will be enforced this fall semester .

Prior to this semester, athletes were given cards that their teachers filled out in order for coaches to track their grades. Several problems surfaced regarding this old method of tracking athlete's grades, attendance and participation; it was evident to Athl'etic Director John Woods that a new approach was necessary.

"The problem with the old tracking system was its lack of confidentiality, and the speed at which coaches and staff were informed of potential academic probFILEPHOTO lems," Woods said.

The new Under a newgradetracking program implemented thissemester, coaches willbeableto tracktheirstudent athletes' progress bothonandoffthefield. tracking and lA schools," said "Another major plus of NCAA, that students are system is es and are "Anoth,r majorplusof run through asked to this new system, is that we eligible to play a college Woods.

"The athletic programs thisnewsystem,is that assess their can track the students year sport.

Palomar we have here at Palomar round," Woods said.

It is Athletes can compete College's progress. weu,ntraekthestudents are working, last year we critical for athletes to stay four out of those five years, confidential They use had 23 full NCAA rides , it on an academic ·- path, red-shirting one. online fac- yearroumf' Athletic also shows that the faculty because as soon as· . they "The system is crucial, u 1 t y - John Woods Academic is working hard for our start playing for Palomar · because the sooner the stuInternet ATHLETIC DIRECOTOR p r O g r e S S student," Woods said. their five year clock starts, dents complete their generservices Rosters link The new tracking system explains Woods.

The clock al education, the sooner we (eServices). on the 4th, will come into full effect Teachers are informed of 8th and 12th week of each refers to the number of can get them out there years, according to the competing in Division 1 starting Sept. 16. the athletes in their classsemester.

3Jnk,-Sp.~lenn Qtustom ~attoos & ~tenctl mtork ((all: (619) 299-6192