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The rally was held immediately before the district's governing board meeting that night, and faculty members packed the board room.

Several instructors addressed the board members that evening, expressing their displeasure with the current administration.

"For the first time in my 38 years here, I am embarrassed for my college," said English professor Jack Quintero.

Quintero said he was upset over what he felt was a lack of respect for faculty members, as well as the fact

that no contract has been reached.

He also said he was unhappy with the changes in the administration's attitude, and that in the past year the schoolwas being run more like a business.

At the board meeting, the faculty senate presented a resolution it had approved the day before. The resolution condemned the administration for engaging in "repugnant, demoralizing" behaviors.

The senate's resolution asked the

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A 14-year radio industry veteran is the new general manager at Palomar College's radio station. Meg Banta, a former Palomar student, has ■ SEE FACULTY, PAGE 11 replaced Rob Branch. He retired in August.

Banta's tasks include overseeing the general operations of the station, handling fiscal matters, and serving as the final decision-maker. She also works with student managers and student disc jockeys. begatt their day, they had their Banta has been an adjunct work cut out for them. The stuteacher at Palomar for six dents' job was to renovate the years and a broadcasting perexterior of a home on North sonality in the county. She curCitrus Avenue in Vista. This rently hosts "Sunday Morning included painting, landscaping Unplugged" on KPRI 102.1. In and general cleanup. addition to her duties as genGwen Carrathes, a nursing eral manager at KKSM, she student, worked on painting the teaches radio and television home. courses full-time.

"I really just want to help Banta's fascination with the out," Carrathes said. medium started young. "I Nicole Fisher, a communicaknew as a little kid I wanted to tions major, spent the day hauling JOHNNY RABAGO / THEULESCOPE go into radio," she said. When Palomar studentJohnRamsey helpsfixa houseinVista ■ SEE RADIO,PAGE 3 ■ SEE CLEANUP,PAGE 11 Ocl12as partofa Vistacommunity cleanupprogram.

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The first online election for the Associated Student Government experienced about a 600 percent voter increase over the spring election.

Bruce Bishop, director of student affairs said, 124 students voted between Oct.7-11. All 10 candidates ran uncontested: Last spring only 21 students voted for three ASG candidates.

Chairman of the ASG election committee, Eamon Kavanagh, said the increase in voters was related to using the Internet for elections. He said that the election went smoothly and he believes the ASG will adopt this program from now on.

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About 65 Palomar faculty members carried signs that harshly criticized school administration, as part of a The"Hip" Teacher: union rally Oct. 8.

Insists Oil The demonstration included faculty beingona members shouting, ''We want a confirst-flallle."' / tract now!" and "Respect teachers, basis with respect students!" students. , The rally was the latest event in 1soccasion6 • what has turned into a prolonged batallylatetoclass. tle between administration and the \WIbuyacobol for faculty union since the groups began youif youshare. contract negotiations in July 2001.

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A number of Palomar College TRIO students dedicated time and elbow grease to help the city of Vista Oct. 12.

"It has been great, everyone has been wonderful," said Marsha Gable, supervisor of the TRIO program.

The students volunteered as part of Vista's fourth annual "Revitalizing Our Community" clean up.

When the TRIO students

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Armed with shovels, mm1 brooms and buckets, every Saturday archaeology students get down on their knees and start digging up the land north of the library.

The students - are searching for artifacts left behind by the tribes who walked across Palomar College about 8,000 years ago.

It's been two years since archaeology professor Dr Philip de Barros and his students started digging into Palomar's past.

So far, they have uncovered arrowheads, milling stones, shells, animal bones, pottery and stones used by the natives for cooking.

"They did not cook around hearth. They would heat the stones first and then put them into the stew to cook it from within," de Barros said.

All these clues lie less than a foot below the surface.

Students dig a foot down and find things from hundreds and thousands of years ago.

One such find is obsidian, a volcanic glass from either the south east end of the Salton Sea, the closest source, or Mammoth Lake which is 250 miles away.

"It is an interesting find and can be an important source of information. The scientific analysis of their hydration bands (formed by absorption of water) can lead us to their age," de Barros explains.

De Barros is excited by finding Jasper arrowheads and pottery in the upper layers of the soil which indicate reoccupation within the last 500 years.

"These arrowheads are typical of the last 500 years. This means that the early inhabitants had abandoned the area at some, as-yet-undetermined point and another group, probably the Luiseno Indians, reoccupied it in the 500 years."

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Two Paloma' students pricipateintheadJaeologjcal excavation thathasbeengcq CN1bythelihrary.Thecig,wtichis initsthirdyear,is expected tobefiishedtlis semester.

This semester is the last chance for de Barros and his team to work on the site because the college will soon replace it with a life sciences building.

The college had planned it a few years back, but the California Environmental Quality Act required it to determine that the land didn't contain any thing of cultural or societal significance.

So, Palomar hired an outside archeological firm, Gallegos and Associates, in 1999 to do the test excavations.

The firm determined that the site behind the library was loaded with artifacts and remnants of American Indian life from the Archaic period.

Under the law, the college was unable to build on the land as it was.

The college had two choices - either avoid the site or mitigate the impact by excava-

tion. Since the <:ollegecouldn't learning experience," says avoid it, it decided on the lat- · . _Rudy Reyes, an advanced ter. excavation student.

This is when de Barros The work these students do stepped in. He asked the col- is dirty and gritty. lege to give him three years to But the hard work seems to excavate the land. pale before the excitement of Apart from being a learning finding something significant opportunity for the students, it underneath their unit, the saved the college $100,000, the square meter land on which amount it would have had to these students methodically pay to an outside archaeologi- work in the groups of two or cal firm. three.

In fact, the prospect of being "We are anxious to know able to work on this site has what lies underneath," said led many students to enroll for Priya Wong, an advanced excathe classes at Palomar College. vation student, as she guides "De Barros was looking for beginning excavation student students to work on this site. I Doug Buckner through the grabbed the opportunity. Now, digging.

I love out here," says Beverley "I never took archaeology Laufenburger, an advanced before, but this class is fun. It's excavation student who com- tough and dirty work, but I pleted her beginning course 10 always wanted to do it and years ago. thought this was the right "This kind of practical traintime," says Linda Nevin, a ing is hard to get elsewhere. beginning excavation student.

This site has been a great De Barros is confident of

completing the task on time.

About 20 beginning and 15 advanced excavation students, under the supervision of de Barros and two teaching assistants, are working on the site.

"This semester I have enough students working on the site, so expect to finish it on time," the archaeology professor said.

The recovered artifacts are processed, catalogued and sent out for various kinds of analyses - stone tool technology studies, protein residue analysis, radiocarbon dating etc.

"The results of these analyses will then be incorporated into a written report summarizing what we now know about the site and comparing the results to other sites in the area," says de Barros.

Eventually, the artifacts may be curated either at Palomar College or at the San Diego Archaeological Center.

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It's a good sign for student CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 involvement that we are almost at a full board," Champine said.

Although nervous about his The election offered students first semester on ASG, Magana easy access to vote through a said, "I want to get into the link from the Palomar College committees, find out what the Web site to elexpert.net, the issues are and see what kind of provider for the ASG elections. difference I can make." Magana The Web site also allowed stuhopes to take on a vice presidendents to rate issues that were tial position in future semesters. important to them. The six New Senator Jamie Reeder issues they could choose from said she is excited to start workwere textbook prices, financial ing on the ASG. aide opportunities, scholarAlong with gaining their senships, tuition fees, campus locaatorial and vice presidential tions and childcare. positions, the new officers will Bishop said he asked the conhave staff parking privileges sultants who set up the Web site and are also eligible for a $500 to not reveal the exact number COURTESY STUDENT ACTIVITIESleadership scholarship if they of votes for each candidate serve for an entire year. because none were contested.

Thenewstudent government officers aresworn inOct.16. Theelections wereheldonline forthefirsttimethisyear.

Bishop is optimistic about He did however confirm that future elections. He said that each candidate received at least one vote and also got a list of the dates in the spring semester to make a big commitment like merly appointed are Marlena with the online elections, more publicity and the completion of Clayton, Michelle Forshner, elected candidates by the the student union's removal. It serving on the ASG. the student union will increase amount of votes they received. was also affected by the high Of the nine students elected Laura Raty and Sally Serrin. voter turnout.

Chris Champine, also formerBishop said he is more con- student turnover rate between to senatorial positions this _All officers were sworn in on cerned about what students do spring and fall semester, Bishop month, five are new to the ASG. ly an appointed senator and in office, not how many votes said.

They are Paul Charas, Eli chairman of programming and Wednesday, Oct.16. New ASG publicity was elected vice presi- members received a copy of the they get.

Bishop said students do not Magana, David Phan, Jamie constitution and a Palomar Bishop attributed the poor know if they will return in the Reeder and Amador Soto. dent of social events.

"I'm really thrilled about the College duffel bag. voter turnout and lack of candi- fall, so many are unwilling to Elected senators who were for-

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she attended Palomar, Banta immediately became involved with the radio station. It was during this time that she worked with Professor Russ Jackson, her mentor and role model. "[He] is my inspiration," said Banta of Jackson, who launched the .station in 1970.

"He -left a legacy that I would like to emulate. He did it so well."

She ultimately became student production manager, and, after one semester, Banta was offered a job at a local radio station.

Banta largely attributes her success to the positive and fruitful experience she shared at Palomar with Jackson and KKSM. "Now it's my time to give to the station," she said.

Banta admits there are problems at Comet1320, and that's exactly what she aims to resolve.

She said the station is "technologically handicapped" with "lackluster equipment." Banta has made minor technology upgrades already, but she wants to modernize more equipment.

She would like to see new items such as state-of-the-art traffic systems and digital editing tools. Banta plans to focus training on the use of digital technology, rather than on operations and industry structure.

"The industry has changed," she said. "I want to provide as much real world experience as possible ... and make students employable."

Banta said knowledge of technology is most important in order to succeed in the radio world.

Zeb Navarro, a Palomar student, is second-in-command at Comet1320. His role as assis-

tant operations manager is to help students interact with the disc jockeys and use the equipment.

He said he is satisfied with the equipment upgrades that Banta has already installed, but he also wants much more progress.

"Hopefully she'll make some stuff happen that's been neglected in the past," Navarro said.

These upgrades are not easy, due to the limited funds of the station. Banta said KKSMhas no established budget, but its expenses to not diminish. AP News Desk, a service from Associated Press that provides worldwide news to KKSM, may have to be dropped. Its cost is over $8,000 per year.

Licensing fees and other operating costs worsen the budget problem. As with almost all radio stations, revenue typically depends on advertising spots and paid programming.

This semester, two paid programs provide the only income for the station. Banta is trying to find more ways to raise money, hoping to recruit new advertisers.

"I am the sales department," she said. Banta is worried that the station will flounder sooner than later without adequate funds. "That's my biggest concern ... to keep the radio station."

Students have many opportunities to succeed through the radio program. They are on-air with a formatted show after only one semester-length class. After two semesters, students are allowed specialty shows on evenings and weekends.

Banta makes the station very accessible and enjoys getting students started early to prepare ·them for the job market. "There's no place in the entire .world where you can get experience like here ... and for

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MegBanta isthenew general manager andfamtyadviser to Paloow's liKiostation.

ShetookthejobafterRobBranch reti'ed lastyear.

$11 per unit," Banta said.

Indeed, she may be right.

Some of San Diego's bestknown broadcasters have emerged as graduates from Palomar College. Greg Sims and Anita Rush of STAR 100.7, Shanon Leder of Rock 105.3, Kenny Goldberg of KPBS-FM,

and Nick Upton of KSON are among the notable alumni from Palomar College.

Banta also clarified the format at Comet1320. Listeners have been confused in the past as to exactly what content the station broadcasts. Dubbed "North County's New Music",

the station is Alternative Rock format, playing mostly music with some talk. Many alternative programs on evenings and weekends include comedy, as well as music such as jazz and blues. KKSM also broadcasts Palomar football games each week.

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The ASG would like to thank all those that took the effort to go online and vote in the elections last week. In a survey attached to the elections you, the students of Palomar, indicated that textbook fees, financial aid opportunities, and tuition fees were the primary concerns that ASG officers should focus on. In addition, Laura Raty, Marlena Clayton, Sally Serrin, Amador Soto, Eli Magana, Michelle Forshner, Chris Chapine, and-David Phan were sworn into office during the meeting last Wednesday.

The ASG would also like to thank all those who showed their school pride in- Comet Celebration Week, which kicked off last Tuesday. The Inter Club Council is also showing off their school pride by hosting Halloween Escape on October 31st, an event that will feature a haunted house, prizes, and all kinds of scary fun! We hope to see you out at the clock-tower area to enjoy the festivities.

So put on your costumes and enjoy festivities!

California's general elections are coming up on November 5th, and all opinions aside, the ASG is encouraging the students to exercise their right to vote by handing out voter registration forms at tables during Palomar events, and from the ASG office itself, located in the Student Union room SU-28A. Thanks for reading and we hope to hear from you soon!

To contact ASG about any questions, or comments please call: 744-1150 x2605 E-mail: asg@palomar.edu To contact your State or Fed~ral government representatives about student issues, contact: Jim Battan, CA Senate: 916-445-5581 Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate: 213-894-5000 or 202-224-3553.

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Lately there seems to be an inordinate amount of animosity and general negativity on campus. From faculty contract negotiations to the statewide budget crunch, it can be hard to remember that Palomar is still a fantastic school, with a number of great things happening all the time. Some of the more recent high notes at the school include: • The TRIO program recently led a day of community service, getting a number of Palomar students to help clean up a house in Vista. Working with Vista's Revitalize Our Community program, the students painted the house, worked on the landscaping and made a number of small fixes and clean-ups.

It's positive programs like this that really give back to the community Palomar serves. It's also good to see students and staff volunteering their time to helping others and making the community a better place.

• The Associated Student Government held its fall election online and saw a significant increase in both the number of voters and candidates running as compared to the last few years.

The online election went without a hitch and is a positive step toward making it easier for students to vote and be involved with their student government. We look forward to seeing what a full ASG board is capable of doing this school year.

• The American Indian Studies Department hosted the Annual Californian Indian Conference on campus Oct. 10 through 12. Featuring three days of speakers, workshops and other interesting events, it was a pretty major event for the department. It brought a lot of positive attention to the college.

It's great that a department on campus hosted an event of this magnitude, and was able to arrange so many interesting and varied activities for attendees.

This is a good example of a way to educate people while also involving them in something more than just lectures in a classroom.

• Palomar's archaeological dig is wrapping up after three years of being a great hands-on experience .. The program has been so successful to that it has brought back students who have graduated and were working in the field, as well as attracting a number of new students to archaeology.

Professor Phil de Barros, who has headed the project, is the sort of faculty member that helps make Palomar great. He's gone above and beyond his normal teaching duties to build an inspiring program that really gets students excited. In doing this, he also managed to save the school $100,000- what it would have cost to hire an outside firm to do the excavation.

Ultimately, despite the abundance of negativity lately, it's always important to remember that Palomar is a great school with hardworking faculty, staff and students. Politics and fighting can cloud this fact. But if it's kept in mind it will be likely that all groups on campus will be able to work together better and for the good of the school as a whole.

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The costs of attending college, even a community college, are outrageous.

The cost of units, books, parking permits and other fees can quickly put the pressure on your wallet.

Enter the deceitful ploy of "used books."

The campus bookstore sells used books at a conven ·ently lower price than new books. The bookstore would like students to think that these books are as good as new, that they won't fall apart or b~ unreadable.

But don't judge a book by its cover. Though the used book might look might look similar to the new book the two are drastically different in durability and quality.

While some say that they like to keep their books after buying them I know there is know way I'll ever have a use for my algebra book after the end of the semester. So, I would like to get back some of the money I used to purchase this worthless stack of numbered paper.

Although I did buy my book used, for $20 less than the unused book, it still cost

me close to $50! For $50 I reading "Used Saves!" on expected the pages to the spines of the books.

Buying used saves whom? remain intact.

For $50 I expected all the True, they cost less, but not pages to be there in the first more than 30 or 40 percent. place, but I had no such The bookstore, which buys luck.

The back the books from the stuthird week Thethirdw,ekinto dents at a into the th, 11m11t1r, semester, much lower although I although I hadgin- price than the had gingerly student bought g,r/yhandledmy handled my JSOinr,stm,nt,I it for, saves. $50 investThen the waslosingpag,s ment, I was bookstore can losing pages /sit andright. sell the book left and right. again and I'd open my book only to again for an additional profit have whole sections escape each time. Used books are from the binding. As for the not priced based on condiimpact made by the tion. Used · books, in the absence of certain pages, I same fashion as new books, quickly found myself falling are sold for the same price. behind in my class due to But unlike new books lack of information. there is no guarantee on the I soon discovered I wasn't consistency of quality among pre-owned books. the only one suffering through this dilemma. "I Thus the student must leaf don't remember how much I through every book in paid for this book, but I search of one with all the know it was too much for it pages intact or just hope for to fall apart like this," said the best. one student.

To resell books that are "My book's missing sec- missing sections or fall apart within weeks is mistion 3.2," said another.

Students think they're get- leading and fraudulent. ting a good deal when they Selling used books is an buy used. The bookstore ingenious way to recycle even promotes purchasing and cut costs - if the prepre-owned books, fixing owned books can reasonably brightly colored stickers be re-owned.

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By Me!!an Schmidt

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"You know what? There really aren't enough Starbucks coffeeshops out there."

That's something you're not likely to hear very often. Because the truth is that there are far too many Starbucks coffeeshops.

I have little problem with the actual existence of these stores. However, few things are more disgusting to me than the "us versus them" attitude corporate chain stores take towards their independent competitors.

The mean-spirited smear campaigns against other businesses are annoying enough (example: the recent Carl's, Jr. commercial which unashamedly bashes McDonald'sand Jack In The Box),but to take an aggressive stance against small companies simply trying to make a living (rather than to dominate the market) is unforgivable. 'lb be fair, there have been no advertisements encouraging people to shop in chains instead oflocally owned stores. But the policies of chains regarding the placement of their outlets makes it quite clear what the end goal is.

Starbucks recently opened a store less than a block away from Palomar college hangout Power Surge, and there have been rumours of another store opening not far from Encinitas' Pannikin coffeeshop.

When Power Surge recently announced that it was going out of business, the official reasons for it had nothing to do with Starbucks. I'm certain, however, that having a brand name coffee shop open right next door didn't help business.

Corporations such as Starbucks defend this behavior, claiming that such business strategies are necessary to compete with rival companies. This is rather transparent , though - Starbucks has no peers in the business world. Its only competition is several hundred mom-and-pop coffee shops, each one independent of one another. If Starbucks truly views these stores as a threat to their profits, then they are either incredibly paranoid or incredibly greedy.

Of course, I'm not arguing that corporate stores should be shut down, or anything of the sort. Such measures would result in mass unemployment and a general drop in the economy,which are by no means good things. But there should be laws against the type of aggressive market-dominating strategies that are currently being used by

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corporations. A realistically drawn set of guidelines would allow chains to continue making profits (at a much fairer rate ), while at the same time allowing independent stores to dominate a more respectable percentage of the market.

I'm no economist, but even I can see a few restrictions that should be no-brainers: 1. There should be legal measures against a single company owning more than one store in, say, a ten-mile radius. The main problem with stores like Starbucks and 7-11 is the presence of three to five different outlets per town, which is clearly designed to hurt the business of independent rivals.

2. Large shopping centers and malls should give equal space to mom-and-pop stores. Most of the newest and busiest shopping areas are dedicated exclusively to chain stores, which are not likely to go out of business any time soon.A certain amount of space in these centers should be devoted to small businesses. In other words, chains should get no preferential treatment when it comes to buying space.

3. Businesses that dominate half or more

of the market should be treated the same as those which dominate the whole thing they should be split up into smaller companies. Monopolizinghalf of a certain field is almost as dangerous as monopolizing the whole thing. I'm pointing my finger here mainly at my previous employers, Barnes And Noble/Waldenbooks/B Dalton, and of course at Starbucks (are we even sure they're not a monopoly?).

I don't think that any of these goals are unrealistic, and would be beneficial for both shoppers and small business owners. The only ones who would really lose anything are the chains themselves - and they would still most likely make more money in one year than most independent stores would make in a hundred.

It's only fair, and far more democratic than a society run by corporations - in my definition, free enterprise means a system where all interested in starting a business are given equal opportunity, not one in which vindictive and money-hungry companies are allowed to do whatever possible to hurt their competitors.

Opponents of .war appear to have lost the battle. â&#x20AC;˘ The question is whether the United Nations and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein understand that, and are willing to do anything to forestall the emergence of a real New World Order, in which the United States keeps peace by force and the United Nations is reduced to a global social services agency.

Congress is already showing support for Bush using the U.S. military to effect a "regime change" in Iraq. That doesn't guarantee that he will, but the hawks who dominate the Bush administration long ago moved beyond "whether" to "when."

In a recent speech, Bush turned up the heat: "For the sake of our freedom, for the sake of peace - if the United Nations won't make the decision, if Saddam Hussein continues to lie and deceive, the United States will lead a coalition to disarm this man before he harms America."

Meantime, the United Nations and Hussein are dickering over the details of weapons inspections.

They should have nothing to discuss. Iraq is either open, including all eight of Hussein's palaces, or it's inviting disaster.

And the United Nations is either aggressive about going in and rendering Hussein impotent, or it really does risk becoming irrelevant as a global peacemaker.

This heavy-handedness is not the way the United States should be conducting foreign policy.It's a risky precedent to set with one war already going on. But that debate appears to be over in Washington. Next week, it will be obvious to the United Nations and to Hussein which side won. Their will for self-preservation should dictate what happens next.

Obesitya growingproblemfor 111any over a two-year period. The researchers also stated, "The prevalence of obesity among children in the U.S. increased 100 percent between 1980 and 1994. This There is an illness spreading like an epidemic rise in childhood obesity has been accompanied by an throughout the U.S right now - and the public is not increase in per capita soft-drink consumption. Softreceiving nearly enough education about it. This ill- drink consumption in the U.S. increased by almost 500 ness is most detrimental to the health of young percent over the past 50 years."

With the fast-paced rhythm of modern living, many Americans, causing long-term, often irreparable damparents have little time set aside in their busy schedage, and is steadily on the rise.

This illness is called obesity, and it affects one in ules for making healthful home-cooked dinners. five American teenagers and children, according to the Luckily for them, there is a fast, inexpensive alternaCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, tive to cooking dinner for their kids. In fact, you don't there are approximately 10 million obese children and even have to get out of your car. Just pull up , pay, young adults in the U.S, a 15 percent increase since drive out, and instantly you have an entire meal for the early '90s. your family.

Undoubtedly, this method of dinner preparation is So, what is causing the sharp upsurge of adolescent and childhood obesity in our country? Many studies not an effective way of teaching children healthy eathave been conducted concerning this issue, highlighting habits.

Today's teenagers were raised on Happy Meals, ing many possible causes for this dangerous problem. introduced by McDonald's in 1979 - just one year A large portion of the blame is directed toward parents of over-weight children, yet other factors, such as, ¡ before childhood obesity rates began to climb. Today, genetics, soft drink and fast-food consumption, about 90 percent of America's children between three increased TV viewing and low levels of physical activ- and nine visit a McDonald's every month, Eric Schlosser reported in "Fast Food Nation." ity, are also labeled as culprits.

While science has shown that genetics often do play According to a study conducted by researchers for a 'Boston newspaper, "The Lancet", the risk of children a role in childhood obesity, there is absolutely no evibecoming obese increased from one to six times for dence to show that a typical propensity to be overeach additional can or glass of sugar-sweetened drink weight can not be successfully combated by healthy eating habits and daily exercise. consumed a day.

The study participants were school children in four Cynthia Buffington, the Director of Research for the communities aroun d Boston, Mass ., and took place Obesity Wellness Center, states that "[having] the

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genetic background for obesity doesn't necessarily mean that an individual will become obese. The human gene pool has been fairly stable for thousands of years and it is only in the last few decades that the world has ever witnessed an obesity epidemic, suggesting that environmental or behavioral factors have played a major role in its increased prevalence."

To summarize: less soda, less fast-food, more cooking at home and more physical activity in place of excessive TV watching will result in a more fit child who will grow to be a healthy adult.

"Poor behaviors related to nutrition and exercise can be detrimental to a child's health because diseases can surface later in life," says Deanna Hoelscher, assistant professor of biological sciences and nutrition at the University of Texas School of Public Health.

The affects of childhood obesity are extremely dangerous and often deadly. If the problem is not under control at a young age, the health risks an overwooght child may face as an adult are extensive.

Obese children are at high risk of developing one or more of the many co-morbid conditions associated with obesity in adulthood.

These co-morbid conditions include Type II diabetes, cancer, hypertension, coronary and vascular disease, cardiac failure, respiratory disorders, gout, gastrointestinal disorders including gastritis and acid reflux disease, osteo-arthritis, fatty liver or cirrhosis, obstructive sleep apnea, infertility, and, urinary stress incontinence - and this is just to name a few.

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''Yeah, I smoke weed," said a Palomar student. "I go to class high, sometimes it helps me relax more, pay attention more."

Marijuana use has long been seen on college campuses, however, according to the Core Institute's annual survey on drug and alcohol use in college, the amount of students who smoke weed has increased over the last decade.

According to the survey, 26.4 percent of college students between the ages of 18 and 25 said they used marijuana in · 1989 and 33.4 percent in 2000.

"I smoke to relax from my high stress job," said Palomar student Judi Retzak. "It helps me sleep and tune out what happened during the day. I see it as equivalent to having a glass of wine at the end of the day, except it's not hard on your liver."

Marijuana use can also be found in popular media, revealing that it is almost as socially acceptable as alcohol or tobacco.

In past decades, marijuana primarily appeared in low budget films or movies with plot lines based on hippies or punk-kid stoners such as the classic Cheech and Chong movies.

It can still be seen in these types of movies such as "Half Baked" or "Dazed and Confused."

But, in several recent highprofile movies, major stars smoke pot: Kevin Spacey in "American Beauty," Michael Douglas in "Wonder Boys" and Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in "Eyes Wide Shut."

In the movie, "The Cell," Jennifer Lopez smokes a joint after work while sitting at her computer. Scenes such as this show that smoking weed is almost as socially accepted as drinking a glass of wine after a long day's work.

Many recording artists also incorporate smoking weed within their songs. In addition to classic reggae musicians, such as the infamous Bob Marley or Berrington Levey, artists from different musical groups refer to getting high in their music.

Hip-hop recording artist, DJ Quik makes obvious references to getting high in songs such as "Bombbudd IL" In the article, "Down on the Upside," by Rob Braswell, he quotes Daron Malakian,

"System of the Down's" guitarist on his marijuana use. "I smoke constantly- before shows, during shows, after shows, when I wake up, when I go to sleep ... If I gave blood, you'd get stoned from it."

References to smoking weed also appear on different shows on cable television.

The Osbourne family is shamelessly high in their reality show, "The Osbourne's."

The characters from "That '70s Show" also make obvious references to getting stoned and have baked pot brownies in different episodes.

In addition to the movies, music and television, some magazines articles support the use of marijuana as well.

High Times is a classic example of a magazine that endorses marijuana use. From pictures of different types of marijuana to advertisements of various smoking devices such as pipes and bongs, High Times is strictly based on supporting the use of the drug.

Historical figures have also taken part in the use of marijuana. An article written by the American High Society, stated that Dr. Burke, president of the American Historical Reference Society counted seven presidents as marijuana smokers: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor and Franklin Pierce.

"Early letters from our founding fathers refer to the pleasures of hemp smoking," Burke said.

"Pierce, Taylor and Jackson, all military men, smoked it with their troops. Cannabis was twice as popular among American soldiers in the Mexican War as in Vietnam: Pierce wrote to his family that it was about the only good thing about the war," Burke continued.

Some recent politicians have also admitted to smoking marijuana.

In the article, "Marijuana: The Good, the Bad, the Truth," Rayl wrote that Al Gore admitted to having smoked dope in his youth.

George Bush can't remember anything before 1974, which is a common side effect of marijuana - short term memory loss and Bill Clinton admitted to trying marijuana, however claims that he never inhaled.

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The Medical value of Marijuana, cannabis, has become increasingly clear to many physicians and patients.

There are three reasons for this. First , it is remarkably non-toxic. Unlike most pharmaceutical drugs, it has never caused an overdose death. Its short-term and long-term side effects are minimal compared to medicines for which it will be substituted. · Second, it will be much less expensive than the medicine it replaces.

Third, marijuana is versatile. Case histories and clinical experience suggest that it is useful in the treatment of more then two dozen symptoms and syndromes and others will undoubtedly be discovered in the future.

Modern research suggests that cannabis is a valuable aid in the treatment of a wide range of clinical applications. These include pain relief, nausea, spasticity, glaucoma and movement disorders. Marijuana is also a powerful appetite stimulant. Emerging research suggests that marijuana's medicinal properties may protect the body against some types of malignant tumors and are neuro-protective.

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- US health officials have not found a single human fatality in the United States proven to have resulted solely from ingestion of marijuana.

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-Experiments with the marijuana in monkeys demonstrated that the dose required for overdose death was enormous and unachievable by humans smoking marijuana.

-Marijuana use does not result in physical dependency.

-It is less dangerous than tobacco and users smoke less of it at a time.

-Marijuana has hundreds of proven medicinal and therapeutic uses including stress reduction , glaucoma, and eases chemotherapy.

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According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug and has been used by at least onethird of Americans.

As discovered in research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 1984, the immediate effects of smoking marijuana include an increased heartbeat, pulse rate, bloodshot eyes, and dry mouth.

"Prolonged use can lead to respiratory problems including lung cancer," said Pam Webb, a nurse for student health services.

Research by the D.E.A. shows that marijuana use during the first month of breastfeeding can impair the neurological development of the infant child. Babies exposed to marijuana smoke in the womb run the same health risks as those babies exposed to cigarette smoke including low birth weight and respiratory problems.

In men marijuana has been shown to reduce sperm count as well as increase the amount of mutated sperm.

"Marijuana can promote 'amotivational syndrome, in other words, a lack of motivation,'" said Dr. Roger

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suffering from chemical addicMorrissette of the Behavioral tion, marijuana addicts usualScience Department. ly only suffer psychological or Marijuana's main chemical mental withdrawals. Those ingredient, tetrahydrocannabiaddicted may compensate by nol, has been shown to impair increasing use to achieve the or reduce short-term memory. high they felt when first Marijuana has also been experimenting with marijuashown to alter the users sense na. Withdrawals can include of time and severely reduce the mood swings, lack of appetite users ability to concentrate and and depression. perform tasks that require skill The federal government or concentration. spends billions "Because of of dollars each the increasing 11 Prolon1ed us, u,n/tad year to prevent supply and probl,ms the use, distridemand, mari- to r,sp,rotory juana is more intluding lungtone,r.11 bution and sale of marijuana. intense than it - Pam Webb In 1986, was 30 years STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES NURSE C o n g r e S S ago.

It can passed the cause acute Mandatory anxiety attacks, Minimum paranoia and confusion ," Sentencing Act. This act specMorrissette said. ified the amount of a conWhile "bad trips" are not trolled substance that would often reported among marijuaresult in prison time. One na users, a common bad reachundred plants or 100 kilos tion to marijuana is known as would put those convicted of "acute panic anxiety reaction." possession behind bars for five Symptoms usually disappear years, without parole. One within hours and are described thousand plants or 1000 kilos by users as "an extreme fear of would result in a ten-year losing control," which, in turn, prison sentence.

Housing causes panic. these drug offenders is not While marijuana has not cheap. The Federal Bureau of been proven to be chemically Prisons estimates a total cost addictive, long-term users can of $20,804 per inmate, per be prone to psychological year.

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In 1981, the California Research Advisory Panel reported, "Over 74 percent of the cancer patients treated in the program have reported that marijuana is more effective in relieving their nausea and vomiting than any other drug they have tried."

In 1982, a 78.9 percent effectiveness rate was found for smoked marijuana .

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, cannabis was used successfully by hundreds of patients in research projects conducted for the treatment of nausea and vomiting in cancer chemotherapy.

Today, according to the FDA, in order for marijuana to be considered a schedule II drug , much like opiates and cocaine, it must undergo rigorous, expensive and time-consuming tests before the FDA would approve it. This system is designed to regulate the commercial distribution of drug company products and protect the public against false or misleading claims about their efficiency and safety.

FILEPHOTO/ THÂŁTELESCOPE The American Public Health Association encourages In 1970 the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Control Act research of the therapeutic properties of cannabis. "Marijuana classified marijuana as a Schedule I drug; one that has a high has aided several patients during their recovery process, potential for abuse. Many have come to believe that the great- unfortunately it just isn't legally available, " said Karen est harm in recreational use of marijuana came not from the Sulger, a nutritionist.

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spiritual. Because when I gather the clay, I feel like someone is watching me," Erwin Osuna said, "I think that after the pot is fired, it has a spirit. " Billy Soza Warsoldier displayed a painting of a yellow wolf face, entitled "Looking with his eyes."

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The face Indian Art is on display at looks as if it is about to the Boehm Gallery through jump out of the small canOct 26.

Eighteen artists have vas. A history of struggling and suffering can be seen represented the Indian in its eyes. At the same spirit on approximately time, I can see the wolf and 100 pieces Indian's strength of artwork. overlapping each A variety '1 thinkthatolter other. of art works th, pot is fired, it Andrea Austin, are on dis11 a Palomar stuplay includ- hos, spirit. dent, said, "Once ing potts, Erwin Osuna I look at the eyes, musical OFTHEIIPAYDISTRICT the eyes look like instruments, comthey follow me puter printeverywhere." outs and bronze sculpSoza Warsoldier sees a tures. connection between an Donna and David Largo, Indian and wolves. "I paint of the Cahuilla Indian dis- wolves because of their trict, contributed three wildness . There is wildness potteries.. The Largos' in all of us .. .I like to think pieces are thin , delicate that I've become part of the and uniformed. The bodies wolf," he said. of the pots are feminine Robert Dorame conshaped, and the necks are tributed "My Dad" in narrow and serpentine. which photographs were In contrast, works con- transferred onto fabric. A tributed by Erwin "Yellow stoop-shouldered elderly Sky" Osuna and his daugh- man, looking at the ter Heidi Osuna, of the ground , is the center of the Iipay district , are thick , canvas , and there is a bold, wild, and masculine newspaper article transshaped. The surfaces of the ferred over the man. The potteries are rough and headline reads, "Elder who uneven . fought to gain U.S. recogni"Making pottery is very tion for tribe dies." We can

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Hand madeinstruments aredisplayed alongwithotheroriginal artworksat theBoehm Gallery. guess that the artwork is a tribute to a father from a son. We can also presume the father was so important for his tribe, and the loss was a big impact on them. The elder's life, the difficulty of which I might never understand, and the artist's affection toward

the father are depicted efficiently and in a beautiful way.

Not all artwork reflects the hardship of their history, but the Indian culture and soul can be seen in all pieces.

Indian Art show remains open until Oct. 26. The

exhibit will be open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. , Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays , 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The exhibit is closed Sundays and Mondays. For more information , contact the Boehm Gallery at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2304.

Palomar's -uarvey' proves to be a terrific -bore

By Jason Kalchik

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Palomar's production of "Harvey" finished up last week at the Brubeck Theater. The play is about a wealthy man who speaks to an invisible, giant rabbit named-you guessed itHarvey. They claim that it is a comedy, though I found myself cringing, yawning and looking at my watch more often than I found myself laughing.

It's not that the actors didn't do a competent job.

They did. If I got any laughs out of the production at all, it was because of the manner in which the actors presented the material. I found the literature itself to be dry, predictable, and hopelessly reliant upon mild irony.

The main character, Elwood P. Dowd was played by Byron Huskey.

He did a good job interacting with the imaginary friend Harvey, though I found this character Dowd- and thus the performance by Huskey- to be dreadfully one-dimensional.

The main dilemma throughout the play is that Dowd's sister and niece are terribly embarrassed by the fact that their rich relative is apparently off his rocker. Though they might not admit it to themselves, they are also embarrassed by the fact that they are completely dependent upon his generosity.

In the play, those around Harvey are rather inconvenienced by this eccentric man who introduces his invisible six-foot rabbit to everyone he meets, including the town's socialites whom the women consider worth becoming acquainted with.

Sarah Scheme did an excellent job playing Veta Louise Simmons, Dowd's sister. She manifested the amount of prattling and hysteria due her character, and possibly gave the most shining performance of the production.

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of veteran funny man Jack · Black.

All and all, I thought that everybody did an excellent job with what they had to work with. I

just wouldn't have picked that particular play. But then again, most of the audience was laughing. , Maybe I just missed the point.

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And h~ was lonely and he mOVH~ . would knock down doors at 4 Already five video games in the morning , then he would and a handful of making-of just fall asleep. He was just a videos have been made about total freak. And he knew it ." the over-the-top, gory trilogy In "Bubba Ho-Tep," the peoof movies which began two ple at the old age home think decades ago, and the actor gets Campbell 's character is a bit asked to sign thousands of col- wacky and humor him, as they

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John F. Kennedy after plastic Raimi went on to direct the surgery.

Campbell's Elvis As he saunters over in the biggest-box office weekend hit unmasks a sad, grumpy old dark bar with his black opened of all time, "Spider-Man" _ man who's concerned about a shirt, tight jeans and tinted glasses, it's possible, just pos- with Campbell playing a growth on his penis. cameo as the ring leader "He's ugly, he's fat, irritable sible, that the 44-year-old Bruce Campbell could be mis- announcing Spidey's first pub- and cranky," says Campbell. lic appearance in a wrestling "He's got cancer on his penis , taken for Elvis. He raises his match. and he 's dying. But by the end .dark eyebrow suggestively and Campbell, in the meantime, of the movie, you're 100 perslicks his hair back. has tried other types of parts cent with him. " N aaah , he 's ·Ash. He's that by being in sm!lll roles in "The Director Coscarelli says kids infamous S-Mart store clerk Majestic," "Fargo," "McHale's today don't appreciate the who gets swept into another Navy," "Congo" and most impact of the death of Elvis 25 world and battles evil in the "Evil Dead" and "Army of recently Matthew Perry's ill- years ago. "He has become fated comedy "Serving Sara ." irrelevant to youth today, but Darkness" movies.

He's tried TV with "Ellen," but you go back and look back at There's no finds that people some old footage and see the escaping Ash. want him to go power and magnetism he had But Campbell "Campbell's Elvis un■asks back to the with just a couple of moves, _ and Ash _ quirky, spooky gee, can you imagine what it seem to have a sad,grumpy oldman roles he's known would be like to have that kind elements of the king of who's concerned abouta for in movies of power over people?" the such as "From director muses. rock ' n' roll, growth on his penis."

Dawn Til Dusk Elvis became a parody of and that's 2," "Escape from himself toward the end, with why the castL . A . ' II the capes and jumpsuit, and ing was so "Waxworks 11" it's as a comic-book type hero perfect when "Phantasm " and "Darkman. 11 that Campbell plays the King director Don Coscarelli asked PHOTO COURTESY OFSTIITIIBUNE.COM "Now I'm playing Elvis, " he in the film. The company him to star as an aging Elvis BruceCampbell is bestknown for hisrolesin Armyof Darkness andEvilDead. designing costumes for Elvis Presley cooped up in an old age nods, trying to be serious about the difficulty of playing toward the end of his life made home who battles a mummy one for Campbell, who says, · tume designer Ida Gearon. spirit in the horror comedy the King as an old man after plot to "Nightmare On Elm he switched places with a "The outfits seemed to get "Bubba Ho-Tep." Campbell has directed TV's Street 4"? The trick is , to lookalike, who then died. The more and more ridiculous: his Not yet picked up by a stu"Hercules" and "Xena, " and keep doing them you have to dio, the film did get a full real Elvis is now stuck in a rings got bigger, his wigs, his spent four years writing his keep coming up with ideas. nursing home. "No one's big belt. He was a mucho mojo book. house at its Midnight Madness They all make money, but played him quite this way, man!" screenings at the Toronto Campbell's working next over a long period of time.

In 1979, Campbell and his International Film Festival , there's nothing to compare it summer on the "Spider-Man" The last_ ' Army of Darkness' to." buddy Raimi armed themand Campbell attracted long sequel. Raimi tells Zap2it that _ didn't do the slam dunk at Campbell says he's watched selves with a Super-8 camera lines of Canadian sci fi fans Campbell will have a bigger the box office. It just didn't and raised a little over a quarwhen signing his book: "If some of the Elvis films, but the role , but Campbell says he make sense." movie he learned the most ter million dollars to shoot Chins Could Kill: Confessions doesn 't know what it is yet.

Campbell pauses, "It's not Of A ' B' Movie Actor." They from is a documentary done 10 "Evil Dead." After it became Then, Coscarelli wants like it would ultimately do years after Presley's death. the best-selling video in Campbell badgered him with questions in the next the audience a favor.

"People sat around this room England and New Line picked about his most notable role.

"Phantasm" sequel. It will be Ultimately I think it's a disand said everything, they up the franchise, Campbell "Well gee, I've never been part five. service.

Even though we hope started making more movies. asked that question before," trashed him and loved him," As for another "Evii Dead," to do eight sequels to On the set of "Mindwarp" he Campbell says, "Here's my says a sarcastic Campbell to Campbell recalls. "They talked 'Bubba."' about how he would jack him- met his future wife, the cos- analogy. Do you remember the Zap2it when asked if he and A new franchise is born

Local events and concerts for Oct. 22 through Oct. 26 Oct. 22 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 25 Oct. 25 Oct. 25 Oct. 25 Oct. 26

Ani Difranco at the Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego L.A Lakers v Cleveland Cavaliers at the San Diego Sports Arena Enrique Iglesias at the San Diego Sports Arena The Cramps At the 4th and B in San Diego Jammin Z-90 kareoke party at the Del Mar Fair Grounds Jackass the Movie premieres in theatres Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo Tribute at Cane's Bar and Grill in Pacific Bea.ch Litmus Green plays the Showcase Theatre in Corona

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Phi Theta Kappa also held a raffle for The Police Department will also have excellent response in the past with walkins," she said. Webb encouraged anyone to gift baskets. The festivities were Oct.15- on display its Emergency Distress Command Post, a mobile communica- donate, · regardless of appointment.

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- Jessica Musicar Live music, free food and other Students who would like to volunteer Anyone from the community can give events entertained students for annual to help with Police Fair can call (760) blood; donors do not have to be students or Comet Week.

744-1150 ext .. 2289 for more informa- . staff at Palomar College to participate.

On Tuesday, three bands, Donors must be in good health, be at least tion.

"SevenSixZero," "The Legend Of..." and 17 years old and weigh at least 110 - Lisa Jackson "Petty Theft" played at the clocktower. pounds. Participants are also encouraged ASG offered free ice cream sandwichA Palomar College Police Fair will to eat a large meal and drink sufficient flues and coffee to students as well as a fake place Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. until 1:30 ids before attending. voter registration table, pie eating con- p.m. in conjunction with Red Ribbon The Bloodmobile will be located in test and a cakewalk. week.

Parking Lot 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For The ASG also made signs that listed The San Marcos Sheriff's Department questions or to set up an appointment, awards and academic accomplishments will do canine unit demonstrations. A The American Red Cross Bloodmobile individuals can call Health Services at of Palomar students and sports teams DUI crash car will be on display. The will be at Palomar College Oct. 23. (760) 744-1150,ext 2380. on campus, such as the Comets baseball Police Department will also be giving Sponsored by Health Services, the event and football team. Leo Malena, execu- students information about its new will be hosted for a third time this fall. tive vice president of the ASG, said this Campus Watch program.

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cerned her listing her Palomar provided e-mail address as part of her contact information on her · CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 personal Web site. governing board to direct Nelson said the charge was Palomar President Sherrill "absolutely ridiculous" and said Amador to "restore a climate of the district attorney's office distrust" to the school. missed the issue.

Amador responded by saying "They perceive this election as she felt the resolution was a critical," Nelson said of the fac"personal attack" and that it did ulty union members. · not ask enough of faculty.

Nelson said, however, that "I do not see anything in there while the governing board overthat says the senate will work sees the contract negotiations, with the superintendent," board members are not personAmador said at the meeting. ally involved.

Amador also said she felt the Drinan, one of the union's hostility from the faculty mempresidents, said that while faculbers was related to the upcomty members are aware of the ing Nov. 5 election in which election, she felt the ongoing three of the current governing contract negotiations are more board members are up for reimportant to most instructors. election.

Uncertainty about future The faculty union has backed salaries and stipends pose a three challengers for the seats. morale problem, Drinan said.

Amador said she was commit"People need to know where ted to working with the faculty if they stand," Drinan said. the faculty was presenting a Among issues concerning the "pure agenda and not a political union right now is a district proagenda." posal that all classes have a minBoard member Darrell imum size of 20 students as well McMullen said at the meeting as continued disagreement over that he agreed with Amador and how state funding for growth felt the current uproar from the should be distributed between faculty was part of a political ARTHUR ANDERSON / THETELESCOPE full and part-time instructors. push.

Drinan said she feared that He said he trusted the eleccontinued negotiations would chainnan oftheEnglish Deparbnent, criticizes Palomar administration at thegoverning boardmeeting Ocl 8. torate to see that the adminis- JackQuintero, eventually strain morale. tration is doing a good job.

Drinan said that the situation "They know we're trying to do board members up for re-elec"If there was no election, there Nelson has been accused in has not yet impacted the quality more with less," McMullen said. tion next month, said she felt the would still have been a rally recent weeks of misusing public of teaching.

McMullen said he hoped that situation was "90 percent politi- because of the treatment of the funds for her election. Nelson "Our faculty is heroic," Drinan a compromise could be reached cal." She said the rally and crit- faculty by the district." said the charge was filed with said. "We want what's best for soon. icism were part of the "ritual of Nelson said the union's politi- the district attorney by Lawson the students."

"We are all educators," negotiation." cal action committed gave two of Chadwick, the husband of Nelson agreed, and said she McMullen said. "We do not ever Mary Anne Drinan, one of the her opponents in the election, Nancy Chadwick, who is run- felt students were still getting a want to be in an adversarial two co-presidents of the faculty Mark Evilsizer and Rebecca ning against Nelson and has fac- good education. relationship with the faculty." union, dismissed charges that Faubus, $1,000 each for their ulty support.

"They're all good people, all Michelle Nelson, one of the the rally was political. campaigns.

Nelson said the issue con- good instructors," Nelson said.

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trees, moving out trash and painting.

Sergeant Mark Ramirez of the Vista Community Oriented and Problem Solving Unit was glad students were willing to volunteer their time in one of Vista's high crime areas.

Marla Flores, a Palomar College counselor, brought along her boys, Jordan and Austin to help.

"My mom did not make me come, but I am having a lot fun," said six-year-old Austin Flores, who was busy picking up trash.

Chris Kalck, a former student said he volunteered to gain a sense of awareness and responsibility.

He also wanted to fill out the Volunteer Work and Community Service section of the UC application.

One of the goals of the TRIO program is to help students gain admittance into a university.

TRIO is a federally funded academic support program that aims to increase the number of students who attend four-year universities and receive their bachelor degrees.

"Doing community service is helpful for students when they interview and write essays for UC schools so they can get scholarships and work experience," Gable said.

"It was pretty bad when we got here," said Amy Swadley, an accounting major who was busy painting the side of the house blue.

"I just wanted to come help out and have something to put on my application when I apply

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to Cal State San Marcos," Swadley said.

There was also dancing, eating and lots of laughter on North Citrus Street. Food and drinks were provided for all the volunteers.

"Thank goodness for the pizza," said 12-year-old Michael Fortney who was grateful when lunches was served.

A D.J. played music throughout the day. Dancing and stretching breaks were taken to help loosen up sore bodies and tired backs.

"We were dancing the Congo in the middle of the street," laughed Dan Dryden,the TRIO

department's administrative secretary. He said everyone was having a good time.

"We decided to have a mother-son day to volunteer and help out," said Barbara Thatcher, who was there with her son. Both are students of Palomar College.

Neil Stewart, an electrical engineering major, said he went to make jokes and have a good time.

"It was great to see this thing from start to finish," said Peter Simpson, owner of the home that was cleaned up and painted.

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IIIJUIIIS, This is Inoue's second season as a star Palomar player. The team values her leadership abilities.

Setter Meredith Ballway also put in a solid effort.

She finished the match

By Jason Kalchik with 43 assists and put in TlfETELESCOPE good efforts on defense and at the serving line.

The Palomar women's Although she has a soar volleyball team were ankle, she was able to victorious against tough it out and track Cuyamaca Oct. 9 to start down passes in order to set out in the conference 1-0. the ball to her hitters.

This win puts their overall Coach Seiler said, "we're record at 5-3. a little beat up right now."

Although the Comets Despite a few minor did not play especially injuries, the Comet's have well, they managed to pull been able to do what it things together in the end takes in order to have a to defeat successful the conseason. As 11 ference of Oct. 11, rival in the comets f o u r w e r e games. undefeatCoach ed in their - Karl Seiler conference K a r 1 HEADCOACH Seiler (2-0). "We commentdid what ed, "we we needed to do in order to fought hard. Wejust didn't win," Seiler said. play that smoothly."

The Palomar women's Outside hitter Chie volleyball team have high Inoue played a typically hopes. They are planning good match, contributing a on being one of the top respectable 15 kills to the teams in their conference Comet's arsenal of hitters. and hope to end up on top.

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Seiler said. These are ·good teams. The matches are expected to be highly competitive.

As the season progresses and the team's various nagging injuries begin to heal, the Comets expect

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to be even more competitive than they already are.

They believe that with hard work, a healthy team and their drive to win, they will finish the season on top-- where they are proving they belong.

Corey Dillon of the Cincinnati Bengals went to Garden City Community Collegein 1994 for much the same reason that Mike Rozier and Ron Springs played at Coffeyville,Kan., and Michael Bishop starred at Blinn.

It had nothing to do with their talent and everything to do with their academics.

To gain eligibility for NCAA scholarships at the University of Washington, Nebraska, Ohio State and Kansas State, respectively, they needed to take a more circuitous, junior-college route to the NFL. "Players have to know the situation when they come here," said Bob Larson, fourth-year head coachin his ninth season at Garden City.

"I tell them, 'This is your last chance. It's not like you can go back to your mother's womb or back to high school.

Mess up here and you're done. Go find out what the real world is like.'

Garden City is one of the most successful junior-college footballprograms in the country, on the field and in the classroom. In the past two years, the school has had 33 junior-college AllAmericans, 22 of them academic.

Since Larson arrived at

Garden City in 1994, the Broncbusters have appeared in eight consecutive Jayhawk Conference title games and eight consecutive bowls (i.e., Valley of the Sun or Real Dairy). They have played for the national championship twice in the past five years.

Yet, as important as success is to recruiting top athletes from Texas and Florida, Larson's tough love i!lwhat a big-time high school player sometimes needs most of all to accept relative obscurity and eight-hour bus rides through Kansas. · ''You learn to shop at a strip (center), not a mall," said Tyson Thompson, former Irving (Texas) High School all-everything tailback who planned on following in LaDainian Tomlinson's footsteps at TCU before a series of unacceptable ACT test scores knocked him out of the Homed Frogs' 2000 recruiting class.

Thompson now is following in the footsteps of Dillon, a five-time NFL 1,000-yard rusher who played one season at Garden City en route to a standout season at Washington and an early exit to the NFL. "To know that Corey Dillon came from here is a great motivation in trying to reach my career goals," said

Thompson, who is keeping his options open for a scholarship to a Division I-A school.

Former Houston-area running back Ben Gay (Spring High School) is another Garden City product, although his NFL career lasted only one season (2001), with Cleveland.

Where Gay failed to apply himself and Dillon struggled at times away from football, Thompson is seen by Larson as having the best focus of the three.

"Sure, the NFL is a goal, but it's also a dream ... to get paid for playing a game that I love,"Thompson said.

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