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PRACl1W. PfANUfS Many college students can thank George Washington Carver for his ention. In 1896. Carver discovered three hundred uses for peanuts, including peanut butter. No word yet on who Invented jelly.
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Despite a heavy rainfall, the Associated Student Government held a rally Feb. 12 to get students involved in its protest over recent changes to the state's educational budget. MUSIC MACHINE Members of the ASG and several Robert F Flemmings Jr ts not widely concerned departknown in the music ments gathered industry. but he under a tent by the should be famous. Flemmings B Building to encourage students in.vented to do something about the budget guitar in 1 8 8 6 , cuts and answer students' quesWithout .• ri'lli tions about what the cuts mean to him, we
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them. Students interested in joining the protest could sign a petition declaring the budget cuts unacceptable, which the ASG would then mail to state officials such as Gov. Gray Davis. ASG Senator Michael Robert and former EOPS club president Mike Dolbow took turns informing students of the cuts and calling them to the rally with a megaphone. Dolbow said he felt comyelled to join the protest after
seeing so many financially strapped single mothers who will most likely not be able to continue their education in the face of the budget cuts. "It wasn't enough just to get signatures," Dolbow said. "We had to have a rally." Robert said that he felt the protest was going quite' well in spite of the pouring rain, which threatened to knock down the tent where they were holding the rally. He said they got 150 students to sign the petition in the first half-hour of the rally. According to ASG President Leo
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Leo Melena, the new president of the Associated Student Government, said he has a lot to offer to the student body of Palomar. Melena became ASG president Dec. 11, 2002, after former president Sean Weimer resigned midyear. "Leo stepped up during a difficult
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situation; he has done a remarkably effectivejob on bringing the group back together," ASG Adviser Bruce Bishop said. Melena said he plans to "clean up" theASG. He said he wants to revise and modernize its constitution. He seeks to "adequately and appropriately represent the students."
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Governing board may lay off managers By Don Viles
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The Palomar Board of Governors acknowledged that potential layoff ■ SEE RALLY, PAGE 11 notices are being sent to all administrative managers. ''This is an action taken by community colleges across the state," said Board President Darrell McMullen at the board's regular monthly meeting Feb. 11. Palomar President Sherill Amador said this was purely a contingency plan that comes as a result of the proposed budget cuts for the 2003-2004fiscal year, beginning in July. "This is an unpleasant task, and I appreciate the professionalism of the staff,"Amador said at the meeting. Jack Miyamoto, vice president of human resources, explained in a later interview that notices were being sent to 59 administrative managers and direcWAYNESHORT/ THETELESCOPE tors who are on one-year contracts. The notices must be sent by March 15 or the
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On Valentine's Day, student worker Rachael Nelson did not daydream about flowers or a romantic evening after work. Instead, she spent the day cleaning out her desk. "I was hoping to stay there for a long time," Nelson said. Nelson is not the only student worker being laid off this month. Students from several departments will also be loosing their jobs. Some of the departments that have cut student employment include the mailroom, the warehouse and the career and technical training department, where Nelson worked. The mailroom cut three students and the warehouse cut one, said Diane Cummins, supervisor of business and mail services. Ken Jay, director of business services, said a total of nine students are going to be dropped from Comet Copy and the Graphic Communications Department by March 21. Also cut was the "Palomar Peers" program, which laid off five student ambassadors as well as two student
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