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To further complicate the growing dispute between Palomar staff and administration, faculty members are fuming over allegations that their e-mail messages and fliers are not being distributed through campus communication channels.

The controversy began March 27.

Behavioral sciences professor Katie Townsend-Merino sent a campus-wide email message addressing her disdain for the district's handling of the budget crisis.

It was delivered via the Information Services help desk, which processes email to large groups of people. Within eight minutes, she said, the e-mail was recalled.

"It took me two days to figure out who recalled it," Townsend-Merino said. "I learned it was (CollegePresident) Sherrill Amador who personally recalled my email," sm! said.

Townsend-Merinosaid Amador recalled her e-mail message because it was opinion-based. She said she was told her message must be factual to be sent through the help desk.

"I was told to speak with (Information Services employee) Kathy Davis for protocols," Townsend-Merino said. "I found out that there are no written protocols. The oral protocols have to do with if it is relat ed to college business," she said.

Amador was unavailable for comment.

Assistant Superintendent Jerry Patton, who oversees Information Services, said Townsend-Merino'smessage was accidentally distributed through the wrong mail-

By Sarah Strause

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More than 200 Palomar faculty and staff attended the April 8 governing board meeting to show their discontent with College Presid.ent Sherrill Amador.

People crowded the room to capacity, some standing, lining the walls, others sitting on the floor. Campus police were present to control the crowd, keeping the doors closed to about 80 more people who swarmed the outside hall.

Before the meeting be~an, those left outside pounded on the windows, shouting "Change your venue!" Some sitting inside the meeting clapped along to the beat.

Once the meeting began, more than 30 faculty members and classified staff spoke regarding recent actions taken by Amador WAYNESHORT/ THETELESCOPEand the other board members.

One of the issues addressed at the meeting were two recent votes of confidence in Amador taken by the faculty and the classified staff.

Of the 300 faculty members to receive the fidence in the leadership style and man- poll, 220 responded. Of those 198 voted no agement skills of President Sherrill confidence.

A week after the faculty poll was taken Amador?"

Of the 300 faculty to receive the poll, the classified staff also took a vote of confidence in Amador. Out of those who partici220 responded. pated in the classified staff poll, 81 percent ''Never before have so many full-time faculty participated in any poll or elec- voted no confidence in Amador.

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Faculty and staff vote 'no confidence' in collegepresident Br Sarah Strause

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In a recent poll, more than 60 percent of Palomar faculty voted "no confidence" in their president, Sherrill Amador.

Jack Quintero, chairman of the English Department, spearheaded the poll. He distributed fliers asking the question, "As a full-time contract member of the ■ SEE MAIL, PACE13 Palomar College faculty, do you have con-

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Student says board violates meetin g laws

By Sarah Strause

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Palomar College's Governing Board relocated its April 22 meeting to D-10 after receiving complaints of violating meeting laws at its last meeting.

Palomar student Neill Kovrig filed a complaint with the district attorney's office April 10, accusing the board of violating four areas of the Brown Act. At the April 8 meeting, the board failed to accommodate approximately 80 classified staff, faculty and community members.

The Brown Act is a series of rules for regulat-

ing meeting laws.

One of Kovrig's arguments against the board members is that they knew "well in advance" the meeting would draw a large crowd but chose not to change the venue to a larger room and did not have monitors set up outside for those who could not get in.

"They were in blatant violation of the act," Kovrig said.

Kovrig also argued that even if they did not prepare for the large crowd, "they could have taken steps to rectify the situation. They didn't."

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Palomar nursing students acquire more than just a formal education.

By supporting other students and dedicating their time and service to the community, the Student Nurse's Association of Palomar learns to give and care for people.

"SNAP is like a big brother, big sister kind of a concept," said Karen McGurk, professor of nursing education and SNAP adviser.

"SNAP has developed a mentoring program," McGurk said, "They create telephone and email lists of the students who are willing to mentor the first semester students."

SNAP President Laura Amrhein said the new students can contact the mentors if they need help.

"They (mentors) just tell the students, 'Don't get worried about this' - all those kinds of things. [We]just help and make things easier for the younger students," McGurk said.

Amrhein said SNAP offers a welcome party for the new students and provides the students a math workshop each semester.

Both the first and the second semester students have student ambassadors who represent them. They come to the SNAP meetings monthly and bring the information back to their classmates, McGurk said.

SNAP also sets up a job orientation for the students. ''We get a lot of different representatives from hospitals and universities.

They try to recruit the nursing students to work with," Amrhein said.

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a semester or $18 for four semesters to be involved with SNAP, Amrhein said. The money supports a variety of students' activities, including a student graduation ceremony and a pizza party.

SNAP also creates T-shirts and sweatshirts each semester for fundraising.

Each semester SNAP provides different services and charities for the community, Amrhein said-.

"Charity is supposed to be related to something that they are learning in their semester.

For example, in the second semester, they study pediatrics.

And so they collect stuffed animals or money to give them to a children's hospital," McGurk said, "In my semester, they learned about cancer. And so we collected money for a cancer society."

The first semester students participated in a local walking marathon for multiple sclerosis last spring, McGurk said. The students supported the walk by handing out water and other things, she said.

"It is just the way of getting out into the community and just showing people that we are out there," Amrhein said. "It is basically trying to get people to recognize us."

On Thanksgiving Day, SNAP runs an annual food drive.

Amrhein said they provided food for 70 families last year. In the Christmas season, SNAP collects new toys and donates them to community children in conjunction with Extended Opportunity Program and Services and TRIO, a student support program.

Amrhein said SNAP currently

encourages the students to donate money to Michelle House, an AIDS care facility in Oceanside and San Marcos.

"It's the idea that SNAP supports the student body, nursing students themselves. But we also believe in supporting the community through those kinds of efforts," McGurk said.

Palomar's nursing program was established in 1967. Burton said 72 students enroll in the basic nursing program each year and approximately 68 to 72 students graduate each year. The students' passing rate on the Board of Registered Nursing Exam is 94 to 96 percent , Burton said. ''The program is highly regarded and there is a two to three semester wait list for the program," Burton said.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 College President recording devices that are Sherrill Amador dis- hooked up in the governing agrees. board room.

"We don't know how Kovrig argued that the many people are going to board should have set up show up, how would we TV monitors outside so know?" those who could not get Board member Mark into the meeting could Evilsizer backed up have watched it on screen.

Amador in her response.

"Even that is a half"We don't receive any hearted attempt to accomkind of indication to really modate the public," gauge how many people Evilsizer said about havare going to the meet- ing TV monitors set up ings," he said. outside.

However, Evilsizer did "Those meetings are for the public. I . think it is share his disappointment in the board for not relo- paramount to accommocating the meeting to date them," he said. accommodate all of the The board relocated its people that attended.

April 22 meeting to D-10 as a result of " W e should such accu11 have relosations. cated that However, meeting to Amador the thesaid one of atre, D-10, her con11 some other cerns with avenue D-10 it is - !\lark Evilsizer located near available," GOVERNING BOARDMEMBER other classEvilsizer said. rooms so the "I am going to fight to pre- people speaking at the meetvent that from ever happen- ing will have to take that ing again in the future. into consideration.

That isn't right; that just Amador also said the isn't good governance." provisions needed to be Amador said one of the taken to prepare the room reasons they chose not to with the equipment necesrelocate the meeting was sary to carry out the meetbecause they would have ing will cost some money. run into problems with "It will be a cost item we the microphone and have to bear," she said.

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After the April 8 GoverningBoardmeeting,studentemployeeNeill Kovrigwroteto San Diego DistrictAttorneyBonnieDumanisclaiming four specificchaptersof the Ralph M. BrownAct were violated.

Chapter 54953(a) ''All meetings of the legislative body of a local agency shall be open and public, and an persons shall be pennitted to attend any meeting of the legislative body of a local agency... " ■

Faculty, staff, students and members of media were denied access to the Governing Board room. Palomar College police did not allow anyone to enter unless they had a seat inside.

Chapter 54953.6 "No legislative body of a local agency shall prohibit or otherwise restrict the broadcast of its open and public meetings... " ■

The board secretary vetoed requests to set up video monitors or outdoor sound due to the amount of time required to set up the broadcast.

Chapter 54953.7 " ... Legislative bodies of the local agencies may impose requirements upon themselves which allow greater access to their meetings than prescribed by the minimal standards set forth in this chapter."

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Though large attendance was anticipated for this meeting, the request to change to a more accommodating venue was denied before and during the meeting.

Chapter 54957.S(a) " ... Agendas of public meetings and any other writings are disclosable public records under the California Public Records Act, and shall be made available upon request without delay ... " ■

There were not a sufficient number of copies of the agenda available at the meeting. In addition, the oral presentation was called too vague to understand.

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Mental Effects It is a common practice among college stuSleep deprivation causes dents to study late, party hard, and to squeeze in the a few hours of sleep in the meantime. What language center of the many students may not realize is that short peribrain to shut down, which ods of rest can do more harm than good over time. is used in many higherAccording to the National Sleep Foundation, level mental tasks. as many as 47 million Americans are sleepdeprived. The NSF warns that people who fail to get the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep per night are at risk for health and behavioral problems.

For many college students, however, meeting that standard can be difficult. Finding time for homework and studying, along with holding a regular job, can be strenuous enough. Trying to maintain an active social life can also wreak havoc on students' sleep patterns.

Palomar's resident Health Services doctor Cecilia Cudal said the health center typically sees students who are suffering from sleep Physieal Effects deprivation.

Studies have shown a "Wesee a lot, especially those who work and go strong link between sleepto school. And there's a lot of them still out lessness and pain - parthere," Cudal said. ticularly back pains. It's Multiple important to keep your studies and body rested if you want to reports show 11S/11p stay feeling good. deprivation_ is the serious effects of losing badforyourbrainwhen sleep, including youaretryingto do a lowered "Sleep deprivation is bad for your brain when highfer,/ tasks.11 immunity to you are trying to do high-level [thinking] tasks," colds and flu, said study co-author J. Christian Gillin. "It may - J. Christian Gillin and behavioral UCSDRESEARCHER have serious consequences both on performance changes such as and on the way your brain functions." depression, According to Pam Webb, director of Palomar increased anger and even obesity.

College Health Services, sleep deprivation also According to professor Eve Van Couter in a increases stress, which can be dangerous University of Chicago study, sleep deprivation because many students already have the added may also hasten the onset and increase the worry of holding a job. severity of age-related ailments such as diabetes, "When you're younger you can handle a lot hypertension and memory loss. more," Webb said. "It'll catch up to you later For college students, sleep deprivation can be though." especially harmful because it interferes with Sleep also becomes an issue for some students school work. during finals week. Many of them decide to cram Studies on sleep deprivation at the University for their final exams until the early hours of the of California at San Diego in 1999, 2000 and morning rather than get a full night's sleep. The 2001 show that while certain areas of the brain problem then, Webb said, does not only derive become much more active when a person is from sleep-deprivation. Some students will also sleepy, another area, the language center, shuts use stimulants, especially caffeine pills, to keep themselves awake, she said. down.

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department, spearheaded the faculty poll. He said the referendum addressed Amador's leadership style and management skills.

"Never before have so many fulltime faculty participated in any poll or election," Quintero said. "A turnout of 77 percent is unheard of in any kind of plebiscite - national, state - any kind."

Bob Hahn, chair of the President's Association, a nonprofit organization that raises money for Palomar College spoke. in support of the president.

"I challenge the board to find a way to support your leader, not replace your leader," he said.

His speech was interrupted by a loud roar from those outside who chanted "No more Amador" and "No confidence."

Amador spoke regarding the poll and said that even though no college president likes to receive a vote of no confidence, "a college president's job isn't about winning a popularity contest."

Amador addressed the difficult times the college is going through in her statement. ''This poll was

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conducted in the midst of a statewide budget crisis and in the midst of our efforts to negotiate with the faculty the first union contract," Amador said.

"The faculty union environment has been a culture shock to many faculty members, especially the full-time faculty," she said.

Later in the meeting, history professor Linda DudikLatulippe spoke on the behalf of her department. She said they were disappointed with the current situation the college is in.

"As a eollege, our only job is to facilitate student learning," Dudik-Latulippe said. ''We call on you to take a hard look at the tactics - this is more than simply Union 101."

Kevin Barret, criminal justice professor, agreed with Dudik-Latulippe. "The group that suffers the most is the students," he said. "This is not a union issue, this is a people issue."

Barret's statement was followed by a loud applause.

"The administration in the past few months have played

Not sleeping shows - aside from affecting your mental state, it can make you look bad, too. Bloodshot eyes, pale skin and bags under your eyes are all common side effects of sleep deprivation.

Sleepless Sickness A lack of sleep can contribute to a weakened immune system, which increases the likelihood of getting sick.

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to stay up."

Caffeine overuse can lead to dizziness, irritability and anxiety, which could pose problems for people who are prone to panic attacks. Even more distressing to Cudal, she said, is that caffeine can increase a person's heart rate and blood pressure. ''When people are sleep-deprived they drink more coffeethan normal. It's a problem for those with heart problems."

The danger is especially potent, according to Cudal, since some people aren't even aware that they have a heart condition.

Palomar associate professor Katie TownsendMerino also warned that many students are not even aware of how much caffeine they are actual consuming.

"Students only count coffee when it comes to caffeine," Townsend-Merino said. "And then I'll see students come into class with a giant Big Gulp.

"And I'll say, 'Do you know what's in that? It's full of caffeine."

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Current Governing Board President Darrell McMullen confers withcollege president Sherrill Amador at theApril8 Governing Board meeting.

Thefive-hour meeting waspacked withfaculty andstaffto protest recentdecisions madebyadministrators.

the part of a .lunch-time bully," he continued. ''Youare not-going to take our lunch money anymore without a fight."

Other faculty and staff spoke regarding the board's proposed layoffs.

"I am appalled at the proposed layoffs," said Wayne Armstrong, life sciences professor. "The sug-

gested layoffs made by Amador are unwise, unworthy, unjust, unfair and just plain cruel."

Javier Williams a Palomar employee, whose position may be on the line for termination, also spoke about his disappointment in the proposed layoffs. "These cuts don't all have to come through," he said.

"When people ask what I do, where I work, I say I work at Palomar with pride, " Williams said. "Don't let me down."

Many others spoke regarding their discontent with both the president and the members of the board, extending the meeting to about five hours.

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he current firestorm directed at President Sherrill Amador is not a productive way to ·. deal with the problems facing our college. · Ninety percent of the faculty do not have confidence in Amador's ability to lead our school.

They are very angry about what is going on at Palomar, and they want to make their disapproval known.

What is less clear, though, is what they intend to accomplish with all this noise-making.

They say Amador isn't fit to be president, oppose her at every turn - but is it really likely that the school will be better equipped to handle the crises afllicting it without Amador?

There is no doubt that many faculty and staff members here are in a bad situation. The budget cuts Gov. Gray Davis has forced on us are not going to have a happy ending for everybody.

However, it seems like the Palomar faculty and staff members are loolung to shoot the messenger - most of the furor over the budget cuts has been directed towards the presiThe faculty and staff dent's office rather are focusing their than Sacramento. anger on Amador.

Amador has made some poor decisions her dismissive response to the faculPalomar's problems ty and staff's lack of will not be solved by respect for her is attacking Amador. inexplicable - but she has done nothing so outlandish that it should completely I destroy people's confi- We should stop fighting in the midst of a dence in her. major budget crisis.

Whatever problems there are in Amador's gubernatorial style, this is not the time to make them our main issue. Our problems will not go away just because Amador decides to listen more closely to faculty members. .

Many people on campus are upset over the fact that somebody is going to have to be laid off.

They are right to be upset, but this fact is going to remain no matter what.

But worse than that, all of this contention takes the minds of both the administration and the instructors off of the issues that really need their attention - like providing a good education.

Those calling for Amador's head on a platter don't seem to realize that they are only aggravating the problems we face.

At a time when the college is facing its worst challenges in years, we are all going to have to have a little bit more tolerance than we might like, but it's the only way we are going to make it through this.

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Gettingolder is natural

By Jessica Musicar

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Getting older is a natural part of life.As scary as it may seem, there is no getting around it. However, many middle-aged women refuse to give into crow's feet, gray hair and sagging breasts without a fight.

On top of the usual gluttony of hair dyes, facial creams and other quasiyouth preserving items women slather on themselves, more women than ever before are opting for plastic surgery, my own mother included.

Accordingto the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 44 percent of the 6.9 million cosmetic procedures performed in 2002 were for adults 35 to 50 years old.

They represent the largest group undergoing plastic surgery.

Before my mom entered her 50s I often ridiculed such individuals for their vanity. I thought only people who are narcissistic and shallow get plastic surgery. But the drive to fight time and to alter one's image may be rooted more deeply than that.

One reason many middleaged women are fearful of aging is due to the portrayal - or lack thereof - of older women in the media. And the overabundance of younger flawless women causes their more mature counterparts to feel that they must take steps to measure up.

According to many media theorists, women are often viewed as sexual objects in film and advertising.

However, once a woman

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reaches a certain age she is Sanders wrote. no longer considered as sexy But life does not end at 40. and cannot fulfill that tradi- Middle-aged and elderly peotional role. This is made ple are often as active as more obvious when one looks twenty- and thirty-someat the few roles made avail- things, yet they are consisable to female actors over the tently misrepresented as age of 40. Accordingto sever- sickly, dependent, feeble and al studies of prime-time tele- cranky. vision, male This links to characters out- 1 another media 'Theimagedriven theory, that number female of when people see characters two intotheminds is not their race, gento one in the 50s TVviewers age bracket.

11wonderful vision der or age group 11 What is of aging. so blatantly worse, the roles stereotyped, of mature Marlene Sanders they begin to AUTHOR form a negative female characters are generimage of themally limited to grandmothers selves as part of that group. and invalids.

The overwhelming mesIn fact, the only television sage in women's minds than show I've seen that shows is that aging is a negative active older women is the process. Therefore, it is NBC comedy ''The Golden inevitable that some middleGirls." If it weren't for aged women will chafe Dorothy, Rose and the frisky against it and opt for plastic Blanche Devereaux, most surgery to slow the process. · people might not realize that As my mother sees it, plasolder women can be sexual. tic surgery is a way to make Unfortunately, the show her look as young on the outended after seven years. side as she feels on the In a study conducted by inside. She is a vibrant the America Association of woman who has become Retired Persons in 1996, it more active in her 40s and was noted that while older 50s than she was in her 20s. men have a low profile on Tv, Yet this is not enough to satolder women are virtually isfy her. So far she has had invisible. three procedures including This seems especially odd liposuction and a tummy considering that people over tuck, and she will soon 60 are one of the largest undergo surgery to smooth growing demographics in the lines around her eyes.

America.

According to It is disturbing that a Marlene Sanders, author of woman like this would view "Older Women and the her aging as a tragedy rather Media," the overall message than a natural part of life. about aging on television is She is not alone in this view, decidedly negative. and until the media changes ''The image driven into the how it portrays older women, minds of TV viewers is not a more and more will end up wonderful vision of aging," under the knife.

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So minway to meet that quitklygoingto go gles quickly genuine, loving became an afterwoman would be downth, drain. thought. the anonymity of Then came the internet.

I Four dating services and January of this year. about $150.00 spent on these thought I found the mother"premium" services have jaded load in Yahoo Personals. If you've seen Yahoo's cheesy my view in my search for that new ad that debuted on the special someone.

I first started with match- Oscar telecast, don't be fooled for one second. maker.com. I thought this Not only does Yahoonot know would be the first and last place I'd use. I quickly figured out how to bill (they charged me that if your picture you posted $24.95 when it sound have been didn't make you out to be some $19.95 a month), but everysort of model, you were plum thing is reduced to a beauty

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contest once again.

I did meet some engaging women my first two months on the service, one of which goes to Palomar. But some of these women aren't looking for people to date. Rather, they're looking for sugar daddies who can make some of them their mistresses.

Cynical? Well when you come across a picture of a 22-year-old blonde who seeks a mate with a $150,000 salary, this quickly goes from a search for love to a pursuit for Joe "Yuppie" Millionaire.

Yahoo gives the impression any person can get together with any other person through one simple click of the mouse.

Unless you're a guy who's 170210 pounds and have the salary and looks of Brad Pitt, your search for loveis quicklygoingto go down the drain.

So what have I learned through sorting through all of this B.S.? Well, I'd rather meet someone face-to-face, have a conversation with them and then get the straight rejection rather than paying $24.95 a month for the same to happen to me online.

I just thought the internet was the great equalizer for shy guys. Turns out looks do count, even if all that represents you is a pixilated photo.

Maybe all these sites should adopt this slogan: "If you have a personality, no need to apply''.

I am a student at Palomar. I found I felt safe and we have 24-hour security at Palomar College.

I came back to school Monday from spring break. I saw graffiti all over. I thought, "This can't be real. How could this have happened?" It was all over campus - even on the carts. I am thinking, "Wait, we have 24 hour security. They are around. I know they patrol campus." Well, I guess not.

Because Palomar was tagged big time.

I have discovered that campus police golf carts can't be on campus. Why is that? I am told there are too many vehicles on campus. And I had an appointment with my academic counselor had to have campus police bring me to the transit center. Here I had a health situation and I had to walk up a hill to the campus policeman's car.

Then why do we have security? What is the point? They should be allowed to patrol on foot and on the golf carts. So what if there are too many golf carts on campus? I would rather come back to a nice looking school. Then come back to a graffiti campus. Let the security have the carts back on campus. Especially when school is out. All this terrorist stuff is scary enough. I don't like coming back to campus with it being tagged. I would rather come to a safe campus.

Get Campus police out of their warm office and get them back to patrol on foot like they should and give them use of their golf carts. Let the Campus police use their carts on campus at all times. Please, I ask you.

This would of may not of happened if the patrol was able to go on campus. They should have a small little house to give parking permits, not a warm office where they sit and chat. They should be walking through campus checking doors to classes. They should be patrolling during day and night.

You are called campus patrol. Then do your jobs patrol and stop being-useless.

Thank you, Jennifer Knapic GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION MAJOR

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Palomar student Jason Warren digsinthedirtfor Family Volunteer Day.ManyPalomar students volunteer to fulfillthecommunity service requirement oftheUCapplication.

Palomarstudentshelp others,themselves Ivey Ranch Park is a 12-acre facility that offers daycare and recreational activities for alomar students joined more than 1,200 disabled children. Able-bodied children are also volunteers to help spruce up Ivey Ranch included in the program because "integration, Park in Oceanside. . inclusion and interaction" is the main focus of The day provided members of the Palomar the Ivey Ranch Park. Two-thirds of the chilTRIO program an opportunity to give back to dren involved suffer from disabilities including the community, while also satisfying individual behavioral disorders, genetic disorders and disresponsibilities that some of the TRIO members abilities caused by accidents or must adhere to. trauma. The center also operates TRIO members that receive an a preschool, in home respite serv"/ omo TRIO student ices, extracurricular Pell Grant are summer camps and will soon required under TRIO rules to thathosr,e,iv,d o be opening an adult education participate in two TRIO spon- lot, andthiswason center. sored events a year. The Pell "I am also disabled, so this was tojust Grant is a federally funded pro- opportunity a great experience and opportuni11 gram that is awarded to under- giv, botk. ty to reach out to the community, graduate students that ¡ display especially the kids," said Nicole the financial need.

- Nicole Fisher Fisher a Palomar student and PALOMARSTUDENT member of TRIO. University of California applicants must also complete Volunteers joined together on Section 5 of the UC application in which stu- April 12, to . celebrate Family Volunteer and dents must record their involvement in commu- National Youth Service Day. They enhanced nity service. the appearance of the park by painting fences "If you leave that part blank, you might as for the equestrian program, clearing weeds well not even apply," said Dan Dryden adminis- from the horse trail, cleaning out the stables trative secretary of TRIO services, about the and corrals and planting tress and flowers.

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horse corrals and stables at 9 a.m. They spent the day shoveling horse manure and filling sand boxes for the horses. Various sorority members representing San Diego State University and the University of San Diego joined the TRIO group in the horse corrals . " It was a sight to see some of these girls shoveling horse manure in sandals, but they kept a great attitude," Fisher said. The volunteers worked for about four hours, before being treated to lunch.

"The day was great, we got a lot accomplished, and I think we really helped," Dryden said.

"Although some of the students needed to be here , the general mood of the entire event was that of good-will."

"I am a TRIO student that has received a lot, and this was an opportunity to just give back," Fisher said.

Members of the TRIO program say they pride themselves on participating and sponsoring numerous events that benefit the community.

The TRIO program has applied to sponsor a beach in North County that would require them to clean the areas and facilities three times a year. "I think the students will really get behind this one, I mean, who doesn't want to go to the beach," said Dryden.

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never thought I would find myself swinging a pickaxe and flinging dirt around for anyone.

But, recently I did just that in what I feel is one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

Through my job at Starbucks, I participated in a community volunteer project with 20 other Starbucks employees. It gave me the chance to do something to help someone else for a change.

We spent the day down in the dirt, digging trenches around an apartment complex that is owned by the Interfaith organization.

Interfaith is a charity organization that works out of the North County area and has been serving the community for 20 years.

They buy and refurbish apartment complexes that are then used as transitional family housing for people who have suffered hardships such as substance abuse and domestic violence.

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The buildings we dug around to start over," said Interfaith spokesman Henry Cervantes. They were leaking water through cracks own more than 6 million dollars in in the walls and foundation. Our property in Escondido, Oceanside job was to dig trenches about three feet deep and one foot wide so that and San Marcos.

"It's not that we take on new members of Interfaith could come apply a waterproof sealant. projects, it's that we continue This is an ongoing project that building projects," Cervantes said.

Our group worked on an apart- will take numerous volunteers ment complex of 59 units located working many days to finish.

"We need a lot of volunteers here on Aster street in downtown Escondido. Before Interfaith began to do what we do," Cervantes said.

By the end of the day, we had working on the area, Escondido residents referred to it as "The almost finished digging around just one of the 14 buildings.

Aster Disaster."

After tossing dirt on a hot day for Many of the buildings were falling down and the area was gang several hours, blisters began to infested. One of the buildings is form on my hands, beads of sweat reputed to be a major crack and dripped from my face, and I was whorehouse. Police would not even coated in dirt, yet it is the most drive down the street without at rewarding thing I have ever done. least two squad cars, Cervantes By volunteering I helped these people make a better life for themsaid. selves and their families.

This all changed when Interfaith There are many volunteer probought the buildings 10 years ago.

Now they own 14 building which grams throughout North County that students can enroll in to help they continue to work on.

"It needs to be beautified still," the community, not all of them require manual labor. There are Cervantes said.

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VistaStarbucks employee, Jennifer Reginelli usesherhands to diga ditch.

also volunteer positions at children's hospital and retirement homes where volunteers can help out. For information on how to get involved with Interfaith, contact Volunteer Coordinator Jeanie Winton at (760) 489-6380.

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variety of classes give students the opportunity to get hands-on experience at the same time hey earn college credit.

While traditional lecture-based classes may still make up a majority of the classes at Palomar, there are many creative classes that differ from this norm.

The art department has more than 15 classes in applied design, including several in diverse topics such as glassblowing, jewelry design and ceramics.

The woodworking program offers more than 50 classes. Last year it was named the best program in the state by the California Community

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The college a radio, film and that combine le labs so that stu theory and get : There are otl that go beyond room model.

Astronomy st have the opp01 planetarium an far-off galaxies scopes to get a celestial bodies

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Left:Photography studentChrisDonez measures the lightlevel asheprepares to take a pictureof model Stephanie Mills. The shoottookplacein the PhotoDepartment's photostudiooncampus.

G ioh for Occupational lso offers classes in television production ctures and hands-on dents can learn both practical experience.

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Above: Kajsa Peffer, a student inanearlyAmerican chair-making classes, works onsome wood forherfurniture.

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Alternative rock with a hard spin. A whirlwind of energy here to take its listeners on a roller coaster ride of emotions - not your average Christian band.

During one of their performances, the crowd began to mosh and got out of control. A guy from the audience shoved the lead singer into the drum set.

Another kid tried to knock over their bass cabinet. "Yeah, this kid like he owns me or something," said bass player Chris Whithey.

Fallen Out, created two years ago, consists of four best friends from Ramona. As best friends, the band sends out a united vibe pumped full of energy.

The band is comprised of Palomar students Jason Winters, lead vocals and Jason Adams on drums and Grossmont students Michael Spieker, guitarist and Chris Withey, bass player.

The band is currently working on its second CD, which is more like a demo.

They put out their first CD, "Refined" in 2001. A man from Romania that they met through their church donated $1,500 to the band to create their first CD. "Refined" was based around the theme, "growing through life and being changed through God," Winters said.

They hope to have their current demo completed by summer. The new demo takes on a "darker" theme Winters said.

"The theme of the songs is desperation," he said. "More frustrated

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Fallen Outbandmembers ChrisWithey, Jason Winters, Michael Spieker andJason Adams.

with life, dealing with life."

All of the songs are written as a collaboration of all the members of Fallen Out. "It's everyone," Spieker said. "It really is."

"We are not a preaching band," Spieker said. ''We are just musicians that happen to be Christians too," Winters said.

The band toured together for the first time last summer. Just the four of them drove up to Seattle, performing 11 different shows along the way.

In the three weeks they toured together, they created many great memories.

Fallen Out has had its share of brother-like arguments, however they said they usually get along rather well.

"We're pretty low-key compared to other bands," Winters said.

During their time as Fallen Out, they said they have played some good

shows and some bad shows, but they always have fun.

"It is a lot of fun," Winters said.

"Sometimes we get frustrated and then we play a show and it's all worth it."

Winters said the band plays its best shows when they have a good audience.

"I love interacting with the audience. It's sweet when you have an audience to feed off of," he said.

Being members of Fallen Out has strengthened their friendship. ''We know what each other likes," Withey said.

As far as being on stage, each member has their different quarks.

Winters said that Spieker always has to make sure everything is tuned perfectly and that he sounds the best.

"He's the mom," Winters said with a smile.

The members of the band said they

call Spieker, "mouth."

"Michael has something to say about everything-even if he doesn't have a thought about something, he11 make up something," Winters laughed.

As for Withey, the other members of the band agree that he puts his "all" into each performance. "He is very passionate," Spieker said.

As for Winters, Withey laughed and said, "He just has this twinkle in his eye when it comes to the girls, they love him."

The group of four came together after Spieker agreed to put on a show at a church function and gathered three friends together to form a band.

Shortly after they came together, they landed a gig at Winters' school.

The man who booked their show asked him what their name was and the first thing that came out of his mouth was, "Fallen Out." "I don't even know why I said that," Winters said. "It was a mistake."

And thus, Fallen Out was created.

Since their first performance as Fallen Out, the band has played numerous shows at different churches, bars and clubs trying to get their sound out to the public. ''When you play a good show, people want your information." Winters said.

"Yeah, it spreads through word of mouth," Spieker said.

For more information about Fallen Out, check out their website at www.fallenout.com or tune in to 92.1 Sunday mornings between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. where they sometimes receive airplay.

As Spieker put it, "All Fallen OutAll the time."

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By Jon Sherlock

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Local Christian emo/rock band Waiting For Autumn recently suffered a fatal blow to the band. All but one of the band members is venturing off in their separate ways.

The one remaining member is going to regroup with new members and keep the band going. ''You can't back God and not be standing for what Christians believe in," said band member and Palomar student ,Steven Bradford. "Of course you can make mistakes , but you can't live with your mistakes and you can't escape them. That is essentially what broke our band up," Bradford said.

Waiting For Autumn consists of Bradford at lead vocals, Michael Chan playing guitar and singing background vocals, Christian Chmiel on guitar (formerly Josh Williams), Joe Miller playing bass and singing background vocals, and David Balderrama on the drums.

The original band members have been together since February 2002 and have already acquired a large fan base .

Bands like Jimmy Eat World and Die Radio Die have had a big influence on the band's emo/rock style.

"Gut to give credit to Jimmy Eat World, the old Jimmy Eat World," Bradford said.

The band signed with Red Room Management in July 2002. Their constant touring caught the attention of Mike Kaminsky, who was just beginning to start his own record

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label, American Jealousy.

The band signed with American Jealousy in September, only seven months after getting together.

They recorded their debut album "Now I Know Forever" October 2002 at the famous Studio West in San Diego.

Studio West is known for its work in the movies "Don Juan Demarco" and "The Cable Guy," as well as catering to the likes of local punk superstars Unwritten Law and pop singer Jewel.

The band worked with engi-

neers Darrell Harvey (Blink182, The Usual Suspects) and Alan Sanderson (The Rolling Stones, Counting Crows).

"Oh man , the recording studio is fun. I think that was my favorite part of the experience," Chan said. The band endured 13 hour sessions in the studio that began at around 7 p.m. and lasted through the night until about 8 a.m. "It's vicious," Chan said.

• Bradford and Chan commented that they loved playing with bands Under Oath and Noise Ratchet. "Under Oath

was rad to play with, just because when we weren't playing, we were doing crazy, stupid stuff," Chan said.

"Those guys are nuts, " Bradford said.

Since recording "Now I Know Forever," the band has undergone a few changes. They said goodbye to Red Room Management and Williams and recruited the talent of Chmiel in February .

The band was in the process of putting together a second album and also in the middle of shooting a music video when

they started having problems.

"It's so freakin hard .... with the band thing. If you screw up once, everyone knows when you make a mistake," Bradford said.

Chan says that the biggest reason he writes music is to hopefully have some kind of impact .

"That is what it is all about, knowing that something that you did helped change somebody else's life positively," Chan said.

Waiting for Autumn will be playing 10 farewell shows.

Student band,s first albu01 good, hindered by. cliches Waiting For Autumn trie s very hard to give each song at least one unpreBy Ben Greenstein dictable twist.

Tiff rnm:OPE They aren't the catchiest songs in the world, but they make up for this by being relatively clever. mo" is a term that has been showThe soothing moments are the most pleasant - "Farewell Goodbye" and ing up almost too !I: .. much in the !! Waitingfor "Memories Of You" are nice ballads but the stormier tracks like th e opener recent undergro~nd ~ "Unexpected" are also good displays of rock scene . Standmg d ,OJroFrouRsrAiis, the band 's talents. for "emotional heavy STEVEN BRADFORD rock," it has inspired DAVIDBALDERAMA ,' Not all of the tracks succeed, though. a legion of sound-aMICHAEL CHAN , JOSH "Tearing Pages" fails because it adopts WILLIAMS &JOE like bands to form MILLER the same whiny screeching I comalmost overnight. plained about earlier.

The first record by Waiting For I have to say that using such a tired Autumn , "Now I Know Forever ," fits cliche is probably not going to help perfectly into the emo formula - name your band stick out amongst the thouyour band after a month or season, sands of similar emo bands flooding play some moody guitar lines with the music scene. groovy bass parts, sing some lyrics Which is another potential problem about how lonely you are in a · with the album - it doesn't exactly do anything new. depressed voice, and occasionally break into heavy sections where you It's very possible that "Now I Know scream a lot.

Forever" will become a hit album COURTESY OFWAITING FORAUTUMN However, while the band does dabble among the emo scene. a bit in cliches, they are patient Although, I would much rather see Despite problems, bandmembers ofWaiting ForAutumn continue to writeandproduce Emomusic. enough to give the songs the structure the talented band use more of their and melodicism that many other the "screech-singing" method that and very professional-sounding. innovative tricks (the strange, fasciunderground bands lack.

Drummer David Balderrama often nating guitar solo on "Tearing Pages," many weaker emo bands tend to use on Many of the songs are well-written their choruses. adopts an almost military march-like for example) to take their sound into and well-performed enough to be passBradford's "noisy voice" is more of a drum pattern which works very well less well-travelled territory. able as radio singles - not your aver- powerful shout than an awkward, with fiery guitars on top.

That being said, it's a very enjoyable age "screw the mainstream, let's make heavy wheezing, and his "soft voice" In addition to the fine instrumentarecord for both fans of emo and fans of modern rock, with a lot of good songs. some noise" music. comes across as soothing instead of tion, the songs themselves aren't bad.

Emo music generally doesn't require Recommended for fans of emo and modThis is thanks largely to vocalist whiny (at least, on most of the tracks).

Stephen Bradford's attempts to avoid The instrumentation is very tight a whole lot of melody-writing, but ern rock.

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receive a vote of no confidence from a constituent group," she board meeting.

He pointed out that of the 220 said.

"On the other hand , a college to vote, 90 percent of them voted president 's job isn't about win"no confidence." ning a popularity contest."

"Imagine my chagrin, my utter "My confidencevote is that we shame, if such numbers of my students lacked confidencein me will make it together," Amador said. as a teacher," he said.

The polls come at a pressing Quintero said the referendum addresses Amador's leadership time for Amador as the college style and her management skills. board gets ready to evaluate the A week after the faculty cast renewal of her contract in May. Board member Mark Evilsizer its votes, the classified staff took a vote of confidence in Amador said this is a goodopportunity for and showed their lack of confi- Amador to make changes in her dence in her leadership style as leadership style, "from authoritarian style to collegialparticipawell.

Of the classified staff to par- tive style of management."

Evilsizer said it is important ticipate in the poll, 81 percent for Amador to acknowledge the voted "no confidence." position taken by the faculty and Amador addressed the results PAULSTACHELEK / FORnil U LESCOPE of both polls at the governing staff, but that it is also important for the members of the college to board meeting April 8.

Telescope copyeditorandfonnereditorinchiefStephenKellerholdshis1st-place awardforan on-the-spot editorial writing contesthewonat a journalism conference April5. Palomar's studentnewspaper competed against49othercollegenewspapers. "I believe Palomar is better give her the chance to make than the behavior I have improvements in her leadership observed, written comments I style.

"Everybodydeserves an opporhave seen and shouts I have heard," Amador said after listen- tunity to change, make improveing to the results of the poll. "As ments," he said. "I firmly believe a college community, we need to that she deserves that chance-I am willing to give her that opporcome together."

Amador discussed what she tunity." called "difficult times" for He said he would like to see her

By Jyothi Gumaledar tests. For the mail-in competition , stories and Palomar, ·such as recent cuts become more visible and accessiTlfEm.ESCOPE layouts were sent in advance of the conference. made to the college'sbudget and ble on campus and hopes that the The Telescope newspaper staff took home sevOn-the-spot competitions called for students college "will emerge from this contract negotiations. eral awards at a journalism conference April 3- to write news stories , photograph sports events She said that she is doing stronger and more unified."

5. Tha periodical also received the Pacesetter and draw political cartoons at the event, among Award at the annual Journalism Association of other things. Strause said the on-the-spot conCommunity Colleges conference in Sacramento. tests help students organize their thoughts Swim Instructors Wanted "Winning the Pacesetter Award is a big quickly. accomplishment for staff members of The "It was a lot of fun . We learned a lot of writing Pays $10-$16 per hour.

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Call 760-744-7946 adviser. "It is a really difficult award to win.

Strause and Keller jointly won first place in The students worked very hard at the confer- the Depth News Story category for their fiveence this year and it paid off," she said. part series, "State The Pacesetter Award is a sweepstakes prize of Education ," Big Apple Bagels that honors the top four colleges in various com- "Itle,/s goodto b, which highlighted petitions. Twenty Palomar students competed oppr,ciot,d by th, the state's lack of 10% OFF Very Close against 578 students from 49 colleges in the prol,ssionols." preparedness for entire meal state.

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The Telescope last won the Pacesetter Award TELESCOPE COPYEDITOR "It feels good to (w/ student ID) Campus!!! in 1997. be appreciated by "To be among the top four is great," said copy Treat yourself to fresh 'made from scratch' bagels, muffins, the professionals editor and former editor in chief, Stephen Keller. in the industry," Keller said, who also won first gourmet sandwiches, soups, salads, and espresso Besides the Pacesetter Award, the paper also place for on-the-spot editorial.

Located Between Denny's & Jack-in-the-Box at won awards for general excellence and front Photographer Wayne Short attended the con727 W. San Marcos Blvd. (760) 510-9190 page layout. ference for the first time and won two awards.

"It made all of our hard work pay off," said "It's very exciting. I have been doing photograSarah Strause, editor in chief. phy for a very long time but didn't do much of "It's a validation of our work. It shows that photojournalism," Short said. "I didn't expect to Are you ANNOYED with the the tons of time we spend here at The Telescope win." has not gone to waste," Keller said. amount of smoke near doorHe said he was surprised to find the atmosThe awards were distributed in two separate phere very competitive. "Everyone was so motiways? Take Action!!! categories: mail-in contests and on-the-spot con- vated. Winning was so important to everybody."

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Palomarstudentcrowned . Miss Fallbrook

By Matt Null

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When asked if she wears her tiara arotind the house, Palomar student Autumn Garcia's eyes opened wide.

"I wish I could, but my house is being remodeled and I don't want to get it dirty," Garcia said. "Plus pageant rules specify that winners must store their crown in their car if a photo opportunity arises."

Garcia, 20, was recently crowned in the 65th annual Miss Fallbrook pageant held at the Bob Burton Performing Arts Center March 16. Garcia and 11 of her peers were up for the honor.

Garcia said she entered the pageant for fun and maybe for a chance to win the scholarship prize of $600.

She also talked her best friend, Palomar student Nicole Torres, into joining the pageant. She assumed Torres had the best chance of winning.

"I wasn't expecting to win anything. I thought Nicole would take first place. I only entered to meet new people and to possibly win some scholarship money." Garcia said. "I was completely surprised with the outcome. At best I thought I might get

third place. First place never crossed my mind."

According to Garcia, the best part about the pageant experience is the variety of people she has met and all the fun she has with the other girls.

The worst part of the pageant is the dance routines the girls must learn.

"I love to dance, but I have two left feet so it is hard for me to learn the routine."

Garcia said The always happy and laughing Garcia, as she described herself, is majoring in clinical psychology at Palomar.

However, she said she changes her major on a monthly basis. Garcia also has interest in law and working with abused children.

After Palomar, Garcia is not sure as to where she will continue her education, but she said she is leaning toward UC San Diego.

After an appearance at the Fallbrook Avocado Festival, Garcia has set her sights on the Fairest of the Fair pageant set for May 15-16 at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido.

"If I win, they automatically

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Palomar student Autumn Garcia wascrowned MissFallbrook at the65thannual pageant March16.Garcia, 20, competed against 11otherwomen to winthetitleanda $600scholarship.

Sheis nowupfor Fairestof theFair.

father would sit down the enter me into the Miss California pageant. i am wor- potential suitor and give him a test. ried about that one though; She said her future date you have to wear a bikini there," Garcia said. "I'm not • would have to take a driving test and undergo a short backgood with bikinis." ground test.

At the age of 16, when "I thought it was sweet. It Garcia started dating, her

Evilsizer also cited board policy on campus communication.

According to the policy, "informal CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and formal means of communication ing list when it arrived at the help are available ... for handling a matter desk for processing. It should not of concern, a question, a problem, a have been sent out as "general infor- grievance, or a proposal related to the mation," he said. educational process at Palomar Patton said Davis realized the error College." and recalled the message, but she did McMullen said he was not aware not notify Townsend-Merino. "She of specific policy for e-mail commushould have called her," he said. nication.

He said Information Services has "I think if it came up to us at the tightened its policy on campus-wide e- Governing Board as a vote I would mail distribution, because staff mem- have to hear both sides of it and conbers have complained about an over- sider a written policy." flow of personal messages.

In an unrelated incident that also "I get a lot of garbage," said occurred March 27, one Palomar Governing Board President Darrell professor, who would not provide McMullen. "I delete, delete, delete." her name, said she distributed fliers At the April 8 in the mailroom to Governing Board other adjunct faculmeeting, Townsend- 1110111 angr,thatthefird ty members.

Merino addressed the a1111nd1111nt When she returned rightshare board to explain the Friday afternoon, she beenviolatedandangr, said all of the fliers alleged censorship.

"Today I stand """Dr. Amador hasd,os,n had been placed back before you angry," she her mailbox. to eontrolinformation at in "When said at the meeting. "I I asked 11 College. am angry that the Palomar about it, I was told First Amendment - Kalie Townsend-Merino that it was an opinBEHAVIORAl SCIENCES PROFESSOR ion piece and not rights of faculty and staff have been violatfact, and that this ed and angry that Dr. could not be sent out Amador has chosen to control infor- through campus mail," she said. mation at Palomar College."

Townsend-Merino said the mailbox Board member Nancy Chadwick system has traditionally been used also called e-mail censorship a viola- for anything the faculty wanted. tion of the First Amendment.

Townsend-Merino recalled English "E-mail should be freely sent and professor Jack Quintero and earth received throughout the campus. I sciences professor Steve Spear's past think everyone agrees to that," she newsletters regarding campus issues, said. which were regularly distributed ''We hope we never have to hear through the mail system. that kind of report again," she said. ''There has never been an attempt ''Freedom of speech... is fine- as long prior to this to limit the way we can as it isn't nasty," McMullen said. use that mail system," TownsendMcMullen said he did not believe Merino said. "The idea that someone Amador had anything to do with the is looking and making decisions alleged censorship. ''That's not her about what we can and cannot send is style. I firmly believe that," he said. new, and I think that is an attempt to Governing Board member Mark control information," she said.

Evilsizer also brought the issue to the "Any time someone feels, thinks or forefront at the board meeting. believes they do not have an opportu"There should not be any restric- nity to express what they believe is a tions on opinion pieces at Palomar," problem - particularly in an academEvilsizer said. ic institution," Chadwick said.

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showed that my dad cared about whom I was going out with.

If the boy filled it out, and did all that was requested, it led me to believe that he really cared and wanted to go out with me," Garcia said.

Tuition fees to increase for Palomar students degree will pay $25 dollars Institutional Research, fullper unit starting in fall 2003, time California students pay with the fee differential being about $600 per year, which is well below the national avereliminated by fall 2005.

The fiscal impact of this bill age of $1735 per year. could be enormous, resulting Others argue the fee in millions of dollars in increase will have a serious

By Erin Owens increased revenue for commuimpact on their ability to nu TELESCOPE attend college. "I live paynity colleges. check to paycheck," said Initially, language in the The California Assembly Palomar student Christy Committee on Higher bill caused controversy when Kordic. Kordic works fullEducation voted April 22 to · it called for increased revtime as a manager of a pizzeapprove a bill that would enues to go to the state's genria in Temecula. "Paying increase tuition for communi- eral fund. However, it has more for colty college students in been amended lege will have California. If approved by the so that "reva huge impact state senate and Gov. Gray enue generaton me. I'll Davis, the increase would go ed from the fee probably have into effect at the beginning of increases beyond $11 per unit will to work more and take fewer the next calendar year. classes because I can't afford Assembly Bill 680 states remain with the community it." that it will provide-for "grad- colleges."

Proponents for the Community colleges in the ual and moderate fee increasstate will still provide the es for community college stu- increased tuition argue that lowest-cost education in the dents during the next three students should pay more for nation. CSU and UC systems years." The fee will be their education in this time of are also likely to implement increased to $16 per unit for fiscal crisis.

Even with the $25 fee tuition increases for the the spring 2004 semester, $21 upcoming academic year to per unit for the 2004-2005 increase, California communioffset budget shortages. academic year and $25 per ty colleges still offer one of the "A community college eduunit for the 2005-2006 aca- most affordable public higher educations in the country. cation is still the best buy demic year. around," Lee said.

Though this vote does not According to the Office of ensure the bill will be signed into law, the first step has been taken to raise fees for students. Herman Lee, director of enrollment services at 1 . Line a bird cage Palomar, said the proposed tuition increased could cause 2. Wrap some fish a 3 to 5 percent drop in enroll3. Make papier-mache ment at the college.

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Although progress is slow in the negotiations between the Palomar district and the teachers union, they are moving forward on several issues, including the formerly contentious Supplemental Early Retirement Plan.

The Palomar Faculty Federation and the district agreed April 11 on an 8 percent SERP, which is a benefit plan based upon the retiring professor's highest earned salary.

The teams were in negotiations over SERP for two weeks, said Jack Miyamoto, chief negotiator for the district.

For the SERP to go into effect, the district requires at least 20 professors to participate. There is no cap on the amount of professors who choose to retire. Eligible faculty members must

be at least 55 years old and have a min- district in February, gave retiring proimum of 10 year s full-time service with fessors only a 5 percent benefit based on the Palomar district. their highest salary earned by a June The deadline to apply for retirement 30 retirement. is May 14, Miyamoto said. He said he It was also supposed to serve as an hoped enough faculty members would incentive for an early resolution to the apply.

PFF's first contract. Part of the deal The 20 retirements will save the dis- required that the union complete and trict a total of $137,000 per year for five ·approve the entire contract by March 7. years, said Jerry Patton, the vice presiHowever, Drinan said the deadline is dent of fiscal services. unrealistic, and text on So far several profesPFF Web site called just a eontinuous the sors have applied, said "It's it a "demeaning" aspect Josie Silva, the adminis- proe,ssol whittling of the proposal.

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According to the Web human resource services site, the proposal deadunder Miyamoto. She - Jack Miyamoto line would require them DISTRICT CHIEF NROTllTOR to agree on other proposalso said she is unsure if 20 or more faculty memals such as class sizes bers will retire. and salary even though the negotiators Despite agreement on the issue, PFF are still far apart on those issues.

Co-President Mary Ann Drinan said "I According to the Web site, to attain a think 20 is a high number to really SERP at any benefit level for retirees, serve as an incentive. The number the PFF would have to agree to the should be lower, but we'll see." administration's niost recent class size She said as long as it works for senior proposal, which requires a "ludicrous" faculty members, then the negotiators number of students per semester for the did a good job. faculty.

The original proposal offered by the The current class size proposal from

the district would ask for a maximum of 64 students in lecture classes, which would limit the amount of student contributions in class, according to the Web site.

However, the latest proposal that was agreed upon is not dependent on finalizing the contract .

Currently, of the 27 or 28 issues in the contract, the teams have agreed on approximately 17, Miyamoto said.

"It's just a continuous process of whittling down the issues," Miyamoto said.

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By Erik Goodson

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Palomar's swim team wrapped up the regular season with an impressive showing at the Pacific Coast Conference Southern Section dual-meets.

The men's team finished first in the meet as it edged out Riverside College for the top spot in the Pacific Coast Conference's Southern Section, while the women placed third.

The men's season ended with a perfect 4-0 record in dual-meets.

The Comets won the Border Relays , which were held at Palomar College, and placed third at the prestigious Mt. Sac Invitational.

"We have a:real good shot at taking conference. It should come down to Riverside, Orange Coast (which won the Northern Section dual-meets ) and us," said John Bixler, who competes in the 500-meter freestyle , 100 and 200-meter backstroke , and also swims on two relay teams.

The team is gearing up for the conference finals at Saddleback College. "Right now we are just fine tuning , helping our swimmers to do their best ," said Palomar swimming coach Jem McAdams.

The times and performances at the conference finals are the numbers used to determine who qualifies for the May 1-3 state

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(Fromleftto right)JohnBixler, Melody Flory, JontyMonty,Breezy Rice,Conrad Vickery andSarahHammen havehelped leadthePalomar swimteamsto a very succesful season.Theyhopeto havesixto eightswimmers fromeachteamqualify forthestatechampionships.

meet at Diablo Valley College.

There are seven different conference championships happening April 24-26. These championships determi:qe which of the top swimmers qualify, although, team points are assessed to determine the conference champions. Swimmers qualify for the state meets on an individual basis.

"I think we will qualify somewhere between six to eight swimmers from each (men and women) team," McAdams said.

Swimmers are allowed to compete in up to three different individual events, and can participate on four relay teams.

McAdams is expecting a solid performance from freshman Josh Southwick, who is the

squad's most versatile swimmer and highest point getter.

Southwick competes in the breaststroke, the individual medley, and is on various relay teams. The other point leaders for the men's team include freshman Daniel Francis, freshman Szen Tesy and sophomore John Bixler. The point leaders for the women were sophomore Melody

Flory and freshman Barbara King.

McAdams attributes much of the success of the team this year to his assistant coaches.

"I have great assistants, and that just makes my job easier," McAdams said referring to coaches Patti Waterman and Scott Lawson. "They make me look good."

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One word sums up Palomar's performance in the Easter Series rubber game with Glendale College: sloppy.

What else can be said after walking 10 batters and plunking two more, in a 6-5 loss on April 17. However, the Comets took the series, winning the first two games, April 16.

Palomar coach Bob Vetter, whose squad is ranked No. 6 in Southern California by the California Community College Baseball Coaches Association, didn't blame his squad's "sloppy" play on the rain - -which drenched the field for seven straight innings.

"We weren't the only team out there playing," Vetter said. "We didn't make any errors, but 10 walks and two hit batters is just plain sloppy. We made mistakes and they took advantage of it.

"We gave them that game, they didn't beat us."

With the score 2-0 in the in the bottom of the third inning, the Comets had two men in scoring position when Scott Robinson took a Marco Estrada pitch over the right field fence for a 3-2 lead. Robinson leads the Comets this season with seven home runs and 36 RBIs.

"It was a good game, it went back and forth for nine innings," Robinson said. "They fought hard, and we fought hard. It just ended on a sour note."

The sour note occurred in the top of the ninth inning, when the Vaqueros sent eight men to the plate and scored two runs to take a 6-5 lead.

With only five games left in Pacific Coast Conference play, the first-place Comets are looking to clinch their first title since 2000. ''Today's loss was a real wake-up call to this team," Vetter said. "I think they let up a bit since it was a non-conference series and spring break, and I let them. You can't perform the way we did today and expect a win.

This loss will keep us on alert for the rest of the year."

In other Comets' baseball news, pitcher Jon Fleming recently signed a letter of intent to play at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo next year.

Fleming, a right-hander from Valley Center High School, is 15-3 in his career at Palomar.

And last week, pitcher Brad Clipp was selected as Pacific Coast Conference's Player of the Week. Clipp, a freshman right-hander pitcher from Scripps Ranch High School, took only one hour, 56 minutes to throw a three-hit shutout against Imperial Valley College on April 12.

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Lanham shot 2-under-par at the Cypress Golf Course in a four-way conference match.

"Out of all the athletes, I got player of the week and golf is not too popular," Lanham said. "It was under some pretty tough conditions. It was a tough course and I medaled at 70."

What's even more intriguing about Lanham's success is he's only golfed since he started high school.

"I was a baseball player until right before high school and then I threw my arm out," Lanham said. "So I started golfing and I made varsity as a freshman at Mt. Carmel High School."

Some of Lanham's accomplishments as a Sundevil were lettering twice as a freshman and sophomore, and making the state meet in 2000. Lanham finished third in the Palomar League individual championships and was a second-team All-CIF selection.

After Lanham's sophomore year, he was home-schooled. But ever since Lanham has attended Palomar, he's been under the tutelage of coach Jonas Crawford.

"He's surprisingly easy to coach," said Crawford. "A lot of kids are a bit stubborn at this age, but Kris enjoys learning and listening to instruction."

KrisLanham shottwo-under at theCypress GolfCourse in a four-way Pacific Coast Conference match.Hewas named Player of theWeekfor March30 to April5.

Crawford thinks Lanham's best quality is that he's taken on a leadership role.

"His whole goal is to be No. 1 and I think that helps this team," Crawford said. "He is set on becoming the best, so it kind of drives the other kids."

Golf is something Lanham is passionate about.

"It's probably been the most fun I've ever had in any sport," Lanham said.

"There's no politics involved. It's all you. If you do bad, you do bad. You can't blame anyone or anything. And if you do good, you get all the glory too."

Lanham will try to play as much golf this summer and hopes to earn a spot in the U.S. Amateur Tournament.

Lanham is also playing for the present, but he sees a future after Palomar.

"Right now, I'm trying to get to a university. ... I'd like to go somewhere down south like Texas or Texas Christian University," Lanham said.

"If I could go somewhere down south , that would be ideal."

After college, Lanham will try to make a pro tour, so he can continue playing. And Crawford thinks he has a chance.

"In five years, I'm sure he'll still be in the golf industry," Crawford said. "I don't know if it'll be at the top or the middle or the bottom.

"But the chances of becoming a professional are one in a million. It's pret- . ty tough to become a PGA player. I would imagine he would be on a minitour somewhere. ... It's hard to tell with golfers."

Crawford emphasized that Lanham should follow his dreams about playing on a pro tour.

In the meantime, Crawford and Lanham are working on getting some collegiate coaches to look at him and help him through the NCAA Clearinghouse, if it's possible.

Whether Lanham stays at Palomar for another year or leaves for a fouryear school depends on what he does on the golf course.

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