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Community college leaders spoke out against Gov. Gray Davis' plans to cut community college budgets May 7 and proposed a budget package of their own.

College and student body presidents from Palomar, MiraCosta and Miramar met to explain the budget cuts and present the Community College League's "Fair Share" budget counterproposal.

The sentiment was echoed by all of the speakers, who cited disproportionate cuts to communi- ' ty college funding. Under the governor's proposal, community colleges will be hit with a 7.4 percent budget cut, wmle the University of California system will receive a 2. 7 percent increase, and the Cal State system will receive a 4.5 percent budget increase.

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As the semester comes to an end, negotiations between the district and the teachers union have taken small but important steps toward agreeing on a contract.

For almost two years, negotiators have pored over contract proposals in what will become the Palomar Faculty Federation's first contract with the district. So far the teams have agreed upon 16 out of 28 total

issues. They also recently agreed upon issues regarding department chairpersons and an early retirement program.

This is a marked improvement from the first year of negotiations beginning in the spring semester of 2002, said PFF negotiator Ed Magnin.

RoccoVersaci, an English professor and union member, said he attributed the movement to the replacement of the district's chief negotiator.

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Students may see an increase in class size if faculty negotiations prevail.

"This is a serious issue that students sho uld become involved with," said Palomar English professor Carlton Smith.

Smith said he believes Palomar is known for its small class sizes and quality teaching.

"Radically altering class sizes will change the aca demic culture and

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threaten excellence," Smith said.

The proposal made by the district's negotiating team to increase class size, spearheaded by College President Sherrill Amador, is a part of the first faculty union contract.

The budg et cuts have put even more pressure on class size proposals, because more students in classrooms would yield higher revenue for the school.

"Trying to mak e class sizes lar ger is SEE CLASS, PAGE 14

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PalomarstudentsMarkMenaldo andAlexandria Alisit infrontof the newStudentCenter.Thenewcenter, whichis scheduled to opennextfall,willbe completeMay15.

StudentCenterto open in the fall Br Sarah Hoffer

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Palomar students may be able to see the completion of the new Student Center before they leave for summer break this month.

The building is now schedul ed to be finished May 15, said Chris Miller, supervisor of construction activities. It may take a few days more, Miller said,

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depending on when the final parts arrive. However, the construction is almost finished.

"Right now, they're just wrapping everything up ," Miller said.

Construction began on the student center Aug. 5, 2001, and completion was initially slated for March 3. However, the construction crew ran into trouble SEE CENTER, PAGE 2

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Psycbology Research

Poster Session, free food, 10a.m., Room BE-6 ■

Jazz Master Class, per-

formances of master composers, 8 p.m.,

Brubeck Theatre

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Governing board

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"Waking Life," 6:30 p.m.•

RoomP-32 ■ Music Students'Honor Recital, 12:30 p.m,.

Brubeck Theatte

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formance, 8 p.m.,

Brubeck Theatre

17: , ■ "Gotta Dance!" per-

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22: Palomarconcert band year-endperformance,$6 for students, 8 p.m., BrubeckTheatre ■

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Graduation commence-

ment ceremony,rain or shine, 5 p.m., football field ■

Last day for "Food for

Fines" at the library

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Board Room

29: ■ Woodworkingawards

luncheon and student exhibition, 11 a.m; to 1'

p.m., RoomsT-719,T-16,T17 The library will be open for extended hours during finals week. It will remain open until 10 p.m.

Monday-Thursdayand 4 p.m. Friday.

The business hours of the Pavilion Cafe and Java City were reduced for the month of April, and student workers have been laid off or are working fewer hours.

According to Patricia Barrett, manager of food services, her office analyzes sales in different areas, and hours are adjusted accordingly.

"We can't afford to put a person in an area where we don't have any customers. All staffs are hired as needed," Barrett said.

In Mardi and April, two students were temporarily laid off, Barrett said. "It's all based on the schedule," she said, "But they are on. call. When we need them, we call them back."

Student Ihiro Takeuchi has been laid off since April 21. He was working at the Pavilion Cafe up to 12 hours per week.

"I couldn't believe it when I heard. I was so shocked,"he said.

"I don't see any declining of business at the Pavilion Cafe.

But I guess overall they are not doing well so they decided to cut me off,"Takeuchi said.

Student Kazuko Abe formerly worked at Java City for 12 hours per week. But because her work shift has been reduced since April 22, she now works five hours per week. . ''While working, some students asked me why Java City closed at such an early time," Abe said.

Takeuchi said the change of hours is unfortunate because many students demand the cafes stay open later. "Even though at that time I was working at the Pavilion Cafe, closing time at

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Somestudentworkers werelaidoffat thePavilion CafeandJavaCitydueto lowsalesandminimized hours.More jobsmay becutat thecafeteria andotherfoodservicebusinesses if salesdonotincrease.

4:30 was too early,"he said.

Now, the Pavilion Cafe and Java City close at 2:30 p.m. , "A lot of people are very frustrated because they have to walk all the way up to the Snack Shack to get a cup of coffee,and people don't want to use a vending machine because the taste is very bad," Takeuchi said.

Takeuchi said he has asked people to write down their demands and give them to the manager.

Abe said she does not see the college striving to attract more customers.

"Some students don't even know what Java City is or where it is," Abe said.

Abe also used to work at the Snack Trailer, which has since closed.

She said she saw many stu-

dents who said there was nothing here and left without buying anything.

"They should have done something more to attract the students," Abe said.

Barrett said the Snack Trailer is being converted into offices,so the reason it was closed is not based on the amount of sales. All products were moved to Java City, she added.

"I am upset," Abe said. "The school closes Java City earlier because there are not enough customers to run business. My question is this - do they do something to stimulate their business?"

Barrett said food services does promote its businesses. ''We advertise. We have a Web site.

We have numerous articles in the paper. We have coupons. We

just had a major event for Springfest. We did a lot of sampling and explained where all our locations are," Barrett said.

"Some students still don't know th; Pavilion Cafe. They need more promoting,"Takeuchi said.

Takeuchi is an international student so he is not allowed to work outside the campus.

"It is hard for me to find a job on campus right now especially when the semester is going to be over in a month. It is impo~sible," Takeuchi said.

"I'd love to work again," he said.

During the summer semester, the main cafeteria remains open from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and the Snack Shack remains open from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Barrett said.

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excavating the site.

"The digging was very difficult," Miller said.

There were also slight discrepancies in the plans, and some of the parts ordered took longer to arrive than expected.

The schedule did not allow much extra time, so when construction crews hit obstacles, they had trouble catching up.

However, because construction crews continued to work over spring break, the May 15 date seems likely, Miller said.

One of the biggest reasons the building took slightly longer than predicted was the unconventional design and materials, Miller said.

The floors are sealed concrete and the walls are a mixture of glass, brick, and metal siding.

"It's a little more futuristic," Miller said.

Although the design is more modern than the rest of the campus, the student center was designed to complement both the existing buildings and the new science building, Miller said.

Construction for the science building has not yet begun.

Although there are major differences in design, the new student

center also uses materials that were used in the older buildings.

The building was designed by architect Marlene Imirzian and Associates Architects to maximize air circulation.

Windows along the back will draw breezes through the front doors, Miller said.

Along the front of the building there will be shaded tables for students to eat and socialize.

The student center will include some facilities for students, such as a new computer lab, student lounge and a TV room.

It will also house the new Associated Student Government office, as well as the new office for the international students.

Two outside patios will be located on the main floor.

• Additionally, there will be an outdoor terrace with elevator access on the second floor, Miller said.

He said he hopes the benefits of the design will outweigh the delays.

Although the grand opening is not scheduled to occur until the fall semester, the center's dining hall will be opened before the end of the current spring semester. It will open during finals week.

Construction workers fromMarcotte & Hearne workonthefinalstagesof thenewstudent center.Thecenteris scheduled to becomplete May15andwillopeninthefall.

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Administrators createplan for futureexpansion Br Sarah Strau s e

entr ance of th e school and label th e buildings in order, so it will be easier Under the master plan proposed for students to navigate the campus.

Melena said another priority withby a Palomar College task force, the San Marcos campus will be almost in the plan is to create a "one-stop completely rebuilt or remodeled over student service center," in which all of student services will be in one the next 20 years.

The plan will cost the collegeabout building. He said counseling, matriculation, financial aid, health servic$300 million to es, EOPS and DSPS will all be replace more than 60 percent ■ PAYING FORIT: included in the building.

The plan projects the construction of it s facilities Themasterplanwill and expand th e costtheschool $300 of a new library and the tran sformaavailable square million overthenext tion of th e old library into the new footage of the 20years.fullstory one-stop stud ent services cent er, Melena said. campus by near- onPate 15.

Anoth er projection within th e ly 50 percent , plan, designed to make student life said Spencer & Hoskins, the architectural consult- easier, is the redesign of Comet Circle into a two-way road tha t will ant firm working on the proposal.

The task force hired Spencer & go all the way around campus. ''This Hoskins to design a facilities plan is all hope and speculation," Melena said. "We are reaching out to th e that would accommodate the future community and students to facilitate educational needs of the college.

"The idea is to match your facili- ease of mind and body."

Another goal incorporated in the ties needs to your educational needs of the future ," said MarkVernoy, co- master plan is to develop "more green space," Amador said. "We need chairman of the task force.

One of the goals incorporated in to· create more space for students to the master plan is to "make the meet and congregate."

The plan looks to accommodate buildings learning -centered environmassive growth over the next 20 ments, " said College President Sherrill Amador. She said the class- years. According to the plan , the task rooms would be designed as multi- force predicted the college communipurpose, high-tech rooms, with space ty will grow by at least 25,000 more students by the year 2022. to lecture and hold labs.

In addition to the expansion of the "The rooms aren 't flexible," Amador said about the current class- San Marcos campus, the committee rooms. "In some of the rooms it's even included the development of two new a nightmare to do overhead projec- campuses, one in the north and one in the south, to facilitate the growth. tion."

The plan states each new center is Leo Melena, president of the required to Associated encompass Student ideais to matthyour admissions, Government and "The counseling , member of the fatilitiesneedsto your financial aid and task force, edlltlllional needsof thefuture." health service agreed with Amador that the _ Mark Vernoy centers. Both of CO-CHAIRMAN OF TIii the new centers classrooms proMASTE R PLAN TASK FORCE are also required jected in the to have a DSPS master plan are and tutoring more student-friendly.

Melena said he appreciate s the center to accommodate the students.

The task force has been looking at fact that the focus of the mast er plan is on student needs. He said as a stu- potential sites in both the north , near dent representative on the task force, Fallbrook, and the south, near Poway and 1-15,to build the new cenhis job was to support the students and provide "a fresh perspective" to ters, said Jerry Patton , director of the committee of faculty and admin- fiscal services and task force memistration . He said the other commit- ber.

Although there have been no decitee members made his job easy, sions made as to where the new cenbecause they showed support for the ters will be built, the plan calls for students as well. each center to be built on at least 100 Melena said the master plan would make student life easier. For acres ofland and have access to utilexample, he said one of the ideas ities such as water, sewer, electricity and natural gas. Th.is allows for the within the plan is to remodel the

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Patton added centers to grow that the length according to of completion demand , and time for the eventually grow plan, although it to accommodate is currently set 5,000 to 10,000 for 20 years, students each. would all depend While the eduon the acceptcational and ance of the votfacilities needs ers and the of the college are amount of mapped out money the state within the masis willing to give ter plan, there is BENBURGESON / THETEUSCOPE the college. no source of Due to the funding to carry Inset,above: ThenewStudent Center, setto of thefallsemester, isthefirstina uncertainty them out, Patton openduring series ofplanned buildings which school offi- future funds and said. growth. the uncertainty "In order to do cialshopewillhelpwithcontinuing of a 20-year periit all, it is going od, the plan is to require a combination of state and local funding," subject to change.

"The plan may be changed along Vernoy said.

The first step of the master plan is the way, and that's okay," Melena the construction of a new science said. "It shall be successful as long as building, which has been funded by we have a plan and know where we student capital outlay funding, or are going."

Melena said planning for somebond provided by voters, Patton said.

"After that, funding becomes less thing 20 years from now was challenging. ''We will not see the fruits of clear," Vernoy said.

Patton said the college will proba- our labor for a while," he said . bly ask the voters to approve bonds However, he said he hopes to see the to fund the construction of the build- college the way the committee preings laid out in the master plan. "If dicted in 20 years .

"I consider myself fortunate to be we continue to grow, these are the buildings we will need," Patton said. part of something this big, long-lasting," Melena said. "I feel I left my "We will try and use as many mark." resources as we can."

A look at the college's past, present and future

Above: Palomar as it stands today, as seen from the library. With enrollment at about 30,000 stu dents, an d an expected growth of 25,000 stud ent s over th e next 20 year s, officials are plannin g on expanding the school.

Plans call for a new library, among other buildings. The old library would Above: Palomar in the early 1950s. It opened in 1946, and then serve as a service was named after the observatory which opened the same year . center for students.

TJJ,M11st11Plu At-A-f/onu ♦ Cost: The total cost of the plan is estimated at $300 million. ♦ Payment:

'lb get the money, the school will try to pass bonds and get state funding. ♦ Timeline: The plan has an estimated schedule of 20 years. ♦ Growth:

Palomar expectsto grow by 25,000 students in 20 years, almost twice the current number. ♦

Scale:

Sixty percent of the facilities on campus will be replaced. ♦ Library:

Under the plan, anew library would be built. The current library would be turned into a building that would house a number of student services, such as counseling and financial aid. ♦

Above: an artist 's rendering of the planned science building, which is the next building scheduled to be built. It is expected to open in 2004.

Assuming the money can be obtained, school officials expect to replace 60 percent of the facilities on campus .

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Layout: One proposed change to the campu s is to remodel the entrance and rename the buildings in alphabetical order, so it's easier for new students to get around.

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ore than a year ago, The Telescope criticized naysayers against the construction of the new Student Center. We said they were whiny, and we welcomed the new building with all the inconveniences it brought.

The new, more advanced building will be a great boon to the college, but it has become clear that we were too unrestrained in our wholehearted endorsement of a project that turned out to be embarrassingly flawed.

When the plans for the new Student Center were announced, they were for a building that would begin construction in early 2002 and be completed in the middle of the Fall semester that same year.

Instead, a totally nonfunctional pile of rubble - and later an equally nonfunctional hole sat on the spot for more than a whole semester.

So they pushed the deadline back to March 3 this year.

But, for reasons completely unfathWe will soon have a omable, this was still great new center for not sufficient for the the campus. construction crew, and it was pushed back yet again to March 19.

The new Student Now it's May 2003, Center is nearly a year late in coming. and the center is still not set to open completely for another four months.

We had to spend six The powers-that-be months with a hole in have graciously the middle of campus. decided to open the dining area early so we will have a place to gather and eat besides the five tables outside the food court and the "temporary" trailers we've had for the past couple of years.

But even this small bone is marred by the fact that they apparently forgot to buy the furniture ahead of time, so they are going to have to use sloppy seconds.

Again, the lack of forethought displayed here is astonishing. Not only were they unable to begin construction when they planned, and not only were they unable to enforce the deadlines they set for the construction, they are not even able to come up with some furniture now that they have finally gotten construction going.

With the Master Plan recently completed and construction on the massive new science building coming up, hopefully the school will look at the Student Center and see how not to do it.

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I could read before I entered kindergarten. After less than a year in school, I was given a certificate stating that I could read at the fourth grade level. While school probably helped, a huge reason for my literacy was comic books.

Starting from when I was about four, my · dad would take me every month to the news rack and let me pick whatever comic books I wanted. So while the other kids played on the swings or the slide at daycare, I learned how to read the word "finance" from Scrooge McDuck.

Even today I still try to pick up a few comics every month, but at the age of 21, comic book-reading has almost become a taboo. It doesn't matter that many of the stories are incredibly well produced, some by Pulitzer Prize winners or respected journalists. Comic books are still viewed by the majority of Americans as juvenile entertainment and the label is undeserved.

Beginning in the 1950s, . comic book publishers enacted a self-imposed "comic book code" which essentially removed any sophistication from the books. At that point, comic books certainly did become intended for children, and

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they remained like that for about 25 years.

The comic book industry took major strides to growup in the early 1980s.

Among these efforts were Frank Miller's ''The Dark Knight Returns," which featured' an aging Batman coming out of retirement in a dystopian Gotham City, and Alan Moore's "Swamp Thing," which reintroduced many horror elements that were banned from comics in the 1950s.

Still , these attempts at respectability went largely unnoticed by society at large, and even today I have a hard time trying to get anyone to even give any of these comics a chance.

Comic books should have solidified a small amount of respectability in American culture following the Pulitzer Prize given to Art Spiegelman for his Holocaust saga, "Maus," in 1992. Instead, the predominant image many people still have when the term "comic book" is brought up is of Adam West in a blue · and gray Batman bodysuit.

Just as cinema was once thought of as an impure art form, it has been a long and often unsuccessful struggle for comic books to earn their place as legitimate literature.

Ironically, because the pool of comicbook readers is so small, the best place for many comics to gain notori-

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ety today is through film.

Unfortunately, Hollywood has shouldered this responsibility with marginal success.

The Superman and Batman film franchises started with a bang, but quickly turned into a joke with shoddy directing and film writing.

Marvel Comics has finally begun to produce blockbuster films based on their characters, such as "X-Men" and "Spider-Man," yet their largest contribution to Hollywood until the late 1990s were bombs such as "Howard the Duck" and "Captain America." · The only time comic book films are thought to have artistic merit is when virtually no one knows of the original comic book source material.

"Road to Perdition " garnered critical acclaim, as did "Ghost World" which earned screenwriters Terry Zwigoff and Daniel ClowesAcademy Award nominations.

The end result is the perception that comic books are, at best, a laughable distraction with virtually no intellectual value.

It is frustrating in a way to watch people disregard a wonderful art form merely because of an outdated stereotype. But until the guidelines for what is acceptable literature change, comic books will always be forced into relative obscurity.

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No one wants war. No one wants to It looked like they were more see people kill one another. But since· eager to protect themselves then the United States has stepped on "support the troops."

Iraq, the noise of protesters has Let's say you are a soldier in the started to bug me. middle of the desert, holding a gun I didn't take any notice to the Dixie and waiting for the enemy in a Chicks even though the lead singer ditch. You might wonder whether Natalie Maines detracted Bush at a you arre doing the right thing, March 10 concert in London, saying, whether the war is right or not. If "Just so you know, we're ashamed you see the enemy, you automati· the President of the United States is cally pull the trigger. You see the from Texas." guy fall down dead.

People have various opinions, and You just killed somebody. Do you the musicians are not important in regret, feel shame, or panic after my life in terms of thinking about the event? Or do you see yourself I even felt sympathy making progress toward liberation Psych125 - Human Sexuality Reading 110 - PowerReading politics. towards the Dixie Chicks because of the Iraqi people? You might think Reading textbooks is often painful, awful Anyone interested in procreating or simply there are many politicians who'have the protesters support your life but work - especially right around finals. having a wild Saturday night fling should spoken more harshly towards Bush they don't think you are fighting for This does not have to be the case. Power consider taking this course. While it is not a than Maines did. She didn't do any- a just cause.

Reading is a great course that .will almost hands-on class, it covers the basics of both thing for her life to be threatened.

My question for the protesters is definitely improve both your reading speed men's and women's sexuality. Students learn Yet, when I saw the Dixie Chicks this: Do you still think that opposing and your comprehension. Additionally,the everything from anatomy to different pleain an interview of ABC's Primetime Bush and the war really supported class covers a wide range of study techsuring positions, as well as information about Thursday April 24, I found myself the who were troops fighting and · sexual transmitted diseases, contraceptives niques, memory enhancers and other tips risking their lives? quite puzzled. and tricks that make getting through coland partner psychology.Anyoneinterested in Basically Maines said her stateThose protesters should realize lege - and much of life - easier. The knowing a little bit more about themselves, ment in London came out the wrong that their noticeable opposition does their partners or sex should consider adding semester after you finish this course will way but she is not sorry for question- nothing but demotivate the troops. I seem like a breeze. this class to their schedule next semester. ing nor following Bush. This doesn't don't want to hear it, but would be pose any problem for more consistent for since everyone has them to say t4ey don't Philosophy 115- Critical ThinkingEnglish 270 - Survey of Tolkien me int,rvi,w support the war, Bush the right to their own Maines' There is no skill more useful in daily life This is one of the most enjoyable classes opm1on. But after and even the troops - «hoingth, than the ability to analyze ideas. Many offered here at Palomar College. Whether Maines was rambling than to feign support. elieh,, people have a vague idea of what logic is, you're a fan of Tolkien,or if youjust love liton how people had protest,r's Marine, Cpl. James but once you have actually spent a semeserature in general, you will get a lot out of DeBonis said, "After reacted and attacked "But I support th, ter studying the forms logic takes and this course. Some of the creative projects her and other memdecision has been - sounds the techniques that enable us to think criticalfrom the class I took included a drawing of bers, she faced up to a troops!" made to go to war, ly, you will be amazed that you ever a hobbit, an Elvish poem, and a journal camera and said, "But hypoeritieal. exercising your First thought you understood an argument. entry by Bilbo Baggins.

I support the troops."

Amendment right to I was taken aback. apply an outward Maines' interview echoing the proaction of protest and verbal resist015IO1- Beginning TypewritingJournalism IO5 - Newswriting . tester's cliche, "But I support the ance does not support the troops. I As pathetic as it may seem, many people Want to get a better idea of how troops!" - sounds hypocritical. It wish these people would quit lying to still use the "search-and-peck" method of things work at your school? Want to doesn't even make sense. themselves and others and quit trytyping when they write e-mail or a 15-page learn to write both well and on a deadThe Dixie Chicks posed nude on ing to save face when they say they paper. Taking a typing class at Palomar, line? Journalism can both raise your support the troops."

• the cover of Entertainment although very time consuming, will aid awareness of the world around you and Weekly's May 2 issue with sarcastic We have the right to question and students in a lifetime of computer use. If. teach you skills you'll use all your life. words and phrases painted onto doubt Bush and the war. However, if nothing else, it will shorten the time spent And you may even find interests you their bodies - "Dixie Sluts," "Big people want to support the troops, typing up those papers. didn't know you had.

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Amador need to put aside If I sound like an old their differences"):the e'ditor warhorse, I am. In 42 years of just doesn't get it. The fiscal teaching at Palomar Coll~ge, crisis is not the problem. I've never before seen such Amador is the problem. an unacceptable attitude as The Palomar community that of Dr. Amador. It is typi(staff, faculty, ad.ministra- cal of her style that she has tion and students) has coped managed to distract the with financial difficulties attention of many observers before. I've worked with five with issues other than the college presidents (Dunn, overwhelming votes of "no Huber, Scheidt, Boggs and confidence." She has conAmador) and two interim vinced your editor that the presidents (Broman and problem is money. It isn't.

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Ignoring methyl bromide bans hurts us, everybody Br Jason Kalchik

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Methyl bromide is the most effective fumigant used to control insects, weeds and pathogens in more than 100 crops, forests, nurseries and wood products. It is the substance most commonly used for soil fumigation, post-harvest protection and quarantine treatments. The trouble is that it has been classified as a Category I acute toxin, a designation reserved for the most dangerous chemicals.

In the last 15 years, this very useful chemical has sickened hundreds of farm workers and residents living near farms and has killed 19 people in California alone. It has been found to cause birth defects and brain damage in laboratory animals. Under the Montreal Protocol of 1991, which outlines pp.ase-outs of the chemical culminating in a 2005 ban of the substance in developed countries, methyl bromide was found to intensely contribute to depletion of the Earth's ozone layer.

Beneath the pressure of agrowas some sort of system, perchemical lobbyism, certain politihaps on the Internet, where cians are taking steps to prevent people could skip the pick-ups the phase-out, and use of the and post comprehensive lists chemical has actually increased of what they want in a relain the last decade. tionship , and any who were The "2003 Nomination For A interested could respond ....

Critical Use Exemption For Oh, no, wait. We have someMethyl Bromide" provision was thing like that. And the one recently attached to the latest time I met someone through federal farm bill, which if passed it , she turned out to be a 400will provide billions in crop subsipound Canadian with a beard. dies over the next five years. The Never mind. barely noticeable exemption proSo the only vision, inserted

by California repalternative is resentative Richard Pombo (Rfor everyone Tracey) could seriously damage to ditch the plans for the 2005 phase-out. bull and say The document begins by statexactly what ing that "the United States is 11 is on their minds. Now, firmly committed to the ·goals of there 's a good the [Montreal] Protocol, evidenced in particular by the strong chance that efforts we have made over the last this "open decade to phase out uses of communicamethyl bromide where it has been tion " is somefeasible." thing that Either this is a flat out lie or the doesn 't actuEnvironmental Protection ally exist, and I've only been tricked into believing in it by Agency is grossly incompetent.

According to the Environmental the movies (in which characWorking Group (EWG), "use of ters always say exactly what methyl bromide is rising in some they mean ). counties that are already the But even if real love is totally bogus and not real at all, I'll · heaviest users. Methyl bromide use in Monterey County more continue to give honesty in datthan doubled between 1993 and ing a shot. It's far preferable to 1995, to over 3 million pounds, moving to the mountains and and increased by 44 percent in becoming a celibate monk Santa Cruz County." United which sadly is the only other States farmers currently use option available. ·

Sex, lies and morelies crime in any of the 50 states.

Besides, it seems kind of counterproductive for your first words to a potential mate to It has recently come to my translate roughly ihto "you attention that love is bunk. are breaking the law."

Oh , don't get me wrong. The What do these lines mean, basic idea behind love is just anyway? Does "do you want to dandy. A boy meets a girl, he see a movie" mean "I would asks her out, they go out , they like to get to know you" or get married , they make some does it mean "I would like to babies and end up dying get nasty with you?" together. - Sounds grea,t on Frankly, it makes things paper, doesn 't it? harder for everyThe problem is the fact that one. Guys who there 's too much B.S. involved actually are in the actual meeting and datromantically ing process. It's common pracinterested run the tice these days to not be up risk of sounding front about what you actually like sex-crazed want at all - and instead use lunatics if they buzzwords and pick-up lines deliver the line that just make everything way wrong.

Sexmore confusing. crazed lunatics When guys ask girl$ out , it 's run the risk of never "I like you and would sounding like like to get to know you better." they actually It's always "Would you like to want a meaningsee a movie ?" Well, what kind ful relationship - an absolute of a dumb question is that?

Unless the girl hates films for · nightmare for any selfrespecting womanizer. some reason, of course she 's I personally would like to going to want to see a movie get to know quite a few girls the question is , does she want better, but am - clueless as to to see it with you? how to let them know. There's And when it 's not an awka good chance that "I'd like to ward , shy question , it's someget to know you better" sounds thing blatant like "Yo, baby like "I'd like to get to know you know that it's a crime to you naked" to a woman. be so fine?" Not only is this You know what would make ridiculous, but it's dishonest things much easier? If there being attractive is in fact not a

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about 60 million pounds of the chemical each year.

Many countries in Europe have already banned the pesticide.

Alternatives have been documented worldwide for most uses of the chemical. Apparently this legislative step is another example of the United States putting · economic interest above individual and global health.

A factor that might be contributing to governmental reluctance to ban the use of the agent is that it is used mostly in rural, farming areas employing mostly racial minorities where the sur- · rounding schools are mostly occupied by racial minorities.

The EWG reports that, "potential exposure to methyl bromide at schools falls disproportionately on children of color. Demographic information available for the California schools near the heaviest methyl bromide use show that 82 percent of the students were non-Anglo."

Maybe if it was used to waterproof Samsonite attache cases or if we found it in the lawns of Beverly Hills' schoolyards, we might see a quicker end to its usage. According to EWG director Bill Walker, "we're making our children the guinea pigs for exposure to a chemical known to cause nerve damage and birth defects."

Clearly disallowing this substance to be used would cost cultivators a staggering amount of money, which might cause severe economicconsequences. At best it would cost various politicians some of the money they need in order . to conduct smear campaigns on the television during election time. But it's definitely worth the risk. Gr_owers w9uld be quick to make adjustments if use of methyl bromide was made illegal.

By backing out of international treaties like this, with the finely honed rhetoric of big-businessminded politicians, we are only reinforcing the worldwide belief that we are a terminally arrogant , and reckless nation .

The hole in the ozone layer above the North Pole is now as big as Canada and the United States combined. If we continue to neglect warnings about using ozone-depletin g chemicals , our grandchildren or their grandchildren might find that achieving massive-agricultural profits is the least of their concerns. They'll be searching for sunscreen and trying to stay afloat on a submerged planet.

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Some vegetables seemed to have been put on Earth to torture small children. "No dessert until you finish your (insert Mom's choice of bitter-tasting green roughage)!"

For many, part of the passage to adulthood is swearing offbrussels sprouts and their ilk forever.

And so silent cheers lingered behind the public outcry when President George H.W. Bush declared: "I'm the president of the United States, and I'm not

going to eat any more broccoli."

But just when adults thought they were free from cruciferous nemeses came news that this crunchy class of veggies contains remarkable powers to combat cancer, build bones and strengthen hearts. Dietitians everywhere prescribed kale and cabbage, cauliflower and collard greens.

Muttering a collective "yuck!" health-conscious Americans grimaced and munched. They'd been there before, when they were advised to eat the equally inedible oat bran.

Others took a logical step: If

you don't like something, alter the taste. Just as they pour cream and sugar into coffee, they serve vegetables smothered in butter, doused in salt, drenched in cheese sauce, or breaded and fried.

Delicious, but unwise. These fatty accompaniments can offset the vegetables' health benefits.

So hail the news that researchers are making progress developing "bitter blockers" _ additives that could fool your taste buds into ignoring bitter elements in food, beverages and medicine.

Best of all, the bitter blockers discovered so far are natural substances already found in such foods as meat, fish and milk.

They have no calories and no sodium. One, developed by Linguagen Corp. in Cranbury, N.J., is just a month away from Food and Drug Administration approval. Samplers say it eliminated the bitter aftertaste of coffee and made grapefruit juice seem sweeter.

Unfortunately, there's no easy answer for every food. Humans have two dozen kinds of bitter receptors in their taste buds,

each sensitive to slightly different substances.

Scientists believe this complicated system evolved to guard against poisons.

The first uses of bitter blockers will likely be in processed foods and foul-tasting medicines. Food manufacturers will be able to reduce vast amounts of sugar, salt and fat additives, which contribute to high blood pressure and strokes.

Mary Poppins had the right idea: Some foods need a spoonful of something to help them go down. Of course, other foods need a heckuva lot more than that.

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"If you mess up, he's got like 20 different TH'ETUESCOPE ways to fix it," said Filbeck's student Eric Wurtz. "He's got all the patience in the world, very summer, Russ Filbeck travels to the except for when there's a mess." foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in During one class, a student pulled Filbeck Kentucky. Once there, the 58-year-old outside to look at two slightly curved pieces of Palomar instructor selects several hickory, oak, wood. The wood, which the student had cut walnut and cherry trees to cut down. The bark incorrectly, was placed in the wet grass where is stripped and wood is shipped back to it would gradually saturate, dry and eventualPalomar where Filbeck's students split the logs. ly become straight, Filbeck explained.

For some students, the material will be used for "I have to use all kinds of techniques to fix their final project when they must build a rockthings," Filbeck said. ing chair.

Filbeck credits his ability to "I have to have that wood. You livesandbreathes quickly analyze and correct can't buy it like that," Filbeck "He woodworking.

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Navy. He enlisted when he was Filbeck, a professor of Cabinet 9 to I job by any 17. His 23 years in the military and Furniture Technology,takes forhim.It'shis include 18 years in submarine great care to ensure that his stu- means service. dents have quality material to /He.'' "Majorthings would break down work with.

- Chris Feddersohn at sea," he said. ''We had to do Much like the logs that he PALOMAR PROFESSOR homemade repairs on the spot." chooses for his classes, Filbeck Filbeck began teaching others in gives a great deal of time and 1969 when he educated sailors in attention to his students. Although chair maksubmarine maintenance and safety. Proper opering is his greatest passion, teaching this art has ation of the submarine equipment and repairs to become one of his biggest accomplishments. the air conditioningand hydraulics were standard Adjacent to Filbeck's classroom is a massive lesson plans for Filbeck. workroom filled with the almost deafening hum "It was a myriad of things we had to teach," of students laboring over their class projects. he said.

Out back, Filbeck carted in wood that had been Filbeck's first teaching job came in 1987 at San donated to the college from a local bowling Diego State University, where he taught welding, alley. The wood will be broken down and sold to machining, foundry and casting work. students at a reduced price. The money he gets Following his stint in the Navy, Filbeck from this and other donated wood is used to buy more tools and to support the woodworking opened a furniture restoration store near the Miramar air base called ''WoodIt Be Beautiful." program, Filbeck said.

"It was very enjoyable. I was able to be creAs he walked back inside, Filbeck surveyed ative with finishing and repair," Filbeck said. his students' work and offered suggestions

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Filbeck added that many times he made the furniture stronger than before by repairing design flaws in the wood. He said he still enjoys the finishing process of furniture making, along with wood bending, as one of his areas of focus at Palomar.

Filbeck's third specialty, chair making, is his most extensive. He teaches a class section titled "Classic American Chairs," where he emphasizes the creation of Windsor chairs and Appalachian ladderback chairs.

Filbeck's 14-year tenure at Palomar began in 1989, after serving as the president of the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association from 1987-88. His work caught the eye of Chris Feddersohn, a Palomar professor.

"He came and asked me if I was interested in teaching a class here," Filbeck said. "I've been here ever since."

Feddersohn said Filbeck's passion for the field of woodworking is what separates him from other Palomar instructors.

"He lives and breathes woodworking. It's not a 9 to 5 job by any means for him. It's his life," Feddersohn said.

At one moment, Filbeck looked up at a line of photographs that encircle his classroom.

The photographs contain images of past students' woodwork.

"It blows you away to look at this. It's just elegant," Filbeck said.

Some of the students' work is entered in the ·san Diego County Fair where generally 98 percent of them win blue ribbons, Filbeck said. ''We're so proud of them," Filbeck said. "You feel like a proud parent."

"I've been so fortunate and I'm having a ball doing what I do," Filbeck said. "I'm having more fun in life now than I ever have."

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Suicide has more than one victim Bv Jessica Musicar

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he morning of Oct. 5, 2002 began like any other for Palomar student James Miller.

As Miller entered his kitchen to make a cup of coffee, he noticed a tape recorder and a short note lying next to his coffee machine.

The note, written by Miller's 21-year-old roommate Andy Campbell, asked him to listen to the tape and to pass it on to his parents.

"It was very perfunctory, like feed the dog or something," Miller said.

But the tape had a very different tone. It was Campbell's suicide note. Minutes later Miller discovered his friend's body hanging from a rafter in his garage.

Since then, Miller has been dealing with the pain, guilt and confusion that comes with losing a friend to suicide.

Unfortunately, Miller isn't alone, nor is Campbell's death an anomaly.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the No. 2 killer of people between the ages of 15-24, the second largest demographic killed by suicide.

It is also ranked as the top cause of non-natural death in San Diego County by the Community Health Improvement Partners of San Diego. CHIP conducted a study between 1996-2001, focusing on suicide rates among various age groups in the San Diego area.

The study noted that these numbers are particularly high among 15-24 year olds in North County, specifically Escondido, Fallbrook, Pauma, San Marcos, Valley Center and Vista - all areas that surround Palomar College and Cal State San Marcos.

There are multiple reasons why a person might decide to kill himself. However, much of the blame is placed on depression and drug problems.

According to the CHIP study, at least 90 percent of all people who commit suicide have a mental or substance abuse problem. This is especially evident in young people who tend to be stressed by the pressures of school, an active social life and depression, said Jay Alperson, a Palomar psychology professor.

Themind of the depressed Alperson said that many suicidal people tend to get very withdrawn and depressed, so much so that the depression begins to interact with their thinking. The idea of death begins to dominate their

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thoughts they become obsessed with it and are unable to get it out of their minds.

However, most suicidal people will not carry out their plans during a deep depression because they lack the energy to carry them out, Alperson said.

"Sometimes this will take people by surprise because they think that person is doing better," Alperson said.

Campbell's suicide was unexpected, Miller said, although he did suffer from depression.

In life, Campbell, also a Palomar student, owned his own videography business, was a gifted pianist, drummer, tennis player and graphic artist.

"It was a fluke," Miller said, "not a downward spiral."

Survivors Suicide doesn't end with the death of the victim. It often scars their friends, family and acquaintances. According to the American Association of Suicidology, for every suicide there are six survivors - the people who suffer lasting emotional trauma from a loved one's death.

"The death is so startling that you (the survivor) go over the act and what you perceive as your mistakes," Alperson said.

The grieving process is particularly long and difficult for survivors who are riddled with unanswerable questions, self-

doubt, confusion, shame and guilt. They never have the opportunity to say goodbye or ask why, said Howard Backer, the executive director of Survivors of Suicide, a national support group that allows survivors to meet with people like themselves.

"This is the ultimate abandonment from a loved one," Backer said.

These emotions, compounded by most people's inability to comprehend their pain, often

keep survivors from reaching out to others, Backer said.

"There is an awful lot of guilt involved when a parent or friend dies, but if that person commits suicide, the guilt is quadrupled," Alperson said.

Since finding his dead friend, Miller has been experiencing a similar sense of guilt. He said that while he understands that he is not responsible for Campbell's death, he cannot accept it emotionally.

"I have this sneaky little

voice in the back of my head that says maybe he wanted me to rescue him," Miller said.

Both Alperson and Backer suggest that survivors seek some sort of counseling, such as a support group or psychologist.

"I think that if people realize from the beginning tha:t they are not alone, it can really help them," Backer said. "That's the best thing about this group system, that other people know what they are going through."

The SOS meetings give survivors a chance to speak out and delve into their feelings.

"Talking it out is just a tremendous form of healing," Backer said.

Backer began attending SOS meetings after the 10-year anniversary of his father's suicide. Dntil then he dealt with it by ignoring his pain, Backer said. "Never underestimate the power of denial," he said.

Miller has not received counseling because he does not want to share his emotions with strangers.

For Backer, going to the meetings made him feel that he is not alone. "I'm finding out that it's not just me, it's a situation that normal people are forced to deal with," Backer said.

"We call survivors an exclusive club that no one wants to belong to," Backer said. "Only those who are part of it truly understand."

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These are just some of the pieces being displayed at the annual student art show. All forms of craftsmanship including metalworking, photography, and painting are on display at the Boehm Gallery from May 9-23. Over 200 pieces of work from Palomar students are featured .

"The work that is in the gallery is selected by instructors," said art professor Mike Steirnagle.

"It is a real honor to be selected for exhibition in the gallery."

Steirnagle stressed the variety of art offered at the gallery. The full exhibition does not just show off the classic forms of art such as paintings, drawings and photography, but also works from graphic design such as computer art, 3D design and glassblowing.

"Our glassblowing area is one of the two remaining glassblowing facilities in the state," Steirnagle said. "A lot of the other programs around the state have been cut due to the expenses needed to fund it."

"There are so many illustrious students here at Palomar," said art professor Doug Durrant. "The student art show is the most invigorating show."

One piece on display is a collage of a 25 dollar bill from the state of California by Steve Hadar entitled "State Currency".

Instead of a presidential figurehead like Abraham Lincoln or Andrew Jackson, Arnold Schwarzenegger is pictured with famous Hollywood sign in the back-

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Ruth Cruz depicts rural China in a painting call( "China." Cruz showed a Chinese woman standing < the outskirts of a dirt road surrounded by a p:...1 iri The woman has headphones around her neck and wearing jeans and a T-shirt.

Gary Bonner's piece "Help" shows classic song titl , with "help" in the title such as "Help me ~Rhonda" fro The Beach Boys and "Help!" by The Beatles.

There are many portraits of celebrities on displi ranging from Tupac Shakur to Julia Roberts to Bru, Willis.

"I've been over and seen the majority of the wo1 myself and for the most part it's very high calibe1 Steirnagle said. He said that art students at Palom: come from all walks of life. There are many studen who are young and planning to move on to a univeri ty to study art. He also said that art classes have 01 of the highest rate of students who enroll as a hobb) The student work reflects the type of classes provided by the art department on campus.

The art show is a way to not only display the current talent of students, but also encourage other students to enroll in art classes at Palomar, Steirnagle said.

"I hope all students check out the gallery and see what we have to offer," Steirnagle said.

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Doug Durrant shows artstudents drawing techniques during hisbasicdrawing class.

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oug Durrant's office is cluttered with stacks of books, piles of papers and scattered art supplies. One lonely chair acts as an island amongst his chaos. The walls are decorated with a lifetime of artwork, some his , most gifts received from past students.

Some are portraits of him, others paintings of landscapes, even pieces of graffiti find home on his officewalls. Some art is stacked in piles against cabinets, yet he still flips anxiously through them remembering their creator. ''He's a persou that inspires, " Palomar art professor and former student Jay Schultz said. "He always treats his students with respect and value. He sees them as individuals with unique stories to tell, and brings the best out of them."

Durrant has been teaching college students since 1964. He started teaching at Palomar in 1971 and has been creating a reputation among the students, he said. ''His students love him, if you were to run a popularity contest in the Art Department, he would win," art professor Mike Steirnagle said. ''Doug is a cowboy-poet,he speaks poetically and has a real good perspective on life," Steirnagle said.

His art reflects his life, Durrant. He was born in Durango, Colo. in 1942. ''My first art lesson came from a Navajo (Dineh) Indian, Charlie Silverheel, who worked for my father as a jeweler," Durrant said.

Silverheel refused to speak, because he felt his heritage had been taken from him - art was how he communicated, Durrant said.

"Only until later did I recognize him as my first teacher, he awoke that inside of me," Durrant said.

Soon after, Durrant's parents moved to San Diego in hopes of giving him a better education. "I am a child of the border," Durrant says of his childhood. "I have been influenced greatly by Mexican culture."

"His work has a Southwestern flair," Steirnagle said.

"I feel like I am really lucky to have a way to express myself," Durrant said. "It's so deep, it's your core, it's your soul."

Durrant's work has taken him all over the world. "My art has introduced me to many interesting people and taken me to very interesting places," he said.

But what Durrant is most proud of is not his art; rather it is being a "Hisst11d1nts /or, him, teacher. He stumbled across the profession when he was asked to H 1011 w,r, to runo teach a drawing class while finishtont,stin th, ing up his master's degree in popularity ArtD1portm1nt h, advertising.

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You may plan something but end - Michael Steirnai?le ARTPROFESS'OR up in the complete opposite position," Durrant said.

Before coming to Palomar he taught at Sul Ross State University in Texas and San Diego State University. "I was hired by Howard Brubeck, and was excited because Palomar had such a strong foundation in art," Durrant said.

"I work at this level because I am excited to work with those that want to learn. I learn along with them," he said. "Teaching invigorates and humbles me. I always tell my students, 'education is fuel for progressive people."' _ "I do a lot more than teach art - a good teacher is a coach and supporter and uses their influence in a positive way," Durrant said.

Durrant is having an exhibition entitled "Painting from antique" June 6-28. It will be a compilation of his work within the last three years, he said.

"I plan to continue to paint and educate," Durrant said. "I hav~ no plans on retiring - I get to much out of art and teaching - it's to ful. fillin g."

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Proposition 98 funds, which guarantees 10.93 percent of the educational fund to the commuCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 nity college system. If the proDavis' proposal would elimi- posed budget cuts go through, nate funding for 65,000 full- the percentage will drop to 9.2 time community college stu- percent, which translates into dents, while providing funding $737 million. for a 7 percent increase in Davis also proposed cutting enrollment at U.C. and Cal 45 percent, or $37.6 million, State institutions. from programs such as DSPS, The governor's cuts are EOPS and TRIO - all of which designed to offset a projected are found at Palomar. $36 billion Lay said the state deficit. governor has hoveolreodyeut Community col- "We admitted publeges have anyfat w, hov,. Th111 licly that his already cut hit commu- • Int to eutbut cuts $288 million to is nothing nity colleges dis11 satisfy the gov- muse/1. proportionately, ernors midespecially the - Patricia Keir disabled stuyear cuts. In PIESIDENT OFIIIRAIIAR COLLEGE his proposal for dents program. the 2003-2004 "I can't year, he adds another $530 explain the mentality behind million in cuts. the cuts that Davis has pro"The governor's proposed posed to instill on the disabled budget cuts can be summed up and economically disadvanin two words - not fair," said taged students," Lay said.

Brad Marks, student governCollege President Sherrill ment president at MiraCosta Amador said Palomar has College, in Oceanside. already made $1.6 million in Davis also wants to increase mid-year cuts. If the governor's tuition to $24 per unit, a 118 proposal passes, an additional percent increase from the $11 $6.5 million must be cut for the per unit that community col- 2003-2004 fiscal year. lege students currently pay.

"Three hundred sections of The added revenue would go classes have already been caninto the state's general fund. celled," Amador said. "There is Scott Lay, director of state nothing else we can do at this budget issues for the point because 85 percent of our Community College League, budget is spent on people. said the cuts and increased fees Palomar will be a very different will force 206,494 students out place after the budget cuts. It of community colleges will affect the access and qualistatewide, and 18,935 students ty of our full time faculty," she in San Diego County. said.

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"Here (MiraCosta College), we cut half of our summer school programs already to try and save money for our fall and spring semesters," said Tim Dong, MiraCosta College president. "Even with these measures, we are still planning to cut 10 percent of the fall programs."

"We have already cut any fat we have. There is nothing left to cut but muscle," said Patricia Keir, Miramar College president. "Our colleges will be eviscerated if the current level of cuts are maintained."

The Community College League's "Fair Share" budget calls for many revisions to Davis' proposal that would bring the cuts inflicted on the community college system closer to those being assessed to the other educational systems.

"We are not asking the governor to cut other forms of education - we just don't want to be singled out," Lay said.

The "Fair Share" proposal provides community colleges with the same 1.5 percent cut in this year's budget proposed for K-12 schools.

It then increases the community college budget by 1.7 percent in the 2003-2004 budget, and maintains the 2.7 percent budget increase for U.C. schools and a 4.5 percent increase for the Cal Sate system . .

"We are willing to make some concessions equaling our fair share," said Leo Melena, Palomar student government president. "That is not the case, however.," The proposal would maintain

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Scottlay,lirector ofstatebudget issuesfortheCOIIIIUity ColegeL~, spoketo conmntycolege leaders May 7 agaiisttheproposed budget ads made bythegovernor. funding for existing students, and provide a 1 percent increase to accommodate new students. The league projected that this will keep the doors open for 73,000 more students · than the governor's proposal.

The "Fair Share" proposal also provides community colleges with the same share of Proposition 98 funds that it

receivedlast year - 10.4percent.

It does not cut the disabled student or extended opportunity programs any deeper than other categorical programs - which are being cut by 6 percent.

It also ensures if there is a student fee increase, the revenue aid would go back to the community colleges, not just the state's debt.

New student government plans for future their points of view, we will be able to work together as a whole."

As part of his duties as ASG president, Soto has automatically become Newly elected Associated Student Government members said they plan the student trustee on the college's govon increasing their visibility and erning board.

"I take that role very seriously. I plan involvement with students, at a press on using it the most effective way posconference held May 6.

All ASG members echoed the same sible, and letting the board know that the students are here and not going sentiment laid out by President-elect anywhere," Soto said.

Amador Soto.

In regard to the issue "We need to be more of how to increase voter visible and more turnout and how to involved with the stuchange the apathetic dent body, especially . . feeling students have m a one-on-one enviabout the political ronment," Soto said. process on campus, Soto, 22, a graduate Soto said, "First we from Rancho Buena need to get the ASG Vista High School, election committee said one of his main more involved." objectives as president "Then have all the will be to sway the stucandidates better dent perception of the organized and involved ASG and its role on in the campaigning campus. process."

He said students do Joining Soto is not really understand returning ASG delegate the job the ASG is and newly elected vice called to do and the president of · social responsibilities the needto be mor, events Nicole Coffman, members carry as rep- "We 20, who recently resentatives of the stu- visible andmor,involved returned to California dent body. body, after living in "I think that I can be withthestudent more effective," Soto ,sp,eiolly in o on,:.on- Louisiana for a while.

11 "The role of V.P. of said. "I am a student, on, environment. social affairs is very and I think that I important," Coffman relate to them."

- Amador Solo STUDENT GOVERNMENTsaid. "It's my job to get In order to accomPRESIDENT-ELECT the students more plish these goals, Soto involved in school explained he needs to get all ASG members operating on the activities."

She helped the outgoing vice presi"same page."

"I want to lead by example first," he dent of social affairs, Michael Robert, said. "Then, by talking to each member organize events such as Springf est.

She said it was a "success, but some on an individual basis to understand

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include senators Casey Clampett, 18, things can be done better."

Coffman said the ASG needs to who graduated from Calvin Christian advertise more effectively in order to private school, Renee Hugo, 19, Independent Studies earning her diploincrease student turnout. the Foothill High Her ideas for publicizing these ma through events include bigger and brighter Independent Studies Program and posters in a larger number of locations, Laura Davis, 23, from Poway High.

Clampett agreed with Sabile about and word of mouth.

"We as representatives of the stu- how to reach out to the students.

"Students are pretty oblivious to what dents need to be out there, communiis happening on camcating with them, and pus," Clampett said. "I informing them of what is going on," agree that the best way Coffman said. · is to reach them is in class."

Jasper Sabile, 19, Davis said the ASG from Mt. Carmel High needed to make a colSchool, will take over lective effort to reach as vice president of all of the Palomar stustate affairs.

"I was involved in dents, not just the ones at the San Marcos the school government campus. at high school for all "We need to better four years, and was utilize the use of our president of the Web site, make more Spectrum club," Sabile information available said on her qualificafor the students tions for the ASG. online," Davis said.

The Spectrum club "Not everyone is here is a multi-cultural to see the posters and club with the goals of hear the rallies," Davis making students more tolerant of the various "Weneedto bett,rutilize said.

The current dissenraces and cultures theuseof ourWebsit,, sion between faculty that were on her high motemor,information and college president school campus.

"As far as making ovoilob/1 forthestudents Sherrill Amador has been a pressing issue the students more on/in,.Not1v,ryon1 is facing the college. aware, I think we to s11theposllrsand Soto said he needed should get to them h111 11 while they are in heortherol/i,s. more time to learn about the topic. "I realclass," Sabile said.

"That is the one - Laura Davis ly don't know both SENATOR-ELECT sides to comment on time that you may the issue," he said. have students gathThis caused outgoing ered together in an environment where they would listen." ASG president Leo Melena to start Fellow newcomers to the ASG laughing. "You will soon," Melena said.

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financially beneficial," said Jack Miyamoto, chief negotiator for the district.

"Small classes are attractive, but a few more students won't detour quality education," Miyamoto said.

According to the district proposal, class maximums would be decided by the dean of the department or the "first educational administrator in charge" with "agreement" from the vice president of instruction.

According to the district contract proposal, class minimums would be raised from 18 to 20 students per class.

The maximum class size is dependent on what type of class it is. Different classes bear different weight depending on type of lecture, lab and specialty.

In Palomar's critical thinking courses, such as English and philosophy, the district seeks to raise class sizes from about 25 students to 35.

They would expand math and history classes from 40 to 64 students and science labs from 24 to 32 students, Smith said.

Miyamoto said he promises the increase of class sizes won't have an effect on students.

"Generally we are not asking for a huge increase,"

Miyamoto said.

He also said the increase in class sizes will generate more revenue to make faculty and staff salaries more competitive.

"As we become more efficient, dollars become available," Miyamoto said. The purpose of increasing class size is to generate money for the college, he said.

Many faculty members have questioned the motive of these class-size proposals.

"I am concerned that current administration does not have the quality of education in mind," said Palomar English professor Rocco Versaci.

For some teachers, it has turned into a question of quality versus quantity.

"Such changes will transform Palomar into a mediocre institution, a 'Scantron U' where number two pencils and bubble marks will replace careful attention," Smith said.

"Gone will be the days of oneon-one consultation and intimate learning."

"Past tradition suggests that Palomar is known for small classes and great education, but times are changing/ Miyamoto said.

He also said there have been no studies that state these changes would be detrimental to students.

In a letter from governing board member Michele Nelson to the North County Times, she

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·Palomar disbictofficials haveproposed increasing themaximum andminimum class sizes, despite someopposition fromfaculty members.

Administrators saytheincreased class sizesarenecessary to copewithbudget cuts.

wrote faculty complains about these types of proposals, but they still expect a raise.

"The only way to increase revenue at Palomar College to cover the cost of a salary increase is to put more students in every classroom," Nelson wrote.

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In spite of rainy weather, about 100 former Palomar students gathered May 3 for an all-class reunion, presented by the Palomar College Alumni and Friends.

Alumni met old friends and instructors from throughout the nearly 60-year history of the college. Attendees received a free breakfast and lunch, as well as guided tours of the campus.

"They (alumni) are having a good time reminiscing, talking about the old days," said Tom Humphrey, a member of the reunion organizing committee.

"Some of the~ are old friends that see each other a lot, and some of them haven't seen each other for forty years."

Former Associated Student Government President Ron Kenny completed his A.A. degree in journalism in 1951.

Kenny said about 175 stu dents attended the college during his enrollment, and only 21 earned degrees in the year he attended.

Kenny said The Telescopedid not cover board meetings 50 years ago.

"In those days, the students were politically active. The student's newspaper was primarily for students - more the social thing."

Former ASG president Ed Johnson graduated in 1967. He transferred to Whittier College and then received a law degree at Cal Western.

Johnson said the students were more politically active back then, and they invited many political candidates as guest speakers.

He said the ASG was fighting against the district to try to reform some policies. "I learned the reality of politics, bureau-

cracy and hierarchy from ments on campus.

Palomar," he said.

When Heine saw the fitness Alumnus Helene Remsburg center, she said, "We had a earned a degree in Social Work track, and we thought it was in 1955 and transferred to ~ cool. It (the center) is very nice."

USC. "Palomar was graded as a top "This is a fantastic campus community college in compared to what we had, " California. We could transfer Kenny said. anywhere if you attended Kenny said there were no Palomar," Remsburg said. athletic facilities at Palomar.

"There weren't that many Football games were held at students, so everybody knew Fallbrook High School or Vista each other," Remsburg said, High School.

"We were like a ''You could be small communiin a learning "They arehavinga ty." environment in The average goodtimereminiseing, any situation," Kenny said. ''We size of a class didn't have all was 15 to 20 talkingabouttheold people, she said. days." these beautiful Sallie George buildings that - Tom Humphrey graduated in you have now.

MEMBER OFRIUNIOH don't 1953. "We were ORGANIZING COMMITTEE "You a family. It was have to meet in just a different a permanent, time," she said. beautiful educational structure to get an education."

Dora Heine attended Palomar in 1952. "We knew the Kenny attributes his success teachers very, very well, and in business to his experiences the teachers knew us very well. at Palomar.

It was a good climate of learn"Palomar College gave me ing. It was excellent." the opportunity," Kenny said.

"Everyone supported every- "If I hadn't gone to the college, body else," Heine said. it· is very doubtful that I Remsburg said she developed would've accomplished my long-lasting relationships at career."

Palomar.

Kenny said it meant much "We had a strong relation- more to him to be at the ship between the students and reunion than other alumni who the teachers," Remsburg said. transferred to a four-year insti"The teachers took personal tution.

"Palomar is always close to interest in you. You don't have that anymore." me and I have been close with Remsburg's children also (Palomar), because this is the graduated from Palomar, she only college I attended," Kenny said. said.

Heine and George participatJohnson said he really ed in the campus tour. They enjoyed the reunion.

"It is a good, positive opporvisited the Wellness and Fitness Center, adapted com- tunity overall," Johnsons said. puter training center in the "Some are different. Some are library, the TV studio in the still the same. But I just feel I Educational Television am happy to be here," Johnson Department and other depart- said.

Faculty Federation has not offered a counter-proposal of class sizes.

"If teachers don't care about money, they should propose that," Miyamoto said.

"The PFF negotiations team will submit a counter-proposalon class size soon," said Mary Ann Drinan, co-presidentof the PFF.

"We at Palomar offer proximity and close attention to our students. We offer quality education to all segments of our community," Smith said.

"Changing class sizes in a significant way would threaten what we do best. I believe this passionately, as do most of my colleagues."

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College looks to bonds to fund future expansion 8

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Over the next few weeks, the governing board will be asked to. make pivotal decisions regarding the expansion of the college beyond the San Marcos campus.

Board members must also make decisions regarding the financing of that expansion.

The college's master plan calls for a 50 percent increase in capacity to accommodate enrollment growth over the next 20 years. The Master Plan Task Force has developed various alternatives for new educational sites in the district and, according to Board President Darrell McMullen, the board will choose among these alternatives soon.

"By the end of May or first part of June, we will adopt the master plan," McMullen said.

The proposals, which were first presented to the board in late March, include scenarios for new education sites in both the northern and southern portions of the district as well as additional capacity on the San Marcos campus.

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The cost estimates range from $200 million to as much as $500 million if a complete renovation of existing San Marcos campus facilities is included.

Until recently, community colleges have relied on state funds for the construction of new facilities.

But that source has been extremely limited, according to Jerry Patton , vice president of fiscal services. As an example, Patton cited the new science building, which is scheduled to break ground this July. ''The high-tech building is the first new building since 1983.

We can't afford to wait another 20 years for our next new building," Patton said.

Patton said Palomar will do what the majority of California college districts have done by seeking local approval to issue general obligation bonds.

Principal and interest on such bonds are paid by local property owners through increased property tax bills over periods of 20 to 30 years. According to Patton, the district has the capacity to

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ple in lockstep that are telling us In November 2002, College what to do.At least there are two President Sherrill Amador people on the teachers ' side," replaced attorney Richard Magnin said.

Currier with Jack Miyamoto,vice Magnin said he believed that the new members' presence has president of human resources.

Currier is considered a "union- influenced the governing board in busting lawyer" by many faculty the PFF's favor. This is especially members on campus , Versaci crucial because the governing said. This did not aid negotia- board meets with the district's team to them direction in negotitions, Versaci said. ''What people took away from it ations, Magnin said.

Magnin said he believes it was is that the district wasn't interested in negotiating," Versaci the board that chose Miyamoto to take the place of Currier. The said.

The PFF also changed lead replacement of the lead negotianegotiators, replacing Phillis tor was announced at a governBasile with Paul Jordan, a repre- ing board meeting November 12, 2002 - seven days after Evilsizer sentative from the California and Chadwick were elected.

Federation of Teachers.

In the year-and-a-half that Despite tentatively agreeing on Currier presided over negotia- 16 issues, the negotiating teams tions, only five articles were have a great deal of work ahead agr.eed upon. Also, one year was of them. Significant issues still wasted in which no discussion or remain to be discussed, particuproposals were made, Magnin larly class size, workload, salary and health benesaid. fits.

"We were 11 miles apart Wearegoingat a snail's "The importhing is that when Currier pate. Anymovement by tant was running the we can discuss isjust sym- them. This is district's team," thedistrict Magnin said. bolicthattheyarewilling always a positive sign," Miyamoto Since then, 11 "There has been to meetusat thetable. said. a real change in - Daniel Finkenlhal He said he the part of the PHYSICS PROFESSORthinks the two parties have condistrict," Magnin tinued to have a said.

Magnin also said that both the good dialogue, but these issues district and the PFF have come need to be worked through.

Salary, work load and health closer to the other's positions. ''That's part of the compromising benefits are generally money ·process." matters, which tend to be sensitive, Magnin said, and big issues Despite the movement that has taken place, union members, like these are generally left such as physics professor Daniel toward the tail-end of negotiations.Magnin said class size is Finkenthal , do not view it as true considered a money issue for the progress.

"We are going at a snail's pace. district because the more stuAny movement by the district is dents that are in a class, the less just symbolic that they are will- teachers are needed.

Miyamoto said he plans to coning to meet us at the table," tinue to meet with PFF negotiaFinkenthal said.

However, since Miyamoto tors through May, but he has no entered the scene, 12 articles current plans yet for meeting were agreed upon in the past four during the summer session. The months. teams continued bargaining Another change that has shift- through the summer 2002.

"I would presume we'll contined the mood in negotiations is the election of Mark Evilsizer and ue until it's done. I'm sure both Nancy Chadwick to the govern- parties want to get this down," ing board in November 2002, Miyamoto said.

issue more than $600 million of such bonds based upon the assessed valuation of the district's property tax base.

The shift to local funding is a result of Proposition 39, which was passed by California voters in 2000 to reduce the required voter approval of such bond measures to 55 percent, down from a two-thirds majority vote.

In San Diego County, both the Grossmont-Cuyamaca and the San Diego Community College Districts passed bonds last year with 64 percent and 68 percent approvals, respectively.

The Grossmont-Cuyamaca district, which serves approximately 26,000 students, raised $207 million. The San Diego district, which serves approximately 100,000 students, raised $685 million. The 31 successful bond measures over the last two years have averaged $239 million.

Because voter sentiment is a factor, Patton said the college has engaged consultants to survey and assess the likely outcome of various bond alternatives. The results of the sur-

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vey will be presented to the board in May. According to McMullen, the bond measure will likely be included on the March 2004 ballot. ''We hope we'll get a positive response," Patton said.

McMullen agreed. ''The survey is very important and will

tell us how to educate the public," he said.

McMullen said it is important to consider the entire district in the master plan. ''We need to provide services to students in both Poway and the northern part of the district," he said.

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Psychology studentsto display award-winning research projects The Fifth Annual Research Methods in Psychology Poster Session will take place May ·12 from 10 a.m. to noon in room BE-6.

Psychology students researched topics of their choosing for poster projects, which will be displayed and discussed at the event.

"This is a huge project for these students," said Katie Townsend-Merino, associate professor of psychology.

"These posters take over a month to do, and it is a very rewarding project."

The class recently entered the posters into the Southern California Psychology Conference May 3 in Costa Mesa.

Tracy L. Booth, Darlene E. Gerow, Michelle R. Noble and Catherine L. Sorenson. took first place in Best Experimental Design for her project.

"Palomar College did really well at the conference.

Katie prepared us really well, and she's a great teacher," Sorenson said.

Elizabeth D. Bernbeck, Kinsa E. Bernbeck and Katherine Khaskin also won first place in the strongest and most comprehensive study category.

"We choose our topic because it's a huge issue with the majority of women. They are dissatisfied with body size, and it leads to eating disorders," Sorenson said.

"We assumed the media affected us and how we felt about ourselves, and we wanted to pin down how."

Forty eight students participated in the class.

Twelve individual projects will be displayed May 12.

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All fines for overdue books will be excused if studentsbring a food item. Charges on lost material will not be excused. · Items that can be donated include: rice, pasta, boxed cereals, oatmeal, baby foods, canned fruits and juices, canned meats and fish, canned soups, coffee, tea bags, dry beverage mixes, peanut butter, jelly, flour, sugar, honey, and salt. Packaged items such as razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and disposable diapers are also welcome.

The library is also accepting donations from students without fines.

Drop-off boxes are located at the Library on the main campus and at the Escondido Center.

Palomar College's Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence will be presented to Steve Bertram of Trade and Industry and Joe Limer of Economics, History and Political Sciences.

The awards will officially be presented at the graduation commencement May 23.

Seventy-eight full time and adjunct faculty were nominated for this award . Full time faculty finalists were math professor Bahram Alidaee, math professor David Lowenkron, English professor Rocco Versaci, English professor Leanne Maunu and nursing professor Debbie Bennett. Earth sciences professor Patty Anderson and radio and television professor Shelina Shaw were adjunct finalists.

The Distinguished Faculty Award was founded in 1987. The nomination process begins every year at the beginning of March and remains open for two weeks. All teachers are eligible for nomination. More information on is available on the DFTA Web site at www.palomar.edu/dfa.

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International students voice opinions on tracking system O'Neill said she does not understand why the government needs this information .

"If I place my position as a student studying at Palomar , I would say I would feel very uncomfortable , because the U.S. government tries to get a lot of personal information about me," she said.

O'Neill said she has seen increased cases of visa denials or visa application delays. This semester, students from Pakistan , Indonesia , Sri Lanka and Nepal were not able obtain student visas to attend Palomar , she said .

According to the Chicago Tribune, University of Washington officials said a student from Thailand was arrested March 12 by federal agents after SEVIS incorrectly listed her as having dropped out Immigation officials told the Orange County Register that SEVIS does not work properly.

Confidential student data entered into the system on one campus has shown up on printouts at other institutions, officials said.

"I feel like we have been watched by many people, and we are losing our identity," said Mexican student Miguel Herrera.

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Palomar students have expressed mixed reactions to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, a federal tracking mechanism for international students.

They say glitches in the system have led to problems, including one wrongful arrest in Washington.

"I feel that the government is targeting international students and scholars ," said Yasue O'Neill , international student adviser.

After the terror attacks of Sept . 11, in which two foreign students were involved, the U.S. government implemented new standards to track approximately one million students nationwide. The changes became effective in January.

SEVIS, operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is a database shared by U.S. schools, the Department of Education and American embassies, among others, O'Neill said.

She said visa applicants must n~w fill out a new form and provide family member contact information and employment history. This form exists in addition to the regular application to get a student visa.

produce good results .

"Nobody was really checking up on how the visa thing was going around . So at least it's cool that they are having control over the situation ," Herrera said.

"But_ now I think it's really absurd that there is so much securit y and so much surveillance around us, " he said.

Under the new standards, international students can take no more than three semester units of distance education courses, including TV classes and online classes, to maintain their visa status.

Japanese student Kazuko Abe, a graphic communications major , said she will be negatively affected by this regulation.

She said the completion of her A.A. degree requires several oriline classes . "Some courses only offer online classes, " Abe said. · "For example, they should offer an alternative, regular class instead of offering only an online class ," Abe said.

"But they don't do anything.

It's unfair."

"I understand what they (the U.S. government ) need to do. And I believe that SEVIS will nip off illegal students.

But it is too rigid and too strict, " Abe said.

Student Tuananh Nguyen

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Student Hendy Soediono fromIndonesia is oneofthemany students affected bynew govemnent programs thatainto better molitor irtemational students. from Vietnam said the new regulations are too complicated.

"But I like the system and I support it because it is for the U.S. And more or less, they need a regulation for the international students," Nguyen said. "We are not the U.S. citizens, so we have to accept the regulations."

Japanese student Kenji Narikawa said he thinks the U.S . government treats all international students as "ter- . rorists. " Herrera said SEVIS won't prevent another terrorist

attack. "If terrorists want to do another attack, they would do it no matter what. There is always a possibility to do it."

Narikawa agreed. "When it happens, it happens."

"The system just started this January. So, I am not in the position to say this system is perfect to avoid terrorism," O'Neill said.

"The intention [of SEVIS] is to make sure that the students are doing what they are supposed to be doing. To keep track of that kind of information - I think it is a, good system," O'Neill said.

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Thesoftballteamgetsfiredupduring a recentgame.Teamwork carriedplayersto an18thstraightconference title,witha 32-16record.Many of thisyear'splayerswillbe returningforthe2004season.

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The Palomar softball team's season ended on a bitter-sweet note, but with time for reflection the Comets will be able to hold their heads up high fo:i:a year full of accomplishments.

"Of course we wanted to go to state, but the girls have nothing to be ashamed of, they left it all on the field," said softball coach Mark Eldridge.

Although the softball team failed to make the state tournament for the 16th consecutive year, Eldridge said the players actually exceeded the coach's original expectations.

"We knew we had a tough task at hand, we had zero returning starters, and at the beginning of the

season we weren't sure of earning a berth in the state's Elite Eight tournawhat we had, this team really did as well as it ment. could," Eldridge said.

"This team didn't quite For nearly two decades, have the athletes of teams the Comets have been a past, they were a scrappy force in the Pacific Coast bunch. As a coaching staff Conference. This year was we had to change our phino different. The Comets losophy to small ball, we earned a 14had to use speed 1 record in 11 01tours,w, wantedto the the PCC to that the team had," take the go to Stat,,butth, crown for girlshavenothing to b, Eldridge said. the 18th ashamed of, theyl,h it One of consecutive the chalyear. allonth, field.11 The sealenges was .

- Mark Eldrid2e identifying son ended HEADSOFTBALL COA'CH team leadfor the ership the Comets on April 5, in a coaches tough 2-1 loss to Fullerton could depend on.

"With lack of experience, College in the regional championship game. The comes lack of leadership," regional tournament con- Eldridge said.

Eldridge explained that sists of four conference champions competing in a this team as a whole provided leadership for each double-elimination tournaother through hard work. ment, with the winner

The long-time coach said other teams from the past usually had a group of vocal girls that demanded excellence from the rest of the team.

The Softball program's success continues to foster individual achievements.

Second baseman Kelli Edelbrock was named most valuable player of the PCC, and Beckie Poniktera was named most valuable pitcher of the PCC as voted on by the coaches in the conference. Both players were named to the AllState first-team by the California · Community College Coaches.

Association. Making the All-State second-team was outfielder Kristen Dufrene and shortstop Megan Smith.

"The prognosis for next year is very good, we have a strong nucleus of players returning that have had a

chance to experience the competition at this level," Eldridge said.

One of the biggest surprises on the season was the performance of pitcher Lacey Mizushima. She was thrown into the mix during the regional tournament and had a string of 21 scoreless innings. She pitched a no-hitter against the College of the Desert.

"We really didn't give her (Mizushima) much of a thought at the beginning of the season," Eldridge said.

When asked to explain the success that his teams consistently show, Eldridge said, "We have good caliber of players that continue to come here. Our tradition speaks for itself and our expectations are high, so the ladies come here because they want to win now, and then earn a scholarship to a four year program."

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Winning is- nothing new to coach Mark Eldridge and the Palomar softball team.

After compiling a 32-16 season and an 18th straight Pacific Coast Conference title, Eldridge was not nominated for coach of the year.

That doesn't phase him at all.

"Voting can get really political," Eldridge said. "The important thing is that we won the championship again. After you win it so often (PCC coach of the year) people get sick of it after a while."

Eldridge emphasized that he was happy with the support he got from fellow coaches Tony Ferracone and Augrista Belford.

Speaking about the team,

Belford said overcoming the inexperience the team had entering the season was one of the most challenging aspects facing the coaching staff.

One area Belford helped in was the evaluation of the team's talent and deciding who to use at what position.

"We just evaluate, try to put them (the players) in the best sit uation possible," Belford said.

The Comets completed the first half of the season with an 11-10 record, with a respectable 21-6 effort during the second half .

"We won it (the PCC title ) by five games, but we really had to perform well," Eldridge said.

"This group, by far, has come further than any group I've ever coached. This was the biggest challenge of my coaching career."

One of the players who benefited from Eldridge and his coaching staff is outfielder Kristen Dufrene.

"I love my coaches. Mark is a

they have."

Dufrene was quick to point out that the team went through highs and lows, but it fought through it.

One of the weakest areas for the Comets early in the season was hitting.

But Dufrene explained why the bats took a while to come around.

"At the beginning, it was staying back on our hitting," Dufrene said.

"We were lunging at everything, we weren't staying back."

Dufrene compared Eldridge to an uncle or second father figure.

"He knows what I can achieve and how I can achieve it," Dufrene · said. "And when I don't do that, he gets on me about it."

WAYNESHORT/ n!E UUSCOPE With the help of Dufrene and the Eldridge speakswithhisteamaftera rest of the Comets, Eldridge has recentgame. improved his overall record with Palomar to 935-239-6 in 26 seagreat coach," Dufrene said. "Tony sons at Palomar College.

(Ferracone) is my outfield and Despite being eliminated from position coach. He's great. I don't the state tournament, the Comets even want to leave because nobody feel that they have had a fun and is going to be able to coach like educational season.

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Newcoachhas successfullint season This was coach Seiler's first year as coach, and he has TIil TUESCOPE helped his players develop a lot, making this year's team Palomar 's volleyball season much stronger than it has has ended , however this been in the past. year's team proved more suc"This was a real good seacessful than those in past son, we were really competiyears. tive, " Seiler said. "With a couThe Comets (8-8, overall ple more points here and and 5-5 in conference ) there, our record could have improved under new Head been much different , but our Coach Karl Seiler . record is certainly better then Seiler , who is also the the one's in the past. " women's volleyball coach, took "He's a great overall coach, over this year coaching the he's really good with middles men's squad . and setters ," Stalls said.

The team was lead by three "He's cares about people who experienced returning sopho- want to get better , and he mores: setter Marc Lomeli, helped me a lot. " and hitters Trevor Jones and "He's been coaching the Torno Sakugawa. girls, and he also coached the "They were guys when definitely the Duncan players that held "Wehada lot ol fan McFarlane us together. the support,andthatwasniee was They had expericoach, and to see,it wasreallygood he's probaence last year which was huge forallth, play,rsto s11 bly one of in this conferthe most 1v,ryon1 eom, out and ence ," Seiler h i g h 1y supportus." said. regarded One of the new coaches in - Trevor Jones h " players, Jon OUTSIDE-HITTER t e county, Stalls came to Lomeli California from â&#x20AC;˘ said.

Colorado to live with his Several players say that grandparents . He currently they had fun games this past lives with Lomeli and Jones. season. Some games went to Experienced players on the the fifth game and some were Comets ' roster have taken blowouts.

Stalls under their wing. "I "All the games that went to met Marc and Trevor through five , were probably my volleyball , they 've helped me favorite," Stalls said. "Just to a lot," Stalls said. help out when needed , and get Br Marcus Nimetz

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MarcLomeili (bottom)looksonas outside-hitter Trevor Jonesattempts to blockthevolleyball at a recentmatch.The Cometsendedtheseasonwithan8-8overallrecord. key blocks was my favorite part of the season."

The team had a strong support base this volleyball season.

"We had a lot of fan support, and that was nice to see, it was really good for all the players to see everyone come

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and support us, " Jones said.

"There was a big difference in attendance from last year and this year."

With a roster filled with freshmen on this year's team, with the exceptions of Lomeli, Jones, and Sakugawa, Palomar can look forward to a

great season next year.

"If the fans keep coming out and cheering the guys on, then it will be a big year for volleyball next year ," Lomeli said.

Seiler is expected to return next season and looks forward to developing the program.

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Above:Palomar softball pitcher Beckie Poniktera wasnamed themost valuable pitcher inthePacific CoastConference, witha 13-4record.

Above: Baseball playerMatt Guiliano started everygameof theseason and ledtheteamin runs,hitsand stolenbases.

alomar's several sports teams had a great spring season, as no Comet team had a losing record.

Several teams won conference titles, and numerous players and coaches were recognized for their hard work (see box at right).

The baseball team won 23 of its last 27 games, finishing with a record of 25-13.

The softball team had a strong 32-16 season. Beckie Poniktera was named most valuable pitcher, and Kelli Edelbrock earned the Pacific Coast Conference most valuable player award.

In coach Karl Seiler's first season, he was able to guide the volleyball ~am to a 8-8 record, going 5-5 in conference play.

The golf team missed qualifying for the state community college championships by just one stroke. However, Ken Cruchon and Kris Lanham advanced individually to the state tournament.

The men's swimming team won its conference title. The women acheived sixth place.

BigWinn,rs Palomar sports teams won three conference titles:

Left:Gotter Kris Lanham qualified individually for thestatetournament.Heshota 73-79:152 at the SCGA players clubin Murrieta.

Baseball: For the fourth time in six years, the team took the Pacific Coast Conference title.

Softball: For the 18th straight year, the team took the P.C.C. title.

Swimming & Diving: The men's team took first place in the Orange Empire Conference.

Two Palomar coaches were also recognized for their excellence:

Baseball: Bob Vetter was named P.C.C., men's coach of the year and baseball coach of the year honors.

Swimming: Scott Lawson was selected as O.E.C. coach of the year.

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Above: Asoneof Palomar 's topswimmers, RyanMcAdams helped theComets takethetopspotin theOrange Empire Conference witha 102-61winoverSaddleback .

Left:Sbiking theballat a recent match , Jeremy Owens shows whyhewasoneofPalomar 's topmen's teamtennis players . Owens andpartner Michael Redondo made uptheComets top-seeded doubles team.