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Community colleges throughout California are feeling the brunt of state budget cuts passed in August, even though the cuts are not as extreme as anticipated from January's proposed budget. "The community outcry was significant enough to largely affect the community college budget," said Scott Lay, the budget direc-
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - Twelve-year-old Ben Johnston's recent visit to Yellowstone National Park was his first real camping trip. "I wanna keep going. I'm not ready to go home," Johnston said, after nearly two weeks of hiking, rafting, and exploring Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. Johnston is one of 14 biology and zoology students at Palomar who traveled to the parks of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming Aug. 5-14. Biology professor Dan
Sourbeer brings a class to the region every year to study plant and animal life, which is open to all ages. "It's just spectacular. You never know what you're going to see," Sourbeer said. Yellowstone National Park is more than 2.2 million acres in size. That's about three times the size ofYosemite National Park in California. Students kept detailed journals of the species they witnessed and delivered prepared reports to the group about nature-related topics. Mike Reeske delivered his
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report on fire ecology while plumes of smoke from a distant forest fire billowed in the background. Reeske is a chemistry teacher at Vista High School. After nearly a decade of exploring the parks with his students, Sourbeer said he never stops learning. "That's par to the course. Everybody's a teacher. Everybody's a student. I learn from them." Although students must complete academic objectives while on the trip, Sourbeer said no sci-
tor for the Community College League of California. Community colleges across California will be hit with about an $87 million cut, along with a fee increase from $11 to $18 per unit, Lay said. "Local community colleges are going to be challenged to reach out to students so every student knows financial aid is available," Lay said. "It is now our job to make sure not a single Californian is denied access to community colleges
California community college students are paying for a 64 percent increase in tuition fees this semester. Fees have climbed from $11 per unit to $18 per unit. The changes arise from the new state budget, which Gov. Gray Davis signed into law Aug. 2. Some students say these changes are unreasonable. "It's too much, too expensive," said psychology major Anthony Bowden. Erik Pederson, a fire science major, said he was unhappy with the higher fees, but he thought they are probably necessary.
"Of course 1 don't like It, but to a degree I understand it," he said. Ellie Masiello, admissions and enrollment coordinator, said that students who are having trouble with the higher fees should apply for a Board of Governors Fee Waiver at the financial aid office. Normally, students who had not paid their fees by Aug. 15 would have been dropped, but all students were awarded an extension due to the availability of additional BOGW funds. Masiello warned that students who registered at the • SEE FEES, PAGE 6
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da Barnett had the type of laugh you uld hear from another room. "You ew she was there without seeing her," said Lea Fugate, Barnett's friend and colleague at Palomar College. Barnett, a vivacious woman and admissions assistant at Palomar, always went out of her way to help people and students. "She had light within her that directed so many people. She was a light here and that was taken," Fugate said. Barnett was killed during the week of July 25 while using vacation time to move her and three sons into a new apartment.
She was attempting to leave her husband, Eugene Luis Kidd, said Diane McAllister, Barnett's mentor and the coordinator of assessment. They were married for only 18 months, McAllister said. On the night of July 29 Barnett left her new home and never returned. Two days later, police officers found her body in Kidd's apartment, McAllister said. Police officers arrested Kidd Aug. 5. He is now awaiting trial for his wife's murder. Although the tragedy of Barnett's death is difficult to erase, her colleagues say it is the memory of her life and character that they will long remember. SEE MEMORY, PAGE 6
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Professor Dan Sourbeer leads his class into "prime grizzly territory" at Yellowstone National Park. The group included biology and zoology students from Palomar.
• YELLOWSTONE: STUDENTS LEARN SCIENCE DURING TRIPS TO NATIONAL PARIS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ence experience is necessary to enroll. "Some years we'll have a lot of people who have absolutely no science experience, and they just want to do an adventure," Sourbeer said. "This year it's a real sophisticated group. Everybody's got their fingers in science somehow." Sourbeer conceded his class is not as popular as he would like. "Part of it is the expense," he said. The entire trip costs $720, and students must provide their own transportation. "By the time you pay for everything, it's close to $1,000 to stay in the country." For each student the trip had a different personal meaning. "It's God's country out there," said student Jeani Cressy, who plans to return next year. She described a pack of wolves at play that she witnessed in Lamar Valley from a distance.
"They were so beautiful," Cressy said. 'We watched them play for two hours." Students also saw bald eagles, bison, condors, osprey, elk, moose and variety of exotic flora. "I'm so happy to be alive, to be a part of this," Cressy said. Reeske had never been to Yellowstone or the Grand Tetons. "I have seen all those things in books before. I have read about them," he said. He said nothing beats the real thing, though. "It brings things into a different type of reality. It makes your life a lot richer." For Penny Perkins-Johnston, a Palomar zoology professor, the trip was a bonding experience. She is Ben Johnston's grandmother and new legal guardian, having brought the boy into her home from a troubled household. "I have to admit I was really
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Ben Johnston examines bison hair found in Yellowstone National Park.
nervous. I didn't know how well he would adapt to two weeks of being out in nature, around a bunch of adults and strangers," Perkins-Johnston said. "But it has just been phenomenal." "He has gotten a lot of confidence," she said. "Everyone has taken him under their wing." "Even though I'm young, everybody treats me like I'm older," Johnston said. Perkins-Johnston said she is glad she exposed him to the grand scope of Mother Nature. "There's different ways to use your brain. You don't have to be looking at a Game Boy all the time," she said. Despite the constant physical exertion required, most students did not mind the extra effort. Reeske said Yellowstone appealed to him because of the range of difficulty in hiking trails. "I don't have to get pushed or stressed," Reeske said. "One day they (the other students) did a buster of a hike. I said, 'I can't go on this."' Instead, Reeske followed an alternate trail and saw blue herons and endangered trumpeter swans. It was a blessing in disguise for him. ''To me the remarkable thing about it was . . . there was nobody there," he said. Sourbeer said most visitors to the park rarely leave their cars. "It's amazing how many people don't get out of the car," Reeske said. 'With a bit of getup-and-go you can see everything." Sourbeer said it's rewarding or him to give students this opportunity year after year. "I don't think anybody ever wants their money back. I think they get their money's worth and even a little bit more," he said. "It's just the tip of the iceberg. And I want them to come back."
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Ben Johnston, 12, measures his hand against a claw mark made by a grizzly bear. Johnston travelled to the national parks with his grandmother Penny Perkins-Johnston
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After a series of delays, Palomar College's new Student Center opened to students attending the San Marcos campus in July. The grand opening ceremony will take place Sept. 4 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The two-story building consists of a TV lounge, a 40-station computer lab, indoor and outdoor dining facilities and various offices. The landscape around the building is scheduled for completion this fall.
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national events such as elections. "It is just a question of how easy it will be to pull cable from the upstairs lounge downstairs," he said. While the construction of the building is complete, the landscape around the center is an ongoing project, and will be complete sometime this fall, Bishop said. Bishop said he is looking forward to the grand opening of the center even though the landscape is not finished. The ceremony will last from 11 a.m. until about 1 p.m. The cutting of the ribbon will take place at 11:30 a.m., and a presentation of plaques will follow, Bishop said. Recognition will be given to members of the College Association and the President's Foundation, two non-profit organizations that donated the money to fund both the interior and exterior furniture for the new center, Bishop said. Recognition will also be given to other community members who were involved in the development of the center, like members of the Lake San Marcos Friends of Palomar College, he said. Others will be invited to the ceremony to speak, such as Jim Bowen, who passed the referendum for the construction of the new center in 1998. "It will be like an open house," Bishop said. Those who attend the grand opening will be invited to walk through the various offices and rooms in the center. Aramark will provide light refreshments and drinks as well, Bishop said. During the first week of September, Aramark will also invite various vendors to campus to celebrate the opening of the center.
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And you thought the Patriot Act was scary. While you were off drinking and partying, the leaders of our country were busy creating destructo-rays and plotting to imprison innocent citizens. Seriously. Consider these examples of what you probably missed while you were inebriated: 1. House Reps. John Conyers and Howard Berman introduced a bill aimed to make Internet file sharing a felony. They did this on the grounds that it could be used for swapping child pornography and computer viruses, and might lead to "government se~urity
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violations." Exactly what these "government security violations" were supposed to be is unclear - maybe they were worried about Bush mistakenly downloading a copy of Kl.ez marked as ''UNDERAGELOLITA.JPG?" Copyright violation doesn't become a felony until you have caused $2,500 worth of damage. So in order to accomplish the logical gymnastics necessary to make downloading ''My Heart Will Go On" a jailable offense, Conyers and Berman have supposed that each file on your machine will be downloaded at least 10 times and is worth $250. This is good news -it means your average CD is underpriced by about $2980. What a steal! Incidentally, Michael
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Jackson came out to say this was a crazy idea. Do you hear that, House? A man who looks like an alien from "The X-Files" thinks you•re insane. Give it up. 2. Not to be outdone by a couple of punks from the lowly House of Representatives, Sen. Orrin Hatch (he's the one from the Polygamy State) devised the most Dr. Evil-like plan yet to stop Internet file sharing. Hatch proposed that the government should develop some technology to find copyright viol.ators and destroy their computers. No, seriously. That's what he wants. If copyright violators don't willingly stop their wicked ways, he said, "I'm all for destroying their machines."
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Presumably he followed this with a maniacal laugh and a twirl of his mustache. Interestingly, some clever hackers with the ability to push Internet Explorer's ''View Source" button soon discovered that ·Hatch himself was using some unlicensed software to run his Web site. No word yet on whether Hatch was caught lurking around the Senate Web server with a propane torch, 3. For years, a few lunatics have been trying to pass a law called the Rave Act. This law says, essentially, that if somebody is caught smoking pot in a club restroom, the owner of the club is liable to be imprisoned for 20 years. Since Congress is nearly halfsane, it languished for years.
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Finally, Sen. Joe Biden decided to tack it onto America's darling, the Amber Alert law. So on the one hand we had helpless little kids in the hands of pedophiles, and on the other were club owners. The club owners just weren't cute enough. People, this is what the politicians do when they think you're off drinking yourself into a mindless stupor. Students need to keep a closer eye on current affairs and boot out the politicians responsible for these stupid laws. I propose a very simple solution: we stop electing the same stodgy politicians over and over again and go for somebody completely different. Yes, that's right- I propose we elect Angelyne.
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Fall movies will bring us out of suiUmer gloom By Adam Marantz
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From top to bottom, the fall movie line-up has plenty of potential. Let's just hope this season's list of possible blockbusters doesn't bomb like the majority of the summer movies. Leading the list of new releases is the new Robert Rodriguez film, "Once Upon a Time in Mexico." Eight years removed from "Desperado," Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek rejoin the cult classic director in his latest follow-up to ."El Mariachi." Not only does Hayek and Banderas headlining virtually guarantee a successful sequel ("Spy Kids 2" and 3 aside), but the additions of Johnny Depp and Willem Dafoe makes the film even more intriguing. Depp was the only thing that made "Pirates of the Caribbean" remotely tolerable and this flick could be right up there with Rodriguez' best. Kicking around the phrase cult classic director, one has to wonder where Quentin Tarantino has been since "Jackie Brown". Well, how convenient it is that his next film is due out in early October. "Kill Bill," starring Uma Thurman is
apparently loosely based on the briefly mentioned "Fox Force Five" pilot that Thurman's character from "Pulp Fiction," played in. Tarantino specifically wrote this script fOi" Thurman who plays a pregnant swordswoman seeking revenge for her slain husband. While the plot seems far-fetched, Tarantino has the uncanny ability to make his films interesting by having extraordinary people elaborately debating ordinary things. This movie could be a dud or a stud. Guys beware- it isn't all action packed this season. Fall has always been notorious for chick flicks and this fall is no different. The one that could actually be tolerable to sit through would have to be Woody Allen's "Anything Else." Allen is hot and cold overall. True he has made some classic pictures, but he has also made some horrific films. The plot is that Allen's character, an established artist, grooms Jason Biggs a.s the next big thing. However, Biggs finds out that Allen has been sleeping with his girlfriend, who is played by Christina Ricci. The cast looks good and the idea, although done numerous times before is always one that will flock the females to theaters in hoards. Not to mention any late teen-to-early-20s American male
can say that they have had a crush on Ricci since "Casper." A little something for everyone in this ' flick. Let's hope it is one of Allen's better works and not like "Curse of the Jade Scorpion." Finally, the Wachowski brothers wrap-up the fall with the third and final episode of "The Matrix" with "Matrix Revolutions." Maybe it was too much hype and anticipation, or maybe it was just like any other bad movie, but "Matrix Reloaded" was the most boring and lame action movie these eyes have ever seen. Now with "Revolutions" out in November, only six months after the last installment, hopefully we'll see that "Reloaded" was just a filler between the original and "Revolutions." Keanu Reeves has about as much emotion as a toilet plunger and the only decent role he played was Ted from "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure," and only because the whole point of that movie was to be cheesy. Joel Silver, the producer of "The Matrix" movies is ranting and raving about a 15 minute long $40 million battle sequence in "Revolutions" that is supposed to be the most high-impact quarter hour of film ever made. Well, that happened in the last flick too, and it was the only reason I didn't ask for a refund ... and I saw it for free.
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In the three years she spent working in admissions, Barnett worked with students, helping them enroll and register for classes. "She was knowledgeable in many aspects of the college - she really knew what she was doing," said admissions supervisor, Ralph Baker. But Barnett went way beyond her job expectations by doing whatever she could for students, including occasionally giving up a lunch break to help a student who was lost or confused, Fugate said. "She really cared about everybody, it didn't matter who you were," McAllister said. Barnett was also a great friend and mother, Baker said. She was very proud of her sons and talked about them constantly to her colleagues. Barnett first came to Palomar in the fall of 1994 to study liberal arts. She was a member of several clubs including Pan African Student Movement club and Extended Opportunities Programs & Services. In 1996 she received the African American scholarship. When she began taking classes at Palomar, Barnett, a single mom and student employee, sup-
ported her children with the money she made at school. At that time she worked in the cafe. teria with James Tellez, another student employee. She helped pass the uncomfortable hours at the grill with jokes and conversation, Tellez said. "She was the glue that held it together," Tellez said. While studying at Palomar, Barnett became president of the AJrican American Student Association in 1996, and was a member of Sisters Informing Sisters Together Exploring Resource Services, the first women's organization on campus, said Julia Crawford, founder of the group. SISTERS helped victims of domestic violence by providing them with a place to go and people to talk to when they needed help. Members also would intervene on a student's behalfby talking with the student's professors so that they would not be failed when an incident prevented them from attending class. Barnett took over for Crawford when she graduated from Palomar in 1996. "She was the champion for the underdog. She didn't look at your appearances- she looked at your heart," Crawford said. Barnett graduated in 1997 with an associate's degree in African studies, and planned to earn a Bachelor's degree in politi-
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Valarie Adams holds her grandson Kyrell during his mother's memorial service at the clock tower Aug. 14.
cal science. She wanted to go into politics, McAllister said, "I think she wanted to make the world a better place." After graduation Barnett worked part-time doing high school assessments with McAllister. During that time Barnett and McAllister became very close. "' used to call her 'my Zeda'," McAllister said.
In 1999 she began working fulltime in the Admissions Department. "I think we've lost a great person that we learned a lot from," said colleague Angie Heffner. Born March 24,1966 to Valarie Adams, Barnett grew up in Los Angeles and attended North Hollywood High School. In 1988 she had her first son, Kyrell
Barnett, 15, and moved to Escondido in 1989. Her other sons Khari Barnett, 7, and Kwame Jackson, 6, were born in 1996 and 1997. Kyrell is staying with his grandmother and the younger boys now live with their fathers, McAllister said. "I loved her, I still love her, and I feel empty." McAllister said, her eyes brimming with tears.
• FEES: As a result of a statewide budget cut, Palomar increased fees by CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 beginning of the semester may have originally been charged $11 per unit, but they still owe the $7 per unit difference added since then. Herman Lee, director of enrollment services, said that while no one has been dropped yet, students should pay as soon as possible or risk getting the boot during the first week of classes. "We're giving students more time than
we normally would, but we plan to start cleaning out students who don't pay," he said. Under last year's budget, a student taking a full load of classes, or 12 units, would pay $132 for enrollment alone. With the price hike, the same student is now facing fees of $216, nearly $100 more. The increase will be even more dramatic for students taking more units.
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because of fee increases." tious until it sees the outcome Palomar President Sherrill of the Oct. 7 election, because Amador said she is being cau- they are not sure if the canditious even though the reduc- dates are concerned with the tions are less than what she protection of community colanticipated from the May revi- leges. sion of the budget, because According to Lay, another there are a lot of variables concern for community colthat will affect the overall leges, is enrollment increases budget. during a time of possible staff One of her main concerns cuts. comes from the property tax While the colleges are backfill, which funds 40 percent expected to service an addiof the community college's budg- tional 100,000 students, some et. Amador said if the state over- adjunct positions may be cut, estimated the property tax, Lay said. Palomar will lose This is a conthe difference. cern, because while the colIf bill "It is too 111dy to AB1417, which but we're gl11d we leges need to is scheduled to IWiived more money make cuts, "there is a cerbe heard next Monday, is th11n we th0111Jht." tain quality we passed, the col- Sherrill Amador all want to prolege will not PALOMAR PRESIDENT vide," he said. "have to eat" Another area the difference if of concern for the state overestimates the Amador is the governor's money to be generated from recall issue, because there is a property taxes, Lay said. chance that Palomar will be Amador said Palomar offi- facing additional cuts in the cials will be pushing for the middle of the year. bill, and that she will present "It is too early to tell, but a resolution stating Palomar we're glad we received more College is in support of the bill money than we thought," at the next governing board Amador said. "But with all of meeting Aug. 26. the variables, we can't be too Lay .said the community col- excited. We have to he careful lege league is also being cau- and cautious."
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uccess has become a trademark for the alomar football program, and the 2002 version saw much of the same. The one difference about last years squad was the man pacing the sidelines. And now he is back for his second year. "They say the second year of a coaches tenure is the hardest," said Palomar head football coach Joe Early. Coming off an inaugural season that saw suecess in the form of a 10-1 record, capturing the Mission Conference, and finishing with a No. 4 national ranking in the J.C. Gridiron poll. The novelty wears off in the second year, as well as any inclination that Early won with the team that was left to him from his predecessor Tom Craft. The twoyear eligibility window makes for a quick turnover of rosters, and now there are almost no players left that played under Craft. Early is adamant about not letting the initial suecess overwhelm him with unreasonable goals and expectations. "I know that as a coach you are limited. I can only control so much, ultimately it comes down to the players,~ Early said. This year will be one of the most difficult seasons that the Palomar football team has ever faced. According to Early the Comets will have to fight through the toughest schedule of any team that he has
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Head Coach Joe Eaty looks on as the footbal tean pel'tiq,ates in drts dtri1g lis second Slll111ef' at the hekn for the Comets. been associated with. Adding to the problem is the lack of preparation time that certain teams, including Palomar, will be afforded. Beginning this year new rules dictate that training camps could not begin until August 15, and the infamous two-a-day practices can only be held on Saturdays. "It definitely makes it harder on us coaches. We have a lot of new kids that come from all different places and from different systems. Time is really valuable in order to get them acclimated to our system, and provide us time to eval-
uate," Early said. In previous years the start date of training camps depended on the starting date of classes. Palomar begins classes on August 25, while many other schools have starting dates that push back into September. Due to the late start of training camp the Comets will also lose the luxury of having a scrimmage before the regular season starts. This helped the players and coaches gauge themselves against live competition. Early has been a coach for over 20 years, beginning his coaching career at the age of
21. Early played football at Palomar, before transferring to Long Beach State. He has been a coach at Palomar for 16 years, the last two as head coach. "Although I've been coaching for all these years, being the head coach brings on many more challenges and obstacles, things you don't worry about when you're an assistant," Early said. These things include the budget and all fiscal responsibilities that are involved in keeping a football program financially afloat. Then there is the daunting responsibility that involves
meshing together the personalities and egos of over 120 players and numerous coaches. This is where a head coach really earns his merit. The good ones are able to turn a room full of individuals into a team. "Personally I am approaching this year the same as last year. I am going to do what I think is right, good or bad, within the guidelines and rules," Early said. "I have to trust my gut, because I am the one that has to go home and look at myself in the mirror." In looking to repeat the performance of his first season, Early has taken on the attitude of a seasoned veteran. "We as a team can only worry about ourselves, and improving our play. We can't be worried about the opponents and what they are doing, if we take care of ourselves, we will be fine," Early said. Early will have some experience to work with as the Comets will be returning 14letterman on Offense, and 16 on defense. "All of our letterman saw a lot of playing time last year. We use so niany packages on offense and defense that a lot of our players see the field," Early said.
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Matt Pound, favorite for the starting QB position, makes a pass attempt during a summer practice, on Aug. 19.
Many positions are up for grabs during training camp, which would be expected after losing 23 players that signed on to four-year programs. The most noticeable of these will be in the offensive backfield, and the linebacker corps. Matt Pound and Tony Paeoli are vying for the vacant quarterback position. "Right now I would say Pound has the advantage, he was here last year and got to watch Roman and John operate the system," said head coach Joe Early. Paeoli transferred from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and arrived a little late during the summer. ''He is a little behind the learning curve, but he is getting there," Early said. They are fighting to replace last year's pair of Roman Ybarra who went off to Idaho State and John Nielsen who signed on at Kansas. The linebacker position is what Early described as his
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Lawrence LetUi sweeps out over the left side dumg a Slll111ef' nine on seven ml between the offense and the defense on Aug.18. "thinnest position." All three of the starting linebackers from last year's team signed scholarships to Division 1 schools, and were the strength of the defense. Replacing them will be a key to success for the defense. "We are excited about some of the freshmen that are coming in... we look for a lot of them to step right in and help us," Early said. Among the freshman that are expected to contribute will
be Tommy. Hill at Outside Linebacker, Jean Bass at Wide Receiver, Soli Lefiti at Defensive End, and Josh Gomez who is expected to battle Tate Hess for the starting spot at safety. Early is Jooking to his Offensive-Line to be the strength of this year's squad. The 0-Line will be returning all five starters from last year, and also boast the acquisition of Jason Jones, a transfer from Utah State.