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Top dentistry program brings students smiles

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Every year, 28 students get the opportunity to clean teeth, examine gums and fill cavities through Palomar's Dental Assisting program.

"We can spend more time with the students one on one," said Adelina Acevedo, a professor of the program, "That helps tremendously."

The program has been placed in the top 25 percent of programs statewide, because 81 percent of Palomar students passed the Registered Dental Assisting exam in July. This exceeds the statewide pass rate of 68.9 percent.

"I'm very proud of that," Acevedo said.

Melinda Snapp and her mother Kathy Snapp are both dental assisting students enrolled in the same classes.

"I like the program," Kathy said. "It is important to have something that prepares you for an occupation or vocation."

The students not only spend time in the classroom, but also at least 320 hours in three different kinds of dental offices through internships.

"That has to be a part of success," said Denise Rudy, director of the program.

"That gives (the students) a very broad experience base, and they get a lot of practical experience in dental offices."

The program is accredited by the American Dental Association, so the curriculum has to follow very strict standards, Rudy said.

Melinda said the classes are challenging.

"The students are very immersed.

They spend a lot of time. The courses are in-depth," Rudy said.

All professors have years of experience in the dental field. The experience gives • SEE SMILES, PAGE 8

As the end of fall session approaches, the teachers union and Palomar district face yet another semester of negotiations to complete the union's first contract.

The Palomar Faculty ~ Federation and the disa trict have spent nearly a semester looking for a way to compromise on the contract's four remaining sections.

Also, the two parties will soon attend a formal hearing held by the Public Employment Relations Board, which will address several complaints of bad faith bargaining made against the district. The hearing will be held Jan. 14, 2004.

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Fire victi~s get $19k fro~ college

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Palomar College has matched $9,343 of donations made by faculty, staff and students, aiding 20 victims with nearly $19,000.

The Palomar College Foundation's fire victims assistance fund raised money for the Palomar community after the late October wild fires. ''The intention of the fund was to collect money as soon as possible and distribute it as soon as possible," said Dale Wallenius, vice president of the foundation.

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Dental assisting student Kianna Kelsay examines a model of the human mouth Dec. 1. The program provides professional instruction to a group of 28 students each year.

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Proh protest Web-only retistration

By Andrew Phelps

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Faculty members are criticizing Palomar administrators about a decision to phase out the Phone-and-Register system as an enrollment option for students . The removal of PAR leaves only eServices, an Internet-based system - which they say is unfair for students without easy access to computers.

"If we're truly going to be the open institution that we claim to be, you can't allow technology to be a barrier," said life sciences professor Candice Francis.

Faculty members said the removal of PAR, as well as other steps to make Palomar a "paperless" college, are premature.

PAR will be dropped when the college upgrades to PeopleSoft 8 - the software that handles student registration, fee payment and other services. Students will continue to have access to PAR until the planned software upgrades in spring 2004.

However, the college has dropped all references to PAR from the spring 2004 class schedule.

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Palomar student Tm Senkowski helps future Palomar student Juan Ortega enroU on a computer in Student Services Dec. 3. Faculty members complain online-only registration is unfair for students.

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Palomar College is an even safer place to learn than last year - and it's on the level with other college campuses in North County.

"Since I got here, crime has dropped off quite a bit," said Officer Mike Vafeados, who has been stationed at the college for two years. ''We have no 'Part One' crime - which are crimes such as homicide and rape," he said.

Vafeados said one case of assault with a deadly weapon was the only major offense reported at- the college this year.

"Anything other than that is a rarity," Vafeados said.

Crime on campus According to police reports, petty theft is the most common crime on campus.

This year, police investigated a total of 24 petty theft cases at the San Marcos campus and Escondido Center - down from 32 in 2002.

The second most reported crime is vandalism.

Police classify vandalism as graffiti, damaging property or destroying property. Police logged 26 cases of vandalism at the San Marcos campus this year. The Escondido Center has nearly matched that matched that number with 22 cases reported.

Grand theft - stolen property valued at $400 or more - has declined from 16 cases reported at the San Marcos campus in 2002 to eight this year. There were no reported cases of grand theft at the Escondido Center.

No statistics for drug-related arrests were posted in 2002, although officers recorded four drug-related offenses this year. Officers also made three DUI arrests.

Palomar police handled two incidents of sexual battery each year in 2001 and 2002, but officers have not received any reports this year.

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Escondido campuses are cold crimes," Vafeados said. "These are crimes that go unsolved and rarely result in prosecution, because there is no suspect information."

One such cold crime is a hitand-run, non-injury car accident, which frequently occurs in parking lots. Campus Police documented 14 hit-and-run cases at the San Marcos campus and two at the Escondido Center this year.

50,000 volts of electricity into a person's body when fired.

They also carry nun-chucks, which are chained batons that can wrap around a suspect's body.

Police Chief Robert Norcross said MiraCosta police officers must call local police agencies for help if they encounter armed intruders.

Norcross said Mira Costa President Tim Dong does not want officers to carry guns.

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in 2002 to 30 this year.

Norcross said he is happy with the low crime rate at Mil-aCosta.

"The main things we are concerned with at MiraCosta are sexual assaults and people getting robbed or beaten. That just doesn't happen here," he said.

At Cal State San Marcos, Lt. Aaron Woodard said alcohol is a larger problem at the college. He said campus police officers have seen a rise in alcohol-related cases as a result of their participation in DUI checkpoints with North County police.

In 2002, there were 13 violations of liquor laws, Woodard said. Figures for drug or alcohol violations are not yet available for this year.

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"There are bad drivers all over," Vafeados said.

Vafeados said car theft has virtually disappeared at Palomar.

In 2002, three cars were stolen from the San Marcos campus.

This year, one car was stolen but it was recovered when the thief drove the vehicle back on to campus. Officers arrested him and pressed charges.

Our police force Two sergeants and five officers at the San Marcos campus provide security for the college. They are trained, certified, California police officers, responsible for security between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. A team of twenty community service officers patrols the campus at night.

Vafeados said he and his fellow officers have been trained by the San Diego County Sheriff's SWAT team to respond quickly to armed intruders.

To be prepared for these threats, all Palomar police officers carry guns. ''We would be able to take immediate action if a Columbine, Jonesboro or Santana scenario were to happen," Vafeados said.

Vafeados said liability issues arise if a shooting occurs and officers are not armed - if a criminal came onto campus with guns blazing, the police wouldn't have anything to do about it.

Vafeados said a new campus watch program, which is based on the neighborhood watch program in residential areas, might have helped reduce crime this year.

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Officers documented 43 cases at the San Marcos campus and five at the Escondido Center this year.

Student code violations are offenses not serious enough for to be considered crimes. In one case, for example, a police seized a student for altering a parking pass.

These infractions are referred to the Office of Student Affairs for appropriate action.

Vafeados said Bruce Bishop, director of student affairs, has access to a wide range of disciplinary options.

Depending on the severity of the offense, Bishop can issue warnings, withhold grades, order community service or even request expulsion of the offender from Palomar.

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board backed his decision with a four-to-two vote against the possibility.

"Liability works both ways," Norcross said. "If we are armed and shoot someone, there is liability. On the other hand, if someone shoots a student or police officer, there is serious liability there, also."

Police at Cal State San Marcos are armed with guns, but officers fired their weapons only twice this year - in the mercy killing of a deer struck by a car.

Crime at MiraCosta and Cal State San Marcos has also dropped or remains low - particularly in the areas of burglary, car theft and drug arrests. The rate of vandalism at MiraCosta is high, but it has dropped from 50 incidents

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If your town has a nativity scene in front of the mayor's house, or a menorah in front of City Hall, it is a safe bet that the ACLU will be filing a lawsuit to have it removed. They have their sights set on brining an end to offensive, or more specifically, religious holidays.

If you bring red and green napkins, poinsettias, or candy canes to a grade school student's ''holiday party'' there will be a lawsuit. If those at theACLU have their way, kids will no longer be getting time off for "Christmas vacation" but rather for "winter break."

When parents are complaining that their children's choir is singing relim gious songs, that may just be a sign '" that we are all becoming a little too sensitive.

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As Bill O'Reilly of Fox News points out, Christmas became a secular holiday in 1870 when President Grant made Christmas a legal holiday to promote "good will toward men."

This is not analogous of a judge refusing to remove a Ten Commandments statue from his courtroom which demonstrated a government official's willingness to put his own religion before the law. This is a crusade by one organization to take away the majority's right to observe their holidays.

How can the ACLU be so wrong so much of the time? They defend the rights of the · scum of the earth but when it comes to decent people wanting to celebrate something as joyous as Christmas or Hanukkah, they wish to take that right away.

This is not just a Christian or Jewish issue. Whether or not they are missing the "true meaning" of Christmas, to many, Christmas is not about Jesus or the Wise Men. It is about Santa, Frosty, candy canes, Christmas trees and being with their family and friends.

Oddly, the ACLU does not have a problem with Santa Claus. This may be a case of them not doing their history homework. Because Santa is actually Saint Nicholas, a Catholic saint.

Those at the ACLU seem to believe that if one person is offended by some-

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thing than a lawsuit should be filed against the overwhelming majority who are not offended. There is actually a story about this called, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas."

In this case the ACLU is the Grinch and if it were up to them they would steal every Christmas tree, stocking, menorah and other items that are associated with the joys of Christmas and Hanukkah.

The ACLU should take a long, hard look at themselves and whom they choose to defend. What about Santa's rights? I am sure that theACLU would defend Santa's Constitutional right to

burn a cross or post child pornography as free speech but, not his right to sit at a local mall with a sign that says "Merry Christmas."

The judicial system has a lot more important things to deal with than lawsuits filed because a school teacher showed "A Christmas Carol" to her students or an elementary school principal has a menorah in his office window. Being offended and offending people are part of life.

The ACLU needs to understand this and not be so willing to strip the majority of their right to celebrate in any way they wish.

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In an age where computer technology is king, it makes sense to progress with technological advances, so long as we do not knowingly leave anyone behind.

The student body at Palomar is not yet prepared enough to substantiate the college's decision to make one such progression - the elimination of PAR, Phone And Register, in favor of the cheaper sole availability of E-Reg (online registration) for students unable to physically register for classes on campus.

Abandoning PAR takes away a less fortunate student's ability to learn by taking away what, in some cases, is currently their only available method of registration.

Palomar will save money by slashing the phone registration system, but will do so at the expense of the students.

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Faculty Senator and that a problem will exist at English professor Barbara Palomar once PAR is no Neault-Kelber knows this, longer available. and that is why she and other Certain students will not, faculty members distributed a whether due to socioecomemo entitled "A Call for nomic, age, physical or time Awareness - Making a concerns, have equit~ble Bridge." availability toE-Reg. Neault-Kelber and Levy Neault-Kelber is referring to the found that bridge in each of their classwhich links PIIIOmllt College's detision all students es, most stuto Palomar, to elimin11te PAR is nothing dents had even those computer and Internet unable to short ollllfgtfssion. benefit from access while the technolthere were a ogy of today. few who did not. Most is not The memo noted some of all. the concerns regarding stuEven in an informal surdents' regular access to com- vey conducted by the administration via a flyer in the puters and the Internet.

Asking students some ofthe school's lobby, 28 percent of questions generated from the the 397 students who particconcerns, Neault-Kelber and ipated said they do not have Stan Levy, professor of a personal computer. Of the Reading Services and member 392 who answered the quesof the faculty senate, found tion on internet access, 36

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According to Herman Lee, director of admissions and records, the administration's reasoning behind the system's elimination is that the touchtone system currently used for PAR will not be compatible with Project 8, the college's new system network, and that continuation of PAR would require a change in companies to one providing a compatible touch-tone system.

Switching over to a company which does provide such capabilities, Lee said, would cost the school $30,000 per year more than the current system, which runs at an annual cost of more than $120,000.

I understand everybody likes to save money, but in reality, the new system would barely put a dent in the pocket book of the

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With a school the size of Palomar, which provides education to nearly 60,000 students per year, $30,000 is not that much, roughly equating to a little over 50 cents per student. The difference could easily be made up by charging a couple of cents more for a $1 pack of scantrons - as we all know we need to buy those.

Palomar College's decision to eliminate PAR is nothing short of a regression to harder, more inconvenient times and is a poor lapse in judgement by the administration.

Perhaps we should change the college's motto from "Learning for Success" to "Learning for the Successful," because apparently if you cannot afford a computer, Palomar College doesn't want you.

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Distance education· great option for motivated students those who can handle it.

"Education has got to fit the schedule of the student and this A single mom reviews her does," Noble said. notes while dinner cooks in the Ken Nather, distance educaoven, ah overloaded businesstion specialist for California man takes a test on his lunch community colleges, said the break and a young college stumain reason students say they dent views her math lecture participate in distance learning before going to her is convenience. second work shift of He said the classthe daY, es are convenient All of these indibecause they fit into viduals fit college anyone's schedule. courses into their "Students have Part three of three hectic schedules access 24-7 ," he said. through the distance Nather said diseducation program. tance education serves as a Distance education is any "third shift" for single parents. learning that involves distance "The first shift being work, the between the instructor and the second shift is being a parent student. Currently, · Palomar and the third shift is being a stuoffers 143 courses at a distance. dent," Nather said.

These include online courses, TV Noble said there are tremencourses and telenet courses, dous benefits that come with diswhich are online showings of tance education. taped TV courses.

"The students get 20 percent Marlene deLeon, distance more information - they don't education specialist for Palomar, come in late and there are no said one of the benefits of disdistractions." . tance learning is students can Also, with technology and take a class from anywhere and computer graphics, the inforon their own time. However, she PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW PHELPS I THE TELESCOPE mation comes on screen in a said this is a downfall for stuclear manner, and students Palomar students have increasing options for distance education - but they face many distractions when learning from home. dents who lack motivation and can stop and rewind if they self-discipline. need to, Noble said. pace themselves and do the Because of this, Quinones are some difficulties in making Palomar student Danika Nather said the online courses assignments on their own time. prefers the TV courses, because Quinones, 20, said distance edusure the material is -up to par, offer the most benefits to stu"Students can read lecture she meets with her instructor Davis said. cation is good because it tests dents and faculty. notes over and over," he said. "It once a month, allowing her to ''We don't have a systematic her motivation as a student.

"In online classes, faculty training system or a systematic "It really challenges your is all about student access and ask questions she has about the spend more time with students student success." evaluation process," he said. determination," she said. "It one-on-one," he said. "In an material.

According to Haydn Davis, Davis said Palomar officials forces you to focus on what online environment, faculty get While Nather said he finds one of the first professors at needs to be done." online course more beneficial, will be looking into ways of to hear from everybody. It is an improving faculty training and Quinones said she finds online Quinones has been taking unintended benefit with online Palomar to offer classes online, student evaluation processes in courses to be challenging. many other students find online classes at a distance since her classes." the near future. He said it is freshman year in college. Now a classes She said her current online to be a challenge as well.

He said, typically, in an on- · course, communication theory, junior at Cal State San Marcos, ''There is a much higher drophard to track student success campus class, many students sit was a little confusing at first.

Quinones is currently taking one and monitor their level of underout rate with online courses," through the entire semester withShe said it was hard to know TV course through Palomar and Davis said. "A lot of people sign standing when they. take classes out participating in the lectures. exactly what her instructor up without really understanding one online course and an internat a distance.

The instructors generally only there is a lot of writing and the "It is just not as systematic as ship program at CSUSM. In hear from a select few, he said. wanted, and was difficult to same amount of reading as an it could be," Davis said. addition to her distance educacommunicate with her.

However, because each stuon-campus course, and they Quinones said her online tion courses, Quinones is taking Palomar College is one of the dent covers the material at their wind up dropping many California colleges and instructor does offer online office out." three other on-campus classes. own pace in an online course, universities expanding its dis"Distance education is great, "It allows me to maintain a hours, however, she works durthey have to ask the instructor full-time job and go to school at but it is not for everyone," said ing that time and finds it diffitance education program. The directly if they have any quesdeLeon. "It is not easier than a distance education program at the same time," she said. cult when she has questions tions. This gives the faculty an traditional class."

According to Gil Noble, one of opportunity to hear from each of about the material.

Palomar began in 1982 with the "Even if you e-mail, you the first Palomar professors to first TV class and is continuing While Palomar expands its their students, he said. may not get a response in distance education program to offer a TV course in 1982, disto expand each semester to meet Nather sirid another benefit of the demand of the students. time," she said. better serve its community, there tance education is effective for online courses is students can

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"PERB agreed that there was merit to that complaint, These issues are considered the core of the contract about a 20 student minimum depending on the discipline, so we are going to have a full scale hearing," said PFF Co- because they deal closely with how teachers work and class type and room size. · President Mary Ann Drinan. "PERB doesn't consistently how they are compensated, ''Those [issues] are the However, faculty members believe the increased respond to issues of bad faith bargaining." essence of what faculty do," Miyamoto said. class sizes will give students less time with their proJack Miyamoto, the district's chiefnegoOpposing views on how to deal with fessors. The faculty also see it as a way to cut the jobs tiator, disagrees. He said PERB does typithe four sections have prevented the of part-time teachers. parties from coming up with an "In no way are we trying to dilute the educational value cally hold the hearings when it has the "In no Wtlf 1111 WI trying manpower. acceptable compromise. for the students," Miyamoto said, noting that an addiAn informal hearing in September was to dilute the HUtlltiOnlll ''We made proposals on all of them tional four or five students will not impair learning. and they have not been accepted - I In order to speed up this aspect of negotiations, the disheld to help the two parties overcome their VIIIUe lot the students. 11 differences. don't see that as positive," Drinan said. trict and the PFF have formed a four-person workgroup However the district refuses to admit to - Jack Miyamoto Class size, the latest issue on the to discuss class size and bring back recommendations to any unfair negotiations, Miyamoto said.

DISTRICT CHIEF NROTIATOR table, will dictate the maximum the negotiating table.

"The district does not engage in unfair amount of students per class depending ''We want to see if we can find some middle ground," bargaining, but if the union thinks so, they on the type of class and size of the actuMiyamoto said. have the right to file a complaint," Miyamoto said. al classroom.

The group consists of administrators - Berta Cuaron, Although neither side is sure of what will happen, their Miyamoto said that increasing class size will make the the vice president of instruction, Wilma Owens dean of respective lawyers will represent them, Miyamoto said. college more efficient by accommodating more students career and technical education- as well as PFF members Despite the allegations, Miyamoto said the charges at one time. This will also limit the number of part-time Drinan and business professor David Forsyth. have not affected negotiations, and some progress has teachers necessary to teach the students.

The first workgroup met Dec. 5. been made in the two years of negotiating.

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For a movie fan it was easy to get discouraged with this fall's box office releases. After sitting through such incoherent nonsense like "Once· Upon a Time in Mexico," it's easy to see why people stay home watching mind-numbing TV shows. At least it's free.

We need to be careful this holiday season.

Movie studios will try and dazzle us - like deer in headlights - until our brains turn to soup and our wallets run dry.

At the top of the Christmas line-up, we have the final installment in the fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings." Tom Cruise wields a sword in "the Last Samurai," and Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear are dueling Siamese twins in "Stuck on You" "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" is sure to be the best movie of the season, not to mention the biggest blockbuster.

Frodo and Sam are getting closer to the dreaded Mount Doom where they must destroy the Ring, and the Dark Lord Sauron is growing much more powerful. With the help of the White Wizard Gandalf - and the rest of the fellowship - Middle-Earth may still stand a chance against Armageddon.

Peter Jackson's conclusion to Tolkien's classic is sure to be filled with magic, terror, and adventure. Don't be the guy that spends his money on "Cheaper By the Dozen." If any movie is worth the price of admission this holiday season - this is going to be the one.

Tom Cruise in "the Last Samurai" is set in Japan during the 1870's. The film tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren, the first American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the arts of modern warfare.

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The silliest movie this season would have to be "Stuck on You," which is brought to you from the twisted minds behind "There's Something About Mary," and "Dumb and Dumber." This time brother directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly set their sights on the lives of two conjoined twins, played

by Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear. Knowing the Farrelly brothers this movie will be filled with raunchy, crude humor, which will probably make it the most fun to sit through.

Other holiday movies include "Cheaper by the

Dozen," starring Steve Martin as an overwhelmed father trying to control 12 rambunctious kids.

This movie looks like the same old crap Martin has done over the last few years, but at least Queen Latifah and Goldie Hawn decided to sit this one out.

"Something's Gotta Give," starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton is sure to make your parents roll with laughter, and the live-action version of "Peter Pan" is something the kids will be whining about, but these movies will be just as good on video, and I suggest you wait.

Don't be a sucker this season. Choose your movies wisely, and remember that just because Steve Martin is in it doesn't mean it's good.

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In the 1980s, a college student in Atlanta had a weekly jones for The Village Voice. In the pages of New York's alternative tabloid, Toure found writing like he had never seen before. Greg Tate, Nelson George, Harry Allen and others were talking about hip-hop in a way that was almost as inspiring as the music itself.

"There was this murderers row of writers who had voice, opinion, gravity, intelligence and style," says Toure, who goes by his first name only. "The Voice not encouraged but demanded a voice from writers.

To think of joining that group was like joining a. successful sports team. If you really wanted to show your chops to the community, then you wrote something in the Voice."

Toure moved to New York, where he wrote for the Voice, The New York Times and The New Yorker. He's now a Rolling Stone contributing editor. But these days, you're as likely to see his talking head on TV, where he may be commenting on Michael Jackson for CNN or on Whitney Houston for "Nightline," as you are to catch his byline. That's because, as he and many other writers say, pop criticism isn't what it used to be.

"I have no sense now that it matters in the same way, that people are paying attention," says Toure.

And yet if pop music criticism is a dying field in print journalism, it's having a thriving afterlife elsewhere. There's a whole new crop of books aspiring to enter the canon of music criticism. Rock critics are also the heroes, or anti-

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Publications Rolling Stone, Creem, Crawdaddy and England's Melody Maker became countercultural forums, in which debates about Van Morrison's lyrics could become gateways into a generation's changing morals and politics.

By the '80s, writers weaned on rock criticism began asserting their voices at such nascent magazines as Spin, Option and The Source. Meanwhile, increasing numbers of traditional publications began hiring pop critics. The new generation was influenced by the flippant rebellion of punk and the heady street culture of hipKRT NEWS SERVICE hop. heroes, of at least one novel (the scathing parody Some writers blame the decline in trenchant, "Never Mind the Pollacks: A Rock and Roll Novel") in-the-trenches criticism on media's increasing and movie (the sentimental hogwash "Almost starry-eyed obsession with celebrities. Superstars' Famous"). And there seem to be fertile opportuni- images are carefully controlled by their handlers. ties for pop pundits to play themselves on TV, as Gone is the era when a journalist could spend commentators and historians. days on the road with the Rolling Stones. Now, "When you think of the kind of supposedly due to fears of bootlegwriting there was in Rolling Stone ging, a magazine is lucky if it can 30 years ago and look at maga- 'If pop musit trititism is get hold of an advance copy of an zines now, it doesn't even need to 11 dying field in print act's forthcoming CD. be pointed . out," says Barney journlllism, it's hllving 11 When rock, punk and hip-hop Hoskyns, founder of the archive were new, there was a push-andwww.rocksbackpages.com and edi- thriving llfllflife elsepull relationship between creators and chroniclers, who compelled, tor of the anthology "The Sound whetl. 1 and the Fury: A Rock's Backpages repelled and propelled each other.

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Bangs and Lou Reed locked horns.

"Most writers are writing in the shadows of Chuck D. and Tate had it out. Nowadays, J.Lo Bangs or writing bland stuff. No one's been able to worries about paparazzi, not pundits.

Even if critics do get to spend ample time with get over that and create a post-new journalism template." their subjects, there's no more space for long sto"I would like to see the whole thing blown up ries. The Voice, Rolling Stone and even The New and start all over," says Chicago Sun-Times critic Yorker have shortened their articles.

Jim DeRogatis. "But it hasn't happened."

Magazines and newspapers are trying to compete In the late ' 60s, such writers as Bangs, Greil with TV and the Internet, where information is Marcus, Richard Goldstein and Ellen Willis began delivered in bite-sized morsels.

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Wb111 to do, wh111 to see, where to go in S11n Diego lceskating in San Diego Want to look like Rudolph? 'furn your nose pink this holiday season while iceskating at the Horton Plaza. It may be chilly, but sure to be fun. The Ice rink is open through Jan. 19, and skating sessions last an hour and a half. For more info call (619) 234-1031.

Holiday of Lights at Del Mar There's always something to see in San Diego, but how often are you going to find elves playing volleyball and a fishing-captain Santa with smoke rising up from his pipemade out of christmas lights? With more than 350 brilliant holiday light on display, the Holiday of Lights at the Del Mar Fairgrounds is something to checkout this holiday season.

Lights go on at 5:30 p.m. through Jan. 4. For only $11-$16 per car you can take your friends with you. For more information call (858) 755-1161.

Christmas story turned into must-see musical.

Visit Santa on a trainride Make plans to shop and skate at Horton Plaza.

Santa's reindeer went on vacation and this year he's taking the train. Take your kids, younger siblings or even yourself to tell Santa what you want for christmas. For once he's waiting for you at the Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum in Campo. Excursions through the East County are scheduled for Dec. 13, 14, 20 and 21 departing at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The museum is located at the old Campo Depot. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children. Children under three ride for free. For more information call (619) 465-7776 (or Campo Station on weekends: 619-478-9937.)

Mission Bay Christmas Boat Parade of Lights

There's a track full of Christmas lights in Del Mar.

For those who have spent all their money shopping for gifts, the Mission Bay Christmas Boat Parade of Lights is something to do and is absolutely free. The boats, decorated with brilliant lights parade around Mission Bay as they have for over two decades Dec. 13 starting at 7p.m. The parade begins at the Quivira Basin and continues along a five-mile route. The best viewing sjtes are at Crown Point, the east side of Vacation Island, and the west side of Fiesta Island. Stick around for the lighting of the Sea World Sky Tower and fireworks at 9 p.m. For more information call (858) 488-0501.

A Dr. Seuss favorite is at the Old Globe Theatre.

'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'

We read the story when we were kids , now it is time to see this popular Dr. Seuss story in musical theatre. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is at the Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theatre in San Diego until Dec. 31. Tickets range from $20-$55, call for performance times (619)234-5623.

'Nutcracker' at Poway and downtown "The Nutcracker" Ballet will be at two San Diego locations this year. The San Diego Civic Theatre in San Diego Dec. 1821, and the Poway Center for the Perfoming Arts Dec. 27-28.

"The Nutcraker" features music from the San Diego symphony in the Civic Theatre Ballet tickets range for $29- $75.

For more information call (858) 560-6741.

'The Nutcraker' brings tradition to San Diego.

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By Brhdd Brett

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When Gene Jackson retired last year as Dean of Arts and Languages, the staff of Palomar College wanted this highly regarded administrator to know just how much he was appreciated.

At his gala retirement party they presented Jackson with a check for $5,000, with the directive that he and his wife use the money for a trip to Paris.

Most people would leap at such an opportunity, but Jackson, although he greatly appreciated the generosity and the spirit in which the gift was given, refused to accept it. He wanted the money to go right back to the students, said Bruce Bishop, director of student affairs at Palomar.

"He exemplifies the idea of students first," said Bishop. "Everything he does, he does for them."

Jackson has served the students and faculty in countless ways over the 38 years he has worked at Palomar. He started out in 1965, teaching English, and since then has served in various capacities, both in the classroom and as deans of various departments.

Many teachers lose touch with classroom life when they move into administrative positions, but Jackson is a staunch believer that administrators should stay closely connected with the students. At one point, at the same time that he served as dean, he taught a 7 a.m. English class with no monetary compensation, said Bishop.

Among his many accomplishments,

Jackson played a vital role in the construction of the college's theatre and was a leader among technology planners at Palomar.

Right around the time of Jackson's retirement, Bishop had a student come to him in distress. She'd been given a parking ticket and did not have the money to pay it. She'd gone to the Financial Aid office on campus but discovered she did not qualify for an immediate short-term loan.

If she didn't pay the parking ticket by the set date, said Bishop, then the amount would only increase, and how would she ever have the money for the larger parking ticket?

Seeing the extent of her desperation, Bishop lent her the money himself and she agreed to repay him within 60 days.

She did.

This was not the first time he'd seen and helped students in need. He was well aware that there were students who sometimes didn't have money for a slice of pizza, a textbook, or a bus pass. He'd recently won a $25 gift certificate to a restaurant and given it to a student who didn't have enough money to buy her son a birthday present.

Bishop spoke to Jackson about this and asked him what he thought about the idea of his retirement gift being used to set up an emergency fund for students who need to borrow less than $50.

Jackson felt this was exactly what he wanted his gift money used for: students in need.

Although Jackson was reluctant to have his name used in the fund that was

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Gene Jackson, former dean of arts and languages, donated his retirement gift of $5,000 to the students of Palomar College. The money now makes up an emergency fund for students in need.

set up for this purpose, said Bishop, he was eager to help Bishop write the criteria for the loans. They are: • The student has to be currently enrolled in at least 6 units at Palomar College.

• The student can borrow up to $50 at one time.

• No questions are to be asked regarding the purpose of the loan.

• The loan needs to be repaid within 60 days with no interest.

If the amount needed exceeds $50, the students need to set up an interview with Bishop and be able to demonstrate that they have a means of repayment.

"The program will only continue to be successful if the students continue to pay back their loans and if we don't get too many requests," Bishop said.

About 35 students have utilized the fund so far, said Marilyn Lunde, Bishops's

administrative assistant. Every one has repaid. There are, of course, a few still out on loan but there is no reason to doubt that they too will repay.

Until now the Gene Jackson Emergency Loan Fund has been entirely word-ofmouth and from referrals from various sources. The bookstore, the cafeteria, even the police station have referred needy students to Financial Aid or to Student Affairs. Sometimes, Bishop said, the referral might come from a concerned teacher.

"I think the idea of a small, short-term emergency loan is excellent," said Toni Miller, a full time Palomar student. "I know there are students out there living in really bad situations. They're doing the best they can, but sometimes there isn't even enough money to buy a good hot meal. I'm not in that situation now but who knows what can happen."

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Professor Carmen Acosta shows students how to create permanent fillings in her dental assisting class Dec. 1. The program, which only accepts 28 students per year, ranks in the top 25 percent statewide. Most students have jobs before they exit the program.

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the education more practical context, Rudy said.

Melinda and Kathy Snapp both agreed the professors are doing a good job.

"Before, I hardly knew anything about dental assisting but now I've learned a lot," Melinda said. ''The teachers are very organized and prepared," Kathy said, "They are willing to try new things and listen to our comments, too."

In a laboratory class, the students can get hands-on experience, Melinda said.

"It really helps our future," Melinda said.

"Because those are the things that you are actually going to

be doing."

Kathy said there is a friendly class atmosphere. The students develop close relationships because they take several classes together. ''You get to know your teachers much better; too," Kathy said. ''We even had students who bring a birthday gift to the teacher."

This semester, three new dental chairs and two new dental delivery units have been installed. It is funded by a $29,734 state grant through the California Vocational and Technical Education Act grant.

The latest technology is a great help for the students, Acevedo said.

"It's like a regular modern dental office now," Rudy said.

Rudy said the new equipment

provides the students more room because it doesn't take up as much space as the old equipment does.

Palomar dental assisting students do not need to wait to get jobs right after graduation, Acevedo said.

"Most of the students have jobs before they graduate," Rudy said.

Palomar students who graduate from the Registered Dental Assisting program typically earn $12 to $15 per hour.

Once they successfully pass the Registered Dental Assisting exam, they earn $14 to $20 per hour, Rudy said.

Applicants can apply to the program from April 15 to Aug. 15, 2004 for the next session.

It is a two-semester, full-time program with some additional required courses.

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Art students create jewelry and metalwork Bv Emily Eyerly

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Colorful beads and sculpted metal creations are the products of one class that aims to teach students the art of jewelry making.

The course offers three levels: ART 150, 151, 270, as well as special projects for advanced students.

This class doesn't just work with jewelry but also a wide range of metal creations.

The first class teaches students methods of design, how to use the tools and a variety of basic techniques.

According to the instructor, Anthony Lugo, there is little lecturing and demonstration, but mostly hands on time to work on different projects.

Students are required to work on different types of projects in the begin-

ning class so they can develop knowledge of their areas of interest, Lugo said.

There are no prerequisites and the grading rubric is mostly based on participation and progress.

The only fees aside from tuition are some required tools and the accountability for the equipment and materials that are provided in class.

The higher level classes mostly consist of projects based on the students' interests.

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Jewelry and metalworking student Karen Smith works on her bronze figurine Nov. 24. Three levels of the class are available to students - for beginners to seasoned metalworkers. Experienced students get more freedom to create their own projects when instructors help the newcomers.

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''Not all students in all areas have equal access," said Faculty President Maria Miller. "I would say 10 percent don't have access or don't have easy access."

Administrators don't see a problem.

"If they (students) don't have access from home, they can go to any library.

They can go to any lab in student services," said Jerry Patton, vice president of administrative services.

"It's the way most colleges are going for access," he said.

Herman Lee, director of enrollment services, said there are more than 1,000 computers available on campus. Students also have access in cyber cafes and other off-campus locations.

English professor Barbara Neault Kelber said it's not the availability of computers she doubts.

'There are inequities that occur because of differences in ease of access," Kelber said.

Kelber described a hypothetical situation she witnessed in the classroom.

"I don't have a good computer,' or, 'My computer's old." she said, describing one student's situation. "'I share computer with my three school-age children, so by the time I get to the computer for my homework, it's 2 o'clock in the morning,"' she said, describing another situation.

Kelber said these inequities in access to technology create a new kind of socioeconomic disability - especially in Latino and low-income communities.

Lee said disadvantages can exist in any situation. "That kind of explanation could be applied to someone with an automobile - versus taking a bus. It's definitely a matter of inconvenience."

Lee said students without cars must follow bus schedules and pay for tickets in order to get to classes, and their situation could also be considered unfair.

"I'm not saying there aren't students who have difficult access," Lee said.

Phone registration costly to maintain Lee said it costs $20,000 to lease the phone lines for PAR each year.

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In response to faculty concerns, "Students get disconnected and hear dead Enrollment Services created a survey in silence," he said. fall 2002 to sample students' access to The decision to drop PAR was made at a technology, as well as their preference for Student Services Planning Council meetPAR or eServices. The brief questionnaires ing in April. are still available in the Student Services Lee said he did not hear any opposition building. to the proposal to drop PAR at the April Lee presented the latest results of the meeting, which included faculty members. sampling at a Strategic Planning Council "There were representatives there from meeting Nov. 18. all the major groups (on campus). There Out of about 400 students who respond- was no opposition expressed, so we proed, 28 percent indicated they do not have a ceeded on that basis." personal computer at home. Thirty six perLee also said the governing structure of cent indicated they do not have Internet the college places the power to make this access at home. decision into the hands of the Student "Maybe a handful indicated they want Services Planning Council and the telephone registration Strategic Planning Council. to continue," Lee said.

Miller said a new computKelber criticized the "There 1111 11 numbsr of er lab in the Student Center survey, because it does lot11tions on tllmpus th11t creates additional inequity. not ask specific ques- students tlln llttsss lor Access to the lab requires tions about ease of the lntsrnet, free of a $10 student activity stickcomputer access. er, which she said places an th11rge." ''When you ask stueconomic burden on students questions about - Herman Lee dents.

DIRECTOR Of ENROLLMENT SERVICES "I don't think it's somehow easy access is, we need to be careful we thing that will be a barrier," don't raise expectations - and not deliv- said Joseph Madrigal, vice president of er," Lee said. student services.

Kelber said Internet-equipped students He said the fee is required for upkeep of who want to register for high-demand the facility. classes have an unfair advantage over "There are a number of locations on those that must register away from home. campus that students can access for the "Any student who has energy and initia- Internet, free of charge," Lee said. tive to get into a class could get in," Lee ''We've never heard any objection (from said. students) at this point," Madrigal said.

He said students may take advantage of pre-assigned appointment times that give Other colleges all-onHne them registration priority.

Lee also said other local colleges have "We provide that access. It's the stu- dropped their phone registration systems. dents' choice to take advantage of the ''We're not the first ones," Lee said, notaccess." ing Palomar is the last college in North Lee said it was not the sampling alone County to use two systems for registration.

MiraCosta College and Cal State San that supported the decision to drop PAR. 'The intent of the survey was just to Marcos have successfully transitioned to determine preference. It was not a sophis- Internet-only registration, Lee said. ticated research sampling," he said.

Lee said MiraCosta conducted a survey 'The key indicator for me is actual in 2001 to determine student computer usage," Lee said, referring to the number access.

Eighty four percent of Mira Costa stuof visits the eServices Web site has dents indicated they have computers at received.

He said the eServices Web site received home, and 95 percent of those students more than 388,000 ''hits" - whereas PAR indicated they have Internet access at received only 65,000. home.

The University of California and Cal State systems have also moved their applications solely to the Web.

Faculty laldiiCJ action Faculty members are also taking issue with a campus-wide push to Blackboard, a Web site for students to download syllabi, readings and announcements from their instructors.

The use of Blackboard in place of paper handouts would dramatically reduce printing costs.

"For us to push our printing costs onto them (the students) - there's an ethical issue there."

Kelber said she asks her students detailed questions about their computer access each semester.

She provides printed handouts to those who cannot download them at home.

"I surveyed my class after we talked," said Stan Levy, reading professor.

"I had seven students in my class that I'm concerned about," he said.

Kelber and Levy created a newsletter entitled "A Call for Awareness - Making a Bridge," which encourages instructors to ask their students about access and get involved with these issues.

They do not want Palomar to abandon older methods of communication just yet. "' don't think we have to go backwards, but I think we have to realize we're on a bridge," Kelber said.

"And at least for now we have to be intensely conscious of the needs of different students and try to address them."

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Palomar student Diane Kelly remembers how roofies felt in her system. She got tunnel vision and her knees buckled beneath her. She said she remembered being picked up off the dance floor and a guy saying in an eerie melodic whisper, "just let it go."

"That moment I knew someone put something in my drink, but I couldn't do anything," Kelly said.

As she looks back on the night of her 22nd birthday, July 8, she can pinpoint the exact drink that had the Gamma-Hydroxybutyerate, also known as a date rape drug, in it. At that time she had no idea what the drink contained. The next morning she realized that it was a silent accomplice to her rape. Kelly, like many other rape survivors, battles to recall the events of that night.

She remembers sitting in a booth with her friend and a guy they just met, Justin. Some guy came over, set a drink on the table, her and gave Justin a highfive, Kelly said. "Justin looked at me and said 'my friend just hooked me up,' as he handed me the drink."'

Kelly remembered first catching eye contact with Justin at Moose McGillycuddys bar in downtown San Diego. Justin was tall with black spiky hair. Kelly recalls his blue plaid shirt, dark blue jeans and the black sunglasses he wore. "He was good looking- he could have easily gotten a girl to go home with him," she said.

Justin, Kelly and Kelly's friend Natalie all went onto the dance floor. After a few drinks, Kelly realized that Justin didn't want to dance with Nataliehe wanted to dance with her. The more she shot ) down his advances, pushing him toward her friend, the thinner Justin's patience became.

After drinking the spiked cocktail and falling on the dance floor Kelly said they went to another bar. "At that point I was so out of it, I can't remember," Kelly said. "I knew my friend was drunk but I kept asking her if she was okay. I just wanted to make sure she was okay."

The next thing Kelly remembers is being dragged down the street. "He took me somewhere. I don't know where, but we walked."

She recalls her high-heels dragging on wood floors and him telling her, "Shut up, you're making too much noise."

"He took my shoes off and I blacked out,'' Kelly said.

At times she wanted to scream but she couldn't.

The drug left her temporarily paralyzed and unable to defend or control herself. She doesn't know how long she blacked out for, or what happened during that time.

in the car and cried. "She was sorry for letti1 "The next thing I remember is waking up with him leave," Kelly said. on top of me, raping me," Kelly said. "I remember When Kelly got home she went straight t him above me. But it felt like it wasn't me, like I room and locked the door. For hours she sai wasn't in my body." She couldn't feel anything and sat on her bed and tried to remember wha·~ ha1 couldn't do anything, she said. "I couldn't even lift pened. "That's the worst part- not rememb€ my arm to hit him." she said. "I would rather not remember at Kelly started to regain her senses and come back remember everything." into reality she said. "After I realized what was hapStill in shock, Kelly tried to figure out whl pening I started crying and screaming 'stop."' was supposed to do next. She realized she nee Justin put his hand over her mouth and told her to go to the hospital. She checked herselJ shut up . Still not able to move, all she could do was Pomerado Hospital at 3 p.m. When she got cry. she started crying and a nurse took her to a p During that time she recalls asking herself how room. she could have let this happen. "Being raped has "It was the hardest thing to say, because it a always been my biggest fear and all I could rememly happened," Kelly said. ber thinking was 'this can't be happening' over and Soon enough the police showed up to take a i over as if I was trying to wake myself up from a bad Kelly told them her story, but did dream," she said. them examine her for his semer She doesn't remember for how did, I would be admitting it hap] long he raped her- she just ''IIIIWIIfS thought th11t it I just wanted it to go away," shE remembers that it eventually would never h11ppen to me Although she said today she ' ended. "I snapped out of it and I she had. started kicking and wailing my betiiUII I would never let it Her mother, Patricia Kelly, ca arms for him to get off me," Kelly h11ppen to me. But th11t's the hospital because of intuition. said. "I kept asking him 'Why? Why .are you doing this to me?' the thing, no one ever lets it told her that she had food pois but Patricia's motherly instinct All he said was 'Shut up, you're h11ppen to them." what was going on, she said. being too loud."'

-Diane Kelly "She wouldn't tell me," Patrici: When she was finally able to PALOMAR STUDENT "I told her when she was rea move, she scampered to find her would talk." clothes and cover herself up, she After two days of complete solitude, Kelly ' said. When she found her stuff, her top and pants told her mother what had happened, followed were ripped and filthy- she doesn't remember how rest of her family. "They all came in my roo they got that way. we cried," she said.

"I asked him where my friend was and he told me "It ripped my heart out. If I had been t that she had left me," Kelly said. "I ran out of the would have killed him with my bare hands," P. house, I was holding my shoes and I remember seesaid. "I'd be in jail right now." ing this big fountain." Kelly can't remember Kelly's father took the news the hardest, P whether she was running from a hotel, an apartsaid.

"She is his little girl. He wants to 'l..xej ment complex or a house. She said she just rememnever happened," she said. "He won't talk ab bers the large fountain and a tall gate. but I know he thinks about it."

"I started screaming and crying really loud. He For the longest time Kelly said she didn't ~ eventually came out and told me he would take me do anything or see anyone. "I didn't want to 1 back," she said. He pulled her by her arm for sevor brush my hair. I felt like a big part of me w eral blocks, eventually ending up at the bar they last and it's not fair," Kelly said. "He stole it. I left from . It was around 5 a.m .. give it to him."

"I saw Natalie. She was sitting waiting for me on "He changed her," Patricia said. "She was s the curb outside the bar," Kelly said. "When she saw pendent, trusting and free. And he took tl me she knew, and I knew she knew. We ran to each away from her." other and both cried for a while, I looked back and It has been nearly five months since sh Justin was gone." raped.

With lots of support from family and f They soon got to their car and Kelly remembers Kelly has found it within herself to press on. not wanting to go home. "I was still wondering Shortly after she was raped she joined a s what happened. I just wanted the night to be group through the Center for Community Sol erased," Kelly said.

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Kelly said she has learned a lot from her support group. "The motive to rape is control, controlling someone who doesn't want to be controlled," Kelly said. "I always thought that it would never happen to me because I would never let it happen to me. But that's the thing, no one ever lets it happen to them."

Kelly's rape has not only affected her, but her entire family. "The first month was horrible," Patricia said.

"But there is nothing more that her family and I can do for her but love her and be there for her."

"I am just so thankful that she wasn't hurt worse or murdered," Patricia said. "I don't know what I would do without her."

Kelly hopes that her story can enlighten others about rape issues and encourage people to be safe and aware, she said.

While Kelly tries not to think about what happened on her birthday, it's hard to forget. "Sometimes I want to see him again. I want to grab him and ask him 'why did you do this to me?' He has no idea what he took from me that night, and I'll never be the same," she said. "For the rest of my life it's his face I see when I go to bed. He is my recurring nightmare."

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smoke," Roach said. "Then the sheriff rang at our gate and told my parents they had 20 minutes to leave, ince the San Diego wildfires, Palomar student but we were out of there in five to Jason Roach says his perspective on life has eight minutes." changed drastically.

After being awakened, Roach ''You got two choices, either you give up and let ran into his room and dumped things pass you by or you accept what happens and do some clothes along with yearyour best to move on," Roach said. "In my case you try books and his Eagle Scout pins to prevent it from happening to anybody else" into a garbage bag. After gatherAfter watching the devastation first hand of what a ing his belongings, Roach ran to fire can do, Roach says it solidified what he wants to the front door where the rest of do with the rest of his life. the family waited.

Roaches 16-year-old sister Ashleigh died while the His father opened the door family escaped from the blazes. His other sister and that's when they noticed Jason Roa h Allyson received burns to over 85 percent of her body. their front porch was on fire. c flanked by his si t The 20-year-old Palomar student is recovering in the John then ran outside and s ers Ashleigt,, lett, a cou11 , 1 UC San Diego Burn Center. The family also lost their grabbed a water hose to douse the porch nd Allyson, right sh sr OF SUSAN ., N 0 Valley Center home of seven years in the blaze. and give the family enough time to get out of the Ort/y before the Wild fi rorA firestorm. tres.

At the time of the fire, Jason was a dual major in political science and fire technology. However, after Following his mother and sisters out of the house, the fires, Roach said he dropped political science as a Jason ran to his Mustang while his younger sister 'oh my God she is still in my car."' major so he could focus more on the fire academy and Ashleigh got in the passenger seat.

"The last thing I remember hearing was Ashleigh his family.

"The winds were incredible," Roach said. "It was bad screaming my name in terror," Roach said. "Then I "I hope to be working for an ambulance company in enough that I could barely shut the doors on my watched her jump in the back seat of my car.

January." Roach said. "I have already enrolled in the Mustang."

Ashleigh, did not survive the impact and is believed fire science classes for next semester and I plan on With visibility on his driveway at less than five to have been knocked unconscious and later died while attending the Palomar Fire Academy in Fall 2004." feet, Jason drove down his long and winding driveway in the Mustang. Allyson is in her 44th day of recovery While most of San Diego was sleeping on the mornuntil he spotted Allyson. He would later learn that as of Dec. 8 and is recovering at the University of ing of Oct. 26, Roach, was woken up by an order to while running to her truck, Allyson dropped her keys California San Diego Burn Center with burns over 85 evacuate. and could not find them. She would then jump into the percent of her body. Doctors estimate Allyson's hospiOutside the home he shared with his parents Lori car of her friend, Steven Lovett. talization will be for six months, while her rehabilitaand John, and sisters, the freshly ignited Paradise Lovett, who was spending the night because the tion will take an additional 18 months.

Fire had already engulfed the family's porch and was family had thrown a Halloween party the evening The entire family visits Allyson daily. "She hasn't growing quickly. before, was unfamiliar with the driveway. After miss- been able to speak or ask us questions," Roach said.

"I went to sleep around 5:15 in the morning, after ing a turn, Lovett's car slammed into a tree and burst "But we ask her questions and she will blink yes or watching the fire through the night," Roach said. "At into flames. The Paradise Fire was also a few feet no." that point it looked like it had passed us." away.

Even though the family was fully prepared for the Once the call was made to evacuate Roach said his After freeing themselves, Lovett guided Allyson up fire, it was moving faster than 6000 acres per hour. family did not spare any time and listened to the "What happened to my family is a worst case scethe embankment and that was when Jason noticed advice of the officer who told them to leave. her. As Ashleigh jumped in the nario, it's the worst possible outcome," Roach said.

"My parents woke up to the smell of back seat, Allyson got into the "The family does what it is told, does things right, front seat and Jason took off leaves when they are told to leave and then it comes for safety. and gets you."

Nearly a month-and-a-half after the fires, Jason Fleeing though black smoke, Roach barely noticed a finds that getting things back to normal is the easiest car stopped at the family's way to overcome the tragedies that ravished his life. gate. He swerved to miss the He recently returned to work at the California car but it was too late. He Center for the Arts Escondido, where he has worked in struck the bumper of the car security for two years. He also returned to Palomar and slammed into a tree. two weeks after he lost everything in the fire. Thanks the air-bags to a few friends, who called Jason after they heard the With deployed and his steering news, Jason said he realized that getting back to wheel locked, Roach got out school was one thing that would help him move forof the vehicle and ran ward. toward the sirens he heard "My fellow classmates A.J. Jimenez and Nicole in the distance. He could Nagger called me up after the fire and said they would not see anything due to the do whatever it took to get me back to class," Roach ash in the air. He received said. " They offered to copy the notes that I missed and minimal burns to his face, to let me use their books. I figured if they were going tOURtESY OF SUSAN M~NTOYl ear, and left arm. to go that extra little bit, then I better return to class." .

Ashleig\1 was named a pnncess "I was looking around "I help him out, he helps me out," Jimenez said. "I The Roach family at a ceremony fs:r:ig\1, )ason, Allyson and )ohn. and asking where are my would like to continue this friendship." sisters, I couldn't see His fellow classmates also draw motivation from and Allyson was named a queen. them," Roach said. "Then I Jason's recent losses. saw Allyson staggering out of the fire and asked where • SEE ROACH, PACE 13 Ashleigh was. They said they didn't know and I............. said · . . . . . ..... . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . ... .. ... . . . . ... ... .. .. .. . .. . . . . ... .. . . . . . .

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• ROACH: Tragedy compels Palomar student to pursue firefighter training CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 "He pushes you to get through things," Nagger said. "Mter everything that has happened he is still very motivated, and his motivation motivates you."

Since the fires, Jason believes that his life will go on as normal.

He said he wants to let people know when they are given the word to evacuate that is exactly what they should do and not to waste any time.

He believes whomever the officer was who rang the bell on their gate saved his family.

"I'm just trying to prevent this from happening to somebody else. If somebody reads this, and next year there is a fire near their house, they will not wait and pack up," Roach said.

"They won't ignore the sheriff or the firefighter that says you have got to get out of here."

Roach, an Emergency Medical Technician student and an aspiring fire fighter, has plans to further his experience after the recent wildfires.

Skip Clark, Emergency Medical Education instructor for Palomar College and a member of the Carlsbad Fire Department believes Roach has what it takes to be a great firefighter.

"He will make a better firefighter than I. He has a great knowledge of the way a fire works," Clark said.

"A lot of people ask me what the scariest fire I have ever encountered is and I always tell them that they are all scary, but every time I show up I have all my

gear, hoses and fellow firefighters with me. Jason had "Something like this really restores your faith in nothing when he encountered his fire," Clark said. humanity," Roach said. "There are a lot ofreally good Clark has been teaching at Palomar for 10 years hearted people out there." and Roach is one of the many students who were a In his second year with the Associated Student fire victim while enrolled in the fire program at Government Roach says his future in the ASG is still Palomar College. up in the air.

"He impressed the heck out of me," Mter filling various positions from "I'm just trying to pr~r~nt vice president of social events to senClark said.

"If this tragedy would have hap- this from h11ppening to ator, Roach has been elected to fill the pened to my family, I probably would somebody else. If somebody senator position through fall 2004. have put my education on the back- 1111ds this, 11nd next ye11r "ASG will be awaiting his return. burner, but his whole reason of being He is so dedicated to the ASG," said the11 is 11 fir~ ne11r their here is for Ashleigh." ·Amador Soto, ASG President.

However, Roach is the first stu- house, they will not w11it "He deserves another chance to dent of Clark's who has been directly 11nd p11ek up." come back if there were any problems." involved in a fire tragedy.

"He is a very strong man. I am PALO~~~~f11R::tr~~ While Roach is trying to continue very impressed with him, as a stuwith his normal routine, the fire will dent and as a man," Clark said. haunt him forever.

"We all understand his situation, we all understand "Something that I am still having to cope with and his tragedy that he went through."

I will have to cope with it for the rest of my life is my Roach also mentions that people he does not even little sister got in my car thinking I was going to get know have offered his family everything from her out and she was going to be safe," Roach said. money to paying the veterinarian bills for two of "She may or may not have died knowing that. But Ashleigh's surviving cats.

I am going to have to live with the fact that she died Roach said that both cats had to have more than in the back of my car." $16,000 worth surgery, which was paid for by an To find out more information on the Roach family, anonymous donor. visit www.roachfamily.net.

• FIRE: No victims turned away CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The fund helped 16 students and four faculty members get back onto their feet after the devastating wildfires that plowed through San Diego in November.

Some victims who lost their homes used the money to pay for hotel expenses and food, while others used the money_to fix extremely damaged property, Wallenius said.

"The money helped me and my two children with temporary housing, clothing and food," said 21-year-old sophomore Crystal Moore.

Every victim that filled out the two-question application explaining why and how they would use the money was granted assistance.

"For the most part it was distributed equally. More money was given depending on the severity," Wallenius said. ''No one was sent away."

Jennifer Carballo and her family received $1,000 from the fund.

She said it helped provide them with food, loads oflaundry and hiring a company to dispose of excess soot.

"I wasn't expecting to get anything," Carballo said.

The collection that started shortly after the disaster rallied an outpouring of support from the Palomar community, Wallenius said.

"A lot of money has come in response toe-mails, newspaper articles and word of mouth."

Wallenius said that it is more than just the money that has helped victims deal with their tragedies - it is the thought behind the donation.

"I am really happy that people actually donated money," Moore said.

In the face of calamity Wallenius believes Palomar victims have tried their best to prevail. ''You don't realize ·it until you meet people who have lost their homes. It is a very moving experience to meet them," Wallenius said.

"Most are upbeat with a positive outlook despite the terrible tragedy."

While there are still fire victims out there that need support Wallenius said that the fund will be accepting money for an indefinite period of time.

Information for both victims and donors is available at the Advancement Office on the San Marcos campus in A-4B, or at www.palomar.edu.

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Despite low p11y, presehool te11eher loves her job

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any adults dread children hitting their "terrible twos," but Carol Mitton doesn't see what's so terrible about them.

Mitton loves this age group so much that she's devoted the past 20 years to working with them at the Palomar College Child Development Center.

According to the veteran preschool teacher, the behavior of 2-year-olds depends very much on how they are treated and on their environment.

"They need lots of autonomy, plenty of choices, and the 'terrible two' stuff just goes away," she said. "In the right environment, they're incredibly fun."

The right environment, goes the philosophy of the child development center, is one that allows children to experience the world with all their senses plenty of hands-on play and discovery tliat is appropriate to their stage of development.

Mitton believes that young children need to play with "parts of things," that their imaginations and skills soar when they are given enough raw materials to play with and plenty of time to figure out all the things they can do with them.

PVC piping to put together and take apart, gutters to f:tll with water or roll balls down and a big bag of multicolored balls with suction cups on the one end are all favorites with her kids.

Through these and many other openended, hands-on activities, Mitton sees that the children in her class are able to constantly explore, investigate, manipulate, and learn new skills as they play.

Most adults only use bubble wrap as package filler, but Mitton encourages her students to explore new uses for the crackly stuff. In her classroom, piece of bubble wrap are transformed into flying carpets, giant insect wings and magic cloaks.

"Carol is an amazingly creative teacher whose love and knowledge of preschoolers benefits every child, parent, student and teacher who gets to share time with her," says Pamela Keinath, coordinator of the Child Development Center.

In Mitton's classroom there are cozy corners filled with pillows and books, tubs of zoo animals, areas set up with constantly changing clothes and props for dramatic play. Lush green plants hang from the ceiling, sunflowers perk up a bookshelf, two cockatiels in a large cage watch the kids eat their breakfast.

At least once a week the birds join the children for a meal of Cheerios, but today it's pancakes and applesauce and they're not invited.

It's 9 a.m. and Mitton sits with six children at a low, round table, chatting and eating. When a couple of toddlers start playing with the last remaining spoonfuls of applesauce and making monkey noises, Mitton smiles and says, "Looks like you're ready to go play. Am I right?" ''Yeah," they answer in unison, then hand her their plates and run off to become cowboys and cowgirls.

Like many adults who spend most of their waking hours in the company of young children, Mitton appears to possess at least one extra pair of invisible eyes. While helping a little girl wipe her nose, she simultaneously notices that one of the kids is walking a little too close to a tower of wooden biocks.

"Genna, please be careful of Kenny's work," she warns. "He's taken a long time to build it." · Genna walks carefully around the blocks and picks up a toy tiger. Kenny beams, proud that his hard work was noticed and respected.

After 20 years, Mitton also seems to know intuitively when someone might need a little gentle reminding.

"Jordan, you're looking like you might need to go potty," she says to a little boy in green overalls. that they Suddenly everyone realizes I

illight need to go potty too, and follow their teacher like a row of ducklings to the miniature toilets around the corner.

When they return, Mitton puts on a tape of pow wow music that a boy brought from his home. The sounds of American lndan chanting fill the room as the children play.

"I can honestly say that Carol lives for what she does," says Kitty Meek, associate professor of art at Palomar, whose son, Max, was in her class. "It doesn't seem like it is work to her, but rather the thing she loves doing most ... She is truly like a mom away from mom to every single kid in her room."

When she's not at work, she's constantly on the lookout for interesting things to share with her class.

Despite the time that she puts in, Mitton says she, like most preschool teachers, makes relatively little for a teacher. With an associate's degree and 20 years of experience under her belt, she makes only $30,000. Still, Mitton

says, preschool teachers who make that much are relatively well off.

"We're the lucky ones," she said. "The other teachers at the center make half of that."

"I really had great hopes 20 years ago that one day we'd all be making a decent salary," Mitton said. "Our society doesn't value this work. The younger the children, the lower the pay. It's very frustrating."

Today the dramatic play area has a Western theme, with real leather saddles, fresh bales of hay, hats and boots.

She makes the giddyup sounds as a little girl puts on a hat and a pair of boots and climbs aboard her make-believe horse.

"They're excited by everything at this age," she said. "Everything is a miracle to them. And yet, on the other hand, nothing is a miracle - they could see an utterly magical sight and it would seem quite ordinary to them."

Mitton added, ~'That's why I love 2year-olds."

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• JEWELRY: Students of all skill levels can participate in the metalworking class CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

ally had to kick everyone out at about time helping other students.

"It seems to benefit everybody this midnight so he could go home. way," Lugo said.

Natalie Maskrey, 41, is a full time Lugo has taught the jewelry and met- mother enrolled in jewelry and metalalsmithing design class since 1974, and smithing II. She also runs a little jewelry business he said it has been a terrific experion the side, which she started as a ence.

He said everyone has creative poten- hobby by assembling jewelry with pretial and enjoys watching his students cious stones and metals.

Maskrey said she wanted to learn improve their creativity and technical more and keep improving in hopes of skills.

"Some of the best students are not expanding her business and creating her own pieces. even art majors," Lugo said.

He said some students take the class She is now in her second semester of as a break from their academic sched- the class, and she said she enjoys having ule or career. all the levels in one class because she He said he taught a night class with can benefit from talking to experts in a a group of nursing students who were . variety of fields. taking the class to So far in this class, Maskrey has made a relieve stress. "little bit of every"The diversity at 11 thing," including a Palomar creates pendant, a necklace, such a beautiful a ring, a bracelet blend of students," Lugo said. and other creations.

She just finished He remembers making a bracelet having students for her daughter and ranging from 11 to II is planning to make 80 year~ old.

Some of his stu- Natalie l\laskrey a jewelry box.

JEWELRY Arm After contemplatdents go on to METALSMITHING STUDENT ing which piece was become professionher favorite, als and others Maskrey decided on already have lifea necklace of set stones she is still worklong careers in other fields.

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Maskrey said she is grateful she found staff member in his class.

This semester, there are approxi- time for the class.

She said the jewelry she makes is mately 20 students in the beginning more valuable than professional jewlery, class and over 30 altogether.

Lugo said some of his students are so because it's personal. dedicated, they work on their project The thing she likes most about the until they get kicked out of the class- class is the endless possibilities of what room. she can create and howshee has learned "Who knows what time they'll go to transform simple metals into art. home," he said.

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The heart and soul of Palomar's wrestling team is found in three men that head wrestling coach Joe Ismay has nicknamed :'the three horsemen."

"At the beginning of the season we knew they would be our horses," Ismay said. "And we hope to ride them to a state championship."

Kyle Bickford from Vista High School, Angelo Lago from Temecula High School and Jesse Taylor from Poway High School may have come from different places, but they do have a few things in common.

The three were named all-americans as freshman a year ago; they are co-captains for the storied Palomar wrestling progt:am; they are ranked number one in the state for each of their respected weight classes and most importantly they share the same personal and team goals for the 2003-04 Comets. · .

"We want to win- period. Last season was a little disappointing, this year we're working hard to close the deal," Lago said.

Last season the Comets entered the state championships ranked number one with an undefeated dual-meet record intact. The team boasted five all-Americans and

Palomar campus. For each of the ended up winning the dual-meet sessions one of the captains has to championships. be there to lead and make sure no But the outright state champione is slacking. ons are crowned based on individAs the season has progressed ual performances throughout the they have expanded their roles to final tournament. helping each of the Comet In that category the Comets finwrestlers on and off the mat. ished second to Cerritos by a slim "They tend to lead by example, 1.5-point margin. which in this case works well "That was a little difficult to handle, I thought it was our year," because each of them has experienced so much individual sucIsmay said. "We had a couple guys cess," Ismay said. that didn't perform to their greatPersonality wise each of them est ability and they (Cerritos) had a few that had the best meet of brings something different to the table, and as a whole they are their lives." really the complete package in This season the Comets won't terms of leadership Ismay enter the championships with the same clout they had last year, but . explained.

They also vary in their none-the-less they are still one of wrestling styles. Ismay describes the favorites to walk away as Bickford (149 pounds) as an explochamps. sive technician. He has so many Ismay admits that it will take a moves and can score from so many complete team effort to accomplish different positions that he is realand much like Cerritos last season ly unpredictable. the Comets will have to rely on Lago (165 pounds) some of the other is a brawler. "He guys to step up loves to wrestle from and wrestle at his feet so that he their higliest level "We h11r1 to be willing can beat you up and if they are to claim .to s11eri6ee 11nd outwork pummel you into the first outright state champi- everyone else Hwe w11nt submission," Ismay said. onship for Palomar th11t eh11mpionship."

Ismay describes since 1992.

- An!!:elo La!!:O Taylor (184 pounds) And that is PALOMAR WRESUER as unstoppable. He where the "horseis so strong and men" look to conpowerful that he tribute the most. just overwhelms his competition.

The three have relished the role "It's great having them on the of being the internal leaders. They team. To watch the way they work look to push each other as well as day in and day out, and then see the rest of the team to compete them dominate the way they do. It and work everyday to be the best. gives the rest of us something to "We have to be willing to sacrifice and outwork everyone else if work toward," said fre shman wrestler Josh Walters. we want that championship," Lago Ismay has had the privilege of said. watching these talented wrestlers As captains they lead warm-ups mature over the past two seasons. and also head the "P" run. The run He has watched them grow both is an exercise where the Comets mentally and physically. They run to the famous rock formation have all dedicated themselves to that is foundton the hill behind the

school, and have prepared themselves to move onto a Division 1 program where they are ready to compete on the mat as well as in the classroom.

"It's nice to see the dedication and success in class, parallel with what they are doing m wrestling," Ismay said~ This season has given the wrestlers a chance to put their talents on display for recruiters.

Recently in a tournament at Cal State Fullerton, they competed against Division 1 foes.

Taylor (2nd) and Lago (3rd) both placed while beating opponents from programs such as Arizona State University, Fresno State and Cal State San Luis Obispo. The latter two have already been inquiring about them for next season.

But first things first for the horsemen, who look to take the title of state champ as individuals and as a team.

"I do think about next year, but right now I'm focused on what were doing here at Palomar," Bickford said. "We still have a lot of goals to accomplish, and a lot of work to accomplish them."

First on the agenda is the southern regionals Dec. 6 at Mount San Antonio College.

This tournament is very important for the Comets, as only the top four finishers in each weight class will qualify for the state finals held a~ West Valley Dec. 12-13.

The Comets enter the regionals ranked fourth in the state. And unlike last season don't have the dubious distinction of being the team to beat.

"I kind of like it. Last year we were expected to win and so we were the hunted. This year we are the hunters," Taylor said. "We have nothing to lose, just go out and leave it all on the mat."

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Missing: winning team in San Diego 65,427 for game four of the World Series against New York in 1998.

The Chargers are averaging just fewer than 62,000 in five games in 2003. Last year they totaled 494,973, which was good enough for 24th in the NFL. The Oakland Raiders, well known for their fans, finished 28th.

The fans attend the games, now only if we could get the players to show up and win once in a while maybe we will have something to cheer about.

However, there is hope on the horizon for San Diego. With the new ballpark, jerseys and players the Padres have acquired this off-season, the Friars seem to be making huge strides towards fielding a winning team next season.

The Padres have secured the No. 1 pick in next June's amateur draft. However, having the No. 1 pick doesn't always guarantee you a superstar. The last No. 1 pick _to live up to the hype was Alex Rodriguez, who was drafted in 1993.

The Chargers, however seem more up in the air than ever before. The core of our team is young: Quentin Jammer, Drew Brees, Sammy Davis, LaDainian Tomlinson and David Boston are all under 25, but things just aren't going the way they were planned.

The coach is frustrated, our starting quarterback is 41 years old and not getting any younger, or better for that mat-

I'm sure most of you are too, am just sick and tired of rooting for Till TliUSCOPE losing teams. It just isn't fun anymore.

Every year the writers and editors of the Sporting News There are only a handful of times where I can purchase my pick the best and worst sports cities in North America. $ 32 ticket, sit through three Let me save the 117-year-old hours of baseball and go away with another loss. The fans of sports publication the trouble of selecting this year's worst San Diego have not had anything to cheer for since the sports city.

Padres went to the World San Diego, Calif.

Series in 1998 and since the That's right, I said it.

Chargers went to the Super America's Finest City is also America's worst sports city.

Bowl in 1995.

The Padres and Chargers are The Padres were the worst in the National League. Finishing fortunate they have these fans.

In the past five years, the friar with a horrible 64-98 record.

The Chargers have already faithful and bolt heads have suffered through 451 Padre lost 10 games this season and are well on their way to an losses and 52 Charger defeats. eighth consecutive season with Yet, with all these disappointments the fans still shell out a winning percentage of .500 or the big bucks to watch 81 baseless.

The Aztecs football team hasball games and eight football n't been to a bowl game since games each year.

Last year the Padres ranked 1998. Our one and only profes19 out of 30 sional basketball team, the teams in overall attendance. The San Diego Don't you h11vs to be World Series Clippers, left tompetitive to rem11in champion the city in 1983 tompetitive?

Florida Marlins and we don't finished 28th. If have enough fan support to even warrant considthe Padres draw more then the champions of the entire league, eration for a professional hockthen just imgagine what would ey team.

If it wasn't for the San Diego happen if we had a winning Gulls or Sackers, this city team.

Qualcomm stadium seats wouldn't know what a champi66,307 for baseball, and has onship banner looked like. drawn the single largest crowd This is one of the hardest things for me to say. I love San in all of Major League Baseball Diego and more importantly, I in each of the last four seasons, including a record. crowd of love San Diego sports. But I, as Bv Matt Null

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ter, and our golden arm in Drew Brees is riding the bench and is uncertain if he will ever start again. · Even more important are the rumors that the Chargers are looking to move because they are not happy with Qualcomm stadium. Does anybody else hate the sound of the Los Angeles Chargers?

The Chargers want this new stadium and according to the Chargers they feel they need. a new stadium to remain competitive in the National Football League. Don't you have to be competitive to remain competitive?

You can't expect a city that has watched you lose year after year to approve $ 175 million for a stadium. Nor can you think the city of San Diego will just give you 60 acres of land so you can build 6,000 housing units, restaurants, just so you

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FAVORITE HANG-OUT SPOT: In the game room at his house.

FAVORITE_BANDS: Jay-Z and Nas. FUTURE GOALS: To move onto auniversity and earn his bachelors degree in communications. After college he aspires to be a television sports broadcaster.

FAVORITE ON-COURT MOMENT: Nov. 8, the birthday of his recently deceased father, Sir hit the game-winning three-point shot as time retired for the Comets lone victory on the early season. Before the game, his mom prompted him to win the game for his father.

MOST INFLUENTIAL ROLE MODEL: FATHER - Was ateacher that also canied a second job top provide for the family. lnstiHed in Sir that knowledge is true power and "it's fun to be smart." He also showed Sir the joy and valuable experience of traveling.

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The Chargers have the talent; it seems they just don't have the right coach. It is easy to blame the guy in charge, but when the same things happen week after week, something has to change, and quite possibly a reorganization of the entire coaching staff is in order.

As for the Padres, this year will be an enormous obstacle for them. If we win, manager Bruce Bochy and general manager Kevin Towers will be hailed as geniuses, but if we lose I will be first in line asking for their resignation as well.

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As the 2003 season came to a close for the women's volleyball team, head coach Karl Seiler saw the best team he ever coached at Palomar College go undefeated in conference play.

With an overall record of 172 and 12-0 in Pacific Coast Conference, The season included 14 straight victories before the Comets lost to El Camino in the first round of the southern California community college regional on Nov. 25.

Seiler's Comet squad included the PCC most valuable player, Chie Inoue and a record number of players on the all conference team.

Ashley Fence, Kara Smith, Molly Grossmann and Inoue were named to the first team All-Conference while Erica Arrechea and Jennifer Ornellas were named to the second.

"Overall, we had a great season. They are the best team I have ever had," Seiler said.

"This team was very cohesive and supporting."

Seiler said that his players were very tight knit and they were very supportive of each other, on and off the court.

"They are extremely hard working team with great team leadership," Seiler said. "They are very athletic and exciting to watch."

The team will be losing four sophomores but freshman standouts Arrechea and Julie Hafeman will be returning to lead the 2004 team to another winning season.

Coach Gerhardt had nothing but good things to say for the 2003 cross country team.

"We had a great year," he said.

Gerhardt said that his team's good performance was due to the runners he had around him, commenting on their good hearts, great personalities, and devotion to running.

The final race of the season brought more success to the women than the men, however, with only four women on the team (and a minimum requirement of five), Palomar's women did not qualifY for a team placement in the Pacific Coast Conference.

Finishing first for Palomar in the women's race at Mt. SAC (69th overall) was Kaitlyn Young. Finishing second, third and fourth, respectively, were Aurora Ramirez, Athena Zuill and Ruth Andrews, all averaging a less than a seven-and-ahalf minute mile.

The men, with six runners, took third place in the Pacific Coast Conference, but flailed at the regionals as they left without having a runner place higher than 137th.

The first finisher for the Palomar men was Kenyon Ralph, finishing with an average mile time of six minutes, eight seconds.

With so many first year runners, Gerhardt looks forward to next season. ''We had so many freshmen this year," he said. "Our biggest impact runner next year will be Ben [Lupercio]."

Lupercio was the number one runner for the men this season.

Head Coach Carlos Hernandez led his men to a 12-1-5 regularseason finish and an undefeated second-place Pacific Coast Conference record of 5-0-5.

The second place finish was good enough to earn them a trip to the California State Playoffs with a first round bye.

A 1-2loss at home against L.A. Harbor in the second round, however, brought an end to the men's season and opened up the opportunity to look forward to next season.

The team's strengths were recognized by the conference twice as forwards Armando Galvan and Gustavo Martinez were each voted PCC players of the week during the season.

Martinez and Galvan were, respectively, the number one and three point leaders both overall and in conference. Martinez had 42 overall points (13 goals and 16 assists) and Galvan had 32 overall points (14 goals and 4 assists).

The success of the Palomar goalkeepers in the 2003 season helped keep the team competitive.

With an overall goals against average of 1.33 per game, Jose Gomez was the FCC's best goalkeeper. Eric Gemmell, with an average of 1.44 goals against him per game had the second best overall average.

Key returning players next season will be Martinez, Ismael Gandarilla, and Tadd Dolfo.

Gandarilla was 2003's fourth overall points scorer in the PCC with 11 goals and six assists (28 points) and Dolfo was two spots behind him with nine goals and one assist (19 points).

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Women's soccer head coach Cern Tont looks forward to next season, as his women finished second in the Pacific Cost Conference with a 13-3-3 regular season record and a trip to the secon round of the playoffs.

The team's 9-3-2 conference record earned them second place in the PCC, behind San Diego Mesa (14-0-0 in conference) and an 8th seed entering the Southern California Regional Playoffs.

With a comeback victory over Mt. San Antonio College and then a disappointing and disastrous loss in the regionals to No. 1 seeded Long Beach, Tont said he looks for next season to bring them continued success with a few lessons learned.

The nine returning players on this years team from last year's, Tont said, are a symbol of his team's commitment to the game and each other.

For the first time ever in Palomar history, the women were ranked 15th in the nation for 2003.

Tamara Brough, Chiharu Uchimura, Jeanette Bonavries and Meaghan Norbeck were all named to the Pacific Coast Conference's 2003 Women's Soccer All Conference Team.

Returning to the team next season to build on this year's success will be Julie Russo, Christy Knudsen and Kristina Velasco on defense , Mayumi Kitsukawa and Brandy Bentley at midfield, forwards Erica Taylor Alaina Engebrits, Ailish Lindquist, Uchimura, Christy Knudsen and Nikki Hess and possibly Lee.

The Palomar Comets football team overcame costly injuries and heartbreaking losses to make it to the playoffs, but watched their postseason hopes dashed in the first round by College of the Canyons.

The Comets finished the regular season with an 8-2 record on their toughest schedule in school history and won the Mission Conference with their 27-17 win over Cerritos.

"A lot of coaches would give their left arm to be 8-3, but we hold ourselves to a high standard because winning has become customary," said Head Coach Joe Early.

Palomar had a young team that consisted of a lot of freshman, but they managed to field an offense that averaged 29 points a game and a defense that held its opponents to 16.9 points a game.

Early was named the Mission Conference co-coach of the year, an award that he shared will Bill Fisk of Mount San Antonio.

"Even though it's in my name, it's a tribute to the assistant coaches," Early said.

Josh Hargis was named Mission Conference American Division Defensive Player of the year. He led the nation in interceptions will 11 picks in ten games and was named to the AllAmerican Division first team.

Despite the loss of a few key sophomores, the Comets have several returning freshman that look very promising for next season. "What we need to do as coaches is recruit and surround the sophomores with good freshman," Early said.

The Palomar Comet women's water polo team recently closed out the 2003 season with an 1112 overall record while recording a 4-3 mark in Pacific Coast Conference.

"We had a good season," said Patti Waterman head water polo coach. "The team became a unit and everyone worked well together."

Cassie Rand and Laura Waterman were both named to the first team pacific coast conference. Laura Waterman led the team in steals with 82, which ranked her third on the all-time Palomar record books along with seventh in the state.

Other leading players were Vanessa Berardi and Rand who led the team with 41 goals.

Laura Waterman led the squad with 35 assists. Brittany Clack led the team and was ninth in the state for saves.

The men's water polo team finished their season with a 1512 record while going 8-3 in PCC play. ''We had our moments were we played top-notch volleyball," Said head coach Jem McAdams.

"We also had our moments were we didn't accomplish our goals of making the playoffs and to be one of the top eight seeds."

Staring for the Comets in the pool was Brad Armstrong, who was voted Most Outstanding player by the team along with co-player of the year for the PCC. He also was named southern California first team all AllAmerican.

Along with Armstrong, James Feeney and Nick Arvanitis were also named first team all PCC .

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