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Faculty: prof review board not doing job

By Charles Steinman

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Several professors at Palomar College say the committee responsible for overseeing faculty evaluations is refusing to do its job.

The Tenure and Evaluation Review Board is in charge of the teacher review process, and can have a hand in determining whether or not a professor receives tenure.

The TERB is supposed to meet twice per month to hear complaints and problems the faculty have with their evaluations.

Some faculty members, however, claim the board is not living up to these responsibilities.

They say TERB coordinator Anne Voth has been making decisions in conjunction with administrators and not consulting the faculty.

"She's been skating around doing nothing while other people get laid off," said Dan Finkenthal, a physics professor.

"TERB is a board that is supposed to meet twice monthly, like the faculty senate or governing board funded by taxpayer dollars," said Shannon Lienhart, a math professor.

"But unbeknownst to anybody, TERB stopped meeting," Lienhart said.

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Child development teachers get long-awaited pay raise

By J ennifer Mathiasen

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Takashi Okamoto, a Palomar student from Japan, practices his dance moves alone in front of the Dome Feb. 24. Okamoto is a member of two traveling dance teams - 047 Breakers and the Great Chicken Power Move - that perfonn in international competitions in the United States, Europe and Japan. Despite the heat and his visible exhaustion, Okamoto continues to contort his body to music in seemingly inhuman ways to prepare for his next challenge.

After more than a year of negotiations, Child· Development Center teachers will be receiving a 49 percent pay raise and retroactive payment for the past two and a half years.

The Palomar Community College District and the Palomar Faculty Federation reached a salary agreement in summer 2002 over this issue.

The district agreed to give CDC teachers a pay raise.

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locked until Jan. 27.

"The center teachers were very underpaid," said Mark Evilsizer, a member of the governing board.

"They were losing teachers and unable to hire replacements," he said.

Nancy Chadwick, another governing board member, agreed.

"The center is one of the best I have seen. They have been underpaid for far too long," Chadwick said.

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Arboretum in need of more green

By Rachel Keeler

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Twisted branches weave their way up a large archway beyond the northeast hillside of the San Marcos campus. The shadowed landscape creates an air of mystery for most students.

Faded yellow block letters spell "Arboretum" across the arch's aging wood, but few students choose to enter as they hurry past toward class.

The Arboretum was built in 1973.

Today, the five-acre lot is overgrown and neglected, with no attempts by the college to restore it.

Today only a very small percentage of students use Palomar's five-acre arboretum, said Palomar grounds supervisor Rick Kratcoski.

Dwindling student interest coupled with decreased funding over the past two decades has resulted in minimal maintenance and concern for the Arboretum's appear-

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The botanical garden devoted to trees was developed when then-student body president Brian Hawthorne convinced Governing Board it had more to offer students than replacing it with another parking lot.

In the 1970s, student support for the Arboretum thrived, and a 15-25 person staff maintained it.

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Carrie Mcintosh (left) and Todd McCord walk through the Arboretum Feb. 24. The forest and botanical garden on the San Marcos campus is in a state of disrepair because of budget cuts.

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Palomar faculty salaries were agreed upon with a final contract.

However, the CDC asked to be separated from the rest of the PFF, so the pay raise could take effect as soon as possible.

After a year and eight months of negotiation, an agreement has been met. The district is allowing the CDC to implement the pay raise.

Ail of Feb. 1, CDC teachers are earning new wages. In addition to a 49 percent pay raise, the teachers will also be given a 1 percent increase over their new salary to cover cost of living expenses for the 2003-04 year.

They will also be receiving retroactive pay for the 2001-02 and 2002-03 years.

This means all CDC teachers will be paid the money they should have received for both past years.

The new salary increase will apply to all contract employees, the center's certified teachers and adjunct teachers.

There are about 10 contract employees and four adjunct teachers at the San Marcos campus and Escondido Center.

While adjunct teachers will be earning the new wages, they will not be receiving retroactive pay for the 2001-02 and 200203 years.

The pay raise is beneficial to the center, said Pam Keinath, coordinator of the CDC. "It allows us to hire and retain quality teachers," Keinath said.

"We had a hard time finding applicants who were willing to start at $8 an hour.

Now we can hire teachers for $12 an hour instead of $8 an hour," she said.

With the new wages, the CDC expects to have an increase in applicants, she said. · The salary increase should also keep teachers from leaving for other jobs with

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Susan Wronski, a Child Development Center employee, serves breakfast to children outside the center Feb. 17.

Wronski and other teachers at the CDC received pay raises after a long-time dispute over the money.

better wages, Keinath said.

"We are all very excited," said CDC teacher Lorene Craw.

"We lost several staff members because they were not earning enough money.

Many of them could not hold out," said Marianne Swift-Gifford, a CDC teacher.

"Now we can retain quality staff. Now they are being paid adequately and not taken for granted," Swift-Gifford said.

The pay raise may also affect student workers of the CDC as well.

Student workers will continue to start at the same wages. But upper-level student workers are now eligible to make more money, Keinath said.

The new pay raise allows the center to increase the maximum wages a student worker can earn. Rather than peaking at $8.50 per hour, they can now make up to $9.50 per hour.

The CDC currently has about 30-35 student workers, but is expecting an increase with the new wages.

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The Board of Governor's Fee Waiver could be a valuable option for students struggling with higher tuition this semester.

The BOGW is a state program for qualified persons at community colleges that waives enrollment and health fees.

With the average 2004 tuition for full-time students being about $292 in California, some are taking advantage of the fee waiver.

"I am able to work part-time and give my full attention to my classes," said Palomar student Derek Astl.

Financial aid specialist Ann Marie Johnston said anyone can apply, but in order to qualify the decision is based on the student's income from the previous year and on California residency.

To be considered a resident, one must live in California for at least one year and have proof to show Palomar registration officials.

There are two different methods to be approved for the BOGW. Method A is for students or dependent students whose guardian is currently receiving public assistance through programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/CalWORKs, Supplemental Security Income/Social Security Pension or general assistance.

Students who are dependents of disabled or deceased California veterans or in the National Guard are also able to apply for the BOGW under Method A. However, appropriate documentation must be available current within the last 30 days.

Method B of the BOGW is for lowincome students. If the student does not comply with the independent criteria, they must use their parent's income to qualify.

Although there are notices and fliers posted throughout the school, many

Palomar students don't necessarily know where to get information on the BOGW. Astl, who has put to use the BOGW for a year now, said, "I was in the registrar's office and happened to see Financial Aid. When I went up and spoke to someone, the first thing they asked was 'Have you filled out your BOGW application?'"

BOGW applications are available on display in the Financial Aid Office, in the middle of the printed class schedule or on the financial aid Web page at www.palomar.edu/fa.

Students should apply for and receive approval for the BOGW before registering for any semester classes, Johnston said.

Students who apply before the summer 2004 semester and are approved will be covered ·by the BOGW for summer, fall and spring semesters .

Those who apply before the fall semester will receive a fee waiver for both fall and spring, and those who apply just before the spring semester will only be covered for that spring semester.

Johnston said it's very easy to apply for the BOGW, and it only takes three days to determine a student's qualifications.

When applying, it is the responsibility of the student to contact the Financial Aid Office after the three days to acknowledge the status of their BOGW, she said.

Astl said he recommends the BOGW to Palomar students because the program is there to help students afford education and balance their workload.

Student who have questions about the BOGW can call the Financial Aid Office at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2366, or visit the Student Services Building.

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• Students must live ••fn lalifornia for at least one year for residency status.

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Palomar students nominated for major national scholarship

By Krista! Davis

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Two Palomar students were nominated to compete with nearly 1,000 students nationwide for 30 undergraduate transfer scholarships. Each student could receive as much as $30,000.

Palomar sophomores Adrian Cantrell and Cristopher Zeballos were chosen out of seven Palomar College applicants to possibly receive The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship.

"It is absolutely the biggest scholarship I have ever seen," said Palomar counselor and Cooke Foundation facul-

the foundation to choose student applity representative P.J. DeMaris.

This year the foundation will award cants," DeMaris said. "Both students an estimated $2 million dollars in are the best match for what the founscholarships to students currently dation is looking for."

The foundation was creattending community ated in 1997 with $500 college or two-year million dollars left in institutions and plan- "II is •bsolullly lhl trust, upon the death of ning to transfer to bigg111 sthol•rship I Jack Kent Cooke. four-year universities h•r~ '"' s11n."

Cooke, a high school fall 2004.

Two students may - P.J. DeMaris dropout, wanted to estabPALOMAR COUNSELOR lish the foundation as a be nominated per way to help all students, school annually.

DeMaris nominated both Cantrell and despite any financial burdens.

A self-made millionaire, Cooke Zeballos for the scholarship.

"We use the criteria established by owned at ·one time several sports

teams, television stations, newspapers and the Chrysler building. Due to his lack of formal schooling, education became a lifelong pursuit for Cooke.

As for Zeballos and Cantrell, both students are expected to transfer fall 2004. Zeballos will transfer to San Diego State and Cantrell will transfer to UC Berkeley.

All applicants will be notified of their status in May. For more information on the Cooke scholarship foundation, visit JackKentCookeFoundation.org. The Web site also has links to other scholarships.

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However, in their zeal to plant hundreds of exotic trees and plants, mostly from seeds, the founders did not consider the care for its future growth, Kratcoski said.

Not many community colleges have arboretums because of their high maintenance costs, Kratcoski said.

In 1978, Proposition 13 resulted in major state educational funding cuts, and when Palomar grew considerably in the '80s and '90s, Arboretum resources began to disappear.

"I have to look at the entire facilities operation, and we put our resources where they're needed," said facilities director Mike Ellis.

"Unfortunately there's not enough resources to go around, and so the Arboretum doesn't have as high a priority."

Facilities no longer receives additional funding for jobs like re-landscaping the main campus after a 1999 infrastructure project, and their budget is often cut - forcing focus to remain on areas of the most student impact, Ellis said.

The grounds keeper assigned to the Arboretum has been out of work on disability for almost two years, leaving the job to one part-time student volunteer.

In 1995, the The Friends of Palomar

Arboretum was created to generate interest in the structure and raise funds for maintenance and new developments.

The committee suggested 20 new projects includi:Q.g a Zen garden center and small amphitheater.

But with a five-person core doing all of the work and with little student interest, Kratcoski said, it never blossomed into what they hoped. The FPA fell apart.

Doug Key, a geography professor at Palomar, said he takes his students to Quail Botanical Gardens rather than the Arboretum because Quail offers various ecosystems for study.

"The biggest value I see with the Arboretum is beyond what might be in classes," Key said.

"The environment up there is such a pleasant and very relaxing one - the kind of thing you often find you need at a school." he said.

Jack Iskin, a photography student at Palomar, often photographs the Arboretum and would like to see the college care for it, he said.

Iskin said he is concerned with the deterioration he has observed, including dry areas, dying trees, lack of ground cover and debris.

Although the facilities master plan for 2003-2022 aims to keep the about

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The Arboretum on the San Marcos campus is in a state of disrepair due to college budget woes. The forest and botanical garden has been shrouded in financial problems since 1978. It was created in 1973.

$400,000 worth of trees and plants that compose the Arboretum, no additional maintenance or projects are scheduled, Ellis said.

"The district is strapped, and with the state budget, I can't see anybody

dedicating district funds to maintain the Arboretum," Ellis said.

"Right now we'll keep the plants alive and keep the trails open. That's about all we can hope for with our current resources," he said.

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"Decisions were being made by administrators rather packet detailing their grievances with the TERB. than faculty," Lienhart said.

In it, they specifically charge Voth, as well as Vice Voth refused to comment regarding the TERB. President of Human Resources Jack Miyamoto and Teresa Laughlin, a member of TERB for the past five College President Sherrill Amador with contributing to years, confirmed the board has not held a meeting since the dissolution of the TERB. late 2002.

The faculty members said Brannick and She said instead, the TERB 11 others like her who tried to appear before members occasionally e-mail each TERB have been told to contact Miyamoto one if they feel they have someinstead. thing to discuss.

The faculty senate dedicated most of its "We probably should have met, Feb. 23 meeting to the problem, inviting all but that's in hindsight," Laughlin parties to explain their sides of the issue.

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Miyamoto denied that he was influencFinkenthal, who was recently ing the tenure and evaluation process. appointed to the TERB, said the "Human resources has never been primary goal of faculty members FACULTYSE~:t~avii~~.W/::8.~ involved in faculty evaluations," he told the who are protesting is to get Voth to faculty senate. either resign or be removed from "If people have complaints about the her position. evaluation process or procedure, that goes Monika Brannick, a math professor, said Voth put a to TERB," Miyamoto said. letter containing unsubstantiated claims in her evaluaAt the meeting, Voth said she got the impression she tion, and she wanted to protest - but Voth told her should not make major changes with the TERB, and TERB would not hear her case. they had stopped meeting because they had no items on "I have been trying to get a meeting since 2002, but their agenda.

I've been stalled and stalled," Brannick said.

Miyamoto, as well as Palomar Faculty Federation Brannick said, since she believed Voth had a grudge President Mary Ann Drinan and Faculty Senate Vice against her, Voth should not have handled the matter President Sara Thompson, all denied that their departherself. ments told Voth the TERB should stop meeting.

Lienhart, Brannick and Finkenthal, together with Several faculty senate members said the TERB is Professor Susan Snow, recently released an eight-page essential to the way the college operates, and they are

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concerned that it has stopped meeting. · "You can't halt TERB," Drinan said. ''This was created to be a faculty-driven process," said Bonnie Ann Dowd, a business professor.

Finkenthal warned being without TERB was dangerous to the faculty.

TERB is where faculty members can go if they have problems or concerns with the evaluation process.

"If the board stops functioning, tenure stops functioning - the ability to practice academic freedom goes away," he said. .

Faculty members with tenure are able to take more risks without constantly worrying about whether or not their contract will be renewed.

Amador is implicated because, according to the faculty manual, TERB is supposed to report to her.

"Why is Amador not concerned that the board she supervises no longer meets?" Finkenthal wrote.

Amador, however, said the faculty manual does not explain the matter correctly, and TERB does not report to her.

"I don't get involved in tenure and evaluation," Amador said.

She said TERB reports to Berta Cuaron, the vice president of instruction.

Cuaron was not available for comment.

Thompson, the vice president of the faculty senate, said they need to resolve the matter. · "People on committees need to do their damn job," she said at a faculty senate meeting.

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construction and old schools in disrepair will receive funds for renovation.

Schools where overcrowding is a problem will receive funds for new classrooms.

Another issue that. this initiative addresses is modernization. With many new industries relying on computers and technology, modernizing old classrooms is essential.

Once young people make it to college they should be able to count on learning in safe, modern facilities. The state's already overcrowded system of higher education will see close to 800 thousand new applicants over the next six years.

Prop. 55 also provides what are callea matching funds. State governments partner up with local governments in order to meet the needs of the students.

This initiative will provide nearly 12 percent of the necessary funding needed to meet critical facilities needs at California's community colleges.

If California is to remain one of the top economies in the world, it is essential that our young people acquire the education necessary to become productive workers. Prop. 55 helps build and maintain the facilities that are necessary to accomplish this goal.

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With student test scores in Ca)ifornia ranking near the bottom in the nation and a large r:ntmber of our state's college freshmen needing to take remedial courses, one thi,ng is for certain + something needs to be done.

Proposition 55- The KindergartenUniversity Public Education Facilities Bond Act - is the answer.

If Prop. 55 passes, the state will sell $12.3 billion in new bonds. The provisions of the bond allocate $10 billion for K-12 and $2.3 billion for higher education. California's community colleges would receive $920 million from this bond.

However, the bulk of the funds will go toward improving facilities at K-12 schools. This is where it is needed the most. California schools are failing to properly educate our young people.

Over $16 billion is currently needed to build and modernize California's K-12 facilities. This bond is a good start.

Other bonds similar to Prop. 55 have failed in the past. This was due to concerns over how the money would be spent.

That is not a prob1 lem with Prop. 55 because the funds • $12.3 billon in bonds will be sold by the can only be used to repair or build new state. schools. This effec• New sehools and classrooms wll be buiH to tively cuts down the and bureaucracy ease overcrowding and growth. project overhead.

• State will provide matching funds for focally There are several types of bonds availapproved bonds. able. Prop. 55 is a "general obligation • Community colleges wil receive much needbond" and will not

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go into debt or flnancial stability.

We just need to ldilo't'nl~on impress upon Sacramento that .school California is in the midst of the most construction is a priority. severe economic crunch in the history of .If education is as big an issue as •.P'lost any state. '.[be approval of Prop. 55 and pqliticians make it out to be, then it the $12.3 billion bond that is attached to needs to be higher on the budget agenda it is exactly what we do not need to lj.st, allocating regular funds each year to achieve financial.stability. t}#s ,high priority, ·..

Last year, California's budget deficit But instead, Prop. 55 requires local nearly equaled the combined deficits of school districts to provide 40 percent all the other states. Our state's credit rat~ matching funds to receive any money. ing is the very worst in the nation and Does your school district have a huge our bonds are slipping toward "junk budget -surplus? Unless you liye in a bond" status. wealthy community with surplus cash We do need new schools and improved for the required 40 percent matching facilities for the future of our state's chil- funds, you and your children may never dren, but a bond measure is unnecessary see a penny from this $12.3 billion bond, to complete this. but you will certainly be required to pay It is time for us to take a new look at higher taxes in order to pay back the the way we build schools in California. money for the next 30 years.

The effect of compound interest and the Less than 50 percent of the school disfees paid to lawyers, Wall Street bond tricts were able to receive any funds in traders, and bureaucrats generally dou- the last state school bond issue in 2002 bles the cost offacilities built with bonds. for not having the required surplus.

This bond does not even contain an Aren't these the districts that need the interest rate cap, so the true costs money the most? The ones that are not could be much higher, especially if sitting on a nest egg, the ones that have California voters approve additional no money and yet see their institutions bonds in this election. withering each year.

We could build many more schools if What's worse, the bill is disproporwe adopted a more fiscally responsible tionately skewed to aid ' the Los approach. Since California has thou- Angeles Unified School District. The way the bond is written, it would provide the L.A.U.S.D. with 25 • No education bonds will be sold. percent of the funding, although it has 12 per• $12.3 billon worth of debt will not be added cent of the students.

When voting, rememto the states deficit. ber that a yes vote for • Sends a message to Sacramento to find a difProp. 55 is a vote to keep California in a state of ferent solution to help improve OlD' schools. financial ruin, without • Forces polticians to look for long tenn solureally helping the state of the truly needy edu·tions to help the problems of overcrowding and cational facilities.

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exactly the impetus of change that this county needs. Prop. A will limit the sale and size of a plot of land in the unincorporated areas to no smaller than 40 acres.

Consequently, non-farm developers will look at the land we are already using and design ways to use it more efficiently.

This will spur people and business to be more innovative, creative, and to stop stealing from our future for today's short term gain.

Instead of regressively developing and depleting the future's natural resources we should be using and reusing the resources we already heave. This makes industry truly cyclical in design resulting in greater efficiency. 'lbday, most industry operates in three stages - to exploit natural resources, to develop those natural resources, and to throw out the product after use. Each stage of industry employs a different section of the population.

Prop. A will eventually create a fourth industry employing innovation and people in order to create ways to reclaim and reuse a product or service already discarded.

This is what supporters of Prop. A are trying to accomplish. Making people think about how we can use the fortunes of our great land more efficiently.

Finally, Prop. A uses a government framework to allow the market system to create solutions to the county's problems.

This idea should please the Democratic and Republican Party's dogmas of free market solutions through government guidance , not government programs.

Prop. A is visionary, it truly thinks "out of the box" to coin a phrase from the late '90s, but given the dire straits of our county and state's economies it is time to embrace a new vision.

Change can be difficult, but working together as a community through these changing times is healthy as a person and for our county. Look inward, help San Diego not become a sprawling concrete jungle like Los Angeles, and support Prop. A.

Di1go County to '"'' its rur11/ l11nds

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The passage ofPropositionA, a.k.a The Rural Lands Initiative or the Clean Water and Forest Initiative, will signal a turning point in humanity's place on our planet from conqueror to steward.

There is a growing movement for people as a whole rather than a small collective of individuals to start taking responsibility for their lives. The time is now for people to start caring about the air they breathe, the water they drink and the experiences they have with friends and family.

Most developers will not need a piece of land that big, except farms which average about 80 acres per farm in San Diego, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, well within Prop Ns requirements.

This is the second time Prop. A is on the ballot and support is growing.

Prop. A forces the County Board of Supervisors to reconsider San Diego's General Plan and how to more efficiently use our resources without stealing from our future.

The measure's main effort is to decrease the amount of sprawl, a degenerative form of urban development considered by many city planners, "to be too congested to be efficient, too chaotic to be beautiful, and too dispersed to possess the diversity and vitality of a great city," according to culturalist Lester Brown.

This is very true.

Time spent in the car and in traffic jams increases each year. Strip malls are not beautiful nor is a Wal-Mart, and as people fence off their plots of land we are increasingly losing contact with our neighbors and communities begin to fear each other.

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The influx of growth in San Diego County is undoubtedly worrisome to the many that enjoy the kick-back lifestyle of San Diego's rapidly shrinking open space.

Therefore, it is not surprising that a group of people in the county would try to speed up the process of saving the back country many of us enjoy for its great qualities - the greatest of which being the lack of development and the beauty that comes along with its absence.

However, county measures of such magnitude as Prop. A are not to be thought of in haste.

For years, the county has been working on the 2020 General Plan Update, which outlines permanent restrictions on development in the back-country. Though coming along slowly, a general plan is the needed answer to the question, not some plan thrown together impatiently.

Prop. A was developed by a San Francisco lawyer with good intentions, but falls far short of what the county needs.

The reality is that Prop. A would limit parcel sizes of hundreds of thousands of acres in East and North San Diego County to, depending on circumstances, 40, 80, or 160 acres for the next 20 years.

Sounds okay so far, right? Wrong.

Because the measure threatens farming in San Diego, an industry the county depends on to survive.

Sure, when you think of San Diego, you think of beaches, palm trees, and clubs but often forgotten are the 5,925 farms in the county that produce a large bulk of our local economy.

Almost 70 percent offarms in San Diego County are nine or fewer acres, leaving them well short of the minimum required

by Prop. A to expand and grow, or even build a house.

This would give control of lands to only

the most wealthy - creating, as many are calling them, many sprawling mini-estates.

Not only does the initiative limit farming in the county, but it takes away the voice of those living in the more rural areas. Under Prop. A, any development on land purchased in the zoned areas would require a county-wide vote.

At first glance, it seems logical that the county should vote on what its land is used for.

Upon second glance, though, one notices that there is a glaring fallacy of assumption that the people in the downtown, Oceanside, and even National City regions know what is best for the county's rural lands.

With more than 3 million people in the county, a county-wide vote of the 1.2 million in the city of San Diego, 120 thousand-plus in Escondido, Oceanside and Chula Vista, and hundreds of thousands more along our entire coastal region to determine what is optimal for our inland and northern areas can hardly be called representative democracy.

Prop. A takes control away from the small-town residents of Santa Ysabel, Oak Grove, Julian, Valley Center, Ramona and a number of other east and north county areas.

Proponents of the measure say that it will control growth and stop development by keeping it in the existing metropolitan areas. Not so.

The wealthy developers who were initially affluent enough to afford the large parcels to begin with will use their monetary might to get their proposals approved in the required, and expensive, county-wide election.

And since the measure would indeed shift population to existing cities, congestion in the already crowded streets and highways would worsen and make housing even less affordable.

Eventually, residents of the larger cities would become fed up with the growth at their doorstep and push for relief in terms of development outside their immediate area, further prompting them to support the wealthy developers.

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AIJove: Scott Lawson, assistant surf instructor, helps out Nicole Mann Feb. 20 at Ponto Beach in Carlsbad. Below Don Sinclair checks out the swell during a recent surfing class.

new class at Palomar College is taking students out of the classroom and onto the beach.

A surfing class is being offered for the first time this semester. Instead of sitting at a desk jotting down notes, these students are donning wetsuits and sunblock learning the art of riding waves.

"This is just a class designed to teach beginning and intermediate surf etiquette," said surf instructor Buck Taylor. "There's no team and no competitions."

Taylor, a 20-year veteran of the sport has designed the course to teach Palomar students complete wave knowledge and the art of surfing. Students will learn the history of surfing and how to forecast future swells, as well as drop-knee turns and cutbacks from video analysis.

A drop-knee turn is when you drop your back knee to apply pressure to the tail of the board so you can turn at a greater angle. A cutback is a maneuver used to change direction and head back toward the breaking part of the wave.

Taylor said there are about 40 students in the spring 2004 surfing class, including employees of Palomar College. About twothirds ofthe class consists of female surfers, and there is an age range between 18 and 60.

Due to such a large class, Palomar's assistant swim coach and Oceanside lifeguard,

Scott Lawson, joined the class as an assistant to Taylor.

"Coach Lawson taught me how to surf last year and after I found out that he was assisting in the surf class, I decided to join," said Palomar student Thomas Bixler. Bixler also decided to take Palomar's surf class because it gave him college transfer credits for surfing.

The surf class, also known as PE 197, offers one and a half physical education credits and is repeatable. Any student can take the class, however a test is required to identify the student's physical fitness.

"There is an assumed risk when taking this class," said Taylor.

The fitness test consists of a non-stop 500meter swim and the ability to tread water for five minutes. Taylor said no one failed the fitness test this semester.

To participate in the class, students must also have their own equipment. Students can receive discounts at local surf shops to purchase. their boards, wetsuits and leashes.

Taylor said that one of his students is a surfboard shaper and he has helped out students with the buying of boards.

Additionally, each class meeting is treated as a field trip , so students must sign Palomar's field trip form, as well as complete a liability waiver.

This semester, the surf class meets every Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. just north of the Carlsbad campgrounds. When the waves are too large for some to surf, Taylor said students are encouraged to walk along the beach for exercise and to pick up garbage.

When it rains, Taylor lectures using handouts and articles related to what topic is cu:rrently being presented. If there happens to. be a flat day without any surfable waves, the class competes in paddle and relay races or performs water safetyodrills. ,, , "Participation is most of the grade," 4 ;:; Taylor said.

Kaitlyn Young, a student in the class, said so far she hasn't learned any new tricks or tips .with her pink, seven-foot board, but "it makes a difference just being able to set aside tiwe. to pract~£!i~" Bixler said., he. has only attended a classes since tfi~!sehlesterbegan, butJle ·t~Wfi*Wi l already learned how to ride smoother, drop · into waves quicker and "walk" his longboard as he surfs so that be doesn't pearl the nose of the board-into the water. .

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Both Young 'and Bixler said they recommend the class to any student, no ter what.:~fieir sKill' l~vel .is. They also said that this class would he a great sta),"t for anyone wishing to ta;e .,t heir surfipg.lo the'' · next level, even for possible competition.

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The president of Palomar's international honor society plans to run for upperlevel office at a regional convention April 3.

Neil Kovrig, local chapter president of Phi Theta Kappa, is a student and parttime employee in the Transfer Center.

He said he is excited to attend the conference.

"I am looking for an experience, and I will still be the president of the local chapter, no matter what happens in Minnesota onApril3," Kovrig said.

"If elected, I will be able to visit clubs all over the Western United States, and even in my native Hawaii."

Kovrig said he believes he has the qualities for an international position. "' like being busy and I like to help people," Kovrig said. "Working hard gives me a purpose. I want to give back to the community."

Along with his involvement in PI'K, Kovrig has appeared on the Howard Brubeck stage in Palomar's productions of "Sweeny 'Ibdd," "Harvey" and "Grapes and Nuts."

Kovrig joined PI'K his second semester at Palomar after maintaining a 3.83 grade point average.

"Frankly, I just joined because I thought it was right the thing to do. But I learned quickly that Phi Theta Kappa is not just a fraternity for smart people," Kovrig said.

"We do service projects and campus events. We have much bigger goals."

Michelle Forshner, student-employee in the foreign language lab and vice president of the local PI'K chapter, is acting as Kovrig's campaign manager.

"He's hard-working and lovable," Forshner said. "We have had a lot of fun with him."

PI'K is the international honor society that offers membership to community college students with a grade point average of 3.5 or above.

Palomar's chapter, Alpha Omega Rho, was established in 1994. The honor society currently has more than 18,000 members.

Many students join PI'K because members are qualified for several scholarships, Kovrig said.

However, Kovrig said he joined because of the many community service projects that PI'K is involved in.

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Palomar student and Phi Theta Kappa president Neil Kovrig takes phone calls in the Transfer Center Feb. 25, where he works part-time. Kovrig is running for higher office in the national organization.

"We have worked with the American Cancer society on fund raising. We adopted a unit in Iraq. And we tutor at Richland Elementary School," Kovrig said.

Marilyn Lunde has been the student adviser for the club since it started on the Palomar campus. "'tis an advantage to be a member, now

and in the future, for all of our students," Lunde said.

"When you join Phi Theta Kappa, you are joining a family," she said.

Students interested in joining Phi Theta Kappa can contact Marilyn Lunde at mlunde@palomar.edu or visit clubs.palomar.edu/phithetakappa.

Small college slashes, not increases tuition to up enrollment

By Robert Becker

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With the costs of education at Palomar and around the country increasing at a double-digit gallop, tiny Eureka College recently took an unconventional step: It slashed its tuition.

By lowering its sticker price to $13,000 from $18,700 - a whopping

30 percent drop- the liberal arts college hopes high school students and their cash-strapped families will take a hard look at this intimate, redbrick campus about 20 miles east of Peoria, Ill. While California community colleges are boosting tuition to offset budget cuts - from $12 per unit to $18 last semester - a few, small liberal arts colleges like Eureka are drastically

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"Putting the banner out and just sitting there quietly works for Harvard," said Brian Sajko, dean of admissions and financial aid at Eureka.

"It probably wouldn't work for us.

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Palomar has seen a decrease in head count, said Herman Lee, director of enrollment.

The college is down about 2 percent from last year.

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The play has been somewhat challenging to produce, said Stage Manager Elijah Rieken.

"Normally there are only about 8 to 10 actors," Rieken said.

About 10 stagehands will also be used for behind-the-scenes-work.

"It took an enormous amount of effort," said Fredi Towbin, who plays four different characters.

"This is a very committed group of people," Towbin said. The actors rehearsed five days a week for six weeks, working from 7 p. m. to 10:30 p.m.

The play will deal with the torn empire of Grusinia, which is embroiled in a foreign war in the Middle East.

Bertolt Brecht, a political playwright, wrote "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" over several years, finishing it toward the end ofWWII, in 1945.

Brecht was ahead of his time, said Michael Mufson, director of the play and a performing arts professor.

In Germany and other parts of Europe, Brecht is considered an equal to Shakespeare, Mufson said.

In the middle of a revolution, Grusha, a palace servant, is forced to choose to save the infant child of the decapitated governor or stay and await the return of her fiance.

Grusha decides to save the child and raises him as her own.

The plot thickens as the biological mother returns and demands the child back. A trial is initiated in order to determine the true parent.

The play is controversial and provocative, Mufson said. Like other epic plays, the goal of "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" is to motivate the audience toward social change, Mufson said.

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Palomar student Kiyoshi Sato (left) kicks Reggie Mose (right) during a ''The Caucasian Chalk Cirde" rehearsal at The Howard Brubeck Theatre Feb. 20. Opening night is March 5, at 6 p.m. The play includes prerecorded and live music, created by two Palomar students.

It is a very complicated plot, said Mea Daum, spokeswoman for performing arts."A lot of different students are making contributions," Daum said.

Palomar technical theater classes constructed sets.

About 17 original songs were composed specifically for the play.

Performances will include both prerecorded and live music.

Rob Cruz, an electronic music student created the prerecorded music. Live music is composed by T.J. Gobel, a professional musician and Palomar College student.

Live music will include vocals and instrumental accompaniment, such as a drum set, guitar or bongos.

A variety of music styles enhances the play, ranging from barbershop medleys to blues to hard rock numbers.

The play will also feature giant stick-figure puppets, as well as still and motion video projections.

"It should be an exciting two-anda-half hours," Mufson said.

This story has social significance with many of the issues in our culture today.

It is a story of finding the courage to act with compassion instead of self-interest, Mufson said.

"I love this show," said Philip Sanders, another actor with multiple roles.

"It is very valid as to what's going on today. People are fighting wars and they don't know why. It has aspects people can relate to. It shows different views of how people can think of war."

Mufson will hold two discussion forums in the theater after the

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Counselor expresses Ainerican Indian culture by art

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Performance artist and Palomar counselor James Luna shares his culture, life experiences and social beliefs through his art and dedication to timeless traditions.

A Luiseno Indian, Luna is an international artist who brings to life social and multi-cultural issues that people of ethnic backgrounds have faced, especially those of Native people.

Luna said he takes on a ( more conservative role in his < day-to-day work, but focuses his personal life on his deeprooted passion for art and social reform.

A native of California, Luna resides on the La Jolla , Indian Reservation. Along with his work at Palomar, Luna is an art teacher at the University of San Diego.

A 1976 graduate from UC Irvine with an art degree, Luna pursued the Community Based Block Program at San Diego State.

This led him to earn a master's degree in counseling.

Since then, he has been invited to give numerous lectures for colleges all around the country.

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"Art is more about In an AA meeting they the ability to see, ask a higher power for rather than blossoming help and guidance," from one source of Luna said. "There is a inspiration," he said. sense of unity when "When you see people gather together something and hear to discuss issues. They something, then you become one." determine what's Steven Durland, a important to you." writer for the In the early 1990s Community Arts Luna created a play Network, wrote that called "The Creation COURTESY PHOTO JI.ES LUll Luna began his career and Destruction Of An as a painter but refers An internationally acclaimed artist, James Luna Indian Reservation." shows his 2000 art, "High tech peace pipe #1." to himself as a concepThrough his performance tual artist. Luna said Luna reveals how the creation in Indian culture and that is he chooses to do installation of the first Indian reservations what I express here." art and performance divided the land and eventually Although Luna's art is because it is open ended and broken down historical American Indian themed, there are no rules. traditions and language.

"It all started off as trial anyone can appreciate it, "We are a product of our Luna said. For instance, in and error, but then I realized environment. We were taken his 1991 art entitled, "AA that it was like a pair of from our land, and then put Meeting/Art History" Luna shoes. I found the one that into parcels of land where displays chairs in a circle fit the best," Luna said. our tribes were divided and with empty cups and bottles. "This type of art I am most our ways of life transformed," Behind on the wall he hung capable of using various Luna said. "In a way, the black and white pictures of a ways to express myself, it is reservations set up failure man in several different about multi-media," he said.

When not working on his next performance or enjoying traveling, Luna said he works at Palomar as a counselor because the job responsibilities are less time consuming than becoming a full time teacher.

"I wanted a sense of people in my life and felt that this job opportunity would allow for me to meet a variety of • people and make contact with all walks of life," Luna said.

Last year Luna gave his first lecture at Palomar and since has shared his art collection with students.

Currently, Luna is working on expanding his artistic performances. He said he is trying to obtain a theater residency that will allow him to hire a cast of artists.

Also, Luna is finishing up his first CD. The CD is a spoken word album that addresses reservation life.

Luna's CD project is expected to be released in the spring, he said.

"I take a vision and speak to it, then I create something from that vision," Luna said. "Your eyes, and your camera always have to be on. Always looking through your fifth sense. That's the trick."

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Deadline near to submit Classified Employee of the Year nominations The deadline to submit nominations for the 20032004 Classified Employee of the Year Award is March 3.

The award will be presented at Staff Development Day March 17.

Only classified employees currently represented by the Council of Classified Employees and American Federation of Teachers unit are eligible for the award, said Assistant Superintendent Jack Miyamoto.

Nominations can be submitted by anyone, and there is no limit to the amount of nominations one can submit. However, only one candidate may be nominated per form.

Candidates will be judged based on their contributions, development, leadership, consistency, creativity, dependability and improved relationslllps with staff, students and the community.

To nominate an outstanding classified employee, complete the electronic nomination form at http://www.palomar.edu/nominate.

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Company commends college for award-winning training program Palomar College's Workforce and Community Development program has been recognized for two awards for employee training.

The Science Applications International Corporation

received the awards through its collaboration with the college.

The SAIC acknowledged Palomar three years in a row for its work on the program. This year they cited Palomar's program as a part ofthe success that brought them their two awards.

"This affiliation with SAIC is a perfect example of our program's mission to help with workforce and economic development," said Teri Safranek, Palomar's contract training director.

SAIC's training university asked Palomar to help them create an Administrative Assistant Professional Certificate Program three years ago. The program instructs SAIC employees in everything from international dining etiquette and interpersonal communication to Microsoft Office basics.

Many companies are creating corporate universities to train their employees internally, and Palomar provides on-site employee training programs to these universities and other businesses.

SAIC, an international research and engineering company, was awarded Honorable Distinction for developing strategic learning alliances with external · providers at the Corporate University Xchange 2003 Excellence Awards.

It will also be one of the top 100 employee training programs in the United States in March according to Training Magazine.

Each administrative assistant at SAIC is required to take the 9-10 month program and is aided by a personal mentor along the way.

"Internal statistics are proving that this training is in fact accomplishing our goal of employee retention," said SAIC regional manager Mary Pietanza.

Safranek said by offering employee training to community businesses, Palomar students will be able to enter a strong local economy with available positions

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Many ofthe on-site training programs are taught by Palomar professors, exposing them to current conditions in the workplace and enabling them to bring that insight back to students, said Safranek.

Although Workforce and Co~unity Development does not offer any academic credit classes to students, it does provide various specialized tests on campus that many students l;lfe required to take for certification.

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Nearly 75 scholarships available to students; applications due March 5 The deadline for all spring semester scholarships is March 5.

With nearly 75 scholarships available, a scholarship is available for nearly every student with a minimum 2.5 GPA. Scholarships can be filled out online at www.palomar.edu/fa or on paper in the financial aid office.

Students who fill out the scholarship information will be considered for all of the scholarships offered at Palomar. Each application requires answering two essay questions, one letter of recommendation and transcripts other colleges. An optional financial statement can also be included.

Palomar Counselor P.J DeMaris said the essay is the best way to make a good impression.

"It is also important to be genuine, honest, and write in your natural style," DeMaris said.

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These are not schools with hefty donations from alumni.

They are mostly schools, while academically solid and possessing long traditions, that have experienced flat or declining enrollments as their tuition has crept upward.

Nevertheless, the rollback is earning schools like Eureka closer looks from high school students like Terry Vaughn, 18.

Vaughn called Eureka's lower

tuition a "huge positive."

"It makes the school more appealing to most students, like myself, who have to take into consideration overall costs as one of their highest priorities," Vaughn said.

Schools are looking to drive up revenue at the same time they separate themselves from the competition, said Jeff Zellers, dean of enrollment at Muskingum.

"If you get 25 percent more applicants, then you are doing what you

wanted to do," Zellers said.

Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., jumped to 821 students from 650 after it dropped tuition by more than $3,000.

College officials said lowering the tuition price tag only makes sense because fewer and fewer students actually pay full tuition at their schools .

Officials said "discounting," the often murky practice of bundling grants and scholarships to reduce the

actual tuition cost, has reached epidemic proportions.

Only a fraction of students pay full fare.

Palomar cannot decrease or increase its tuition fees. That decision is made by the state of California.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's new budget includes a fee increase of $18 per unit to $26.

Lee said additional fee increases could mean a continued decline in enrollment figures for Palomar.

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Continuing its recent dominance over Pacific Coast Conference opponents, Palomar's women's basketball team put itself in position to win its second straight PCC title with a 73-50 victory over Grossmont Feb. 18 at the Dome.

The win secured the Comets at least a tie with the Imperial Valley Arabs, who hold onto an 8-1 conference record, one game behind Palomar.

GROSSMONT 50 "I think PALOMAR that they 73 know that they are very, very close to being able to go undefe"ated," said Sherry Titus, head basketball coach.

"That's what's motivating them right now."

The two teams are set to meet each other for their season finales Feb. 21 in the desert.

With a variety of contributors, the Comets (15-9, 9-0) dominated the game from beginning to end, jumping out to a halftime lead of 46-29.

With three 15-point-plus scorers and an equal number scoring at least five, coach Sherry Titus said the team had found comfort in its run of conference victories.

Capping off the Comet's first half performance was a fast-break inducing steal by guard Lindsay

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Lindsay Duringer spots up for a jump shot in the Comets 73-50 victory over Grossmont in the Dome on Feb. 18. The win keeps the Comets undefeated in conference with a 9-0 mark.

Duringer, as she drove all the way to the basket for an uncontested lay-up.

Palomar shooter Erin O'Connor credited the team's ability to work with each other on the court for success.

"One of our best qualities;'' O'connor said, "is that we have really good teamwork. So we trust each other."

The Comets' first-half surge was slowed a little in the-second half.

-E NAME: Michael Redondo YEAR: Sophomore HIGH SCHOOL: Munieta Valley High School SPORT/ POSITION: Tennis I ·sing1es and doubles

MAJOR: Computer Sciences FAVORITE BANDS: Dr. Ore, Eminem and Tupac Shakur.

FAVORITE MEAL: Shrimp with melted butter, mashed potatoes with gravy and raspbeny iced tea.

FUTURE GOALS: Looking to transfer and play tennis. at the University of California Riverside. After that Michael would like to play in satellite tournaments with cash prizes.

HOBBIES: Likes to hang out with friends and play video games. Preferrably sports and first person shooting games.

FAVORITE ON-COURT MOMENT: Playing doubles in atournament in Los Angeles, Michael and his partner dropped the first set After winning the second set in atie-breaker (8-6), they were trailing 5-4 (40-15) in the final set with the opponents serving. They were able to come back and break them in that game and eventually win the set and the match in another tie-breaker.

MOST INFLUENTIAL ROLE MODEL: Pete Sampras and personal coach Mike Deegan Sampras is the best He has won so many titles and recieved so many accolades, and is still so even keeled. His temperment is an excellent example of how to cany yourself on the court Coach Deegan has been Michael's personal coach for the past three years and encourages him to always work hard and reminds him "Your only as good as you want to be, what you put into it is what you get out of it"

Fortunatley for the Comets, Grossmont also struggled and were unable to take advantage of the situation. ''We were flat," Titus said. "But the good thing was that they didn't capitalize."

Palomar experienced two threeminute scoreless stretches and only scored nine points in the last nine minutes.

Following the first three minutes of the second, Titus was about ready to call a time out to get the team on track and into rhythm.

"I don't like wasting time outs just to remind them that, hey, the game has started," Titus said.

Despite the drop-off in offense, two Comets, Duringer and shooter Kacie Kostlan, still finished the game with 16 points while O'Connor was good for 15 of her own.

-Duringer was also good for nine points from behind the arc.

The Comets are looking ahead at their season finale game against IVC. With a win the Comets will wrap up an undefeated conference season and be the sole conference champions. A loss would giye them a share of the title with IVC. Titus knows that the trip will not be an easy one.

"That's a tough road trip, you know, one hundred and sixty miles or so, and two-and-a half to three hours on the bus," Titus said. "Coming in, their (IVC's] only hope is to beat us and tie for the .championsip."

NEWS AND NOTES Weekly Sports $thedule Mar.l-7

Baseball Mar. 2 vs. Imperial Valley 2p.m.

Mar. 4 vs. Southwestern 2p.m.

Mar. 6 @ Grossmont 12p.m.

Softball 3 @ San Diego City 3p.m.

Mar. 5 vs. Grossmont 3p.m.

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Men's Tennis Mar. 4 vs. Southwestern 2p.m.

Women's Tennis Mar. 2 vs. San Diego Mesa 2p.m.

Mar. 4 @ Southwestern 2p.m.

Golf Mar. 1vs. Riverside, Irvine Valley and Golden_West lla.m.

Mar. 3 @ Cuyamaca lla.m. . AI home goK matches are held at tile Twi1 Oab Golf Cotne

Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Mar. 4 @ Ml San Antonio Invitational (Diving) TBA Mar. 5-6 @ Ml San Antonio Invitational (Swimming) TBA

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Alcohol ads recruit underage drinkers

By Bob Condor

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Football coaches talk so much about "game plans" that the term is part of our everyday language. But the most successful coaches will tell you that winning often requires making the proper adjustments to your plans at halftime. It factors in the latest and most relevant information about your opponent.

George Hacker is no football coach, but he understands making real-time adjustments to his master plan.

More than a decade ago, he was running a campaign called Coaches Take Action. It included big-name coaches, such as football coach 'Ibm Osborne at the University of Nebraska and basketball coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina, to create awareness about drinking and driving on college campuses.

About four years ago, Hacker directed a campaign named Time to End Alcohol Marketing in Sports, or TEAMS. It called attention to the staggering number of alcohol messages reaching sports fans.

This month Hacker updated and sharpened his focus on alcohol marketing in sports and its influence among college students. He is taking on the beer advertisers on college sports telecasts, which involves mostly football and basketball games.

Hacker, who works for the consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, or CSPI, once again has

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Underage Villanova University college students engage in drinking at a party following a football game a week before finals. Frederick Smimoff , 20, gulps down beer with some help from his brother Donald Smimoff. asked Osborne (who is now a U.S. representative from Nebraska) and Smith (retired but revered) to act as celebrity endorsers. He has lined up more than 80 grass-roots organizations to lobby politicians and local university presidents and athletic directors.

One of Hacker's main goals is to win over university officials to remove beer and other alcohol ads from local telecasts as a first step. The second step is to advocate alcohol-free policies at athletic conference meetings. ("Lots of decisions are made at the Big 10 or Big 12 level," he said.)

The campaign is just sending out its letters of appeal to university decisionmakers, but one school already has signed up.

Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger has announced the school will not allow any beer or alcohol advertising sponsors for the 2004-05 TV season. That's impressive news from the defending national football champion, which has another powerhouse team this fall.

Alcohol producers will spend about $600 million on sports TV advertisements this year.

Roughly $58 million of that is ticketed for college games, more

than 6,200 commercial spots.

Industry officials contend those TV commercials are viewed mostly by legal-drinkingage adults who can make their own responsible decisions about alcohol use.

"Young people themselves consistently rank advertising last when asked what influences them to drink," said Jeff Becker, president of the Beer Institute, a trade association, during a recent AdWeek interview.

Hacker said that student age statistics drop when only fouryear universities are considered, instead of factoring in graduate

schools and community colleges with older student bases.

CSPI commissioned a new survey to gauge Americans' opinions about alcohol advertisers in college sports. The survey shows that 7 of every 10 U.S. adults say that beer companies that advertise on televised sporting events know their ads appeal to underage people. More than half of those adults said they believed the ads made it "OK" to be an underage drinker and that teens would eventually get into trouble through such TV influence.

Not surprisingly, 71 percent of the adults surveyed would support a ban on alcohol ads during college sports telecasts and, at the very least, 87 percent favor equal public-service time for anti-underage drinking ads.

"College officials say they want to deter underage and binge drinking," said Hacker. "They want to stop campus riots. They face alcohol-related lawsuits.

But too often, they're still on the other hand taking money from marketers pitching beer to their students and young fans."

Ad dollars can be found elsewhere, Hacker said. For instance, he said, Kentucky and North Carolina_ perennial contenders for the national basketball championship_ have eliminated alcohol ads from local broadcasts but not dropped any dollars from the bottom line.

"The University of Minnesota replaced its beer sponsorship with milk (advertisers)," said Hacker. "It can be done. We need a grass-roots effort in every state and at every big school."

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Volleyball drops season opener

By Sabrina Johnson

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Shale Thompson dives back to first base safely on the pick-off attempt by Molllt San Antonio Colege. The Comets won the game hoodily 11-2, wlich wrapped up CM1 undefeated week.

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The Comets are surging after a pair oflosses to open the season.

They have won five straight games, including a 4-0 sweep through the Palomar tournament that was held Feb. 19 through Feb. 21.

The Comets beat the College of Siskiyous Eagles and the Mount San Antonio College Mounties twice each during the three-day tournament.

"Each game was a little different, but we won with timely hitting and pitching," said Bob Vetter, head baseball coach.

The Comets started off on Feb. 19 with a 6-1 win over the Eagles that was highlighted by consecutive homeruns in the fourth inning, first a grand slam

by Brad Miller and the second a solo shot from Nick Pursell.

Brandon Adams got his first win of the season and combined with Chad Brown, Charlie Watson and Mike Kearney to toss a three hitter that included 11 strikeouts.

The next day Palomar came back from an 8-3 deficit to win 11-9 against the Mounties on its second game of the day. Bobby Meyers came up big in relief throwing 4 1!3 shutout innings allowing the Comets to get back in the game.

"Bobby really gave us a shot in that one, he shut them down and

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picked up a W," Vetter said.

The Comets rally was led by Tyler Wightman (2 for 2, 2 doubles and 3 RBis), Chris Sweeney (2 for 4, double and 3 RBis) and Joey Burke (2 for 5, 2 RBis).

Earlier in the day the Comets routed the Eagles 19-2 in a game that got out of hand early.

Everyone in the lineup had a good day, especially Kenoli Fonseca (3 for 3, 2 doubles and 3 REI's) and Sweeney (3 for 5, 2 RBis).

Starting pitcher Brad Clipp got the win, and Andrew Thompson GUDY HELMAN I THE TmSCOP£ chipped in four innings Kenoli Fonseca braces for impact moments before being beaned with a pitch on Feb. 20. of two-hit shutout ball.

The Comets wrapped up the tournament on Feb. 21 the Mounties back into the game well, and putting a good stroke on it," Sweeney said. "''m just with their second win against winning it 11-2.

McNamara combined with happy that we're playing like we the Mounties in as many days.

Palomar trailed 2-1 early on, Watson and Kearney to toss a can, and it's always nice to have but tied the game up using some seven hitter that included 13 a little winning streak going."

The Comets have won five small ball in the fourth. They strikeouts.

"Brandon pitched great," straight, including a 2-1 win over utilized a sacrifice bunt and a bunt single to tie the game up at Vetter said. "He gave up those Mt. San Jacinto on Feb. 17, 2. After a fielding error and a two early runs, but really settled bringing their record to 5-2 on the season. walk, Pursell launched a tower- down and dominated."

"Last season we started off Sweeney. starred all week, and ing homerun that cleared the 365-foot mark in centerfield for a after going 4 for 4 in the last slowly before we really got into three-run homer. At the end of game, he combined to go 12 for rhythm, I like that we are winning earlier this season," the inning the Comets were up 15 in the tournament. "' was seeing the ball really Vetter said.

5-2 and starting pitcher Brandon MeN amara never let

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Andrew Thompson helps close out the lopsided 19-2 win against Siskiyous Feb. 20.

The Palomar men's volleyball team opened its season with a fight, but lost to Santa Barbara Community College Feb. 19 at the Dome.

The Comets battled it out with the Santa Barbara College Vaqueros, winning one out of four games. The loss, Palomar's first of the season, drops their record to 0-1.

Early in the first game with the score tied at three, the Vaqueros took the lead for good by scoring four straight points on the Comets. Palomar never recovered from the Vaquero onslaught and lost the match by the score of 30-23. ''We got backed up in the beginning of the match," said Karl Seiler, head volleyball coach. "We made too many unforced errors back to back."

During the second game, the Comets hit it off with a slight lead, but lost at game point with a serve right into the net.

The match ended with another 30-23 win for the Vaqueros.

As the third match began, the Comets benefited from a poor serve from Santa Barbara and took the lead 3-2. The Comets never looked back as the Vaquero offense failed to catch up as the Comets held the upper hand through out the entire match and won its first match of the game 30-27.

The third match ended the winning streak for the Vaqueros and allowed the Comets to show off some skills and quick maneuvering, which became evident through improved serving, blocking and passing.

"We battled very well, never gave up," Seiler said. "We were determined to play hard."

The Comets were up by six points, then the Vaqueros came back to lead 22-21.

The Comets fought back and took over the game with a 30-24 victory.

In the final game the Comets and Vaqueros were neck and neck from beginning to end.

However, the Vaqueros took the last four points of the game in a row and won 30-21.

"The game started off pretty slow, but we bounced back in the second game," said Bob Jensen, outside hitter. "We need to work on staying relaxed at the start of each game. Overall, I think we did a good job, we will only get better."

Seiler said that he has an optimistic outlook for the rest of the season. The team is young with only three returnees, seven freshman, and three sophomores. Seiler anticipates a slight struggle in the beginning of the season, but is confident that the team will continue to learn and improve.

"I thought that we battled very well. I did not think that the game was reflective of the actual game itself. We played very hard and forced them to beat us," said Seiler.