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The Associated Student Government elections have been postponed until the 2005-2006 school year, as part of a drastic overhaul of the way Palomar students elect their representatives.

This overhaul will also dramatically change the composition of the student government by eliminating four vice president positions, rendering them mere senators.

Under the newly passed ASG election code, the previous semi-annual election dates of October and May have been

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scrapped. Instead, one annual election will be held the first two weeks of December.

Unlike previous elections, students no longer have the opportunity to elect senators.

"Now we elect a president and execu-

tive vice president only," said ASG President Paul Charas.

Under the new code senators will be appointed from a list of applicants.

The ASG president and executive vice president terms under the new election code will be from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 instead of running from May to May. Senator terms will begin on the day of appointment and end Dec. 31 of the same year.

Charas said he believes this new election date will allow ASG to form its agenda sooner in the school year.

"It would be better to have elections in December," Charas said, "Because

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you can have your retreat the week before school starts."

The ASG retreat is where students learn the in-and-outs of student governance and according to Charas, "get ideas on what we want to accomplish that year, that semester." Charas also said it gives the ASG an opportunity to start off on the same track.

One ofthe biggest problems with previous elections, said Charas, has been lack of student interest. Virtually nonexistent voting; combined with a drought of candidates has allowed sen-

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Students taking classes at Palomar's Escondido center may notice the shopping center is empty of stores. That's because the college kicked the merchants out.

Late last year, the college notified tenants they had seven months to vacate the premises. Tenants began moving out this spring.

The college leased space at the site, located inside a mall at 1951 E Valley Parkway, until1994, when, with the help of a tax exempt, municipal bond, it purchased the mall and became landlord.

From the time the college leased space until it became the property owner, sev-

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The 5-Star Market is the last remaining business at the Escondido Campus, all other tenants were

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Keeping with the "Get Online, Not In Line" initiative that took enrollment onto the internet, Palomar College has launched a new student email system.

Starting this semester, correspondence with Palomar will take place through this system.

This includes announcements

about course additions and cancellations, deadlines, registration dates, grades, and financial aid.

Herman Lee, Director of Enrollment Services, estimates that the system could save Palomar over $30,000 per year in postage alone.

"Each time we do a United States Postal Service mailing to students, at least 25 percent are returned for bad addresses," he said. "Students have not been updating their street addresses, so it has been costly to the college to pay for returned mail, as well as outgoing postage."

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Students check their e-mail in the Palomar Library. Palomar is now offering students personal campus e-mail addresses.

The College Governing Board heard arguments for renaming the campus library at the Sept. 14 meeting.

A group led by former professor, Pat Archer, stated their case to the board to recognize to the late Esther Nesbin.

Nesbin and husband Max have been devoted contributors to Palomar College and the library for many years. Mr. Nesbin recalled his wife's love for educating students, which began when she bought the first book for the library in Vista.

Also representing the cause was first ASG president Ron Kinney and longtime supporter, Edna Palmer. Palmer was responsible for renovations to the arboretum and the clock tower, which stands near the entrance of the college.

Although the college is planning to construct a new library and learning center by 2009, the group of supporters would like to see Nesbin recognized now.

They hope to see Nesbin memorialized at the current library and then carried over to the new facility. The current name, Putnam, in honor of a former college president, was originally dedicated to a different building then moved to the library following its completion.

Board members were receptive to the idea, but cautious. There was consensus that procedure must be followed and the Facility Review Committee must first hear the issue so that any opposition can be addressed. The board is optimistic the issue will be on the October agenda.

In other business, the board is exploring starting a dental hygienist training program. The dental field has become very popular across college campuses.

Salaries can range between $40-$45 per hour. Several trustees support the idea, but Board president Ralph Jansen said, "We can't afford it."

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Women taking night classes at Palomar College sometimes find walking alone through the campus parking lot after dark unsettling.

Keeping students safe on campus is the job of the Palomar Police Department and its Community Service Officer Escort Program.

The escort program offers students a safe way to go from classrooms to the parking lot or between buildings during the evening. When a student requests an escort, a police officer or a community service officer will pick them up in an electric cart and take them to their destination.

"All it takes is a phone call," said Palomar College Police Sgt. Mike Vafeados.

The police department has advertised the program by listing its Web site, and providing health and safety literature at campus events.

It's difficult to educate students about the escort program due to the high turnover of the student population, Vafeados said.

The police department attempts to educate students about the escort program in the hopes that the program will be used. A crime log located on the Palomar College Web site, details how often escorts are requested each month.

From February to May, safety escorts were dispatched nearly 24 times a month.

"People don't take advantage of the escort program,"

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Carol Naddy enters her vehicle as community service officer Chris Bardsher looks on. The campus police offer late night said Vafeados.

"Word doesn't get out, and you can offer a service, but if people don't know about it, it's just on paper," he said.

The program doesn't go completely unrecognized, however.

Janet Ramirez, an evening student said her friends have used the service.

"It's good to take safety precautions, " she said.

Carmen Maldonado, volunteer coordinator and a caseworker for the Women's Resource Center in Oceanside, agrees. One of the functions of the center is to counsel victims of sexual assault.

Maldonado has worked with women who have been sexually assaulted on college campuses.

"A safety escort would deter a rapist because rapists choose their victims very carefully and they choose women who are not

aware and not vigilant by asking for help, " she said.

Three sex offenses, including rape were reported on the San Marcos campus in 2002, according to the Office of Post secondary Education's web site. This web site lists statistics of alleged criminal offenses that are reported to authorities. The number of rapes that go unreported is unknown.

A large majority of the volunteers at the Women's Resource Center are survivors of rape, some on a college campus, and many of them never reported the assault to authorities, Maldonado said.

Maldonado strongly endorses the use of safety escorts. ''They are a very good idea and much needed on all campuses to lessen the chances of victimization," she said.

The reality is that escort services don't exist on all campuses.

Half of post secondary institutions have nighttime escort services, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, which evaluates the implementation of the Campus Security Act of1990.

The N.C.E.S also reports, "About two-thirds of all institutions limited access during nights and weekends to academic buildings, had a program of publishing safety reminders, or gave crime prevention presentations to campus groups."

A request for an escort can be dialed from one of the blue phones located around the campus, or by dialing They can also be reached by calling (760) 7441150, ext. 2289. Escorts are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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eral long term tenants operated businesses there. Among these long term tenants were a hair salon, bakery, dental office and in recent years, a career counseling center.

Because the property was purchased with a municipal bond, the college is responsible for meeting certain provisions. One of the provisions state: space leased for private use cannot exceed 10 percent of building capacity, for the life of the bond.

The number of tenants in the complex was creating a conflict for the college. 'We lease more space than the bond allows," said Cindy Sabato, director of college communications.

The way the college handled the evictions was upsetting to some of the tenants. Chris Kethum, owner of Hairforce salon was a 24year tenant of the mall. She felt broadsided by the eviction notice. ''The college wasn't a good neighbor. They were not a reasonable landlord," she said.

A small, independent neighborhood grocery story occupies a separate building within the

mall complex. The owner of the store, Bilal Baerani, said he first heard about the college's intentions in a newspaper story. He said the no one from the college ever spoke with him about its plan.

"I'm here to make a living and build my business. For somebody to just give you a notice and kick you out, it's not fair," said Baerani, who has owned the market for nearly eight years.

Baerani's lease runs until July 2005. He doesn't plan to fight the eviction. ''The college is more powerful," he said.

Most tenants have already left. A government-funded career center remains. Palomar does some cooperative work with them. The college will allow them to remain for the immediate future, but the formal legal agreement will be on month to month rental terms, said Joe Newmyer, interim Vice President of Finance and Administrative services. The career center is currently in the approval process of accepting those terms

The college enjoyed having its tenants and attempted to ease the shock of the evictions. "We were happily able to give the merchants seven month notices," said Sabato. A one month notice is all that is required by law, she said.

The college has started preliminary discussions about the best way to use the vacated space.

One problem the college must address before turning the vacated space into much needed classrooms, is the Field Act. This is a law that stipulates buildings must meet certain structural standards in order for students to be allowed to occupy them. ''The spaces vacated by the Escondido tenants doesn't meet the Field Act, so we can't hold classes there" Newmyer said.

The college plans to explore the possibility that other district functions can use the space. If that becomes a workable solution, classroom space could become available on the San Marcos campus, said Newmyer.

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The topic of allocating parity three years. money was heated. The money Board member Michele from the state was held by the Nelson said the debate had district during contract negotia- already been dealt with and tions over the last three years. should be laid to rest. Nelson Katie Townsend-Marino of later said that the interest was the faculty federation was placed in the general fund to pleased that the district . compensate for what the state released the funds for part- failed to produce. The district time faculty, but was dissatis- gave more to the teachers, from fied that the district kept the general fund, than what interest accrued over the last was originally given by the

state, she said.

Nelson said she was very hopeful about the current contract negotiations. After three years of discussions, she believes they are getting closer to an agreement .

As to what has caused the delay so far, Nelson acknowledged the difficulties of structuring a union contract for the first time. She says there have

been disputes over certain issues in reaching an agreement, but couldn't comment at this time about specifically those issues were.

Townsend said that the staff was appreciative, but they felt they deserved the interest as well. The fact that they had to wait three years for the money deserved some extra compensation.

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By Kathryn Mcbride

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Mter months of delays, Palomar College officials will be accepting formal bids for the construction of a new Science Center building.

Earlier this year, the state gave the college final approval for Palomar to move forward with construction of the lab, which has been on the books for years.

"It didn't take us very long at all once we got our approval from the state." said Chris Miller, the college's supervisor of construction.

"It was frustrating, because it did take us a long time to get it."

The Science Center will be located on about 107,000 square- feet just north of the Library. It's three stories will house high-tech laboratories, classrooms, and offices for the chemistry, life sciences, earth sciences, physics and engineering departments.

Miller said that he hopes to limit the inconvenience of noise and traffic issues once construction on the science center begins.

"We anticipate 24 months of construction once the project gets underway," Miller said. ''We told the general contractors, this is a functioning facility and the learning process must go on."

The last major campus construction--the student centerhad minimal impact on classes in session.

"Actually, the campus did very well," Miller said, "and it was right in the middle of things."

General contractors who attended a mandatory meeting with college officials in July were invited to bid on the project. The bidding process closed

Sept 16.

The college has not received any bids to date.

"It's not uncommon on a large project like this to not have any bids until the deadline," said Eileen Poole, college contract specialist. ''We're hoping for about six or seven responses, but that could change," she said.

Once the bids are opened, the college contract department will verify the lowest bid, including all construction expenses and conduct reference checks on the contractor, said Poole.

The college president will review the winning bid. Only then can the bid proceed as an agenda item to the governing board for approval.

"We're hoping to present it to them on Oct. 12," Poole said.

Despite the volumes of paperwork still ahead, Miller remains optimistic that the project will proceed as pla need.

"We're e getting ready," Miller said.

James Hubbell's brick artwork, currently located on the future construction site, will be moved Sept. 24, Miller said.

The masonry work will be moved in three pieces to the Arboretum by crane and semitruck. Brick masons on the Palomar staff will make any needed repairs to the artwork, Miller said.

A portion of parking lot five will be closed during the move, he said.

The construction site will also consume staff parking lot seven. There are no plans at this time to relocate the staff lot, he said The Science Center is in phase one of the educational and facilities master plan for the college. All demolition and new construction is expected to be completed in 2022.

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Palomar's new science building will sit near the library and the Arboretum on the San Marcos campus. The building, featured below in an artist's rendering, will feature high-tech classrooms and labs. It has faced several delays because of the state's stringent construction requirements. The new building will also pave the way for new athletic fields, which are ready to go to bid. Construction is due to start in the next three months.

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ators to run unopposed and affairs, and treasurer, leaving positions to go unfilled. only the executive positions of In last year's October elec- president and executive vice tions only 80 students voted president intact and many senator positions Vice president of Social Events, Ben Cruz said, "I went unfilled.

These trends are what led would rather stay as a vice Charas to implement these president then become a senadrastic changes in ASG elec- tor because of the power I tion procedure and codes, in have."

"I think it's gone collaboration more to a dictatorwith the Director Student "I would 111lh11 11111 ship," Cruz added. of Mfairs, Bruce 111 11 ri" pmid1nt Appointments of appliBishop. eligible th1n bttom1 11 Charas said he , . , , Mllllll ,, cants, according to the new election hopes that the changes in elec- th1 pow11 I h11r11." bylaws "will be tion procedure made by a majori-Ben Cruz t will allow the VP OF SOCIAL EVENTS y VO t e 0f a comASG to "start mittee comprised with a consistent of the ASG presigroup of people." dent, Executive Vice "In the past I mean if you President, the Director of get one vote, you're in," Charas Student Affairs (or his/her noted, "so you know, you could designee), and the Coordinator spend two hours arguing about of Student Activities."

This appointment committee the stupidest thing during the meetings."

In past years, the ASG has been composed of ten senators and six executive positions.

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will decide to make such appointments whenever there are vacancies among the fourteen senator positions. Also, before applicants can be appointed, they must also "be interviewed by at least three members of the appointing committee," according to the bylaws.

"How it's set up with the interview process," Charas said, "the president and executive vice president can bring people into student government that share the same ideals, same kind of path."

Senators were a direct way for students to have their opinions voiced and interests protected in committees directly affecting students and their funding.

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Action taken by student government • was Improper This past summer the Associated Student Government went through some drastic changes. In an attempt to "streamline" student government, new ASG president, Paul Charas eliminated all but two of our elected leaders making all of them appointed lapdogs.

Instead of having 16 student elected leaders we now have two. The other positions are appointed by a committee consisting of two students and two administrators- not even a student majority. Why are administrators choosing student representatives?

Essentially what this has done is take away the voice of the students and place student representation in the hands of the administration.

This action was taken over the summer when students were on break and opposition would be at a minimum.

We have been told that this is an attempt to make ASG more efficient. How? By eliminating all voices of opposition? Even Charas said that this is an attempt to get like-minded yes men on the board.

This is not what the students need. Differing points of view should not only be welcome in student government, they should be encouraged.

Not only was this wrong - but according to Palomar's student constitution, it was illegal.

Article III, Section 2 of the constitution says that senators are to be elected by the students - not appointed by administrators.

Making the senatorial spots appointed positions requires a change in the constitution, and that can only be done through a vote of the entire student body.

By making these drastic changes during the summer, when very few students are even on · campus, our supposed "leaders" are circumventing the process, and circumventing the chances of any opposition to their plans.

Four vice president positions that were eliminated are now appointed senators. The students who used to be elected to do things like handle social events are simply appointed by the committee. This is student government not a social club.

Appointing friends to key positions will make the meetings go by faster and the Palomar funded trip to Washington D.C. more fun.

However, it will not cure student apathy toward the ASG. Taking away the student's voice will not increase participation.

This attempt by student activities to tighten its grip on student representation and allow the administration to pick and choose whoever it wants cannot go unchecked. If so, what is the point of having a student government? To represent students and give them a voice, which is independent from the administration. This is lost.

If student government insists on pursuing this attempt to strip students of their elected representatives- then action-minded students should, and we encourage them to, launch a referendum to eliminate the student representation fee. Because if students don't get the chance to elect the people who use the fee than the fee shouldn't exist at all.

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Profs not so liberal Recently, the word, "liberal" has become slanderous throughout modern politics and has also trickled down throughout today's society.

People complain that this country is too liberal and is losing touch with its moral fiber.

Some say that the liberal >bug is infecting • college campuses across the I country !! t~ L....iii~JL.-....: and it is the professors, who are responsible by spouting off their own beliefs, poisoning the impressionable youth.

Unfortunately parents and pundits alike have little grounds for their complaints.

Palomar political science professor Joseph Limer notes that there's an important distinction between liberal thinking and the political persuasion.

"Liberal thinking defines higher education, encourages individual thought and should be encouraged in all classes no matter what the discipline" Limer said.

Professor Limer is not endorsing the Democratic or any other party, but instead shows that most of today's professors don't have an agenda, but instead hope to inspire open mindedness that lets one formulate their own views.

However, when dealing with partisan politics, most professors tend to walk a thin line of neutrality. Although they too are human and usu-

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ally do favor some form of par- political views had a definite tisanship, most leave that role in his teaching. His openoutside of the classroom for ness made his teaching the sake of their teaching and stronger. their students.

Whether he was arguing As Limer says, "To do other- current events or bashing the wise undermines why we teach United Nations while simulin the first place - to foster taneously teaching internacreative and independent tional relations, his class was thought in students." always enthralling.

It's difficult to make the The key factor was respect. argument that the country as a He respected his students as whole is on a liberal trend, much as they did him. especially since republicans Without that his partisan occupy both houses of congress · teaching styles could have left and the White House. students feeling beaten, as if If anything, the nation is they were wrong. headed toward a more conserInstead he allowed pasvative edge. Bill O'Reilly sionate open debate to flourrecently made the argument ish and created an environthat today's colleges are too ment of presenting both sides. politically correct.

For the most part, there While this may be true to an isn't much of a bias in the extent, one can't really lay classroom. Sure, there are blame when the most culture- subtleties one would really changing event ofthe year was have to look for, but nothing a "wardrobe malfunction." truly substantial that affects Not to say that there aren't the learning environment. professors who are quite open Perhaps the parents and pundits who make these about their political beliefs.

Professors at Cal Berkeley claims are so far removed have been historically liberal from the educational system while professors at some col- that they have forgotten the leges in the Deep South and credibility of both teachers Ivy League schools are rich in and students. conservative heritage.

Too little credit is given to Though Palomar has no such today's youth. Parents have reputation for either leaning, forgotten that they too were one professor could put to rest once young and able to the notion ofliberalism. make educated decisions Anyone who has taken a based on pure knowledge class from the now retired, and fearlessness.

Michael Newbrough, knows They are oblivious as to that he was not about to back why teachers continue to down from his free-thinking, teach - to educate and preslightly conservative views. pare today's youth based on Calling himself a their own experience, not to Libertarian, Newbrough's advance an agenda.

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Citizens forced to seek justice against the Saudis September 11, 2004 was an important day for America.

Everyone knows that Sept. 11 was the third anniversary of the worst day in our nation's history -the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington D.C. What many people don't know is that on Sept. 11, 2004, the statute of limitations for filing a federal civil suit against those responsible expired.

The date did not pass without action being taken.

Fortunately, some decided to do what President Bush promised and hold those ultimately responsible for the attacks accountable. Why do the victim's families and others who were affected have to hire lawyers and investigators to get justice? That is the government's job! 'l\vo lawsuits were filed in a New York federal court. One by the the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey(which owned the World Trade Center), and the other by Cantor Fitzgerald, a bond brokerage house, which lost more employees in the attacks than any other company.

They were filed against Saudi Arabia. Both lawsuits are similar to existing claims.

The first lawsuit against Saudi Arabia was filed in August of 2002 by 600 of the victim's family members.

While the lawsuits are all different, they all have one similarity - they claim Saudi Arabia directly gave financial and logistical support to Osama bin Laden and other alQaida members.

Nearly a year ago, the Sept. 11 Commission released their first preliminary report about the attacks. However, all of the relevant information about Saudi Arabia was crossed out.

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What the American people did not get to see is what is at the heart of these lawsuits. Over twodozen pages were blacked out of the report with a marker. Those pages dealt with Saudi connections to Al-Qaida and bin Laden.

Why the secrecy?

Why isn't Saudi Arabia's connection to Sept. 11 all over the news? Because the current administration wants to keep this brutal, theocratic dictatorship as our "ally."

George Bush promised to do whatever it takes. Apparently that didn't mean angering his family's business partners. The victims deserve more, their families deserve more, and the American people deserve more.

We all want America to be safe.

We expect and are prepared to fight a global war on terror aimed at making us safer. But let's not forget how this started. Let's not forget who did this.

Our president gave a one-hour speech detailing why he should be

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On Aug. 23, as Palomar students headed back to school, legislators in Sacramento passed a bill that could raise California's minimum wage from $6.75 to $7.75 an hour over the next two years.

That bill now teeters on the whim of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger who is expected to veto it as part of his promise to support big business in the state.

For many students who work minimum wage jobs and are still trying to cope with this year's massive enrollment fee hikes, the veto would be yet another blow from their seemingly cold-hearted governor.

By siding with big business, Schwarzenegger is sending a resounding message to students and other minimum wage workers that they deserve to take the monetary fall for California.

If the increase goes through, it would put California's minimum wage at the highest in the country, just above Washington State's $7.16. Opponents argue that many California businesses could not afford such a high labor cost and would be forced to leave the state.

But why should businesses be exempt from the monetary realities of this state that have caused so many people to leave already?

Living costs in California are among the highest in the nation (certainly much higher than Washington's). According to this year's Cost of Living Index, it costs 37 percent more to live in San Diego compared to other major urban areas in the country- 50 percent more for Los Angeles.

So if it does indeed cost that much more to live here, it's only fair for businesses to be paying that much more to operate here as well.

And it's only fair for minimum wage to be in proportion with the cost of living.

and make us safer in the long run? Most probably are.

The family members involved in the suit belong to a group known as "Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism." Among those they accuse of directly funding bin Laden are three Saudi princes, several Saudi banks and the Saudi Bin Laden Group.

This type oflawsuit has proven successful in the past. After Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Scotland, many of the victim's family members filed a lawsuit against Libya and were awarded $2.7 billion. Ironically, one of the lawyers involved in the Pan Am lawsuit is serving as council for the Sept. 11 families.

Why don't more people know about this?

In "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore addressed the SaudiBush connection. He even discusses one of the lawsuits- noting that the law firm of Bush family friend and Bush Senior's Secretary of State James Baker is defending the Saudi Royal Family against the Sept. 11 victim's family members.

The same law firm is currently negotiating with John Kerry's lawyers on behalf of George Bush in an attempt to work-out the details for this year's presidential debates. Many would consider this a conflict of interest. In this administration it is considered business as usual.

And in "House of Bush, House of Saud," Craig Unger lays out the case against the Saudis in great detail. Even our own government's intelligence agencies found a connection.

Unfortunately, this connection was not dealt with by the use of force or sanctions - but with a black pen.

As Americans we should all hope that these lawsuits are successful. We should be thankful that someone is doing our government's job and trying to get justice.

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Students in California are faced with the harsh fact that this state is driven by money - lots of it. It might as well come rolling in from the Pacific. And while the number of Porsches you see speeding down I-5 show that the money is here to be made, you have to make it through college before you can set off to do so.

That is no easy task. Beautiful scenery, movie stars and great weather mean it costs about $1,000 a month to rent an apartment. Part time jobs that will work around a school schedule, require no professional experience, and pay much more than minimum wage are not exactly plentiful.

The wages of student workers dangling from the poor end of the Golden State must begin to reflect the inflated costs here in order for them to have a fair shot at survival.

Even if a student making $6.75 an hour could find the time to work 30 hours a week, they would only be making about $800 a month, before taxes.

Working any more than 30 hours a week while spending the 40 hours a week required by a full12-unit load would be a lot to bear just to dent the costs of rent or tuition.

But it seems that Schwarzenegger has spent too much time among the rich and successful to care for those who are still struggling to make their way.

If he continues to push California's students aside, who will survive to become the next generation of business tycoons that he seems to hold so dear? Palomar has already seen the effects of the fee increases in a huge enrollment plunge. Students here are living in constant financial uncertainty, and the least the government can do is show a little support.

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"Sometimes I like to watch 'Fear Factor.' I like to watch people eating gross stuff- what people will do for money."

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Paris Hilton {left) and Nicole Ritchie from Fox's reality series "The Simple Life," one of many successful primetime reality shows.

Reality TV here to stay

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Reality TV has swept America up in its arms and we should be grateful.

Offered every day on virtually every channel, reality programming has become a staple of the American television diet. But it is being slammed by critics as stereotypically mindless.

Like everything in life, there is bad that comes with the good. In the case of reality Tv, the sensationalistic, over the top programs had to exist and prove themselves commercially viable before ground could be broken on the quieter, smarter programs.

When done right, reality TV has a lot to teach us about ourselves.

The show, "1940s House" on PBS takes us into the lives of a British family which has volunteered to live in a pre-World War II era re-enactment.

From rationed foods to blackouts and air-raid drills, this family lives out a part of history that is not so distant. In today's climate, it could conceivably be our own reality.

Over the past few seasons, PBS has also placed ordinary people in an American Revolutionary settlement and a Victorian-era home which make our complaints about . . . well, about everything seem selfish and petty.

"The Mole" and "The Amazing Race" stand out as high budget, yet intelli-

gent, contests. Combining strength, strategy and logic, players work their way through challenges to a final reward. They make you believe you can go on the show next season and do it too.

"Amish in the City" on UPN could be the cheesiest show mentioned here, but well worth watching. Five "Amish kids" are placed in a house with five "city kids" from across the country.

Although the city kids seem to be your typical hand-picked knuckleheads, the Amish come across as very sincere and teach the viewer a lot about this little-understood lifestyle.

They are simply trying to experience life in the city to the fullest while coming to terms with their religious beliefs and plan an uncertain future.

For the more entertaining, less mentally stimulating of the genre, there is still some benefit to be had from watching.

No psychologist in the world can prove what a mess a person can become like traditional reality TV can.

There is nothing comparable to having a camera record every dysfunctional moment for the entire world to see.

For anyone who has ever gotten drunk at a friend's party and thought no one could really tell, just watch any episode of MTV's "The Real World" past or present.

It's a great reminder that not only

did your friends notice, they are still talking about you.

"All-Star Survivor" highlighted what forced anorexia can do to a person's psyche. After weeks of eating nothing but rice and eel, Amber fell head over heels for Boston Rob, proving that eating disorders lead to tragic lapses in judgment.

And speaking of desperation, "Fear Factor" thrives in a circus world of thrillseeking and gastronomic depravity.

Physically attractive people humiliate themselves not only weekly, but now in syndication, because they think it's worth a sum of money that probably won't even pay off their credit card debt.

Have you ever wanted money so badly you were willing to vomit on film for it?

Unfortunately, there is also some unbelievably offensive reality programming out there, the kind you cannot simply laugh off.

There is a new show based on the "Fear Factor" theme which features immigrants competing in outlandish challenges for an American green card.

With any luck, this show will never make the light of day and the producers will promptly head toward the nearest church to do a little soul-searching.

But that's the way the pendulum swings, from one extreme to the next until we find some middle ground.

Without pushing those boundaries in reality programming, we will never know or benefit from its full potential.

"Not really! I don't have the time. So when I watch TV I mainly watch sports."

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Brian Lafferty

"Yeah. I like 'American Idol.'

At the beginning it's fun to watch people fail. But what I really like is toward the end -when the competition heats up."

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"No! It's not really reality.

There is way too much of it on the air. It's just not good television."

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"Yeah! I really like the 'Real World.' It's hilarious - all of the drinking, sex and drama."

THE EDITOR â&#x20AC;˘ the boat Michael Moore piece mtsses On May 9, 2004, Donnie Boyle wrote an opinion story regarding Disney, Michael Moore and his latest movie and was wrong, as usual.

The New York Times and Michael Moore are hardly unbiased (they lean so far left that if they went any further, they'd be coming back to the right). The real reason Disney decided not to finance Michael Moore's file was because they believed (correctly) that "Fahrenheit 9/11" was too politically charged and the source for this is Disney itself.

I suggest next time, Donnie Boyle gets his information from the horse's mouth (as opposed to the NYT editor, who's the other end of the horse).

The truth is bin Ladin declared war on the United States in 1993 and Clinton didn't do squat. Clinton had eight years to stop bin Ladin, Bush only had eight months. Anyone care to tell us which one's longer?

Oh, and Disney told Michael Moore they weren't going to

finance "Fahrenheit 9/11" a year before Moore whined about it. Rather than going with Donnie Boyle's suggestion that we e-mail Disney in support of Michael Moore, we should e-mail Michael Moore and tell him that since Disney never signed a contract to finance "Fahrenheit 9/11," they were under no obligation to do so.

Simply put, Disney was simply exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Donnie Boyle is correct that we should pursue the truth (which just goes to show you even a stopped clock is right twice a day), but Michael Moore is the wrong person to do it.

His only talents are whining, and twisting the facts to suit his point of view. Frankly, Michael Moore wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the rear. I will point out various deceits in "Fahrenheit 9/11" in my next letter.

- Victor Chabala Administration of Justice

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"Not often. But I do like 'The Surreal Life.' It is so cheezy - all of the one hit wonders trying to make some money."

Justin Barrow ARCHITECTURE

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• E-MAIL: CAMPUS OFFERS NEW ADDRESS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Robert Sedillo, financial aid specialist, said he has received mostly positive responses from students. Students who have seen the e-mail system operate like the fact they don't have to wait for a letter in the mail, he said.

Palomar student Lyanna Burleson said the system will make it easier for students to contact their instructors.

"They can e-mail them instead of trying to track them down," she said.

Vanessa Diaz, a financial aid

student, said that she checks her student account about once a week.

"I think it's pretty cool. It was complicated at first, but I figured it out," she said.

Meanwhile, Tim Nguyen, a Palomar student said he didn't have any use for a student email account.

"I already have another email account that I use so I don't need a student email account," he said.

Most of the problems being encountered with the system

result from students not reading the instructions posted on the Web site, Sedillo said.

Student email has had very few technical problems, Lee said.

Only 8,216 students have activated their email accounts so far, said Lee. "Students need to read their mail frequently for the system to work," he said. Lee suggests that students check their email daily.

"We plan to phase-in email and not immediately abandon snail mail," he said.

To log onto the e-mail system goto: http://studentmail.palomar.edu. Click on: "Click here to activate" link.

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Timothy Burke, a cultural history professor at Swarthmore College, put it this way: "Anything that lots of people do is worth studying. It opens an endless series of questions about what it is to be human."

Michael Aaron Rockland, a professor of American studies at Rutgers University, defended pop culture studies for another reason. "When I give

By James M. O'Neill students classics to read, they're KIT IEWS SERVICE afraid to speak up. They don't engage These days, when college students say their critical faculties," Rockland said. they're studying Homer, they as likely "Look, one or two of Shakespeare's mean the Simpsons character as the plays actually stink. ancient Greek author of "The Iliad."

"Pop culture is useful if you want stuAs a field for serious research, popular dents to be brave enough to be critical. culture has come of age. It's been a long, It's wonderful to have students raising slow road to academic acceptance. their hands every two minutes instead of The subject, once dismissed by profes- sitting like stones." sors, was later taken hostage by those '"lbday's popular culture is tomorrow's with political agendas on both sides of elite culture," Rockland said. "I don't the 1990s Culture Wars, when debate want to just teach dead stuff that's raged as college curricula shifted away already been acclaimed." from a Western, classical focus.

Lebanon Valley College professor Today, though it gives some tuition- Eric Bain-Selbo taught a course this paying parents heart palpitations, semester on two Homers - the Greek pop culture has taken its place as a author and TV's Homer Simpson- in mainstream subject for study - not order to parse "high" versus "low" culonly in sociology, but in disciplines ture, and the moral and philosophical

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The writing course was designed to get freshmen thinking early about what is worth studying and how to think critically. "I know The Simpsons has no standing against 'The Iliad,' but studying 'The Simpsons' does reveal a lot about our society," Bain-Selbo said.

"Why does it enthrall?"

Muhlenberg College professor Susan Schwartz teaches a course on the religions of "Star Trek" to introduce students to the critical study of religion.

She uses the show as a lens to illustrate how culture and religion interact and to let students discuss an often touchy topic. "It makes religion more accessible," she said.

Academics note the potential danger in all this - class discussion can quickly degenerate into a bull session about students' favorite TV shows. The professors must guide students back to the question at hand.

"You have to ensure they talk with the same rigor they'd use with the Civil War," Hyson said.

Over the last decade, even doctoral dissertations are focusing on pop culture, unheard of a generation ago. Some examples: "Baseball Card Collection and

the Politics of Sports"; "Music and Meaning Among Springsteen Fans"; "The Cultural Legacy of Marilyn Monroe"; and others on body piercing, hip hop, and how "Flashdance" and the Rocky movies reflected the values of 1980s Reaganomics.

Still, given the field's long struggle for acceptance, it carries heavy baggage, and even those who embrace the concept squirm when they sense a colleague treating the subject matter too seriously.

The pop studies trend exists abroad, too. Last year, the University of East Anglia in England held an academic conference titled "Blood, Thxt and Fears: Reading Around 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer."'

Academics read scholarly papers on Buffy, but given the popular subject, organizers felt obliged to stress that the event was ''not a fan convention ... and costumes are not encouraged."

Those who attended could hear papers on "From Metropolis to 'Melrose Place': Morphic Resonance in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer"' or '"You Hold Your Gun Like a Sissy Girl' - Firearms and Anxious Masculinity in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,"' among others.

Already, professors are turning their gaze to computer games -even starting Game Studies, an academic journal. The board of reviewers includes academics from the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore, and elsewhere.

One paper that Game Studies published was an analysis of Lara Croft, the computer-generated archaeologist: "Lara Croft: Feminist Icon or Cyberbimbo? On the Limits ofThxtualAnalysis."

For many, pop culture is still a side interest, something they can do because they have a traditional body of work to authenticate their scholarship.

Burke argues that insecurity and snobbery among academics studying pop culture caused some to use overly scholarly language about subjects that did not merit it - and provided easy targets for the political right during the 1990s Culture Wars.

"They're so concerned with the suggestion that to write about, say, 'The Simpsons' means you're not really smart that it causes a lot of academics to overcompensate, unintentionally making parodies of their own work," Burke said.

He said scholars overlooked the fact of their own academic training, which lets them take a popular subject and ask the kind of questions that produce legitimate new insight.

"Pop culture," Burke said, "is the raw material to ask more focused questions."

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There's a wave of all-female bands coming to San Diego and they're not just limited to acoustic style folk or pop groups who lip sync.

Often relegated to the role of front woman or that of the token female in the band, the women in these bands do it all, musically and lyrically.

Sahara Hotnights is Sweden's answer to North America's women rockers, The Donnas.

Rolling Stone magazine recently called Sahara Hotnights one of"The great 10 new bands."

The band originated in 1993, when the girls weren't even in high school. They released their first album in Sweden in 1997. Their first global release was in 2000, titled "Jennie Bomb," with a sound similar to that of the Runaways.

Their current album "Kiss and Tell" was released June of this year. Citing influences such as the Pretenders and the GoGo's, this album has a poppy, 1980s type feel.

The 5,6,7,8's are another band that is visiting San Diego this Sept. Catapulted to fame by a cameo in Quentin Tarantino's hit film, "Kill Bill Volume 1," the 5,6,7,8's are an all-female band from Japan.

Formed in the 1980s during a 1960s revival in Japan, the 5,6,7,8's blend a mix of surf and rockabilly guitar licks with 1960s style bass lines and jazz tempo drumming.

The 5,6, 7,8's will headline the show.

Opening the show will be the Glossines, another all-women group. A local San Diego band, the Glossines has released one selftitled album.

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Their sound can best be described as frantic, infectious rock 'n' roll, with a little early New York punk thrown in. The band has a penchant for wearing coordinated outfits to every show making it an interesting visual The Glossines, 5,6,7,8's and the Phantom Surfers will play at the Casbah on Sept. 22 with the tickets selling for $10.

Sahara Hotnights will be playing Sept. 26 at the Casbah, located in San Diego. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For more information on attending the show, call the Casbah at 619-232-4355.

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Palomar's Artist in Residence, Peter Gach, Will play an improvisational concert titled "Fresh Piano" on Sunday, Sept 26 to open the 2004-2005 performing arts season. at the keyboard .... You don't think, 'What am I going to play, what will the audience think if I don't play anything?' You just sit there.

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The second segment will in Residence Peter Gach will perform "Fresh Piano" include about a dozen at 2 p.m. in the Performance improvisational sketches on piano.

Lab, room D-10.

In the third segment, Gach, who has taught at Gach will be joined by cellist Palomar for 25 years, said he Joyce Rooks. has performed Rooks has perimprove pieces with before as part of "/ hoPI it inspi11s formed many rock bands a duet or group. my stud1nts to ranging in style However, this is improvise." from all-female his first solo - Peter Gach punk to ska to improvisational ARTIST IN RESIDENCE reggae. concert.

The final seg"Most concerts for a classical musician are ment will be based upon concerts prepared from a writ- titled tunes, Gach said, and ten score," he explained. include a blues progression "Someone writes the music and-as a nod to his herdown, you look at the notation itage-a set of three Polish and you take that music into tunes. He will also draw your body and then you inter- inspiration from the audipret it and give it back to the ence members and ask them to give him a series of notes audience.

"Well, this is music that is to start from.

Gach compares musical only coming from me and it's coming spontaneously," he improvisation to automatic said. "So that means there is writing.

"What you do in an no written score, and within certain loose boundaries, I improvisation like this, is really don't know what's going you clear your mind," he said. "You are just present to happen."

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concert is to motivate others.

"I hope it inspires my students to improvise," he said.

"I think the one thing in my musical education that was lacking was an emphasis on improvisation. It was something that belonged to jazz musicians. But if you were in the classical world, nobody improvised.

"This is not true historically," he said. "Up through the 19th century composers

and performers were all expected to improvise as part of their concerts."

The season also introduces a new pay-what-you-can admission for select events.

The new system was developed to encourage students to attend cutting edge events regardless of their budget.

Concert admission is a suggested donation of $8 or however much attendees can pay.

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On the surface it seems that professional football is, due to the higher ratings it receives during television broadcasts, but when broken down cognitively another reality is revealed. Stacking up college football against pro football in crucial categories proves that the guys playing on Sunday have nothing over the guys lining up on Saturdays.

• Cheerleaders. Don't get me wrong, cheerleaders in any form are a nice addition to any sporting event, but the NFL version seems like carbon copies in terms of appearance and uniform. It looks like the same designer whipped up a universal outfit, changed the colors and added a vest for the Dallas Cowboys. They are the "cream of the crop" and look like they are cover models, that are supposed to represent the community, but which part I'm not so sure of (but I would sure like to find out).

College cheerleaders on the other hand, offer an enticing vision to the term "student body" as that is what they are - students. After fantasizing, urn, I mean watching them on Saturday afternoon, they can be sitting next to you in your English 101 class on Monday. Their uniforms are varied and glorious in their own right, ranging from the simple purity of the whitesweatered Trojan ladies and four-leaf clovered ladies out of Notre Dame, to the scantily clad Florida Gatorettes these cheerleaders are both accessible and diverse.

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Former Horned Frog and current San Diego Charger running back LaDainian Tomlinson escapes University of Texas El Paso defender Crance Clemons on Nov. 11, 2000.

• Overtime. Though neither is ideal, the college version does a better job of providing both teams with an equal opportunity to claim victory after 60 minutes can't provide the winner.

The NFL sudden death version provides good theater, but is lacking in the sportsmanship and fair play qualities that exist in the college version.

• Team names and mascots.

The NFL has common names for their franchises, so much so that they even share some of their identities with those in other professional sports (Giants and

Cardinals to name a couple). But the college counterparts offer a variety of creative names that can turn any play call into an FCC investigation. Check out the Keith Jackson call last season in a November game with USC visiting Oregon State, "The Trojans were able to penetrate the Beavers defense and lunge in for the score." If that doesn't warrant a touchdown celebration I don't know what does.

While the newest NFL team lacks enthusiastic luster, I can hear the team name discussions now, ''Well, we are in

Houston, and that is in Texas, so I reckon we'll be the Houston Texans, because ...well, we are in Texas, and Texas is Texas .. .how 'bout 'dem Cowboys, I mean Texans," or something like that.

All they have to do is look to their neighbors in the south to find some pizzazz in the form of the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs or cast their gaze east to find the ever enjoyable Gamecocks that represent the University of South Carolina. There are even some that leave you scratching your head, albeit with a big smile though, the Hokies (Vrrginia Tech), the Orangemen (Syracuse), the Aggies (Texas A & M) or even the Cardinal (Stanford), no, not like the bird, like the color, and their mascot is a redwood tree • Bands. Alright, I know that there are no bands in the NFL, but just the thought of Stanford brings up the band element and the effect it can have on a game, just ask Cal. Bands add life to a game, and give the cheerleaders a tempo to bounce to.

(I know I referred to cheerleaders again, but when else do the band guys get to be closer to the cheerleaders than on the field or in my column.)

• Stadiums. This is a no-brainer. I'll take a standing student section over luxary boxes any day.

The NFL stadiums have become corporate friendly to appeal to the uppereschelance with scaled down capacity.

College stadiums on the pther hand are filled with bench seating to accomodate the rabid fans that fill such stadiums as the Horseshoe (Ohio State), the Big House (University of Michigan), and the numerous others that seat 100,000 plus. · So there it is. When you compare the pros against the amateurs, the amateurs run away with it.

COMETS SCHEDULE

comet PROFILE NAME: Ricky Newsom YEAR: Sophomore SPORT/POSITION: Wrestling I

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pound weight class HIGH SCHOOL: Temecula Valley High School MAJOR: Business FAVORITE BINDS: The used, As I Lay Dying, Led Zeppelin, Boston FAVORITE MEAL: Chinese, Teriyaki and orange chicken with white rice.

LIFE AFTER PALOMAR: To transfer to a four-year university. Newsom also hopes to get a scholarship.

HOBBIES: Wrestling, bodyboarding and traveling to San Felipe. Newsom also said he loves to party.

FAVORITE ON-MIT MOMENT: During a match against Chapparral High School, in a close duel, Newsom beat his high school rival leading his team to victory.

MOST INFLUENTIAL ROLE MODEL: Newsom said his dad is very suportive to the entire team and describes him as being an influential force in his life .

"My dad has never missed a meet. I'm so lucky to have my dad ," Newsom said.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Fri-Sat., Sept. 24-15 at San Di~o Mesa Tourna•ent, All day.

Sat. Od. 1 - at Santa Monica ijuad Tourna•ent, All day.

Wed., Od. 6 - at l•perial Valley, 5 P·•· Wed., Od. I J - at Cuya•aca Colltt•· 7 P·•· Fri., Od. IS - at &ross•ont Colltt•· 7 P·•· Wed:,r Od. ZO- vs Southwtstern wllttt, the Do••· 7 P·•· Fri., Oct. ZZ - vs San Ditto City Collftt, the Do••· 7 P·•·

WRESTLING Fri., Sept. 24 - vs Moorpark at the Do••· 6 P·•· Sat., Od. Z - If &olden Wtst Tounta•eat, All day Wed., Od. 6 - vs V'ICior Valley at tltt Do••· 7 P·•· Slf., Od. 9 - If Santa Ana Tourna•ent, All day Wed., Od. I J - vs Cerritos If tilt Do••· 7 P·•· Thurs., Od.ZI - If &olden Wtst, 7 P·•· Sat. Od. JO- at State Duel lha•pionships, All day.

MENS SOCCER Wed., Sept. 1 Z - vs Victor Valley, 4 P·•· Fri., Sept. Z4 -at Collttt of the Desert, 1 P·•· Wed., Od. 6 - vs San Ditto lesa, J:IS Fri., Oct. 8 - at Southwtsltnt, J:IS

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MEN'S HZ 0 POLO

Sat., Sept. Z5 - at &olden West Invitational, 9 a.11.

Thur., Sept. JO- vs San Diego lira lar, 4: IS P·•· Fri-Sat., Od.I·Z - 11 Saddltback 1ourna•ent, All day.

Fri., Od. I - at Riverside Invitational at Moreno Ca•pus J

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Cross-country suffers first loss of season â&#x20AC;˘ Women1 te11m comes in fifth orer11//; Southwestern runs oil with first p/11ce

men's cross-country team is preparing for a big season this fall.

"This year, I just want to push it as hard as I can," said veteran runner, Robert Dixon.

Last year Dixon improved his time by an impressive three minutes and has his eyes set on similar improvements

By Charystall Canyuck this year, he said. and Sabrina Johnson THE TELESCOPE Only one hurtle stands in the way of Palomar men's and women's cross- the Comets road to success.

"Taking care of bureaucracy," country teams faced the elements of competition and climate battling Gerhardt said. "It's just a matter of getSouthwestern College during the ting a couple more guys eligible."

Not all the men are cleared to comPalomar invitational meet at Guajome pete this season, but Gerhardt is confiPark, Sept. 10.

"This was my first short-distance dent that will change, he said.

Competing for the women, Erica meet and the heat really slowed me down," said women's cross-country run- Sullivan, Tammee Wildgoose, Cindy Hill and Ashley Laceby ner Ashley Lacey. gave solid performancDespite the heat, es against the team said they Southwestern. still had a good time.

Dan Farmer followed "I could have gone behind Ferris, confaster, but it just felt tributing with a time of good to be out here 24:59 and placing 26th and run," said sophoplace. more runner, Robert Also contributing to Dixon.

- Beatrive Fuentes the men's overall score Finishing fifth, the RUNNER was Kyle Sutherland, ladies cross-country Trevor Shumaker, Dean team was bested by Southwestern's overall first place. Loparto and Jaime Guangorna.

Both Palomar teams are excited Aurora Ramirez had the top time for the Comets placing ninth out of 46 run- about their travel plans to San Luis Obispo for the Southern California preners (22:35).

As a whole, the men scored sixth view.

"Obispo will be the preview for the place, while Shaun Ferris, marked 17th regionals in November," Gerhardt said. out of 60.

The team focuses on much more than This was the Comet's first big meet of the year, said Palomar head coach having a good time, some also enjoy the unity involved in the sport.

Hugh Gerhardt.

"I used to run by myself, but it's "We are going to have a great team much more fun to run with a team," this year," Gerhardt said.

Runners are also expecting a good said freshman runner, Tammee Wildgoose. season.

Gerhardt said he welcomes cross"The first meet was exciting. I like running because it's an individual country runners of all skill levels and effort," said Beatrice Fuentes said. experience.

"I love to see people have a good time "Right now I'm just getting mentally with it," Gerhardt said. "And we take prepared."

Paving their way to success, the all new comers.

'7he first meet w11s exciting. /like running bec11use it's 11n individu11/ ellort."

Women~s B:r Alexis Hinton

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The Palomar women's volleyball team, showed once again, why they finished as the Pacific Coast Conference champions last season, as they swept the visiting Saddleback College Gauchos 3-0 last week.

As the Comets prepared for the game during warm-ups, spectators filed into the stuffy gym armed with battery powered fans, COMETS 1 water bot- GAUCHOS 0 tles, and high hopes for the Comets.

In the first match, the Comets pulled away with an early 11-4 lead. The Comets never gave the Gauchos a fighting chance, as they remained six or seven points ahead the entire time of the match.

Palomar managed to up their lead to 9-points ending the match with a 30-21 victory.

As the second match began, Saddleback gave the Comets a little competition when they came out keeping the deficit within two points, but that didn't last long. The Comets managed to rally four points, bringing them to a 16-9 point lead over the Gauchos and forcing the Saddleback coach to call timeout.

At that point there was no tuning back; the Comets went on to finish the match winning 30-22.

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TOP: Apalomar men's cross country runner maintains his speed.

BOTTOM: Ladies cross-country runner paces her stride as she competes against her opponent during a meet

volleyball team fends off Saddle back In the third match, Saddleback worked hard to keep the Comets down, keeping the score fairly close throughout the match.

The Gauchos couldn't gain a lead over the Comets. The Comets never pulled away drastically from Saddleback, but they did show them that giving up with the 2-0 lead wasn't an option.

The Comets finished the match and the game winning 30-25.

All the girls put in an equal effort to win the game. Some stand outs in the game included Lindsey Olhausen with 15 kills, Amanda Houtoon with 10 kills and Erica Arreachea with eight kills and 11 digs Jency Basinger lead the team with 13 digs.

Setter Molly Grossman came in with 31 assists and three aces.

"I thought we had a great game tonight," Grossman said.

"We all came together with a tone of high energy, and we were all ready to play."

"I thought that we had a great match against Saddleback. We were more controlled this match than last," Coach Seiler said. "We had no hitting errors from our middles, which helped hold their middle giving our outsides one blocker to hit against. We were definitely more improved in the middle."

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During practice the Palomar women's volleyball team fine-tunes their net play at the Dome to prepare for the nextmatch.

This was the second game of the season, and the Comets have advanced their record to 2-0.

"The team is great so far. I feel that things are coming along well with all the girls,"

Sophomore outside hitter Julie Hafemann said. "I am excited to see what is in store for the rest of the season."

"Our team is coming together more and more. I am looking forward to next week and what

challenges those matches will provide," Seiler said.

The Comets will meet their next challenge at the San Diego Mesa College Tournament on Sept. 24 and 25.

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THE TELESCOPE â&#x20AC;˘ MONDAY, SEPT. 20, 2004

Football takes one on the chin in loss

By Matt Null

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In a battle of Southern California community college football powerhouses, No.3 ranked COMETS 9 College of COUGARS 2 7 t h e Canyons handed the No. 19 ranked Palomar Comets their first loss of the season.

In a game that was close until the second half, the Comets lost 27-9 and fall to 11 on the season. The Cougars improve their record to 2-0.

"We just didn't bring it today;" said running back and kick returner Speedy Anthony.

"We didn't come through with it."

The game marked the third time the Cougars have defeat-

ed Palomar in the last two seasons. Last season, the Cougars beat the Comets twice, 21-15 in overtime during the regular season and 24-14 in the first round of the State playoffs.

"They play mistake free football every time we play them," said sophomore quarterback Tony Paoli. "They are the best team I've played since I started junior college football by far."

The Cougars started the game off strong in their first play of the game by driving to the Comets 14-yard line.

However, instead of opting for a field goal on 4th and 2, the Cougars went for the first down and the Comet defense held up and recorded a turnover on downs.

In spite of the turnover, the

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Tony Paoli throws a pass during the Comets' loss agaisnt College of the Caynons.

Comets were unable to capitalize and ended up punting the ball on the next three plays. Overall the Comets went three-and-out four times in the first half and on six out of 11 offensive drives "Everything that went wrong for us, they exposed at the exact time it was happening," said head coach Joe Early. "That is a sign of a good football team. We are not there yet. College of the Canyons is a level above us."

The Cougar defense held the normally explosive Comet rushing attack at bay. Dwayne Corbitt rushed 11 times for 29 yards and Anthony ran for two yards on three attempts.

The Cougars scored the first touchdown of the game early in the second quarter as quarterback Cory Miles ran a quarterback keeper and scored from the 6-yard line. Miles led the Cougars on a 13-play drive that was capped off with a 6-0 lead.

The extra point was then blocked by the Comets and ran back 80 yards. However, the ball carrier was tackled near the end zone.

Six minutes later, the Comets answered back with an Enrique Leyva field goal from 30 yards out.

The Cougars then went on to score 21 points on the exhausted Comet defense. Miles led the offensive surge by completing 17 of his 27 passes for 235 yards.

"They play mistake free football," Early said. "When you do that, you greatly increase your chances to succeed."

The Comets lone touchdown came late in the fourth quarter as Paoli tossed a four-yard touchdown pass to freshman tight end Aaron Munoz. On the day Paoli completed 18 passes for 132 yards with one

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Palomar wide reciever Shadeed Muhammad {No. 10) catches a 10-yard pass during the Comets' defeat on Sept. 11 versus College of the Caynons. touchdown and one interception.

"We didn't execute today," Paoli said. "We blew it, it is all on us, we could have beat them and we blew it."

The score was too little too late as the Cougars burned the clock down with run play after run play to secure their second victory of the young season.

"They are a well coached team and they came in prepared," said offensive guard

Jeff Simmons. "They took us by surprise. We played hard ,but they executed and we just didn't capitalize on certain opportunities."

Throughout the game, the Comets never seemed to get into it as the Cougars displayed why they are ranked No. 3 in California.

"We weren't focused. We weren't that Palomar team that everyone knows about," said safety Josh Gomez.

Men"s soccer ties LA Harbor

By Marwan Razouk

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The Palomar College men's soccer team tied 1-1 versus the powerhouse Los Angeles Harbor College Seahawks in a rematch of last year's state quarterfinals Sept. 10.

The result was COMETS I bittersweet for the SEAHAWKS I Comets as they were five minutes from victory before the Seahawks were able to salvage the draw with the equalizing score.

"This was a high intensity game for being non-conference and regular season. It was a very physical game: slide tackling, jersey pulling, kicking, poking," said captain Tadd Dolfo, showing off a long gash and bruised ankle sustained from the Harbor game.

The tie moved head coach Carlos Hernandez' Comets to 2-1-1 in the early non-conference season.

The game stayed scoreless into the second half thanks in large part to the excellent goalkeeping of freshman Edgar Aviles.

"Edgar really saved us. He was great," said defender Michael Visser.

The sentiment was echoed by Dolfo.

"He is really slick. That first half save (a full extension diving save to prevent LA Harbor's best first half scoring chance) was outstanding," Dolfo said.

The Comets struck first midway

through the second half when a play that began on the defensive end developed into a 1-0 lead for the Palomar men. Midfielder Armando Galvan and Dolfo teamed up for a nice run through the defense and midfield area executing crisp passes to each other keeping possession away from the Seahawks.

When in the offensive end, Galvan sent a pass into the front of the goal to a waiting Andre Delgado. Delgado kicked the ball into the back of the net to give the Comets the late lead.

"Delgado really finished that play well. At that point, we were very excited," added Dolfo.

With only five minutes remaining and tasting victory, the Palomar men once again felt agony against LA Harbor.

The Seahawks converted on a free kick in front of the net when the ball was booted into a crowd of players (including goalkeeper Aviles, who was blocked out ofthe play by an LA Harbor defender) and deflected its' way into the net to nod the score at 1-1.

"Edgar was screened out of the play.

It was questionable," Dolfo said.

The 1-1 finish was frustrating for the players as they were so close to victory.

However, the Comets played very well and were in a great position to win against a historically tough opponent in LA Harbor.

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Tadd Dolfo looks on as his teammate jumps over a LA Harbor opponent during their 1-1 tie on Sepl10 Led by head coach Bill Barlow, the LA Harbor College Seahawks have won numerous league titles and have been to the state playoffs many times during his tenure. LA Harbor reached the state semifinals last season, eliminating Palomar College in the quarterfinals en route.

"We're looking forward to the confer-

ence schedule and hopefully another meeting with these guys," said Dolfo.

Palomar men's soccer team hosts Victor Valley at 4 p.m. on Sept. 22.

Palomar will visit College of the Desert on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m for the final nonconference match, before opening the Pacific Coast Conference season versus San Diego Mesa College.