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Nancy Chadwick, Ruth Larson and Darrell McMullen won the Palomar College governing board election Nov. 2. Chadwick and McMullen are incumbents.

The winners beat out four other candidates for the three open seats. They were elected to four-year terms.

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On Nov. 2, the character of the Palomar College governing board took a new direction as three candidates were elected to a four-year term, taking effect in December.

Incumbent Nancy Chadwick celebrated her victory shortly after 9 p.m.

"We did it!" Chadwick said, reacting to early returns showing a victory for both Chadwick and Ruth Larson. Chadwick was the leading candidate, receiving more than 68,000 votes with Larson a close second. Both received a leading 19 percent of the vote.

Incumbent Darrell McMullen captured the third and final seat with nearly 56,000 votes and 16 percent of the electorate, beating out fellow incumbent Ralph Jensen who only trailed by 4,000 votes.

Challengers Joe Stanford, Joe Chirra and Howard Kuiper split the remaining 30 percent respectively.

Chadwick and Larson ran on a mutual ticket along with Chirra. Chadwick aligned herself with the two challengers after receiving their endorsement and the backing of the Citizens for Quality Education.

"Nancy Chadwick has a history of making good, fair decisions," said Rocco

Versaci, co-president of the Palomar Faculty Federation. Versaci said that other candidates displayed pointed anti-faculty behavior and that the Chadwick and Larson were a better choice for the community. "If you're anti-faculty, you're antistudents," Versaci said.

Chadwick was elected to a two-year position in 2002 to fill a vacancy on the board.

She was elected overwhelmingly initially and will now serve a four-year term with current board members Mark Evilsizer and Michele Nelson.

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Bush re-election evokes mixed reactions from Palomar students

By Donnie Boyle

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President ~e W. Bush talks to supporters cUi1g a raly il Ortando.

Conversations during the 2004 presidential race were dominated by heated debate, impassioned pleas, anger and frustration. One day after the election, these discussions continued among students and faculty on the Palomar College San Marcos campus.

On Nov. 3, the college com-

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munity reacted to the re-election of George W. Bush. From disappointment to excitement, nearly everyone had something to say.

"I am not surprised," said Michael Kofoed, a photography student. "He has four years experience and people want to ride the accustomed horse."

Kofoed was not alone. In fact, campaign ads emphasizing Bush's experience and

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depicting him as a war president appear to have played a role in the decision-making process for many voters.

"Bush's strategy to emphasize himself as a war president turned out to be very effective," said political science professor Mary Ann Drinan. "There is a psychological response - people rally around the president

The speech team was denied its request for the return of $4,000 cut by the student government from its budget two months ago.

After discussing the speech team's plea, the Associated Student Government voted 5-3 not to give any of the money back at its Nov. 3 meeting "This decision has impacted our team," Hokett said.

"Obviously we're disappointed, but we will continue on."

ASG President Paul Charas told The Telescope in September that he cut $4,000 from the team's $8,000 budget to make more money available to other groups that might benefit more students, something Hokett labeled as a rash and unfair justification.

Dewi Hokett, a speech professor and the teams director, • SEE MUSIC, PAGE 10

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By John Asbury

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Palomar College Governing Board members passed a $104.1 million budget at their Oct. 12 meeting.

Interim Vice President Joe Newmyer presented the layout of the budget to board members.

At the end of the 2003-2004 fiscal year, Palomar spent $6.5 million less than was expected.

The excess funds are the result of a tight fiscal environment on campus, as both administrators and faculty members

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• Concert Hour: Emily Erenyi Helvey, piano: Palomar College music alumnus Emily Erenyi Helvey, performs a program of piano music that recalls the muse of dance. Free admission. 12:30 p.m., Performance Lab (Room D-1 0)

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• Film series: "Croupier." in this smart thriller directed by British veteran Mike Hodges, a novelist finds inspiration working as a casino dealer but risks his protagonist taking over his life. Clive Owen, Alex Kingston. Rated R. Free admission. Visitors: parking permit required. 6:30 p.m., room P-32, San Marcos campus.

• Concert Hour: Brass and Organ: Director Billy Hawkins leads the Palomar Brass Ensemble in a program of music for brass and organ. Free admission. 12:30 p.m., Room D-5.

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body's hormones, so people with Cushing's have many hormonal problems. In Smarsh's A Palomar College professor case, this included low testoswith a rare and debilitating terone and insulin levels and disease has returned to the severe depression. classroom after nearly three "I was so lonely," Smarsh said, "I was calling churches year of absence.

Math teacher and Math out of the phone book just to Center tutor James Smarsh get someone to talk to me." survived Cushing's disease, a Smarsh, said that having glandular disorder that strikes such a rare condition was even about one in every million peo- more frustrating once he read ple. about Cushing's.

Smarsh spent three years "All the doctors I saw looked visiting different doctors and at only one symptom," Smarsh reading medical books to learn said. "They weren't putting what was wrong with him. them all together."

"When you have a very rare Cushing's occurs mainly in disease, you're called a zebra. women in their 20s and 30s.

Usually, zebras die because Smarsh, who was more than 50 doctors have to treat the maxi- when his symptoms developed, mum number of people," said he had one doctor that Smarsh said. He said that completely refused to even dissince doctors have so little time cuss Cushing's. to spend with each patient, Smarsh said the main reason they don't get to do in- depth that the doctors he visited did not diagnose him analysis of an individual with ''Fin•lly, •II" I with Cushing's is unique prob- ,,., filling tlft•in that they couldn't lems. see the tumor on his pituitary gland in Cushing's dis- I would tli1, I 11nt ease is caused th1 Mil to • lplei•l- his MRI. by a benign ilt in Houlton, •nd "The doctor said tumor on the h1 1•itl h1 not only he couldn't see my pituitary gland, ,., • tumor, but pituitary gland, and which causes it that I might possibly th•t h1 eould oplt- have a tumor, but to produce too •tl on it. It ,., much cortisol. probably not," Smarsh said.

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Smarsh's tumor was include loss, upper body flattening the pitu- James Smarsh itary gland and weight gain, MATH TEICHER making it difficult to thinning arms and legs, high see. blood pressure, high blood "Finally, after 3 years feeling sugar, fatigue, accumulation of certain I would die, I sent the fat around the neck, and thin MRI to a specialist in Houston, skin leads to easy bruising and and he said he not only saw a slow healing. tumor, but that he could oper"When you have Cushing's, ate on it," Smarsh said. "It was something goes wrong with great to have hope again." every part of your body," The procedure to remove Smarsh said. The pituitary pituitary tumors, according to gland regulates most of the Martin Weiss, neuro-surgeon,

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James Smarsh (left) helps Sonoma Codispoti with her math homework. Smarsh is back to work after his long fight with Cushing's disease. is called trans-sphenoidal surgery. "It involves an incision in the upper gum, which allows access to the pituitary gland with specialized instruments," Weiss said.

Mter the surgery, Smarsh had some complications, and he said he was curious about the tumor.

"When I asked for the analysis on the tumor, I was told that there was not enough to send to the lab for tests," Smarsh said.

By two months after the surgery, all his symptoms had completely disappeared.

"It just took a while for my pituitary gland to recover from all the stress of the surgery," Smarsh said.

Looking back on the ordeal, Smarsh said, "Doctors can be really crappy when you're not going along with what they think, but when I put myself in their position, I can understand."

Over the last year, Smarsh has made a full recovery. He has returned to his duties teaching and tutoring math at Palomar. He said that when he goes in for regular hormone tests, all his levels are normal.

There is some chance that the tumor will return, but Smarsh says he doesn't worry about that.

"I'm as healthy as I ever was," he said. "I tell people that my life is a miracle."

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ernment, I've been able to do what needs to be done to make Palomar better," Chadwick said, "If you practice good government, votes will come." Chadwick said she has spent her career in higher education and plans on moving forward on progressive issues. She regards the contract with the faculty as a top priority and is optimistic differences can be resolved.

"Higher education is the rock-bed of public education," Chadwick said, "As far as I'm concerned, public education should be free."

Aligned with Chadwick, challenger Ruth Larson brings a new perspective to the board.

"The fact that she pays her employees a living wage shows she can offer a guidance of fairness," said Faculty Senate President Katie 'Ibwnsend-Merino.

Larson said she has had no opponents in the election and that any of the candidates would do a fine job. She said that she has been humbled by the support and is ready to work on the new board.

"We need a positive, unified direction," Larson said. Larson said she looks forward to taking on many of the issues facing the board, such as selecting a new president. She says that she plans to scrutinize and review the candidates and is enthusiastic about the decision. Another pressing matter for the new board will be a proposed bond measure.

"We need a visionary for a bond measure," Larson said. She also believes in a strategic plan to take the measure to the public based on legitimate arguments.

Larson is also optimistic about settling

the ongoing contract dispute with the faculty.

She believes a fair decision will be made within the next three months and the board should not micromanage.

"Chadwick and McMullen make a very diverse board. There's a great diversity of consensus building, experience and conservative financial responsibility," Larson said.

McMullen said his area of expertise is finance. He will now serve his second term on the board and he said owes his success to serving well over the past four years without an agenda. He also added he can offer the board a wide array of experience and knowledge of fiscal responsibility.

McMullen said his main objectives is securing the future of Palomar. Primarily, McMullen is set on getting a bond measure by 2006.

"There has been too much inequality in funding," McMullen said, "The same economic formula should be applied to all colleges."

McMullen is also ready to finalize a contract with the faculty and is hopeful to have a resolution in the coming months.

"We need to put this long, drawn-out issue to bed," McMullen said.

He is very happy with the new board and is glad to have Chadwick returning. He said she is very knowledgeable and has made conscientious decisions. He also welcomes Larson and her professional experience.

"Dr. Larson is a very enthusiastic person and her medical experience will be very helpful in medical programs on campus," McMullen said.

Palomar Community College District Percentage: 100.0% Vote for: 3 Nancy Chadwick 68,399 19.80% Ruth Larson 19.13% 66,068 Darrell L. McMullen 55,84 7 16.17% Ralph G. Jensen 51,683 14.96% Joe Stanford 10.90% 37,665 Joe Chirra 37,459 10.85% Howard Kuiper 28,273 8.19%

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in times of trouble."

Bush was also able to overcome the negative press about his military service. An issue that many thought would favor John Kerry quickly turned in the president's favor over the summer.

Drinan said this was due to the success of negative ads aimed at Kerry.

"The swift boat ads sent an arrow right through the heart of Kerry's campaign at a time when he was establishing his service record," Drinan said.

The ads were effective in constructing the military images of both candidates.

"The military likes him (Bush), and our army is still over there," said Risa Williamson, a computer science student. "Bush has a plan.

Kerry didn't state his -he just kept saying he had a plan."

The war was not the only reason Bush won. Exit polls showed that the No. 1 issue voters considered when casting their ballot was each candidate's stance on moral issues.

In front of the student center, three students debated the election results.

Mark Lasley, an anthropology student, expressed concern about the fact that more Americans voted based on issues such as gay marriage and abortion, as opposed to the war in Iraq and terrorism. The war in Iraq is a major issue for Lasley.

"My father is in the military.

He is in Falluja right now," Lasley said. "Conservatism is becoming the main ideology in this country and people voted on fear and desperation because they identified with

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As First Lady Laura Bush looks on, President George W. Bush makes his victory speech at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 2004, after defeating Sen. John Kerry

Bush ideologically."

Jonathan Baccus, another Palomar student, said, "This guy deals a huge blow to our economy, spends billions of dollars invading a country that didn't attack us, destroys our national security - and they still elect him back in."

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major, and the only Bush supporter at the table offered his own take on why Bush won moral issues. "Abortion and gay marriage alone turned a lot of people toward him," Torriente said.

Torriente may be right. Exit polls are on his side and Drinan adds that Bush was

able to capitalize on the moral issues in order to energize his base. During the closing months of his campaign, Bush supported a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage. While it had no chance of passing, it energized his base in a way that Kerry was unable to do with the

Democrats, Drinan said.

Gay marriage played an important role again on Election Day. Ballots in 11 states contained amendments banning gay marriage including Ohio.

"Bush's base sees gay marriage as a threat, and these amendments helped motivate voters to go to the polls," Drinan said. "In Ohio, it may be what put Bush over the top."

Some voter's identified with Bush's straightforward approach.

"I like his arguments and I like the way he presents them," Kofoed said. "There's not a lot of rhetoric."

Baccus brought up another familiar topic when he questioned the legitimacy of the election.

"In almost every poor, minority district in Florida, they put in electronic voting machines," Baccus said. "The results of these machines are untraceable, and Bush just happened to win these districts - districts Gore won in 2000."

"I am not saying he stole it, but it looks bad," Baccus said.

Drinan offers another explanation. "After the hurricanes, Florida wasn't really in play anymore," Drinan said. "Bush was able to funnel billions of dollars in relief funds into the state and he was able to look like a hero they bonded with him."

This election will be discussed and analyzed for sometime. But in the end it may have come down to one thinglikability.

"A lot of people didn't want Kerry - everyone has their own reason," Williamson said.

• Groundbreaking set for new high-tech science building

By Andrew Phelps

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Construction on a multi-story science center at Palomar College could begin as early as Nov. 15.

Facilities Department Director Mike Ellis said the college is ready to file a notice to proceed, which would open a 24-month window for the contractor to build.

Ellis said the building could be complete as early as November 2006, and classes would likely begin in spring 2007.

The college selected C.E. Wylie Construction, a San Diego company, at a cost of $27.4 million.

Wylie was the lowest of seven bidders who competed for the project. The total cost for construction, including insurance fees, is $28.7 million.

Five years ago, the state set up a fund for the science building.

This fund includes more than $25 million for construction fees.

Since Wylie's bid was $2 million over budget, the state agreed to provide an extra 9 percent of that $25 million.

The Palomar district is responsible for the remaining $1 million. The City of San Marcos has approved a half-million dollars in redevelopment funds to help offset that cost.

Ellis said the contractors' high bids were expected.

"We were aware that it was going to be over budget. The state set up this budget about five years ago," Ellis said. Since then,

concrete and steel prices have soared.

Eileen Poole, a Palomar College contract specialist, said she expected the bids to be much higher.

Despite C.E. Wylie's bid being lowest, Ellis said he is confident the best contractor was chosen.

"They're a good company," Ellis said, noting it's a local company.

He said C.E. Wylie has done work at Cal State San Marcos and schools in Vista and Oceanside.

He said the company is ready to go but may or may not begin Nov. 15. Ellis said the college is already been poised to issue a notice to proceed, but officials want to ensure insurance fees are paid.

Ellis said the contractor will immediately begin installing temporary office trailers, which will be in place throughout construction.

The science center has faced several delays, including recent disputes with the state about land clearance. When the college hired a title company to perform due diligence, a process that ensures a construction site is free of hidden deeds or legal obligations, the state rejected the report and asked for more information.

The company, Chicago Title, abandoned the project, and the college had to spend $7,500 for a consultant who would finish the job.

An official groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 3.

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George Holt of the facilities department moves pine trees from the proposed site of the high-tech science building.

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Governing board members should set list of priorities With the Nov. 2 election behind us and a new governing board in place, the board members should adopt a new set of goals that will help improve the Palomar College district. We hope that Nancy Chadwick, Ruth Larson and Darrell McMullen, Michele Nelson and Mark Evilsizer focus on issues that are important to students, faculty and staff, as they are all vital members of the campus community.

There are several issues the board must address immediately.

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• Improve the overall climate on campus. The past couple of years have been filled with turmoil strained relationships and bad feelings. This has had a negative impact on all members of the campus community - administrators, faculty, staff and students.

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• Do everything possible to keep tuition from increasing any further. Given the state's fiscal problems, the board should work to find budgetary solutions that do not put an undue burden on the students. Two tuition hikes in one year are enough.

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• Provide a greater degree of oversight into how the Associated Student Government spends the $30,000 appropriated to it by the governing board each year. This should lead to greater fiscal responsibility from the ASG. It would also demand accountability from ASG leaders in respect to how they decide which groups get money. Without this accountability, the process will remain arbitrary and overly political.

• Plan an immediate course of action to place a bond measure on the ballot for the next election. If passed, this measure would provide the district with much needed funds for expansion and improvements.

This will require more than just talk. Once on the ballot, there must be a plan to mobilize the whole college community to promote the measure.

• Work with appropriate departments and administrators to ensure better availability of core classes.

The late addition of 11 English 100 courses early this semester was an example of what can be done to accommodate student needs. With proper planning, the needs of even more students can be met.

• Take an immediate and active role in the selection process of the new college president. After the new board is seated, they will have about one month to choose a new president. We hope they consider the needs of all those in the college community, while at the same time weighing the concerns raised during the selection process.

• Resolve outstanding issues regarding faculty contract negotiations. These negotiations should aim to establish a contract that will increase faculty retention and bring salaries more in line with state and county averages. Right now salaries rank near the bottom.

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Jerks make life unpleasant for food service workers through Friday, nine-to-five work week. At a fast food restaurant, you can work some mornings and other evenings to accommodate a class and study schedule.

Once my boss politely told a man who was causing a disturbance that he needed to leave.

As the boss held the door open for the man to exit, the man socked the boss in the gut. People

By Chrystall Kanyuck like that man have no reason act like that.

THE TELESCOPE Maybe this minority of mean customers just think we are all plain dumb and therefore Imagine you're a cook making someone's din- deserve the degrading treatment. While there ner exactly the way they requested it. When are certainly some, shall we say, dim bulbs, in you take the carefully prepared meal over to any establishment, people I work with are hard the window, it's still steaming. You give it to working, intelligent problem solvers. One of my the customer and, instead of a thank-you, you co-workers can fix just about anything in our store, from plumbing to computers. Another can get spit in the face.

This is one extreme example from a friend change a customer with a problem into one who and co-worker of the abuse that food service ends up giving compliment.

Many of these cranky or condescending peoworkers receive on a regular basis. People who do things like this think that they are above ple have, no doubt, received poor service somelowly burger flippers and cash register jockeys. place in the past. Unfortunately, mistakes do But that's not the case. People who work in happen. My store serves upwards of 3,000 peorestaurants are decent, hard-working people, ple on any given day, and mistakes are made.

But nobody's perfect, and why hold a grudge? and probably smarter than you think.

How will the person who messed up your food So why do some people feel the need to be be affected if you're rude to rude to those serving them? someone else at a different For some, like anyone who restaurant? In other words, just would yell and cuss from M•ybl ... m1•n their car for no reason at a tUIIOmlll think WI . , because somebody got your order wrong once, there's no need to smiling 16-year-old girl, the •II pl•in dumb •nd talk to everyone standing behind reason can only be a manner- lhiiiiOII dllltrl lhl a counter like they're idiots. less upbringing.

Everybody deserves to be Others may think that peo- d1gr•ding tr~•tm1nt. treated with decency. It doesn't ple serving food for a living matter how people might justifY are uneducated. I work in the fast food industry, and I can tell you this it, because the bottom line is that everybody is not the case. Many people I work with are deserves respect. Remember that the person college students trying to work their way serving your food is a person. They're trying to earn a living, or maybe just a little extra cash, through school.

In fact, I've met many waiters, restaurant by sweating for long hours to serve you.

Rude behavior is both needless and countermanagers, and yes, even burger flippers with college degrees. Restaurant work is especial- productive. Not only is mistreating people who ly suited to students because it offers such serve you an easy way to ruin everyone's day, it flexible scheduling. A receptionist or con- also invites bad service and the possibility of struction worker is confined to the Monday something even worse: a bad meal.

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The voice of Anlerica~s • youth was silent again Well, young people, you blew it. This Kerry over the top, as most was supposed to be your breakout year young people supported him.

But the numbers show that in voter turnout, and you choked. You young people between the ages know, for awhile you of 18-24 made up a pathetic 9 guys really had people percent of an estimated 120 milthinking that you lion Americans that voted. would vote, but apparThis is about the same as the ently P. Diddy telling last election. So much for the you guys to do it just "revolution" promised by all the isn't enough for you. voter outreach organizations.

Because you didn't According to the media, take the time to cast a vote at the polls, George W. Bush is now the organizations like MTV's Rock president for another four years, like it The Vote and P. Diddy's Vote or or not. Obviously, if you're a Bush sup- Die were supposed to have increased awareness for young porter, that would be O.K. with you.

But one very negative consequence voters, and were supposedly for every young person comes out of making them more informed this: Because you didn't come out to than ever. They also claimed vote, politicians aren't going to see you that more young people than as a legitimate voting bloc in the next ever had registered to vote.

Did they not inform young election.

That means instead of having the people what day they were supissues related to us in 2008, seeing the posed to vote? Or that they actually had to candidate make a show up to vote? wholehearted effort If there is a to reach-out to B«•u11 you didn't eom1 good reason not young people, and out to roll, polititi•ns to vote, it is lack actually having •r~n't going to"' you •s of knowledge on elected officials The Dixie Chicks speak at a Rock the Vote news conference. Groups aimed at getting out the youth vote, such the issues. fighting for us, we • llfilim•ll voting blot in Nothing is as Rock the Vote and P. Diddy's Vote or Die, registered young voters in record numbers this election. have to wait yet tlr1 n1xt 1/ldion. more dangerous another four years involved. They need to realize that if and stress the importance of voting to to democracy than people for the opportunity they don't get involved with choosing them. Oh, and could you add that showwho vote blindly. to try again. By our country's leaders, they can't coming up at the polls on Election Day is the Hopefully, the young people who did that time, you'll all be older and probmost important thing? plain about the decisions they make. not vote made the moral decision on ably voting.

If you did not vote in this election, We have to send a message to politiPolls and so-called "experts" had account of not being able to make an cians that we will not remain ignored. start doing it. And don't just vote, tell been saying (as they do most years) informed decision. others to vote as well. Make it a point We may have screwed up again this Whatever the excuse for the weak that this year was the big year that to refer your friends to informative year, but it is time for young people to young people were going to go to the turnout, it's a shame that so few young stop slacking off and get the vote out. sources, like Web sites, about politics, polls - which would have put John people aren't informed and aren't

~~r..SIO ;. .,. =- IHE EDITOR Voting according to your conscience not a mistake In response to Donnie Boyle's article on third-party candidates: I was so jazzed about your very thought-provoking article!

I being a naive college student "trying to develop and identity" am glad you knew exactly how to sway my beliefs. I realized that my vote would count more if I voted for someone I actually didn't want to be president.

Voting my fears instead of my hopes seems to be the popular thing going around.

You said in your article "The problem is Nader's message sounds good, especially to young voters." I'm glad you took it upon yourself to assume that ideals are a formula for failure. I only wish I knew what Kerry stands for, because he talks ever so loud and it seems like he is just being a big meanie to Bush. But I guess that's just my assumption since I am so clueless. I say this assuming that you support Kerry since you refer to voting for Bush and Nader as a "mistake."

I am also glad you reaffirmed the popular assumption that those who want to vote for Ralph Nader are Democrats, which seems funny since he is not. I hope you're picking up the sarcasm by now.

My only hope is that students on campus educate themselves as to who is running instead of listening to two candidates who assume presidency because of corporate backing, and people's assumptions like yourself as to who will win the election.

An easy site to look up and read on a candidate's values is votevalues.com.

It's easy, you just click on California elections and then click on the presidential race.

The more you know, the better. I believe we owe it to ourselves. Thanks for having such an open mind.

Story diminished the importance of voting I am writing to address the Oct. 25 article by Rachel Keeler. Normally I enjoy reading her articles, especially the one concerning the outrageous outfits worn on campus by some of the female students. But I did not agree with her article "In California your vote doesn't really matter."

First off, to state that voting is insignificant is ignorant. Yes, our Electoral College does make the final vote for each state, but in almost all states it is against the law to vote against the popular vote in your state. Second, only 45-50 percent of registered voters participate by casting a vote. Imagine the outcome of an election with 100 percent of registered voters actually voting, combined with 100 percent participation of the recent 20 million newly registered voters (thanks to VOTE or DIE and Rock the Vote)!

It's arrogant to think that all of these newly registered and previously registered voters are Democrats. Suppose that the other 50 percent of registered voters that do not participate are Republicans and think the same way Ms. Keeler does and they don't show because there are to many liberals in California. If they came to the polls and voted the way they want to, with their conscience guiding them, then we could see a different kind of "Rock the Vote." Every vote does count - if it didn't, then we wouldn't call the process after an election "counting the votes."

We need to get out there and vote, we have that ability; what an honor and privilege! As for politicians saying whatever to get elected, then more of us need to form other parties, and break the tradition of the two-party system. The president can say all he wants, what we as voters need to realize, is that he does not make the laws.

The laws are made in the legislative branch, or our representatives and senators.

This is were our main focus should be, they even have the main control over the budget, not the president! Yet the turnout for an non-presidential election is 30-40 percent of registered voters.

Maybe instead of telling students their vote doesn't matter, we should be telling them that in order for an elected official to get into office, he has to be voted in. If no one shows up but the candidate himself to vote, he will win because there was one vote cast and it was for him! Let's do our part and honor the men and women who sacrificed their lives to have a country/government ruled by the people!

-Travis Haslett

SOCIOLOGY

-Diana Silwanus POU1'1W SGENCE

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By Anne Kim KRT IEWS SERVICE

"I'm broke."

That's a phrase college students everywhere have uttered in a whining or worried tone at least once since entering the luminous halls of the ivory tower.

This phrase, however, might hold a more dire meaning for students and parents during the coming years as tuition continues to rise.

Tuition and fees at four-year public colleges and universities increased an average of more than 14 percent nationally last year from the 2002-2003 school year, according to the College Board.

In Washington state in the past 10 years, according to the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, tuition and fees at public research universities have shot up an astounding 89 percent.

Ditto for community colleges.

These shocking numbers should cause students either to revolt with pickets in hand or to rush to apply for scholarships and grants to help cover rising costs.

Yet, hearing from several other students, they aren't aggressively pursuing these options.

Studtmts andpiilt(Jlitsa/ikeare bomiwing more to 1/rtani:e C()lfege ed~Jt:atien.

Instead, many are takSllare 8f tata1 aid CBge in tDtal aid ing out more loans, 70% l Adjusted for lllflatlon working part-time, or ·'82·'83 • '92·'t:l ID 'n-'93 to '02-'03 their parents are pick150.% ing up the slack - all necessary options, yet better alternatives exist.

College students need to take more financial ownership of their education by taking advan3S'92- '$4- '9&- '98- '00tage of the many schol'93 '95 VT '99 '01 '03 j arship opportunities Eslimaled student aid* iri'02·'03 out there. They should Total aid: $105 billion Fedela! loans ""' St,at,.. egrwrt"""'"" s _ _ ___..s""o" view applying for scholInstitutional grants 19% ~=~=~:!d arships as their annual Federal Pell Grants Olherfedela!programs 3% responsibility, which Non-federal loans t""""..,..._,~,__~-----7-=~ ,-"~ can relieve some of the _ burden from parents and their own future budgets.

Higher education is expensive. That's common knowledge.

Indeed, students should expect to take out some loans and/or to work part-time to help pay for the rising costs. Yet only a few people I know actually apply for scholarships habitually. Students aren't aggressively pursuing these opportunities as they should.

For example, the Washington Promise Scholarship - a merit- and need-based scholarship - alone will dispense more than $6 million to students in 2004 in Washington state. But according to Kris Betker at the Higher Education Coordinating Board, out of 10,000 students identified and invited as eligible to apply, only 4,300 actually submitted applications.

Loans are a popular option since they are readily offered and easily accessible. Nationally, the average student loan debt has increased 66 percent since 1997, according to Nellie Mae's 2002 National Student Loan Survey.

And, of course, these loans accumulate. The average student at a public college in the U.S. takes out $16,000 in federal loans by the time he or she graduates from college. Students who attend private colleges take out an average of $18,000 by graduation.

That's a significant amount of money to repay and not exactly something to look forward to with the limited job opportunities new grads are facing in today's economy.

So, why are students increasingly indebting themselves when other sources of funding are available? Are students just lazy?

Hearing from several college students-to-be, applying for scholarships is just too much work. They're competitive and require essays and paperwork. How tragic.

Yet, especially for students who have their eye on post-undergraduate education, taking out more loans than are absolutely necessary isn't a smart long-term plan.

Forty-two percent of borrowers who opted not to attend graduate school said their already existing debt had a significant influence on their decision, according to a Nellie Mae survey.

Loans are a necessary and beneficial way to pay for one's education, but students shouldn't depend on them. They need to push themselves to actively pursue grants and scholarships. In doing so, they truly will own their education.

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Relentlees campaign of fear worked for failing president

By Jane Eisner

president, the budget was, indeed, balanced.

To see that progress squandered in a few short years is heartbreaking.

I fear my daughters may not have the Fear stalked this election, and fear won it right to choose what happens to their bodies. for the Republicans.

I fear scientific exploration will slow down Fear of another terrorist attack, said threefourths of voters in one survey Tuesday. Fear under an administration that mistakes its of appearing weak to the world. Fear of narrow values for the common good. We don't switching to a new leader. Fear that another know what secrets embryonic stem-cell 9/11, another Beslan school massacre, another research will unlock, what help it may offer Osama bin Laden was waiting around the cor- to those who suffer, but the promise is tantaner if the occupant of the Oval Office had to lizing and real. As the daughter of someone with Alzheimer's disease, I resent anyone move house.

The fact that Osama is waiting around the telling me that American science - the best corner - despite the long-ago promises that in the world, until now - must play second fiddle to a church choir. this administration would "get him" And I fear that faith- more precisely, one seemed not to matter to a slim majority of the particular brand of religious faith - is comvoting public.

Other, more modest fears operated among ing to play too large a role in the public some of the electorate. Fear of gay marriage, square. I'm no secularist. I run a religious enough to ban it in 11 states. Fear of science household, send my children to religious and secularism. Fear of "liberals," a word schools, go to services at least once a week.

The values I derive from my faith differ in some Americans now use with the same venom once reserved for "Redcoats," "Nazis" major ways from the values the president derives from his. That's the beauty of and "commies."

I'm not sure what a liberal is any more, but America: the ideal by which we can live side it's a handy epithet used by people who, by side, without interference. Yet now there is interference. There is dominance, and undoubtedly, are gloating today.

So be it. The people have spoken. The coercion, by those who hold just one version process worked. The turnout was high enough of values.

So "faith" is invoked in relation to the disto restore faith in the vibrancy of the electoral position of frozen embryos but not to the conexperiment. cerns of the poor and hungry. "Faith" comes Now some of us are left with new fears.

I fear that the mounting cost of the war in to the defense of marriage against the Iraq, in lives and in treasure, will further "assault" by gay people who, gosh, want to be weaken the United States' fiscal and diplo- married, but not to the defense of the envimatic standing. I'm not sure that either ronment which, last I read in the Bible, was George W. Bush or John Kerry had a creative created by the same God so often invoked on sense of what to do next, but now the one who the campaign trail.

"Faith" leads some to care about the got us into this mess will have to get us out, and given his record so far, there's good reason unborn, yet not about the 100,000 civilians who have died in Iraq since the beginning of to fear that the cost will only grow.

I fear the next war the White House will a war they did not request.

These are honest differences of opinion, launch, and only pray its prosecutors seek better intelligence and make better plans next but I'm afraid my side is the only side that thinks so. The other side believes that it is time.

I fear my children will inherit a national right. End of discussion.

My fears may prove exaggerated or economy hobbled by massive budget deficits, and by staggering debt and entitlement pay- unfounded. That's now in the hands of the ments that will curtail governmental innova- political party controlling Congress and the tion and leave the nation vulnerable to the White House. Its members have promised to protect us from terror, win the peace in Iraq, whims of lenders overseas.

As Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Page edi- improve the job market, cut the deficit in tor in the 1990s, I campaigned vigorously to half, and much more.

Now they must deliver. Now they must diseliminate the federal deficit - and that was with a Democrat in the White House. And, pel these fears and bring about that more thanks to a zealous Congress and a pragmatic hopeful day. I'm waiting.

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Vets struggle to resume campus life

By Aamer Madbani

KIT NEWS SERVICE

Lying on the hood of the Humvee he used as his bed for much of the war, Brandon Nordhoff would put on his earphones, turn up the volume on his Discman to drown out battlefield noises, and imagine himself at a party back on the Indiana University campus.

After one such dream, Nordhoff determined when he returned to campus, he would pledge a fraternity and make up for the social life he lost while deployed with his Indianapolisbased Marine reserve unit.

He has made up for lost time with his social life, but for Nordhoff and many of the thousands of Iraq war veterans, the transition from war zone to campus has not gone smoothly. They acknowledge they struggle to mend war wounds, mental and physical, while trying to readjust to the relative triviality of life as a student.

As the oldest pledge in this years Acacia fraternity class, Nordhoff, 21, often feels awkward. Partying while many of his Marine buddies are still in Iraq now seems frivolous. And the occasional war protest on campus can make him furious.

"Going to war changes you," said the corporal, a junior from Kirksville, Ind., a small farming community near Bloomington. "I feel 200 percent different than the people in Bloomington and a lot of the kids at the university."

In the first few weeks of the school year, Veterans Affairs officers at campuses throughout the Midwest have reported being inundated with soldier-students looking for help collecting their education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill.

The officers can help them straighten out their benefits, but universities have no one designated to help the soldiers with the transition from battlefield to classroom.

Although the Iraq war has not generated the unrest on campuses the Vietnam War brought in the 1960s and 1970s, divided

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Brandon Nordhoff (right) greets fellow Iraqi war veteran Chris King on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington. opinion on the current conflict is representing Americans who obvious. Some returning soldiers have died in combat, Bradley complain their classmates and Rehak, a senior at the professors often have a shallow University of Iowa, said he is view of the war and they do not constantly reminded of the war. show enough support for the "We can say that we got rid of troops. a terrible dictator by going to "Inevitably in classes, you war," said Rehak, 24, a medic have these kids who criticize the with the Iowa National Guard. war and criticize the president "The argument misses the far and don't know what they're greater points that we haven't talking about," said Cpl. Daniel found that Saddam Hussein had Rhodes, a Marine reservist from weapons of mass destruction La Grange, ill., and a senior in and we haven't found links political science at the between al-Qaida and Iraq."

University of Illinois m Steve Asche, 24, another stuChampaign. "I dent at illinois and a want to say to "I don't mind if veteran of the Iraq them, ' Do you war, echoes many of p10p/1 . , •g•inlt the realize that criticisms from you're sitting th1 w•r •nd w•nt to war opponents on his here in a class- 1p1•k out •g•inlt campus the astroroom, living th1 w•r, but I don't nomical cost to fight, freely, because likl it wh1n th11 the loss of American we're willing to don't 1upport th1 and Iraqi lives and fight?" what he sees as quesOther veter- 10/diltl., tionable planning by ans have _ Steve Asche the architects of the returned to camSTUDEIT war. Still, it angers pus with doubts him when he sees about the necesclassmates make sweeping critisity ofthe war in Iraq. From lec- cisms of the war, which he said tures in his Chinese history belittle the sacrifice he and other class about how emperors sold soldiers made. war to their people, to a local Earlier this semester, the stubusiness' toy-soldier displays dent newspaper published two

stories on its front page about vigils held on campus for victims of the attack against Beslan School No. 1 in Russia and for the more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq. The story on the Beslan vigil was given more prominent display, which Asche found to be an affront to soldiers who had died in the war.

"I don't mind if people are against the war and want to speak out against the war, but I don't like it when they don't support the soldiers," said Asche, a civil engineering major carrying 27 credit hours this semester to complete his degree.

Since returning to campus last spring, Asche, who served south of Baghdad, Iraq, with the illinois National Guard 333rd Military Police unit, said at times he has been consumed by feelings of bitterness and frustration.

About three months after arriving in Iraq, Asche was badly burned in an explosion.

During a chase of an Iraqi vehicle that raced through a U.S. checkpoint, a Humvee crashed into the one Asche was riding in.

He spent several days in a druginduced coma after being airlift-

ed to a military hospital in Germany.

At 6-foot-4 with a football player build, Asche looks the picture of health and youth. But his hands, repaired by skin grafts, are as wrinkled and leathery as an elderly man's.

"I just want to be over with it," the former sergeant said of college.

Barry Romo, national coordinator for Vietnam Veterans Against the War, recalled perhaps the most turbulent, emotional time in his life was when he returned to campus in San Bernardino, Calif., after serving in Vietnam in the late 1960s. It was difficult to relate to classmates who had not served in Vietnam, Romo said.

"One of the things that bothered me was that people were going about their daily lives without even noting that people are dying in Vietnam," Romo said. "There was just this feeling that people were detached from what you went through."

Rhodes, 23, who was a junior when he left for Iraq, said he has grown disillusioned by campus life. After war, Rhodes explained, most of what is taught in the classroom seems unimportant.

Over the summer, Rhodes completed Officer Candidates School at Quantico, Va., and as soon as he graduates, he will go on active duty as a second lieutenant. He is taking Arabic, Hebrew and Spanish this semester because he thinks the languages might come in handy in future military operations.

Before heading to Iraq, he was an underachieving student, scraping by with a 2.0 gradepoint average who spent more time at the campus bars than in the library. Since coming back to school, he has regimented his lifestyle and dramatically raised his grades.

Rhodes has shut himself off from campus life in part, he said, because most of his civilian classmates would not understand things about his war experience, and they would shun him if he tried to explain.

Updated memorial to be dedicated on Veterans Day

By Colleen Paroli

FOR THE TELESCOPE

A Veteran's War Memorial dedication will take place on Veteran's Day, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. The opening ceremony will start at the flagpole. The memorial wall will have the names of the 15 Vietnam Veterans and nine veterans from the recent Iraq War etched on the granite stone.

In 1995, Mary Tennant was invited to attend a meeting and unveiling of a modest memorial for the troops who were alumni of Southwestern College in Chula Vista and died in the Vietnam War. The memorial stood next to a stone garden bench on a green lawn. Seeing the Vietnam war memorial moved Tennant, a widow of a Vietnam veteran.

"It struck a chord in me," Tennant said, Palomar College Veteran's Services Director and has been working at Palomar for 20 years.

Tennant envisioned a shiny granite stone with all the names of the veterans who died and were alumni of Palomar to be built on campus. At that time, the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial at Palomar

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On Nov. 11, a new veterans memorial wall will be dedicated to Palomar students who have died at war.

College consisted of two plaques that were cracked and weatherworn with the names of 14 veterans. An additional veteran was found and will be included in the new memorial.

Tennant knew it would take volunteers and money to get the new Veteran's War Memorial built. She started writing and

talking to people about her ideas. She wrote to students, ex-military people, and she talked to Palomar faculty.

"It takes a village to accomplish a project like this," said Tennant.

With the approval of Palomar's former president Sherrill Amador, Tennant formed a committee of several

people. Retired Director of Veteran's Education, Angelo Carli served as advisor and mentor to the committee.

But the timing was bad for her.

Tennant was diagnosed with acute arthritis from injuries she sustained in a 1989 car accident. Her doctor told her that she needed to have surgery immediately. This set the project back, but with a strong will, determination, four surgeries later, including two knee replacements, Tennant got back into action.

The committee and other volunteers raised $15,000 from the Veteran's Education Council, fundraising, donations from Barona Casino, American Legion, and a Palomar College Foundation grant.

The money paid for a brick wall, the engraved polished granite stone and the five bronze plaques for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Marines.

"They have all made the dream come true," Tennant said.

At the Veteran's Memorial dedication ceremony the troops names will be read aloud.

An honor guard from the Escondido Fire Department will serve, and a Canadian bagpiper will play "Amazing Grace."

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By Chrystall Kanyuck

THI TELEStOPI

The Internet is an easy way for people to publish their ideas for the world to see or steal.

When people steal the ideas of others, for example, by taking them off a Web site, using them and claiming the ideas as original, it's plagiarism.

Reasons for cheating vary widely. Of course, laziness is probably the most common reason.

"The only time I cheat is when I wait until the last minute," said a cheater who asked to remain anonymous.

"At that point, I can work hard all night, or I can go online, slap something together really quick and get a good night's sleep."

Other students might commit plagiarism by accident, like Palomar student Lauren Brookshire. "I might forget to cite a source once in awhile," she said.

Other possible reasons include feeling pushed by the desire to excel, or a lack of confidence in their own writing skills. Students may also think it's o.k. not to do the work themselves, because they feel that the subject matter is irrelevant to their own future.

Another reason for plagiarism is students not knowing how to properly paraphrase the ideas of others. Some might not know that using a phrase or sentence they read on the Internet as an original idea is stealing intellectual property.

"The main trend I've seen is a huge increase in the amount of plagiarism from the Internet," said Bruce Bishop, Palomar College director of student affairs.

Bishop's office is in charge of tracking all reported cases of academic dishonesty at Palomar.

Statistics on the subject also show an increase. A 1999 study by the Center for Academic Integrity shows 10 percent of college students admitted to cut-and-paste style plagiarism. This is when the student copies something from a Web page and puts it directly into their work on the computer.

By 2001, this figure had risen to

41 percent. The survey also found that 75 percent of students admit to some kind of cheating, and half of them admit to "serious cheating" on a writing assignment.

According to another survey by the "Psychological Record," 36 percent of undergraduates have admitted to plagiarizing "Fortunately, it is also very written material.

In recent years, the easy to catch Internet has been the pri- students," Lowe mary source for cheaters. It said, "I simply not only offers published articles and papers available to plug a string review, but also sites where of words into students can buy papers. A Google and up the Web site called Genius Term comes Papers has more than 30,000 original term papers for sale. source, word Another site, The Paper for word."

In addition to Store, has a searchable datathe teacher's penalty, there base where a student can may be an additional penalty find papers on everything from Shakespeare to ecology from Bishop.

"I tell all the teachers that or communications. On 24they must report all cases of Hour Term Papers, students academic discan order a to paper and have ''/ e•n go onlin1, 1/•p honesty me," Bishop it delivered by said. the next morn- 10m1thing toglllr11 Bishop, who ing. tHI quiet •nd gil • wrote the stuIn fact, a good nighi'IIIHP. '' code of dent Google search of conduct, also 'term paper' will - Student said he is yield more than embarrassed 6.6 million simiat how few lar sites. While many of these sites offer papers cases are reported.

"With so many students, intended as instructional we know that there have got models, others, like Paper Genie, blatantly encourage to be more cases happening students to "just relax, and than are reported," Bishop let us do the work." They said, "I probably only get a offer a "custom paper" that couple dozen a semester."

If a student is reported to costs $20 per page.

Bishop and has a previous At Palomar, each instrucoccurrence of academic distor makes his or her own policy on what is considered aca- honesty, Bishop will hold a disciplinary hearing to give demic dishonesty. the student a chance to tell "My policy for plagiarism is to give the student a zero on their side of the story. Bishop the assignment," said will then decide on a penalty Palomar biology teacher ranging from removal from the class to suspension or Beth Lowe.

In the case of one large expulsion.

At other schools, the poliproject, the student's grade cies may be even stricter. The would drop University of New one letter.

England requires each student to

sign a code of conduct contract.

The contract includes a statement that the student will not turn in anything that is not his or her original work. Even a completely original work may not be submitted, if it has ever been used in another class.

At Harvard College, students expelled for academic dishonesty must have multiple letters of recommendation before they can be readmitted. These letters must come from people who are aware of the reason the student was dismissed.

"What students fail to realize, is that as technology makes it easier for students to plagiarize, it is also easier for teachers to catch them," said Tom Lazet, a former Palomar student and local high school teacher.

Two Web sites, iThenticate.com and Turnitin.com, allow teachers to identify specific instances of plagiarism. Both sites offer a large database that has a daunting 4.5 billion pages of information. If a teacher enters a student's paper into the database, he or she can get a color-coded printout highlighting any unoriginal statement and the source it came from.

"One school had a great idea: to require the student to run their papers through one of these software programs and turn in the assignment with the printout as well," Bishop said.

Eve2 is a similar software program that can search nearly the entire Internet.

It finds sus-

pected plagiarism and the sites they come from and then compares the two.

This allows teachers to know the exact percentage of the paper that was plagiarized.

Given the risks of punishment and the very real possibility of being caught, many students won't turn in a plagiarized assignment.

"It's just not worth it," Palomar student Sara Carter said. "Plus it's not that hard to write something fairly decent. Cheating is a lot of work."

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Students feeling the pressures of juggling college, work and life sometimes turn to the drug Adderall for quick pick-me-ups.

"I use it so I can stay up and study," said Palomar student Abigail Kelly*. "It's kind of like cocaine - it keeps me up and awake."

Adderall is a prescribed treatment for obesity, narcolepsy and, most commonly, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, also known as ADHD. It isn't a new drug.

Adderall is the new name for the medical formula that has been around for more than 20 years.

The combination of four amphetamine salts Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Amphetamine Aspartate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate and Amphetamine Sulfate - makes up the formula for Adder all.

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He was approximately 20 years old.

"The most negative aspect of the drug is that people "I was given a test to see if I had ADHD," said King, build a tolerance to it," Davis said. a former Palomar student. The test consisted of two "I was supposed to take a small dose, 10 milletters flashing on a computer screen. He was to press ligrams, but had to move up because I built up a tola button when a particular letter came up. Over-antic- erance," King said. "Twenty milligrams came next, ipating the next letter, King said he missed many of and then 30." the correct answers.

When King began his abuse of Adderall, he was takKing received his Adderall from his physician. He is ing two 20-milligram pills during the day and two at now off the pill and he said he never wants to take the night, even though he was only supposed to take one drug again. pill per day.

Prescription Adderall is available in 5-milligram, "I felt like I needed it," King said. "Adderall made 10-milligram, 20-milligram and 30-milligram pills. me feel like Superman."

Adderall classified as a Schedule II controlled subKing can recount situations where he hallucinated stance, remains in the user's body for about six hours and heard people speaking to him when there wasn't per dose. anyone around.

The categorization of Schedule II is given to medical One night, while watching "The Matrix," King said drugs that have the highest abuse potential and he decided to go outside for a walk. He saw two childependence shadow. Some other Schedule II drugs are dren waving to him from atop a hill. They were opium, morphine, codeine and cocaine. motioning for him to run over to the side of the street

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"It felt like I was really there," King said.

There were other, more serious incidents where King's Adderall abuse affected others.

"Because I didn't sleep, I would go for drives," King said.

In one Adderall-induced driving session, King flipped his Toyota while running from people that weren't chasing him.

"It was crazy," King said.

Another day, King was listening to the radio while driving. The voice was telling him to drive to certain homes to pick up bags full of oranges.

Davis said Adderall makes the people who abuse it anxious and nervous, and the drug itself has a high addictive quality.

More side effects of Adderall abuse are aggression, irritability and personality changes.

A more serious adverse reaction to the abuse of Adderall is psychosis - which can be clinically indistinguishable from schizophrenia.

Symptoms of misuse or overdose of Adderall include increased heart rate, nausea, restlessness, hallucinations and loss of coordination.

"It makes me feel like s--t when I take it," Kelly said. She said she would continue to take the pill whenever she studies - despite the nausea it brings to her.

Kelly steals her pills from her stepbrother, who has been diagnosed with ADHD and is prescribed the medication.

Adderall abusers should seek help through their physicians, counselors, families and friends before their addiction becomes their lifestyle. *Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect the identities of students who have abused Adderall.

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• SPEECH: Associated Student Government nixes Speech team's request CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 spoke resolutely to the ASG Oct. 27, criticizing the motivations for the budget cut and defending the merits and contributions of the team at Palomar.

"When any student at Palomar College can join the speech team, how do we not benefit the student?" Hokett asked.

"Since when is (any) not enough?"

At the Nov. 3 meeting, Charas did not seem swayed. "There are a lot of other groups that represent Palomar just as much as the speech team does," he said during the discussion before the vote, "We only have so much cake and frosting, and other people should get it too."

Senator Richard Alcala, one of three senators who voted against leaving the speech budget at only $4,000, said he needs to see more information. "I don't think we've seen the whole picture," he said.

Alcala said he wants to look at the team's budget, its tournament schedule and the ASG's budget, and consider returning part of the money in the future.

"We're not done yet," said Simone Hinzo, the team's captain, who attended the Nov. 3 meeting. She said she was happy to see ASG members seeking more information and hopeful the issue would be brought up again.

Hokett said not recovering the team's money will mean sending fewer students to tournaments this year.

"On the level that the ASG president feels he needs to decide our season, that would be as presumptuous as telling the football or baseball teams what games to attend," she said at the Oct. 27 meeting.

Neill Kovrig, the ASG Executive Vice President, voted not to return the money.

"I'm still not entirely convinced of the community involvement," he said.

Kovrig said the ASG chose to return $1,750 to the music department in October from a similar budget cut. That decision, he said, came after a closer look at the department's community contribu-

tions like the weekly public concert hours.

Kovrig said he doesn't see the same value in the speech team.

"I would ask that they see our winning record at the end of the year and decide for themselves," Hokett said.

Hokett noted at the Oct. 27 meeting that the team has already taken first place in two tournaments this semester, second place in another and ranks tenth in the nation among community colleges - making it a valuable community representative for Palomar.

She also points to this semester's speech team schedule, which includes three events offered on campus and to more than just the team's 25 members.

The team held a public speakathon on Election Day, hosted a tournament for 70 lower-division speech students Nov. 5

and will facilitate a public debate on campus Dec. 10.

"It doesn't have to be your major for speech to help you," Hinzo said. "It's so all encompassing." Hinzo, a psychology major, said the team is a diverse group from political science and history majors to aspiring teachers.

The team attends around 17 tournaments a year that can add up to thousands of dollars in entry fees, hotel rooms and airfare.

All but about $500 of the $4,000 in the team's ASG account has already been spent, Hokett said.

The team's budget includes another $30,000 in district funding, but without the return of the ASG money, the team may skip an important tournament in January and take fewer students to the year's culminating competition at nation-

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Speech coach Dewi Hokett (standing) makes a case to the Associated Student Government (not shown) to get back $4,000 taken away from the team at the ASG special meeting on Aug. 19.

als, Hokett said.

Senator Jimmy Cataline said he voted not to return the money because he wants to see the team fundraise more and leave money available to programs with smaller budgets.

Hinzo said the speech team does raise about $5,000 each year through fundraising and sponsors. The team raises several hundred dollars at a speakathon each semester and thousands from ticket proceeds from the evening of reading and other Speech Department events.

Hokett told the ASG the team needs the college's support because it is up against schools with budgets that are twice as large.

"I'm sorry that they felt orphaned by us," Kovrig said. But comparing Palomar to other schools is unfair, because budgets are not always structured alike, he said.

Kovrig said that in this time of budget crisis at Palomar, the team should consider looking to members to chip in and bridge the monetary gap.

Senator Aaron Mansker voiced his disagreement with Kovrig before the vote.

He said the team members shouldn't have to pay to go to tournaments when they represent Palomar. Mansker voted against not returning the speech team's money.

The speech budget was cut during a special meeting held Aug. 19 by the ASG to help create a special reserve account.

The $1,750 returned to the music department was part of that account, along with $150 from both dance and drama that remains in the account.

Kovrig said he wants money in the special reserve account that now totals $4,300 to be used by clubs, organizations or departments for programs or events with a broad student impact. The ASG is still working on how groups should apply for the money, so it has not been accessed yet.

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Cheaper computer classes offered at Palomar • Stud1nts oH1r1d llllltnlllirl to high1r eost sehools

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Palomar College's Computer Science and Business departments offer computer programs for a fraction of the cost that other schools charge.

A student can receive a certification for an average of $665 plus the costs of books. Marie College, offers similar administrative programs for thousands more.

A student can get their certificate from Palomar by taking classes in Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. These classes are offered through the Business Department and & Computer Science Information Science department. After passing these classes, the student would then have to pass Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) tests for each course in order to receive aMOS Certification. The tests are given separately from the courses and cost $55 per exam Judy Dolan, a Palomar busi-

ness professor, said it is best to semester and when they take visit the different schools and the MOS tests.

Both schools meet with an see which ones offer what you are looking for. advisory board which approves "These schools have their their courses of study.

Marie has an Executive niches," Dolan said. "You just Advisory Board which meets have to investigate."

Teri Engel, director of admis- twice per year. This board is sions of Marie College in San made up of employers which Diego, said that Marie offers a hire students who graduate "get in, get out, get your certifi- from the college.

Palomar cation" type of promeets once per gram. The MOS proyear with the gram is similar to 'Tou h•re th1 Office of Palomar's, in that p1non•l •tt1ntion students prepare for th•t somllimH fOU Information, Systems the MOS tests by takAdvisory ing Word, Excel, don't gil •t • Committee, Access, and PowerPoint courses. which is made up of industry The difference is that eolllf'·" · C011 a - Judy Dolan representaManc ege ouers PALOMAR BUSINESS PROFESSOR tives from an accelerated proNorth County. gram. Students who "They are very pleased with take day classes finish in seven months and those who take what we do," Dolan said. night classes finish in nine Both colleges said that the equipment students train on is months.

At Palomar, each course is up-to-date. self-paced, open-entry, and "The college has been very open-exit. These classes are supportive of our training prooffered in classrooms and grams," Dolan said. "We online. The time it takes for a always have state-of-the-art student to get their certification equipment and the newest verdepends on how many Microsoft sions of software."

Office courses they take in a Another difference between

Marie and Palomar is that Marie offers job placement through an "externship" program and half of the students who graduate are placed. Dolan said those who enter the administrative field are usually paid the same no matter where their MOS certification is received.

Dolan said Palomar students receive a structured course of study, are trained to be competitive in the job market, and have a more well-rounded education, which is something that some schools are not doing.

"You have the personal attention that sometimes you don't get at a private college," Dolan said.

Palomar also offers Certificates of Proficiency in Receptionist and Data Clerk Entry Office Information Systems. Other courses offered through the Business Department can be found at www.palomar.edu/business/programs.htm.

A list of programs offered through the Computer Science department can be found at www.palomar.edu/csis/programs.htm.

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Campus radio station earns tlobal listeners

By Thomas May

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A worldwide audience is listening to Palomar College's campus radio station, KKSM, as its ability to hear it live on the Internet has gained popularity in recent months.

KKSM has been streaming on the Internet since April. Meg Banta, communications professor and general manager of KKSM, said the listenership on the Web site has nearly doubled in the past month, from about 850 to 1,600 visits.

"Streaming the campus radio station has been very well-received," Banta said. "It also serves as a great marketing tool for the radio station and the college."

Banta said the station's online stream has received positive feedback.

KKSM has also gotten feedback from Internet listeners from around the world.

"The response has been truly amazing," she said. "We have received letters from our troops in Iraq, and phone calls from all over the world and across the nation."

One of the letters from a serviceman overseas came from Andrea Tarzo. a former Radio and Television student at Palomar, who is currently serving in Iraq.

Tarzo said she was "blown away" by

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Clayton Schminke, one half of the popular sports talk show "The Starting Lineup" on KKSM.

how much the radio station had progressed since she was a student in 1998. She said she enjoyed listening online to the music on KKSM in Iraq.

"I'm listening here in Iraq to all the cool sounds," Tarzo wrote. "I heard AC/DC, which made all of us stop what we were doing and rock out, and a

whole bunch of other artists I used to hear back in the states."

"Keep up the good work," Tarzo wrote. "You don't know how homesick Iraq can make you."

Banta said some of the calls and letters have come from Mexico, as well as countries in Asia and Europe.

Stateside, she said, they have been contacted from as far away as New York and Boston.

"There was one time during one of Palomar's football games where the power went out on campus, and the Web servers also went down," said Zeb Navarro, student program director for KKSM. "As a result, we weren't broadcasting on the Internet, and we got calls from Florida where some people from this area were listening to the game. They wanted to know if the radio was going to come back on so they could hear the end of the game."

"We even got a letter from an eighthgrader in Indiana who chose to do a report on KKSM," Banta said.

"The student was doing a report on different types of radio stations throughout the United States," Navarro said. "He wanted to do a college radio station and chose to write on KKSM." In addition to streaming on the Internet, KKSM is also available on channel 958 for the 200,000-plus subscribers of Cox Digital Cable.

Banta said the most popular programming online has consistently been "Locals Live," a show featuring musicians from San Diego County, "The Starting Lineup," a sports talk show, and "Doug Best Swings," a swing music and New Orleans jazz show.

To listen to KKSM online visit www.palomar.edu/kksm.

• BUDGET: Retiree health fund improved CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

have worked to bridge deficits. Several However, more than $5 million has positions remained vacant last year been allotted to bridge the gap of while the college saved $2.4 million in expected revenue and expenses.

The college expects to receive $98.6 salary costs.

Following the presentation, part- million in funds from federal, state and time chemistry professor, Ben Reno- local sources. This is an increase of $4 Frigo addressed the board concerning million compared to last year, primarily coming from local revenues. Other better salaries and benefits for faculty.

"This shows what employees will do revenues include $1.7 million in nonwhen called upon, despite being treated resident tuition and more than a quarbadly," Reno-Frigo said, ter million dollars in park"This war-chest may be '1hif shows wiHtl ing fines. ,..,. ,., ,.~_ The college plans to working against us."

Reno-Frigo noted that the """"''"' "'" "" spend nearly $8 million more on salaries and benegovernor is running the wilfn tt~llfd upon, fits than in the previous state like a business and tlllpitl Mllf 11'1111111 year, including salaries for will be less inclined to btully." grant funding for a school - Ben Reno-Frigo five full-time positions that with a large reserve.

CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR were left vacant last year.

Although more will be Faculty Senate President Katie spent on salaries, once a Townsend-Merino cited the work of fac- faculty contract is resolved.

The new budget also includes a nearulty for the added reserves.

"These reserves come at the cost of ly one-million dollar increase in revcannibalizing ourselves," Townsend- enue to $3.3 million for the retiree Merino said. health fund.

However, there was a general consenWith the newly discovered funds from last year, the college now holds sus that more needed to be done and nearly $13 million in reserves. Board that it did not make up for the past. members were cautious in the discre- Newmyer and the board agreed they tionary spending of the funds. have a liability to current retiree's.

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Ordering deadline affects textbook prices Bv John Asbury

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Textbooks, tuition and gasoline are consistently among the rising costs facing students today. While not much can be done at the college level for tuition or gas, some college faculty and administrators are attempting to ease the price of textbooks for students.

Bruce Bishop, Director of Student Affairs, is urging faculty to meet the ordering deadline of textbooks for the spring semester.

"One of the chief issues that affects the availability of books is the timeliness of faculty getting in their book orders," Bishop said.

Bishop has spent the last year and a half overseeing the deadline as manager of the Palomar-Follett contract.

Follett supplies the Palomar Bookstore with all of its ordering needs and recently received a new five year contract with Palomar. Bishop said he is very happy with the service over the last five years.

The bookstore has sent out requests to all faculty regarding which textbooks they want to use and how many will be needed for the upcoming semester.

Bishop said, in previous semesters, faculty has been late in meeting the deadline. For the fall semester, faculty was asked to have orders in by April 12.

Only 15 percent complied with the deadline, and, by Aug. 23, the first day of class, 86 percent of faculty had orders in.

"The deadlines are established based upon the amount of time the bookstore needs to secure used copies as an option for student," Bishop said. "As well as new books and to determine which books will be bought back by students."

Which books will be used for the next semester and how quickly a student

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Student Pamela Fout checks out a selection at the campus bookstore. The bookstores contract was renewed and they will continue to provide books to students for the next five years. sells a book determines the buy-back price. Therefore, the earlier the bookstore receives the order, the greater the value of the textbook being sought.

"Students would rather buy a used book, because they're paying 25 percent less," Bishop said.

The bookstore actually stands to gain more of a profit on used books - a 35 percent markup versus a 25 percent markup on new books, as outlined in the contract.

Each faculty member chooses which book to use and may order new books as often as desired. However, some faculty, such as Business Department Chairman, Dave Forsyth say ordering a new book is more of a hassle.

"It is easier to stay with an older book if it is a good one," Forsyth said.

He also says a department is sometimes forced to order a new edition because the publisher will discontinue an older edition or the older edition does not fully cover the course material.

Forsyth said his department tries to meet the deadline set by the bookstore and tries to avoid any burden on the students. However, he also says the ordering process has become more complex.

"Estimating the number of needed textbooks is far more difficult today than a decade ago, due to online book sales and the off-campus book store,"

Forsyth said, "Our bookstore tends to estimate needs on the conservative side because of the high costs of shipping."

Another perspective comes from textbook authors who teach at Palomar.

Earth Sciences Department chairman and author Al Trujillo published the eighth edition of his oceanography textbook this fall. The printing came at the end of a three-year publishing cycle.

Trujillo said new editions are published to include new data and new means of presenting the information.

He says he learns from each edition on about how to improve the text for the next printing.

"This is a different style of book, we try to make it appealing so students will read it," Trujillo said, "We try not to make it look so threatening."

Trujillo said that he has taken the feedback from colleagues and students and applied it to the books so it is easier for students to use.

A major factor adding to the cost of textbooks is the production and layout of the text.

"My textbooks are very image-heavy and very visual," Trujillo said.

According to Trujillo, some cover photographs cost up to $2,000.

For every book sold, Trujillo receives a royalty shared with a partner for roughly 10 percent of the cost.

However, a substantial portion goes back into publishing future editions.

"I didn't get into this to make money," Trujillo said, "I did it to make a good product students can use easily."

Trujillo said the Earth Science Department has a 100-percent compliance rate of meeting the bookstore deadline and already has ideas for future editions.

"Most people don't know what goes into writing a textbook," Trujillo said, "It's like writing a 600-page term paper that never ends."

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Health services academy in planning stages for local schools Bv Jessica Halston

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Palomar College is currently in negotiations with Mission Hills High School, Cal State San Marcos and the Palomar Pomerado Health District to create a health services academy on the Mission Hills campus.

The health academy would join Mission Hills' fire technology and police academies under the umbrella of an Institute for Health and Public Safety.

"We want students to have access to college level curriculum and experience in high school," said Mission Hills principal Brad Lichtman. "The vision is to prepare a significant number of high school students for productive and lucrative careers in health."

Mission Hills first met with the two colleges and the health district in late September to discuss curriculum.

Lichtman said he hopes the colleges will provide curriculum and programs for the academy, with small adjustment by the high school to accommodate class schedules. He added that the schools are pursuing several different possibilities for fields of study, including nursing, emergency technology, physical therapy and lab technology.

Wilma Owens, dean of career, technical and extended services at Palomar, said she is exploring what classes already exist at Palomar that could be included in the health academy.

"We hope the high school courses could possibly articulate with courses at Palomar and CSUSM," Owens said.

Lichtman said the ultimate goal in creating the academy is to offer students interested in health careers college credit.

Students in the fire technology and police academy earn 14 credits and 12 credits at Palomar, respectively.

"The target audience for this is students who typically plan on attending community college, which is about 50 percent of the student population, but don't usually graduate high school with any college credit," Lichtman said.

The new academy is set to be housed on the Mission Hills campus in a 20,000 sq. ft. space originally intended for child development. Palomar Pomerado Health District awarded Mission Hills a $20,DOO seed money grant to start the academy, a sum that will go towards equipment and materials, Lichtman said.

The high school will also receive funding for instructor salaries from its Regional Occupation Program, a predominantly state-funded career education aid program.

CSUSM Nursing Program Consultant Judy Papenhausen said the building will be furnished as a laboratory with beds where students can learn basic skills such as those involved with home care. She added that the academy could give students a helping hand in getting accepted into higher education programs.

"Nursing programs are all impacted because there's so much interest in the profession, so they'll frequently ask for nursing experience," Papenhausen said.

"Nursing students could get experience as certified nurses."

The projected fall 2005 opening of the high school health academy would coincide with the premier of CSUSM's prenursing program, part of the college's new health services program, which Papenhausen hopes can articulate with courses in the health academy.

"It's an aggressive goal, but we're hoping to have at least 30 students enrolled (in the health academy) next August," Lichtman said. He said his current priority is finding a director for the program.

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Runners I' Steven Tap1a and Dan Farmer qualified for regionBy Sarah Foglesong als individually by placing in TlfE TELESCOPE the top 50 percent of the Palomar College's women's total runners. Seven other and men's cross country Palomar men competed, teams competed Oct. 28 at including Shaun Ferris, Kyle Guajome Park in Vista in the Sutherland, Noe Ruvalcaba, Dixon, Trevor Pacific Coast Conference Robbie tournament. The tourna- Shumaker, Joel Rosas and ment qualifies runners for Dean Lopata.

"I'm bummed because I regional competitions.

The women's cross country really wanted the whole team qualified for regionals team to go," said Tapia, who finished by placing the men's fourth out 1 TIIIy . , on1 ol th1 most four-mile of six colllljoy•bll tHms I h•r~ h•d. II course in leges. eighth Ashley - Hugh Gerhardt Deemer MEII'S CROSS COUIITIY HEAD COACH place.

All of the was the top runners scoring runran their ner for the women's team, finishing the hardest, said head coach 3.1-mile course in 22:33. Hugh Gerhardt.

The course was muddy This is her first year running for the Palomar cross-coun- from recent storms, and the teams had to run through try team.

"All the girls were trying water up to two feet deep. to run through the dry Gerhardt and his runners parts," Deemer said. "I just agreed that the muddy terran through the water and rain helped them to place as well as they did. Gerhardt passed them."

Beatriz Fuentes and said that everybody enjoyed Aurora Ramirez placed right the experience of running in behind Deemer, with times the mud.

Many of the other coaches of 23:03 and 23:38, respectively. Tammee Wildgoose, were concerned that the less Ashley Laceby and Carol than ideal conditions would Hill also ran in the meet and lead to greater injuries. contributed to the overall However, injuries remained success of the team by plac- at a minimum.

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ner, I slipped in the mud and fell," Tapia said. Tapia was not hurt.

Qualified runners are now looking forward to the regional competition. The regional meet will take place in San Luis Obispo Nov. 6.

Gerhardt said he hopes to qualify some of those runners for the state competition in Fresno that is set for Nov. 20.

Regardless of the outcome, the teams feel confident that they have run a strong and enjoyable season.

"They are one of the most enjoyable teams I have had," Gerhardt said.

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NAME: Dominique Singleton YEAR: Freshman SPORT/POSITION: Men's basketball! guard

HIGH SCHOOL: Guajome Park Academy

MAJOR: Kinesiology FAVORITE BANDS: Ludacris, R. Kelly FAVORITE MEAL: Lasagna LIFE AFTER PALOMAR: Trainer on a sports team HOBBIES: Basketball, video games FAVORITE SOCCER MOMENT: "My senior year we played against San Dieguito Academy, and they scored 36 points against us. I scored 36 points against them myself."

WHY SOCCER: "It was the only sport my high school had."

MOST INFLUENTIAL ROLE MODEL: "My dad. He was the assistant coach in high school. He trained me and taught me everything I know."

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Co111ets force Pirates to walk the plank • loolbll/1 1111111 SltOIId vittory olth1 ,,,,,, Bv Matt Null

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For the first time since the season opener Oct. 4, the Palomar College football team came away with a victory Oct. 30. versus the visiting Orange Coast Pirates.

The Comets won 10-7 with a lastminute fourth quarter drive via a Josh Somerville 6-yard pass to tight end John Mulchrone, with 28 seconds left on the clock. The victory snapped a six- COMns I 0 game losing skid.

PIRATES 7 "The defense played their hearts out," said head coach Joe Early. "This drive that we had, it wasn't for a state title, it wasn't for a National Championship, but it looked like vintage Palomar and they needed it."

Early said that he was hopeful the drive would give the offense the confidence to carry them through the last few games.

"I'm just so happy for these guys.

With the last two weeks that we have had and practicing at two different high schools because of the rain, and not having the facilities like the teams we are playing, we are at a disadvantage, but we came out on top."

Palomar is 2-6 on the year and 1-2 in the Mission Conference American Division. Record-wise, this is the worst season in 24 years for the Comets.

The Comets' first score of the game came on the first play of the fourth quarter. Mter eight straight drives that led to punts by Ryan Hotchkiss, the Comets were able to put up three points behind an Enrique Leyva 42yard field goal.

Turnovers late in the game have been the largest can of worms for the Comets thus far, and this game was no different. On the third play of the second half and trailing 7-3, Comets quarterback Josh Somerville led the Comets on a seven play, 62-yard drive to the Pirates 11-yard line. However, forced out of the pocket, Somerville made what looked like a game-ending mistake and got picked off by Orange Coast safety Darryl Hawkins in the end zone.

The Comets then turned to the defense, and they did not disappoint.

Starting at the 20-yard line, Orange

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Comets running back Speedy Anthony (top) eludes a Pirates defender during their Oct. 30 game, which marked the end of a sixgame losing streak.

Quarterback Josh Somerville (left) tries to avoid a sack. Somerville completed 17 of 29 passes for 144 yards, leading the Comets to a 10-7 victory.

The Comets next meet up with Cerritos College during the Nov. 13 conference home game at 1 p.m.

Coast drove to midfield but was unable to get a crucial first down on 3rd and 6.

"The defense always keeps us in the game," said Mulchrone, who caught nine passes for 63 yards. "For the first time in a long time, we got their back."

With the Pirates forced to punt, the Comets took over with two minutes left on the clock and 64-yards between them and the end zone.

Somerville, who completed four straight passes for first downs on the winning drive, led the Comets. Two of

the biggest catches came from the hands of Gene Bass. On a 1st and 10 from the OCC 45-yard line, Bass caught a line drive from Somerville for 29-yards. On the next play, Somerville looked his way again and connected for 11-yards and put the Comets at 1st and goal from the 6-yard line and in position to win the game.

"I knew Gene was going to make the play," Somerville said. "I just knew I had to get it to him. " Mter an incomplete pass,

Somerville's fifth completion was a 6yard bullet to Mulchrone for the gamewinning touchdown.

"I know in the back of my mind that if I need a big play, I can go to Bass or Mulchrone. Those two are the veterans on this team," said Somerville, who completed 17 of 29 passes for 144 yards. "They have been in big games before and I needed to get it to them."

The Comets' last game of the season is at home versus Cerritos College on Nov. 13 at 1 p.m.

Women,s volleyball trounce Arabs in three game sweep Bv Matt Null

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Two days after suffering their first conference loss in nearly two years, the Palomar College women's volleyball team came back strong and defeated the Imperial Valley Arabs three games to none Oct. 29.

The loss Oct. 27 came COMns I against confer- ARABS 0 ence foe Mesa College, the same team that defeated them in 2002. With the victory, the Olympians moved one game ahead of Palomar for first place in the conference. The teams will have a rematch on Nov. 19, a game that will determine first place in the conference and who moves on to the playoffs.

"Our loss to Mesa really taught us a lot about ourselves," said Amanda Huntoon, who had 11 kills for the Comets. "We need to practice harder and work harder, so that we can be better when we face them again."

Outside hitter Lindsey Olhausen is looking forward to

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Palomar women's volleyball players Jency Basinger (left) and Erica Arrechea go up for a double block during a match against the Imperial Valley Arabs Ocl 29. The Comets swept the three game match versus the Arabs.

the rematch, because this time it will be at the Dome. Coach Karl Seiler said that Mesa had a lot of support and cheering and the entire Mesa football team was in attendance cheering for the Olympians.

"It will be a lot different at our

house," Olhausen said. "It will be a different vibe because this time our fans will be ragging on them."

The victory.pushes the Comets record to 10-3 overall and 6-1 in the Pacific Coast Conference.

"We were all really down after

the loss to Mesa," Huntoon said.

"This win was a way to pick us up."

Palomar received outstanding play from Olhausen, who led the team with 19 kills. Erica Arrechea also had 10 kills for the Comets.

The Comets began the first match down 0-2 but quickly rebounded against the Arabs.

After tying the match at two a piece, the Comets never looked back and held the lead throughout the entire match. At one point, Palomar had a comfortable 14-point lead and cruised to an easy 30-18 victory.

The second match started off well for the Comets as they took a four point lead thanks in part to Sarah Piper's two aces. Imperial Valley fought back to tie the game at four, but the Comets took over the match and were victorious at 30-24.

The final match of the night started off much like the first.

After staging a strong 14-point lead the Comets put the match and game away 30-17.

"At the end we picked up our level of intensity," Huntoon said.

"We played as a team and we started to trust each other more on the court."

The Comets next match is scheduled for Nov. 10 versus Grossmont College at the Dome at 7 p.m.