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Campus near Poway in Palomar's future 8y Donnie Royle
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A proposed joint venture between Palomar College and the Poway Unified School District may bring a long-anticipated campus to the Poway area. Officials from both districts met March 1 to discuss developing a campus on an 80-acre site in the 4S Ranch area, just west of Poway. While talks between the districts are in the initial stages, college president Robert Deegan and members of
the governing board said Palomar's decade-long search for a campus in the Poway area may be over. ''We are in the very, very earliest stages," Deegan said. ''But all indications are that this could turn out to be a wonderful opportunity for everyone involved." Palomar already holds an option on an 80-acre site in Fallbrook. However, the purchase and development ofthat site are contingent on the passing of a $600-800 million bond measure the district is pur· suing on the November ballot. The 4S
Ranch site may not be contingent on the bond, Deegan said. He added that the cost of the land would determine whether it would need to be tied to the bond. The site is owned by the PUSD, which had planned to build a high school on the site. The PUSD still wants to retain partial use of the property. Deegan said Palomar would likely need 50 acres, PUSD 20 acres and 10 acres would be used for joint-use facilities. The two sides are discussing the possibility of building a middle college on the
site. Deegan said the middle college concept has been successful in other areas. A middle college would include two distinctly separate facilities on the same site. The PUSD would build a high-tech, "charter-type" high school on part of the property, Deegan said, and Palomar would build a community college campus on the rest of the land. Deegan added that there would likely be some shared facilities, such as parking lots, athletic fields SEE
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Student gov't opens candidate filing period 8y John Asbury
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Student leadership will change soon at Palomar College with the student government setting elections and opening the way for potential candidates to run. Beginning March 15, students interested in running for the Associated Student Government may file for candidacy with the Student Affairs Office in Room SU-201. During its March 1 meeting, an ASG election committee set the dates for this year's student government election for May 2 to May 4. Palomar students will elect an ASG president and vice president, with voting taking place online through Palomar's Web site. Interested candidates may file to run for office with the Student Affairs Office in Room SU-201. ASG President Neill Kovrig said the ASG is working to increase student participation and attract candidates to run for the two positions. SEE
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(Above) When students and faculty members arrived on campus Monday, March 6, they were greeted with vandalism. During the weekend, perpetrators covered the "P" Mountain landmark with black and blue tarps. Facilities Director Mike Ellis said a similar incident occurred two years ago, and the tarps needed to be removed quickly or they would kill the California Sage brush that covers the hillside. (Below) Stulients went about their business March 6, unaware of the vandalism looming in the backdrop. PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE TOMBRIIIICI I THE TllfSCOPE
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The controversy of teaching Intelligent Design in science classrooms was among the topics discussed at "Ethics: Evolution, Religion, and the Study of Science," held as part of Palomar College's Campus Explorations lecture series. Anthropology professor Phil de Barros spoke out against the idea of bringing !orations religion into science classes. "As Americans, we all have this idea of 'fair play,' that everyone should be given equal opportunity to express their opinions," de Barros said at the San Marcos campus before an audience of about 30. "That is the basis of the intelligent design movement, but it is a false idea. What if, as a scientist, I walked into your church and said I wanted to teach a lecture about evolution, since it was only fair
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